Tribulation of Myriad Races

Wan Tiansheng glanced at Lan Tian and laughed.

Su Yu gnashed his teeth and asked, “Principal, maybe I can…I have nothing to fear anyway.”

“Nonsense.” Wan Tiansheng reached out to pat Su Yu’s head. But he stopped halfway and withdrew his hand. He said, “You should leave. Even without the protection of humanity, you can live well in the Allheaven Battlefield. You have no idea how happy I am to see that. Nan Wujiang can be considered my teacher. Yun Chen is my senior brother. Nevertheless, you should keep in mind to never fully trust anyone.

“Over the years, the multiple character faction has lost too many people. The people you know are still alive. You don’t understand this feeling. I can’t fully let go. Do not trust anyone. Never reveal all your secrets. You knew Zhu Tiandao well, right? So what? Were you aware that he was already a Pseudo Invincible? Were you aware that his elder brother was already an Invincible? How well do you know Great Ming?”

Wan Tiansheng paused, looked at Zhu Tiandao and Lan Tian, and said. “Can the two of you go ahead without us? I still have something to tell Su Yu.”

Zhu Tiandao released a string of curses while Lan Tian glared at Wan Tiansheng with the expression of a bitter wife. However, they did as told.

With the two gone, Wan Tiansheng switched to voice transmission, “You have revealed too much. The stone statue was supposed to be your final trump card. But after the events today, the others will learn that the stone statues are restricted from making a move inside the Human Realm. You wouldn’t have needed to enter the Allheaven Battlefield to receive the stone statue’s help otherwise. Your ability to fight eighth-stage Sunmoons has also been revealed. Do you have any other trump cards?”

Wan Tiansheng warned, “Remember this well. Over the years, humanity has produced countless geniuses and experts. But very few of them have been forthright about what they could do. How do you know that Great Xia King and Great Qin King are already doing their best? Do you even know the reason for Ye Batian’s failure? He was too arrogant. He revealed his ability to battle Invincibles before becoming an Invincible himself. If he had maintained a low profile, he would have encountered far fewer obstacles during his dao affirmation. We’re too young. In terms of cunning, we are nothing compared to those old foxes.”

Wan Tiansheng sighed, “No Invincible is to be underestimated. Fiery Sea was merely a cannon fodder. You already know what you need to know. There is no need to concern yourself with what you don’t know. You might have a lot of death qi in your body, but I can see that your life is not in danger for now. You will have to deal with your death qi yourself.

“The stone statues are your backer. But never treat them as tools or they will abandon you. Since Xia Longwu is attempting his dao affirmation, you are probably thinking of helping him with the stone statues. Cease that thought.”

Su Yu blanked out.

Wan Tiansheng repeated himself, “Cease that thought. There is a limit to the amount of favor you can borrow. From how the stone statue made Zhu Tiandao the scapegoat after killing the Invincibles, it is obvious they are unwilling to involve themselves in these conflicts. If you force it, they might really help. And Xia Longwu will benefit from their assistance. But how does this benefit you?

“Of course, all of us will be happy to see Xia Longwu succeed. But he is not your responsibility. Remember this well. You are merely a youngster from the younger generation. Do you think that humanity will go extinct without you? If you do, you’re wrong. Some people look honest and simple, but they are crafty schemers inwardly. You never know.”

Once again, Wan Tiansheng warned, “Don’t reveal your secret so easily. Humanity is not the overlord of the Myriad Realms. Nobody will be able to protect you except yourself. Look at our current conflict. It might seem like humanity has prevailed. We have killed so many powerful enemies. But is that really the case?

“Each of the major races has only lost an Invincible or two. Do you think they haven’t been producing new Invincibles all these years? Their Pseudo Emperors have not even bothered to act personally. Do you understand the implication behind that? For them, this is merely a minor conflict. Their losses thus far are nothing.

“The Culture Tomb is the only thing they care about. The number of hidden Invincibles among humanity has never been a concern to them. This was only supposed to be an amusement to them.”

Wan Tiansheng smiled, “When you took the Culture Tomb out, I knew it might attract more trouble than expected. But I also knew that humanity wasn’t completely unprepared to handle a bigger trouble.

“I believe that even now, there are more hidden Invincibles in the Human Realm. If Zhu Tiandao and the others proved insufficient to deal with these enemy Invincibles, more human Invincibles would have appeared.”

Su Yu blanked out. There were more? How was that possible? Why were they still hiding?

“Silly kid.” Wan Tiansheng said, “How can our dear leaders put all their eggs in the same basket? They still want to have a home to return to. I don’t blame them. Some of them have no choice but to hide. A few human Invincibles have vanished after losing their tri-life bodies many years ago. I suspect that they are still hiding somewhere in the Human Realm. They will act when required. This isn’t really a bad thing for humanity.”

