Chapter 54 - 54

Chapter 1113: Converging Spotlights (2)

After a short moment, Bai Feng sent another message, "I don't need anything for myself. Look for my senior brother and protect him in secret for half a year."

"..."

What?

Su Yu had the urge to curse at his teacher. The difficulty of that was too high. He didn't even know where Chen Yong was. He wasn't sure if even the pavilion had that information.

How was he supposed to protect someone he couldn't find? But...that was actually worth trying.

At that thought, Su Yu contacted Rainbow One. That was the enforcer of the Profound Department. He wondered if this enforcer was still alive. Since White One was a sixth-stage Sunmoon, Rainbow One was probably a middle-stage Sunmoon as well.

Since Rainbow One was Su Yu's direct superior in the Human Realm, direct communication between the two was possible.

"Enforcer Rainbow One, my team has settled down in Great Xia. We just finished our first mission not long ago. The mission involves the protection of Bai Feng's cousin, Bai Junsheng. After smoothly completing the mission, we established contact with Bai Feng. He is requesting that we locate Chen Yong and protect him—"

"Be more straightforward."

Rainbow One replied, "Bai Feng, Hong Tan's student, Ye Batian's grandstudent..."

Clearly, Rainbow One was considering this request. Rainbow One was very impressed with the Great Xia team. As the enforcer, Rainbow One was able to monitor the communication between the members assigned to Great Xia.

Su Yu had guessed that, so he had been avoiding the public channel unless necessary. He was only sure that his communication with First Profound was still private as it was conducted through a private channel.

Any other channel of communication could be under the monitoring of these enforcers. In fact, his current conversation with Bai Feng as Profound Nine could very well be under monitoring as well. Despite the lack of proof, that was what he suspected.

Rainbow One asked, "Are you asking for assistance from the other teams?"

"Yes. We're doing this to develop the market so I need more help from the headquarters. Bai Feng is an important figure in the Human Realm. Great Xia will be the center of the coming chaos. I need more help since what we're doing here is very crucial."

After thinking about it, Rainbow One gave a reply, "Alright. I'll submit your request to the higher-ups. But remember that Great Xia is very dangerous. You can try to establish contact with people like Bai Feng, but you need to be very careful lest you fall for their tricks."

"I know. By the way, when are the black, rainbow, and gray masks entering the Human Realm? We greatly lack manpower. At the moment, white masks like us need to do everything ourselves, including the smaller missions. We don't have enough people to properly develop the market here."

"We'll try to speed it up."

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

Then, Su Yu gave Bai Feng a reply, "I'll give you a reply later. Your request has been submitted to the headquarters. We need some time to locate Chen Yong. We also need to arrange our manpower to protect him. There are too many unknown factors involved so we can't promise completion."

"Fine."

Bai Feng did not really expect that request to be smoothly completed. He said, "Do you accept missions to assassinate Invincibles?"

"...I lack the authority to accept missions of this level."

Damn it! Why was this fellow asking the same thing he asked the pavilion back then?

"You're way too incapable. Are you not ashamed of claiming that you can do everything?"

Bai Feng spoke with disdain, "What about rescuing Su Yu?"

"That's beyond my authority to accept."

"..."

Bai Feng snorted at that reply. When Su Yu heard it, he felt slightly touched. His teacher was still trying to save him.

Next, a different message came from Bai Feng, "Can you send a message to Su Yu?"

"That is doable."

"Tell him to promote in the ancient city that I'm his teacher and authorize me to accept his rewards for him. After killing so many Sunmoons, that kid is entitled to a lot of rewards from the human race. It's a waste to let those rewards unclaimed. As his teacher, I have no choice but to accept his rewards for him."

"..."

Su Yu was left completely speechless. Why was his teacher's way of thinking so similar to him? He had been thinking about the rewards owed to him as well!

"I can try."

"Do your best. Why is it that your organization seems quite unreliable? You can't seem to do anything I ask. Why are you dreaming of establishing yourselves in the Human Realm when you're this incapable?"

Yes. Bai Feng was looking down on them.

"Also, get me an index copy as soon as possible. Can you deliver it to the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy? Just deliver it to the doorstep of our research center."

Once again, Su Yu was rendered speechless. This was a blatant fishing attempt. Of course, he was different from any other pavilion member so he could actually do it. But if he did that, the pavilion might start suspecting him. How could an outsider enter the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy so easily? That would put his disguise at risk.

He was currently lying to everyone through multiple fake identities. He had to be very careful while managing his identities.

"We will try to deliver it as soon as possible. As for the exact drop-off location...we can't disclose that now."

"Tsk. Just be honest and say that you're scared."

Then, Bai Feng ended the conversation and tossed the index copy back to Su Yu. He said, "Don't get mixed up with this organization too much. You're too stupid to deal with them. This organization is filled with bad guys. And they aren't even that impressive as there are still a lot of tasks they don't have the ability to accomplish."

Su Yu could feel that Profound Nine was being looked down on. Whatever.

He nodded and smiled, "I understand, Cousin. Should we set a trap and wipe them all out?"

"Duh. Do you think I don't want to do that as well?" Bai Feng rolled his eyes, "I told them to deliver me an index copy. That way, I can find a chance to kill some of them. But they're not dumb. They know it's dangerous so they don't dare to tell me the time and venue of the drop-off location."

This wasn't even surprising. Su Yu told himself to be careful moving forward. It was clear a lot of people shared such thoughts.

Suddenly, Wu Yuehua appeared in the sky. She said, "I don't think anyone else is coming. Also, let Great Xia deal with the pavilion. Don't get personally involved."

She warned solemnly, "This organization is very powerful. It has always been incredibly mysterious even in the Allheaven Battlefield. It knows a lot of ancient secrets. There are also rumors that some of their department, spire, or chamber leaders are Invincibles that have survived since the ancient past."

Su Yu was surprised to hear that. Were there really such rumors? Probably. In fact, it wouldn't even be that surprising. After all, this was an organization that had existed for a very long time.

And if that was true, the pavilion would be even scarier. Ancient Invincibles...Su Yu had personally witnessed the strength of a stone statue. The stone statue had blasted Devil King Lade apart with only one punch. And that was also an Invincible who had survived since the ancient past.

Bai Feng nodded, "I know. There are some people from Great Xia in that organization as well, but all of them are still stuck with relatively low positions. They are extremely strict in terms of recruitment when it comes to the higher ups such as the white masks and faceless masks. It is very hard for a spy to obtain one of those positions. For these key positions, the pavilion will mostly recruit internally."

Was it so hard to become a white mask? Su Yu was very surprised. He had joined very easily! But he wasn't surprised to hear about spies in the pavilion. After all, they were actively recruiting outsiders into their organization. In fact, Su Yu had received an invitation to join during his first meeting with one of them.

Of course, most of these externally recruited members would not be given a high position in the pavilion. That was why Bai Feng only knew a little about the pavilion but not too much.

While flying above them, Wu Yuehua said, "Just stay away from them. If you really lack some cultivation resources, you can consider buying from them. Even if they don't have what you need, they can also act as the intermediary and contact those with what you need for you."

Bai Feng nodded.

The conversation about the pavilion ended there. He looked at Su Yu again and warned, "You better go back to Great Ming after this. Just spend your time cultivating harder. Are you not embarrassed of running around as a mere Skysoar?"

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"Me?" Bai Feng snorted coldly, "I would have broken through into the Cloudbreach Realm after a few more days of seclusion. If it wasn't for you, I would still be in seclusion right now. Also, my Skysoar Realm is different than your Skysoar Realm."

Su Yu nodded in agreement. Yes. This was something he agreed strongly with. A Skysoar like Bai Feng was someone a Skysoar like him could crush with one finger. Yes. He considered himself a Skysoar. After all, his physical cultivation was still at the Skysoar Realm.

Strictly speaking, he was only a fresh eighth-stage Skysoar in physical cultivation. Meanwhile, Bai Feng was already at the ninth stage.

***

They conversed as they traveled, but they were still able to move at a decent speed.

As they were already near the capital, the Myriad Race Cult wasn't stupid enough to try anything here. The reward wasn't worth the disastrous losses they had suffered thus far. Even a weak Mountainsea was still a Mountainsea. After a few died attempting this mission, nobody bothered anymore.

In fact, they were starting to curse at the ones who had issued these missions for using them as cannon fodder.

***

Finally, they reached the capital.

This time, Su Yu was no longer the same country bumpkin who would be awed by the sight of the capital. Now, the capital was no different than any other city to him.

As for the guards comprised of Infinite Strength cultivators and some Skysoars, they felt so insignificant. Back when he first arrived here, he was incredibly impressed by the sheer number of people he considered experts. Back then, even Infinite Strength cultivators were experts to him.

