Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu was quite tolerant of Liu Hong.

As long as Liu Hong did nothing to ruin his plans, he wouldn’t care about Liu Hong’s plans.

Grandstar, Senior Wang, and Grandpa Bai would all be keeping an eye on him. If he could still do something damaging under so many eyes, so be it. If he were capable enough to do that, he would naturally deserve to do what he wanted to do.

Su Yu intended to use the remaining month before the opening of the mansion to forge himself a new weapon: the Myriad Race Memoir.

He was already an earth weaponsmith. However, he was still too lacking to forge something beyond the earth grade. He knew quite a lot of powerful weaponsmiths, but the person he trusted most was none other than Zhao Li. It had been a while since he last met Zhao Li. After all, Zhao Li was absent from the previous battle in Nanyuan.

He must have been hidden away for protection by the Xia Family during the battle. The Xia Family wouldn’t allow a special earth weaponsmith like Zhao Li to participate in the battle. It would be a complete waste of his talent.

He was still not capable of forging heaven weapons, but he could already forge embryonic heaven weapons. It was only a matter of time before he became a proper heaven weaponsmith.

“I need Teacher’s help…”

If Su Yu relied on himself, the resulting product might be a mere earth weapon. That was too useless for him. He would only accept something no weaker than the heaven grade.

It would be even better if he could create an embryonic weapon that could keep growing. His first cultural weapon was an embryonic weapon as well. However, his growth had been too rapid for the weapon to keep up with.

He had grown a lot stronger than before. Additionally, he had other considerations as well, such as his seventy-two body forgings.

Perhaps the act of forging a weapon could help with his body forging as well. He might be able to step into the Cloudbreach Realm right after completing his seventy-second body forging. After all, 144 of his acupoints were already transformed. And if his advancement would create a phenomenon like what had happened during his breakthrough to the Skysoar Realm, it might also help with his weapon forging.

As far as he was concerned, forging his own weapon was a far superior option. That was even more so for something like the Myriad Race Memoir he envisioned.

At that thought, Su Yu sent Senior Wang a voice transmission, “Senior Wang, can I trouble you to contact the Liu City? Tell them to contact the Human Realm for me. I hope Teacher Zhao Li can take a trip here.”

He added, “I will get the lord guardian to personally pick him up when Teacher Zhao enters the Allheaven Battlefield. Tell him not to travel here alone.”

Zhao Li was someone with the potential to become a heaven weaponsmith in the future. He was one of the important targets the myriad races wanted to eliminate.

One ought to remember that a heaven weaponsmith could forge weapons for Invincibles. More importantly, a heaven weapon forged by a heaven weaponsmith could also be used as a carrier treasure.

A heaven weaponsmith was essentially someone capable of transforming the ordinary into something magical. Certain materials that couldn’t be used as carrier treasures would be transformed by the forging process, becoming suitable carrier treasures.

For example, Su Yu had traded his slots for enough materials to forge two or three heaven weapons. But these materials were most certainly not good enough to serve as carrier treasures.

However, after they were forged into two heaven weapons, they would be able to serve as two carrier treasures. In fact, Heavenly Forge King had been the one to contribute a large number of carrier treasures for humanity. However, materials to forge heaven weapons were also quite rare.

Su Yu had decided to take this opportunity to complete his body forging and step into the Cloudbreach Realm while forging his new weapon.

***

Human Realm.

Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.

Zhao Li had been promoted to the second vice principal of the academy. With the merger of the three academies, some life had returned to the academy.

Zhao Li wasn’t too impressive in terms of strength. Previously, he had used his many years of accumulation to enter the Mountainsea Realm. However, he had stopped at the fourth stage and started accumulating again.

The Soul Expanding Hammer was simply too good for compressing willpower. In fact, Zhao Li had been compressing his willpower so much it felt like he was going to drop to the third stage soon.

For him, this was a good thing. He did not care about the exact stage he was at. Dropping to the third stage would not make him weaker. Rather, it would make him stronger.

With his main character fused into his hammer, he would also grow stronger the more his hammer grew. He had been pretty troubled by the rapid growth of his hammer. That had resulted in a rapid growth of cultivation, but such a rapid growth was too unstable for his liking.

For a weaponsmith, the stability of one’s willpower was very important as stability helped in control, and control was very important when forging. A good weaponsmith needed to have perfect control over even the tiniest strand of their willpower.

With the merger of the three academies, the weaponsmithing faction had grown significantly as well.

With the ruckus caused by Zhao Li during his previous advancement and his high status in the academy, nobody complained about his promotion to a vice principal. In fact, a lot of people had been trying to learn from him.

This included even those who were quite advanced in age. Unfortunately for them all, Zhao Li was known for his terrible temper. And that had not changed.

Inside the smithing room.

Zhao Li was shouting at a group of weaponsmiths, “Idiots! Fools! Are you not embarrassed to call yourselves weaponsmiths? Are you forging weapons or toys here? How many times have I told you this? You can do it this way. Have you been listening?”

An old man sighed and said, “Old Zhao, it’s not that nobody has been listening. But this is too difficult for them. Without sufficient control, they can easily damage what they’re forging.”

“Even a damaged weapon is better than these trash weapons they’re forging.”

