Starsibyl seriously said, “Nightking Zhenwu was able to become the leader of the Ten Arbiters because of his promise. He said that he would be able to receive an inheritance from the Astral Tower the fastest, and after that, he would help the rest of the Arbiters deal with the people from the Neoverse.”
“And they believed him?” Lu Yin was puzzled.
Starsibyl replied, “They had no other choice but to do so. This is an opportunity, but to grasp it, they need to go up against numerous top-tier experts from the Neoverse. Even if the Ten Arbiters are actually unrivaled in the universe, they still would not be able to endure an endless battle.”
“How many people from the Neoverse will be competing for the Astral Tower?” Lu Yin asked.
Starsibyl replied, “Many. All of the great powers qualify, so they will all send people. At one point, the number of people who could participate was restricted, but those restrictions are not being applied this time. Thus, anyone who wants to go from those powers can do so. This is an opportunity to glimpse the Progenitor realm, and the most important factor this time will not be strength but rather destiny.”
Lu Yin understood. Some people were simply blessed by fate, and there were also those who were weaker but still fated to receive an inheritance. These people would have an easier time becoming a Progenitor.
However, even if there were no restrictions on the number of participants allowed to enter, not just anyone could compete. At the very least, they needed to be part of the Neoverse’s great powers that are qualified to send people to the Astral Tower. Otherwise, how could they join the competition?
Lu Yin glanced around the area. “Everyone, there’s a question that’s been weighing me down for over ten years that I want to ask you all.”
He paused and then looked around. “Fourteen years ago, someone from the Ten Arbiters Council targeted the Big Sis Mercenary Group based off of a list of people surnamed Lu. I wish to know, who did this?”
After hearing this question, all of the Ten Arbiters had different expressions; some looked stunned, some seemed to be at a loss, and others remained calm.
Lu Yin had not asked this question when he defeated Lan Si, mainly because Lan Si could have been the person who Lu Yin had been searching for. Instead, Lu Yin had waited ten years for this day, when he could ask all Ten Arbiters this question at the same time.
When Lu Yin’s question was spoken out loud, Highsage Leon’s gaze trembled from where he was floating above the planet. He knew who this person was, and it was also why the Cosmic Sea had not been peaceful during these past few years. However, Highsage Leon had never mentioned anything to Lu Yin, as the youth needed to find out for himself.
Finally, Lu Yin would obtain an answer.
War King Xing Kai rubbed his head. “Passing judgement upon a paper listing people surnamed Lu? That sounds rather familiar, and I seem to remember this happening. I remember-” He paused as he looked at Jin He. “It seems like you were the one to suggest it.”
The others looked at Jin He as well.
Jin He gave a shrug and a slight smile. “I follow through with what I was entrusted to do.”
Lu Yin had long since guessed that Jin He was the one behind the massacre. In fact, Lu Yin had already inferred this after reading through Amethyst Exchange’s intelligence on the Ten Arbiters.
Also, Old Gu De had told Lu Yin that the entire matter was related to a regiment from the Cosmic Sea. Out of all the Ten Arbiters, Jin He was the only person from the Cosmic Sea, as he had been a part of the Ignition Crew, one of the four major pirate crews.
Lu Yin had also made other inquiries, and as a result, he had discovered that Jin He deeply hated people with primeval surnames, which had resulted in him having a very bad relationship with Liu Tianmu; the two almost never spoke to each other. Jin He’s relationship with Wen Sansi was also poor because the Erudite Flowzone had the highest population of primeval surnames.
“You follow what you were entrusted to do. It sounds so simple, but seventy-two human lives were sacrificed.” Lu Yin’s voice had become exceptionally cold as he stared at Jin He. Lu Yin hated this person not one bit less than Nightking Zhenwu.
Jin He smiled at Lu Yin. “Only seventy-two lives? Didn’t they all die? Or are you a survivor?”
As the Arbiter spoke those words, Lu Yin’s eyes went wide, and he moved forward as his pupils transformed into runes as he stared at Jin He. The Arbiter’s eyes also went wide, and his pupils similarly transformed into runes as he exchanged glances with Lu Yin.
