Chapter 176: Thirteen Swords (2/2)

The starlight shining through the room was refracted by fruit juice into a gorgeous glow that seemed to fill the room.

After Lu Yin left, Madam Nalan was looking at the starry sky thoughtfully when a young girl approached from behind. “Madam.”

“What are your impressions of that young man?” Madam Nalan casually asked, her voice filled with an unspoken dignity.

The girl answered, “A genius.”

“Is he only a genius? If he had been born in the Innerverse, then he might have already become incomparable to everyone in the Sword Sect besides Shaoqiu. It’s a shame that he was born in the Outerverse, and that he has only trained for such a short time. It’s caused him to fall behind,” Madam Nalan muttered.

“Madam, since you already know all that, then why did you still inform him of the Sword Sect?” the young girl curiously asked.

Madam Nalan smiled. “I just don’t want him to be too depressed if he loses. As long as he focuses on Lockbreaking, he will definitely have a bright future. Although the Astral Combat Tournament is important, it’s a stage reserved only for the top geniuses. He doesn’t belong there as Lockbreaking is where he’ll truly shine.”

The young girl softly replied, “There are still geniuses like Dao Bo even in the Lockbreaking world.”

Madam Nalan lifted her head. “You’re right. The universe is too vast and has given rise to too many geniuses. I just hope that he can continue to survive.”

Seven days soon passed, after which Lu Yin bade farewell to Madam Nalan after a huge feast. He then boarded his own spacecraft and continued flying towards the Frostwave Weave.

The Nalan family’s spacecraft had been travelling at a relatively fast pace over the past seven days, and Lu Yin quickly realized that it would only take him twelve days to reach the Frostwave Weave with his newly upgraded Aurora spacecraft. The speed of his spacecraft had increased tenfold; the previously month-long journey could now be completed in just five days. The additional seven days were due to the seven days that he had spent traveling in the opposite direction while aboard the Nalan family’s spacecraft, which also meant that the speed of their luxury spacecraft was the same as an Aurora spacecraft.

They really are rich, Lu Yin thought to himself as he rubbed his belly with the suspicion that he had grown fatter.

The twelve days quickly passed by as Lu Yin spent most of his time studying his star chart. He could feel his ninth star becoming clearer and clearer with each day, and he could also feel the increase in power when he activated his Cosmic Art with all nine stars. If he combined his Cosmic Palm with both battle force and his physical strength, even he himself didn’t know exactly how strong he would be, though he felt confident about going against an Area Master.

He still clearly remembered Frankfurt’s attack. He had been able to block it back then, but had been well aware that he wouldn’t be able to withstand the second attack. Thus, he had chosen to bite the bullet and conceal his full power for the time being. Now, however, he was confident that he could hold his own against Frankfurt after he fully recovered his star energy.

Lu Yin felt troubled whenever he thought about star energy as he was burning through star crystals too quickly. The Possession roll from his die was like an endless void; he felt like even if he gathered all of the star crystals in the Great Yu Empire together, he would be able to use it all up in a single instant.

Beep beep beep

The spacecraft started beeping, causing Lu Yin to lift his head up and see that he had arrived at Astral-10.

He hadn’t expected that this trip away would take almost four months to complete or that so things would happen: the Great Yu Empire, the Butterfly Weave, the Daynight clan, and even the Nalan family had gotten involved. He had gone through numerous incidents, and they all felt too complicated. Astral-10 was still the best place to be; he could peacefully train there without worrying about anything else.

As Lu Yin’s spacecraft landed, he stretched his legs. He felt as if he had come home.

“It’s you?” Hui Daynight, who was nearby, glared at Lu Yin with blazing eyes.

Lu Yin glanced at him. “What are you doing here? Are you leaving for a mission?”

Hui Daynight sneered as arrogantly declared, “Luckily, I ran into you here. Give up your position as top student. You don’t have the right to hold that position.”

Lu Yin nodded. “Fine, here you go.”

Hui Daynight was stunned.

Lu Yin looked at him with an amused expression. “So what if I give it to you? Can you keep it?”

Hui Daynight was infuriated by Lu Yin’s taunts. “You’re just a vagabond in the training realm! How dare you speak to me like that?!”

Lu Yin’s expression turned cold. “You’re still as annoying as ever.”

“Am I wrong? The Blaze Realm has spread the news that you were killed by Frankfurt in one move and that you’re the embarrassment of Astral-10,” Hui Daynight bellowed.

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes; now he was infuriated. Frankfurt, the Blaze Realm, Jared.

“You’ve embarrassed Astral-10, and you’re not fit to be the top student,” Hui Daynight roared as he charged at Lu Yin. Hui Daynight pointed his finger at Lu Yin; the finger gave off a sensation that was completely different from the Daynight Soul Finger, but the soul-tearing feeling of that technique was even stronger this time.