Chapter 1120: Teacher And Student (3)
Bai Feng wanted to give his student another beating. Was the damn kid actually asking them about the rumors?
Nope. The damn kid was showing off!
"What's there to show off?"
Bai Feng snorted. Su Yu merely grinned.
He felt like he had returned to the past. In the past, he had greatly enjoyed shocking Bai Feng with his absurd accomplishments before watching Bai Feng's exaggerated reactions.
He felt great!
Looking at Su Yu, Bai Feng smiled. But his smile felt bitter. He was choking back tears as he asked, "You fool. Have you been fine?"
"Yeah. I'm good. I'm doing very well!"
"Why did you try so hard in the Allheaven Battlefield? Are you happy now that everyone wants to kill you?"
"I didn't want to, but I can't stand them. I'm not scared of them..." Su Yu grinned, "They tried to bully me. They are bullying me because I'm from the multiple character faction. One day, I'll beat them all to death. Don't worry, Teacher. If I really go all out, I can now fight even middle-stage Sunmoons. One day, I'll kill all our enemies!"
"..."
Yes. Even now, he couldn't resist showing off. Bai Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Hong Tan had the same reaction.
Enough!
They were tired of this. The kid should know when to stop!
"Where's Jia?" Hong Tan suddenly remembered her.
Su Yu flashed an innocent smile and said, "I was scared that she would get too excited when she saw me so I placed her in an illusion. She's still completely clueless."
"Kid..."
This kid seemed to have grown real capable nowadays.
The grandteacher, teacher, and student looked at each other in silence, their expressions complicated.
First, Hong Tan was stuck in the Allheaven Battlefield for a long time. Next, Bai Feng was exiled to the Vanguard Regiment. Finally, Su Yu was forced to leave Great Xia. They had been met with one trouble after another.
Finally, the three of them standing in the same room yet again.
But everything had changed.
Bai Feng was the one with the most complicated feelings among them. He asked helplessly, "How did you grow so strong?"
"I have good talent." Su Yu said, "It was all thanks to Teacher for discovering my incredible and boundless talent back then."
Fuck!
Bai Feng had the urge to curse again.
Piss off.
If he had known that this kid would grow into such a student, he wouldn't have taken the kid in. It was too hard for a teacher to maintain his confidence with a student like this.
Next, he frowned and asked, "Are you actually Profound Nine, or was that a disguise?"
"I'm the real Profound Nine."
Su Yu grinned, "I'm now the leader of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's branch in Great Xia. I have three white masks under me. The rest of my underlings are still on their way."
"So you were the one who had ordered for them to protect my cousin?"
Understanding dawned on Bai Feng.
Su Yu smiled awkwardly and called out, "Cousin!"
"What nonsense are y—"
Suddenly, Bai Feng froze.
It was as though he was frozen in time.
His mouth opened wide for a very long while before he howled, "That was...you?"
"Cough, cough. Uhm...I need a proper identity to enter the academy."
"I'll beat you to death!"
Bai Feng was losing his mind. Damn it. Profound Nine, Bai Junsheng, unknown attacker...all of them were this kid! So the kid had been messing with him like he was an absolute fool? Bai Feng was furious.
And thus, the scene of a teacher chasing after his student unfolded in the room. Hong Tan merely watched on. He smiled with a gratified expression, but at the same time, he also looked rather helpless.
Su Yu was still alive.
Alive and well.
He had returned.
Everyone believed that he was dying.
But he had returned. He had returned in a manner nobody had expected, returning as Profound Nine of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, someone with the combat strength of a Sunmoon.
A sense of helplessness washed over Hong Tan. Was his grandstudent so strong already?
Suddenly, he said, "Stop. Su Yu, I have a question. Is anyone aware of your return?"
"Yeah. Great Ming King, Prefect Zhu, and Principal Wan are all aware."
"I see."
Hong Tan nodded. That explained Wan Tiansheng's silence. This was the academy. Nothing should be able to escape his notice.
So he was already aware of it. Then, Hong Tan cursed inwardly. That old fart must have been having a lot of fun watching him making a fool of himself earlier.
What a bastard!
A tiny reminder was all Hong Tan needed to not make such a fool out of himself, but the damn principal had not given him even that tiny reminder. Because of that, he nearly had his shield blasted apart with one punch by his grandstudent. How embarrassing.
After kicking Su Yu a few times, Bai Feng finally stopped. Why? Because his leg was hurting too much to continue. He snorted and said, "Alright. You can stop acting like you're scared. You little shit. You're here just to see us embarrass ourselves like this, right?"
"No." Su Yu laughed it off and said, "I was only worried that you guys would get too excited to see me so I decided to introduce myself differently and let you guys have some fun instead! Wasn't that fun?"
Ah, yes. Of course. That was so fun. He had nearly exploded from anger earlier. That sure was fun.
Once again, Bai Feng cursed inwardly. Then again, he had to admit that the grief and sense of melancholy he should have felt were all gone because of what this kid did. After all, the kid was still healthy enough to push his grandteacher back with a single punch. Was there a need to even worry about him?
***
Before long, all three of them calmed down.
Su Yu said, "Why don't we get Senior Sister here as well? I'll talk about everything I saw. It was so interesting. The Allheaven Battlefield is truly a fun place."
He was probably the first person to call the Allheaven Battlefield a fun place.
Thinking about it, Hong Tan nodded, "Call her over. Since your martial uncle left, your senior sister has been depressed. Her mood should improve when she sees that you're back."
"Alright."
***
A few minutes later, Su Yu returned with Wu Jia.
At the moment, joy and disbelief were plastered all over Wu Jia's face. For more chapters visıt NoveI-Fire.ɴet
In truth, she was very satisfied with this junior brother.
When he was around, nobody dared to bully her. At the time, her teacher and martial uncle were always happy as well. But everything changed once her junior brother left. With her junior brother's return, she started recovering from her depressed state as well.
Su Yu proceeded to talk about all he had experienced. He started with his journey to Great Ming, telling them how he schemed all those Sunmoons to death, how he gave Shan Xiong a beating, how he disguised himself as Cui Lang...
The Starfall Mountain incident, in particular, was explained in great detail.
He told everyone how he killed Zhou Pingsheng.
He told them how he sent one single character faction member after another to death.
Wu Jia and Bai Feng listened in excitement, but Hong Tan's feelings were mixed. Regardless of what those people did, they had still been his colleagues for many years.
Before long, Su Yu started talking about his experiences in the Allheaven Battlefield.
***
"Wow! Junior Brother, you entered the Heaven Index so quickly!"
"Is the Heaven Index really so amazing?"
"Did you beat Mo Duona to death?"
"..."
"Are the ancient cities really so fun? Are the stone statues so cute?"
"..."
At this point, Hong Tan and Bai Feng had to resist rolling their eyes again. In Su Yu's story, the stone statues were all adorable teddy bears. But the two of them knew that each of the stone statues was an Invincible.
Ancient Invincible.
Each stone statue was an existence capable of blasting a devil king apart with one punch, nearly killing four Invincibles, and forcing the Devil Pseudo Emperor to make an appearance. Could such an existence be described with the word adorable?
Meanwhile, those death sovereigns were described as guard leaders by Su Yu or even a dog he could walk when he was bored. But those were existences feared by everyone in the Myriad Realms.
The incomparably dangerous Allheaven Battlefield was described as a playground filled with fun activities.
Bai Feng couldn't resist interrupting, "Jia, don't listen to him. If you let these stories mislead you, you might end up entering the Allheaven Battlefield with a wrong mindset..."
Wu Jia replied matter-of-factly, "Of course I know that. Everyone is scared of the Allheaven Battlefield but not my junior brother. That can only mean that Junior Brother is strong. I'm not stupid. I was merely speaking from the perspective of Junior Brother."
She then rolled her eyes at Bai Feng. Sigh. Her martial uncle sure was stupid. Would she really take those words at face value? Of course not!
Meanwhile, Bai Feng was left swearing that he would rather break his leg than try to reason with a woman ever again.
As for Hong Tan, he remained silent. Beyond the surface of the fun story Su Yu was telling, he could see the dangers and hardships Su Yu had gone through.
One scene after another appeared in his mind. In every single scene, Su Yu was dancing at the edge of death. Again and again, he survived with his strength, luck, wits, and talent. Any other person would have died long ago.
