Star Odyssey

Lu Yin’s hand remained frozen in midair for a while, as he could not make up his mind on whether or not he should contact Wendy.

“Seventh Bro, don’t even ask. It’ll just make you more depressed,” the monkey said sympathetically.

Lu Yin did not respond. 

“Some things are better left unknown. If you actually ask, what will you do if you’re compared to one of the Ten Arbiters? That would be embarrassing.” The monkey rejoiced at Lu Yin’s dilemma.

Lu Yin directly cut off his star energy to his right arm; that bastard’s mouth was rotten.

Dong dong dong!

Another person knocked on the door, and Lu Yin looked up. “Come in.”

Hui Daynight walked in, and he immediately told Lu Yin, “The Daynight clan has already cancelled their restrictions concerning Frostwave Weave.” 

Lu Yin’s heart skipped a beat. “What does that mean?”

Hui Daynight calmly replied, “The previous orders from Nightking Elder Nightking Yuanjing prohibited any Daynight clan member from participating in Frostwave Weave’s war. This restriction was removed in the past few days.” 

Lu Yin’s eyes turned cold. This old fellow had tossed him aside and turned hostile as soon as Lu Yin lost value in his eyes.

“This restriction was removed by the Nightking Elders, but you don’t need to be too worried. The Nightking clan places many restrictions on the clan members, and new restrictions frequently appear. It’s possible that no one even noticed it.”

Lu Yin would not cling to such a hope since that woman, Nightqueen Yanqing, held a deep grudge against him. She was likely circling around him like a vulture. It was even possible that she had something to do with the restriction being removed; otherwise, even if Lu Yin had lost Nightking Yuanjing’s favor, such a change would not have occurred so quickly. At most, the Nightking elder would have no longer interfered in the matter. 

If Nightqueen Yanqing truly wanted to meddle in the military affairs of Frostwave Weave, it would cause huge problems for the empire. The Great Yu Empire was already dealing with issues related to the economic embargo, so the Great Yu Empire might not be able to continue their campaign if the Daynight clan’s experts started interfering. 

Hui Daynight left after delivering his news.

Lu Yin started muttering to himself. He could not allow a calamity to befall the Great Yu Empire just because of his personal matters.

Dong dong dong!

Another knock came from the door, and Lu Yin’s brows rose up. “Come in.”

A fragrance wafted over towards him, and Michelle walked in as she directed an indifferent expression towards Lu Yin. 

Lu Yin studied her. “What’s the matter?”

“I just contacted my sister. She knows that we’re going to Starfall Sea, so she wants me to remind you about a certain matter.”

Lu Yin had a bad premonition. “What?”

“Previously, Undying Yushan caused numerous people to die while he roamed the Starfall Sea, so there are quite a few enemies who might create trouble for you.”

Lu Yin’s heart sank; Why is there nothing but bad news today? “It can’t be that bad. After all, Undying Yushan’s trip to the Starfall Sea was so long ago.”

“Most of his enemies certainly aren’t alive anymore, but not everyone who has a deep-seated hatred is among that group. Can you guarantee that none of the Innerverse powers that were monitoring the Great Yu Empire came from the Starfall Sea?” Michelle questioned.

Lu Yin immediately thought of that armless Hunter who had ambushed him. When Undying Yushan had been at the brink of death, many powers from the Innerverse had indeed appeared.

Lu Yin was upset, but that wouldn’t prevent him from being forced to take on Undying Yushan’s past grudges. He suddenly felt that going to the Starfall Sea had not been a wise decision after all. 

Michelle left after saying her piece, since she had specifically come to deliver bad news.

Lu Yin did not close his door after she left. He felt like leaving the door open would be better since the knocking sound gave him a strange sense of panic. 

Unfortunately for him, leaving the door open was useless. Xia Luo arrived next, also with bad news. “The Relentless Slayers sent Feng Mo after us, who’s a Hunter with a power level of over 150,000.” 

Lu Yin blinked; this was really bad news, and it just piled on top of what he had heard earlier. “What should we do?”

