Although Lu Yin had some animosity with the Northgate family, he had also exposed his abilities, so many people were still trying to get on his good side.
"Brother Lu, the spear should be useless to you. You haven't learned any spear fighting skills. Why don't you sell it to my Lily Family?" Lily Anne took the opportunity to ask. Her eyes blinked as if she was looking forward to it.
Lu Yin shrugged. "Sorry, but I want to keep it as a souvenir."
Lily Anne rolled her eyes. "Alright, feel free to contact me if you want to sell it. My Lily family has the money."
Lu Yin's eyes lit up. As long as he agreed, he would immediately receive another hundred star essence. However, he decided against it after thinking about it for a while. This sort of weapon that could attack spiritual force was still worth studying.
"Right, Miss Anne, is the Northgate Platform Competition over?" Lu Yin asked.
Lily Anne replied, "It's over. The Northgate family won, so you can report to the Ten Arbiters now."
Lu Yin nodded and then piloted a spacecraft towards Astral-10's location.
"Seventh Bro, why didn't you sell the spear?
It's not that useful, and it might have been a standard weapon in ancient times. Didn't you see that Nightking Yuanjing didn't care about it?
The Daynight clan also has such a weapon, and the Northgate family wants to buy it so that they can study the centipede more conveniently. Besides, it's easy to covet it if you carry it around. "
"I know, I don't need you to remind me. Right, have you translated the words I asked you to record?
What did it say? "Lu Yin asked.
The monkey rolled his eyes. "Do you think I'm omniscient?
Who knows how ancient these words are, and civilizations might have been wiped out multiple times. How could they be so easily translated? This thing involves all sorts of mysteries of the universe, all sorts of knowledge, all sorts of cultures, and all sorts of … "
"Alright, alright, take your time translating," Lu Yin hurriedly said.
News of what had happened in the Northline Flowzone quickly spread, and with the network connecting the entire universe, news spread faster and faster.
Northgate Taisui's reappearance, the ancient centipede's appearance, and the corpse that had been split apart by five spears within the centipede's body attracted the interest of countless people. The Blaze Realm, the Ross Empire, the Sylvan Dragon clan, the Beast Tamers Flowzone's First Grade Hall, Second Grade Hall, and so on and so forth.
Although Northgate Taisui was capable of suppressing many people, he would definitely have to compromise when facing a powerhouse from a major faction. The ancient centipede could not belong to the Northgate family alone.
Amidst these events, Lu Yin had been in the limelight. He had stolen three pikes and had the Nightking Clan as his backer. All of this news had made Lu Yin even more famous.
Lu Yin was the most famous of the publicly acknowledged candidates for the Ten Arbiters.
Within the Northgate family's study, Northgate Kong had an ugly expression on his face as he glared at Northgate Lie. "The ancestor is very disappointed in you. You can't even deal with a Limiteer junior. The resources that the family has invested in you have all been wasted."
Northgate Lie respectfully replied, "Father, although Lu Yin is a Limiteer, his strength cannot be measured by common sense. This person definitely has the strength to fight against someone on the Top 100 Rankings."
"There's no need to quibble. You failed this time, so the clan will naturally punish you," Northgate Kong said impatiently.
Northgate Lie looked up. "Father, Lu Yin wasn't the only one who benefited from this trip to the centipede's body."
Northgate Kong's eyes lit up, and he looked at Northgate Lie. "What do you mean?"
Northgate Lie slowly answered, "I saw a pattern inside the centipede's body and memorized it. I didn't let anyone else see it." He then raised his hand and used his star energy to manifest the pattern that he had seen inside the centipede's body.
He had destroyed this pattern when Lily Anne and the others had arrived, so no one besides him had seen it clearly.
Suddenly, the void distorted, and Northgate Taisui walked out and studied the pattern carefully.
Northgate Lie lowered his head and respectfully stood to the side.
After a while, neither Northgate Taisui nor Northgate Kong were able to figure out anything.
Northgate Taisui shook his head and sighed. "It's too ancient, and all of its information has been lost in the river of time. There's no way to verify it." He then slowly disappeared, but before he disappeared, he said, "Not bad, junior. Follow the ancestor and show off the Northgate family's might at the Nightfall Banquet."
Northgate Lie was delighted, as the ancestor was going to personally instruct him. He looked at Northgate Kong.
Northgate Kong nodded. "Go. Cultivate well with the ancestor. As long as Lu Yin cannot defeat you, he will not be able to control the younger generation of the Northline Flowzone."
Northgate Lie nodded. He had been very confident that he could defeat Lu Yin, but now that he was following the ancestor, his sights were no longer limited to Lu Yin, but rather to the top of the Top 100 Rankings.
Although the Northline Flowzone was a small flowzone, it was still equivalent to a weave in the Outerverse. It would take at least a week for a normal spacecraft to reach Astral-10.
If it was a blackhole-grade Aurora, then it would only take a few hours.
Lu Yin felt pity for the destroyed blackhole-grade Aurora as he examined the spear.
He hadn't had the time to examine it before, but now, he carefully examined the spear.
It was cold to the touch, and it was not light. There were no words or images on it, only black bloodstains that had gradually disappeared. Lu Yin did not know what material this spear was made of, but it gave off a natural pressure when he held it. Lu Yin tried to bend it, but he found that it was abnormally tough. Even with his strength, it was difficult to break it, and only Overlaying Stacks could break it.
