Chapter 360: More Friends, More Alternatives (1)
Su Yu had brought the news to his teacher. Bai Feng had left after hearing his news. And Chen Yong had been notified. Su Yu felt like he had done all he should do. As for everything else that was happening, he still couldn't get involved in them. His current priority was to form Divine Characters and cultivate.
Currently, he still had 100 drops of late-stage mountainbreak bull blood essence, 500 drops of soul devouring bug blood essence, and 10 drops of five elemental blood essence. Additionally, he also had dozens of willpower texts.
...
On the night of the 8th.
Su Yu met Hu Zongji again. He wasted no time and gave Hu Zongji the token he received from Zhao Li. He softly said, "With this thing, you can enter without enough total earned merit. But you still need to pay the entry fee."
With the token in hand, Hu Zongji was shocked. Was Su Yu...capable of even getting a backdoor to a grotto? Was this Su Yu's connection or was it someone else in the Mutual Aid Club?
These grottos were very important for the academy. The Grotto District was viewed with as much importance as the Heart Cultivating Pavilion. As for the Zhao character on the token, he naturally knew who it referred to.
He had heard some things from his second granduncle before. This token should belong to Zhao Li. But Zhao Li generally wouldn't concern himself with school politics. Why would he give his token to Su Yu?
Even if Su Yu was minoring in weaponsmithing, just how many times had Su Yu even been to the Weaponsmithing Faculty?
"Su Yu, this..."
"Don't ask, don't say anything, and don't let anyone know about it. Otherwise, it will be hard for me to explain this." Su Yu warned, "Grow strong as fast as you can. A storm is coming. I'm afraid the Human Realm will be unpeaceful in the near future. Both you and me are nobodies. This is both a crisis and an opportunity for us. If we don't gain enough strength and miss this opportunity to gain more, we will probably need to wait decades for another opportunity like this to appear."
"I understand."
Hu Zongji did not ask more. But inwardly, he was extremely shocked. Su Yu had really accomplished it! Just what sort of members did the Mutual Aid Club have?
...
After separating with Hu Zongji, Su Yu went to the Grotto District again.
Source Qi Secret Grotto.
The two old men no longer felt like grumbling about Su Yu. Here they go again. The kid was here again. This place was starting to become the kid's second home.
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Old Huang said, "A few people are growing inside. Do you want to wait a bit?"
He couldn't even be bothered to ask Su Yu how long the kid was going to cultivate this time anymore. And he also couldn't be bothered to ask about the blood essence the kid was bringing this time.
"Occupied?"
Su Yu was surprised. This place was mostly empty during these hours.
"Yeah. They are all new students." Old Huang complained, "The students of this batch are all troublesome individuals. They enjoy visiting the grotto way too much."
"Who's inside?"
"Zheng Yunhui, Wan Mingze, and Xia Chan..." Old Huang shook his head, "These kids have all gained over 100 total earned merit points."
Those people had obtained a decent amount of points from the Divine Character tournament. Coupled with their rewards from the monthly examinations, they had earned enough to enter the grotto.
Su Yu nodded. He wasn't surprised. He wanted to grow strong, but that was also the case for the others.
When Old Huang saw that Su Yu was sitting down instead of entering, he smiled, "Are you not entering to spy on them?"
"Nope." Su Yu assumed a simple and honest expression before saying, "Cultivating is a personal journey. It is pointless to look at others."
"You're really..." Old Huang sighed before asking, "Are you preparing to enter the Infinite Strength Realm this time?"
"Not really. I'll see. I'm planning to test my Soul Devouring Art."
"That's a good idea too." Old Huang nodded, "Don't rush it when you're fusing acupoints. Take your time. This is not too important in a cultural research academy. If you're in a war academy instead, your teachers will probably be telling you to open all the acupoints of your martial techniques before fusing acupoints."
"Hmm?" Su Yu was surprised to hear that.
When Old Huang saw Su Yu's confused expression, he smiled, "Open the acupoints of your martial techniques during the Great Strength Realm. That way, you can also fuse those acupoints at the Infinite Strength Realm. You might even be able to reach a level where you only need one acupoint per technique. If you don't open all your acupoints and continue opening them at the Infinite Strength Realm, the fusion will be much harder. You can still fuse your acupoints, but the difficulty will increase."
Su Yu nodded, "Is it because the acupoints opened at different levels have different levels of strength as well?"
"You can say so. In truth, the strength of the acupoints are similar. But if one is an acupoint tempered by Great Strength source qi while the other is an acupoint tempered by Infinite Strength source qi, there will still be a difference between the two. Of course, even with increased difficulty, you will still be able to fuse it if you take your time slowly grinding it down."
Su Yu nodded in understanding. In that case, should he open the remaining acupoints required by the Time technique before entering the Infinite Strength Realm? Up until now, he had only opened the acupoints for the first level of the Time technique.
For the second level, 44 acupoints were required. But taking the overlap acupoints into consideration, he only needed to open around 20 additional acupoints. And after that, there was the third level.
If he really opened all of them, he would end up opening over 200 acupoints in total. He wasn't too worried about it. If he really couldn't do it, he would simply continue opening acupoints at the Infinite Strength Realm. It would only result in a slight increase in the difficulty of acupoint fusion.
Since Su Yu wasn't going to enter the grotto immediately, he did not waste his time. After greeting the two teachers, he took out a willpower text and started reading it. Time was very precious for him. He had too many things to do.
On top of his cultivation, he also needed to spare some time to attend the basic lessons and strengthen his mastery over the various languages. After all, each new page activated in his book came with a different language.
If he rashly activated the abilities or cultivation methods of some pages with unknown languages, accidents might happen too easily. Who knew if one of them was a suicidal self-destruct ability.
He was reading a common yellow-grade technique. It wasn't too valuable a technique. It was the Rampaging Tiger Saber, a trash technique requiring only 16 acupoints. Of course, it was actually a decent technique for a Great Strength cultivator when compared against other yellow-grade techniques.
With the willpower text opened, a silhouette appeared before Su Yu's eyes. With a saber in hand, the silhouette demonstrated several moves that were slow yet powerful. This was a technique that was suited for the battlefield.
To form a Divine Character from a text, one needed to first comprehend the technique or method in the text itself. This applied to cultivation methods and techniques like the Source Opening Codex, Lightning Source Blade, and Skybreak Technique.
All the willpower texts Su Yu had gained Divine Characters from were something he had comprehended even if his comprehension was shallow. Only then would he be able to form Divine Characters out of those texts. If he was completely unable to understand what he was reading, forming Divine Characters would basically be impossible.
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"This kid...is really quite hardworking. But why is he reading some trash technique?"
Old Huang and Old Nie were chatting through voice transmissions. This was a trash technique with only 17 acupoints. It was a middle-tier yellow-grade technique. For a genius like Su Yu, reading a technique like this was pointless. He wouldn't really cultivate it.
"He must be reading it for Divine Characters." Old Nie guessed, "Looks like he's trying to specialize in human characters?"
Old Huang shook his head. He couldn't be bothered to guess. That might be the case. Human characters were weaker yet easier to form. But they were really quite weak. Just what was Su Yu thinking?
The two chatted for a while before both of them suddenly fixed their gaze on Su Yu. What was going on? Had he read this text many times? Was that why he could form a character so easily? In the text, a certain character slowly dimmed. It was the saber character.
Su Yu was completely indifferent. He shut his eyes for a short while before opening it and exhaling. He then put the text away and took out a different willpower text to read.
"..."
The two old men were completely dumbstruck. Kid, you just formed a new Divine Character. Were you aware? And the kid had successfully formed it so shortly after he started reading. Why was the kid not showing any excitement or joy? He threw the matter out of his head just like that? He hadn't even bothered talking about it!