Xia Luo had no suggestions. “It all depends on our luck. Given Feng Mo’s speed, we might not even make it to the Starfall Sea before he catches up.”

Lu Yin let out a long breath and felt rather sullen. His status was now enough to make others apprehensive about killing him, and even the Daynight clan would have to consider whether or not they should kill him. However, an existence like the Relentless Slayers had no such misgivings. This sort of assassin organization was similar to pirate crews, and they did not worry about status, causing them to often be the most problematic foes.

As a clan grew stronger, that sometimes also came with an increased pressure to put on a superficial front of effort. Even though the Daynight clan were bullies, they did not dominate the universe; however, the same could not be said for the dark powers. 

“How are you so well informed about the Relentless Slayers?” Lu Yin looked curiously at Xia Luo. 

Xia Luo casually replied, “One of my clanmates has hidden himself within the world of killers and is very familiar with Relentless Slayers. He told me.” 

“Can he issue missions for the Relentless Slayers?” Lu Yin’s eyes flashed.

Xia Luo nodded. “If he uses another identity, sure. Why? Who do you want to kill?”

“Who’s along the way?” Lu Yin’s lips perked up.

Xia Luo didn’t know how to react.

Lu Yin whispered something to him, and Xia Luo exclaimed in surprise, “Your brain works fast! With this, we can actually buy ourselves some time.”

“That will depend on your clanmate.”

Xia Luo nodded and left Lu Yin’s room.

Lu Yin turned around and closed the door. There shouldn’t be any more bad news coming, as the remaining people in the vessel would not make an effort to help him out.

“Monkey, have you finished translating those words?” Lu Yin asked after unscreening his right arm. 

The monkey lazily replied, “I’ve already said that I’ve only translated one word. The other words are too ancient. Give me another year to work on it.” 

“I can’t wait. I want to use it already.” Lu Yin’s gaze quivered.

The Ghost Monkey was stumped. “Use it? How? What do you mean?”

Lu Yin activated his gadget and quickly tried to contact Nightking Yuanjing. However, this time, his call did not connect right away, and he had to wait for a bit of time.

“Little Yin? What’s the matter?” The old Nightking looked at Lu Yin with a smile in his eyes.

As he looked at Nightking Yuanjing's smile, Lu Yin suddenly understood that this old fogey must have been the one who had lifted the restrictions preventing the Daynight clan members from influencing the Frostwave Weave’s war. This old fart wanted to use this method to coerce Lu Yin into giving up more useful information. Things were not how Lu Yin had originally believed them to be.

Even if the Daynight clan was certain that a young cultivator like himself knew nothing more about the Great Realm of Nothingness, this was their way of handling things—cautiously and thoroughly.

As expected, the older the ginger, the spicier it was.

“Grandpa Yuanjing, do you recall the ancient centipede corpse that appeared in Northline Flowzone?” Lu Yin asked respectfully.

Nightking Yuanjing’s gaze flashed. “The centipede's corpse? Certainly.”

That incident had been a rather big deal, and even now, the Northline Flowzone was still very busy as numerous great powers such as the Daynight clan, Lingling clan, Sword Sect, Divine Grade Hall, Blaze Realm, and Ross Empire had congregated there to explore the centipede's body. Even that old freak, Northgate Taisui, could not stop them, or rather, he did not dare to stop them.

However, this matter was not being overseen by Nightking Yuanjing, so he had not paid too much attention to it.

Lu Yin continued speaking. “This student was one of the first people to explore the centipede's body, and I saw certain scenes that I wish to share with Grandpa Yuanjing, in gratitude for Grandpa Yuanjing’s kindness in protecting Little Yin.”

Nightking Yuanjing’s face became a bit more serious. “What scene?”

“Five pikes dividing a corpse,” Lu Yin answered.

Nightking Yuanjing calmly replied, “We’ve already seen that scene.”

“But there were also some words besides this corpse. Does Grandpa Yuanjing know about them?” Lu Yin spoke slowly, as these words were his bargaining chip. He wanted to use these words to obtain protection once more, and he did not even consider what these words would be worth. No matter what an ancient object was valued, they would diminish with the passing of time. However, an ancient clan like the Daynight clan needed such things, as they were a part of the history of civilization. 

