Star Odyssey

Chapter 1379: Wager

While the fatty did not give a straightforward answer, both Lu Yin and Unseen Light knew that this invitation was related to the Dominion Realm.

A person could search everywhere for such an opportunity without ever catching a glimpse of it. Unseen Light’s goal was to catch the attention of a Junior Progenitor through his activities with Humility’s Gate in order to get access to the Dominion Realm. While the fatty’s invitation was not a guarantee that Unseen Light would be able to follow Wang Su to the Dominion Realm, it was an opportunity to meet Wang Su, which was progress towards Unseen Light’s goal.

“I’m honored to receive an invitation to the Wang family’s home,” Unseen Light accepted with a smile. He was just hoping that Lu Yin’s comment about Wang Yi needing ten years to recover was true, because meeting Wang Yi would ruin all of Unseen Light’s progress. Unseen Light was just accepting a chance, and even if he avoided the Wang family’s home, Wang Yi just needed to hear a name or see Unseen Light in the Dominion Realm to be able to eliminate Unseen Light. In the end, it was better to take the chance.

The fatty was happy with this development. His family had been in chaos recently after the incident involving Wang Yi’s injuries, and Junior Progenitor Wang Su had grown anxious about finding a replacement to accompany him to the Dominion Realm, and the fatty had finally found a candidate. “I’ll get in touch with my family as soon as possible, and then take you for a visit. We’ll visit the Higher Realm together pretty soon.”

Lu Yin pursed his lips. “What about me?”

The fatty smiled dryly “Bro, what is there to say? You’re the son-in-law of the White Dragon Clan’s main family, so you’ll definitely visit the Wang family, the Xia family, and the Celestial Frost Sect’s Bai family. “

“Unseen Light’s my brother, and he doesn’t have any support or backing if you take him to the Higher Realm, so you can’t let him suffer,” Lu Yin ordered.

The fatty patted his chest as he reassured Lu Yin, “Don’t worry, your bro’s got this! If he’s lucky, his future prospects will be very impressive. He’ll be treated as my Wang family’s honored guest. Hey, let’s go make a report about this incident back at the main base.”

Elsewhere, Yuhua Mavis landed on the ground and looked into the distance from where she had come. She had not expected to run into Lu Yin while on a bodyguard assignment. Unseen Light would have been fine. They had been part of the same group that had been sent to the Perennial World, though they had been scattered before arrival. However, how could Lu Yin be in this universe? Had he not disappeared? Could he have simply arrived early?

Not to mention, Lu Yin already had a status that was difficult to deal with, as he was also a part of Humility’s Gate.

Yuhua Mavis’s communication crystals trembled, and an image appeared in front of her. Guan Hai, the second Guan brother, had called the young woman.

“This subordinate greets Lord Guan Hai” Yuhua Mavis bowed respectfully.

Guan Hai frowned. “Did something happen to your assignment?”

Yuhua Mavis gave her report, “Yes. He was arrested by people from Yinshan District’s Humility’s Gate.”

“You couldn’t protect him?” Guan Hai shouted. “With the exception of Zhuo Si, everyone in Humility’s Gate’s Yinshan District is pure trash! You should definitely have been strong enough to get away with the man you were protecting.”

Yuhua Mavis explained, “They showed up with a domain expert. It would have been very difficult for me to beat him, and both of the Yinshan District’s teams were present.”

Guan Hai frowned. “A domain expert? What’s their name?”

Yuhua Mavis’s eyes flashed. She did not know if Unseen Light had used an alias or not. Everyone who had been sent to the Perennial World had their own arrogance, so almost none of them would alter their appearances. As for different names, that was something else entirely. “I’m not sure, but he kept his eyes closed the entire time.”

Guan Hai’s eyes flashed. “I see. I didn’t expect them to have a master with them.”

At this point, he suddenly remembered something. “Did that Long Qi ever move?”

Yuhua Mavis shook her head. “The only ones to move were the one from the Wang family and the man with his eyes closed. They were the only ones who fought against your subordinate the entire time, and no one else attacked at all.”