"Su Yu..."
Old Huang called out. Su Yu looked at Old Huang doubtfully. What was it?
"Yes, Teacher?"
"..."
Old Huang started wondering if he had been seeing things. He asked doubtfully, "Did you just form a Divine Character?"
"Yeah, I did."
"..."
Old Huang found himself completely speechless. What should he say here? He wanted to say that the kid was being way too nonchalant about it.
"Have you read the Rampaging Tiger Saber many times?"
This was actually Su Yu's first time reading this technique. But since he was quite familiar with saber techniques, he was able to understand it easily. But he knew what Old Huang was thinking.
Thus, to calm this elderly man, he nodded, "Well, I read a lot..."
He didn't specify what he read. In any case, he was telling the truth when he said that he read a lot. Old Huang exhaled in relief. He had thought that the kid had successfully formed a character after a single read. That would be too shocking.
Then again, this was a kid with a lot of potential. He could stay so calm even after forming a Divine Character.
"Is it the saber character? That's a decent character. You're a saber user, right? That's a good character for you. But too bad it's a human character or you can even use it as your main Divine Character. If you have a matching weapon and main Divine Character, your offensive power will be greatly enhanced."
Old Nie interrupted him, "That might not necessarily be true. The ability of the character might not suit him. Maybe this saber character only has the ability to form a saber for him or something like that."
Chapter 361: More Friends, More Alternatives (2)
"That makes sense."
Old Huang nodded in agreement.
Su Yu only smiled. These two were way too eager in offering him their opinions. Perhaps they had been too bored staying here. As for the ability of the new character...
Su Yu sent his willpower into the dim character. A stream of information flowed into his mind, telling him about the new character. He had not only formed several strokes of the character. Rather, he had formed a complete character.
As for the reason for him always forming complete characters, he could only guess that the book was the reason. Generally, a cultivator would need to form their character one stroke at a time.
Su Yu was in the mood to chat as well so he said, "Teacher Nie, I don't think my character's ability is to turn into a saber. I think it is capable of increasing sharpness and unleashing saber qi."
"Hmm?" Old Nie looked at Su Yu in amusement and said, "Kid, that's a beautiful dream there, but you never know what you get. In fact, even saber transformation is already a decent ability. Maybe your character can only be used as a wheatstone or something."
"Teacher, do you want to take a bet with me?" Su Yu revealed an honest smile and said, "You said that I was wrong. If I can prove that I was right, can I enter the grotto for free from now on?"
Old Nie looked at Su Yu suspiciously. After a while, he said, "How long will you take to complete the character? You can only know the ability after completing the character. Who knows if you'll take the chance to change to a different character in the following months? I won't be able to know that."
Su Yu was about to further shock Old Nie, but he decided against it after a short thought.
Forget it. His ability to form a complete character immediately was still a secret. Apart from Bai Feng and Liu Wenyan, nobody knew about it. And it might not be a good idea to reveal this secret to more people. Forget it.
Even Bai Feng didn't know the full truth. Bai Feng only thought that Su Yu would occasionally form complete characters. Even now, Bai Feng still thought that Su Yu was in the process of completing that myriad race character he had formed previously.
"Forget it, then. It will take months and we never know what will happen during that time."
Su Yu smiled and returned to his reading. Old Nie looked at Su Yu doubtfully. Old Huang was also feeling suspicious. This kid looked really confident for a moment there. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on novelFɪre.net
"Old Nie, don't tell me he really knows the ability of his new character."
"I'm not sure. Maybe he already has the same character and is trying to scam us with it?"
"That's very likely. This kid is definitely not as honest as he looks."
The two exchanged knowing looks. The damn little rascal was trying to scam them! Scum! Did the kid think that they were stupid? Suddenly, new visitors arrived. There were two of them, and both were covering their faces with the hoods they were wearing.
The expressions of Old Nie and Old Huang changed as both stood up together. Old Huang coldly said, "It's enough for the student to come. Why is the dao guardian here as well? All dao guardians should stay outside the Grotto District. Who gave you the permission to enter?"
The person on the back replied with a hoarse voice, "My apologies. Principal Wan said that us dao guardians will be allowed to enter these grottos from now on. As long as we have enough total earned merit, we can enter. The human race is generous enough to grant dao guardians like us access to the grottos as well."
Old Huang's face changed as he looked at Old Nie questioningly. Old Nie nodded slightly. This dao guardian was most likely telling the truth. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to get through the guards. Perhaps the academy had already sent an official notice down and they had simply not been paying attention.
Old Nie did not waste any time and turned on the device in front of him. After checking around, he said, "A notice has been sent down on the 1st. We did not notice it. In that case, you can be here."
But his tone was still unfriendly as he said, "Even if you can enter, the Source Qi Secret Grotto can only be used by those at the Skysoar Realm and below. You are obviously above that level. Do not enter any grottos without permission."
"My apologies. This is my first visit so I still don't know how things work here."
The person with the hoarse voice did not dare to show any anger despite the cold treatment. After all, they were currently within the Human Realm. Su Yu had been watching silently.
The two were covering their faces, so he couldn't get a good look at their appearance. He did manage to see the appearance of someone from the fox race previously. That person had too much fur on her face and was completely unattractive for Su Yu. He wondered what race these two were from.
They did look similar to humans, but with their hoods, Su Yu would need to scan them with his willpower to know their actual appearances. And he was not bored enough to do something like that.
While he was observing the two, they were also looking at him. They were studying him. This was Su Yu. They knew him. This was the student who had nearly caused the death of an elder not long ago. He might be the scariest student of this year's batch.
Old Huang said, "Wait outside. You might need to wait a while since the grotto is still occupied. And you, are you cultivating in the Infinite Strength Zone?" He looked at the person at the front and frowned, "Name, student number, and cultivation level. Let me check your total earned merit."
"Xia Qing, student #021, first-stage Infinite Strength Realm."
A female voice rang out. That was a refreshing voice to hear. The first thing Su Yu thought of when he heard the voice was the white civet in the prison zone. The white cat had also spoken with the same tone when they first met.
So this was...a female? What race was she from? She wasn't from the furry fox race right? Infinite Strength Realm...she wasn't weak.
While Su Yu was thinking, Old Huang checked the database and raised his brow, "You have sufficient total earned merit. Placed top 10 in the faculty's monthly exam twice and the contribution of a profound-grade martial technique..."
Xia Qing stayed silent.
The dao guardian said, "I'll be troubling both of you with the princess, then. I'll take a look around while the princess is in the grotto. Are there any suitable grottos for me here?"
Princess? Su Yu grew even more curious. This was a princess? Wow. She was quite an important person.
Old Huang couldn't be bothered to exchange pleasantries with the dao guardian and indifferently waved the guardian away. When he saw Su Yu looking at the hooded student curiously, he transmitted his voice and scolded, "What are you looking at? Are you even interested in someone with a tail? She's from the cloud tiger race. The cloud tigers aren't too strong. This is only a minor race."
Cloud tiger.
Su Yu quickly recalled what he knew about this race. This race was indeed not too strong. Among the tiger races, the strongest was probably the flying sky tiger race that was ranked 32nd among the myriad races.
As for the cloud tiger race...he couldn't remember seeing their rank. He only knew that this wasn't a strong race. Otherwise, he would have known more about them. With the knowledge that this was the princess of the cloud tiger race, he lost interest.
The leader of a minor race like this was probably only a Mountainsea. And her dao guardian felt weaker than Old Huang and Old Nie. The guardian was probably a Cloudbreach that was weaker than the two. No wonder this princess here didn't look too impressive.
Su Yu was more curious about her surname. Why was her surname Xia? Was she a child of the Xia Family and the cloud tiger race? Of course, not everyone with that surname would be related to the Xia Family.
