Chapter 51: The Daynight Name (2/2)

“I don’t need to explain anything to you,” he dismissed, leaving her furious. She had happened to discover from her father that the escaped criminal was a member of a terrifying ancient clan who was carrying its inheritance stone; this was the entire reason she’d decided to participate in Earth’s trial. No one was supposed to be able to receive this inheritance without the clan’s bloodline, so what just happened? Not only was there one success, but three! She felt like her understanding of the world had been challenged.

Qingyu’s identity was only known to a few students of very high status, so virtually everyone was ignorant of his roots. Even learning his full name, most didn’t understand what it meant. This was the restriction of limited experience and a life in the Outerverse; this lack of information also decided one’s future. In a more informed region, Jenny wouldn’t have been one of only three who’d tried their luck; in the current circumstance, even a Melder like Munoor wouldn’t be able to recognize this stone if it was placed in front of him.

Lu Yin looked around at the people in front of him and noticed that Zhou Shan and Wu Sheng had already left. Of the people from the capital, only Zhang Dingtian and Bai Xue stayed behind, though their faces made it clear that they had not succeeded. Of the students, Xia Luo and the girl in green still had their eyes closed.

Very soon, the girl opened her eyes and released a breath. She looked around with a very pleased expression, but when she saw that Xia Luo was still seated with his eyes closed, her expression quickly contorted as though she’d lost. Seeing the look of displeasure on her face, Jenny told her, “Don’t think you two were the only ones who succeeded. This guy did, too.”

The girl was shocked and followed Jenny’s gaze to look at Lu Yin, “You succeeded?”

Lu Yin had no answer; he was unsure what entering that corridor actually meant, so he wanted to say as little as possible.

“You can’t be from their clan,” the girl said as she measured him up, but he continued to ignore her. She was annoyed and wanted to speak again, but Xia Luo finally opened his eyes and the stone fell, clattering to the ground.

“Hey, what did you learn?” she asked him curiously.

Xia Luo smiled, “Nothing.”

“No way, you took longer than me,” she did not believe him.

Xia Luo smiled and turned to Lu Yin, “How about you?”

Lu Yin shook his head, “I did not succeed.”

“Liar!” the girl in green shouted, staring at Lu Yin, “You succeeded and must have learnt something.”

Lu Yin looked at her, then at Xia Luo, and finally at Jenny who felt something was off, “You, what do you want?”

A smile crept across Lu Yin’s face, “I’d forgotten about you. You can surrender; you’re now a member of my glorious army of negotiators.”

“What army of negotiators?” she asked naively, unable to react before Lu Yin caught her and tied her up. Only about as strong as Raas, she could only scream and glare at him, “You bastard, let me go! Do you know who I am, you savage? I’m Jenny Auna, heir to the Auna Family. No one can save you if you dare touch me!”

Lu Yin sneered, “I don’t care who you are, only whether you’ll be of help during negotiations. First Raas and now you, I should have a higher chance of success.”

Jenny screamed, but it was useless and Lu Yin just threw her to Bai Xue, “Take good care of her, this is an important bargaining chip.”

Bai Xue’s pretty eyebrows scrunched up, but after some consideration she nodded and pulled Jenny out. Neither Xia Luo nor the girl in green interfered; they were only here for the stone. Lu Yin wanted to capture both of them as well, but simply had no confidence in success. He couldn’t measure either of them, and despite Xia Luo’s mundane aura was much more cautious of him. He would never forget the immense sense of danger he’d felt the first time he saw this handsome youth.

“Brother Lu, a piece of advice for you. It’s best to get rid of this stone as soon as possible, or it will bring you unimaginable disaster,” Xia Luo said to Lu Yin, walking off before Lu Yin could reply. Really wanting to know what he’d obtained from the inheritance stone, the girl in green chased after him.