The two of them erased each other’s runes as their star energy collided.
Suddenly, a sword light burst out from Liu Tianmu as she took action, cutting through the colliding star energy. “Enough.”
Lan Si also moved forward, stopping in front of Jin He. Meanwhile, Serati Phoenix stepped out and faced Lu Yin. The sides were distinct.
The entire situation was on the verge of exploding.
Wen Sansi suddenly had a headache. “Brother Lu, just how many battles do you want to fight today?”
Lu Yin’s finger twitched. He was still suffering from the aftereffects of his battle against Nightking Zhenwu. As a result, when he contested Jin He’s star energy, some of Lu Yin’s wounds had opened up and started bleeding again.
“The most important thing right now is the competition at the Astral Tower. When it comes to a Progenitor’s inheritance, everything else can be set aside,” Ling Gong said.
Jin He spread his hands. “I’m alright.”
Everyone turned to look at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin averted his eyes. “This debt will be collected sooner or later.”
Jin He smiled even more brilliantly, and it reminded Lu Yin of Silver. “I dislike problems, so I prefer to remove the source of trouble directly.”
Lan Si spoke up in a gloomy voice, “You’re spouting a lot of nonsense.”
Jin He merely smiled and stopped speaking.
Serati Phoenix suddenly spoke up, “Those who qualify to participate in the contest at the Astral Tower are those who received a title of King or Queen during the Sixth Mainland’s invasion. Brother Lu, are you qualified?”
Everyone seemed to wake from a dream, including Lu Yin.
He had defeated Nightking Zhenwu, and everyone had logically expected him to replace Nightking Zhenwu by becoming one of the Ten Arbiters. Naturally, he should then be able to go to the Neoverse to participate in the events at the Astral Tower. However, Lu Yin was his own person while Nightking Zhenwu had been himself. Defeating Nightking Zhenwu did not mean that Lu Yin could simply replace Nightking Zhenwu.
He had never been given the title of King while defending against the Sixth Mainland’s invasion, and neither was he a disciple from one of the Neoverse’s great powers. On top of that, his status as an Honor Chosen had been temporarily revoked as well. In that case, how would he qualify to go to the Astral Tower?
Starsibyl’s eyes flashed, as even she had forgotten about this issue. Rather, it was not that she had forgotten, but that she had simply grafted everything that she had predicted about Nightking Zhenwu onto Lu Yin since she had never been able to calculate anything about Lu Yin. She had done so much to achieve her goals, but she had forgotten about the most basic detail: Lu Yin was not qualified to join the contest at the Astral Tower.
Lu Yin immediately reached out to Yuan Shi to ask about his qualifications.
Soon, Lu Yin’s face sank, as his status as an Honor Chosen was unable to be reinstated for the time being.
Nightking Zhenwu was dead, and thus, he could not retract his accusations. Thus, Lu Yin was still under suspicion of being a traitor to the Fifth Mainland.
“Seventh Bro, this can’t be! You’ve destroyed your only chance of competing at the Astral Tower!” the Ghost Monkey shouted in an exaggerated manner.
Lu Yin’s face turned ugly, as this was not completely his fault, but rather something that had simply gone out of control. By the time Lu Yin could properly react, he had already started fighting Nightking Zhenwu.
Before everything had taken place, Lu Yin had agreed to return the Daynight clan’s stone of inheritance so that Nightking Zhenwu would revoke his accusations. However, Nightking Zhenwu had never once mentioned getting the stone of inheritance back, as he had been certain that Lu Yin would die on Nightking Planet.
However, Lu Yin had not expected Nightking Zhenwu to move so quickly, and thus, he had been unprepared for Zhenwu to suddenly start killing all the members of the Dayking bloodline.
Everything had occurred too suddenly.
Jin He’s smile grew even more brilliant. “It looks like Brother Lu doesn’t qualify to join us at the Astral Tower in the Neoverse for this opportunity. Well then, I’ll head out first. Everyone, let’s meet in the Neoverse.”
He then turned to leave. “What happened to Nightking Zhenwu is a pity, as he would have been able to help us deal with those people from the Neoverse. Really, what a pity.”