But in truth, Infinite Strength cultivators were too weak to even traverse the Allheaven Battlefield independently. Apart from those serving in the military, they were very rarely seen. The few Infinite Strength cultivators one could see would either be experts in disguise or homeless wanderers. Anyone calling an Infinite Strength cultivator an expert would be laughed at.

The three went straight to the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.

While on their way, Bai Feng said, "You'll stay in the academy for a bit and leave immediately after that."

"Yeah, yeah. You've repeated this so many times. I'll leave, but I need to rest a few days before going on a long journey again, right?"

Su Yu complained, "Aren't you supposed to be a big deal in the Multiple Character Faculty? What's the big deal if I stay here for a few days?"

"You!" Bai Feng was furious. That was not the issue here.

Was this fool not aware that he would drag the Bai Family into the coming chaos through what he did?

Bai Feng was going mad from fury. He was so angry he didn't even want to talk anymore. He shut his mouth and started walking silently. Three days. If this fellow tried to stay more than three days, he would personally knock this guy unconscious before sending him back.

Chapter 1114: Converging Spotlights (3)

Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.

The academy was as quiet as ever, but things did not feel peaceful.

It was already October.

The new students had entered the academy for about two months. The number of people in the academy had increased. The number of experts had also increased.

Some were the dao protectors of the myriad race students while some were the dao protectors of the students from influential families. There were a lot more experts in the academy compared to back when Su Yu was still in the academy.

At the same time.

Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

The elders were having a meeting. Naturally, this meeting was unrelated to Wan Tiansheng. He was still in the middle of seclusion, attempting to break through into the Sunmoon Realm. Nowadays, Yuan Qingdong would chair most of the meetings. He was no longer as arrogant as he was. The time he spent here had taught him the importance of keeping a low profile. In fact, he had became even more subdued after Hong Tan became a Sunmoon.

There were a lot of topics to cover in today's meeting.

When everyone arrived, Yuan Qingdong started speaking, "The first matter on the agenda is Faculty Head Zhou's return. He has completed his punishment in the Vanguard Regiment after killing a Sunmoon enemy. His student, Zheng Yuming, will be returning as well."

He paused slightly to glance at Hong Tan and continued, "The Knowledge Seeking Realm intends to let him lead the Character Faculty again. Or to be precise, the Single Character Faculty. Any thoughts on this?"

He scanned the crowd. When he saw that everyone was looking at Hong Tan, he looked at Hong Tan as well. Hong Tan completely ignored them. He was busy wondering if Bai Feng was back.

"If there are no issues, this matter is settled."

Yuan Qingdong forced himself to smile and said, "Including me and Faculty Head Hong, the academy has regained some of its strength. We will have three Sunmoons in the academy before long."

Nobody said anything.

Yuan Qingdong was already used to this. He continued, "The second matter is related to what happened yesterday. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion has entered the Human Realm. They are spread everywhere, including Great Xia. Keep an eye out for any suspicious individuals. The members they sent are very strong. If you encounter one, aim to delay things and wait for reinforcements."

"Thirdly, October has arrived. The murders have yet to stop. Knowledge Seeking Realm wishes to ask Faculty Head Hong Tan about Chen Yong. When is he coming back?"

Hong Tan looked up with a surprised expression and said, "I'm the one whose student has gone missing, but you're asking me? Instead of rescuing him, you're asking me?"

"..."

Yuan Qingdong couldn't even be bothered to argue. In the past, he would definitely argue strongly against Hong Tan. But he had realized that it was pointless. None of these people were afraid of the Knowledge Seeking Realm.

"So be it. If Chen Yong remains missing until December, the ruling of the three Invincibles will come into effect."

Hong Tan did not care. Whatever.

Yuan Qingdong continued, "Fourthly, Elder Jia and the others have been in seclusion for too long. Things are getting rather chaotic lately. Unless the seclusion concerns their lifespan, try to get them to leave earlier."

Nobody replied either. Seclusions were considered the private affairs of these elders. None should disturb an elder in seclusion as nobody knew if that would end up interrupting an important phase of the elder's cultivation.

"Fifthly, the Knowledge Seeking Realm is urging us to investigate Lan Tian's whereabouts if possible. Recently, the sects in the Myriad Race Cult are showing signs of merging together. A large number of myriad race experts have entered the Human Realm as well. Lan Tian is the only higher-up of the cult we know about..."

Again, nobody replied. This had been the normal sight as of late. After saying all that, Yuan Qingdong exhaled and paused slightly.

"Finally, the Knowledge Seeking Realm wishes that Elder Zhao Li can pay a visit to Grandstar City and get in contact with Su Yu. They hope he can assist with the production of higher-level ability blood essence and provide the human race with some important cultivation resources..."

Not waiting for anyone to say anything, he explained, "That has nothing to do with me. I'm only here to pass their message. Don't ask me anything. I don't know. If you refuse, make it clear and I will pass your words to the Knowledge Seeking Realm. That's all."

He knew he would be reproached for making that request. And he didn't want to be reproached. Thus, he made it clear that he was only the messenger. This request had nothing to do with him. He did not care about anything else.

Su Yu might have left, but he still enjoyed a lot of support in the academy. Ignoring the multiple character faction, Elder Huang and Elder Nie of the neutral faction and the newly promoted Elder Zhao Li were all supporters of Su Yu.

There were also supporters of Su Yu among the talisman faction. And there was no need to mention the pillmaking faction that had always been allied to the multiple character faction.

Thus, Yuan Qingdong could guess the kind of reaction he would receive upon making that request.

Surprisingly, Hong Tan did not flare up. Instead, he nodded, "If the rumors are true and that kid is capable of producing Sunmoon ability blood essence, it is indeed something worth learning. Not even me and Bai Feng can do that. But he might have lost himself, transforming into a murderous madman. Tell the Knowledge Seeking Realm that anyone not afraid of death is free to try. But forget about Elder Zhao Li."

Hong Tan smiled, "Yes, you guys should really try. I reckon if you send a ninth-stage Sunmoon, the Sunmoon will be fine. At worst, that kid will seal the city again. I believe the human race will provide help when that happens."

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He was now a hegemon of a region, the mayor of an ancient city. Even Invincibles would suffer upon incurring the wrath of an ancient city. Sunmoon? If they were brave enough, they were free to go. Did they really think that Su Yu was still the same Su Yu who had been forced to leave by them back then?

Hong Tan continued, "I recall that Great Ming King is the Invincible in charge of watching over the Knowledge Seeking Realm at the moment. Is this an order of Great Ming King?"

"No."

"Who did the order come from, then?"

Yuan Qingdong answered with a numb expression, "The nine families. I'm unsure. Most of the time, they're in charge of all the trivial affairs of the holy land. Don't ask me. It has been a while since I last returned."

Hong Tan said, "How about this? Get the Knowledge Seeking Realm to provide some resources. We can try to produce our own Sunmoon ability blood essence as well. But we will require a large amount of Sunmoon blood essence for our experiments. I hope the Knowledge Seeking Realm can provide us with a few thousand drops for our research."

"I'll pass the message."

Yuan Qingdong maintained his numb expression. He was only the messenger. He knew nothing else.

Hong Tan was very surprised. Was this guy not going to argue against even such a request? Did...this guy get bullied so much he was starting to lose his mind? What a weird guy.

Yuan Qingdong couldn't be bothered to argue. Arguing would only bring him more trouble. Great Xia was at the very center of all the recent disturbances. He could already smell the incoming danger and crisis.

This was not a place he could stay for much longer. Those people from the Knowledge Seeking Realm weren't here so they couldn't feel the changes here. But he could feel it clearly. He needed to leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, he might even end up losing his life.

Wan Tiansheng had been in seclusion until now. Previously, Yuan Qingdong was quite pleased about this as it allowed him a free reign over the academy. But now, he was starting to feel nervous and uneasy.

The entire Great Xia Cultural Research Academy felt like a ticking time bomb. If he was still here when it exploded, not even his corpse would remain.

After a while, Yuan Qingdong stood up, "That's all. I will probably enter seclusion soon. If there's nothing important, don't look for me. Vice Principal Xia and Vice Principal Su can handle everything during my absence."

Leaving those words behind, he left.

The elders were left looking at each other blankly. Yuan Qingdong had changed into an entirely different person from when he first arrived. In the beginning, he wanted to interfere in everything. But now, he was trying very hard to not get involved in anything. Why was he acting like they had been suppressing him? Wait, they had indeed been doing that.

"Faculty Head Hong, how are things on your side? With the opening of the Multiple Character Faculty, things are getting very chaotic. All sorts of people are entering your faculty. Can you handle it?"

