Chapter 482: Farewell (1)
Hong Tan had left. And Su Yu was relieved.
His grandteacher had not asked too many questions. Su Yu had expected that as the people from the multiple character faction seemed to place a lot of importance on respecting one's fortuitous encounters.
They would never pry into the fortuitous encounter of others unless that person was willing to say that themselves. In truth, this was the same mentality many experts had.
Everyone had their own encounters. Only a small number of people would greedily aim for the encounters of others. Most people only cared about their own encounters because one might not necessarily be able to snatch what someone else had obtained from a fortuitous encounter. Even if one could get it, one might not be able to put it to use.
"Skysoar..."
Su Yu muttered to himself. It was still too early for him to enter that realm. He did not intend to do so anytime soon. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel⦿fire.net
Since he could now disassemble his character technique, he could always split his character technique into sets of eight characters. The first set would be more than enough for his advancement. With 90 percent willpower, the Skysoar Realm really wasn't that far from him anymore.
In truth, it was not impossible to break the record of that genius from Great Zhou. Ignoring those from the other batches, there were at least five or six students from Su Yu's batch capable of doing so.
In the past, reaching the Skysoar Realm in six months seemed impossible to Su Yu. But at this point, that seemed a lot more possible. But it was pointless to pursue quick advancement just to break records.
"Fortunately, I was able to absorb so much willpower without exposing myself."
Only a few people knew the truth. He needed to stay low-profile! That was Principal Wan's advice! He believed that this time, he had successfully done what the principal asked.
If he had openly competed against the single character faction for willpower, he would be in a lot of trouble even if he could prevail over the single character faction. He might even attract the attention of experts who he definitely didn't want paying attention to him.
"Seclude myself and heal up!"
Su Yu made up his mind. His grandteacher was entering seclusion. He was going to do so as well. He could do so on the pretext of needing to recover from his injury. Yes. He had been injured by the grotto collapse. His injury was quite severe!
As for the research center he was supposed to be founding, the classes the multiple character faction was supposed to be starting, the Mutual Aid Club, and the Single Eradication Club, all of that could be put aside for now.
Oh, there were also some beasts waiting to be fed downstairs. Well, it would be fine. They wouldn't die so easily. Su Yu could no longer be bothered to work more on the beasts.
The next time he visited the prison zone would also be the time for him to finally subdue those beasts. He needed a show of force to suppress them or they would stay stubborn and disobedient.
...
On the 26th of October, Su Yu and the others left the grotto.
On the 27th of October, the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy welcomed a series of good news.
Zhan Hai had broken through into the Skysoar Realm.
Both his willpower and physical cultivation had advanced at the same time. On that same day, he forged his body with some divine blood essence and reached the third-stage Skysoar Realm immediately.
Of course, that was only the level of his physical cultivation. His willpower cultivation was still stuck at the first stage.
At the same time, Liu Hong had easily entered the Cloudbreach. Including Hu Wensheng, the single character faction had welcomed two new Cloudbreach experts, winning them some much needed prestige.
Both Hu Wensheng and Liu Hong were promoted into junior researchers. Additionally, genius teaching assistant, Wu Qi, had left for the Allheaven Battlefield. She aimed to seek her advancement into the Cloudbreach Realm through slaughter.
Of the geniuses in their batch, Bai Feng was the only person still stuck below the Cloudbreach Realm. In fact, Bai Feng was still suffering from his serious injuries. Many people couldn't help but feel regretful when they thought of this. Out of all the geniuses in that batch, Bai Feng had the worst fate.
And something even worse was waiting for him. He was going to be joining the Vanguard Regiment soon. Nobody knew if he could even survive that.
...
Su Yu had vanished from the public eye. According to the rumors, he had suffered a heavy injury from the grotto collapse and his sea of willpower had destabilized.
A lot of people sighed with regret. Su Yu had been fighting for so long and won so many matches just to be seriously injured when he was in a grotto. One could only blame fate for being unkind.
...
When the 1st of November rolled around, Su Yu finally walked out of the research center.
He still looked somewhat pale.
His pale pallor was due to the lack of sunlight for the past few days, not his supposed injuries. But thanks to his paleness, he looked a lot more delicate than before.
Outside.
Wu Jia had a look of heartache as she asked, "Junior Brother, have you not recovered yet?"
"I'm fine." Su Yu smiled. He said, "Congratulations, Senior Sister!"
Wu Jia had entered the Infinite Strength Realm. As for her willpower cultivation, it had reached the peak Mental Tempering Stage. And she had opened a total of eight apertures. This was decent progress. Or to be precise, this was actually great progress.
She had already reached a level where she could start preparing to enter the Skysoar Realm.
Beside her, Chen Yong smiled, "It's only the Infinite Strength Realm. What's there to be happy about? But when are you entering the Infinite Strength Realm?"
"Soon."
This was what Su Yu had been planning on doing. In fact, he had been contemplating on the matter of acupoint fusion while cultivating during the past few days. After digesting all the willpower he had absorbed, he had pushed the number of his opened apertures to 104. He wasn't able to reach his goal, but it was still good progress.
At that point, he shifted his focus to the Infinite Strength Realm instead of stubbornly trying to open more apertures.
"But fusing acupoints might be more difficult for you..." Chen Yong said, "You cultivate the Sky Sundering Saber so you need to fuse 16 acupoints if you want a perfect advancement. Jia only cultivates the War God Art so 12 acupoints are enough for her to enter the Infinite Strength Realm."
Su Yu smiled, "Senior Sister, how many acupoints have you fused so far?"
One could advance into the Infinite Strength Realm with as little as two fused acupoints. Since Wu Jia had entered the Infinite Strength Realm so early, she must not have fused too many acupoints.
Wu Jia had a happy smile as she said, "I fused 10. Even before this, I already fused 7 of them. And I have fused a few more recently. I advanced the moment I reached 10 fused acupoints. This will make me a true Infinite Strength cultivator instead of a fake Infinite Strength cultivator."
With 10 fused acupoints, one would be considered a true Infinite Strength cultivator.
Chen Yong helplessly said, "I told her to wait until she has 12 fused acupoints, but she refused to listen. She said that even you are already a ninth-stage Great Strength cultivator. It is too embarrassing for a senior to be at the same level so she insisted on advancing. Whatever. I guess she can continue fusing acupoints even after this even though the difficulty would increase."
Yes. One could continue fusing acupoints even after advancing into the Infinite Strength Realm. That also applied to the fused acupoints they had used for their advancement into the realm. However, the repelling force between the acupoints would also be stronger.
Thus, if Wu Jia wanted to increase the number of her fused acupoints from 10 to 12, the final 2 acupoints would be harder to fuse since she was doing it after entering the Infinite Strength Realm.
Wu Jia seemed indifferent. She said, "This is already very impressive, Teacher. With 10 fused acupoints, I can be considered a genius even in a war academy. Your standards are too high, Teacher."
"You..."
Chen Yong had a pampering tone. He smiled and decided to stop nagging. In a way, she was right. That was actually pretty impressive.
If she continued to suppress her advancement, she would lose even more confidence. Thus, advancing would be good for her as she could finally throw all those useless thoughts out of her mind and focus on cultivating.
"Teacher, I am actually quite good. My willpower is almost full as well. After forming two more characters, I can start aiming for willpower materialization..."
That would bring her into the Skysoar Realm.
After doing a short calculation, Wu Jia smugly said, "At the latest, I will be able to enter the Skysoar Realm early next year. That makes me someone who has reached the Skysoar Realm in less than three years after entering the academy. Teacher, I am going to break Martial Uncle's record."
Chen Yong did not know whether to laugh or cry. He said, "Your Martial Uncle had to form more characters than you before he could advance. And he was also a lot more knowledgeable than you. In truth, life was very bad back then. Your martial uncle had no access to these benefits you are currently enjoying."
He stopped at that and sighed before looking at Su Yu, "Let's go. We'll see your teacher off."
This was the day of separation.
Bai Feng was leaving.
