Chapter 256: Council of Astral Academy (2/2)

“Are you sure that the Daynight clan cannot save the Third Nightking?”

“I’ve told you before. It’s for sure, definite, and certain.”

“That’s good. As long as the Third Nightking can’t be rescued, I’ll still be valuable to them.”

“Valuable my ass. Do you really think the Nightking clan believes that you can help them?”

“If there’s even a glimmer of hope, then the Nightking clan won’t be willing to allow anything to happen to me.”

The Ghost Monkey agreed. “That’s also true. The Third Nightking is too important to them. Even if they’re certain that you know nothing, they still won’t let anything happen to you. This is just human psychology.”

“But what should I do if they look for me? I’ll have to offer some useful intelligence.” This was Lu Yin’s main concern, as if he didn’t hold any value, Nightking Yuanjing would not continue to protect him. His opponents were not only Nightqueen Yanqing, as the next to act would be Nightking Zhenwu. He was the great threat.

The Ghost Monkey fell silent.

Lu Yin was not in a hurry, though. The two were already of one body, so if Lu Yin died, the monkey would not be able to survive either. And since he knew that there was a high chance that he would have to face Nightking Yuanjing some time in the future, Lu Yin had to prepare some contingency intelligence for him.

Lu Yin and Nightqueen Yanqing’s conflict had been temporarily resolved due to Starsibyl’s intervention. Over the next few days, there were occasionally some Daynight clan experts who came to the heavenly drum, but it had already been occupied by Lu Yin.

Astral-10 students could now visit the heavenly drum whenever they wished, and Coco played the drums there to her heart’s content. However, Hui Daynight never visited even though he had not helped the Daynight clan fight against Lu Yin either. He was stuck in an awkward position. Still, neither Nightqueen Yanqing or Tiankong Daynight had sought him out, and the latter had even protected Hui Daynight once.

It felt as if Hui Daynight had been exiled.

Just like that, half a month calmly passed by. Dao Bo and Han Chong returned from the warfront during this time, and Lu Yin was finally able to formally call for the Council of Astral Academy to convene with his identity as Astral-10’s student leader.

In the Dao of God, Lu Yin silently stood beneath the Tilting Tower. Not far away from him stood Liu Xiaoyun and Kuang Wang, who were the first to arrive. Han Chong arrived soon after, and he looked at Lu Yin with a strange expression, or rather, an expression of surprise.

Lu Yin had a peaceful look on his face, even though the Astral Combat Academy was still abuzz with the news of him and Nightqueen Yanqing’s conflict.

Starsibyl also arrived at that moment, and she smiled at Lu Yin before taking a stance nearby.

Many students had appeared and gathered quite a distance from the Tilting Tower, gazing over in amazement. This was a gathering of the ten student leaders: the Council of Astral Academy. Such a thing was a rare sight.

Wu Da also arrived, as he would not miss any newsworthy event for his life. However, he wasn’t qualified to listen to the council’s discussions and could barely see or hear anything, as the void around the meeting area was distorted.

Next, Dao Bo and Liu Yin arrived.

Feng Shang arrived as well, and he smiled apologetically at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin was not bothered by the past incident with Feng Shang, especially since he had not been disadvantaged in any way. He had only found the battle somewhat ridiculous, as his first opponent in the teleportation battles had been Feng Shang, and he had instantly destroyed Lu Yin. That incident had caused Lu Yin to lose some confidence, but that debt had been paid back with interest now.

There was only one person left: Nightqueen Yanqing.

Xue Liuyun had died at the warfront, so Astral-4 was temporarily devoid of a student leader. Lu Yin felt that Sha was the most likely successor, as his power spoke for itself and he had even defeated Xue Liuyun. He was publicly recognised as Astral-4’s strongest student, but he had not returned yet either.

Nightqueen Yanqing appeared with a whoosh and arrogantly stared down at the rest of the student leaders. She was seething with anger when she glanced at Lu Yin, but she ultimately refrained from saying anything. She then descended with an aura that clearly expressed her annoyance.

“Alright, excluding Xue Liuyun who was killed in action, all the other Academy leaders have gathered here today. I shall represent the Ten Arbiters Council and Astral Combat Academy to formally announce that Lu Yin has joined the Council of Astral Academy, which has the responsibility to supervise, test, and protect the students of the Astral Combat Academy. Along with the authority of the Ten Arbiters Council, the responsibility to supervise, test, and protect the younger generation and to uphold the Ten Arbiters Council…” Starsibyl had many formalities to go through. The others had all heard it all before, but it was Lu Yin’s first time.

He paid some attention to one sentence, though. What did “along with the authority of the Ten Arbiters Council, the responsibility to supervise, test, and protect the younger generation” mean? Was the Council of Astral Academy responsible for more than just the Astral Combat Academy?

A thought suddenly occurred to Lu Yin, and he quickly realized that it was possible that Nightqueen Yanqing had spent so much energy to keep him from joining the Council of Astral Academy for another reason besides the special constitution that they believed him to have. It was possible that the Council of Astral Academy was not as simple as it initially seemed to be.

Soon, Starsibyl finished her customary speech and then looked at Lu Yin. She smiled and asked, “Student Lu, is there anything that you don’t understand?”

“Almost everything.” Lu Yin was very direct.

Starsibyl was stumped by his response while Kuang Wang and Dao Bo both laughed and shook their heads.

Nightqueen Yanqing contemptuously looked down at Lu Yin with a trace of ridicule.

Starsibyl gently said, “It seems that you have absolutely no understanding of the Council of Astral Academy.”

Lu Yin agreed, saying, “No one has told me anything about it before.”