In fact, looking at the relaxed manner in which Su Yu was telling these stories, he felt a sense of heartache. This grandstudent of his was only nineteen. He couldn't imagine how Su Yu was still so lively.
Hong Tan imagined himself in Su Yu' shoes. He suspected that he would have broken down mentally long ago.
In fact, back when his teacher died, he had nearly broken apart. And that little hardship was nothing compared to what Su Yu had experienced in such a short period of time.
According to Su Yu, every single danger he went through was a fun activity. Every single enemy of his was a cartoonish villain. The stone statues were adorable. But those with more experience could see beyond the story and realize the numerous dangers he had braved.
Bai Feng and Hong Tan looked at each other with grief and helplessness. A lot of things Su Yu was involved in were no longer things they could participate in. They could do nothing to help. They didn't know what to feel anymore.
All along, Su Yu maintained his bright smile as he continued his story. He even spoke honestly about how he was nearly scared to death when Devil King Lade destroyed the mayor's residence with one hit. He spoke honestly about how he stayed away from the mayor's residence for quite some time after that because he was too scared. And he continued smiling as he moved on to brag about how he became a big shot in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
This was a warm scene. A warmth tinged with blood and carnage.
Dozens of Sunmoons had died. But all those deaths were merely negligible events in Su Yu's story. He placed a lot more emphasis on the freedom to do as he wished in the Allheaven Battlefield.
Chapter 1121: Two Operations (1)
Talking. And listening.
Su Yu was in charge of talking, Wu Jia was in charge of laughing and cheering, while Bai Feng and Hong Tan would ask some questions every now and then. The atmosphere was joyous.
At the end, Su Yu spoke about the reason for his return.
"I'm back to do something big!"
Su Yu clenched his teeth, "Grandteacher, Teacher, our line has been bullied for too many years. Everyone wants to kill us. It's hard to deal with the myriad races since there are too many of them. But we can kill all our enemies internally first!"
"How boorish." Bai Feng berated, "Who did you learn this from? Why are you killing all the time? As a cultural researcher, you're acting like a brutish warrior. Us cultural researchers don't use the term kill. Instead, we say we send them to the afterlife."
"Teacher is right!"
"Martial Uncle is right!"
Hong Tan was left speechless. What was this?
But when he looked at the group, he couldn't help but smile. They were too young. In his eyes, even Bai Feng was but a mere child.
Looking at Wu Jia who was in a much better mood and Su Yu who was eager to do something big, Hong Tan said, "There is no rushing some things."
He turned solemn as he continued, "The actual person targeting our line, or to be precise, targeting the entire human race, is not any of the numerous Mountainseas and Sunmoons. Rather, it's the hidden Invincible. That Invincible is the sole reason we have been patient for so many years."
"And because the traitor is an Invincible, many human Invincibles don't know what they can do about it. They don't know how they should deal with such a traitor.
"Why? Because nobody knows who he is. He might be Great Zhou King, Great Ming King, Great Xia King, or Great Qin King. Who knows? Anything is possible. Thus, nobody dares to act rashly. Everyone is too suspicious to stay in the same place with only one other Invincible."
Hong Tan sighed, "A single traitor among the Invincibles is acting like poison, destroying the unity of all human Invincibles. His existence is much more dangerous than his strength."
If it was an enemy one could see, the human Invincibles did not fear one extra Invincible enemy. But everyone was afraid of an unknown enemy by one's side. One traitor was much more dangerous than ten open enemies. It could also destroy the unity of an entire race.
Su Yu nodded, "True. But if it's really only one Invincible, it won't be too difficult to deal with. At worst, just lure him to the ancient city and have the stone statue kill him!"
He made it sound so easy.
Hong Tan rolled his eyes. Why was the kid speaking like Invincibles were worth nothing? Why was the kid speaking like the stone statue came from his family?
Then again, the kid was now the mayor of Grandstar City. In a way, the stone statue could probably be considered his family.
Su Yu said, "Grandteacher, what is Great Xia trying to do? What's their plan? Who are the targets? Are they doing this for the sake of capturing the unknown Invincible?"
He added, "If I start creating trouble, will that affect anything?"
At that question, Hong Tan looked at Wu Jia and Bai Feng without answering. Bai Feng gloomily said, "Why look at us? Are we not qualified to listen?"
Hong Tan thought about it and nodded, "Take Jia out. The two of you are too weak. Your thoughts can be too easily sensed by others."
"..."
Bai Feng could almost hear his heart shattering from his heartbreak.
He looked at Su Yu, who smiled sheepishly and said, "Teacher, my willpower is near the Mountainsea Realm. Not even Invincibles can actually read my thoughts."
Inwardly, Su Yu thought that his teacher was weak in both body and mind. It was only natural that they were hiding this from him. Bai Feng felt like coughing blood. Initially, Wu Jia was quite unhappy about being excluded. But that feeling had since vanished. If even Martial Uncle was too weak to learn it, what was there for her to be unhappy about?
Bai Feng was losing his mind.
Holy shit!
His teacher wasn't too weak to listen. He was. This...was too embarrassing!
***
Bai Feng left gloomily with the cheerful Wu Jia in tow. While leaving, she teased, uhm, no, she consoled her martial uncle.
When the two were gone, Hong Tan shut the door of the room.
Hong Tan thought for a bit before answering, "The Xia Family and the academy have indeed planned something. Of course, I don't know the full plan. I only know that the Xia Family and Principal Wan are trying to lure that traitor out."
"They tried the same thing a few times before, but that traitor is too cautious. Even my senior brother's previous arrival at the capital was for the purpose of luring the traitor out. But the traitor only sent a few clones over instead of appearing personally."
"As long as the traitor remains alive, humanity will never achieve unity. Also, there is a risk of more traitors appearing if we can't punish the first traitor."
Su Yu nodded, "So the opening of the Multiple Character Faculty and the promotion of the disassembly method are all for the sake of giving that traitor more reasons to show up?"
"Yes." Hong Tan nodded, "Yes. But the reasons aren't strong enough. Back then, the traitor schemed my teacher to the death before proceeding to target our entire line. Thus, he must die. These reasons aren't enough to make him show up. We need to give him more reasons. Thus, we did something in Nanyuan."
"Additionally, we also did a lot of other things. The myriad race students, the important juniors of the various families, Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, the convergence of the myriad races...all these are serving as the reasons for the traitor to show up."
Su Yu nodded pensively, "I get it somewhat now. But does the traitor not suspect anything? He might be able to see that this is a bait."
Hong Tan sighed, "He might. Thus, we need to give him more reasons until he feels the risk is worth taking. Until he feels forced to take the bait. We need to make him feel that he might end up exposed even if he remains inactive while making a move won't be as risky. It is a balancing act."
Su Yu nodded, "What's the purpose of these myriad race students?"
"By attracting the attention of more experts, the traitor might feel that the chaos is something he can take advantage of. He might believe that the chaos is beyond what Great Xia can fully handle. For example, if dozens of Sunmoons arrive from the myriad races, if even myriad race Invincibles are sneaking into the Human Realm..."
Su Yu frowned, "Invincibles? Can Great Xia really handle something like that?"
"It's hard to say." Hong Tan was unsure as well. He smiled, "It doesn't matter. By the time we're done, that traitor will be revealed for sure. As long as he makes a move, even if we fail to kill him, we will be able to force him out of the human race. This way, the other human Invincibles will no longer need to suspect each other anymore. When they meet the traitor in the future, they will know clearly who the enemy is instead of watching out for a stab in the back by an ally. Everything will be out in the open."
Su Yu thought about it and nodded. True. Great Xia might not expect to actually kill that traitor. But just luring the traitor into action was enough. Upon exposure, that traitor would be left with only one choice.
"But..." Su Yu was still worried. He said, "What if there are more than one traitors?"
"..."
Hong Tan shook slightly. After some time, he said, "No. There's only one. The Invincible Realm stands at the very top. In the human race, an Invincible enjoys an incomparably high status. It is hard to imagine the appearance of even one Invincible before the race itself is exterminated."
"But what if there are more than one?"
"There won't be."
"What if there are?"
What was this insistence? Hong Tan cursed inwardly. He only gave that answer to console himself. Couldn't this little shit see that?
