Star Odyssey

Chapter 1119: Remnant

Lu Yin quickly grabbed the man and smiled at him. “Bro, you seem to know quite a bit, so let’s travel together.”

The man’s mouth twitched. “No, there’s no need. There’s something I have to do, so I’ll head out first.”

“Let me ask you a question. How do we leave this tablet world?” Lu Yin was curious.

The man replied, “There are two types of stone tablets: one to enter, and another to leave. So, you just need to find one that allows you to leave.”

Lu Yin was caught off guard, but then he suddenly thought of something. He turned back to look at Black and White. “The stone that we found earlier didn’t let us enter this place, so does that mean that we could have used it to leave?”

The two brats exchanged glances and then nodded.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier?” Lu Yin gritted his teeth.

“Forgot,” the brats readily admitted.

Lu Yin really wanted to give the twins a spanking.

“Ah, about that, actually, there are quite a few of those stone plaques in this tablet world. Thus, it’s not impossible to find one. I’ll head out now. See you!” The man smiled drily and raced out of the hotel, terrified that Lu Yin would stop him again.

Lu Yin watched the man leave, a little unhappy about it. What was the big hurry? Wait a second, that man had been extremely flustered, which meant that he might have been looking for something good!

Lu Yin looked at Black and White, who simultaneously looked over at him as well. They exchanged glances, and an unspoken understanding passed between them as they all stood up to chase after the man.

Qian Zou was not actually searching for anything good. Rather, he simply wanted to get as far away from Lu Yin as possible, as he had a feeling that things would not turn out well for him if he stayed with Lu Yin. If Qian Zou remembered correctly, the Hall of Honor’s Second Honor Chosen had been chasing after Lu Yin, which was why he had been forced to flee into the tablet world. Qian Zou did not want to be viewed as an accomplice.

The first thing Qian Zou did was to look around and get an idea of his surroundings. He was in a city, a real city, which meant that there should be a city master somewhere. Generally, the city master would be the strongest person around, so Qian Zou wanted to see if he could learn any battle techniques from the city master. Just thinking about that happening excited Qian Zou, and the thrill of peeping ran through him, even if it was open peeping.

All of the cultivators who entered the tablet world would do nothing besides peep in this place.

No matter what the remnant spiritual forces did, as long as no noise was made, the cultivators could blatantly observe everything, even if they were watching someone take a bath.

Bath? Qian Zou suddenly froze for a moment as he slowly turned around. There was a wretched expression on his face, and he looked around in all directions before finally finding a brothel. He swallowed his saliva, licked his lips, and walked over to it.

Behind him, Lu Yin’s trio had hidden themselves as they tailed Qian Zou, and once they saw his expression, it became clear to them that this person was up to something suspicious.

They were just about to charge after him, but suddenly, from the corner of his eye, Lu Yin saw a smear of grey. He reflexively grabbed a hold of Black and White, and in front of them, the shadow of a child crossed their path.

Black and White both jumped in fright, their faces falling ashen.

Lu Yin was also startled. It was already forbidden to make any sound in this realm, and it was even more important to avoid any physical contact with the remnant spiritual forces here, though Lu Yin was uncertain of the precise ramifications of such an action.

Off in the distance, Qian Zou had already entered the brothel.

When Lu Yin saw where the young man had gone, Lu Yin’s expression became strange; why was that fellow going into a brothel?

There were quite a few plaques that allowed people to enter the tablet world, and after the Astral Tower’s contest started, quite a few vortexes had appeared throughout the sea. So naturally, quite a few cultivators had entered the tablet world by now.

For example, Tai Yuanjun. He had also entered the tablet world, and he had pragmatically gone straight to the city master’s residence.

Aside from him, there were quite a few other cultivators in the city master’s residence at this time. Tai Yuanjun was attentively observing the city master, who was sitting straight in the main hall, seemingly discussing something with his subordinates. Everyone was waiting for the city master to begin cultivating, as none of them believed that he would not do so.

At this time, it was still in the middle of the night, so there were not that many people on the streets.

