Chapter 54: The Flying Turtle (1/2)

It wasn’t long before Yan Gang grew impatient; without Lulu around, he’d grown arrogant once more. Lu Yin didn’t take long to arrive, but he ignored Yan Gang and stared at Bai Xue instead. He vaguely recalled having done something before he fainted, and he could see the frustration on her face. The Water Sage certainly had her reasons for this; while Yan Gang was one thing, she hadn’t been able to get a handle on the rumors that were spreading through the city like wildfire.

“Where’s Lulu?” Lu Yin asked Jeraldine.

“Back in the city.”

He nodded and glanced at Zhang Dingtian, “Are you injured?”

“He’s very powerful, from the Fireforge Planet,” Zhang Dingtian answered in a low voice, prompting a raise of the brow from Lu Yin. He had come directly to Earth upon reaching the Frostwave Weave, so he hadn’t heard of the place.

“Who’s the one in charge? Come talk to me,” Yan Gang’s gaze turned cold.

“What’s your problem?” Lu Yin turned around and snapped.

Yan Gang laughed, “Looking down on me, are we?”

Lu Yin smiled, “So what?”

Yan Gang glared at him and the temperature around shot up, the very air starting to distort. However, he suddenly thought of something and sent a wary glance towards the city as he exhaled, “Stop this nonsense and give me Qingyu’s belongings.”

“Why the hell would I do that?” Lu Yin grunted, still annoyed at just having woken up.

Bloodlust filled Yan Gang’s eyes, “How dare you, do you know who I am?”

“Don’t know, don’t care.”

Yan Gang was outraged at the insolence. If not for the presence of a Mavis in the city, he would have attacked the native directly. “What are your conditions, I have to take Qingyu’s item.”

Even if Xia Luo hadn’t warned him, Lu Yin would have given the stone away anyway. Its background was far too complicated for him to hold onto, but he still had to make sure he would get sufficient compensation for its sale, “Do you represent Qingyu or the trainees?”

“Qingyu,” Yan Gang answered.

“Then I can give it to him, but he has to give me all the students he’s captured.”

Everyone was shocked by this condition, but they remembered what Lu Yin had once said about using these students to negotiate with the Great Yu Empire. Zhang Dingtian and the rest were happy with that stance, but in reality Lu Yin only cared about the students’ star crystals. The negotiations were only secondary.

Yan Gang frowned, “Why do you want the students? You also have a few here, and don’t you have Jenny Auna too?”

“I think there’s someone with that name,” he answered vaguely. Most of the students had removed their gadgets so their information wouldn’t be visible on the web. Meanwhile, Lu Yin’s gadget had no name attached to it, so it was also unable to announce some information.

“Let her go!” Yan Gang bellowed.

“So rude!” Yan Gang glared at him, flames appearing on his palms as he rushed forward. Those from the Fireforge Planet were all bad-tempered, and for him to suppress his until now was already an accomplishment.

Everyone felt threatened by the attack, but Lu Yin balled up his right fist and distorted the light around. Yan Gang suddenly felt the world change around him; it was obviously still morning, but this punch showed him both day and night. It felt like a terrifying conflict had broken out within his own body, leaving him in excruciating pain. He growled and stabbed towards Lu Yin, but waves of energy swept across the earth and blasted him backwards, extinguishing his spear of flames.