Star Odyssey

Chapter 1358: Roving White Dragon

Xia Taili saw the speartip approaching, but she did not move. In the end, the blade stopped less than ten centimeters away from the girl. Lu Yin tightly held onto the Dragon Blood Replica. “This is a good weapon. I like it. It’s too bad that it’s just a replica.”

After speaking, he used a bit of strength to drive the spear into the ground in front of Xia Taili so that the shaft pierced the ground. “Little sister, I’ll take it.”

“Audacious!” A person standing behind Xia Taili was furious. He was a middle-aged man who possessed astounding power, and his anger caused the sky to shake.

Long Kui suddenly appeared and simply looked at the middle-aged man.

Long Xi stepped forward to stand in front of Lu Yin. She just looked at Xia Taili.

Xia Taili took a long look at Lu Yin before turning towards Long Xi and smiling sweetly. “Sister, congratulations! You’ve found a good husband, but this brother-in-law is a little petty.”

“I like petty men,” Long Xi replied indifferently.

Xia Taili blinked, but her smile quickly returned. “You two are a perfect match then. My big brother is too powerful, so he’s not really a good fit for you.”

After speaking, she leaned a bit to the side, causing her long hair to fall, and she waved goodbye to Lu Yin. “Brother-in-law, I’m very happy with today’s result. I’ll see you later!”

After that, the girl left with the rest of the people from Shenwu’s Sky.

After watching Xia Taili and the others leave, Lu Yin turned around and was about to leave himself, as he felt that he was in trouble.

Long Xi spoke up. “Where are you going?”

“Back to reading,” Lu Yin replied quickly.

Long Xi stared at him and then said, “That wasn’t bad.”

After that, she left.

Lu Yin let out a sigh of relief. He had expected her to get angry with him. Given Lu Yin’s temperament, he typically would have taught Xia Taili a lesson, but he was not in the Fifth Mainland anymore. Thus, he had restrained himself. He had actually acted a bit impulsively, and he had been worried that Long Xi would take the wider perspective and blame him for ruining things, but fortunately, she was open to his reaction.

For the first time, Long Kui looked at Lu Yin with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Neither of the two had considered Lu Yin’s strength. After all, he had merely picked up Dragon Blood Replica. If he was capable of using the real weapon, then that would be truly impressive.

Still, although Lu Yin had only picked up the Dragon Blood Replica, the scene of him twirling it around had created a few waves in Long Xi’s heart. The man had actually stood up for her, which made her see him in a slightly better light.

Because of that, not long after Lu Yin’s scene with the Dragon Blood Replica, Long Xi called for him to leave the library once again. He looked at her with doubt in his eyes, so she told him, “As the son-in-law of the White Dragon Clan’s main family, you qualify to learn one of the clan’s inherited battle techniques.”

Lu Yin’s eyes lit up. “An inherited technique? Which one? The trapped person thing?”

“That’s called White Dragon Surveying the Sky, and it is incredibly difficult to learn. I’ll teach you the Roving White Dragon,” Long Xi said.

Lu Yin felt disappointed. Although he was a bit interested in new movement and combat skills, White Dragon Surveying the Sky was the technique that had piqued his interest the most. Lu Yin was already very fast, and even if he was unable to use his pure physical strength to match Wang Yi’s speed, Lu Yin was still much faster than most cultivators. As for powerful battle techniques, he had no interest. After all, he even had secret techniques.

“You don’t like the Roving White Dragon?” Long Xi asked indifferently.

Lu Yin quickly smiled and said, “Of course that’s not it. It’s also one of the White Dragon Clan’s inherited techniques.”

“My clan.” Long Xi’s tone grew sharp, and she stared at Lu Yin. “Try that again.”

Lu Yin choked before repeating, “Of course that’s not it. It’s also one of my clan’s inherited techniques.”

Long Xi’s beautiful amber-colored eyes were locked onto Lu Yin. “Remember not to make such a mistake again in the future. Next time, I’ll ground you for a day for each such mistakes you make.”

Lu Yin pursed his lips; this woman’s temper was too awful for her to be a wife.

