Chapter 14: Energy Crystals (2/2)
“Careful with your words!” Jeraldine snorted, “I couldn’t care less about a mere native, but you can’t just kill my followers.”
“Just a native,” Lu Yin clearly didn’t care.
“He’s still one of my subordinates,” Jeraldine said angrily.
Lu Yin was annoyed, “Fine, I get it, I won’t do it again. By the way, the troops 30 kilometers away are mine, should I bring them over?”
Jeraldine ignored him and turned around, glancing at Nanjing and then her watch. Lu Yin glanced towards the ground and breathed a sigh of relief. The man he had attacked was Li Hongliang, who had seen him in the aftermath of Vesta’s death. The man knew that he was the one who’d killed Vesta; if he’d been allowed to speak up, things would have gotten complicated. A sneak attack likely wouldn’t work on this girl, so he had to bide his time.
Jeraldine’s appearance had wreaked havoc on the frontlines, and the soldiers had either escaped or fallen under her command. Since Lu Yin hadn’t been able to contact Nanjing all day, he was growing concerned and tried to take appropriate measures. He brought Luo Yi, Xu San, and all of the soldiers to Jeraldine’s gathering point and also met with the two captains under her command and warned them to keep quiet before looking for her at night.
“You want what? Star crystals?” she looked at him with shock as he asked her a question.
Lu Yin nodded, “Don’t worry, I’ll return you 10 times the amount when we return.”
Jeraldine was doubtful, “You have fire crystals, but no star crystals?”
“I used them all up,” Lu Yin replied.
Jeraldine was hesitant; energy crystals could be recovered from the mutant beasts on Earth, but star crystals were different. Every planet and ecosystem had its own unique energy that led to various training methods, but no matter the person or location, the star energy that star crystals contained could be absorbed and used for all training. These crystals could only be produced in places that resonated with the ecosphere of the universe itself, whereas Earth could currently only produce specialized energy crystals like those for fire and ice. However, the students here actually needed those kinds of energy crystals as well.
“You don't believe me? Fine, then let’s trade,” Lu Yin said.
Jeraldine looked at Lu Yin, “With what?”
Lu Yin took out a pile of fire crystals from his cosmic ring, “These.”
Jeraldine’s eyes gleamed and she started considering how much she would pay for them. The exchange rate varied depending on where one was, and Lu Yin was clearly out of star crystals so she had the advantage in this negotiation. She eventually came up with a number, “I can give you five.”
Lu Yin’s eyes widened, “That’s ridiculous! These fire crystals could be exchanged for at least 20 star crystals, that’s a 300% profit!”
“Your choice,” Jeraldine replied arrogantly.
“You… Ugh, fine, but then I have another condition. Help me practice my battle techniques.”
“Sure, anytime.”
Accepting five translucent crystals the size of his thumb, Lu Yin left to go train. Jeraldine stowed the fire crystals with excitement once he left; these things were far more important to her than to most other cultivators. She was someone who used fire-based techniques, so her gains from this deal was a bigger win for her than Lu Yin had thought. She started to wonder, The Pagoda Planet? Why have I never heard of it? Could these crystals come from there?’
Lu Yin started grinning as soon as he left Jeraldine. Although the exchange rate was terrible, he had picked up the fire crystals for free. No one on Earth apart from the arriving students had even a single star crystal. Vesta had not even carried a cosmic ring, but Jeraldine clearly came from greater wealth so he could perhaps get more useful things from her. He arrived at an abandoned villa and buried some fire crystals around to keep people from sneaking up on him before heading to the living room, clearing out all the furniture and crushing a star crystal to flood the room with energy.