Star Odyssey

Chapter 1449: San Liang’s Ambitions

Liu Tianmu emerged from the training room where she had been cultivating for more than a month. During the period of time, her injuries had healed a great deal. Out of everyone who had traveled to the Dominion Realm, Liu Tianmu had suffered the worst injuries.

I wonder how Lu Yin is doing or if he has any way to return home.

Before sending them to the Perennial World, Arch-Elder Zen had told the youths to not force the matter if they were unable to obtain any Origin Matter. It was more important for them to return alive.

They would be safe as long as they could reach the rendezvous point, but how were they supposed to leave the Junior Progenitor Planet?

As she was thinking of these things, she was covered by a large shadow.

Liu Tianmu looked up, only to be stunned. She saw Lu Yin pass by above her while carrying a literal mountain of star essence. He shot her a smile when he saw her.

Liu Tianmu blinked, feeling rather stunned. What was this all about?

The middle-aged man had also seen what Lu Yin was doing, but he refused to look at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin threw the star essence into the dark magma, which created a boom. Of course, he kept the star essence separate from the magma; if the star essence was vaporized, he would be forced to gather more.

As Lu Yin stared at the mountain of star essence that likely numbered in the hundreds of millions, he wondered if it would be enough. He would not be able to take any more from where he had grabbed this batch, and it was becoming increasingly obvious that many places on the planet were missing piles of star essence, which would likely rouse people’s suspicions.

He just needed to relax for a few days before attempting to break through.

Lu Yin took out the Skyblaze Stone and began absorbing the star energy that was constantly vaporized by the dark magma.

After a few days, his die recovered, and Lu Yin went back to rolling. His luck was good, as he immediately rolled a four.

He appeared in the Timestop Space and quickly took out the Skyblaze Stone. It was time for him to finish his nineteenth cycle as a Hunter.

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Elsewhere on the White Dragon Clan’s Junior Progenitor Planet, the middle-aged man opened his eyes and looked towards Lu Yin’s location. Just what was that kid doing with so much star essence? The man could not help but be curious, and he swept his senses through the area around Lu Yin and his star essence. As the man scanned the area, Lu Yin seemed to sense the man, and he looked over.

The middle-aged man was surprised; he had broken through? When a Hunter completed their nineteenth cycle, it meant that they had reached the peak of the Hunter realm and were only a single step away from becoming an Enlighter.

The man felt that this was a pity. If Long Qi had reached this level before going to the Dominion Realm, the Junior Progenitor would have had a much better attitude towards Long Qi. Unfortunately, even if Long Qi had become an Enlighter, he would not have been able to help the Junior Progenitor.

As for the star essence that Lu Yin had gathered, it was all still there, untouched. The middle-aged man frowned. He had no idea what Long Qi intended to do with it.

Lu Yin was able to sense that his observer was unable to restrain himself from investigating, a smile appeared on Lu Yin’s face. While the watcher could not resist periodically checking on Lu Yin, there would be a period of a few days where he did not observe Lu Yin in between.

Lu Yin lifted a hand and tested his strength as a Hunter with nineteen completed cycles. Completing another cycle had not really changed Lu Yin’s strength, and raising his cultivation had basically only increased his star energy reserves. Normal Hunters likely experienced a more noticeable increase in strength, but the change was not very substantial for Lu Yin. He would only experience a substantial change in his strength after he broke through to the Enlighter realm.

However, it was impossible for him to break through to the Enlighter realm here.

Lu Yin let out a sigh as he stared at all the star essence that he had gathered. He lifted his hand and brought out his die. He hoped to roll a six here.

While his plan was reasonable, he was unlucky, and none of his four remaining rolls managed to land on Possession, forcing him to wait for another ten days.

At this moment, in the Middle Realm, Long Kui had received orders from the clan to escort Long Qi to Dragon Mountain in the Higher Realm.

Long Kui was feeling rather depressed at the moment. He had been forced to babysit Long Qi ever since his first appearance despite his status as an elder of the White Dragon Clan. The more he thought about his situation, the more upset Long Kui became.