Yes, they did consider that possibility. But that would be too troublesome to deal with. That was what everyone feared the most, including the Invincibles. What if there were more than one Invincible traitors? What could they do, then?
Su Yu said, "The Knowledge Seeking Realm is very suspicious. The eight families have been making a lot of stupid decisions while running the Knowledge Seeking Realm. Are their Invincibles really unaware of that? Why are they staying silent? I suspect the traitor is one of them. Or maybe multiple of them."
Hong Tan said, "That's not necessarily true. The eight families might be targeting us only because they have been secretly training their own multiple character cultivators."
Su Yu said, "Even so, there is still a need to appraise how they have been acting."
Hong Tan said nothing about that.
Su Yu asked, "What can I do?"
Hong Tan thought about it and said, "You can create some trouble and kill some myriad race experts to lure the myriad races into sending more experts to Great Xia."
He added, "In short, stir chaos and throw everything into a mess. You're good at that. At the moment, Great Xia is not afraid of chaos. The more chaotic things are, the better it is. The more chaotic things are, the easier it is for someone to fish in troubled water. As the third party, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion can get involved and expand the chaos. That will also lessen the suspicion on Great Xia. Make everyone believe that Great Xia is not deliberately allowing all the chaos. Rather, there are too many factors out of Great Xia's control at play."
Su Yu nodded in understanding. Sure enough, everything boiled down to this specialty of his: stirring trouble.
The more chaotic things became, the better it would be. As for whether things would get out of hand, Su Yu thought that this wasn't a concern. With Wan Tiansheng around, things would probably remain under Great Xia's control.
"How about Prefect Xia..."
"They will handle that." Hong Tan said, "Ignore that matter. Prefect Xia...might act at the same time as us, capturing even more attention and giving that unknown traitor more chances to act. When Xia Longwu attempts his dao affirmation, all the human Invincibles will be kept very busy, including Great Xia King. Wouldn't this be the perfect opportunity for the traitor to act? All the Invincibles will act independently to deal with the various issues that might arise during the dao affirmation. The traitor will be able to act independently like how it was back then. He might have the chance to pretend he's fighting a myriad race Invincible and act during the so-called battle..."
Understanding dawned on Su Yu. The most update n0vels are published on nοvelfire.net
Great Xia would be carrying out two main operations.
In the Allheaven Battlefield, Xia Longwu would keep the various Invincibles occupied.
In the Human Realm, they would lure the traitor into Great Xia.
Xia Longwu's dao affirmation would be an extremely rare opening for the traitor to act again. During the chaos, the traitor would be able to fade into the background without catching the attention of the other Invincibles.
"In that case, the prefect..."
Su Yu felt like this would place Xia Longwu in too much danger. Even Great Xia would be in great danger. If the traitor arrived with a myriad race Invincible, could Wan Tiansheng deal with two Invincibles at the same time?
He finally understood the reason behind Xia Huyou's actions. Xia Huyou was doing all that out of despair.
Great Xia might suffer a complete loss.
Xia Longwu could fail in his dao affirmation. The entire Great Xia might be destroyed.
The Xia Family and Wan Tiansheng were probably ready to die with the traitor when they decided on this plan. This might not even be a mere trap anymore.
Even if the traitor knew that this was a trap, Great Xia was staking everything on this plan. And the stake was so big the traitor had to act even knowing it was a trap. This was a massive gamble in hope of changing the status quo and opening a path forward for humanity.
Su Yu sighed inwardly. He finally knew what the Xia Family was planning. The Xia Family was still the same Xia Family. They had never intended to compromise.
Chapter 1122: Two Operations (2)
Su Yu's feelings were complicated.
"In that case...how about you?"
"Me?" Hong Tan smiled, "I have a simple role. I'll be promoting the disassembly method. I'll even prove that it works by using it on myself. I'll let everyone know that the multiple character faction might have discovered a way for human cultural researchers to achieve dao affirmation. Both me and your Teacher Liu are mere baits. If Invincibles start appearing, none of us can participate in the fight. But we can attract even more attention."
This was an extremely dangerous task. If Invincibles started appearing, the two of them would be the priority targets for elimination.
"What about Martial Uncle?"
"Your martial uncle has guessed some of what we're planning. Thus, he has been killing to attract the attention of the traitor. He's telling the traitor that we're close to finding him. Most of the people your martial uncle killed were probably related to the traitor."
Su Yu was hit by a realization! So the plan had started then. Or perhaps even earlier than that.
Liu Wenyan's return was probably part of the plan.
And the core of all this was Xia Longwu's coming dao affirmation. At that thought, Su Yu said, "Prefect Xia has caused so much bloodshed in the Allheaven Battlefield that he's called the Carnage King. Numerous experts want to see him dead. Is that..."
Had the plan started such a long time ago? Did Xia Longwu cause all the bloodshed to build himself a bloodthirsty image? All that for the sake of making everyone believe that he was a ruthless murderer?
As a prefect, Xia Longwu had indeed been too murderous at times. In the past, Su Yu knew nothing. He once heard that back then, Xia Longwu exterminated several minor races Wan Tiansheng had been trying to befriend.
But thinking back, the prefect had been too reckless. What even was the point of exterminating these weak races? That would only attract more hatred among the myriad races and increase the difficulty of his future dao affirmation. Was Xia Longwu really a brainless brute? That might not be the case.
Why were people like Qin Zhen and the others not making as many waves as Xia Longwu? Xia Longwu was not the only human waiting to affirm his dao. The myriad races were aware of this. But Xia Longwu was the only one among them the myriad races couldn't tolerate existing.
Su Yu finally understood why. Xia Longwu had deliberately generated all the hostility toward himself. Why? For the sake of the coming plan? Only about fifty years had passed since the Ye Batian incident. Xia Longwu wasn't that old.
Who was the person who had led Xia Longwu down this path and maintained this persona for fifty years? Could his dao affirmation really catch the attention of everyone?
At this moment, Su Yu thought of Wan Tiansheng.
He couldn't resist asking, "Grandteacher, is Prefect Xia related to Principal Wan?"
"Don't you know this?" Hong Tan said, "I guess that's understandable. Very few people who are aware of this are still around. Principal Wan...is Prefect Xia's teacher."
Su Yu's eyes flickered.
Sure enough!
In that case, this was a plan many years in the making. It made a lot of sense. Wan Tiansheng was the person who was aware that there was a traitor since the very beginning. Thus, he had been planning for a very long time.
And the Xia Family had been playing along. It was likely that Great Xia King and some other people were aware of Wan Tiansheng's actual strength. With deeper understanding, it was easy for one to see through many things. And Su Yu had finally reached this level. He finally understood what the Xia Family and Wan Tiansheng were planning. His feelings were complicated.
Xia Longwu himself was used as the stake. Great Xia itself was used as the stake as well. The Xia Family and Wan Tiansheng were truly crazy.
"Grandteacher...can they...win?"
"I don't know." Hong Tan smiled, "Who knows? Nothing is absolute. We can only try our best. The Xia Family and Principal Wan might have planned more as well, but that's unrelated to me. We have a very simple task. Lure that traitor out. Then, we can finally settle our scores with the people that have been stepping all over us. We will kill them all."
"I'm telling you all this because you're now strong enough. I'm worried that you might take the wrong step and attract a bigger trouble than you can handle."
Hong Tan's tone turned helpless as he said, "In truth, this plan has been in the making for many years. I was supposed to shock the myriad races by opening the Multiple Character Faculty. But what were you doing during that time? I reckon Principal Wan and the Xia Family had probably cursed you endlessly at the time. You're too good at stirring trouble."
Su Yu thought about it and suddenly giggled smugly. That seemed to be the case. Previously, he had thought that he needed to stir some trouble to take some pressure off his grandteacher. But...his actions had probably caused them to lose their minds.
He said, "In that case, when I claimed that those from Zhou Family are multiple character cultivators previously, did that drive everyone crazy as well?"
He had made that claim without thinking too much about it, turning Great Zhou into a center of attention. But it turned out that Great Xia needed the attention more? He had thought that Great Xia needed to thank him for shifting some of the attention to Great Zhou, but he had merely been messing with their plan.
