Tribultion of Myrid Race

Chapter 316: A Glimpse Of Future (3)

When Su Yu returned to the research center again, he relaxed.

He felt relieved, but at the same time, he also felt somewhat melancholic. The events of the day had developed slightly outside his expectations. While he was measuring his gains and losses for the day, his vision suddenly swam. Then, he appeared at a completely different location.

He was inside a building. In front of him was a human silhouette.

"Su Yu, why don't you come to the Heart Cultivating Pavilion and have a chat with me when you have the time?"

Su Yu was completely stunned. He had clearly been in the research center. That research center was the territory of a Mountainsea expert. Had someone actually penetrated the defenses of the building without being detected?

"Principal?"

"Yes, it's me." Wan Tiansheng's voice drifted around randomly as he said, "We can have the chat here too, but your willpower won't be able to last too long. It's better if you visit me in person some other day."

"Principa, I..."

Before he could finish, his vision swam again. He was awakened by a sharp pain in his head. He was still sitting on the couch, but his willpower had been completely drained. He felt incomparably tired. Shock covered his face. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novᴇlfire.net

Wan Tiansheng had easily broken through Hong Tan's defenses and brought his willpower out for a conversation. What was that? That was too powerful. Was the gap between different Mountainsea cultivators so big?

Su Yu was shocked, but a different thought also appeared in his mind. He had to be even more careful from now on. That was too scary! Suddenly, he felt like there was no privacy in the academy. Everything was fully under the principal's control.

In that case, was the principal aware of the trick he pulled on the single character faction? Was the principal aware of that little club he had established with Hu Zongji? Was the principal aware of all the resources he had bought from Xia Huyou? More importantly, was the principal aware of the book in his mind?

He felt as though all his secrets had been seen through. Someone had been observing everything he had done. He swallowed. The principal could bring his willpower out even when he was inside the research center. But could the grottos block the principal's gaze?

"Maybe not...Zhou Mingren was obviously within a grotto earlier yet he had immediately noticed when Zheng Yuming was injured. In that case, not even grottos can obstruct their willpower. A chat with me? What does he want to talk about?"

Su Yu was greatly troubled. What was happening here?

Suddenly, Wan Tiansheng felt like a villain to him. The principal had been staying in the academy for a very long time. Did the principal spend all his time spying on everyone in the academy?

"I really need to grow stronger."

Su Yu cursed inwardly. He was still too weak. He was so weak that even within his own base of operations, the principal could still take his life without any trouble if the principal so wished.

At the same time.

Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

Wan Tiansheng smiled and took a sip of tea before muttering, "Multiple character faction...no, would the cultivators of human Divine Characters rise into prominence because of you?"

That was what he had seen from his glimpse into the future. That might not necessarily be the true future. That was merely one of the countless possibilities that could happen in the future. But he still wanted to give it a try.

Sun and the moon swam within his eyes. His hair alternated between white and black. Strand after strand of white hair fell off his head. After a while, he waved his hand, causing all the fallen strands of hair to disappear. Softly, he muttered to himself, "A hundred years of lifespan...is that worth it?"

He shook his head and stopped thinking about that.

"Sunmoon, Eternal..."

Su Yu was merely a small part of the future he glimpsed, not the major part. Thus, there were a lot more things he needed to take into consideration.

Suddenly, his eyes flickered as he nonchalantly said, "I have merely destroyed his divine and devil characters. This might be another opportunity for him. Old Zhou, you don't have to keep pleading for leniency from me. The rules exist to be obeyed."

Outside the building.

Zhou Mingren gloomily said, "Yuming mainly cultivates divine and devil characters. Without those characters, sending him to the Allheaven Battlefield is the same as killing him."

Wan Tiansheng indifferently said, "Without destruction, there can be no rebuilding. He has not entered the Mountainsea Realm for long so there is still hope for him to reinvent himself. If he is already at the peak of the realm, it would be much more troublesome to destroy his characters."

"Fine. I won't say anything else about that. I only wish to ask for one character for Yuming."

Wan Tiansheng raised his brow and said, "That does not belong to me. Neither does it belong to you."

"I know. But those people are already dead. The Divine Characters have accompanied them to their graves. Is that really the correct choice?"

Wan Tiansheng said, "I don't know, but that's their own choice. You reap what you sow. If we hadn't expelled them back then, perhaps those Divine Characters would still remain in the academy. But since we had chosen to expel them, there is nothing we can do now. Zhou Mingren, you can choose to dig the grave of a deceased for the sake of your student today. What if tomorrow, the multiple character faction regains their former strength and comes looking for revenge? At that time, don't blame me for not helping you."

"I'll face all the consequences myself. I don't want to do this either, but I can't just watch as Yuming is sent to his death. You are the principal. Since you asked for him to kill a Mountainsea enemy, I won't object. I'll follow your rules. But as his teacher, I need to find a path of survival for him."

Wan Tiansheng said nothing.

Zhou Mingren also said nothing else and walked away. After Zhou Mingren left, Wan Tiansheng sighed and shook his head. You reap what you sow. Today, he could dig the grave of one of them. One day in the future when those people returned, they would naturally look for him to settle scores.

"Liu Wenyan, Xia Yunji..."

Wan Tiansheng muttered. Was there still hope for those people?

"Someone is going to dig the grave of one of you. Can you guys...remain patient?"

Wan Tiansheng shut his eyes and returned to his cultivation.

Research center.

Su Yu rested in silence. After a long while, his willpower finally fully recovered.

It was already the night of the 3rd.

It should be the day he fed the creatures in the prison zone again, but he was in no mood to do so. It had only been three days anyway. They wouldn't starve so easily so there was no rush.

Thus, he stood up and pressed a button on the wall. After a short while, sounds of footsteps came from below. A Bai Feng with a messy stubble, heavy eyebags, and messy hair appeared. He looked at Su Yu with a somewhat blank look in his eyes.

"Yes?"

Su Yu felt a headache coming. Just how did his teacher turn into someone like this? He no longer looked carefree and confident. He was no longer the refined and elegant cultural researcher Su Yu remembered.

"Teacher, I wish to start doing research."

"What?" Bai Feng asked blankly, "Research?"

"Yeah."

"But..." Bai Feng scratched his head and said, "Before reaching the Skysoar Realm, you should focus on cultivation instead..."

Research was very time consuming. It wasn't a good idea to start wasting time on research before even reaching the Skysoar Realm. Even Bai Feng himself had only switched his focus to research after reaching the Skysoar Realm.

Su Yu thought about it and said, "Teacher, didn't our research center produce a drop of soul devouring bug blood essence? Because of that drop of blood essence, I think we are being targeted. Therefore, we need to come up with the actual production method of soul devouring bug blood essence..."

Bai Feng was completely confused. What the hell was Su Yu talking about? Bai Feng understood the words spoken by his student, but he couldn't understand the sentence formed by those words.

When did their research center produce a drop of soul devouring bug blood essence? He looked at Su Yu blankly.

Su Yu helplessly said, "Teacher, didn't you promise to become my scapegoat? You told me to claim that any racial ability I use is a product of your research. Recently, I used the racial ability of the soul devouring bugs. And then...well...I'll be needing your services as a scapegoat."

"..."

Bai Feng was still blanking out.

Damn it! He had only been in seclusion for a few days. The moment he left, the kid gave him such a massive trouble to solve. Was this kid deliberately trying to make his life difficult?

Bai Feng finally recovered somewhat from his daze. He rubbed his head and said, "It's the fault of that blood character again? You used their racial ability after consuming some soul devouring bug blood essence and was found out. Others think that we have produced blood essence capable of affecting willpower and are now targeting you?"

"Pretty much."

Su Yu nodded. Wow. His teacher sure was smart. Just look at how easily his teacher had understood the messy explanation he had given. How smart. This smart teacher better have a way to solve this problem.

Bai Feng was somewhat speechless. He said, "That racial ability is not a willpower ability. It can only affect the outer layer of one's willpower by applying a burning and corroding force to the outer layer. It is still a source qi ability. Are those people so stupid that they can't differentiate between willpower and source qi abilities?"

"..."

Su Yu looked at Bai Feng, surprised. He was aware of that because he had used the ability before. But Bai Feng was aware of that as well? One ought to know that even Chen Yong thought that this was a willpower ability.

"Teacher, how did you know that?"

Bai Feng said, "What stupid question is that? I've experimented on so many different types of blood essence over the years. The soul devouring bug is such a unique species. How can I not experiment on their blood essence as well? Your grandteacher used to have some soul devouring bugs locked up. I had personally experienced having my willpower corroded by the soul devouring liquid. It is a source qi attack.