While Su Yu was musing to himself, Xia Qing walked up to him and gently spoke in the human language, "Hello, Student Su Yu. Can I get to know you? I witnessed your victory over Senior Huang not long ago."
Su Yu looked up and folded the willpower text in his hands. He was feeling suspicious. Why was she getting so close to him? Was she trying to take a peek at his willpower text? Sure enough, the myriad races could not be trusted! Just look at how this princess was taking any chance she got to pry on the secrets of humanity!
"Hello." Su Yu flashed a warm smile and said, "Nice to meet you, Student Xia Qing. I have heard of the cloud tiger race before. This is an exceptional race. Also, you're amazing, Student Xia Qing. You actually placed top 10 twice and is also an Infinite Strength cultivator. By the way, our vice principal is Xia Changqing. Student Xia Qing..."
Xia Qing smiled and replied with her crisp voice, "I am unrelated to Vice Principal Xia. And this isn't even my original name. After my original name is translated into the human language, it comes with the Qing character. And after entering Great Xia, I naturally need to follow the local customs. Thus, I decided to give myself the name Xia Qing."
"I see." Su Yu nodded and warmly said, "And you're even a princess, Student Xia Qing. It is my honor to meet you here."
"You jest, Student Su..." Xia Qing replied with a delicate voice, "Our cloud tiger race is weak. We are not comparable with the human race. Just the elders of the academy is enough to eradicate our race. We are here to learn from the human race, hoping that we can be of more help to the human race in the Allheaven Battlefield..."
How fake. Su Yu told himself that he was not going to believe a word of that. Helping the human race? Bullshit. He would be happy if they decided to not step on the humans while they were down in the future.
Su Yu did not intend to get involved with this tigress, but he still smiled and said, "It is only natural that our races work together and profit mutually. Your arrival here is a great opportunity in itself, Princess Qing. If you need any help, don't hesitate to contact me. Some students in the academy don't understand the myriad races well. Allow me to apologize for them if some of them had slighted you. After entering the academy, we became fellow students. We're basically family."
Su Yu sighed, "In truth, I am a supporter of Principal Wan's suggestion. What a pity that some people are too stubborn. For example, the people from the single character faction. They are busy creating internal conflicts. These people are akin to cancer. I would rather befriend those from the myriad races than people like them."
With a look of regret, resentment, and helplessness, Su Yu looked at the tigress and said, "I hope you won't get mixed up with those people, Princess Qing. To speak the truth, those people are too arrogant. They believe that they are the best under the sky."
Xia Qing gently said, "These are the affairs of the great Human Realm. People like us naturally won't dare to get involved. We are only here to learn and bring some changes to the cloud tiger race. Student Su, sorry. I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in these matters."
"That's understandable. Don't worry." Su Yu smiled, "If you encounter any trouble that I can help with, don't be shy and come look for me. After all, fate has allowed us to meet here today. Naturally, it would be even better if I can be rewarded with a tiny bit of merit points for my help..."
Su Yu joked, "As a princess, money is naturally the last thing you need to worry about..."
Xia Qing smiled, "Sure. If the need arises in the future, I won't forget you, Student Su."
"..."
While the two were chatting, the two old men looked at each other. Old Huang transmitted his voice, "This kid...is being very friendly with a myriad race member. Is he really so friendly or is he scheming something again?"
"What do you think?" Old Nie was very straightforward, "Look at the cheerful smile on that kid's face. He looks so shifty. He keeps trying to dig information from her. If they continue this conversation, he will probably start asking her how much money she has."
At that moment, Su Yu softly asked, "Princess Qing, as guests in the Human Realm, you must have arrived with zero merit points, right? You have probably arrived with some resources instead. I have a friend. He's very well-connected. If you need merit points, you can sell some of your treasures to my friend. You haven't been selling to the academy or the Xia Trade Company, right? That's a scam!"
Su Yu whispered, "For example, the academy will only pay you one merit point for a drop of source qi liquid. If you're buying, you need to pay five merit points. If you look for me, I can buy it at a price of two merit points per drop. If you wish to buy, I can sell it to you at three merit points."
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Su Yu continued whispering, "This is a much better price, right? Of course, we can only trade in a low volume. We won't dare to accept any large transactions. I'm only offering this to you because we're fellow students. The risk is actually very high for us as others may accuse us of colluding with the myriad races for transacting with you guys."
Xia Qing asked in astonishment, "Really?"
"Of course."
Su Yu nodded. Inwardly, he concluded that these people had really been selling resources for merit points. That was understandable. There was no way Wan Tiansheng wouldn't take this chance to profit off them.
He wondered if he could steal some of the profits. In any case, these people were going to sell all their resources sooner or later. They would require merit points for these grottos, for food, and even for lodging. In the Human Realm, they wouldn't be able to do anything without merit points.
Nearby, Old Huang and Old Nie were completely speechless. This kid sure was gutsy. He was actually trying to snatch the principal's business.
First, he acted friendly to the myriad race students. Next, he would start doing business with them. Perhaps in the end, he would even sell these students. Sure enough, this kid was not a good person.
Suddenly, the door to the grotto opened. Someone was coming out.
A few students stepped out. Zheng Yunhui looked at Su Yu in astonishment, "Su Yu, why are you here? Are you waiting for me?"
"..."
Su Yu wanted to ignore Zheng Yunhui, but after thinking about it, he smiled, "Yunhui, this is a student from the Foreign Student Faculty. She's even a princess..."
Zheng Yunhui's face changed. His eyes widened. A thick killing intent erupted from his body. But he recalled something and snorted before leaving. He was about to have a short chat with Su Yu, but he was no longer in the mood. Wan Mingze and Xia Chan were present as well. They looked at Su Yu silently before leaving.
Su Yu softy said, "Don't mind them. What a pity. I wanted to introduce some friends to you. Looks like they are prejudiced against the myriad races. But that's understandable. To speak the truth, I used to think the same way as well. But I eventually understood that not all myriad races are enemies. Some can be our friends..."
Xia Qing was grateful, "Thank you, Student Su!"
"Don't mention it."
At this time, Old Huang asked, "So who among you will enter first?"
"Teacher, let Princess Qing go first. I'm in no rush. It is not convenient for Princess Qing to stay here too long. She can attract the hostility of others easily."
Old Huang impatiently grabbed at Xia Qing and tossed her into the grotto. Done.
With Xia Qing gone, Old Huang said nothing. But Su Yu hurriedly asked, "Senior Huang, what is the racial ability of the cloud tiger race? How much is their blood essence worth? Do they have any valuable local products? Are they rich?"
"..."
What a scumbag.
Just a moment ago, he was addressing her as princess and offering his help. But immediately after, he was asking the price of her blood essence. Was this not a total scumbag?
Old Huang rolled his eyes and said, "Of course they have a racial ability. Cloud tiger race. Tigers of the clouds. They have incredible speed. Their racial ability is wind control and air resistance reduction. Their blood essence isn't too valuable. The academy is selling a drop of their early Infinite Stage blood essence at a price of five merit points."
"Five merit points?"
In that case, the black market price would be even cheaper. Sure enough, their blood essence was not valuable. They were basically at the same level of the iron-winged birds.
"But this race has a special local product." Old Huang smiled, "In their own realm, a plant called the quickspirit grass can be found. This is the main material of a pill capable of assisting with the cultivation of movement techniques and acupoint opening. This pill is priced at 10 merit points each. It is very likely that this grass is the main product they are selling in the Human Realm."
He assumed a toying expression as he said, "Don't even dream about it. You're not good enough to profit off these myriad race students. The principal had long reserved all their treasures. You can forget about this."
