Tribulation of Myriad Races

After a long while, Zhao Tianbing coughed awkwardly and said, “Uhm…that…erm…we seem to have missed that in our excitement. Yes, the forging has yet to fully end. The foundation for the formation and talismans has been forged into the book, but the formation and talismans have yet to be embedded into the book. The forging is indeed incomplete.”

He had indeed neglected that possibility. Things had simply been too shocking and exciting earlier for him to think properly.

Suddenly, Hu Xiansheng asked, “Shall we…allow the principal to enter? He has been waiting outside for quite a while. If you’re done talking, do consider letting him in. He’s probably here to deliver something.”

At that, all of them looked at each other awkwardly. They had been too anxious earlier, to the point that they had completely forgotten about Niu Baidao.

Su Yu was rendered quite speechless as well. With an awkward cough, he opened the door.

Niu Baidao hurriedly stepped through the door.

When he saw that Su Yu was fine, he exhaled in relief. He asked curiously, “You sure are good at healing. Earlier, I saw that you only had your bones and skin.”

Su Yu smiled, “I am a little accomplished in the cultivation methods of the myriad races. It’s no big deal. I merely used the Flesh Regrow technique of the immortals.”

“Not bad at all. But with the damage to your body, you will probably need some time to make a full recovery.”

As an Invincible, he could see that Su Yu was still heavily injured.

Su Yu said, “It’s fine. Just look at Zhan Wushuang. After losing his entire body, he was able to return to his peak condition in only a few months.”

“Him?” Niu Baidao shook his head, “It’s different. The Divine Pseudo Emperor had probably helped him with the regrowth of his body. That’s not a good thing for him. You understand what I mean.”

Su Yu nodded. Nothing was free. If the Divine Pseudo Emperor were to find himself in need of a new tri-life body in the future, Zhan Wushuang would find himself in trouble. There was a great disadvantage to a body grown by someone else compared to a body one had grown personally.

If Su Yu wanted, he could get the old turtle to help fully regrow his damaged body as well. But there was no need for that. Doing so would only place him in the complete mercy of the old turtle. It was simply too risky.

Su Yu smiled and said, “This is a good thing. A lot of people saw what happened to me, right? Everyone believes that I’m heavily injured. It’s time for me to hide and lick my wounds. After what Tiangu did, I’m in a lot of trouble. This is a good chance for me to keep a low profile for a bit.”

Initially, the immortals did not care too much about him. They wouldn’t spare him if there was an opportunity to kill him, but they wouldn’t go out of their way to kill him. However, Tiangu changed everything.

They would start trying anything they could, including something as drastic as kidnapping his father.

Su Yu said, “Principal, can you keep an eye on my father after returning to the Human Realm? To deal with me, the immortals and divines will first try to lure me out. Apart from my father, Liu City is also a weakness they can make use of…”

Niu Baidao nodded, “Don’t worry. Xia Longwu is still in Great Xia. Not long ago, Great Xia King warned everyone not to try anything stupid. He doesn’t lose his temper frequently, but nobody dares to disobey him when he truly loses his temper.”

“That’s good to hear.”

Suddenly, Zhao Tianbing said, “Principal Niu, let’s not talk about that for now. Do you have the formation and talismans? If you have them on you, we can try to complete the book…”

Niu Baidao smiled, “Yes. The formation was personally made by Great Ming King. It’s not cheap. I also have a hundred talismans prepared. Are these enough?”

Su Yu shook his head, “No. I need at least three hundred talismans. But there’s no rush. Just make more for me when you have the chance. I’ll slowly add them to the book.”

The installation of the formation and talismans into the book would be a relatively simple process. He had left enough openings for the formation and talismans when forging the book.

They were getting impatient to see whether the 145th stripe would really appear after inserting the formation and talismans into the book.

Niu Baidao wasted no time and took out the formation and talismans. The formation was a heaven grade formation.

“This formation is known as the Soul Source Gathering Formation. Its main function is the gathering of ambient source qi and willpower. It’s the same formation installed in the Hundred Dao Pagoda. It will then proceed to purify the gathered source qi and willpower. The speed is quite slow, especially compared to the Source Qi Secret Grotto and Willpower Grotto in Great Xia. However, it’s much more convenient and easy to use as you can use it everywhere.”

Niu Baidao smiled and continued, “Of course, this is still a heaven formation. It won’t be so useless. Firstly, it is extremely stable. It won’t break apart easily. Secondly, its foremost function is the nourishment of your weapon. Thirdly, it is strong enough defensively that even ninth-stage Sunmoons can’t destroy it easily. Fourthly…”

After spending some time introducing the formation, he took a handful of talismans out and said, “These talismans are quite simple in function. They can absorb items inside them, and the absorption force is quite strong. It won’t be strong enough to absorb Pseudo Emperors, but it is good enough to absorb Sunmoons.”