Lu Yin led Black and White over to the outside of the brothel to take a look, and they immediately saw that there were quite a few female figures inside along with some males. There was also someone who clearly had a role similar to a madam’s in this establishment, as she was standing at the entrance, welcoming people and sending them off.

Before long, Qian Zou reappeared, looking depressed. It was pointless to peep on these remnant spiritual forces, as there was nothing to see.

When Lu Yin saw Qian Zou’s expression, he instantly realized why the young man had run off, and he quickly led Black and White away. Following this man would just be a waste of time.

Lu Yin had also thought of visiting the city master’s residence, so next, he led Black and White to find the tallest building in the city.

In the city master residence, the city master, who had just finished his meeting with his subordinates, dismissed everyone before retreating to his quarters to rest.

Tai Yuanjun and a dozen other cultivators stood in the bedroom, watching the city master sleep.

To the remnant spiritual forces, Tai Yuanjun and the others were essentially ghosts.

Lu Yin arrived, escorting Black and White with him.

He noticed Tai Yuanjun but ignored him. Instead, Lu Yin turned his attention toward the sleeping city master.

When Tai Yuanjun saw Lu Yin, he was disgusted to see him. Tai Yuanjun immediately moved to the other side of the room to carefully observe the city master.

This sort of behavior was quite strange. It was as if one was within a movie and observing it first hand, making for quite a unique experience.

None of the observers knew what era these remnant spiritual forces were from nor why they had become remnant spiritual forces that endlessly repeated their past events. Perhaps this was all somehow related to a Progenitor.

Progenitors were capable of creating their own piece of the sky, and the Rune Progenitor had set in place “a sky that covered another sky.” Thus, it was not impossible for another one to have created this world.

Lu Yin was puzzled why so many cultivators would squeeze themselves into the city master’s bedroom, and it seemed as though they were all waiting for something.

The remnant spiritual forces in the tablet world constantly repeated cycles of the past. Thus, was something interesting about to happen in this place?

At that moment, someone nudged Lu Yin from behind.

Lu Yin looked back and saw that there was a woman. She looked at him and pointed to the side.

Lu Yin was puzzled.

She frowned, dragged Lu Yin to the side, and then rolled her eyes at him.

Lu Yin pursed his lips; they were all peeking, so did it really matter where they stood?

On the other side of the room, Tai Yuanjun was also dragged to the side by a man, and although he was unhappy, he did not act up. Clearly, he was aware of the rules inside the tablet world.

After some time passed, Lu Yin suddenly looked outside the bedroom, as more figures had suddenly appeared.

These remnant spiritual forces had no rune lines, so he could not see them in advance.

One of the figures silently opened the door to the bedroom and stepped inside. A sword appeared in the figure’s hand as they approached the city master. Without any hesitation, the figure stabbed out with it. This was an assassination attempt.

The cultivators watched on in excitement, and Lu Yin was also carefully observing the situation.

The spectating cultivators only saw the city master suddenly stand up, tap his index and middle fingers against the sword, and spin the blade around. The blade twisted and snapped apart while the rest of the sword shattered and disappeared. The city master’s finger had pierced through the void to strike the assassin before sweeping to the side, releasing a vigorous gale that swept out and tore the entire ceiling away. This attack split the sky open; a single finger had rent open the entire sky.

Lu Yin’s scalp went numb. Although he could not see any runes while in this world, the strength of that finger terrified him. Its power level had definitely surpassed 300,000, and it might have even reached 400,000. That finger strike had been incredible, and it had to be a powerful battle technique.

These people must have all come here to observe this finger battle technique!

The failed assassination caused many other figures to flood into the bedroom, and Lu Yin and the others quickly moved to the corners, as they were all afraid of touching these figures.

The city master appeared to give out some orders. After that, the assassin’s body was taken away, and the city master returned to his rest.

One by one, the observing cultivators left, as there was nothing left in this place worthy of their attention. Of course, there were also some people who stayed behind, as they hoped to learn that battle technique.

Tai Yuanjun glanced at Lu Yin before leaving.

