Star Odyssey

him under the cloth.

A few tired laborers were eating their rations near Lu Yin’s hiding spot.

“This work is inhumane.
It’s unpaid, and we even have to bring our own food! I hope that that damn city lord dies soon,” a laborer ranted.

Someone next to him sighed and replied, “We don’t have a choice.
It’s just our rotten luck to have a city lord like this.
Sometimes, I wish that these tributes would be stolen and cause some trouble for the city lord.”

“His Majesty’s birthday is almost here, and these are tributes for His Majesty.
Who would dare to steal these things? Besides, we’re almost at Qiong Zhou and will reach Ming Zhou soon.
That’s the empire’s capital, and it’s filled with powerhouses.
No one’ll dare to touch this stuff.”

“You’re right.

“By the way, I heard that the people from Ming Constables were sent out again.
It seems like there are more aliens running around nowadays.
The world is too chaotic now.”

“I just want to get home quickly after we’re done with transporting this stuff.”

…

Lu Yin leaned against a crate while his eyes lit up.
This convoy was carrying tributes! He was quite lucky with his find this time.
There were probably some martial crystals in this convoy, and even if there weren’t, there would still be some precious items that he could trade for martial crystals.
This wasn’t a bad haul at all; he hadn’t stolen anything for quite some time either, so it was a good opportunity to refresh his skills.

“Alright, let’s head out and try to reach Taicang City before curfew,” the leader shouted as the laborers all stood up.

At that moment, Lu Yin suddenly attacked, slamming his palm into the back of the leader’s neck.
Although the leader was a Limiteer, he could not even begin to compare to Lu Yin.
He fell unconscious from just one attack, causing everyone around him to be shocked before they all started attacking Lu Yin.

Lu Yin looked around him with disdain.
He knocked all the guards into a daze within ten seconds, causing all the laborers to run away in fear.

Lu Yin walked to the first cart and pulled the white cloth away.
He then opened the crates to reveal many gleaming metal items, which looked similar to the jewellery back on Earth.
All of these items were useless to him.
The second crate was filled with antiques, but the third crate was filled with martial crystals.

Lu Yin was overjoyed at the sight of the martial crystals; this was exactly what he had been hoping to find.
There were more than ten carts, and the other carts were all filled with martial crystals.
After all, it was the perfect item to offer up as tribute.

However, the more than ten crates of martial crystals only amounted to the equivalent of two star crystals, leaving Lu Yin sorely disappointed.
Although it seemed like a huge amount, it was actually very little and it wasn’t even enough to reach the Sentinel realm.
However, Lu Yin assuaged himself and decided to take it slow; this was just the tribute from one city.
Furthermore, martial crystals were quite rare in the Shenwu Continent and were restricted items.
It was already quite lucky that he had found this much already.

Lu Yin stored around two hundred martial crystals into his cosmic ring and ignored the rest of the items.
He didn’t have time to trade all of them away, and it would probably be faster for him to just go and rob more people.
However, Lu Yin still had his principles, and he would only rob those who had a bad reputation, such as the lord who owned this current convoy.
He wouldn’t touch anything from people who carried a good reputation.

He could only start absorbing the martial power after he had around ten thousand martial crystals, as that would ensure that he could battle for a solid period of time.
Otherwise, he would be forced to absorb stray martial power from the environment, which would just be too slow.

News of the robbery quickly spread, and troops from Qiong Zhou immediately blockaded the roads and started questioning the soldiers who had been robbed in hopes of finding some leads.
However, Lu Yin was too quick, and between his speed and the dim light of dusk, no one had seen him clearly.
Thus, the authorities could only blindly search for the criminal.

Lu Yin didn’t dare to enter a city, as he had learned some information about the heavenly globes from Wu Xia’s memories.
Each city had its own heavenly globes that could sense star energy.
Because of their existence, Lu Yin would definitely be detected as soon as he entered a city.
He didn’t want to be chased around by the people of Ming Constables, as there were Martial Emperor powerhouses in that organization, which were equivalent to Explorers.
It would be very troublesome for him if his identity as an alien was revealed, as those people from Ming Constables were very familiar with the greater universe.

It was completely dark when Arikar was led to the prince’s study within the Reverent King’s estate.
His face was pale, and his abdomen had been bandaged, covering his heavy injury.

The Reverent King, Ming Zhaoshu, looked at him coldly.
“Name, identity, and purpose.”

Arikar panted heavily and honestly revealed everything.

Ming Zhaoshu was surprised.
“So you’re from the Blaze Realm.
It’s been a long time.
The last time the Blaze Realm sent anyone here was a hundred years ago.”

Arikar wasn’t surprised by this reaction.
After all, he had been informed about this before arriving.
The Blaze Realm had sent someone into the Shenwu Continent a hundred years ago and never heard from that person again.

“Who was the other person?” Ming Zhaoshu asked with a stern gaze.
This was what he was the most concerned about, since there weren’t many people below the Martial Emperor realm who could withstand his attacks.
That person had clearly been in the Martial King realm, and yet, he had been able to escape unscathed, which was proof that he was very powerful.
Besides, that person had even done something unforgivable; he had seen the Reverent King’s daughter bathing and even emerged from her tub.
If this incident ever spread, then the entire the Reverent King’s household would be humiliated.

Arikar betrayed Lu Yin without any hesitation and told Ming Zhaoshu everything he knew about Lu Yin.
He was very detailed and even told him about Lu Yin’s battle style that had been shown during the Astral Combat Tournament.

Ming Zhaoshu was shocked.
“He comprehended five-lined battle force while still in the Martial King realm? It’s no wonder he was able to stand my attack.
What is his personality like?”

Arikar effortlessly slandered Lu Yin.
“He’s despicable.”

Ming Zhaoshu’s gaze turned cold and a huge pressure suddenly descended upon the room, shattering the tables and chairs around them.
Arikar was crushed to the ground as blood dribbled out of his mouth.
He looked up at Ming Zhaoshu in fear.

“I don’t like it when people lie to me.
Tell me the truth,” Ming Zhaoshu coldly demanded.