Chapter 84 - 84

Chapter 1317: Gathering (2)

Beside Su Yu, Bai Feng was stunned as well. He stared at Su Yu speechlessly. After a long while, he asked, "Liu Hong, what is this? Are you really Liu Hong?"

He was feeling greatly doubtful. Could this be Su Yu? But...would Su Yu be shameless enough to praise himself like that? Someone so shameless couldn't exist, right? Bai Feng was not alone in thinking like this. Nobody was sure if this was Su Yu.

Even Wu Lan and Wu Jia were looking at them curiously. What was happening? The beasts looked even more confused.

Su Yu grinned and asked, "What's wrong? From the first time I met Su Yu, I could already see that he was a giant among men. In fact, he is even better than a mere giant. He is so great creation itself pales before him."

"..."

After staring at Su Yu doubtfully for a while, Hong Tan threw a sudden palm attack at him.

Su Yu merely stood there with a smile. When the palm struck, Su Yu was blasted into pieces. Hong Tan was stunned.

Beside him, Liu Wenyan reached out to the flesh and blood that were instantly reforming into a man. The reformed man grinned, "That was cold."

Liu Wenyan continued reaching out to the newly reformed man. A seal was placed around the newly reformed man.

But the vibrate character was able to easily shatter the seal.

Liu Wenyan's eyes flickered as he switched to a different technique, freezing the man over.

Not far away, Chen Yong laughed with amusement as he flicked his finger and wrapped numerous chains around Su Yu. Seeing what was happening, Hong Tan snorted.

Was the kid trying to compete against them in characters? Yes, the kid was strong. But in terms of character alone, they were far better than the kid.

"Lock!"

With that shout, even the air itself was locked.

As a response, Su Yu ignited his entire body to burn Liu Wenyan's ice before breaking Chen Yong's chains with his break and saber characters. Finally, he used the five elemental characters to imprison the lock character.

One character ability after another was demonstrated.

Nearby, Bai Feng was just about to join in when he was completely pressed down on the ground by a casual activation of Su Yu's suppress character. His face turned red, not from exertion, but from anger.

Holy shit!

He demanded angrily, "Let me go!"

Su Yu looked at Bai Feng before withdrawing his character awkwardly. Was his teacher a sore loser? If he wanted to play, he must be capable of taking a loss. Otherwise, he might as well not play. It would be very annoying to play with someone like that.

With great difficulty, Bai Feng stood back up. When he noted that Hong Tan and the others were looking at him with smiling faces, he complained furiously, "You crossed of line! How could you disrespect your teacher like that?"

Hong Tan laughed and said, "You are still lacking. How did you get yourself suppressed so easily by a mere fourth-tier character? What are you supposed to do when you encounter a Mountainsea enemy in the future?"

"I'm still a first-stage Cloudbreach!"

Bai Feng protested. Why should he be fighting Mountainseas at his level?

Hong Tan said with a regretful tone, "Those on the Heaven Index can fight early Mountainseas as early Cloudbreaches."

Screw that!

Bai Feng rolled his eyes. He wasn't even on the Heaven Index. Why should he be judged by that standard?

At this point, everyone was already aware that this was Su Yu. Wu Jia, who had realized the same, exclaimed in surprise, "Junior Brother!"

However, Wu Lan was still focused on the soil. She was completely ignoring Su Yu.

With a smile, Su Yu asked, "Wu Lan, do you still not know my identity?"

Wu Lan looked up from her soil and asked in astonishment, "I knew it was you the moment I heard you praising yourself. Why do you ask?"

Why did she not react, then? Su Yu was left speechless.

Wu Lan couldn't be bothered to waste her time with Su Yu. She continued playing with the soil on the ground. After a moment, she frowned, "How odd. Allheaven Battlefield has only been active for a few hundred years, right? But why am I smelling the stench of blood from so many people in this soil? This doesn't look like an accumulation of only a few hundred years..."

"..."

Everyone looked at her in surprise. How did she reach that conclusion from the soil?

When Wu Lan stood up again, she noticed that everyone was looking at her. Thus, she asked curiously, "Why is everyone looking at me? Did I get some soil on my face?"

She wiped her face doubtfully. But when she saw that everyone was still looking at her, she started cursing inwardly. Were these people sick in the head? Why were they still looking at her?

Su Yu laughed in amusement while Hong Tan and Liu Wenyan shook their heads after looking at each other.

This lass was...hopeless.

So be it.

After exchanging greetings with his senior sister, Su Yu reached out at the suanni. The suanni wanted to flee, but he failed.

After easily catching the suanni, Su Yu said, "Wow, this guy has grown plump. I guess this is our dinner tonight?"

"No, Lord. Spare me!"

The suanni wailed fearfully, "I'm sorry! I won't do this anymore! I won't steal food anymore! I won't sneak into your room and sleep on your bed anymore! I'm sorry! Please forgive me! That bull did the same thing! He has grown plump as well! Lord..."

First, Su Yu blanked out. Then, he tossed the suanni at the mountaindrill bull, who had buried his entire body except his head into the ground before snorting. The suanni crashed into the bull's head, but the bull didn't dare to make any sound despite the pain he was feeling from the crash.

The suanni was terrified. When did Su Yu become so strong?

How terrifying!

At this point, all of them were already aware that this was Su Yu.

Soon, Su Yu smiled again as he faced the others and said, "Everyone, I'm back."

Liu Wenyan smiled and asked, "Are you addicted to disguising yourself as others?"

Su Yu said, "What can I do? I have many enemies. I believe even Invincibles will try to assassinate me if they know that I'm out of my city."

Bai Feng rolled his eyes and said, "If you dare disrespect your teacher like this again, I will kick you out of the multiple character faction!"

It was too embarrassing. The kid had been able to fool him each time the kid returned with a different identity. More importantly, he had no way of seeing through the kid's disguise. For some reason, he was the first person the kid would fool each time the kid returned. The more he thought about this, the more furious he became.

Thus, he ran over and gave Su Yu a kick to vent his anger. Alas, he ended up hurting his own toes from the kick.

Su Yu said nothing. He merely laughed.

Then, he looked at Wu Lan again and asked curiously, "Earlier, you talked about beating me to death. What was that about? I don't remember doing anything recently."

Wu Lan said, "It was nothing. I mentioned that you lured a lot of character techniques for me. Then, Elder Hong said that he wanted to smash your shameless face apart."

Hong Tan was left speechless. Those were not his words at all. Why did the lass alter what he said?

Su Yu laughed in amusement. But when he looked at the others again, he suddenly felt melancholy. He said, "I guess this is...a full gathering."

He looked at Chen Yong and sighed, "Sorry, Martial Uncle. I failed to take revenge for you. Zhu Tianfang killed them all before I could do anything. But I did kill Goldwing for you."

Chen Yong nodded, "It's fine. Since I'm not strong enough to kill them myself, it's fine to have others do it. Fiery Sea, Goldwing, and Silverwing are all dead. I can finally put this grudge behind me."

Su Yu merely smiled. He did not mention the symbol of the mysterious Invincible he saw. It was pointless. There was no need to worry them for something they could do nothing about.

Hong Tan said, "That's a good thing. Come on, take a seat. Kid, you're like a mysterious shadow. Your whereabouts are harder to grasp than ours. Those characters of yours are quite strong. I can see that most of them are already at the fourth tier. Is your willpower at the ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm?"

"Yeah."

Liu Wenyan frowned, "Why did they feel overly strong? Did you consume some sunmoon profound yellow liquid before to strengthen your apertures?"

"Yeah."

"That's too rash!" Liu Wenyan shook his head, "Aperture fusion will be extremely hard for you. You should stop underestimating your character cultivation since cultural researchers can't enter the Invincible Realm. If you only have a strong body and a weak willpower, your weakness will be too obvious. Things are fine now, but when you become an Invincible, even entering the River of Time will be extremely challenging with only the willpower of a Cloudbreach. Your enemies will be able to easily exploit this flaw of yours."

Su Yu nodded.

Suddenly, Chen Yong laughed and asked, "Back when you first formed your character technique, Bai Feng and I asked about the character count. You told us two nines. Do you remember that?"

"Yeah."

Chen Yong asked again, "So what did you mean exactly by that? If even a twenty-character technique is merely an average technique for you, what exactly did you mean by two nines?"

Recalling the same matter, Bai Feng started scolding again, "How could you lie to your teacher? Have you ever not lie before?" Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novel★fire.net

Su Yu had an innocent expression as he argued, "I didn't lie about that. Who lied? I said two nines. Ninety-nine. How was that a lie?"

