Tribulation of Myriad Races

The nine transformations of Cloudbreach would grant one even more strength than the body forgings of Skysoar. Thus, a warrior would have the strength of ten thousand acupoints at the very minimum upon becoming a Mountainsea. Of course, such a Mountainsea could also be considered weak for someone at that level.

“With my seven body forgings, my body probably can’t withstand more than the strength of four thousand acupoints. To use Mountainsea blood essence, I’ll need to complete at least eighteen body forgings.”

Mountainsea blood essence would release the same level of strength inside his body. Without eighteen body forgings, that would probably harm him rather than help him.

“Eighteen body forgings…but at that point, I’ll probably be strong enough to release the strength of ten thousand acupoints without external help. No, perhaps I can reach that level after only sixteen body forgings.”

Sixteen body forgings would place him at the peak second-stage Skysoar Realm. At that point, he could also consume Mountainsea blood essence and activate his yang acupoint to fight some of the weaker Mountainseas.

While he was busy thinking, someone suddenly scolded him, “You’re an injured man. Why can’t you calm the fuck down? Don’t you notice the demolished wall?”

Su Yu looked outside and saw Wu Lan glaring at him.

He laughed, “Sorry. My injuries were acting up and my source qi ran out of control.”

Looking at his pale face and bleeding fist, Wu Lan hurriedly asked, “Are you fine?”

“I’m fine now.”

“Do you need me to call for help?”

“It’s fine, it’s fine.”

Su Yu looked at the collapsed wall helplessly. This cultivation room was not sturdy at all. He told himself to build a better cultivation room in the future. It wasn’t like he had even released that much strength earlier. Why did the wall collapse so easily?

***

Over the next few days, Su Yu made several attempts at opening the yang acupoint slightly. Eventually, he learned more about the yang acupoint.

As long as it wasn’t fully opened, it could be shut again. But fully opening it would be permanent. It would absorb everything one has to offer, including one’s flesh, as though it was trying to force all the other acupoints to return to it.

On the 8th of May, Su Yu finally received words that Hu Qi had left seclusion.

***

Clearheart Hall.

Inside the hall.

A lot of people were gathered there.

The gathered elderlies were all staring at Hu Qi who was standing at the center of the hall. She still looked so old one would suspect that she was senile, but the aura of death on her body had vanished completely.

Even some of her fallen teeth seemed to be growing back.

When Su Yu arrived, Niu Baidao was in the middle of conversing with Hu Qi. When Hu Qi noticed Su Yu, she ignored Niu Baidao and smiled at Su Yu, “Su Yu, that cultivation method of yours is pretty useful. What’s its name?”

“Source Soul Life Art.”

Su Yu cupped his hands and said, “Congratulations on your recovery, Senior. But I can see that you have only slightly roused the vitality in your body. It doesn’t seem too helpful in regards to your sea of willpower.”

Hu Qi said, “This is good enough. A stronger body can also nourish the sea of willpower. And a weaker body will result in the gradual withering of the sea of willpower. In truth, the two are closely linked to each other. This cultivation method is very effective. But…”

She didn’t know how to say it. When cultivating this art, one would lose control of one’s bowels. After opening all the required acupoints, she had only activated the art several times due to her lack of heavenly source qi. But the cultivation process was something that…was too embarrassing to talk about.

Perhaps Su Yu and she were the only ones present who could understand that feeling. This was not an art that one could cultivate in the presence of others. The elderlies had been urging her to demonstrate the art the moment she left seclusion. She had been ignoring them. She might be old, but she was still a woman. How could she do something so boorish? They should tell Su Yu to demonstrate it instead!

Su Yu coughed awkwardly and said, “It is pretty good for your body. I tried it a few times. Not only can it nourish your body, it can also hasten the process of body forging.”

Hu Qi nodded, “That is not surprising. This art requires heavenly source qi. And heavenly source qi has always been beneficial for body forging. I suspect the initial purpose of this art isn’t to increase one’s lifespan. Rather, it was meant to nurture one’s body. A lot of warriors will start weakening at an old age. But this art will help them maintain their combat strength regardless of their age. What do you think?”

Su Yu nodded, “I agree. In fact, I thought of that before as well. I derived this art after referring to some myriad race arts. Thus, I suspect that among the myriad races, there are some old fossils who are still as strong as they were during their prime.”

Hu Qi did not say anything else. Just which race was that? It was hard for her to say for sure, but her intuition was telling her that it was the immortal race. After all, Su Yu would be a lot more straightforward about it if it was the divine race or the devil race.

The others hurriedly asked, “Su Yu, is this art easy to cultivate?”

“Are you releasing this art?”

“It looks great…”

They rambled on and on as they looked at Su Yu deeply. It was clear what they were hinting at.