"If this ability can be developed to the point that warriors can use it, then it would be a nightmare for cultural researchers. This ability allows one to alter one's source qi and greatly reduce the difficulty of defeating a cultural researcher."

Su Yu nodded. His teacher was right. He was very surprised. His teacher was actually quite knowledgeable.

Bai Feng sat down and stared at Su Yu for a while before pointing at the empty teapot in front of him. What a dumb student.

Su Yu laughed and hurriedly ran off to brew a fresh pot of tea.

Bai Feng yawned and continued speaking, "I once spent several months researching the soul devouring bug. Back then, I tried to discover the way of changing this ability into a martial technique. I wanted to see if I can open the acupoints required for this ability and alter the nature of my source qi..."

He then shook his head, "But it was too hard. The soul devouring bugs are a species of bugs. Their body structure is too different from humans. Even after dissecting dozens of them, I wasn't able to discover anything."

Chapter 317: Teacher Is Incredible (1)

While making a pot of tea, Su Yu said, "Teacher, there is one issue. You might have neglected something."

"What is it?"

"I'm human."

"No shit."

Bai Feng rolled his eyes. Was he supposed to not know that his student was a human?

So what?

But next...Bai Feng stood up in shock. The look in his eyes changed. Finally, he was wide awake. He pointed at Su Yu blankly. His mouth was opened to speak, but no words came out.

After a while, he roared, "You're human!"

Yeah! Su Yu was a human! Did he neglect something extremely crucial? Holy shit! He had been waiting for Su Yu to reach the Skysoar Realm so that he could research Su Yu's character. Why hadn't he thought of this? Su Yu was a human!

Holy shit!

He was a human!

Su Yu didn't know what to do when he saw Bai Feng's reaction. He knew this would happen. As a student, he really didn't want to despise his own teacher. But at times, his teacher could be...somewhat...unreliable.

Was his teacher not aware that he was a human? They had been staying together for so long. Did his teacher only notice that now?

Bai Feng said, "You're a human. Therefore, would you open some acupoints when activating these racial abilities? Are you actually activating them with your acupoints?"

He frowned, "Wait, aren't you activating these abilities with your character? Are you not activating these abilities directly from the blood essence?"

Su Yu became even more speechless. True. That was the excuse he had always given his teacher.

He coughed and said, "Teacher, the character is only a medium. It will convert the power within the blood essence into a unique power and open some temporary acupoints in my body to use that ability."

Bai Feng was alarmed.

He hurriedly asked, "Is this the case for all racial abilities?"

"I think so."

"You're finished!"

Su Yu was confused.

Bai Feng said, "If news of this spread, you're dead for sure, kid! You will become the number one target of the myriad races! Since you can use their abilities, they have no secret before you! You're screwed! Not even your grandteacher can protect you from this! Kid, are you serious? I thought you're activating those abilities with your character? Why can you suddenly open their acupoints?"

"..."

Bai Feng was horrified by what he just learned.

Previously, he had thought that Su Yu could only activate those racial abilities through his Divine Character by extracting the remnant of those abilities from blood essence. That was how the blood essence produced by the research center worked.

A medium was required. The user would not actually open any acupoints to utilize those abilities. Instead, the power and the racial ability imprint within the blood essence were used to duplicate the ability.

Su Yu's activation method was completely different.

The research center's version was essentially a duplication. A single-use ability similar to talismans. As for Su Yu, he was basically producing a blueprint from the blood essence to open his own acupoints, turning the abilities into his own techniques.

Bai Feng stared at Su Yu in shock. He had thought that nothing this student could do would shock him anymore. Alas, he was proven wrong by reality.

Bai Feng swallowed as the look in his eyes changed. He asked, "Is anyone aware that you can activate the acupoints for these abilities?"

Su Yu shook his head, "I doubt so. I already have a lot of acupoints opened, so people might not be able to notice that the acupoints I used for these abilities are temporary acupoints."

"What a stupid thing to say. With the small number of acupoints you have, anyone with a good eye can see that you're opening temporary acupoints."

Su Yu scratched his head and said, "I think...it won't be easy. Teacher, I have opened 153 acupoints. I doubt they will be able to notice a few additional or missing acupoints among all those acupoints..."

Bai Feng blinked. What?

Wasn't this kid only a Great Strength cultivator?

What 153 acupoints?

Su Yu said, "Therefore, even if I open those temporary acupoints right in front of them, they would probably not notice anything unless they perform a deep scan on me."

"Wait a minute." Bai Feng interrupted Su Yu, "What do you mean by 153 acupoints? Explain yourself."

Su Yu was starting to get nervous, but he put on a calm expression and said, "Aren't you aware, Teacher? I remember telling you before. When you asked me about my progress, I told you I made great progress."

"Did that happen?"

Bai Feng dug through his memories.

Had he really asked the kid that question?

"So you're saying that..." He looked at Su Yu.

Su Yu nodded, "I have 153 acupoints. I have reached the ninth-stage Great Strength Realm. I have opened additional acupoints to cultivate some martial techniques."

"153 acupoints..." Bai Feng muttered to himself. He looked at Su Yu and didn't even bother trying to hide his shock. He asked, "What day is it today? No, what month is it?"

"Year 350 of Anping Calendar, the night of the 3rd of October."

"You have been in the academy for two months?"

"Yeah."

Bai Feng nodded. Calm returned to his face. He was no longer as surprised. Two months. No, it had been more than two months. It had been 63 days. The kid had opened 153 acupoints. Excluding what the kid had opened prior to this, he had opened 140 acupoints since entering the academy.

"So you couldn't even open more than three per day?" Bai Feng inhaled deeply and smiled, "That's acceptable, I guess. So you still couldn't open more than three per day."

Su Yu was getting more and more nervous. Has his teacher gone mad? What did he mean by that? Wasn't that...normal?

Bai Feng scratched his head. He looked completely indifferent, as though he had gained full immunity toward anything Su Yu could throw his way. He waved his hand and said, "Forget about that. It's only some acupoints. Return to the topic of the racial ability. Did any outsider notice you opening temporary acupoints?"

"I doubt so. Teacher, isn't that how the research center's blood essence work as well?"

"No." Bai Feng took out a bottle and tossed it to Su Yu. He said, "This is a drop of fire hog blood essence with their racial ability, Tackle. Give it a try."

Su Yu did not hesitate and swallowed the blood essence.

Next, he roared painfully. A powerful force was erupting within his body. He started growing in size, tearing through his clothes. A stream of knowledge suddenly entered his brain, causing him to ram forward instinctively.

Boom!

Bai Feng casually slapped Su Yu away before smiling, "How does it feel?"

Su Yu was stuck on the wall. He waited until the blood essence's power was exhausted before answering in exhaustion, "So this is how it works? The blood essence supplies the power while my brain is given a vague impression of what to do. Following the implanted memory, I unleashed the ability."

"Exactly."

Su Yu smiled bitterly. So the research center's version was completely different. He had always thought that the research center's blood essence ability worked the same as his, as in they would open temporary acupoints. But he was wrong.

No wonder. He had been curious why Bai Feng didn't know more myriad race abilities. So that was the reason.

Bai Feng looked at his student helplessly and said, "So do you now understand the implications of how you use your blood essence abilities? Kid, you should just stop using blood essence. I don't want to die. If the myriad races found out about this, I reckon there will even be Eternals coming after you."

What a big mess. This kid was actually able to perfectly imitate their racial abilities. Who would they kill if not him? He still remembered that when Su Yu first used a blood essence ability in front of him, things were different.

He asked, "I remember that you didn't open temporary acupoints when you demonstrated the iron-winged bird's racial ability to me previously."

Su Yu shook his head, "I did. I opened some arm acupoints. But all your focus was on my character so you didn't notice."

Bai Feng thought about it. That...seemed to be the case. He had been too shocked to notice anything at the time. He had never imagined that the way Su Yu activated blood essence abilities were completely different from the research center's method. He had been busy thinking of waiting for Su Yu to reach the Skysoar Realm before researching him.

Bai Feng said, "You're right. I was too busy thinking about how I should dissect you when you reach the Skysoar Realm..." Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs NoveIＦire.net

"Cough, cough!" Su Yu coughed.

That was too excessive! Also, should his teacher even be telling him that?

Bai Feng couldn't even be bothered to entertain Su Yu's response. He was too troubled by what he had just learned. He needed to solve the problem created by the soul devouring bug ability.

Su Yu had already reached the ninth-stage Great Strength Realm. The kid had also opened a large number of additional acupoints. The kid's racial ability activation was completely different from what he had expected it to be.