Zhao Li scolded, “What are you trying to get out of this? Is quality so unimportant to you? Do you care about the golden stripes and nothing else? Do you know that regardless of how high the grade is, your weapons are meant to be used? Rather than using an unsuitable weapon of a higher grade, it is better to use a suitable weapon of a lower grade. Even fighting bare-handed is better than using these trash weapons!”

One of the young students complained, “Vice Principal, we’re already working very hard. But we’re new at this. We—”

“New? Are you really new?”

Zhao Li scolded, “It has been half a year! And you still call yourself new? Look at Su Yu! I only taught him a handful of times. He learned everything after a single glance. And he’s already an earth weaponsmith. Meanwhile, you’re still incapable of forging yellow weapons!”

“…”

Everyone was rendered speechless. Was this old man done? Every single time, the old man would compare them to that guy. How would they not look inferior when compared to that guy?

That was a freak! They were not!

Su Yu had not forged a proper earth weapon before, but everyone believed that he was already good enough to forge one. How could they compare against a twenty-year-old earth weaponsmith?

Zhao Li felt very helpless. He knew how impossible it was for these people to compare themselves to Su Yu as well.

But he still couldn’t stop himself from feeling vexed when made to teach ordinary students after teaching a freak like Su Yu. He was very annoyed. He had to teach a single subject dozens of times, yet they would still fail to master the subject. This was too vexing.

Prior to this, he had stopped actively teaching for quite some time. Now that he was starting to teach actively again, he found that his temper had become even worse than before. In the past, he would have patience to teach according to the speed of his students.

But such patience was no more. He found these ordinary students incredibly stupid. He would notice countless imperfections each time these students worked on weapons. It was incredibly tiring. He was starting to get the urge to quit the job.

Suddenly, someone pushed the door of the room open. Just as Zhao Li was about to roar at the intruder in anger, he saw that it was Ji Hong. With a smile, Ji Hong said, “Old Zhao, are you losing your temper again?”

“No.” Zhao Li cupped his hands and gave Ji Hong a perfunctory greeting before asking, “Why are you here, Director?”

“A minor matter. It concerns Su Yu…”

“Huh? What happened to him?”

“Look at you. At your age, why can’t you be more patient?”

After saying that, Ji Hong turned and left the room. Old Zhao hurriedly followed Ji Hong. When they were both outside the room, Ji Hong said, “Someone sent a message from him. He’s asking you to take a trip to the ancient city. He seems to be planning to forge a cultural weapon for himself, but he’s worried that he won’t be good enough for that. He’s asking for your help.”

“Weapon forging?”

Zhao Li blanked out slightly and said, “He’s stronger as a physical cultivator. If he’s forging a weapon, he should forge a martial weapon instead. I haven’t been paying attention, but he’s more than capable of forging an earth weapon suitable for him. Is he trying to forge a high-tier earth weapon?”

“Well, I don’t have an answer for that. Are you going, Old Zhao?”

“Yes.” Zhao Li smiled and said, “It has been a while since I last saw that kid. I’ll take this chance to pay him a visit. I hear that he is now fighting with his fists. What a brute. Is he still a cultural researcher? Is he still a weaponsmith?”

Ji Hong laughed with amusement. Su Yu’s physical body was comparable to that of a Sunmoon. It was only natural for him to fight with his fists.

Zhao Li said impatiently, “I’ll go now. That kid has finally remembered to forge himself a proper weapon. So he still remembers he’s a weaponsmith? What a surprise.”

Ji Jong thought that Zhao Li might be wrong. Su Yu might have really forgotten that he was a weaponsmith. He had only remembered because he just happened to need a new weapon. Also, nobody cared about Su Yu’s identity as a weaponsmith.

Not one person except for Zhao Li.

Before long, Old Zhao set off. As far as he was concerned, forging weapons with Su Yu felt a lot more comfortable. He couldn’t stand the kids in the academy anymore. They had been driving him crazy. At the very least, he would be working on an earth weapon at Su Yu’s place. That was much preferable to teaching these kids.

He guessed that Su Yu was probably planning to forge a powerful earth weapon. The kid wouldn’t have asked for him otherwise. Good. This would be a good opportunity for him to test the kid’s weaponsmithing skills. That kid should be reminded that he was officially registered as a weaponsmith.

Meanwhile, his identity as a character master of the multiple character faction had never been certified.

***

Day after day passed.

Before anyone knew it, only twenty days were left before everyone needed to be at the Luminous Domain Mansion. Because of that, the crowd in the ancient city had swelled as well.

A vast expanse of ships floated outside the city. There was no helping it since the island here was no more. Those from the nine realms had attempted several times to remake the Ninestar Island. Unfortunately, the results…had not been too good. Thus, they had given up on that and settled on ships instead.

After all, ships could be big as well. All these massive ships around the city were powerful ships built by the nine realms to replace their previous businesses. Combined, the ships were nearly as big as the previous island. This was more than enough to serve as the temporary accommodations of the various passing experts. In any case, an ancient city wasn’t a place anyone could stay for long.

With the destruction of the island, Grandstar City had become a floating city. The various ships surrounding the city gave it a rather unique atmosphere. This was the nearest rest stop to the Luminous Domain Mansion.

If one traveled further ahead, one would reach the zone blockaded by the various races. Nobody would be allowed passage for now. As the day of the opening drew near, more and more treasures would leak out of the Luminous Domain Mansion. Triggered by these treasures, battles between those maintaining the blockade had been increasing in frequency.