"..."

Silence descended.

Su Yu continued, "I never lied. I merely noticed how excited you were when you mentioned the twenty-two characters of the fifth principal, the eighteen characters of Teacher Liu, the fourteen characters of grandteacher, and your pitiful twelve characters. I couldn't bring myself to say ninety-nine. I was trying to protect you from a heart attack."

"..."

Bai Feng had an unsightly expression. He had naturally formed a higher number of characters, but there was no doubt that his character technique was one with only twelve characters. The rest of them wouldn't fit in perfectly with his character technique.

Reminded of their past conversations, Bai Feng couldn't help but curse inwardly. True. Even if Su Yu were to tell him the truth back then, he wouldn't believe it. So that was what the kid meant by two nines?

Hong Tan frowned and said, "Ninety-nine...let's not talk about the origin of such a character technique for now. Something feels wrong about your character technique."

Liu Wenyan nodded in agreement, "Yes. It doesn't feel right. Generally, every character technique requires an even number of characters. It is extremely rare for the number of characters to be odd. These character techniques exist, but most of the time, the odd number is an indicator that there is a certain flaw in the character technique. However, your character technique is too powerful to be flawed."

Bai Feng disagreed, "That's not a big deal. Ultimately, all the characters will be fused into one. Even or odd, it won't matter in the end. However, it is indeed abnormal for a ninety-nine-character technique to exist."

He gave it some thought and said, "There are two possibilities. Either the character technique is actually a manifestation of his racial ability, or there is already an existing character in his head, occupying the final spot in his character technique. The kid has merely been oblivious about that."

"..."

Chapter 1318: Gathering (3)

Su Yu stared at his teacher blankly. In truth, he had never thought of this. Was there something wrong with ninety-nine characters?

The others were right. The fifth principal had a twenty-two-character technique. Liu Wenyan had a twenty-character technique, and Hong Tan had a fourteen-character technique. He was the only one whose character technique required an odd number of characters.

Bai Feng had tossed out an answer without even thinking much about it. Yet that was an extremely shocking answer for Su Yu. Perhaps...his character technique really required a hundred characters. One of them might have occupied the final spot without him realizing it. That golden book might be that character.

He couldn't help but stare at Bai Feng in shock. Bai Feng merely rolled his eyes and said, "What are you looking at? What's so surprising about you having an innate character? I have been wanting to dissect your head for quite a while. With ninety-nine characters, your character technique is surprisingly weak. It is most certainly incomplete. It will probably require all hundred characters to reach its potential. It only feels strong right now because of the sheer number of fourth-tier characters you have and that excessively powerful willpower of yours.

"In a normal situation, with such a character technique and the constant tempering of your Soul Expanding Hammer, you should be able to easily fight Sunmoons at your level. With so many apertures open and strengthened with sunmoon profound yellow liquid and the incredible combat prowess you should have as a member of the multiple character faction, you should be as strong as Mo Duona even when you're only using your characters. But is that the case now? Are you a match for him without relying on your physical cultivation?"

Su Yu shook his head.

Nope.

With his current willpower, he could probably face cultivators no stronger than the sixth-stage Mountainsea Realm. Meanwhile, Mo Duona was already strong enough to kill Sunmoons as a ninth-stage Cloudbreach.

His willpower was far from enough to handle Mo Duona.

Bai Feng lectured, "Have more patience. Don't just focus on your body. A physical body is...useless, if you ask me. After a thousand or maybe ten thousand years, it will start failing you. Only your sea of willpower will remain for eternity. Kid, only brutes cultivate their bodies."

"..."

Su Yu said, "All the current human Invincibles are body cultivators."

He greatly suspected that his teacher would get beaten to death one day because of that tongue of his. At times, holding back was a very important skill to have.

That stumped Bai Feng. After a long pause, he opened his mouth defiantly, "So what? Do you know why the human race isn't capable of dominating the Myriad Realms? Because we don't have any Invincible cultural researchers. I have a strong feeling that the appearance of an Invincible human cultural researcher will change everything. Even without the ability to reactivate our suppressive force, such an Invincible might surpass our current Invincibles in every aspect."

Su Yu said, "Teacher, there are Invincible cultural researchers among the myriad races. They don't seem that impressive."

"What do you know?" Bai Feng snorted with disdain. He said, "That's completely different. Strictly speaking, the Invincible cultural researchers of the myriad races are all single character cultivators. They have never produced an Invincible multiple character cultivator. We are different."

Fine, fine. Su Yu couldn't be bothered to argue even if he wasn't convinced.

Hong Tan asked curiously, "This is a very dangerous time for you to be out of your city. Why are you here? Do you need anything?"

"Not really. I'm only here to do something. And that something is related to my teacher."

Su Yu explained, "I have reasons to suspect that Grandpa Bai of Teacher Bai's family has opened his yang acupoint. He is probably on the verge of being sucked to death. After thinking about it, I believe converting into an ancient city resident is his sole solution. There is also the option of getting a Pseudo Emperor to seal the acupoint, but that is only a temporary solution. It won't last long."

After hearing Su Yu's explanation, Bai Feng frowned and said, "My grandpa...I don't actually know that much. Prior to my departure from Great Ming, I met him several times. Each meeting was done through a door. He would always remain in his room. And each conversation wouldn't last long. He has remained in seclusion for many years. I guess I know why now."

Hong Tan nodded, "I met him before. Back then, he had opened quite a lot of acupoints. He is probably quite strong. During our last meeting decades ago, he was already a seventh-stage Mountainsea. He is quite talented. I guess a decent level of talent flows in the blood of the Bai Family."

"Teacher, my Bai Family is overflowing with talent." Bai Feng said, "Back then, my ancestor killed a seventh-stage Mountainsea as a ninth-stage Cloudbreach. He relied only on his physical cultivation to do that. And that was without completing too many body forgings. If he had completed more body forgings, he could have killed Sunmoons."

The others laughed at his antics. Liu Wenyan said, "Since that is Su Yu's guess, it is probably true. Bai Feng, why don't you contact your family? They can decide for themselves. Not many people are willing to convert into ancient city residents."

Bai Feng nodded, "Sure. I'll contact them. I doubt they will refuse. If my grandpa is really suffering from the yang acupoint, this might be his only chance to rid himself of this suffering. If even Su Yu could survive becoming a resident, my grandpa will be fine."

Clearly, Bai Feng's tongue was still as venomous as ever.

Bai Feng asked, "Are you entering the Luminous Domain Mansion?"

Su Yu smiled, "We shall see. I can't tell you the answer, Teacher. You're too weak. Your thoughts can be sensed too easily."

"..."

Fuck!

Bai Feng cursed inwardly. Previously, the kid would badmouth him in secret. But now, the kid was starting to badmouth him right to his face.

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What an unfilial bastard!

Su Yu smiled and said, "See, I can sense that you're scolding me in your mind, Teacher. Invincibles can definitely do it as well."

Bai Feng was stunned. Was he really so easy to read? This was...so sorrowful! When he was too weak, he couldn't even know too much, as he would leak the secret just by thinking about it.

Not far away, Hong Tan and Liu Wenyan laughed. They didn't ask about Su Yu's plans in regard to the mansion. This was something they could agree with. As a weakling, one wouldn't even be qualified to hear about some secrets.

Liu Wenyan said, "Are things fine on your end?"

"Yeah. I can manage. Things will only get bad when I lose the ability to withstand the death qi in my body."

After giving it a thought, Su Yu said, "I will teach you a cultivation method. Teacher Liu, Grandteacher, and Martial Uncle should try cultivating it. As for my Teacher Bai, forget about it. He's too weak. He might leak my cultivation method too easily. I want to see if any of you can actually cultivate it successfully."

Bai Feng glared at Su Yu. He had the urge to give this student of his a beating.

Su Yu laughed and said, "Teacher, I'm not looking down on you. You shouldn't be wasting your time cultivating. As a genius researcher, you should focus on research. I am confident you will eventually become the number one researcher in existence."

Bai Feng snorted.

Su Yu wasted no time and taught the three his reversal method. It wasn't too complicated a cultivation method as it mainly concerned the act of reversing one's acupoints. A reversal method that could allow one to freely move between the dead and the living.

Each of them was a genius in their own right. It didn't take them long to reach a sufficient level of understanding in the cultivation method. Liu Wenyan started trying it, but the moment he started, one of his acupoints exploded with a rumble. Blood spurted out of his mouth.

Su Yu was stunned while Hong Tan and Chen Yong hurriedly stopped their cultivation. While coughing blood, Liu Wenyan raised his hand and said with a frown, "Don't cultivate it."