Guan Hai was overjoyed. “Okay, that’s great. You now need to wait at the border between the Yinshan District and Huaiyuan. We’ll be there soon.”

“Yes.”

After ending the call, Guan Hai immediately went to find Guan Tong, and the contents of their discussion were unknown. Right after that, Guan Hai called his youngest brother, Guan Yun, and then all three of the brothers headed out and made their way towards the Yinshan Mountains.

One day later, as Zhuo Si was drafting a report regarding the recent arrests, the three Guan brothers arrived with Yuhua Mavis, and their arrival stirred up the Yinshan District’s Humility’s Gate.

Zhuo Si frowned, and a chill flashed through his eyes. Still, he stood and went to meet the brothers.

Lu Yin soon was summoned and he went to the base’s entrance hall. Unseen Light and the fatty were also both present. Every single person from the Yinshan District base was present, including the fatty’s and Lu Yin’s subordinates.

When Lu Yin arrived at the lobby, he saw the three Guan brothers, as well as Yuhua Mavis, who stood quietly behind the brothers. Lu Yin frowned; it seemed like these three had some scheme in play. Still, Lu Yin had not done anything wrong that they could use to target him.

The fatty stared at Yuhua Mavis. He violently rubbed his eyes. Why in the world was that woman present?

Zhuo Si impatiently spoke up after seeing that Lu Yin and all of the others had arrived, “Gate Master, if you have something to say, then just say it. I’ve been exhausted in these Yinshan Mountains, and I need to rest.”

Guan Tong replied in a cold voice, “So long as we are able to confirm something, we won’t hold up Gate Master Zhuo any more.”

He then rose and turned to stare straight at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. Sure enough, these three were targeting him. His assumed identity really caused him a lot of trouble.

“Long Qi, you’ve had a very impressive run lately. You’ve had a string of arrests and even managed to obtain a Medal of Righteousness. Congratulations! Truly, congratulations,” Guan Tong said, though there was a cold smile on his face.

Lu Yin’s brows rose high. “If you have anything you want to say, then just come out and say it.”

Given his identity as Long Qi, the White Dragon Clan’s son-in-law, there was no need for Lu Yin to be overly polite towards Guan Tong, and there was no reason for the Envoy to get upset over the matter. “I’ve come to believe that there’s a good chance that there’s something wrong with Long Qi’s various accomplishments. How long have you been in the Yinshan District? And yet you arrested numerous traitors one right after another. Also, the person known as Unseen Light captured a traitor who I had deliberately left alone to act as bait in Huaiyuan. We even sent experts to protect him in order to avoid any accidents.”

Yuhua Mavis walked forward. “When I was protecting that traitor, the one who thwarted this subordinate’s efforts was Unseen Light. Long Qi never made a move.”

The fatty gritted his teeth after hearing this bit, but it was true. The woman was too strong for the fatty to do anything to her.

Guan Tong sneered. “It’s clear from this that Unseen Light is extremely strong, but no Long Qi. It appears that he’s been faking his strength to take advantage of things.”

Lu Yin’s eyes flashed. So they were accusing him of stealing credit yet again. Was that the only crime that members of Humility’s Gate could commit?

“Whether or not I’m a fake is something that the gate master will uncover if he allows us to continue.” Lu Yin stepped aside.

Unseen Light stepped forward. “Thank you, Gate Master, for looking out for this one, but this one will need to disappoint the Gate Master. Captain Long did not fake anything with any of the arrests, and he earned all of his merit on his own. This one was only responsible for the last encounter.”

“Well then, Long Qi, tell me: how were you able to arrest so many traitors in just a few short days, most of whom you’ve never even met before?” Guan Tong shouted.

Zhuo Si suddenly interjected, “Enough!”

Everyone looked over at the gate master.

“Gate Master Guan, no matter where Long Qi received the information that led to the arrests he made, it doesn’t break any of Humility’s Gate’s rules. Humility’s Gate only has rules about stealing credit for arrests accomplishments, and there is nothing at all stipulating that the information can’t come from another person. I am happy to offer credit to the person who dug up all of this information, but no one has stepped forward to complain, and there have been no issues even with the specific arrest that you were complaining about. You have nothing to raise a complaint about,” Zhuo Si said solemnly.

