Chapter 1058 (1/2)

Lu Yin only half-believed the Ghost Monkey’s words as he had no time to carefully study the root at the moment.

After putting the root away, Lu Yin looked at Saul. “President Saul, do you remember how, during the Outerverse Lockbreaker Competition, the page of True Insight was stolen by the Neohuman Alliance?”

Saul’s expression changed slightly, as he did not understand why Lu Yin would bring up such a matter. Did he intend to settle those old scores at an opportune moment? Saul had also been a victim at that time. “Of course. Why is Alliance Leader Lu bringing it up?”

Lu Yin lifted a hand, and a box appeared in it. When he slowly opened the box, a golden glow illuminated the area, lighting up everyone’s faces.

Everyone was shocked, and Saul grew emotional. “This- is this that page of True Insight?”

Felynn and the others were all blown away.

Lu Yin nodded. “Some time ago, I coincidentally ran into one of the Neohuman Alliance’s corpse kings. After I killed it, I obtained this. Thus, I want to return it to its rightful owner.”

Saul’s hand trembled from his excitement; not only did this page of True Insight represent his hope of comprehending a sourcebox array, but it was also a means of reducing his punishment.

Felynn and the others could not understand this development. Given Lu Yin’s personality, how could Lu Yin simply return True Insight? He had just become a five star Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker, which was just one step away from becoming an Advanced Lockbreaker. If Lu Yin managed to comprehend True Insight, understand how to arrange a sourcebox array, and step into the advanced level, then his status would be completely different from an ordinary Advanced Lockbreaker’s. Additionally, his battle prowess would also qualitatively increase.

How could he possibly be willing to hand this page over to the society?

In truth, Lu Yin was conducting a transaction. He was using this page of True Insight in exchange for the Lockbreaker Society’s headquarters not further investigating the events that had befallen the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society. Or, if they did pursue it, Lu Yin hoped for them to be more lenient towards him.

They would discover Wei Rong’s involvement in the attack sooner or later, and Lu Yin wanted to protect Wei Rong as much as possible. After all, Wei Rong’s assistance made life much more convenient for Lu Yin.

Wei Rong was very intelligent, but unfortunately, he had run into Lu Yin. Otherwise, Wei Rong’s plan on Sourcepeak Planet would have gone perfectly, and he would have remained independent. This was why Lu Yin wanted to find a way to protect Wei Rong. Besides, Lu Yin still had five pages of True Insight, and comprehending even a single page of True Insight was already very good. Thus, it was absolutely worth it for him to trade one page for the Lockbreaker Society’s goodwill.

Nightking Zhenwu had sacrificed twenty Honor Points that had lost their value to him in order to force Lu Yin into dire straits. On the other side, Lu Yin was willing to give up a rather useless page of True Insight to purchase the Lockbreaker Society’s goodwill. The two were actually quite similar in this regard.

Nobody had expected Lu Yin to return any part of True Insight.

When the Lockbreaker Society’s headquarters learned about this matter, everyone reacted in the same manner as Saul: complete confusion.

Regardless of the motivation behind Lu Yin returning True Insight, he had undeniably made a tremendous contribution to the Lockbreaker Society.

The Lockbreakers who had initially supported the Daynight clan suddenly fell silent, and only the Daynight clan’s Lockbreakers still felt unsatisfied. However, even they knew that it would no longer be possible to target Lu Yin through the Lockbreaker Society.

The kid was too smart, and he knew how to handle matters well.

The Daynight clan had passed down their inheritance since ancient times, and it had too strong of an influence in the universe.

Any random sentence from Nightking Zhenwu could force Lu Yin to put forth his full efforts in response, but fortunately, Lu Yin had not wasted his last few years by muddling along. After chancing upon extraordinary opportunities and surviving desperate straights, he could now endure Nightking Zhenwu’s attacks.

This incident with the Lockbreaker Society had helped Lu Yin realize that he had to get rid of Nightking Zhenwu and remove all of the Nightking bloodline’s influence. Otherwise, he would definitely run into more trouble in the future.

***

News of Lu Yin becoming a five star Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker quickly spread out, and it was no less astounding than when he had defeated Lan Si.

Lockbreakers were already regarded as superior to begin with, and a five star Perceptive Intermediate was an unattainable goal to the vast majority of Lockbreakers. At such a young age, Lu Yin had already accomplished such a thing, and everyone was quite clear that before long, he would become an Advanced Lockbreaker, at which time his status would rise even further.

Many people had essentially become numb to Lu Yin’s absurd achievements, which had started at the Astral Combat Tournament and the Tournament of the Strongest, and had later continued on when he became a Ten Arbiters candidate and an unrivaled Limiteer. More recently, he had gained fame for his accomplishments in the Cosmic Sea and his eventual victory over the Ten Arbiters’ Divine Fist. Step by step, one by one, his achievements had left people numb in shock, so when many of them heard that Lu Yin had become a five star Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker, they were still able to remain rather calm.

Ling Que was one such person.

When he heard that Lu Yin had become a five star Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker, Ling Que clutched at his ears. “Freak.”

Ling Gong’s expression grew cold. “In the past, the difference between you and him was not too great, but now, he’s outpaced you by an entire weave.”

Ling Que licked his lips. “It looks like he might soon leave you behind too.”

Ling Gong’s eyes widened. “Despicable! You’re asking for a beating!”

She charged over.

Ling Que was shocked. “No! I’m not fighting you.”

“Retaliate! This is an order.”

Soon after, Ling Gong left Ling Que behind with some bruises on his face. He cried, but no tears came out. “Why do I end up aggravating everyone I talk to? This won’t do. I need to put my cheerleading squad back together. Otherwise, there won’t be any excitement when I fight.”

Then, a wretched smile appeared on his face.

After leaving Ling Que, Ling Gong looked down at her gadget, and her expression chilled. The Daynight clan had announced that they would be holding a Daynight Feast, and they had used Nightking Zhenwu’s name to invite all of the Innerverse and Outerverse’s younger generation’s elites. The guest list included the Ten Arbiters, everyone from the Top 100 Rankings, well known Lockbreakers, and even Lu Yin.

Ling Gong’s eyes narrowed. Since they were convening the Daynight Feast at this time, did it indicate that Nightking Zhenwu wanted to cement his position as leader of the Ten Arbiters? If he wanted that position so badly, then she would let him have it. Hopefully, he would be able to handle the pressure coming from the Neoverse.

***

Wen Sansi similarly received an invitation to the Daynight Feast, as Nightking Zhenwu had specially invited him.

“Arbiter Wen, are we headed to Nightking Planet?” Mira asked. She was standing beside the Arbiter, her figure as alluring as always.