Star Odyssey

Lu Yin’s gadget beeped, and he looked down to see Liu Qianjue calling him.

Given the fact that the Sword Sect’s Thirteen Swords had been announced as a technique to be stored in the Tower of the Fifth, Liu Qianjue should have reached out to Lu Yin long before now.

”Sect Master Liu, I ’ve been quite busy lately.
I ’ll send Liu Hao to your Sword Sect as soon as I get back to the Innerverse. ” Lu Yin greeted the man.

Lu Yin had already promised to send Liu Hao to the Sword Sect.
This was part of the agreement to get the Sword Sect to participate in the war against the Astral Beast Domain.
Without proper incentives, the Sword Sect would not have put forth any genuine efforts, and the Great Eastern Alliance’s defenses would not have endured.

Liu Qianjue said, ”I’ll thank you for that, Alliance Leader Lu, but that’s not what I’m calling you about right now. ”

”Is there something else? ” Lu Yin acted confused.

Liu Qianjue’s voice dropped low as he replied, ”Shouldn’t you already know? When you announced the creation of your Tower of the Fifth’s construction, you included the inheritance of the Thirteen Swords! Don’t you owe my Sword Sect an explanation for this? The Thirteen Swords are the very foundation of my Sword Sect! ”

Lu Yin smiled.
”That was indeed my oversight, and I didn’t offer you an explanation, Sect Master Liu.
There is no one in the universe whose understanding of the Thirteen Swords can compare to your Sword Sect’s, so let me ask you this: how many people in the Sword Sect currently know the Thirteen Swords? ”

”At the moment, there are only four, ” Liu Qianjue replied.

Lu Yin added on, ”There should be Senior Liu Huang, yourself, Sect Master Liu, and then from the younger generation, there should be Liu Tianmu and Liu Shaoqiu.
Out of your sect’s countless disciples who attempted to learn the Thirteen Swords, just how many of them are actually able to comprehend them at all? ”

”That ’s still not an excuse to publicize the Thirteen Swords! ” Liu Qianjue retorted in a strained voice.
As soon as he had seen the announcement regarding the Tower of the Fifth, he had reached out to Liu Huang to have the old man contact Lu Yin and demand an explanation.
But Liu Huang had instead asked Liu Qianjue to wait and see if Lu Yin would take the initiative to contact the Sword Sect on his own.

After some time passed, Liu Qianjue had no longer been able to endure, and he had finally directly called Lu Yin.

It was an utter disaster for a sect’s foundational techniques to be shared with the outside world.
If this matter was not handled properly, the ripples could end up affecting the entire Great Eastern Alliance.

”Sect Master Liu, only the Thirteen Swords’ First Sword is available on the second floor of the Tower of the Fifth.
If someone obtains that, I’ll immediately know about it.
The chances of anyone comprehending the technique are incredibly low, but if anyone is actually lucky enough to succeed, I’ll inform your Sword Sect of it immediately and ask you to take the people to your Sword Mountain.
If you end up accepting them, then they’ll have received your recognition and there’ll no longer be any need or desire for them to get the Thirteen Swords from the Tower of the Fifth, ” Lu Yin explained.

Liu Qianjue nodded, ”While I can understand your intentions that far, Alliance Leader Lu, the seventh floor is supposed to hold the full inheritance of the Thirteen Swords! What if someone manages to acquire the full inheritance from the seventh floor? ”

”So you have it, but your people can’t learn it, and yet you won’t pass it on.
Sect Master Liu, just what do you think the chances that any outsiders will manage to get and then actually comprehend your Thirteen Swords are? ” Lu Yin countered.

Liu Qianjue frowned.
”Regardless, my Sword Sect is asking you to remove the inheritance of the Thirteen Swords.
It’s impossible to know what might happen.
After all, didn’t you fully master the Thirteen Swords? ”

Lu Yin could understand this concern, but the entire reason why he had gathered and placed so many battle techniques in the Tower of the Fifth was to prepare for the future and his possible last measure.
How could he possibly agree to the Sword Sect’s request?

”Sect Master Liu, what about this? The Thirteen Swords will remain in the Tower of the Fifth for just two years, and after that time passes, I’ll remove it.
I can promise you that it’s almost impossible for anyone to even reach the seventh floor within these two years, ” Lu Yin said.

Liu Qianjue wanted to push further, but before he could say anything, Lu Yin cut him off.
”This is already the best that I can offer you.
Think about this carefully—the inheritances in the Tower of the Fifth are all individual inheritances that can’t be passed on, and besides, no one would be willing to give it to anyone else. ”

Liu Qianjue had no option but to agree.
”Very well.
I will have to trust you on this two year agreement, but I must insist that you pay close attention to the inheritance of the Thirteen Swords. ”

Lu Yin gave a small smile.
He understood Liu Qianjue’s intentions.
If anyone made it to the seventh floor and managed to acquire the full Thirteen Swords, they would have to either join the Sword Sect or give the inheritance back to the Sword Sect.
This was as far as the sect was willing to budge.
”You don ’t need to worry. ”

”There is one other thing, ” Liu Qianjue hesitantly started, ”Something odd happened to me, and it’s related to you, Alliance Leader Lu.
I hope that you can explain it to me. ”

Lu Yin arched a brow in a questioning manner, despite already knowing what Liu Qianjue was talking about.

Lu Yin had Possessed Liu Qianjue, just as he had Liu Ye, and during that Possession, Lu Yin had given Elder Li a series of orders that had aroused Liu Qianjue ’s suspicions.

”Tell me, ” Lu Yin encouraged.

Liu Qianjue spoke slowly, ”There was a recent incident that was completely erased from my memory, and yet during that time, I gave out several orders that did not match my personality.
According to Elder Li, I even ordered him to do something along the lines of banishing Elder Lianxin.
Do you know anything about this? ”

Lu Yin replied, ”How could I? I’m in the distant Neoverse while you’re in the Innerverse.
If I was next to you when this happened, maybe then I’d be able to tell you something. ”

Liu Qianjue ’s eyes flickered.
He did not actually suspect Lu Yin of doing anything at all himself, as the young man had been too far away when the incident had taken place.
Instead, Liu Qianjue was suspicious of the people supporting Lu Yin, such as the Second Nightking.
However, the Second Nightking was always shadowing Lu Yin and kept himself hidden.

Only someone with a power level of at least a million could possibly control Liu Qianjue and wipe his memory of the incident.
In the entire Great Eastern Alliance, there were only two such powerhouses.

Who else was there aside from those two experts? Suddenly, Liu Qianjue froze.
There was another powerhouse who supported Lu Yin: a Semi-Progenitor.

”Sect Master Liu, I’ll look into this for you, but I’m not sure what I’ll be able to uncover.
Your story sounds rather bizarre, ” Lu Yin said.

Liu Qianjue quickly replied, ”I realize that.
You can just act as if I never brought it up. ”