Star Odyssey

o your Mavis Bank account, or shall we directly pass it to you?” Lan Yue asked. 

“Directly.
You can send someone to the mountain range.”

Lan Yue nodded and then looked at Xi Yue, as she tried to send a message through her eyes.
She wanted to obtain Kayze’s star essence skin, but Xi Yue pretended not to see the other woman.
She had already admitted that she didn’t know Lu Yin that well.

Lu Yin left and returned to the mountain range. 

Above the planet, the various great powers had been unanimously shocked by this matter.
They could not send anyone weaker than Lu Yin to challenge him, or else, not only might they fail to seize the pyrolyte mine, but they might also have their star essence skins stolen. 

The Dire Barbarian Clan, Blaze Realm, and Ross Empire had all suffered a great loss, and many of the other powers were secretly thrilled.
Retribution had come for those three who had been the quickest to act! However, this bandit-like behavior by Lu Yin, where he had forced them to peel off their star essence skins, had created a huge dilemma for all of them.
No one was willing to spend so much time and resources to manufacture a star essence skin only to lose it after just one round of battle on Planet Pyrolyte.
The loss of star essence was acceptable, but the time needed to transport the star essence, as well as to manufacture the skins, was something irreplaceable. 

That was the greatest loss facing them.

The next day, Lu Yin sat atop the mountain range just like before, occasionally looking towards the sky as he waited for someone from the Souldream Tribe to deliver the money.

Hai Qiqi dashed out of the pyrolyte mine, bored.
She sat down beside Lu Yin and asked, “Hey, if the pyrolyte ore hasn’t been completely mined, then does that mean that we’re stuck here?”

Lu Yin nodded.
In the distance, he could see a spacecraft soaring into space.
This was the method used to transport pyrolyte ore, and such a thing happened every few days.
Over the past month, Northline Flowzone had brought out quite a bit of pyrolyte ore. 

“Is Father that confident? Does he really think that you can defend this place?” Hai Qiqi felt curious, and she cocked her head at Lu Yin.
“But you’re just a Limiteer.” 

“Go and ask your Father.”

Hai Qiqi pursed her lips.
“It wasn’t right of Father to scheme against you, but he also didn’t harm you in any way.
He even promised to protect your home.
Why are you upset?” 

Lu Yin did not bother answering Hai Qiqi, as she would not understand even if he tried to explain.

He would rather become a pirate than join the Sea King ’s Dome and lose his freedom.

In the sky, something with a red color crashed down towards the mountain range.

Lu Yin looked up and squinted as his eyes filled with star energy, allowing him to see the rune lines that comprised the spacecraft.
He could see quite a few, but it was only enough to equal an elite Explorer.
Also, he could see that there was a dark-blue music symbol on the hull of the vessel, indicating that it was from the Souldream Tribe.

With a rumble, the spacecraft crashed into the ground a bit away from the mountain range, creating a pit in the earth. 

From above, it was possible to see that, all across and all around the mountain range, there were numerous similar craters, all caused by spacecraft landing in the area.

Hai Qiqi stared curiously at the spacecraft.

A young lady walked out of the vessel.
She was beautiful, but her eyes carried an experienced light that belied her age.
She was evidently not someone from the younger generation.

The lady approached Lu Yin and waved her hand.
The light of 2,000 star essence flickered before being quickly stored in Lu Yin’s cosmic ring.

“The Souldream Tribe thanks Brother Lu for his help.” The woman was courteous.

Lu Yin nodded his head, and the girl left soon after.

Hai Qiqi looked at Lu Yin.
“Not bad.
Everyone else is fighting for their lives, but here you are making money.”

Lu Yin’s lips perked up, as he was still rather proud of his abilities.
He even admired himself for coming up with a way to make some money, and it had even been a rather considerable amount this time.

2,000 star essence was an amount that had been unimaginable to him before.
Even when he had robbed the Blackbeard Pirates’ tribute, he had only gained 1,000 star essence.
These were definitely major powers since they were able to bring out such a sum so easily. 

Right, there was also another 1,000 star essence, which was what he had received for selling Kayze’s star essence skin to Northline Flowzone.
He had given them a lower price to show his gratitude towards them. 

“Eh, let me go somewhere else, and I’ll bring you back some more star essence skins.
Relax, I don’t want a single coin.
Everything will be yours.” Hai Qiqi looked at Lu Yin expectantly, as she felt that it was easier to talk to him when talking about profits. 

However, she was disappointed, as Lu Yin did not agree to her proposal.

“Why? Each one should be worth 1,000 star essence.
That’s 1,000! Think about it carefully,” Hai Qiqi shouted.

Lu Yin sighed.
“You won’t be able to do it.”

Hai Qiqi wasn’t convinced.
“You’re underestimating Miss Qi! I’ll tell you seriously—if we actually had a proper fight, you wouldn’t be my opponent.
Do you believe me?”

Lu Yin did not respond. 

Hai Qiqi ran over in front of him.
“Do you believe what I said?”

Lu Yin was helpless.
“Let’s put it this way.
Do you have three feet of rope and a wooden stool?”

“What do you mean?” Hai Qiqi was baffled.

Lu Yin casually replied, “Hanging yourself is better than bragging.”

Hai Qiqi was furious since she had just received a verbal attack, which was the one area she was confident in being unparalleled.
“Alright, idiot, just wait and see! Miss Qi will show you what happens when you criticize me.
Just wait and see.”

Lu Yin regretted his words the moment he spoke them, but he had not been able to resist the impulse to tease her.
He realized that the coming days might not be good for him.

The Ghost Monkey was pleased at Lu Yin’s misfortune.
“Seventh Bro, I think that you’d best keep some distance from her.”

Over the next two days, Lu Yin received an endless number of merciless taunts that seemed to be omnipresent.
He was almost pushed to the point of being unable to endure.
He vowed that he would not criticize Hai Qiqi in the future.
Instead, he would just pretend that he did not hear her. 

Above the planet, one spacecraft crashed outside the mountain range.
Under Northline Flowzone’s watchful gazes, Northgate Lie walked out, which led to many cheers.