Tribulation of Myriad Races

Listening to the old instructor’s eloquent lecture, Su Yu felt like he was personally touring the three seas. His heart was filled with admiration toward the quality of education here. Before long, his admiration rose further when a large screen appeared in front of the classroom. Lifelike marine beasts appeared before their eyes. An even more shocking scene appeared next. On the screen, a beast started speaking.

“Jiliwala…”

Su Yu couldn’t understand what the beast was speaking, but all this felt incredibly novel to him.

Video learning! Incredible!

The old instructor smiled, “This is the sea lion race. It was speaking the sea lion language earlier. This is a minor language, but it is still quite useful as there are a lot of sea lions in the seas. You will probably encounter them when you visit the three seas in the future. You can try communicating with them…”

…

Su Yu felt like he had entered a brand new world. This was his very first time listening to a non-human speaking. In the past, Liu Wenyan had been the one to teach him all the languages he knew. He had never experienced video learning before.

When he looked around and saw that many of the students seemed used to this, he smiled helplessly. Sure enough, Nanyuan was too far behind the other cities. With such an education method, it wouldn’t be surprising for one to master 30 or more languages.

It was no wonder even a fool like Wu Lan could master over 30 languages. Su Yu muttered to himself that if he had been given the same education, he would have mastered at least 40 languages.

…

The entire day of lessons was tiring yet fulfilling. Suddenly, Su Yu found himself hating Liu Hong less. He realized that he badly needed these basic lessons. Minor languages, Divine Character structure, sea of willpower protection, language analysis, and so on. There was a lot to do, but he had managed to learn a lot as well.

“So Divine Characters can’t be fused in an unplanned manner…”

No wonder Bureau Head Sun and the others had reminded him so sternly that he shouldn’t rashly fuse his Divine Characters. If he fused Divine Characters randomly, their abilities might repel each other and result in a breakdown of the characters. This was something he had only learned today.

Different Divine Characters might have abilities that completely countered each other. Only Divine Characters with compatible abilities could be fused safely.

…

Su Yu stayed back after the class and only left after the classroom was cleaned. He planned to go grab a meal before starting his daily cultivation routine. However, somebody stood in his path again. This time, there were two individuals in front of him.

Xia Huyou looked at Lin Yao and smiled before stepping backward, seemingly inviting Lin Yao to speak first. From his expression, it was clear he was not interested in getting involved in Lin Yao’s business.

Lin Yao merely glanced at Xia Huyou without saying anything. There was no need to provoke someone from the Xia Family for no reason.

Lin Yao looked at Su Yu and went straight to the point, “Su Yu, I am Lin Yao. Let’s speak frankly. I am going to reach the Great Strength Realm soon. I wish to buy your mountainbreak bull blood essence. Name the price. Or I can also trade you my silkwrym blood essence. The silkwrym race occupies the 86th place among the top 100 races.

“Meanwhile, the mountainbreak bull race only occupies the 99th place. Of course, its blood essence is more suited for Great Strength body forging. Therefore, I am willing to add 100 merit points on top of that. You can achieve a similar effect using the silkwrym blood essence while also earning an extra 100 merit points. What do you think?”

Su Yu did not answer. He looked at Xia Huyou and asked, “What’s the price of silkwrym blood essence?”

Xia Huyou smiled and said, “Great Strength silkwrym blood essence isn’t cheap. Mountainbreak bull blood essence can be bought at 10 merit points per drop while the silkwrym blood essence can be bought at 9 merit points per drop. The difference in value isn’t that big. With the additional 100 merit points he offered, it would be a fair trade.”

Su Yu nodded and looked at Lin Yao. He was just thinking about beating this fellow up. And now, this Lin Yao fellow was delivering himself to him. What a coincidence!

“If I say no, would you create trouble for me?”

Lin Yao frowned, “You’re not even at the Great Strength Realm. I don’t have the interest to bully you. Ask me that question when you reach the Great Strength Realm or the Mental Tempering Stage.”

Su Yu smiled, “I see. No, I’m not selling.”

“You…” Lin Yao frowned and said in a displeased manner, “I told you. The silkwrym blood essence has a similar effect. It won’t affect you that much.”

“In that case, you can use the silkwrym blood essence yourself.”

Su Yu rolled his eyes. Since the two were similar, why did Lin Yao insist on the trade?

Lin Yao was getting furious. “Are you really clueless or are you pretending? People like me aim to enter the Top 100 Ranking. For us, any little bit of strength matters. You will at least be a year behind us. You have plenty of time to make up for the missing strength from using a weaker blood essence.

“I am willing to pay you 100 merit points on top of that. Su Yu, do you even have 100 merit points? Don’t be stubborn and lose a benefit you can grab just for the sake of ego. That is pointless. A smart person should know how to make smart choices. Don’t let ego dictate how you act.”

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Su Yu was getting impatient. “I’m not selling. What’s the problem with refusing to sell or trade? Since you insist…I really can’t sell it. But a month later, the top three students can challenge the students of the senior class. You’re a ninth-stage Source Opening cultivator. I’m at the same stage. I’m not at the Mental Tempering Stage yet but I don’t mind that you’re already at the Mental Tempering Stage. At that time, I’ll challenge you. If you win, I’ll make the trade for the same price you offered today.

