A Chaotic World

"This is…?" Lu Tianzi looked at Inscription Master Nanbai, his mind now in a state of confusion.

"This is exactly what you have done!" Inscription Master Nanbai yelled back in rage. "What do you have to say about this?"

At that very moment, Lu Tianzi caught a glimpse of a strange light in Inscription Master Nanbai's eyes. It was something that lasted for only a single instance, but it did not escape the sharp perception of Lu Tianzi.

"I don't know what your enemies want in the end, but only by acting this out would they be more convinced of their success. Only then will they let down their guard," Inscription Master Nanbai's words sounded out in Lu Tianzi's head.

Lu Tianzi finally understood.

It was true that the members of the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower might not have as tight a camaraderie as those from other influences. After all, they just did their own things most of the time, not having too much interaction with other members.

However, how could they remain as one of the top influences within the city if they were this easily deceived by two juniors?

Within such a short span of time, they had already managed to dig up evidence that pointed directly to the culprits, leaving the final decision on how to handle the situation to Lu Tianzi.

This way, they would not only remain in a good relationship with Lu Tianzi, they would also obtain his gratitude.

At the same time, by acting out in such a manner, they could completely wash their hands off of this conflict. If Lu Tianzi ultimately decided to seek out the two culprits for payback, he would have to bear the consequences himself.

The Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower would not be seen to have chosen sides.

In the end, even if the Nanqing Family and the Nine Suns Sect decided to intervene, the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower could still easily choose to remain in a cordial relationship the two influences.

As part of the higher echelons of the Heaven Contellations Inscription Tower, Inscription Master Nanbai was definitely not a simple character either.

This time, he had even come up with such a forceful display, all just to stay out of this matter and create the illusion that the perpetrators had already succeeded in their ploy.

This wily old fox!

Lu Tianzi cursed in his heart, but his outward appearance revealed a completely different expression.

"None of this is done by me! I am definitely being set up by somebody here!" Lu Tianzi retorted in indignance.

"Even up to this point, you are still lying? If that is the case, then why don't you bring that somebody to me?" Inscription Master Nanbai harrumphed. "From today onwards, your required contribution points will be doubled, and the cost at which you can purchase inscription materials from the tower will increase by fifty percent as well!"

Lu Tianzi felt the corner of his lips twitch uncontrollably.

Was Inscription Master Nanbai serious about this?

Such an order would actually reduce his profit margin by about half!

Wasn't this going a little too far for an act?

Previously, Lu Tianzi had only been worried that the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower would choose to believe in the rumours and penalise him. But now that he knew Inscription Master Nanbai already understood the ins and outs of the matter, he no longer cared as much about the rumours.

Rather than to draw out those two troublemakers by suffering a temporary drop in his profits, Lu Tianzi would actually prefer to keep his profits and ignore those two trivial characters altogether!

"You can claim the difference from me separately," Inscription Master Nanbai's voice sounded out in his head.

Only then did Lu Tianzi manage to calm down.

"This is unfair!" Lu Tianzi roared in response. "What right do you have to do this?"

"My strength is my right!" Inscription Master Nanbai suddenly burst forth with a powerful aura, causing Lu Tianzi to stumble back from the pressure.

With that, Inscription Master Nanbai turned to leave, leaving a defeated Lu Tianzi.

Gritting his teeth, Lu Tianzi then directly left as well, choosing to return to his inscription room.

Seeing that the main characters had both left, the audience were left with mixed feelings about the short confrontation.

In the end, Lu Tianzi was still allowed to remain in the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower.

But given the unfair conditions that he was now subjected to, who knew how much longer he would be willing to stay?

Such an excellent youngster surely had a bright future ahead of him, but it had been ruined by his appalling personality.

What a pity!

Lu Tianzi naturally cared not about others' thoughts.

After he returned to his assigned inscription room, Lu Tianzi immediately went through the information within the jade slip carefully. Soon, he had a clearer picture on the current situation.

Lu Tianzi smirked as he retrieved the sabre that he had won from Nanqing Zhengxian.

Torrential Sabre?

Not a bad name.

Because of this Peak Essence Condensation rank weapon, Nanqing Zhengxian chose to link up with Nancheng Wei to plot against him?

No, that was probably just a small part of the reason.

In the end, it must have been due to Nanqing Zhengxian's pride.

Born as a young scion in the powerful Nanqing Family, Nanqing Zhengxian had probably always gotten his way no matter how unreasonable he got. Yet the other day, the Head of the Nanqing Family actually personally instructed him to give in to someone whom Nanqing Zhengxian had never placed in his eyes.

Doing so was simply not saving him any bit of face whatsoever!

That must have caused him so much hatred and humiliation that he resorted to such vengeful actions.

As for Nancheng Wei, that guy was a real gem.

For something as petty as being jealous of Lu Tianzi's special benefits, he actually worked together with Nanqing Zhengxian to bring him down?

Lu Tianzi shook his head in disbelief.

If not for the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower's resourcefulness, he might actually have fallen to their ploy!

When the opportunity arose, he would definitely have to teach these two bastards a lesson!

However, now was not the ideal time to do so.

Lu Tianzi had already learnt from his lesson in the past.

Two times now, Lu Tianzi had almost lost his life at the hands of Hu Yuanbo and the people of Ivory Rock City.

Once was when he was named as Holy Guardian and immediately sacrificed to the demons.

