Chapter 53 - 53

Chapter 1106: I'm Billing You (1)

Nanyuan.

As Su Yu stepped into Nanyuan, he saw some weak city guards and Martial Dragon Guard members watching over the gate. Even the strongest among them was only a Cloudbreach.

These people were much stronger than the previous guards who were mostly Great Strength and Infinite Strength cultivators. But for Su Yu who had witnessed the battles between Invincibles and killed Sunmoons before, these Skysoars and Cloudbreaches really looked too weak to him.

The people from the Martial Dragon Guard looked at him with unfriendly gazes. A Skysoar coldly ordered, "Register yourself. Which prefecture are you from?"

As the members of an elite army of Great Xia, they had to watch as the people from the various prefectures and factions entered and searched Nanyuan, making a mess out of Nanyuan. Thus, they had been extremely furious about this. Their attitude was understandable.

"Great Ming. Bai Junsheng."

"..."

The guards' expressions changed. They were not showing fear or disgust. Rather, they looked rather relieved, with a slight trace of complicated emotions.

"Great Ming? Fine. Go on in. Just don't create trouble. Don't mix with those from the other powers. Bai Junsheng...a member of Bai Family?"

The Skysoar nodded and continued after a slight pause, "Since you're from Great Ming, don't waste your time getting involved in this mess as well. Even if you're inside the city, things might get dangerous. Do you understand?"

Inwardly, the guard was quite relieved to hear that the newcomer was from Great Ming. He had been worried for nothing.

This would be fine. Great Ming was filled with slackers. Previously, someone called Cui Lang, who was absolutely not a slacker, had emerged from Great Ming. But eventually, words spread that it was simply Su Yu in disguise. But that was someone born in Great Xia. It wasn't surprising for him to not be a slacker.

In conclusion, people from Great Ming weren't troublemakers. If someone from Great Ming was creating trouble, that would either be an accident or Su Yu in disguise. But since Su Yu was not in the Human Realm anymore, Great Ming had turned into a proper prefecture of slackers yet again.

Su Yu could feel how these people were taking him lightly! He could see the relief in their eyes! What was going on? Just a moment ago, they still looked like they were ready to fight him to the death. But suddenly, they were advising him to be careful and reminding him to watch out for the troublemakers in the city.

Were they looking down on Bai Junsheng or were they looking down on Great Ming? They must not be aware that an Invincible of Great Ming was right in the area!

Su Yu didn't even have anything to say. Great Ming sure had a terrible reputation.

Noticing Su Yu blanking out, the guard rolled his eyes and said, "Go on in. Why are you still standing here? If you're really from Bai Family, just leave as soon as possible. Don't cause trouble for Researcher Bai of Multiple Character Faculty."

***

Su Yu entered the city speechlessly.

He felt quite helpless. He would look much cooler if they treated him fiercely, but now that they were treating him like a naughty child, it felt rather embarrassing.

Right after he walked into the city, someone on the street called out, "Brother Bai, you're here as well? Didn't you say that you're not coming?"

Su Yu looked up and nonchalantly said, "Old Qi? You're here as well? I'm here for a casual walk. Why are you here?"

"What are you saying, Brother Bai? I came some time ago. In fact, I asked you to join but you refused. You claimed that you wouldn't take a single step into Great Xia before growing strong enough to defeat Bai Feng..."

Su Yu actually knew this Old Qi. This was someone from Great Ming's weaponsmithing faction, the same faction Bai Junsheng and Cui Lang came from.

Su Yu didn't know what Bai Junsheng had been up to recently. But it didn't matter. He easily made up a story, "My second uncle told me to come visit my cousin, telling him to not forget our Bai Family when there are benefits to be shared..."

Old Qi laughed. He wasn't even surprised to see Bai Junsheng's mannerisms when speaking. Because this was how Bai Juinsheng had always been.

After looking around, Old Qi lowered his voice, "Brother Bai, keep a low profile. A lot of eyes are on Researcher Bai nowadays. Be careful lest you catch unwanted attention as well."

Su Yu appeared indifferent. Instead, he raised his voice, "I'm Bai Junsheng, one of Great Ming's Eight Eminents. I'm on my way to visit my cousin, Bai Feng. Is anyone interested in kidnapping or killing me on the way? I'll be looking forward to it!"

"..."

Nanyuan wasn't big. And Bai Junsheng was a Skysoar. That roar of his was able to spread all over Nanyuan. Low profile? That wasn't his style. And it wasn't like it would work.

In that case, he might as well be more conspicuous. The true experts would merely view it as the antics of a naughty kid while the ones truly harboring evil designs might really go after him because of this.

Bai Junsheng, cousin of Bai Feng.

Bai Feng now held a high status in the Multiple Character Faculty, second only to Hong Tan. He was also Su Yu's teacher. Thus, a lot of people had been keeping an eye on him.

Su Yu had returned to cause trouble. Not to hide around. And nothing was better for troublemaking than getting connected to the multiple character faction. He had grown a lot more brazen nowadays. Firstly, because he had grown stronger.

Secondly, because Great Ming King was nearby. Thirdly, a majority of human Invincibles were still in the Allheaven Battlefield. Almost nobody knew he was back. Fourthly, according to his understanding of Marquis Xia and Xia Huyou, these people were also planning to cause trouble.

In fact, they were even prepared to risk Great Xia's destruction during their troublemaking. Everything they had done recently was for that purpose, including reopening the Multiple Character Faculty and the spread of the disassembly method.

As far as Su Yu could see, everything was one big prelude to big trouble. In that case, it wouldn't matter if he joined in as well. After seeing and experiencing more, he was able to better guess Xia Family's thoughts and plan. He also understood Hong Tan and the others more.

Revenge.

Yes. Revenge was their ultimate goal.

Su Yu was not the only person who had been wanting to do something. The entire multiple character faction under Ye Batian's line was in the process of revenge. In that case, he had to lend them a hand and cause some trouble as well.

With his shout, a large number of people arrived nearby. Meanwhile, Old Qi was looking quite speechless. He hurriedly said, "This is a misunderstanding. Don't take him seriously. Bai Feng has long severed his relationship with the Bai Family. Not long ago, Brother Bai visited Great Xia and was kicked off by Bai Feng. They're not that close..."

He also sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "Brother Bai, stop messing around. This could really get dangerous!"

However, Su Yu appeared unfazed. He scanned the crowd with a cocky appearance and snorted, "I'm Bai Junsheng. A member of Great Ming's Bai Family. I'm going to head to Great Xia's capital soon. Also, that ruin belongs to Su Yu. That's a student of my cousin. He's practically half my student. If anyone found this ruin, it belongs to the Bai Family. I'm warning all of you here. Stop trying to steal from the Bai Family."

"Idiot."

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Some cursed at him, while some sneered with contempt.

Bai Family? Was that supposed to be scary? What a joke.

The two youngsters of the family were mere Cloudbreaches. The grandpa was only a Mountainsea. And that Mountainsea had been in seclusion for many years. The ruin was Bai Family's?

How greedy.

How confident.

Not even Bai Feng would have the courage to make that claim. Not even Great Xia's Xia Family dared to say something like that. Where did this dumb youngster come from? Was Bai Feng's cousin really so dumb?

Great Ming's Eight Eminents?

More like Eight Dumbos.

Everyone knew that the so-called Eight Eminents were all clowns. Just look at the names in that list. Bai Junsheng, Zhu Hongliang...merely a bunch of pampered scions from influential families.

Yes, such silkpants could be found everywhere. But the silkpants of Great Ming occupied the very bottom of the pyramid. Everyone looked down on them.

Su Yu snorted with dissatisfaction. He scanned the crowd, and his face fell when he noted some non-humans. He coldly said, "So what if I claim that the ruin belongs to my family? Also, how useless are you people? Outsiders are here openly trying to steal from humanity, but none of you have the courage to do anything to them. If my cousin were here, he would have killed them with a single swing of his sword..."

Someone rolled his eyes and said, "Bai Junsheng, these are all the exchange students in Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. Some are even in your cousin's faculty. Why are they still alive?"

This fellow should stop boasting. As for the non-humans, some sneered, some looked disdainful, and some were releasing their killing intent.

A lot of people started stealthily asking about Bai Junsheng. Before long, they all knew who he was. Bai Feng's cousin. This was the real deal. The Bai Family was nothing special, but with its relationship with Bai Feng, it was not an ordinary family either.

While the crowd was sneering, Su Yu was also sneering.

In his eyes, these people were already dead.

In terms of causing trouble, who could be better than him? He was Su Yu!

Just wait.

Of course, he also needed to stop before going too far. This was probably enough to attract some fools his way. Then, he could lure the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members over as well. Making use of his identity as Profound Nine, he could then do something to stir more trouble.

Should Bai Junsheng be Profound Nine's first customer?

Su Yu sank into thought. Yes, he could issue himself an index copy and post a mission through Bai Junsheng's identity. Then, Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would appear and start stirring trouble in Great Xia.