Hong Tan also found it amusing. He laughed and said, "It's good that you understand now. I reckon Principal Wan and Prefect Xia can finally rest easy after things calmed down in Grandstar City."
It had been too hard for them.
They had been gathering attention for decades. Finally, when they were about to launch their plan, a super shit-stirrer had appeared and monopolized all the attention. Anyone would be driven mad by that. Thɪs chapter is updated by Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
Su Yu laughed awkwardly.
He knew what to do now.
In short, he should start stirring trouble in Great Xia. The bigger the trouble, the better it was. At that thought, he hesitated slightly and said, "I can very easily attract the attention of Invincibles when stirring trouble. Will that be fine?"
Hong Tan laughed and dismissed the concern, "This is the Human Realm. Invincibles won't be able to appear so easily here."
Su Yu disagreed. Who could say what would happen?
There were way too many methods to cause Invincibles to appear. For example, he could reveal his identity. For example, he could reveal his ability to reverse death qi. For example, he could reveal his ability to learn the cultivation methods of the myriad races. For example, he could reveal his golden book. For example, he could kill the little furball...
How hard would it be to cause Invincibles to appear?
Even if he refrained from doing all that, he only needed to scheme all the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members in the Human Realm to death. That might cause the appearance of Invincibles as well.
"But what if Invincibles really end up appearing because of me?"
"What else?"
Hong Tan said, "If they come, they come. That will only reduce the number of Invincibles that might potentially try to stop Prefect Xia's dao affirmation. Out of the two operations, at least one will succeed. And succeeding in any of them is already enough for us."
Prior to this, they had considered all possibilities.
If their operation in the Human Realm failed, they would place their hope on Xia Longwu. After becoming an Invincible, the Xia Family could do a lot more with two Invincibles.
Su Yu nodded. In that case, there was no need for him to worry too much anymore. At this point, he already knew what he needed to know.
The conversation ended there. Shortly after, Bai Feng and Wu Jia returned. Neither of them asked about the secret conversation.
Su Yu said, "I can't stay here for long. My identity as Profound Nine is still useful. I might need you to cover for me, Teacher. Bai Junsheng's identity is still useful for me as well, but I might need to travel around a lot..."
At first, Bai Feng nodded. But soon, he cursed, "Kid, Junsheng will end up like Cui Lang. They won't have the courage to take even one step out of hiding anymore."
At that, he couldn't resist laughing in amusement.
That wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Without the ability to run around, his cousin would have plenty of time to cultivate. That would be good for his future!
Su Yu laughed as well. He said, "Anyway, Grandteacher, you're already a Sunmoon so you need a lot of sunmoon profound yellow liquid. I have some with me..."
He had a rather healthy amount of sunmoon profound yellow liquid in possession. He had gathered around 1,100 drops in total during his time in Grandstar City.
However, he didn't need to use that much of the sunmoon profound yellow liquid for his own cultivation. So far, he had only used the ten drops he received from his heavenly reward to strengthen his apertures.
Su Yu was not stingy when it came to his own people.
"Grandteacher, I have five hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid here. You'll need this..."
Hong Tan had a complicated look in his eyes. He was being repaid with way more than he had given.
Strictly speaking, Su Yu had not obtained much from him. Naturally, the little furball did not count.
But Su Yu had given him a large amount of heavenly source qi, merit points, and sunmoon profound yellow liquid without any hesitation.
"You will need it when you become a Sunmoon as well. Sure, you're currently plagued with death qi, but it's only a matter of time before you break free. I have faith--"
Su Yu cut him off indifferently, "Grandteacher, I have plenty of sunmoon profound yellow liquid. In fact, I have 1,100 drops in total. I'm only giving you guys 500 drops. You're not the only person who will be using the 500 drops. I feel like Senior Xia Yunji and the others might reach the Sunmoon Realm soon as well."
"Hmm?" Hong Tan looked at Su Yu questioningly.
Su Yu nonchalantly continued, "That's definitely going to happen. I can guess what's going on with their seas of willpower. At this time, the multiple character faction naturally needs to grab as much attention as possible. Thus, they will definitely receive help to step into the Sunmoon Realm."
Su Yu was not stupid. He could guess what these people would do.
"You guys can all use the liquid to grow stronger. With more strength, you'll be able to kill more of your enemies. Don't let your weakness hold you back even during the final battle. That would feel terrible."
Su Yu was too blunt so Bai Feng gave him a kick.
What did the kid just say?
But Hong Tan laughed, "True. I won't be refusing your gift, then. I will kill as many people as I can and create a better future for all of you."
He stopped hesitating and accepted Su Yu's gift. Next, Su Yu took some heavenly source qi out.
He looked at Bai Feng and said, "Teacher, I guess you'll have to settle with using this for now."
"It's fine. I have yet to finish what you gave me previously."
During Su Yu's previous visit as Cui Lang, he had handed Bai Feng a lot of good stuff through Xia Huyou.
"Just take it anyway. I have more."
Chapter 1123: Two Operations (3)
Su Yu smiled, "I can't provide any heavenearth profound light since I need all I can get for myself. But I have a lot of these other treasures. In fact, I also have a terrifyingly large amount of Sunmoon blood essence on me. I think I have more than a thousand drops now."
That stunned everyone. How was that possible? How did he get so much blood essence? That was Sunmoon blood essence. Each Sunmoon killed would only provide ten drops. To get a thousand drops, one needed to kill a hundred Sunmoons. How did the kid gather such a large amount of Sunmoon blood essence?
Su Yu explained, "I scammed a lot in the ancient city. From the deposit and entrance tickets of my auction, I earned about five hundred drops. Then, I did massive transactions with Heavenly Hunt Pavilion when the city was sealed. They paid almost exclusively with blood essence for those deals."
That was how he had gathered so much Sunmoon blood essence.
The three remained stunned. Since when did Sunmoon blood essence become a commodity measured in hundreds or thousands of drops?
They even wondered if Su Yu had gathered the blood essence all myriad race Sunmoons who had perished in recent history? Or at least half of the recently accumulated Sunmoon blood essence in the Allheaven Battlefield?
The myriad races had never stopped fighting and killing each other. It was inevitable that Sunmoons would perish as well. The blood essence Su Yu received during his auction was probably what the various races had gathered over a considerable period of time.
Su Yu smiled, "Therefore, I don't lack money. Don't be shy. Just accept it. I'm rich. It's fine."
He was basically saying that these things were worth nothing for him. But that wasn't entirely true. Yes, heavenly source qi might really be worth nothing for him. But that was definitely not the case for sunmoon profound yellow liquid.
Next, Su Yu's gaze landed on Wu Jia. She was already a ninth-stage Infinite Strength cultivator. She was not far away from the Skysoar Realm in both physical and willpower. In truth, she could have broken through long ago, but she had delayed her breakthrough to open more apertures.
"Senior Sister...since I need heavenearth profound light myself, I can't give you too much. But I suppose ten strands and some heavenly source qi will be enough for you."
Not everyone was like him. For most people, a strand of heavenearth profound light was enough to complete a single body forging.
Wu Jia did not refuse and accepted her gifts silently.
Without enough strength, she might end up dragging others back and causing others to sacrifice more in the future. Thus, she was better off accepting these cultivation resources to grow stronger.
Su Yu continued, "Also, Great Xia is not safe anymore. Senior Sister, I suggest you move to Great Ming. You can look for Wu Lan. She's doing pretty well over there..."
Wu Jia stared at Su Yu silently. Then, her slightly downcast voice rang out, "I...I'll go. I know I can't do anything to help you here. Junior Brother...can you find my teacher?"
"Yes." Su Yu nodded, "I already have the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion working on it. Don't worry. Martial Uncle is strong and devious—"
"My teacher is not devious!"
Wu Jia argued. She warned Su Yu with her eyes that even if he was so strong, she would beat him up if he dared to badmouth his teacher!
Su Yu shrugged and said, "Sure. Don't worry. Martial Uncle will be fine. He's capable enough that no regular person can do anything to him or even find him."
Chen Yong was no pushover. He had sufficiently demonstrated his capability by staying hidden even after killing so many people.
Chen Yong had remained patient for decades. Now that he was finally free, he had probably let go of all his inhibitions, similar to how Su Yu was after leaving. Thus, he was free to use the numerous tricks he had at his disposal, making him an extremely difficult person to deal with.
