Tribulation of Myriad Races

Death qi had actually appeared inside a building. Su Yu was starting to suspect that the amount of death qi would only increase the deeper one stayed. He had finally discovered the so-called danger of the city. What about the opportunities? Also, what sort of power was the death qi? What manner of existence was that death spirit?

Heavendoom City seemed even more mysterious than before. Just what did they do in this city back then? Su Yu did not have any answers to those questions.

Then again, the Allheaven Battlefield was filled with mysteries and locations. However, danger and mystery often symbolize opportunity. If Mo Duona was losing interest in killing his targets just because of an ancient city, Su Yu believed that the opportunities one could find in ancient cities would definitely be substantial. Once again, he had the urge to have a chat with Mo Duona, provided that Mo Duona would not attack him.

Every now and then, the night patrol could be heard riding along the street. These people were also shrouded in mystery. Su Yu wondered about the disadvantages of actually becoming a resident of an ancient city.

There was also the death spirit he encountered earlier… Numerous thoughts surfaced in his mind. After a slight hesitation, he took out an index copy. The ranks remained unchanged. After thinking for a bit, he wrote something on the copy.

“I want to know the secrets of these ancient cities.”

A short while later, a sentence took form on a blank spot.

“All ancient cities or only Heavendoom City?”

“Heavendoom City.”

Su Yu only wanted to know about the city he was in. It wasn’t like the information would be free. He might as well get what he needed for the moment. Soon, a reply came.

“Ten years worth of lifespan for the secrets behind Heavendoom City.”

Lifespan?

Su Yu understood what that meant. The so-called lifespan was basically life force. Thus, he would need to pay with his own life force. He might be able to replenish his life force with the techniques of the immortal race. But from his experience, things requiring lifespan as the price would generally not be worth it.

Thus, he refused, “Give me a different option.”

“Ten years of lifespan, killing a genius in the Heaven Index, a drop of Eternal blood essence, one Eternal character. You can pick one of these.”

Screw this! Su Yu was furious. This was too greedy. Were they crazy? Blood essence of an Invincible? Character of an Invincible? Not a single Eternal character could be found in the entirety of humanity. They were all stuck at the Sunmoon Realm. Thus, he would need to kill the Invincibles of other races if he wanted to use this as the payment. This was absolute bullshit. In comparison, ten years of lifespan or killing a Heaven Index genius would be much easier to accomplish.

“Any other alternatives? It’s so suspicious for you to ask for these things.”

“The secrets of an ancient city are worth this price.”

Su Yu was actually quite tempted. Perhaps there were a lot of secrets. At that thought, he said, “I don’t need to know all the secrets. I only want to know about the opportunities one can find in the city. What’s the price for that?”

Sure enough, the price changed.

“Three years of lifespan, ten drops of Sunnmoon blood essence, killing an Earth Index genius, or one earth weapon.”

Su Yu asked doubtfully, “And how are we supposed to complete this transaction if I agree?”

“If you agree, just get your payment ready. The transaction will complete before you know it.”

After a slight hesitation, Su Yu replied, “I don’t have an earth weapon. What about profound weapons?”

The other party did not reply immediately, as though they were in the middle of making a calculation. A short while later, a reply came, “Three profound weapons with at least seventy golden stripes or five profound weapons with less than seventy golden stripes.”

“No problem.”

This was a price Su Yu could accept. It was by no means cheap, but this was their first transaction. There was a need for him to test the reliability of the other party, so he was willing to pay more than he believed he should.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was just as mysterious as these ancient cities. So how were they going to complete the transaction? Su Yu was still wondering about that when someone knocked on his door. He was instantly alarmed.

Then, the visitor spoke softly, “Mr. Su, we can complete the transaction now.”

“…”

Holy shit! This was way too impressive. They were here already? The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion actually had some people in the city.

Su Yu was on high alert. After thinking about it, he opened his door slightly and took a peek outside. A dark figure was standing there. They did not seem to mind Su Yu’s cautiousness. Raising a jade talisman, the dark figure spoke again.

“Mr. Su, we may begin our transaction.”

Su Yu asked with a frown, “Are you from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?”

“Yes.”

“Even if you guys can track my location, it shouldn’t be this accurate, right?”

“You were shouting earlier. We heard you.”

That was simple. Sure, their tracker might not be so accurate. But wasn’t this fellow making a ruckus earlier?

“How is the night patrol letting you be?”

“Just avoid them. They will repeat their route every half an hour.”

The dark figure said, “Mr. Su, you can stop testing me. Consider that information my gift to you.”

