Chapter 396: Standard Gesture (1/2)
Michelle frowned. “It’s fine. I already did that.”
As soon as she said that, battle force appeared around her body. It had a similar appearance as Lu Yin’s when he first comprehended it. While it wasn’t enough to be considered one-line battle force quite yet, it was still undoubtedly battle force.
Comprehending battle force and not comprehending it were two completely different states, and this meant that Michelle was now much more powerful than before.
Recently, Lu Yin had improved by an exceptional amount, but the others had also seen progress of their own. Them entering the Astral Combat Academy indicated that they were talented, and most of them had already become Limiteers.
Among the various Astral Combat Academy branches, Astral-10 was one of the stronger ones overall. However, this was only thanks to their current students. The new students entering Astral-10 might not be lucky enough to receive guidance from the mentors.
After talking to everyone, Lu Yin was about to go look for Old Cai, but he was stopped by Xia Luo.
“Do you know where Silver is?” Xia Luo asked.
Lu Yin shook his head in denial.
Xia Luo could only reply, “It seems like he’s really gone missing.” As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Yin. “Will you go to the Cosmic Sea in the future, Lu Yin?”
Lu Yin was surprised. “Why?”
“Just curious,” Xia Luo answered.
Lu Yin thought it over. “It’s possible.”
“If possible, please take me along when you do. I’d love to tag along,” Xia Luo said.
Lu Yin nodded. “Sure. I’ll let you know if it happens.”
That was all Xia Luo wanted, and he walked away as soon as he received an answer from Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had no idea what the other youth was thinking, but Xia Luo had never shown any malicious intent towards Lu Yin nor harmed him in any way. More importantly, Xia Luo also had an ancient surname, but he was able to move around freely in the universe and had even entered Astral-10. That meant that his surname was legal. However, Lu Yin had researched his surname on the network before and had not been able to find any mention of any powerful Xia clan.
But that wasn’t as important, as there were all sorts of organizations in the universe, and Lu Yin had no idea what kind of organizations actually existed in the universe. It would be impossible for him to guess at what Xia Luo’s true identity was.
“I’m back, Old Cai,” Lu Yin respectfully called out as he entered the treasury.
Old Cai looked up. “You’re even better at causing trouble than I thought.”
Lu Yin was confused. “Causing trouble? I didn’t do anything like that.”
“Is that so? Unfortunately for you, I already heard about everything you did in the Northline Flowzone.” Old Cai rolled his eyes.
Lu Yin was confused. “But I didn’t really do much.”
“Do you know what it means for Northgate Taisui to show himself?” Old Cai asked in a laid back manner as he stared intently at Lu Yin. “Unless there’s a specific incident at a specific place, monsters whose power level is over 400,000 like him won’t appear. However, once someone like that appears, they will be able to take complete control of the situation. Within the Northline Flowzone, there’s only a single Northgate Taisui. He’s the pillar of that flowzone, and the moment he appears, even organizations like the Blaze Realm and the Sword Sect have to concede to him, but you managed to make a profit off of him. That’s even more amazing than you taking first in the Tournament of the Strongest.”
Lu Yin had been aware that Northgate Taisui’s appearance was cause for huge commotion, but he had been completely clueless as to just how big the commotion would be. “I just used my connection with the Nightking clan to stop them from threatening me. I didn’t really do much.”
Old Cai seriously replied, “The ‘how’ of the matter isn’t important. What’s important is the outcome. The guts, methods, and connections that you currently have are far above what a student is normally capable of. Right now, you are no longer some mere student in everybody’s eyes. Instead they see you as comparable to geniuses with great connections, like Nightqueen Yanqing. Do you understand what that means?”
Upon seeing Lu Yin’s confused face, Old Cai snickered. “It means that if someone attacks you, they won’t be attacking just you, but also everything that you represent. If someone makes the decision to attack you, you’ll definitely die without any chance of survival. Your enemies will approach the task of killing you with the same mindset they would if they were trying to kill Nightqueen Yanqing. They’ll take all kinds of unexpected variables into consideration.”
Lu Yin frowned. On his way to the Northline Flowzone, he’d been ambushed by a Hunter. Now, if someone attempted to kill him, it wouldn’t just be the average Hunter coming after him. Instead, peak Hunters such as Poison Flame might be sent out. Sending such people would basically guarantee that Lu Yin would not survive and that he would die without ever knowing what had killed him. He wouldn’t even have the chance to leak information about who or what had killed him.
Lu Yin had done everything he could, and he had even used Nightking Yuanjing to establish that he was not someone to be threatened. In other words, he’d actually been the one to push himself into a corner. If anyone chose to attack him now, then it was guaranteed to be fatal.
However, Lu Yin did not regret his actions in the slightest. The power that he had displayed went beyond the protection that his various statuses gave him. After word of what he’d done in the Northline Flowzone spread out, small-scale attacks on him would probably completely stop. There were pros and cons to everything!
Right now, what he lacked was absolute power, such as that rabbit’s lightning.
When he saw Old Cai’s bored face, Lu Yin’s eyes flashed, and he respectfully asked, “I’m from Astral-10. Might I ask, is there any way for the academy to protect me?”
Old Cai’s brows rose. “What do you mean? Are you asking us old folks to be your bodyguards?”