Hong Tan smiled, "It's fine. Everything will be fine again after Prefect Xia completes his dao affirmation. These students are only accepted to ease up our relationship with the myriad races. As of late, the students from the major races have been happily learning from us. With this, Great Xia's relationship with the races behind them will improve as well."

"..."

What nonsense was that?

Everyone was rendered speechless. Was it even possible for the relationship between the human race and the other major races to improve?

Nope. For some reason, things had felt very weird in Great Xia as of late.

***

At the same time. Top floor of Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

Wan Tiansheng abruptly looked at the academy gate. He looked like he was both crying and smiling at the same time. The kid had returned. How fast. So fast that he didn't know what to do anymore.

"Sigh. It's time for Fatty Xia to return as well."

After sighing, Wan Tiansheng smiled again. So be it. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Since the kid was already here, it was time for Fatty Xia to stop wasting time outside and return as well.

The Martial Dragon Guard should start assembling as well. Most of the local experts had also returned.

In fact, Great Xia had withdrawn most of its forces from the Allheaven Battlefield.

"Liu Wenyan and the others should return as well. It's also time for Xia Yunji and the others to enter the Sunmoon Realm."

Wan Tiansheng listed one matter after another. It was time to get the plan started.

The abrupt rise of Great Xia's multiple character faction, traces of an Invincible ruin, and clues of Chen Yong's whereabouts. That was not enough. Someone at Ji Hong's level had to participate as well. That fellow had investigated this matter for such a long time. It was time for him to show the results of his investigation.

Looking in the direction of the Talent Fostering Bureau, Wan Tiansheng smiled. That fellow sure was brazen. He actually had the courage to continue investigating. If Great Xia hadn't helped conceal parts of his involvement, he would have been discovered long ago.

At times, being too brazen wasn't a good thing. But this time, it would play nicely into the plan they had been working on.

After thinking about all that, Wan Tiansheng looked in Yuan Qingdong's direction. What a surprise. This did not align too nicely with the plan. Yuan Qingdong should have acted even more domineeringly. He should be asking for help from his backers instead of enduring silently.

Yuan Qingdong's behavior had strayed from Wan Tiansheng's expectations.

A change was needed.

Chapter 1115: I'm Very Scared (1)

Outside.

Bai Feng scolded, "What are you doing staring here? Get in!"

Su Yu nodded and said nothing.

He followed Bai Feng into the academy without going through any inspection. The academy seemed to have gotten lax with security as of late. In the past, any visitor would need to go through an inspection before entering.

But that did not happen this time. He was unsure if it was because Bai Feng's status had increased or if the entire academy was slacking. After reaching the academy, Wu Yuehua no longer stayed with them.

Su Yu was left with Bai Feng. As dawn had just arrived, the streets were quite empty. However, some students could still be seen. These were the students who had gotten out of bed early to study. No matter what, there would still be some people who were in the academy to truly study and research.

Su Yu glanced at them and did not pay much attention to them.

As for Bai Feng, he completely ignored his surroundings. While walking, he said, "I'll let you stay in the Mental Tempering Garden. Three days later, leave."

"No. I want to stay in the research center."

"Nonsense!" Bai Feng scolded, "Is the research center a place you can enter?"

"Su Yu stayed there before."

"He told you even something like this?" Bai Feng rolled his eyes, "He's a student of the multiple character faction. You're not."

"In that case, I'll join the multiple character faction."

"Are you courting death?" Bai Feng glared coldly and said, "If you keep causing trouble, I won't hold back anymore."

Su Yu curled his lips, "Forget it."

What a terrible temper. He only wanted to take a look at the research center. Why so angry?

"I want to visit Faculty Head Hong."

"He's too busy to entertain you. Who are you? Are you qualified to meet him?" Bai Feng said, "Do you think being one of the Eight Eminents makes you qualified to meet him? What a joke. Any random person in this academy is strong enough to wipe the floor with you. Forget Skysoars. even the Infinite Strength students can defeat you."

"I don't believe you."

"Sure. I'll get someone to compare notes with you later. That guy is a ninth-stage Infinite Strength cultivator. Let's see if he can beat you to death."

"Zhou Hao?"

"Hmm?" Bai Feng blanked out, "You know him?"

"I heard of him before. Ninth-stage Infinite Strength? Isn't he a Skysoar already?"

Bai Feng frowned. Something seemed to have changed about this cousin of his after reaching the academy. But he couldn't really see what was wrong here. Hearing the question, he said, "No. He tried to follow my student's path and open a few hundred acupoints. Because of that, he has been stuck at the ninth stage."

Su Yu nodded. Zhou Hao was an ambitious one.

One name after another emerged in his memory as he returned to this place. In truth, it hadn't even been that long. Not even a full year had passed since his departure from Great Xia. He left end of last year while October had only arrived. But he felt as though he had been separated from some people for a very long time.

The wild Zhou Hao, the idealistic Wan Mingze...

Su Yu recalled that he last heard about Wan Mingze a long time ago. Back then, he had just left the Hundred Dao Pagoda and learned of Wan Mingze's latest updates from Wu Lan. He was told that Wan Mingze had left as well.

Wan Mingze had founded the so-called united youth army and left with a large number of people. Among the previous top 100 students, people like Jiang Mu, Zhan Hai, and a student of Hu Wensheng called Guo Shengquan had joined him.

Surprisingly, Hu Qiusheng, someone who had been quite close to Wan Mingze, had remained.

Apart from those names, Old Zheng's grandson, Zheng Yunhui, Marquis Xia's granddaughter, Xia Chan, and the mysterious fatty called Jia Mingzhen were among the names Su Yu recalled after returning.

During his previous return, he was much less melancholic. At the time, he was back for Chen Yong's matter. He wasn't given the time to dwell on his thoughts.

This time, he was able to freely think about his past. All those people seemed so far away from him now. It felt as though he had been away for a very long time. But in truth, it hadn't been that long.

"Cousin, how's Wan Mingze doing lately?" Su Yu asked.

Bai Feng was surprised, "No way. You actually know what's happening outside of your immediate surroundings? Wan Mingze...is a decent kid. His united youth army has grown considerably. He has gathered about a hundred people from the younger generation. Lately, they have been tempering themselves in the major seas. Before long, they will step into the Allheaven Battlefield."

Over a hundred members? That wasn't that big of a number. The goal of this united youth army...sounded like something only someone with a second-grade syndrome could come up with. But he also had to admit that this was a very idealistic group of people. They were fighting for the peace of humanity. They fought for the unity of humanity.

Back then, Xia Huyou had remarked that Wan Mingze would either end up a hypocrite or a saint. Su Yu did not really care too much about that, but he agreed that Wan Mingze's ambition was worth respecting.

Even if everything was fake, he was doing a very good job at giving himself a grand image. It was quite impressive how Wan Mingze had been able to gather about a hundred people relying on nothing but a dream.

Su Yu even wondered if that fellow was backed by an Invincible. Perhaps Wan Mingze was the student of an Invincible as well.

"How are they doing?"

"They've demonstrated remarkable strength." Bai Feng praised, "That's a group of youth with good prospects and lofty goals. They are much better than us. We have our ambitions as well, but we have never been able to do anything about our ambitions. Meanwhile, they are already starting to work toward their goal. Wan Mingze and the others are already Skysoars. They have built themselves a decent reputation at the sea regions through their battles."

Bai Feng's expression turned complicated as he said, "Speaking of, the youth from this generation are all pretty good." Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on NoveIꜰire.net

His face turned stern as he said, "You need to learn more from them!"

"I know."

Bai Feng did not say anything about the reply. Know his ass. If his cousin really knew that, his cousin wouldn't be here.

While heading toward the Mental Tempering Garden, Bai Feng said, "Stay here for now. If you need anything, you can look for me at Wentan Research Center. I'll look for a stronger merchant convoy heading to Great Ming soon and arrange for you to join them."

Su Yu said nothing. After walking in silence for a bit, he abruptly demanded, "I want to stay in an independent villa."

"No money."

"I'll pay myself."

"Sure."

Su Yu was in no rush to reveal his identity. That might not necessarily be a good thing. He wanted to see someone else first. In fact, he had been feeling a certain gaze on him the moment he stepped into the academy. That was a very unique sensation. Someone in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion was observing his every action. Thus, he needed to see that person before doing anything else.

Shortly after, he received his accommodation. As requested, it was an independent villa, but he needed to pay himself. But nowadays, money was no longer something Su Yu cared about. He lacked a lot of things, but money was not one of them.

Source qi liquid? He had buckets of them. Yes. He was so rich he was no longer measuring source qi liquid in drops, but buckets instead. Bai Feng did not linger around and left after arranging the accommodation for his cousin. He was a very busy man. If it wasn't for this useless cousin of his, he would still be in seclusion.