Wu Jia mumbled to herself before saying, "Fine. I'll be going to Great Ming."
"Sure. I'll send Prefect Zhu a message."
Just listen to that. Bai Feng and Hong Tan looked at each other silently. Just look at how important this kid was nowadays.
Just go. He would send the prefect a message and have the prefect take care of her. Wow. From how he was speaking, one would think that Su Yu was a prefect as well.
Then again, he could be considered someone of similar status.
Or to be more precise, as the mayor of an ancient city, his status was actually higher than the human prefects.
There was no comparing them and Su Yu.
Su Yu thought about something and said, "Grandteacher, where did you catch the little furball previously?"
"Little furball?"
"The little fellow from the soul devourer race."
"Oh." Hong Tan asked in astonishment, "Why are you asking about this? By the way, the little fellow vanished. Did you take it with you? Don't lose it. That little fellow is very effective against cultural researchers."
Su Yu nodded, "Yeah. He's with me. I'm only curious. His race seems very strong. If I know where you caught him, maybe I can find the entrance to their realm."
Inside Su Yu's sea of willpower, the little furball was completely indifferent. He could no longer remember the location. How was he supposed to remember? Back then, he was still a clueless little ball. After leaving his realm, he had been wandering about randomly, not knowing where he was.
Hong Tan said, "When I caught him, he had been out for a while. I found him at the north of the eastern sector, somewhere around Heavenly King Range near the immortal territory."
Su Yu noted that place down and asked, "Did you encounter any danger when capturing him?"
Su Yu was still curious if the little furball's death would actually cause an Invincible to appear.
But nothing had happened to Hong Tan after capturing the little furball.
"No."
Hong Tan thought about it and added, "I'm not sure, actually. When I was capturing him, I seemed to have felt some danger, but the feeling was too vague so I didn't pay it much thought. After all, it's normal to feel some danger every now and then when you're in the Allheaven Battlefield. Why?"
Was there a problem somewhere?
Hong Tan was curious. Did some trouble come because of that little fellow?
Su Yu laughed, "It's no big deal. But the little fellow might be the child of a Pseudo Emperor. It's fine. As long as you're fine, there's nothing to worry about."
Beads of sweat started falling on the ground.
They were falling from Hong Tan's body.
He stared at Su Yu silently. This kid should stop saying such nonsense. How was that possible?
Was the kid trying to tell him that the furball he had captured randomly was the direct descendant of a Pseudo Emperor? What nonsense was that?
Beside them, Bai Feng was stunned as well. He stared at his teacher and raised his thumb. Impressive.
This old man sure was impressive.
He had actually kidnapped the child of a Pseudo Emperor.
Inside Su Yu's sea of willpower, the little furball shifted his body shyly. They should stop praising him so much. Yes, yes, his dada was amazing. But he was less amazing than his dada.
Having teased his grandteacher, Su Yu laughed with amusement. But soon, he moved on from the topic and said, "In that case, I'll be leaving. I don't want to stay too long lest someone suspects me. I'll start operating in Great Xia after this. Teacher, you can also issue some missions to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and make use of its strength to get what you need. Don't worry about spending money. All the money you spend will fall into my hands."
Bai Feng laughed, "Sure. Kid, you're doing quite well for yourself nowadays. But be careful. Don't get too cocky."
"I know."
Su Yu's mood was excellent. In fact, this was the happiest he had been in recent times. Of course, he would be much happier if a few other people were here as well.
Teacher Liu Wenyan, Chen Yong, and his old man.
How nice would it be if he could see all of them once again.
Shortly after, Su Yu vanished into thin air. He had left just as suddenly as he had arrived.
After he left, Hong Tan and Bai Feng looked at each other with shock. Finally, Bai Feng stood up and said, "Teacher, I'll be entering seclusion. I won't leave before becoming a Cloudbreach."
Hong Tan nodded, "I'll be doing so as well. With so much sunmoon profound yellow liquid, even if I can't become a middle-stage Sunmoon, I can probably reach the third stage easily."
Seclusion!
To gain more strength.
Su Yu was already so strong. It would be embarrassing for them to remain so weak. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novel⁂fire.net
Furthermore, massive chaos was coming. The multiple character faction would play a big role in the coming operation.
In truth, they actually felt slightly relieved to see Su Yu here. That kid might be incredibly good at causing trouble, but if one actually paid attention, one would note that he had barely suffered any losses for anything that mattered.
But it was also quite embarrassing to rely on a junior to get a sense of security. The two looked at each other with sympathy before entering seclusion. As for Wu Jia, she started packing up. It was time for her to seek shelter in Great Ming.
***
Unknown to them, someone had observed everything that had happened in the building.
Heart Cultivating Pavilion.
Wan Tiansheng sighed. Then, he started cursing endlessly. Damn that kid! He had brought the kid on a tour to the River of Time! After giving the kid such a massive benefit, the kid had not given him anything! He had the urge to knock the kid down before robbing the damn kid!
Chapter 1124: First, Make A Name (1)
Su Yu, who had just left, was naturally unaware of all that had happened. He was also unaware that a certain someone had been paying close attention to his every move.
After returning to his residence, he took out his mask and put it on. Then, he sent a message to the white masks under him, "Approach Great Xia's capital as soon as possible. A lot of their experts aren't around. Xia Xiao'er has yet to return. This will be our chance to spread the index copies to some key individuals such as the Invincible descendants and students from the more powerful races."
"Profound Nine, are you at the capital already?"
"Yes."
"Are you fine?"
"What do you think? How will you receive my message if I'm not fine? Stop wasting time. Move faster. I want to quickly disseminate all 190 of our index copies among the key players. The motto of our pavilion has always been to create chaos if there is no chaos. Don't forget that. Do you understand?"
The white masks were rendered quite speechless hearing that so-called motto. But they couldn't help but agree that it was very accurate.
Yellow Nine replied, "Sure. Since you're the leader here, we'll follow your lead. But I'm worried about our lack of manpower. That might restrict the number of missions we can complete."
"It's fine. If we have to, we can transfer more white masks over. Why do they even need that many people in those weak prefectures? I'll submit an application to the higher-ups when necessary."
With that promise, they had no other issues. Since they were already here, they naturally wished to perform well. The other white masks were still busy hiding and running around, but the Great Xia branch was already starting active operations. This was a demonstration of their ability.
***
When he was done, Su Yu busied himself with his own matters. He started cultivating and forging his body. He estimated that he could complete the fifty-eighth forging in about a day or two. He hoped to complete seventy-two forgings before the chaos arrived.
He had already met Bai Feng and the others. To avoid unwanted attention, he had to avoid meeting them too much. If something really happened on their end, Bai Junsheng's identity might prove useful for him to do something about it.
At the same time, the white masks under Su Yu started moving. Follow current novᴇls on NoveI-Fire.ɴet
***
Somewhere inside Human Realm.
White One and three other enforcers were in a meeting. Apart from the four enforcers, there was also a faceless elder with them. Different from other elders, this elder had a golden mark on his mask.
That was the mask of an enforcer elder.
Most of the time, an enforcer elder would be a Pseudo Invincible or at least someone with that level of combat strength. The meeting was being held in a relatively small space underground.
In truth, apart from the four departments, some experts of the two chambers were also in the Human Realm. These people were in charge of information gathering, and they had been operating in the Human Realm even before this.
At the moment, all the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members in the Human Realm had been assigned under the management of the enforcer elder.
Suddenly, Rainbow One reported, "Elder, Profound Nine of the Profound Department, who is in charge of Great Xia, has started accepting missions. He has also successfully established contact with Bai Junsheng and Bai Feng of the Bai Family."
The enforcer elder checked the records and nodded, "Not bad. I've heard of this Profound Nine before. He completed multiple large transactions in Grandstar City previously. This is a person of considerable talent."
He continued, "Continue your work as usual. Focus on Great Xia, Great Qin, and Great Zhou. People like Profound Nine are merely there to test the waters. It will benefit us greatly if they can really settle down in those prefectures."
"I understand."
Rainbow One proceeded to explain the request they had received to search for Chen Yong.
The elder nodded, "I'll have the two chambers work on this. They have already been working on this previously."