The Allheaven Battlefield was his destination.
The moment that was said, Su Yu's expression dimmed. But he quickly recovered before putting on a smile. "Let's go see my teacher off."
Having said that, they started heading toward the academy exit.
...
At the academy gate, a group of people were also bidding someone farewell.
They were bidding Zheng Yuming farewell.
At this moment, Zheng Yuming had recovered from his physical injuries, but he still looked somewhat pale.
Behind him, a few soldiers from the Great Xia Army were waiting. There would be some soldiers in charge of escorting every individual banished to the Allheaven Battlefield. Or to be precise, they were around to ensure that these individuals would not run off and join the Myriad Race Cult while on their way to the battlefield.
Zhou Mingren himself had arrived. He stood to the side without saying anything. The students of Zheng Yuming were also present. Some of them noticed Su Yu. Their faces turned unsightly. One could say that Su Yu was the reason this had happened to Zheng Yuming. They really wanted to kill Su Yu.
Meanwhile, Su Yu strode over with a calm expression without saying a single word. These people hated him. But did he like them?
Bai Feng and Liu Wenyan. One was his first teacher while the other was his academy teacher. Both had been exiled to the Allheaven Battlefield. And these people had received a punishment worse than Zheng Yuming. Unlike Zheng Yuming, they needed to kill 10 cultivators of the same cultivation level.
Bai Feng needed to kill 10 Cloudbreach cultivators before he could return. As for Liu Wenyan, unless he could enter the Sunmoon Realm, he could forget about returning.
According to Great Xia's laws, he would need to kill 20 Mountainseas or 2 Sunmoons to end his exile. Liu Wenyan was merely a Skysoar. How was he supposed to do that? Standing beside Zheng Yuming was Huang Qifeng, who was looking at Su Yu with a dark expression.
Su Yu!
Zheng Yuming appeared calm. When he noticed Su Yu's group, he smiled and said, "Su Yu, I had not tried to kill you. That was a misunderstanding. I hope we can undo this misunderstanding today."
"The conflict between the single and multiple character factions have persisted for many years. But it has always been limited in scale. No lives have been lost to the struggle in the past. Recently, that has changed. Lives were lost and lines were crossed. I was unaware of my teacher's attempt to rob Senior Zhang Ruoling's grave for me. That was not what my teacher had initially planned to do. Everything had only happened due to a series of coincidences."
Su Yu said nothing.
Zheng Yuming did not mind the silence. He looked at Chen Yong and smiled, "Head Manager Chen should understand that for certain matters, we are merely chess pieces. When some people move, we have to move as well. We don't really have a choice."
Chen Yong calmly said, "Elder Zheng is right."
"Are you seeing Bai Feng off?"
Zheng Yuming said, "Let's go together since are all mere chess pieces. Our fates do not lie in our own hands."
Chen Yong said nothing. He left with Su Yu and Wu Jia.
After they left, someone beside Zheng Yuming softly said, "Teacher, why bother saying all that to them?"
Zheng Yuming smiled, "I was merely speaking my mind after a recent realization."
He then looked at his teacher before looking at the towering Heart Cultivating Pavilion in the distance. He then smiled. That was a helpless smile. A smile that mocked himself.
In the end, Wan Tiansheng was the true master of this academy. And the Xia Family was still the true master of Great Xia.
"Teacher..." He transmitted his voice, "Teacher, from now on, I won't be around anymore. This Great Xia looks beautiful on the outside, but it is merely a giant cauldron that is slowly boiling us inside. Both Wan and Xia are using us as chess pieces. The same goes for Great Zhou. Teacher, just enter seclusion and ignore all these affairs. Focus on entering the Sunmoon Realm. At the very least, your voice will hold more weight as a Sunmoon."
Zhou Mingren said nothing.
"Teacher, isn't the Sunmoon Realm your goal? For now, let go of the single character faction if you need to. Face, legacy, wealth...none of that is important. The moment you become a Sunmoon, you can rise to the top again. Let Elder Sun and the others waste their time with all those troubles."
Zhou Mingren nodded, but he still wasn't saying anything.
With a complicated expression on his face, Zheng Yuming gave the academy one last glance and smiled before turning around. While walking away, he waved his hand and said, "Everyone, let us part ways here. If fate allows it, we shall meet again."
And if fate did not allow it, this might be their final meeting.
Behind, Huang Qifeng called out with grief, "Teacher..."
"Cultivate well. Aim to enter the Skysoar Realm as soon as you can." Zheng Yuming said, "The world of Skysoars is a lot more wondrous. What's the point of constantly getting into conflicts between Mental Tempering Stage cultivators? Even if you end up dying in one such conflict, it would be a pointless death."
By the time he finished his sentence, he was already far away from the academy. The soldiers followed behind him. There were four of them and each of them was a Cloudbreach.
Chapter 483: Farewell (2)
Eighteenth Secondary School.
At the entrance.
When Su Yu and company arrived, Bai Feng and the others were walking out of the rear mountain.
That was quite a large group.
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All these people had arrived.
They were here to bid Liu Wenyan farewell. Meanwhile, Bai Feng was standing alone to the side, looking incomparably pitiful and lonesome.
When Bai Feng saw Su Yu's arrival, he regained his spirit. He joyfully said, "My precious student, you're finally here! It has been a while! Your teacher misses you a lot!"
"..."
Su Yu did not know whether to laugh or cry. He stepped forth and gave a slight bow, "Teacher."
"Be at ease. Stop wasting time with these formalities." Bai Feng was in a decent mood. He smiled at Chen Yong and said, "Senior Brother, has this kid been creating more trouble for you?"
"Nope." Chen Yong smiled,"If even you aren't creating trouble, how would he create trouble?"
"What are you saying?" Bai Feng laughed, "I'm going to the Allheaven Battlefield soon. What trouble can I create? Killing enemies is the only thing I can do from now on."
He looked at Su Yu and sighed, "I don't think I have taught you much. It's really regrettable. I was looking forward to your advancement into the Skysoar Realm during your time in the grotto to fulfill this final wish of mine. What a pity."
Su Yu rolled his eyes. Was there a need for that? His teacher was still thinking of studying his blood character.
"Teacher, how's your injury?"
"I'm all fine now." Bai Feng said, "My injury isn't too bad. I only have some destroyed characters and a drop in willpower cultivation. That's nothing. I will recover in no time and become a super expert at the eighth or ninth-stage Skysoar."
"But your rivals have all entered the Cloudbreach Realm..."
Bai Feng was rendered speechless. Why mention that? Did the kid think that he wasn't aware of that? The kid was really bad at conversations.
"What's the big deal about the Cloudbreach Realm?" Bai Feng indifferently said, "A temporary lead does not mean anything. I only regret that I will no longer have the chance to do a few things. Firstly, I will no longer be able to deal with Shan Tianhao's grandson, the super genius from Great Zhou. Secondly, I also won't have the chance to deal with that bastard from the war academy anymore. If you manage to enter the Skysoar Realm...forget it. You probably won't be that bastard's match. I'll deal with him myself after returning."
Bai Feng continued muttering to himself, "I'm heading out to the battlefield, but I don't even have a lady seeing me off. Look over there..."
He winked in Liu Wenyan's direction.
"Kid, you shouldn't learn from me. You should learn from your Teacher Liu. Just look at him. Tsk tsk."
Bai Feng started laughing, but immediately after, Wu Yuehua gave him a glare. His face instantly turned dark. He had been poisoned by a single glance. He helplessly cupped his hands at her and begged for forgiveness before the tone of his face returned to normal.
Su Yu had to resist the urge to laugh. After thinking about it, he said, "Teacher, I have organized some information regarding ability blood essence. Can you have a look and see if I got anything wrong?"
"You're asking me to check your homework?"
Bai Feng laughed, "I almost forgot about this!"
He then accepted a jade talisman from Su Yu.
But when he sent his willpower inside, his eyes flickered. He looked at Su Yu and smiled, "My lovely student, you have reached a high attainment in research."
