Chapter 984: Red Clouds Island, Bright City (1)
The source qi in the sea was incredibly dense.
Right after diving into the water, Su Yu felt a strong resistance against him as the water here was different from ordinary water. But it didn't feel dangerous. It was merely more tiring to traverse.
Su Yu started moving deeper as a water current, but even that felt difficult. He had to fly over ten thousand meters into the sky to reach the surface of the sea. The Seabed Continent below the floating sea was actually an elevated piece of land as well. It was considerably higher than the lands surrounding it. But from his impression when looking at the body of water outside, the sea wouldn't go deeper than three thousand meters.
But his impression was completely shattered after he started sinking.
One minute, two minutes, five minutes, ten minutes...
When he felt like he had sunk over ten thousand meters, the bottom of the sea was still nowhere to be seen. When he looked down, he was faced with a bottomless abyss. If he continued, he would probably enter a random minor realm by accident.
"Is this sea really so magical?"
Su Yu's curiosity was piqued. Just what was this? Was there no way to determine the actual depth of this sea? He couldn't go further down as that might bring him into an unknown minor realm.
"However, this is quite a good place to temper the body."
The deeper he went, the thicker the source qi was. The pressure would also increase. Thus, this was most likely a good place to temper his body. At that thought, he activated his breathing technique and started absorbing the source qi around him.
But mere moments after, he transformed back into water and fled hastily. The reason for that? His Perception Jade indicated that a Mountainsea was approaching him rapidly. He did not wish to fight a Mountainsea right after arriving. He still remembered that he had to keep a low profile here.
During the short cultivation session, he managed to confirm that this was indeed a good place for cultivation. There was a large amount of source qi in the sea. And the purity of the source qi here was incredibly high as well.
This was an excellent place to cultivate if one could survive encountering Mountainseas. There were a lot of Mountainseas here. The sea was also filled with numerous minor realm entrances.
While he was deep in thought, he spotted a whirlpool ahead of him. A crystal palace could be seen below the whirlpool.
"Audacious. Leave!" A furious roar rang out from the crystal palace, "Who are you? This is the entrance to the Giant Crab Realm. Nobody is allowed to enter without permission."
"..."
Su Yu stared at the whirlpool for a moment before fleeing madly. Holy shit! He had just arrived, and he hadn't even moved that deep into the sea. Somehow, he already encountered a realm entrance. What a bizarre experience. The person who had shouted at him felt like a Sunmoon.
Su Yu was still very far away from the realm entrance. In fact, he was so far away that not even the Perception Jade had sensed anything yet. His tribulation character was also silent. That probably indicated that this expert would not give chase. But he also had one burning question. Why was the vicinity of their realm entrance unguarded? Where were their security forces?
There wasn't even a patrol in the area. An expert right outside their entrance was the extent of their defenses. This was rather embarrassing. Just look at the humans. Millions of soldiers were stationed around their realm entrance, with numerous Mountainseas and Sunmoons among the army. Even Invincibles would appear every now and then. That was quite a spectacular sight to behold.
Su Yu shook his head. It was probably unfair of him to expect too much from a minor race. Giant crab race...this sounded familiar. It was not a top 100 race so the strongest expert in the race would not be stronger than a ninth-stage Sunmoon. How pitiful. Placing a Sunmoon at their entrance was probably the best they could do.
Su Yu left without any hesitation. Inside the crystal palace, a massive golden crab was staring in Su Yu's direction cautiously. Which race was that expert from? He wasn't able to get a proper read on the unknown individual.
"A water elemental?"
If it wasn't for his sensitivity toward the movement of water currents, he wouldn't have noticed the approach of that expert.
"Sigh."
He sighed inwardly. This was the sorry life of a minor race. That was especially true for those unlucky enough to find their realm entrance in the Sea of Stars.
This was a region with numerous experts. Even Invincibles would pass by frequently. The entrance of the giant crab race was located at the edge of the Sea of Stars. And a lot of experts would dive into the water out of curiosity after arriving. As a result, he would frequently encounter passing experts.
Fortunately, the great ancestor of the giant crabs was a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon. He could even borrow the strength of the Giant Crab Realm in the vicinity of the entrance, pushing his strength to the level of an Invincible. If it wasn't for that, their realm would have been invaded long ago. After all, their location was truly terrible. Get full chapters from novelꜰire.net
In fact, the great ancestor was staying at the other side of the portal, constantly on standby to face any potential invader. The Sunmoon crab sighed inwardly. This was such a miserable life.
Moreover, the number of passing experts seemed to have increased as of late. They had to start looking for a backer soon. This was one of the common routes the immortals, humans, and devils would take in the Sea of Stars. The divines would take a different route. Thus, they had to choose between the immortals, humans, or devils if they wanted to look for a backer.
As for the dragons...that was too unreliable. Furthermore, the dragon territory was located at the center of the Allheaven Battlefield, a place with the largest number of battles. One could say that among the five major races, the human race was not the race with the biggest danger of extinction. In the event of war, the dragon race could very well be the first race to be exterminated due to their location.
Furthermore, the dragon race enjoyed direct access to the Seabed Continent where most massive battles would happen. All the other major races would be forced to take a long detour to reach the Seabed Continent due to the unique regions standing between their territories and the Seabed Continent. For example, the Plain of Desires stood between the human territory and the Seabed Continent.
While the giant crab was busy thinking, he suddenly trembled. A figure had appeared not far from the crystal palace. The newcomer carried an incomparably powerful aura. The individual was clad in a white outfit, with golden hair and green pupils. He strode forward leisurely, with the seawater parting for him with each step he took.
When he reached the crystal palace, he did not step inside. Softly, he spoke, "Is this the giant crab race?"
"Yes. You are..." When the golden crab took a closer look, his expression changed. He hurriedly said, "Greetings, Lord Wushuang."
The youth smiled, "You're a Sunmoon, Senior. I'm but a Mountainsea. I am no lord before you."
After a slight pause, he continued, "Your realm entrance is located at the very east of the sea. May I trouble you to keep an eye out for a human genius for a short time? Please contact me promptly the moment you notice something."
The crab might be a Sunmoon, but he was still shivering with fear. He hurriedly asked, "Lord, are you talking about the human called Su Yu?"
Inwardly, he was alarmed. A divine expert had actually traveled all the way here.
Zhan Wushuang.
Former number two expert on the Heaven Index. Su Yu's ascension had pushed him one rank lower. He was an eighth-stage Mountainsea capable of contending against Sunmoons. Or to be precise, he was capable of killing Sunmoons. Fighting or defeating a Sunmoon was entirely different than actually killing a Sunmoon.
Anyone capable of reaching the Sunmoon Realm would be an individual with numerous trump cards and life-preservation methods. One could only imagine how hard it was to kill a Sunmoon.
Zhan Wushuang had achieved the feat of killing a Sunmoon several years ago. How strong was he now?
As his golden hair fluttered about, Zhan Wushuang smiled, "Yes. You must be aware of his appearance, Senior. Of course, he might not walk around with his actual appearance. You can keep an eye out if you notice anyone suspicious. You don't need to go out of your way to do it. Notify me if you discover anything."
Then, a voice transmission talisman floated toward the crab Sunmoon.
With a smile, Zhang Wushuang bid his farewell, "I'll be troubling you, Senior."
"You are too polite. I will definitely notify you if I find anything, Lord..."
With a nonchalant smile, Zhan Wushuang started walking away. The powerful water currents and underwater pressure seemed nonexistent around him. Before long, he vanished into the distance, leaving the trembling crab Sunmoon in the crystal palace.
