Star Odyssey

Chapter 1373: Way of Doing Things

Lu Yin was surprised. “A woman?”

Long Xi’s expression chilled. “Are you looking down on women?”

“Of course not,” Lu Yin quickly backtracked.

Long Xi’s voice grew cold. “That woman’s cleaned up a lot of messy problems for Bai Shaohong and the Celestial Frost Sect. She possesses a variety of methods, and will act both openly and from the shadows. Whoever she targets rarely manages to escape her plots, even when she goes after seniors in the four ruling powers. People are very cautious of her, and it can even be said that she is the other half of Bai Shaohong’s power.”

Lu Yin frowned. His most hated opponents were those who were like Wei Rong. Even if Lu Yin was powerful enough to utterly crush such an opponent, it was often difficult to win. These people used their brains as their weapons.

Lu Yin felt that it would be great to have Wei Rong or Wang Wen with him.

“I’m going to give you one more reminder: don’t go out. That woman has a number of tricks, and she could try to deal with you from directions you can’t even imagine. You were lucky this time, but luck can’t last,” Long Xi gave a sharp word of warning. “I’ve pushed my big brother, and he’ll set things up for you to retire from Humility’s Gate with some achievements within this month, which means you need to stay safe for another month. It’s just a month; can you do this?”

Lu Yin nodded.

Long Xi looked at him with a serious expression. “After this month, you’ll be taken to the Higher Realm where you’ll officially become part of the White Dragon Clan’s main family, and then you’ll be safe. That means that this month will be very important, so don’t screw up!”

With that, the image of Long Xi disappeared.

Lu Yin rubbed his head. The second warning Long Xi had given him had greatly increased his level of caution. If even the White Dragon Clan’s princess was worried about Yu Chen, then it was clear just how difficult an opponent she was.

Lu Yin had gained some understanding of Humility’s Gate and its rules during his time with them. He knew that it was nearly impossible for someone to join Humility’s Gate and retire from it within a mere three months, and yet Long Tian was capable of making it happen. Clearly he was needing to pay a steep price.

As for the person behind the plots made against Lu Yin, her name was Yu Chen, and even a Junior Progenitor was wary of her abilities.

Lu Yin lowered his hand and gazed up towards the Higher Realm. Yu Chen? Maybe she was up there and looking down at this same time.

Lu Yin’s expression slowly changed and he straightened up. When had he become so useless?

Back when he had first joined Astral-10, he had already offended Nightking Qingye and had been suppressed by the Daynight clan. Lu Yin had then used various means to ensure his own survival, and had ultimately trashed Daynight Flowzone. When Lu Yin had first encountered the Daynight clan, they were as far above him as the Celestial Frost Sect was to the current him. He had already suppressed such an insurmountable power once, so why was he intimidated by one in this universe?

He needed to once again climb an unimaginable height, but things were different this time. Lu Yin was the White Dragon Clan’s son-in-law, and while it was a rather humiliating position, his status was real. On top of that, he had also become a part of Humility’s Gate, which meant that Lu Yin’s starting point in the Perennial World was much better than where he had started in the Fifth Mainland.

“Hiding is not how I, Lu Yin, do things. You’ve led me on enough already,” Lu Yin said to himself. If heaven refuses me, then I’ll just strengthen myself and bend the heavens to my will.

Lu Yin took a list out of his cosmic ring. It was the list of names he had compiled from the memories he had received from Possessing Guan Yun. Lu Yin settled into quiet contemplation.

The following day, Lu Yin went to find Unseen Light, who was the only person on Lu Yin’s team. Even though Zhuo Si had assigned others to Lu Yin’s team, the wastrels refused to listen to Lu Yin.

“What are you doing?” Unseen Light was surprised to see Lu Yin.

Lu Yin grew serious. “Our interests are currently intertwined. I’m the reason that you lost your chance to join the Celestial Frost Sect, so I’ll give you another opportunity. We’ll definitely struggle, but our accomplishments are guaranteed to be reported. The four ruling powers’ Junior Progenitors all have connections to Humility’s Gate, and your strength is definitely enough to attract their attention.”

Unseen Light smiled. “It sounds like you want to go big; why? You don’t want to stay passive?”

Lu Yin laughed. “That’s not my style. When was I ever passive In the Fifth Mainland?”

Unseen Light nodded. “True. I know what you’ve accomplished, from the time you were in the Astral Combat Academy, to when you became the master of the Outerverse. You’ve always seized the initiative and leveraged your strength, and you’ve managed to accomplish many incredible things. I believe you can do the same here.”

“Sounds like you’re pretty interested.” Lu Yin smiled.

Unseen Light smiled lightly. “Why not? My only worry is what you plan to do to draw the attention of the Junior Progenitors. How big are you planning to go?”

Lu Yin considered the matter for a bit. “This should be enough to get the attention of Humility’s Gate’s supervisor of the Middle Realm’s nine gates.”

Unseen Light just nodded. “Got it.”

Lu Yin had uncovered a great many names from Guan Yun’s memories, and the people were spread throughout Huaiyuan and the surrounding area, and covered almost half of the Middle Realm. Lu Yin was privy to many of Guan Yun’s secrets, and some of them were critically important information. For example, Guan Yun would only ever be called to action at the most critical moment.

The location of the various traitors was very important.

Aside from the people in the most important positions, most of the traitors simply helped Guan Yun gather intelligence, resources, or other such trivial matters. There were actually several of the people in Yinshan City.

Yinshan City was dedicated to entertaining the wastrels who had been sent to Humility’s Gate’s base in the Yinshan District. While this seemed to be a rather unimportant role, but minor powers were not able to send their children to Humility’s Gate. There were even descendants of the four ruling powers who had been sent to the Yinshan District. While it might seem useless to keep an eye on such youths, but the information gathered allowed for people to analyze a great number of things.