"You misunderstand me, Teacher." Su Yu smiled, "You're really misunderstanding me. I am definitely not planning something like that. I was only joking with the tigress. By the way, are all the myriad race students so weak? She's only a first-stage Infinite Stage cultivator yet she can place in the top 10?"
"That's a stupid question. This is a cultural research academy. Are they here for physical cultivation? She is also a cultural researcher. She's at the peak of the Mental Tempering Stage."
"Oh."
Understanding dawned on Su Yu. But this princess did not have much worth. And even her blood essence was not valuable.
"Teacher, is the cloud tiger race a neutral race?"
"You can say so." Old Huang said with disdain, "But they also obey the flying sky tiger race. And that race is our enemy. The cloud tiger race is weak so they can only please both sides. They don't dare to offend the human race, but they also don't dare to disobey the flying sky tiger race. Thus, they could very well be harboring evil intentions toward the Human Realm."
He looked at Su Yu and asked, "Why are you asking so much about them?"
"Just asking." Su Yu smiled, "I was just trying to build a relationship. Maybe in the future at the Allheaven Battlefield, this relationship would save my life. Teacher, do you think I can defeat that tigress?"
"It would be hard. Her speed is too fast. You might not be able to keep up with her. But with your strength, if you can solve the issue with speed, defeating her wouldn't be too hard."
"Good."
Su Yu exhaled in relief. So she wasn't that special, after all.
"Teacher, does she have a lot of fur on her face?"
"No. But she has fur on her tail. Why? Are you attracted to her?"
"Nope."
Su Yu denied vehemently. He definitely wasn't thinking about anything apart from making a new friend. When away from home, one could only rely on friends. His father taught him that!
When away from home, making more friends was important. With one extra friend, he would have one extra option when in trouble. Perhaps this friendship might even prove profitable one day. It could become a very profitable friendship.
"Teacher, are these races sincere in befriending the human race?"
"Some are." Old Huang smiled, "A few of them have been maintaining a cooperative relationship with us for a long time. For example, the sky horse race. There is a Sky Horse Regiment in the Martial Dragon Guards. The sky horse race serves as mounts in this regiment. This race has always been friendly toward us..."
Su Yu rolled his eyes. He called that friendly? Humanity was using them as mounts! Whatever. He decided to stop asking questions. After about two hours, Xia Qing left. Su Yu entered the grotto after a short chat with her.
...
When Su Yu was inside the grotto and Xia Qing was gone.
Old Huang laughed, "Do you think this kid will be successful in his scam?"
"If they don't know him well, he might be successful. By the time they know him better, it will depend on whether he continues with his act. He can probably keep acting. This kid is quite a good scammer."
Old Huang laughed. That was definitely true. Su Yu was truly an incredible actor. He would only reveal a tiny bit of his true thoughts if he felt completely safe around you. Otherwise, you would probably not realize that the kid was in truth a ruthless scoundrel.
As for what he did to Huang Qifeng previously, he was avenging his senior sister. The public still believed that he had done nothing wrong in that matter.
...
At the same time.
Inside the grotto.
Su Yu took out his cultural weapon and gave it a swing. As the saber flickered forward, he could feel that it had grown even stronger than before.
"Not bad. It's not too strong, but its ability is decent."
Su Yu nodded in satisfaction. He was quite happy with his sixth character. But it was also a tad bit too weak. It didn't matter. He only needed to hammer the character every single day and spend more time nurturing it.
He stopped testing his new ability and sat down cross-legged. He was going to open new acupoints again. This time, he was planning to open the acupoints of the Soul Devouring Art.
The moment he gained the ability to corrode and burn willpower, he would have one extra trump card. And with a few additional Divine Characters, his combat prowess would increase sharply. At that time, he would probably be strong enough to challenge the top 30 students.
"Teacher and the others told me to not get involved. But how am I supposed to earn money if I stay silent? Chaos is the biggest stimulant of growth."
As for the danger, he only needed to stay in the academy to reduce the danger to the lowest level. If he did not dare to risk it when he was still a student, wouldn't he grow into a coward in the future? He shut his eyes. One acupoint after another lit up.
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In his sea of willpower, the little hammer started tempering his sea of willpower. In the beginning, it wasn't painful. But when his willpower started being compressed, a sharp pain started assaulting him.
He felt like his head was going to split apart. His heart thumped with each hammer strike, as though he was on the verge of being smashed into pieces. At the same time, he was also nurturing his little hammer with his willpower.
This was an incredible willpower offensive technique. He had to keep growing his hammer. A day would come when it would be strong enough to even crush the sea of willpower of a Mountainsea. That would be incredible.
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The hammer struck, compressed, and purified Su Yu's willpower. His 70 percent willpower started dropping, but it had improved in toughness and durability. The burden of six Divine Characters also felt much lighter than before.
At the same time, Su Yu was also opening the acupoints of the Soul Devouring Art. One acupoint after another opened. The Soul Devouring Art only required 36 acupoints, and due to the high number of acupoints Su Yu had opened, a lot of the required acupoints overlapped with what he already opened.
He only needed to open 15 new acupoints. He had 100 drops of late Infinite Strength mountainbreak bull blood essence and he only needed 2 drops to open an acupoint. He was improving rapidly. In the blink of an eye, 15 acupoints were opened.
In total, Su Yu had opened 168 acupoints. When he linked the 36 acupoints of the Soul Devouring Art, the source qi in those acupoints started changing. From a calm state, the source qi transformed into a burning state.
Su Yu tried pulling the burning source qi with his willpower. Instantly, the flame formed a black wall of flame around his sea of willpower. Corrosive and burning. This was the Soul Devouring Art.
Eventually, the source qi in the 36 acupoints was fully exhausted, but Su Yu did not mind. After some thought, he took out his cultural weapon. With the pull of his willpower, a layer of black flame only he could see appeared around the weapon.
"Soul Devouring Art!"
Su Yu's eyes flickered. This flame was actually not harming his own willpower. So it was actually able to determine the difference between friend and foe? So his own source qi wouldn't burn his own willpower? But after thinking about it, he tried to give it a try. After all, he had been controlling the flame earlier to not actually attack his own willpower. This time, he controlled the black flame and slowly touched his willpower with it.
"Ahhh!"
A miserable wail rang out. Hugging his head, Su Yu wailed. He wasn't someone who had never suffered any pain before. But even he was feeling greatly tortured by the pain. It was incomparably painful. As though his head was being burned from the inside.
"This..."
This felt much stronger than the version he had activated with blood essence.
"Is it related to my source qi?"
He had a lot of opened acupoints and pure source qi. Thus, the quality of his source qi was far higher than the quality of the source qi contained within blood essence. When he utilized the 36 acupoints to generate the altered source qi, he was able to generate something as powerful as what ninth-stage Great Strength cultivators were capable of.
That resulted in a black flame that was even stronger than before. Su Yu felt like this felt even more painful than a single death in one of his dreams. In fact, it was comparable to the pain he had felt when Zhao Li hammered him.
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Su Yu still had lingering fears from having his willpower burned for a split second. Would his victim even be able to continue fighting after being burned? He inhaled and tried something new: wrapping the layer of black flame around his hammer.
The hammer lashed out. The hammer could turn both corporeal and incorporeal. And the hammer was moving out in the incorporeal form without even causing much source qi undulations. Nevertheless, the willpower exhaustion of doing this was quite high.
"I wonder how effective this can be against others."
This could be considered his new trump card. First, he would burn his opponent's willpower. Then, he would use the chance to get near his opponent and unleash his Crushing Mountainsea move. He could probably defeat his opponent with a single kick.
"I have 168 acupoints, giving me a scarily dense source qi. But the 168 acupoints are not all linked into a system. They will only be truly linked if I can fuse all my acupoints into one."