Zhan Wushuang.
What a powerful presence.
Sure enough, a Heaven Index genius would be much more terrifying than Sunmoons upon reaching the eighth-stage Mountainsea Realm. It wasn't like the crab Sunmoon had never met other Sunmoons before. He was a Sunmoon himself. He was even a third-stage Sunmoon. But Zhan Wushuang was able to give him the feeling of impending doom just by being present. Then again, this wasn't surprising at all.
As a divine and the top-ranked genius of the first divine, he was most certainly a remarkable individual. There was no comparing him and a Sunmoon from a minor race. Even if the Sunmoon was stronger, Zhan Wushuang might still be able to kill the Sunmoon through his many trump cards.
The crab Sunmoon had barely relaxed his verses when a raging storm appeared in the area. A little golden dragon appeared and roared, "Giant crab race, keep an eye out for Su Yu and report to the dragon race the moment you discover anything."
The crab Sunmoon recognized who this dragon was. He hurriedly said, "Don't worry, His Excellency Wuyou. We will definitely notify the dragon race if we discover anything!"
"Good."
Then, Long Wuyou swam off. Like Zhan Wushuang, he appeared completely at home even when he was deep underwater as well. But this was much less surprising since he was a dragon. This was basically his home.
"We can't keep living like this."
The crab sighed helplessly. As a Sunmoon, he would be a powerful warlord even in his own realm. There, he would be treated as the greatest of kings and the mightiest of patriarchs. But out here, he was nothing but a security guard.
More importantly, the giant crab race was too weak. All those experts were coming right to their realm entrance to order them around without any fear. If this was a major race, anyone trying something like this would be beaten to death right away.
It wasn't like he had never traveled around before. If this was the territory of one of those major races, any intruder would be expelled by powerful experts right after stepping into the territory. This was completely unlike the giant crab race where people could walk right up to their realm entrance without consequences.
For example, if one intruded into the human territory, the Evilrid Army would appear promptly.
If one intruded into the immortal territory, the Immortal Court Army would also appear promptly. It was the same in the divine and devil territories. The devils wouldn't even waste their time deporting the intruders. They would simply unleash the crazy blood fire devils upon the intruders.
In short, this crab Sunmoon had never seen the realm entrance of any major race with his own eyes. In fact, he didn't even know the exact location of those entrances.
He looked at his crystal palace bleakly. This building looked fancy, but this was a place where anyone could come without consequences. He would rather sacrifice the luxury here for better security.
Chapter 985: Red Clouds Island, Bright City (2)
Su Yu was naturally unaware of the events at the Giant Crab Realm's entrance.
He was carefully moving while paying close attention to his surroundings. The moment he noticed an expert, he would rush off. He was trying to avoid any conflict in the area. There were simply too many people in the area. The moment a battle broke out, others might notice him.
He was unaware of the arrival of Zhan Wushuang.
That was a Mountainsea with the strength to kill Sunmoons. In short, that was not an opponent Su Yu could defeat. In fact, even Mo Duona was probably not his match in combat. He was only higher in rank due to his younger age. Zhan Wushuang was an eighth-stage Mountainsea who had killed a Sunmoon through direct combat with no trickeries. He was a true monster.
Su Yu continued moving underwater. After a while, he got bored of the same old sight. He started thinking of moving out of the water. Perhaps the world up there would be much more interesting. At that thought, he started moving upward.
A short while later, his head emerged from the surface of the sea. He had transformed into a humanoid life form with a tiny horn on his forehead. Yes. He was pretending to be a mountainbreak bull who had transformed into the humanoid form. After all, this was also a race he was extremely familiar with. He knew their cultivation methods, their racial abilities, the power of their blood essence, and even their smell.
After floating into the air, he was faced with a boundless and clear body of water in all directions. Not a single island was in sight. The sky above him was adorned by countless glittering stars, presenting him with a peaceful and beautiful sight.
With the gentle breeze brushing past him, he felt exceptionally comfortable. But behind this comfortable environment were countless dangers.
Su Yu did not forget where he was. He did not forget how dangerous this place could be.
As this was his first time seeing a sea, he wasn't too used to such an environment. Furthermore, he seemed to have lost his sense of direction during his travel underwater. Thanks to his powerful instincts, he was still able to pinpoint the correct direction to travel toward after emerging from the sea.
Having determined his direction, he started flying forward. After a few thousand kilometers, he would probably reach the Red Clouds Island. That island wouldn't be too difficult to find. After all, it was an island constantly shrouded in red light. It was a rather well-known island in the eastern part of the Sea of Stars.
Whoosh!
Abruptly, Su Yu dove down. Just as he was above to enter the sea, a red streak of light flew past. It was a passing Sunmoon. And the Sunmoon didn't even spare him a glance. Su Yu rolled his eyes at the arrogance of the Sunmoon. What was the big deal?
He had killed plenty of Sunmoons before. How dare this Sunmoon fly over him with complete disregard? Su Yu comforted himself by telling himself that he would forgive that Sunmoon since he was a kind and magnanimous man.
"Are Sunmoons so common here?"
Su Yu was feeling quite doubtful. A Sunmoon could be considered a big shot everywhere. Even in a major race, a Sunmoon would be standing at the very top alongside the elites of the race. Ignoring the Sunmoon who was watching over a realm entrance earlier, why had he encountered yet another Sunmoon? He hadn't even been here for long.
This was merely the start of his venture into the Sea of Stars. He resumed his journey. After a while, a loud shriek rang out behind him. Moments later, a massive hawk with wings over a hundred meters in length appeared in the distance. An individual stood atop the hawk. Su Yu noted that the individual was not a human, but he did not dare to pry further to determine the origin of that individual.
That was an extremely powerful individual. In fact, even the hawk carrying the individual might also be a Sunmoon. The humanoid individual stood loftily on the head of the hawk and overlooked the sea below. He noticed Su Yu as well, but he directly disregarded him after a single glance. From the presence of this person alone, he felt even stronger than Ming He.
When the hawk was about to fly over Su Yu, its claws shone, looking like it was above to dive down.
But its master berated, "Don't waste any time. It's only a stupid bull. How delicious can a bull be?"
The hawk shrieked yet again. Obeying its master, the hawk stopped descending and shot far ahead before vanishing in the distance. Yes. Initially, it intended to capture Su Yu as food.
But it gave up after its master berated it. As for Su Yu, beads of sweat started forming on his forehead. What the hell was happening?
From his estimation, that hawk was probably a third-stage Sunmoon. Meanwhile, the master was probably a seventh or eighth-stage Sunmoon. As the two had remained so far above him in the sky, not even his Perception Jade had managed to detect them. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel-fire.ɴet
Holy shit! Were super experts so common? Just what was going on? And why did he feel like all these super experts were heading in the same direction as him?
After thinking about it, Su Yu concluded that these people were probably not going to Red Clouds Island. Rather, they were probably heading to Ninestar Island which was in the same direction as well.
"Holy shit. This is so dangerous."
Su Yu was alarmed. Suddenly, his tribulation character pulsed madly. A high-stage Sunmoon! This was not an ancient city. There were no Sunmoon death spirits around. If an expert like that targeted him, he would have no way of escaping. So luck was the only thing he could rely on when traveling out here?
Was returning to the Human Realm better, after all? This was so dangerous. Also, none of these super experts were humans. Were the experts of other races so common out here? He started fleeing madly. Moments later, a burly individual appeared while stepping on the surface of the sea. When he saw the fleeing Su Yu, he laughed, "What a pity. The blood of the mountainbreak bull race is pretty good for body forging. Whatever. Count yourself lucky."