Long Xi had no idea about Lu Yin’s thoughts, and she led him to the top of a mountain. The mountain was huge, around the size of a planet, and a civilization had established themselves on it. However, Lu Yin and Long Xi arrived at a place that was just out of reach of the mountain’s nations.

There was a huge waterfall pouring down from the peak, and it was impossible to see the bottom from the peak of the mountain, and the end of either side was also out of sight. So much water fell down from here that it was enough to drown a planet.

“Roving White Dragon imitates the Python Ancestor’s movements when swimming. It requires one to observe the changes of the earth, and it is one of the fastest footwork techniques in the Perennial World. If you comprehend this technique in depth, then you can step into the stellular energy universe,” Long Xi said seriously.

Lu Yin was surprised. “The stellular energy universe?”

Long Xi simply explained, “That’s the level of the universe that only powerhouses in the Envoy realm or above can enter. It’s impossible for normal people to enter that place without becoming Envoys.”

She then grew more serious as she looked at Lu Yin. “My eldest brother, Long Tian, is just barely able to use Roving White Dragon to enter the stellular energy universe for a moment, which is another level of mastery.”

Lu Yin’s expression changed a bit. He naturally knew of the stellular energy universe, as he had been told that that was the true universe where Envoys had their battles. That universe was not something he could touch. At most, he was able to see it with his upgraded gemspring water. Of course, that was still when he was in a normal state. As for when he underwent the death energy transformation, he did not know as he had never had the opportunity to check it.

However, he was certain that not a single person who had entered ZENITH’s top ten was able to break into the stellular energy universe, but apparently, Long Tian was able to do so. Just this bit of information alone indicated that he was a step above even ZENITH’s top ten.

The strength of the four ruling powers’ Junior Progenitors were greater than ZENITH’s top ten.

As Lu Yin thought about this, the level of power actually seemed to be about the same. Lu Yin had won first place in ZENITH by transforming with death energy, and the people who had been right below him in the rankings had been Shang Qing, Wang Yi, and Wu Taibai. Wang Yi was just below the level of a Junior Progenitor in this place, which meant that, at worst, a Junior Progenitor was as strong as Shang Qing or stronger.

Lu Yin was making random guesses at this point, and Long Xi grabbed his shoulder with a hand. She told him, “Pay close attention.”

She then started to move her feet. Instantly, Lu Yin’s vision began to twist strangely. The scenery around them did not change. Rather, Lu Yin had been taken along by Long Xi when she had taken a step using Roving White Dragon.

The technique was not just fast, as there was a specific path that coincided with the mountains and rivers, making their speed increase more and more. They gradually reached Lu Yin’s top speed that he could achieve using his physical strength, but then they continued to accelerate.

Lu Yin was surprised; they were moving at a speed that was no worse than Wang Yi’s. This woman was definitely powerful enough to compare to ZENITH’s top ten.

Given Long Xi’s speed, it did not take them long to make a full lap around the mountain.

The people living in the various countries across the mountain were completely unaware of the two’s passing.

Shortly after their trip, atop the waterfall, Lu Yin exclaimed, “How does your speed compare to the Wang family’s second son?”

“You mean Wang Yi?” Long Xi wondered.

Lu Yin nodded.

“Do you know him?” Long Xi asked.

Lu Yin smiled bitterly. “How could we know each other? It’s just that Nong Lie made it sound like that person is very powerful, so it seemed like a good comparison.”

Long Xi considered the question for a while. “It’s close.”

Lu Yin snorted. He remembered Wang Yi’s speed, and the man had stunned all of ZENITH with it.

“Were you able to feel it?” Long Xi asked.

Lu Yin was stunned. “What?”

Long Xi frowned. “Roving White Dragon.”

Lu Yin blinked. “You only let me feel it once. I’m not some kind of genius at techniques.”

Long Xi stared at him and then looked at Lu Yin’s hair. Suddenly, she grabbed Lu Yin again. He expected her to take him for another run around to experience the technique, but instead, she roughly pushed him down the waterfall. “Go watch how the fish swim up the waterfall.”