After another ten days, Long Kui approached the Island of Hope, which was very close to the White Dragon Clan’s Junior Progenitor Planet.

At the same time, Lu Yin looked up at his die that had appeared before him. He tapped it, and it slowly spun before landing on six pips.

Lu Yin was overjoyed at this roll.

His consciousness appeared within the dark space again. This time, Lu Yin was in no hurry, and he shot through the darkness. The further he traveled, the more likely he was to Possess someone from the Fifth Mainland.

After traveling for a quarter of an hour, he finally chose an orb of light to merge with before the entire mountain of star essence was consumed.

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My name is San Liang. I am very ambitious. There is a goal that I have had since I was a child: I want to be superior to others. Others cultivate, and so I do. Others focus their minds solely on cultivating, but I am different. I also study.

Psychology is a very interesting subject, especially since many cultivators have developed their strength to great heights but retained a simple mind. It is easy to read such people’s body language, and thus, even if I have the same cultivation as them, I am able to easily overpower them. My status now vastly outstrips my power level, which barely exceeds 400,000. I am frequently in touch with the nine overseers, and I help them with common tasks.

My goal is to eventually become an overseer.

This position used to be far out of my reach, as only those with sufficient backing can ever gain such a position, but something happened a while ago on Honor Mountain, and there is now an opening for an overseer. This is my opportunity.

However, it will not be easy to become an overseer with so many competitors. I lack for nothing except a powerful backer. What should I do?

Lu Yin opened his eyes as memories poured in. The first thing that filled his mind were these words that were deeply etched into his host’s mind, as though a constant reminder for the man to not forget.

Lu Yin had indeed reached the Fifth Mainland. This was wonderful! He quickly brushed aside the chaotic memories and searched for information regarding the Outerverse.

After a while, Lu Yin let out a sigh of relief. Luckily, after he had disappeared, Arch-Elder Zen, the chief justice, and Eversky Island had all made it crystal clear that no one was to touch the Outerverse without their express permission. Lu Yin had not been missing for very long, so nothing had happened to the Outerverse in this time.

However, there was some big news.

Two major incidents had occurred in the Neoverse.

First, the Progenitor of Secret Arts had forced his way into the Neoverse, uncovered Aeternus Nation, and then used his might as a Progenitor to destroy the place, which had stunned the entire universe. However, the Progenitor had also been injured during this attack. Many people believed that he had been injured by the remnant power left behind by one of the Fifth Mainland’s dead Progenitors, just like what had befallen the Progenitor of Combat. However, there were others who believed that the Neohuman Alliance actually possessed the power to injure a Progenitor.

Regardless, the truth of the matter was something that people outside of the top-most powers did not have access to.

The Neohuman Alliance’s Seven Skygods had killed Bu Kong, and the Progenitor of Secret Arts had retaliated by eliminating many of the Neohuman Alliance’s strongholds throughout the Sixth Mainland. The matter had died down after that, and everyone had believed the matter to be settled. No one had expected the Progenitor to actually be biding his time, waiting to take action once he uncovered the location of Aeternus Nation. The Neohuman Alliance’s headquarters that the Fifth Mainland had never been able to find had been utterly destroyed.

While Progenitors had immeasurable power, most could not endure ridicule. The scheme carried out by the Progenitor of Secret Arts had been truly extraordinary.

Lu Yin felt that the Progenitor of Secret Arts had been too reckless. If the blackhole barrier had been broken by the Progenitor’s actions, then both the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands would have been doomed.

The other major incident was no less of a disaster for the Fifth Mainland: one of the Mainland’s seven Semi-Progenitors, Lingzhi Mavis, had died.

She had not been killed, but had rather died while trying to break through to become a Progenitor.

This incident had incited a massive commotion throughout the Fifth Mainland, and the ripples even spread to the Sixth Mainland.

This was the first time that a Semi-Progenitor from the Fifth Mainland had died due to failing to become a Progenitor since the ancient war.