“And if I win…I don’t need your blood essence. It would be a shame if you end up not having even the silkwrym blood essence for your body forging. I am not the kind of person that would intentionally delay the cultivation of others. I will take 300 merit points instead. That’s fair, right?”

Lin Yao looked at Su Yu with a frown. “Are you sure? Su Yu, don’t think that I’m bullying you. You’re not even at the Mental Tempering Stage yet. Are you sure you want to challenge me?”

“Yes.” Su Yu smiled, “I’m afraid of trouble. If I lose, I’ll have the excuse to make the trade and even earn 100 merit points. That’s a great deal for me. Just remember to not hit too hard during the spar. I don’t have the money to heal myself.”

Lin Yao gave Su Yu a deep look and smiled.

“Looks like you’re quite confident in yourself. But I need to tell you that confidence might be a good thing to have, but blind arrogance will only bring you shame.”

“Sure. See you after the monthly exam.”

Lin Yao turned around and left. He wasn’t going to reach the Great Strength Realm so soon so he could afford to wait. But he was quite surprised that Su Yu would actually have the confidence to challenge him.

After Lin Yao left, Xia Huyou beamed and said, “Su Yu, it’s quite mean of you to scam him like this.”

“What?” Su Yu asked in astonishment, “What do you mean?”

“Are you sure you’re not scamming him?” Xia Huyou grinned, “I believe you can win. You will absolutely win. What a nice scheme. You’re going to get 300 merit points in one go. Also, you’re even aware about the requirements to challenge a senior class student. You must have done your research before this, right?”

Su Yu wasn’t an old student of the academy. And the new students would normally not be informed about this for no reason. Since Su Yu knew about it, he had clearly been doing his research about it.

It was obvious that this fellow already had his eyes set on someone in the senior class. Was Lin Yao his target? That would be too much of a coincidence. Xia Huyou rubbed his chin and concluded that Lin Yao shouldn’t be Su Yu’s initial target. Maybe it was Wu Lan?

Su Yu smiled, “Don’t talk nonsense. I was merely tired of getting bothered again and again for the blood essence so I asked a teacher about it. If it’s possible, I would intentionally lose the blood essence in a spar. The silkwrym blood essence would do for me. I hope nobody will bother me again after that.”

Xia Huyou said, “You don’t have to worry about that. Silkwrym blood essence is quite rare as well, but it’s not suitable for body forging. It is much less effective than the mountainbreak bull blood essence. Although the mountainbreak bull race has a lower race ranking, their blood is really useful. In truth, none of those geniuses and freaks would be lacking in blood essence. The mountainbreak bull blood essence is merely one of the better ones among the optimal types of blood essence. You can see that Assistant Hu is actually quite nice to prepare this blood essence for his student.”

“I see.”

Su Yu nodded and did not say much. This was quite good. Lin Yao had actually come looking for him. It wouldn’t be long before Su Yu would cross a name from his list.

Previously, he was still somewhat ashamed of his little plan to beat Lin Yao up. After all, he did not even know Lin Yao. But this person was now trying to take his mountainbreak bull blood essence from him. He no longer had any reason to hold back.

“Hey, don’t go. Do you still want the iron-winged bird blood essence?”

Xia Huyou hurriedly followed Su Yu when he saw that Su Yu was going to walk away.

“Yes, but I’m only paying 90 merit points. I’m not paying a single point extra. Take it or leave it. I already have a new seller.”

“No, no…” Xia Huyou hurriedly said, “I’ll take it! Su Yu, do you want to book 100 more drops from me? I can sell them all to you for 300 merit points. You can pay me on the first of next month. You can owe me the merit points for now.”

Su Yu turned around to look at Xia Huyou. He smiled. How capable. He was impressed. This fellow was already setting his eyes on the 300 merit points that he would only get after winning the challenge. Clearly, this fellow was confident that Su Yu could win.

“Are you not afraid that I would lose and not pay you anything?”

“Of course not. Won’t you still have the silkwrym blood essence even if you lose? You will also get 100 merit points on top of that.”

Xia Huyou was all smiles as he said, “Are you interested in my offer? Think about it!”

“No thanks.” Su Yu started walking away again. “I’m only buying this much from you for now. Be quick. I need to use the blood essence soon.”

“Alright! You’ll get the blood essence tomorrow. You can always put your trust in me!”

…

Su Yu walked further and further away from Xia Huyou. He took a deep breath and told himself that he needed to cultivate hard and do nothing else for now.

He needed to open enough acupoints to break through in a month. He also needed to grow his willpower. On the first of next month, he would kick Lin Yao’s ass and enter the senior class. After that, he would have a lot more free time. Was Liu Hong going to make him the class monitor there too?

“You can’t blame me for this. Your student is the one coming after me.”

Su Yu was actually getting excited. He had only been in the academy for a short period of time yet his patience was already running thin. It felt like everyone in the academy was trying to step on him. This time, Lin Yao would be the one to withstand his anger. Su Yu had never considered the possibility of losing. If he lost even after using his blood essence, then Lin Yao truly deserved to enter the Top 100 Ranking this year.