Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Cough, cough, cough!”

Suddenly, Dao King coughed, assaulting everyone’s minds with his cough. Next, Moge’s voice rang out, breaking everyone’s concentration, “Mayor Su, are you fine?”

They were doing this deliberately.

After blanking out slightly, Su Yu looked up at them and smiled, “I’m fine. I formed a natural character. How odd. How did I form a character out of nowhere? This is truly odd.”

“…”

Everyone suspected that he was trying to infuriate them to death.

Meanwhile, Great Zhou King was staring at Su Yu solemnly. After a long while, he opened his mouth, “Su Yu, you will be a saint…”

Su Yu laughed in amusement. When he noticed that everyone was still staring at him, he said, “Everyone, don’t take this seriously. Great Zhou King is trying to get me killed. It’s pointless to envy me. Characters aren’t that important. I can form them easily. In fact, I have so many natural characters I don’t care about them anymore.”

Inwardly, he had an odd feeling. The radiance was not a human character either. Like the culture character, it came in the true form of all characters, the so-called willpower language.

Together, the two characters meant civilization.

In truth, the two characters could be both significant and insignificant. Separate, each character wouldn’t be anything too special. But together, they became civilization. And there was a massive weight attached to that character.

How weird. He had only been thinking of making a memoir of the myriad races. Why did such a character form because of that? How odd.

He wasn’t even done digesting all his new comprehensions. As for the fact that this had happened so publicly, there was nothing he could do about it. What could he do if he was too excessively genius? It wasn’t like he was deliberately comprehending new things in front of all these people.

He was unbothered by the attempts of Dao King and the others to interrupt him. Unless they attacked him directly, he would be fine.

Once again, he looked at the golden crow and said, “Senior Golden Crow, may I take a picture of you? I believe I have you to thank for my newly comprehended character. Your accumulation in the path of dao is too deep. Just by being in the presence of your great self, I was able to form a new character. To thank you, I’ll accept only two sevenstar purple orchids for the second slot you buy. What do you think, Senior?”

The golden crow was still stunned. Was this really possible? He knew that some races had unique abilities that could harm others in unimaginable ways. But as an Invincible, a mere picture shouldn’t be able to harm him.

He found no harm in agreeing.

Soon, he answered, “Sure. But if you think you can curse me to death with a picture, you should stop dreaming now.”

Su Yu laughed, “Not at all, Senior. How can Invincibles die so easily? If Invincibles can die so easily, the celestial chasm race would have conquered the myriad races long ago. They are the best at cursing yet I’m still well and alive here.”

That was true. The golden crow said nothing else.

Su Yu did not hesitate to take a recording talisman out and took a picture of the golden crow. As he did so, he was thinking of something else. A certain possibility was dawning upon him. Perhaps he had not explored the golden book fully. After all, when the thought of producing a myriad race memoir in his mind, the golden book had trembled several times.

“Could it be…”

A vague idea started taking form in his mind.

Suddenly, his gaze landed on Lan Tian. The idea became clearer and clearer. Myriad race memoir…golden book…blood essence absorption…cultivation inheritance…the dao of myriad races…

Noticing that Su Yu was deep in thought, the golden crow reminded him, “Su Yu, time to complete the deal.”

Since he had allowed Su Yu to take a picture of him, Su Yu should stop wasting time and complete the transaction.

Su Yu nodded. He did not have the time to learn more about his newly formed character. But he was in no rush. The character would always be around for him to study.

He accepted two sevenstar purple orchids for a slot as promised.

And he ate both on the spot.

Before long, his two remaining third-tier characters advanced to the fourth tier. The radiance character was too new so it was still stuck at the second tier. Most of the time, natural characters would reach the second tier right after formation.

Since he still had a lot of apertures to open, he did not mind buying more willpower treasures. With another token in hand, he said, “I’m still accepting willpower treasures for my slots.”

With the golden crow as an example, the other races started searching their belongings for suitable treasures. Su Yu’s price was actually quite reasonable. It was still acceptable for them.

Before long, an ancient race bought a slot with some treasures as well. Characters were not something one would carry around everywhere. Thus, it was understandable that nobody could produce the characters he wanted on such short notice.

As usual, Su Yu ate the treasures he received on the spot. Naturally, he would have the three stone statues check the treasures for him before he ate as a precaution against poison.

He continued requesting his buyers to have their pictures taken. Some would agree while some would refuse. He wasn’t too bothered by the rejections. As far as he was concerned, he would have their pictures sooner or later. Perhaps the next time he saw them, he would be taking the pictures of their corpses instead.

***

“Just what exactly is Su Yu doing?”

A human asked softly. Right after he spoke, a bunch of people stared at him. Why was he mentioning Su Yu’s name directly? Was he not afraid of a beating by Su Yu?

Xia Huyou rolled his eyes and answered, “Isn’t it obvious? By eating them on the spot, he’s telling everyone that he’s not keeping anything on him. They shouldn’t bother robbing him as he won’t have anything on him anyway. At the same time, he can also check whether these treasures are effective before the buyers can flee.”

At this point, Su Yu had eaten so many treasures that willpower was leaking out of his mouth. Even the Sunmoon characters he received were crushed on the spot. It was clear he did not intend to keep any of these treasures on him. As far as he was concerned, having too many treasures on his person would make him a tempting target for many.

Thus, he decided to demonstrate just how wasteful he was for everyone here. They should now understand the reason for him to be so strong, right? Before long, he had sold six slots. At this point, all his characters, including the newly formed radiance character, had become fourth-tier characters. This alone placed him ahead of many willpower cultivators.

