Lu Yin looked at Zi Rong, then at Cai Jianqiang. "You know each other?"
Cai Jianqiang nodded. "We crossed paths a few times when we were young. You could say we became acquainted through fighting."
Zi Rong said bitterly, "That bastard beat everyone in our generation into submission. Even the Ten Arbiters—no, there weren't any Ten Arbiters back then. None of the Youth Council members could beat him. I was unlucky, too. I was an Outer Universe Youth Council member at the time, and he beat me up."
Lu Yin was surprised. "You were a Youth Council member in your generation?"
"An Outer Universe Youth Council member," Zi Rong corrected him.
"Did you know Kong Shi?" Lu Yin asked.
"I've heard of him," Zi Rong said, "but I'm a generation older than Kong Shi. Cai Jianqiang and I are of the same generation. Kong Shi belongs to the generation after ours."
"Then why is she stronger than you?" Lu Yin asked, puzzled.
Zi Rong's mouth twitched. He looked away. This guy really didn't know how to talk.
Cai Jianqiang laughed. "Kong Shi was a Youth Council member of the previous generation. Zi Rong was an Outer Universe Youth Council member from the generation before that. It's like the difference between Wendy Yu Shan and the Ten Arbiters. The gap isn't as ridiculous, but it's still there. The difference is only in battle prowess, though. If they actually fought, Kong Shi might not be able to beat him."
Zi Rong rolled his eyes. "Don't judge the difference by our titles. The Council members in our generation were all about the same strength. It's nothing like today, when any one of the Ten Arbiters can sweep aside Council members from the past few generations. People like me aren't even worth the Ten