There were six cultivation manuals in the talisman. Four of them were cultural arts, one of them was Body Strengthening Art, and the final one was Pure Source Art.
Bai Feng was both surprised and unsurprised. He could only sigh. This kid had finally remembered to give his teacher a meeting gift right before his teacher was about to depart for the battlefield.
After memorizing the manuals, Bai Feng smiled and crushed the talisman before saying, "Don't spread this around. You should take this seriously. The ability blood essence research of our faction is invaluable. Be careful lest some people start coveting what you have."
The air around the crushed talisman also twisted, completely destroying any trace of the talisman ever existing. Finally, Bai Feng said, "Well done, kid. But I don't have anything for you. Your teacher is too poor. I'll try to slaughter a few divines or devils at the battlefield and send you some blood essence..."
"One final piece of advice for you. You may know a person for a long time without understanding their true nature. Be careful when making friends. You might be crafty, but you still lack experience. Don't get yourself scammed."
"I understand."
Su Yu nodded.
At this time, Liu Wenyan had finally broken free from the pestering of his close female friends. He walked over, looked at Su Yu, and nodded, "Not bad."
"Teacher Liu!"
"No need for formalities." Liu Wenyan waved his hand, "Back when Bai Feng offered to take you as a student, I honestly thought that it wouldn't affect you much. You have always been someone who enjoyed keeping to yourself. I thought that you would not get into conflicts in the academy and would focus on doing research with Bai Feng. But...what a surprise."
Liu Wenyan had not expected that not long after Su Yu's arrival, the multiple character faction was thrown into one trouble after another. In hindsight, joining the multiple character faction was not necessarily a good thing for the kid anymore.
In the past, he had recommended Su Yu to the multiple character faction because he was afraid that the kid would be all alone in the academy. But now, he was starting to regret dragging the kid into all these troubles.
Su Yu smiled, "Teacher, I am very happy with my current environment."
This place was not as pure and exciting as a war academy, but Su Yu had still learned a lot from this academy.
"Well, as long as you don't regret it." Liu Wenyan then said, "If you need any help, feel free to look for them. They're all my friends."
He pointed at Xia Yunji and company. "Don't worry about your father or the military. Most people wouldn't dare to play any tricks with the military. And the few with the courage to do so wouldn't be able to extend their influence that far anyway. At the Allheaven Battlefield, we will try to...no, forget that. We might bring your father more trouble if we see him."
He wanted to offer to visit Su Long on Su Yu's behalf, but he decided against it. That would only bring Su Long more trouble. There was no need for that.
"I hadn't really taught you that much during your time in secondary school. And you had appeared to help me at the warzone. That was honestly very surprising for me. I don't know what to say about that..."
After a short thought, Liu Wenyan took out a jade talisman and handed it to Su Yu. "I don't have any parting gift for you. This is a collection of what I have comprehended about cultivation over the years. I am only a Skysoar so it's not that valuable. Just keep this as a momento."
Su Yu accepted the talisman and said, "Thank you, Teacher!"
Liu Wenyan smiled and looked at Wu Jia before saying, "Little girl, come over here."
Wu Jia didn't know Liu Wenyan well, but she wasn't shy. She stepped forth and greeted with a cheerful tone, "Nice to meet you, martial granduncle."
Liu Wenyan laughed and said, "Before I know it, I'm already old enough to be a martial granduncle. You are different from your junior brother. He is someone with his own thoughts since he was young. He is a relatively independent person. According to what your grandteacher told me, you are a tad bit impatient. You need to take note of that if you don't want to suffer from it in the future."
Wu Jia had an embarrassed look on her face.
Liu Wenyan then took out a case and opened it to reveal a necklace inside. He smiled and said, "This is for you. I don't have anything good on me. Keep this as a momento. I got this from my teacher back then. Now, I'm passing it to you..."
Not far away, Chen Yong's eyes flickered when he heard that. He looked at Hong Tan and saw that Hong Tan's gaze was fixed on the necklace.
Liu Wenyan smiled, "It's somewhat ugly. My teacher, your great grandteacher, did not have a good fashion sense. Don't mind it. Just keep it as a momento. If one day you find that you don't like it, don't throw it away. Just return it to me."
"Martial granduncle..." Wu Jia looked at Chen Yong, who looked at Liu Wenyan with a frown.
Liu Wenyan asked, "What? Do you have an issue with this?"
"I wouldn't dare." Chen Yong solemnly said, "Martial Uncle, this is something you received from grandteacher. It is too valuable. Jia is too clumsy. She might lose it accidentally. We don't want that to happen..."
"Nonsense."
Liu Wenyan smiled, "Girl, take it. Don't lose it and prove your teacher right."
Wu Jia looked at Chen Yong again. After a short silence, Chen Yong nodded, "Accept it. Thank your martial granduncle."
"Thanks, Martial Granduncle." Wu Jia accepted the necklace cheerily.
Liu Wenyan said, "Put it on."
Wu Jia said nothing and put the necklace on.
Liu Wenyan smiled, "You look good with it. Looks like this necklace is more suited for women. Your great grandteacher's fashion sense is truly...unique. He actually gave me something like this. Sigh. Treat the necklace well."
"Yeah."
Wu Jia nodded. Not far away, Bai Feng was smiling as he witnessed that exchange. When he saw Su Yu looking at the necklace, he gave Su Yu a kick and said, "Stop looking at your senior sister's chest. Be careful lest your martial uncle teaches you a lesson."
Su Yu was speechless. He was looking at the necklace, not her chest. His teacher had such a dirty mind.
He had a feeling that the necklace wasn't a simple item. When it was first taken out, his grandteacher's expression had changed completely.
Seemingly having read Su Yu's mind, Bai Feng said with voice transmission, "Stop looking at your senior sister with envy. Your Teacher Liu gave Jia that to protect herself. Inside the necklace is a defensive Sunmoon character. Even a regular Mountainsea will have trouble breakthrough through that defense. Don't let Jia know. Your Teacher Liu was the one who had asked me to extract that character from his sea of willpower. He has been feeling guilty for dragging everyone into this mess. Sigh."
His emotions were complicated. Was Liu Wenyan to blame for what happened back then? Not really.
For the sake of the fifth principal and the multiple character faction, Liu Wenyan had to shoulder a heavy burden. As a result, his family was ruined and he was left alone. Bai Feng's emotions would turn complicated whenever he thought of Liu Wenyan's fate.
"Don't think about it since it wasn't given to you. It's not like this thing will be helpful for you. You would probably go and provoke a Sunmoon right after receiving this necklace. You would only get yourself killed."
Su Yu was speechless. Why couldn't his teacher trust him more?
He was definitely not that kind of person! Nowadays, he was keeping a low profile!
They continued chatting for a short while before Liu Wenyan said, "Let us stop here. It's time for us to bid farewell. I'll see you guys again."
After saying that, he waved in a certain direction. A few soldiers from the Martial Dragon Guards rushed over. Zheng Yuming's escort was the Great Xia Army while Liu Wenyan and Bai Feng were being escorted by the Martial Dragon Guards.
"Commander Zhang..."
Liu Wenyan smiled at the leader of the soldiers and said, "We'll have to be troubling you for the trip."
"Lord Liu is too polite." Commander Zhang hurriedly said. Not far away, Zhao Mingyue questioned, "My elder brother only sent you guys here?"
"Young miss..."
Zhao Mingyue frowned and said, "Do not address me that way. I am not from the Xia Family."
Her elder brother was a deputy general in the Martial Dragon Guards but the army belonged to the Xia Family, not her Zhao Family.
Zhao Mingyue repeated herself, "Only you guys are here? Is my elder brother not escorting them himself?"
Commander Zhang said, "Young Miss, the general said that we are enough. We will definitely protect Lord Liu well. The Martial Dragon Guards represent Great Xia. With us around, nobody would dare to create trouble. That would be tantamount to a declaration of war with Great Xia."
