Upon hearing this question, quite a few people looked over.
Jin He shrugged. “Those were personal grievances, and there’s nothing much that can be said about that.”
“Lu Yin smothered one of the Innerverse’s best hopes at becoming one of the Cosmic Five. Don’t you feel that it’s a pity? After all, Lu Yin isn’t able to go to the Astral Tower himself,” the girl asked.
Jin He smiled. “You’ve been talking about it for quite a while, but do you know what the contest at the Astral Tower actually is?”
She shook her head, and her eyes lit up. “Are you willing to tell us?”
Jin He smiled teasingly. “I’m not saying.”
The girl was rendered speechless.
“Who said that the Cosmic Five would surpass the Ten Arbiters?” Jin He finally said. His long hair swept up and blew about by itself without any wind.
The girl really did break down at that moment. This person was actually the strangest one out of them all, as he was too brazen and mocking. By now, she just wanted to go home.
At that moment, the crowd suddenly looked up in another direction. In outer space, a man tore through the void, emerged, and made his way toward the rendezvous point with an icy expression.
“Who’s that?”
“Does he also qualify to go to the Astral Tower?”
“He shouldn’t.”
…
The man’s expression was cold, and he did not say a single word while standing there in silence.
Jin He encouraged the girl to go interview the newcomer.
The girl had learned from her previous experiences, and she had decided that she would not speak to this person, not even if she was beaten to death. Besides, she had interviewed everyone that she needed to, and most people would have stopped watching by now.
“You’re Little Leaf King! You were in cryostasis for thousands of years. Were you waiting for today?” Starsibyl appeared and spoke to the cold-looking man.
The crowd felt puzzled for a moment, but then someone remembered.
Liquor Hero pulled out a wine barrel. “Little Leaf King? I remember that name. He’s an absolute genius from thousands of years ago.”
“Another old fart,” Tai Yuanjun commented in an unhappy tone.
Xia Tian took a serious look at Little Leaf King. This person was from Shamrock Enterprises.
Many people would enter cryostasis and wait for a certain moment before awakening. In truth, some of the Ten Arbiters had already exceeded the younger generation’s age limit, but they bypassed this by frequently freezing themselves in cryostasis to stop their bone-age from surpassing the limit.
War King Xing Kai and Serati Phoenix were the only ones who had completely exceeded the age limit of the younger generation, and they were simply testing their luck in going to the Neoverse’s Astral Tower. There was no guarantee that they would be allowed to participate.
Little Leaf King was someone from thousands of years ago who had undergone cryopreservation. However, his bone-age was no different from someone under forty years of age.
“Strange, why does he qualify to go to the Astral Tower?”
“Shamrock Enterprises moved their headquarters to the Neoverse long ago, so he can be thought of as someone from the Neoverse.”
“That actually works?”
…
Half an hour later, another vessel arrived. This time, it was from the Cosmic Sea. The ship was enormous, and there was an ancient character etched on the hull. Someone quickly recognized it and called out, “The Longevity Brigade?”
Each of the Cosmic Sea’s four pirate crews were extremely powerful in their own right. The Ten Arbiters’ Jin He was even from one of them—the Ignition Crew.
This time, the Longevity Brigade had arrived. There was someone else from the four great pirate crews within the crowd, and they stepped forward. It was Zi Jun. He was from the Longevity Brigade, and he had participated in the Tournament of the Strongest.
As the Longevity Brigade’s warship arrived at the shore, an immature-looking man jumped off and approached the crowd. “Ple- please, everyone. Bo- board the war- warship to go- go to the Neo- Neoverse.”
The crowd was puzzled; a stutterer?
The man grew nervous as the crowd’s attention was focused on him, and he blushed bright red. “I- I’m from the Long- Longevity Brigade. Everyone, let’s- let’s go together.”
“Alright, cut the nonsense. Let’s go.” Tai Yuanjun had grown impatient, and he leaped aboard the warship as the rest quickly followed suit.
They had long since received notice that the Longevity Brigade would escort them through the Cosmic Sea and lead them to the Neoverse.
The stuttering man’s face was still red, and he looked at everyone once he returned to the warship. “Ex- excuse me. Who- who is Lu- Lu- Lu Yin?”
The crowd gave the man odd looks.
Xia Tian was puzzled. “Why are you looking for Lu Yin?”
The man swallowed his saliva. “ Ma- master said that i- if I follow Lu Yin, I- I’ll have meat to eat.”1
The crowd was rendered speechless.
Tai Yuanjun frowned. “Lu Yin’s not here. He didn’t qualify to go to Neoverse and the Astral Tower. Set sail.”
The stutterer’s mouth fell open. “Then wha- what should I do? Who do I follow?”
“You know Lu Yin?” Lan Si asked.
The stutterer shook his head.
Nobody bothered with him any further.
Starsibyl looked at the stutterer, and her eyes flickered as though she was calculating something.
Before long, the warship set sail for the Neoverse, carrying with it the expectations of countless people from both the Innerverse and the Outerverse. All the aspirations towards the Astral Tower were focused on this ship, and it was the start of a new adventure.
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