Grandpa Yuanjing’s eyes trembled. “There were indeed rumors of words being there, but no one recorded them down. Little Yin, did you record them?”

Lu Yin nodded. “Fortunately, yes, and I’m offering them to Grandpa Yuanjing.”

Nightking Yuanjing laughed and looked at Lu Yin appreciatively. “Alright, at least Grandpa has not doted on you in vain. Not bad, not bad! I heard that you even snatched three pikes from Northgate Lie’s hands. Little Yin, you’re not too bad.”

Lu Yin smiled. “I must thank Grandpa Yuanjing for protecting Little Yin’s Frostwave Weave. This allowed me to not worry about any troubles at home propping up. Otherwise, I might not have been able to beat Northgate Lie, as he’s in the Top 100 Rankings after all.”

Smiling, Nightking Yuanjing nodded. “Rest assured, Little Yin, safeguarding the peace of Frostwave Weave is an internal matter of my Daynight clan. Now will be the same as before; it won’t change.”

Lu Yin relaxed, as this promise was what he wanted to hear. “This student will pass the rubbing of that writing on to Grandpa Yuanjing.” 

The old man nodded in satisfaction, not worried in any way that Lu Yin would try to hoodwink him. The Daynight clan possessed many ancient objects, and a single glance at the words would be enough for them to verify if they were truly ancient words.

Unfortunately, it seems that this brat really doesn’t know anything more about the Great Realm of Nothingness, or else he wouldn’t have revealed those words. A pity—it seems that we’ll need to come up with another method to rescue the Third Nightking. 

Lu Yin quickly sketched out the writing and showed the drawing on the screen so that Nightking Yuanjing could see it and take a picture.

He ended his call with Nightking Yuanjing, and his face dropped. He did not know how long those words would be able to protect the Frostwave Weave for; it might be a few months or at most, half a year.

“Seventh Bro, you’re trapped in a vicious cycle. The Daynight clan is extremely tyrannical, and that old fellow’s promise will last for no more than a few months. There’s no way that it’ll last for a year. At that time, you’ll need to take out another attractive offering, or else the Frostwave Weave will be toyed with by the Daynight clan. Can you ensure that you’ll have anything to attract their attention then?” the monkey asked. 

Lu Yin’s eyes flashed with a cold glint. “We’ll discuss it again at that time.”

Ever since he had first contacted Nightking Yuanjing, he had been stuck in this endless loop. Unless the day came where he surpassed the Daynight clan, he would have no way to break free from this coercion. Until then, the Daynight clan would be able to continuously use the Frostwave Weave to take advantage of Lu Yin.

The difficulty of surpassing the Daynight clan could only be imagined, but there was one other way: Lu Yin could reveal his background. The existence of Highsage Leon was enough to give the Daynight clan misgivings about taking advantage of Lu Yin, but doing so would also leave Lu Yin with no way to establish himself in the Innerverse or the Outerverse. Without even taking the Ten Arbiters into consideration, the status of being a pirate would be so bad that Lu Yin wouldn’t even be able to say in the Outerverse You Council; he would be immediately kicked out. 

“Seventh Bro, I feel like we need to find a stronger patron,” the monkey suggested.

Lu Yin was in a bad mood. “Obviously, I know that. But where are we going to look for one?”

“Rely on one of the Ten Arbiters.”

Lu Yin’s heart jolted, as relying on them was indeed one method, but even that would not be enough to make the Daynight clan hesitate. Nightking Zhenwu was the most tyrannical even amongst the Ten Arbiters, as shown by the fact that he could even exert his influence at the border warfront. 

In the Daynight Flowzone, on Nightking Planet, underneath the gentle caress of the moonlight and within a sprawling ancient castle, Nightqueen Yanqing silently sat in front of a piano, playing a sad piece.

Figure after figure entered the castle before kneeling down on one knee towards Nightqueen Yanqing.

Each of them had the power level of a Cruiser, and there were at least ten of them. Each one of them was also from the Daynight clan.