Tribulation of Myriad Races

That day, numerous secret meetings were held.

That day, super experts started carefully going through the realm entrances to the Human Realm that were not under humanity’s control. The realm entrance leading to the Allheaven Prefecture was the largest realm entrance, but that did not mean that it was the sole realm entrance.

The Myriad Race Cult had always been able to smuggle experts in and out of the Human Realm, and these unknown realm entrances were what they had been using.

Of course, it wasn’t completely safe to use these realm entrances. For example, the entrance under the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s control could easily deliver one right in front of a human Invincible. Some of the other realm entrances were filled with spatial cracks, making it an excessively dangerous experience to travel through them.

Because of the numerous issues, these alternative realm entrances were only suitable for smaller groups of people.

Naturally, none of that was something for Su Yu to worry about.

He was only in charge of stirring trouble, not taking care of the consequences. At the moment, he was busy meeting some higher-ups of the pavilion. These people were actual higher-ups of significance instead of some white masks.

They were none other than the third and eighth elders. The two top experts had arrived in Great Xia.

Su Yu was extremely cautious during the meeting. Several of his characters were kept fused at all times to strengthen his characters, conceal his aura, and alter his appearance. Yes, he was keeping a disguised face even when he was masked. He had changed his face to that of the original Profound Nine’s.

Additionally, Su Yu’s direct superior, First Profound Elder was also present. Of the three elders, two were Pseudo Invincibles while the other was an eighth-stage Sunmoon. Even among the myriad races, they were top experts.

Behind his mask, Su Yu’s forehead was already beaded with sweat. His strength had increased significantly compared to the time when he was still disguising himself as Cui Lang. He had grown in all aspects, such as his characters, willpower, and everything else. But was that enough to maintain his disguise against Pseudo Invincibles?

He only knew that he had failed to hide anything from Old Wan. That geezer had been able to recognize him with one look. Because of that, he had been growing less confident of his concealment abilities.

Su Yu was already very strong. But he was still far weaker than the individuals standing in front of him. Any carelessness might lead to an exposure of his identity. And that would be fatal for him.

Also, was First Profound on his side or not? This would be the perfect opportunity for First Profound to sell him out. But it was quite likely that First Profound was on his side or the betrayal would have probably happened long ago.

There was a tinge of gold in the masks of the third and eighth elders. In the pavilion, that was the sign of a Pseudo Invincible. The two elders merely gazed at him silently. They did not pressure him with their auras, nor did they do anything to him.

Finally, the third elder spoke in a genial manner, “Profound Nine, you did very well this time. You were able to discover a secret nobody could, fully expanding our business in the Human Realm. Thanks to you, the number of requests we received in the Human Realm has increased significantly. Your hard work has played the biggest role in this.”

“I wouldn’t dare hog the credit. I have only been doing what I should.”

The third elder continued speaking in the same genial tone, “Do not be too modest. I know that those from the fiery eye race don’t generally have a good temper. You’re doing very well here. The fiery eye race isn’t strong, but the pavilion is willing to help you become the leader of your race if you wish to.”

“There is no need for that. A leader of a minor race is nothing compared to an elder in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.” Su Yu said, “Furthermore, I have too many enemies, including the Xia Family. It’s fine if I stay away from my people, but returning will also bring them a calamity they can’t handle.”

The eighth elder laughed, “True. The Xia Family is incredibly hateful. Profound Nine, I heard that the fiery eye race’s eye techniques are capable of refining some unique materials. I have a chunk of netherearth gold here. Can you refine it?”

He took out a chunk of metal and sighed, “I can forcefully refine it as well, but it’s too inefficient to do so. This thing is too valuable to be wasted like that. It can be used to forge heaven weapons, and a chunk of this size is actually very rare. If I were to refine it myself, I would waste at least seventy percent of it. Can you do me this favor, Profound Nine? Rather than wasting seventy percent of it, I would rather let you have it. As long as you can refine more than thirty percent of the essence, you can keep the rest.”

Su Yu cursed inwardly. He didn’t even dare to be too straightforward when cursing inwardly. Nevertheless, he still cursed inwardly that this elder was doing this to test him. If the elder was going to do this, the elder should have done it in a more straightforward manner instead of hiding behind an excuse like this!

Then again, this was also quite a reasonable request. It wasn’t like the elder could directly ask about his identity since according to the pavilion rules, only the direct superior could know the identity of a member.

As long as the First Profound Elder was fine with his identity, they should not be questioning him. But they were probably still worried. Or to be precise, they were merely doing this out of habit, telling Su Yu to demonstrate his so-called racial talent as proof of identity.

In front of Pseudo Invincibles, a fake racial talent would not be able to pass as a real racial talent. And they would notice immediately if he attempted to use ability blood essence for this request. If he could fool even them, what else could they do but bow to his superior skills?

To conduct this test, the eighth elder had even taken out a treasure like netherearth gold. This thing was not as valuable as some of the better carrier treasures, but it was strong enough to be used as a weaker carrier treasure as long as one did not mind having a weaker tri-life body.

Su Yu said, “Eighth Elder, you’re too generous. There is no need for that. I only need a hundred portions of heavenly source qi. Refining this chunk of metal is no big deal for me.”

“A hundred portions?”

The eighth elder laughed, “Sure. But I won’t make you suffer a loss. I’ll pay two hundred portions. The pavilion might not be incredibly wealthy, but we are also not so poor we have to skimp on this.”