The burly individual was massive. But with the individual revealing himself, Su Yu had a sudden urge to curse. That burly guy was not someone from the giant race as he had originally guessed. Rather, that was a human.
He wouldn't miss the unique presence of humans. Holy shit. He was nearly caught by a fellow human. He didn't know the burly man. But clearly, that was a strong and arrogant Sunmoon.
The burly man continued stomping forward on the sea surface, creating massive waves around him. Shortly after, a dragon appeared in the sky. The dragon roared, "Qin Hao, what are you doing?"
The burly man was actually Qin Hao.
Qin Fang's uncle, Great Qin King's son, and Vanguard Regiment's general. This person had not appeared even when Qin Fang was trapped in the ancient city previously. But he had actually appeared at the Sea of Stars.
Qin Hao answered the call by stabbing his spear at the sky.
Boom!
When the explosion of light settled, a massive dragon could be seen flying away frantically. A bloody hole could be seen on the belly of the dragon.
Qin Hao raised his head. First, he gazed at the fleeing dragon. Then, he looked around coldly. His mouth curled into a smirk as he said, "I'm not doing anything. I merely heard that the heroes of the various realms are gathering at Ninestar Island. I'm merely heading there to join the fun in case you guys feel too lonely without me."
After saying that, he stabbed his spear into the sea. Instantly, the sea roiled. One demonic beast after another started fleeing madly.
With a casual stab of his spear, a massive golden fish was killed. A clump of flame appeared atop the spear and started roasting the fish. With a smile, he said, "Won't a gathering of heroes without the presence of humans boring? Everyone, I'll see you at Ninestar Island."
Then, he resumed his journey while enjoying his freshly roasted fish, stomping forward on the sea surface rapidly while creating numerous waves around him.
"Qin Hao!"
Su Yu was surprised. Was that fellow going to Ninestar Island as well? But why were so many people going there? What in the world was going on? That was also his destination. If so many Sunmoons were going there as well, why should he go?
Su Yu was left quite speechless. He cautiously looked around, wondering what was going on. Why was everyone going to Ninestar Island? Did some valuable treasure appear there? Was everyone going there for the treasure? Su Yu sank into thought. What treasure could it be? Should he go or change his plan?
A super expert like Qin Hao was going. The super expert standing atop the hawk earlier was probably going there as well. Even the dragon who had fled from Qin Hao was probably going to the same place.
"Did an incredible treasure really appear there?"
Su Yu had no answer. He could only decide after learning more. For now, he would first head to the Red Clouds Island and try to gather more information there. If he had to, he wouldn't mind changing his plan.
Of course, if he found the Sunmoons fighting among themselves chaotically, it wouldn't be a bad idea to take some risk and try to steal some benefits from them. This was actually a common way of thinking for many geniuses. As a young genius, a chaotic battle between experts would be the perfect opportunity for them to fish for some benefits.
If they ended up perishing, that could only mean that they were not genius enough And if they survived, the benefits would naturally be theirs to gain. It was pointless to be a genius if one lacked the courage to venture into the most chaotic and dangerous of places.
If the situation grew too dangerous, he could always find a nearby ancient city and hide inside. Perhaps he could even take this chance to get even more of his enemies killed.
"I need to kill Dao Cheng. The enmity between us can't be cleared. If I see any snowfrost divines, lightning divines, tri-eye devils, six-winged divines, silkwyrms, or mystic armors, I can't spare them either. If an opportunity presents itself, I won't spare any of them."
After listing a long string of targets to kill, Su Yu found that he had quite a lot of enemies. And this was already a list excluding the weaker races. The races he listed were the ones who had lost their experts and geniuses in the ancient city because of him. There was no wiping the enmity between him and these people. That was especially true for the six-winged divines. This was a race Su Yu greatly disliked.
"How annoying."
Su Yu started thinking of a suitable disguise. The best choice would be someone from a race with a small number of members that was powerful enough to be left alone by the other races.
"Someone from an ancient race will be perfect."
After thinking about it, this was Su Yu's conclusion. He had not met a lot of ancient race members. Apart from the little furball, the only ancient race member he had met was the iron devourer.
He was never told that the iron devourer race was an ancient race, but from his research, he was sure this was an ancient race. And this was a powerful race. Just look at the iron devourer in Great Ming. He was only a peak Mountainsea, but not even Sunmoons could harm him. How terrifying.
"Perhaps I can pretend to be an iron devourer. But are there a lot of them out there? Will there be any trouble if I disguise myself as one of them?"
If this was a race with numerous members, losing one or two of them would not be that big of an issue. People would be much less inclined to avoid a confrontation with him. But if this was a race with an incredibly small number of members, any new face would invite suspicion.
"No, wait, they can't be that rare. After all, there's one in the Human Realm. And now, we even have three little iron devourers. Maybe I can pretend to be the son of that fellow living in Great Ming?"
If an actual iron devourer started asking questions, he could claim that he was the son of that fellow in Great Ming. He could pretend to be an iron devourer that had been separated from his roots.
He continued moving while coming up with all sorts of ideas. He had yet to decide on a disguise. He would make his choice after reaching the Red Clouds Island.
***
A long time passed. After encountering Qin Hao, Su Yu did not encounter any other experts. Perhaps these experts were all avoiding the barbarian called Qin Hao so they had all opted to take a different route instead.
Or perhaps Su Yu was simply not encountering them since he had deviated from the direct route to Ninestar Island. His subsequent journey was smooth. Apart from some Mountainsea beasts, he did not encounter anyone else.
Fortunately, the demonic beasts here did not seem too aggressive. In fact, some of them were the ones distancing themselves from Su Yu right after noticing him. Some would also give chase aggressively, but Su Yu only needed to run for a short while before they gave up.
And finally, a red island appeared before him.
That was the Red Clouds Island.
Chapter 986: Red Clouds Island, Bright City (3)
The Red Clouds Island was massive.
It was called an island, but any continent in the Sea of Stars would be known as an island simply because the Sea of Stars was too big. In terms of surface area, Red Clouds Island was more than three million square kilometers in size.
Yet it was only considered a small island in the Sea of Stars. In fact, there were many islands of similar size in the Sea of Stars. The island was circular in size. There was a realm entrance on the island.
But that realm was not too strong. Thus, it maintained a neutral stance. This was the realm of a race Su Yu knew quite well. It was the realm of the clearbright bird, the contributor of his Pure Source Art. That was an art capable of purifying source qi.
The clearbright bird race was a peace-loving race. Of course, it wasn't like they had any other options. They were too weak to be aggressive. But since they were known for their healing abilities, they were able to establish themselves among the myriad races. During the wars between the various races, the experts of this race would help with their healing services. Because of that, they were able to live rather comfortably.
Some races would still target them, but most were too embarrassed to actually attack them openly. Over the years, the Red Clouds Island had prospered due to the responsible management of the clearbright birds.
At the moment, the experts of various minor races had arrived on the Red Clouds Island. These were the people without the courage to go straight to the Ninestar Island.
The entrance to the Clearbright Realm could be found at the heart of the Red Clouds Island. Over the years, the clearbright bird races had built a large city around it. The city was known as Bright City. This was a city open to outside visitors.
Through this island and the open policy of their city, the clearbright birds earned a large amount of profits. And through their profits, they nurtured a decent number of young geniuses. But the gap between their geniuses and those from the major races was still quite big.