The other was when he directly confronted Hu Yuanbo and was almost killed by the four District Heads using the Formation of Heaven's Blade.

The first time could be said to be out of his control, but the second time was almost completely because of his complacency, ignorance, and underestimation of his opponents.

The current Lu Tianzi had gained a much more level head, and possessed far greater self-control. Right now, he was patiently bidding his time, wanting to gain a sufficient level of strength before he finally returned to act on this grudge.

In comparison to those attempts on his life, this matter with Nanqing Zhengxian and Nancheng Wei was truly insignificant, and Lu Tianzi was in no hurry to act on it at all.

If he were to act against the two of them right now, there was a chance that he might be embroiled in a conflict with the Nanqing Family.

That might not be something that he could handle at his current level.

However, Lu Tianzi was definitely not intending to let them off either.

When he finally gained the power to strike back without having to expend too much effort, he would definitely do so without hesitation!

Time passed quickly, and Lu Tianzi continued with his usual routine as though nothing had happened.

The various influences got wind of the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower's reaction towards this matter, and had started to adopt a wait and see attitude.

Only Nanqing Zhengxian and Nancheng Wei felt a rush of joy as they heard about how Inscription Master Nanbai had confronted Lu Tianzi in such an imposing manner.

Even though they gained nothing out of it, just thinking about how Lu Tianzi had suffered at their hands gave rise to a thrill in their hearts!

And as time passed, the date of the Nine Suns Trial quickly approached.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the night before the Nine Suns Trial.

Lu Tianzi sat in his courtyard under the starry night sky, and Nanqing Haowen was seated not far away from him as well.

Back then, Nanqing Haowen had gone on a mission and upon returning, had immediately entered closed door seclusion in order to consolidate his gains from the trip.

Now that the Nine Suns Trial was about to arrive, he had finally exited his closed door seclusion.

"There will always be petty people who are jealous of the talented, not to mention someone with as much talent as Brother Nanlu," Nanqing Haowen sighed. "But don't worry, time will prove your innocence. At that time, all those people will regret having doubted you!"

"I am fine," Lu Tianzi shook his head with a smile. "Even if I have to spend more time at the tower now in order to maintain my level of profit, at least it is still better than nothing. Thankfully, the sect allowed me to earn contribution points by helping with the inscription of pills. Otherwise I really would not have the time to fulfil the sect requirements."

Lu Tianzi had chosen not to tell Nanqing Haowen about the true decision made by the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower, nor did he reveal the fact that he had obtained evidence on the identities of the culprits.

After all, Nanqing Haowen and Nanqing Zhengxian were blood brothers.

Even if Nanqing Haowen was not part of this ploy, Lu Tianzi did not want there to be a conflict between the brothers because of him.

In any case, Nanqing Haowen was still a member of the younger generation, and was unlikely to be able to mete out any severe punishment on his younger brother.

If the punishment was light, then there was really no point to it at all.

"Speaking of fulfilling the sect requirements, is Brother Nanlu not preparing for the Nine Suns Trial?" Nanqing Haowen asked. "I heard that this time, the City Lord will be coming over to watch as well."

"The City Lord?" Lu Tianzi was surprised.

Even though he had already been in Bluenight City for a while, he had never seen the City Lord.

All he heard was that the City Lord had a good relationship with the Nine Suns Sect, allowing them to coexist in harmony.

"That's what I heard," Nanqing Haowen shrugged. "This is the first time that he will be watching, but this also means that the rewards for the upcoming Nine Suns Trial will likely be elevated to a higher level as compared to previous years!"

"Why is that so?" Lu Tianzi didn't understand.

"Hahaha! Even if he is a friend, the City Lord is still a Fifth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist! The Nine Suns Sect can't possibly risk losing face in front of the City Lord, can we?" Nanqing Haowen laughed.

"Fifth Cycle?" Lu Tianzi asked further.

"Brother Nanlu is not clear about the boundaries of the Origin Core realm?" Nanqing Haowen was surprised to hear that. "The Origin Core realm is divided into nine different boundaries, from the lowest First Cycle to the highest Ninth Cycle. I heard that our sect master is already at the Sixth Cycle Origin Core realm as well, one boundary above the City Lord!"

"Is that so…" Lu Tianzi nodded in understanding.

Even though Lu Tianzi had obtained four different jade slips on the Heaven Devouring Divine Art, he was still stuck on the first one, which was about the Essence Building realm. Having yet to go through the information on the Origin Core realm, he naturally did not know much about it.

It was not as though he could sense the cultivation levels of the Origin Core realm martial artists either.

"Anyway, the reason I am telling you this is because I hope you can try your best at the Nine Suns Trial tomorrow. The rewards will definitely be worth the effort!" Nanqing Haowen stood up from his seat. "It is getting late, so I should get going now. You should also condition yourself so that you can perform at your optimal state tomorrow."

"Thank you for the advice. I definitely will," Lu Tianzi clasped his fists to politely send off Nanqing Haowen.

That night, within the sect grounds of the Nine Suns Sect, there was a tranquil silence. Be it Inner Sect members or Outer Sect members, all of them stayed in their accommodation in meditation.

For the upcoming Nine Suns Trial, every member of the Nine Suns Sect was preparing to put forth their very best performance and obtain the highest rank they could!

With that, the rest of the night passed uneventfully.

The day of the Nine Suns Trial finally arrived.