If this was leaked, they would probably spend the rest of their lives being hunted by the Eternals of the myriad races. What else?

Bai Feng rubbed his head. Due to his lack of sleep, he wasn't able to think very well. He asked, "Anything else? Tell me everything at once. I can handle this."

Su Yu glanced at his teacher cautiously and tested the waters, "I defeated Yang Sha."

"Who?"

"Liu Hong's first student."

"Oh."

Bai Feng was completely indifferent.

"I defeated Liu He as well. Liu Hong's little brother."

"Oh. Wait a minute. Did you enter the top 100?"

Bai Feng realized what Su Yu was trying to say. The look in his eyes turned odd. The kid had entered the Top 100 Ranking. But...yeah. That was normal. The kid was already a ninth-stage Great Strength cultivator. At that thought, he calmed down again.

"Anything else?"

"Yeah. And then...while I was at it, I fought Huang Qifeng, the one who had seriously injured Senior Sister. I beat him to the verge of death."

"Oh. So be it. As long as you follow the rules, everything is fine."

"And then...I think his teacher, Elder Zheng, tried to attack me. Principal Wan caught and crushed him before exiling him to the Allheaven Battlefield. His exile will only end after killing a Mountainsea enemy."

Bai Feng felt like his brain was going to burst apart.

He could no longer stay calm. He grimaced painfully before saying, "Well done. Very good. I think I need to go look for your grandteacher at the Allheaven Battlefield. Otherwise, you're screwed. I'm probably screwed as well."

This was more trouble than he could handle.

He looked at Su Yu and asked with a mournful tone, "Am I the last to know about this? I sensed some powerful aura eruptions earlier. Was that when it happened?"

"I think so."

"So the entire academy might already be aware of this before me."

"I...think so."

"I think...you can graduate from my teachings already." Bai Feng was being driven mad, "Kid! Your teacher is only a Skysoar! Are you trying to kill me?"

Su Yu dryly said, "Teacher, that's not all."

"You..."

Bai Feng crumpled down on the couch and weakly said, "Continue, then."

"Earlier, Principal Wan visited and pulled my willpower out of the research center to his place. He told me to visit him when I have some time."

"Fuck!" Bai Feng suddenly cursed, "This is a private research center. Does he not know the rules? He crossed a line! I can file a complaint with the Talent Fostering Bureau!"

Technically, all educational institutions were under the Talent Fostering Bureau's jurisdiction.

Chapter 318: Teacher Is Incredible (2)

The look in Bai Feng's eyes changed as he noticed the crux of the issue. "How did he even get his willpower in here? The defenses placed by your grandteacher might not be able to block the invasion of a peak Mountainsea, but it should at least be able to prevent one from entering undetected."

He looked at Su Yu and asked, "Are you sure you were in here when it happened?"

"Yeah."

"Holy shit!" Bai Feng couldn't stop himself from cursing yet again. "That old scoundrel--cough, cough. I mean...that old principal...is already in the Sunmoon Realm?"

"Sunmoon?"

Su Yu was astonished. Was Wan Tiansheng already in the Sunmoon Realm?

"That is very possible." Bai Feng frowned, "Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to so easily sneak through your grandteacher's defenses. Whatever. Just forget about him."

Bai Feng decided to stop thinking. The more he thought about it, the more troubled he felt.

"Anything else?"

"Yeah..." Su Yu softly said, "Teacher, I accidentally obtained a martial technique."

"Oh."

Bai Feng was relieved. That was no big deal.

"It's a heaven-grade technique."

"Not bad."

"A middle-tier heaven-grade technique with 132 acupoints..."

Bai Feng glanced at his student and said, "It's only a technique. So what if it's a middle-tier heaven-grade technique? Are you showing off? The Knowledge Seeking Realm and War Shrine have plenty of such techniques. Every single one of those old fossils have a few of these techniques lying around. Your teacher's Dragon Slaying Sword is, strictly speaking, no weaker than these heaven-grade techniques."

He was a cultivator who had experienced and seen a lot. Could something like this shock him? Sure, that was most definitely an incredible technique. But in comparison with everything else he had heard today, that was nothing.

Su Yu stole a glance at his teacher and softly said, "I found the technique inside the Mountainsea Peace Seeking Stratagem you sold."

Bang!

Bai Feng kicked a side table in shock before hurriedly picking up the things sprawled all over the floor. He swallowed and said, "Bullshit! I sold nothing! It was stolen!"

He then asked with despair, "Are you sure? You found it inside the Mountainsea Peace Seeking Stratagem?"

"Yeah. The suanni told me. It was something he accidentally obtained a long time ago."

"When your grandteacher returns, he will kill the suanni. Kid, don't tell your grandteacher. Or the suanni would be dead."

Bai Feng shivered. Had the suanni thought of his fate after this? Hong Tan would probably slowly flay the suanni while maintaining a sinister smile of a devil on his face.

Since the suanni had lied for decades, he might as well continue lying. But instead, the suanni had decided to tell Hong Tan's grandstudent. That was too humiliating for Hong Tan. Hong Tan would definitely kill that suanni after learning about it.

Su Yu also smiled bitterly. That was true. That idiot suanni...how pitiful. He decided to offer the suanni some of his sympathy.

Bai Feng didn't even feel like asking more about the technique. He weakly said, "Forget about everything else for now. As for the soul devouring bug ability...I'll think of something. I tried producing a drop of unique blood essence with their ability before, but it was too difficult so I gave up. I've learned something new recently so I can try again."

Bai Feng was no fool. He was able to instantly see through the crux of the issue. He said, "I will try to get the basic production method out. If I can't further improve it, I'll give it to the academy or the Knowledge Seeking Realm. They only need to pay us. We can also sell them some blood essence to let them know that this ability is not a willpower ability."

Bai Feng started cursing, "A bunch of fools. They don't even know the difference between willpower and source qi abilities. After buying a few drops of blood essence and learning that it is a source qi ability, they would probably give up. After all, this blood essence can only be obtained from a single species. It is also very weak. Unless you gather thousands of people together and have them use the ability as one, it would be useless against even Skysoar cultivators."

Su Yu was relieved to hear that. At times, this teacher of his could also be quite reliable. Just look at how easily his teacher solved this problem. Sure enough, using his teacher as the scapegoat was the correct decision.

Bai Feng said, "As for the matter involving Zheng Yuming, who cares about him? He won't be able to do anything in the Allheaven Battlefield. But some trouble will probably come from the beating you gave Huang Qifeng. You'll have to deal with that yourself.

"As for the heaven-grade technique, generally, the creators of these techniques would still be alive. And it's not a good idea to spread the technique when the creator is still alive. Just cultivate it privately. For human inheritances, if they come in the form of willpower text, then the creator is likely still alive. After all, human willpower texts can't be kept for long. Your technique comes in the form of a willpower text, right?"

"Yeah." Su Yu nodded.

Bai Feng said, "That explains why even your grandteacher was clueless. I reckon that it is an inheritance from a Sunmoon or even an Invincible. But we're not desperate for something like that so keep it for yourself. You don't even owe the creator a favor by learning a technique in this manner. At most, you'll have to call the creator teacher when you meet them in the future. It's not like you had robbed the technique from them. If you get along well with them, you can further develop this relationship. If not, it's no big deal."

Bai Feng wasn't too worried about that. Heaven-grade techniques might be rare, but cultural researchers were generally unconcerned about martial techniques. That was especially true for those from the multiple character faction.

Strictly speaking, their character technique could also be considered a middle-tier heaven-grade technique.

Su Yu nodded repeatedly as he listened.

Bai Feng said, "From now on, you're not allowed to fight with blood essence unless it's a matter of life or death. As for what you have already shown, just blame them all on me. Not many people would know anything yet and the few that would suspect anything had no way of being sure either."

Su Yu nodded.

"Since you can actually use those abilities the correct way..." The look in Bai Feng's eyes changed, "Have you tried the blood essence of the five elemental race? No, you can only use their racial abilities instead of their cultivation methods. Forget it. That won't help."

Su Yu's heart nearly popped out of his chest. This teacher of his...could be terrifyingly sharp at times. He knew what Bai Feng was thinking. His teacher wanted to ask if he could duplicate the cultural art of the five elemental race and create a version that was suitable for human cultivation.

How terrifyingly smart. Even Su Yu himself had only thought of that recently. Sure enough, his teacher was actually smart. He just enjoyed being a shut-in a tad too much.

Bai Feng was unaware of what his student was thinking. After thinking for a bit, he said, "Also, for now, try to focus on only human characters. Don't be in a rush to confirm your main Divine Character character. Perhaps...you were right. Why can't human characters be strong as well?