In recent days, as the experts of the various races congregated in this city, the atmosphere in the city had grown tense despite its many years of peace. But the clearbright birds were used to this. After all, this was something that would happen every ten years.
Why? Because this island was located on the route heading to Ninestar Island. And beyond the Ninestar Island was the Luminous Domain Mansion.
***
The moment Su Yu stepped on the island, he felt a certain power in the air. That was the power of light coming from the Clearbright Realm. It felt quite comfortable. After looking around, he concluded that the Clearbright Realm was slowly turning the island into a part of the realm.
The moment the process was completed, the realm would probably be able to exert some of its suppressive force against all visitors. That might allow the Sunmoons of the clearbright bird race to face even Invincible on the island. One ought to admit that even minor races would constantly plot and scheme to move ahead of others.
Su Yu could not feel any suppressive force yet. Perhaps the assimilation rate was still quite low. Or perhaps it was simply due to his immunity as a human. An expansive city stood in the middle of the island. Surrounding the city were numerous towns and villages.
It was not known if these settlements were built by outsiders or if they were also built by the clearbright birds. In truth, there were natives inhabitating the Allheaven Battlefield even before it became connected to the various realms. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion wouldn't have been able to remain in existence for so long otherwise.
According to the discovered records, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had most likely existed since ancient times before the connections between the Allheaven Battlefield and the various realms were severed. Thus, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was an organization as old as the ancient cities.
Naturally, none of that was of any concern to Su Yu. He felt a lot more at ease walking on solid ground. Even though he could transform into water, but there also seemed to be a lot morre dangers in the water. Realm entrances were everywhere. During his journey here, he had sensed several of such entrances.
The journey had been a nerve-racking ordeal for him. Most of the time, these entrances would be guarded by Sunmoons. If he accidentally approached any of them, he might invite the wrath of these Sunmoons.
His tribulation character had been extremely helpful during the journey. It would warn him in advance if he was on the verge of stumbling upon danger. In fact, he was starting to feel that this natural character was a lot more important than the rest of his characters.
***
Not long after Su Yu landed on the island, he was greeted by a clearbright bird.
He was amazed at how beautiful the bird was. With a lightly shining body and a gentle yet graceful appearance, one would find it hard to find the urge to harm any of them. More importantly, the bird welcoming him was a female bird.
"Respected guest, are you heading toward the Bright City?"
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Su Yu, who was still disguised as a mountainbreak bull, was emanating the aura of a Cloudbreach. Thus, he could indeed be considered a respected guest. After all, the mountainbreak bull race was a race with at least one Invincible. It was much more powerful than the clearbright bird race.
Su Yu nodded and asked, "Are my people here as well?"
"At the moment, there is no other respected guest from your race on the island."
The clearbright bird replied, "In recent days, the young geniuses and experts of various races have arrived. If you wish to enter the city, I implore you to observe the peace during your stay. Of course, sparring rings are available in the city if you find a need to exchange pointers with someone..."
After giving a short explanation, the bird said, "Respected guest, you can also look for the clearbright bird patrol to settle any issue you might have. Bright City welcomes visitors from all races. But we also hope that the experts of various races can exercise some restrain in the city. The clearbright bird race is weak. Establishing this city hasn't been an easy task for us..."
After complaining a bit about her pitiful race, the bird slightly leaked the fact that three Sunmoons of the clearbright birds were staying in the city, including one high-stage Sunmoon. This was a roundabout way to warn all visitors to refrain from causing trouble.
They might be weak, but they were right in front of their realm entrance. The experts of their race could easily reinforce the city if required. Su Yu listened silently, not bothering to say anything. This was how all minor races would act. They wanted no fight in their territory.
In fact, the clearbright birds were definitely not as weak as they pretended to be. They were able to monopolize an island in the Sea of Stars and establish a city on the island. They were doing much better than the giant crab race. Just look at their miserable crystal palace. It wasn't even as big as a random village on this island. After saying all she had to say, the bird flew off to welcome the next visitor.
Su Yu was unbothered. He continued flying toward Bright City. It was obvious a lot of people had arrived recently. He wanted to see if there were any familiar faces here. Sure, most of the familiar faces he knew were already dead, but there were some survivors.
For example, Dao Cheng and the little golden dragon. The two were still alive.
After a while, he reached Bright City. The island radiated red light, but the city actually radiated white light. It was likely that the power of the Clearbright Reallm had covered the entire city.
Evidently, they had planned well when establishing their city. He landed on the ground. Guarding the gate were several clearbright birds in humanoid form. They were all decently strong, with one of them being a Mountainsea clad in white armor.
They weren't surprised to see Su Yu's arrival. Their people were spread all over the island. Thus, they had long received reports on the arrival of a mountainbreak bull expert. Since this visitor was not a Sunmoon, there wasn't a need for them to worry too much about him.
Su Yu was surprised to see a golden noticeboard hanging beside the gate. His portrait could be seen on it. Yes. That was the portrait of his original appearance.
"Su Yu, human, Cloudbreach. Contact the divine and devil consulates in Bright City with any news about Su Yu. Ten strands of heavenearth profound light and a hundred heavenly source fruits will be rewarded for each verified information."
"..."
Holy shit!
How generous.
This was a reward only for his information. There was no need for one to even capture or kill him. Even Su Yu himself was tempted to claim these rewards. More importantly, why was this notice board here? Did they know that he would come here?
Su Yu was not the only person looking at the notice board. A lot of people were doing the same. Some would merely shoot it a glance before leaving. Some would even joke about it, "Anyone with news about Su Yu's whereabouts will be rich."
The companion of that person warned, "Just mind your own business. This is a conflict between major races. Do you really think the humans will ignore this? Are you not worried about your own life?"
This was not something one could take lightly. If the human race found out who the informer was, they might remain silent. But they could still take action since they wouldn't even need an excuse to kill an informer. Did this person believe that the divines and devils would protect him?
The people nearby were merely talking about the topic out of curiosity, but they might not necessarily have the courage to snitch on Su Yu even if they knew about his whereabouts. And Su Yu was not the sole human there. There were actually other humans there as well.
One of them snorted upon noticing the notice board. He looked at the Mountainsea guard and coldly said, "Are you looking down on the human race because we don't have any experts stationed here? Clearbright bird race, how audacious of you. Be careful lest a random human Invincible sees this while passing by and reward you with a swing of their blade."
The Mountainsea guard frowned slightly and said, "This was not a notice of the clearbright bird race. Please empathize with us. The divines and devils were the ones behind this notice. The same thing can be seen all over the Sea of Stars..."
The human ignored the reply and entered the city with a sneer. The Mountainsea guard could only shut his mouth helplessly. Life was hard for them as well. They were stuck between the major races. Would they dare to deny the divines and devils when they wanted to hang this notice here? And what could they even do after the notice incurred the displeasure of the humans??
Su Yu himself wasn't too bothered about the notice. After a moment, he entered the city. Nobody stopped him or charged him a fee to enter. That was a mere notice board. What could it even do to him? What even was the point of it?
Those capable of seeing through his disguise would have enough strength to capture him instead of snitching on him for some rewards.
But this proved one thing. The human race did not have much influence in the Sea of Stars. At the very least, their influence was incomparable to the divines and devils here. This notice board would have been cut down long ago otherwise. Clearly, the humans were weaker than the divines and devils here.
Chapter 987: I Didn't Use To Specialize In Killing (1)
Bright City was massive.
A bustling sight greeted Su Yu the moment he stepped into the city.
"A weapon of an ancient Invincible excavated from the depths of Sea of Stars for only fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid!"
