Tribulation of Myriad Races

With a hundred slots left, Su Yu smiled and said, “Of the thirty-six ancient cities, thirty-four of the cities will receive one slot each. I will keep sixteen for myself. As for the remaining fifty, I’m selling them.”

He only required sixteen of them. Five would be given to the demonic beasts with him as promised. As for the remaining eleven, he would decide again what to do with them.

Everyone was overjoyed to hear that Su Yu was going to sell fifty more slots. Sure enough, it was a good thing for Su Yu to win those slots. They only needed to pay for some slots instead of fighting for them.

After thinking for a bit, Su Yu said, “I already have enough blood essence and willpower. Since there are so many seniors here, I believe some of you know some ancient human cultivation methods. It’s fine even if your cultivation methods did not originate from the ancient past. I accept the cultivation methods from the first, second, and third epochs as well. If I find them suitable, I will take them all.”

The expressions of some people changed drastically upon hearing that. As for the humans, Great Zhou King’s eyes flickered while the rest blanked out. What was the meaning of that?

First epoch? Second epoch?

Even those from the major races were surprised. Dao King indifferently asked, “Su Yu, why do you want these cultivation methods?”

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, “Research. I’m a cultural researcher. Don’t you know that? I love deriving cultivation methods the most. Don’t you know that? I have seen almost all modern human cultivation methods in existence. It’s boring to research them. I need some ancient cultivation methods to make things interesting. That’s not an issue, right?”

Dao King said, “The cultivation methods of the ancient humans, including those from the first few epochs, have all been destroyed. Stop dreaming.”

Su Yu looked around and beamed, “Wow. You guys sure are decisive. Looks like you’re really terrified of the human race. So be it. In that case, I’ll be accepting treasures I can use to forge heaven weapons. Remember, I’ll be forging heaven weapons. Don’t bother offering me trash.”

Heavenly Forge King couldn’t resist asking, “You’re forging heaven weapons?”

Everyone had nearly forgotten that Su Yu was also a weaponsmith. Was he really going to forge some heaven weapons?

Su Yu answered, “Not so soon. Now, I can barely forge earth weapons. I wish to forge a suitable weapon for myself. I’ll need to wait. Who knows? I might die before my skills reach the level required to forge a heaven weapon. In that case, I’ll bury all the treasures somewhere. A lucky soul will receive my inheritance.”

“…”

Almost every word he spoke was a lie. In truth, he was asking for these resources to forge his Myriad Race Memoir. That sudden idea of his had generated new comprehensions in his mind.

He was naturally not good enough to forge a heaven weapon yet. But he could forge an embryonic form first, right? The embryonic form could be used as an earth weapon temporarily.

Suitable materials for forging heaven weapons were very rare. However, there were also too few good weaponsmiths in existence. Thus, these rare materials were mostly left in the storage of the various experts.

Before long, someone took the deal.

As Heavenly Forge King watched on, his eyes grew red with envy. He had the urge to rob Su Yu. The materials Su Yu had received were enough to forge two or even three heaven weapons.

Suddenly, Su Yu smiled and said, “Mystic Armor King, if you’re willing to sell your own body for my slots, I can give you fifty slots. Are you interested?”

“…”

Far away, Mystic Armor King’s face turned unsightly. He vanished into the void with a flicker. That damn bastard Su Yu was clearly scheming against him! Fifty slots would be enough to tempt some ancient race experts to act against him.

As time passed, more and more slots were sold while Su Yu’s pile of treasures grew higher and higher. Even the divines and devils couldn’t resist buying a few slots from him. Since the price was relatively cheap, they saw no harm in buying some from him.

At one point, Su Yu sank into thought again. He had enough weapon forging materials and blood essence. As for the cultural researcher blood essence he needed, it wasn’t something he could mention so openly.