Lu Yin also left the city master’s residence along with Black and White. Once outside, he looked up at the sky. That finger battle technique had been very powerful, but it was not very appealing to Lu Yin. He already had the Dream Finger, and he had also learned the basics of Finger Tap, so there was no need to learn another, similar battle technique.

The cultivators who had left the city master residence all moved in the same direction.

Lu Yin felt drawn to the crowd, so he followed them.

Tai Yuanjun similarly followed the crowd.

These cultivators definitely had a greater understanding of the tablet world than the two of them, and following the crowd might allow them to see quite a few interesting things.

As they walked down the street, the number of the remnant spiritual force figures quickly grew, showing that it was now morning in the city.

Black and White both became frightened. There were so many grey figures moving about like ghosts, all of them lacking any discernible facial features.

Lu Yin tried to console them, and they followed closely behind the other cultivators.

Among the group of cultivators was the woman who had pulled Lu Yin aside. When she noticed that Lu Yin was following them, she fiercely glared at him and gestured for him to leave.

Lu Yin smiled but continued to follow along.

The woman grew angry, and she turned to leave.

The crowd soon arrived at a large residence. There was a massive plaza in front, and quite a few figures were sparring within it.

The cultivators continued walking along, and they eventually arrived at the innermost section of the residence. There, a lone figure was cultivating and continuously practicing his battle techniques.

The cultivators were all very interested in this display, and they all watched on in excitement.

Lu Yin shook his head, as these battle techniques were all worthless to him.

He led Black and White out of the residence and back onto the street, where he saw the cultivator who had initially brought them into the tablet world.

This man had never thought that he would coincidentally run into Lu Yin’s trio on this street, and he absentmindedly nodded to them before picking up his pace and leaving.

The tablet world was very large, and there was also a wide world outside of this particular city.

Quite a few cultivators had entered the tablet world to search out and observe how the various remnant spiritual forces cultivated. These experiences might prove to be very useful, and there were records of people actually comprehended something through these observations.

Lu Yin had learned some things, but he had only seen battle techniques that were completely useless to him.

Black and White were very scared of ghosts, and they did not dare to talk at all.

Lu Yin’s trio spent half a month in the tablet world in this manner, and although they did not learn anything useful, they did see quite a few familiar people. At one point, they even saw Lei Nü.

However, Lei Nü did not dare to attack Lu Yin in this place.

Lu Yin was very wary of Lei Nü, as she was an Enlighter, and she definitely had not revealed all of her strength yet. He had not forgotten that the Hall of Honor had its own secret techniques, and there might even be several different kinds.

“This is so boring. Lu Yin, let’s go,” White complained.

Black pulled at Lu Yin’s hand and looked at him with tear-filled eyes.

Lu Yin nodded. “I want to leave as well, so let’s look for a stone plaque. Weren’t there supposed to be a lot of them here? Why haven’t we seen any despite looking for half a month?”

White rolled her eyes. “We might not have found any, but that doesn’t mean that no one else did.”

Lu Yin understood. “Got it.”

For the next two days, Lu Yin’s trio specifically searched for cultivators who possessed stone plaques. It was impossible for cultivators to use cosmic rings in the Mountain and Seas Zone, and everything had to be physically carried. Thus, it was quite easy to find these cultivators

Under the guise of searching for stone plaques, the trio cleaned out quite a few cultivators, and they actually robbed five people in total.

White was now carrying a large Mountain and Seas Pouch, which contained their harvest over the last few days. Her face betrayed her satisfaction.

Black was also carrying a Mountain and Seas Pouch with an extremely happy look.

Behind the trio was a stone plaque, which had just been tossed there.

“Come on, White, show me what we got over these last few days!” Lu Yin happily asked.

Black and White warily stared at Lu Yin. “Not sharing—it’s mine!”

Lu Yin was dumbfounded. “It’s ours.”

“Mine!” White shouted.

Lu Yin was left speechless. “That’s going too far. We got this stuff together.”

“Mine!” White remained unyielding.

Black blocked Lu Yin’s path to White and glared at him. Lu Yin felt a certain feeling of déjà vu where he was a thief.