Chapter 133 - 133

Chapter 1650: Emperor Yu's Court (2)

Su Yu smiled and said, "There is no need to be so nervous, everyone. This is only a registration. I might even reward some ninth-stage Sunmoons with a few carrier treasures if I find myself in a good mood when meeting them. Thus, remember to not hide your strength from me. If you insist on pretending to be a first-stage Sunmoon when you're already a ninth-stage Sunmoon, don't blame me for not showing you any grace."

Many hearts thumped upon hearing that. Could Su Yu afford to reward the peak Sunmoons with carrier treasures?

Definitely.

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He was both wealthy and willful with his wealth. Just his Mark of Civilization alone was probably worth dozens of carrier treasures.

Great Xia King laughed and said, "Sure. You will get a list of all experts at the Mountainsea Realm and above of Great Xia tomorrow."

"Great Qin will do so as well. We don't have anything to hide."

Qin Zhen answered as well.

After a short silence, Great Zhou King said, "The same applies for Great Zhou. However, we will not include the names of spies we have among the myriad races. These people can all be considered humans regardless of race. Even those among them who are not born humans are people we raised ourselves in the past."

The faces of the surrounding myriad race experts turned green upon hearing that. What was the meaning of that? A list of spies? This sounded like the exact thing one would say to sow suspicion among one's own ranks, but was that really the case? Nobody could be sure.

They couldn't help but start suspecting their own people. After all, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had served as the perfect example of humanity's ability to plant spies in other organizations. Thus, they could never discount this possibility.

Su Yu smiled and said, "Sure. The list of spies can be handed to me privately in the future. I only need to know who they are."

"That is acceptable." Great Zhou King nodded.

Unlike the myriad races, Su Yu was quite convinced that Great Zhou King had indeed planted spies among the various races. After all, that was the Great Deceit King. Anything was possible with him.

With the agreement of the three strongest prefectures, the other prefectures were left with no room to protest. Everyone sank into thought, wondering if they should really hand over a complete list.

Su Yu sent Great Zhou King and a few others a voice transmission, "I also want the names of the hidden Invincibles."

Great Zhou King said nothing.

Great Xia King replied through voice transmission, "We don't have too many of them around. All of them are injured Invincibles who had lost their tri-life bodies in the past. Some are recovering, while some have settled down in some minor realms."

"It doesn't matter. I need their names."

Great Xia King rolled his eyes and said, "Fine."

Sure. Whatever.

One could claim that he only wanted the position without doing his job, but the first thing he did after being appointed was make all these demands. But one also couldn't claim that he was properly doing his job as he hadn't even bothered to name the new holy land.

Tomorrow, he would forge the holy land token and register the experts of all human experts in existence. If he could achieve both, he would truly be the holy lord of humanity.

Su Yu sent Marquis Xia a voice transmission, "Marquis, please inform everyone about the purpose and power of this new holy land. Let everyone know that moving forward, I have the final say in the Human Realm."

He had to make it clear who the boss was. The willingness of the others to follow him did not matter. He only needed them to obey him regardless of their opinions. That was all. Only their actions mattered, not their thoughts.

Marquis Xia smiled and nodded. That would be an easy task.

***

Zhou Tianyuan started accelerating the flow of time around the formation while Great Ming King and the others increased the speed with which they were working on the formation. As for Great Xia, they started sending people to Nanyuan as preparation for the coming celebration. They had to prepare to receive the guests from the various prefectures and myriad races.

***

News of what happened started spreading.

Even those outside the Human Realm heard it.

Su Yu had been appointed the new holy lord.

The entire thing had happened smoothly.

Opposition was surprisingly sparse among humanity.

***

Immortal Realm.

Tiangu sighed and muttered, "Great Zhou King."

***

Divine Realm.

The Divine Pseudo Emperor sighed and said, "Great Zhou King."

***

Devil Realm.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "Looks like Great Zhou King has agreed to this as well. The so-called internal strife of humanity has always been under careful control by an unseen hand. This is their way of reducing our wariness toward humanity."

"Great Zhou King, Zhou Tianqi. Equal (qi) of Heaven (tian). Is he trying to be the heaven itself?"

The Devil Pseudo Emperor laughed again and said, "Looks like the so-called peace faction of humanity is already fully within his grasp. Even Great Qin King might not know who all the pro-peace Invincibles are, but Great Zhou King is definitely well aware of this. When it comes to humanity, Great Zhou King should be the one we kill before Great Qin King or humanity will be a much harder opponent to defeat."

An old devil king beside him said, "Emperor, what should we do about Su Yu as the leader of humanity..."

"Leader of humanity?" The Devil Pseudo Emperor shook his head and said, "No. He is merely a mascot for now. He can't control any of the Invincibles. He is a mascot chosen by Great Zhou King and Great Qin King as a precaution lest humanity be left leaderless after their deaths. As for Su Yu, he does not care about leading humanity. He only wants the authority to kill his enemies among humanity. An authority to kill without being labeled a traitor.

"That was how they reached an agreement so easily. The various experts of the Human Realm are merely the chess pieces of these three. With this deal, Su Yu's death won't affect humanity too much. Great Zhou King and Great Qin King can also die without affecting the ancient cities too much."

The three were essentially the keys holding the two parties together. All three must die for both parties to be affected, or the effects of a death would be limited.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor asked, "Have we received any updates from the Death Realm?"

"We managed to establish contact with Yanmo. He said that previously, He Tu and Xing Yue invited the various death sovereigns over for a banquet. He was the only sovereign absent due to his previous injuries. Then again, he had not received an invitation either.

"Marquis Qishan did appear, but he wasn't defeated by these sovereigns. Rather, he was defeated by a newly awakened sovereign who had seemingly consumed an unknown treasure. Thanks to the treasure, he gained a massive boost of strength and blocked Marquis Qishan on the Celestial River of Death. That allowed Su Yu and the others to kill Wisdom King."

"I see." The Devil Pseudo Emperor nodded and said, "As expected. Marquis Lanshan must have failed to stop Marquis Qishan. No, Marquis Lanshan wouldn't even bother to stop him. Marquis Lanshan has always been a target of suppression in the Eastern King Residence. Any attempt to stop Marquis Qishan would only increase the intensity of the suppression. In that case, that new sovereign must have been quite strong."

"I think so."

"Do we know his identity?"

"No, but there are rumors that he has a decent relationship with He Tu. In fact, He Tu was the first sovereign to recruit him."

"He Tu?" The Devil Pseudo Emperor muttered, "Was he an expert from the first epoch? But most experts of the first epoch should have awakened by now, right? Someone who is so strong right after awakening should be quite strong prior to dying. Why is someone so strong in the Spirit Suppression Domain?"

The old devil king asked, "You mean..."

"He might not be someone from the first epoch. Instead, he might be someone with a unique identity, a human expert."

The Devil Pseudo Emperor chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter. Notify Yanmo and have him pay close attention. Report to us the moment he notices anything unusual."

The old devil king said, "The holy cities are all under Su Yu's control. The same goes for Empyrean Cloud City. Yanmo is currently under strict suppression. It won't be easy to contact him. He hopes that you can activate a death tunnel for him..."

The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "That can't be done so easily. Also, a death tunnel is too hard to control. The laws are still around. The moment we lose control over the death qi...we will get ourselves killed by the laws."

The laws were merciless. Could they open new death tunnels? Apart from the existing thirty-six stable tunnels, more could be opened so long as one could gather enough death qi. And death qi was something each major race would gather for emergencies.

But what could they do after opening the death tunnel? How sure were they that they could keep the tunnel under control? If they were to lose control...the laws would not spare them. Even if they could survive the laws, the thirty-six guardians would not let the matter slide. After all, they were the enforcers of the heavenly laws.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor laughed and said, "Don't do anything rash for now. Let's see if those in the Eastern King Residence are doing anything. Let's also see if the immortals are doing anything. They have been making preparations in the Death Realm for many years. Marquis Qishan is merely one of their chess pieces. Tiangu has more people he can contact there. He even has a relationship with the Eastern Heavenly King. For the most part, any death tunnel Su Yu opens will be linked to the Eastern Heavenly Domain. We only need to make proper preparations to turn it into a death trap for him."

In short, they only needed to wait for the immortals to do all the hard work.

The old devil king nodded. He said, "But Su Yu is growing too quickly..."

"He won't amount to anything before becoming a Daofuse." The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "He is a super genius, but even a super genius requires time to grow. It doesn't matter how strong his physical strength is. He still lacks too much compared to a proper Daofuse."

The old devil king nodded again. He said, "Emperor, do we ignore humanity for now?"

"No." The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "Of course we won't ignore them. But for now, we'll do nothing. Be patient. A chance for us to do something will appear soon."

"A chance?"