He looked at Su Yu and hesitated slightly before saying, "Something is wrong about this cultivation method. I can think of two possibilities. It's not working because we have yet to be converted by death spirits..."

"That's not the case!" Su Yu explained, "When I first cultivated it, I had yet to be converted as well."

"In that case, it must be the second possibility."

Liu Wenyan solemnly said, "My acupoints must not have been opened perfectly. I can sense a great resistance when I tried to reverse the flow. Eventually, the pressure caused an acupoint to burst apart. It felt as though I lacked something. I couldn't connect everything together perfectly."

Su Yu blanked out slightly before asking, "Do you mean the grand cycle acupoints are required to cultivate this method?"

"Yes." Liu Wenyan nodded, "That's most likely the case."

"In that case...you guys can try opening the grand cycle acupoints..."

Liu Wenyan shook his head, "Are you dumb? Just knowing the locations of the acupoints are not enough to open them. There is a limit to how many acupoints one can open. Prior to this, humanity was aware of about three hundred acupoints. But had you seen anyone with over three hundred acupoints open?"

He looked at Su Yu, paused slightly, and said, "You might be able to do it, but that does not mean that everyone else can do the same. You are either exceptionally talented to be able to do this...or there is something about your bloodline. Or maybe there are some other reasons. In short, just knowing all the acupoints won't be enough to open the grand cycle acupoints."

Out of nowhere, Bai Feng said, "Exactly! Something is definitely wrong with this kid. I suspect he is related to some ancient beasts. Su Yu, why don't you donate me some of your blood. Let me research your blood. I will give up on your willpower for now. Let me see if there's anything wrong with your blood."

Su Yu stared at Bai Feng. Was his teacher serious? Or was this his teacher's way of getting back at him?

Liu Wenyan said, "No, don't bother. Things might get troublesome if the blood ends up stolen. It can be used to track or even curse you. Blood is not something you should lose too easily. Bai Feng is too weak to protect it from others."

Hong Tan nodded, "Yes. If you want to research your blood, do it yourself. Bai Feng is too weak for that."

Chen Yong joined in, "My junior brother is indeed a tad bit too weak. Su Yu, remember to be careful with your blood. Even in an intense battle, don't leave your blood lying around."

Even Wu Jia chimed in, "Yeah. Martial Uncle, you should forget about this. My junior brother is as strong as a Sunmoon. Maybe you're not even strong enough to research his blood."

"..."

Bai Feng was completely stunned. What was the meaning of this? Just moments ago, Su Yu had remarked on his weak cultivation. And now, the entire faction was doing the same. He was already a Cloudbreach! He was capable of fighting fifth-stage Cloudbreaches! What was the meaning of this?

It was fine for others to say that. But his martial niece was only a Skysoar. Was she not embarrassed to call him weak? Su Yu shrugged, looking at Bai Feng and saying with his eyes that it was not him this time. It was everyone else.

Bai Feng gnashed his teeth and declared furiously, "I will enter the Luminous Domain Mansion! I won't leave before I'm a Mountainsea!"

This was intolerable.

No matter what, he was a genius. How had he fallen so far? Back then, he had defeated Hu Wensheng as a Skysoar with only one strike. As a Skysoar, he had nearly killed Xia Yuwen. And that was someone who was once on the Yellow Index.

If someone like him wasn't qualified to be called a genius, how many people were qualified to be called that in the entire Myriad Realms? He felt extremely gloomy. It hadn't been easy for him to finally reach the Cloudbreach Realm. Why was everyone trying to crush his confidence after he became a Cloudbreach?

Thankfully, Wu Lan was here to offer him some kindness. She said, "Teacher Bai, you don't have to care about all this. Senior Sister Kong once told me that strength doesn't matter. If you're weak, just walk the path of research and everyone will still need you. At that time, your strength will no longer matter. Yes, you're weak. But you can learn from me. We will walk the path of research. If you ask me, all cultural researchers should be like us..."

Alas, she seemed incapable of avoiding the word weak. Bai Feng was starting to lose his mind. Su Yu couldn't help but burst out laughing. Before long, everyone joined him.

Bai Feng was left speechless. These bastards!

He didn't feel like talking with them anymore. He gloomily said, "I'll be contacting my family now. I'm only worried that my grandpa can't even travel anymore. I'll try to get him here as soon as possible."

Su Yu said, "Sure. I'll await Grandpa Bai's arrival."

"What was that? Call him Great Grandpa Bai!"

Bai Feng cursed. He was the kid's teacher, not brother. Had the kid forgotten about that? He sighed gloomily. He felt like his dignity as a teacher was falling apart. After spending some time with them, Su Yu returned his attention to the beasts in the garden and smiled. It was time for him to do something about these fellows.

Noticing his gaze, the beasts trembled with fear. Why was he looking at them? The suanni was greatly regretting all he had eaten in the past. He really wanted to shed all his fat away and return to being a slim suanni.

Was Su Yu really going to cook him because he had gotten plump?

Chapter 1319: Separation (1)

Su Yu approached the demonic beasts while the others looked on.

The beasts stared at him.

Some were terrified, while some were merely silent.

Back before Su Yu left the Human Realm, he still needed their strength. But that was no longer the case. He was already terrifyingly strong himself, with a powerful force backing him.

Meanwhile, the strongest of the nine beasts was only a sixth-stage Mountainsea while the weakest of them were not even Cloudbreaches. The suanni and the mountaindrill bull were already Cloudbreaches, but they were merely fresh Cloudbreaches.

Su Yu sat down in front of them nonchalantly and said, "Bloodmoon, Great Mountain, and One-eye. I promised to free the three of you back then. The secrets you knew back then are no longer secrets. It is now fine for you to leave." The rıghtful source is nοvelfire.net

Back then, he had promised the three of them to help with the battle at Starfall Mountain for their freedom. However, they had learned too many of his secrets. Thus, their freedom had been delayed.

Now, those secrets were no longer important to Su Yu. He said, "If you wish to leave, I will let you go. No matter what, you have helped me before. I will even gift you with some treasures to fully settle things between us."

Then, Su Yu looked at the three silently. The three exchanged gazes. They came from relatively powerful races. Bloodmoon was a member of the blood devourer race. One-eye was a member of the one-eyed giant race. Great Mountain was a member of the mountain giant race.

These were races with Invincibles. Furthermore, the mountain giant race was the subsidiary race of the primordial giant race, a powerful ancient race.

Bloodmoon's true form was similar to that of a wolf with red eyes, giving him a rather ferocious appearance. Despite his appearance, he was behaving in an extremely respectful manner, "Lord, if we return to our races now, will they lock us up and search our memories forcefully?"

Su Yu answered expressionlessly, "I don't have the answer to that. It depends on your races. Many have forgotten about the three of you, but I believe some will still remember that you once fought for me. That is especially true for your races. There is no way they will forget about that so easily."

One-eye said, "Lord, do you mean that you won't give us any further assistance after we leave?"

Su Yu nodded, "Yes. I intend to fully settle the debt between us. Back then, our original deal was your freedom for your assistance. That is only a transaction, nothing else. On account of what you once did to humanity, I owe you nothing more than that."

The three sank into silence.

After a short moment, Great Mountain said, "Lord, do we have other options? Perhaps...we can stay as your followers?"

Su Yu laughed, "My followers? Are you sure about that? I'm currently based in an ancient city. That is not a place anyone can enter. You won't be able to stay for long in the city either. Do you intend to stay outside the gate as guards? Don't forget that I have offended the entire myriad races. How will that even benefit you? Are you trying to get yourself killed by the myriad races by joining me?"

Su Yu was not quite willing to accept them as followers. There was no need for that.

Firstly, he could no longer find any use for them. Secondly, he was under great pressure as well. He couldn't even leave his city without a disguise anymore. How could they possibly benefit from following him? Following him would only put them in more danger.

Great Mountain said, "But the myriad races are well aware that we once fought for you. Even if our races can forget about that, the major races won't spare us. They will definitely try to dig out your secrets from us. We don't know anything useful, but they won't believe that."

Su Yu thought about it and offered, "I can make an introduction to Great Xia or some other prefecture. You can stay with them..."

"Lord, we wish to follow you."

Bloodmoon declared.

Su Yu laughed, "And why is that? I doubt I'm that charming. I also doubt I'm so domineering that I can conquer the hearts of others with my presence around. Why do you want to follow me? Strictly speaking, I'm only a living dead. I don't even know how long I can stay alive. My enemies are Invincibles and Sunmoons. Following me is the same as suicide."

