“Old Cai, I didn’t expect a call from you,” Lu Yin said in a friendly tone.
Old Cai replied, “Um, I heard that you went to the Daynight clan, right?’
Lu Yin answered, “Yes. Are the juniors from Astral-10 interested in exploring the Celestial Frost Sect’s ruins?”
Old Cai hesitated. “We’ll talk about that later. There’s something else I wanted to ask you.”
Lu Yin was curious. He had always had an impression of Old Cai as a very cunning, shameless, and petty old man. The mentor from Astral-10 never seemed to mind scamming anybody, including his own students. Since when had the man become so shy?
“Please tell me.”
Old Cai cleared his throat. “How is Nightqueen Qiuyu?’
Lu Yin was perplexed. “Nightqueen Qiuyu? Why are you asking about her?”
“Is she still alive?” Old Cai asked hesitantly.
Lu Yin nodded. “Yes, she’s fine.”
Old Cai fell silent.
Lu Yin did not press the matter, but he did remember something. Back when the Daynight clan had hosted a Daynight Feast and invited him, Old Cai had cautioned Lu Yin not to use any of his Money Bombs near the Daynight clan members. Money Bombs were Old Cai’s signature weapon, and Lu Yin had felt as though he had been scammed after being told not to use them against the Daynight clan. Sandmaster had also mentioned that Old Cai’s Money Bombs had a bad reputation, so it was possible that there was a connection to Nightqueen Qiuyu.
“Mentor, what’s your connection to Nightqueen Qiuyu?” Lu Yin asked.
Old Cai sighed. “You might not believe me, but she’s actually my fiancée.”
Lu Yin was stunned. “Fiancée?”
“Fiancée.”
“I heard you, but why?”
“Why what?”
Lu Yin was about to ask how Old Cai managed to become engaged to Nightqueen Qiuyu given his looks, but the youth suppressed the urge to ask such a question, as he felt that it would be too insulting. Instead, he asked, “I thought that the Daynight clan never allowed their members to marry outside of their own clan. How can she be your fiancée?”
Old Cai helplessly told Lu Yin of his past.
Old Cai’s history was a pretty typical story. He had met Nightqueen Qiuyu when exploring the universe, and the two had fallen in love. However, they had been torn apart when the Daynight clan had learned of their relationship. It was a sad yet common experience for couples.
“How is this related to your Money Bombs?” Lu Yin felt terribly confused. If their history was nothing more than a failed romance, then Old Cai would have never asked Lu Yin to hide the fact that he was from Astral-10.
Old Cai cleared his throat. “I was quite young at that time, and rash too. I made some Money Bombs and destroyed a few of the Daynight clan’s buildings.”
“A few?” Lu Yin grew increasingly curious.
Old Cai cleared his throat again. “I accidentally bombed the Daynight clan’s ancestral tablet.”
Lu Yin was stunned. “You bombed their ancestral tablet?”
“Sigh. Because of that, the Daynight clan started treating me like an enemy, and even Nightqueen Qiuyu refuses to forgive me. That tablet is sacred to them, and I was too impulsive,” Old Cai explained. However, he did not sound at all regretful, and he actually sounded more like he was boasting.
Before Lu Yin had shown up, who had dared to touch anything that belonged to the Daynight clan, let alone their ancestral tablet?
“But there are always experts standing guard over that tablet. Given your strength back then, how did you succeed?” Lu Yin mused.
Old Cai grinned. “I wasn’t that young when that happened. The two of us were separated when we were young, but I grew more and more annoyed as time passed. When I became an Enlighter, I snuck into a Daynight Feast, and I accidentally bombed the tablet. Actually, I didn’t really bomb it—I just messed up the dust around it because of all those old farts guarding it. The Daynight clan is too touchy about such things, and Nightqueen Qiuyu came after me like she’d gone nuts. Sigh, I really was too rash.”
Lu Yin was left speechless. “She let you go instead of chasing after you, didn’t she?”
Old Cai stayed quiet.
“Your Money Bombs were the explosives you used?”
“Yes.”
“And that’s why you forbade me from using those near the Daynight clan?’
“That’s right.”
“So what now? Nightqueen Qiuyu is back with the Daynight clan, so are you going to go see her?” Lu Yin asked.
Old Cai was surprised. “Didn’t you take control of the Daynight clan?”
Lu Yin answered with evident frustration, “The Third Nightking is coming back, so I left.”
“The Third Nightking? He’s still alive?” Old Cai was astonished.
Lu Yin replied, “If you still have feelings for Nightqueen Qiuyu, then you should go look for her. There probably isn’t anyone in the Daynight clan who can stop you now. Good luck.”
Lu Yin then hung up.
All of the teachers from Astral-10 were quite powerful, especially Old Cai with his cunning nature. Since he had been able to escape from the Daynight clan in the past, returning should be a breeze for the old man. Lu Yin was not at all worried, as the old man had probably already prepared a massive number of Money Bombs.
That old man definitely had even more powerful versions of his Money Bombs, or else he would have never had the confidence to target the stone tablet. Old Cai had sold Lu Yin weaker versions of his Money Bombs in the past, as Lu Yin had only bought bombs that were effective against Hunters. If not for his Enhance, he would have never been able to use any of them against Enlighters.
Hold on. Lu Yin thought of something else and called Old Cai back.
“What now?”
Lu Yin asked, “Mentor, are you still selling your Money Bombs?”
Old Cai paused. “Do you need some?”
“Of course. They’re very useful.”
“You’re able to fight against Envoys now, so why would you still need those bombs?” Old Cai became curious.