The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "Just wait. Wait for the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. He has been enjoying a life of freedom for a hundred thousand years. Finally, trouble is knocking. Nobody as similar to the Culture King as Su Yu has appeared in the past hundred thousand years. He has clearly inherited something from Culture King, and he is also blessed with astonishing luck. According to the ancient records, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis is related to the dao of luck. The more Su Yu grows, the more uncomfortable he will be. He won't wait too long. He will definitely make a move soon. That will be the opening for us to act against humanity."

The old devil king smiled and said, "Emperor, is he really so fearful of Su Yu? He is someone near that level..."

"You don't understand." The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "The Heavenly Overseer Marquis fears nobody except Culture King. He was ordered by Culture King to watch over the Heavenly Supervising Pavilion. But he abused his power and stole the Heavenly Hunt Index." "You need to understand that things haven't always been smooth for him all these years. But thanks to his incredible luck, he has survived until now. However, a successor of Culture King has appeared. A successor blessed by heaven-defying luck. What if Culture King had left a trump card against him behind? He would die."

That was why the Heavenly Overseer Marquis would most certainly act against Su Yu. He would not give Su Yu the chance to grow enough to threaten him. No expert would bet their future on the mercy of a youngster. Nobody. Heavenly Overseer Marquis would not dare to make such a bet.

The old devil king nodded in understanding.

In short, they only needed to stay patient for now.

Su Yu was a thorny opponent. Such a thorny opponent should naturally be left for someone equally thorny like the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. As for the devils, they only needed to wait for something to happen to Su Yu before making a move against humanity.

Chapter 1651: Emperor Yu's Court (3)

The various parties were in discussion about the new developments.

Su Yu might be a nominal leader without much actual power over humanity, but this was still a matter to be taken seriously.

At the same time.

Celestial chasm race.

The Celestial Chasm Realm was a realm constantly shrouded in darkness. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor had just sent the South Chamber head out of his dark palace. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis was trying to buy the visual character from him. The marquis must be dreaming.

He stared at a fragment in his hand. Above the fragment, a visual character could be seen. When he focused on the fragment, he could see the images of numerous geniuses and experts from the various races. After a while, a certain figure emerged from the fragment. But soon, it faded.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor frowned and ignored the figure. Before long, he summoned another figure, a figure resembling Xia Longwu. After a slight hesitation, he produced a drop of black blood at the tip of his finger and pointed at the figure.

Splurt!

Instantly, a saber emerged.

The drop of blood was reduced to nothingness.

"Is his willpower so powerful?" The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor sighed regretfully and muttered, "What a pity that I can't summon Su Yu through this fragment..."

After a while, he put the matter aside and said, "Come."

Shortly after, someone covered in dark robes entered the room and said, "Emperor."

"Has the death tunnel opened?"

"No."

After a short silence, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor said, "Lure some death sovereigns over. The South Chamber head is here on behalf of the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. They are trying to buy the fragment in my hand. I'm worried that they will try something drastic after failing."

"Emperor, not even Heavenly Overseer Marquis himself can survive entering the Celestial Chasm Realm."

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor nodded in agreement. With the suppressive force, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis would not be his match unless the marquis had the ability to break the realm itself. However, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor still felt uneasy.

After thinking for a bit, he said, "Just make more preparations as a precaution."

"Yes!"

The person in dark robes withdrew from the room.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor continued muttering to himself, "I don't fear the Heavenly Overseer Marquis, but the humans...they are free of the suppressive force!"

He hesitated slightly before taking a dark ball out. After taking another glance at the fragment, he tossed the dark ball into it. Before long, dark smoke emerged from the fragment. Then, an illusory figure with a blank expression emerged from the fragment.

With a smile, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor said, "Since you're still around, your master must still be alive. Sure enough, Fiery Sea is not that man. I knew it. Fiery Sea is too stupid to be that man."

The figure shook slightly as some clarity appeared in its eyes. After a long while, the figure spoke with great difficulty, "Occupied...speak fast...no time..."

"Inform your master that I need to know the recent updates in the Human Realm. Pay extra attention to Great Qin King, Great Zhou King, Great Xia King, and Great Ming King."

"My master...does not answer to you!"

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor said, "Your master might have forgotten that you're still under my control. Since I can find you, it's only a matter of time before I discover your master."

The figure sneered and said, "I am merely a dog of my master...I can die through self-detonation at any time. What can you...do through me?"

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor sank into silence. After a while, he said, "Get him to help me. I will repay him. I can kill one person for him. The promise of a Daofuse is very valuable. Didn't I help him with Ye Batian back then?"

After a short pause, the figure replied, "I will pass the message."

"Good."

The figure faded away.

The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor started rapping on his armrest. Why...was he still feeling uneasy?

Who could kill him when he was hiding in his realm?

Nobody!

Not Grand Dream. Not Tiangu. All would be suppressed upon entering the Celestial Chasm Realm.

"Is it the Heavenly Overseer Marquis?"

The marquis might have lost patience after learning about the visual character. Unfortunately, that was something the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor would never give up on. In fact, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor even wanted the entire Heavenly Hunt Index for himself.

Alas, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis was too strong.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was still waiting for his formation to be completed.

He did not have much time left.

According to Great Zhou King, they would leave tomorrow. Heavenly Seal King might not return from the trip alive. Who could help him with the formation without Heavenly Seal King?

Su Yu wasn't worried that Heavenly Seal King or Silk Destroying King would leave some backdoors in his formation. After all, Great Ming King was the person truly in charge of the process. They wouldn't risk exposure by doing such an unnecessary action.

The real traitor would not do something like that. Furthermore, Great Zhou King and Great Xia King were right beside them.

Slowly, the sky turned dark. At daybreak, Su Yu would need to set off toward Nanyuan, while Great Zhou King and the others would need to leave for their mission. They would all be replaced by some character clones, and Su Yu would provide cover for them.

Great Zhou King intended to take only Xia Longwu, Heavenly Seal King, Silk Destroying King, and a few others away. Would Heavenly Seal King suspect anything? How was he supposed to traverse through the Allheaven Battlefield undetected with so many people? Would they require the guardians to help cover for them as well?

The Celestial Chasm Realm is very far away, and it was near the Divine Realm. Any carelessness would ruin everything. They could end up trapped in the Celestial Chasm Realm.

While Su Yu was deep in thought, a Sunmoon arrived.

The Sunmoon looked nervous facing so many top experts. He bowed slightly at the various Invincibles. Noticing his arrival, the Heavenly Seal King frowned slightly and asked, "What is it?"

"Lord, the second and ninth young masters started fighting due to a small matter during cultivation. They are still fighting right now. This old servant can't do anything to them. Lord..."

"Ridiculous!" Heavenly Seal King frowned and said, "I understand. Go and suppress them with force. Tell them you're doing this on my order. If they keep causing trouble, threaten further punishment from me."

"Yes, Lord."

The Sunmoon left.

Beside Su Yu, Great Zhou King smiled and said, "Curious who that was? A servant Heavenly Seal took in back then. The second and ninth young masters are the students of Heavenly Seal. Both are very talented, and both are very competitive toward each other. We all know about their frequent quarrels."

Su Yu nodded with a smile and said, "A seventh-stage Sunmoon? Not bad."

"Yeah. Back then, that servant was also someone on the Heavenly Hunt Index. Eventually, he was saved by Heavenly Seal after suffering a serious injury. Since then, he has served as Heavenly Seal's servant to repay the favor. These years, he has been handling all sorts of trivial matters for Heavenly Seal."

Once again, Su Yu nodded. Heavenly Seal King said nothing. He was still focused on the formation.

While yawning, Su Yu said, "That reminds me. Majesties, remember to register even your servants and suicide soldiers at the Mountainsea Realm and above."

Great Zhou King laughed and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Of course." Su Yu glanced at the recently departed servant of Heavenly Seal King and said, "As for that guy, death seems near for him. He's even starting to produce a small amount of death qi. That must be due to his age and his past injuries. What a pity."

"Death qi?"

Great Zhou King had a thoughtful look while Su Yu remained completely nonchalant. He was essentially an expert in death qi.

Nobody could hide death qi from him. There was no need to compare the living against him. Even the dead would not be as sensitive to death qi since they were already too used to death qi. Only Su Yu, someone both dead and alive, would be so sensitive toward death qi.

Great Zhou King nodded, "Yes. He is indeed quite old."

Su Yu smiled. Good. He only needed Great Zhou King to take note of that servant as well. After all, the servant had arrived out of nowhere. There might be a trick at play here. However, Su Yu couldn't be bothered to do more. With Great Zhou King personally handling the matter, he wasn't too worried.

The contents of the servant's conversation with Heavenly Seal king sounded normal, but that in itself was suspicious. Was it worth bothering Heavenly Seal King for such a small matter?

Second young master and ninth young master? A seventh-stage Sunmoon like the old servant could easily solve this issue. Of course, there was also the possibility that the old servant did not dare to do anything due to their identities.

