Chapter 34: Abandonment
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“What?”
Ren Xue’s usual smile suddenly froze, and a trace of fear actually flashed in his calm eyes.
He stood upright, cupped his hands, and saluted the forest with a respectful look.
“Which elder of the Phoenix Race is here? Can you please show yourself?”
For a long time, there was no response, only the wind rattling the leaves.
“Since Senior doesn’t want to show yourself, I’ll take my leave.”
Ren Xue slowly walked up to Lin Yun and grabbed Song Junming and Lin Yun’s hands. In the next moment, they were already in a small cosmic transport ship.
“Master, what just happened?” Song Junming asked very curiously.
The astonishment still did not dissipate from Ren Xue’s face as he slowly said, “The spirit pill in Lin Yun’s hand should be a master-level pill that the Phoenix Race had specially made for Feng Ke. I’m not sure of the exact name, but it’s very beneficial for enhancing the Physical Strength and Spirit, and it has no side effects either. By placing this pill in Lin Yun’s hands, Feng Ke is making a deal with me.”
“A deal?”
“That’s right. She’s using this pill to exchange for Lin Yun’s life,” Ren Xue said.
Song Junming thought about it before he continued to ask, “Is Lin Yun’s life worth this one pill?”
“Of course it’s not worth it. 10,000 of him aren’t worth the value of this pill. That’s why that Phoenix Race elder who was hiding in the dark used telekinesis to take the pill away. Otherwise, given my strength, how could I not even discover how that spirit pill disappeared without a trace?”
At this point, Ren Xue’s heart was lingering with fear. “Although I don’t know which elder it was, his strength has reached the point of controlling the space. He would kill me like crushing an ant. Fortunately, this senior took care of his own identity and didn’t lower himself to my level. This is not a good place to stay. Let’s hurry back.”
Go home? Song Junming was delighted and activated the automatic cruise program of the cosmic transport ship.
“Master, what will you do with Lin Yun?” Song Junming asked cautiously.
Ren Xue contemplated a while before he asked other questions instead, “When the things in that poacher’s bag scattered, did you pay attention to what was inside? Was there really not a clear crystal? Didn’t you say the poacher had gotten his stuff by then?”
Song Junming lowered his head in contemplation and then replied, “According to the boss of the poachers, he had indeed gotten the crystal. At that time, that bag tore and the scattered things fell all over the place. I carefully looked through them and didn’t find any special crystals. Those three people were seriously injured. After being rescued by the first aid team, they went straight to the hospital for a physical examination. The person who examined them at the hospital had been paid off by me. According to him, he didn’t see the crystal hidden on those three people.”
“So the whereabouts of that crystal is still a mystery. The only thing we know is that the Phoenix Race did not take it.” Ren Xue narrowed his eyes and pondered carefully.
“Wait, Dongfang Sheng has likely taken the crystal.” Song Junming thought of this and his eyes lit up all of a sudden.
“You mean that only mecha warrior in Clearwater City?”
“That’s right. At that time, it was Dongfang Sheng who piloted the mecha and came to save us. Given his strength of a mecha warrior, it was very likely that he discovered the secret of that crystal. With his Spiritual Strength above Level 6, it would be hard for us to discover the crystal,” Song Junming said firmly.
Ren Xue nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, “Since you’ve said that, it is indeed very likely that Dongfang Sheng has taken Hong Bo’s godly weapon. However, Lin Yun is also very suspicious. According to what you’ve said, he was just a loser with a Spiritual Strength less than Level 1. Right now, his Spiritual Strength is at Level 3. His Spiritual Strength has likely grown because of that godly weapon’s help.”
Song Junming’s eyebrows moved slightly, and he said, “That’s impossible. The increase in his Spirit was before he entered school. The timing doesn’t match.”
Ren Xue rested his chin on his hand, quietly pondering. After a long time, he said to Song Junming, “We can’t let go of the slightest possibility. When this kid wakes up, I’ll bewitch his Spirit and ask if he has the godly weapon.”
The cosmic ship that Ren Xue was sitting on was only the size of an ordinary bedroom. The outer layer of the cosmic ship was covered with rugged, uneven stone material. If one looked at it from space, it was like an ordinary meteorite, and thus very undetectable. This cosmic ship slowly flew out of the solar system and entered a hidden spatial jump point. Then, it seemed to evaporate out of thin air and vanished without a trace.
Lin Yun felt like he had a very clear dream. In the dream, he had been framed, fought alongside Feng Ke, discovered that Song Junming was a traitor of the Demon Race, and eventually got a taste of the Planet Master Refiner’s power. Finally, he gradually woke up. That nice female electronic voice sounded in his head.
“You’ve obtained EXP Pill. Do you want to view it?”
“View,” Lin Yun answered subconsciously.
A small round pill appeared on Lin Yun’s visual interface. This pill was only the size of a grape and was crystal clear, emitting a faint red light. Lin Yun had a feeling that this pill contained endless vitality and energy within it. He would gain endless benefits after eating it.