***

Bai Feng left.

Su Yu did not stay in his villa. Rather, he walked out and started wandering around the academy. Things had changed. There were a lot more experts in the academy. When he first entered the academy, there were forty-two elders. Thirty-six were Mountainseas and six were Cloudbreaches. Subsequently, a few of them died.

The single character faction had lost elders like Yu Hong and Sun Xiang. Some of their elders had entered seclusion while some had gone to the Allheaven Battlefield. In truth, they academy should have roughly thirty Mountainseas left as of now. Even that was enough to make the academy a considerably powerful force.

But as Su Yu wandered, his Perception Jade detected numerous powerful dots of light. That was especially true for the Foreign Student Faculty. There were over thirty Mountainseas in that faculty alone. He even detected six Sunmoons.

It was expected that the myriad race students would come with their dao protectors. But Su Yu had never expected to see so many Mountainseas and Sunmoons among them. Could the academy handle them?

And that was not all. When he arrived near a newly constructed compound, he discovered yet another group of experts. There were dozens of Mountainseas and about seven or eight Sunmoons in this compound.

In this single academy, more than ten Sunmoons had gathered. Were these the dao protectors of the new students recruited into the Multiple Character Faculty? Holding that question inwardly, Su Yu continued his stroll.

That was already comparable in strength with some minor races. With his Perception Jade, Su Yu was tempted to go near the Heart Cultivating Pavilion as well. He was curious about Principal Wan's true strength. Before long, he arrived near the Heart Cultivating Pavilion. He stopped about a kilometer away from the pavilion.

Su Yu sank into silence.

The Perception Jade...failed to sense anyone.

Yes. Not a single dot of light could be seen on it.

Or to be precise, there was no dot of light on the area Wan Tiansheng was staying at.

This Perception Jade was forged by Zhao Tianbing before being upgraded. Two powerful earth weaponsmiths had worked on it. Even late-stage Sunmoons from the divine and devil races could be detected. But it had failed when attempting to detect Wan Tiansheng.

Su Yu inhaled deeply. Was the principal using a unique method to avoid detection or was there a different reason for this? He looked up at the building. There were thirty-six floors, with Wan Tiansheng staying on the thirty-fifth floor. As for the empty top floor, there were two different stories about it. The first story said that Wan Tiansheng was keeping the place empty since Ye Batian used to reside there.

The second story said that one day, a massive explosion had erupted there. Since then, Wan Tiansheng had been staying on the thirty-fifth floor. But that was not important.

More importantly, the moment Su Yu looked at the building, he suddenly stepped back in alarm. A pair of dark eyes could be seen on the thirty-fifth floor. That pair of eyes was looking straight at him.

Holy shit!

Su Yu cursed inwardly. Why was that fellow scaring him in broad daylight?

That was akin to a scene out of a horror story. It was too creepy. Su Yu had thought that he was here to take a peek at someone else, but suddenly, he found that someone was already watching him in advance. His shock was understandable. He hurriedly looked down and swallowed.

He was already very strong. But when he met that gaze, he still couldn't stop feeling alarmed. Was that Principal Wan? This was too terrifying. Just how strong was Principal Wan?

While Su Yu was deep in thought, a voice rang out beside his ears, "Come on in. Have a seat."

Su Yu's heart thumped. Indeed. He had failed to hide from that man. And he was certain the gap in their strengths was not the reason for him to be detected immediately. Even Great Ming King was not able to instantly see through his disguise.

A certain possibility emerged in Su Yu's mind. He looked up again. But that pair of eyes was already gone.

In truth, Su Yu didn't know Wan Tiansheng too well. That principal was simply too enigmatic a person. He had only met the principal once before.

Inhaling deeply, he started walking in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion's direction. He was walking normally, but as he walked, his figure seemed to have vanished. There were guards standing in front of the Heart Cultivating Pavilion. But none of them noticed Su Yu walking past them.

Chapter 1116: I'm Very Scared (2)

After going through the entrance, Su Yu started ascending the floors. And the previous scene repeated itself. Numerous scenes appeared around him as he walked. It was as though he had returned to the academy yet again. He saw himself killing numerous people. He also saw Bai Feng and the others engaged in an intense battle.

These were the scenes he saw during his previous visit. This time, the scenes had not changed. He was still killing. The academy was still filled with blood and corpses.

Su Yu's eyes flickered as he snorted and shattered the scenes around him. Then, he continued walking. New scenes emerged. This time, the scenes were no longer depicting the events inside the academy. But inside these scenes, he was still killing.

Su Yu frowned, but he ignored these scenes and continued walking. Finally, his vision cleared and a door appeared in front of him.

He had reached the thirty-fifth floor.

Beyond the opened door, he was faced with Wan Tiansheng's back. Overlooking the entire academy, Wan Tiansheng softly said, "Is the world outside interesting?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you visit during your previous return?"

"I was scared."

"Scared?" Wan Tiansheng laughed, "More like you were unwilling, right? Did you think that my promise meant nothing? I said that nobody above the Mountainsea Realm will dare to lay a hand on you. That turned out to be a lie, so you lost your trust in me."

"The principal is wise. You have indeed seen through my disguise long ago."

Su Yu calmly asked, "Principal, did you leave anything on me? If that's the case, you must have left it in my heart. That's the only place on me that has never been touched by death qi before. You left an imprint there during our first meeting, right?"

"You can say so."

Su Yu frowned and asked, "If Prefect Zhu did not show up during the Starfall Mountain incident, would you show up?"

"There is no if in life, isn't that so?" Wan Tiansheng said, "The past is the past. Why do you need to know that?"

"You're right." Su Yu nodded and asked, "What exactly is your strength, Principal?"

"You know what you see. Those you can't see are not what you need to know."

Su Yu frowned. The principal was acting in a deliberately mystifying manner. He had seen even Invincibles. Only Old Wan had the habit of pretending to be all enigmatic and mysterious.

Wan Tiansheng laughed and said, "Do you know what it means to affirm one's dao and become an Invincible?"

"Yes. Fuse the three bodies into one."

"Do you know how you can capture the bodies?"

"I don't know."

Wan Tiansheng smiled, "Do you want to know?"

He turned around and looked at Su Yu. His eyes were shining brightly. But hidden amid the bright radiance coming out of his eyes was a coldness that could send a chill up one's spine.

"In life, there are past and future. There is only one past while the future contains countless possibilities. Fixed past, changing present, and unpredictable future..."

Suddenly, he smiled and reached out to Su Yu.

Su Yu's expression changed rapidly as he threw a punch.

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Su Yu's expression changed again.

Too strong. He could not move his fist at all after it was caught. He felt as helpless as he was when he met Great Ming King.

"Stop struggling. I'll take you on a tour to the past and future. I'll show you the mysterious River of Time. I'll show you the wondrous world..."

With that, Su Yu's vision swam. He felt like he had entered a completely different dimension.

Boom!

Sounds of running water rang out. When Su Yu raised his head in shock, he saw Wan Tiansheng standing ahead of him.

With his back to Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng smiled, "Don't move. Don't talk. Witness the wondrous and colorful world. This is the River of Time. Be careful. Don't fall. If you fall, you'll die."

"Principal..."

"Don't ask questions. Just listen. I will tell you what I want. I won't tell you what I don't want to talk about."

"That's not it..." Su Yu said, "Principal, I wanted to ask...why do you keep showing me your back? There's a hole at the back of your robe. I can see your butt."

"Bullshit!" Wan Tiansheng laughed with amusement, maintaining his persona as a mysterious expert.

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "I'm serious."

Wan Tiansheng shook slightly. When he reached behind him and felt his backside with his hand, he was rendered speechless. After a while, he said, "That is due to time corrosion. Ignore it."

Finally, he turned to face Su Yu. Once again, Su Yu was rendered speechless. Why turn around now? Didn't he think that he looked very cool only showing his back?

Nevertheless, Su Yu was actually incredibly shocked. When he looked down, he saw a massive river. Was this the River of Time? The most mysterious existence in the Myriad Realms? The thing all Invincible aspirants needed to interact with to complete their dao affirmation? It was said that only peak ninth-stage Sunmoons could interact with the River of Time, engaging with the past and future.

Wan Tiansheng stopped talking.

The two stood side by side.

Looking at the river connected to the boundless void, Wan Tiansheng smiled, "Ahead is the future. Behind is the past. There are countless paths ahead of us while there is only one path behind us. Where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere."

Su Yu did not have much to say. He was filled with curiosity and doubt. Just what was Wan Tiansheng's strength? And why did Wan Tiansheng bring him here?

"In that case, let's take a look at the past." Wan Tiansheng said, "My River of Time will only show my past. It's quite boring. I'll try to show you only the interesting sights."