Great Zhou King asked, "Have you thought of a name for the new holy land?"

Su Yu smiled and said, "Yes. Emperor Yu's Court. To commemorate Human Emperor Xing Yu."

"..."

Was he being serious?

Great Zhou King was stunned. Great Xia King and the others looked at him with stupefaction as well. Was he serious?

Su Yu said nonchalantly, "This is a holy land of humanity. It is normal that we use this chance to commemorate the ancient Human Emperor. With the Luminous Domain (Xing Yu) Mansion around, I don't know if that was his dao title or his name. But it doesn't matter. To avoid clashing against the name of the Luminous Domain Mansion, we'll call our holy land Emperor Yu's Court."

"..."

Just how shameless was this guy?

All the Invincibles were stunned.

He was too shameless!

Was he really using that name to commemorate the ancient Human Emperor? Be honest!

Even Great Zhou King couldn't take it anymore. He coughed and said, "That name is too... attention-grabbing. Too much attention isn't healthy for one's lifespan."

Su Yu laughed and said, "Emperor Yu. The Emperor of the starry cosmos (also Xing Yu), also the Emperor of humanity, the conqueror of the Myriad Realms. Is someone like that not worth commemorating? Are you saying that we should forget the glory of the ancient past?"

The Invincibles had nothing to say.

Everyone knew what the kid was trying to do here. He was too shameless!

Commemorating the Human Emperor? Bullshit!

Nobody would buy that!

Su Yu yawned and said, "We've decided, then. If you disagree, we can also name it Emperor Yu's Heaven. Yes. Heaven sounds better than court. I don't mind. We can change the name if you want."

Was the word court the issue here?

No! Emperor Yu was the issue here!

Great Xia King asked, "Why don't you name it Emperor Su's Court instead?"

Su Yu laughed and said, "That's too straightforward. I'm shy. Emperor Yu is better. I'm doing this for the ancient Human Emperor, not myself. If you want, you can call me Holy Lord Emperor Yu in the future. If that's too long, just call me Emperor Yu for short."

"..."

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What could they do if someone could be shameless to this extent?

Emperor Yu?

Was this kid not afraid of shortening his lifespan?

An Emperor...was not a title to be easily taken.

Not even those Daofuses had the courage to call themselves Emperors.

Not even the Hundred Battle King dared to call himself an Emperor back during the ninth epoch.

Su Yu was getting too full of himself!

After a long silence, Great Zhou King said, "That's an ambitious name. But...I'm scared for what would happen if the ancient past were to return."

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "It's fine. A good elder will not cause trouble for their juniors about such a trivial matter. Only a bad elder will do so. And a bad elder...is unqualified to remain human. Anyone not a human...can simply die."

Such a perfect argument.

Great Zhou King was rendered completely speechless. He decided to shut his mouth.

Chapter 1652: Accidental Gain (1)

Emperor Yu's Court.

That was the name Su Yu had decided upon.

The name was too attention-grabbing. All the Invincibles believed that it was not a good idea to have this name, but Su Yu did not seem to care.

Was the Human Emperor really dead? Nobody knew. What was the actual status of all those ancient experts? Were they missing? Were they beyond the net? Were they all dead? Were they all in the Death Realm?

Su Yu wasn't too bothered. If the Human Emperor were to return, he would be happy to relax and let the Human Emperor take on the burden. But if the Human Emperor was dead, why would that name matter?

As for the fact that he could get his karma tangled with the Human Emperor's...well, he was already entangled in so much karma that he didn't care anymore.

Culture Tomb, Book of Time, Culture King, and Time Sage. He was already entangled with all those people. The karma of one more person wouldn't matter.

The Invincibles continued working on the formation. At this point, the formation was already near completion.

Suddenly, Su Yu vanished.

***

A short while later.

Su Residence.

Su Yu was back. Outside his residence, the five elemental race had arrived.

The elder was waiting with nervousness and excitement. He sensed Su Yu's return, but he continued waiting. Only upon hearing Su Yu's invitation did he enter.

Inside the room.

The elder carefully said, "Mayor Su, the carrier treasure is here. Perhaps..."

"Complete the trade now?"

"Yes."

The elder answered with utmost caution, worried that Su Yu would change his mind. Beside the elder, Topsoil Spirit was waiting nonchalantly. A Sunmoon five elemental was also with them. This was most likely the escort who had delivered the carrier treasure to them. It was perfectly normal for one to not carry valuable treasures around while traveling.

Of course, it was more likely that this Sunmoon was a specialist meant to inspect the product.

Su Yu did not mind it. He said, "Sure. Let's do it."

At that, he sent a skylotus petal out.

Sure enough, the Sunmoon five elemental was the one to catch the petal. He inspected the petal without making it too obvious before sending a voice transmission, "The petal is natural. It's not something artificially produced."

The elder exhaled in relief. He was only worried that Su Yu would sell them a replica made through weaponsmithing skills.

The Sunmoon inspected the petal for a bit more before sending another voice transmission, "From its appearance, its veins, and its aura...it is basically identical to the characteristics of nine-leaf skylotus in our records. But I can't guarantee that this is the real deal unless. The only way to guarantee that is to consume the petal and observe its effect directly."

What nonsense. This thing was too valuable to be wasted on a Sunmoon. It was meant for Invincibles or even Pseudo Invincibles. Thus, that method of testing would never happen. But the petal was indeed identical to a real skylotus petal in all aspects.

This was how special the smiling mouth lotus was. Apart from a slightly messy pattern of veins, it was completely identical to a nine-leaf skylotus. As for the veins, Su Yu had modified them slightly.

Topsoil Spirit had also been paying close attention to the petal. Alas, he couldn't discover anything. He was quite disheartened to notice that. Sure enough, Su Yu was a tricky person to handle.

Just look at how good he was at something like counterfeiting. This wasn't even his first time doing this, but each time, nobody could determine if he was selling the real or the fake product. Take his previous scam for example. Even after knowing that it was a scam, Zhan Wushuang still didn't understand why it was a scam as everything was simply too real. The corpse was real. How was it a scam?

This was an extremely high level of mastery in counterfeiting. And now, Topsoil Spirit was experiencing the same thing as Zhan Wushuang. He knew the petal was fake. But he couldn't see how this petal could be fake. The same went for the two Sunmoons. Even after a long while, none noticed anything wrong with the petal.

Finally, Su Yu's impatient voice rang out, "Are you done checking? I'm a busy man. Stop wasting my time."

The moment he urged them, the two Sunmoons started growing anxious.

After a short discussion, they concluded that this was fine. Thus, the newly arrived Sunmoon took a five-colored stone and said, "Lord Su, this is a five elemental source stone. You can use it as a carrier treasure. It is one of the most valuable treasures the five elemental race has to offer."

Su Yu accepted the stone. Upon sensing the five elemental energy in the stone, he nodded and said, "We're done here."

"Lord...are...you not selling more?"

They were even trying to buy more.

Su Yu said, "No thanks. How can I sell only to one faction? Should I allow you to produce a Daofuse that might threaten me in the future? Stop dreaming."

The two elders looked very regretful.

But inwardly, they were still carrying some hope. They were betting on their agents. Perhaps their agents could buy more for them.

Worried that the two elders would say more stupid things, Topsoil Spirit cupped his fists and said, "Mayor Su, we will be taking our leave. We'll attend the celebration tomorrow and deliver our wishes to Old Master Su."

Wow. Su Long had become Old Master Su. Su Yu wondered if his father would be happy to hear that title. An old master who was...fifty years old.

Alas, there was nothing they could do about it.

He was Su Yu's father. Thus, he was Old Master Su.

***

Before long, the five elementals left.

The moment the hidden observers noticed them, someone sent Topsoil Spirit a voice transmission, "Topsoil Spirit, did you manage to buy anything?"

Topsoil Spirit replied with a helpless tone, "No. He's not selling to any big and major races."

He knew that this was what everyone would say regardless of the result. Nobody would admit to having successfully bought the skylotus.

Thus, Su Yu could sell even seventy petals without alerting anyone. At the very least, the lie would hold for quite a while.

Nobody would be willing to easily expose their possession of such a valuable treasure. Those with the petal would be worrying about being robbed or hunted down by the major races.

Sure enough, the hidden observers were suspicious of Topsoil Spirit's answer, but none could be sure.

What could the truth be?

While they hesitated, someone else knocked on Su Residence's door. One of the hidden observers muttered in surprise, "Even the immortals are here?"

"What can a single petal do for a major race like them?"

"Would Su Yu sell it to them?"

The Sunmoons started conversing through voice transmissions. They were quite surprised to see the immortals here.

***

Su Yu was surprised as well.

Even the immortals were trying to buy from him?

Weren't they supposed to be mortal enemies?

The visiting immortal wasn't particularly strong. He was only a fourth-stage Sunmoon.