Su Yu did not waste any time. Abruptly, a fiery beam shot out of his eyes. Before the beam, the chunk of metal started melting. Drop after drop of the liquid metal dripped down. With a roar by Su Yu, a powerful burst of source qi erupted from his body. Space itself was burned by his fiery beam.

His eyes burned like a pair of fireballs.

Meanwhile, the two elders looked at each other as the eighth elder asked through voice transmission, “So?”

“He’s not using any external power. This must be the racial ability of the fiery eye race.”

The two nodded. At the very least, it was now proven that Profound Nine was indeed from the fiery eye race. That alone dispelled a lot of their suspicions.

Profound Nine was not directly subordinate to either of them. Thus, it was inconvenient for them to directly ask him some questions. Nevertheless, they still had to be cautious and take the necessary precautions.

While the two elders were conversing with each other, Su Yu was also in the middle of a conversation. He was talking to First Profound. The two were communicating through their masks.

“Elder, what is the meaning of this? They’re suspecting me. That’s the same as suspecting you. They’re disrespecting you!”

First Profound remained silent. Wasn’t it normal for the elders to suspect this kid?

“Elder, do you know me before this?”

“Like I said, I’m your grandpa.”

“…”

Screw this nonsense!

Su Yu cursed inwardly.

“Elder, you’re still a late-stage Sunmoon. How can you let them disrespect you like this? You should do something or they will see this as weaa kness.”

“That makes sense…”

Su Yu was merely saying that to provoke the elder. Surprisingly, the elder actually responded. First Profound coldly said, “Enforcer elders, are you done? If not, perhaps you should also check with the Profound Department head if my identity is suspicious as well. Who knows? Perhaps I’m a traitor like First Yellow. Profound Nine, take your mask off and show them the type of people I take under me.”

“…”

Su Yu was stunned. The two enforcer elders were stunned as well.

First Profound raised his voice, “Take off your mask. Do you hear me? Are you going to disobey me?”

“First Profound, you misunderstand us…”

The eighth elder started explaining himself. No matter what, they still had to acord an eighth-stage Sunmoon with some respect.

But First Profound ignored him and continued, “Profound Nine, do my words mean nothing to you now?”

Su Yu cursed inwardly.

He acted like he was struggling as he said, “Elder, I…”

“Do it.”

Indignantly, he slowly took his mask off, revealing a pale face. His eyes looked completely normal, but his complexion was also slightly gray, perhaps due to the death qi in his body. The two elders hurriedly looked at him when the mask was taken off. He did not keep the mask off for long. He put it back after a short moment and lowered his head in silence.

The eighth elder said again, “There isn’t a need for this at all. The pavilion has its own rules. First Profound, you’re making us look bad…”

First Profound coldly said, “I wouldn’t dare. Profound Nine has indeed been too foolish. I advised him long ago that this is a man-eat-man world. He needs to hide what he’s really capable of. But this fool never understood that. He didn’t even realize someone was trying to harm him by overly praising him. And now, he had offended the Xia Family and incurred the envy of some incompetent fools in the pavilion, becoming a prime target to be stabbed in the back. How foolish.”

Su Yu maintained his silence.

The third elder laughed and said, “First Profound, you think too much. That wasn’t our intention. The eighth elder was merely using this chance to reward Profound Nine for his hard work. Sigh…we’re also to blame for this. It isn’t proper to have Profound Nine reveal his real appearance. Don’t worry. We will never expose this to anyone else…”

He looked at Su Yu and said, “Profound Nine, don’t misunderstand us. The two of us have actually prepared five hundred portions of heavenly source qi for you. I believe this will help deal with the death qi in your body.”

“Thank you.”

Su Yu did not refuse the gift. What nonsense. Why should he say no when he was receiving something for free? What a surprise. He had merely pushed First Profound a tiny bit, but the elder had actually acted on it.

First Profound continued speaking with an overcast tone, “I understand this wasn’t your intention. But there are people with such intentions in the pavilion. These incompetent fools do not enjoy seeing others doing well. They are envious of me for having a competent subordinate. It is only a matter of time before Profound Nine becomes an elder. If we are able to conclude our operations here smoothly, he will be due a promotion. I hope the two of you can lend him your help during his promotion. The exposure of his identity won’t be a good thing for us. I only hope that this will allow you to understand him more and see how talented he is. It is also far easier to work with someone we know and trust.”

Understanding dawned on the two elders. So First Profound was not doing this to denounce them. He was trying to seek their help for Profound Nine’s promotion.

It generally wouldn’t matter to them who the new elder was. But Profound Nine was someone they knew well. Since they knew how he looked, they could even find out more about him if they wanted. It wasn’t like the fiery eye race was a big race.

Thus, it was much better to have someone they could trust working alongside them than someone they didn’t know. The two smiled. First Profound was doing this for Profound Nine’s sake, but looking at Profound Nine’s current state, he might not necessarily be thankful for this.

The eighth elder said, “Definitely. After we conclude our operations here, Profound Nine will receive even more trust from the pavilion. He will most definitely be promoted so long as he grows his cultivation more. Profound Nine, you’re only an early-stage Sunmoon. It won’t be too easy for you to reach the late stage.”

First Profound said, “That’s not necessarily true. To reach the middle stage, he only needs sufficient sunmoon profound yellow liquid. If he’s able to continue doing well and find a way to get rid of the death qi in his body, the middle stage won’t be an issue for him. As for the late stage, well, it isn’t like no middle-stage Sunmoon has ever been promoted to an elder before…”

“True.”