Then, he turned and started walking. Su Yu hurriedly followed. The so-called River of Time looked a lot more unassuming than Su Yu had imagined. It was basically a normal turbid river. As he walked with Wan Tiansheng, he tried to look through the river. However, he couldn't see anything.

Wan Tiansheng explained, "This is the past. Every drop of water contains the memories of the past. The so-called act of capturing the past refers to grabbing a single drop out of all the water here. When you feel like the drop you capture is sufficiently strong, you may store it into a carrier treasure. With that, your past body will take form."

Su Yu thought about it and said, "But the strongest past will always be the past a moment ago, right?"

"Wrong." Wan Tiansheng shook his head, "That is definitely not true. Answer me. Are you stronger now or are you stronger when you detonated Ye Batian's character?"

Su Yu answered awkwardly, "I was stronger back then."

"You have your answer."

Wan Tiansheng said, "That was your strongest past. When you capture that past, it doesn't matter if the strength came externally or internally. Your past is your past. The strength of your past is yours as well."

Su Yu nodded, "Can I catch multiple past bodies?"

"No. After capturing a past body, the river will calm down. You can no longer capture anything from the past."

With a pensive look, Su Yu asked, "Have you captured your past body?"

"No."

"Future body?"

"Nope."

"So you're a ninth-stage Sunmoon?"

"You can say so."

Su Yu was surprised. He was still doubtful. Old Wan's words couldn't be taken at face value. But looking at the roiling waves on the river, it was as Old Wan said. He had yet to capture the past body. Thus, the river had yet to calm down. But there was no guarantee that Old Wan was telling the truth. But was there even a need for Old Wan to lie about this?

Wan Tiansheng continued walking ahead in silence. Noticing a small wave rising from the river, he smiled, "A small wave. It signified that as of this moment, something special is happening. Perhaps this is the strongest past. When capturing a past body, you need to pick a bigger wave and the highest drop of water."

Having said that, he reached forward and grabbed. Next, Su Yu's vision swam. He found himself back in the academy. A massive palm descended from the sky and crushed someone.

Su Yu was stunned.

What a familiar scene. Wasn't this the scene when Wan Tiansheng crushed Zheng Yuming? Next, he saw himself. A much weaker version of himself. He was witnessing the scene from within the Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

Wan Tiansheng was also in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion. But a second Wan Tiansheng stood beside him. The two were akin to observers, observing the scene of Wan Tiansheng making a move against Zheng Yuming with a terrifying level of calm.

Beside Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng said, "This is the most intense my strength level has undulated in the recent past. When encountering a past like this, do not move if you don't wish to capture this past. Don't trigger a space-time disorder. This is also the so-called method one can use to kill someone in the past. For example, I can walk out of this place and kill you on the ring. Of course, I will probably die before I can do that. Killing someone in the past is actually extremely difficult. Even upon success, there is no guarantee that you will die. There are countless versions of you in the past. At most, you will only lose some memories concerning this period of time."

Su Yu looked at the past Wan Tiansheng in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion with surprise. What if he killed this Wan Tiansheng? What would happen?

Wan Tiansheng looked at the past him as well and smiled, "This is a past body. At this point, one may walk out and capture the past body with the carrier treasure if one wishes to fuse with this past body."

Su Yu nodded in understanding.

"But this wave isn't big enough."

The two reappeared atop the river. Wan Tiansheng said, "That's boring. A past body like that is useless."

Su Yu asked doubtfully, "So you have the ability to capture a past body?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you..."

Wan Tiansheng replied nonchalantly, "What's the point of capturing a weak past?"

"..."

That was such a strong logic. Yeah. What was the point?

Su Yu asked curiously, "What manner of past are you trying to capture? Your moment of birth?"

That would be ridiculous.

Wan Tiansheng smiled, "You'll know when you see more."

The two continued walking along the river.

More waves could be seen, but these waves were much smaller than the previous wave. After some time, Wan Tiansheng's breathing became hard. He said, "The further you go, the harder it will become. That's the case for the future as well. At times, you'll have to settle with whatever you can get. Some ninth-stage Sunmoons don't mind. They will take whatever they get to step into the Pseudo Invincible Realm."

"..."

Su Yu didn't know what to say. So which type of Sunmoon was the principal?

Su Yu knew very little about this, but he could see that traversing the River of Time was most definitely not easy.

Chapter 1117: I'm Very Scared (3)

While Wan Tiansheng was taking a stroll on the River of Time with Su Yu.

Great Ming.

Mayor's residence.

Great Ming King looked north in the direction of Great Xia capital with a frown.

Beside him, Zhu Tiandao flashed a fawning smile and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Can't you feel it?" Great Ming King turned to look at his son.

Zhu Tiandao looked in the same direction and focused. But after a while, he replied, "Nope. What is it?"

"Someone is walking the River of Time."

Great Ming King hesitated, "Am I the only one feeling this? Can't you feel anything?"

"No."

"You're not strong enough, resulting in a weak grasp on the past and future."

Great Ming King muttered doubtfully, "Great Xia...who is the person who has reached this level? Is Xia Longwu back? No. Can it be...him?"

"Wan Tiansheng?"

"Perhaps."

Zhu Tiandao nodded, "That's very likely. Is he attempting his breakthrough?"

Zhu Tiandao laughed and continued, "It won't be easy. If you're willing to settle with any random body you get, it won't be that bad. But if you're picky, it will be very hard."

After saying that, he swung his arm. A miniature River of Time that was so small one would think it was created by someone urinating appeared. With a smug smile, Zhu Tiandao said, "It's very hard to find someone like me who can easily open the River of Time at any time."

He looked incomparably proud of himself. He was basically asking for his father to praise him. Soon, the tiny stream of water nobody would consider a river vanished.

Great Ming King nodded, "You're quite good. However..."

The river he sensed felt incomparably vast. Why?

Zhu Tiandao asked doubtfully, "What is it?"

"Nothing."

Great Ming King said, "If it's Wan Tiansheng, is he working on becoming a Pseudo Invincible to prepare for his dao affirmation?"

"No idea. More like he's preparing for Nanyuan."

Zhu Tiandao said, "Forget about that guy. He has been hiding his strength for so many years. I've long guessed that he's much stronger than his official cultivation level."

Great Ming King nodded, "He was Ye Batian's good friend. Back then, Ye Batian would frequently visit him at the Knowledge Seeking Realm to talk about cultivation even when Ye Batian was already near dao affirmation. Wan Tiansheng is a lot stronger than he appears. He is also incredibly talented."

Zhu Tiandao said, "Yeah, I heard as well. Back then, everyone said that Wan Tiansheng was the second coming of Xia Chen. But with Ye Batian's rise, everyone forgot about him."

Xia Chen, the first principal and founder of Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.

Great Ming King said nothing. He was still feeling doubtful. Just the ability to open the River of Time was enough to prove a Sunmoon's strength. The moment one captured a past or future body, one would become a Pseudo Invincible.

For example, the tiny river Zhu Tiandao opened earlier was essentially what the River of Time looked like for a vast majority of ninth-stage Sunmoons. It was through that tiny river that many had captured their past or future bodies.

Yes, one needed to enter the river to capture the body. But there was no need for one to enter the river with one's entire body. Reaching an arm inside to capture a body was sufficient.

To enter with one's entire body, the river needed to be big enough. Such a river was extremely powerful. Upon entering, it was also extremely easy for one to completely lost one's way in it.

Most ninth-stage Sunmoon would only open a tiny river, reach inside, and settle with whatever they caught for their dao affirmation.

Great Ming King tossed the matter to the back of his mind. He shouldn't disturb someone when one was opening the River of Time. Otherwise, he might end up blamed for interfering in the case of failure.

***

Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng were still walking atop the vast river.

After some time, a large wave appeared. Wan Tiansheng reached out, instantly bringing Su Yu to a familiar place. It was the Allheaven Battlefield.

Boom!

Yet again, he was greeted by the sight of a massive palm. The palm crushed an incomparably powerful divine to death with a single hit. First, Su Yu blanked out. When he focused, the past Wan Tiansheng appeared. No, it wasn't Wan Tiansheng. It was a bearded old man.

When Su Yu looked at the Wan Tiansheng beside him, Wan Tiansheng replied, "That's a disguise. It's normal to disguise yourself when you're out traveling. This is a boring scene."

Then, the two withdrew from the scene. Right before leaving, Su Yu noted that the dead divine was at least a late-stage Sunmoon. A late-stage Sunmoon was killed with one slap?

Holy shit!

Also, wasn't it said that Principal Wan had not left the academy in a very long time? When did he leave? How did he kill this expert?

Su Yu was greatly doubtful. He continued following Wan Tiansheng. Finally, they found yet another wave.