Upon entering, he bowed slightly and smiled before going straight to business, "The Emperor sent me here with a message."

Su Yu asked in surprise, "Tiangu? What does he have to say?"

"Mayor Su is trying to sell some fake petals to make some money. The immortals are not interested in ruining your business, but we require half your profits."

Su Yu laughed and said, "Fake? How are my petals fake?"

The envoy said, "You know the answer, Lord. This thing has been around since the ancient past. You're not the first to have done so. The Emperor has been around since the ancient past. He knows a lot more than others."

The envoy continued, "You can reject our offer. You can even kill me. But doing so will expose the truth. Everyone will know it. Sure, not everyone will believe us, but that will still affect your sales."

Su Yu chuckled and said, "In short, the immortals are trying to get half the profits without lifting a finger. And I'll have to take all the blame for it. Is that the case?"

What a good idea.

Tiangu...yes, it was likely that he knew what he was talking about. But a mere Sunmoon was insufficient to serve as the agent making this demand.

Seemingly having guessed what Su Yu was thinking, the envoy smiled and said, "You can kill me. You can imprison me. But I came openly. Everyone will notice my disappearance. My death will also cause a phenomenon. The immortals will then reveal the truth. The life of a mere fourth-stage Sunmoon like me in exchange for the failure of your plan is a worthy trade."

Su Yu laughed and said, "What a surprise. You're quite a brave one. But the thing is, are you sure you can leave with what I give you?"

"Don't worry. So long as you're willing to pay me, we'll have our own methods of leaving with the payment."

He sounded quite confident.

Tiangu. What an interesting fellow. Instead of exposing him, the immortals were blackmailing him. Dıscover more novels at novel⦿fire.net

Did they make this choice because they knew not everyone would believe them? Not many knew about the smiling mouth lotus, but some still knew. Those with sufficient status during the ancient past would most certainly be aware of it. Thus, it wasn't surprising for Tiangu to know.

Su Yu was sure that the Heavenly Overseer Marquis knew as well. But it didn't matter. Heavenly Overseer Marquis would most likely ignore the matter as this was not his goal. He was more concerned about those fragments. This wouldn't be the right time for him to totally fall out with Su Yu and attract Su Yu's attention.

Thus, Su Yu wasn't too worried about the marquis.

"What if I refuse? Will the immortals mess with my sales?"

"No. We will only tell everyone the truth."

The envoy wasn't strong, but he was still confident due to the strength of the immortals. Thus, he had visited Su Yu without fear even when there was a possibility of death. In any case, the death of a weakling like him wouldn't matter too much for the immortals. The immortals were strong enough to not care about losing a middle-stage Sunmoon.

Su Yu laughed. He couldn't be bothered to say much. Tiangu must be dreaming. He would rather lose some profits than share his profits with Tiangu.

Instantly, he released his Mark of Civilization.

Still with the same expression, the envoy said, "Killing me will only bring you losses. Unless you can kill every single visitor, the immortals will still learn of this before long."

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to say anything. He did not kill the immortal. That would create a phenomenon. It was pointless. Instead, he destroyed the immortal's body, keeping only the willpower. After taking the willpower into the book, he rebuilt the immortal's body before sending a character inside.

In mere moments, a brand new body stood before him. The body opened its eyes blankly. Then, some life returned to its eyes. Its aura also returned to normal.

With a smile, Su Yu muttered, "You must have some other tricks hidden away. There must be a way for someone out there to notice the moment something happens to you."

This was a trivial trick.

With a flicker, Su Yu vanished.

Those outside could still feel the immortal's aura, but they had never been able to feel Su Yu's aura. Thus, nobody noticed his departure.

Chapter 1653: Accidental Gain (2)

In the blink of an eye, Su Yu appeared near Great Ming's border.

There was a realm entrance there.

The soul devourers were supposed to be the only ones capable of using this entrance. At present, humanity was also guarding the entrance from the inside. However, the guards were quite weak. Su Yu was able to easily open the entrance undetected. While the guards were still immersed in his illusions, he stepped through the portal.

Instantly, he returned to the Allheaven Battlefield.

Nobody was waiting at the other side of the portal. Then again, that was understandable. With the Soul Devourer Realm nearby, only a fool would have the courage to come here. Right after exiting the portal, Su Yu consumed the immortal's sea of willpower with his Mark of Civilization.

As the sea of willpower shattered, numerous memory fragments emerged. Su Yu sent his willpower into the memory fragments, ignoring the resulting phenomenon. The phenomenon of a dead Sunmoon was way too normal in the Allheaven Battlefield. Nobody would care.

As for whether the immortals had a way to discover the death through the Death Realm, Su Yu wasn't too bothered about it. He did not mind the immortals knowing about this. He didn't even mind them exposing his scam. Of course, he would still prefer to leave them clueless.

Before long, he was done checking the memory fragments. With a smile, he returned to the Human Realm.

***

With Su Yu's current strength and his ability to blink through time, he was able to move rapidly.

In less than ten minutes, he was back inside the Su Residence.

The fake immortal envoy was still waiting inside.

With a wave of Su Yu's hand, a beam of light shot toward his puppet.

Then, the puppet smiled and walked out of the residence. Outside, it made a gesture with his hand, signalling to the hidden observers that everything was fine and Su Yu had agreed to the deal.

As for the hidden observer, there was nothing Su Yu could do since not even the envoy knew who the observer was.

***

Inside, Su Yu shook his head and laughed. The immortals sure were boring.

If they wanted a share of his profits, they should have tried harder, right? At the very least, they had to send an Invincible here, right? He wouldn't be able to kill an Invincible undetected before replacing the Invincible with his puppet.

Why did the immortals send a Sunmoon? Were they so afraid of losing another Invincible to him?

"Hand signals? What a boring trick."

Su Yu curled his lips with disdain. Such a trick would work against others, but not him. Yes, killing would produce a phenomenon. But so what? He only needed to kill outside the Human Realm. What then?

How dumb.

Outside, the puppet took a stroll around the city before stealthily returning to Su Yu. From the envoy's storage ring, Su Yu was able to find a treasure. Something similar to a teleportation door.

The door was meant to serve as the tool to safely deliver their share of the profits out of the Human Realm. They were aware that Su Yu might agree without giving them the chance to leave with the profits. Thus, they had prepared this door as the trump card. They intended to send the profits off right after receiving their share from Su Yu.

"Wow! This seems useful! Unfortunately...what a pity."

Why was it a pity? Because the door wasn't meant to last. It would fall apart after about seven or eight uses. As for the destination behind this door, Su Yu had no idea. It was likely that the destination would still be somewhere inside the Human Realm.

The difficulty of directly transferring things out of the realm was too high. In short, the immortals had most likely made more arrangements in the Human Realm. The envoy was only here to complete the deal. He would then send the profits away. Someone else would be in charge of delivering these profits back to the Immortal Realm.

This was quite a good plan. But they had been too wishful. How would Su Yu agree?

The envoy didn't even know too much about the plan. He did not know about the identity or the location of the person receiving the delivery from him. That was understandable as the immortals were also worried that Su Yu would dig out their entire network through only one person.

They were worried that Su Yu would extract his memories through his blood essence. However, that was no longer necessary for Su Yu. He could simply check the past of his victims through his Mark of Civilization.

Before long, a new group of visitors arrived. The new visitors were also here for the nine-leaf skylotus.

But before they could even speak, Su Yu snorted and said, "Piss off. I don't sell to the subordinate races of the divines."

The Sunmoons waiting outside trembled with fear. None dared to say anything about his refusal.

They were feeling quite helpless about this. Yes, they came from a subordinate race of the divines. But they had not expected Su Yu to not even ask if they were buying the petal for self-use before chasing them off.

Before long, they were gone.

Just then, Su Yu's cold voice rang out in the air, "The immortals, devils, divines, dragons, nethers, and their subordinate races don't need to bother. I won't kill you for coming, but you will only be wasting your time. Also, for the minor races who are acting as the agents of these major races, you might get away with it today. But consider the future consequences before doing anything."

Many minor race experts shivered with fear upon hearing that.

Yes!

What if Su Yu decided to take revenge against them in the future? Nobody suspected that Su Yu was selling fake petals. It was simply impossible.

If Su Yu were really selling fake petals, he wouldn't be so picky about his customers. From how he was limiting the sale and restricting the major races from buying, it was clear that he was selling the real deal.

What would be the point of chasing customers away if this were a scam?

***

Far away.

The five elementals heard Su Yu's words as well. Beside Topsoil Spirit, the elder said in excitement, "He didn't mention the five elemental race! He only mentioned the major races! Is he tacitly agreeing that we can buy more through others?"

Topsoil Spirit had the urge to roll his eyes. Why was his elder so eager to get scammed?

"Sure, Elder. Do what you want."

