Qing Yu said coldly, "The previous condition was for you to exchange my things for Huo Xiaoling. Since you didn't bring my things, what makes you think I'll release Huo Xiaoling? Get lost!"
Yan Gang was furious, but facing Qing Yu, he knew he wasn't a match. As Qing Yu's gaze grew colder, Yan Gang quickly left, fearing he might also be captured.
Huo Xiaoling sat bound in the snow, looking at Qing Yu's retreating figure, her eyes flickering. If this person was truly from the Bai Ye clan, it would be impossible for any of the trial disciples to be his opponent. The deal in eight days was completely within his control; he was just toying with them.
Under the Heavenly Bamboo Hidden Peak, disciples appeared one after another, almost all of them from the second batch of trial disciples.
Most of these students had disconnected their individual communication devices to avoid their positions being revealed, hiding themselves.
Mo Nuo also appeared, also hidden.
Besides Mo Nuo, there was another sealed Rongjing expert, also hidden.
Only the true elites dared to appear here today.
Eight days passed in a flash. During these eight days, Lu Yin had been observing the star map, watching the movement of the stars. The fourth star became clearer, but still couldn't fully appear.
He sighed. The further he went, the harder it was to simulate the stars. Lu Yin could feel that increasing the stars was not so simple. The Heavenly Star Art was more like simulating the creation of a star movement system in the universe. This was a vast cultivation method. Just four stars were already so difficult, and the Heavenly Star Art he currently possessed could at most simulate the movement of eight stars. He wondered when he would be able to complete it.
As for breaking through to Rongjing, it was highly unlikely in the short term.
Breaking through to Rongjing wasn't just about physical tempering. Everyone's physique was different, and the difficulties faced in breaking through to Rongjing were also different. It required a feeling, a signal from the body to itself. Only by achieving that feeling could it be proven that the body could break through; otherwise, even physical tempering would fail, and Lu Yin didn't want to experience the consequences of a failed tempering.
If Rongjing was so easy to break through, people like Las, who had no shortage of star energy crystals, would have broken through long ago.
Everything the human body possessed would affect the breakthrough to Rongjing, including cultivation methods.
Lu Yin looked at his palm, wondering what effect the Heavenly Star Art would have on his breakthrough to Rongjing.
He clenched his fist, and the dice appeared. Lu Yin once again crushed a cube of star energy crystal. The dice began to absorb wildly and quickly returned to normal.
Lu Yin was overjoyed. The dice had recovered. Calculating the time, he would reach his limit and fall into a deep sleep after five uses, and the dice would also sleep for ten days. In other words, he could generally only use it four times at once, and it was best to rest for a few days after using it.
Lu Yin really wanted to use it now. He had a lot of star energy crystals in his Spatial Ring, but the time had come; it was time to go to Tianzhu.
He walked out of his room and flew into the sky. Not far away, Zhang Dingtian and the others were already waiting for him, a total of five people: Zhang Dingtian, Bai Xue, Granny, Gules, and Ballaro. With him, there were six people. Zhou Shan and Wu Sheng remained in the capital.
Behind Zhang Dingtian and the others were a group of students, each looking pale and emaciated, clearly starving. Although they had no strength, their eyes still glared angrily at Lu Yin, especially Las and Jenny Ona. One was the son of the Vice Minister of Finance, the other was the heir of the Ona family. When had they ever suffered such hardships?
Students of Willow's level were already considered very ordinary at this moment.
"Let's go," Zhang Dingtian said in a deep voice, flying into the sky. A rope in his hand held forty-two students, pulling them like discarded wine bottles in a string towards the west. Since they were leaving, these students couldn't stay here; otherwise, Zhou Shan and Wu Sheng wouldn't be able to guard them.
Lu Yin was stunned. This scene was magnificent. He wondered what the other students would think when they saw it.
Granny was already dumbfounded. She was just an ordinary trial disciple. Any of these captured students could easily kill her, yet they were being treated like this. Her worldview was challenged.
Gules, on the other hand, was very excited, taunting Erde and Las, and then taunting Jenny Ona, making Jenny Ona want to bite him.
Lu Yin greeted Bai Xue, but Bai Xue didn't give him a good look.
Lu Yin knew why. He had already heard the rumors in the city. It was normal for Bai Xue to be angry, even he was a bit angry. What did they mean by being rejected? Was he that bad?
On the other side, in the sky above Tianzhu, countless survivors of Tianzhu stared blankly upwards. Qing Yu used a rope to tie up all the captured disciples, pulling them towards the Hidden Peak, doing exactly what Zhang Dingtian did, making many students so angry they coughed up blood. They were elites, and today they had completely lost face.