Su Yu opened his eyes and saw two figures ahead of him. Just as he was about to focus, he was slapped back to the River of Time. Beside him was Wan Tiansheng. That single slap had given him a dizzy spell. His head was also hurting.

While kneading his head, he looked at Wan Tiansheng questioningly. Wan Tiansheng replied nonchalantly, "At times, you might encounter some weird things when traveling to the past. You might even be attacked in the process. Watch out when you traverse the river in the future."

"No, Principal, I saw two individuals earlier. I didn't see you. Maybe that was you in a different disguise. But one of them looked very familiar..."

"Familiar? It's not weird for the two of us to know the same person. What's the big deal?"

"Is that so?"

Su Yu stopped asking, but he was still feeling suspicious. Of the two he saw, one was Wan Tiansheng and the other was...a familiar face that felt unfamiliar at the same time. Was it really a random attack or had a certain someone slapped him out of an embarrassing past?

How weird. Wan Tiansheng was very weird today. Also, why were they even doing this? It wasn't like he was very interested in the principal's past.

The two continued walking. This time, it lasted a long time as Wan Tiansheng had been ignoring all the smaller waves they met. His breathing grew heavier and heavier, as though he was reaching his limit.

Suddenly, a massive wave appeared in front of them. It was as though the wave was going to reach even the sky above.

Wan Tiansheng smiled, "Here it is! Take a good look! I don't know if this will help you, but it's not a bad idea to show you this."

Su Yu blanked out. He dropped into the wave. Immediately after, he opened his eyes. He had arrived in a boundless dark space. Next, four massive suns appeared in the dark space.

Boom!

He didn't actually hear anything, but he felt as though that was the sound he should be hearing. Four individuals were engaged in an intense battle. One of them was an individual clad in golden armor with a staff in hand. That was someone from the celestial chasm race.

Before he could get a closer look, the other two individuals revealed themselves. One of them was...Ye Batian! Su Yu was shocked. Ye Batian? He had seen the picture of Ye Batian in the academy. This was an incredibly domineering person. With an axe in hand, he attacked his opponent.

The second individual looked much more mysterious. The face of this individual was blurred.

Everything was happening quickly. An intense battle erupted as the four super experts fought in the boundless void. Massive explosions erupted all around them. A crack appeared in the air, revealing a minor realm. But the minor realm was instantly demolished by the aftershocks of the battle.

Su Yu continued witnessing the battle in a dazed manner. It was as though a long time had passed when a brilliant sun appeared. With a swing of his axe, Ye Batian cut his opponent into two.

Meanwhile, the mysterious expert was also keeping the celestial chasm suppressed. Su Yu was greatly shocked. This wasn't right. Ye Batian was supposed to die during this battle. This...did not align with what he heard.

Suddenly, two palms appeared amid the boundless void. One reached for Ye Batian while the other reached for the mysterious expert.

With a rumble, the mysterious expert's body fell apart to the attacks coming from two different directions and vanished. Next, the celestial chasm attacked Ye Batian. The three joined hands to attack Ye Batian. Yet another explosion erupted. It was a silent explosion, but Su Yu felt as though he could hear it.

Boom!

Cracks appeared all over Ye Batian's body as he met his end. Calm returned.

After some time, a saber tore the boundless void apart as an incomparably powerful individual arrived. That was Great Xia King. When he arrived, nothing was left except a greatly damaged body.

***

Suddenly, Su Yu opened his eyes.

He found himself back on the River of Time. He stared at Wan Tiansheng's back blankly and swallowed. That was...Wan Tiansheng's past! Wan Tiansheng's past!

But he didn't see Wan Tiansheng there! Where was Wan Tiansheng? Holy shit! Was that mysterious expert...him?

After a long silence, Wan Tiansheng's calm voice rang out, "Did you see it? There is a traitor. Or there might be two traitors. The two palms probably belonged to a human and a non-human respectively. They had pretended to fight before attacking Ye Batian together."

"Ye Batian was not overly confident in himself. Nor was he overly arrogant. He knew the danger he was in. Thus, he had his good friend act as his dao protector by his side. But his friend failed to protect him. Thus, he died. In truth, he had high hopes of succeeding."

Su Yu swallowed again and said, "I feel like...the two of them were strong enough to kill the two Invincibles."

"Yes. If the battle had continued without interference, they would have won."

"But...that..."

Su Yu didn't know what to say. His entire mind was in a mess.

Wan Tiansheng said, "I showed you this to tell you that Ye Batian still lacked something during his attempt. Remember what you saw. Think about it carefully. Study it. You might not understand everything you see today. It doesn't matter. When you grow strong enough, you might notice more when you recall this memory. Remember, Ye Batian could have succeeded. But I believe that only applies to his physical cultivation. His willpower cultivation showed no sign of successful dao affirmation."

"..."

Su Yu nodded, still in a dazed state. But next, an understanding dawned on him.

"Source soul acupoint is split into the yang acupoint and yin aperture. You need to open 360 acupoints and 360 apertures. Additionally, you might also need to meet some other requirements. Only then will it be possible for you to affirm your dao in willpower cultivation."

That was Su Yu's hypothesis. Wan Tiansheng had a pensive look as he said, "Perhaps. You can try it your way. Also, non-human characters might also affect the attempt."

"Noted."

"Let's leave."

"Uhm...is that mysterious man...dead?"

Wan Tiansheng nonchalantly replied, "Dead or alive does not apply to that man. That is only a tri-life body."

"..."

What? Su Yu was shocked yet again. A single tri-life body was able to fully suppress a celestial chasm Invincible in battle? He felt like his horizon had been expanded greatly today.

Ye Batian and his boundlessly powerful axe.

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And finally, three Invincibles joined hands to kill Ye Batian after killing the tri-life body of the mysterious expert.

Who was that mysterious expert? Su Yu did not ask. But he had a good guess.

He swallowed and said, "Uhm...since we're done here, bye, Principal. You're not interested in silencing me, right?"

It felt terrifying to know too much. Why did the principal show him that? He was feeling very insecure right now.

Wan Tiansheng said, "Silence you? Maybe...if you remain..."

Su Yu ran off without any hesitation. Inwardly, he grumbled that he had been thinking of running way earlier. He had merely lacked the courage to do so before getting the principal's permission to leave. He was greatly terrified.

Inside his head, the little furball was greatly terrified as well. The furball was madly licking a random nearby character to console his trembling heart. His instincts were telling him that before dying, he should fill his belly. He should die a full ball, not a hungry ball!

***

At the same time, under a heavenly source fruit tree in a certain realm.

A massive furball opened his eyes. Numerous bubbles appeared around him. He looked at them doubtfully and muttered, "A dead tri-life body. What a powerful future body. Is he planning to capture another body?"

While thinking, the big furball fell asleep. That had nothing to do with him.

He should resume his sleep. He must have been dreaming again.

Chapter 1118: Teacher And Student (1)

By the time Su Yu walked out of Heart Cultivating Pavilion, his brow was already beaded with sweat.

Everything that had happened earlier felt like a dream.

What did he see?

He saw that Wan Tiansheng was actually present during that battle back then. He saw Wan Tiansheng and Ye Batian joining hands to nearly kill two Invincibles. Finally, two different Invincibles interfered, destroying Wan Tiansheng's tri-life body and taking Ye Batian's life.

Were the two humans actually Invincibles?

Unlikely.

Wan Tiansheng and Ye Batian were probably only Pseudo Invincibles, but they were also much more terrifying than regular Pseudo Invincibles.

More importantly, why did Old Wan show him that? Su Yu grimaced. Was Old Wan trying to show off?

No!

Su Yu blanked out as he realized something, "I understand!"

A certain realization dawned on him.

Old Wan was...teaching him.

Yes. Teaching him.

"He was trying to teach me that I shouldn't capture a past body first. Instead, I need to capture the future body, assimilate its strength, before capturing a past body..."

That line of thought started taking root in Su Yu's mind. He was greatly shocked.

Right, the future body would grant one the combat strength comparable to Invincibles. If one refrained from capturing a past body first, wouldn't one be able to capture a past body with the strength of a future body?

For example, Wan Tiansheng could capture his past from the battle fifty-one years ago. That would grant him an incomparably powerful strength.

Su Yu swallowed. In theory, everyone could do this. But one had to actually succeed in capturing the future body. He didn't know how difficult it would be, but he had a feeling it would be extremely difficult.

"Was that what Old Wan wanted me to learn?"

Su Yu mumbled. Perhaps. He did not feel like thinking too much about it. He only knew that everyone was underestimating Wan Tiansheng too much. It was also likely that some people out there knew more than the rest. It was said that a heavily injured celestial chasm Invincible had escaped the fight back then alive. That could very well be the same Invincible who had fought Wan Tiansheng.