"You wish to start researching as well. Your strength has reached an acceptable level. Starting from tomorrow, you can enter the third underground floor. Your first project would be the creation of the production method for soul devouring bug blood essence ability. After you're done with that, you can join my research project."

Bai Feng inhaled deeply, "I suppose that would be a good idea. Since you know so many different racial abilities, you can help me with my experiments, such as activating some abilities every now and then for me to learn more about those abilities.

"What a pity that your grandteacher isn't around. Otherwise, we would have been able to get him to provide more divine and devil blood essence for you. Perhaps we can discover something unexpected by doing that. I really need to send someone to go look for him. Yeah. I'll need to issue a mission for someone to find him for us."

Bai Feng was starting to regret sending his teacher away. He better not be lost somewhere. Bai Feng and his senior brother were not strong enough to handle all the troubles coming their way.

He was also worried that even after completing his research on the racial ability character, he wouldn't be able to announce his research results without the protection of his teacher. That would simply be too big of a deal.

In fact, maybe not even his teacher could withstand the troubles that might come their way after he completed his research. He needed the backing of even more multiple character faction experts.

There was also this kid. This kid was simply a monster.

Divine Character?

Bullshit!

He swore if the kid dared to claim that all his special abilities were thanks to the character he wrote, he would strangle the kid to death.

Bai Feng was willing to bet his life on the fact that the blood character really wasn't that incredible. He couldn't help but to curse inwardly. That damn kid had been lying to him!

Suddenly, Bai Feng thought of something. He hesitated slightly and said, "Give my martial uncle a call and ask him if...he's willing to become my lab rat."

"Huh?"

Su Yu blanked out.

"What do you mean, teacher?"

"The literal meaning of all those words." Bai Feng rolled his eyes, "Can't you understand what I'm saying?"

"No...I mean...Teacher, why don't you call him yourself..."

"Nonsense. Do you think I'm not afraid of death? My martial uncle is very petty. He also doesn't like me. He keeps thinking that I'm trying to steal from him. If I dare to mention this to him, he would get his old lover to beat me up..."

"..."

Su Yu was stunned. His teacher's mouth was getting more and more out of control. Was his teacher so desperate that he couldn't even be bothered to keep some things secret anymore?

Curious, Su Yu softly asked, "Teacher, who is...Teacher Liu's old lover?"

"It's—"

Bai Feng hurriedly shut his mouth.

"Scram! Don't ask something you shouldn't be asking about!" Bai Feng rolled his eyes, "Ask him yourself. Don't ask me. Remember, give him a call. I have an idea and my martial uncle would be the perfect lab rat. I'm even starting to wonder if what the fifth principal left behind is the thing I'm thinking about."

Racial ability character. Was the character left behind by the fifth principal a racial ability character? He was seriously suspecting that. He really wanted to cut his martial uncle's head open and get a good look at that character.

It would be even better if he could do the same to Su Yu. Follow current novels on novel{f}ire.net

At this moment, Su Yu recalled something and said, "Teacher Huang said that human cultural researchers are incapable of entering the Eternal Realm because humans lack something. And that something is related to the sea of willpower. Teacher..."

Bai Feng was completely stunned. Yes. He didn't know that. He had never asked about it and nobody had ever bothered telling him about it. Was someone supposed to tell someone at his cultivation level that human cultural researchers would be stuck at the peak Sunmoon Realm?

Nobody was that free. Nobody would tell him unless he asked about it first. He wasn't a peak Sunmoon so what was the point of telling him? In the end, he would still need to reach the Eternal Realm through physical cultivation.

Bai Feng swallowed. And like Su Yu when he first heard of that news, Bai Feng also thought about the racial ability character.

He looked at his student and asked with a trembling voice, "Are you sure? Who told you that?"

"Teacher Huang. The one guarding the grotto."

Bai Feng inhaled deeply, stood up, and solemnly said, "Do not tell anyone that we are researching the racial ability character. If anyone asks, we are researching blood essence abilities. Do you understand? We are researching blood essence. Our research has nothing to do with Divine Characters and sea of willpower."

Su Yu hurriedly nodded. Yes. He understood. At that moment, he suddenly felt like his teacher was truly incredible. His teacher's research was actually related to humanity's path toward the Eternal Realm. When Bai Feng saw the look of admiration on his student's face, he felt incredibly smug.

"Me. Your teacher. Incredible, right? Amazing, right?"

Next, Su Yu softly asked, "Teacher, you're only a Skysoar. Even if you can complete your research, can you even put it to use?"

"..."

Bai Feng was totally speechless. Those words were too hurtful. Only a Skysoar? What was the kid talking about? Did the kid think he was already a Cloudbreach? Bai Feng was tired of talking to his student. But he couldn't help but to feel melancholic. Yeah. He was only a Skysoar. Damn it! He must reach the Cloudbreach Realm faster!

Chapter 319: Racial Ability Character (1)

Research center.

Student and teacher continued chatting for a while before Bai Feng recalled something and furiously asked, "Where's the tea?"

Su Yu laughed. His teacher was still thinking about tea? Bai Feng was finally happy after Su Yu served him a cup of tea. While sipping on tea, he sank into thought.

After a while, he said pensively, "Do you still remember the activated acupoints when you used the soul devouring bug ability?"

"Yeah."

"Soul devouring bug...soul devouring bug ability...source qi alteration..." Bai Feng muttered, "Is the alteration due to the ability itself or is it due to the source art of the soul devouring bugs? Too bad you don't know their source art..."

Su Yu thought about it and said, "Teacher, I think their source art and racial ability probably utilizes similar acupoints. I have a feeling we can even derive their source art from the ability. After all, the acupoints of the ability are basically almost the same as the acupoints of their source art."

Generally, racial abilities and foundation source arts would come in pairs.

A good example would be the War God Art and Skybreak Technique. Racial abilities were essentially the martial techniques that the myriad races innately knew.

The War God Art required 108 acupoints while the Skybreak Technique required 96 acupoints. But most of the acupoints overlapped. Thus, one only needed to open 12 additional acupoints to cultivate the Skybreak Technique.

"That makes sense." Bai Feng nodded, "If the source art of the soul devouring bugs can really alter one's source qi, giving it the abilities to burn and corrode willpower, then this cultivation method would be a very big deal for all warriors.

"Generally, warriors would need to close in to cultural researchers to harm them. But if they could burn the willpower of the cultural researchers from far away, a lot would change. Perhaps we can use this to gain the support of some powerful warriors."

Su Yu stared at his teacher, his expression changing.

Bai Feng indifferently asked, "Why are you looking at me like that? We're not strong enough. It is perfectly normal for us to look for more supporters. But my research is still stuck at the Great Strength Realm. Is that the highest level of the ability you have tried using as well?"

"Yeah."

"It's fine. That is enough. Our main goal is to figure out the required acupoints."

Bai Feng continued sipping on his tea while thinking.

This was a cultivation method capable of altering source qi and harming willpower. Were there similar cultivation methods out there? The world was massive. Everything could exist.

In fact, similar cultivation methods might already exist in the Human Realm and had merely been kept secret. As far as Bai Feng knew, there was no such cultivation method among the publicly known methods.

In Great Xia, apart from the Xia Family, the other warrior families probably wouldn't have something like that.

Suddenly, Bai Feng smiled, "If we really trade this cultivation method to some warriors, would we be known as the traitors of cultural researchers?"

Su Yu thought about it and answered, "No. The ones scolding us will be the actual traitors. We are sharing the cultivation method to strengthen our warriors, to help them kill more enemies in the battlefield. Why should human cultural researchers fear that cultivation method if they don't intend to betray humanity? Isn't it good for humanity to grow stronger? Thus, anyone daring to think that way is a traitor trying to destabilize humanity from within."

"That makes sense. But..." Bai Feng sneered, "Cultural researchers are very proud. All cultural researchers believe that warriors are incomparable to them. And when you provide warriors with a method to harm cultural researchers, they will feel threatened."

There were far fewer cultural researchers in existence compared to warriors. And one could only reach the Eternal Realm through physical cultivation. Even so, cultural researchers were still incomparably proud.

Even though the overall strength of the cultural research community was lower than the warrior community, they still believed that they were better. In truth, this thought was shared across the myriad races.

Su Yu shook his head, "That is not a good reason to keep important research results hidden. Should we prevent humanity from growing stronger just to preserve the status of cultural researchers?"

Bai Feng replied, "Of course not. But the premise for doing anything is strength. If you're an Invincible, even if you decide to preach about the dao publicly in the Allheaven Battlefield, nobody would dare to say anything."

