Star Odyssey

Chapter 1370: Confrontation

Lu Yin was actually startled by this information. The memories he had received from Guan Yun had made Lu Yin even more wary of Mo Gaohe’s plan. Mo Gaohe and the people behind him did not realize the importance of the Zhu family to Guan Yun.

“He asked me to take you somewhere,” Unseen Light continued.

“Where?” Lu Yin asked.

Unseen Light took out a map of the Yinshan Mountains from his cosmic ring and pointed at a certain location. “Here.”

Lu Yin saw that it was in the area that Mo Gaohe was responsible for patrolling, and he was actually out doing just that on this day. It was clear that Mo Gaohe wanted Lu Yin to go there with Unseen Light so that he could end up in a dangerous situation and lose the initiative.

“What is he wanting to do?” Lu Yin wondered.

Unseen Light his head. “He wouldn’t say, so I don’t know.”

Lu Yin did not question Unseen Light, but Lu Yin was also not worried. The people of this universe were extremely wary of people from the Fifth Mainland infiltrating the Junior Progenitors’ expedition teams. If Unseen Light attempted to betray Lu Yin, they would both go down. The two people’s cooperation had been determined the moment they had recognized each other, which was the only reason Lu Yin was able to trust Unseen Light to such a degree. Even if Unseen Light caused the plot against Lu Yin to fail, Unseen Light would still need to protect himself. This was why he was willing to help Lu Yin, and also why he had said that Lu Yin was so lucky.

Half a day later, Lu Yin followed Unseen Light to the location that Mo Gaohe had indicated. It was a damp and shadowed crevice that had a strange black wind occasionally blowing through.

The two stood at the edge of the canyon. “He told me to lead you down to the bottom of the granite wall where there’s a cave.”

“What were you told to say to convince me to follow you?” Lu Yin asked.

“The location of traitors to humanity.”

Lu Yin nodded. Such information was indeed what he most needed at this time. Long Xi intended to have Lu Yin retire from Humility’s Gate with military achievements. Gaining such accomplishments at the moment would allow Lu Yin to retire earlier than expected and allow him a more comfortable life.

The people backing Mo Gaohe had put a tremendous amount of effort into dealing with Lu Yin. “So there should be traitors down there,” Lu Yin commented.

Suddenly, Unseen Light’s expression tensed up. “Mo Gaohe just sent me a message.”

Lu Yin acted ignorant.

Unseen Light soon spoke up, “He told me to go down there and immediately attack and kill the person down there before giving you the credit.”

Lu Yin understood the plan. “And then they’ll have you expose that I faked my accomplishments back at the base, and he’ll take that opportunity to reveal that I found a traitor in the Zhu family who I didn’t expose. Then I’ll offend the three Guan brothers, and also have falsified an achievement to Humility’s Gate. Even if I can get away with the achievement, the Guan brothers still won’t let me go.”

There was no reason to hide such speculation from Unseen Light.

“Let’s go.” Lu Yin jumped down and followed after Unseen Light.

As the two entered the canyon, Mo Gaohe and several other people watched from a distance. A smile spread across Mo Gaohe’s face. “Long Qi, just keep going. This day will be your ruin, and you’ll cause the White Dragon Clan to become a joke within the four ruling powers.”

The canyon was damp, and disgusting and vicious looking bugs would reveal themselves from time to time, only to be taken out by Lu Yin.

They eventually found the cave, and inside of it there was a comatose man laying on the ground.

Lu Yin instantly recognized that the man was the traitor from the Zhu family, and Lu Yin’s pupils shrank as he realized Mo Gaohe’s machinations. He had not expected that the people behind Mo Gaohe would simply capture the traitor just to save themselves some trouble. Also, if this person was not a traitor, then his death would be nothing less than random murder.

It was not uncommon for cultivators to die and for no one to be held accountable for their deaths. However, it was easy to make such claims, but there were always exceptions, like the Zhu family. Their family was small, but they wielded great influence.

Lu Yin stood to the side and did not try to stop anything. It would be better and simpler to simply speed up the implementation of Mo Gaohe’s plan.

Unseen Light killed the comatose man with a single attack.

