Chapter 5: Cultivation (1/2)
Lu Yin grew serious in the face of this unknown assailant. He hadn’t even started to recover from his previous battle, so it was impossible to use Shockwave Palm to break free of the chilling grip. As the frost continued to spread and burn down his options, he quickly forced his legs to move and pushed the woman along using Roving Step. The sudden shift immediately left her vomiting uncontrollably, to the point that she nearly fell unconscious. Taking the opportunity to tear off her sleeve, he watched as a few leaves drifted to the ground and froze it.
“So you had to rely on something external; I knew you couldn’t be that good,” he mocked her.
“What did you just do?” the woman gritted her teeth, “Was that a battle technique?”
Lu Yin remained silent, considering whether to kill her, but all thoughts of that were thrown away as a gust filled the hilly area. The Executioner flying over made it impossible for him to make a move, but curiously enough, the woman didn’t actually seem happy to see the man. Was she not from the camp?
The air billowed out from Zhou Shan as he descended majestically, his eyes sweeping across Lu Yin and the woman before settling on the white spacecraft, “Can someone give me an explanation?”
Lu Yin’s mind raced as he considered his answer, “I was exploring the area when this spacecraft crashed down and a person stepped out from within. He tried to kill me, but he might have been injured from the impact so I managed to take him out.”
Zhou Shan stared at Lu Yin before shifting his gaze to the girl, seemingly losing all sense of urgency as he smiled, “It’s been a long time, Snow Maiden.”
The woman bowed, “Zhao Yu pays her respects to the Executioner.”
This revelation shocked Lu Yin. He had heard of the Snow Maidens before. They were the Water Sage’s disciples from the Blue Camp in the Changbai Mountains. Why was one here at Nanjing??
“We haven’t met since the Apocalypse. I never expected so much to change,” Zhou Shan sighed.
Zhao Yu gathered herself and bowed, “The Water Sage sends her congratulations for gaining control of the Su District.”
Zhou Shan smiled bitterly, “What is there to congratulate? I know how powerful the Three High Sages are; I can’t compare to your master in any way. You alone are already stronger than all of my captains.”
Zhao Yu smiled, “That’s too much to say when I was just defeated by one of yours. He’s quite strong.”
“Him?” Zhou Shan pointed at Lu Yin with astonishment, “I don’t even know him.”
“Isn’t he one of the Troop Leaders under you?” Zhao Yu asked with similar surprise, prompting a curious gaze from the Executioner; he couldn’t see the strength needed to defeat a Snow Maiden in the youth at all.
It wasn’t long before the soldiers from the camp arrived, led by a pretty woman with glasses. Zhou Shan ordered his troops to seal off the perimeter, allowing a group of researchers to head towards the spacecraft as he turned to Lu Yin, “Little Brother, what can you tell me about the alien?”
With Zhao Yu’s gaze falling on him as well, Lu Yin took a moment to think over his answer, “I heard him talk a bit. He mentioned some academic assessment, a trial by planetary evolution.”
Zhou Shan’s eyes flashed, “That was all?”
Lu Yin nodded, “He really didn’t say much. He called us natives, said he wanted to enslave me.”