Tribulation of Myriad Races

The third room.

Standing before the room, Su Yu took out the two fragments he had. One with the myriad and art characters and one with the record character. The fragment with the visual character was still with Great Zhou King. He had not bothered to collect it lest the convergence of three fragments would give the Heavenly Overseer Marquis the chance to try something funny.

Then again, he wouldn’t mind seeing the Heavenly Overseer Marquis here. If the Heavenly Overseer Marquis were to come after him here, he would be sure to teach the marquis an unforgettable lesson.

After inserting the two fragments into the keyhole, the padlock shook slightly, but it did not unlock.

Su Yu could feel that he had the right key, merely incomplete.

“What a pity.”

Su Yu was greatly disappointed. There was no opening the third room. As for the fourth room, there wasn’t even a point in trying. However, he still stubbornly carried some hope within himself as he started heading toward the fourth room. Perhaps he already had the ink legacy without knowing it, right? Anything was possible!

Thus, he started trying all sorts of treasures on the door of the fourth room, including even the human lord’s token. Maybe this would work, right?

No matter what, he was a human lord. In the ancient past, he could be considered a crown prince. Meanwhile, Culture King could be considered a prime minister. Would a prime minister dare to obstruct the path of the crown prince?

Alas, reality was cruel. It didn’t work. Helpless, Su Yu could only leave the fourth room alone. He continued walking along the small path to the front of the residence. Since he had explored the rear courtyard, perhaps he could find more treasures in the front courtyard, right?

Culture King had requested the preservation of his residence. Su Yu would naturally abide by that. But to maintain a residence, a cleaner was required, right? Someone must be around to take the trash out, right? He was kindly offering his cleaning services here, not looting.

“I won’t say no to any trash in this residence. I’m not picky at all.”

After saying that, Su Yu took a broom out and started sweeping the floor. While sweeping, he muttered, “Senior Culture King, I’m a cleaner. Your residence is too dirty. It has been empty for too many years. A lot of things here must have broken down by now. Fear not. I’ll replace your stuff with new things and remove the old things for you. New is better than old, right?”

After a while, he stumbled upon a pond. When he took a closer look at it, he gasped.

Treasure!

Wasn’t this a pond of sunmoon profound yellow liquid?

This thing was very beneficial for Sunmoons when strengthening their acupoints and apertures. And Su Yu himself was a Sunmoon!

Thus, he drained the pond before taking out a large amount of heavenly source qi. With a smile, he said, “Senior, the water in your pond is too murky. It has been too long since the water in your pond was last replaced. Fear not, I’m here to replace it with some fresh water. You will love this!”

He wasn’t looting. He was changing the water in the pond. He was no thief. How could he do something like stealing? As a student of sorts of Culture King, he naturally needed to do his part in the maintenance of Culture King’s Residence.

Since he had inherited the pen dao, he could naturally be considered a student of Culture King, albeit an unofficial one. As an unofficial student, it was perfectly normal for him to replace the old furniture in Culture King’s Residence with some new furniture. He was merely doing his duty. Before long, he was done replacing the water in the pond with heavenly source qi.

Done with that, he took a sniff and said, “See, with this, even the air smells fresher. Heavenly source qi smells a lot better. As for the original murky water, I’ll remove it from the residence for you.”

Then, Su Yu continued onward. The residence of Culture King should be filled with powerful laws. Any intruder would be faced with stiff resistance. But equipped with the human lord’s token, Book of Time, and pen dao, Su Yu was able to proceed unobstructed. In fact, his passage here was likely smoother than his passage through an untitled general’s residence.

Culture King’s Residence was massive. As he walked, he saw more rooms.

Su Yu approached one of these rooms without any hesitation. After knocking on the door, he entered. It was a simple room with some furniture and no treasures.

Su Yu was a kind man. When he saw Culture King’s bed, he took out a large amount of treasures and personally forged a new bed before replacing the old bed with it. He even used some precious silk and hide as the mattress for this new bed.

New, durable, and comfortable.

The bed forged by Su Yu could actually be considered a profound weapon. It was an excellent bed. In fact, it was good enough to serve as the weapon for a Cloudbreach or even a Mountainsea. He was doing Culture King a favor here by replacing his bed with something so valuable.

As for the old bed, it could be chopped apart to be used as seven or eight individual carrier treasures. They could even serve as the main weapons of those wishing to switch to the Weapon Fusion Method.

Even an old bed had to be recycled, right? Before leaving, Su Yu did not forget to sweep the floor of the room as well. This was a great opportunity for him to remove some of the useless treasures he had amassed.

Perhaps after spending a hundred thousand years here, all these useless treasures would turn into a new batch of carrier treasures.

One shouldn’t be too greedy. That was Su Yu’s warning to himself. One could not take anything for free. Thus, even as he was replacing the furniture in Culture King’s Residence, he had to ensure that he was practicing the concept of equal exchange, even if his furniture would take a hundred thousand years to reach this so-called equality. As the prime minister, Culture King should be pleased to have the crown prince personally clean his place and replace his old furniture, right?

Su Yu could already imagine the scene of Culture King returning one day. Faced with all the new furniture, he would most definitely laugh with joy.

Su Yu could already imagine the happy laughter on Culture King’s face. Even after leaving for a hundred thousand years, his residence was still filled with new furniture, and the air within was still so fresh. Wasn’t that something worth rejoicing about?

