Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Hmph!”

Having finally gained the upper hand, Yellow Nine pushed on. With derision on her face, she said, “You spared me because I might be a daughter of Liu. I am weaker than you. If I die to you, I deserve it for being weaker. But this is unrelated to the matter between me and the Liu Family. If Liu Wenyan hadn’t held onto the inheritance of the multiple character faction so stubbornly, the Liu Family would have been fine. He caused the destruction of the Liu Family. Are you trying to deny his sins?”

After a short silence, Su Yu nodded, “Perhaps you’re right. It is stupid to tell someone to forget their grudge. You believe the Liu Family owes you. Or to be precise, you believe my teacher owes you. You are right to believe that. Everyone is entitled to their viewpoints. In my view, my teacher was a victim as well. He had never intended for the Liu Family to fall.”

“Heh.” Yellow Nine sneered, “Over a period of fifty years, the Liu Family was attacked thrice. Not once. Thrice. Are you intentionally forgetting this? Three times. Fiery Sea King gave Liu Wenyan three chances. He should have known that the matter involved more than him after the first attack. The entire Liu Family had been implicated.

“But did he care? To protect the inheritance of his teacher, he decided to do nothing even after the second attack. And finally, the third attack came and the family fell. Su Yu, there is no need for you to say anything for Liu Wenyan. If I’m not a Liu, you can kill me. I deserve it for being weak. If I’m a Liu, I won’t stop disliking Liu Wenyan just because you spared me. He is my enemy. He is a hypocrite. Is your teacher more important than the entire Liu Family?”

“…”

After a long while, Su Yu sighed, “True. In your position…I would probably feel the same. I don’t think I’m in any position to tell you to think differently. Forget it. I will stay out of this matter. After all, I’m not a Liu. I only hope that you won’t use this identity to make my teacher do something suicidal. If that does happen…nothing will be enough to protect you from me.”

Hearing that, Yellow Nine had a smug expression. She had finally scored a victory against Su Yu.

But suddenly, Su Yu smiled again.

“Regardless, you’re still trash. That does not change. Your past changes nothing. You’re trash. You’re ambitious, but you lack the talent to support your ambition. You were so easily kicked out of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion by me. You even managed to drag Hollow down. After serving as my scapegoat for so long, you couldn’t even put up a struggle against me. While I was running around as the leader of the pavilion in the Human Realm, you were running around as a wanted criminal of the pavilion.

“At the time, I hadn’t even been a member for long. Meanwhile, you had been in the pavilion for quite a while. You were even in charge of intelligence. Even so, you were completely helpless against me. This alone is enough for me to call you a piece of trash. Do you disagree?”

“…”

Yellow Nine had a dispirited look on her face. That was the biggest disgrace she had ever suffered.

Su Yu grinned and continued, “Thus, without your special identity…you are nothing but a lackey. Are you good at planning? Are you good at scheming? You are good at nothing. Apart from fighting, you know nothing. A Sunmoon is enough to render you completely helpless. Meanwhile, I was able to cause the deaths of Mountainseas and Sunmoons when I was merely at the Mental Tempering Stage.

“You’re too lacking. Even compared against many others, you’re still too lacking. Hollow must have treated you well. He must have fed you all sorts of good stuff. But apart from your cultivation level, you have nothing. You are capable of nothing. Zhan Wushuang? Mo Duona? Even Dao Cheng, whom I look down upon, is much more capable than you.

“Take Dao Cheng as an example. He wishes for nothing more than to kill me. But even after multiple encounters with me, he has been able to maintain his calm and keep far away from me. You are aware that I’m far stronger than you. You are aware that I hold your life in my hands. Yet you continued running your mouth against me. If it wasn’t for your relationship with the Liu Family, you would have died long ago.”

Yellow Nine looked like she wanted to continue arguing.

Su Yu continued, “If you’re really a Liu, you might even be Xia Huyou’s fiancée. But I advise you to forget about that. You might look down on him. But I’m telling you not to drag him down instead. In wisdom, in bearing, and in talent, he is far beyond you. Many of his peers in Great Xia question his strength. But nobody questions his ability to rule Great Xia.

“Every fifty years, the Xia Family can send one person to the holy land for body forging. He voluntarily gave up on the opportunity and allowed Huang Teng to go instead. He did not even hesitate. Is Huang Teng aware of that? Yes.

“When I was weak, he did business with me, selling important resources to me for cheap. Was he aware that I would be stronger than he in the future? Yes.

“You view him as a spineless coward bending over to fawn on the myriad races. You are wrong. He is a Xia. How will he enjoy doing that? But he knows that ego means nothing. Face means nothing. After the previous battle, both the myriad races and humans were starting to grow wary of the Xia Family. But with someone so weak and shameless as the prefect, everyone suddenly found the Xia Family much less of an eyesore. Because of that, the relationship between the Xia Family and the various factions has warmed considerably since then.

“What about you? What have you achieved in your life? You should forget about him. You are unworthy.”