Huo Xiaoling's face was flushed with anger. She not only hated Qing Yu but also started to hate Lu Yin. Wasn't it good to just make the deal? Instead, they used them for exchange, bastards! If it weren't for the trial, she really wanted to break the seal and fight Qing Yu to the death.
Outside Earth, Siken Maldo and the others also had extremely grim expressions. Camilla, on the other hand, was smiling happily, looking at the light screen. Finally, they switched to the Hidden Peak of Tianzhu. That was the final battleground. No one thought this would be an ordinary transaction; a battle was inevitable.
Qing Yu departed a day earlier. When he arrived at the Hidden Peak, Lu Yin and the others had not yet arrived, but it certainly broadened the horizons of the many disciples who had been waiting there.
The elite disciples, who had always been high and mighty, were clearly humiliated in this way, and among them was Huo Xiaoling. Many disciples gloated.
Yan Gang trembled with rage. Huo Xiaoling was the fiancée of the Young Master of the Refined Flame Star. This scene wasn't just slapping Huo Xiaoling's face, but the Young Master of the Refined Flame Star's face.
Qing Yu casually threw the many disciples onto the ground, yawned, and looked at the towering Hidden Peak not far away, his expression relaxed, not looking like a wanted fugitive at all.
After half a day, Lu Yin and the others arrived.
Seeing Lu Yin and his group, the many hidden disciples were once again shocked. Lu Yin had captured even more disciples than Qing Yu. The long string hanging in mid-air was as magnificent as could be, even Yan Gang was stunned, followed by another burst of anger. Their Refined Flame Star and the Ona family had a very good relationship, and he had been received by the Ona family when he came to the Great Yu Empire. He didn't expect Jenny Ona to be treated like this, ending up like Huo Xiaoling, so angry that he almost spontaneously combusted.
Secretly, the disciple protecting Jenny Ona also trembled with rage. It was imaginable that once this scene was spread back to the Great Yu Empire, the Ona family would lose all face.
Compared to these two women, Las seemed less important.
Qing Yu's eyes lit up as he looked at Lu Yin and his group, his gaze sweeping over them, finally settling on Lu Yin. "You are the one who negotiated with me?"
"How can you tell?" Lu Yin wondered.
Qing Yu smiled faintly, "Intuition."
Lu Yin waved his hand, and Zhang Dingtian threw the forty-two students onto the ground, not far from the thirty-two that Qing Yu had tied up. The two groups looked at each other, feeling a bit awkward, especially Huo Xiaoling and Jenny Ona. The Huo family and the Ona family didn't have a great relationship, but they were of the same level. The two had known each other since childhood, and they didn't expect to meet under such circumstances.
"All the disciples are yours, a total of 32 people. Where are my things?" Qing Yu asked, his hands behind his back, looking at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin took out the stone and casually threw it to Qing Yu.
Qing Yu caught it, looking at the sixteen-faced Ancient Stone, a hint of fervor flashed in his eyes. Then he looked at Lu Yin in surprise, "You don't want to know the use of this thing?"
"No," Lu Yin replied indifferently. Facing this person, he didn't want to expose the Bai Ye Fist. Who knew if it would expose him to the Bai Ye clan? He didn't want to be hunted down. It was better to get rid of such an item quickly.
Qing Yu praised him, "Very smart, and very sensible. There's no use in trying to deceive me. It's a pity, if you hadn't threatened me, I could have given you a bright future."
Qing Yu's words made Lu Yin's eyes turn cold. Zhang Dingtian stepped forward a few paces, directly facing Qing Yu, his eyes flickering with killing intent.
"Did you cause Earth's evolution?" Zhang Dingtian asked in a deep voice.
Qing Yu looked at Zhang Dingtian and scoffed, "Who do you think you are, daring to question me?" He then looked at Zhang Dingtian's long saber and laughed, "My saber actually fell into the hands of trash like you. It's an insult. Give it to me!" With that, his figure disappeared, directly rushing towards Zhang Dingtian.
Zhang Dingtian raised his saber and slashed. The blade trembled rapidly. It was an all-out strike from the start. The slash cut across the sky and directly struck Qing Yu. Qing Yu was surprised, "Lockdown Realm combat power? Interesting." With that, he pulled out his iron staff and struck. Zhang Dingtian's slash was easily shattered. The iron staff pierced through the void, covering a section of the sky and pressing down. Not only Zhang Dingtian but also Lu Yin, Bai Xue, and Gules were all covered by this single strike.