He added, "Profound Nine is right. Our goal here is very simple. Chaos. If there is no chaos, we will create the chaos we need. Without chaos, people will be much less inclined to purchase things like information, assassination services, security services, and valuable resources. Therefore, chaos is what we need the most."
"Profound Nine is able to understand the truth of the pavilion. I hope that all of you will understand this as well. Also, try to establish contact with the Myriad Race Cult. This is a relatively strong force in the Human Realm."
"Yes!"
The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was going to officially start its Human Realm operations. The higher-ups had invested massively in this endeavor, hoping that they could profit massively and leave their names in the history of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion as the pioneers of the Human Realm operations.
***
Two days later.
Su Yu had finally completed his fifty-eighth forging. He estimated that he would need at least five days to complete the next forging. He was in no rush. Strength was not something one could gain instantly.
Suddenly, he received a message from Yellow Nine, "Profound Nine, I just received a request to assassinate an Invincible descendant. Do I accept it?"
"Who?"
"Assassinating Xia Huyou..."
"Idiot!" Su Yu berated, "Fool! I told you to create chaos, not court death. We've just entered Great Xia yet you're deciding to kill Xia Longwu's first son? Are you trying to die? Who issued this request?"
"A customer I found."
"Who?"
"My customer..."
"I'm the boss here. When I ask you a question, you answer. Let me make this clear. I need the name of every single customer you manage to find here. Since I'm the boss, my words are the law. If you disagree, you're free to leave."
"..."
Yellow Nine was rendered speechless. The two other white masks remained completely silent.
Profound Nine seemed to be quite overbearing. The pavilion had given Profound Nine a hundred index copies while the rest of them were only given thirty each. Even with that, Profound Nine was still forcing them to reveal their customers.
Su Yu asked again, "Do you hear me? I don't want to lose my life because of your stupidity. I am someone who has survived Grandstar City. Why? Because I'm cautious. I'm wise. I'm not stupid. If you don't want to die, listen to me."
After a short silence, Yellow Nine spoke, "Fine. I'll provide you with the names of my customers. The issuer of this mission is a genius from Great Zhou who has entered Nanyuan."
"Name."
"Zhou Hongbo."
Su Yu frowned. That was a name he knew. Zhou Hongbo issued a mission to kill Xia Huyou? What nonsense was that?
It wasn't that he wouldn't want to do so. Rather, he wasn't so dumb that the first mission he issued after contacting the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was an assassination directed toward Xia Huyou. Without knowing more about the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, would he dare to issue such a risky mission?
Would he dare to issue such a mission using his real name?
Was he not afraid of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion selling the information away? In the end, he would end up dead in the hands of Xia Family instead.
Then again, a regular person would probably not suspect this. Great Zhou and Great Xia had never gotten along well. It was natural for someone from Great Zhou to want to kill Xia Huyou.
Nonsense!
That was not something Su Yu would believe. After thinking about it, he took a voice transmission talisman out and sent a message.
***
Not far from Su Yu.
As usual, Xia Huyou was busy fawning on the little immortal fairy. He blanked out slightly, but his expression returned to usual again as he said, "Yu Xuan, what do you want to eat? I'll grab something for you."
"No. It's fine."
Yu Xuan replied coldly. This fatty was too annoying.
But since this was the crown prince of Xia Family, she couldn't express her rejection too clearly. Or to be precise, she was pretending to reject him to keep stringing him along. This seemed to be a unique fetish of this fatty.
Sure enough, Xia Huyou replied helplessly, "Alright. I'll be taking my leave, then. I'll visit you again tonight. Let's grab dinner together."
"Sure."
At that reply, a smile bloomed on Xia Huyou's face as he said, "See you later!"
He then left with an expression of great reluctance. After leaving the building, he took a voice transmission talisman out. With the talisman in hand, he hesitated.
Who could it be?
Very few people knew his contact frequency. As for the frequency of this talisman in particular, even fewer people knew it.
After thinking about it, he accepted the connection.
A message arrived.
"Is the heavenly source qi I gave you previously enough?"
"..."
Xia Huyou blanked out. He couldn't believe this. Soon, he replied, "Where did you stay when you first entered the academy?"
"Mental Tempering Garden, room 609 of block 3."
"What was I doing during our first meeting?"
"You asked for money for your cleaning service. I told you to fuck off. Is this enough?"
"Yes."
Xia Huyou was greatly shocked. Holy shit!
Fuck!
That guy had really returned! These details should be known only to Su Yu. With how fast the replies were made, it was unlikely for the other person to be a different person. Very few people still remembered the place Su Yu had first stayed at when he joined the academy. That was too trivial a detail for anyone to care about.
Chapter 1125: First, Make A Name (2)
"Where are you?"
"Don't ask."
"Fine. Do you need anything from me? Are you in trouble?"
"No. I have a question. Are you in cahoots with Zhou Hongbo?"
Xia Huyou blanked out upon hearing that question. He replied, "No. But not long ago, Great Xia reached an agreement with some geniuses to lure the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members out. Anyone with an index copy will issue some assassination missions targeting the Xia Family. Did you...find out about this?"
Su Yu cursed. Sure enough. He knew it!
Zhou Hongbo definitely wasn't someone with the courage to hire the pavilion to kill the crown prince of Xia Family in Xia Family's turf. That was too risky. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion only needed to leak the information and he would be finished.
Su Yu had been suspecting the mission and reality proved that he was indeed the smart one. Naturally, he did not praise himself out loud despite feeling quite smug about it.
He said, "So you're protected by experts at all times nowadays?"
"Yeah."
"How many experts do you have around you?"
"Why are you asking this? Are you...going to be the one attempting this mission? Don't tell me you're the pavilion member who has accepted this mission."
Xia Huyou was not stupid. It did not take him long to start connecting the dots.
Su Yu had appeared out of nowhere and asked such questions. It was likely that this fellow was a member of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. And this fellow must have returned with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Fresh chapters posted on noveⅼfire.net
"Bingo. But there is no prize for you."
"..."
Xia Huyou rolled his eyes and said, "Then you need to be careful. Don't trust the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members either. This time, Great Xia and Great Ming have captured a few members alive. We're in the process of questioning them. We're also trying to recruit them. If we succeed, we can start setting up traps for the pavilion. You need to be very careful about the missions you accept."
"Hmm?" Su Yu blanked out. He thought of something and said, "Have you captured any white mask or elder?"
"No elders, but we did manage to capture two white masks. One of them has been killed, but the other is still being questioned."
"Has that person confessed his codename?"
"No. But it will happen soon."
Su Yu was quite surprised. Great Xia was very efficient. A white mask had actually been captured alive so soon. That wasn't one of his underlings, right?
Earth Eighteen and Profound Seventeen had been remaining silent for quite a while. Profound Seventeen, in particular, had been silent for even longer. Was that person captured?
He wasn't sure.
He did not bother to ask too much about that white mask since Xia Huyou did not know much either.
He said, "Has anyone from your side received an index copy? Maybe I can give you one. You can then issue me some missions, such as assassination missions that will help me establish my fame."
"Fame?" Xia Huyou thought about it and replied, "Since you're one of them...but killing some people might expose our collaboration. I see. I understand what you're trying to do. Sure, hand me an index copy...scratch that. I'll get one myself. You can kill a few people for me. These are all Great Xia citizens. Some might even be the commanders in the military. Nobody will suspect our collaboration if those are the people killed."
"..."
Holy shit!
"Killing military commanders?" Su Yu hurriedly advised, "Don't start killing your own just to eliminate dissidents. Have you gone mad?"
"What bullshit are you saying?"
Xia Huyou grimaced and said, "Those are not one of us. They are the spies planted among us while some are cultists. We have merely been keeping them around in case we can get a bigger fish through them. In Great Xia, killing a few military commanders is the best method to gain fame."
"Alright."
Xia Huyou asked, "Are you in the capital?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
"Your home."
"Be serious..."
Su Yu did not reply. He was speaking the truth. He was in Xia Huyou's home. After all, he considered the entire academy Xia Huyou's home. So he was definitely not lying. In fact, he could already see Xia Huyou. Just look at that damn fatty and his hidden bodyguards. Through the Perception Jade, Su Yu detected two hidden Sunmoons around Xia Huyou. How cautious.
