Star Odyssey

Chapter 8: Fire Crystals

Watching the commotion outside, Lu Yin ordered a random two dishes before looking around. This restaurant clearly had someone important backing it; there were soldiers constantly patrolling the street, and the crowd outside didnt dare cause a problem. A restaurant that could function in these chaotic times was definitely out of the ordinary.

Here is your food, please enjoy. The waiter dropped the dishes off quickly. Lu Yin took a single bite and frowned; although the food was much better than the mutant rats or dogs he had needed to eat, it still wasnt very good. Swallowing hard, he started to go through it slowly while studying his map.

Shortly after, a group of about a dozen people entered the restaurant. The restaurant owners face lit up as soon as he saw them, Young Master Kang, please come in! The rain is terrible outside, just let us know whatever you want and well send it over right away.

The young man at the head of the group just nodded in acknowledgment and sat at a nearby table, only briefly glancing at Lu Yin before looking away and tapping the table, Bring him over.

A person was thrown to the ground with a thud, overturning several seats. The man looked up at Young Master Kang while trembling, Im sorry, Young Master Kang, I didnt know that it belonged to you. If I had known, I never would have dared to take it. Im so, so sorry, please let me off this time!

The boy sneered, Let you off? If I did that, I would lose the respect of my followers. Did you know that I was planning to give that item to my uncle? Now that youve lost it, Ill give you two choices; pay me thirty crystals or die.

Young Master Kang, no! the person wallowed in despair, I really didnt know it was yours. Please forgive me; let me go, and Ill be your slave for the rest of my life!

However, the youth just slammed his fist on the table and pulled out a gun, aiming it at the mans head, If you dont have the crystals, youre dead.

The person shrank back, wailing in horror, but then suddenly noticed Lu Yin sitting nearby. He pointed over, Its him! Hes the one I gave it to!

Everyone turned around to look at Lu Yin, who simply set his glass down and stayed silent. He had noticed as soon as the group entered that the man being beaten was the same sketchy cultivator who had sold him the map he was studying. He had paid three crystals for the map, and the man had given him a pill as well. Hed found it strange at the time since the pill was very expensive, but now he realized that the pill had been stolen from this Young Master Kang.

The youth stared at Lu Yin for a while before kicking the sketchy cultivator, How dare you lie to me, Xu San? Just pointing at a random person wont save your life!

Xu San protested desperately, But its true, it really is him! He bought a map from me. Look, I sold him the map on the table, theres my mark on the bottom right corner.

Young Master Kang and his followers looked over to check, as did Lu Yin. There was indeed a mark on the corner, and the group immediately dragged Xu San over, Brother, if you took something that wasnt yours, shouldnt you give it back now?

Get lost, Lu Yin dismissed them.

The youth glowered, and one of the cultivators behind him raged, What a tough attitude. Do you even know whos behind Young Master Kang? You have some guts!

Someone else tried to capture Lu Yin just as the man finished, but Lu Yin just took a chopstick and threw it forward. The thin bamboo pierced through the arms of several cultivators before it finally struck the wall, crumbling in the process. Blood sprayed out of the victims even as the wall itself collapsed, howls of pain ringing throughout the area. The youth paled and retreated anxiously with the rest of his posse, while the other cultivators and restaurant owner fled in shock.