Tribulation of Myriad Races

After all the geniuses were gone, Wu Ji sighed and said, “They’re not too disappointing, but none of them are spectacular either. I was looking forward to seeing some incredible geniuses from these little fellows.”

Then, he muttered to himself, “In the end, nobody is as spectacular as Su Yu. The previous time that kid was here, he was disguised as Cui Lang. I wasn’t even able to get a good look at him. What a pity. He can’t return anymore.”

How regretful.

Beside him, Ye Hongyan remarked, “Not everyone is Su Yu. And not everyone is Ye Batian. It isn’t a good thing to be overly talented. Take Mo Duona as an example. He might look impressive now, but I’m not so sure he will end up with a good ending either.”

Mo Duona was also a spectacular genius. As a mere ninth-stage Cloudbreach, it was rumored that he was as strong as a Sunmoon. But since he had never fought a Sunmoon openly, nobody could verify this rumor. Someone like that was extremely terrifying.

He had dominated the Heaven Index for a very long time. Su Yu was the sole person who had ever surpassed him in the index.

Looking at the slowly departing geniuses, Wu Ji gnashed his teeth, “Since we’re not allowed to touch these geniuses, we should kill all their dao protectors as well. That is enough to deal the myriad races a considerable blow.”

Ye Hongyan shot him a puzzled look, “We’re only forbidden from openly attacking those geniuses. But nobody said that we can’t assassinate them secretly. As long as you kill your target with one hit and flee, how are they supposed to find the culprit? Are their Invincibles supposed to monitor every single one of us at all times?”

How foolish. Was this guy taking those words so seriously? How was he failing to see the hidden meaning behind those words

They could openly kill the dao protectors. As for the geniuses, they only needed to make sure they did things cleanly. This was still their home ground. They could still do a lot of things.

And those geniuses were also clear about that. Just look at how fast they had all left the city. None of them believed that humanity wouldn’t try to kill them secretly. What was this dumb guy thinking?

Then again, these geniuses were already accustomed to such a dangerous lifestyle. In fact, the geniuses of the various races had all experienced being assassination targets in the Allheaven Battlefield before. And only upon surviving all that would one qualify as a genius.

Wu Ji was shocked by that revelation, “Yes…then…won’t those fellows do the same to our geniuses as well?”

“Who knows? Just keep an eye on those dao protectors. As for the fights between geniuses, let them be.”

Ye Hongyan coldly said, “In the Allheaven Battlefield, the Qin Family will not interfere with Qin Fang’s affairs as long as no Sunmoons or Invincibles are involved. The same applies to the other geniuses. These geniuses need to learn to stop crying to their parents at the first sign of trouble.”

For a genius, it was a disgrace for one to go running to their parents after failing to defeat someone in the same realm. Wu Ji wanted to say something, but he ultimately stayed silent. That was easy to say. But too many geniuses had entered the Human Realm this time. Were there even that many human geniuses around to contend against them?

***

Su Yu was unconcerned with everything that had happened in the Allheaven Prefecture.

As time passed, Wan Tiansheng was able to get a lot of work done. Suddenly, he asked, “Have you opened the case?”

“Yes.”

Su Yu had a look of disappointment as he complained, “Damn. It’s really a carrier treasure. I was hoping it would be a personal article of that traitor or some blackmail material the sect master was keeping for himself. How disappointing.”

Yes. He was disappointed. Reality proved that he was too wishful.

Su Yu felt terrible.

There was a piece of jade in the case. As an earth weaponsmith, he was quite good at judging the quality of these materials. From how durable the jade felt, it was at least a heaven-grade item. Thus, this was most definitely a carrier treasure.

“…”

Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng had to resist the urge to roll his eyes. Wasn’t this an incredibly valuable treasure? Why was the kid talking like it was worth nothing?

“Heavenblund jade. This is indeed a carrier treasure, also a relatively common treasure.”

Wan Tiansheng laughed, “With only a tiny piece like this, you can instantly get between three hundred to five hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid if you sell it.”

Su Yu nodded and asked doubtfully, “Where did the sect master get something like this?”

The sect master was only a seventh-stage Sunmoon. Did he get this as a gift from the divine skywing race? Wasn’t that a tad bit too generous?

With the jade in hand, suns and moons spun in Wan Tiansheng’s eyes. Numerous figures appeared in his vision.

Before long, he smiled, “This doesn’t have that much of a relationship with any Invincible. It is more related to the Luminous Domain Mansion. Perhaps he was lucky enough to get this through the geniuses he trained personally.”

Wan Tiansheng could see the shadow of the Luminous Domain Mansion behind the jade.

Su Yu asked, “But why didn’t he keep it on him at all times?”

Wan Tiansheng replied, “It’s simple. He was prepared to lose his body and suffer from serious injuries sometime in the future. He could lose it easily keeping it on him. It was a much better choice to keep it in his vault. Killing Xia Longwu wasn’t an easy task. Only a madman would carry such a treasure around while on a dangerous mission like that. Evidently, he did not intend to die during the mission.”

Su Yu said in astonishment, “But I love carrying all my treasures with me.”

Wan Tiansheng thought inwardly that this was why this kid was a madman. When this kid went out to complete a task, he was fully prepared to die. Any regular person would choose to keep their treasures somewhere safe instead. For an expert, survival was possible even with the full destruction of their body.

Wan Tiansheng couldn’t even be bothered to entertain that question. Instead, he asked, “Are you sure you want to crush one of them and leave the rest in the fake ruin?”

Su Yu nodded. A spatial pocket was already visible in the room. Looking at it, he asked curiously, “Don’t you need to use a character for this?”