That way, even if everyone knew the trouble was related to Bai Junsheng, most gazes would land on Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. To develop a new market, Heavenly Hunt Pavilion naturally needed to market its reputation.

Since all the other Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members were still laying low, he could use this chance to stir some shit in Great Xia and become the de-facto representative of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion in Human Realm.

In any case, Great Xia's capital was a place he had to go. He wanted to see Bai Feng and Hong Tan. He needed to find out what exactly they were trying to do. That way, he would be able to better plan his own actions.

He was probably better for this job than Hong Tan, right? His grandteacher really wasn't that strong. That old man should stop trying to bite off more than he could chew.

***

With Su Yu's declaration, everyone in Nanyuan learned that someone from Great Ming's Bai Family had arrived. To be precise, that was a clueless yet arrogant kid from Great Ming. They found his words laughable.

The ruin belonged to his family? Nanyuan ruin was his family's?

How ridiculous.

Su Yu ignored all of them and wrapped his arm around Old Qi's shoulders, "Let's go. We'll visit Su Yu's place. I heard the ruin is right in front of his house. Naturally, I need to pay a visit to my family's ruin."

Old Qi said, "Brother Bai, you...you...sigh."

He didn't know what to say.

Su Yu nonchalantly said, "What? Is Su Yu not my cousin's student? I heard he's going to die in the Allheaven Battlefield. He can't come back anymore. The Bai Family will naturally inherit his property in the Human Realm. Is that wrong?"

Old Qi thought about it. Going by that logic, yes, that was indeed not wrong.

Of course, the first in line for the inheritance would naturally be Su Long. Su Yu's teacher would be the second in line. Su Yu had no other known relatives. And since Su Long was still in the Allheaven Battlefield, it was actually not that easy to argue against Bai Junsheng's claim.

Then again, nobody took his claim seriously. Would the ruin be his just because he made a claim? Even if Su Yu himself was here, nobody would acknowledge that it was his.

Chapter 1107: I'm Billing You (2)

About fifteen minutes later.

In front of Su Yu's house.

The entire apartment block had been emptied.

Too many experts had been trying to enter this place. Those with strong backgrounds would do it forcefully while those without would do it sneakily. Because of that, several fights nearly broke out.

One time, two groups of sneaking experts encountered each other by accident and started fighting because both parties thought they were under attack. The entire building was nearly demolished by their fight. Fortunately, they held back since this was still Great Xia's territory. Ultimately, several civilians were injured but nobody was killed.

Even so, this place was no longer a good place to stay. Even Mountainseas and Sunmoons were starting to visit this place. Even a small fight between these experts could easily kill all the residents in the building.

Thus, the building was eventually emptied. The people in the neighborhood had also moved away with Great Xia's assistance. Thus, the empty neighborhood looked rather desolate.

In the past, one would be able to see some old people and children enjoying their time in the neighborhood park. But now, a sight like that could no longer be seen. The entire neighborhood had been abandoned. Only a bunch of dilapidated buildings were left behind.

Su Yu remained silent. This house was as good as gone. Even if his old man returned, he couldn't stay here anymore. In fact, the apartment block was actually slightly inclined to one side. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel-fire.ɴet

That was most probably caused by the fights between these experts. Just the fact that the building was still standing was already a testament to its durability. Numerous random items were strewn all over the ground. These were probably the things left behind when the residents were moving away.

When the Martial Dragon Guard soldiers guarding the place saw Su Yu, a Cloudbreach coldly asked, "Are you entering? Be aware that you will need to bear the risk and potential consequences alone if you enter. A lot of people have been doing this. This building is cursed. Dozens of people have died after entering it. Are you sure you're entering?"

"Hmm?"

Su Yu was feeling doubtful. Was this guy telling the truth? He only killed two back then. How did that number increase to dozens of deaths?

He looked at Old Qi questioningly. Old Qi nodded, "This is true. Something is off about this place. Of course, some people claim that Chen Yong is the culprit and this is no curse. Brother Bai, if we really encounter that man, he will probably spare you. But I'm not sure that applies to me. Maybe I should wait out here instead."

"Who?"

Old Qi explained, "Chen Yong. You know that name, right? During the previous trial, he was ordered to return within six months to explain himself. Four months have passed since then. If he remains in hiding for two more months, he will be declared traitor..."

"According to the rumors, he was the one who had killed all the people who had died recently."

His martial uncle had been killing again?

Su Yu hadn't been paying much attention to the Human Realm while he was away. But it was fine since Bai Junsheng wasn't the type to care about these matters either. He nodded and said, "That guy can be considered my senior brother as well. Who says he's a traitor? If he's really the killer, those people probably deserve death. This is the private property of the Bai and Chen Families. It is perfectly within our rights to kill those thieves."

He spoke with complete confidence. That was his senior brother! Old Qi had the urge to remind Bai Junsheng that he wasn't Bai Feng. He was Bai Junsheng. Why was this guy so shameless?

The guards looked surprised as well.

"You're someone from Bai Family?"

"Yes."

"That useless cousin of Researcher Bai? One of the nonsensical Eight Eminents of Tiandu, Bai Junsheng?"

"..."

Su Yu had an ugly expression as he replied, "Is this how everyone in the Martial Dragon Guard speaks nowadays? Be careful! I'll tell my cousin to teach you guys a lesson! My cousin is very close to the Xia Family. My half-student, Su Yu, is a brother of Prince Xia Huyou!"

The guards were rendered speechless. After a momentary silence, the Cloudbreach said, "Alright. You may enter. Be careful. I'm serious. A lot of people have died after visiting this place. We don't think that Elder Chen did this. Stop spreading those baseless rumors. That might give others an excuse to do even more. That's especially true for you, Bai Junsheng! Watch your mouth when you're outside."

Elder Chen was someone from Great Xia. They considered him one of them. As for Bai Junsheng, well, he could perhaps be considered half an insider. It was understandable for others to run around spreading these baseless rumors. But a member of Bai Family shouldn't be doing so as well.

In truth, even the Martial Dragon Guard believed that Chen Yong was likely the culprit. Things had been chaotic in the Human Realm as of late and a lot of people had died. And according to the investigations performed, many of these people were enemies of the multiple character faction.

Su Yu nonchalantly replied, "Yeah, yeah, I know. Why would I do something that would trouble my cousin and senior brother?"

The guards wanted to tell him that he had done so right after stepping into the city. That was the first thing he did. They were feeling very helpless. Since this was a Bai, it was inappropriate for them to use any force on him. Otherwise, they would have slapped him awake.

Su Yu wasted no time and entered the building alone.

***

The door to his house had already broken down.

The entire place was dirty and messy. Moss was starting to grow here and there.

The couch had broken down as well. There were holes on the tables, while the beds had been turned over. The pots in the kitchen were thrown all over, accompanying the broken plates and chopsticks on the floor. This was the current condition of Su Yu's house.

During his previous visit, things weren't even that bad yet. Only a few months had passed but things had gotten much worse. The windows had all shattered as well.

But this time, Su Yu was much calmer than before. So be it. He had accepted that he could no longer return to the home he remembered in his mind. The home in his memories had disappeared alongside his youthfulness.

With his youthfulness gone, he was no longer the hot-blooded youth with delusions about the way the world worked. After looking around, he smiled. Where was the ruin? There was no ruin. This was his home. Who could know this place better than him?

But suddenly, a bizarre look appeared on his face. The death qi in his body had pulsed slightly. It was only a weak pulse. He wouldn't have been able to sense it if it hadn't happened inside his body.

He focused and scanned the place again. Suddenly, his eyes flickered. Heavenly source qi? Weird. Why was he sensing some heavenly source qi here? It was a weak trace of heavenly source qi.

Most people wouldn't be able to notice it. Even with how sensitive Su Yu's senses were, he had also failed to notice it before his death qi reacted.

"Heavenly source qi..."

Previously, he had given Marquis Xia an idea. To make a fake ruin, heavenly source qi was naturally the best material. Were they...starting the plan? Had this place been turned into a fake ruin? In that case, the great chaos of Great Xia would arrive soon.

He continued studying the place expressionlessly. If not even he could sense the heavenly source qi, regular Sunmoons wouldn't be able to either. Perhaps peak Sunmoons could. Even relying on his death qi, he could only verify the existence of heavenly source qi somewhere nearby. He couldn't even detect the exact location of the so-called fake ruin they had planted here.

"Interesting."

With a laugh, Su Yu left.

Downstairs, Old Qi shouted, "Did you find anything?"

Su Yu smiled, "Of course. This place is the entrance to the ruin. Su Yu told my cousin before and my cousin told me that."

The Cloudbreach from the Martial Dragon Guard coldly said, "Bai Junsheng, stop uttering nonsense."

A lot of people were paying attention to this place.

Su Yu argued, "Who's uttering nonsense? Su Yu told my cousin himself. If you refuse to believe me, so be it. He said that the ruin entrance is right inside his home. It's a powerful ruin with a large amount of heavenly source qi and countless treasures..."

