Tribulation of Myriad Races

At the same time.

In Great Ming, Zhu Tiandao was blinking in confusion. Was that for real? Wasn’t the ruin supposed to be fake? Su Yu’s lie was too excessive. Wouldn’t this be too easy to expose? But…could it be that the kid was telling the truth?

***

Also at the same time.

Great Xia.

Marquis Xia and Xia Huyou exchanged gazes. With an odd expression, Marquis Xia asked, “Carrier treasures? That guy sure knows how to bluff. Won’t that lie be too easy to expose? When the others see the ruin and find it empty, they will instantly know that this is fake.”

After a slight hesitation, Xia Huyou said, “He complained that our fake ruin was terrible. Could it be…that he actually replaced our fake ruin with his actual ruin? He didn’t sound like he was lying.”

Marquis Xia was unsure of the truth.

***

Everyone was busy processing the shocking information Su Yu released.

“Fifthly, there is also a heavenly source fruit tree in there. The ruin is basically a heavenly source qi holy land. Sixthly, and most importantly, the pavilion originally intended to keep this final piece of information secret. If this is all the information we have to release, we would have charged only one drop of Sunmoon blood essence. But this final piece of information is worth nine drops.”

That instantly grabbed everyone’s attention. For them, just the five pieces of information were already worth the price they paid. But the final piece of information was actually so much more valuable than the rest?

Su Yu said, “In my opinion, the final piece of information will be a lot more important for cultural researchers. If the people of Great Xia are here as well, you may consider inviting Hong Tan and the others from the multiple character faction to Nanyuan. Hahaha, consider this information my free gift to Great Xia for our ceasefire.”

Those words only served to further attract everyone in the channel.

Someone grew impatient and said, “Profound Nine, stop wasting time!”

“Culture Tomb. The Culture Tomb is in this ruin.”

“…”

Confusion.

That was what a majority of them felt.

But one of the experts exclaimed, “Are you speaking the truth?”

“Yes.”

“Profound Nine, if you dare to lie about this, the nether race will consider the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion our sworn enemy.”

“I wouldn’t dare to lie. So this is an expert from the nether race? I promise you this is the truth.”

The nether race was also an ancient race.

Somewhere in the Human Realm, the expression of a nether expert changed abruptly. He did not even care about the exposure of his identity anymore.

Culture Tomb!

The Culture Tomb had been found!

Soon, he abandoned Ming Yue. While leaving, he sent her a voice transmission, “Watch your back. Do not provoke any experts for now. I need to return and make a report to our king.”

“Elder, you can do this through the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. They have a way to contact the Allheaven Battlefield directly.”

The nether expert blanked out. True. He had completely forgotten about this. But that was mainly because he was too shocked to remember.

Ming Yue asked curiously, “Elder, what is this Culture Tomb?”

“I don’t know.”

“Huh?”

Ming Yue was left speechless. Why was this guy so agitated if he didn’t know what it was?

The nether expert said, “In a gathering hundreds of years ago, the Nether Emperor once lamented the disappearance of the Culture Tomb. He claimed that with the Culture Tomb, perhaps he would be able to take one more step forward.”

Instantly, Ming Yue’s expression changed. Nether Emperor?

That was the number one expert of the nether race, also an ancient expert. A race would only be considered an ancient race with the presence of an unbroken legacy since the ancient past. Of course, it was also inevitable that they would still lose some of what they once knew. But as a whole, the legacies of these ancient races were still relatively intact.

The Nether Emperor might not be an Invincible from the actual ancient era, but he was most definitely someone who had lived for a very long time.

“Elder, this…”

“Don’t ask too much. A few other races might know about the Culture Tomb as well. Things…are about to get troublesome.”

The nether expert frowned, “Perhaps this will no longer be a conflict between young geniuses. Be careful. I suspect the tri-life bodies or clones of Invincibles will start appearing after this.”

“I understand.”

The experts of the other ancient races were also talking about this topic. As for those who did not know about the Culture Tomb, they could see the significance behind this reveal from the reaction of those ancient race experts. They did not need to know what it was to understand its importance.

Initially, some of them believed that it was too excessive for the final piece of information to be priced at nine drops of Sunmoon blood essence. But when they saw how the ancient race experts were reacting, they felt the joy of someone who had just discovered a big secret.

Culture Tomb!

That term had caught everyone’s attention.

***

Su Yu continued, “I believe some of you understand the value of this information. Even if you don’t understand, it doesn’t matter. You only need to know that this information is invaluable. If you can get it under your control, you can easily trade it for three or even five carrier treasures with the major races.”

“You can also consider selling it to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. We are willing to pay three carrier treasures for the Culture Tomb.”

With that, the final doubt of the clueless individuals were dispersed. Holy shit! So that so-called Culture Tomb was that valuable?

