In a high-level martial arts game, a wife is given to you at the start.

Chapter 536 The Arbitrator's Exorbitant Compensation!

A villa on a hillside, with an underground meditation room.

"Boom—"

As the thick alloy door, half a meter in diameter, slammed shut, the hustle and bustle of the outside world was completely shut out, leaving one in another world.

The vast training room appeared empty and desolate, with only a hundred neatly stacked silver metal boxes gleaming coldly and alluringly under the lights.

Lin Qiye walked to the array of boxes and casually waved his hand.

"Snap! Snap! Snap!"

The vast spiritual power, like a pair of invisible hands, swept across the front row in an instant.

The latches on the ten metal boxes popped open in unison, the lids were lifted, revealing neatly arranged star energy liquid inside, and a faint blue light instantly illuminated that corner.

After doing all this, Lin Qiye didn't pause at all. With a flick of his wrist, the specially made spear reappeared in his hand.

"call--"

"drink!"

The monotonous, yet rhythmic thrusting begins again.

The deafening roar of the air being torn apart became the only melody in this tranquil space.

Lin Yuechan and Si Qingwan stood aside, watching this scene.

Although I have seen his unique cultivation method countless times.

But watching him fire shot after shot, the two women couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

"Qi Ye..."

Lin Yuechan finally couldn't hold back and asked:

"Is what you're doing... really going to work?"

Lin Qiye's hands moved without pause, the spear becoming a blur. A slight smile played on his lips, and his voice remained steady:

"it works."

As he spoke, he glanced at the two women, his eyes softening slightly:

"Don't just stand there, quickly find a place to cultivate."

"Once I make a breakthrough, my body will absorb a massive amount of star energy liquid, and the vaporized energy that overflows will be terrifying."

"I'll eat the meat, you two can drink the soup."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuechan and Si Qingwan exchanged a glance, nodded obediently, and began their cultivation not far from Lin Qiye.

However, although Lin Yuechan had begun her cultivation, she still sighed:

"Qi Ye, actually..."

"Our current situation... really feels like we're cramming for help at the last minute."

"Faced with an existence of the level of a main planet's adjudicator, will less than a month be enough... to really be effective?"

Lin Qiye, who was thrusting, paused slightly, but then thrust out even faster.

He could clearly sense the heaviness in Lin Yuechan's heart.

"Teacher Lin."

While maintaining the high-intensity movements, Lin Qiye suddenly spoke, his tone becoming somewhat playful:

Let's make an assumption.

"What if... I killed those two Arbiters from the main planet?"

"If I prove that they were the ones who did wrong, that they struck first, or even that they defied the Great Emperor's will... then in the end, is it still my crime?"

"Kill?!"

These two words resounded like thunder in the training room!

Lin Yuechan and Si Qingwan trembled violently, their beautiful eyes widening in shock as they stared at the figure still thrusting out the spear again and again.

Their brows twitched violently.

Slay the Arbiter?

crazy!

Honestly, they never even dared to think about it from beginning to end!

In their wildest imagination, the best outcome would be for Lin Qiye to demonstrate enough potential to make the other party wary, thus prompting them to sit down and negotiate.

Even if it means sacrificing some of your interests in exchange for peace.

But this little man in front of me...

What he was thinking was—to kill the Arbitrator?!

Lin Qiye noticed the surprised expressions on the two women's faces.

He smiled, his tone still relaxed:

Don't be so surprised.

"Shouldn't we always prepare for the worst, but also make the boldest predictions?"

Looking at Lin Qiye's expression that said "I'm seriously assessing the feasibility," Si Qingwan felt a wave of dizziness.

But she took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and answered with her most professional knowledge:

"I have a fairly good understanding of how the main star works."

"First of all, you must understand one thing—the supreme adjudicative power of the Galactic Empire does not lie with the Inquisition, nor with any individual."

"But it's in the hands of the 'Taurus Sequence,' which is the highest level of artificial intelligence covering the entire Taurus galaxy cluster."

Si Qingwan spoke extremely quickly, as if afraid that Lin Qiye might miss even a single word:

"The judges of the court are actually the executors of the 'Taurus Sequence,' but they are also human. Humans have selfish desires and will break the rules."

"If you really... I mean, if you can really stand on the moral high ground, for example, if the other party kills you without distinguishing right from wrong."

"And you can provide authentic video evidence..."

"So..."

Si Qingwan paused, a complex light flashing in her eyes:

"Once you upload this evidence to the 'Taurus Sequence,' the Taurus Sequence will make an absolutely rational decision."

"Once the adjudicator is found to have violated the rules first, then even if you kill them, legally you would be considered to have acted in 'self-defense' or 'avoidance of danger'."

"The order might even strip them of their honors and exonerate you!"

Hearing this, Lin Qiye continued to move his spear, but his eyes brightened noticeably.

"Oh? So, that artificial intelligence is the real boss?"

"but!"

Si Qingwan changed the subject:

"There are two huge, fatal problems here!"

"First, the uploading of evidence."

"Once you go to war with the Arbiters, they will immediately cut off the entire 0755 star system's external communication network."

"You cannot connect to the 'Taurus Sequence' at all!"

"You have to survive their blockade and find a way to break through it and get the data out!"

Lin Qiye nodded: "Of course I understand that. And the second question?"

"Secondly, there's the issue of compensation!"

"You killed the Arbitrators. Regardless of the reason, even if they struck first, you must compensate the Inquisition headquarters for the resources wasted in training these two individuals!"

"Don't even mention martial gods of the Arbiter's level; even the mysterious members of the Arbiter's team are incredibly expensive!"

"On the main planet, in the upper echelons of society, the hard currency circulating—Galaxy Origin Coin!"

"Each Galactic Origin Coin is a crystalline currency forcibly condensed from the devastating essence of a star during a stellar collapse or supernova explosion using compression technology!"

"It's not just currency; it's a versatile energy source that can be used to break through bottlenecks, repair foundations, and even power the core of a Star Destroyer!"

Si Qingwan pointed to the boxes of precious star energy essence on the ground and said with a wry smile:

"Take this whole box of high-concentration star energy essence, for example. It's a strategic resource in our 0755 star system, but in the main star's exchange system, it's only worth 1 Galactic Origin Coin!"

"To cultivate a powerful expert at the Mysterious level, the Empire needs to invest an average of 100 Galactic Origin Coins!"

"As for the Martial Gods created with countless resources... the cost of cultivating one is a hundred times higher! A full 1 Galaxy Origin Coins!"

"Many ordinary martial gods, even if they serve the Galactic Empire their entire lives and fight in the abyss their whole lives, cannot earn 1 source coins!"

"If you kill two Arbitrators... that's a huge debt of 20,000 Source Coins! Even if the 'Taurus Sequence' acquits you, you'll still have to shoulder this debt! You'll be forcibly conscripted to the most dangerous edge of the universe to serve and pay off the debt until you die!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye glanced at the 100 boxes of Star Energy Essence piled up on the ground and quickly did some mental calculations.

It doesn't look like there are that many.

In just one day, I managed to get 100 Source Coins.

However, two Martial Gods, worth 2 Source Coins... are indeed a bit expensive.

Most importantly, I gained nothing but compensation; this deal was a complete rip-off.

However, if murder requires compensation, what about the reverse?

Lin Qiye looked at the two women and asked thoughtfully:

"If that's the case..."

"Since they're so valuable, it's not unreasonable to make them pay for their own release, is it?"