Chapter 300: The Yu” Surname (2/2)

“Were you close to the Ghost Monkey, Feng Jiu? You seem upset.”

She hesitated. “If it’s possible, it’d be for the best if we found him. He’s very well educated and has acquired a lot of arcane knowledge that most have no idea even exist. He’s also not that weak and has a unique innate gift.”

“Haha, you’re still as kind as ever. I understand.”

“Thank you.”

A great distance away from the Spiritual Academy was a territory called the Heavenly Fiend Empire. There was a place there known as the Butian Gates where a tutor by the name of Butian taught his disciples. One of those disciples was called Tian Hou. It had been birthed in a strange manner and a wondrous innate gift. It also studied at the Spiritual Academy and was also one of the five academy lords, the strongest one to be exact.

“Make preparations to enter the Human Domain and challenge the top four from the Astral Combat Tournament, Sky.”

“Yes, Master.”

“While some of the strongest young humans are gathered at the Astral Combat Academy, not all of them are there. Aside from Starsibyl, nobody should be able to force you to go all out. However, I have calculated your chances and found that there might be variables in your battles. I hereby give you permission to go all out as you deem necessary.”

“Yes, Master.” It seemed much more excited than before, for it had been restraining itself for a long time. There was nobody in the Spiritual Academy who was strong enough to handle its full strength. It hoped that the humans would not be too disappointing, and it was rather excited to discover the “variables” that its master had spoken of.

While the giant Astral Beast Domain was making preparations to send out the four strongest members of their younger generation, similar events were taking place in the Technocracy. Both sides were sending out four members of their younger generation to participate in the assessment battle of the Human Domain.

At this time, Lu Yin still had not received word about the upcoming battle yet. He had no idea it was nearly time for the final four to fight. The Daynight clan had exerted their influence on the Astral Combat Academy after the last round of elimination matches in the tournament to forcefully send the final four competitors to the Outerverse to participate in a trial. This had been done in hopes that Zhanlong Daynight would be able to reverse the humiliation that Nightking Yanqing had brought to the clan. Unfortunately, Zhanlong Daynight had also been defeated by Lu Yin, and their efforts had been rendered for naught. The final four’s true opponents were young experts from the other two domains.

It had been two days since Lu Yin had left the Great Yu Empire. By now, he was far, far away from the Frostwave Weave.

Lu Yin was quietly reciting the Stonewall Scriptures and studying an astral chart at the same time. His gadget quietly beeped, and he looked down to check the notification. His eyes lit up in excitement when he saw that it was an unfamiliar number—it must be someone from home!

Without a second thought, he answered right away and was greeted simply. “Seven.”

Lu Yin was delighted. “Uncle You Ling!”

“Congratulations on joining the Outerverse Youth Council and also becoming the Royal Regent of the Great Yu Empire,” a hoarse voice replied. There seemed to be background sounds of energy waves coming and going on the other side of the call.

Lu Yin was very excited. “Do all of you already know about this?”

“Of course, everyone at home knows about every single thing that you do. Did you think that we had forgotten about you?”

Lu Yin felt a warmth blossom in his heart. After losing his memories, he had awoken to the sight of these people. While he called them his family, he knew that there was no blood connection between them. The time that he spent with them was not as long as the time that he had spent on Earth, but they were still the most important people to him.

“Are things going well at home, Uncle? And is Big Sis… is she still smoking?” Lu Yin asked apprehensively.

There was a moment of silence from the other end. “She heard you, Seven.”

Lu Yin was speechless. “You didn’t even tell me she’s next to you, Uncle! I want to talk to her!”

“She can’t talk to you. You know why.”

Lu Yin could only respond, “Fine. In that case, I’ll just say more terrible things about her. It’s not like she can do anything about it anyways.”

“Hehe, I dare you to keep talking.”

Lu Yin’s heart jolted as the image of a cool girl casually holding a cigarette in her mouth appeared in his mind. He trembled inside. “Uh, um, uncle, I never said anything about her! You’ve got to defend me!”

“Okay, enough of that. It’s already difficult enough for us to contact you. Listen up: there are some things that we need to warn you about.”

Lu Yin froze, knowing they were moving on to serious matters. “Is this about the Great Yu Empire?”

Uncle You Ling replied, “Before we talk about the Great Yu Empire, I need to tell you about something. Have you heard of the Three Dark Hands before?”

Lu Yin raised his eyebrows, and the Ghost Monkey’s adorable little face on his right arm jerked. “The Three Dark Hands? We’ve talked about them before. Seventh Bro, I didn’t know that you had connections like this! If they know about the Three Dark Hands, then this group has to be quite something. Why didn’t you tell me? They-” Before the monkey could finish talking, Lu Yin screened his senses off. He didn’t want the monkey to discover too much about his background.

“What’re the Three Dark Hands?” Lu Yin innocently asked. The Ghost Monkey had only mentioned the Neohuman Alliance before, and he still did not know what the other two were.