Star Odyssey

hing that the Northline Flowzone could monopolize.

Lu Yin relaxed, as his gamble had paid off; Northgate Taisui was also cautious of the Nightking clan.
Lu Yin did not know if he should be delighted or worried, as the Nightking clan was way too overbearing.
It would be very troublesome to be hostile with them, but he had already taken many steps towards being their enemy.

Currently, Lu Yin’s emotions were very complicated.
He had dragged Nightking Yuanjing out, causing the Northgate family to be afraid.
He had accomplished his goals, but the Nightking clan was just too powerful, which caused him to worry about his future.

However, this was not time to ponder over such things.
He pulled out a pike and generously tossed it towards Northgate Kong.
“Since senior has spoken, this junior has no reason not to comply.”

The corners of Northgate Kong’s mouth curled up.
Why hadn’t this kid been this obedient a moment ago?

Northgate Lie’s face sank, as this person’s nature had completely changed.
Someone who was just a puny Limiteer cultivator had managed to seize the initiative and even force their ancestor to personally speak up.
The whole matter was too humiliating for their family.

Lu Yin looked at Nightking Yuanjing.
“Grandpa Yuanjing, one of the other pikes is for Zhuo Daynight.
Do you know where she is?”

Nightking Yuanjing smiled.
“That brat has a wild temper, so I’m not sure myself.
Why don’t you keep it for now? You can personally give it to her during the Daynight Feast.”

Lu Yin was confused.
“The Daynight Feast?”

Nightking Yuanjing smiled.
“It’s an event organized by my Nightking clan.
It’s a grand party for the younger generation where they can interact and learn from each other.
Zhenwu will also be present, Little Yin, and you can speak to him then.
After all, you’re all top elites of the younger generation.”

Lu Yin’s eyes flashed; even Arbiter Zhenwu would be at the Daynight Feast?

He could not decline, as this could be considered an invitation from Nightking Yuanjing, so he could not embarrass the Nightking Elder.
However, he was a little apprehensive about visiting the Nightking clan, and concerns of being assassinated leaped into his mind.
With the Nightking clan’s might, no one would dare to raise any suspicions even if Lu Yin died.
No, he had to think of another way.
Highsage Leon could protect him, but Lu Yin did not want to reveal his relationship with the Pirate King, as that would destroy his reputation.

He ended his call with Nightking Yuanjing and turned to Northgate Kong with a smile.
“Elder Northgate, how much is the Northgate family willing to pay for this pike?”

Northgate Kong looked at the pike in the youth’s hand, and although he could not tell what the material it was made out of, there was a sharp, invisible energy around the ancient weapon.
The aura could target an enemy’s spiritual force, though its effect was not that great.
At best, it could deal with an ordinary Explorer, as an elite Explorer would be able to completely avoid the attack.
There was nothing written on the pike, so it was not as valuable as the Northgate family had anticipated.
It was no wonder why this brat was being so upfront about things.

“Brother Lu, how much do you want?” Northgate Lie spoke up, as it was not appropriate for Northgate Kong to negotiate with a junior.

Lu Yin thought about it.
“How much can you guys pay?”

“How much do you want?”

“You’ll give me however much I want?”

“That depends on whether or not it’s worth it.”

“Then isn’t that the simplest way? Just tell me how much it’s worth.”

Northgate Lie grew irritated.
He was an expert on the Top 100 Rankings, but he was haggling with a money-pincher now.
It was very awkward.

Northgate Kong tossed a cosmic ring to Lu Yin.
“There’s a hundred star essence in there.
That should be enough.” After that, he turned around and left without looking back.

Lu Yin’s breathing grew a bit ragged.
A hundred star essence! He hadn’t ever seen so much money before.
Combined with the amount that he had earned while within the centipede ’s body, as well as what he had from before, his total wealth currently amounted to about 150 star essence! If he exchanged this to star crystals, it would be worth about 15 million cubes, which was a rather substantial sum.
It was to the extent where the money would burn a hole in his pocket.

That pike was definitely not worth that much, but Northgate Kong did not want his family to keep bickering with Lu Yin.
He now realized that Lu Yin had gone to such lengths purely because he did not want to be threatened and did not want to set a precedent for the future.
His Northgate family had been used as a stepping stone! They had severely miscalculated for them to have fallen into such a trap.

Lu Yin had only wanted to show this effect, where even a powerful old freak would not be able to threaten him.
Now, anyone else who wanted to act against him would have to first open their eyes.

Unfortunately, this matter had also created a bit of animosity between him and the Northgate family.
It would now be a bit difficult for him to smoothly gain control of the Northline Flowzone’s younger generation.
That was, unless he openly defeated Northgate Lie.

Lu Yin looked up and coincidentally exchanged glances with Northgate Lie.
Northgate Lie now seemed to hold a grudge against Lu Yin.
If the Northgate youth had managed to seize the pikes in the centipede ’s body, then this fiasco would not have happened.
Even Northgate Taisui had appeared on the Northgate family’s side, but he had not even been able to threaten a junior.
It was just too embarrassing, and his family would blame everything squarely on Northgate Lie’s head.

“Brother Lu, we’ll meet again at the Daynight Feast.
I would like to learn from Brother Lu’s moves at that time,” Northgate Lie said coldly.

Lu Yin smiled.
“Alright.
Then, until we meet again.”

Northgate Taisui removed the spatial seal and allowed everyone to leave.

Many were still amazed at what they had just seen and cast admiring looks at Lu Yin.
The youth had guts, and not even Northgate Taisui had been able to intimidate him.

Jared was even more shocked by Lu Yin upon seeing the final conclusion.

Qin Chen seriously sized Lu Yin up and down and then left.
He would appear at the Daynight Feast as well, so they would definitely meet again.

There was another matter that was more awkward, as many people were left without a spacecraft, including the many Limiteers who had been captured by the Northgate family.
Almost all the spacecraft had been destroyed, and now, everyone was looking for one.

Lu Yin was fine, though, since Lily Anne had contacted him at first opportunity and gifted him a spacecraft to show her goodwill.