"Hmph!"

The Cloudbreach snorted. This guy from the Bai Family was too annoying.

A different person nearby laughed and asked, "Brother Bai, are you being serious?"

Su Yu looked over and noted a group of youngsters walking over. There was actually a familiar face in the group. The person he encountered during his previous return, Zhou Hongbo of Knowledge Seeking Academy, was among them.

So he was still alive?

Su Yu had been wanting to kill this guy since their first meeting. But he wasn't able to find a chance to do so. Eventually, he had completely forgotten about this person. But now, fate had brought them together again!

From how Zhou Hongbo was behaving, it was clear he wasn't even the person with the highest status in the group.

When Old Qi saw them, he pulled Su Yu's sleeve and sent a voice transmission, "Watch what you say to them. These are all the descendants of big shots and top geniuses of different prefectures."

A curious look appeared on Su Yu's face. He looked at them and snorted, "Why do you care? So what if I want to brag?"

"Bai Junsheng, watch your manners." A different person berated coldly, "Do you know who you're speaking to?"

Su Yu sneered, "And what are you going to do about it? Beat me to death? As far as I know, in the entire Human Realm, our Great Ming King is the only Invincible present. Why don't you try provoking us? I dare you. The people of Great Ming do not like causing trouble, but we're not afraid of trouble! We of Bai Family have served Great Ming for generations! I'm so tight with Zhu Hongliang we share our underpants! Even after beating Zhu Hongliang up, I only need to visit the mayor's residence and greet my Grandpa Zhu and the prefect will let me off. Are you saying that I should be afraid of you?"

The moment those words were said, the expressions of those people changed.

Fuck!

Why was everyone from Great Ming like this? They were shameless, and their mouths were incredibly venomous. More importantly, they were fearless. They could provoke you, but if you beat them up, they would go crying at their seniors.

And Great Ming King was indeed the Invincible in charge of watching over the Human Realm at the moment. Would Great Ming King act for Bai Junsheng? A regular Invincible would definitely not do something like that. But Great Ming King...was too unpredictable.

At that thought, the group felt completely disgusted and annoyed. This was not how one should act! How lucky were they that Great Ming King wasn't the actual grandfather of this fellow. Otherwise, wouldn't he start acting like the others in the Zhu Family, crying to Great Ming King every time he encountered even the tiniest of problems?

A smug expression covered Su Yu's face as he said, "Don't try to scare me with Invincibles or Sunmoons. I'm not afraid! I'll have you know that I have a trump card. I—"

Seemingly having recalled something, he stopped and coughed instead. Then, he hurriedly dragged Old Qi off.

The others stood there confused. What?

What was the trump card?

Chapter 1108: I'm Billing You (3)

At the same time, Old Qi was also asking curiously, "Brother Bai, what's your trump card? Try not to provoke those people for no reason."

"What is there to fear? Have you heard of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?"

"Of course. I learned of this organization not long ago. You don't know this, but earlier, someone from Heavenly Hunt Pavilion appeared here. He's Profound Nine, an incomparably powerful Sunmoon expert. He was able to fight the commander of the Secret Martial Dragon Guard stationed here without suffering a disadvantage..."

Old Qi sighed and continued, "More and more experts are gathering in Great Xia. According to what I learned, Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is also a large organization in the Allheaven Battlefield. They even have several Invincibles. Even they have entered the Human Realm."

Su Yu spoke smugly, "I don't need you to tell me about them. Do you know that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion has this thing called index copy? These index copies are only given to experts and geniuses. With these index copies, you can buy any service you can think of at any time. You only need to have the money. If you want, you can even buy someone's life through these index copies."

"I know that, but they say these index copies are only given to top geniuses, such as those on the Heavenly Hunt Index and experts like Mountainseas and Sunmoons. That have nothing to do with us..."

"Pfft. I'm a genius as well!" Su Yu declared proudly, "I'm one of the Eight Eminents. At my age, I'm already a Skysoar. Guess what?"

Surprised, Old Qi switched to voice transmission, "Are you saying..."

"Don't tell anyone about this! It's not a crime to have an index copy. This is not considered a collusion with the Myriad Race Cult. The geniuses of our human race are also using these index copies in the Allheaven Battlefield. It's fine."

Understanding dawned on Old Qi. He was greatly shocked. Had Bai Junsheng received an index copy? No wonder he was being so arrogant. He probably believed that with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion on his side, he could contend against those silkpants.

"Do you really have an index copy?"

"Hehehe."

Su Yu giggled proudly.

Yes!

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Only the white masks would be given some index copies for distribution. He had a hundred of them while the other three white masks in his team were only given thirty each.

In other words, Su Yu would have a direct connection to a hundred customers in Great Xia. These customers would be considered his personal customers.

Of course, the other three white masks under him could deal with these customers to a certain extent as well, but they had to obey him, especially when it concerned these direct customers of his.

Meanwhile, Old Qi was busy feeling envious. He had heard that only top geniuses and experts could receive these index copies. What a surprise that Bai Junsheng had received one as well.

Everyone knew a little about the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. It was true that the pavilion would not be considered a part of the Myriad Race Cult in the Human Realm. Of course, everyone also knew that this organization was definitely not here out of kindness.

In any case, it wasn't a crime to deal with this organization since they could provide a lot of rare products. Old Qi finally knew where Bai Junshng's confidence came from.

"Do you even have the money to hire their services?"

Old Qi asked, "I heard that this organization will only act for profit."

Su Yu smiled, "Don't worry about it. They have a lot of respect for me. After all, my cousin is a big shot."

Old Qi was rendered speechless.

In the past, this fellow had frequently said that he would stomp his cousin under his feet one day. But now, he could stop singing his cousin praises and bragging about his cousin all the time.

***

Meanwhile, a middle-aged from the group they encountered earlier spoke through voice transmission, "Ignore that Bai Junsheng fellow. He seems to have obtained an index copy. We have to watch out for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion only cared about money. And assassination was one of the services they provided.

It did not matter to them if the target was a descendant of an Invincible. As long as enough money was paid, they had the courage to do anything. Strictly speaking, they were even more dangerous and brazen than the Myriad Race Cult.

After all, the Myriad Race Cult was still filled with greedy and cowardly people. As for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, it was filled with fearless members, with a lot of them being geniuses of considerable talent as well.

"Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?"

Their expressions turned pensive. As members of influential families, they still knew about the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

One of them said, "There are very few humans on the four index rankings. Those Heaven Index geniuses are all people with the ability to kill someone a realm above. Previously, Su Yu, a human, reigned at the top after killing a fourth-stage Sunmoon..."

"He did that through Ye Batian's character."

"He also has the inheritance of a ruin. Otherwise, someone like him wouldn't have been able to do that."

"That's an incomparably powerful ruin. He must have benefited immensely from it."

"..."

Some of them appeared envious, and some remained silent. When their gazes landed on Su Yu's house again, the look in their eyes turned more fervent than before. Perhaps the ruin was nearby.

If even someone like Su Yu could be so strong after obtaining a tiny bit of the inheritance, wouldn't elites like them be able to grow much stronger than Su Yu with the ruin?

It was not a problem for someone to have the inheritance of an Invincible. Su Yu was only being hunted by so many people because he was a member of the multiple character faction. But in their hands, with the backing of their influential families, they might be able to cultivate in peace until the Invincible Realm.

In fact, a lot of people shared this thought. It wasn't even surprising. Everyone loved to think that they would do even better if they were put in the same shoes of a successful person.

As for how Su Yu had gathered his cultivation resources, they didn't even consider that something worth thinking about. As far as they were concerned, Su Yu had succeeded because the divines and devils were too dumb.

Since divines and devils were so stupid, there wasn't even a need to fear them anymore.

The actual experts believed that Su Yu was truly too good at scheming. Meanwhile, these silkpants believed that the myriad races were too dumb. How could they fall to Su Yu's schemes so easily? They would never think about the effort Su Yu went through to achieve his goals.

In their eyes, Su Yu had been able to fool the myriad races easily with only a single corpse.

"Bai Junsheng, index copy, Bai Feng..."

Some of them thought of something else. Even an idiot like Bai Junsheng could receive an index copy? Were the experts of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion blind?

How did the middle-aged man in the group know about what Bai Junsheng told Old Qi? Simple. The middle-aged man was a Sunmoon while Bai Junsheng was a Skysoar. How could a Skysoar escape from the prying of a Sunmoon?

***

The lips of Su Yu, who had left the area, curled into a grin.

Perhaps Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's first transaction in the Human Realm would be completed soon. He started praying for these people to target him. To kill him. For him, anyone targetting Bai Junsheng would be considered someone deserving of death.

That was only natural. Regardless of whether they were aiming to kill or capture, those people were definitely Bai Feng's enemies. In that case, it would be better to deal with them in one fell swoop. Their blood shall serve as the offering to mark the start of his business in the Human Realm.

