Tribulation of Myriad Races

Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

After ending the conversation, Su Yu stood up and asked, “Principal, are you done? I need to go. I’m now the shot-caller of the pavilion in Great Xia. I’m very busy, you know.”

The damn brat was showing off. Wan Tiansheng was rendered speechless. He couldn’t help but wonder if the pavilion was filled with idiots. How did the kid get promoted into a shot-caller?

“Weren’t you already a shot-caller? Did you get promoted again?”

“Yes. From now on, I can directly order all the white masks within Great Xia around.”

Fine. He had indeed grown into a little overlord. Sure enough, this kid would do well wherever he went.

“The ruin will be ready soon. Are you going to Nanyuan now? I’ll be there later to stuff this fake ruin into a spatial crack in Nanyuan. If you’re going as well, I can give you a lift.”

Su Yu offered his praise, “Sure. Principal, you sure are amazing. You’re actually able to rip space apart and stuff something inside the crack.”

Wan Tiansheng did not respond to that. He thought for a bit and looked at the fake ruin before saying, “Let’s give it a name. Normally, each ruin comes with a name as well. The Luminous Domain Mansion is one such example.”

After some hesitation, Su Yu said, “The pavilion is in possession of some ancient records. Assigning it a name might expose it easily. This is troublesome.”

After giving it more thought, “Why is the Luminous Domain Mansion called Luminous Domain? Where did that name come from?”

“According to the rumors, that was the name of the ancient Human Emperor. Emperor Xing Yu(Luminous Domain).”

Wan Tiansheng replied, “But that’s only a rumor. We don’t know for sure. The name of an Emperor is not something you can mention casually. And with the abrupt destruction of the ancient era, nobody can verify that information.”

Su Yu nodded. What a pity. Wouldn’t it be nice if he named this fake ruin Su Yu Mansion just like how the Human Emperor’s mansion was named after him? How domineering would that be?

“Forget about that. Let’s place the Character Technique Stele inside first…”

Su Yu was in no rush. He said, “Principal, this stele is also an ancient inheritance. I’ll try to drag some of the character techniques inside out and disguise it as an ancient multiple character treasure.”

“There is no need for that.”

Looking at the Character Technique Stele, he said, “This thing is already an ancient treasure. It can actually change its form as it wishes. This thing…sigh. If we can retrieve it after this, be sure to take good care of it. This is the true root of the multiple character faction. With this thing around, the multiple character faction will never stop existing.”

He shook his head and said, “The myriad races have always wanted to destroy this stele. But they did not have the courage to actually charge into Great Xia to do it. This stele was also one of the reasons they had been so aggressive against you. As long as they could destroy this stele, they would destroy the multiple character faction.”

Su Yu nodded. He knew that very well. There were countless character techniques inside the stele, waiting to be inherited. To speak the truth, this stele combined with the disassembly method would allow almost everyone to become a multiple character cultivator. As long as this stele stood, the multiple character faction would continue existing.

Wan Tiansheng was not supportive of placing this stele in the fake ruin. But after thinking about it, he decided to let it be. When one died, everything would be over. If all of them ended up dead, this would no longer matter.

Before long, the stele was placed inside the fake ruin. After thinking for a bit, Wan Tiansheng threw a punch at the stele. Next, a River of Time appeared and washed over the stele as well. After a while, the stele started shining. Several characters with the same style as the characters above the main gate of each ancient city appeared on its surface.

“Culture Tomb.”

Wan Tiansheng was not surprised to see those characters. As for Su Yu, he was completely stunned. The stele had actually changed! It was no longer a pitch-black stele. It had turned white, with some decorative symbols on it and two massive characters.

Culture Tomb.

Su Yu looked at Wan Tiansheng in shock. With a calm expression, Wan Tiansheng explained, “This is its real name. Culture Tomb. Perhaps it is the tomb of cultural researchers. Or perhaps it is the tomb of culture. Principal Xia Chen was the one who had found this stele back then. He found the name inauspicious so he altered its appearance. Very few people still remember its name. Everyone calls it the Character Technique Stele.”

“Maybe this tomb is a remembrance of the ancient cultural researchers who had left their legacy behind.”

Wan Tiansheng sighed, “Culture Tomb…This thing is far more valuable than these carrier treasures. I did not expect Chen Yong to actually hand it to you.”

Su Yu stared at the stele for a long while before speaking with hesitation, “If I lost this…my martial uncle will probably die from sheer anger, right?”

“It’s fine. That will probably only happen when all of us are dead. And our deaths might actually allow the multiple character faction to continue existing in peace. Who knows?”

Wan Tiansheng smiled, “Since the Culture Tomb is here, let’s call this ruin the Culture Mansion.”

“Hmm?”

Su Yu blinked. Listening to that name, he thought of a bizarre possibility. Was the golden book in his sea of willpower a character? If that was the case, did the book come out of an ancient ruin as well?

After all, it was perfectly logical for a character to appear from the residence of an ancient cultural researcher, right?

In a somewhat absent-minded manner, he nodded and said, “Sure. Let’s call it that. The mansion of culture. The burial ground of culture. The legacy of culture. This shall be the purpose of this ruin.”

