Chapter 259: Outerverse Trial (2/2)

Lu Yin felt that Silver had specifically approached him to give him the news about the Daynight clan. Why? Was it to provoke Lu Yin into stirring up trouble for them? The Neohuman Alliance already had someone in the Outerverse Youth Council, so why would they want to infiltrate it again?

Lu Yin did not know what Silver’s goals were, but he had at least received information that was useful to him. Right now, his plan was indeed to make trouble and divert the Daynight clan’s focus away from the Great Yu Empire.

Still, there would be quite a few space-exploring powerhouses vying for the members’ positions. This was a troubling matter, and although Lu Yin was not afraid of battling against normal Explorers since he was a Realmbreaker, he might not necessarily be able to challenge an Explorer realm expert from the Daynight clan.

As he thought over everything he had just learned, Lu Yin contacted Mira. He wanted more accurate news, as he needed to figure out the baseline of the people participating in this upcoming Outerverse trial. If the participants were all going to be Explorers, he would simply forget about it. He was looking to cause trouble, not die.

Mira was a graduate of the Astral Combat Academy, so Lu Yin was able to directly contact her.

“A rare caller. If I recall correctly, this is the first time that you’ve ever called me of your own volition.” Mira’s gorgeous face appeared on the screen, and she smiled at him.

When he saw her, Lu Yin was reminded of the moment when he had teased her on Planet Conan; this woman had a troublesome, mischievous personality. “Senior Mira, do you remember the matter that you promised me?”

Mira raised her face and revealed an innocent expression. “No, did I promise you something before?”

Lu Yin grudgingly said, “You promised to recommend me for the Outerverse Youth Council.”

Mira said, “Oh, sure, but you must think about this carefully. If you join by my recommendation, then you’ll be marked as being in Wen Sansi’s camp.”

If this had happened before the Astral Combat Tournament took place, then Mira definitely would not have told Lu Yin this information because he would not have been qualified to choose and would have had no choice in the matter. Becoming the subordinate of any one of the Ten Arbiters was an unequaled privilege. But it was different now since Lu Yin was a member of the Council of Astral Academy as well as an extremely gifted young expert. He was now qualified to have a choice.

“Is that how it has to be?” Lu Yin felt helpless.

Mira smiled. “Of course. Consider things carefully.”

“What if I join on my own? Such as through the Outerverse trial?” Lu Yin probed as he watched Mira closely.

Mira’s eyes flashed. “The Outerverse trial? Who told you about that?”

Lu Yin did not answer.

Mira’s lips bent upwards. “Was it your fiancée? Princess Wendy?”

Lu Yin shrugged, but he did not admit or deny anything.

“Indeed, there's been an Outerverse trial that was recently scheduled. If you don’t want to be tagged by one of the Ten Arbiters when you join the Outerverse Youth Council, then this would be the opportunity to do so.”

Lu Yin curiously asked, “Is this a trial to select Councilors?”

Mira shook her head, “There are only five Councilors on the Outerverse Youth Council right now. An election should be held, but it won’t be by this trial. That’s because no one in the Outerverse currently qualifies to become a Councilor.”

“Outerverse? Even the people from the Innerverse don’t?” Lu Yin felt that this was strange.

Mira smiled. “Joining the Ten Arbiters Council requires not only prestige, but also warmth and support. And as for support, you’ll need to solicit it. Since this is the Outerverse’s matter, it should be handled by the Outerverse. Although all ten previous Councilors trained in the Innerverse, they were all originally from the Outerverse, which is why they served as its members. Right now, no one from the Outerverse is qualified to take on the post of a Councilors. Since there are insufficient numbers, we can only rely on our subordinates to make up for the loss in manpower, hence this trial.”

Lu Yin fell into thought. Since Innerverse powerhouses could not become Councilors of the Outerverse Youth Council, then what was the Daynight clan competing for? Could they really only be recruiting subordinate members?

“Of course, if the Outerverse is unable to produce qualified Councilors, then we’ll have to select them from the Innerverse. However, we’re not considering that at this moment.”

“What qualifications are required to become a Councilor?”

Her lips curled up as she simply replied, “Get your name into the Top 100 Rankings.”

Lu Yin nodded. So it was the Top 100 Rankings after all. This was the base standard of the Ten Arbiters Council, who had two subsidiary groups underneath them. The first was the Outerverse Youth Council and the second was the direct subordinates of the Ten Arbiters. Almost everyone in these two groups were among the Top 100 Rankings, as the Ten Arbiters had gathered practically all of the top talents in the younger generation.

“So in other words, this trial has nothing to do with electing Councilors, and is just to find some subordinate members?”

Mira nodded. “That’s right, but you’ll still have a chance to join. Although there’ll definitely be some Explorers who participate, there won’t be too many. The council wants to limit the Innerverse’s meddling in the Outerverse as much as possible in order to prevent the Outerverse from boycotting them. Hence, there will be extremely few Innerverse Explorer powerhouses participating. There are also only a few from the younger generation in the Outerverse who have become Explorers, so the trial should end up mainly being a contest between Limiteer cultivators.”

Mira’s eyes brightened at this point, and she looked at Lu Yin curiously. “I must ask, if you manage to pass this trial and join the Outerverse Youth Council, then whose camp will you choose to join? Your fiancée’s?”

Lu Yin had not considered this question yet, and it caused him to frown. “Even with my status as a Council of Astral Academy member, I can still only become a subordinate member?”