Liu Wenyan said, "This is enough for us. Mingyue, don't make things difficult for them. Let's set off."
Zhao Mingyue was unhappy. She offered, "Why don't you let me escort you."
"It's fine." Liu Wenyan smiled, "It's not that dangerous. I actually hope that someone would actually attack me when I'm under protection of the Martial Dragon Guards. At that time, even the Xia Family would lose their temper. Do they think that Great Xia King is really retired?"
Wu Yuehua said, "You're still relying on the Xia Family? Forget it. I can escort you instead."
"No. There's no need for that." Liu Wenyan hurriedly refused, "I don't need any of you to escort me."
Beside him, Bai Feng was extremely envious. He gave Su Yu another kick.
With an innocent expression, Su Yu asked, "Teacher, do you want me to escort you to the Allheaven Battlefield?"
Was his teacher being jealous?
What was this?
But Bai Feng immediately chided him, "Stop messing around! You? Escorting me to the Allheaven Battlefield? What is your cultivation? Go back to the academy and focus on your cultivation. Don't say something this stupid in the future!"
Despite what he said, he still raised his head with a smug smile. His martial uncle should stop showing off. He, Bai Feng, had also received an offer to escort him to the battlefield. He had merely rejected the offer.
Su Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Not far away, Hong Tan was also completely speechless. He had nothing to say about this student of his.
Liu Wenyan didn't even deign to react to that. After bidding his farewell to all of them, he stepped back and said, "Goodbye, everyone. I will try my best to stay alive. Wait for me. If I fail to return, do what you want with the multiple character faction. If you need to, just disband it."
The atmosphere turned sorrowful the moment those words were said.
Wu Yuahua scolded, "When are you going to learn to shut your mouth?"
Liu Wenyan appeared rather carefree. He laughed and said, "I only said that just in case. How would I die so easily? A lot of people have been waiting to see me die. But look at me. I'm still here."
After a carefree laugh, he loudly said, "I will be heading toward the Allheaven Battlefield. If you have any issue with the multiple character faction, come after me! My teacher's characters and his secrets are all on me! If I die, the multiple character faction will naturally stop existing. And as long as I remain alive, the multiple character faction will continue existing!"
"Let's go!"
With a hearty laugh, he started walking away. Bai Feng smiled and followed behind him. Not far ahead of him, a blurry silhouette of an old man appeared. With tears in his eyes, Liu Wenyan nodded at the old man. The old man smiled before vanishing into thin air.
Apart from Liu Wenyan, that old man was the sole survivor of the Liu Family. He was Liu Wenyan's first uncle. This first uncle was scouting ahead for him.
All around them, one figure after another appeared with a flicker.
Marquis Xia, Wan Tiansheng, Administrator Hu, Principal Zheng, Director Ji...
Many people had appeared to see him off.
Liu Wenyan was leaving.
He was heading toward the Allheaven Battlefield.
This nobody whose influence could somehow be felt across Great Xia and even the entirety of Human Realm was finally heading toward the Allheaven Battlefield.
Yes. He was a nobody. He was weak. Yet he had left an impact on numerous people. This might be a journey fraught with danger. This might be a trip he would not return from.
Su Yu also watched on as his two teachers departed. These were the two individuals who had left the greatest impact on him after he started cultivating. Today, both of them would head toward an uncertain future. Danger might come for them before they could even reach the Allheaven Battlefield.
"Father...and teachers..."
As of today, most of the people he truly cared about would be at the Allheaven Battlefield.
Allheaven Battlefield, a place he had only heard about before. A place he had never been to.
Chapter 484: I Do Not Wish To Harm Them, But They wish To Harm Me (1)
1st of November. Liu Wenyan, a person who had caused countless incidents, had departed.
The entire Great Xia seemed to have calmed down after his departure.
At the same time, a group of experts departed Great Xia. Nobody knew if their departure was related to Liu Wenyan's departure.
Peace returned to Great Xia. Everything seemed to have returned to how it was before.
...
Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.
With the arrival of a new month, it felt as though everything had been left in the past. There was no ongoing struggle. There was no ongoing plot.
Hong Tan had vanished from the public eye. Chen Yong had returned to the books depository. Bai Feng the troublemaker had left. Su Yu the troublemaker seemed to be suffering from an injury as he had been keeping a low profile.
Even Wu Jia had stopped appearing in public. She was busy forming new characters and preparing for her advancement into the Skysoar Realm.
With the multiple character faction retreating into the shadows, it was as though all conflict had stopped. Some people even started thinking that things would be better if the multiple character faction was gone.
...
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Inside a teahouse.
Su Yu and Hu Zongji were having tea together. When he heard the news from Hu Zongji, he laughed, "They are free to think what they want. The multiple character faction is far more important than they believe. But if they think that everything will be fine once we're gone, sure. Let them believe what they want."
It was impossible to change the mind of people who only believed what they wanted to believe. For some people, the destruction of the multiple character faction would be a good thing as that would reduce the conflicts in the academy. Eventually, when it was their turn to be bullied by the single character faction, these same people would start wondering why nobody was helping them.
Su Yu was indifferent. While drinking tea, he asked, "How many characters have you formed?"
"Two."
Hu Zongji didn't know the reason for the question, but he still answered honestly.
"Human characters?"
"No. Devil characters." After a short silence, Su Yu said, "It's better if you shift your focus to human characters. You can do so since you have yet to spend much effort on these characters yet."
"This..." Hu Zongji was hesitant. "It's not that I don't trust you, but if I do that, my combat strength will drop. I'm not a Skysoar so I don't need to go to the battlefield yet, but even at the Skysoar Realm, human characters will still be very weak."
Su Yu nodded, "I know. If you don't plan on entering the Sunmoon Realm, you don't need to do this. But if you have the ambition to try reaching that realm, I believe you need to start preparing."
"The non-human characters are preventing many experts from entering the Sunmoon Realm." Su Yu thought for a bit and added, "But it's fine if you don't want to change now. You can wait until the Mountainsea Realm. It's still very far away from you."
Hu Zongji thought about it and nodded. He decided to wait and see.
Hu Zongji moved on from the topic and said, "I'm looking for you to tell you something. Early next month, the war academy students will come for their yearly challenge. You have not been seen outside for a while so I was afraid that you're still unaware about this."
Su Yu smiled, "Yeah, I heard about it. It doesn't matter. I am honestly too lazy to get involved in that. Don't look down on the students of our batch. All of them are hiding their strength. I won't need to do much during the challenges."
Hu Zongji said, "I thought you're going to wipe the floor with them and bask in the limelight yet again. That will show them the true strength of the students from our batch."
"There is no need for me to do that." Su Yu shook his head, "What's the point of making such a big ruckus? It won't be a bad idea to stay low-profile. In the future, those warriors might prove useful to us."
He was indifferent. Both Xia Huyou and Zhang Hao had told him about this. He couldn't even be bothered to get involved. Challenge matches? None of his business! He was still recuperating from his injuries. He couldn't fight yet. That was what he wanted the public to know.
Su Yu said, "The single character faction has been silent recently. Have they finally given up on targeting us?"
"Not really." Hu Zongji smiled, "They're dealing with an internal issue. Hu Wensheng has left seclusion and Liu Hong has reached the Cloudbreach Realm. With Elder Zheng's departure, they will need to appoint a new faction master. Their Cloudbreach cultivators are fighting for that position."
"I see."
So that was why his life had been so peaceful recently. Sure, the fact that most of the people in his faction was in seclusion had played a role in that, but the single character faction had also stopped targeting them.
Su Yu smiled, "If I get my senior sister to challenge the top 100 now, will anyone stop her?"
"I don't know." Hu Zongji shook his head, "I think Manager Zhou has yet to give up. He probably won't try anything if he manages to become the new faction master. But if he fails, he would definitely not give up on becoming the head manager instead. This was his chance to become an elder as a Cloudbreach."
"So what if he becomes an elder?" Su Yu found it stupid. "According to the rules, he would need to join the neutral faction if he takes that path. Wouldn't that be the same as restricting his own freedom?"