Lu Yin answered, “I just need them. How many do you have? I want all of them.”
Old Cai felt that something was off. Back when Lu Yin had bought his first Money Bomb, he had acted upset, and Old Cai had actually needed to coerce the youth into buying more. He never expected Lu Yin to actually offer to buy more at this time.
“How many do you want?”
“How many do you have?”
“I have as many as you want. I’ve made quite a few over the years.”
“I want as many as you have. Same price as before, right? Fifty star crystals for one and a hundred star crystals for three?”
“The price is the same, so how many do you want?”
Lu Yin was taken aback. “I already told you—I want everything you’ve got. Money’s not an issue.”
Old Cai arched a brow. “Are you arming your army?”
“That’s right.”
Old Cai laughed. “That’s smart. Student Lu, since you’re equipping your army with them, we should return to talking about the price.”
Lu Yin bit his lips. He had already known that this old bastard would try to take advantage of him again. “I can already handle the Daynight clan at any time.”
Old Cai rolled his eyes. “Alright, same price as before. I have a bit more than 4,000 of them.”
Lu Yin frowned. “Only 4,000?”
Old Cai felt insulted. “What do you mean by ‘only 4,000?’ Do you think that I can make these at any time? This is already a good number that’s taken me years to accumulate. I have limited time and materials, so just take what I have. It’s only 143,333 star crystals for 4,300 Money Bombs.”
140,000 star crystals was nothing but pocket change to Lu Yin, as he currently needed to spend millions of star essence every time he Enhanced an item.
“I’ll have the money transferred to your Mavis Bank account. I’ll also send someone to Astral-10 to pick them up,” Lu Yin said.
Old Cai agreed, “Sounds good.”
“Hang on, Old Cai. Don’t you have more powerful Money Bombs?” Lu Yin asked.
Old Cai answered, “I know what you want, but I don’t have any. I really wasn’t planning to cause any serious damage to the Daynight clan’s ancestral tablet, as I wouldn’t be alive right now if I had—I just wanted to vent some frustrations. You can go ahead and try to check just how many people in the entire universe are able to make bombs that can affect Hunters.”
Lu Yin agreed. Although the Ross Empire’s battleships were able to fire attacks that had the strength of Hunters, those vessels were incredibly expensive, and they were also not very agile. It really was not bad at all for something as small as the Money Bombs to have so much power.
Besides, Lu Yin could just use Enhance to upgrade the Money Bombs to have the strength of an Enlighter. He would need about 15 million star crystals, which was not a terrible cost.
He imagined the member of his Lu Elite Troops each possessing two Enlighter-level Money Bombs and the white smoke; just how impressive would that be?
He did not expect his Lu Elite Troops to be able to defeat Envoys; he just wanted them to be able to deal with any cultivators beneath the Envoy realm.
As Lu Yin was dreaming about improving his army’s equipment, Man Li was still barricading the Neo-Vestige Sect’s entrance.
The Sixth Mainland’s Arrow Sect had their own giants.
Man Li stood ten meters tall, and he was sitting at the entrance to the Neo-Vestige Sect. He could single handedly threaten all of the members of the Neo-Vestige Sect given his power level of over 700,000. If not for the Great Eastern Alliance and the Hall of Honor, Man Li would have already crushed the Neo-Vestige Sect and captured everybody in it.
The leader of the Neo-Vestige Sect, Gong Ling watched Man Li with evident fear.
The members of the Neo-Vestige Sect were in no mood to cultivate, as they were all waiting for Man Li to attack. A powerhouse with this giant’s strength was capable of easily wiping them all out.
“Still no news from the Great Eastern Alliance,” an elder from the Neo-Vestige Sect said.
Someone nearby replied, “The Great Eastern Alliance can’t deal with that giant either. He has a power level that exceeds 700,000 as well as an imprint. Add in the natural suppression that we suffer from Sixth Mainland cultivators, and there aren’t many people even from the Innerverse who can defeat that man, let alone the Great Eastern Alliance.”
“Hmph, the Great Eastern Alliance is still eager to attack the Innerverse, but they don’t even care about our Neo-Vestige Sect. I think that we should just join the Arrow Sect,” Shao Zisong complained.
Sect Leader Gong Ling glared at that elder with cold eyes.
Shao Zisong immediately shut up.
He had been Master Bei’s disciple, which meant that he was Lu Yin’s enemy. After Master Bei’s death, Shao Zisong had been sent to Arrow Mountain to act as a servant. However, given the fact that the Neo-Vestige Sect had been rapidly losing their most talented members, he had been released from his punishment. Still, Shao Zisong absolutely hated Lu Yin.
“The Arrow Mountain Elder was killed by the Sixth Mainland, so how could you even suggest such a thing? Are you still even loyal to the Neo-Vestige Sect?” another elder bellowed.
A few elders joined in on scolding Shao Zisong, and he clenched his fists.
“Enough,” Gong Ling ordered. He continued in a cold tone, “Shao Zisong, go to Arrow Mountain and work as a servant.”
Shao Zisong was startled by this order, and he immediately knelt. “Sect Leader, I am indeed at fault and said the wrong thing. Please give me another chance, Sect Leader. I have no intention of betraying the Fifth Mainland, and I simply pity the disciples of our sect who are being pressured by that giant. Please give me another chance, Sect Leader.”
“Enough, just leave. Serve as a servant on Arrow Mountain for a hundred years.” Gong Ling tossed Shao Zisong away.
OMA’s Thoughts
Translated By: WQ
Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox
TLC’ed By: OMA