Bai Feng exhaled and said, "We need to act carefully. Kid, since you want to get involved in research, this will be your first task. Deduce the Soul Devouring Art out of their racial ability."

Inwardly, Su Yu thought that the job was already done. He already knew the Soul Devouring Art. There was no need for him to deduce anything. Of course, he couldn't tell Bai Feng that.

It was still understandable if he could extract abilities out of blood essence. After all, a lot of people were also researching blood essence. But if he could also learn the cultivation method of other races through their blood essence, then he would be too much of a threat. Bai Feng would probably go crazy if he knew the truth.

Just look at his reaction after learning about Su Yu's ability to activate racial abilities.

Suddenly, Bai Feng stood up. When he saw that Su Yu was still sitting there blankly, he said, "What are you waiting for? I thought you wanted to start doing research?"

"Teacher...now?"

"Of course." Bai Feng frowned, "Are we supposed to wait until tomorrow?"

What an odd kid. Why would he think that?

"Kid, why are you so lazy? Back when your grandteacher first agreed to let me enter the lab, the only thing I wanted was to enter immediately. Why are you trying to avoid entering the lab instead?"

Su Yu was speechless. How was he trying to avoid entering the lab? He was merely caught unaware by Bai Feng's impatience. He said nothing and silently followed Bai Feng to the third underground floor.

Main laboratory.

This was Su Yu's first visit. The first thing he noticed was the thick and heavy-looking door of the laboratory.

Pointing at the door, Bai Feng explained, "This door was made of a material good enough to forge earth-grade weapons..."

Before Bai Feng could finish, Su Yu's expression changed as he exclaimed, "Flaming devil steel! A special product of the Flaming Devil Realm. It can be used as the main material for weapon forging. We are using this as a door?"

"Exactly. It's good that you know about it. if we need to, we can easily take it off and use it as an earth-grade weapon." Bai Feng proudly said, "And it won't even be an ordinary earth-grade weapon. A large piece like this is valuable enough to buy several high-tier earth-grade martial weapons."

A weapon at that level was good enough for even Mountainsea cultivators. Su Yu could see just how rich this research center used to be.

Su Yu estimated that this door could easily be sold for 5,000 merit points. This was only a material for martial weapons. If it was a material for cultural weapons, it would have a much more terrifying value. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ NoveIꜰire.net

Bai Feng wasted no time and summoned a small sword. The sword turned into a key before unlocking the door.

"Come on."

Su Yu hurriedly followed his teacher inside. He was utterly shocked by what he saw. Countless devices could be seen all over the main hall. And all around the hall, countless smaller rooms could be seen.

This place was much larger than the secondary laboratory of the research center. And it also had a lot more devices in it.

Suddenly, the look in Su Yu's eyes changed as his gaze landed on a room with transparent walls. What was that?

Countless floating books were visible in the room, and those books look rather familiar to Su Yu.

Noticing Su Yu's gaze, Bai Feng said, "Do they look familiar? Those are Marks of Culture. They were all formed of Mountainsea Divine Characters."

"Teacher..." Su Yu said in astonishment, "There are so many of them."

Bai Feng nodded, "These are all the spoils of war your grandteacher had obtained from the battlefield. Over the years, he had visited the battlefield several times. He had killed six Mountainsea experts in total. Three of them were cultural researchers. Your grandteacher had stripped a total of 16 Divine Characters from them. Three were main Divine Characters while the rest were secondary Divine Characters. All these characters have been preserved here."

Su Yu was greatly shocked.

Six Mountainsea cultivators?

One ought to know that Mountainsea cultivators were extremely rare. And generally, each battle between two Mountainsea cultivators would be an extremely dangerous fight. The only exceptions were situations where one party was much more powerful, such as the gap between Wan Tiansheng and Zheng Yuming.

And his grandteacher was actually able to go hunting for Mountainsea cultivators in the Allheaven Battlefield. His grandteacher must be really strong.

Bai Feng said, "These things can't really be called Marks of Culture. Proper Marks of Culture are left behind by deceased human cultivators that had decided to pass down an inheritance before dying. They do so with the hope that one day, the future generation would be able to inherit something from what they left behind. That was the origin of the name Mark of Culture."

Su Yu asked curiously, "Teacher, can the Divine Characters in Marks of Culture be passed down as well?"

"No." Bai Feng shook his head, "When a Mountainsea cultivator dies, all their Divine Characters will start dissipating. These characters can only be preserved through unique methods. But even preserved Divine Characters are semi-dissipated Divine Characters. And they won't exist forever. Thus, each Mark of Culture can only last for about 100 years."

He sighed.

Each Mark of Culture signified a deceased Mountainsea cultivator. Yet even this final imprint of them would eventually disappear.

Bai Feng said, "But there are unique circumstances, such as some peak Mountainsea cultivators with stable main Divine Characters. Before their death, they can use their life itself as the price to turn their Divine Characters into semi Eternal characters. Such characters can be kept longer as they will be closer to actual Eternal characters."

Su Yu nodded in understanding.

He asked, "Teacher, aren't there some Eternal characters in the academy? So these characters can actually still be used?"

All the grottos of the academy were made of Eternal characters. And the academy had a decent number of grottos. Most of these characters were left behind by the past Sunmoon cultivators of the academy.

"Use?" Bai Feng looked at Su Yu, "You mean letting someone use those characters like they were normal characters?"

Su Yu nodded, "Yeah. If those Eternal characters won't dissipate, can't we take them in and put them to use?"

He had suddenly thought about the book in his head. Thus, he was curious if Eternal characters could be taken into one's sea of willpower and be put to use.

Bai Feng shook his head, "That won't work. Simply put, it's an issue of compatibility. For example, you are someone who has formed a blood character. I'm not. After you're dead, I might not be able to use your blood character even after getting it from you."

"..."

Su Yu had an odd look on his face. Teacher, those words were...somewhat unkind. Why must he be the one to die? Bai Feng sure had a way to give an example.

"In that case, can these Eternal characters even be compatible with anyone?"

Su Yu asked.

"Yes." Bai Feng nodded, "My martial uncle and some other people are compatible with some Eternal characters. The compatibility might not be 100 percent, but they were compatible enough to actually take the characters into their seas of willpower. That is very rare. Generally, only geniuses can do so. Because these are the characters that these geniuses might end up forming by themselves anyway.

"Don't even think of doing this. You're a Mental Tempering Stage cultivator. How big of a burden an Eternal character would be to your sea of willpower? Can you imagine it? Your sea of willpower might burst apart the moment you take one in. You will only survive if you are really a super genius with an incredibly powerful sea of willpower while the Eternal character is also highly compatible with you. Only then would you have a tiny chance of succeeding.

"This would be even harder for the single character faction. For our faction, we have numerous characters and a character technique. Thus, we can still forcefully use the character technique to suppress the Eternal character. Meanwhile, subduing an Eternal character would be extremely difficult for the single character faction."

Su Yu nodded. But he was actually busy thinking about something else.

Bai Feng said that his martial uncle was one such person. And when Su Yu recalled what Bai Feng had said in the past, he suddenly asked, "Teacher, has Teacher Liu received one such inheritance as well?"

"Yeah." Bai Feng couldn't be bothered to hide anything, "The fifth principal left a character behind. That character was eventually taken away by Martial Uncle. Maybe he has already absorbed it into his sea of willpower. Maybe not. I don't really know either.

"Your Teacher Liu used to be an extremely talented freak of the academy. But he eventually ended up crippled. This character might be related to that. Personally, I have a different guess. That might be more than a single character. Instead, an entire racial ability character has been passed down by the fifth principal."

Su Yu blinked. Racial ability character? Was that really the case? Their research center had not even completed the research on that. Had the fifth principal formed one such character back then?

If that was the case, then the fifth principal would really be the person closest to entering the Eternal Realm through willpower cultivation.

Bai Feng started walking again. He pointed at a large machine and said, "This is the centrifuge. We use it to separate components of blood essence. Generally, when a drop of blood essence takes form, it is almost impossible to split that drop. This machine is the only way we can do so."

"This is a willpower examination machine..."

Su Yu was very interested in this machine. Willpower examination machine? The machine was basically a small room. How did it work? When Bai Feng saw Su Yu's reaction, he smiled and walked into the room. Inside the room, a burst of willpower erupted.

On a screen connected to the room, some words appeared.

Willpower grade: Peak second grade

Opened soul apertures: 30 - 40

Number of Divine Characters: 15 - 25

Overall evaluation: Ninth-stage Skysoar Realm

What was that?

Chapter 320: Racial Ability Character (2)

Su Yu looked at Bai Feng who was walking out of the room in astonishment and asked, "Teacher, this thing is also capable of detecting your Divine Characters and soul apertures?"