What a terrifying guy.

The surviving celestial chasm Invincible probably knew more but not enough to know that his opponent was actually Wan Tiansheng. The two unknown Invincibles who had interfered might also know that of their two opponents, one still lived.

Su Yu exhaled. Would they be able to guess that the surviving individual was Wan Tiansheng? He was unsure. Back then, Wan Tiansheng was supposed to only be a peak Mountainsea officially. Nobody would suspect him, right?

When seeing a tri-life body powerful enough to threaten Invincibles, most people would suspect powerful individuals like Great Xia King. Perhaps they would suspect that it was Great Xia King's tri-life body?

Su Yu decided to stop thinking about all that. This was too complicated. With Old Wan's strength, his goal must be massive if he had hidden his strength for so many years.

Su Yu had asked the stone statue before. He learned that one could regain one's tri-life bodies, but a past body was the hardest to regain. After all, the past was the root for the present and future.

But it was very likely that Old Wan had only lost his future body. The difficulty shouldn't be that high for him.

How terrifying.

Perhaps Old Wan had avoided capturing a past body because he didn't want to become an Invincible yet? Dao affirmation would create a massive scene that could be witnessed across the entire Myriad Realms. But Su Yu didn't know enough about that realm to make an accurate judgment.

He did not know if one would automatically fuse with the two tri-life bodies after capturing them, kickstarting the dao affirmation process or if it was something one could start manually. The difference between the two would be rather significant.

For the former, one would instantly start the process after capturing the second tri-life body.

For the latter, one would need to spend some time slowly fusing the three bodies. Like fusing acupoints, that might require a long time to complete.

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It all sounded complicated, but Su Yu had an idea of how it should work in general. First, capture the future body and fuse with it. Through that, his future would become his past.

Holy shit! Was that...really possible? This was a perspective he had never explored before. This time, Wan Tiansheng had truly expanded his horizon.

***

While Su Yu was muttering to himself, Wan Tiansheng was feeling quite grumpy in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

He mumbled, "No. I wasn't trying to tell you that. I was trying to tell you that as strong as I am, I still need to hide myself. In that case, you definitely need to hide yourself as well. I was trying to tell you that something was off about Ye Batian's dao affirmation. How are you not understanding that?"

What an idiot! Why did the damn kid have such a unique way of understanding things? He was most definitely not telling the kid to capture the future in the past. This was infuriating!

Fool!

Did the kid think that he would be able pull that off?

Nonsense!

Wan Tiansheng felt very helpless. So be it. When the kid grew stronger, he would understand just how shocking everything he had seen today. He would come to understand just how strong Principal Wan was.

Whatever. It was true that the ignorant were always the bravest.

Wan Tiansheng felt like talking to Su Yu was akin to playing the lute to a cow. How would a cow understand music?

At the very least, Su Yu had experienced the River of Time and learned about how one should go about capturing the tri-life bodies. As far as Wan Tiansheng was concerned, if Su Yu failed to learn at least that much, he would only have himself to blame for being too stupid.

With this, Su Yu would know what to do after reaching the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm.

As someone who had experienced the River of Time before, he would understand how dangerous that place was. He would not be completely clueless about his future path after becoming a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Wan Tiansheng sighed. Perhaps that was the final gift he could leave that kid.

With a smile, Wan Tiansheng leaned back in his chair. As his rocking chair swayed back and forth, he started humming an unknown song.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was still deep in thought about the past and future.

"After fusing with a past body that has fused with a future body, will my future become stronger? Can I fuse with another future body after that? A future whose past has fused with the future?"

"..."

Inside his sea of willpower, the little furball was fully confused. This was too complicated.

But for Su Yu, it wasn't really that complicated. Even if he was limited to only one past body and one future body, it didn't matter. At worst, he could destroy one of his weaker tri-life bodies.

That would probably allow him to keep fusing the past and future and strengthen himself endlessly, right?

Hehehe.

Another thought appeared in his mind. Wasn't his past constantly growing stronger with each passing second? In that case, could he keep fusing with a past body before destroying it and fusing with a new past body? What if he did this repeatedly?

Had he...discovered a way to grow stronger as an Invincible? Or was this something everyone was already doing? Capture the future, strengthen the past, capture the past, strengthen the future, destroy a body, and repeat.

At one point, even Su Yu was starting to get confused. Wasn't this a way to grow without limits? But the premise of that was surviving the destruction of so many tri-life bodies. He might end up killing himself before succeeding.

"No, wait. I'm only a Skysoar physical cultivator and Cloudbreach willpower cultivator. Why am I thinking about all that?"

Su Yu cursed at Old Wan for leading him astray.

"Two Invincibles. One might be a human. The non-human are not scary since this is an enemy we can see coming. But the human is an unknown enemy. That is much scarier."

Su Yu frowned. This time, he was finally certain that there was at least one traitor among the humans. Of course, there was also the possibility that both of the unknown Invincibles were non-humans. But at the very least, he knew that both Ye Batian and Old Wan were caught by surprise during that battle.

Ye Batian was not as arrogant as the rumors had suggested. He knew himself well. He had his good friend acting as a dao protector. His good friend was very strong as well. The two could totally handle two Invincibles without much difficulty.

Perhaps they were even thinking of using that as a trap to lure some Invincibles out to kill. Alas, the bait was much more effective than they had imagined.

Instead of two, four Invincibles had arrived. Two fought them head-on while the other two remained in the dark. Even so, Ye Batian and Old Wan were able to gravely injure one of the Invincibles and kill the other. That was still an incredibly impressive feat.

"How amazing."

Su Yu sighed in admiration. So Pseudo Invincibles could actually kill Invincibles. Multiple individuals had reached that level of strength.

Future body...

Numerous thoughts appeared in Su Yu's mind. Eventually, he decided to stop thinking. The more he thought, the more terrifying the whole thing felt. Old Wan had actually been hiding his strength for so many years.

"His goal is most certainly something very big."

After remaining in hiding for so many years, Old Wan had finally decided to step forth again. The principal had even brought him on a trip to the River of Time. Was Old Wan finally ready to go wild?

***

Su Yu did not continue roaming around after leaving Wan Tiansheng's place.

He returned to his residence.

After the previous encounter, he felt incomparably weak. Before Wan Tiansheng, he was basically a bug. He was able to verify that Wan Tiansheng was terrifyingly strong. Even someone so strong had to keep a low profile.

Looked like he shouldn't get too full of himself. He had only completed fifty-seven forgings. He was near the fifty-eighth forging. He had to complete all seventy-two forgings as soon as possible.

"Grandteacher is only a Sunmoon. He might very well be only a first-stage Sunmoon. That's too weak. Perhaps the sunmoon profound yellow liquid will help. As for Teacher, he's near the Cloudbreach Realm. I wonder if he's cultivating the Five Elemental Art I gave him. If not, it will be hard to start at the Cloudbreach Realm. At that point, he will need to crush Sunmoon characters to supply himself with willpower if he still wants to cultivate that art."

Numerous thoughts emerged in his mind. He had returned only for revenge. As for who he was avenging...to speak the truth, he didn't pity Ye Batian that much. He was only back to avenge his teachers and the others. As for himself, he didn't really have that many personal enemies. Why? Because most of the people who had harmed him were already dead.

"Time to come clean with Teacher. With Old Wan here, there is nothing to fear. He's so strong that perhaps not even Invincibles can run wild here."

First, he spent some time cultivating to keep the death qi in him under control. Then, he vanished with a flicker.

Chapter 1119: Teacher And Student (2)

Wentan Research Center.

As usual, Hong Tan and Bai Feng were extremely busy.

Wu Jia was nearby as well. She did not disturb them. She only focused on keeping the place tidy and clean for them. Worry constantly covered her face. Her teacher had been missing for a while. He might still be alive, but he would be declared a traitor soon.

After she left the room, Hong Tan looked at her departing back and sighed.

Bai Feng looked up as well. He helplessly said, "Senior Brother sure is determined. He can cut contact with everyone else, but he should try to contact us, right?"

After a slight pause, he continued, "My pitiful student is still waiting for death right this moment. Otherwise, it might be a good idea for us to play matchmaker for him and Jia."

"You..." Hong Tan was rendered slightly speechless. He said, "Stop wasting your time thinking about these useless matters. Work on completing the Mountainsea disassembly method. For now, it only works up until the ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm. What are you even doing? This won't be too useful. It will only be truly impactful when it works for Mountainseas and Sunmoons as well."

Bai Feng said, "I still lack test subjects. Like I told you previously, you're a Sunmoon while I'm a Skysoar. I'm already doing very well pushing it to the Cloudbreach Realm. Senior Brother is a Mountainsea so he will be the best test subject. What am I supposed to do without a suitable test subject?"