Right after that, a voice entered the cave from outside, and Lu Yin and Unseen light glanced at each other before starting to move out of the cave.

Mo Gaohe led his group and barged into the cave. They all saw Lu Yin and Unseen Light, as well as the person from the Zhu family whose corpse was still lying on the ground.

“Linjiang Yi, what are you doing?” Mo Gaohe shouted angrily as the people behind him stared at the two.

Lu Yin did not get flustered, and he even pretended to be proud of himself. “What are you doing?”

Mo Gaohe pointed at the corpse on the ground. “You killed him?”

Lu Yin grew even more proud, but admitted to nothing.

Mo Gaohe did not actually need Lu Yin to admit to anything. Eliminating a traitor to humanity was a commendable feat of war and was an unavoidable task. “Do you know who that is? He’s part of the Zhu family from Huaiyuan. They have a lot of influence in Huaiyuan, and they also have an excellent reputation and a great relationship with brothers who lead the poor in Huaiyuan. They provide a lot of resources for my Humility’s Gate, and yet you dared kill him! Go get him and arrest him.”

Unseen Light tried to speak up, “The young master killed him because-“

“Shut up! I’m from the Linjiang family, but I’m also part of Humility’s Gate. Captain Mo wouldn’t dare do anything to me!” Lu Yin shouted loudly, still committed to putting on an act in order to hide the real reason the man from the Zhu family had died. This would prevent other members of Humility’s Gate from stealing his accomplishment.

Even if Mo Gaohe had not arranged the current situation, Lu Yin’s behavior would still be considered normal. He had killed a traitor and then waited for Mo Gaohe to take him back to the base to be interrogated. Lu Yin had killed a traitor, but Mo Gaohe might be able to steal credit for Lu Yin’s deed.

Mo Gaohe secretly sneered; this guy still wanted to hide what he had done? This was actually for the best, as the more Lu Yin hid, the more there was that Lu Yin believed in the truth of his accomplishment.

“Take him away!” Mo Gaohe shouted fiercely.

Lu Yin was grabbed by two members of Humility’s Gate, and they led him back to the Yinshan District’s base. The corpse was also taken back.

Unseen Light silently followed behind and everyone returned to the base.

It did not take long for the Yinshan District’s base to be sent into frenzy. There had been no work of note happening in this place for eight generations, not to mention a murder case. The people sent to this place were not expected to accomplish anything. Why try to show off? Why take the risk involved in a mission?

However, on this particular day, Mo Gaohe had captured Linjiang Yi and accused him of murdering a member of the Zhu family from Huaiyuan.

The fatty had rushed back to base the moment he had heard the news, and he yelled at Mo Goahe the moment they saw each other. Mo Gaohe was not willing to take such abuse without response, and the base master Zhuo Si quickly appeared and suppressed everyone.

Zhuo Si felt a headache come on as he looked at the corpse of the person from the Zhu family. “What’s going on?”

Mo Gaohe stepped forward and loudly stated, “Gate Master, that person is Zhu Qing. He’s a member of Huaiyuan’s Zhu family. We just discovered him after he was killed by Linjiang Yi, and he had shown no remorse over killing Zhu Qing.”

Mo Gaohe provocatively glanced over at the fatty.

The fatty was getting increasingly nervous. “Si- no, Gate Master, Mo Gaohe must have framed him! I beg the gate master to investigate this matter.”

Lu Yin was still being held by some of Mo Gaohe’s subordinates.

Zhuo Si glanced at Lu Yin and waved a hand. “Come over here and clear things up.”

Lu Yin was released and he stepped forward. However, just as he was about to start to speak, a stern shout came from afar, “Who dares kill someone from the Zhu family?”

The voice came from far away, yet it instantly arrived. The sound shook the void and warped it in ripples that spread out.

Everyone was stunned; this was an Envoy.

Zhuo Si frowned and tapped a finger against the void to calm the roiling space.

A figure emerged from the void and descended from the sky. In the Perennial World, this was something that only Envoys and above could do.

The man who had appeared was middle-aged, and he remained standing high in the sky. His appearance was domineering and awe-inspiring, and his eyes swept over the crowd. As his eyes passed, everyone felt as though a knife had raked across their face, which was a horrible sensation. Soon, no one dared to look at the Envoy.