He would complete the very first deal of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion in the Human Realm. He would show those elders how capable Profound Nine was.

Of course, after becoming an elder, he would need to become a direct subordinate of the department head. Thus, he had to consider that carefully. That would leak his identity to one extra person.

***

While Su Yu was stirring up trouble.

Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.

Multiple Character Faculty.

Bai Feng was finally on the verge of stepping into the Cloudbreach Realm after he was provoked countless times by Su Yu's feats in the Allheaven Battlefield. Suddenly, his voice transmission talisman shook.

A short while later, Bai Feng cursed, "Fuck! Bai Junsheng, you idiot!"

He had intentionally drawn a line between himself and the Bai Family, but why was that dumb Bai Junsheng speaking of their relationship with great fanfare in Nanyuan?

Bai Feng was bursting with rage.

What a fool!

And that fool was actually coming to the capital. Bai Feng was losing his mind. Did that fool know that there were numerous eyes on him? Did the fool know that his arrival would easily drag the entire Bai Family into the matter? Bai Feng was furious.

If that dumb cousin wanted to come, just come quietly with someone protecting him. But instead, that dumb cousin was traveling alone. Nanyuan was quite far away from the capital. Some people would definitely make a move before that dumb cousin could reach the capital. This was too infuriating!

Bai Feng stood up and left seclusion.

That cousin of his might be dumb, but he couldn't watch silently as his dumb cousin walked into a disaster. He had to think of a way to send his cousin back to Great Ming. Even just making that dumb cousin remain in Nanyuan would be acceptable.

Chapter 1109: Been A While, Old Bai (1)

Inside Nanyuan, Su Yu continued acting in an arrogant and unbridled manner. He did not intend to stay for long. He did not believe that there was a ruin in Nanyuan. Even if there was one, that would be a fake ruin planted by the Xia Family. In that case, what was the point of staying here?

In the capital, he could visit his teacher and grandteacher. If possible, he could even have a chat with Old Wan. That was someone he could never see through. That fellow had pretended to be a peak Mountainsea for many years. Recently, he seemed to have entered seclusion to break through into the Sunmoon Realm...Yeah, if anyone actually believed that, it would be safe to conclude that this person wasn't very smart.

Su Yu didn't know what Wan Tiansheng's real strength was. But people like Marquis Xia, Hong Tan, including Niu Baidao, believed that Wan Tiansheng was more than he seemed.

As far as Su Yu was concerned, those people were all elites. If even those people looked so highly upon Wan Tiansheng, was it possible that Wan Tiansheng would be stuck below the Sunmoon Realm for fifty years?

Through this trip to the capital, Su Yu also wished to learn more about Wan Tiansheng.

***

Near the city gate.

Su Yu was going to leave. Old Qi couldn't help asking, "Are you really leaving now?"

"Of course."

Old Qi spoke through voice transmission, "I know you're relying on the index copy. But what if they decide to not act? I heard that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion does not have much power in the Human Realm. They have just arrived. The Martial Dragon Guard is also hunting them down in Great Xia. Are you sure they can even send anyone after you buy their service? Do you even have the money to buy their service? And how long will they even take to reach you? Are you not afraid of dying?"

With a pensive look, Su Yu nodded, "You make a lot of sense. Old Qi, why don't you go on a trip with me?"

Old Qi looked at the sky and refrained from replying. This guy should stop dreaming. He had only reached the Skysoar Realm not long ago. He would not agree to go with this death-seeking guy.

The Martial Dragon Guard member standing guard at the gate was the same person who was there when Su Yu first arrived. Noticing the two conversing not far away, he recalled what happened after Su Yu entered the city. Rolling his eyes, he said, "Bai Junsheng, don't run around. Just wait here until someone from your Bai Family comes to take you home. You can also wait for Researcher Bai to send someone to take you to the capital."

When Bai Junsheng arrived, very few people cared about him since nothing had happened yet. But after this fool said all those boastful words in the city, everyone had learned about the arrival of Bai Feng's cousin. Did this fool really believe that he could reach the capital safely?

Su Yu smiled, "It's fine. I have my arrangements. I'm merely trying to fish out some people with evil designs. Do I look that stupid to you?"

He raised his voice, "I have my trump card. Anyone with the courage to provoke me will die a miserable death!"

His voice was quite loud, as though he was trying to let everyone know about this. Trump card? What was his trump card? Great Ming?

The guard didn't know what else he could say. Fine. Since this guy was insisting to court death, what could he do?

Su Yu laughed and said, "I'm leaving. I'll be visiting my cousin in the capital. If you're not afraid of death, feel free to come after me!"

He was still as brazen as ever, as though he really had a trump card. Then, he flashed Old Qi one last smile before hopping onto his earthdragon beast and rode off.

But a few seconds later, Old Qi cursed, "Hey! That's my earthdragon!"

That damn Bai Junsheng! After running all over the city boasting about his cousin, he rode off on someone's mount like it was his own mount. What a bastard!

But was the index copy really that helpful?

He was unsure.

***

At the same time.

Somewhere inside the mayor's residence.

A few Martial Dragon Guard experts exchanged gazes before looking at the old man in front of them. That was the commander stationed there, a Sunmoon expert.

"Commander, what now? Bai Junsheng is Bai Feng's cousin. He left so rashly...would he be fine?"

The commander gazed in the gate's direction and frowned. After a long while, he said, "Send a few men and have them follow him from the distance. Their presence will serve as a warning to anyone thinking of doing something. This stupid rich second generation from Bai Family doesn't know how dangerous the world is."

Did Bai Junsheng think that nobody would dare to lay a hand on him? Dream on! The cousin he was so proud of and Hong Tan were currently the thorn in many people's flesh. They had only remained fine because they had been staying in the capital. Even the Bai Family had only remained fine because they had been staying in Great Ming's capital.

It was rumored that Bai Feng was the true creator of the disassembly method. Because of that, he had gained a lot of fame recently. Hong Tan only had two students. His other student had gone missing, or to be precise, the other student no longer had the courage to return. That left Bai Feng as his sole hope.

If one could capture Bai Junsheng and use him to blackmail Bai Feng, perhaps one would be able to obtain the disassembly method in advance. And many people were definitely thinking of doing this.

The myriad races and the other prefectures wanted the disassembly method. The secretly trained multiple character faction and the other factions also wanted the disassembly method.

They couldn't allow an insignificant Bai Junsheng to cause an unforeseen event. With that, several Martial Dragon Guard members started following Su Yu.

***

At the same time.

Inside a manor in the city.

Someone spoke softly, "Bai Junsheng has left the city."

"That guy sure is confident. He has probably received an index copy for real. But that idiot should learn to use his brain. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion has only entered the Human Realm earlier today. They are currently being hunted by the various prefectures. They won't have the courage to do anything so soon."

"That person called Profound Nine did appear in Great Xia earlier, but who knows if he's still alive?"

"We wait. Don't do anything rashly. It is beneath people with our status to take any risks."

"I know. We can leak the news to the Myriad Race Cult and wait. Let the cult test Bai Junsheng. I doubt the Xia Family will allow anything to happen toward Bai Junsheng..."

"..."

Silence returned to the manor. Outside, the sun was setting. Bai Junsheng's arrival was like a boulder thrown into the water, sending ripples far and wide.

A majority of the people in the city did not choose to tail him. For them, it was more important to stay in Nanyuan. In any case, there was no need for them to take action personally. There would naturally be others to do the testing for them.

And if capturing Bai Junsheng was really possible, someone would naturally do it. It wasn't like there was a rule forcing them to keep all their forces together in only one place. Splitting up was always possible, right? There was still a large number of experts operating outside the city.

***

At the same time.

The white masks scattered all over Great Xia received Su Yu's message.

"Here comes our first business. Get ready to work. Here in Nanyuan, Bai Feng's cousin, Bai Junsheng issued a mission. He's hiring a security team from the pavilion."

"Profound Nine, did you accept the mission?"

"Profound Nine, you're spreading your index copies already?" Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on N0v3l.Fiɾe.net

"..."

The white masks were greatly shocked. Holy shit! Wasn't that a tad bit too fast?

"I call this the power of luck. I appeared not far away from Bai Junsheng so I handed him an index copy. He claimed to be Bai Feng's cousin. Having investigated Bai Feng before, I learned that Bai Feng was very important. That's Su Yu's teacher, also a genius from the multiple character faction. He's also an important researcher in ability blood essence production and disassembly method. Anyone related to him is worthy of receiving an index copy."

"Who among you are near Nanyuan? Show up and protect him. I'll be following in the dark. I have a feeling this mission will help establish ourselves and spread the pavilion's name all over the Human Realm."

"Profound Nine, isn't that too dangerous? It's still the first day. We've just arrived and we still don't know the place well. We don't even know much about the experts in Great Xia. Accepting a mission this rashly..."

Su Yu said, "We don't know much about them, but that is also a good opportunity. Nobody will expect us to accept a mission so soon after arriving."

