Tribulation of Myriad Races

Nanyuan.

The number of experts gathered increased steadily. Not even the deaths of over twenty Sunmoons could dampen the excitement of these people.

“Is Liu Wenyan here?”

“Will the ruin emerge when he’s here?”

“Not necessarily. There is no promise that he will be the one to unlock the ruin. Su Yu will probably be better for that job.”

Everyone was talking about the ruin. During the past few days, numerous spars and fights had broken out between the young geniuses or between the experts.

Fights between humans, fights between humans and non-humans, or fights between non-humans. All would happen. After all, the divines were no friends of devils, and the immortals were no friends of dragons.

Suddenly, someone roared, “The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is here! Kill them!”

The aura of an eighth-stage Sunmoon surged. A devil, who had barely survived the previous battle with the pavilion, attacked alongside a ninth-stage Sunmoon divine.

That caused the two newly arrived pavilion members to jump in shock. The faceless elder hurriedly dragged the white mask beside him and fled. While running, the white mask explained, “Misunderstanding! This is a misunderstanding! We’re not from the pavilion!”

“Don’t even think of fooling us! Kill them!”

The white mask cursed. More than ten Sunmoons were charging toward them.

He exclaimed in fear, “Elder, faster! Faster! We need to run!”

The elder said nothing and continued fleeing silently. Even as an eighth-stage Sunmoon, fleeing was his only option. After all, he was being chased by multiple Sunmoons of the same cultivation level.

“This is a misunderstanding!” The white mask explained mournfully, “I’m not…with the pavilion! I’m Yellow Nine, the traitor of the pavilion!”

Yes. He was so desperate he was finally willing to confess to being a traitor. He was only using the mask because it was very convenient. He had been in seclusion during the past few days with his elder so he was unaware of what the pavilion had done. How did the pavilion incur the wrath of all these people? Just what was going on?

He had thought that since the pavilion was information peddler first and foremost, it should be perfectly normal for pavilion members to appear in Nanyuan, the latest hotspot in the Human Realm. This was how it had always been. The pavilion would always appear whenever something was going on, and most people weren’t bothered by their presence.

Thus, both he and his elder had picked Nanyuan as their first destination after exiting seclusion. But…what was wrong? What happened during their seclusion? Why was everyone so hostile?

He continued roaring mournfully, “This is really a misunderstanding! I’m not with the pavilion!”

In truth, some of the experts pursuing them were convinced. Those from the pavilion weren’t stupid. They probably wouldn’t appear so openly after what they did. Meanwhile, these two had strolled in with their masks like fools. They were probably unaware of what the pavilion had done recently.

Of course, there was always the possibility that they were merely the more stupid members of the pavilion, thinking that everyone would forget them even after what they did. In fact, after hearing Yellow Nine’s name, most of them knew what was going on. So it was that idiot.

Yellow Nine, someone who had framed Profound Nine to be Su Yu and caused the pavilion to provoke Su Yu unnecessarily. In the end, they lost an elder due to Su Yu. At the moment, even the pavilion was hunting this stupid guy.

Even so, some still roared loudly, “Kill them! They are spies from Great Xia!”

At that, a few other Sunmoons joined the pursuit. The truth did not matter. It wouldn’t be wrong to first kill these two. These two would either be from the pavilion or from Great Xia. After all, according to the pavilion, these two had betrayed Profound Nine and caused the deaths of Rainbow One and the others while working with Great Xia.

That was a good enough reason for these two to be killed.

Before Yellow Nine and First Yellow could say anything, an eighth-stage Sunmoon surged as a different voice roared furiously, “Audacious! How dare you attack someone from Great Xia? Die!”

Boom!

A battle erupted.

In the blink of an eye, about seven or eight late-stage Sunmoons had engaged each other in a battle. Meanwhile, Yellow Nine and First Yellow were still fleeing for their lives. This was probably the fastest they had ever moved in their lives.

***

More than ten minutes later, First Yellow tossed Yellow Nine aside while gasping for breath. “We lost them.”

This was a first for him. As an eighth-stage Sunmoon, he had never been forced to flee so desperately before. How miserable. If it wasn’t for the second group of people who had appeared to help, he would have been beaten to death by so many experts even as an eighth-stage Sunmoon.

That was too terrifying. Just what happened during the past few days?

Yellow Nine was also gasping for breath. After some time, he howled mournfully, “Elder, it’s over! The Xia Family helped us! Now, everyone will believe that we’re with the Xia Family. After all, they had fought several late-stage Sunmoons for us. Nobody will believe we’re with them after this.”

At that realization, First Yellow blanked out. He was left speechless for quite some time.

True. The Xia Family had deployed several Sunmoons to fight for them. Even Marquis Xia himself had fought personally against a divine expert. Who would believe that the two of them weren’t with the Xia Family after this?

After all, this was a very dangerous moment for the Xia Family to get into a fight.

After a long silence, First Yellow said, “The Xia Family is aware that we’re not with them. But why did they do that? They are either doing that to screw us over or…something is really wrong with Profound Nine’s identity. The Xia Family is trying to convince everyone that we’re with them.”

Yellow Nine said gloomily, “I know. But…nobody will believe us. After all, we’re pavilion traitors.”

How sorrowful. The two of them had somehow turned into traitors.

