Chapter 242: Yao Gu And The Skymender Lis (1/2)

“Regardless of how tempting it is, for now, it really doesn’t interest me. On the other hand, I am quite curious about Yao Gu. Tell me more about him,” Lu Yin said.

The Ghost Monkey was surprised. “You’re interested in Yao Gu? Right, that Void Thunderbeast before had its sights on you, and it even said that you carried their aura. What did you do? Logically speaking, a human Melder shouldn’t have had any dealings with Yao Gu.”

Lu Yin’s tone grew chilly as he threatened, “If I order you to do something, then just do as I say. Listen up, your life is in my hands, so the moment you cease to have any value, I’ll destroy you without hesitation. Also, you’d better pray that I get strong, because if I die, you die as well.”

The Ghost Monkey could only meekly reply, “I know, I don’t need a reminder. You want to know about Yao Gu right? He’s a Void Thunderbeast, which is ranked third on the Celestial Beast List. He’s also a fully mature Void Thunderbeast. That’s all anyone knows, though any intelligent beast could have told you that.”

“What’s the Celestial Beast List?” Lu Yin was confused.

“The Astral Beast Domain has a terrifyingly powerful organization known as the Heavenly Fiend Empire. There was once a great scholar from the Celestial Beast Empire who went by the name of Skymender. He was a very mysterious beast. Nobody knew his true form, and the only aspect of his that was verified was that he could foresee the future by calculating the power of the universe. In some ways, he was quite similar to your Starsibyl.

He came up with the Celestial Beast List that ranks the top races in our Astral Beast Domain. Any species that is on that list will have tremendous fame throughout the Domain, and even the entire universe.” After a pause, the Ghost Monkey continued explaining, saying, “The Skymender List is similar to your Ten Arbiters; only the strongest beasts in the Astral Beast Domain’s younger generation can enter it. Yao Gu is on this list and is naturally someone who can fight against a Ten Arbiter on equal footing.”

Lu Yin now understood. The Skymender List was the astral beasts’ way of measuring their younger generation’s strength while motivating them at the same time. Large organizations, academies, and even the astral domains and territories; all of them had similar ranking lists. It was a fact that these rankings lists were very effective, to the point where even the Astral Beast Domain had copied the idea.

Lu Yin was baffled again. “The Celestial Vanquisher's List?”

“Skymender once said that the entire universe shares a single sky. The beasts were given life with the power of the heavens. Thus, we astral beasts are the children of heaven, while you humans rebel against the heavens or even consider yourselves to be the heavens. That’s why you all are described as ‘celestial vanquishers.’ The word ‘celestial’ refers to humans, and the Celestial Vanquisher's List is a list of the humans who pose the greatest threats to the astral beasts as a whole. Regardless of whether the people on the list are of the older or the younger generation, they’re all threats. Each and every beast will try to kill any human on the list even at the cost of their own lives. That means that the moment you are put on the Celestial Vanquisher's List, you’ll have an endless number of enemies targeting you,” the Ghost Monkey explained.

Lu Yin pondered it over before asking, “Can Skymender really make such divinations?”

“Nobody knows for sure. It’s like the Starsibyl Sect of you humans. Just one sentence from the Starsibyl back then resulted in many people freezing and sealing themselves so that they could take full advantage of the coming change in the universe. This even included many beasts from the Astral Beast Domain, but nobody knows for sure whether or not it’s truly accurate.”

Lu Yin had heard of this before. A Starsibyl from many generations ago predicted that there would be a huge change within the universe in the future, and that single prophecy had led to many people freezing and sealing themselves, waiting for the huge change that she had spoken of. Many years had since passed, and her prophecy had ultimately come true, and the appearance of the Ten Arbiters was the best proof of it.

In the past, the younger generation had not been able to contend against the older generation no matter how hard they worked or how wondrous their innate gifts were. This was because cultivation was a steady accumulation that took time. However, when formcast models appeared, one’s cultivation time became greatly reduced. This was a huge change. The great power that the Ten Arbiters grasped was an indescribably huge change in the universe. These two matters were supposedly proof that the universe had undergone a huge change, but Lu Yin felt that it had merely been a coincidence. Could people actually predict the future?

Planet Conan’s command center had been completely destroyed during the battle, and only the war drums remained unharmed.

During this battle, Lu Yin had gained the respect of numerous people; war drummers had always held one of the most respected positions at the warfront. And that wasn’t even mentioning the fact that he’d also found the method of locating Sheng Aos, which had prevented countless losses. This achievement had even granted him the right to meet Shui Chuanxiao.

Within a warship, Lu Yin gazed up into space. During this last battle, five of the thirty seven planets on the right side of the defensive line had been destroyed. All of the troops on those planets had been sacrificed, and it was difficult to even calculate the number of deaths. It was devastating.

The brutality of the warfront was unimaginably cruel. Lu Yin now understood why his family and the pilot who had sent him here had all told him to be careful. Even with his great strength, he had still nearly died. If Mira hadn’t been there, then he would have been in grave danger.

Of the students who had come from the Astral Combat Academy, Tasha, Lanke, and Xue Liuyun had all died.

Xue Liuyun’s death was quite a surprise to Lu Yin. An academy student leader had casually died in such a cruel manner. Xue Liuyun had essentially died while taking down a few powerful astral beasts with him. This included the two Guais and a Sheng Ao. After the battle was over, the army had not been able to find Xue Liuyun’s body; all that remained of him was a puddle of blood. News of his death was sent to the Astral Combat Academy.

A Realm Master was able to look down upon everyone else in the Astral Combat Tournament, but they were so fragile here at the warfront. Perhaps only the Ten Arbiters could be assured in their own safety here.

“Hey, how did you get that beast skin?” the Ghost Monkey suddenly asked.

Lu Yin answered, “Call me Seventh Bro.”

“Seventh Bro? Do you have six other siblings?” the Ghost Monkey was slightly confused.

Lu Yin simply ignored him.

The Ghost Monkey could only change his form of address. “Fine, how did you get that beast skin, Seventh Bro?”

Lu Yin raised a hand and rubbed his cosmic ring. The Ghost Monkey quickly stopped him. “Don’t take it out! Please, don’t take it out!”

Lu Yin’s eyes flashed as he glanced at the adorable tattoo on his right arm. “Why not?”

“No matter what, you shouldn’t take it out. My life is in your hands now, and everything I do or say is for your own good,” the Ghost Monkey hastily said.