"It's a general scan." Bai Feng smiled, "We mostly use it on our captured creatures to prevent them from hiding their strength. You need to know that some races are very unique. They might look completely normal even at the Mountainsea Realm. Some concealment Divine Characters can also be very difficult to notice."

Su Yu nodded. He asked eagerly, "Teacher, can I try?"

"Yeah. You're too weak so the scan will be much more accurate. You only need to unleash your willpower inside the room. If you want it to be more accurate, stir your Divine Characters as well. The weaker someone is, the more accurate this machine would be."

Su Yu looked excited. This machine seemed fun. He jogged into the small room. Next, his willpower erupted. There seem to be countless talismans on the walls of the room. These talismans started absorbing the willpower he released. Then, he stirred his Divine Characters.

Outside, Bai Feng was paying attention to the data. With one look, he blanked out.

Willpower grade: Peak first grade

Percentage: 68

Number of Divine Characters: 5

Divine Character tier: Two second tier characters

Overall evaluation: Peak Mental Tempering Stage

He looked at Su Yu and roared, "Get out here!"

Su Yu ran out and asked, "What's wrong, Teacher?"

"When did you form your fifth character? Why am I not aware of that?"

"..."

Su Yu scratched his head. Had he not told his teacher? Yeah, that seemed to be the case. The deceit character was too embarrassing. It did not fit his character so he had intentionally forgotten about the character.

"Uhm...I formed one not long ago."

Bai Feng rolled his eyes before saying in astonishment, "Your willpower grade is actually peak first grade. That's odd. Generally, without at least 90 percent willpower, you won't be able to reach peak first grade."

"Mostly, those between 0 to 30 percent are considered low first grade, those between 31 to 60 percent are considered middle first grade, those between 61 to 90 percent are considered top first grade, and those above 90 percent can be considered peak first grade."

He looked at Su Yu and said, "You're only at 68 percent, so you should be at top first grade. A fresh top first grade. How are you a peak first grade already? I thought you were cultivating the Soul Expanding Art, but that doesn't seem to be the case or the machine would be able to detect something. You...are an odd kid."

Su Yu's willpower grade was higher than it was supposed to be. His score signified that his willpower was actually as powerful as actual peak Mental Tempering Stage cultivators. That was why he had been able to contend against the likes of Zheng Yunhui.

Even the machine gave him the label of peak Mental Tempering Stage even though his willpower was still below 90 percent full.

Su Yu thought about it and said, "I told you before that Teacher Zhao hammered me a few times. Did you forget?"

"I still remember that." Bai Feng rolled his eyes, "Is that really so effective? He really sent you to the top with a couple hammer strikes? Holy shit. Why had that fogey refused to hammer me a few times as well? No wonder you're able to fight those peak Mental Tempering Stage fellows. Your willpower is already as strong as theirs."

A look of surprise covered Bai Feng's face as he asked, "By the way, how are you growing so fast? Your willpower has already reached 68 percent?"

Bai Feng remembered that his student had only reached the Mental Tempering Stage not long ago.

"Teacher, each time I read the willpower text of the heaven-grade technique, my willpower will undergo a willpower clash training and grow rapidly."

In truth, his growth was also related to the five elemental blood essence he had consumed. During that time, he had absorbed some external willpower. That had given his willpower cultivation a boost as well.

"Right. I didn't think of that."

Bai Feng nodded.

The more he looked at Su Yu, the more astonished he was. He said, "Not bad, kid. Maybe you should get Old Zhao to hammer you a few more times. Maybe he can hammer you straight to the peak Mental Tempering Stage while making your willpower as powerful as a Skysoar's willpower."

Su Yu looked awkward. He hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Teacher, according to the machine, you're at the peak second grade, so your willpower is also stronger than your actual cultivation level."

Bai Feng rolled his eyes, "What nonsense are you saying. I am a cultivator of the multiple character faction. Of course I am stronger than ordinary eighth-stage Skysoar cultivators. Normal eighth-stage Skysoar cultivators will only receive an evaluation of top second grade from this machine."

Su Yu nodded. He wasn't too surprised. If Bai Feng could defeat someone like Hu Wensheng at the seventh stage, he would naturally be even stronger now that he had reached the eighth stage.

Bai Feng continued introducing the other machines to Su Yu. There were way too many things for Su Yu to take in. He couldn't help but to admit that their faction was very willing to spend money in terms of research.

Every single machine in the room was worth thousands of merit points. Some were even worth tens of thousands of merit points. They could really get rich just by selling this research center. Ignoring all their research results, just these machines would probably be worth between 200,000 to 300,000 merit points.

How rich. His grandteacher sure was generous. If it was Su Yu, he definitely wouldn't be willing to spend so much for research.

Eventually, they arrived outside a small room.

Bai Feng exhaled softly and pointed at the room, "This is where I normally conduct my research. Come with me. I'll show you what I've been working on recently." Su Yu hurriedly followed his teacher inside the room.

The moment he stepped inside, he noticed that the room was filled with willpower. He was surprised.

The willpower within the room wasn't violent. Rather, it was extremely gentle. Su Yu felt like this willpower would be safe for absorption. But he still didn't have any opened soul apertures yet so he couldn't actually do so.

Bai Feng said, "The willpower here has been purified countless times. You are not allowed to absorb it. This place is used to nurture Divine Characters. Characters at the Skysoar Realm can be materialized, but they can't stay outside a sea of willpower for long. Thus, when a character is stripped from its owner, an environment like this is required to preserve the character for a longer time.

"Kid, even after entering the Skysoar Realm, you're not allowed to absorb the willpower here. Gathering so much purified willpower in one place is a very expensive process. If you dare to absorb the willpower here, I'll make you regret it."

Su Yu laughed dryly, "Teacher, I won't. I'm not that kind of person."

"Scram!"

Bai Feng cursed. He was not buying that. If Su Yu was already a Skysoar, he would definitely absorb the willpower in the room.

Bai Feng approached a research station and waved Su Yu over.

Su Yu hurriedly walked over. When he noticed the research station, his eyes flickered. A few Divine Characters were actually hovering atop the station. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ N()velFire.net

"This..."

"Divine Characters of the fire hog race." Bai Feng explained, "Most of the fire hogs are warriors. Very few of them are cultural researchers. Your grandteacher and I had to hunt down countless fire hogs before finally finding three fire hog cultural researchers. We were able to strip them off their Divine Characters, but these characters can only be kept here. Watch closely, kid."

As Bai Feng said that, the five Divine Characters floated higher into the air.

Bai Feng had a solemn expression as he operated the five characters. Meanwhile, Su Yu was focusing all his attention on the characters. Slowly, the five characters started fusing together before changing. Eventually, they seemed to have transformed into an actual fire hog.

Su Yu felt like he was looking at a massive fire hog. He had seen actual fire hog corpses before. But this time, the fire hog before him looked very alive.

"Tackle!"

A voice resounded within his mind in the fire hog language.

Su Yu hurriedly retreated as the fire hog formed of the five characters started charging at him. He could feel a heavy aura pressing down on him while he was retreating in panic. Next, his vision blurred and everything vanished.

The fire hog had turned into five characters again. The five characters had dimmed considerably. They were also no longer fused together.

Bai Feng was sweating heavily as he asked, "Did you see that? After trying to fuse these characters through numerous different methods, I finally discovered a certain combination that can create something similar to a racial ability.

"What does that mean? It means that Divine Characters can really be combined to create a racial ability character. Naturally, most fire hogs do not have Divine Characters. In that case, why can every one of them utilize their racial ability?

"My guess is that there is a hidden character within the sea of willpower of every single one of them. I also guess that their racial ability is definitely more powerful in the hands of a cultural researcher than a warrior. This is why I deduced that racial abilities are related to Divine Characters and the sea of willpower."

Su Yu nodded.

He asked, "Teacher, did you notice that...this...resembles..."

"You noticed it as well?"

"Yeah." Su Yu nodded and said with an astonished expression, "This fusion is very similar to character techniques. Several characters have to be assembled in a specific manner for it to work."

"Exactly. I noticed this long ago." Bai Feng exhaled and said, "If I'm right, then character techniques might be a unique method of utilizing Divine Characters our seniors had discovered. But they had not been able to discover the connection between character techniques and racial abilities.

"Therefore, our character technique is probably already a racial ability. The multiple character faction is already ahead of everyone else. As long as we can find the way to fully convert character techniques into racial abilities, truly fusing all our characters into one like acupoint fusion, we might be able to create a true racial ability character."