Lu Yin fell straight into the waterfall, nearly swearing as he fell. The woman was twisted. Even if she wanted him to start from the base of the waterfall, there was no need to throw him off. What was she even thinking? If he did not have some skills, then she would have already murdered her husband!

While still in mid air, Lu Yin stabilized his body. The impact from the falling water was enough to crush a Limiteer into a puddle of blood, but it presented no threat at all to a Hunter.

Lu Yin eventually found a stone outcropping and stood on it. He looked up but only saw the waterfall. Long Xi was nowhere to be seen.

She was clearly unfit to be a wife.

Lu Yin did not have any strong desire to learn Roving White Dragon. Long Xi had mentioned that Long Zhang had taken more than ten years to comprehend the technique, and since that person had taken so long, Lu Yin was in no hurry.

Still, even though he was not in any rush, did Lu Yin have anything to work on besides Roving White Dragon? He thought for a while, but he felt quite helpless. Eh, forget it. He would just practice Roving White Dragon!

The swimming fish rushed up the waterfall, but they did not go straight up. Instead, they swam along the weakest flows of the waterfall. Obviously, this was how the Python Ancestor had also swum.

Lu Yin watched a fish off in the distance as it attempted to rush upwards. Several days passed, and Lu Yin was tempted to toss the fish up the waterfall at this point. He began to calm his mind by mentally reciting the Stonewall Scriptures.

A few days later, Long Xi observed Lu Yin from a distance. Long Kui was standing next to her.

“While his talent for cultivating may not be great, his diligence is still quite acceptable,” Long Kui said.

Long Xi did not speak and silently left soon afterwards.

More than ten days passed, and Lu Yin continued observing the fish. He had actually gained a bit of understanding, and he struggled to understand how Long Zhang had needed more than ten years to comprehend this technique. Regardless, Lu Yin now had some understanding of the technique himself, and Long Xi had also carried him along to feel it for himself. He was replaying that experience over and over in his mind, and even without using the Cosmic Art, he was able to understand how Long Xi had used her star energy in Roving White Dragon.

It was now time for him to try the technique out himself!

“How is it? Were you able to feel anything?” Long Xi showed up and asked in a cold voice.

Lu Yin blinked. “A lot.”

Long Xi frowned, clearly not happy with this response.

Lu Yin was taken aback; what did this mean? He had simply told her that he understood a lot in order to let her know that he had gained some insights. Her attitude made no sense.

“If you can’t comprehend it, then you can’t do it. Lying about it only demonstrates vanity and arrogance,” Long Xi coldly reprimanded Lu Yin. Any of the small amount of sympathy that she had previously shown Lu Yin had disappeared.

Lu Yin opened his mouth, but he did not even know how to explain himself. Was he wrong for comprehending the technique so quickly? Did he need to apologize for excelling or being smart?

“My White Dragon Clan has peerless spear techniques, but there is no fixed style. Every branch of the clan has a deep understanding of spear skills. There are no tricks to this, and while you need to be skilled at the spear, you should not merely strive for a passing level of mastery. You need to be able to do at least this much,” Long Xi said, sounding upset.

Lu Yin replied, “I don’t know how to use a spear.”

“Then learn! It takes at least ten years to learn Roving White Dragon, but it takes a lifetime to learn the spear!” Long Xi shouted.

Lu Yin felt that Long Xi must have been taught in this same manner as a child.

Suddenly, a thought came to him, and he tentatively asked, “This clan has invincible spear techniques, so what about the Celestial Frost Sect? What areas do they excel in?”

Long Xi’s brows furrowed even deeper. She was quite upset, as she felt like Lu Yin was mocking her. “That has nothing to do with you. I’ll be taking you to visit the Python Ancestor in three days.”

She then left with a cold snort.

Lu Yin really wanted to know more about the finger attack that he had seen. The biographies and other books that he had read had never mentioned anything about that finger attack, but it should be the Cold Immortal Sect’s battle technique, which meant that it was not allowed to be casually recorded down.

Lu Yin found it a pity that Long Xi did not get along with him. Her temper was getting worse and worse, and she would eventually need to reign it in.