Su Yu was left speechless. After a slight hesitation, he took several weapons out. These were the weapons he had forged during his spare time. He had no need for them.

He still lacked one weapon to make the full payment, but he wasn’t worried. He had also looted some weapons from the people he killed previously. Thus, he took out a different weapon and handed them all over before asking, “Is your information accurate?”

“You can always trust the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.”

It was yet another simple reply. Su Yu was free to decide what he wanted to believe. In the end, Su Yu decided to trust them and accepted the jade talisman after paying with his weapons. With the transaction done, he shut the door again.

Then, Su Yu waited in silence. He wasn’t looking at his index copy. Instead, he was trying to test something. Suddenly, the tracker he could feel vanished. At the same time, some words appeared on his index copy.

“Su Yu, there is no need to play these little tricks with us in the future. Hiding trackers in your weapons won’t work against us.”

For a large organization like the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, these tricks were indeed nothing. Su Yu merely did it to test them, but he was also very shocked. His trackers had vanished. What did that signify?

It had happened so quickly. Thus, it meant that they had discovered his trackers almost immediately and proceeded to remove them. Someone capable of doing so was most likely an earth weaponsmith. Someone who wasn’t a weaponsmith would not be able to do so even if that person was far stronger than him.

“Earth weaponsmith…inside the city? Or outside?”

“Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, ancient city…”

In his mind, the two entities became further shrouded in mystery. Many things in the Allheaven Battlefield remained a secret from the human race and the other races. Perhaps some Invincibles knew more than the others, but even they might not know too much about these mysteries.

Su Yu decided to stop thinking about the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. He took a look at the jade talisman he had just received. How should one obtain the so-called opportunities in the city? After reading the contents, an odd look appeared in Su Yu’s eyes.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had provided three options.

Firstly, the mayor’s residence.

There was a massive opportunity inside the mayor’s residence. If one was not afraid of death, one could totally give that place a try. As for the exact location of the so-called opportunity, it was not mentioned.

Secondly, ancient buildings.

For example, the building Su Yu was currently residing in. Opportunities could be found in these buildings as well. A longer explanation was given for this option. The so-called opportunities came in many forms. For example, the belongings of the previous resident in the building who had died. Even corpses could be found in some of these buildings. For many reasons, the local residents and guards were unable to enter these buildings, so the corpses were left untouched. If one could enter such a building, one might gain something from it.

Furthermore, the deeper one went into the city, the more likely it would be for one to stumble upon these opportunities. For example, some buildings that had never been picked by anyone before might have numerous opportunities in them. A lot of the races stationing their people in these ancient cities were actually looking for these buildings. Through these buildings, they might even be able to obtain some ancient treasures.

Additionally, the better a building, the more likely that something mysterious could be found in it. For example, one might encounter some odd treasures or even a grotto in a mansion. Yes. There were grottos in some of these buildings.

These grottos were also formed through characters.

Someone once entered a grotto in an ancient city and found an entire pond of sunmoon profound yellow liquid.

Someone once entered a grotto in an ancient city and found an entire heavenly source fruit tree. After growing in the building for countless years, it had produced countless fruits and filled the building with a terrifyingly high density of heavenly source qi.

Someone once obtained a heaven weapon in an ancient city. Numerous examples were cited. Understanding dawned on Su Yu. The better a building was, the more likely it was for one to find something good in it.

Of course, the probability of encountering an opportunity was still very low. A lot of these buildings couldn’t be entered, and even if one could somehow enter, it was more likely for one to encounter a massive danger and die.

Su Yu suspected that everything was related to the death qi. It was likely that the better a building was, the thicker the death qi would be. This might be the origin of the so-called opportunities one could find in these buildings. The opportunities were simply the belongings of the deceased.

As for the mayor’s residence, it contained an entirely different type of opportunity. According to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, there was also a third type of opportunity in these ancient cities.

Ancient city medallion.

The medallion itself would not benefit its holder, but these medallions were related to some other mysterious locations in the Allheaven Battlefield. For example, the Luminous Domain Mansion.

Yes. There might be some unknown relationship between the ancient cities and the Luminous Domain Mansion.

The relationship between the Luminous Domain Mansion and the ancient cities had yet to be put into written records, but the ancient city medallions could be used in the Luminous Domain Mansion. Depending on the ranks of the medallions one held, one would be able to gain access to different locations within the Luminous Domain Mansion.

The Luminous Domain Mansion was massive and filled with mysteries. Even after countless years of exploration, the myriad races still knew very little about it. But everyone knew that with an ancient city medallion of high enough level, one could potentially obtain a massive opportunity in the Luminous Domain Mansion. As for the so-called ancient city medallions, they could be found on death spirits.