“Furthermore, these talismans come in a set. If you encounter a strong opponent, you can directly drag an eighth or ninth-stage Sunmoon into your book as long as you’re strong enough and you have enough talismans.”

Su Yu was overjoyed. “Thank you, Principal!”

Zhao Tianbing nodded and said, “Great Ming King and Principal Niu are among the best you can find in the Human Realm for formations and talismans. With their help, your book will be elevated to an even higher level.”

“Yeah.” Su Yu nodded, “Let us start.”

First, they would install the talismans. Then, they would install the formation. This was a simple job, but it would greatly improve the book.

Before long, all hundred talismans were installed into the book. Each talisman was installed on a different page. As for the remaining pages, they would have to wait until Niu Baidao was done producing even more talismans. This was nothing as Su Yu was prepared to have ten thousand pages in the book eventually.

Done installing the talismans, Su Yu moved on to the formation.

The 145th golden stripe had not appeared even after all the talismans were installed.

After the formation was installed in the book as well, the book started emitting a faint golden light. The 145th stripe appeared, but it faded away again after a split second. Then, the appearance of the book turned even more ordinary as its aura faded away. Before long, it returned to the appearance of an ordinary book.

The 145th stripe did not return.

But this time, Zhao Tianbing was able to get a gook look at it. He smiled and said, “Amazing. This is my first time seeing something like this. Clearly, the stripe is there. However, a divine item has the tendency to conceal itself. Since we’re now sure that there is a 145th stripe, all is good. It’s not like you will be needing it anytime soon. When your book truly becomes a peak heaven weapon and when you have the ability to push it into the divine grade, the 145th stripe will naturally reappear.”

The others looked at the book with envy and longing. An embryonic divine weapon. A real embryonic divine weapon.

It might still be an earth weapon right now, but it was probably already as strong as an early heaven weapon. They couldn’t imagine how powerful it would be after becoming a divine weapon.

Zhao Tianbing said, “This is a good weapon, but it won’t be easy for you to further upgrade it. You even intend to forge ten thousand pages into it. This is too ambitious. Just one page is already incomparably expensive to forge. Ten thousand? That is crazy. Even after investing so much into it, you have only managed to forge three hundred pages. I can’t imagine the price for ten thousand pages.”

This was simply a weapon for the super-rich. Zhao Tianbing himself wouldn’t be able to afford using it even if it were given to him for free. Or to be precise, he wouldn’t be able to afford upgrading it.

Hu Xiansheng’s eyes widened as he said, “Su Yu, don’t tell me you need more chunks of space cut to forge all those pages you need. That will cause even the Allheaven Battlefield to collapse. I might look brave, but I’m actually quite cowardly.”

Just cutting enough space for three hundred pages had nearly caused him to die in the hands of an Invincible. If he had to cut enough space for ten thousand pages, even Pseudo Emperors might start going after him.

Su Yu smiled and said, “I know. I will try to form a space character as soon as possible and do it myself in the future.”

He needed a character like that. In fact, he had been feeling quite gloomy about this. He had been trying to form a space-related character for some time yet he had failed. However, he could still try doing it himself. After all, there was a space cutting machine around.

There was no rush. If Hu Xiansheng couldn’t come anymore, he could still do it himself. At this point, the forging of the book had finally ended. But strictly speaking, it was still an embryonic weapon instead of a completed weapon.

Zhao Tianbing said, “This is a perfect embryonic weapon. Su Yu, name it.”

“Name…”

Su Yu muttered as he stroked the book. After a long while, he smiled and said, “Let’s call it Mark of Civilization.”

He had wanted to name it the Myriad Race Memoir. But when he saw the characters on the cover, he changed his mind.

Everyone had odd expressions upon hearing that.

Su Yu knew what they were thinking. He smiled and explained, “Each cultural researcher wishes to leave a Mark of Civilization behind. That way, a part of them will remain even after their death, passing on their legacy to later generations. I have been learning since a young age. At this point, I consider myself a rather accomplished person as well. Perhaps I will record everything I know in this book…”

He knew a large number of cultivation methods. All of them could be sealed into the book, making the book his very own Mark of Civilization.

Countless years later, when he was no longer around, perhaps this book would serve as the tool to preserve his legacy.

Even when the world had forgotten about him, his Mark of Civilization would remain, passing on all that he knew.

At that, he couldn’t help but think of the golden book in his mind.

The Mark of Civilization would be his legacy.

Was the golden book…the legacy of a different cultivator?