If Ren Xue saw this pill, he would have been astonished. This was clearly the spirit pill given to him by Feng Ke. So why did it appear in Lin Yun’s Skynet interface?
“You’ve obtained 100 EXP from the EXP Pill.”
Lin Yun suddenly opened his eyes wide and was awakened. He was surprised that he didn’t connect to Skynet, so why had he closed his eyes and seen the Skynet interface? He looked around and found himself in a small cosmic spaceship. The two people in front of him, Ren Xue and Song Junming, were resting with their eyes closed.
It turned out that this wasn’t a dream. Lin Yun sighed in his heart as a sense of powerlessness came over him.
Before he had regained consciousness, he had still been with Feng Ke. But when he woke up, he had been kidnapped by two demons. Could it be that Feng Ke had also met with misfortune? However, why wasn’t Feng Ke here?
Lin Yun pondered in secret and finally came to a disappointing conclusion: he had been abandoned by Feng Ke.
He had been abandoned, totally abandoned by her!
No matter what the reason was, the best explanation was that he had been brought here by the demons.
He suddenly mocked himself. “Feng Ke is the princess of the Phoenix Race. What are you, Lin Yun? She’s out of your league. You don’t even have the right to speak in front of the Phoenix Race’s Planet Master Refiner. She has ignored your life and abandoned you to the demons. Feng Ke doesn’t care about your life at all!”
When he thought about it, it was as if Lin Yun had lost the meaning of life and had lost his interest in anything. Even if the two demons in front of him were able to kill him at will, he wasn’t afraid at all.
“You’ve woken up. I didn’t expect you to be in a good frame of mind.” Ren Xue’s eyes suddenly opened and his blue eyes stared at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun’s gaze swept over Ren Xue’s blue eyes, and he seemed to have lost his mind as he fell into his gaze.
“You were hit with Spiritual Bewitchment. Digitization makes you immune to Bewitchments.”
Digitization?
How would he be digitalized if he was not connected to Skynet? Lin Yun didn’t feel that there was anything different about his body. He bit his tongue, resulting in a painful “ah”. He concluded that he wasn’t digitized at all, at least the negative feelings weren’t weakened.
“I didn’t think you were quite strong-willed. However, it’s useless.” Ren Xue smiled slightly, with blue light in his eyes.
“You were hit with Spiritual Bewitchment. Digitization makes you immune to Bewitchments.”
Although it was hard to explain this “digitization” appearance, Lin Yun still put on a confused look, not daring to make any moves. His eyes were dull and his pupils were dilated, giving him a silly look.
“Lin Yun, you will answer whatever I ask you.” Ren Xue was very confident in his Spiritual Bewitchment and had no doubts.
“When you were having a trial in the Blue Sea Forest, did you ever see a crystal?”
“Crystal?” Lin Yun’s heart trembled, but he tried to control his emotions and replied faintly, “What crystal?”
Ren Xue was in an agitated mood and didn’t notice any difference with Lin Yun. He said loudly, “It’s the size of a palm, a clear crystal. It resembles a magical beast’s core, but there’s no energy in it at all!”
Lin Yun’s heart was shaken. It really was it, indeed. At the time when the crystal had strangely disappeared in his hands, he had thought it was an illusion caused by his excessive blood loss. Unexpectedly, this crystal really did exist. Looking at the excited look on the Demon Race’s chief, this crystal must be something remarkable. If he knew that this crystal had disappeared in his hands, he would definitely cut him into pieces and study him carefully.
Thus, Lin Yun said in an affirmative tone, “I’ve seen it.”
“What? So you’ve seen it! Tell me, where is it!” Ren Xue’s eyes were red with excitement. If he wasn’t afraid of removing Lin Yun from his state of Spiritual Bewitchment, he would have gone forward and strangled Lin Yun to question him loudly.
“It was taken by Dongfang Sheng,” Lin Yun said and let out a sigh of relief. He said in his heart, “Dongfang Sheng, given your mecha warrior strength, you shouldn’t be afraid of this evildoer from the Demon Race, right?”
“It’s really him!” Ren Xue clenched his fists and snorted. The blue light in his eyes fluctuated violently.
At this time, the cosmic spaceship was no longer stable, and there was a slight tremor. Song Junming said while being overjoyed, “Master, we’ve entered the atmosphere.”
“Prepare for landing. I didn’t expect that I, Ren Xue, who have always been known for my wisdom and intelligence, would be taken advantage of by a small mecha warrior.” Ren Xue slowly stood up and looked at the scenery outside the window with a gloomy tone.
Lin Yun was pretending to be awake now. He rubbed his hazy eyes and looked around. This small spaceship was very simple. There was nothing except for the two people before him. They were faced against Lin Yun and seemed to be thinking about something in their minds.
Finally, the spaceship shook and came to a stop.
“Creak!”
The spaceship door slowly opened, and a biting cold wind, mixed with blue snowflakes, drifted into the modest space of the ship. Lin Yun was blown by the cold wind and couldn’t help but shiver.
Song Junming suddenly turned his head and looked at Lin Yun with a smile.
“Lin Yun, welcome to the Blue Snow Planet.”