After a short silence, Bloodmoon said, "Lord, you still need us. You don't have anyone you can trust in Grandstar City. The city does not have its own guards. We can join the city and serve as your guards. We can also help with the various menial jobs you need handled in the city. We are Mountainseas. We might be weak, but we are strong enough to serve as guards."

Su Yu merely stared at Bloodmoon silently.

With a helpless tone, Bloodmoon explained, "Lord, this is our sole option. If we leave, we can only roam the Allheaven Battlefield aimlessly. If we return, we will die. We have stayed in the Human Realm for too many years. The myriad races are greatly desperate to learn everything they can about the multiple character faction. We know nothing, but nobody will believe that."

Su Yu said, "To join the ancient city, you will need to convert into residents."

"Lord, that does not matter. Our growth will be slower, we will need to bear the burden of some death qi, and our lifespans will be shortened somewhat. All those are acceptable. We're not that ambitious. We have never aimed to become Sunmoons or Invincibles."

"At the very least, we will be safe while we're in the ancient city. Nobody is willing to rashly kill a resident inside an ancient city."

"That's right..."

"We are also confident that with you around, a misfortune will turn into a blessing."

"..."

The beasts were clearly unwilling to leave. They would rather stay even if they had to convert into ancient city residents. Their odds of surviving after leaving were too low.

No matter what, they were Mountainseas. They were no fools. As far as the myriad races were concerned, the mark of Su Yu on them could no longer be removed. Even if their own races were willing to spare them, the major races wouldn't. Ultimately, their races would hand them over to the major races. That would be a fate worse than death.

Su Yu was quite surprised at their choice. As far as he was concerned, freedom was not something he would give up on, regardless of how dangerous it might get. Better a life as a lone wanderer exiled from the rest of humanity than a life as a slave.

Clearly, these three thought differently. He had thought that they would be happy to regain their freedom.

After a short silence, he said, "If this is your choice, I won't stop you. You are free to convert into residents if you want. But the debt between us will be cleared. The offer has been given. You have rejected it."

The three felt very helpless, but they had nothing to say.

Going back? It had been decades. They didn't even know how things were back home anymore. Perhaps their rivals or enemies were the ones in power currently. Returning when they had nothing to protect themselves with was basically the same as courting death.

After being locked in the Human Realm for so many years, their potential had been damaged. It was unlikely that they would ever be able to reach the Sunmoon Realm. In that case, they might as well join the ancient city. At the very least, they would have some security there.

Done with the three, Su Yu shifted his attention to the others.

Of the six, the water elemental was the strongest. He was currently an eighth-stage Cloudbreach, and he wasn't that far from the ninth stage. He had been a late-stage Cloudbreach for a long time. After his release from the Wentan Research Center, both he and the shadow had repaired their potential significantly. That was all thanks to Su Yu's fire of inheritance.

After transforming into his humanoid form, the water elemental said, "Lord, I wish to follow you as well."

The shadow offered, "I wish to stay."

Su Yu raised his brow as he looked at the remaining four. Noticing his gaze, the white civet and fire crow hurriedly shouted, "I'm willing to follow you, Lord!"

Once again, Su Yu was surprised by their choice.

Finally, he looked at the suanni and the mountaindrill bull. He was sure the two lazy bastards would want to stay as well. Surprisingly, the suanni said, "Uhm...Lord...are you really letting us go free?"

"Hmm?"

That single reply from Su Yu was enough to cause the suanni to tremble. He hurriedly said, "If that's not the case, please forget about this."

"You wish to go?"

Seeing that Su Yu wasn't angry, the suanni answered after a short silence, "Yes. I don't want to become an ancient city resident. No matter what, I am a genius from the suanni race. If you are allowing this, I wish to leave."

"Are you leaving because you're afraid that I'll eat you for real?"

After yet another pause, the suanni shook his head and said, "No. I love a life of freedom in the Allheaven Battlefield. I might be terrified of death...But I used to compete against the various geniuses of the world in the past. I am not willing to settle as a guard forever. I am not willing to spend the rest of my life like this."

Su Yu was surprised, but he also understood the suanni. Twenty years ago, the suanni had entered the Luminous Domain Mansion. If he wasn't a genius, that wouldn't have been possible.

This was both a surprising and reasonable choice. Su Yu still remembered how hard the suanni had struggled during his first meeting with the suanni. He might have behaved like some silly pet as of late, but he was no pet. He was a suanni. A rare genius of the suanni race. A young genius who had killed the student of Silk Destroying King. Someone who had prevailed over the student of an Invincible.

Su Yu nodded, "You may leave. You might not have helped me much, but you have been quite cooperative. I will allow this. On account of the time we spent together, let me give you one reminder. Be careful out there."

"Thank you, Lord."

Slowly, life returned to the eyes of the suanni as he asked, "Lord...in that case, I'll be taking my leave now. Please forgive me if this seems sudden. By the way, my name is not Suanni. I am called Gubokaila."

"Noted, Suanni." Su Yu nodded. Inwardly, he was complaining about how hard it was to pronounce that name. He would stick with Suanni.

The suanni was left speechless. Fine. So be it.

With his trademark silly expression, the mountaindrill bull said, "Lord, Brother Suanni and I once promised each other to travel the world together. If it's fine with you, I wish to leave with Suanni."

Su Yu laughed in amusement, "Did the two of you develop a friendship while guarding the door together? Suanni is a carnivore. Are you not afraid that he will eat you?"

"Heh..."

The mountaindrill bull merely laughed. He said nothing about that.

Su Yu was surprised that these two would choose to leave, but he didn't mind it. They were Cloudbreaches. As long as they remained careful, they might be able to survive well in the Allheaven Battlefield.

Su Yu nodded, "I'll get someone to send the two of you away..."

The suanni hurriedly said, "It's fine, Lord. There's no need to trouble you with something like this. We can leave and cross the Eastrift Valley together. We will enter the Plain of Desires and leave the eastern sector behind us."

"Sure."

The two were relieved to hear that. They had been quite worried that their request would offend Su Yu.

The other beasts said nothing about their choice. All of them had their own reasons for their choices. The suanni and mountaindrill bull were quite young compared to the others. And both were also decently talented, with their past injuries mostly healed. They also hadn't been imprisoned for as long. It was understandable that they would want to leave.

Chapter 1320: Separation (2)

Wu Lan had just finished her discussion with Bai Feng when she noticed Su Yu returning to the garden. She asked curiously, "Are some of them staying?"

"Yeah." Su Yu nodded. He smiled and said, "Guess who left."

"Suanni." Wu Lan answered with zero hesitation. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ɴovelfire.net

Su Yu asked with surprise, "How did you guess that?"

Wu Lan raised her head smugly. Wasn't it obvious?

"Suanni is the most hardworking in cultivation. He has also eaten the most. He would persist in eating even when he was having indigestion problems. Clearly, he has never given up on recovering and growing stronger. Which pet will behave like that? It is obvious he ate every meal like it was his last. According to my research, normal pets won't behave like that as their masters will provide them with a healthy supply of food. Only strays will eat like that because they don't know if they will get another meal after that. By eating more, they can survive longer without food."

"..."

Su Yu nodded as he said, "Looks like you have researched a wide variety of subjects. But you're right. Suanni has not lost the wildness in his soul. I'm actually quite curious about his future. Will he make a name for himself after leaving?"

Out of nowhere, Wu Lan moved on to a different topic and asked, "Where's the furball?"

"Here."

When the little furball was dragged out by Su Yu, he was both happy and disappointed to see Wu Lan. After his adventure by the side of Su Yu, he had encountered too many yummy things. Wu Lan no longer looked as yummy as before.

As usual, while Wu Lan was seeing him as a pet, he was also seeing Wu Lan as his personal farm. Unfortunately, a mere Skysoar like Wu Lan was no longer enough to attract the little furball.

After studying the little furball for a bit, Wu Lan asked curiously, "So this is the famous crown prince of the soul devourers? I heard that they have two Pseudo Emperors. They are terrifyingly powerful. Isn't this fellow a tad bit too weak?"

Su Yu was rendered completely speechless. No matter what, the little furball was already a Mountainsea. How was that weak?

The little furball did not resist as Wu Lan played with him with her palms. After studying him all over, she asked, "Is there still no way to extract his blood essence? The blood essence of this race will probably be very powerful. Can you lend this to me for a bit?"

Wu Lan explained, "I'm researching the purification of willpower. Since this fellow is capable of consuming willpower and sea of willpower, he is very important for my research. He has the ability to gather impure willpower like a machine. Through his gathering, we can perform the purification process."