Hu Zongji said, "It's not a big deal to join the neutral faction. Do you really think he's doing this for the single character faction's benefit? After becoming an elder, he will gain the chance to cultivate in the Knowledge Seeking Realm. After returning as a Mountainsea, he will become a proper elder of the academy. At that time, this stipulation that he must be neutral will no longer have any effect on him. He only cares about that opportunity. His sole goal is to become a Mountainsea."
Su Yu nodded in agreement. True. There were signs that the single character faction, or to be precise, Zhou Pingsheng, had yet to give up. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense for Di Feng to keep suppressing his advancement.
Even before this, Di Feng was already on the verge of breakthrough. After entering the Willpower Grotto, his willpower could barely be suppressed anymore. Someone in that position would only suppress their breakthrough if their characters were still not strong enough for a breakthrough. But it was more likely that Di Feng was holding back to keep targeting Su Yu.
Nevertheless, Su Yu still couldn't be bothered to pay too much attention to this matter. He would wait and see. If those fellows continued picking fights in December, he would start hitting back.
For now, he had a different priority. He was broke. He had to focus on that. He still owed Xia Huyou 1,100 merit points. He wanted to go out and earn some money. The single character faction could no longer be scammed so easily, but the buried treasure of the Divine Skywing Sect was still waiting for him.
But he also knew that now wasn't a good time for him to leave. The moment he left, something might happen. But he still wanted to leave. Firstly, he could make some money. Secondly, he might be able to lure some bastards out before killing them. Thirdly, he also needed to make preparations for the research center he was about to open. He needed money for that.
Additionally, he also needed money for the divine or devil blood essence that he would require for body forging after reaching the Skysoar Realm. As for his grandteacher's suggestion to pawn off the Wentan Research Center, he would only do that if he had absolutely no other option.
Thus, the Divine Skywing Sect's buried treasure was very important for him. Of course, he wouldn't go out immediately. He planned to reach the Infinite Strength Realm and form some characters before doing so. He would wait until he had the combat strength of a Skysoar first. Leaving now would simply be too risky.
"Zongji, I need your help to look for missions related to the Myriad Race Pit."
Su Yu said, "I wish to enter the Myriad Race Pit once. But the place is guarded by the Martial Dragon Guards so I can't enter without reason. Keep watch for a suitable mission for me."
"Sure."
Hu Zongji did not ask any questions. He only needed to take a look at the Missions Department after this.
"Also, I need you to gather the information of a few people for me..."
Su Yu whispered a few names. Hu Zongji was surprised, but he still nodded in agreement, "Ok. I'll help you."
"Be careful." Su Yu reminded, "Don't let them notice you. Don't directly ask about them."
"Don't worry."
Hu Zongji agreed without asking anything. After saying that, Su Yu sank into silence. Recently, he had dispersed a batch of voice transmission talismans in the academy.
He had not directly given these talismans to anyone. Instead, he had intentionally dropped these talismans somewhere to be picked up. Some had even been directly tossed into the residences of his targets.
Because of that, the Single Eradication Club had gained a lot more legitimate members. The chat room was no longer filled with Su Yu's smurf accounts. Of course, his smurf accounts were still quite active.
This strategy had been successful as a lot of people had joined the club out of curiosity. Naturally, there were also some people who had merely been silently lurking instead of joining.
Chapter 485: I Do Not Wish To Harm Them, But They wish To Harm Me (2)
During the past few days, some of the smurf accounts he used to act as new members had been secretly contacted by some other people. These people seemed to be trying to rope his fake identities into something. He wondered if these people were from different clubs or some other organizations. He even suspected that some of them were members of the Myriad Race Cult.
He had been using those smurf accounts to pretend as hot-blooded newbies who would occasionally give some extreme opinions, such as calling for the slaughter of the single character faction or the assassination of a bunch of people.
In short, those smurf accounts were pretending to be agents of chaos. As a result, those smurf accounts had all been contacted by these individuals. Perhaps these were the perfect recruitment targets for the Myriad Race Cult.
Naturally, Su Yu knew every single owner of those talismans despite the fake names they were all using for the communication. And these were precisely the people he had asked Hu Zongji to gather information about.
He only needed Hu Zongji to gather the easily available information about these people instead of deliberately asking about them. After a short chat, Su Yu left the teahouse.
...
With the arrival of November, the weather was starting to turn cold.
Walking amid the cold wind in his thin robe, Su Yu looked even more frail than before. With a pale face, he walked silently, looking completely inconspicuous.
He had been spending his time attending classes and cultivating in seclusion for a few days in a row.
While he was walking, he suddenly heard a furious voice. "Hey, get to the challenge ring! The foreign students are finally baring their fangs! They are challenging the top 100!"
"I thought they were trying to stay low key? Why are they suddenly doing this?"
"..."
All the students started to get agitated.
The same furious voice said, "Why else? It's because of Su Yu!"
"..."
Su Yu was dumbfounded. What? What had he done? He raised his collar to cover his face before following the crowd over. He was curious. How was this related to him? It had been a while since he last stepped foot near the challenge ring.
One of the students ahead of him asked curiously, "What did Su Yu do?"
"The fellow challenging the ranking claimed that Su Yu is her friend. She can't bear to see her friend being bullied. She said that the single character faction is clearly weaker yet refuses to let Wu Jia enter the ranking. Thus, she is challenging the ranking to teach them a lesson."
"Friend?" Someone asked in astonishment, "When did Su Yu become a friend of the foreign students?"
That was weird.
"How am I supposed to know that?"
"..."
When Su Yu heard the conversation, he cursed under his breath. What the hell was that? Who was scheming against him? What was the single character faction doing this time? Instead of wasting his time thinking, he raised his collar even higher and rushed toward the challenge ring.
Just why had someone suddenly pretended to be his friend? Was that person deliberately creating trouble for him?
The people of Great Xia disliked it when a human became a friend of the myriad races. In the eyes of many people, that was an act of consorting with the enemy.
What would happen if Su Yu was also a friend of the myriad races? Even those who had a good opinion of him before would probably start disliking him. They would think of him as a traitor.
"Damn it! Someone is plotting against me!"
Su Yu cursed to himself. He had been maintaining such a low profile. Why was someone still plotting against him? Was it the single character faction or were the foreign students the ones who had decided to do this?
Dragging him down?
Creating chaos to create an opening they could take advantage of?
Numerous thoughts appeared in Su Yu's mind as he rushed over.
...
Before long, he arrived.
A cloaked individual had just defeated another opponent in the ring. This defeated student was a familiar face to Su Yu. It was Zhu Hong, someone from the single character faction.
After defeating Zhu Hong, the cloaked individual said, "Su Yu is my friend. You guys have constantly insulted and slandered him while both him and his senior sister are injured. You humans have a saying. Those who insult others will end up insulted."
While coughing blood, the pale Zhu Hong said furiously, "Why are you fighting for Su Yu? Who is he to you? Is Su Yu making friends with the myriad races?"
The cloaked individual continued speaking with her crisp voice, "We are the allies of humanity. Since we are here in the academy, it means that we have won the approval of the human race. Why can't he be our friend? Su Yu is a kind and friendly man. He is not a bully like the single character faction!"
Zhu Hong said, "Friendly? Bully? That is the internal affair of humanity. How impudent of Su Yu! He has actually befriended the myriad races?"
"Like I said, we are the allies of humanity."
The cloaked individual coldly said, "If you continue saying these words, I will assume that you are insulting the cloud tiger race. Is this how the human race treats its ally? How disappointing."
As usual, Zhao Ming was the referee for the match.
He couldn't be bothered to get involved in their argument. Thus, he announced, "Xia Qing has defeated Zhu Hong to reach the 96th place in the ranking. Are you going to continue the challenge matches?"
Xia Qing! Exactly. This was the cloud tiger princess Su Yu had met at the Grotto District not long ago. Today, she was here to fight for him. Without even talking to him in advance, she had decided to fight for him and beat up some single character faction students.