Topsoil Spirit did not feel like saying more. In any case, he had informed Su Yu of their arrangements. He could only hope that Su Yu wouldn't sell too many to them. Sure, he could always go back on his word and refuse to return their carrier treasures. But that would ruin his own reputation and affect his future cooperation with the five elementals.

***

Visitors continued arriving at the Su Residence.

Even when selling fake products, Su Yu was extremely picky with his customers. Not everyone would get the privilege of being scammed by him. Those who had successfully completed a trade with him would be overjoyed, while those rejected would feel terrible.

However, every single visitor would leave the residence with an incomparably sad expression, as though not a single one had succeeded. The hidden observers around the residence were greatly confused.

As for the immortals, the agreed-upon time to make the first delivery had arrived. The immortals would notice something wrong if the first delivery wasn't made. As Su Yu thought about it, he smiled. This was indeed quite a rigorous plan. However, they had been too stingy about it.

Since they weren't even willing to have some Invincibles do the job, why bother with such a meticulous arrangement?

In the past, he had thought that the immortal race was the sole race who had not planted their spies in the Human Realm as that was the sole race without a sect in the Myriad Race Cult. But clearly, that wasn't the case. They had simply been a lot more low-profile about it. Their people had likely only been planted to gather information, unlike the other races who would also conduct acts of violence within the Human Realm.

It was understandable why the immortals had been able to hide their presence in the Human Realm for so long.

Su Yu took out a carrier treasure, did something to it, and delivered it through the door. He was curious about the arrangements of the immortals in the Human Realm. Just how many experts did the immortals have in the Human Realm? Get full chapters from NoveI-Fire.ɴet

Instead of leaving his own imprint on the carrier treasure, he left the female furball's imprint instead. If even the female furball's imprint was discovered, it could only mean that the expert on the other side was at least a ninth-degree Eternal. Otherwise, Su Yu would be able to easily locate them.

"Would there be such an expert around?"

As Su Yu thought about it, he laughed with amusement. That was practically impossible. It would be too much of a waste to plant a ninth-degree Eternal as a spy in the Human Realm.

***

At the same time.

Human Realm.

Somewhere unknown, the empty air rippled before splitting apart. Then, a carrier treasure emerged from the opening in the air. The moment it emerged, a nearby expert burned the entire carrier treasure.

A true carrier treasure would be durable enough to withstand such burning.

This method was also useful to erase all imprints left on the carrier treasures, save for the imprints left by a super expert. After a while, the expert stopped the fire and grabbed the carrier treasure. He was currently hiding within a large ancient building.

He was not the only living person in this building. Right as he put the carrier treasure away, someone walked over and asked, "A carrier treasure? Well, this is indeed worth breaking our inactivity once. But still, we need to be careful. Destroy the teleportation door after two or three deliveries."

The newcomer had a powerful aura and a sturdy build, with a head of reddish-purple hair.

The person who had accepted the delivery was someone with a silverish-white hair.

The expert with the silverish-white hair smiled and said, "Don't worry. I'll destroy the door soon. But this is quite surprising. So this whole thing is really a scam. Su Yu. What a brazen fellow."

He laughed again and continued, "I really wish I could leave and take a good look at him. A pity..."

The expert with the reddish-purple hair said, "Your time will come. We have been hiding here for over four hundred years. The Myriad Realms is slowly descending into chaos. The time for us to leave will arrive soon."

"I hope so. My patience is slowly running thin." The expert with the silverish-white hair said, "We have been here for nearly five hundred years. We might have maintained contact with the Immortal Realm, but we have not seen the outside world for so long. Apart from the recent major events, we know nothing about the outside world anymore."

Yes. They had been here for hundreds of years. Hundreds of years ago, the various races had invaded the Human Realm right after a connection formed between the Human Realm and the Allheaven Battlefield. That led to many years of war. Eventually, humanity was able to drive out the invaders. However, humanity had also lost many of its ruins to the invading forces during the period.

As humanity was allied to the immortals during that time, the immortals had taken the opportunity to steal many ruins from humanity. This ruin was one of them. It was well-hidden, allowing the two experts to remain undetected for hundreds of years. Some of the other ruins they occupied had long been taken over by humanity or destroyed by the other invading races.

They had been hiding here, waiting for the perfect opportunity to emerge again. They were quite confident in this ruin. It was hidden well enough that unless one was a Daofuse, one would never be able to find it.

Chapter 1654: Accidental Gain (3)

The expert with the reddish-purple hair said, "Just treat this as a seclusion. The heavenly source qi here is quite dense. It's not a bad place to cultivate. At the very least, we can move freely in here instead of being forced to enter deep sleep in the Immortal Realm. If the others can withstand this solitude, we definitely can as well."

"It's not that I can't withstand the solitude...but this is really too lonely." The expert with the silverish-white hair asked, "Are you not lonely here? Deep sleep isn't that bad. You won't notice the passage of time. Being awake can also be a torture at times. I'm tired of this tiny ruin."

The expert with the reddish-purple hair nodded in agreement. Yes. It was indeed lonely and boring here.

He said, "This time, the Jade King was ordered by the Emperor himself to contact us. Since they are making us do this, the time for us to leave is likely near. They wouldn't have picked us to do this otherwise. I suppose the war between our realm and the Human Realm is near."

They wouldn't be activated before the war. Thus, they could only deduce that the war was near.

The expert with the silverish-white hair said, "Exactly. When the war begins, humanity will be busy dealing with the immortals at the front lines. We can then emerge and stab them on the back, cutting off their retreat route. This will eventually lead to their destruction."

He continued, "Fire King, how many hidden experts like us do you think are there in the Human Realm? Are there any hidden experts from the other races in the Human Realm as well?"

The Fire King smiled and said, "I don't know. But I'm sure the number won't be low. The various races wouldn't have left without leaving some trump cards behind. Take our race as an example. I reckon we have at least three similar ruins occupied. The divines and devils must have done the same as well..."

The expert with the silverish-white hair said, "I can't wait for the war to break out. I can't wait to give the humans a big surprise. Just when will the war happen?"

"Soon." Fire King said, "According to Jade King, these carrier treasures will be stored here for now. After collecting one or two more of them, destroy the teleportation door."

They were not the only ones here. They were merely the only Eternals here. The rest were either Sunmoons or Mountainseas. Over the years, they had all cultivated and waited patiently for the right timing to arrive.

Having spent nine epochs fighting humanity, the immortals were naturally aware of how annoying the humans were to deal with. Thus, they would never let go of a chance to create more trump cards to be used against the humans.

Early in the tenth epoch, they had only allied with the humans for pragmatic reasons. At the time, Tiangu had yet to wake up. The immortals wouldn't benefit from defeating humanity then.

Eventually, the various races were forced out of the Human Realm. However, they had long taken over some ruins hidden in between space. They only withdrew from the publicly known ruins while keeping the well-hidden ruins for themselves. As for the ruins they withdrew from, they had naturally destroyed those ruins.

Thus, quite a large number of people were still living within these well-hidden ruins. It was likely that each of the major races had several such ruins under their control. The people in these ruins had been kept inactive as they waited for the perfect moment to strike. These people would serve as the tool for their pincer attack to eliminate humanity once and for all.

***

Su Yu was naturally unaware of all that.

Not long after the carrier treasure was sent over, he received a voice transmission from the female furball, "My imprint is gone. I can't feel it anymore. Was the carrier treasure sent straight out of the realm?"

The female furball had lost contact with her imprint.

Su Yu was surprised to hear that. He stared at the door in astonishment. Was this thing good enough to deliver things outside the realm? Was it really so impressive? It certainly didn't feel like such an impressive tool.

Su Yu was no stranger to teleportation devices. Hu Xiansheng was also an expert in this subject. Su Yu had personally witnessed Hu Xiansheng's door in action. The range for such doors wouldn't be too great. The door was only able to send someone from the Allheaven Prefecture to Great Xia at full strength.

Sending something out of the realm would be too difficult. The door in front of him did not contain the amount of power required for such a task.

Su Yu said, "Outside the realm? The difficulty for that would be too high. It's very likely that the carrier treasure is still somewhere in the Human Realm...but...are you sure you can't sense it anymore, Lord?"

"I can't."

As a super expert who was also a sentient law, the female furball's imprint was something even a ninth-degree Eternal could barely detect. Since the imprint had gone missing, had it been erased? Or had the signal been blocked by some unique power?

A place capable of blocking the power of laws...

What manner of place could do so?

Su Yu sank into thought. After a while, he thought of something. A ruin.

An ancient ruin would have such an ability. There was no doubting that. Why? Because when one affirmed one's dao inside an ancient ruin, there would barely be a phenomenon, signifying that the heavenly laws were incapable of detecting what was happening inside an ancient ruin. However, each ruin could only support one dao affirmation before it was fully exhausted of resources.