Hearing her words, the little furball puffed his cheeks in anger.

He refused!

Meanwhile, Wu Lan was still happily playing with him while saying, "This will definitely work. Do you want to give it a try, Su Yu? Pure willpower has a lot of demand among cultural researchers. It will be useful even for someone like you. With pure willpower, you can raise your characters, advance into the Mountainsea Realm, fuse your apertures, and enlarge your sea of willpower. Do you have the treasures to do all that?"

Su Yu shook his head. To speak the truth, he had not seen too many treasures carrying pure willpower. He had only encountered some from his heavenly rewards. Treasures like sunmoon profound yellow liquid, heavenearth profound light, and heavenly source qi could provide him with a tiny amount of willpower.

However, none of them was a treasure specialized in providing one with willpower. That was why his willpower cultivation had lagged behind his physical cultivation.

Seeing Su Yu's response, Wu Lan grew even more excited as she said, "Exactly. Lend me this furball for a few days. I will return this fellow when Grandpa Bai is here. For now, I need this fellow for my experiments. With this fellow, I can effectively gather the random willpower scattered in the air. I can save a lot of cost with this fellow since I won't need those special equipment anymore."

The little furball protested furiously, "I'm a crown prince!"

He was not a garbage collector!

"Yeah! Yeah!"

Wu Lan nodded. She never said that he wasn't. What an odd fellow. Why was the little furball reminding her of that?

Yes, he was a crown prince. And? Would the Pseudo Emperors come and give her a beating? That had never happened in the past when she pinched and played with him.

Having gotten what she needed, she completely forgot about Su Yu and shouted at Bai Feng, "Teacher Bai, get over here. I found a test subject. This fellow will be a good willpower harvester..."

She ran off with the little furball in hand.

When Su Yu was laughing in amusement, he noticed the little furball glaring at him. Thus, he waved his hand and sent a voice transmission to the furball, "Help her out for a few days. If she really manages to produce pure willpower, just secretly eat some for free. This is a big deal. If she succeeds in this research, you will be able to feed on as much willpower as you want in the future. You should take this chance to learn the technique from her and try to do it yourself in the future."

At that, the little furball's eyes lit up with excitement.

Right!

Willpower purification technique!

If he could learn it, he would no longer need to secretly eat willpower anymore. He would have an unlimited supply of willpower to feed on. With the sheer number of characters that had been destroyed all over the Myriad Realms, there was plenty of impure willpower to be found in the air.

With the purification technique, he would essentially be able to create food out of air. This was a big deal!

And thus, the little furball became far more obedient in Wu Lan's hands. He was even starting to look forward to the experiments. He would try his best to learn this technique from Wu Lan.

***

The suanni and mountaindrill bull had left through the mountaindrill bull's ability to drill underground that very night.

Su Yu did not stop them. He didn't bother sending them off either.

The only thing he did was to give them some heavenly source qi to help them with their cultivation. As for his other treasures, he did not have enough to spare. But he was able to give each of them five drops of Sunmoon blood essence as well.

As for where they went and what they would do in the future, that was no longer a concern for Su Yu. Everyone had their own ambitions. This applied to the two as well. He wasn't disappointed with their choice. The Myriad Realms was a wonderful place. Following him was not the sole choice they could take.

***

On the same night, he continued his talk with his seniors.

They taught him some of the techniques of their faction, such as the Heaven Suppressing Fist and the Soul Gathering Art. He had not been able to learn these techniques prior to this, as his time with them had simply been too short.

As he talked with them in the hall, he felt as though he had returned to his schooling days.

Out of nowhere, Liu Wenyan announced, "We will be going to the Luminous Domain Mansion as well."

Su Yu nodded, "Who else is going apart from my teacher?"

Liu Wenyan smiled, "All of us."

"All of you?"

Liu Wenyan nodded, "In truth, people like me and Xia Yunji have never been to the mansion before. We have been crippled way too early for that. Hong Tan has never been there as well. Chen Yong was there once, so he'll be staying behind to watch over the city with my uncle. The rest of us will try our luck in the mansion."

Su Yu frowned, "Teacher, is the Luminous Domain Mansion really such a magical place? Why are all of you going? Apart from the treasures, can you get anything else in there? If you only need cultivation resources, I have a lot..."

Liu Wenyan shook his head, "It's not a matter of resources. At times, cultivation resources aren't everything. We need luck, comprehension, experience, and combat. There are also the unique zones in the mansion, such as the Time Domain and many other zones. We need all of that. Things might look calm at the moment, but I have a feeling a massive war between the myriad realms will start soon. The multiple character faction is too weak to weather the coming storm.

"Without my teacher's characters, I am only a normal third-stage Sunmoon. I don't have enough strength to face the coming challenges. We need to grab any chance we get to grow strong while everyone is too occupied to care about us."

Su Yu asked, "How about the slots?"

Liu Wenyan laughed, "We'll get some from the third principal. He has slots to spare. He has been appearing nearby every now and then as of late. Due to Principal Wan's departure, he must be feeling guilty toward us. There is honestly no need for that. Everyone has their own choices to make. He had hidden himself in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion years before my teacher died. It is understandable that he wasn't willing to expose himself during my teacher's dao affirmation, not after so many years of effort."

Liu Wenyan sighed, "I don't blame him. I don't even know him. He might be my grandteacher, but I've never seen him before. Since he has finally affirmed his dao, he must be feeling very guilty toward us. In that case, we might as well take some of his slots and wipe the slate clean. That will also help reduce the guilt he's feeling."

Su Yu did not know Nan Wujiang, the third principal. However, he had spent some time with First Profound. Back when Nan Wujiang was still operating as First Profound, he had enjoyed provoking First Profound every now and then for fun.

As he still carried the mask of Profound Nine on him, he could still contact Nan Wujiang at any time since First Profound was supposed to be his direct superior.

However, he had never tried contacting Nan Wujiang even once.

Hearing Liu Wenyan's words, Su Yu nodded, "True. I was planning to get you some slots with the ancient cities, but I guess I can save the effort since you already have a solution. Give him this peace of mind. We don't even know each other that well. There is no need for him to keep feeling guilty toward us. I doubt even Principal Wan cares about what he did. Principal Wan is only disappointed with Yun Chen, not him."

Yun Chen had been operating as the First Divine Sect master all along. He was Wan Tiansheng's senior brother in name and teacher in practice. It was likely that Wan Tiansheng was only disappointed at him, not the third principal since the third principal had left a hundred years before Wan Tiansheng even joined the academy. At the time, Wan Tiansheng wasn't even born yet.

Meanwhile, Yun Chen hadn't even been operating as the First Divine Sect master for that many years.

Liu Wenyan nodded, "Principal Wan...so be it. Let's not talk about him anymore. I must admit that this free martial uncle of mine is really quite strong. I wonder how he's doing right now. Anyway, leave as soon as possible when Old Man Bai is here. It's not a good idea for you to be away from your ancient city for too long."

Su Yu nodded and said nothing else.

Chapter 1321: Separation (3)

While Su Yu was waiting for Old Man Bai's arrival, more and more people arrived at Red Clouds Island, the island not far away from Grandstar. The myriad races had finally decided to finalize the slot allocation for the Luminous Domain Mansion.

This was needed to prevent chaos from breaking out when the mansion opened up. At that time, the experts of the myriad races would be there. A battle at such a time might result in a fight between Invincibles, which would put all the young geniuses there in danger before they could even enter the mansion.

Bright City.

The city had been cut into two by Great Xia King not long ago, but the damage had been fully repaired. At the moment, the mayor's residence was under the occupation of the major races instead of the clearbright bird race.

In the past, the allocation would be done on the Ninestar Island. Unfortunately, the Ninestar Island was no longer around. And nobody was willing to perform the allocation in an ancient city. Thus, they were left with Bright City.

The mayor's residence had been enlarged significantly by the major races that were occupying it temporarily. One palace hall after another had been erected in a circle to streamline the allocation process.

Each race with at least one Invincible would be qualified to fight for the slots. Those without Invincibles could opt to attach themselves to the major races for a chance to enter the mansion. They could also choose to enter through the special entrance. Most of the time, the major races would leave the special entrance to the minor races to placate them.

Several Invincibles had arrived. Instead of staying together, all the Invincibles were staying with their respective races. However, that did not stop them from conversing with each other.

An Invincible said, "So do we extend an invitation to the ancient cities or not? They have Eternals as well, but their Eternals do not belong to any race..."

"Just send them an invitation, or Su Yu might start creating trouble again."

"He dares? The myriad races will punish him for that."

