Chapter 473: Conspiracy (1/2)

Hai Qiqi glared at Lu Yin and snorted. She mumbled something into the gadget and then ran off while still muttering under her breath.

Lu Yin found the whole thing absolutely hilarious. Although Qiqi had a sharp tongue, she was indeed kind at heart. She had never attempted to use her status as the Sea King’s daughter to pressure anyone, unlike the successors of some large organizations whose noses were perpetually stuck in the air. Compared to those people, she was actually pretty adorable. However, just who had she been talking to? The other person sounded quite sensible and gentle—the exact opposite of this girl.

Lu Yin thought that he’d finally be able to have some peace to himself, but Hai Qiqi soon returned with a sneaky expression on her face. She stared at Lu Yin, seemingly quite pleased with herself.

Lu Yin raised his eyebrows. “I won’t sell my body no matter how much you pay me.”

Hai Qiqi didn’t get mad. She knew full well that Lu Yin enjoyed riling her, as he wanted to upset her so that she would leave him alone. But this time, she took control of the situation. “I remember that your hometown is in Frostwave Weave and is called the Great Yu Empire, correct?”

Lu Yin nodded. “Yes. That’s also where you’re headed to.”

Hai Qiqi looked up. “Promise me something, and I’ll tell you something about your hometown.”

“No thanks. Be good and go out to play,” Lu Yin quipped back.

Hai Qiqi grinned. “I just heard someone discussing your hometown. They’ve been hired to start a war with the Great Yu Empire.”

Lu Yin’s expression changed, and his head snapped around to stare straight at Hai Qiqi. “That’s a joke you can’t afford to make.”

Hai Qiqi crossed her arms and leaned against the door frame. “It’s up to you to decide whether or not you treat it as a joke.”

Lu Yin stared at her for a while as he spread his domain to cover the entire VIP track and even a bit further. He heard a lot of people talking, and one particular conversation on a spacecraft a kilometer away attracted his interest.

“Are you sure that we’ll be paid? There’s so many of us. Can they afford to hire all of us?”

“Of course. It’s a large organization from the Innerverse. Money isn’t an issue.”

“Who exactly is it that’s hiring us?”

“Shh! I can’t tell you, but since they’re hiring mercenaries in this area, they should be from the east of the Innerverse and not too far away from here.”

“That could be the Tempest Flowzone, Beast Tamers Flowzone, Number One Flowzone…”

“Got it.”

…

“Hey, what do you think? Promise me something, and I’ll tell you what I know.” Hai Qiqi said in a pleased tone.

Lu Yin looked at Hai Qiqi with a strange expression. These people had been talking in a spacecraft with sound-proofing equipment, so how had she managed to overhear their conversation? Those people must have been either so careless that they had talked outside their spacecraft, or Hai Qiqi must have comprehended a domain as well. Lu Yin thought that the latter was more likely. After all, she was the Sea King’s daughter.

Come to think of it, Lu Yin didn’t know what Hai Qiqi’s cultivation was, but from the looks of things, he might have underestimated her. She might not be as powerful as Lu Yin, but she was definitely not weak as she had apparently comprehended her own domain. From the Astral Combat Academy’s standards, she might have reached the level of an Area Master or even a Realm Master.

“Why are you staring at me?” Hai Qiqi eyed him suspiciously and shyly tugged her clothes down. “I’m warning you, I’m strong. Don’t you dare try anything!”

Lu Yin looked away. “If I manage to protect my hometown, I’ll take you out to have some fun.”

“Really?” Her eyes lit up.

Lu Yin nodded. “Yes, but you’ll need to be good and not cause trouble.”

Hai Qiqi snorted. “You sound just like my brother. I’ll have you know that I only agreed to the son-in-law selection thing because I wanted to leave the Starfall Sea. I was going to get a hot guy to keep me company as eye candy while I traveled the universe, but it’s just my luck that I ended up with you. You look like you were made in a rush, and you also seem like the anxious type.”

She continued on, saying, “I’ll have you know that, on a silver spacecraft a kilometer away, there’s a bunch of people talking about how they’re going to attack your hometown.”

“Do you want to do something exciting?” Lu Yin smiled.

Just the sound of doing something was exciting to Hai Qiqi. “What is it?”

Lu Yin laughed in a crafty way.

…

In the Astral Wilderness, on a huge planet, there was a bit of dark red earth. The dry soil here had a pungent smell, and there were a dozen Limiteer cultivators cautiously advancing over the ground with detectors in their hands. These machines were able to detect pyrolyte.

These cultivators were from the Dire Barbarian Clan of Spirit Seal Flowzone, which was also the clan that Avery was from. He had once defeated Lu Yin during a teleportation battle.

At that moment, a spacecraft smashed into the ground not too far away from the group.

About a dozen Dire Barbarian Clan members suspiciously looked at the massive crater. The steam generated by the friction between the spacecraft and the atmosphere slowly dissipated as the hatch opened to reveal a beautiful pair of hands; it was a girl.

The Dire Barbarian Clan members looked excited. As long as this person wasn’t a disciple from a powerful sect, they could kidnap her and have their way with her. They’d been on this stupid planet for over ten days, and it had been incredibly boring.