It wasn't that laws were absent in these ancient ruins. Each ruin would contain its own laws that were likely left behind by the original owner of the ruin. Someone compatible with the dao of the original owner would be able to grow much stronger from achieving dao affirmation in the ruin.

For a ruin to block even the female furball's detection, it needed to be an unexploited ruin. An unexploited ruin was essentially a ruin that had yet to support a dao affirmation. It must be a newly discovered ruin. Or an old ruin that had been occupied yet kept unexploited until now. But how was that possible?

As Su Yu laughed at the ridiculous thought, his face stiffened. Just how many ruins were there in the Human Realm? He had no idea. He doubted anyone had the answer for that. Any known ruin would have been used long ago. The existing human peak Sunmoons wouldn't have been so desperate that they had to gather carrier treasures through slaughter in the Allheaven Battlefield otherwise.

"Wait, it can't be a ruin, right?"

Preparing a teleportation channel through a ruin wouldn't be a short project. But a ruin was the only thing that could block the female furball's detection. Or had the carrier treasure really been transferred out of the Human Realm?

"Whatever. I'll put this matter aside for now. It's only a carrier treasure. I'll have Hu Xiansheng check the door later."

Su Yu was feeling quite regretful. He had been planning to bust the spy network of the immortals through this ploy, but it had failed.

Damn it! What a waste!

Then again, this wasn't necessarily a bad thing. The immortals should feel comfortable enough to keep their mouths shut after receiving a carrier treasure, right?

"A ruin...Or outside the Human Realm?"

Su Yu wasn't sure. If it were really a ruin, it would be an unexploited ruin, something he could still benefit from. In any case, he would know after asking around.

He wasn't completely clueless about the dao of space, but his accomplishment in this dao was rather shallow. He had no way of seeing through the teleportation door. But Hu Xiansheng might love this door.

Putting the door aside, Su Yu continued receiving visitors. He was trying to scam as many people as he could. After making their payments, it would basically be impossible for these victims to reclaim their carrier treasures from Su Yu.

Su Yu loved scamming. After all, robbing required the use of force. It could get annoying. Meanwhile, a scam was essentially an exchange between two willing parties.

Su Yu did not deliver more carrier treasures through the door. Instead, he had the female furball leave an imprint on a heaven weapon before delivering the weapon over. That was a weapon jointly forged by Heavenly Forge King and Zhao Tianbing. It had just been completed not long ago.

Since Su Yu did not have the habit of using weapons forged by others, he decided to perform another test with this weapon. He really wanted to know if those on the other side were inside or outside the Human Realm.

He could even check with Heavenly Forge King after this if there was any backdoor left on the weapon to further make use of it. But as usual, the weapon seemed to have vanished right after it went through the door. The female furball still couldn't detect its destination.

Su Yu was quite astonished. He had high expectations as the female furball was a Daofuse. But it wouldn't be difficult to check either. He only needed the female furball to enter the Allheaven Battlefield for a bit. If she still couldn't sense her imprints there, these spies would most likely be hidden in a ruin.

"Did the immortals discover a new ruin in the Human Realm and took over it in secret?"

Su Yu had yet to extend his thought process too much. He had been stuck at the assumption that a new ruin was in play. He was still under the misconception that Great Qin King and the others had chased all invaders out of the Human Realm during the war back then.

After all, it had been so many years. There shouldn't be any enemies from back then left. This wasn't bad news for him. The level of the ruin wouldn't matter. No matter what, a ruin should come with some carrier treasures, right? It was also a safe place for one to attempt dao affirmation in peace.

Weren't Zhu Tiandao and Marquis Xia still stuck in the Sunmoon Realm? A ruin would be perfect for them. Sure, a ruin could only accommodate one of them, but that was better than nothing.

As time progressed, Su Yu continued selling his fake petals. After selling about eighty or so, he finally stopped. Selling too many of these petals might end up exposing him earlier than he wanted.

He had received twenty carrier treasures from his sales. Then, he sent a carrier treasure and a heaven weapon through the door. Even so, this was still a massive profit for him. Sure enough, the myriad races were rich. Even the minor races were somehow able to afford his price. Content orıginally comes from novel-fire.ɴet

After some time, Su Yu tried sending more treasures through the door. But this time, it failed. Perhaps the spies had detected something. Or perhaps they were simply nervous. In any case, the door no longer worked.

Su Yu was surprised. Did they destroy the connecting door? How odd. Were they wary of detection? Or were they so easily satisfied? Once again, Su Yu reminded himself to ask Hu Xiansheng about the door tomorrow. Perhaps he could gain something surprising from this.

***

At this point, the night was over. A new day had arrived.

When Su Yu arrived at the academy, he noted that his formation was near completion. Clearly, Junior Zhou King's time acceleration had been quite effective.

At this point, all the Invincibles working on the formation were already looking pale from exhaustion.

When Great Zhou King saw Su Yu, he smiled and said, "It's almost done. Only a few doors are left."

He would leave after the completion of this formation.

Su Yu nodded and sent a voice transmission, "Your Majesty, are there more undiscovered ruins in the Human Realm?"

"Are you asking about Nanyuan?"

"No. Human Realm as a whole."

"I'm not sure. There might be more. Are you looking for more ruins?"

"No. I suspect the immortals might have taken over a newly discovered ruin in the Human Realm."

Great Zhou King sank into thought. Then, he said, "That might be the case. Or not. It might also be a ruin that has been under their control since back then. I did try to look for these ruins in the past, but these ruins are too hard to find. Back then, we were under an alliance with the immortals. Thus, we allowed them to take over quite a number of ruins. After their departure, we tried looking for these ruins, but we could never be sure if there were more left. If you find anything, you can let me know about it."

A ruin under their control since back then?

Su Yu nodded and said, "I understand. I'll notify you if I find anything."

Just then, Great Ming King roared. Then, a tower made of ten thousand doors took form before rapidly shrinking.

A lightning tribulation started appearing in the sky.

A punishment from the heavens had arrived.

The formation had produced a punishment instead of a reward. Perhaps it was because this formation was essentially a weapon of murder. Nevertheless, the tribulation was quite a minor one. Before Su Yu could do anything, it was easily scattered by Great Ming King.

Then, the completed tower flew toward Su Yu.

The tired Great Ming King gasped for breath and said, "Your requirements are too high. Any formation of this scale could have been completed much earlier. Don't even think of skimping on your rewards for our help this time."

Su Yu laughed and said, "Thank you, everyone. You will receive double the promised treasures after my father's birthday celebration. For now, I have a birthday celebration to attend..."

Beside him, Great Zhou King was rendered speechless. Was this guy trying to renege on the debt? No, that was unlikely. Perhaps he was waiting for one of them to die. That would save him some of his treasures.

How stingy!

Great Ming King and the others did not think too much about it. This was the day of the celebration. Thus, they would only need to wait a day to receive their rewards. This was no big deal.

Great Zhou King smiled and said, "You must all be tired. Let's find a comfortable place and take a short break for now."

Su Yu laughed. The ones to emerge from the break might all be clones.

Great Zhou King was ready to leave.

Chapter 1655: Slow Day (1)

Nanyuan.

Su Yu did not bother to wait for Great Zhou King and the others. They would appear when the time was right. As for how many of them would arrive as clones, he was unsure. Great Zhou King had mentioned that he wouldn't be taking too many Invincibles with him.

The newly reconstructed Nanyuan was similar in design with the past Nanyuan, with the biggest difference being the fact that most of the buildings in the city were new. A majority of the original Nanyuan residents had yet to return.

Nevertheless, a large number of locals had still gathered outside the city. They were here to celebrate Su Long's longevity. Longevity for reaching fifty years. For many, that was quite an awkward thing to celebrate for someone as young as him.

The city bustled with noise and excitement.

Colorful lanterns and banners filled the entire city.

The majority of the people currently in the city were not commoners. Rather, they were the soldiers from the army. These soldiers were also the ones receiving the many guests at the city gate.

A large number of guests had arrived. That included the myriad race visitors. Since they were already here, there was no reason for them to skip this celebration. The experts of the thirty-six prefectures were also present, even if some looked rather unhappy to be there.

After all, this was also the day of Su Yu's coronation as the new holy lord.

Su Yu was already in the city.

***

Outside the city.

A large number of experts were waiting, but they were in no rush to enter.

As usual, Topsoil Spirit was accompanied by his elder. The elder was slightly nervous as he sent Topsoil Spirit a voice transmission, "Topsoil, do you think the immortals, devils, divines, and dragons will cause trouble during Su Yu's coronation?"

"Unlikely." Topsoil Spirit explained, "It's pointless to move against Su Yu now when they still have no way to guarantee his death. The various races have yet to complete their preparations in the Death Realm. Attacking now will only reveal more of their trump cards without achieving anything of note. It's not worth it."

That was his opinion. And he was pretty confident in it. In truth, most of the smarter ones shared the same opinion. The myriad races would not bother to make a move against Su Yu right now.