But that was probably something only those at the Mountainsea Realm could do. According to his martial uncle, a cultivator would only be able to start fusing acupoints for the second time during the Mountainsea Realm.
Since he still had some mountainbreak bull blood essence left, he started wondering if he should open the acupoints of Time's second level or some other acupoints. For example, he could open some Pure Source Art acupoints. That way, he wouldn't need to use clearbright bird blood essence each time he needed to purify his source qi.
"But even with the acupoints of Time's second level, I might not be able to actually use that move. I should focus on Pure Source Art for now. It doesn't require a lot of acupoints and I will no longer be dependent on blood essence after cultivating that art."
It required 36 acupoints, but a lot of them overlapped with what he already opened. He only needed to open 12 new acupoints. After opening all these acupoints, his total number of acupoints opened would reach 180.
Su Yu had discovered that the more acupoints opened, the easier it was for him to find overlapped acupoints. When he cultivated new cultivation methods or techniques, the actual acupoints he needed to open would be much lower. The Pure Source Art was a great example of this. He only needed to open 12 new acupoints for it. The other 24 acupoints all overlapped with his existing acupoints.
At that thought, he couldn't help but to wonder about the total number of acupoints in a human body. If he could open all of them, would he be able to fuse all of them into a single acupoint?
...
While Su Yu was immersed in his cultivation.
Time passed.
Sub-city. Great Xia City's Eighteenth Secondary School. Rear mountain.
At the foot of the mountain was a lonesome grave. It looked bleak and desolate. In front of the grave, Liu Wenyan did not look too sorrowful. He only looked somewhat moody. Zhang Ruoling. This was once an arrogant genius who had declared that he would one day step over Mountainseas, crush Sunmoons, and step into the Invincible Realm.
But ultimately, he had been buried as a Mental Tempering Stage cultivator. If it wasn't for the fact that Zhou Mingren was planning to dig up his grave, how many people would still remember his name?
"Ruoling...rest well."
With a sigh, he poured a glass of liquor on the ground. Nine years ago, he hadn't been able to see Zhang Ruoling off. He hoped that Zhang Ruoling wouldn't mind. Then again, something like that was probably too trivial for people of their generation to care about anymore.
Liu Wenyan had already stayed in front of the grave for several hours. And he had said all he wanted to say to the grave. At that time, willpower undulations started emerging around them.
Liu Wenyan looked around and said, "He's already dead. Must you do this? Everyone will die one day. It would be fine if Ruoling had voluntarily left the Divine Character behind. Are you telling me that he deserves to have his grave dug up because he hadn't done so? Everyone, be honest. After you die, should your corpses be harvested just because someone thinks that your bones would make for a good material for weapon forging? Right, they can also harvest your blood essence from your corpses.
"Killing is easy. Even members of the Myriad Race Cult will be left alone after being killed. Should we start feasting on their corpses after killing them from now on? We have been silent for decades. Why must you force our hand like this?"
Someone spoke, "Indeed. It is improper to dig up the grave of the deceased. Even as a member of the single character faction, I stand by my opinion. This is wrong. Zhou Mingren's choice is wrong. He will ruin his reputation doing this."
Liu Wenyan smiled, "Is this Elder Tang from the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy?"
"Yes." The old man replied from the darkness, "This is an internal affair of the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. We shouldn't have gotten involved. And Zhou Mignren is the only person intending to dig up Zhang Ruoling's grave. I am not here to target anyone. Liu Wenyan, I am only here to ask you one question."
"Feel free to ask your question."
"Does the so-called data about the path to the Invincible Realm exist? Of course, since you have crippled yourself instead of reaching the Invincible Realm, I am more inclined to believe that the data does not exist. Or maybe it's simply not in your hands.
"But back then, a lot of people had perished while helping the fifth principal. And a few of them are from the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy's single character faction. Before the fifth principal left for his breakthrough, he was confident he could affirm his dao and reach the Invincible Realm. But he ended up failing and even caused so many deaths..."
Elder Tang paused slightly and said, "Whatever the truth is, you need to make it clear. If there is really no such data, can you let us have a look at the Divine Character? We can't let all those people die for nothing, right? All of them had died due to the fifth principal's lies!"
Liu Wenyan smiled, "I understand. You are here for the Divine Character. So even you guys believe that the Divine Character is the key to reaching the Invincible Realm. Am I correct?"
"Yes." Elder Tang was forthright, "All these years, all of us have been waiting for a miracle. Some of us even hope to see you succeeding. But you have not succeeded. Since you have achieved nothing after studying the character for 50 years, why keep it to yourself selfishly? Why don't you let others give it a try?"
He raised his voice, "We don't have any issue with you receiving the inheritance of the fifth principal. But how about the ones who had perished fighting for the fifth principal? Are all of them unqualified for compensation?"
Liu Wenyan sighed guilty and said, "Yes, they are qualified."
"Back then, my senior brother had ignored all objections to follow the fifth principal. Ultimately, he perished in the Allheaven Battlefield. In that case, am I, Tang Yunfei, qualified to take a look at the fifth principal's Divine Character?"
"About this..."
"Liu Wenyan, stop finding excuses." Elder Tang's voice turned cold, "You are now capable of materializing your Divine Characters. Things are no longer the same."
Liu Wenyan smiled bitterly and said, "Sigh. I was already suspicious back then. Why did no help come during the Nanyuan incident, forcing me to enter the Skysoar Realm? So this is what you guys have been waiting for."
Not far away, Wu Yuehua snorted coldly, "Those people had picked the perfect timing to carry out their plan. Both He Ji and I were either busy or in seclusion. It was during that time that Nanyuan was attacked. Bai Feng is truly garbage. He actually took so long to reach Nanyuan. What's the point of arriving if he was going to be late?"
Elder Tang said, "Are you saying that we colluded with the Myriad Race Cult? You overestimate us. Using the lives of several Sunmoons to force Liu Wenyan to achieve willpower materialization? No. That was the arrangement of fate. Fate itself wanted Liu Wenyan to achieve willpower materialization during that time. Even the heavens can't accept this anymore. In the past, he has been using his cultivation as an excuse to avoid showing the character. How about now? Can he still use the same excuse?"
Fifty years ago, Liu Wenyan had absorbed the fifth principal's Divine Character. Alas, the experiment ended in failure. Instead of strengthening himself, he suffered serious injuries and nearly killed himself.
Subsequently, some people looked for him and asked to take a look at the Divine Character. But Liu Wenyan said that he had yet to achieve willpower materialization so he had no way of showing them the character.
Fifty years later, Liu Wenyan had finally achieved willpower materialization. It had taken him five decades. And this plan to force him to return had coincidentally been carried out not long after he achieved willpower materialization. It was understandable that Wu Yuehua and the others would be suspicious. Was Liu Wenyan's breakthrough a coincidence or a part of a bigger scheme?
But like Tan Yunfei said, the Divine Skywing Sect and the divine skywing race had lost several Sunmoons during their attack on Great Xia. Could anyone even make several Sunmoons risk their lives to enter Great Xia just to force a breakthrough out of Liu Wenyan?
Perhaps everything was really a coincidence?
Liu Wenyan did not insist on talking about the conspiracy. He helplessly said, "Elder Tang, you are actually right. Sure, I have achieved willpower materialization. But I still can't materialize the Divine Character. I really can't. My sea of willpower is in a mess. All my characters are orbiting that one character. And all of them are trapped inside. I can't even materialize any of my characters."
Chapter 364: Extra Troublemaker (2)
"Heh..."
Someone sneered. The same excuse again!
"Should we wait until you reach the Invincible Realm, then?"
"Sure!" Liu Wenyan smiled, "Why don't you keep waiting? I am serious. I think I would only be able to materialize the character after reaching the Invincible Realm."