Guan Yun shouted back angrily, “Zhuo Si, how dare you say that my elder brother has nothing? Who are you?”

Zhuo Si shot a cold glare at Guan Yun. “Annoying.”

The pressure of an Envoy fell, and Guan Yun’s expression changed. Next to him, Guan Hai waved a hand to disperse the pressure from Zhuo Si. “Gate Master Zhuo, my brother meant nothing with that, so please don’t get upset.”

Zhuo Si snorted coldly.

Guan Tong continued to stare at Lu Yin. “Gate Master Zhuo is right, it wouldn’t be a problem even if you did get the information from someone else, but if you’ve been gaining your merit points at the cost of sacrificing the efforts of my Humility’s Gate, then that’s a problem.” He looked over at Zhuo Si. “Look, the traitor from the Zhu family, and most of the other spies who’ve been found were bait that my Huaiyuan base had left out, and yet you captured all of them. Aside from me and people in Huaiyuan, only some people in the Higher Realm were privy to the status of the people who were arrested.”

Guan Tong looked back at Lu Yin. “There are people from the four ruling clans who are among those with access to this information in the Higher Realm.”

Guan Yun angrily shouted, “Someone deliberately leaked that list so that a few people could gain some merit points, but it’s at the cost of the efforts of my Huaiyuan Humility’s Gate.”

“Bullshit!” The fatty had become anxious, as he had been the one to lead most of the arrests that were being criticized. “My Wang family will not stand back and accept it if you hope to slander us.”

Guan Tong smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Captain Wang. Though tell me, how did you managed to arrest those traitors? How did you know that any of them were traitors?”

The fatty was momentarily stunned, and he reflexively looked over at Zhuo Si.

Guan Tong followed the fatty’s eyes. “Gate Master Zhuo, it looks like you’re the one behind the information. Tell me, how did you identify those people as traitors? Who gave you that intel? Or was it something you checked yourself? If that’s the case, then that’s an amazing coincidence, as most of those people were bait that we in Huaiyuan left out as bait.”

Zhuo Si frowned and went silent for a while.

“If we guessed correctly, Long Qi was the one who gave you the information, right?” Guan Hai challenged.

Lu Yin understood that these three had shown themselves in order to reinforce Yu Chen’s plan. If Long Qi was the one to hand over the information, then he had to take responsibility for making trouble for the Guan brothers, and that would give them the motivation and right to attack, as Lu Yin had ruined much of their work.

How was Lu Yin to explain the arrests? Was it possible that Yu Chen had been the one behind the list that Lu Yin had received? Without any evidence, it would create a great deal of trouble if Lu Yin randomly accused teh Celestial Frost Sect, and that would give Yu Chen an even better excuse to order an attack.

However, if Yu Chen had not been the one to have the list of names delivered to Lu Yin, then where had it come from?

The truth was that Lu Yin had been thinking about this problem for a while. It was true that he had made too many arrests in too short a time. No one would believe that Lu Yin’s success was from his innate gift unless there was a way for him to prove it.

Lu Yin said, “Gate Master Tong, this universe is too big, so it’s not surprising that a junior would develop an unknown innate gift that could allow them to see through people and get a rough idea of their current situation. While my innate gift is not perfect, it’s quite accurate.”

Lu Yin had also deliberately captured a person who was not a traitor, but the person had been released after a brief interrogation. Lu Yin had made this mistake just in order to deceive the general public.

Guan Tong stared at Lu Yin, “It seems like you’re very confident in yourself. Since that’s the case, I’m not dumb enough to start an argument about such a thing, so how about we make a bet?”

“What’s the bet?” Lu Yin asked

A smile spread across Guan Tong’s face. “Chilan is a city in Huaiyuan, and there have to be at least a few traitors in that city. If you can find any traitors within ten days of entering that city, I’ll admit that you have an innate gift that allows you to see through people at a glance. The city’s just about as big as Yinshan City, so if you can arrest five traitors in five days here in Yinshan City, then I’ll give you ten days to check things out in Chilan City.”