Su Yu nodded, “I understand. I won’t trust anyone lightly, Principal.”

“Good.” Wan Tiansheng added, “That includes me. In fact, I am the most likely traitor. Do you understand?”

Su Yu sank into silence.

“What I showed you could very well be what I wanted you to know. How are you certain that what I showed you is the truth? Who can guarantee that Fiery Sea was the one who had killed Ye Batian? Why couldn’t it be me? Perhaps I only killed Fiery Sea to silence a potential witness. Maybe I only fought so hard because I wanted to remove the suspicion on me. After all, I am one of the suspects.”

Wan Tiansheng said, “Keep your secrets to yourself. Don’t use the trump card meant to preserve your life to help humanity. Humanity will still be around even without you or the stone statue.”

“After all, humanity has persisted for so long before you were born.” He shook his head and said, “Things are not that dire yet. Great Qin King and the others would have gone mad and attacked the other races if that was the case. That was what humanity did over four hundred years ago when we faced extinction.”

He looked at the carrier treasures in Su Yu’s hands and said, “You might seem callous, but inwardly, you’re very soft. There are still some humans out there in need of carrier treasures for their dao affirmations. Will you be offering them your carrier treasures?”

Su Yu sank into silence.

Wan Tiansheng shook his head, “Don’t hand them out easily. You have obtained these carrier treasures too easily. You don’t know how rare they are. If you think about it, has it actually been that easy? Without the stone statue, would you be able to get even one carrier treasure? Do you not need to affirm your dao in the future? How about your teacher, your grandteacher, and the others? If you start giving them away now, you won’t have any to spare when your people need them.”

“If you really want to give them away, you are better off giving them to some of your fellow mayors.” Wan Tiansheng said, “Grandstar places a heavy importance on you. Since those mayors are unable to break free from their cities, there is no guarantee that you will be able to do so. But with these carrier treasures, you might be able to obtain a backing you can truly rely on.

“I believe dao affirmation will be very difficult for you. It is also very unlikely that those mayors will be willing to fight for you. These carrier treasures present a great opportunity for you to change things. Some of these mayors might have the ability to break free from their cities temporarily. With your assistance, they might even be able to go through a rapid dao affirmation.

“Thirty-five of the thirty-six ancient cities are with mayors. Excluding yourself, there are thirty-four mayors you can reach out to. If you can push them into the Invincible Realm, these mayors will become your true backers. Your very own Invincible backers.”

Su Yu frowned and said, “Principal…this…”

“Are you trying to say that this is too selfish?” Wan Tiansheng smiled.

Su Yu shook his head and said, “I mean, are Invincibles so easy to control? Can these stone statues keep them under control? Is dao affirmation even possible for ancient city mayors? And if that’s possible, won’t that free them from their ancient cities?”

“That won’t happen. Not even the powerful stone statues can break free so there’s no way these mayors will be able to break free just by advancing.”

Wan Tiansheng said, “Just keep this in mind. You can never have too many carrier treasures. You won’t get too many opportunities to collect more. Do you think you can find new Invincibles to kill every single day? Just think about the number of Invincibles you had actually encountered prior to this conflict. Are they really that common?

“Everyone believes that you have two carrier treasures. As for the other two, keep them hidden. As for the two everyone knows about, you may hand them out if you really have to.”

After saying that, Wan Tiansheng took out a carrier treasure and said, “You can have this as well.”

That was the carrier treasure he had gotten from Fiery Sea King. He had not been able to get any carrier treasures from Nether River King.

“It’s useless to me anyway.”

After tossing the carrier treasure to Su Yu, he said, “It will be too difficult for Zhu Tiandao to actually complete his dao affirmation. I doubt he can succeed even if he does it in the Human Realm. The Human Realm…can barely support more dao affirmations. If he wishes to affirm his dao, he will need to do it in the Allheaven Battlefield, a ruin, or a minor realm. Perhaps you can take advantage of this. When he starts his dao affirmation in the future, you can start your dao affirmation as well. He will take some attention away from you.”

Su Yu nodded.

Wan Tiansheng continued, “Remember this. You’re only Su Yu. You’re not Great Qin King’s son. You’re not Great Xia King’s son. You’re not Great Zhou King’s son. You’re not Great Ming King’s son. Perhaps you believe that this is a great victory for humanity. But in truth, the ones who have truly profited are all the top-tier Invincibles.

“The Zhou Family is now a family with four Invincibles. Great Ming and Great Qin have two Invincibles each as well. I’m not saying that they are enemies. I’m only telling you that no matter how noble someone is, they will be biased toward one of their own.”

Wan Tiansheng smiled, “This isn’t a bad thing. If they are cold and unfeeling, they would have abandoned humanity long ago. Their love for their fellow humans is the main motivation for them to stand and fight. However, their love for their sons or grandsons will definitely be stronger than their love for others.”

Su Yu blanked out again.