That included even the immortals and devils. They were only observing for now without any intention to make a move.

And thus, the divines, devils, and immortals had all sent their envoys to congratulate Su Yu. That might not be their real intention here, but it was also true that they were only here to watch a good show.

Wouldn't it be fun if the humans started fighting among themselves during such an important ceremony?

***

Far away.

After some thought, Mo Duona said, "Do not cause trouble today. It's pointless to provoke Su Yu for now."

A Pseudo Invincible beside him nodded in agreement. It was indeed pointless for them to ruin this ceremony.

In short, the ceremony would probably proceed smoothly unless an internal fight were to break out between the humans. It was either that or Su Yu picking a fight because he was bored. Otherwise, this ceremony would turn into a one-man show for Su Yu.

***

Not far away.

Zhan Wushuang was giving the people around him the same warning. At the moment, Zhan Wushuang was looking slightly pale. The restriction Su Yu placed on him was still intact. In fact, he had mainly visited this time to have the restriction removed. Unfortunately, Su Yu had refused to meet him for the past few days. He had to keep finding an opportunity to get a meeting with Su Yu.

***

Divines, devils, immortals, dragons...

None of the major races was planning to cause trouble today. Firstly, Su Yu was already quite strong. Secondly, this was the Human Realm with people like Great Zhou King around. Furthermore, the thirty-five guardians and Great Qin King were also waiting outside the Human Realm. Finally, Su Yu could easily escape through a death tunnel.

Therefore, this was not the time and place to act against Su Yu.

As such, most of the myriad race visitors appeared rather relaxed, confident that no trouble would arise.

***

The humans shared the same opinion.

Outside the city.

These days, Xia Huyou was considered one of the leaders of the human youths. As a prefect, he enjoyed a rather high status.

Since everything was happening within Great Xia, he looked very comfortable and at ease.

Surrounded by a group of Invincible descendants, he laughed and said, "Don't worry. Nanyuan has just been rebuilt. Everything here is in good condition. More importantly, there is a ruin here. After the celebration, we can take a trip to the ruin. The heavenly source qi there is quite dense.

Numerous expressions changed upon hearing that. Not long ago, a lot of people had died because of that ruin. The fight for that ruin had also led toward the destruction of the previous holy lands. Some of them had even lost their elders during that battle.

Nanyuan ruin.

Even now, everyone was still certain that it was a real ruin.

Of course, a small number of people were suspicious. However, none could provide solid proof to back their suspicion. After all, the fake ruin was simply too stable thanks to the carrier treasure Su Yu used to forge the ruin. Wan Tiansheng had also helped in the production of this ruin. Thus, it wouldn't be easy for anyone to determine if it was a fake ruin.

Thanks to Su Yu's philosophy of mixing the real and the fake when making something fake, many were still utterly convinced that this was a real ruin even after all this time.

Qin Fang was beside Xia Huyou as well, but he couldn't be bothered to say anything in response to Xia Huyou's words. Instead, he looked at Wu Qi and Huang Teng before asking, "Do you think anything unexpected will happen today?"

Huang Teng was clad in his usual hemp garment with his crew cut hair, looking like an old farmer. When he heard the question, he smiled and said, "What could happen? As long as the human prefectures don't cause any trouble, the myriad races won't have the courage to try anything either. Do you think Mayor Su is a pushover?"

Clearly, everyone had the same opinion here.

Qin Fang nodded and said, "Nanyuan...this is such a nice place. The Su Family has earned boundless glory, even more than my Qin Family. Just look at how even the myriad races are here to celebrate the longevity of someone merely fifty years old."

There was a lot of glory in that, considering fifty was really not that old.

Just then, someone snorted and said, "Excessive arrogance will lead to ruination. Su Yu is too overbearing. How dare he force the thirty-six prefectures to celebrate his father's birthday? Just how old is his father to deserve such a grand celebration? Is he not afraid of losing lhis ifespan from the bad karma?"

Xia Huyou looked over and said, "Shang Tianjiao, just keep your mouth shut. You will be fine saying that here since we all know you're brainless. But try saying the same thing inside Nanyuan. Not even your Shang Family can protect you."

Shang Tianjiao shot back coldly, "Am I wrong? Just how old is his father? And how old are the various prefects? Every Sunmoon is older than a hundred. How dare he make everyone celebrate the longevity of their junior?"

"Tianjiao!"

Beside her, Shan Xiong stopped her from saying more. Things had changed. She had to start watching her mouth around certain topics as not even the Shang Family could protect her anymore. He doubted that even Great Shang King would want to get into a quarrel with Su Yu anymore. Official source ıs Novᴇl_Fire(.)net

Shang Tianjiao had no respect for Xia Huyou and the others, but she was quite obedient when it came to Shan Xiong. Right after his warning, she shut her mouth.

Xia Huyou smiled and said, "Shan Xiong, you'd better keep a tight watch over her. Don't let her say anything stupid in the city. It's fine here since we're all old friends. But...things might get ugly if Brother Su hears about it."

Shan Xiong nodded and warned the furious Shang Tianjiao again with his eyes.

Some things couldn't be spoken about anymore.

As for Qin Fang and the others, they couldn't even be bothered to entertain the others in the group. As far as they were concerned, they lived in an entirely different world from the rest of them.

Among the people in Shang Tianjiao's group, Shan Xiong was the sole person who was decently strong. In fact, he was probably slightly stronger than Huang Teng, even if he had a lower status than the rest of them. But since Shan Xiong had always been a man of few words, Qin Fang had never bothered to pursue more conversations with him.

Completely ignoring them, Qin Fang spoke to Wu Qi again, "Wu Qi, I heard your younger sister has been researching something mysterious with Bai Feng. It has been a while since I last saw them. Have they produced anything that might be useful to us?"

"I don't know. I never asked." Wu Qi replied indifferently. She had her focus on the distant Mo Duona.

Noticing her burning gaze as she stared at Mo Duona, Huang Teng shook his head and said, "Don't provoke him. For some reason, the mere sight of him is enough to send a chill up my spine this time. He must have grown massively yet again. I reckon he's near the Sunmoon Realm. Upon becoming a Sunmoon, I suspect he'll be as strong as Pseudo Invincibles..."

Qin Fang sighed and said, "Yeah. He is too far ahead of us. I felt it as well. He's probably only a step away from the Sunmoon Realm. A good opportunity might be all he needs to step into that realm..."

As of late, the gap between the different Heaven Index geniuses was starting to widen.

Mo Duona was the strongest. Xuan Wuji was dead. Zhan Wushuang had lost his spirit recently. A few Heaven Index geniuses had died in Su Yu's hands. This allowed some new names to enter the Heaven Index, resulting in a wider gap between the different geniuses on the same index.

They continued chatting among themselves in a relaxed manner. They were all confident that nothing major would happen today.

In fact, Qin Fang was feeling relaxed enough to laugh and say, "What a pity. If you ask me, things would be a lot more interesting for something to happen today. Even better if we could lure a few myriad race Invincibles over. With so many of our experts here, this would be a great opportunity to kill some enemy Invincibles for the grand occasion."

"..."

Everyone stared at him speechlessly. What stupid thing was he wishing for?

How ridiculous.

Huang Teng rolled his eyes and said, "Stop jinxing things. Peace is getting harder and harder to come by nowadays. Must you seek trouble when things are peaceful?"

Killing a few Invincibles for the grand occasion?

Qin Fang had always been someone with the tendency to jinx things the moment he spoke.

Then again, the myriad race Invincibles were no fools. Why would they provoke Su Yu here for no reason?

He must be dreaming.

Chapter 1656: Slow Day (2)

Qin Fang had always been known for his ability to jinx things.

His father, Qin Zhen, wasn't much better. The source of thɪs content is novel✶fire.net

The celebration in Nanyuan was being held in Nanyuan's newly built mayor's residence. The place was spacious enough to serve as the venue for the event.

At the moment, Qin Zhen was right beside Su Yu. With a smile, he said, "Su Yu, things are looking boring today. How I wish I could kill a few people for the occasion. Even better if I can kill some fairy immortals."

At that, Su Yu cursed inwardly. What a crazy man.

Why? Why was this guy spreading such thoughts to him all the time? Because of this guy, he could no longer see a fairy immortal without thinking about killing them. It was all this guy's fault.

In fact, this guy had been telling him the same thing since their very first meeting.

What a scumbag. How could he bring himself to harm those beautiful and dainty fairies?

But...Su Yu wasn't so sure that it would be a boring day.

The moment Old Zhou's attack was revealed, a crisis would arrive. Everyone would realize that the Human Realm was at its weakest. The myriad races might take the opportunity to attack while the human experts were away. This would also present them with a good opportunity to make a move against Su Yu.

Thus, Qin Zhen wasn't exactly right. This might not be a slow day.