"What is...the price Bai Junsheng offered?"

"He will introduce us to Bai Feng and allow us to hand Bai Feng an index copy. There might even be a chance to hand an index copy to Hong Tan. He's paying with his assistance instead of money. This is the best opportunity for us to open Great Xia's market. Bai Feng and Hong Tan are the main characters in the coming chaos. If we can establish a connection with them, we will have a very big advantage in coming events."

The three white masks turned serious upon hearing that.

So fast.

So efficient.

He had found a way to establish a connection with two important individuals in the multiple character faction. They had no choice but to agree that Bai Junsheng's offer was even better than something like money. This was completely in line with what they needed most.

Since they were going to develop Great Xia's market, they naturally had to establish contact with some local experts, geniuses, and important individuals. How were they supposed to develop the market otherwise?

"I agree this is a good deal. But I'm too far from Nanyuan. I can only arrive after two days."

"Yeah, it's the same for me!"

"I'm near Nanyuan. I'm hiding near Tianshui City. I can accept the mission. Profound Nine, what do you think?"

"..."

That was Yellow Nine. Su Yu replied, "Sure. The two of us will join hands. Working alone is too risky since there's a chance they might try to lure me away before making a move on Bai Junsheng. Stay near Bai Junsheng while I'll follow from even further away. I think Great Xia's Martial Dragon Guard has sent someone to follow Bai Junsheng as well. Be careful. Don't interfere unless those people are failing to protect Bai Junsheng."

"Alright."

A plan was thus drawn. Naturally, he had done everything properly, sending messages to himself through a separate index copy. That way, not even the enforcers would find anything suspicious since there was a proper trail of records for everything.

Also, Su Yu was greatly suspicious that all their conversations were under monitoring.

That was because these conversations were done through their directories instead of masks. It was very likely that this channel of conversation was being watched by the enforcers or even those above the enforcers.

After all, Su Yu would do the same in their position. Done with that, he contacted First Profound through his mask. What a surprise that Old Zhu had actually failed to capture that elder.

"Elder, you there?"

"Elder, you dead?"

"..."

After a while, First Profound replied, "Yes?"

"Where are you, Elder? Let's meet up. Which prefecture are you in charge of?"

"Great Tang. As for my exact location...I have no idea."

First Profound snorted. Was this guy trying to dig his location to tell on him?

Yes. He had seen through Su Yu's plan.

Chapter 1110: Been A While, Old Bai (2)

"Great Tang?"

Su Yu muttered in thought. Right. He had a ninth-stage Sunmoon grandfather-in-law there. That would be too dangerous a place for him. But he had revealed himself to not be Cui Lang. Would Old Cheng continue going after him? The real Cui Lang was his grandson-in-law, not him.

Also, Cheng Mo had given him a token previously. He had never used that token. Supposedly, that token could be used to ask for help from Great Tang. He had never used it because he did not like to owe anyone favors.

In any case, the token was meant for Cui Lang, not Su Yu. Great Tang was also quite far away from Great Xia.

What a pity that the elder wasn't assigned to Great Ming. Who was in charge of Great Ming, then? Apparently, an elder had died. Was that the same elder who had been assigned to Great Ming?

Or perhaps it was one of the eight dead white masks? Whatever. That was none of his business for now.

"Elder, I'm tight with Sir Cheng Mo, an expert of Great Tang. When you encounter trouble, feel free to ask for my help. I will get Old Cheng to protect you!"

"Are you sure you're not going to get Old Cheng to kill me instead?" First Profound replied, "Profound Nine, we know each other so well. Stop playing these tricks against me. If I really die, do you think things will end up well for you? At that point, you might as well give up on your new identity."

For some reason, Su Yu felt quite awkward upon hearing those words. What was his elder saying? Was he that kind of person?

Then again, First Profound had indeed not troubled him so far. Of course, there was always the possibility of First Profound playing the long game. Su Yu could never trust these people. Or to be precise, people he could truly trust could be counted on one hand.

This was the kind of world he lived in. A trusting person would die much faster than the others.

***

Riding on an earthdragon beast, Su Yu wasn't moving at a fast speed. He had been paying close attention to his surroundings as he traveled. The source of thɪs content is NoveI[F]ire.net

He noted that three members had been deployed by the Martial Dragon Guard. One of them was a Mountainsea while the other two were Cloudbreaches. This was already a respectable security detail, considering it was free and it came from Nanyuan.

Evidently, Great Xia had increased the level of protection they were giving Bai Feng and the others.

Su Yu wasn't sure how strong Yellow Nine was, but he was sure Yellow Nine wouldn't be weak. He guessed that Yellow Nine was probably between the seventh-stage Mountainsea Realm and Sunmoon Realm in strength. That was already an acceptable level of strength.

With the protection of these people, Bai Junsheng would be fine unless the enemy was a Sunmoon. And in that scenario, Profound Nine would be forced to take action.

Of course, that opponent had to be a first-stage Sunmoon. Even a second or third-stage Sunmoon was still someone he could deal with as long as he consumed a drop of third-stage Sunmoon blood essence. But things would get very troublesome if a middle or late-stage Sunmoon appeared.

But that shouldn't happen, right? For the sake of a mere Bai Junsheng, was that worth it?

Yes, late-stage Sunmoons had been appearing frequently in the Allheaven Battlefield. But one should never forget that there were countless races in the Allheaven Battlefield. The sheer number of races there made it much easier for a large number of Sunmoons to appear.

***

Time passed and eventually, the sky slowly turned dark.

Out in the wilderness, Su Yu was in no rush to continue his journey. He hopped off his mount and prepared some food in a leisurely manner. Meanwhile, the Martial Dragon Guard soldiers tailing him in the dark cursed.

The Bai Family was also a family of warriors. How did they produce someone like this? Just because it was night, one had to stop traveling? Would this fellow starve to death if he skipped food for one day? He was a Skysoar!

While Su Yu was happily roasting the meat he brought with him, the experts had to stay on guard around him while grumbling inwardly. They swore to give this damn rich second generation a good beating the next time they met.

Even further away, a dark figure appeared with a flicker. Yellow Nine had arrived. With his mask, Yellow Nine concealed himself. None of the Martial Dragon Guard experts noticed his arrival.

Somewhere hidden.

Yellow Nine was busy looking around to look for Profound Nine. But he couldn't find anyone. He had no choice but to admit that Profound Nine was indeed worthy of being one of the twenty-four seated individuals during their meeting in Heavendoom City.

Furthermore, Profound Nine was exceptionally brazen.

Truly worthy of being a member assigned to an ancient city. This fellow had survived several incidents in Grandstar City. It was also rumored that Profound Nine had received the special approval of their department head to participate in this mission. Clearly, this was someone capable.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu remained nonchalant. He was not planning to kill too many people this time. He did not place that much hope on Bai Junsheng's identity. Bai Junsheng wasn't important enough to lure the truly important individuals out.

He was only doing this to improve Profound Nine's performance in the pavilion.

While doing so, he would kill some people to vent some of his anger. He still remembered how he spent so much time running for his life back when he was in the Human Realm. Now, he was no longer afraid of those people.

He was deep in thought, thinking of a proper way to make an appearance if an opponent even Yellow Nine couldn't defeat were to appear.

Clone?

But an expert could see through that easily.

Illusory clone? Or a clone of flesh and bone by utilizing the ability of physical cultivators to regrow their bodies?

Perhaps he really needed to forge a useful clone to be used during emergencies. Fortunately, there was the little furball hiding in his head. He could make a clone and have little furball control the clone.

Having made up his mind, he stealthily extracted some of his own blood to forge a clone.

If an opponent not even Yellow Nine could defeat appeared, he would let the little furball pretend to be Bai Junsheng with the clone. Then, he could appear as Profound Nine and deal with that opponent.

Even as he was doing all that, he did not stop preparing his food. Suddenly, his eyes flickered. But his expression remained the same as he continued his food preparation. Next, a flash appeared from the darkness and shot toward him. That was a poisoned arrow.

A Mountainsea from the Martial Dragon Guard moved out and grabbed the arrow. Without saying anything, he shot into the distant. Everything had happened noiselessly.

The two Cloudbreaches from the Martial Dragon Guard started paying close attention to their surroundings lest this was an attempt to lure their leader away to create an opening. This wasn't even that rare of an assassination trick.

Sure enough, another flash appeared in front of the two Cloudbreaches moments later.

Whoosh!

A battle erupted between the two and the unknown opponent.

This time, some noise could finally be heard.

Seemingly having noticed something, Su Yu shouted, "Who is it? I'm under protection. Are you courting death?"

Meanwhile, the three who were fighting cursed inwardly. Protection his ass! Next, the Mountainsea returned and joined the fight. Finally, they failed to control the intensity of their fight and created a loud explosion. Su Yu was alarmed. Or to be precise, he pretended to be alarmed.

He roared, "You dare?"

