Chapter 349: Pirates? (1/2)

Most of the people here had a similar line of thought as Zhen Tong’s. Elsewhere, Fu Xiaoshu looked calm, but there was a blazing ambition buried deep within his eyes. His family had died from the mutation, and he no longer had anything worth living for. For a long time after that, he had scraped by as a beggar, merely scrounging for some food to eat while waiting to die. But then, he had witnessed something life-changing on that screen. The moment the word “Earth” appeared, he had realized the ultimate meaning of his life. When he saw Lu Yin fighting, he had realized what he should be pursuing.

Among the group, there was also a very brash young man. His name was Song Shi, and he too had watched the tournament through the screens on Earth. At that time, he’d been in the forest, trying to understand how the wind flowed through the trees. He’d watched the battles of the Astral Combat Tournament and the Tournament of the Strongest. During them, he had made the decision to follow this person for the rest of his life. Lu Yin would be his only goal and aspiration in life.

Many of the cultivators from Earth waited, both anxious and excited for what was about to happen. They had managed to stand out amongst the millions of cultivators from Earth and would definitely be able to return in glory in the future.

Clap clap clap!

Tianming walked up to them and smiled as everyone turned around to look at him.

“Hello, cultivators from Earth. I am Tianming, and I’m a Hall Master from Yu Academy. Starting today, you will be members of Yu Academy and will go through the harshest training available in the Great Yu Empire.”

Days later, back on San Dios, Lu Yin frowned as he looked at Barley. “Did you really tell Yue Xianzi and An Shaohua what I said word for word?”

Barley grew fearful. “Yes, sir.”

Lu Yin was baffled. “How did they respond?”

“They said that they needed to make preparations,” Barley replied.

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes. “Make preparations? Did they mention what kind of preparations they would be making?”

Barley shook his head.

With this thought in mind, Lu Yin snorted. “Go ahead and tell Yue Xianzi and An Shaohua to come to San Dios right away.”

Barley quickly acknowledged his boss.

The Ghost Monkey snickered. “They’re ignoring you, Seventh Bro. I told you—you’re just a Limiteer. Even if a Ten Arbiter does withdraw from their position, it will have nothing to do with you. There’s plenty of young Explorers already competing for that spot! For instance, the top ten on the Top Hundred Rankings. It’s hilarious that you think that you even have a shot!”

Lu Yin nonchalantly blocked the monkey off; the beast was too noisy.

Two days passed, and then Lu Yin received news from the Great Yu Empire’s finance minister, Gavin, that Watermoon Villa had sent a team to the Great Yu Empire and announced that they would help the empire’s economy to recover.

Lu Yin was left speechless. He clutched his head, stifling the urge to curse. In the end, Watermoon Villa had misunderstood him because he’d been too indirect! He could only place his hopes on the Frostmoon Sect, but he had a bad feeling about what they would do as well.

As he thought, Huo Qingshan contacted him that same day in the afternoon, informing Lu Yin that the Nine Stacks Sect had contacted him. The sect had promised that they would not attack the Frostwave Weave and were obviously trying to show their goodwill to the empire. They also passed on the fact that the Frostmoon Sect had sent people to request this of them.

Lu Yin was incredibly disappointed. He had actually been too indirect, and it had led all of these fools misunderstanding him! Next time, he’d have to ask for money even more directly.

Thankfully, he’d blocked the monkey off beforehand, or else he’d be teased forever.

Lu Yin tapped his gadget and started brainstorming the best way to earn money. All of a sudden, Mira appeared with a strange smile on her face, as if she was delighted to announce horrible tidings.

After seeing her excited smile, Lu Yin’s heart lurched, and a bad feeling surfaced in his heart. “What happened, Ms. Mira?”

Mira chuckled. “You’re in trouble, Mr. Lu.”

Lu Yin’s eyes flashed as he eyed Mira. He suddenly thought of Puyu. That guy had been looking into why Lu Yin had sealed Firesmelt Planet’s three military planets, which meant that the Councilor had been quieter than usual recently. “Has Puyu already made his move?”

Mira nodded. “Puyu has already made what you did to Firesmelt Planet public. Right now, nearly a hundred organizations from the Grandtop Weave, Lars Weave, and Woori Weave have banded together to report you, claiming you’ve abused your authority by interfering in wars in the Outerverse. They say that you’ve destroyed the balance, used your authority for personal gain, and so on and so forth. There are dozens of accusations that have already been sent to Arbiter Wen.” Mira then grinned widely in an exaggerated manner. “Even I got mad from seeing those accusations, Mr. Lu. Hehe.”

Lu Yin went quiet, looking quite glum. Puyu had been in the Outerverse Youth Council for a long time and had built up numerous connections. The fact that he’d managed to band together over a hundred organizations to go against Lu Yin was rather frightening and showed the amount of influence the Councilor possessed. Of course, this also had to do with the Darkstar Gorge that was backing Puyu. However, the Councilor himself was quite capable as well.

After seeing Lu Yin fall silent, Mira grinned. She quite liked seeing Lu Yin with a disgruntled expression. For some reason, it felt refreshing. Ever since she’d been teased at the border warfront after that battle, she’d become slightly vindictive towards Lu Yin.

Mira crossed her fair legs, revealing her perfect, bare ankles that dazzled Lu Yin. He looked up at her face with an earnest expression. “How many organizations did you say there were?”

“Over a hundred.” Mira looked up with a satisfied expression, as if she was the one who had gathered them all together.

Lu Yin suddenly chuckled in an incredibly happy tone, to the point where it sounded quite disgusting.

Mira blinked. “Are you okay?”