Near the ring, Su Yu narrowed his eyes. Pure intentions? Fighting for a friend? Nonsense! Would someone capable of being sent here as a student be such an idiot? Would the myriad races send such a fool to get themselves killed in the Human Realm?
These people were all incredibly cunning. They had been staying silent and patient for several months after entering the Human Realm. Was they finally making a move? And he had been chosen as the opening?
But why?
Su Yu sank into thought.
In the ring, Xia Qing said, "I'll stop here today. I overheard this person talking bad about Su Yu previously. That was why I had decided to challenge him. I wouldn't have bothered with him otherwise."
Xia Qing's voice rang out clearly, "The cloud tiger race is willing to become friends of humanity. We are willing to ally ourselves with the human race. But we can't allow anyone to insult the friend of the cloud tiger race."
At this time, someone from the crowd yelled furiously, "I challenge you!"
Xia Qing said, "You are not Su Yu's enemy and I'm currently entitled to my three days immunity. I no longer need to accept any challenges before then. Thus, I refuse your challenge. If you insist, just consider it my defeat. We do not intend to climb the ranking."
"..."
The crowd was getting more and more agitated.
For them, the conflict between the single and multiple character factions was unrelated to them. They could enjoy the show without taking part in the conflict. But they couldn't stand it when the myriad races involved themselves in an internal conflict of the human race.
Xia Qing kept mentioning Su Yu's name. Amid the crowd, Su Yu's eyes flickered.
Suddenly, someone appeared beside him and asked, "Are you not explaining yourself?"
Su Yu looked over. It was Liu Hong. That fellow had appeared out of nowhere.
"What is there to explain?"
Su Yu replied with a gloomy voice.
While snacking on some sunflower seeds, Liu Hong smiled, "By befriending the myriad races, you are touching upon a taboo of Great Xia. Great Xia has spent many years fighting the myriad races. Although the human race has a lot of myriad race allies, to speak the truth, Great Xia does not have a lot of allies compared to the other prefectures. Most of the time, we fight alone. Of course, we still have some partners. The best example would be the sky horse race. But the people of Great Xia are very arrogant. They all view the sky horses as mere mounts instead of allies.
"When Principal Wan had suggested accepting the myriad races as students, even someone like him was called a traitor by the masses. A mere student like you won't be able to avoid the fate of being called a traitor as well."
Not to mention Su Yu, not even someone with the prestige of Wan Tiansheng could avoid being called a traitor when the myriad races were involved.
Su Yu asked, "So I should get in the ring and claim that she's not my friend? Would that even work? If I'm Xia Qing, I would immediately agree to that, claim that the whole thing was a misunderstanding, and try to look as pitiful as I can. At that time, my reputation will drop even further. Would anyone trust me?"
"And if I fight her, people will only say that I am heartless, attacking someone who had fought for me. The masses will start pitying the underdog."
Liu Hong smiled, "Looks like you understand everything."
"Is this the single character faction's work?" Su Yu looked at Liu Hong with suspicion.
Liu Hong smiled, "It is unrelated to me. But I don't know if it's someone else. This tigress is not a simple person. Have you interacted with her in front of some other people before?"
"Yeah."
Su Yu nodded. Some other people were indeed there during his previous interaction with her. Wan Mingze, Hu Qiusheng, Xia Chan, and Zheng Yunhui were all there. That day, he was waiting outside the grotto with the tigress right by his side.
He had not put much thought into it when interacting with her. He had only been friendly toward her just in case they needed to work together in the future.
Had someone contacted Xia Qing to plot against him after seeing that or was this Xia Qing's own idea? Or perhaps this Xia Qing was really such a simple person who was doing this to help him? ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novelꞁire.net
"In that case, you're in trouble." Liu Hong seemed to enjoy seeing Su Yu in trouble. He said, "Since there are witnesses, you will never be able to explain yourself. Of course, I know you must have been harboring evil intentions when interacting with her, but not everyone knows you like me. Thus, you will be in trouble regardless of whether you explain yourself or not. Hehehe. This is so interesting."
Chapter 486: I Do Not Wish To Harm Them, But They wish To Harm Me (3)
After three months of silence, the myriad race students were finally making a move. With Su Yu as an opening, they were finally baring their fangs.
Su Yu asked, "What exactly is the goal of the myriad races when joining the academy?"
"To understand humanity better and rope in some humans to their side." Liu Hong said, "They must be getting restless after staying in the Foreign Students Faculty for so long. What information can they get cooped up in their faculty? They are allowed to carry out missions, but there are a lot of restrictions for them. If they can form teams with humans for these missions, a lot of these restrictions will be removed."
Su Yu said, "So someone is giving them the support to do this?"
"Perhaps." Liu Hong casually spat some sunflower seed shells onto the ground before saying, "What are you going to do? Your multiple character faction is clearly the best faction to bully. If the Foreign Students Faculty want to do something, you guys are the best target."
"The single character faction is probably behind this. The Foreign Students Faculty wouldn't have targeted us otherwise. They should be aware that we still have some influence and support in the academy."
It wasn't likely that Zhu Hong was Xia Qing's target. Doing so could easily make them new enemies. As for the multiple character faction, their sole expert, Hong Tan, had entered seclusion. Nobody knew how long he would stay in seclusion.
Su Yu had a gloomy expression. He was trying to stay low key. But these people refused to let him be! This was intolerable!
Xia Qing! This damn tigress was trying to screw him up!
Liu Hong smiled, "Don't provoke her. These myriad race students are allowed to enter the academy with their dao protectors. There are Cloudbreach and Mountainsea cultivators among these protectors. They are very strong. They will generally remain idle, but if you do something, they might make a move as well."
Suddenly, Su Yu said, "She's my friend."
"Hmm?"
"She's my good friend."
Leaving those words behind, Su Yu turned and left. She was a good friend. Thus, he had decided to find a chance to go out on a mission with this good friend of his sometime. During the mission...she would heroically sacrifice herself to save him from danger. She would not be able to return to the academy alive.
Yes. She was a good friend. There was no need to deny that. It was pointless. But since she was claiming to be his friend, if he asked her to join him on a mission, would she say no? If she agreed to leave with him, she would die. If she disagreed, then she would be making it clear that she wasn't his friend.
Protectors? Cloudbreach and Mountainsea cultivators? Sure. It was time for Su Yu to subdue those fellows in the prison zone. And their first mission would be to deal with these protectors.
"Even when I'm trying to stay low-profile, some people are still trying to provoke me."
Su Yu was speechless. How had he provoked them? Why had they picked him as their opening move? Did they think that he was a pushover?
...
Su Yu ignored the challenge match and left the area.
As for the damage on his reputation, there was nothing he could do for now. If he denied it, Xia Qing would definitely agree to his words with a pitiful expression. In that situation, nobody would believe him.
The smart ones would understand without a need for him to say anything. And the less smart ones wouldn't understand it even if he explained it to them. The best option for him was to return with the corpse of this tigress and lament about the heroic sacrifice of the tigress. At that time, would the other myriad race students still dare to become his friend?
...
Not long after Su Yu left, Xia Qing left the ring.
A few other cloaked individuals were waiting near the ring. They left together and walked in the direction of the Foreign Students Faculty.
After ensuring that nobody was around them, one of them said, "Xia Qing, what should we do if Su Yu comes out to deny this?"
Xia Qing smiled, "Deny this? We're friends. How can he deny that? If he denies it, sure, I'll go along with his words. I'll even offer to make a public announcement that he's not my friend."
They smiled and said nothing else. True. If Su Yu denied it, they would gladly go along with his words. Before long, they entered the Foreign Students Faculty. And after a short walk, they reached their lodging area.
Numerous villas could be seen standing beside a river. The environment was graceful and tranquil. But for such a living environment, they had paid a high price.
After entering one of these villas, Xia Qing removed her cloak, revealing an appearance that was similar to a regular human with the addition of a tail.