The more Bai Feng spoke, the more excited he seemed, "At that time, we will be able to unleash our true strength. No matter how many Divine Characters you have, you will be able to activate all of them at once. No longer will cultural researchers lack offensive strength despite having numerous Divine Characters."

A better example would be acupoints. For example, Su Yu had 153 opened acupoints. But would he be able to unleash the strength of all his acupoints in a single attack? He couldn't. Not even with a heaven-grade technique. The technique only allowed him to utilize the strength of the acupoints it required instead of all his acupoints.

For now, Su Yu wouldn't be able to utilize more than 100 acupoints at once. Some of the acupoints he had opened with the War God Art were not able to be used alongside his heaven-grade technique.

After thinking for a bit, Su Yu said, "Teacher, you mean that just like our utilization of acupoints, our utilization of willpower is not efficient enough. But the racial ability character might allow us to utilize 100 percent of our strength?"

"Exactly." Bai Feng smiled, "Even 80 percent would be incredibly impressive. Right now, the actual rate of our utilization is pitifully low."

Su Yu inhaled deeply and stared at the floating characters. His teacher seemed to be on to something here. What an incredible discovery.

Bai Feng said, "I have only been experimenting on fire hog characters. I have yet to start testing this on actual humans yet. And the multiple character faction is best suited for this experiment. It's a pity that you're still not at the Skysoar Realm. Looks like I have to be the lab rat instead."

"..."

Su Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. So was the only reason for him to enter the Skysoar Realm was so that he could become Bai Feng's test subject?

"Teacher, be careful. The moment something goes wrong, you might get in big trouble."

Su Yu was no longer a clueless new student. He could see the dangers hidden in this experiment.

Bai Feng appeared indifferent, "It's fine. This is normal in research. But if I can complete my research, you will be able to witness the sight of a Skysoar defeating a Cloudbreach!"

Even Bai Feng himself was getting excited at the thought of that.

"Skysoar fighting Cloudbreach. Throughout history, very few people at the Skysoar Realm and above could accomplish the feat of fighting above their level. Your teacher will become one of this small group of people soon!" Su Yu took the chance to flatter his teacher,

"Teacher, you are really incredible, mighty, domineering..."

"Piss off!" Bai Feng cursed. Then, he turned somewhat dispirited as he said, "But I don't have a good test subject. Remember to talk to my martial uncle. I need to study him. I have a feeling he already has the initial form of a racial ability character within his head. Without a proper point of reference, I'm afraid I would probably kill myself before I could even come up with a proper character combination."

Su Yu was left speechless. Teacher Liu...Yes. They might really be able to learn something from studying his Teacher Liu.

Bai Feng said, "My martial uncle has been bothered by that character for a very long time. If it is actually a racial ability character, then his own characters are definitely rejecting that character. Because of that, he had never been able to truly make that character his and truly fuse that character into his existing character technique.

"Martial Uncle might be talented, but in terms of understanding of Divine Characters, he might not know as much as me. He already has a lot of characters originally. With that special character taking the position of main Divine Character within his sea of willpower, he won't be able to utilize his true strength before properly assimilating that character into his sea of willpower. And he also wouldn't be able to properly make use of that character.

"According to my theory, fusion is the only solution. Perhaps he can try to fuse his own characters with that external character to fully turn it into his. Only then would he be able to start making use of it."

Bai Feng shook his head and said, "My martial uncle is too stubborn. And he is not flexible enough. I suspect that he has been forcefully assimilating that character for the past 50 years through brute force. He's treating that character as a meatball, thinking that forcing them together would be enough."

He had a look of disdain as he was saying all that.

A good example was mud figurines. Everyone was creating beautiful figurines with their mud while his martial uncle was trying to pass off a clump of mud as a mud figurine as well. How would that work?

He was seriously suspecting that his martial uncle was doing that. A brute! A fake cultural researcher!

Bai Feng continued insulting his martial uncle. He was unafraid since his martial uncle wasn't around to hear him.

Beside him, Su Yu sighed. Did his teacher think that he wouldn't snitch to his Teacher Liu about this?

"Teacher Liu...racial ability character..."

Su Yu himself was also getting a lot of ideas in his mind.

Over the years, he had still noticed some things. Liu Wenyan might look indifferent most of the time, but at times, he would still look somewhat bleak. Su Yu had noticed Liu Wenyan staring blankly in a certain direction a few times.

Now that he thought about it, he finally realized that Liu Wenyan had been staring in the academy's direction all those times. He still couldn't let go of the academy.

"Racial ability. An inheritance of the fifth principal..."

...

At the same time, Nanyuan.

Liu Wenyan sighed. The sun in the center of his sea of willpower turned even brighter than before. Orbiting the sun were numerous stars, each of them trying to fuse into the sun. Bai Feng was right. Liu Wenyan was forcefully fusing the character.

As for the method of fusion...there was no method to it. Nobody had any idea how to do this since it had never been done before. He only relied on his instincts. He was blindly helping the character left by his teacher grow stronger. Perhaps when he was finally able to stuff all his characters into that character, he would be able to start using it.

Liu Wenyan was in no rush. He could take his time. And if he couldn't complete this task, perhaps the next generation could continue his work.

Su Yu seemed to be doing quite well in the academy. In that case, he should probably start looking for a new candidate. The candidate must be honest, reliable, and resilient.

If his generation couldn't complete this grand undertaking, then he would have to let the next generation continue their work.

Chapter 321: Famous (1)

While Su Yu and Bai Feng were busy talking about their research.

Heart Cultivating Pavilion. Within a large building.

Countless people had gathered there.

The single character faction had eight elders in the academy.

Out of the 42 elders of the academy, 36 of them were at the Mountainsea Realm. The others were incredibly senior ninth-stage Cloudbreach cultivators that had been promoted as elders due to their age and experience.

Of the eight elders of the single character faction, Zheng Yuming had been crippled, Liu Hong's teacher was in a long seclusion, while the other two were in the Allheaven Battlefield. Including Zhou Mingren, only four of them were available.

And all four of them had been gathered here. That included Zheng Hong's teacher, Elder Sun. Zheng Hong himself was also present since he was Zheng Yuming's grandson. He appeared completely calm.

In fact, even when Zheng Yuming was being crippled, he had not uttered a single word. He was a mere Mental Tempering Stage student. What could he do when the principal was personally crippling his grandfather?

And he was still maintaining the same calm. He silently served the four elders tea, not showing any of his emotions. The four elders were drinking tea in silence.

After a while, Elder Sun said, "How is Yuming?"

"Out of his eight characters, seven have been destroyed, including his main Divine Character. Only a dragon character remains," Zhou Mingren answered.

As for Zheng Yuming's destroyed body, it was not that important for cultural researchers. He only needed to use some blood essence to regrow his body. He was not a physical cultivator anyway so it didn't matter even if his physical body would be weaker after this.

"Seven destroyed characters including the main Divine Character..."

A white-haired old woman had a gloomy expression. As a Mountainsea cultivator, things wouldn't be too serious as long as the main Divine Character was preserved. But Zheng Yuming's main Divine Character had also been destroyed. This would be quite problematic to solve.

The old woman said, "Why is Principal Wan so harsh this time? Yuming had not attacked! Of course, he looked suspicious since he was releasing his aura..."

Not even the old woman knew what to say. Fights between students would happen all the time. For elders like them, these fights were nothing important. Why would Zheng Yuming release his aura for no reason? In such a situation, it was understandable that others would suspect his motive.

Zhou Mingren calmly said, "Maybe he was set up by Chen Yong. Yuming is still unconscious. I suspect he had been provoked by Chen Yong. Of course, there is also a possibility that Wan Tiansheng is trying to teach us a lesson."

"Chen Yong?"

At the mention of that name, they frowned.

Elder Sun asked, "Would Chen Yong do something like this?"

Zhou Mingren said, "You never know. Yuming has been trying to get the books depository. Do you think Chen Yong is really indifferent about that? He has been under Hong Tan for 40 years. And he has been staying in the books depository all these years. But don't forget that back then, this fellow was also not a simple figure. He was the one who had personally driven out the remaining students of the multiple character faction. With Hong Tan's character, he would have kept those students around despite their decline."

The multiple character faction had still been accepting students all these years. But some of these students couldn't withstand the pressure of waiting until they have 10 characters before breaking through into the Skysoar Realm. Thus, these students had opted to advance before that. In the end, Chen Yong had personally kicked all these students out of the faction. Hong Tan had not involved himself in that matter.

Zhou Mingren waved his hand, "We'll talk about this at a later date. Yuming is going to head to the Allheaven Battlefield soon. This is an exile, so he will be sent to the Vanguard Regiment. Even though Great Xia has calmed down on the wars, he would still need to participate in battles. Without Divine Characters, he would be killed before long."

