Chapter 657: The Cause (1/2)

After the court meeting, Phantom Sting appeared at King Zishan’s palace to present his first achievement ever since he had started training the Second Squadron.

“The Xun family has released a total of twenty one of the secrets in our possession,” Phantom Sting informed Lu Yin.

Lu Yin studied his screen calmly. “Go and find out where the Xun family is located.”

“Ok.” Phantom Sting immediately left.

Twenty one secrets sounded like a lot, but most of the exposed information was unimportant and wouldn’t affect the formation of the Great Eastern Alliance. Not a single one of them was as explosive as Cheng Yan’s, which showed that the Xun family didn’t dare to act aggressively. Despite that, they had still exposed numerous secrets, and the only reason why they would do so was that they were still trying to threaten Lu Yin in order to achieve a certain goal.

Lu Yin didn’t hesitate, and he quickly tried to contact the number that Madam Meilan had given him again.

When he had first called that number, an old man from the Xun family had immediately hung up. However, this time, once the old man appeared on the screen, he merely stared at Lu Yin calmly.

“You are Xun Qianye,” Lu Yin stated unceremoniously.

Xun Qianye nodded and slowly answered, “You’re right, I’m Xun Qianye. Nice to meet you, Lu Yin.”

“You’ve seen me before?” Lu Yin narrowed his eyes.

“I don’t like small talk. What’s your goal?” Lu Yin asked coldly.

Xun Qianye’s eyes flashed. “Your Highness, you’re very straightforward, so I’ll tell you the truth. Back at the Sea King’s Dome, one of the juniors from my family tried to buy a gun, but it was bought by you instead. Do you remember this incident?”

Lu Yin’s eyes flickered. He had originally believed that the Xun family was trying to make things difficult for him because of Xun Meiren. However, why would this old guy suddenly bring up that gun? Could it be because Lu Yin had used it to kill Enlighters? He suddenly remembered that a piece of paper with some unrecognizable words on it had fallen out of the gun after it had shattered from usage. The Ghost Monkey had translated the writing and said that it was two names.

“I do remember that. It was just a common gun, so why would the Xun family do all this for just a gun?” Lu Yin retorted.

“As long as Prince Lu is willing to give us the gun, the Xun family guarantees that we will not reveal any of the remaining information and that we will stop bothering Your Highness,” Xun Qianye said.

Lu Yin smirked. “Xun Qianye, I think that there’s been some misunderstanding. Everyone knows that I use a gun to kill Enlighters, you wouldn’t happen to believe that it’s the same gun, right?”

“Of course not. The gun that I’m talking about is at most capable of killing a Cruiser, so how could it be used to kill Enlighter realm powerhouses? The Xun family is not that dumb. Moreover, a lot of people saw when your gun shattered in Ironblood Weave,” Xun Qianye replied.

“The allure of a Cruiser-level gun is enough to cause your Xun family to resort to such unscrupulous methods and to involve Elder Lohar?” Lu Yin asked coldly as killing intent emanated from his eyes.

“The value of some items cannot be measured by their price. One of my ancestors died in the Astral Wilderness, and that gun was the only thing that he left behind. To the Xun family, it’s a sacred item, and we hope that you can understand that. I guarantee that as long as Your Highness returns the gun to us, the Xun family will definitely stop causing trouble for you, and we can even offer the Great Yu Empire some resources as compensation,” Xun Qianye suggested.

Xun Qianye was elated at this turn of events. “We will, don’t worry, Your Highness!”

“Time and location?”

“Your Highness, you only have to send someone to bring the gun to the space station at Shenwu Continent, and someone from the Xun family will be there to receive it. I have to remind you that the Xun family is well versed in machinery, so please do not send anyone to follow us. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be good for either of us if something ends up happening.”

Lu Yin ended the call and immediately delivered an order. “Use polarium essence to make a gun as quickly as possible.”

The gun that the Xun family wanted had already been shattered into pieces, and it was impossible to repair, so Lu Yin could only make a replica. This was mostly because the Xun family didn’t actually want the gun—they wanted the paper that had been inside the gun.

He took out the slip of paper and looked at the words again. “Hey monkey, take a look and translate a few more of these words.”

“Seventh Bro, I only recognize two bits from that paper, and I already told you that one is ‘Wen Zhaocheng’ and the other is ‘Cang Yi.’ I don’t understand any of the other words,” the Ghost Monkey reluctantly answered. He had come to realize that not only had it been a long time since he had seen any sort of battle action, but that he had also been reduced to nothing more than a translator.

Lu Yin copied the writing down and sent the paper to the Technology Department where Ban Jiu was making a replica of his shattered gun.

The gun wasn’t very special, and the polarium essence used was actually more valuable than what the gun itself would end up being.

“Stuff this paper inside the gun,” Lu Yin said.

“Alright.”

“How much time do you need?”

“It’s just a gun, so I only need half an hour. If I weren’t making it out of polarium essence, I could make ten thousand guns in just a few minutes,” Ban Jiu said.

Half an hour later, Lu Yin tested out the new gun. Although both the gun and its bullets had been made from polarium essence, the power of the gun couldn’t even match the attack of an Explorer, let alone a Cruiser’s.

However, Lu Yin hadn’t been hoping for the gun to reach the level of matching up to a Cruiser’s attack. Since it had been made with polarium essence, he could simply use Enhance to upgrade it to the level where it could match a Cruiser’s attack.

Normally, a gun wouldn’t be this powerful, and thus, the Xun family probably wouldn’t be able to tell that the gun was just a replica. Even if they could, it wouldn’t even matter since they only wanted that slip of paper. Moreover, Lu Yin wasn’t even planning on letting the Xun family off to begin with. He was going to personally find Xun Qianye and then destroy the entire Xun family.

No matter how advanced the Xun family’s machinery might be, they still wouldn't be able to hide their rune lines.