How could it possibly be easy to become a Progenitor? Despite that, Lingzhi Mavis had dared to try before anyone else, which demonstrated her confidence. Her failure was a true pity.

Lu Yin found this San Liang to be quite interesting. The more memories that Lu Yin looked through, the more impressed he was by the man’s talent. San Liang was also impressed by certain people, and Highsage Wudi was San Liang’s hero. That man possessed the courage and daring to attack Honor Mountain itself, which had destroyed everything that San Liang had held to be true.

San Liang wanted to become an overseer, and due to this goal, he had never stopped studying psychology, even while cultivating. But one strange thing was that, despite his tremendous efforts, no one had ever tried to support San Liang.

Lu Yin’s eyes flashed. He stretched out a hand, left Wang Wen’s contact information right in front of San Liang, and then ended the Possession.

San Liang’s body trembled, and he looked around. Strange, why did he feel as if he had been stunned for a moment? He was just about to leave when his face suddenly and drastically changed after seeing the note that Lu Yin had left behind. San Liang turned pale. How had someone gotten this close to him without him sensing anything at all? It was a terrifying thought.

San Liang glanced at his gadget. A minute had passed, but he had not noticed any time passing at all. This struck him with a sense of horror. He was on Honor Mountain, but someone had made a casual move against him. This person had to possess an unimaginable level of strength. If they had wanted to do something, anything to San Liang, then wouldn’t it have been all too easy?

San Liang stared at the contract information before him for quite some time, as he was hesitating. Finally, he gritted his teeth. No matter if this was a blessing or a curse, he had to face it.

He then quickly picked up his gadget and called the number that he had been given, only to discover that he could not connect. The person he was trying to call was out of range. Helpless, San Liang made his way towards CyNet World, as that was the only place where he could call someone regardless of where they were located in the Fifth Mainland.

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On the White Dragon Clan’s Junior Progenitor Planet, Lu Yin’s consciousness returned to his own body. He rolled his shoulders to stretch his muscles as he looked around. Then, his expression changed a bit. The mountain of star essence that he had previously gathered had completely vanished. Even if he had not voluntarily ended his Possession, it still would have ended as the star essence had already been used up.

That was ridiculous! How much time had he spent? He had only Possessed San Liang for around a minute, which had meant that Lu Yin had only been able to review a few bits and pieces of the man’s memories and leave behind Wang Wen’s contact information. And yet, that brief amount of time had consumed a vast amount of star essence. If he wanted to continue a long distance Possession for an extended amount of time, it would cost him billions of star essence if not more. There was not enough even on the entire Junior Progenitor Planet to attempt such a thing.

At this moment, star energy swept through the area. “Long Qi, Elder Long Kui wishes to see you.”

Lu Yin heard the middle-aged man’s voice, and it was quickly followed by, “Hey! Where did all the star essence go?”

Lu Yin pursed his lips and leaped out of the dark magma. He merely glanced at the shocked man who was standing some distance away before continuing on towards the statue of Long Tian.

Soon, Lu Yin was behind Long Kui on Gui’s back, and they were flying towards the Middle Ocean. As for the middle-aged man, he had gone to report to the powerhouse guarding the Junior Progenitor Planet. Yi He was a super expert who had survived six tribulations, and he was an expert that the Fifth Mainland would evaluate as having a power level of over a million.

“All of the star essence that he took is gone?” Elder Yi He was surprised.

The observer had an ugly face. “Yes, it’s all gone.”

Elder Yi He just laughed. “It looks like that child found some way to eliminate the trackers. Just forget about it and don’t worry about him.”

As far as such powerhouses were concerned, star essence was nothing more than resources for low-level cultivators to use, and it was of absolutely no value. In contrast, the observer treated the star essence as an incredible amount of wealth. If he had been able to access such excessive funds, he would have long since become an Envoy.

The middle-aged man was quite unhappy with the situation. He was not reluctant, but rather jealous. Still, since Long Qi was a member of the White Dragon Clan, he had probably never lacked for star essence. The man could only sigh and return to his own training as he waited for his chosen Junior Progenitor to return.