"Bullshit! Liu Wenyan, back then, you were one of the heroes of your generation. But today, you are being completely shameless. Looks like you have not only crippled your cultivation 50 years ago, but you have crippled your sense of shame as well!"
Right after those words were said, a massive cauldron flew out. Tang Yunfei was already prepared for this. He stabbed forth with his sword. With a rumble, the cauldron was parried.
"Wu Yuehua..."
But before he could finish his words, his expression changed. His face turned dark. And his flesh started rotting away. He hurriedly activated a Divine Character and burned his clothes into nothingness. After doing that, black and green smoke started rising from his body. Abruptly, countless hiss rang out as one expert after another distanced themselves from him.
Wu Yuehua summoned her cauldron back and snorted. Those bastards must have forgotten that she was from the pillmaking faculty. Why were they wasting time wagging a war of words against her? She would just poison all of them to death.
In the darkness, Tang Yun's face had turned completely dark. With a roar, a white light flickered on his body. Slowly, the darkness receded and his rotting flesh recovered. With a pale face, he gloomily said, "Liu Wenyan, is this your answer?"
Liu Wenyan helplessly said, "I really can't materialize it. Why won't you believe me? In that case, you can only kill me and try to peel it out of my sea of willpower. I can't think of anything else."
Liu Wenyan smiled, "How about this? Tell Zhou Mingren to forget about Ruoling. I'll move Ruoling's grave to Nanyuan. And I'll remain in Nanyuan as well. When I can finally materialize the character, I'll show it to all of you..."
Liu Wenyan sighed, "I have great respect toward those who had perished fighting alongside my teacher. I am willing to show my teacher's character to the descendents of those heroes. But I am really telling the truth. I still can't materialize it yet. I would have taken it out long ago otherwise. That way, I can avoid being targeted by that fellow from Great Zhou all the time..."
Liu Wenyan shrugged, "And you can only blame Great Xia King for this. He was the one who had returned with my teacher's Divine Character back then and gave it to me directly. He even said that the character would break apart if I didn't take it in immediately. I had no choice and could only absorb it into my sea of willpower. And now, the only way to take it out is to kill myself, but I don't intend to die yet. This puts us in a predicament. But Great Xia King had seen the character before. Why don't you guys ask him about it instead?"
"You...hmph!"
Tang Yunfei snorted unhappily. Asking the Great Xia King? Bullshit! This was definitely Liu Wenyan's excuse to not show them the character!
At this time, He Ji asked doubtfully, "Tang Yunfei, I remember that back then, you and your senior brother had severed your relationship with each other. How are you still qualified to look at this character? Based on your logic, everyone is qualified to look at everyone's character. Why don't you show everyone your characters as well?"
Liu Wenyan waved his hand and chided, "Stop being rude, He Ji. Elder Tang is our senior. He is from the generation of our fathers and uncles. His relationship with Martial Uncle Cao is their personal affair. How can we say that he is unqualified to look at the character? He is definitely qualified. But Elder Tang, there is something I have been wanting to say for a long time. After the death of Martial Uncle Cao, how could you expel his juniors out of the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy? You had even taken many of his belongings by force instead of leaving them to his actual successors. This isn't proper."
Tang Yunfei coldly said, "You're twisting the facts. In order to follow the fifth principal, my senior brother had offended some people. After his death, his juniors had looked for me to end the conflict. Thus, I gave all the belongings of my senior brother to those people to end the quarrel. How would you know the truth by listening to rumors?"
Liu Wenyan nodded with a smile, "I see. I misunderstood you. By the way, your principal, Jin Yuhui, wasn't originally a member of the single character faction, right? Why are you guys claiming that your principal is one of the creators of the character fusion path? Also, why had the multiple character faction and character technique wall of your academy mysteriously disappeared?"
Tang Yunfei asked, "Is character fusion only unique to the multiple character faction?"
"That is actually the case!" Liu Wenyan smiled, "Fifty years ago, we were the only ones focusing on character fusion. Your single character faction had only learned about character fusion after my junior brother's Wentan Research Center came out with their research result regarding character fusion. That was the thing that had helped your faction step onto the path of character fusion. That was the start of your so-called system. Are you going to deny all that?"
Tang Yunfei snorted disdainfully, "Was Hong Tan the only person researching the fusion of characters into a system?"
"So you're really denying it?" Liu Wenyan said, "Forget it. It's pointless to argue with a bunch of shameless scoundrels. Why is the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy insisting on getting involved in this? Do you think that the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy can become the number one academy in Great Xia after taking us down? How about you try defeating Wan Tiansheng first before dreaming about the top position?"
Liu Wenyan couldn't be bothered to waste more time talking with Elder Tang and said, "If anyone else runs their mouth, just beat them to death. I'm here to spend some time with Ruoling while waiting for Zhou Mingren. What an asshole. Why is he doing something only animals would do at his age? Is he not afraid that he'll get a deformed child as karma? By the way, does he have a child?"
"Nope."
"Looks like the heavens have taken away his ability to breed." Liu Wenyan sighed, "It's fine for singles like us to not have children. But Zhou Mingren has a wife, right? This is definitely karma."
"..."
Nobody said anything to that. Liu Wenyan was getting more and more shameless nowadays. Suddenly, a ruckus erupted not far away.
"What are you doing? Why are you stopping me? I'm here to visit my martial uncle! How can you stop me? Does this road belong to you? A good dog does not stand in the middle of the road. Piss off."
Bai Feng's furious voice rang out. He looked at the two people standing in front of him with fury and impatience as he said, "I'm telling you. Get out of my way. Even I am afraid of myself when I'm angry. Us cultural researchers are very reasonable. We should pay close attention to our image when doing something. I'm warning you. Don't force me to forget about my image."
There was a man and a woman blocking his way. One was a ninth-stage Skysoar while the other was a second-stage Cloudbreach. The two of them were looking at Bai Feng with unfriendly expressions.
"Bai Feng, this is not the place for you to mess around." The man, who was the Cloudbreach, looked at Bai Feng coldly and said, "Are you sure you want to involve yourself? It is better to hide in the academy than to throw your life away here."
Bai Feng blanked out slightly. He looked at the two and asked doubtfully, "Are you...intending to kill here?"
He looked around and asked in astonishment, "This is the Great Xia City. You're actually trying to kill someone here?"
He roared, "Are the laws of Great Xia for decoration? Where are the people of the Xia Family? Are they all dead? You guys are going to ignore this? They just threatened to kill me!" Read full story at novelꜰire.net
Not far away, someone coldly said, "Bai Feng, do you want the Martial Dragon Guards to fight for you? This place has been classified as a temporarity warzone. You guys can do as you wish. We are only here to enforce the new rules. For every square meter you damage, you'll be fined 1,000 merit points. For every Skysoar you kill, you need to kill 10 enemy Skysoars on the battlefield."
Yes. The rules were that simple. The Xia Family would not get involved in this conflict.
Bai Feng smiled, "That was a misunderstanding. I thought that the Xia Family had decided to let go of Great Xia. My apologies. I'll watch my mouth next time. Don't waste your energy being angry at me..."
When the people from the Martial Dragon Guards heard that, they were rendered speechless. Forget it. They couldn't be bothered to deal with this shameless person. They would forgive him since this was his first time doing something like this.
Bai Feng straightened his clothes and put down the bag he was carrying on his back. Looking at the two, he softly said, "Let me through. I will accompany my martial uncle to death if he has to die. Is this acceptable? Stop blocking the way. Why are you doing this?"
The man ignored Bai Feng. Instead, he looked at the things Bai Feng left on the ground thoughtfully.
"Bai Feng, as your senior student, I'll give you some advice. Go back to your research. Is this..."