First Profound was also feeling very gloomy. He said, “Do you think there is really something wrong with Profound Nine’s identity?”

Yellow Nine gave it some thought and said, “That’s hard to say. But I’m more curious about a different thing. What did the pavilion do recently? Why is everyone so hostile right after seeing us? Did the pavilion desecrate the tombs of their ancestors or something like that?”

First Yellow thought about it and agreed that they needed to first figure that out. As for the relationship between Profound Nine and the Xia Family, that matter could be put aside for now. They could deal with it after learning more in the future.

At the moment, the two of them had been turned into the targets of the pavilion and the myriad races. The Xia Family was protecting them, but that might also change when there weren’t any outsiders present. At that time, even the Xia Family might try to kill them as well. This felt terrible. They had yet to accomplish anything after entering the Human Realm.

Instead, they had lost their identities as an elder and a white mask. They had also turned into a fugitive of numerous experts.

Nevertheless, the two of them were experts. With a little bit of disguise and some time spent among the experts gathered near Nanyuan, they were updated on the recent events.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had done something big. Somewhere between Great Zhou and Great Jin, they had killed twenty-three Sunmoons. Even a Pseudo Invincible elder was there.

The eighth-stage Sunmoon devil who had pursued them aggressively during their previous appearance was Ta’er, the sole survivor of that massacre. He had nearly died himself as well. No wonder he was so hostile toward anyone from the pavilion. He sure was lucky to be the sole survivor among the twenty-four Sunmoons who were there.

When they were alone again, the two looked at each other speechlessly. They couldn’t even blame the myriad race experts for going after them anymore. This was the importance of information. And a lack of information could be fatal at times.

Yellow Nine spoke through voice transmission, “Elder, something is wrong with this. Since when did the pavilion become so aggressive? Killing so many Sunmoons at one go? Was this…Profound Nine’s work as well?”

Yellow Nine continued, “The Xia Family is covering up for Profound Nine to make it clear that we’re with them. Elder…I’m certain that Profound Nine is Su Yu!”

When he said that previously, it was merely something he had said out of desperation. Not even he himself believed that. But now, thinking of all that had happened recently, he was more and more certain that Profound Nine was Su Yu.

After a long while, First Yellow said, “It’s pointless to speculate. Are you thinking of getting the pavilion to test Su Yu again? If you think they have the guts to try that again, you’re free to contact them and plead for your innocence.”

Yellow Nine was left quite speechless. Was this supposed to be a joke? The pavilion would kill him if he returned. The previous time the pavilion tested, Su Yu, it lost an elder. How many people should they send to test Su Yu a second time?

Nonsense.

Perhaps he could try claiming that Profound Nine was someone else, but nobody would believe that Profound Nine was Su Yu. As for the similarities in their style, well, was Su Yu the only one with the courage and wit to scheme others to death?

Yellow Nine gloomily said, “We can’t use our identities as pavilion members anymore, Elder. The pavilion has offended everyone. Maybe we should throw the masks away? With the masks on, we will suffer from what the pavilion did even when the pavilion itself isn’t friendly to us.”

The elder nodded. True. These identities were no longer that convenient to use. Rather, these identities were fatal to use. Keeping these identities would merely turn them into everyone’s targets. How miserable.

The pavilion, the myriad races, and even the humans wouldn’t think twice about killing them.

“Sigh.”

First Yellow mumbled sadly, “My hundred years of hard work in the pavilion…has gone to waste. It hasn’t been easy for me to finally rise to the position of an elder. Thanks to you, I lost everything!”

“You can’t put it that way, Elder. You can only blame yourself for not doing well enough in the pavilion. You weren’t important enough that they would believe your words. Just look at First Profound. When he claimed that Profound Nine wasn’t suspicious, everyone believed him. By the way, is First Profound Elder problematic as well?”

Yellow Nine’s eyes widened, “If that’s the case as well…wow. This is such a terrifying thought.”

If First Profound’s identity was problematic, how about the head of the Profound Department? Then again, the identities of him and First Yellow were also problematic or they wouldn’t have fled so easily either.

As for the head of the Yellow Department…

At that thought, Yellow Nine asked, “Elder, what’s up with the Yellow Head? Are you with him?”

First Yellow rolled his eyes and said, “What do you mean I’m with him? No. The head is wise. He does not care about where you come from. That was why he decided to take us in back then.”

“So what should we do now?”

“What else?” First Profound said, “It’s all your fault. Why must you cause all that trouble? Look where that got us?”

Yellow Nine said, “Elder, do you think the head knows who we really are?”

“How am I supposed to know that?”

“But you said…”

First Yellow cut him off, “Alright, stop wasting time talking about this. How are we supposed to know his thoughts? Even if he didn’t know our identities back then, he has probably been made aware by now. We wouldn’t have fled if our identities weren’t problematic.”

Yellow Nine said regretfully, “True. We shouldn’t have fled. At worst, we’ll endure some investigations. They might not be able to find out the truth. Perhaps the head has known about this all along. He simply never cared. Now, we have to suffer the consequences of our choice to flee.”

First Yellow was left quite speechless. Why was Yellow Nine using the word “we” so easily? Yellow Nine was the one who had insisted on fleeing. He was the one who had refused to return. First Yellow wouldn’t have needed to flee as well otherwise.