Chapter 675: A Different Feeling (1/2)

Lu Yin sat down. “How was your trip this time? It looks like you didn't encounter any danger.”

Wendy Yushan hesitated a moment, but then she slowly exposed her shoulder. There was a wound on her shoulder that had recently started recovering, but it was obvious that her entire arm had been nearly severed. The wound didn’t just stop at her arm, and it continued, snaking down to her c.h.e.s.t and further beyond. Lu Yin couldn’t see exactly how far it extended.

Lu Yin could feel the danger she had met just by looking at the wound. Almost—this woman had almost died.

“Who did it?” Lu Yin asked, his eyes suddenly ice cold.

Wendy Yushan didn’t answer.

Lu Yin stared into her eyes. “Who did it?”

Wendy Yushan focused on her tea and said, “I bumped into Nightking Zhenwu at the Budding Terrace after entering the Daosource Sect. If one of the territory's top seeds from the Sixth Mainland hadn’t shown up to fight him, I wouldn’t have been able to return.” She then looked at Lu Yin. “You were right—the ruins of the Daosource Sect truly are incredibly dangerous, and I was injured on my very first day there. I found a place to hide for more than ten days and didn’t dare to expose myself. Lu Yin, am I completely useless?”

Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. Wendy’s wound was still so severe even after she had rested for more than ten days. This showed just how serious her initial injury had been.

“How’s your injury doing now?” Lu Yin asked.

Wendy Yushan calmly answered, “I’ll need half a year to fully recuperate.”

Lu Yin’s gaze sharpened. “Did Nightking Zhenwu realize who you were? What about the secret technique? Did you not use it?”

Wendy Yushan looked at Lu Yin and then seriously answered, “Don’t rely only on that secret technique. Other people might have one too.”

Lu Yin was shocked. “Nightking Zhenwu has a secret technique too?”

Wendy Yushan shook her head. “I’m not sure, but even my secret technique wasn’t enough to make up for the difference in power. As for whether or not he recognized me, what do you think?”

Lu Yin’s gaze was glacial. Wendy Yushan had joined the Myriad Swords Peak through White Knight’s recommendation, and she was also an Outerverse Youth Councilor. Lu Yin didn’t believe that Nightking Zhenwu hadn’t recognized her, and since he had attacked her despite knowing her identity, his intention to kill Wendy was clear.

The Daynight clan seemed to be Lu Yin’s natural enemy. From Nightking Qingyu back on Earth to Nightqueen Yanqing in the Astral Combat Academy, the Daynight clan had always been Lu Yin’s greatest obstacle along his cultivation journey. Arbiter Zhenwu had been the reason why Lu Yin hadn’t initially been allowed to join the Council of Astral Academy, and the Arbiter had also issued orders that allowed Nightqueen Yanqing to deal with Lu Yin with the Daynight clan’s resources. Furthermore, Arbiter Zhenwu had also been the person who had appointed Liu Shaoge to the Outerverse Youth Council as a councilor.

Although Lu Yin had never actually met Nightking Zhenwu, he had caused Lu Yin tremendous difficulties. That Arbiter was truly Lu Yin’s nemesis.

Lu Yin’s eyes flickered when he looked at Wendy Yushan’s pale face. This incident was yet another strike against Arbiter Zhenwu.

“What are you thinking about?” Wendy Yushan asked.

Lu Yin’s expression softened. “Nothing much. Rest well, and don’t go back to the Daosource Sect for now.”

“Lu Yin!” Wendy Yushan called out. Lu Yin turned around and saw a gentle look on her face. She softly said, “I thought that I was going to die at that time, and the only person I thought of was you. Promise me that you won’t go up against Nightking Zhenwu until you are absolutely certain of defeating him.”

Lu Yin’s heart skipped a beat as he looked at Wendy Yushan’s vulnerable side. He instinctively hugged her as her scent filled his mind. “Alright, I promise you, but I’ll also guarantee that I’ll never forget this incident.”

A servant nearby shattered a tea cup, and Wendy Yushan quickly shoved Lu Yin away. She turned around and calmly said, “You can go now.”

Lu Yin felt dejected, as he had just discovered that he held special feelings for this woman.

“Oh, alright.” He then left the princess’s home.

After Lu Yin left, Wendy Yushan turned back around with a complicated expression on her face.

Lu Yin shook his head to clear his mind. He returned to the palace courtyard and took out the Perceptive Intermediate sourcebox that he had received from the Nalan family for winning the Astral Combat Tournament and immediately started unlocking it.

“Seventh Bro, are you sure that you should be lockbreaking right now? Do you even know what you’re doing?” the Ghost Monkey teased.

Lu Yin snapped back, “Shut up! Otherwise I’ll screen you off again!”

“Ha, you disloyal person,” the monkey sneered.

Lu Yin ignored the monkey and took a deep breath. He exhaled slowly and sharpened his focus onto the sourcebox. He saw the complex energies surrounding it and could instantly tell that they far exceeded the level of five star Discerning Elementary sourceboxes.

“Seventh Bro, don’t say that I didn’t warn you. Accidents are more likely to happen when you’re not focused during a lockbreaking session,” the monkey warned.

Lu Yin’s eyes flashed. “I know.” He closed his eyes and remembered the scene of when he had entered the Daynight clan’s inheritance corridor. There had been a stone tablet outside the corridor covered with the names of the powerhouses of the Daynight clan and Nightking clan. The name in the highest position had been Nightking Zhenwu: an imposing and arrogant man.

Lu Yin grew furious as soon as he thought of Nightking Zhenwu, but he was still too far away from the Arbiter.