He pointed at the bag on the ground. Were these the tools and data related to the Soul Devouring Art research? Or were these related to blood essence abilities? Why was Bai Feng here with these things?
Bai Feng asked cautiously, "What are you doing? Like I said, I'm here to stand by my martial uncle's side. If I have to, I'll accompany him to death. Are you guys trapping them here? What is the point of this? If too big of a ruckus is created, it would make all of us look bad. One of you is a Skysoar while the other is a Cloudbreach. You're unimportant underlings. Why work so hard?"
The man ignored him and reached out for the bag directly.
Bai Feng was stunned, "You're actually robbing me?"
He looked at the Martial Dragon Guards not far away and yelled, "Are even robberies allowed here now?"
The man successfully grabbed the bag. Since this place had been classified as a warzone, all those civilian laws were no longer applicable.
"You made the first move, not me!"
Bai Feng roared and a sword appeared out of nowhere before swinging down with an incredible speed. The man was already ready for a fight, so he snorted coldly before grabbing at the sword. His palm shone with a golden light as he sent a Divine Character into his arm. He easily caught the sword.
He was somewhat astonished. The sword felt quite weak. Bai Feng's Dragon Slaying Sword had defeated even Hu Wensheng. Was it supposed to be so weak? While he was thinking, his junior sister suddenly shouted. Before the man could even react, a slim sword abruptly stabbed through his head.
Bai Feng casually caught the bag that was falling before looking at the woman who was rushing toward him. He smiled, "Senior Sister, don't mess around. It has been a few years since I last killed anyone. This is especially true for women. Don't be naughty."
He then slung the bag over his back again and left, ignoring the woman. While leaving, he shouted, "Martial Uncle, Elder Wu, help! Someone is trying to kill me!"
"..."
Meanwhile, the nearby observers were completely stunned. Bai Feng had killed his opponent just like that? That was a Cloudbreach! How did he do it? How dare he do it? That was a Cloudbreach from the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy! Just like that, he was dead?
The Cloudbreach remained standing for quite a while before collapsing onto the ground.
Dead!
Not far away, Bai Feng continued shouting, "Help! They're trying to kill me! It was self defense! You can't blame me for that!"
However, Liu Wenyan and the others couldn't be bothered to care about what he was shouting. They all looked solemn. What the fuck was that? Two Dragon Slaying Swords? One was caught while the other was used to easily kill the Cloudbreach.
"Two Dragon Slaying Swords?"
Liu Wenyan and company were not the only ones shocked. The surrounding experts were all shocked as well. Where did Bai Feng get his two Dragon Slaying Swords? Both looked authentic!
But the two swords were not exactly the same. One seemed to have fewer Divine Characters in it. What was going on? Both were the real deal? The only difference between the two was the strength. One was stronger and the other was weaker.
Chapter 365: Extra Troublemaker (3)
Meanwhile, Bai Feng was completely indifferent to the fact that he had just killed someone. So what? This wasn't the first life he had taken. He had taken quite a lot of lives before. Since the area had already been classified a warzone, what was wrong with killing an opponent?
As for whether the opponent was a human or non-human, it did not matter. He only cared that it was an enemy.
"Bastard!"
A roar rang out as a massive mountain dropped down at Bai Feng. This madman! He had actually spilled the first drop of blood right after arriving! The surrounding people were still in shock.
They were shocked at what Bai Feng was capable of. They were also shocked at his ruthlessness. He had killed his opponent without any hesitation. He even took the time to straighten his clothes before killing. Was this the so-called grace of a cultural researcher?
Not far away, Liu Wenyan had a stunned expression. He couldn't help rubbing his temple. Holy shit! Was this little bastard here to create trouble for him? The first thing he did after arriving was to kill someone. Was he trying to get them encircled and killed?
Bastard!
Liu Wenyan had also gotten the urge to kill someone several times, but he had held himself back. Why? Because they were weaker. Did this bastard not know how to consider their situation before killing?
But Bai Feng did not care about any of that. He continued shouting, "Martial Uncle, save me! Help!"
"..."
Wu Yuehua and the others were frowning gloomily. But they still had to help Bai Feng. With a rumble, the falling mountain was pushed back. Wu Yuehua also took a few steps back from the impact.
Not far away, Elder Sun stepped out with an ashen expression. He roared, "Bai Feng, you bastard! How can you go straight for the kill?"
Bai Feng shouted, "Elder Sun, it was a misunderstanding! I didn't expect Senior Brother Zhang to be so weak! I only attacked once! He was a second-stage Cloudbreach! Holy shit! How can a Cloudbreach be killed with one stab? He was way too weak!"
"..."
Elder Sun had an unsightly expression. Bastard! Even after killing someone, this bastard was still so cocky!
Bai Feng suddenly turned pale with fright, "Damn it! Do I have to kill 10 second-stage Cloudbreach cultivators at the Allheaven Battlefield for this? I'm so fucked!"
"..."
The surroundings looked at him silently, allowing him to keep playing the fool. Those not in the know were still confused about the two Dragon Slaying Swords.
Meanwhile, Liu Wenyan frowned and ignored the matter concerning the two swords. He transmitted his voice, "Why did you kill?"
"I have been annoyed at him for a long time. Three years ago, he tried to ambush me at the Allheaven Battlefield. I discovered the plan earlier and decided to not pursue the matter. Since he's coming after me again, I might as well end him once and for all."
Bai Feng urged, "Martial Uncle, look at our situation! We should start killing and show them that we are not pushovers! If we keep waiting like this, more and more of their people will arrive! And they will all think that we are afraid of them! Nowadays, you have to be ruthless or people will walk all over you! Get Martial Aunt to kill a couple of Mountainseas! I guarantee that all problems will be gone with that. They would all calm down. I reckon they would even forget about the grave after that.
"As long as we can kill enough people, they will start retreating. Their unity will fall apart. This is merely a disorganized mob. We don't have the time to take this conflict slow. Just kill a few of them. They are all useless anyway. Even at the front line, they are only good for bringing trouble for their fellow humans.
"Kill! Kill until even the Xia Family is forced to move! Kill until even the Zhou Family is forced to move. At that point, the entire conflict would be resolved. If we keep staying passive, this conflict will never end. It has been 50 years. Why are we still dragging this out?"
"Killing a Cloudbreach won't do anything. Even killing a Mountainsea won't do anything. They would definitely calm down if a Sunmoon is killed." Liu Wenyan helplessly said, "But the thing is, could your garbage teacher kill a Sunmoon? No, right?"
Bai Feng shut his mouth in embarrassment. Yeah. He doubted his teacher could do that.
"There you have it. And not a single Sunmoon has shown up yet. Even if we want to kill one, there won't be anyone to kill."
At that point, Bai Feng had already reached Liu Wenyan's group. Not far away, Elder Sun was looking at his dead student with fury.
Dead! Just like that, his student had been killed by Bai Feng. That was a Cloudbreach!
Waves of willpower swept over to examine the corpse. Before long, all of them concluded that this person had been killed after having his sea of willpower punctured by a sword. The sword in question was Bai Feng's Dragon Slaying Sword.
They had also confirmed that the first sword was also a Dragon Slaying Sword. At this time, an old man stepped out and looked at Bai Feng.
After shooting the old man a glance, Bai Feng softly asked,"Martial Uncle, is this the grandfather of that genius from Great Zhou?"
"Yeah."
"I heard that the little genius is planning to challenge me. Will this old man go crazy if I kill that little genius during the challenge?"
"..."
Liu Wenyan was speechless. This scoundrel was definitely here to create trouble for him! That must be the case!
"Forget it. I'm older than that kid. I'm definitely not someone who will bully a kid. Just let my student deal with him. Genius? Freak? They all can be killed with a single stab. How boring."