"Come! Come! Maps of Luminous Domain Mansion! Maps of all nine levels of the mansion are available!"
"Fragments of a cultivation method used by an ancient Emperor!"
"..."
The first thing Su Yu noticed after entering the city was the countless people of all shapes and forms on the two sides of the street. These people had set up their stalls right in front of the gate. Since there might be some naive and inexperienced individuals among the newcomers, this would be a good place to fool some of these visitors with some questionable products. It would be much harder to fool them after they grew familiar with the city.
Su Yu looked at one of the stalls. An ape-like being was there, selling a so-called weapon of an ancient Invincible. The ape was holding a trident in his hand. It looked rather crude and simple. Su Yu's eyes lit up as he tried to take a closer look at the weapon. But the moment that happened, a ray of light shot out from the weapon.
Rumble!
Su Yu's sea of willpower shook. The ape looked at Su Yu and sneered, "Mountainbreak bull? Are you doubting me? I am not lying. I am selling a genuine product. Are you convinced now? This is a sentient weapon capable of defending itself automatically. This is an ability only heaven weapons possess."
"..."
Su Yu was both surprised and doubtful. It was true that only heaven weapons were capable of showing traces of intelligence and acting autonomously. The Hundred Dao Pagoda was one such example. Was this thing really the weapon of an ancient Invincible?
This was getting ridiculous. Fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid was not cheap. After conversion, this would be worth over a hundred thousand merit points. It was a lot more expensive than even earth weapons.
Nevertheless, a heaven weapon, especially an ancient heaven weapon, was supposed to be a lot more expensive. But what was up with the weapon's counterattack against his prying? He had merely tried to inspect it, but it had responded aggressively.
He sneaked a glance at the surrounding peddlers. His old man once said it wouldn't matter if he knew nothing. It would be fine as long as the people around knew about it. For example, his old man was pretty bad at picking the correct products when shopping for groceries. When he first retired from the army to raise Su Yu, he would often end up choosing inferior products whenever he shopped for groceries.
Eventually, he learned a good trick. He only needed to follow the lead of the picky aunties from middle-class families when doing his shopping.
The wealthy ones might not know what they were doing in the market. The poor ones might deliberately purchase products of inferior quality to save money. But he wouldn't go wrong following the lead of those from middle-class families who were slightly old and picky when shopping for groceries.
Su Yu was in a similar situation. He was quite clueless. But he could learn from the others. When he studied the surrounding hawkers, he saw some curling their lips, some looking at the so-called ancient weapon with disdain, and some looking completely disinterested.
As for the surrounding customers, some were looking on with amazement while some carried toying expressions. With one look, Su Yu understood what was going on. There was something wrong with this weapon. The source of this content ɪs novèlfire.net
But what was the problem? Su Yu was certain the ape had not done anything when the weapon reacted toward his prying attempt. He was a master weaponsmith as well. He would be able to notice such tricks even if it was an ancient weapon. His interest was piqued.
He walked up to the ape. The ape was actually a peak Cloudbreach, a decent level of cultivation. After taking a closer look, Su Yu's heart skipped a beat. He had not been paying attention earlier, but there was a tiny clump of golden hair on the head of the ape. This was actually an extremely rare race, a heavenly spirit ape.
This was a powerful race. At the very least, it was stronger than the mountainbreak bull race. There were numerous ape races in existence. The greater ape race was considered a massive race. As for the heavenly spirit ape race, it had around two or three Invincibles in their ranks. The ape race as a whole had a large number of Invincibles, granting them the twelfth rank among the top 100 races.
It was not in the top 10, but the gap between it and the lower-ranked top 10 races wasn't that big.
When the ape noticed Su Yu's gaze on his head, a proud expression covered his face as he said, "What are you looking at? Are you trying to rob me? I won't have any problem beating you up."
Su Yu was quite speechless. When did he say that he wanted to rob this ape?
"Can I take a look at this weapon?" Su Yu asked as he pointed at the trident.
The ape sneered, "Can you even afford it?"
"Must I buy after taking a closer look?"
"Piss off if you can't afford it."
Su Yu frowned at the ape's arrogance. He argued, "If this is really a genuine product, I will naturally contact the experts of my race for the fund. Am I supposed to bother my seniors for a mere scam?"
"Scam?" The ape said in a displeased manner, "Is there a need for a heavenly spirit ape to run a scam here?"
Su Yu said, "So can I take a look at it or not? If I can't, so be it."
"Sure. Go ahead."
The ape handed the trident to Su Yu.
Su Yu's hand stretched out...but he suddenly stopped and said, "Lay the weapon down first. I'll pick it up myself."
With a speechless expression, the ape placed the weapon on the ground. The hide of an unknown race was being used as the mat. Also on the hide were some random trinkets the ape were selling as well. They all looked ancient.
Slowly, Su Yu picked the weapon up. He started feeling the weapon with his hands, but when he did that, he frowned. The quality was inferior.
In truth, his standards were simply too high. This trident was almost as durable as earth weapons, but he could forge weapons of this quality as well. He naturally wouldn't have much respect for weapons of such level. In fact, he found that this trident wasn't even as durable as the pair of shoes he forged himself.
It gave him a bad first impression.
"Can I send my source qi into the weapon?"
"Yes."
The moment Su Yu channeled some of his source qi in, the trident started shining. Then, a ray of light shot into his sea of willpower yet again. With the trident in his hand, he raised his brow. He took a closer look at the flickering points on the trident. And soon, he discovered something.
It did not take long before he finished his inspection.
"Yes, this is an ancient weapon. But it is nonsense to claim that this used to be an Invincible's weapon. According to our classification for weapons, this is probably an ancient profound weapon. The light coming from the weapon...is coming from the formation engraved upon the weapon."
Su Yu muttered under his breath. Ancient weaponsmithing methods were quite different from modern weaponsmithing methods.
There was actually a formation on this weapon.
An ancient formation.
This was not a powerful weapon. Nor was it a sentient weapon. Rather, its formation was merely acting automatically to reject all outsiders. Its original owner was dead, but the formation was still working to reject the aura of everyone apart from the original owner.
"Formations...adding formations to weapons..."
Numerous new ideas emerged in Su Yu's mind. It wasn't like nobody had suggested such an idea before, but nobody had ever managed to create something good following this line of thought. Most of the time, the forged weapon and the engraved formation would reject each other.
After all, there were formation masters among the human race as well. In the past, the weaponsmithing masters had attempted to collaborate with formation masters to create such weapons, but they had not been able to produce anything acceptable.
This weapon would serve well as a study material. An ancient formation that was still active. This was extremely rare. He would be much less impressed to see a weapon made of excellent materials and preserved well lasting this long.
But since the formation was still working, it was definitely still stable despite the passing of time. The formation was most likely powered by an unknown energy source as well. What was the energy source? There must be something acting as the battery in the weapon.
As Su Yu continued inspecting the weapon, the ape asked impatiently, "Are you done?"
Su Yu looked up at the ape and thought about it before saying, "This is an ancient profound weapon. If this was really the weapon of an ancient Invincible, that Invincible must have lived a rather short life. Are you sure this used to be the weapon of an Invincible?"
"..."
The ape asked angrily, "Are you buying or not? How do you even know that this is a profound weapon? Ancient weapons are different from modern weapons. How can you be sure? Are you an earth weaponsmith or a heaven weaponsmith?"
Su Yu frowned, "Are you a serious seller? If you are, I will naturally be interested in buying. If not, forget it."