A different expert made an offer as well, “The divine race is also willing to purchase this Culture Tomb if anyone manages to get it. We will definitely pay more than three carrier treasures.”

“The devil race will not give up on this. But if we do fail to get it, we’re also willing to purchase it. Do consider us if you’re thinking of selling it.”

“…”

At this moment, even those who were previously hiding their presence were no longer doing so. This was a form of insurance. What if they failed to get the Culture Tomb themselves? In that scenario, they naturally needed to purchase it.

Culture Tomb!

That thing was most definitely more valuable than even carrier treasures. One could also say that it could be used as a carrier treasure that was more powerful than ordinary carrier treasures.

With this, even those unaware of what the Culture Tomb was understood its value. Their eyes gleamed with greed. This was crazy. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had offered three carrier treasures for it without any hesitation.

***

Nanyuan.

Yuan Qingdong and his friends were all salivating. Even Invincible descendants like them had never received a single piece of carrier treasure before. But there were at least two in the ruin. Including the Culture Tomb, they stood to gain at least five carrier treasures from the ruin!

They all started contacting their respective families. Five carrier treasures! And that was only the minimum number. Perhaps they could get even more. This was an unprecendentedly valuable ruin.

The various powers, including some Invincibles, all started hearing about this. The Culture Tomb had resurfaced. Several carrier treasures had also appeared. On top of that, countless treasures were up for grabs as well.

This was an incredibly powerful ruin. It could very well produce two or three Invincibles alone.

At this time.

Great Xia.

Marquis Xia was frowning. Beside him, Xia Huyou was confused. He asked doubtfully, “Second Granduncle, what is this Culture Tomb?”

After thinking about it, Marquis Xia explained, “Culture Tomb…I don’t know that well either. But your great-grandpa probably knows more.”

He was speaking the truth. But he could remember hearing some rumors about it before. He wasted no time and sent a message to Great Xia King through a special channel. The message would first reach the Allheaven Prefecture before being delivered to Great Xia King. Nevertheless, it wouldn’t take long.

This was still the Human Realm. Compared with the other races, it was far easier for the humans to deliver a message out of the realm.

After a while, Marquis Xia received a reply.

“Protect that thing and return it to either Su Yu or Hong Tan…”

Marquis Xia blanked out. Protect. Not snatch. Return it to Su Yu or Hong Tan. At this point, a certain realization dawned on Marquis Xia.

His expression turned complicated as he looked at Xia Huyou and sighed. “This is the root of the multiple character faction, also the root of my uncle…”

His uncle was Xia Chen. The first principal of Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. He had not affirmed his dao. He was the founder of the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. Ultimately, he had perished in the Allheaven Battlefield. The Character Technique Stele was a root he left behind. That was the legacy of the multiple character faction.

Marquis Xia realized that the ruin might be fake or real, but the Culture Tomb was most definitely real. To attract more attention, Su Yu had placed it in the ruin. Marquis Xia didn’t know how to feel anymore. If they lost this…the multiple character faction could very well cease to exist.

***

Countless questions were being asked in the group communication channel.

“Where is the entrance?”

“Answer us, Profound Nine!”

“We are willing to pay more for this information!”

“Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, why are you excluding the information about the entrance? Are you trying to monopolize the ruin?”

Culture Tomb and carrier treasures. These were all invaluable treasures. All these people were running out of patience. They were also worried that the pavilion would monopolize the ruin.

Su Yu replied nonchalantly, “If we’re planning something like that, what’s the point of releasing this information? We might as well keep silent. As for the entrance, I doubt it’s the proper entrance. My guess is that the ruin will eventually resurface by itself. I also suspect that as long as a proper multiple character faction expert arrives in Nanyuan, the ruin might be triggered into making an appearance. If someone from Great Xia is here, you may take this into consideration.”

Instantly, someone said, “Yes! If the Culture Tomb is really in there, the people of Great Xia might have a way of opening the ruin. Hong Tan…yes! Hong Tan might be able to do this! Not only him! This might be applicable to all multiple character cultivators! An ancient Invincible cultural researcher is most likely a multiple character cultivator!”

Once again, those unaware of the Culture Tomb were shocked. How was this thing related to the multiple character faction? As for the human experts, they were suddenly reminded of the multiple character cultivators they had been nurturing in secret. Perhaps…this was their chance!

Once again, this message was spread everywhere. The secret multiple character cultivators who had just entered the Human Realm not long ago received a new command. They were all ordered to head to Nanyuan immediately. This might be a massive opportunity for them!

Su Yu continued, “This is all. I assure you I’m telling the truth. Of course, you are free to believe what you want. Time will prove everything. Even without any activation, the ruin will eventually resurface by itself. It might happen soon. The Culture Manor has revealed itself. Good luck and I look forward to our future cooperation, everyone.”

With that, everyone was kicked out of the channel. The impact of this announcement was far larger than anyone had imagined.