"I know you think you sound impressive saying that, but your words mean nothing. How many Eternals have died because of him so far? Do you think the Eternals of those small races are willing to fight the ancient cities for some slots that they won't even get? Your so-called punishment from the myriad races basically involves only people from the major races like us. And how many Eternals will we need to defeat the ancient cities? Upon defeating them, are you going to deal with the invasion from the Death Realm?"

"In that case, we can lure Su Yu over and kill him. That will solve everything."

Ultimately, the Invincibles agreed that an invitation needed to be extended. If Su Yu was reckless enough to come personally...they could take this chance to kill him. However, Su Yu did not seem like the kind of person who would give them such an opportunity.

The white-haired divine king concluded, "Just send him the invitation to keep him from causing trouble. I much prefer giving them some slots. That is the best way to ensure that Su Yu will enter the mansion. He is troublesome with the ancient cities around, but he will be nothing in the mansion."

"True."

As the discussion continued, one of them laughed, "How about the humans?"

"We did promise them some slots previously, so they can get some. But they already have their own slots. If they want more, it will depend on what they can do. The minor races have gained six new Eternals recently. They will want some slots as well. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion will want a share as well."

"What about the soul devourers?"

"Are they even interested in the slots?"

Someone laughed, "How many members do they even have?"

That wasn't even a concern. It was pointless to mention them.

The others nodded. Someone said, "I heard a lot of minor race experts have been killed recently. Is anyone paying attention to this matter?"

"Nope."

The Invincibles held complete disregard for the lives of those from the minor races.

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"Yes."

"That is a must."

"News about the nine-leaf skylotus has been spread everywhere. The humans might send some experts this time. Even their Eternals might try to enter. We need to be very specific during the allocation this time. The identity of every person with a slot must be verified. We can't do things vaguely this time. This will help us know who the humans are sending and make our arrangements accordingly."

"The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is still as ambitious as ever. They are probably the ones who have leaked the news about the nine-leaf skylotus. This is probably related to the Heaven Department head's awakening. He must be trying to create some chaos to fish in troubled waters. He has been trying to advance into the Pseudo Emperor Realm for quite some time."

"..."

And finally, they reached an agreement. The humans were still nowhere to be seen. Most of the time, the allocation would be led by the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons. The humans might be powerful, but they had been kept out of this exclusive club.

After some time, an Invincible issued an order, "Send the invitations to the various races."

With that, one invitation letter after another flew into the hands of the numerous experts gathered in the city.

Now that the major races had finished their discussion, the minor races were finally allowed to join the discussion. The second round of discussion would finalize the allocation and act as the bait to perhaps get Su Yu killed in this city.

A different Invincible ordered, "Spread this message. If anyone encounters Wan Tiansheng, invite him here. He is allowed to enter the Luminous Domain Mansion as well. Who knows? He might get lucky and get the nine-leaf skylotus. It will be very useful for him as well."

They would be more than happy to see Wan Tiansheng here.

After all, he was also one of the targets they wanted to kill. He might have left the human race, but he wasn't exactly a traitor to the human race. These Invincibles were no fools. Wan Tiansheng might have killed a lot of Mountainseas and Sunmoons, but that had not weakened the human race by much.

In fact, the deaths of those people had welcomed a new era of peace among humanity. And this was most certainly not something the divines, devils, and the other major races wanted to see.

They had worked hard to keep the internal conflict among humanity alive for many years. However, Wan Tiansheng alone had ruined all that. The humans were too terrified of Wan Tiansheng to resume their infighting so soon after the recent bloodbath.

The numerous invitation letters continued flying in all directions, reaching the numerous realm entrances scattered all over the Allheaven Battlefield. By the time the allocation was finalized, the mansion would probably be ready to open.

***

That day, Old Man Bai arrived at Liu City.

He gave Su Yu the impression of a fragile old man. Even when he walked, he was trembling. Yet he was a ninth-stage Mountainsea Realm. That was what Su Yu sensed the moment he set his eyes on the old man. That was the cultivation level he sensed from the old man.

But the power hidden deep in the old man's body felt so powerful that even his heart started palpitating in the old man's presence. Even Liu Wenyan, as a third-stage Sunmoon, felt the same. Just how much source qi had the old man fed his yang acupoint?

The old man felt like a walking bomb. And the resulting explosion would probably be more terrifying than even the self-detonation of Sunmoons.

Supported by Bai Feng, the old man stepped into the mayor's residence before looking around. When his gaze landed on Su Yu, his expression changed slightly. After giving Su Yu a long stare, he sighed, "So you opened it as well...but yours felt different. Yours seems...like it has been blocked off by something..."

Su Yu nodded. The old man was quite sharp. Perhaps that was because both of them had similarly opened the yang acupoint.

"Sigh. I regret what I did. I believed you only wanted to research it instead of opening it yourself. I shouldn't have given you the book."

The old man shook his head with regret. He had given the book regarding the acupoint to Su Yu through Bai Junsheng, hoping that Su Yu would come up with a way to deal with it. Alas, the reckless kid had opened it despite knowing how dangerous it was. As far as Old Man Bai was concerned, opening the yang acupoint was the same as suicide.

Su Yu merely smiled. The old man was underestimating him.

He was most certainly not courting death when he opened that acupoint. With Xing Yue around, he wouldn't die before both the yang acupoint and his body were filled to the brim with death qi.

Chapter 1322: Invitation (1)

Old Man Bai was able to see the condition Su Yu was in with one look.

Perhaps he was sharp. Or perhaps he was simply too familiar with the yang acupoint.

His trembling steps when he walked were not feigned. Rather, the yang acupoint was placing a massive burden on him, making him feel like a child carrying a mountain. Any carelessness would result in his death under the weight of the burden.

Naturally, that mountain he was bearing was also good at smashing others to death.

Su Yu hesitated slightly and said, "Grandpa, is your yang acupoint still capable of absorbing more energy?"

Was the yang acupoint full? It had been too long. Perhaps it was already full. The yang acupoint might seem bottomless, but there was actually a limit to its capacity.

After stopping to gasp for breath, the old man said, "I don't know. The thing you're calling the yang acupoint has absorbed countless source qi from me. My other acupoints are on the verge of withering away, but it's not stopping."

He said, "It's fine. There is also a way to exhaust the energy stored in it. If I must, I'll go kill a couple of Sunmoons. If I survive that fight, I will return with a much emptier acupoint."

He stopped to cough before continuing, "Originally, I wanted to fight in the Nanyuan battle. Unfortunately...my acupoint was acting up on that day..."

His tone turned helpless, "It's good to see that all of you are still fine. I hope you can understand my difficulties..."

Beside him, Bai Feng smiled and said, "Grandpa, it's all in the past. A lot of experts from Great Ming joined the battle. An additional Mountainsea like you won't change much anyway."

The old man turned to stare at Bai Feng. It sounded like Bai Feng was comforting him, but why did it feel so uncomfortable to listen to?

He felt...underestimated.

Su Yu almost laughed, but he was able to stop himself before saying, "Grandpa, have you tried sealing the yang acupoint before?"

"It's not doable." The old man shook his head, "I opened it over thirty years ago. Back then, I was chasing the glory of my ancestor. Since he could kill a seventh-stage Mountainsea as a ninth-stage Cloudbreach, I wanted to kill Sunmoons as a ninth-stage Mountainsea. But after risking everything to open it...I found myself in a forever free-fall into an endless abyss."

He sighed helplessly.

Su Yu had been curious about one thing. He asked, "Grandpa, how many acupoints did you open prior to that?"

When he was opening his yang acupoint, he had been forced to detonate quite a lot of acupoints to supply him with enough energy. Thus, the old man must have opened quite a lot of acupoints as well.

The old man smiled and said, "Over 240, but that's nothing to you. At the time, I nearly lost all my other acupoints and my body. Only then did I manage to open the yang acupoint."

That was actually an impressive number. Back then, cultivation was harder. Something like Source Soul Acupoint Opening Art that could accelerate one's cultivation had yet to exist. At the time, a cultivation method with 144 acupoints was already considered the best of the best among humanity.

In such an era, a normal person would not even try to open over two hundred acupoints. That was only possible for the old man because of the Bai Family's legacy.

After thinking for a bit, Su Yu said, "I believe over the years, a lot of people have self-detonated their bodies and acupoints. But I have never heard of anyone else apart from you and the Bai ancestor opening the yang acupoint from this. Looks like you need a certain number of acupoints open for that to be possible."

Was 240 the number?

Su Yu muttered to himself, "Perhaps at least two-thirds of the grand cycle acupoints are required."