Bai Feng tossed his bag to the ground, straightened his clothes again, and smiled at the elders in the sky in his elegant white outfit, "Stop looking at me. That was an accident. He was too weak. How about this? I accept all challenges of those at the third-stage Cloudbreach Realm and below.
"If I can't kill them with one attack, they are free to kill me. Don't try to bully me with someone older than me. Third-stage Cloudbreach Realm is my limit. I'm warning you. If you try to bully me with a Mountainsea, there is a Mountainsea in my family as well. If you attack me again, Elder He and Elder Wu will also start attacking your juniors. It's better if we continue following the rules here.
"Don't forget that I have a teacher as well. My teacher is a peak eighth-stage Mountainsea on the verge of reaching the ninth stage. Before attacking me, think about your son, your daughter, your dogs, and your cats. This is not a good game to play."
Bai Feng smiled cheerily, "Therefore, we should all play by the rules. Also, don't come near me or I might lose control and kill someone else accidentally."
In the sky, Elder Sun and the others revealed themselves. All of them were looking at Bai Feng frostily.
Bai Feng appeared completely indifferent. He took out his communicator and called someone. When the call connected, he said, "Teacher, Sun Tao is bullying me. He's trying to kill me. Do you know his address? Don't come back. Go to his ancestral home and kill his entire family first..."
"What? You can't? Why? Because that's not a warzone? Oh, I understand. It's not you. It's the Myriad Race Cult. Do you understand? Great! Alright, I'm ending the call. They are insisting on killing me. I'm busy."
"..."
Bai Feng ended the call and shrugged at the elders in the sky, "Erm, my teacher is on his way back. Stop bullying me."
Elder Sun's eye became even colder.
"What a surprise, Bai Feng. You are actually the most ruthless person in the multiple character faction."
Bai Feng murmured, "Ruthless? I'm actually very kind. I left one of them alive! But if you insist on troubling me, that survivor will be the one to die next"
Elder Sun gave Bai Feng a deep look before descending on the ground and lifted his dead student. His heart ached. Looking at the crying female student beside him, he said, "Retreat from the warzone."
He then turned around and left. The Mountainseas in the sky vanished one after another. And all around them, people were retreating.
Madman.
Bai Feng was a complete lunatic. Not even they had killed anyone, but Bai Feng had killed someone the moment he was here. Bai Feng had accepted the challenge of everyone at the third-stage Cloudbreach Realm and below, but who among those with such cultivation level could survive that attack of his?
Why did this bastard have two Dragon Slaying Swords?
Bai Feng had never been weak. Hu Wensheng was a genius teaching assistant that was not weaker than regular first-stage Cloudbreach cultivators. Yet Bai Feng had defeated Hu Wensheng with one move when he was still a seventh-stage Skysoar.
Now that he was already an eighth-stage Skysoar, regular first or second stage Cloudbreach cultivators wouldn't be his match. The opponents of these freaks had always been other freaks, not those ordinary cultivators.
Suddenly, their surroundings were devoid of people.
Bai Feng curled his lips in disdain before flashing a wide smile at Liu Wenyan, "Martial Uncle, am I amazing? Don't you guys feel terrible surrounded by those people? I felt bad the moment I got here. And look, those people are all gone. Before someone actually strong is here, they won't dare to show their faces anymore."
Wu Yuehua looked at him curiously and asked, "So you really don't care about your relationship with the people from the same academy as you..."
"Relationship?" Bai Feng rolled his eyes, "The relationship is long gone. If there is actually a relationship worth speaking of, would something like this even happen? We should just kill those people until the survivors are so afraid that they kneel down and apologize. Before this, I was too lazy to deal with them. My senior brother is very patient, but I'm not. Against them, I will let my sword do the talking. In the academy, I can only defeat them. Outside the academy where I can actually kill, I'll just kill them."
"Kid, you're truly ruthless." Wu Yuehua shook her head.
Bai Feng gloomily said, "Stop talking about me. Your precious grandniece is not any less ruthless than me. Since the multiple character faction is filled with nice guys, I have to be the ruthless one. Even my teacher said that I resembled my grandteacher the most. Is that right, Martial Uncle?"
"..."
Liu Wenyan sighed, "If your grandteacher is really this ruthless, will there be all these troubles?"
Not even Bai Fengs grandteacher was this ruthless! His grandteacher was only arrogant. Otherwise, the single character would have ceased existing. Of course, when the fifth principal was around, nobody dared to bully them.
Bai Feng did not mind. He continued smiling brightly while looking at Liu Wenyan, as though he was looking at the most beautiful woman in existence.
He transmitted his voice, "Martial Uncle, I found a way to deal with the pressure of your Divine Character. I can help you reach the Invincible Realm in one day. Come, let me take a look at your brain, no, your sea of willpower, wait, no, your Divine Character. Martial Uncle, everyone has left. Come on, I can't wait anymore."
Bai Feng then took out a bunch of devices from his bag and ran all over the place to gather some wood, soil, and stones to build a small building.
"Come on in, Martial Uncle, let me look at your brain, I mean your Divine Character. I promise I'm not dissecting you. Don't worry. Come on. We're running out of time."
"..."
Liu Wenyan and the others watched with dumbfounded expressions as Bai Feng built a small room in record time, installed his devices in the room, including a wooden bed, before looking at Liu Wenyan with burning eyes. The only thing the room lacked was Liu Wenyan on the bed.
Bai Feng anxiously said, "Elder Wu, can you seal our surroundings with your willpower? Elder He, help me watch our surroundings. Elder Fan, help me capture my martial uncle. His Divine Character issue is very serious. I'm trying to cure him."
"..."
Everyone stared at him in stupefaction. Had this kid gone mad?
...
While Bai Feng was going crazy.
Su Yu walked out of the grotto. Everything had proceeded smoothly. This time, he had not opened too many acupoints. He had only opened what he needed for the Soul Devouring Art and Pure Source Art. His total opened acupoints had reached 180.
The Source Qi Secret Grotto wasn't too suited for cultivating his soul apertures. With 10 drops of five elemental blood essence, he had only opened 3 apertures. All in all, he had opened 180 acupoints and 23 apertures.
His willpower percentage had dropped to around 65 percent. In his sea of willpower, the little hammer was still working hard to temper his willpower.
"Time to court some trouble!"
He had to do something to reduce the pressure his teachers were facing outside the academy. It would be even better if he could stop even one single character faction elder from leaving the academy.
The moment he stepped out of the grotto, his shadow barriers covered his acupoints and apertures. He wasn't going to let Old Huang spy on him anymore. Old Huang stared at Su Yu speechlessly. This kid had deliberately done so in front of him. It wasn't like he was intending to do anything this time.
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"Not bad." Su Yu smiled, "Teacher, I'll be taking my leave."
"Do you need my help in masking your cultivation?"
"Nope. I am an honest man with nothing to hide." Su Yu smiled, "Thank you, Teacher. By the way, you don't have to shut the grotto the next time I visit. I don't want to create unsavory rumors in the academy. I'll come often."
Su Yu then ran off.
Old Huang laughed at the kid's antics. Beside him, Old Nie said, "His killing intent is boiling. This kid has delayed his breakthrough into the Infinite Strength Realm for the sake of cultivating the Soul Devouring Art. Who is he targeting this time?"
"Who else?" Old Huang indifferently said, "Whatever. They can create as much trouble as they want. It would be even better if they can suffer some damage from this mess. The academy is long due a cleansing. Over the past 50 years, the academy has produced more experts. But the unity is no more. And Wan Tiansheng is the culprit. Time to cleanse the academy. After clearing these tumors, the academy will only grow stronger."
Old Nie nodded, "Multiple character faction...sigh."
After the sigh, the two sank into silence again.
The wind was blowing. The storm was near.