Xia Qing looked like a frail lady yet her eyes were exceptionally bright. She had the appearance that would evoke ones protectiveness. But at this moment, she had an emotionless expression.
There were two old men in the room she had entered. They looked completely human. Not even their tails could be seen. Only a tiny bit of demonic aura could be felt from their bodies.
"Third Grandpa, Ninth Grandpa..."
Xia Qing greeted the two with the cloud tiger language. The two nodded. One of them said, "Princess, what should we do next?"
Xia Qing sat down on the couch and immersed herself in the comfort of the couch. After a while, she smiled, "The human race sure knows how to enjoy life. They have spent so much effort on even a chair. Isn't it better to use their time to study more about cultivation instead?"
She shook her head and laughed. "Grandpas, we don't have lofty goals. We are only trying to get some authority. Since we are already here, we can't settle with being trapped in this faculty all the time, right?"
Xia Qing smiled, "I do not intend to make things hard for Su Yu. If he is really willing to befriend us, we can really help him against the single character faction students. Isn't it good for him to get more helpers? If he's unwilling, forget it. By helping him and ruining his reputation, some other people will naturally approach us for cooperation, ensuring that everyone will believe that he is our friend."
"Will it be Zhou Pingsheng or Zhou Mingren?"
"I don't know." Xia Qing said, "The multiple character faction has too many enemies. But it doesn't matter since we aim to establish a foothold in the human race instead of being stuck here."
"It doesn't matter if we have to become their hired thugs or cooperative partners. Anything is better than being stuck here, learning whatever the academy sees fit to teach us and not leaving unless the academy allows us to. If we have to continue staying here, what's even the point of coming to the Human Realm?"
Xia Qing's eyes flickered as she said, "We can serve as a powerful group of hired thugs. We have a decent number of Cloudbreach and Mountainsea cultivators among us. Previously, nobody was paying attention to us. That will change soon. Even the sects established by the other races will start trying to contact us." Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by NoveI(F)ire.net
One of the old men asked, "How about Wan Tiansheng?"
Xia Qing smiled, "If Principal Wan questions us, we can simply say that we're luring the Myriad Race Cult out for them. In any case, the cloud tiger race does not have a sect in the Human Realm. The other races won't really care even if we betray these sects to the human race. Ultimately, it will only be an internal conflict between humans. Everyone will be happy to sit back and enjoy the show."
In short, if Wan Tiansheng continued ignoring them, they could keep going with their plan. Before long, they would be able to assimilate into the human race. And if Wan Tiansheng questioned them, they could easily sell off some cult members to obtain Wan Tiansheng's trust.
The old man nodded. After some thought, he spoke through voice transmission, "Isnt it too risky for the cloud tiger race to be the first race to make a move?"
"Not at all." Xia Qing said, "The higher the risk, the higher the reward. It doesn't matter if our choice is the human race, the devil race, or the divine race. We need to showcase enough value. Our race is too weak. We can only rely on these powerful races. Meanwhile, this multiple character faction is weaker in the human realm and is the target of all the other races. In this situation, offending Su Yu will pose us no risk whatsoever. We might even rely on this to get a powerful backer in the Human Realm."
She was well aware that the single character faction was far bigger than what she saw in the academy. In fact, the true headquarters of the single character faction was located in Great Zhou. There, they had a super expert that was on the verge of reaching the Invincible Realm.
After some time in the Human Realm, they had also gained more understanding of the human race. This was a decision they reached after spending three months in silence. They needed to do something.
If they continued as they were, they would fail to gain anything even after a few years in the Human Realm. In that case, they would have paid a high price to join a human academy for nothing.
The two old men still looked worried. Xia Qing smiled, "Don't worry. It will be fine. Principal Wan himself intended to have us help temper their students. That was why he had invited us here in the first place. And this is precisely what we're doing. He won't interfere. And as long as he stays out of it, nobody else in the academy will get involved."
"The princess is wise."
The two bowed. The Cloud Tiger King's decision to send the princess here was indeed the right choice. Only Princess Qing would have the intelligence to devise all these plans.
Chapter 487: Ample Preparations Will Always Help (1)
Wentan Research Center.
The research center was devoid of people.
After entering, Su Yu did not stop and went straight to the prison zone.
It was time to feed the prisoners. It had been half a month.
If he waited any longer, those beasts might really end up starving to death. Both Bai Feng and Hong Tan were no longer around, leaving him the sole person responsible for them. In the past, Bai Feng and Hong Tan would still visit them for some blood essence occasionally and feed those beasts while they were there.
...
Prison zone.
A deathly stillness enveloped the entire floor.
When sounds of a door being opened rang out, the prison zone finally came alive again.
"Lord Su, I am willing to serve you!"
A sharp voice rang out. It was the fire crow.
Su Yu's voice rang out, "You're still alive? Looks like you guys are quite durable."
Then, Su Yu walked down the stairs, revealing himself before the beasts.
The shadow revealed emerged from the darkness. Instead of speaking in circles, he spoke directly, "What do you want us to do? And what can we get from it?"
"Wait." Su Yu said, "I'll talk to the Mountainsea beasts first before talking with you guys."
He then walked past the cages toward the inner section. The beasts shook upon hearing that.
Mountainsea beasts!
They were aware that there were Mountainsea beasts there. But they had thought that those beasts had died long ago.
And there were more than one of them? How many of them were still alive?
The shadow hurriedly said, "Su Yu, Mountainsea beasts are strong, but they are also too conspicuous."
"You're too noisy." Su Yu chided, "Do I need you to tell me what to do?"
With a snort, Su Yu walked away.
Unlike the front section, the inner section consisted of a corridor with jail cells to the two sides of the corridor. The cells were completely sealed. Not a single opening was visible. Normally, not even sound could escape these cells.
Naturally, Su Yu had arrived with Hong Tan's key. His willpower rippled, creating a small hole in front of each cell. Looking through the holes, only darkness was visible. Nothing else could be seen. And no noise could be heard.
Su Yu did not mind. He said, "I am Su Yu, the successor of the multiple character faction. My grandteacher must have reached an agreement with you, seniors. I can come to you guys when I need help. You will serve me for three years. After which, I will escort you out of the Human Realm..."
"Three years?"
A sharp voice rang out straight in Su Yu's mind, causing his sea of willpower to shake. This was already a weakened effect due to the restrictions of the jail cell.
Su Yu's expression did not change. He said, "What about it? Is that a long time? For a Mountainsea, that is nothing. Is freedom not worth three years of your time? You will only be able to leave the Human Realm under the guise of being my grandteacher's mounts. Otherwise, it wont matter even if you're Mountainseas. Are you strong enough to freely traverse the Human Realm?"
The same voice from before said in surprise, "Aren't you at the Mental Tempering Stage?"
According to Hong Tan, his grandstudent was at the Mental Tempering Stage. But this beast did not think so. When he spoke earlier, he had mixed his voice with a fierce willpower attack. The cell might have restricted him, but he was more than capable of giving a Mental Tempering Stage kid a serious injury.
That was meant to be a show of force. But Su Yu seemed completely unaffected.
"Yes, I am." Su Yu questioned, "Since you're not capable of even seeing through my cultivation level, I am starting to suspect your capabilities."
An eye appeared behind one of the holes. The eye looked incomparably deep. The eye gazed at Su Yu, seemingly trying to see through his very being. Instantly, the Perception Jade in Su Yu's sea of willpower changed to red, signifying that something at the level of Mountainsea was prying on him.
Su Yu was quite surprised. He smiled, "With the restrictions here, you are still able to pry on me. Truly worthy of being a Mountainsea. How should I address you, Senior?"
"Senior?"
The owner of the eye coldly said, "Stop being a hypocrite. Senior? Laughable. For Hong Tan, we are merely walking bags of blood. For him, we are not actual living beings. We are only working for you in exchange for our freedom and our lives."
The beast was straightforward. There was no need for them to befriend each other. This was merely a transaction.
Su Yu smiled, "I still need a form of address for you, right?"