But next, he jumped onto his mount and rode off in panic.

The Mountainsea cursed and shouted, "Don't leave! Stay near us!"

Fool!

Why was he running?

It was so annoying to protect someone like this. Running away blindly would only make their job harder. If he remained still, it would be much easier for them to protect him.

Su Yu ignored the shout and continued fleeing. From afar, he snorted and said, "Don't even think of fooling me! I don't know you. Why should I stop? Dream on!"

"I'm from the Martial Dragon Guard!"

The Mountainsea roared furiously. Fool! He was from the Martial Dragon Guard!

He continued, "Is the Myriad Race Cult seeking death? How dare you operate openly within Great Xia? Do you think we can't do anything to you?"

"Heh..." A sneer rang out from the darkness, "Do you think this is still the same Great Xia? The prefect is in the Allheaven Battlefield. Marquis Xia has yet to return. Only pieces of trash are left in the massive Great Xia."

The Mountainsea from the Martial Dragon Guard was furious. With a rumble, his saber shone and descended into the darkness. Bright explosions erupted, dispersing the darkness in the area.

Seeing how fast Su Yu was fleeing on the earthdragon beast, the Mountainsea commander felt very helpless. So be it. This was indeed getting tricky. Two Mountainseas had actually attacked.

"Who sent you?"

The Mountainsea commander questioned, "Bai Junsheng is unrelated to Bai Feng. He is only a regular person from Great Ming. He is very close to Great Ming's Zhu Family. Are you trying to provoke Great Ming King?"

"Heh."

Yet another sneer rang out from the darkness. A third unknown enemy had appeared.

Suddenly, a flash appeared in the sky. With a pop, a head dropped from the sky. After putting the headless corpse into his storage ring, Yellow Nine started moving toward Su Yu.

How boring.

Why were all these people acting all mysterious with these simple tricks?

In terms of acting mysterious, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was way better than them. Why were they so confident? With a mere concealment character, they were strutting around acting all enigmatic. The Allheaven Battlefield was also filled with such people.

The Martial Dragon Guard was filled with warriors, so they were finding such an opponent tricky to handle. But that was not the case for Yellow Nine.

Those who were still in the middle of combat were shocked. The Mountainsea commander guessed who the newcomer was. He asked, "Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?"

"You're welcome. You can always depend on the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to complete your mission. Once a mission is accepted, it will be completed. Our promise is eternal and everlasting. I'm Yellow Nine of the Yellow Department. Heheheh..."

As his creepy laughter rang out, he vanished.

Yes. He was doing what Su Yu did earlier: advertising.

Not far ahead, Su Yu was grumbling inwardly. He was the boss of this operation. How dare Yellow Nine advertise his own name? Yellow Nine should have mentioned that he was a subordinate of Profound Nine as well.

Su Yu started shouting, "I don't care if you're from the Myriad Race Cult or the Martial Dragon Guard. Stay away from me! I hired the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion for protection! Nobody else is allowed to come near me!"

The Martial Dragon Guard experts who were still busy fighting cursed inwardly. No wonder that fellow was acting so arrogantly. So he had hired the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

What a fool.

Was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion really that amazing?

Yes, the pavilion was strong, but this was Great Xia. Even the great Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would have to exercise restrain here. That fool had no idea how hard Great Xia had worked to protect him. Even a Mountainsea had been sent to escort him.

Meanwhile, the two Mountainsea cultists decided to flee.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had arrived.

As an organization from the Allheaven Battlefield, these people were definitely not weak. The Myriad Race Cult had heard of them before. This was an organization with powerful members, especially their white masks and faceless elders.

And why were they that strong? Because their customers were all powerful individuals as well. They only served geniuses and experts. And their customers also had the habit of killing them whenever possible. Thus, any living white mask was someone nobody should underestimate.

Just look at how Yellow Nine had killed a Mountainsea right after appearing. In the Myriad Race Cult, a Mountainsea was already part of the higher echelons.

After another exchange, the two Mountainseas pushed their opponents back before turning to flee. As Mountainseas, they were important individuals as well. Since they couldn't complete the mission, they might as well flee. The third Mountainsea was a middle-stage Mountainsea. If even such a person was instantly killed, it was clear the white mask earlier was very strong. The two of them were only early-stage Mountainseas.

Chapter 1111: Been A While, Old Bai (3)

Su Yu, who was riding ahead of the group, was starting to feel bored.

Only a few Mountainseas? And the strongest among them was a fourth-stage Mountainsea who had died to Yellow Nine in one hit? Was there no Sunmoon? Evidently, his standards had risen greatly after his trip to the Allheaven Battlefield. Opponents below the Sunmoon Realm were starting to bore him.

Su Yu had long forgotten that in the Human Realm, a Mountainsea was already enough to become a higher-up of the Myriad Race Cult. Someone like that would either be an important member or the leader of a sect. That was especially true for the weaker sects where their leaders were mostly Mountainseas. Thus, a team of three Mountainseas could actually be considered a big force.

His perspective had merely been altered by the numerous experts he had seen after leaving the Human Realm. He thought that they were looking down on him by sending only three Mountainseas, but they were actually taking him very seriously.

Late-stage Mountainseas were actually quite rare. There might not be too few of them in the Human Realm, but there also weren't that many of them. Even a place like the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy with plenty of Mountainseas only had a small number of late-stage Mountainseas.

He viewed Yellow Nine and the others as weaklings, but even among the white masks, Yellow Nine was already an elite. He was someone who had survived for many years in the Allheaven Battlefield. How could he be weak?

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was an organization with at least eight Invincibles. And the white masks were basically the upper middle management of this organization. Alas, Su Yu's perspective had been skewed by how easily he had obtained his white mask.

***

As Su Yu continued traveling, followed by Yellow Nine. Yellow Nine did not reveal himself, but he had killed a decent number of people as he tailed Su Yu.

Su Yu was naturally aware of all that.

And before long, news of what was happening started spreading from the mouths of the lucky survivors.

The Myriad Race Cult received the news as well.

Bai Junsheng had hired a white mask to protect him. The white mask was Yellow Nine of the Yellow Department. Not long ago, Profound Department's Profound Nine, someone capable of contending against Sunmoons, had also appeared. The two might be related to each other.

Clearly, there was more than one white mask in Great Xia.

***

Bai Feng, who had just left the capital not long ago, received the news as well.

"Yellow Nine? Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?"

Bai Feng blanked out slightly and muttered, "No wonder that kid was so arrogant. So he found a backer. But where did that fool find the money to hire a white mask?"

"Also, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion sure is brazen. So many of them have entered the Human Realm. The various prefectures are still hunting them down, but they're already accepting missions? Are they not scared of being hunted down in Great Xia?"

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was most definitely not anyone's friend. Bai Feng was not relieved at all to learn that Bai Junsheng had gotten mixed up with those people. He was not traveling alone.

But he didn't get Hong Tan to move with him either. It would be too dangerous for Hong Tan to leave the capital. Rather, Bai Feng was traveling with Wu Yuehua, a ninth-stage Mountainsea.

Wu Yuehua had been in the eighth-stage Mountainsea Realm for quite a while. She had only broken through recently.

When she heard Bai Feng's words, she frowned, "Heavenly Hunt Pavilion...these people have actually entered the Human Realm en-masse. This is the sign that chaotic times are coming. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion only exists to make money. And where there's chaos, they will be there. Their arrival will only exacerbate the chaos. These people are only afraid that the world is not chaotic enough. They are the bringer of chaos."

Of course, she had exaggerated slightly. However, it was true that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion enjoyed encouraging anything that could create more chaos. In short, this was an organization filled with despicable and hateful individuals.

Wu Yuehua said, "When picking up your cousin, we can try to kill that Yellow Nine if possible. This will also be considered a great contribution by the military."

Yes. As far as the military was concerned, killing white masks was the same as killing enemies.

Bai Feng nodded, "That cousin...is too stupid. He keeps causing trouble for me. This is really not a good time for him to be doing this. I'll teach him a proper lesson this time!"

"Stop wasting time. You only need to focus on growing stronger. That way, you won't need help every single time you need something done. Just look at that student of yours. He won't live long, but the myriad races will remember him forever. The radiance from him is enough to illuminate the entire Myriad Realms."

Clearly, Wu Yuehua had a very high evaluation of Su Yu. In fact, that was the case for the entire Wu Family.

Their Old Madam had previously said that only such a person was worthy of being the significant other of someone from her Wu Family. According to her, the women of Wu did not pursue long-lasting relationships. They only needed a relationship that would bloom and shine like the sun, even if it would only last momentarily. The source of this content ɪs noⅴelfire.net

And Su Yu clearly ticked all their boxes.

The Wu Family had a very good impression of a super genius like that. He was akin to Liu Wenyan back then.

Bai Feng helplessly said, "Martial Aunt, please don't say that anymore. My teacher has been torturing me by saying the same thing. Why are you doing this as well?"

