Star Odyssey

ng, and no one thought Veron was being out of line.
To them, Veron had actually held back because of Lu Yin’s status and merely beaten this man until he looked bad without doing anything lasting.

All of a sudden, a figure blocked the departing students.
Veron looked up to see Zhang Dingtian and barked, “Scram!”

Zhang Dingtian pulled out his sword and moved it in front of Veron, “Apologize to him.”

Veron’s gaze changed and he burst into laughter, “Do you know where we are, bumpkin? If you use your weapon, you’re dead.”

As he spoke, a group of soldiers surrounded the students, “Lower your weapon immediately.
Fighting is not allowed on the spacecraft.”

Zhang Dingtian replied coldly, “So why didn’t you stop them when they were beating him?”

“I’ll say again.
Put down your weapon immediately.” A soldier shouted.

Xu San quickly ran to Zhang Dingtian, “I’m fine, let them go.”

Zhang Dingtian’s eyes narrowed and his grip on his sword tightened.
More and more students arrived to watch the show, quite a few of them excited.
They were the students who had run out of luck during the trial and been captured, so seeing an earthling in a bad state obviously delighted them.

It was at this point that Xia Luo arrived, threading his way through the crowd to move in front of Veron.
He lifted a leg and drove his knee right into the youth’s stomach, kicking so hard that Veron squealed and dry-heaved as his body curled up in agony.
Everyone, Zhang Dingtian included, was stunned by his action.

Xia Luo turned and smiled at the Bladesage, “Is this okay?”

“Thank you,” Zhang Dingtian put his sword away.

Xia Luo glanced at the soldier, “Do your job like you should.
You can go now.”

The soldiers gave him a long look and then left, but not before giving Zhang Dingtian one last warning glance.
Veron kept coughing as he looked up and glowered, but Xia Luo’s death glare forced him to hang his head.
“Let’s go,” he said to the other students and left quickly.

Zhang Dingtian looked at Xia Luo again before leaving without a word.

It was only after nearly everyone had left that Lu Yin arrived, enquiring about the situation.

“He was the one who helped me, Boss,” Xu San told Lu Yin.

Lu Yin nodded.
“Thank you.”

“No worries,” the youth answered kindly, “They were annoying.
I still have some things to do, so I’ll be on my way.”

Lu Yin thanked him once more and watched as Xia Luo walked away.
After they were alone, Lu Yin turned to study Xu San, “Why were they picking a fight with you?”

Xu San shook his head, “I really don’t know.
I just came out to get some food and they approached me; said they thought I was an eyesore.”

An eyesore? Lu Yin’s eyes gleamed.
Veron was certainly aware of Xu San’s relationship to him, but still had the nerve to attack.
Why? There was no way a mediocre student like that would have the guts to provoke the Zishan King; some sort of conflict had already started within the Great Yu Empire.
Was someone already trying to eliminate him?

Lu Yin was positive that every move of his was being recorded and sent back to the Capital Star.
Any trivial matter could be blown up by certain people, used to make assumptions about his personality, intelligence, morality, and more.
It was all to gather information that could be used against him in the future, and this was only the start of the provocation.
The people behind this affront would keep escalating until he’d had enough.

“I heard something interesting just happened.
I wish I had been here to see it,” Silver suddenly said with a grin, having appeared at some unknown time.

Lu Yin told Xu San to leave and turned to look at the man, “What were you hoping to see?”

Silver smiled, “I wanted to see a certain someone looking troubled.
Maybe they’d curse you after you beat them up? Or maybe you’d just let them provoke you? It would have been fun to watch.”

“Which kind of person do you think I am?” Lu Yin asked.

“Don’t know,” Silver answered nonchalantly.

Lu Yin didn’t have the time to continue the discussion; he had to consider what his status as the Zishan King meant within the Great Yu Empire and gather more information.

“You don’t want to chat some more? I know quite a lot about the Zishan Family.
Maybe it could help you,” Silver beamed at him.

Lu Yin looked back, “What do you know?”

Silver shrugged, “Not much beyond old news from a few centuries ago.
For example, the old headquarters of the Zishan Family, their amazing food, battle techniques, the marriage agreement between the Zishans and Yushans, and so on.”

Marriage arrangement? Lu Yin felt like he’d just heard something critical, “What marriage agreement?”

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