When Lu Yin saw the man, his eyes narrowed. This man was Guan Tong. Lu Yin had not expected this person to show up. Lu Yin glanced over at Mo Gaohe and saw the light of victory and hints of schadenfreude in his eyes.

It was clearly no accident that Guan Tong had already arrived. Zhu Qing had only just died in the cave, and yet Guan Tong had already arrived. This had clearly been arranged by the people behind Mo Gaohe, and they were intending to throw Lu Yin into the abyss.

Mo Gaohe secretly praised Miss Yu Chen. She had already made plans to allow Long Qi to admit that he had killed Zhu Qing while believing that he would expose Zhu Qing as a traitor to humanity, but that would instantly offend Guan Tong, the Huaiyuan gate master. On top of that, Mo Gaohe had arranged for Unseen Light to step forward and accuse Long Qi of stealing credit for Unseen Light’s work. Even if Long Qi had been the one to reveal that Zhu Qing was a traitor, that would not eliminate his crime of falsifying a military achievement.

This was also when Guan Tong would play a vital role.

After Long Qi would reveal Zhu Qing as a traitor and offend Guan Tong, Guan Tong would definitely work to magnify any misdeed that Long Qi committed, and Gate Master Zhuo Si would not be able to dismiss Long Qi’s conduct in front of a peer like Guan Tong.

The crime and achievement would be equal, and the best that Long Qi could hope for would be simply being expelled from Humility’s Gate. After that, Yu Chen had to have further plans, but even if she did not make any moves, Guan Tong would never let Long Qi go free.

Mo Gaohe was helping Miss Yu Chen, and doing so would also allow him to gain the attention of the Junior Progenitor, while also dealing a severe blow to that damn fatty. This plan was perfect.

As these thoughts swirled through Mo Gaohe’s head, he felt like he was about to explode from suppressing his excitement, and he wanted to let loose. He felt that every decision he had made demonstrated his cunning, and he would definitely be able to appear in front of the Junior Progenitor. Not to mention, the entire incident would greatly improve Mo Gaohe’s position in the Celestial Frost Sect, and there would no longer be any need to try to chase after Wang Yun. As for that damn fatty, Mo Gaohe would have risen to a level untouchable by that fool.

“Gate Master Zhuo, why did a member of my Huaiyuan’s Zhu family die in your Yinshan Mountains? You must give me an explanation to take back to Huaiyuan!” Guan Tong shouted. His tone of voice was quite bad, and it was clear that he was showing Zhuo Si no respect at all.

There was no one in any of the Middle Realm’s nine bases of Humility’s Gate who did not know about Zhuo Si. The Yinshan District’s gate master was a lay-about, and he presented no threat at all.

Zhuo Si rubbed his ears and helplessly looked over at Lu Yin. “Tell me what happened.”

Mo Gaohe looked at Lu Yin. Mo Gaohe was raving internally, Admit it! Expose Zhu Qing as a traitor! Be proud of your accomplishment! This isn’t just the highlight of your entire life, but also its turning point!

As everyone stared at Lu Yin, he turned to face Mo Gaohe’s arrogant expression. Lu Yin stretched out a hand and pointed at Mo Gaohe. “He killed that Zhu Qing person.”

Mo Gaohe was stunned, and everyone else present was no different.

Guan Tong’s sharp eyes flickered over to Mo Gaohe.

Mo Gaohe was left unable to even respond. This was not how things were supposed to go. What did this have to do with him? There should not be any connection between Mo Gaohe and the dead man.

“You- what did you say?” Mo Gaohe blankly stared at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin answered in a serious manner, “You were the one who killed that guy from the Zhu family, and then you left his body in the cave in order to trick me into falsely claiming the credit. I, Linjiang Yi, am a righteous and upright person, and I could never pretend to be responsible for someone else’s accomplishments!”

Mo Gaohe nearly vomited blood as he glared at Lu Yin. “What bullshit! I’m not your father, so why would I try to give you any sort of credit? And what sort of shit are you spouting? Getting credit for killing someone from the Zhu family?”