Su Yu could only hope that Qin Zhen wouldn't regret his words later.

Qin Zhen continued, "I wonder where Xia Longwu is. I saw him earlier, but he's nowhere to be seen now."

According to Great Zhou King, he wouldn't take too many people with him. However, Xia Longwu was among them. Qin Zhen was probably excluded because he was...too weak for Great Zhou King's liking.

With Xia Longwu missing, Great Zhou King might have set off to launch his attack.

Su Yu smiled and said, "He's the prefect. With so many Invincibles still in the capital, he has to keep an eye on them."

"True." Qin Zhen beckoned at Marquis Xia and shouted, "Hey, Xia Xiao'er! Come on! Let's chat! Let your underlings handle things. Why are you handling the reception personally?"

Marquis Xia had an unsightly expression, but he soon started smiling again as he asked, "Prefect Qin, where's Qin Hao? It has been a while since I last saw him. Is he an Invincible already?"

Well, that was rude.

Qin Hao was the number two of the Qin Family. Zhu number two was a Pseudo Invincible who had killed Invincibles before.

Xia number two was also a Pseudo Invincible who had killed Invincibles before.

As for Qin number two, he was an eighth-stage Sunmoon. A real eighth-stage Sunmoon, unlike the other two number twos who were fake eighth-stage Sunmoons.

Instantly, Qin Zhen's mood dropped as he said, "The Qin Family is a lot more honest than you guys. Qin Zhen is currently in seclusion. He will be a ninth-stage Sunmoon soon!"

"Allow me to congratulate you in advance!"

Marquis Xia said, "Among those in Xia Family, I'm too untalented. My nephew, on the other hand, is an entirely different story. He's already an Invincible. A fourth-degree Eternal capable of fighting fifth-degree Eternals. I am too weak to compare against that nephew of mine."

Once again, Qin Zhen was stumped for words. Wasn't Marquis Xia insulting him here? Marquis Xia's nephew...Xia Longwu. Everyone knew that was Xia Longwu. Why was Marquis Xia emphasizing that Xia Longwu was his nephew here?

Qin Zhen was starting to regret calling Marquis Xia over. Why was the Marquis Xia acting this way? What was the big deal with being called Xia Xiao'er? That was the name his old man had given him! If he wanted to blame someone, he should be blaming his old man!

Just look at Great Qin King! Those of the Qin Family were all given normal names such as Qin Zhen and Qin Hao. Why was Marquis Xia taking his anger out on others?

To the side, Su Yu was laughing in amusement.

Qin Zhen would never be Marquis Xia's match in talking.

Su Yu reckoned that only Zhu Tiandao could be Marquis Xia's match in this aspect.

In fact, he couldn't recall a time when Zhu Tiandao had taken a loss in this. He had won most of his verbal spars against Marquis Xia.

Coincidentally, Zhu Tiandao arrived right at that moment.

He strode over leisurely and said, "What are you doing here? I have been looking around for you guys. I thought you went somewhere to have fun without me!"

He approached, walking on thin air, looking incomparably carefree and at ease.

At Zhu Tiandao's arrival, Marquis Xia stopped his verbal assaults at Qin Zhen. Zhu number two was his actual competitor in this aspect. As for Qin Zhen, that wasn't even an opponent worthy of his attention.

He considered Zhu number two an extremely difficult opponent.

Upon landing on the ground, Zhu Tiandao smiled and said, "Su Yu...no, I should be calling you holy lord from now on. Are you staying longer in the Human Realm this time? Are you interested in taking a trip back at Great Ming? No matter what, you're an elder of Great Ming. Your Source Soul Research Center is still there."

Su Yu laughed and said, "True. I need to go back when I get the chance. Are Teacher Wen and the others doing well?"

"They are doing decent, but they lack heavenly source qi. Will you be giving them some? They are getting old. Cultivation is getting harder and harder for them..."

"Of course." Su Yu asked, "Is Faculty Head Hu here?"

"Yes. Are you looking for him?" Zhu Tiandao said, "He has been a shut-in as of late. I had to force him out of his room. He has gotten too engrossed in his research about space. But this isn't an easy dao to pursue. After becoming a Sunmoon, he stopped worrying about his lifespan and completely set his cultivation aside again."

Hu Xiansheng was actually quite talented in cultivation. He was also very good in the cultivation of characters. Alas, he had never bothered to put too much effort into his cultivation. Instead, he spent the majority of his time in research, research in space, in particular. And that had never been an easy path to walk.

Thus, he had completely forgotten about cultivation after his advancement. With ample money and resources, he returned to how he was in the past and dumped all his wealth into research.

Su Yu still remembered that Hu Xiansheng was desperate enough to sell even the Multiple Character Faculty back when he first reached Great Ming.

And Great Ming was surprisingly open-minded as he wasn't stopped from doing so. Any other prefecture would have punished him for even harboring such thoughts.

Su Yu laughed and said, "The dao of space is wide-ranging and profound. If Faculty Head Hu could reach the very end of this dao, his future would be limitless. Truly, those from the multiple character faction are amazing."

Hu Xiansheng had been focused on the dao of space for many years. He must have benefited from observing Hollow's previous breakthrough. Su Yu did notice the look of comprehension on his face when he was observing the breakthrough.

Hu Xiansheng only needed to reach Hollow's level to become one of the stronger experts on the Dao Affirmation Ranking.

Alas, Old Hu had completely neglected his cultivation.

But upon thinking more about it, Su Yu laughed. The cultivation of characters and the physical body was different. When cultivating characters, one's comprehension mattered more. Brute cultivation wouldn't do much. It was always possible for Hu Xiansheng to suddenly elevate himself into a top expert by a single comprehension after lagging behind for a bit.

Su Yu was looking for Hu Xiansheng because of the teleportation door he had just obtained.

Hearing that Hu Xiansheng had arrived as well, he said, "Prefect, can you locate him for me? I have something to show him."

"I don't know where he teleported himself to." Zhu Tiandao looked around before shouting, "Old Hu! Where are you?"

Not even Zhu Tiandao could sense Hu Xiansheng, the expert in the dao of space.

After a while, the space before them rippled. Then, a smiling Hu Xiansheng walked out of thin air. He looked at Su Yu and asked, "Mayor Su, how goes your space character?"

Su Yu smiled and said, "That character is doing decent. Faculty Head, your mastery in the path of characters has increased yet again."

"It's nothing special compared to Hollow. The spatial beast race is blessed by nature itself in this aspect."

He continued, "Also, Great Zhou King is also incredible with his teleportation character. I am nothing compared to them."

Hu Xiansheng said with an impressed expression, "Teleporting so many Invincibles away from the Human Realm in an instant? That is a level I'll need hundreds of years to reach. In the past, I did not accept the fact that Great Zhou King was the number one character cultivator among humanity. But I accept that fact now. I reckon even Great Ming King isn't as good as him in this aspect."

Zhu Tiandao laughed and said, "Old Man, why are you talking badly about us when we're the ones feeding you? Are you not ashamed?"

Hu Xiansheng laughed as well and said, "I was merely being honest. But speaking of, we all might pursue the dao of space, but we are each focusing on a different aspect of it. Great Zhou King is good at teleportation to a specific location. He is very good at resisting spatial resistance. As for me, I prefer to focus in the movement through space itself. I pursue stability instead of resisting through brute force."

Su Yu said, "Faculty Head, let's stop the topic here. I have something interesting to show you."

"That book of yours? Are you thinking of harvesting more space for it?"

"Not for now."

Su Yu said nothing else and took the teleportation door out.

After taking a look at the door for a bit, Hu Xiansheng said, "This is a product of the immortals. A short-range teleportation door..."

"Short-range?" Su Yu frowned.

Hu Xiansheng nodded and said, "Yes. No more than three thousand kilometers. A distance like this is very short for me. A true long-distance teleportation will be similar to what Great Zhou King can do, teleporting to a different realm directly. Only a distance over ten thousand kilometers can be considered long range..."

After studying the door for a bit more, Hu Xiansheng said, "Decent workmanship, but the limitations are too big. Firstly, the range is short. Secondly, it can only transport small items. Thirdly, it can only transport items with high durability. Fourthly..."

Hu Xiansheng started giving a lecture.

However, Su Yu only focused on one point. The short range of no more than three thousand kilometers.

He asked, "Can it transfer items through realm barriers?"

"That's not possible."

Hu Xiansheng shook his head and said, "Impossible. Realm barriers are durable enough to withstand even the attacks of Invincibles. Don't even dream of piercing through realm barriers with this weak little thing."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu.

So there really was a hidden ruin somewhere in the Human Realm. Some immortals were hiding there, and the ruin was within a range of three thousand kilometers from him. Only a few prefectures fit that requirement.

Great Song, Great Shang, Great Jin, and Great Ming.

The ruin would most likely be in one of these prefectures.