Was that the case?

As Su Yu muttered to himself, the old man nodded, "I don't know more, but I believe you need at least two hundred acupoints to open the yang acupoint. My first and second sons once tried to open it as well. When I showed them the location, none of them could sense anything. I doubt they could open it even if they were to detonate themselves."

He shook his head and continued, "After all my sufferings, I no longer want my descendants to walk the path of physical cultivation. That will only lead them down the same path. Since those from Little Feng's generation aren't that good in physical cultivation anyway, I decided to make them all cultural researchers instead."

And that was true. Su Yu recalled that all members of the Bai Family from Bai Feng's generation were cultural researchers. For example, Bai Junsheng was now a weaponsmith.

Meanwhile, those before them were all focused on physical cultivation. Just by opening a large number of acupoints, they would reign above many other warriors. Worried that the juniors would fail to resist the temptation, Old Man Bai had ultimately decided to alter the path that those of the Bai Family walked.

Hong Tan laughed and said, "That's a good choice. Bai Feng is actually quite talented as a cultural researcher." Thıs content belongs to noᴠelfire.net

"I have to thank you for your care toward him, Elder Hong."

The old man was full of melancholy as he said, "This child has been constantly worried that the Bai Family would be dragged into all his troubles. It must have been tiring for you to look after him all these years."

"You're being too courteous. He is my student. It is only natural that I care for him." Hong Tan said, "To be honest, things wouldn't have gotten so bad if he hadn't joined us. He would have accomplished a lot more by now if he had joined a different faction."

Bai Feng said, "Teacher, Grandpa, let's dispense with courtesies."

He couldn't be bothered to waste his time listening to them. Instead, he looked at Su Yu, schooled his face into that of a strict teacher, and solemnly said, "Su Yu, my grandpa's yang acupoint is slightly full. Does your method still work in this situation?"

Su Yu hesitated slightly before saying, "It should work. Source qi is the opposite of death qi. They will counteract and corrode each other. For example, I filled my yang acupoint with death qi previously for a massive boost in strength. When I stopped absorbing death qi, I could feel life returning to my yang acupoint. I believe the two have wasted each other away in the yang acupoint. Since Grandpa has been absorbing source qi all along, he can absorb death qi to reduce the overall amount of energy in his yang acupoint."

Old Man Bai frowned and protested, "No. I spent so many years accumulating my source qi. If I waste it away, all my sufferings will go to waste. I might as well go and fight a Sunmoon. I'm confident I can kill a few Sunmoons before I run out of energy..."

Su Yu shook his head, "It's boring to kill Sunmoons."

Noticing that the old man was staring at him, Su Yu grinned and said, "Grandpa, you must have accumulated an unimaginable amount of source qi all these years. Death qi will balance it out. If it works, do you know what it signifies?"

The old man answered blankly, "It signifies that I can accumulate even more death qi than normal?"

Su Yu nodded, "Exactly. Each time the stone statue fights outside the city, he requires someone to carry his burden. The myriad races are aware of this. The stone statues wouldn't have stayed inactive for so many years otherwise." "They simply lacked someone capable of sharing the heavy burden. Meanwhile, you have been accumulating source qi as a peak Mountainsea for so many years. I am confident you can easily withstand the burden of a stone statue for an entire day..."

In other words, it was a waste for the old man to kill some Sunmoons with his accumulated source qi. Instead, the old man was better off saving his source qi to enable Grandstar to fight outside the city for one whole day. Almost nobody else could do that.

There was a limit to the acupoints of others. The yang acupoint was the sole exception. And what the old man had was not a normal yang acupoint. It was a yang acupoint that had been accumulating source qi for decades.

When death qi entered his yuan acupoint, it wouldn't be taking up the remaining space in it. Rather, it would clash with the existing source qi in it and waste each other away. The old man was probably the only person apart from Su Yu capable of allowing a stone statue to leave the ancient city for one whole day.

When that happened, even if Su Yu were to insist that he was no longer in the city, nobody would believe it. What nonsense. How could the stone statue remain outside the city for so long without him around?

The old man looked pensive as he said, "The stone statue requires someone to bear the burden to fight outside...Su Yu, you mean..."

Su Yu nodded, "I hope you can help me with this, Grandpa. You might need to bear the burden for me when required."

The old man smiled, "Don't worry about it. An old man like me does not have many wants left. I wanted to kill one Sunmoon to at least make my decades of suffering worth it. Unfortunately, I was not able to make it during the previous battle. But if I can allow the stone statue to fight outside for one whole day...I can do much more than kill only one Sunmoon."

Clearly, the old man was agreeable to this.

In his current state, his yang acupoint wouldn't be able to take in that much source qi anymore. He had been prepared to fight an intense battle to exhaust some of the source qi, but it was also very likely that his body would probably burst apart from the pressure after the battle. He would suffer the same fate as his ancestor. This new plan sounded much better than that.

With the old man's agreement, things would be much easier.

Bai Feng inhaled deeply and said, "Then this is what we will do. Su Yu, I will be handing my grandpa to you. Even if you have to die, you must take care of my grandpa..."

"Definitely!" Su Yu promised unhesitatingly.

However, the old man reprimanded Bai Feng for it, "Absolute nonsense. How old am I? I am hundreds of years old. How old is Su Yu?"

Bai Feng smiled awkwardly. He didn't really mean those words. He only wanted to showcase his role as a stern teacher for a bit.

Done with reprimanding his grandson, the old man said, "Since we're in such a rush, let us set off immediately. I'll complete the conversion as soon as possible."

This was not something they should delay.

Su Yu nodded, "Sure."

He looked at Hong Tan and Liu Wenyan. After taking in a deep breath, he said, "Everyone...I need to leave again. Take care!"

They nodded without saying anything.

Su Yu was no longer a mere student. He had a far heavier burden on his shoulders. He was an ancient city mayor. He was also the target of the myriad races. It was too unsafe for him to remain outside his city for long.

Before Su Yu could leave, Wu Lan asked, "When will you start researching your aperture fusion method? And the Mountainsea acupoint fusion method?"

Su Yu looked at her for quite a while before answering, "I'm afraid I won't be able to do that anytime soon."

"I'll do it myself, then. Are you still returning to the Source Soul Research Center?"

After a slight hesitation, Su Yu shook his head, "I'm unsure. But it's unlikely. Unless..."

He did not finish his sentence. But he did not see a point in returning to the Human Realm. Without the protection of the ancient city, not even the Human Realm was a safe place for him unless he was already an Invincible.

After giving the little furball a few more pinches, she tossed him at Su Yu and said, "I will be able to start purifying willpower soon. I'm working on an extraction machine with Teacher Bai with me serving as the core of the process. Before long, we will have access to unlimited pure willpower. I might be able to even convert a mixture of materials and source qi into pure willpower.

"I can see that there are some similarities between source qi and willpower. Perhaps it's related to the source soul acupoint you theorized in the past. When we finish our research, it might help in the opening of your yin aperture."

Su Yu stared at her in surprise. After a short silence, he nodded, "Sure!"

The little furball took the chance to hide in Su Yu's sea of willpower again.

This time, all the demonic beasts apart from the fire crow and the white civet would be going with him. The white civet had decided to stay with Wu Jia since she had been staying with Wu Jia all this while.

As for the fire crow, Chen Yong had forbidden him from leaving as apparently, the fire crow was rather unreliable as he seemed to surrender way too easily. Then again, the two were mere Skysoars to be much help in the ancient city. Thus, it was also better for them to remain behind.

Su Yu did not mind that. Under the desperate gaze of the fire crow, he vanished into the void with Old Man Bai and the others.

Chapter 1323: Invitation (2)

Grandstar City.

Mayor's residence.

Liu Hong had been staying here alone for several days.

With great familiarity, he stepped into the inner hall, acting like he was very close to the stone statue. Grandstar was completely ignoring him, but he did not mind that. As he looked at the stone statue, he smiled and said, "Lord Grandstar, what do you think about me as the mayor?"

Grandstar remained silent.

"Lord Grandstar, is it possible for you to let me into the Death Realm? I heard that there are a lot of treasures down there. All the experts from the ancient past are in there."

"..."

Even after speaking for a long time, Liu Hong received zero response. Eventually, he ran out of things to say. How boring. He couldn't even find anyone he could talk to here. The mayor's residence might be big, but he was the only person staying there. At this point, he would be happy to strike up a conversation with even a death spirit.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from the tunnel, "Kill Su Yu and I'll help you become the mayor."

"You jest, Lord Xing Yue."

