Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1710: I’m Waiting For You (1)

The book spirit continued reading while Su Yu thought of all sorts of things. He was no longer focused on comprehending new characters from the book spirit’s reading session, but even having book spirit’s voice as the background noise put him in a calm and peaceful state.

Suddenly, a random thought emerged in his mind. The voice of an old man would still be quite boring compared to the voice of a young woman–Lan Tian!

Suddenly, Su Yu shivered. No, no thanks. Nowadays, he would think of Lan Tian each time he saw a woman. And he would shiver each time he thought of Lan Tian. How terrifying. He was starting to suspect that Lan Tian was the reason so many Invincibles were still single.

Because of him, they started growing suspicious of every woman they saw. Lan Tian was truly evil. Su Yu reckoned that because of Lan Tian, Silk Destroying King would still be terrified of women even after dying and reincarnating into a new life.

Lan Tian was probably also the reason for Wan Tiansheng to remain single. With someone like Lan Tian around, it was hard for one to not be suspicious of everyone. While shivering, Su Yu decided that he should leave the mission of producing more Sus to his father. He wouldn’t be doing it himself.

While thinking about these random topics, sipping tea, and listening to the book spirit, Su Yu relaxed more and more before eventually falling asleep. In truth, it had been quite a long time since he last slept.

At his cultivation level, he no longer required sleep. But he had not slept since the first day he stepped onto the Allheaven Battlefield. Even during his time in the academy, he had only slept several times.

Growing up, he had been avoiding sleep due to his nightmares. One could say that he had lived an entire life lacking sleep. But today, in this relaxed environment, he had fallen into a deep sleep.

It had been a while since he had last dreamed. Finally, he was dreaming yet again.

Inside the dream.

When Su Yu saw the familiar dreamland, he instantly realized that he was in a dream again. This was an odd sensation. He did not break free as he was quite curious. After so long, what would he encounter in today’s dream?

Who would be here to kill him this time? In the past, he would always die in his dreams. Were these beings still capable of killing him now?

What a joke.

He was already so strong! He could already kill a bunch of the beings who had killed him previously with a mere slap.

Even when he was only a regular person, he had been able to run a few steps before dying. Thus, the beings in his dreams were all weaklings. At most, they would be as strong as Sunmoons.

Su Yu waited patiently for someone to come and kill him. But nobody appeared. Apart from the dusky world, nothing else could be seen in this dreamscape.

Su Yu was quite surprised. Had these beings given up on killing him? Had he grown strong enough to scare them all off just by being here?

According to his guess, this dreamscape was actually inside the Book of Time. Due to the damage on the Book of Time, the remnant will of Time Sage’s victims had been leaking to appear in his dreams. That was the origin of his countless nightmares.

That was why as time passed, the creatures he encountered grew weaker. After all, the remnant will of the stronger creatures would be the ones to first leave, followed by the weaker ones. According to this theory, he would only encounter weaklings now.

Just then, the entire dreamscape shook. An indistinct figure appeared not far ahead of him. When he focused, he noted that it was a woman. Instantly, Su Yu blamed Lan Tian. That guy must have poisoned his mind so much that he was seeing women everywhere.

This was merely an indistinct silhouette.

Su Yu stared in confusion. The unknown woman was facing him with her back. She looked both tired and sad.

“You…have arrived…”

Su Yu frowned.

“You’re…too weak.”

“Fight!”

“Keep fighting!”

The silhouette panted heavily. Just speaking those words had greatly exhausted her.

Su Yu was alarmed. Who was this?

“Time Sage?”

Su Yu muttered to himself.

Was this the Time Sage?

“I…can’t last…much longer…”

“My…big brother…is dying as well…”

“We…are waiting…for you…”

“I…miss home…”

“I’m…so tired…”

“I’m tired…I…miss home…sorry…I…I’m really…at my limits…”

“I want…to go home…and ride Fat Ball…has Fat Ball grown…bigger?”

The voice kept cutting off, and the silhouette seemed to be sobbing. Slowly, the silhouette faded away. And then, something dripped down from the sky.

The shaken Su Yu reached out by sheer instinct. Something fell into his hand. Then, an intense grief engulfed his entire being.

Someone was crying. This…was a drop of her tears.

She was weeping. She was missing her home.

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“Hu!”

Abruptly, Su Yu woke up. When he opened his eyes, tears were dripping down. He had cried. To be precise, the intense emotions in the dreamscape had affected him.