Yellow Nine’s expression changed repeatedly as she listened to Su Yu.

Just then, a burst of laughter rang out as someone said, “Uhm…you’re praising me too much. I’m shy. You know I’m here yet you’re saying all that. It’s very awkward, you know. Brother Su, I never knew I was such a great man in your mind. Tsk tsk. If only I knew this earlier. We should have become sworn brothers.”

“Hahaha!” With that, a grinning fatty flew out and cupped his fists at Yellow Nine, “Greetings, Sister Yellow. Or should I call you Sister Liu?”

Instantly, his expression turned solemn as he said, “The Xia Family holds responsibility for the fate of the Liu Family. The fifth principal was the one who had accepted Liu Wenyan as a student. My great-grandfather was the one who had persuaded the Liu patriarch to switch from a vulture into a defender of humanity. Alas, that caused the fall of the Liu Family. We share the blame.

“It’s pointless to talk about compensation. Nothing can compensate for what the Liu Family has suffered. I can’t say I understand your pain since that’s not my own experience. But if you need anything, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I’ll do my best to help.”

Yellow Nine frowned and said nothing.

While embedding the chunk of space into the page, Su Yu said, “Fatty, you sure are growing brazen nowadays. So many people have died here. Why did you still approach?”

Xia Huyou laughed and said, “As long as you’re brave enough, not even the myriad races are scary anymore. When I sensed the inspiring and decisive murderous intent, I knew it could only be my Brother Su. Thus, I came to pay you a visit.”

Su Yu laughed and looked at a different spot before saying, “Huang Teng, come out. Why are you hiding around?”

A short while later, Huang Teng stepped out with an awkward expression, “I’m only here out of curiosity. Don’t misunderstand me, Brother Su. Don’t hit me. We can always talk it out.”

Su Yu sighed, “My disguise has been seen through by you guys in less than a day. Isn’t this inappropriate?”

Xia Huyou laughed, “It’s appropriate. We’re family. No outsider is aware of this. The dead do not count. With you around, we feel much safer here…”

Su Yu merely laughed and said nothing. He attached his newly forged page onto his book.

Instantly, the sky changed color.

Boom!

A loud rumble resounded throughout the first level. Two characters flickered into existence in the sky before turning into a bright moon. At the same time, Su Yu’s willpower rose sharply. With the addition of that page, the 109th golden stripe finally solidified fully.

Su Yu’s aura grew massively. A saintly aura rippled out of him as the two characters swirled around him before returning to the book.

Multicolored clouds appeared in the sky.

A heaven weapon was born.

And two characters became Sunmoon characters.

The three humans beside him were completely dumbstruck. One multicolored cloud after another descended from the sky.

This was the reward for the weapon and the two characters.

Next, a blood tribulation appeared.

Once again, two sets of laws clashed. One was here to reward while the other was here to punish.

An advancement into a heaven weapon should be rewarded.

But the Mark of Civilization was an inauspicious object. Hence, it should be punished.

Naturally, this tribulation was much weaker than what Su Yu faced back when the weapon was being forged.

Su Yu laughed and said, “Fatty, you’re here at a good time. You can get some of the benefits here. Consider this the payment for your help back then. I don’t enjoy owing anyone favors.”

Then, he soared into the sky, tore the clouds apart, and tossed them to Xia Huyou. The moment Xia Huyou swallowed a chunk of the torn clouds, his aura surged.

His body started forging by itself. While he was enjoying the advancement, he exclaimed in admiration, “Impressive. As long as you are brave enough, even laws can be eaten. How admirable. You have my respect.”

Su Yu did not respond. Instead, he sent his book up and devoured the crimson clouds in the sky.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Huyou had completed seven or eight body forgings. The multicolored clouds he had swallowed were the reward for the completion of a heaven weapon. Such a reward could not be underestimated.

Beside Xia Huyou, Huang Teng and Yellow Nine watched with envy.

Huang Teng clicked his tongue and said, “Everyone fears heavenly tribulations, but you, Su Yu, are crazy. Even the heavenly laws are nothing but food for you. Impressive. Your teacher is quite useless. But you…”

He raised his thumb at Su Yu. As far as Huang Teng was concerned, Su Yu was the most impressive individual of the era.

He was able to strut around the incomparably dangerous Luminous Domain Mansion like it was his home. He could harvest the benefits of the mansion like plucking things out of his own pocket. He couldn’t help but admire such a person.

Su Yu said, “Huang Teng, don’t bother. If you keep insulting my teacher, I’ll have to protect my teacher’s honor.”

As far as he was concerned, insulting his teacher was the same as insulting him. Sure, he could say those words to his teacher. But nobody else could. Huang Teng shrugged and said nothing.

Inwardly, he was muttering that Bai Feng should just focus on research and forget about cultivation and fighting. His student could handle all that instead. Not far away, Yellow Nine watched on with mixed feelings, not knowing what to say.