Liu Hong said, "Su Yu is too strong for me to handle. In any case, Lord Grandstar will not allow that. My apologies, Lord Xing Yue."

Xing Yue did not bother to give him a response.

Piece of trash!

Xing Yue was getting more and more annoyed with Su Yu. Sure, Su Yu had stopped absorbing her death qi for a few days. But as long as he was still around, she would feel greatly uncomfortable. Initially, she had converted him with the intention of making him a subordinate. But now, he was the one restricting her strength. She couldn't take it anymore.

Despite the complete lack of response, Liu Hong continued chatting away with the two. He was simply too bored. This was the only thing he could do here. Suddenly, someone flickered into existence in front of him.

The moment Liu Hong saw that it was Su Yu, he showcased an expression of pleasant surprise as he said, "Su Yu, you're back! Has the trip been safe?"

"Yes. Topsoil Spirit is looking for you everywhere. He's going to kill you." Su Yu said, "Teacher, I'm afraid you will have to remain here for some time. It's dangerous out there."

"Of course! I won't leave. It's not like I can even if I want to."

Su Yu bowed at Grandstar and said, "Lord, may I trouble you to keep an eye on this guy during my absence? He will be pretending to be me while I'm away. He's very crafty. And someone else might be backing him in this. Be careful lest you fall to his trickery, Lord."

Grandstar opened his eyes and said, "He is but a Cloudbreach. It will be fine."

Su Yu smiled, "It is still better to be careful. This guy might be weak, but he's very cunning. He's also emotionless. A lot of people had died from his lies. If it wasn't for the fact that I needed his help, I would have slapped him to death to prevent him from scheming against me. Just ignore him no matter what he says, Lord."

"That is only natural."

Beside them, Liu Hong was left quite speechless. Had the kid misunderstood him? He was definitely not such a person.

Su Yu said, "Lord Xing Yue, I need a favor. Can you send a Sunmoon death spirit that isn't too important? Hmm...a sixth-stage Sunmoon, perhaps. I need someone converted."

The sheer audacity of the request stunned Xing Yue for a moment. Then, she roared, "What did you just say?"

Was the kid ordering her to do something?

Su Yu laughed, "Relax, Lord. This is a small matter. It's not like you lack Sunmoon subordinates. Just send a particularly rebellious one. I only need a sixth-stage Sunmoon. A seventh-stage Sunmoon is probably acceptable as well. Just make sure it isn't stronger than that. I only need a peak Mountainsea converted. You don't need a stronger death spirit for that job."

Was the damn kid teaching her how to do her job? Xing Yue was furious. Nowadays, just hearing Su Yu's voice was enough to irritate her.

After thinking about it, Su Yu said, "Lord, pick one with more death qi to spare. It's urgent."

"..."

Xing Yue decided to ignore Su Yu. Meanwhile, Grandstar was looking at Su Yu with a bizarre expression. This kid was being too excessive. How could he order Xing Yue around? Was he the death spirit or was she the death spirit here?

Liu Hong was also looking at Su Yu with a bizarre expression. Was this how the kid was treating the death sovereign?

No wonder. No wonder the death sovereign had been trying to instigate him into killing Su Yu. Not even he could accept such an insult. How could Su Yu bully a death sovereign like that?

After an awkward cough, Su Yu said, "Lord Xing Yue, please do me a small favor. I'm doing a little experiment. In truth, I'm doing this for you. I'm trying to see if it's possible to convert a death spirit back to life. I can't experiment on you, right?"

"Converting a death spirit back to life?"

Xing Yue asked doubtfully, "You mean..."

"Exactly. That's what I'm trying to do."

Inwardly, Su Yu added that this was merely a lie.

Old Man Bai could open the yang acupoint, but he couldn't cultivate the reversal art as he had not opened the grand cycle acupoints. However, Xing Yue was unaware of that. There was no need for him to tell the truth.

"Sixth-stage Sunmoon?"

Clearly, Xing Yue was considering the matter. Su Yu said, "Yes. Lord, a weak death spirit won't have enough death qi. But if the death spirit is too strong, my helper might die accidentally. That would be rude. Please help me, Lord. I'll try to bring you some treasures to thank you for this."

Xing Yue snorted. Could a great death sovereign like her be bribed so easily?

After thinking about it, she said, "Fine. I'll grant your request. Listen well, Su Yu. I'm not doing this because I'm afraid of you. I'm merely curious about this experiment of yours."

"Of course."

Su Yu gave a perfunctory nod.

Beside him, Liu Hong's jaw dropped. Wasn't this death sovereign a tad bit too easy to convince? Was he seeing things?

Su Yu was relieved to get this matter settled. But soon, he added, "Right, I have a few other fellows as well. Can you get some weaker death spirits to convert them as well, Lord?"

He then looked at Liu Hong and said, "Lord, perhaps you should get a first-stage Sunmoon death spirit to convert this fellow as well. Pick an unimportant death spirit. This fellow is too treacherous. I don't want to lose a strong death spirit to his trickery."

"..."

Liu Hong opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. What was this? He had been quite obedient. Why was the kid still targeting him?

Xing Yue laughed and said, "Su Yu, this guy is weak. No trickery can overcome pure strength. There is no need for you to worry."

Su Yu said, "Lord, I'm not worried for myself. I'm only worried that you will fall for his glib tongue. Back in the Human Realm, this guy was an even more accomplished scammer than me."

Xing Yue sank into silence. After a while, she agreed, "Yes. I need to keep an eye on him."

She had seen for herself how good Su Yu was at scamming others. Just look at how he had fooled the myriad races not long ago. Liu Hong was rendered even more speechless.

Why? He had been so obedient! Why was Su Yu so petty? He had only taken a little bit of money out of Su Yu's pocket in the past. Why was the kid still targeting him over that?

"You may leave the room, Teacher."

Without giving Liu Hong a chance to say anything, he sent Liu Hong flying out of the inner hall with a wave of his hand before slamming the door shut.

Then, Su Yu said, "Lord, did you discover anything unusual about that guy?"

Grandstar asked, "Nobody can be as unusual as you."

But he still gave it some thought before saying, "He seems to be trying to enter the Death Realm. An ancient city resident will receive fewer attacks in the Death Realm compared to a normal living being. This might be why he has been so willing to convert into a living dead."

Su Yu was surprised to hear that. "Lord, do you mean that I can enter the Death Realm as I wish as well?"

"Of course not." Grandstar said, "At the very least, you need to have the ability to open the tunnel. You also need the ability to survive the death sovereign there."

"True. By the way, back then, Xia Longwu entered through Lord Heavendoom's tunnel. He even killed quite a lot of Sunmoon death spirits there. Did the death sovereign there not do anything?"

Before Grandstar could say anything, Xing Yue offered the answer, "Back when Xia Longwu was there, He Tu was gathering the various death sovereigns to attack Grand Dream's tunnel. Heavendoom's death sovereign went to help as well. I didn't go."

"..."

Su Yu could hear some smugness in her voice when she declared that she wasn't there.

He asked doubtfully, "You didn't help? How did He Tu get the help of other death sovereigns? What's so special about him?"

Xing Yue snorted, "You don't understand. Like you, he's a swindler. Back then, he deceived the various death sovereigns and invited them out of the Death Realm. In the end, many died. Surprisingly, these dumb death sovereigns are still willing to believe that he can lead them out of the Death Realm."

Su Yu asked doubtfully, "Why Grand Dream's tunnel? I believe Rainbow Rain's tunnel would be much easier to attack back then..."

"Dumbass."

Xing Yue said with disdain, "Because Grand Dream's tunnel is the strongest. It is stable enough to allow Pseudo Emperor's travel. The other tunnels are too weak. By breaking through that tunnel, Pseudo Emperors will be able to attack the world of the living. To conquer the world of the living, mere death sovereigns like us are not enough."

How dumb. How was Su Yu not aware of something so simple? Finally, she was able to demonstrate her superiority to Su Yu yet again. Her mood improved significantly at this so-called victory she believed she had scored over Su Yu.

Grandstar said, "You have your answer. He Tu is still stubbornly trying to go against us..."

Su Yu couldn't understand the persistence. He asked, "Is He Tu stupid? If the other death sovereigns can go to his place, he can do the same elsewhere. For example, he can cause you a lot of trouble by attacking here. First, he can break through the tunnel here. Then, he can do it to the other cities one by one. Lord Grand Dream will be forced to travel everywhere to help. That will eventually weaken him, giving them a chance to break through the tunnel there." The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the n0velfire.net

Why bother facing a Pseudo Emperor head on?

Su Yu was more and more convinced that He Tu was stupid.