He was indeed slightly interested in this weapon. Firstly, he was interested in the weaponsmithing method used. Secondly, he was interested in the principles behind the formation. Thirdly, he wanted to learn more about the energy supply as well.
From what he observed, this was a formation capable of recognizing the aura of its master. Thus, the energy source was most likely the blood essence of the previous owner. Yes. That was Su Yu's conclusion. It would either be the blood essence or the character of the original owner.
It was possible that like Zhao Li, the original owner had fused one of their characters into the weapon, granting the formation the ability to recognize the aura of its master and the ability to remain active even after so many years.
Ancient character or ancient blood essence...
This was very interesting.
"Fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid. You can buy or piss off." The ape said, "Even if this isn't a heaven weapon, it won't be weaker than an earth weapon. And that won't even be its original rank. Its rank must have deteriorated due to the passage of time and a lack of care..."
At that, Su Yu's heart skipped a beat. Right, he had completely neglected that. Countless years had passed. Since it was still a peak profound weapon, it might really be an earth weapon back then or a weapon of higher grade.
With some work, he might be able to restore it to its previous grade. But due to the formation in the weapon, it would be hard for someone other than its original owner to actually work on it. Had no weaponsmith checked this weapon before?
Any proper weaponsmith would be interested in such a weapon. Sure, if the level of the weaponsmith was too low, that might not be the case. But any weaponsmith of a respectable level would definitely be interested in this weapon.
Chapter 988: I Didn't Use To Specialize In Killing (2)
Su Yu said, "An earth weapon is fairly cheap. For example, a low-tier earth weapon can be bought with only ten thousand drops of source qi liquid. The price will increase to twenty thousand drops for a middle-tier earth weapon. And for the high tier, the price can probably reach thirty to fifty thousand drops. But you're asking for fifty thousand drops right off the bat. Do you really think that this thing is more valuable than a powerful earth weapon?"
The ape frowned and asked, "Are you really buying? Name your price, then."
Su Yu put forth a look of hesitation. With his current identity as a Cloudbreach cultivator, it wouldn't be fitting for him to be too wealthy.
After some thought, he offered, "Ten drops of first-stage Mountainsea blood essence."
"Piss off."
The ape was infuriated. Unless it came from the divines, devils, or any other major races, first-stage Mountainsea blood essence would not be too valuable. It wouldn't surpass a thousand merit points per drop.
Even with such a low price, the demand would still be low. Those at the Mountainsea Realm, regardless of race, did not have much need for the blood essence of weaker races. Meanwhile, the blood essence of divines and devils would be valuable at all times. Also, the blood essence of races outside the top 100 wouldn't even be labeled with the race it came from.
For example, the blood essence of a Mountainsea from a minor race would merely be called Mountainsea blood essence, unlike the blood essence of divines and devils that would always be called divine or devil blood essence.
Ten drops of regular Mountainsea blood essence would not surpass ten thousand merit points or three thousand drops of source qi liquid in value. The ape was naturally unwilling to accept such a price.
Su Yu stood up and shook his head, "That is the only price I can offer. This price is good enough for even a peak profound weapon. From what I see, this weapon is no longer usable in combat. It is now only helpful as a study material for weaponsmiths due to its status as an ancient weapon."
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The ape gloomily said, "This really is a good weapon. I dug it out from a small spatial pocket. I am certain it was the tomb of an ancient expert no weaker than the Sunmoon Realm. I checked with a weaponsmith before. According to that weaponsmith, this weapon is worth no less than fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid."
Su Yu laughed, "If the weapon is really so valuable, why didn't the weaponsmith buy it, then?"
The ape replied in frustration, "He said that he needed some time since he wanted to have a fair deal with me. But he didn't return after leaving to gather his funds. He must have encountered some mishaps. Otherwise, this weapon would have been sold long ago."
Su Yu concluded that there were truths and lies weaved together in those words. Such a weaponsmith might exist, but that weaponsmith had definitely not quoted a price of fifty thousand drops.
Even if the weaponsmith really believed that this weapon was worth that much, there was no reason for him to be so honest about it.
Su Yu said, "If that person really exists, that must have been a scammer trying to ruin your attempt to sell the weapon. It is obvious you have been trying to sell this weapon for quite some time. If it's really so valuable, it wouldn't have remained unsold for so long."
The ape couldn't argue against that. After a short silence, he said, "Your offer is too low. It is sufficient for modern profound weapons, but not an ancient weapon that might be an earth or a heaven weapon. Also, I can kill first-stage Mountainseas from weak races myself if I really need their blood essence."
This time, the ape was probably speaking the truth. It was likely that he could kill weak first-stage Mountainseas, but it would still be risky since he needed to punch above his level. For example, Su Yu was also capable of killing Mountainseas. But would he go out and look for Mountainseas to kill every single day? Nope.
"That's the highest price I can offer. If you disagree, so be it. I'll look around for something else to buy instead."
Su Yu was getting more and more interested in these stalls. A lot of these hawkers were probably exaggerating the products they were selling, but there would probably be a tiny bit of truth mixed amid all those lies.
Perhaps he could find more useful items. And he was knowledgeable enough to avoid scams, especially for products such as cultivation methods and weapons. The ape felt extremely helpless when he saw that Su Yu was really going to leave.
Ten drops of Mountainsea blood essence. Should he accept this price? This was so much lower than his asking price.
And he had actually been telling the truth. A weaponsmith had really offered fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid for this weapon. Unfortunately, the weaponsmith claimed that he did not have that much money on him before disappearing on the ape. Was that bastard a liar, after all?
Of course, the ape had also been suspecting that the weaponsmith was a swindler. That old bastard must have been messing around with him. After all, he had also checked with other weaponsmiths as well, but the prices they offered were even lower than Su Yu's.
The human race had about thirty earth weaponsmiths in total. Yes. That was the number of earth weaponsmiths in an entire race. And very few races had more earth weaponsmiths than the human race.
Thus, the number of earth weaponsmiths in existence across the various realms might even be lower than the number of Invincibles. Earth weaponsmiths were also far harder to meet than Invincibles.
That was because Invincibles would still move about, but most earth weaponsmiths would be treated as the national treasures of their respective races and kept in protection at all times. And the weaponsmiths he had access to weren't that high in level.
The ape started cursing inwardly. Should he take this deal or not? At the very least, he would earn something from this deal. This damn weapon was something he couldn't even use. Nor was it suitable for him. He didn't even know any trident users.
"Sigh."
The ape continued cursing the old bastard who had lied to him. He would have sold this weapon long ago otherwise.
***
At the same time.
Mystic Armor Realm. Near the border.
An old man wrinkled his nose as he looked in the direction of the Sea of Stars. What an intense grudge toward him. And the grudge was probably coming from someone related to him.
After a long while, he finally remembered something.
"Is it that ape?"
The old man wondered if it was coming from that ape. Right, he remembered the trident the ape was selling. That was a decent weapon, but that ape was crazy for insisting on source qi liquid as the payment. Who would carry so much source qi liquid on them?
Because of that, the old man was forced to borrow some source qi liquid from Qin Guang to complete the transaction. But while he was on his way, the Su Yu incident happened and he was deployed to the border of the Mystic Armor Realm instead.
"Please don't tell me the weapon has been sold."
That shouldn't be the case, right? Nobody would be interested in that weapon, right? Prior to his departure, he had reminded the ape to not sell the trident for any price cheaper than that.
"That trident is really quite decent. There is probably an ancient character in it. And it might even be a Sunmoon character. Fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid is a fair price..."