He didn't trust others enough to test his disassembly method on them.

"It's fine. Just catch some random Mountainseas for your tests. There are plenty of Mountainseas in the academy nowadays."

"Can we?" Bai Feng asked with a shifty expression, "Why don't you do it, then?"

"Piss off."

Hong Tan rolled his eyes, "Don't you know that there are too many eyes on me? Can I even do anything?"

He rubbed his chin and said, "Didn't you say that you got in contact with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? Why don't you hire them to catch a few for you?"

"Is that fine?"

"Yeah. This will be very convenient." Hong Tan's tone turned sinister, "We can use this chance to get a few eyesores killed. That way, their backers will send more people here. The stronger the people they send, the better it is. It's even better if they are angered enough to send dozens of Sunmoons here..."

Bai Feng nodded and grinned, "I understand. We'll let those bastards fight among themselves. But...is it appropriate for us to get them killed in Great Xia?"

"True. We'll think about this again."

Suddenly, Hong Tan's eyes flickered. He started scanning their surroundings.

Then, he roared, "Who is it?"

Nothing happened.

The look in Hong Tan's eyes changed as he reached out at Bai Feng. Right at that moment, a palm appeared behind Bai Feng, reaching straight for his head.

"You're courting death!"

Hong Tan slapped Bai Feng away before manifesting his sword and shield.

Boom!

The hidden individual countered with a punch. The shield cracked upon contact with the punch. Hong Tan's expression changed when he noticed that. Meanwhile, Bai Feng was slapped onto the wall before sliding down in a dazed manner.

After throwing a punch at the shield, the hidden individual flickered and grabbed Bai Feng. A sneer rang out as he said, "Surrender."

Hong Tan's face fell.

As for Bai Feng, despair covered his face.

Clenching his teeth, Hong Tan said, "This is not possible. How did you get in here?"

This was not supposed to be possible. This was his own research center. It was under the protection of numerous formations. Was this someone from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?

The unknown individual said, "How can those insignificant tricks pose any trouble to me? I'm Profound Nine!"

"Profound Nine!" Hong Tan gnashed his teeth, "It's you! The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member who was in Nanyuan not long ago!"

"Exactly. I'm the leader of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's Great Xia branch."

Hong Tan's face turned cold. This was a higher-up from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

He had not expected them to be brazen enough to actually enter the capital. Moreover, one of them had even successfully enter his research center. That was not possible. What was Wan Tiansheng doing? Did the principal not notice anything?

"What do you want?"

Su Yu said, "I only need you to stay put. I'm only here for Bai Feng. Look at his fair and tender skin. I'm going to sell him for money."

"..."

Silence descended. Even Bai Feng was stunned. The intruder...might not necessarily need to sneak in. He could actually enter normally. And only five individuals had the clearance to enter the research center normally.

Apart from the three who were already in the building, there were two other individuals.

Su Yu and Chen Yong.

And this level of strength...

Bai Feng groaned, "Senior Brother! This is not funny!"

Hearing that, Hong Tan was stunned. He asked doubtfully, "Little Yong?"

It was possible for Chen Yong to be this strong. Back then, Chen Yong was already a ninth-stage Mountainsea. But...this person also had a strong physical cultivation. Little Yong was a pure cultural researcher.

Was this really Chen Yong? Hong Tan was unsure.

Meanwhile, Bai Feng gave Su Yu a kick and cursed, "Senior Brother, don't you know that this is very scary? You nearly scared me to death! Luckily, it's you. Fortunately, Su Yu isn't here to see this. This is too embarrassing!"

Phew. Good thing this was his senior brother.

How scary.

Since Su Yu was still busy being a mayor, this person could only be Chen Yong. What a surprise. He had actually managed to become a leader in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

He rolled his eyes and punched Su Yu's chest playfully while saying, "Senior Brother, stop messing around. Why are you still wearing this mask? Take it off. Teacher has been missing you. Jia as well..."

Su Yu merely stared at his teacher with stupefaction. He had never mentioned being his martial uncle. How did Bai Feng reach such a conclusion?

Also, why did his teacher punch his chest playfully? Was this...a girlfriend flirting around with her boyfriend?

Hong Tan started frowning. Something felt off. Was this really Little Yong?

This must be one of them or he wouldn't have been so lenient with Bai Feng.

"Little..."

He paused as his jaw dropped. He hurriedly shut his mouth, but soon, it opened wide again.

He muttered, "Little Yu, you...I...he..."

Finally, Bai Feng looked up to face the mysterious visitor...and was instantly stunned.

He froze completely.

After a long while, he said, "Uhm...Senior Brother...stop messing around..."

He must be seeing things. Definitely.

Su Yu laughed awkwardly and said, "Teacher, Grandteacher, I was just joking around. Don't mind me. I didn't even use my full strength. I was only testing everyone's vigilance..."

Boom!

A punch landed on Su Yu's head. But Bai Feng was the one who was hurting so much he nearly teared up.

Initially, Hong Tan wanted to persuade Bai Feng to calm down. But he decided to stop when he heard a certain someone claiming to have not used his full strength earlier.

Proceed. Beat that little shit up. Show no mercy.

Damn that little shit. What was the meaning of that?

Not using his full strength?

Was the damn kid saying that he was holding back when he cracked the shield with one punch? Was the damn kid trying to say that if he used all his strength, he could have killed his grandteacher with one punch?

After the first punch, Bai Feng gave Su Yu a second punch. Su Yu merely smiled awkwardly while Bai Feng had to try even harder to not tear up. His fist was hurting so much!

Holy shit!

Fuck!

Why was he the one hurting when punching someone else?

"Profound Nine?"

Bai Feng wisely stopped punching. Instead, he grabbed Su Yu's collar and howled, "Profound Nine, right?"

"Cough, cough. Uhm..."

"You little shit! How dare you sneak in here just to mess with your grandteacher and teacher? Did you enjoy yourself?"

"I—"

"Have you forgotten how to respect your elders?" Bai Feng howled, "And you even attacked me?"

"Nope. Teacher, it wasn't me. Grandteacher was the one who had slapped you to the side. I was the one who had helped you up. You can think back to what happened if you don't trust my words."

Bai Feng thought about it and cursed inwardly. That seemed to be the case. His teacher was the one who had slapped him aside. And then, the kid grabbed him. Was that the kid's way of helping someone up?

He couldn't stay calm. He could only cover his embarrassment through his shouts.

Holy shit!

How!

How was the kid this strong?

He felt as though the kid could kill him with one casual slap!

That was infuriating!

So infuriating!

Too embarassing!

Hong Tan had a bizarre expression as he said, "Little Feng, this is not how you teach your student. It's too violent. Don't even think of cutting him with a sword. His body is too strong..."

Right after those words were said, a large sword appeared beside Bai Feng. That was Hong Tan's sword.

Pick it up!

Cut the damn kid with the sword!

What a bastard.

The kid had arrived in the middle of the night to play such a joke on them.

For a moment, Hong Tan had thought that he would die here. But it was actually the little shit. Bai Feng's Dragon Slaying Sword was probably not strong enough to do anything to the kid. Thus, Hong Tan had kindly offered his own sword.

Bai Feng picked the sword up and looked at his teacher speechlessly before tossing the sword back. He said, "Alright, Teacher. If you want to beat him up, do it yourself. I'm not doing it."

"..."

Hong Tan glared at his student. What was the meaning of that? Was he that kind of person?

Su Yu flashed a fawning smile and said, "Clear your anger, Grandteacher. You're so amazing. That one palm attack of yours gave me an internal injury!" Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novｅlfire.net

"Shut up!"

Both Hong Tan and Bai Feng roared at the same time. Bai Feng said, "Just stop bullshitting. You little bastard. How dare you mess around with your grandteacher. Your grandteacher might be weaker than you, but he tried his best. You shouldn't insult his effort like that."

He sighed and continued, "This is my student...sigh. I have failed in teaching him proper moral values. So be it. Remember. Be respectful to your grandteacher in the future. You're my student. People might misunderstand that I'm such a rude person as well."

He used a lot of words to essentially praise his teaching skills for producing a strong student like this. Hong Tan rolled his eyes. Bai Feng was so delusional it was hopeless.

He inhaled deeply and stared at Su Yu. After a long while, he asked, "Are the rumors fake?"

Su Yu hesitated and asked, "Which rumor are you referring to? The one where I got numerous Sunmoons killed? Or the one where I got my big brother beat up some Invincibles for me? Are you asking about my first rank on the Heaven Index? Or maybe there are more rumors? The ones I mentioned are real, but I don't know about the rest."

"..."

Silence descended.