It was a weapon that was very suitable for Explorers.
"This spear is useless against powerhouses above the Explorer realm. Does that mean that the person inside the centipede's body was only an Explorer?
But how can an Explorer not decay after so many years?
Even the words on the walls have decayed. "Lu Yin was puzzled.
"It's simple. Either these three spears are different from the ones that were stabbed into the corpse, or an absolute powerhouse transformed the decaying into something magical and used these spears to kill a powerhouse who hasn't decayed after so many years. It's just like how Seventh Bro can easily kill an Explorer with a pair of chopsticks," the monkey explained.
These were the only two possibilities.
Lu Yin gripped the spear tightly, as the latter was most likely the case.
He did not know what kind of powerhouse could survive so many years without decaying, nor did he know what kind of person could kill such a powerhouse. The universe was too vast, and it had experienced the destruction of more than one civilization. Much ancient information was in the hands of powerful civilizations, and he was suddenly very interested in this information.
At this moment, his gadget beeped. It was a notification that he could not refuse from the Ten Arbiters Council.
Lu Yin looked over and saw that Wen Sansi had personally sent him a notification, asking him to report everything that had happened in the Northline Flowzone.
Lu Yin knew that the Ten Arbiters wanted to know more about the centipede's body and Northgate Taisui, so he did not hesitate or hide anything. He wrote down everything in detail and sent it to Wen Sansi.
"By the way, Monkey, how long do you think Northgate Taisui has been alive for?"
"I don't know. That kind of old freak can live for tens of thousands of years and freeze himself for no reason. Who knows when he'll come out again? Maybe he's still alive even after your grandson is dead." The monkey pouted.
Lu Yin frowned, as the monkey's words were unpleasant.
"Northgate Taisui or the Third Nightking? Who's stronger?"
The monkey boasted, "Seventh Bro, how can you compare Northgate Taisui to the Third Nightking? That's the Third Nightking! He's one of the top three powerhouses in the entire history of the Nightking clan. Although I don't know his exact power level, he's definitely stronger than Northgate Taisui. They're not even on the same level. Otherwise, why do you think Northgate Taisui is afraid of Nightking Yuanjing? If Northgate Taisui could compare to the Third Nightking, then the Northgate family would have ascended to the heavens long ago."
Through Northgate Taisui, Lu Yin could directly sense the power that could topple the universe. It was only then that Lu Yin understood the implications of revealing the Third Nightking's existence to the Nightking clan. Once the Third Nightking was safely released, then the Nightking clan would ascend to the heavens.
"Are you sure that the Third Nightking won't be able to escape?" Lu Yin was still worried.
"I'm sure, absolutely sure. You have to believe that the Void Wanderer Ancestor has lived for countless years, and that kind of abnormal strength has been tempered over the years. Although it doesn't necessarily have much attack power, it's enough to drag out a single person. Even if the entire Nightking clan was sacrificed, it still wouldn't be enough to drag him out. Besides, do you think that the other powerful clans in the Astral Beast Domain are just decorations?"
Lu Yin was still worried. The Daynight clan had existed for a very long time, and who knew what kind of abilities they had. However, he could no longer interfere in this matter, so he could only resign himself to fate.
If the descendants of the Daynight clan's Dayking bloodline found out that he had revealed the Third Nightking's whereabouts, they would definitely hate him to death.
A few days later, Lu Yin arrived at Astral-10.
As soon as he arrived, he heard news that Big Pao and Little Pao had become Explorers and had successfully graduated.
The two had been adopted by Astral-10 since they were young, and the other students had gradually left Astral-10. In the end, only the two of them had remained. Actually, with their abilities, they could have broken through long ago, but they had never wanted to leave. Now that Astral-10 had stabilized, and with Lu Yin overseeing it, the two of them had finally decided to break through to the Explorer realm and roam the universe.
An academy was an academy, after all. The universe was where the strong lived.
Lu Yin saw Big Pao and Little Pao at the trial zone entrance, as well as Xia Luo, Michelle, Hui Daynight, and a few other students.
No one was surprised by Lu Yin's return, as they had all heard about what had happened in the Northline Flowzone. They were all shocked that Lu Yin had dared to negotiate with an old freak whose power level was in the hundreds of thousands.
"Congratulations on successfully graduating, seniors," Lu Yin said with a smile.
Big Pao flipped his hair. "Graduation is a must. Junior, wait for me. I'll challenge the Top 100 Rankings in a while and scout for you."
"Alright, stop bragging. Even if we work together, we can't beat someone at the bottom of the Top 100 Rankings." Little Pao was speechless.
Big Pao rolled his eyes. "I'm not bragging. It's a goal. It's youth."
Lu Yin smiled. "I'm looking forward to the moment when Senior enters the Top 100 Rankings."
"Haha, Junior has good taste. Don't worry, Senior's Flamegod Spear excels at subduing the top." Big Pao laughed happily.
"Subduing the top?
Seventh Bro, stay away from him. This guy's thoughts aren't pure! "the monkey shrieked.
"Where do you plan to go after graduation?" Lu Yin asked.
Little Pao replied, "Chaos Flowzone."
Lu Yin was shocked. "Chaos Flowzone, one of the eight great flowzones?"
Little Pao nodded, but he didn't say anything else. He smiled at Lu Yin. "Junior, we'll leave Astral-10 to you. This is our home, so I hope that you can protect it well."