As for apertures, he had reached a point where it was extremely difficult to open more. However, thanks to his luxurious feast, he was able to open more than ten new apertures. He was probably the only person in existence who would cultivate in this manner.

“What a wastrel!”

Previously, Bai Feng was the only one saying this. Now, even Hong Tan and Liu Wenyan were saying the same. In fact, even the Invincibles were thinking the same even if they weren’t speaking it out loud.

Was he so wasteful because he didn’t have to worry about supporting anyone? He had eaten all those treasures just to improve his willpower and characters? If he wasn’t a wastrel, who could be called a wastrel?

Noticing that Su Yu was not about to stop selling, a dragon king said, “Su Yu, stop selling them separately. The dragon race wishes to buy a hundred slots for one carrier treasure. What do you think?”

Su Yu laughed, “What? Why do I even want a carrier treasure?”

With a casual wave of his hand, two carrier treasures appeared. One of them was the reverse scale of an ancient Dragon Pseudo Emperor. He said, “I have enough to cultivate both my future and past bodies. And I don’t even know if I can even reach that far. These two are more than enough for me. Why do I need more?”

The masses were more and more certain that he was trying to infuriate them to death. He continued, “I think I should be the one selling carrier treasures instead.”

Qin Zhen hurriedly said, “Su Yu, if you’re really selling, the human race is—”

“No thanks. You guys are too poor.”

Su Yu didn’t even give him the chance to finish. “Prefect Qin, it’s not that I’m prejudiced against the humans. But you guys are too poor. You can’t afford my prices. When I decide to sell, everyone will be welcome to bid for them. It’s pointless for me to keep them. It’s not like I can take them to the afterlife. I only care about things that can increase my strength immediately. Nothing else matters.”

He sounded carefree, but for some reason, an unspeakable sense of grief could also be heard in his words. He would die soon. He might not even live long enough to reach the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm. What was the point of keeping these carrier treasures?

The dragon king’s eyes flickered as he recognized the origin of the reverse scale. He had planned to purchase the slots with a carrier treasure. Unfortunately, Su Yu did not care for carrier treasures. This would complicate things.

Su Yu said, “Alright. I’m not working on my willpower anymore. Now, I need blood essence. I only accept the blood essence at the seventh-tage Sunmoon and above. I need to produce more ability blood essence so I can’t accept weak blood essence. I’m open for negotiation if you have the blood essence I need. I’ll assume this won’t be an issue. Blood essence is something you can get just by killing.

“If you don’t have any blood essence on you, it’s fine. The Clearbright Bird Realm is right here. Just go in and kill a few seventh-stage Sunmoons. I’ll be selling a slot for thirty drops of seventh-stage Sunmoon blood essence. You only need to kill three for a slot. You can also buy a slot for ten drops of eighth-stage Sunmoon blood essence. If you have ninth-stage Sunmoon blood essence, I’ll take five drops for a slot. You can get two slots per kill. Think about it.”

“…”

The expressions of the surrounding Invincibles turned odd. Strictly speaking, this was actually quite a good deal. However…wouldn’t it be rude of them to agree so openly? After all, everyone was here. Wouldn’t it be rude to just eliminate a random realm so openly?

The same hou from before protested anxiously, “Mayor Su, this race is mine! What are you doing?”

What was this?

Su Yu laughed, “It’s merely a suggestion. Don’t worry. Everyone is watching. I doubt anyone will do something so evil under so many watchful eyes. There are so many geezers here. At their age, they are all quite rich. I doubt they’re so poor that they can’t even take out some Sunmoon blood essence. Not all Invincibles are saints. In their long lives, they must have killed before.”

With a short pause, Su Yu said, “Don’t worry. I won’t verify the origin of the blood essence I receive on the spot. I won’t make things awkward for anyone. Some knowledge will remain between us. Consider my offer. It’s very cheap. Five drops of ninth-stage Sunmoon blood essence per slot. Kill one and you’ll get two slots. Who knows? Perhaps the two additional experts you can send into the mansion will be the exact push your forces need to gain the nine-leaf skylotus inside.”

Suddenly, Great Zhou King laughed and tossed a bottle out. “Ten drops of ninth-stage Sunmoon blood essence and fifty drops of eighth-stage Sunmoon blood essence for seven slots. Am I correct?”

How rich.

Immediately after, Qin Zhen hurriedly tossed a bottle out as well. “I’m buying as well. Thirty drops of seventh-stage Sunmoon blood essence and twenty drops of eighth-stage Sunmoon blood essence for three slots!”

Blood essence was something they could afford. After all, they had undergone a large battle not long ago. Additionally, they had also accumulated some blood essence over the many years of warfare. This was especially true for the blood essence harvested from stronger experts since very few people could actually use it.

With a grin, Su Yu tossed ten tokens at them. Before long, someone else bought twenty slots from him through blood essence. That left him with only a hundred slots.

Some of the minor races were very satisfied with this. Su Yu’s prices were most certainly expensive, but they were still cheaper than what the minor races had expected. At the very least, he had not asked for things that were too rare.

What he asked was still something a lot of people could get. If he had asked for something like carrier treasures, it would be much harder for the minor races to afford his prices. Surprisingly, he had rejected the dragons when they had offered to buy with a carrier treasure. He was uninterested in carrier treasures.

Some of the ninth-stage Sunmoons present almost lost control of themselves at the sight of two carrier treasures. However, they were still rational enough to know that they wouldn’t be able to rob Su Yu successfully.