Alas, he did not have that much source qi liquid on him. Which Eternal would carry something like source qi liquid on them? The old man grumbled that the dumb ape had even refused to accept the earth weapon he offered, insisting that the weapon was fake. Damn that dumb ape!
If it wasn't for the small friendship the old man had with the old bastard from the heavenly spirit ape race, he would have slapped the dumb ape to death long ago.
"Whatever. So be it. It's not like a regular earth weaponsmith will be able to even disassemble that weapon."
The old man tossed the matter to the back of his mind. He would revisit the matter again in the future. Suddenly, a powerful wave of willpower appeared in front of him. The undefended realm entrance ahead of him started shaking violently.
Then, a cold voice rang out from the realm entrance, "Heavenly Forge, what do you want exactly?"
The old man replied, "Nothing. I only need your skin. I'm in need of a good material for a divine weapon I'm thinking of forging. I've always believed that your skin is the best material for that. And I have yet to complete a proper divine weapon because I lack suitable materials. Think about it, Mystic Armor."
"Heavenly Forge, do you really think you can do anything you want?"
"Nope." The old man laughed, "There are so many experts among the myriad races. How can I do anything I want? Those from the original devils, first divines, and ancient immortals are much stronger than me. But...Mystic Armor, I'm still pretty decent when it comes to dealing with you. You can test me if you're really curious. Let's see if I can really forge you into a divine weapon."
The Mystic Armor King sank into a short silence. Then, his cold voice rang out again, "Su Yu killed the geniuses of my race. He also killed the Mountainseas and Sunmoons of my race. Zheng Ping did the same. My race has taken all the losses. Must you act this way?"
Heavenly Forge King said, "You asked for it. Why did you provoke us? Do you really think that the immortals, divines, and devils will help you? Mystic Armor, the tallest tree will always be the first to fall. Since you wish to die, I'm here to fulfill your wish."
Mystic Armor King sighed, "Don't force me. If you keep pushing me, I'll really submit to the immortals. At that time, you'll regret this."
"Regret?" The old man laughed, "I won't. If you do that, I'll invade your realm and turn everyone into weapons. My people are still lacking in terms of good weapons. If you don't side with the immortals, I'll only kill you."
The Mystic Armor King sighed again and decided to ignore Heavenly Forge King. What could he say about that? Not only had they suffered massive losses, but even their entrance had ended up blocked.
The mystic armors wouldn't be able to leave their realm for a period of time. Red Armor and the others must have gone mad. Why did they provoke the humans? Were they not aware that Heavenly Forge had been looking for an excuse to forge him into a weapon?
If it wasn't for the fact that something was still holding Heavenly Forge King back, he would have invaded directly. Mystic Armor King did not fear Heavenly Forge King inside his own realm. But outside, he wouldn't be Heavenly Forge King's match without the support of his realm.
***
Su Yu was unaware of the event unfolding at the Mystic Armor Realm.
He was on his way to visit a different stall. Behind him, the ape clenched his teeth and said, "Alright. I'll accept your offer!"
"I think I'm going to change my mind..."
The ape glared at him and asked fiercely, "Are you buying it or not? How dare you refuse the deal after I agree to your price? Are you trying to die? Mountainbreak bull, do you think I can't do anything to you?"
The ape looked exceptionally ferocious. How dare this bull mess with him?
Su Yu laughed awkwardly and said, "I'm buying. I'm only hesitating because...I feel like it's not even worth ten drops of Mountainsea blood essence..."
This was a transaction. He naturally needed to bargain. If he agreed easily, something unexpected might happen.
Su Yu turned around and took out ten drops of Mountainsea blood essence with great hesitation. He was using iron-winged bird blood essence for this trade. At this point, blood essence of this level was as valuable as garbage for him.
In fact, even the ape wasn't too happy when he saw the blood essence. Once again, he cursed inwardly. What garbage blood essence. First-stage Mountainseas of the iron-winged bird race were among the Mountainseas he could defeat.
Whatever. It wasn't like he could actually use the damn trident. No matter what, blood essence was still blood essence. He could still find a way to put it to use. As for the trident, he really didn't know what he could do except sell it. He had wasted several days for this trident. There was no point in wasting more time on it.
After completing the trade, he grumbled, "You got lucky. If that old scammer didn't die, I would have sold the trident long ago."
Damn it! That old scammer was definitely dead. Why did that bastard give him such a good price? That damn scammer even tried to scam him with a fake earth weapon.
The so-called earth weapon was a damn stick that was as light as a feather. When he demanded to see the golden stripes of the weapon, the damn scammer even claimed that the stripes were all withdrawn into the weapon during the forging. They would only appear after he dripped his blood on the weapon to claim it as his weapon.
Screw that!
What a liar!
It was even likely that the blood dripping ceremony was the start of some curse. That old scammer had definitely tried to set a trap for him! If it wasn't for the fact that he was wary of the old man whose cultivation he couldn't see through, a fight would have broken out long ago. He assumed that the old man was probably also wary of him after noticing that he was a Cloudbreach.
Su Yu was unbothered by what the ape was saying. Inwardly, he was overjoyed. He had picked up a good deal right after entering the city. This trident alone made this visit worth it. He only needed to pay some garbage blood essence for this weapon.
Ignoring everything else, just the ancient weaponsmithing method he might gleam from this weapon was already worth its price. If his guess was right and he managed to find ancient blood essence, character, or formation from it, this would be a massive profit. In fact, it was true that this weapon was worth fifty thousand drops of source qi liquid.
This was Su Yu's first time earning such a massive profit with his weaponsmithing skills. He was very satisfied with this profession. Furthermore, this was a profession where one wouldn't have any trouble finding customers.
He did not even consider the fact that he was only able to make such a large profit due to his identity as an earth weaponsmith. Due to how easy the advancement had been for him, he had been unintentionally neglecting how rare earth weaponsmiths were.
Strictly speaking, an earth weaponsmith was actually more valuable than even a Sunmoon.
Chapter 989: I Didn't Use To Specialize In Killing (3)
With a much-improved mood, Su Yu continued checking the other stalls.
When he took a look at the so-called ancient cultivation method, he had the urge to curse at the seller.
What the fuck was that?
Did that fellow take him for a fool?
Su Yu simply knew too many cultivation methods. Just reading a small portion of the cultivation method was enough for him to realize that this was a cultivation method of the earth root race. The earth root race was a small race. And this was a cultivation method granting one the ability to shine after cultivating it.
In truth, this was the cultivation method they used during their mating process. It was completely useless for someone outside the race. Was he supposed to seduce some female earth roots with this cultivation method?
How brazen must this seller be to sell something like this here? But when Su Yu thought more about it...holy shit! He might be able to produce an even more believable fake cultivation method to scam the people here. In fact, he was very confident in his counterfeiting skills.
Perhaps...he could really give this a try. He wouldn't even be limited to fake cultivation methods. He could easily create fake weapons as well. He had never done something like that, but he had a feeling he could do it.
As for the golden stripes a weapon would have, they weren't even that hard to fake. He only needed to leave some unstable stripes on his weapons. That way, the stripes would be there. They would simply fall apart the moment the weapons were used for combat.
He could even employ a unique grafting method for his scam. For example, he could graft two profound weapons together and sell the two weapons as one weapon. The resulting weapon would have the correct number of stripes an earth weapon should have without being an earth weapon since it was actually two weapons instead of one.
Su Yu rubbed his chin and thought about it. The more he thought, the more tempted he became. Should he scam a large amount of treasures before running away from this place?
