Tribulation of Myriad Races

Bai Feng wanted to give his student another beating. Was the damn kid actually asking them about the rumors?

Nope. The damn kid was showing off!

“What’s there to show off?”

Bai Feng snorted. Su Yu merely grinned.

He felt like he had returned to the past. In the past, he had greatly enjoyed shocking Bai Feng with his absurd accomplishments before watching Bai Feng’s exaggerated reactions.

He felt great!

Looking at Su Yu, Bai Feng smiled. But his smile felt bitter. He was choking back tears as he asked, “You fool. Have you been fine?”

“Yeah. I’m good. I’m doing very well!”

“Why did you try so hard in the Allheaven Battlefield? Are you happy now that everyone wants to kill you?”

“I didn’t want to, but I can’t stand them. I’m not scared of them…” Su Yu grinned, “They tried to bully me. They are bullying me because I’m from the multiple character faction. One day, I’ll beat them all to death. Don’t worry, Teacher. If I really go all out, I can now fight even middle-stage Sunmoons. One day, I’ll kill all our enemies!”

“…”

Yes. Even now, he couldn’t resist showing off. Bai Feng didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Hong Tan had the same reaction.

Enough!

They were tired of this. The kid should know when to stop!

“Where’s Jia?” Hong Tan suddenly remembered her.

Su Yu flashed an innocent smile and said, “I was scared that she would get too excited when she saw me so I placed her in an illusion. She’s still completely clueless.”

“Kid…”

This kid seemed to have grown real capable nowadays.

The grandteacher, teacher, and student looked at each other in silence, their expressions complicated.

First, Hong Tan was stuck in the Allheaven Battlefield for a long time. Next, Bai Feng was exiled to the Vanguard Regiment. Finally, Su Yu was forced to leave Great Xia. They had been met with one trouble after another.

Finally, the three of them standing in the same room yet again.

But everything had changed.

Bai Feng was the one with the most complicated feelings among them. He asked helplessly, “How did you grow so strong?”

“I have good talent.” Su Yu said, “It was all thanks to Teacher for discovering my incredible and boundless talent back then.”

Fuck!

Bai Feng had the urge to curse again.

Piss off.

If he had known that this kid would grow into such a student, he wouldn’t have taken the kid in. It was too hard for a teacher to maintain his confidence with a student like this.

Next, he frowned and asked, “Are you actually Profound Nine, or was that a disguise?”

“I’m the real Profound Nine.”

Su Yu grinned, “I’m now the leader of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s branch in Great Xia. I have three white masks under me. The rest of my underlings are still on their way.”

“So you were the one who had ordered for them to protect my cousin?”

Understanding dawned on Bai Feng.

Su Yu smiled awkwardly and called out, “Cousin!”

“What nonsense are y—”

Suddenly, Bai Feng froze.

It was as though he was frozen in time.

His mouth opened wide for a very long while before he howled, “That was…you?”

“Cough, cough. Uhm…I need a proper identity to enter the academy.”

“I’ll beat you to death!”

Bai Feng was losing his mind. Damn it. Profound Nine, Bai Junsheng, unknown attacker…all of them were this kid! So the kid had been messing with him like he was an absolute fool? Bai Feng was furious.

And thus, the scene of a teacher chasing after his student unfolded in the room. Hong Tan merely watched on. He smiled with a gratified expression, but at the same time, he also looked rather helpless.

Su Yu was still alive.

Alive and well.

He had returned.

Everyone believed that he was dying.

But he had returned. He had returned in a manner nobody had expected, returning as Profound Nine of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, someone with the combat strength of a Sunmoon.

A sense of helplessness washed over Hong Tan. Was his grandstudent so strong already?

Suddenly, he said, “Stop. Su Yu, I have a question. Is anyone aware of your return?”

“Yeah. Great Ming King, Prefect Zhu, and Principal Wan are all aware.”

“I see.”

Hong Tan nodded. That explained Wan Tiansheng’s silence. This was the academy. Nothing should be able to escape his notice.

So he was already aware of it. Then, Hong Tan cursed inwardly. That old fart must have been having a lot of fun watching him making a fool of himself earlier.

What a bastard!

A tiny reminder was all Hong Tan needed to not make such a fool out of himself, but the damn principal had not given him even that tiny reminder. Because of that, he nearly had his shield blasted apart with one punch by his grandstudent. How embarrassing.

After kicking Su Yu a few times, Bai Feng finally stopped. Why? Because his leg was hurting too much to continue. He snorted and said, “Alright. You can stop acting like you’re scared. You little shit. You’re here just to see us embarrass ourselves like this, right?”

“No.” Su Yu laughed it off and said, “I was only worried that you guys would get too excited to see me so I decided to introduce myself differently and let you guys have some fun instead! Wasn’t that fun?”

Ah, yes. Of course. That was so fun. He had nearly exploded from anger earlier. That sure was fun.