They were basically saying “Kid, we want to cultivate this as well. What do you want for it?” without saying it.

Su Yu smiled and said, “I can release the art. That won’t be a problem. But there is one issue. The principal is aware of this. You can find a way to open the acupoints required, but that isn’t enough to make use of this art.”

“Heavenly source qi?”

“Yes.”

Su Yu nodded. The elderlies instantly shut their mouths.

Heavenly source qi! The art would probably need a lot of it as well. And that wasn’t something they could get easily. They had to first spend a large amount of effort to open the required acupoints. But without heavenly source qi, they still wouldn’t be able to use the art.

Su Yu smiled, “Seniors, you can try cultivating this art for now. As for the matter of heavenly source qi…perhaps it will be more easily available in the future. Who knows? Maybe a war will erupt soon. The moment we invade the Divine and Devil Realms, we will have as much heavenly source qi as we want.”

The elderlies merely smiled helplessly. Did they think that the Divine and Devil Realms were public toilets that could be entered as they wished? They were feeling troubled. The art was there. They could cultivate it. But they couldn’t make use of it. This felt terrible.

Their previous excitement vanished, but they still didn’t forget to congratulate Hu Qi. Although she was out of heavenly source qi, she had still managed to use the art enough that she would be able to live for a few more years.

And if she got lucky, her sea of willpower might start recovering alongside her body. That would further extend her lifespan. Before long, all the elderlies were gone.

***

Seeing that everyone else was gone, Su Yu stared at Niu Baidao. After a while, Niu Baidao left speechlessly. He knew that Su Yu was here for Hu Qi.

After Niu Baidao left, Su Yu took a jade out.

When Hu Qi saw the jade, her eyes flickered as she said, “Zhao Tianbing sure is an excellent weaponsmith. He was actually able to forge something of this level himself. Truly worthy of being the number one earth-grade weaponsmith in the Human Realm.”

She recognized the jade with one look. She was also able to see that it was Zhao Tianbing’s work immediately. Zhao Li was still far from being able to forge something like this.

“Senior…” Su Yu asked expectantly, “There are some issues with this Perception Jade. It can’t determine the number of people it is detecting. It also can’t determine if these are the same people it has detected in the past…”

“You want me to modify it for you?”

Su Yu nodded.

“Sure.”

Hu Qi smiled, “I wouldn’t have been able to help if you had come a few years earlier. It is very hard for me to modify something made by Zhao Tianbing. But I have recently researched something similar. It won’t be an issue for me to add these functions to the jade.”

With relevant experience, this was an easy task for her.

After all, several earth-grade weaponsmiths of Great Ming had spent decades forging the Super Sensory Jade. And she was the leader of this group. Thus, she had a lot of experience in this topic.

“It will take me around seven days. But the distance it covers won’t be too big. It will be limited to around a thousand meters.”

Su Yu was pleasantly surprised to hear that as it was an improvement from its previous range. Was Hu Qi this amazing?

Hu Qi seemed to know what he was thinking. She laughed and said, “It’s not that Zhao Tianbing is bad. But this isn’t something he specializes in. This jade might be his first attempt at something like this so he must not have put too much thought into it. I only need to add some extra functions to the jade. It really isn’t that hard. Zhao Tianbing himself is also capable of this, but I doubt he will have the interest to do it.”

“Thanks, Senior.”

Su Yu was very happy. He didn’t care whether it was easy or hard. He would be happy as long as it could be improved.

Hu Qi laughed and said, “By the way, that art of yours…should not be released so easily. After all, it requires heavenly source qi…sigh.”

She sighed. That was a rare resource. If it was spread everywhere, she feared that everyone would start acting recklessly for the sake of extending their lifespans. Some might even do something as crazy as attacking the Divine or Devil Realms in desperation. That would be the same as courting death.

After all, a lot of people were willing to take big risks upon reaching the end of their lifespans. She did not wish to see her old friends lose their lives from those reckless attempts. She had experienced herself just how desperate one would feel at the end of one’s lifespan.

As for Su Yu, he had given her a lot of heavenly source qi and that was probably his limit. She didn’t even bother asking him if he had more as that would be pointless.

Su Yu nodded, “Yeah. It’s not at a stage where it can be mass-released. Perhaps I can try to improve it further. If there’s nothing else, I’ll return after a few days…”

“Alright.”

Su Yu stood up and walked away. Suddenly, Hu Qi said, “I owe you a life debt. If you need anything in the future, feel free to look for me.”

“It’s not that serious, Senior.”

Su Yu flashed Hu Qi a big smile before leaving. After Su Yu left, Hu Qi laughed. That was quite a terrifying kid. So did he have more heavenly source qi? If he had more, this would be his chance to conquer…cough, rope in a bunch of old Sunmoons.