He was greatly alarmed. He was already so strong, yet a mere dream had influenced his emotions so deeply. When he looked around, it seemed as though nothing had changed.

But suddenly, the yawning white dog became alert. His head snapped toward Su Yu while his eyes flickered with surprise, doubt, and anticipation. He asked, “You…what did you see? Where were you?”

“Where was I?” Su Yu blanked out. He answered, “Here. I was sleeping.”

The white dog asked in hesitation, “No! Your body is here, but your willpower vanished! Where did you go? Where?”

Su Yu frowned and said, “I dreamed of a silhouette…that might be a woman. She said that she misses home…she said that she wants to ride Fat Ball, asking if Fat Ball has grown bigger. She said that she’s still fighting, her big brother is almost dead, and she’s tired…”

“Wuwuwu!”

The white dog started wailing sorrowfully. His emotions affected even the environment. The sky turned dark. The entire region turned dark as night.

“Wuwuwu!”

“Little Master misses me…”

He continued sobbing.

“Little Master misses me…I have yet to grow big…I still can’t be ridden…”

“Wuwuwu…”

The white dog’s sorrow was infectious. Even those around him started to cry.

“Master and Little Master are both gone…they are gone…I’m still here…but they are gone…They won’t come back anymore…they are in danger…”

“Wuwuwu!”

Su Yu’s emotions were deeply influenced as well. Even the drunken little furball beside him was weeping.

“Where are they?”

“Where are they fighting?”

“I want to find them…”

While sobbing, the white dog looked at Su Yu and asked, “Where is Little Master?”

Su Yu was crying as well. He had no way of stopping his tears from falling. When the white dog was sad, reality itself became sad as well. Not even the book spirit and tea plant were immune. Or perhaps they were crying because they were truly sad as well.

Su Yu hurriedly said, “I don’t know. She said that I’m too weak…I think…I received a drop of her tear…”

Su Yu was unsure if that drop of tears merely existed in his dream. He hurriedly checked his body. Moments later, a look of overwhelming shock covered his face. He was certain that even when he first woke up, his hands were empty. But right at this moment, a drop of tears could be found on his palm.

A translucent drop of tears was resting atop his palm.

“Wuwuwu…”

Seeing that drop of tears, the white dog’s sorrow intensified, assaulting Su Yu with an even stronger sense of grief. That drop of tears was filled with longing, grief, and helplessness.

Tears continued falling down Su Yu’s eyes uncontrollably. He couldn’t even remember the last time he cried. He felt very helpless. What now?

After a while, the white dog looked at the drop of tear again and said, “This came from Little Master…it’s the Book of Time! That book…brought Little Master’s tear back! She’s missing home! She’s fighting! She’s in danger? Where is she?”

The white dog started sniffing, trying to detect his little master through smell. Alas, the trace ended on Su Yu.

The silhouette Su Yu saw was something left behind fifteen years ago, alongside a drop of tears.

That year, Time Sage started missing home.

That year, she said that she was tired. She couldn’t hold on for much longer.

Su Yu was greatly alarmed. Was Time Sage…really not dead?

Was Culture King really not dead?

Clearly, they were still around as recently as fifteen years ago! Did something major happen fifteen years ago? The two might have been alive all along. They had been fighting a powerful enemy for a hundred thousand years.

Was the Book of Time something she sent back in her final moments? Or was she still alive and that book was only sent back because she missed home?

Just what was the truth?

Who could be strong enough to keep both Time Sage and Culture King occupied for a hundred thousand years? Could such an expert really exist?

Numerous possibilities emerged in Su Yu’s mind. Would that sight remain hidden from him if he hadn’t fallen asleep this time? His face turned solemn.

With tears still dripping down his eyes, he looked at the white dog and said, “Senior, this…”

He lifted his hand with that drop of tears.

Time Sage’s tears.

While sobbing, the white dog stared at the tear longingly for a long while before saying, “Keep it. Little Master left this behind. It might…be useful in the future. You might be able to find her through it…”

Suddenly, he looked up at Su Yu and asked, “Could…could you sleep again?”

Su Yu replied awkwardly, “I…I’m not sleepy anymore…I can’t go to sleep so easily…”

“Oh.”

The white dog nodded and struck Su Yu with his tail.

Su Yu was knocked unconscious.