It was inevitable that he would contact Xia Huyou. Since he was operating within the Xia Family's territory, he had to connect with Xia Huyou if he didn't want to get himself killed accidentally.
***
After the conversation with Xia Huyou, Su Yu sent Yellow Nine a message, "Don't accept that mission. Xia Huyou is not an easy target. Also, he's right in the capital. The person issuing this mission must be trying to set us up. Yellow Nine, if you're brave enough, feel free to give it a try."
"I didn't accept the mission. I was thinking of recommending the mission to you."
Su Yu decided that this reply was enough reason for him to beat that damn Yellow Nine to death one day.
What the fuck was that?
"Kill Zhou Hongbo and retrieve the index copy. He is trying to set us up."
"is that appropriate?"
"Yes. It's not like the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion never takes revenge. Those with the courage to set us up shall all die. Since you're able to hand him the index copy, you definitely have a way to kill him."
"Fine. I'll listen to you."
"..."
Then, Su Yu took his mask off. He wasn't too bothered. It didn't matter too much to him even if Yellow Nine couldn't kill Zhou Hongbo. He was only aiming to have the pavilion do something and attract more attention. Without doing anything big, nobody would know just how strong they were.
Su Yu told himself that he was doing all this for the pavilion's sake.
***
On the next day, Su Yu received a message from Earth Eighteen.
"Profound Nine, I received a mission from a Mountainsea commander of the Great Xia Army. He wants us to assassinate a few of his competitors in the army. Some of them are Mountainseas and some are Cloudbreaches. Do we accept this mission?"
"Is this a trap?"
"I'm not sure yet."
"Where are the rest of you? Find a chance to meet up. If the price offered is acceptable, we can consider accepting this mission."
"Meeting up?"
The white masks were worried. If one of them was already captured, it would be very dangerous for them to plan a meetup.
"We need to meet up to discuss further. Great Xia is a dangerous place. Individually, some missions will be too difficult to complete. It's better to discuss in person before making a decision. But if you don't want to do that, make sure you investigate the commander properly before accepting the mission. A Mountainsea commander won't betray Great Xia too easily. Be careful lest this is a trap."
"I will."
"..."
The white masks proceeded to discuss further about the mission. They would need to investigate more before deciding if they wanted to accept the mission. Everyone was wary of assassinating someone like Xia Huyou. But it would not be much of an issue if the target was a commander or deputy commander.
As for Su Yu, he contacted Xia Huyou again and confirmed that this was a mission issued under Xia Huyou's arrangement. With that, this mission would be fine to accept. He did not want to end up killing someone he shouldn't as that would be very troublesome.
***
Even on his fifth day in Great Xia, Bai Junsheng stubbornly remained instead of leaving.
In his anger, Bai Feng gave Bai Junsheng a beating. But apart from that, he couldn't do anything else. Thus, he decided to start ignoring Bai Junsheng. Of course, this was merely an act.
With this, Su Yu had the perfect excuse to remain in Great Xia.
On that night itself, a deputy commander in the city was assassinated right in his home. That was a Mountainsea. Various parties were shocked. With the recent chaos in Human Realm, people had been dying continuously, including military commanders. Chen Yong had also contributed to these deaths.
But this death, in particular, was different.
This time, the assassination had occurred right inside the capital while the victim was a military commander of Great Xia. Furthermore, the assassin was not Chen Yong. Rather, it was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
Yes. Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
Great Xia had clear evidence that the culprit was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
Or to be precise, it was a white mask. The white mask was incredibly arrogant, leaving his name behind after the deed. His name was Profound Nine. And it was written in the common language.
Profound Nine of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
He had brazenly killed a Mountainsea right at the core of Xia Family's territory. Not long ago, this same person had fought a Sunmoon in Nanyuan before leaving. It hadn't even been that long since this person had arrived yet he had already killed someone in Great Xia's capital.
How audacious.
That day, the Martial Dragon Guard was deployed. Dozens of Mountainseas and several Sunmoons searched the capital, filling the entire city with their powerful auras. How could Great Xia uphold its reputation without killing Profound Nine in retaliation?
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu was back in his arranged accommodation.
He was very calm.
The target was merely a third-stage Mountainsea. With his incredible concealment ability, Wan Tiansheng was probably the only person in the capital capable of detecting him at the moment.
Thus, his target was as good as blind and deaf to him. He was able to easily eliminate his target with a single strike of his blade. It was trivial. However, it also served to massively boost the fame of Profound Nine.
***
While Su Yu was relaxing inside his residence, someone in the neighboring building roared in fury, "Audacious! The Martial Dragon Guard is truly useless nowadays. How did Profound Nine manage to assassinate someone in our capital? This is a great insult to Great Xia!"
"Profound Nine needs to die. Today, he has the courage to kill a Mountainsea commander. Tomorrow, he will have the courage to kill others as well."
"Yes. He must be found. He needs to be dragged to the Myriad Race Pit and has his head chopped off."
The students and instructors of the academy were furious.
In the past, Great Xia was such a terrifying prefecture. But now, it seemed to have turned more and more useless. Look at how someone was blatantly stepping on them!
Even their commander was killed inside their capital. They wouldn't have anything to say if the commander had perished on the battlefield. But dying to assassination was not acceptable. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion must be punished!
Chapter 1126: First, Make A Name (3)
A large number of experts were deployed.
Even the elders of the academies were not excluded from this task.
And that was not all.
While all the students were burning with anger, an official from Martial Dragon Guard arrived at Yuan Qindong's residence. The commander solemnly said, "Vice Principal Yuan, we require your assistance with the search as well. There aren't that many Sunmoons in the capital at the moment. A lot of them are away with Marquis Xia. You are one of the few Sunmoons who are also free to move around in the capital. Administrator Hu is requesting your help to track Profound Nine."
Yuan Qingdong frowned. After a long wait, he finally spoke, "There are a lot of students left in the academy. With some of the elders gone, the safety of the students might be affected if I leave as well."
"With Senior White around, things will be fine in the academy. Senior White is the strongest expert left in the capital."
The commander was referring to the white dragon.
Hearing that, Yuan Qingdong cursed inwardly. Why were they making him join as well? He had heard that Profound Nine was rather strong. Previously, he had fought a Sunmoon without suffering any disadvantage in Nanyuan. This task was way too risky for his liking.
"I—"
Not giving Yuan Qingdong the chance to refuse, the commander said, "Lord Principal, this is an order. A military command. Since you're taking Great Xia's salary at the moment, you naturally need to serve Great Xia. Are you intending to disobey a military command?"
Sigh.
Yuan Qingdong cursed inwardly again. Were these people trying to get him killed? They probably wouldn't care since he wasn't one of them. Was that why they were making him join?
Despite his displeasure, this was not something he could refuse. He did not have the courage to disobey a military command, especially when he was currently in Great Xia. The people here took their military commands very seriously.
"I understand. I'll start the search tomorrow—"
"Today. You are to start right after receiving the order. Lord Yuan, you have been assigned the northern region of the capital. The others will be in charge of the other three directions."
"I understand."
Inwardly, Yuan Qingdong never stopped cursing. Fuck! Was this intentional? Was the north more dangerous than the other directions? He had no idea. But he couldn't shake off the feeling that this would be dangerous.
***
Not long after Yuan Qingdong departed, Su Yu, who was in the middle of cultivation, heard a voice beside his ears. It was Wan Tiansheng. "Go and kill Yuan Qingdong. But don't kill him for real. Just scare him enough that he seeks help from the Knowledge Seeking Realm. Make him believe he's going to die. Force him to get more Knowledge Seeking Realm experts into Great Xia."
"..."
Like Yuan Qingdong, Su Yu started cursing inwardly.
Was he Old Wan's son?
Was he receiving Old Wan's money?
Why was Old Wan giving him a mission without paying him?
Killing...or attempting to kill Yuan Qingdong was not a minor mission. That was a Sunmoon. The difficulty would be quite high. Furthermore, that was a descendant of an Invincible. Luring more Knowledge Seeking Realm experts into Great Xia?
Wan Tiansheng was definitely trying to throw Great Xia into complete disorder.
***
Not long after.
Su Yu suddenly received a message from Earth Eighteen, "Profound Nine, I received a big job. Do we accept it?"
"What's the job?"