Wu Yuehua replied, "That's the truth. My family's Wu Qi has been fighting in the Allheaven Battlefield. Not even Huang Teng can win her respect. But when I mentioned betrothing her to Su Yu, she did not argue. Clearly, Su Yu has caught her eyes as well..."

"..."

Holy shit!

Bai Feng said, "You...this...Wu Qi is from my generation. That is not appropriate. You are doing it with the wrong person. Don't you remember Wu Lan following Su Yu to Great Ming?"

What was she doing?

Yes, Wu Qi might be difficult to deal with, she might be cold, she might not be the best, but she was still one of the very few female geniuses of their generation. How could Wu Yuehua betroth her to Su Yu so easily?

Seriously! Also, had she forgotten that her grand niece had run off with Su Yu?

Wu Yuehua replied indifferently, "A genius at Su Yu's level is qualified to become Wu Family's son-in-law. If both Wu Qi and Wu Lan fancy him, they can both share him. It's fine."

"..."

Bai Feng gloomily said, "You're being wishful. Su Yu might not be interested. That kid once told me that women are not as good as cultivating."

"Only an outstanding hero will say something like that."

Wu Yuehua nodded approvingly. Very good. No wonder he was so outstanding.

That was bullshit. Bai Feng started grumbling inwardly. So she only cared about Su Yu's talent and strength. His personality did not matter. If he was a playboy, they would probably praise him for his elegance and accomplishment. If he was bad with women, they would call him a stoic man. If he was ugly, they would call him honest and kind. If he was short, they would claim that his height had compressed the very essence of his being, making him an even better person.

So be it. Bai Feng decided to stop trying to reason with the Wu Family anymore. The women of Wu, in particular, could be terrifyingly stubborn at times. It was pointless to say more to them.

Bai Feng decided to shut up and vent his anger on his cousin instead. If it wasn't for that dumb cousin, he wouldn't have been forced to ask for Wu Yuehua's help. And she wouldn't have gotten the chance to hurt his fragile heart if he hadn't asked for her help.

***

Whoosh!

The sound of a sharp blade cutting into flesh rang out and a corpse dropped from the sky.

With a flicker, Yellow Nine appeared and sneered, "Humans? Nothing special. The Myriad Race Cult is filled with idiots. Even after losing several Mountainseas, they are still throwing their lives at me. Fools like this will only live for a few days in the Allheaven Battlefield."

After witnessing so many geniuses and experts, Yellow Nine was finding the opponents from the Myriad Race Cult boring.

Too weak.

They did not feel like a part of a powerful race at all. This was the human race. The strong among them were too very strong while the weak among them were also incredibly weak. The other major races were a lot more different as the strength of their members was much more balanced.

Meanwhile, the weak among the humans were weaker than even those in the minor realms while the strong among them could trouble even the divines and devils.

The strength inequality in this race was too big.

Yes, there were elites in the Myriad Race Cult as well. But their elites would not waste their time going after someone like Bai Junsheng. Thus, only some weaklings were sent, but these weaklings were easily dealt with by Yellow Nine.

Suddenly, a massive cauldron appeared in the sky.

Boom!

With a sword strike, Yellow Nine cut the cauldron apart. As a result, a massive amount of poison splashed out of the cauldron. Hissing sounds rang out as Yellow Nine's flesh started rotting away.

Just moments ago, he was acting all arrogant. But now, he was forced to hurriedly withdraw while cursing inwardly.

How unlucky.

A poison user was here. He should really refrain from bragging in the future. Just look at how he had suffered right after bragging.

"Hmph!"

"Consider yourself lucky for running so fast."

Wu Yuehua appeared in the sky. With a snort, she reassembled her cauldron and put it away.

As for Su Yu, he was already so bored he felt like crying.

He wanted to kill as well. But...Yellow Nine alone was enough to deal with all of them. Finally, someone capable of beating Yellow Nine appeared, but that someone was actually Wu Yuehua. Thus, he was not given a chance to fight anyone.

So be it.

He decided to be magnanimous and spare those small fries for now.

Suddenly, Su Yu felt something coming from his rear. Someone was trying to kick his backside! He nearly attacked instinctively. But he held back.

With a boom, Su Yu put on an act and flew away while shouting in pain. Behind him, Bai Feng was grimacing. He expressionlessly withdrew his hurting leg while cursing inwardly.

While cursing, he was also growing doubtful.

What the hell was that?

His cousin was a brand new Skysoar. How could a Pseudo Cloudbreach like him hurt his leg kicking a Skysoar?

Su Yu laughed inwardly, but he maintained his expression and pulled a steel plate from his back. With the expression of a wronged person, he asked, "Why did you kick me? Just look at what you did to my shield."

"..."

Bai Feng blinked. Was there a shield there earlier?

How did he not notice it?

Right, his cousin was a weaponsmith so having extra equipment was not surprising. But why didn't he feel the shield earlier?

He was doubtful, but he was too distracted to care too much about that. He furiously asked, "Who told you to come? Have you forgotten what I said to you previously? I told you to stay away from me!"

"Grandpa was injured. I'm here to give you an update. Second Uncle also have something to tell you. I come bearing his message."

"Say it."

"I'll tell you when we reach the capital."

"You—"

Bai Feng was furious. But Su Yu acted stubbornly, "I won't say anything before reaching the capital!"

Wu Yuehua couldn't be bothered to waste more time here. She said, "We need to leave immediately and we don't have the extra hand to spare escorting him back. Just return to the capital first."

Bai Feng had no choice but to agree. True. They didn't have anyone to escort his cousin even if his cousin were to leave immediately.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member had been sent away by them. There was nobody left to protect his cousin

***

Meanwhile, Yellow Nine looked at them from afar and smiled. Bai Feng had arrived!

So be it. With this, his mission had been completed. Not bad at all. They had smoothly completed their first mission in the Human Realm. This was a good start. Regardless of what he believed, it was still unwise to underestimate the humans.

That woman was overbearing and strong. Just that poisonous cauldron alone had nearly poisoned him to death. He had to be more careful from now on.

"Profound Nine, mission completed. I'll be taking my leave. Please accept more missions. Our team is probably the first team to complete a mission in the Human Realm. Profound Nine, you have picked the right person to approach."

No reply came from Profound Nine. Yellow Nine was unbothered. Perhaps Profound Nine was busy, or perhaps Profound Nine was trying to maintain his concealment. It didn't matter.

***

As for Su Yu, he finally met Bai Feng.

He was in a good mood.

As for his vibrating mask, he was ignoring it. Yellow Nine was probably sending him messages. It probably wasn't anything important.

He looked at Bai Feng and found Bai Feng incredibly pleasing to his eyes.

It has been a while, Old Bai!

Yes, it really had been quite a while.

Four whole months had passed!

But this teacher of his...tsk tsk. Still a ninth-stage Skysoar? How pitiful. This was way too weak. He could probably pinch his teacher to death with his fingers if he wanted. His teacher must have been slacking. How was he still not a Cloudbreach after receiving so much heavenly source qi?

Su Yu started grumbling inwardly that his teacher had definitely been lazy.

His teacher was not working hard enough!

Why was his growth so slow?

Nevertheless, he was still in a great mood. Oh, how he had missed Old Bai. He had been surrounded by enemies for so long. It was only now that he could finally feel some warmth in his life again.

Chapter 1112: Converging Spotlights (1)

Having met Bai Feng again, Su Yu was in a great mood.

He was very happy to see this teacher of his. This teacher might not be the most responsible one, but he had to admit Bai Feng had taught him and helped him a lot when he first reached the capital.

Bai Feng had even freely taught him things that were supposed to be secrets. The disassembly method and the ability blood essence production method were all known by Su Yu. Outsiders dreamed of knowing these methods, and Bai Feng had freely taught them to Su Yu.

Even the hundred drops of mountainbreak bull blood essence for Su Yu's initial body forging came from Bai Feng. It was then that Su Yu came to learn how useful the mountainbreak bull blood essence was. In fact, one could say that Bai Feng was the indirect culprit for the deaths of so many mountainbreak bulls after Su Yu became addicted to using their blood.

Su Yu had not met Bai Feng after Bai Feng was exiled to the Allheaven Battlefield. Even back when he returned as Cui Lang, he had not met Bai Feng. Thus, he felt very good to finally meet his teacher again.

In the Allheaven Battlefield, he was constantly surrounded by wolves. Not a single person around him could be trusted. He had to constantly dance at the edge of death and watch out for a hidden blade that might stab him in the back. He greatly lacked a sense of security. But now, he could finally relax a little.

Su Yu was relaxed, but Bai Feng was on high alert. He constantly scanned their surroundings while cursing. This damn cousin was too troublesome! He had to be very careful on the way back to the capital.

Wu Yuehua had vanished into the void to keep an eye out for any hidden enemies. As for Bai Feng, while leading the way, he scolded, "When we reach the capital, you will join one of the merchant convoys heading to Great Ming. You idiot! You better leave as soon as possible!"