He could only hope that there was more cultural researcher blood essence among what he had received thus far. For these Invincibles, it did not matter that much if the blood essence they sold him came from cultural researchers or warriors. In fact, from the perspective of pure quality, the blood essence of warriors would be better since warriors specialized in cultivating their bodies. Thus, these Invincibles might have chosen to pay him with cultural researcher blood essence as their way of saving some money.

What else should he sell the slots for, then? He still lacked the treasures for his nine transformations, but without a suitable cultivation method, it did not matter. He would start worrying about those treasures after finding a suitable cultivation method.

As for his willpower cultivation, he might need more willpower treasures to open more apertures. Addtionally, he also needed willpower texts. But he could only use human willpower texts. It would be pointless to ask for the willpower texts of the other races.

While he was deep in thought, he received a voice transmission from Lan Tian.

“Get a life death fruit.”

Su Yu looked up with surprise. What was that?

Lan Tian urged, “Just do it. You still have eighty slots left. Trade all thirty of the slots you’re selling for one. You only need one. I believe someone will take the deal.”

Su Yu was surprised, but he did as told. “For the remaining thirty slots, I won’t be selling them separately. All thirty of them for one life death fruit.”

Once again, many eyes flickered upon hearing his words.

The hou from before said, “Life death fruit…is not easy to get. Su Yu, are you preparing so early?”

Su Yu was completely confused. He had no idea what the hou was saying.

Naturally, he wouldn’t let his confusion show. He smiled and asked, “Hou King, do you have one?”

The hou king shook his head, “These fruits are very rare. Maybe the devils and divines have some. The immortals…might have some as well. These fruits are too rare. Back then, He Tu had consumed one. That was how he was able to regain some of his memories so soon after death. You are clearly planning to become a second He Tu.”

Su Yu’s heart skipped a beat. So that fruit could recover the memories of the dead?

Dao King said, “Su Yu, if you die, you die. Why hold on to your past so stubbornly? Just live a new life as a death spirit. That’s not a bad end at all. In any case, there is no guarantee that you will really rise as a death spirit.”

Moge said, “These fruits are too rare. They only grow in the Celestial River of Death. How many people have the courage to enter the Death Realm? Furthermore, these fruits only grow in the extremely dangerous parts of the Death Realm. They will only grow from the bodies of Pseudo Emperor death spirits…”

Once again, Su Yu was surprised. He was also curious. How did Lan Tian learn about this fruit? He was surprisingly knowledgeable.

More importantly, was this fruit really capable of recovering the memories of death spirits?

If that was the case, it would indeed be very valuable. Recovering memories after death was not a feat that just any death spirit could accomplish. A lot of the death spirits in existence were akin to white pieces of paper. They might be sentient, and they might have some memories, but these memories were new memories they made after rising as death spirits.

So He Tu had consumed one before? No wonder he was able to regain some of his memories so soon after death.

Realizing the importance of the fruit, Su Yu became a lot more enthusiastic about it. He said, “Everyone, remember what I’m offering. Thirty slots. You might be able to gain thirty extra carrier treasures with thirty extra experts in the mansion. With thirty extra members, you might even gain the nineleaf skylotus. Even if you can’t get the skylotus, you can get more divine weapons with your boosted numbers. This is definitely worth it.

“I’m only asking for a life death fruit. As a dying person, I have to make some preparations to remain hopeful, right? It’s not like I can leave the Death Realm even with my memories as a death spirit. Do you remember seeing He Tu out after his death? Apart from shouting loudly from his tunnel, what had he done all these years?”

The major race experts sank into silence. Were they in possession of life death fruits? It was known that the devils had one previously. It was speculated that they had used it to help Yanmo recover his memories. They had only started their attempt at resurrecting him after that. After all, it would be pointless to resurrect someone with no prior memories.

Suddenly, someone broke the silence. An incomparably powerful devil appeared in the sky. As his long, red hair whipped about, he said, “I’ll take your deal. Su Yu, I have the life death fruit you want.”

“Blood Fire Devil King!”

Moge frowned. As he walked out of the void, the Blood Fire Devil King tossed a black case toward Su Yu and said, “You can show it to Grandstar and the others. They will verify if this is a life death fruit.”