Guan Yun had set up five people inside Yinshan City, and he personally oversaw their actions. These people did not know that they were providing information to a Redback, but that was exactly what they were doing.

One day, in Inner Scent, the fat Wang Dashuai was once again celebrating, as he did nearly every night. His life was quite carefree. On this particular day, Lu Yin entered with Unseen Light and a group of people who had previously followed Mo Gaohe.

“My, if it isn’t Captain Long? Captain Long, please come in.” An old woman approached Lu Yin ni a warm manner.

This was not Lu Yin’s first time meeting this woman. She was very familiar with the fatty, and every time he visited her establishment, she would send beautiful women to keep the fatty company.

“Madam Gui, I’m looking for your Miss Hanxiang,” Lu Yin said. This establishment had a tradition of giving the most beautiful girl the title of Miss Hanxiang.¹

Madam Gui smiled and said, “Captain Long, this is quite a coincidence; Miss Hanxiang is currently with Captain Wang, so how about I show you to the two of them?”

As Lu Yin spoke with the madam, the people who had previously followed Mo Gaohe looked around Inner Scent with bright eyes. In the past, Mo Gaohe and the fatty had always avoided each other, so these people had never been to Inner Scent.

“Since Captain Wang is also here, I’ll go see him,” Lu Yin said before allowing Madam Gui lead the way.

Madam Gui moved quickly and deliberately. There was no doubt as to where the fatty would be. He had always entertained Lu Yin in Inner Scent, so it was quite expected to find him in this place.

Before long, Lu Yin saw a beautiful and shy woman sitting in the fatty’s embrace. She was the star of Inner Scent: Miss Hanxiang.

The fatty was entertaining a group of people, but he warmly greeted Lu Yin as soon as he arrived. “Bro, you’re here! It’s pretty strange for you to come to Inner Scent on your own. Come on over, sit with me.”

Lu Yin smiled and walked over next to the fatty and said something to him. The fatty’s expression drastically changed, but the girl sitting with him did not react at all.

All of the nearby people shot to their feet and glared at Lu Yin.

“Captain Long, what are you doing?” Madam Gui was shocked.

Miss Hanxiang was terrified. “Captain Long, whatever it is you want from Hanxiang, just take it from Hanxiang.”

The fatty finally reacted and he looked at Lu Yin with eyes full of suspicion and questioning.

Lu Yin whispered, “If I prove to be wrong, your brother will apologize to you.”

The fatty’s eyes flickered, and he looked at Miss Hanxiang.

Tears leaked from the corners of Miss Hanxiang’s eyes. “Captain Wang, did Hanxiang do something wrong? Why is Captain Long treating Hanxiang like this?”

Weak women could look incredibly pitiful, and anyone would sympathize with this woman. The people who followed the fatty immediately moved to surround Lu Yin and those with him. “Captain Long, you drove Mo Gaohe away, and now you’re moving against us. This isn’t very nice.”

“Captain Long, you must give me an explanation. Otherwise, even if you are a member of the White Dragon Clan, I will not let this go.”

“We won’t let this go.”

When Lu Yin had made a move, the people who had previously followed Mo Gaohe all grew excited. They had been enemies with the fatty and his team, so they all started getting excited and shouting loudly when Lu Yin took action.

The fatty was somber and he raised a hand. “Bro, do you really want to do this?”

Lu Yin responded in a serious tone, “Brother, when you’re wrong, you have to admit it.”

The fatty nodded and waved his people back. “Let them go.”

“Thank you,” Lu Yin said before leaving with his group.

Many people started talking after Lu Yin left, and most of them claimed that Lu Yin did not recognize Wang Dashuai as being the one with the senior position. They wondered about what sorts of sinister schemes Lu Yin might be hatching, and other similar gossip.

The fatty heard all of this slander, but given his years, he was not petty enough to react. He could not have reached his level of strength if he was stupid. He was simply not stopping Long Qi from taking action, and there was no benefit to going against Long Qi.

“Alright, that’s enough. Let’s go, and we’ll come back tomorrow.” The fatty impatiently waved a hand to dismiss the other people.

Madam Gui hurriedly reached for the fatty and begged him, “Captain Wang, please help Miss Hanxiang! You are my Inner Scent’s VIP, and Miss Hanxiang has always cared for you so much! Everytime that she knew you were here she would abandon the other guests in order to attend you. Please don’t just abandon her.”

The fatty was in a rotten mood, but said, “Alright, I’ll keep an eye on her.”

He then left Inner Scent, as he had to watch for himself how things would turn out.

Long Qi had arrested Miss Hanxiang when she had been with Captain Wang in Inner Scent. Word of this scandal quickly spread across Yinshan City and instigated a great deal of discussion. Many people claimed that Long Qi was more ruthless than even Mo Gaohe had been, because at least Mo Gaohe had never dared to barge in on the places that Wang Dashuai frequented. Long Qi might cause a great disruption in the Yinshan District.

Gate Master Zhuo Si also heard about the incident, but he did not care about it. He had not even cared when Mo Gaohe and Wang Dashuai had fought each other with hundreds of underlings, let alone such a trivial matter like rumors.

Although Humility’s Gate’s base in the Yinshan District was somewhere to place rich wastrels, they still had a prison and means of torturing prisoners for interrogations. Actually, given the fact that there were so many children from top powers who had been sent to the Yinshan District and was therefore flush with wealth, the Gate actually had more means of torture than most of Humility’s Gate’s bases, and there were also masters of interrogation.

Within half an hour, Miss Hanxiang had already revealed everything.

[1] The brothel’s name is Hanxiang, but means Inner Scent. Miss Inner Scent did not sound like a reasonable name, but she’s basically like Miss (country) in a pageant. ☜