"This might really work. Since the Luminous Domain Mansion is going to open soon, there will be a lot of people here. Treasures from all sorts of places will also arrive with these people."
Scamming...Su Yu considered himself an expert at this. After all, that was how he had obtained his starting funds back then. Zhou Pingsheng had been lucky enough to be his first victim.
In Su Yu's very first scam, he had earned tens of thousands of merit points. That was a sum of money some people might not earn even after a lifetime of hard work. Here, there were so many wealthy people from various races. Perhaps...it was time for him to revisit his old profession.
He did not particularly lack cultivation resources at the moment, but he was still in need of some rare resources. For example, heavenearth profound light. That was something he could buy from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, but it was too expenssive for his taste. Or to be precise, he couldn't afford their price.
He had plenty of Sunmoon blood essence, including what he buried in the Skyrend Valley. And there was still a corpse of an eighth-stage Sunmoon divine skywing in his storage ring. But these were not the things he was willing to let go of. He still had uses for Sunmoon blood essence.
"Shall I...return to my old profession?"
Su Yu rubbed his chin. He was confident in his counterfeiting skills. Thus, he only needed to consider his targets and the way in which he should carry out his scam. How should he earn the trust of his potential victims? And how should he escape after the scam?
"I can produce either fake cultivation methods or weapons. Garbage cultivation methods and weapons are not worth much. If I want to make a counterfeit heaven-grade cultivation method, I better market it as an ancient cultivation method. Or it should be something like the breathing technique. That will definitely sell well."
Who should he target? Who else but the geniuses? The geniuses were rich! As for the experts from the older generation, that was something he wouldn't consider. He was worried that these experts would see through his scam.
As for weapons, it would be very hard for anyone to expose his scam without earth weaponsmiths. He was only worried that his counterfeit weapon would attract so much attention that even earth weaponsmiths started appearing.
"No, this isn't right..."
He stared at the trident in his hand. He wanted to take it apart and study it, but he couldn't bear to do so. But if he really did so, what if he reforged the materials of this weapon into a new weapon?
"What if I reforge an actual ancient weapon into a new ancient weapon?"
Perhaps this would work. This way, even earth weaponsmiths would have a hard time seeing through his scam.
"Ancient weapon, ancient cultivation method, ancient character, and ancient corpse...If I can gather them all in a single set, I'll be able to maximize the scam!"
Su Yu licked his lips in excitement. What if...he added an inner ring medallion to the set as well?
Holy shit!
That would be a perfect plan!
An expert from the ancient times with an ancient medallion had perished somewhere. Fortunately, his weapon, cultivation method, medallion, and character were preserved. How valuable would a set like that be?
If that was an ancient ninth-stage Sunmoon, it could easily reach the price of several million merit points, right? No, how could he underestimate the myriad races that way? He should charge them heavenearth profound light instead. A minimum of one hundred strands!
Su Yu grimaced. Since he wasn't strong enough, he had no choice but to resort to scamming again. He wouldn't even feel bad scamming the myriad races. He would be even happier Dao Cheng was the one to fall victim to his scam.
"This isn't enough. I need to set up a perfect play. I need to organize a group and set off on an expedition. Out there, we will discover an ancient spatial pocket. Then, a conflict will arise within the group due to greed. I will win. There will be one survivor apart from me. I will be the one trying to sell the loot, while the survivor will live to tell the story. Yes. This will be a lot more believable."
Numerous thoughts rose in Su Yu's mind. Since he was going to carry out a scam, he naturally needed to put forth a convincing play. If he managed to get a hundred strands of heavenearth profound light, that would probably be enough for him to forge his body fifteen more times, right?
He would need to use six strands per body forging on average. Upon completion, he would surpass forty body forgings. If he could reach forty-two body forgings, his physical strength would reach...holy shit! It would definitely surpass a hundred thousand acupoints!
Su Yu's heart thumped with excitement. How many Sunmoons would he need to kill to get so much heavenearth profound light the normal way? If he decided to buy from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, he would need to kill ten first-stage Sunmoons. With a hundred drops of Sunmoon blood essence, he could buy a hundred strands of heavenearth profound light.
Rather than doing that, he was better off carrying out a scam. Since he wasn't strong enough, he had no choice but to make up for it with his brain.
"If this works, I'll be so rich!"
Su Yu continued planning. He could even use this chance to attract some of his enemies to the auction. This would also be a good opportunity for him to learn about what was happening. Why had so many experts arrived?
"Perhaps...that's related to me."
Understanding was slowly dawning on Su Yu after noticing his portrait hanging in front of the gate. All those experts were probably here for him. His life was wanted by many people.
"Should I go to Ninestar Island?"
Su Yu had a new idea as he muttered, "There is an ancient city on Ninestar Island. I can carry out my auction there and get some people killed while I'm at it?"
A lot of his enemies had arrived, and most of them were here to kill him.
"No. Doing it in an ancient city will make it too obvious it's me. But that's a very safe place to carry out an auction..."
Numerous thoughts rose in Su Yu's mind.
After purchasing an ancient weapon and witnessing a fake ancient cultivation method being sold, Su Yu had decided to revisit his previous profession.
Scamming.
Su Yu was very confident his counterfeit cultivation method would work. In any case, one only needed to show a small part of the cultivation method when selling. That made it even easier for him to fool his potential victims.
As for the weapon, he only needed to merge the new and the old. His weapon would only have the outer shell of an ancient weapon. With some modifications, who could see through it?
It would be even better if he could move the formation in this trident into his counterfeit ancient weapon as well. After all, the formation had nearly fooled him that this weapon was something of a higher grade as well.
"Yes, this is a plan worth considering."
He was here to grow strong. And killing was not the sole option he had. As long as he could grow strong, it didn't matter how he did so. Everyone would assume he was here to kill and grow strong, but nope. He was going to scam and grow strong instead.
Did those people take him for a fool? There were so many eyes on this place.
"I'll carry out a massive scam and leave. After surpassing forty body forgings, I'll be able to start challenging seventh-stage Mountainseas! No, at that point, my body will be comparable to seventh-stage Mountainseas. I can then consume ninth-stage Mountainsea blood essence or even first-stage Sunmoon blood essence. I might be able to challenge even some weaker Sunmoons."
More and more thoughts rose in his mind. Slowly, a final plan took form in his mind. The art of deceit.
"There will be a lot of people with keen eyes around. I can't let them see the entire cultivation method. As for the weapon, it will be difficult to fool them if a high-tier earth weaponsmith is present. There's also the ancient city medallion. Do the medallions of all ancient cities look the same? I also need to consider the style of the ancient era.
"It will be even better if I can find a real spatial pocket that has collapsed during the ancient past. Right, didn't the ape say that he dug this trident out of some spatial pocket?"
Su Yu looked around. He had to look for a place to rest and finalize his plan. A hundred strands of heavenearth profound light was not a price an ordinary person could afford. He had to be careful lest he attract even Invincibles. However, this was a transaction that could only be completed by a large force. A massive force...such as the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons...
"The ancient ninth-stage Sunmoon also needs to be very important. For example, someone with a cultivation method everyone can use like the acupoint reversal method or the breathing technique..."
Su Yu had everything required to make such a cultivation method. After all, it wasn't like there were no other ancient cultivation methods out there.
"Acupoint reversal...breathing technique..."
Su Yu's eyes flickered. That would be a lot more suitable angle for him.
"Let's carry out the biggest scam in the history of the Myriad Realms."
The victim of this scam would probably never forgive him for it. Get full chapters from novelꜰire.net
But it didn't matter.