“Not if we’re using a carrier treasure as the material. That way, we can also avoid having someone detect the unique undulations of a character from the fake ruin.”

Wan Tiansheng explained, “One carrier treasure is sufficient for this.”

“Did you make this with a chunk of space from the Human Realm?”

“No. That’s why it’s very fragile, and that’s why it needs the support of a carrier treasure. Su Yu, are you sure you’re using the carrier treasure for this?”

Wan Tiansheng’s heart was aching at the thought of destroying a carrier treasure like this.

Su Yu appeared quite indifferent about it. He said, “I won’t be needing it anytime soon. If we win, I’ll still have two of them. If we lose, you will all die while I’ll escape alone. In that case, I guess I’ll consider these treasures the offering for your souls.”

“…”

What bullshit was the kid spouting again this time? But Wan Tiansheng merely smiled and said nothing. That actually made some sense.

Su Yu hurriedly added, “But if we survive without retrieving these treasures, you guys need to compensate me for them!”

Wan Tiansheng agreed readily, “Sure.”

“Write it down!” Su Yu hurriedly produced a receipt listing all the treasures he used for this and said, “Principal, please stamp your seal here.”

“…”

Wan Tiansheng said, “That’s something for the Xia Family to do!”

Why was the kid asking for his stamp?

“Principal, both you and the Xia Family need to do this.”

“…”

Wan Tiansheng was at a loss. Was he going to get himself into a massive debt because of this? How unreasonable!

He said nothing. After a moment, he roared as his aura surged. In front of him, the dragon’s pearl started breaking apart. However, it was happening very slowly. A carrier treasure was extremely durable. Even Wan Tiansheng had to use all his strength for this.

One ought to remember that this carrier treasure had survived an attack powerful enough to destroy the body of an Invincible. Its durability was naturally high.

After a while, with a rumble, a stream of power erupted from the pearl. Under Wan Tiansheng’s control, the stream of power was fused with the spatial pocket he created. And just like that, a massive spatial pocket took form.

Inside the spatial pocket, a sunmoon profound yellow liquid pond appeared. After a while, a large amount of heavenly source qi was stuffed inside alongside some other treasures and ancient objects.

This included a large amount of books that Su Yu had produced not long ago. And finally, the two carrier treasures were placed inside as well.

Next, Wan Tiansheng started running the water from the River of Time through the spatial pocket several times. Eventually, the brand new items inside the spatial pocket started looking aged, as though they had existed for numerous years.

“Come on in and take a look.”

With a step, Su Yu entered a brand new space. Ancient and simple. Those were the words he could use to describe this space. Numerous massive buildings were laid across his eyes. The place was massive, and the air was filled with thick heavenly source qi.

Suddenly, Su Yu said, “This place is still lacking something. A ruin should be a place people used to inhabit, right? In that case, won’t there be signs of their lives in here, such as marks left behind during spars and so on? Yes, this place looks ancient now, but it still lacks some flavor.”

How thorough. Wan Tiansheng nodded in agreement and went back to work. Meanwhile, Su Yu started taking a stroll inside the fake ruin that was essentially a small city. He felt as though he had returned to the ancient times.

“Principal, is it fine to not have any corpses here?”

“Yes. Almost all ancient ruins come with no corpses. Perhaps all these corpses have completely vaporized at one point.”

“So all those ancient experts had been completely destroyed, leaving nothing behind even in death?”

“Perhaps.”

Su Yu nodded. He continued his stroll. After some time, he said, “I’ve never entered an ancient ruin before so I can’t be sure if this thing looks like the real deal…”

“Hmm?”

Wan Tiansheng blanked out. He looked at Su Yu and asked in astonishment, “You’ve never been to an ancient ruin before?”

Su Yu replied expressionlessly, “Yes. What about that?”

“…”

Wan Tiansheng remained stupefied. Impossible! It was not possible that this kid had never been to an ancient ruin before! He was getting the urge to rewind time and visit the damn kid’s past. How could that be possible?

“But your cultivation methods…”

“I’m a genius. I derived them all myself. Alas, nobody believed me so I was forced to claim that I have a ruin.” Su Yu gloomily said, “No, that’s not right. I didn’t even make that claim. Everyone simply reached that conclusion out of nowhere. Since I never objected, it became the truth.”

There was only one thought in Wan Tiansheng’s mind. Impossible. Nope. The damn kid must be messing with him. A self-taught genius who had opened 360 acupoints? A self-taught who was not done body forging after dozens of forging?

Who was he trying to trick?

Wan Tiansheng frowned and said, “This isn’t right. If you’ve never been to a ruin before, there might really be an undiscovered ruin in Nanyuan. Ruins have been discovered in all the other yuan cities. I always thought that the Nanyuan ruin had been found by you. But if you’ve really never been to a ruin before…there might really be an undiscovered ruin there!”

Yes. He had always assumed that Su Yu had taken the Nanyuan ruin for himself. That was why he had never been too concerned about it. If Su Yu wished to keep the ruin for himself, so be it. Even Liu Wenyan, Xia Longwu, and the others thought the same. In fact, Liu Wenyan himself had claimed a long time ago that Su Yu had claimed a ruin in Nanyuan.

He had discovered something different about Su Yu since Su Yu’s childhood. That was how he had reached that conclusion. But now, Su Yu was telling Wan Tiansheng that he had never been to a ruin before.

The look in Wan Tiansheng’s eyes changed. Perhaps…the kid had entered one before. But the kid was simply unaware of it. This was too bizarre.