"What is your plan, Old Zhou?"

Everyone looked at Zhou Mingren. Zheng Yuming was his student, also their faction master. They couldn't let him die just like that.

Seeing that Zhou Mingren wasn't saying anything, Elder Sun said, "Old Fang and Old Ma are both in the Allheaven Battlefield. Maybe we can work our connections and send Yuming their way."

Zhou Mingren said, "Even if we do so, they might not have the time to take care of him. His injuries are too heavy. If he goes there before recovering some of his strength, he will die. Wan Tiansheng is trying to kill Yuming..."

The other elders sank into silence.

Zhou Mingren said, "Therefore, I've decided to help Yuming change his main Divine Character."

"Changing main Divine Character?"

Everyone looked at him in shock. The old woman said, "That's not possible, right? It's too hard to find compatible characters."

Zhou Mingren said, "The ones in the academy are naturally not good enough. To be precise, over these years, there have only been 11 Divine Characters in existence with the potential to be accepted by new owners."

When the others heard that, their expressions changed. They knew what Zhou Mingren was talking about. He was referring to the multiple character faction experts that had been involved in that battle.

A total of 11 Divine Characters had been left behind. Liu Wenyan had inherited the fifth principal's character. Xia Yunji, Zhao Mingyue, and Hu Ping had inherited the characters of the Sunmoon experts. Seven other people inherited the characters of seven peak Mountainsea cultivators.

Of the seven, six were already dead. Some were dead from old age, some were dead from sickness, and some were killed by their cultivation deviation. Of the eleven chosen students, only five were still alive.

All eleven of them were supreme geniuses back then. Every single one of them had the potential to step into the Mountainsea and Sunmoon Realms. Alas, only a few of them remained after fifty years.

The old woman frowned and said, "You mean..."

Zhou Mingren indifferently said, "Over the years, six of them have died. And they didn't even pass on their characters before dying. In that case, those characters must have been brought to their graves. Unless their seas of willpower have completely collapsed, those characters will still exist. Those characters won't fall apart so easily."

"Yuming's previous main Divine Character is the collapse character of the divine race. It has the ability of causing things to rupture and collapse. Among the six that are dead, one of them had inherited a character that is perfect for Yuming. It is the crack character inherited by Zhang Ruoling back then."

"Zhang Ruoling!"

Their expressions changed upon hearing that name. That was one of the geniuses that had been expelled back then.

Zhang Ruoling, an instructor at the 18th Great Xia Secondary School. He passed away due to sickness nine years ago. But the truth was that he had probably passed away due to his sea of willpower finally failing to withstand the pressure of his Divine Character.

None of the elders said anything.

After a long while, Elder Sun gloomily said, "Old Zhou, that person is already dead. Digging up the grave of the deceased...is improper. If news of this is leaked, do you think you will be able to keep living your good life? Not everyone in the multiple character faction is dead. And even if they are all dead, what would the War Shrine and Knowledge Seeking Realm say if they learn about this? Even those Eternals are afraid that their graves would be dug after they die. And would you be willing to have the future generation dig up your grave after you're dead?"

This was definitely not a good idea. It was a taboo. Everyone would eventually die. Not everyone was willing to pass on their Divine Characters upon death. Thus, some people would definitely be unwilling to have their graves dug for their characters one day in the future.

Zhou Mingren sank into a short silence before saying, "The living is more important than the dead."

"Old Zhou!" Elder Sun advised, "You need to think this through. Even looking for Liu Wenyan and the others are better than this. At the very least, Liu Wenyan and the others are alive and we would only gain the bad reputation of being a bully. But that is still better than getting the reputation of a grave robber."

He would rather bully the living. Sure, he would still gain some infamy doing so, but that was better than performing something as taboo as bullying the dead.

Zhou Mingren said, "Their characters are in the Sunmoon Realm. Those characters might not suit Yuming. The other Mountainsea character inheritor does not have suitable characters for Yuming as that is a devil race character. It conflicts too much with Yuming. Zhang Ruoling's character is the most suitable choice."

"But..."

They were finding it hard to agree to this. This would destroy their reputation. At the Mountainsea Realm, apart from strength, reputation was also very important for them. They would lose all face if the public found out about what they did.

Zhou Mingren knew what they were worried about. He said, "I don't need any help. I can do this myself. I will shoulder the infamy and retribution that will come from this. I am not looking for you guys today for this matter. I am planning to activate some grottos to strengthen Zheng Hong and the other students that are still below the Skysoar Realm. Also, Wensheng and the others are also in need of a boost in strength."

Activating some high-level grottos. That had been suggested since a few months ago.

The other elders did not have anything to say about that matter. Zhou Mingren hesitated slightly and said, "Old Zhao is still in his permanent seclusion. I don't think he will be able to leave this seclusion alive. Thus, he won't be contributing to the resources required to activate the grottos. As for Liu Hong..."

He looked at the others and said, "We'll let him enter as well. As for the required resources, I can take out half of them while the rest of you will cover the other half. What do you think?"

The other elders thought about it. One of them, an elder who had yet to say anything so far nodded, "Sure. Liu Hong is already at the eighth-stage Skysoar Realm. He is already near the ninth stage and Cloudbreach Realm. If he can enter the Cloudbreach Realm, he will only further strengthen our faction."

"Liu Hong has never been Bai Feng's match so we can allow him to enter."

The elders reached an agreement.

Zhou Mingren said, "In that case, those at the Skysoar and above will consist of Zhou Pingsheng, Liu Hong, Sun Yucheng, Li Yunmei...All in all, six of them will enter. Below the Skysoar Realm, 20 can enter. Additionally, we need to give Wu Yuehua some spots too."

The elders looked helpless as they heard that. Wu Yuehua was such an unreasonable mad woman. Previously, she nearly fought them over this matter.

The old woman furiously said, "We can't give her more than three spots. She can forget about getting more than that."

It was not cheap to open a high-level grotto. The academy would have let the grotto stay active all the time otherwise. This single opening would use up years worth of savings from them. And they had just spent a large amount of money not long ago.

At that thought, the old woman said, "Are there any updates on Pingsheng's side? I saw the data as well, but it looks too ridiculous. Is that even the real data?" For origınal chapters go to NoveI★Fire.net

Yes, the data was too unbelievable. In fact, none of them were convinced that the data was real. But Su Yu had indeed activated a blood essence ability through a drop of blood essence produced with that method. They could all see that clearly in the recording.

Zhou Mingren shook his head, "We don't have any results yet so that's hard to say. If the data is really fake, then we can only conclude that the Wentan Research Center might have deduced the actual cultivation method of the iron-winged birds. They might have converted the racial ability into a martial technique and Su Yu might have opened the required acupoints for the technique."

That was the only possibility he could think of. Su Yu might have used the required acupoints to use the ability directly. He wasn't present that day so he really couldn't check himself. Even if he was there, Su Yu had more acupoints opened. Who knew if he could see through Su Yu?

"The racial ability of the iron-winged birds is not that hard to deduce." The old woman said, "Of course, the methods and techniques deduced by different people will also be different. Even our faculty has the activation method of that Rip ability. Pingsheng was too impatient. He should have observed more before making the purchase."

Zhou Mingren shook his head, "Even if he was much more patient, the result would still be the same. The only way to know more is for Pingsheng to actually perform a deep willpower scan on Su Yu, but that would be discovered. Other people were also present."

The other elders nodded. That was right. Su Yu was no fool. He would definitely discover someone scanning him. But they couldn't help but to suspect that the data was fake. That was especially true after they witnessed Su Yu's increase in strength. Opening acupoints required money. He would require a lot of merit points to grow so quickly.

And when they checked Su Yu's records, they even found that he had entered the grotto several times. Naturally, the records only indicated that he had entered. Nothing else could be seen from the record. And without money, how was Su Yu supposed to enter the grotto?

"Zheng Yunhui...Su Yu..."

They couldn't help but to suspect that the two kids had worked together to scam them.

100,000 merit points!

If that was true, then these two kids were truly too gutsy. But they still weren't able to determine the truth. They still needed to perform their own research on the data before reaching a conclusion.

At this time, Zheng Hong decided to speak, "Zheng Yunhui and Su Yu are definitely not as hostile to each other as they look. Su Yu should have lost the Skybreak Technique to Zheng Yunhui, but from what I saw, he is very familiar with the Source Break move."

There was no need for him to say anything else. The elders' expressions changed. Su Yu was supposed to lose the Skybreak Technique yet he was so familiar with the Source Break move. What a genius. Had he bought another willpower text?