Su Yu looked at Grandstar, whose eyes shone brightly as he looked at the case. After a while, he nodded and sent Su Yu a voice transmission, “I thought of telling you about this fruit before, but it’s too rare so I didn’t. The previous Devil Pseudo Emperor had sneaked into the Death Realm for one before, but he died not long after returning. The injuries he had sustained in the Death Realm must have been too heavy to recover from. It’s truly surprising that the devils have a second fruit after using one on Yanmo.”

More importantly, the second fruit was in the hands of Blood Fire Devil King.

One could say that such a fruit was invaluable. After all, it was capable of preserving one’s memories upon death. It was especially valuable for death spirits. In fact, Tian He and the other mayors were starting to salivate upon hearing about what the fruit could do.

As mayors, they were merely death spirits in the making. Escape from such a fate was almost impossible. Thus, such a treasure held a lot of attraction for them. After all, it was almost impossible for those below the Invincible Realm to regain their memories after rising again as death spirits.

Su Yu glanced at the Blood Fire Devil King, resisting the urge to simply run off with the fruit. But he gave up on that thought immediately. This devil did not seem like someone he should casually provoke.

This was someone who was as strong as Great Xia King or even stronger, even if he was not as strong as a Pseudo Emperor. It was rumored that he could even rival Great Qin King in strength.

Thus, Su Yu tossed thirty tokens over after only a slight hesitation. With the tokens in hand, the Blood Fire Devil King vanished with a flicker without even bothering to give anyone a glance.

Clearly, he was trying to send more of his people into the mansion as well. It was likely that he was doing this for the nine-leaf skylotus. After all, the skylotus was a treasure capable of helping him reach the Pseudo Emperor Realm.

The life death fruit might be valuable, but it was something for the dead. As a living, it was useless for him. He was better off trading it for something useful.

Beside Su Yu, Lan Tian heaved a sigh of relief and sent another voice transmission, “Keep it around. Don’t be in such a rush to use it. Wan Tiansheng told me to tell you about this. He said that Ye Batian might have risen as a death spirit. He probably doesn’t have his memories. This fruit might prove useful one day in the future. Of course, if you don’t end up meeting Ye Batian, just use it yourself before you die.”

Su Yu rolled his eyes. Was this guy cursing him to die early? So this was Old Wan’s idea. Was Old Wan telling him to bring Ye Batian back? Had the fifth principal really risen as a death spirit? There was no guarantee.

After all, the fifth principal was not an ancient city resident. The likelihood of his rising again as a death spirit would be lower. But with how strong he was, it was likely that the Celestial River of Death would pull him into the Death Realm after his death.

With this, the sale of Su Yu’s slots was over. With only fifty slots left, he wouldn’t be as tempting a target for robbery.

As for all the treasures he had received in return for his slots, they could be both valuable and not valuable. For example, the life death fruit might be rare, but it was only useful in extremely rare circumstances.

This was not bad at all. After the little episode, the sheer number of people eyeing him for his wealth would drop considerably. At the very least, the treasures on Su Yu weren’t really that attractive for Invincibles. For them, a carrier treasure was a lot more valuable than a life death fruit.

With this, the slot allocation reached an end.

After looking around, the white-haired divine king said, “We will reconvene at the Luminous Domain Mansion in one month. Nobody without a token will be allowed entry. Everyone can try their luck through the special entrance, but you will need to bear the risk of using those entrances yourselves. Su Yu, I hope to see you there.”

He would prefer if Su Yu entered. That would grant them many opportunities to kill him.

Su Yu grinned and said, “Don’t worry. I’ll be there. I’ve never seen the Luminous Domain Mansion before. As for whether I’m entering…well, it depends on whether you all will target me. If you’re really targeting me, I might give up.”

Nobody bothered to say anything. One after another, they vanished with a flicker. Now, they only needed to wait for the opening of the mansion.