"We share the same bloodline. If I'm an idiot, you're an idiot as well."

Su Yu grinned and spoke some nonsense to anger his teacher further. For some reason, this felt rather amusing to him.

"You—"

Bai Feng was bursting with rage. He asked, "What happened to Grandpa? What message did my old man have for me?"

"Grandpa failed in an attempt to open the yang acupoint..."

Bai Feng did not seem surprised. He sighed and said, "I knew it."

Su Yu asked curiously, "Do you know how to open the yang acupoint?"

His teacher was a part of the Bai Family. So did his teacher know how to open the yang acupoint as well? And did his teacher know a way to control the opened yang acupoint? To speak the truth, Su Yu had a feeling a fully opened yang acupoint would be incredibly strong. But he didn't have the courage to fully open it.

The moment it was fully opened, it couldn't be closed anymore. It would constantly absorb the energy in all the other acupoints. Su Yu's acupoints were quite powerful so he should be able to last some time with the yang acupoint opened. Anyone else would have suffered massively after opening it.

Had the old grandpa of the Bai Family really opened the yang acupoint fully? In that case, it was really quite impressive that he was still alive.

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Bai Feng rolled his eyes and said, "To open the yang acupoint, you need to first detonate your acupoints and embrace death. The method left by our ancestor is unreliable. There must be a different way to open the yang acupoint."

But suddenly, Bai Feng noticed something. He turned to look at Su Yu in surprise, "Yang acupoint?"

What yang acupoint? That was an unfamiliar term. Of course, from the way his cousin had spoken of the so-called yang acupoint, he could guess what his cousin was referring to. That was why he had neglected the specific term used. But finally, he noticed and remembered that the Bai Family had never named this acupoint.

He couldn't remember anyone naming that acupoint before Su Yu. Su Yu was the only person who had actually given that acupoint a name. But Su Yu hadn't shared that with too many people.

Even back then, Su Yu had only publicly spoken about the source soul acupoint. His theory regarding the yang acupoint and yin aperture had not been shared with the public.

Su Yu didn't notice it as well since he was already used to that term.

But noticing Bai Feng's expression, he maintained a calm expression and said, "You don't even know the yang acupoint? Previously, when Su Yu visited us, he told me that the acupoint opened by our ancestor is called the yang acupoint. Corresponding with that is probably something called the yin aperture. Opening the yang acupoint after finding a way to balance the yin and yang is the way of doing so without any side effects."

"Su Yu..."

Bai Feng nodded, accepting the explanation.

After thinking about it, he said, "This is what he called the source soul acupoint. The source and soul each have an eruption point, convergence point, and fusion point. I did read some of his theories. Speaking of, he learned everything from me."

Bai Feng continued speaking, "To speak the truth, I was the one who had first discovered the source soul acupoint. But Su Yu did contribute greatly to further advance the research. I guess he did not embarrass his teacher, after all..."

Yeah yeah. Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to respond to that. He had learned that this was one of the few hobbies his teacher had: bragging.

Back then, Bai Feng loved bragging about how he was the strongest in his generation. But subsequently, Su Yu learned that his teacher had actually been defeated by Huang Teng three times. Bai Feng had stubbornly ignored the three beatings he received, but Su Yu had learned about it from someone else.

Since they were speaking about Su Yu, Su Yu took the chance to ask, "Cousin, how is Su Yu doing in the Allheaven Battlefield?"

"He's fine."

Bai Feng did not elaborate more. Inwardly, he was cursing. Fine his ass. He was going to die soon. That little bastard could not sit still to save his life. According to the latest rumors, nobody dared to visit Grandstar City anymore. That little troublemaker would no longer have any chance to stir more trouble.

He turned to look at his cousin and warned, "Do not learn from him!"

Yes. He could see a potential super troublemaker in his cousin. Why was his cousin causing trouble in Nanyuan? That was not Bai Family's style. That was more Su Yu's style. Meanwhile, Su Yu believed that he was not to be blamed at all.

Bai Feng was the one who had first taught him about troublemaking. Yes. It was Bai Feng. He still remembered how when he first joined, Bai Feng had given Hu Wensheng, the student of Zhou Mingren, a beating just to show how strong a character technique could be. At the time, he had defeated the ninth-stage Skysoar opponent as a seventh-stage Skysoar.

Due to the defeat, Hu Wensheng entered seclusion. And that triggered a chain of events involving the single and multiple character factions. Thus, Su Yu believed that Bai Feng was the one who had taught him how to cause trouble. Why was Bai Feng acting like that wasn't the case?

While Su Yu was mumbling inwardly, Bai Feng's thoughts were much simpler. He believed that Su Yu was a troublemaker with top-tier talent in causing trouble. How was that even related to him?

He had completely forgotten what he did when he first met Su Yu. At the moment, he was busy feeling troubled by his cousin.

Looking at how nonchalant his cousin was, Bai Feng lost his temper and said, "Stop talking rubbish. Do you still remember what I said? You will leave first thing tomorrow!"

"Not leaving."

"You—" Bai Feng was furious, "Fine. If you refuse to leave, I'll ignore you. You can go and die for all I care! Also, how did you get mixed up with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? That organization is filled with terrible people. The various prefectures are in the middle of hunting them down. Don't you know that?"

Su Yu said, "Yeah, I know. But they gave me a good offer. They protected me free of charge. And they did kill quite a lot of enemies for me!"

"You—"

Bai Feng rolled his eyes, "Bullshit. How will they work for free? Stop dreaming!"

"It's really free! But I promised to introduce you to them."

"Ridiculous!"

Bai Feng was furious. But Su Yu laughed, "Relax, Cousin. They said that since they have just started their business here, they will be offering a lot of benefits. For example, they will help me once for free if I can introduce you to them. And if you introduce Elder Hong to them, they might also give you something good. And Elder Hong can do the same and introduce Principal Wan, Marquis Xia, or the others for more benefits..."

Bai Feng blanked out slightly. After a moment, he asked, "What sort of benefits?"

"..."

Su Yu curled his lips. He knew this was how his teacher would react.

"Depends on how you negotiate with them."

Bai Feng had a pensive look. Since he could get something for free...why would he refuse? He only needed to introduce his teacher to them. What was the big deal about that? In the Allheaven Battlefield, he had to worry about being tracked. But this was the Human Realm. That was not a concern. Wow. This cousin of his sure was good at doing business.

"Do you have an index copy?"

"Yes."

"I'll be borrowing it."

"..."

Su Yu was left quite speechless. His teacher sure was in a rush. He took an index copy and handed it to Bai Feng. This was the same index copy he had used with Bai Junsheng's identity. That way, nobody would suspect anything.

Next, he took his white mask into his sea of willpower. The white mask was considered an earth weapon so he could naturally store it in his sea of willpower. He had only refrained from doing so previously because he didn't trust the pavilion enough to do so.

But for now, he had to take some risks. It wouldn't do for him to continue ignoring all his messages, right? Since he couldn't put the mask on in the presence of others, this was his best alternative.

In his sea of willpower, Su Yu saw Yellow Nine's message. He replied, "I've withdrawn as well. The mission is a success. We won't earn much during the early phase. For this mission, there is no payment, but we have to see further ahead. This is an investment for the future."

Most missions would come with a reward upon completion. But that wasn't the case this time since they had not charged for the mission.

Yellow Nine replied, "It's fine. I saw Bai Feng. That is one of the main characters of the coming chaos. It is actually a very good thing for us to establish a connection with him so early."

"Profound Nine is indeed good at doing business."

Earth Eighteen joined the conversation with a praise. It might seem like they hadn't earned anything from this mission, but the connection the mission established for them was much more valuable than money.

The white masks of the other prefectures were still busy with basic matters like looking for hiding places and blending in with the locals. Meanwhile, they had already established a reputation for themselves in Great Xia.

Su Yu did not reply. Why? Because Bai Feng's message had arrived.

"Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? I'm Bai Feng. According to my cousin, I'll be given a thousand strands of heavenearth profound light if I introduce you guys to my teacher. Is that true?"

"..."

Su Yu was speechless. He looked up at Bai Feng who was walking nonchalantly in front of him.

Wow.

His teacher was blatantly lying.

Before long, he replied, "That's not possible. If Researcher Bai is willing to use our index copy and introduce us to Elder Hong, we are willing to pay the price as long as the price is something within our capabilities."

"Just be straightforward. What benefits can you offer me?"

Su Yu rolled his eyes but he did not beat around the bush. "We can kill or protect some people for you. As long as they are under the Sunmoon Realm, we can do it for free. Of course, we reserve the right to determine the risk of the mission. If the risk is too high, we will refuse to do it."

"Only that?"

Bai Feng seemed rather dissatisfied. He even turned to give Bai Junsheng a glare, as though it was Bai Junsheng's fault. For a moment, Su Yu even thought that Bai Feng had seen through his disguise. Why was his teacher glaring at him for no reason?