"Kill Yuan QIngdong, the vice principal of Great Xia Cultural Research Academy, a first-stage Sunmoon and grandson of Great Yuan King..."
"Who issued the mission? What's the offer?"
"Wu Yuehua. She offered ten earth-grade pills, an earth weapon, and a heaven-grade human cultivation method..."
Su Yu did not expect that answer. "Wu Yuehua? Earth Eighteen, are you in the capital already? How did you get in contact with Wu Yuehua?"
"No. I met Wu Qi and gave her an index copy. Through her, I managed to establish a connection with Wu Yuehua."
"Impressive, Earth Eighteen. You've been silent, but you've also been working hard."
Su Yu continued, "Reject the mission. That's a first-stage Sunmoon. Do you think a Sunmoon is the same as a Skysoar?"
"Profound Nine, you're strong enough to fight Sunmoons. With our help..."
"Shut up. That's a descendant of Great Yuan King. His father is one of the eight family heads in the Knowledge Seeking Realm, the youngest son of Great Yuan King. This mission is too dangerous."
Earth Eighteen was unhappy. "Profound Nine, if you're not confident, you can ask the enforcers for help. Yuan Qingdong is only a third generation descendant. If we refuse this mission, our connection with Wu Family might end here."
"Earth Eighteen, I'm the boss in Great Xia."
"But..."
"If you insist, I can forward your question to Rainbow One. But I'm not going to participate. Killing a Sunmoon who is also a descendant of an Invincible is too dangerous. I am not interested in losing my life due to a single mission."
Then, Su Yu contacted Rainbow One.
"Enforcer, we received a mission in Great Xia. The mission was received by Earth Eighteen, to be precise. A request to assassinate Yuan Qingdong has been issued. I'm not keen on accepting this mission, but the mission was issued by the Wu Family. Should we accept it?"
In fact, Rainbow One was already aware of this. Thus, a reply came immediately, "Take it. With Yuan Qingdong's death, Great Xia will sink into chaos."
"This isn't a mission I can complete alone."
"Don't worry. I'll be there to help with the mission."
Rainbow One was coming? That was someone at the fifth or sixth-stage Sunmoon Realm. With that person around, it wouldn't be too difficult to kill Yuan Qingdong. But the problem was that Wan Tiansheng did not want Yuan Qingdong dead. He needed Yuan Qingdong alive to lure more experts from the Knowledge Seeking Realm.
Whatever.
Su Yu decided to simply send Wan Tiansheng a message. Old Wan could make further arrangements if he really wanted Yuan Qingdong alive.
"In that case, we'll be accepting this mission. But...it still feels too dangerous. If we somehow attract the attention of Great Yuan King, things will get very troublesome."
"Don't worry about that. The Invincibles of the various races are approaching the Eastrift Valley. The human Invincibles won't be able to return anytime soon. Furthermore, Yuan Qingdong's branch is not too important to the Invincible. He's different from Xia Huyou..."
Suddenly, Rainbow One stopped, realizing that he had said more than he should.
Su Yu said nothing about it. Both were pretending that nothing had happened, but clearly, Rainbow One was aware of the assassination mission issued on Xia Huyou.
After a short silence, Rainbow One said, "I'll be there personally. Profound Nine, you're doing very well. In Great Xia, everyone is already aware of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. The distribution of index copies in Great Xia has also been progressing rapidly. A lot of key individuals have received our index copies."
"Thanks for the praise, Enforcer."
"Thank yourself for doing a good job. Profound Nine, if you continue doing well, you might even be promoted to an elder after the conclusion of our operations here."
"You jest, Enforcer. I'm only a ninth-stage Mountainsea."
He was both pretending to be weak and strong at the same time. With that claim, they would not be sure if he was really a Mountainsea or a Sunmoon in disguise.
***
The conversation ended soon after.
They had decided to accept the mission.
Su Yu smiled. Old Wan was quite impressive in terms of scheming. It was likely that Wu Yuehua had been in contact with Old Wan. That was not acceptable! Wasn't Wu Yuehua his martial mother? Did she have a change of heart?
Su Yu even wondered if he should notify his teacher about this. Old Wan might be old, but he also looked decently handsome. He was also stronger than Liu Wenyan. Did he manage to steal Wu Yuahua from Liu Wenyan?
"This is so complicated. I need to remind Teacher the next time I see him."
He was thankful he did not have any women around him.
Just look at his Teacher Liu. With so many women, he had to constantly watch out lest one of them decided to be unfaithful.
***
Rainbow One would take some time to arrive.
Su Yu was in no rush. After a short discussion, they agreed on a meeting two days later. Apart from Su Yu, the other white masks would also be there to meet Rainbow One. Evidently, the enforcer was taking their operations in Great Xia very seriously. He wouldn't have arrived personally otherwise.
Rainbow One might not be an elder, but he was a direct subordinate of the department head. In a way, his presence held even more significance than that of a regular elder. Recognizing how important Rainbow One was, Su Yu couldn't resist wondering if he could kill that fellow.
They had agreed on the time to meet, but the venue had yet to be decided. Rainbow One would personally decide on the venue when that day arrived. As for Su Yu, he returned to his body cultivation.
His fifty-ninth body forging was near completion.
He did not forget to update Wan Tiansheng on the arrangements. He did not know what Wan Tiansheng would do, but since Wan Tiansheng did not want Yuan Qingdong to die, not even Rainbow One's arrival would change anything.
Su Yu intended to only do enough to demonstrate his combat prowess instead of actually trying to complete the mission. Of course, he still needed to be careful about his own safety. After all, Wan Tiansheng wasn't really that reliable a person.
With fifty-eight body forgings, his body had reached the strength of about 450,000 acupoints. And with his yang acupoint and strength character included, he could probably reach the strength of 500,000 acupoints. The source of thɪs content is N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
But that might not be enough to take Yuan Qingdong down unless he consumed a drop of blood essence. No matter what, that was the descendant of an Invincible. It wouldn't be wise to compare him against a regular first-stage Sunmoon.
A weaker first-stage Sunmoon would have the strength of roughly 300,000 acupoints. A stronger Sunmoon of the same stage could easily reach the strength of 500,000 acupoints.
With Su Yu's combat strength, he could be considered an above-average first-stage Sunmoon. But there was still a gap between him and the truly strong first-stage Sunmoons.
For example, those from the divine and devil races could probably reach around 600,000 or 700,000 acupoints. And this did not include super geniuses such as Mo Duona. There was no point in comparing them against ordinary people.
Su Yu, who was unhappy with his puny strength, cultivated even harder. He was using heavenearth profound light at a rapid pace. After completing the fifty-ninth body forging, his strength would improve significantly.
In fact, he had been gaining the strength of roughly 50,000 acupoints per body forging as of late. This was truly a terrifying level of growth.
***
Two days later, Su Yu left the city stealthily.
He had received Rainbow One's message to meet at Beifeng City. Yuan Qingdong wouldn't be too far from there.
All four white masks in Great Xia were required to be there. As for the white mask captured by Xia Family, Su Yu reckoned that wasn't one of his subordinates. According to Xia Huyou, that white mask was still remaining silent. If that was one of his subordinates, that person would have tried notifying the others about his capture. This was the benefit of being a double agent. He was able to learn a lot more than others.
Su Yu wasn't too concerned about this mission. In truth, it wasn't too dangerous for him. When he arrived outside Beifeng City, he waited and observed the area for a while before proceeding toward the venue of the meeting.
The other white masks were also heading there.
***
Meanwhile, Rainbow One had arrived atop a hill near the meeting venue. Instead of heading over directly, he had hidden himself nearby. He needed to be cautious lest one of the white masks had betrayed them.
The Human Realm was a lot more dangerous than expected. They had been losing white masks and elders rapidly as of late. Because of that, the remaining white masks and elders had been on high alert. In fact, Great Xia wasn't even the worst place for them to operate. That title belonged to Great Qin.
That was a nation run by the military. If one tried to enter one of their cities with one's face covered, one could expect to be dragged off and beheaded by the government promptly. Thus, the white masks assigned there were still hiding in fear right now. They had not been able to establish a connection with any locals.
In fact, very few of their branches had started official operations in the Human Realm, and Great Xia was one of them. That was why Rainbow One attached such a high level of importance to the Great Xia branch.