"Just call me One-eye."
"One-eye?"
Su Yu raised his brow. This was probably an alias. He wasn't too bothered. Was this perhaps a member of the one-eyed giant race? Or perhaps this was someone from the devil eye race? Hong Tan had not informed him about that.
"In that case, I will be calling you One-eye from now on."
He smiled, "How about the two of you? Are you not giving me your names?" There were three Mountainsea beasts here. One-eye was one of them. What about the other two? Up until now, only One-eye had spoken to him.
Silence descended.
After a short moment, a sinister laughter rang out, "Call me Bloodmoon."
"Bloodmoon?" Su Yu smiled, "Sure. And?"
"Great Mountain."
The third beast finally spoke. But that was the only thing he said.
One-eye ignored the other two and said, "We have an agreement with Hong Tan to help you once regardless of how dangerous it is. We have not agreed to serve you for three years. Kid, you're too ambitious. As a mere Mental Tempering Stage cultivator, you want us to serve you for three years? Stop dreaming.
"We will only help you once. It doesn't matter who the enemies are. We will do our best to protect you. Then, you need to send us back to the Allheaven Battlefield. That was Hong Tan's promise."
Su Yu laughed, "Once? Let me think about it. Can you tell me about your cultivation? You better not be first or second-stage Mountainseas. That would be too useless."
One-eye sneered and said, "I'm a sixth-stage Mountainsea, but my strength have dropped considerably. I now have the combat strength of a fourth-stage Mountainsea."
Great Mountain: "Fifth-stage Mountainsea."
Bloodmoon: "Fourth-stage Mountainsea."
Su Yu nodded. None of them was weak. He said, "Is this your previous or current strength?"
"Current."
In that case, these were all fifth or sixth-stage Mountainseas originally. They had merely weakened after being locked up for so many years. His grandteacher sure was ferocious. He had actually captured a bunch of Mountainseas. These three were probably the only ones that were still alive. There were likely to be a lot more that had died over the years.
"I understand. When the three of you work together, can you handle a seventh-stage Mountainsea?"
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"That works." Su Yu said, "You are all experts, so none of you are stupid. I won't say anything unnecessary. If I die, you can forget about leaving the Human Realm. It is understandable that you won't be happy after so many years of imprisonment. But be sure to not create trouble for me. Do you need anything? Source qi liquid or something like that? If you need anything, let me know and I'll send them over. You can try to recover some of your strength."
But none of them said anything. It would seem like they did not require anything from him.
The Mountainsea Realm was a powerful realm. Even in the entirety of the Human Realm, cultivators at this level were considered elites. These were the top experts of the various academies. In fact, even the kings of some of the smaller races were only at the Mountainsea Realm.
For people at this level, the source qi liquid was no longer important. It wasn't like Su Yu could provide them much. They had only weakened because too much of their blood essence had been extracted. They needed more than source qi liquid to recover their strength.
"Forget it, then..."
Su Yu said nothing else and activated the key to shut the holes in front of the cells.
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Before long, he walked out of the corridor.
Six pairs of eyes were focused on him. Wait, no, seven pairs of eyes were looking at him.
There was a new addition in the room. A small furball could be seen locked up in a small cage. The little furball kept trying to charge toward Su Yu, but each time the furball touched the bars of the cage, electrical currents would lash out, causing the little fellow to wail in frustration.
When the suanni heard the wails, he asked curiously, "Su Yu, what race is this? I've never seen them before. This fellow doesn't even know the common language."
This newcomer didn't even know the common language. Thus, the others couldn't even communicate with him if they wanted. Also, this newcomer didn't look too impressive in terms of strength.
Su Yu smiled, "Soul devourer race. They specialize in eating brains. Be careful lest you get your brain eaten."
The suanni did not seem to believe those words.
Su Yu wasted no time and said, "All of you know what I want. None of you are as valuable as those Mountainseas. As Skysoar and Cloudbreach cultivators, you are not qualified to talk terms like those Mountainseas. I will make my offer. Take it or leave it.
"I can release you, but you need to serve me for five years. I do not need someone who will pretend to serve me. If you are planning to do that, you better not agree or I assure you that you will die. Think it over. This is probably your final chance to leave this place."
After feeding these creatures with a few drops of source qi liquid, he turned to leave. While walking away, he said, "I will be focusing on my breakthrough into the Infinite Strength Realm. It won't take long. And at that realm, even regular Skysoars won't be my match anymore. Thus, if you're a Cloudbreach, you might still have some leniency. But if you're a Skysoar, you dont need to think about it anymore if you still don't have an answer for me at that time."
The fire crow hurriedly said, "Lord Su, I agree..."
Su Yu turned around and smiled, "You have a good attitude, fire crow. But you're too weak. Fine, the next time I come, I'll release you."
The fire crow didn't know if he should rejoice or not. This was so sad. He had offered his surrender long ago. This kid was the one who had ignored him. So it was because he was too weak? Fortunately, Su Yu had finally given a clear answer. The fire crow would be released during his next visit.
"Thank you, Lord Su."
Seeing that, the white civet also hurriedly said, "I am also willing to swear my loyalty to you, Lord!"
Su Yu smiled, "You're a crafty one. I don't need your sworn loyalty. I only need your obedience. I'll consider your offer."
Then, he left and shut the door behind him. The creatures sank into silence.
After a while, the shadow sighed, "Five years of service...is better than dying here."
Clearly, he had reached a decision as well. He no longer had the strength to keep waiting in the cage.
And Su Yu's growth was too fast. It had only been a few months yet he had already grown to a level where he could ignore Skysoars. If this continued, it wouldn't be long before he started disregarding those at the Cloudbreach Realm as well.
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Second floor, filter room.
Su Yu tossed the matter out of his mind.
His present priority was his own growth. Just because he wasn't entering the Skysoar Realm, it didn't mean that his strength would stagnate. He still had a lot of room for growth. His body was still at the Great Strength Realm. He still had a lot of apertures to open. He was still far from being unrivaled beneath the Skysoar Realm.
He had opened 302 acupoints in total. During the past few days, he had opened some new acupoints. Ignoring all his other acupoints, he activated only the acupoints of the Sky Sundering Saber. All 144 of them shone brightly. With 16 of them, he formed a small cycle.
If he wanted to enter the Infinite Strength Realm, he needed to fuse the 16 acupoints into 1. That was the peak of what he could achieve with the Sky Sundering Saber.
He made his first attempt. Two acupoints were slowly brought together. This wasn't easy at all. The two acupoints were moving very slowly. With the Pure Source Art, he constantly purified his source qi. The purer his source qi was, the easier acupoint fusion would be.
As for the acupoints for the third level of the Time technique, Su Yu was in no rush to open them. He could always open them at the Infinite Strength Realm even though the difficulty would increase.
But after about half an hour, the two acupoints had only moved slightly closer together. They were still very far from fusion. Su Yu was not discouraged. He continued working on them.
With powerful willpower and plentiful source qi, he was able to keep working on it for a much longer period of time despite the higher difficulty of acupoint fusion.
One hour. Two hours...
After five hours, the two acupoints were finally brought together.
As the two started fusing, a powerful repelling force erupted, stopping the fusion from happening.
Su Yu's willpower erupted, followed by his source qi. The repelling force emitted by both acupoints were forcefully suppressed. But as he forced the fusion, the repelling force only grew stronger and stronger. This was why acupoint fusion had always been known as a difficult task.
While working on his acupoints, Su Yu was deep in thought.
"The repelling force during acupoint fusion is very strong. Even with a pure source qi, this repelling force will still exist. Are there any cultivation methods out there that are capable of removing this repelling force?"
This was what he was thinking about. All sorts of cultivation methods and techniques could be found in the Myriad Realms. He was wondering if there was something out there that could allow one to temporarily fuse one's acupoints for a burst of strength. He seemed to remember hearing about it before.
And if something like that really existed, did it not mean that this method could also be used to remove the repelling force? What was the price for using this method?