With the addition of that stele, that was indeed a fitting name for this ruin.

“Principal, did the first principal discover this stele in an ancient ruin as well?”

“Yes.” Wan Tiansheng answered, “That was an Invincible ruin as well. But apart from this stele, there was nothing in it. That was why Xia Chen wasn’t able to affirm his dao. But every single parameter of that ruin fit the parameters of an Invincible ruin. Su Yu, it would be in your best interest to not lose this ruin. It might be able to serve as your carrier treasure in the future.”

“Huh?”

“You’re very strong. When you’re a ninth-stage Sunmoon, your strength might reach a terrifying level. At that time, your tri-life bodies will be incredibly strong as well. Not any treasure will be durable enough for your tri-life bodies. This Culture Tomb should be strong enough for that. In fact, I don’t even know if I can actually damage it. Just look at its state even after being submerged in the River of Time.

“You can also take this chance to test the pavilion and ask them if they know about something called Culture Tomb. It won’t be too convenient for us to ask that question. We also can’t ask that question. It is too dangerous. Thus, we’ve never been able to investigate more about the history behind this stele. But that won’t be an issue for Profound Nine.”

Su Yu nodded solemnly, “I understand.”

This thing seemed to be very important and valuable. According to Wan Tiansheng, it could even be used as a carrier treasure. Once again, Su Yu thought of the golden book. If this stele could serve as a carrier treasure, what about the golden book?

If it could, would using such absolute treasures as his carrier treasures grant him a massive boost of strength? When everything was done, Wan Tiansheng stood outside the entrance of the ruin and carved a character there: Culture.

The character shone brightly. Then, Wan Tiansheng proceeded to wash the character over with the River of Time to give it an aged appearance.

Meanwhile, Su Yu stared at the character in a daze. Inside his sea of willpower, a new character slowly took form.

Culture.

Culture for cultural researcher.

Culture for Culture Tomb.

It was not a human character. Rather, it came in the same language as the characters used in ancient cities. To be precise, it was an ancient character. He had finally formed a character of that language.

Su Yu’s jaw dropped. Why did it work this time?

Beside him, Wan Tiansheng resisted the urge to have his jaw drop as well. Inwardly, he was cursing madly. Holy shit! Just by staring at a random character he wrote, the kid was able to form a character? What was wrong with this kid?

Su Yu blinked as he thought of the number of characters he had formed thus far. This was his twenty-seventh character after excluding the one he had crushed previously.

“Culture?”

Su Yu felt quite doubtful. What could this character do? This was a character he had formed after reading Wan Tiansheng’s writing. For some reason, this character felt a lot more unique than the characters he had formed after reading the writings of the human Invincibles.

Perhaps those Invincibles had written those notes in a casual manner while Wan Tiansheng had been very serious when writing this character. The character finished its formation as a peak second-tier character. Su Yu even had a feeling that it only needed a tiny push to become a third-tier character.

“Culture…”

This was his first non-human character. He couldn’t resist asking, “Principal, what language is this?”

“Willpower.”

“I know it’s a willpower text. I’m asking about the language used.”

Wan Tiansheng replied, “Willpower. That is the language. The language of cultural researchers. Regardless of race, the characters of each language are written for communication and learning. Not everyone can become a cultural researcher. As for these characters, they were the characters of the common writing system used by the ancient experts. The willpower script. You will be able to read them as long as you have some mastery over your willpower. This is the truest form of willpower texts. The willpower texts used nowadays are split into so many languages, but they are merely the continuation of the original willpower texts. Do you understand now?”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. He felt like his horizons had been broadened yet again.

“Is this script used by all the ancient experts? In that case, why do human characters and the other characters reject each other?”

Wan Tiansheng explained, “The characters used by the various races today are the continuation of the original script, molded in a way that is more suitable for each individual race. To simplify this further, these ancient characters can be considered the ancient common language. Don’t you know a breathing technique? You can consider this something similar. It is usable by all races.”

Further understanding dawned on Su Yu.

Understood! Each of the writing systems used nowadays was only suitable for one race. For example, Su Yu himself felt that human characters were powerful. But that might not be the case for someone who was not a human.

In short, the ancient script was basically a neutral script. It could fit anyone well regardless of race.

As Su Yu started diving deeper into his newly formed character, he frowned slightly. The character looked impressive, but it felt so ordinary.

He manifested it directly and asked doubtfully, “Principal, why is it not showing any special ability whatsoever? This character feels like a piece of trash.”

Wan Tiansheng glanced at the character and sighed, “It is slightly similar to an ability of mine. Who are you calling a piece of trash?”

“Your ability?”

Realization dawned on Su Yu. Right, a character formed through a willpower text would also be influenced by the origin of the willpower text. So what was the principal good at?

Su Yu couldn’t think of anything special about the principal. Right, the principal could casually open the River of Time at any time. Was that considered a special ability? Why did he feel like Great Zhou King’s characters were a lot more practical?

For example, the calm character was incredibly useful. It was one of Su Yu’s favorite characters. It had already reached the fourth tier. Perhaps it might even grow into his first Sunmoon character. But it was still too early to worry about that.