Chapter 64: You’re Being Rude (1/2)
Xia Luo burst into laughter at Lu Yin’s claim of being in trouble, “Not entirely. Who knows, they might even try to recruit you. But you did do one thing right, which was not revealing the Daynight Clan’s battle techniques. If not, you’d be dead.”
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. This was why he hadn’t used the Daynight Punch regardless of how precarious the situation was; no family would allow outsiders to learn their secret techniques; if he was exposed, the Daynight Clan wouldn’t be the end of it; other organizations from across the universe would chase him down to obtain it. Only someone like Lulu with her powerful family’s backing was immune to such things.
Then what about Xia Luo? Lu Yin looked at him earnestly, “I’m quite curious; what will you get out of this?”
“Just some scraps,” Xia Luo grinned.
Both of them suddenly turned towards a figure that had just turned the corner, with a signature head of short silver hair. “What a coincidence!” Silver waved to them with a grin so wide his eyes seemed to shut, acting as though he was very familiar with them.
Lu Yin’s heart thumped once more, radiating that familiar sense of danger that he always felt in this youth’s presence. Even with his personal growth since that day, the alarm didn’t even fade. Even the ever-jovial Xia Luo’s face sobered up, and he left a surprised Lu Yin behind without a word.
Silver drew closer and stopped three meters away, “I heard you nearly killed Qingyu in the trial. Congratulations!”
“Thanks!” Lu Yin smiled, “He wasn’t half-bad, forced me to use half my strength.”
“I fought him before too, he forced out barely 30%. Alright, I’m off; we’ll meet again if that’s what fate has in store for us,” the youth smiled even brighter in answer. Lu Yin rolled his eyes at the lame response, but the departing Silver suddenly paused, “Perhaps it won’t be long.”
“The Astral Combat Academy?” Lu Yin asked calmly, only getting a grin and wave in response. He sighed; there were exactly three people out of all the trainees on Earth that were most mysterious to him; Lulu Mavis, Xia Luo, and Silver. Munoor and some others might have been sealed Melders, but he couldn’t even read their true power.
Thinking of Munoor, he couldn’t help but feel a touch of guilt. He had force-fed Powerburst and used the man to take on one of Qingyu’s strike; the resulting counter-attack had been the critical blow that caused Qingyu’s defeat. Without Munoor, there was no way for him to have eked out a victory. While that guy had a low opinion of him, he was still a benefactor.
A while later, Lu Yin also left to explore the rest of the area. Ultra-large spacecraft were uncommon, and even in the entire Great Yu Empire there were only a few. A typical cultivator would just use a personal spacecraft to travel among the stars.
“What the fuck—” the student took two steps back and cursed, but shut his mouth the moment he made eye contact with Lu Yin. He tried to smile right after, but his face looked even more miserable than if he’d been crying as he spoke, “Oh, Mr. Lu Yin. Please, come in; there’s plenty of room inside.”
Lu Yin looked at the student doubtfully, “I’m sorry, but… do we know each other?”
The student’s mouth twitched, but he forced himself to keep smiling, “Um, I was one of the students that you captured.”
Lu Yin grunted in acknowledgment and entered the bar. The student heaved a sigh of relief and took off; he had no wish to stay close to the cause of so many of his troubles, not to mention the guy was the enemy of nearly every student.
The bar on the spacecraft was just as rowdy as one on Earth, with music and dancing everywhere. If Lu Yin had to point out a difference, it would be that there was nothing “dirty” going on and there were no drugs of any kind, just people enjoying themselves simply. He chose a random seat and ordered some liquor, looking around while he drank. The place was huge and occupied by off-duty staff, soldiers, as well as students; people of all ages occupied the establishment.
The bar had many screens, some showing action movies while others played news or music from across the Great Yu Empire. The whole thing was so busy that Lu Yin felt a headache coming on.
Not far away, a dozen students raised their glasses, “Here’s to our senior finding rare metals and getting the best trial results of anyone from his academy!”
“Congratulations, Senior!”
“Congratulations, Senior!”