Su Yu’s face started twitching. Holy shit! Basically, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was saying that those death spirits might be the original residents of these ancient cities. One could only obtain these medallions from the death spirits. Of course, some other experts in these cities might have some medallions on them as well.

They had perhaps obtained their medallions from the death spirits or some random encounters.

But most of the time, one could only obtain these medallions from the death spirits. The stronger a death spirit, the higher the level of the medallion might be. From what Su Yu knew, the medallions were split into several ranks, such as Skysoar, Cloudbreach, Mountainsea, and so on.

Of course, the strength of each death spirit was also quite hard to determine. They all felt the same to his senses. A short introduction was also given on the death qi. To sum it up, the death qi was very troublesome.

The easiest way of handling death qi was by being strong enough, having access to some unique trump cards, or having the ability to kill death spirits. Once one was touched by death qi, it would be very hard to remove. Even after escaping an ancient city, one would still attract the death spirits the next time one visited an ancient city.

In the eyes of these death spirits, all visitors were basically invaders. One could pick a fight with a death spirit, but one might be unlucky and make the wrong estimation of one’s target. What one thought to be a Skysoar death spirit could very well be a Sunmoon instead. If that happened, one would most likely die. Thus, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion advised not to rashly make an attempt on those death spirits unless one was overbearingly strong.

Over the years, the elites of the myriad races had tried hunting these death spirits for the benefits they could gain. As a result, a lot of these elites had perished. Some races would station some experts in these ancient cities for the benefits they could gain from these cities. The mystic armor race was one of them.

The information in the jade talisman also mentioned that by entering through the main gate, one could stay in the city longer. That would allow one to gain bigger benefits from the city. For example, a large building one resided in would be empty during the first three days. On the fourth or fifth day, something might appear out of nowhere. Even a grotto might appear out of nowhere.

Thus, the longer one could stay, the more likely it would be for one to gain something from the city. After reading everything, Su Yu exhaled. This was all he learned after paying with five profound weapons. Those weapons were worth tens of thousands of merit points.

Sure, he had learned something new. But that price was comparable to an earth weapon. Was this even worth the price?

After thinking about it, Su Yu wrote on the index copy, “You provide too little substantial information. This is a big deal. This isn’t the way you should go about doing business if you wish to do this long term.”

“What do you suggest?”

“Give me some information for free. If you agree, I can continue transacting with you guys.”

“What do you wish to know?”

“Can I kill in the city? Can I kill the residents and the guards? Will the mayor interfere? Which race is the mayor from? Which race does the mayor support? What is the punishment for damaging the buildings in the city? What are the advantages and disadvantages to becoming a permanent resident?”

Su Yu asked a string of questions. He only received a short reply.

“You’re asking for a lot, but the answers for them aren’t particularly expensive. I can agree to give you the answers for free, but I need a drop of your blood.”

“Piss off. No deal.”

No reply came for a while. After a long time, a new reply came, “Give us a drop of ability blood essence. Any race will do.”

“Piss off.”

Su Yu scolded again. He refused the deal. On top of that, he also left the building he was in stealthily. He wanted to switch to a different building to make it harder for anyone to determine his exact location. The city was filled with unoccupied buildings.

Before this, Su Yu hadn’t been paying much attention to these buildings. But now, he could feel that different buildings would release different levels of resistance when one entered. For example, buildings with human architecture would release a lower level of resistance when he entered.

To verify this, Su Yu entered a building designed similarly to how buildings were designed in the Human Realm. After some time, he could feel that the death qi around him was much lower than it would be in a different building.

This was probably why the Mountainsea guard had advised him to look for a human neighborhood when picking his lodging. There would be less death qi in these buildings.

Inside his new lodging, Su Yu continued arguing with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. He also changed his appearance into one of a tiger. He wanted to see if the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion could still locate him accurately after this.

He really didn’t feel safe carrying this index copy around. Shortly after, he received a reply from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. They could provide the information he requested, but he needed to provide them with a set of information regarding Shan Xiong. Yes. Shan Xiong.

They wanted to know his combat style, characters, abilities of those characters, and so on. Su Yu agreed without a second thought. This was too simple. He could write whatever he wanted. As for the accuracy of his information…how was he supposed to know if what he knew was the truth? He only knew what everyone knew. As for the things that not everyone knew, well, how was he supposed to know?

He couldn’t even be bothered to think too much about the reason they were asking about Shan Xiong. His previous conversation with them had probably piqued their interest in him. A lot of people were interested in combined characters. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was naturally not the exception.