Once again, Bai Feng cursed inwardly. Then again, he had to admit that the grief and sense of melancholy he should have felt were all gone because of what this kid did. After all, the kid was still healthy enough to push his grandteacher back with a single punch. Was there a need to even worry about him?

***

Before long, all three of them calmed down.

Su Yu said, “Why don’t we get Senior Sister here as well? I’ll talk about everything I saw. It was so interesting. The Allheaven Battlefield is truly a fun place.”

He was probably the first person to call the Allheaven Battlefield a fun place.

Thinking about it, Hong Tan nodded, “Call her over. Since your martial uncle left, your senior sister has been depressed. Her mood should improve when she sees that you’re back.”

“Alright.”

***

A few minutes later, Su Yu returned with Wu Jia.

At the moment, joy and disbelief were plastered all over Wu Jia’s face.

In truth, she was very satisfied with this junior brother.

When he was around, nobody dared to bully her. At the time, her teacher and martial uncle were always happy as well. But everything changed once her junior brother left. With her junior brother’s return, she started recovering from her depressed state as well.

Su Yu proceeded to talk about all he had experienced. He started with his journey to Great Ming, telling them how he schemed all those Sunmoons to death, how he gave Shan Xiong a beating, how he disguised himself as Cui Lang…

The Starfall Mountain incident, in particular, was explained in great detail.

He told everyone how he killed Zhou Pingsheng.

He told them how he sent one single character faction member after another to death.

Wu Jia and Bai Feng listened in excitement, but Hong Tan’s feelings were mixed. Regardless of what those people did, they had still been his colleagues for many years.

Before long, Su Yu started talking about his experiences in the Allheaven Battlefield.

***

“Wow! Junior Brother, you entered the Heaven Index so quickly!”

“Is the Heaven Index really so amazing?”

“Did you beat Mo Duona to death?”

“…”

“Are the ancient cities really so fun? Are the stone statues so cute?”

“…”

At this point, Hong Tan and Bai Feng had to resist rolling their eyes again. In Su Yu’s story, the stone statues were all adorable teddy bears. But the two of them knew that each of the stone statues was an Invincible.

Ancient Invincible.

Each stone statue was an existence capable of blasting a devil king apart with one punch, nearly killing four Invincibles, and forcing the Devil Pseudo Emperor to make an appearance. Could such an existence be described with the word adorable?

Meanwhile, those death sovereigns were described as guard leaders by Su Yu or even a dog he could walk when he was bored. But those were existences feared by everyone in the Myriad Realms.

The incomparably dangerous Allheaven Battlefield was described as a playground filled with fun activities.

Bai Feng couldn’t resist interrupting, “Jia, don’t listen to him. If you let these stories mislead you, you might end up entering the Allheaven Battlefield with a wrong mindset…”

Wu Jia replied matter-of-factly, “Of course I know that. Everyone is scared of the Allheaven Battlefield but not my junior brother. That can only mean that Junior Brother is strong. I’m not stupid. I was merely speaking from the perspective of Junior Brother.”

She then rolled her eyes at Bai Feng. Sigh. Her martial uncle sure was stupid. Would she really take those words at face value? Of course not!

Meanwhile, Bai Feng was left swearing that he would rather break his leg than try to reason with a woman ever again.

As for Hong Tan, he remained silent. Beyond the surface of the fun story Su Yu was telling, he could see the dangers and hardships Su Yu had gone through.

One scene after another appeared in his mind. In every single scene, Su Yu was dancing at the edge of death. Again and again, he survived with his strength, luck, wits, and talent. Any other person would have died long ago.

In fact, looking at the relaxed manner in which Su Yu was telling these stories, he felt a sense of heartache. This grandstudent of his was only nineteen. He couldn’t imagine how Su Yu was still so lively.

Hong Tan imagined himself in Su Yu’ shoes. He suspected that he would have broken down mentally long ago.

In fact, back when his teacher died, he had nearly broken apart. And that little hardship was nothing compared to what Su Yu had experienced in such a short period of time.

According to Su Yu, every single danger he went through was a fun activity. Every single enemy of his was a cartoonish villain. The stone statues were adorable. But those with more experience could see beyond the story and realize the numerous dangers he had braved.

Bai Feng and Hong Tan looked at each other with grief and helplessness. A lot of things Su Yu was involved in were no longer things they could participate in. They could do nothing to help. They didn’t know what to feel anymore.

All along, Su Yu maintained his bright smile as he continued his story. He even spoke honestly about how he was nearly scared to death when Devil King Lade destroyed the mayor’s residence with one hit. He spoke honestly about how he stayed away from the mayor’s residence for quite some time after that because he was too scared. And he continued smiling as he moved on to brag about how he became a big shot in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

This was a warm scene. A warmth tinged with blood and carnage.

Dozens of Sunmoons had died. But all those deaths were merely negligible events in Su Yu’s story. He placed a lot more emphasis on the freedom to do as he wished in the Allheaven Battlefield.