“Culture King’s happiness is my happiness.”

Su Yu continued roaming the residence with his broom. When he encountered a big tree that had yet to wither even after a hundred thousand years, he plucked it from the ground alongside its roots. Then, he planted a branch of the tree back onto the ground. Finally, he activated his wood character and nurtured the branch while watering it with some heavenly source qi. In mere moments, the branch had transformed into an equally large tree, albeit a much younger one.

After a hundred thousand years, this young tree would grow as powerful as the old tree! This was yet another equal exchange! As a responsible cleaner, Su Yu naturally couldn’t remove the old tree without replacing it, leaving only a hole in the ground. That would be too ugly. Culture King would not be pleased to see that.

Even the withered plants did not escape him. One by one, he plucked them off the ground before replacing them with new plants. In the blink of an eye, life returned to the residence.

He managed to collect quite a lot of withered plants. He did not mind their withered state. Since they had not rotten away after a hundred thousand years, it was clear they were treasures as well.

Before long, the entire residence was filled with lush vegetation and graceful flowers. Previously, it looked dead and desolate. Now, it looked fresh and lively.

After some time, Su Yu reached a hall that was most likely Culture King’s office. There were quite a lot of desks in the room, but there was only a chair behind the main desk. As for the other desks, they were only equipped with a mat each. Clearly, the customs of the ancient past differed from the modern customs.

“So much old furniture…”

Su Yu’s eyes lit up in excitement. He cupped his fists at the room and said, “This is the all-important conference room. The furniture here is too old to match the importance of the room. Su Yu of the human race is unwilling to let Culture King and his respected guests suffer such hardship. I also can’t allow the myriad races to laugh at a great human king for having shabby furniture. Allow me to fix this.”

Then, Su Yu dug out a pile of treasures from his personal treasure vault. He started forging new furniture on the spot in accordance with the appearance and style of the original furniture. He was doing this out of consideration for Culture King. This way, there wouldn’t even be a need for Culture King to accustom himself to furniture of new designs.

Su Yu was basically counterfeiting on the spot. After enough years, the brand new furniture here would probably look rather similar to the old furniture. And if Culture King were to return after another hundred thousand years, he probably wouldn’t be able to see a difference.

At his current level, Su Yu was able to forge profound weapons rapidly. He wasn’t doing it alone. He even had his character clones forge at his side to hasten the process. Before long, he was done forging a set of new furniture.

Then, he kindly replaced all the old furniture with the new furniture before giving the floor a sweep. He finally understood the joy Xia Huyou used to derive from offering his cleaning services.

In fact, Su Yu considered himself kinder since he was doing this for free, unlike Xia Huyou, who would charge for it!

After leaving the conference hall, he continued heading onward. Finally, he reached the main entrance. The main entrance was massive. Behind it, the assembly hall stood. Su Yu was quite curious about how the assembly hall looked from here. But just as he stepped forward to push the entrance open, his idle tribulation character started pulsing violently.

Su Yu frowned. He hurriedly pulled back. Once again, the tribulation character calmed down. When he stepped forward again, the tribulation character resumed its pulsing.

“Danger. The entrance can’t be opened.”

That was Su Yu’s conclusion from the reaction of his tribulation character. He frowned. Was it really so dangerous? Was opening this entrance to look at the assembly hall really such a dangerous act?

Just then, the little furball woke up with confusion. He emerged from Su Yu’s head and took a sniff in the direction of the main entrance.

With a sleepy voice, he said, “Smells so good. Yummy, I can smell many Yummies there.”

Su Yu asked, “The power of laws?”

“No, no…”

The little furball started hopping atop Su Yu’s head while wrinkling his nose. After a while, he said, “It’s that thing…that thing…the powers of daos!”

Was there a difference between the power of laws and the power of daos?

Su Yu looked at the little furball, who was getting increasingly agitated due to his lack of words to express what he was thinking.

Soon, he thought of something and said, “It’s the…fruit tree! Normally, we eat fruits. The power of laws is the fruit of the daos. I am now smelling the trees themselves. Some of these trees seem to have been shattered. Do you understand now, Yummy?”

Su Yu raised his brow. This was new to him.

He understood.

With a solemn tone, he said, “Just say that there are shattered daos ahead, with some powers of daos leaking everywhere. Is that the case?”

“Right, right.”

Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, “Some people died! These were Masters of Laws! They died in the assembly hall. I finally understand why it’s dangerous to open the entrance. Daos had shattered in the assembly hall. Even now, the assembly hall must still be filled with danger.”

Some Masters of Laws had died in the assembly hall. Heavenbridge Marquis was wrong. The ancient past had not collapsed peacefully. How could it be peaceful when even daos had shattered? And these daos had shattered inside the assembly hall. Such an environment could probably kill Su Yu instantly with the chaotic powers of daos in the air.

The little furball grew even more agitated as he said, “I want to eat so much! But I will die after eating! It’s too yummy! I can’t control myself anymore!”

The little furball was essentially a living dao. Most of the time, he would feed on the powers of laws from the various daos. But now, he was smelling the powers of these daos themselves, or the essence of these daos, to be precise. These powers would be extremely nourishing for him, even more so than the Book of Time itself. After all, the Book of Time had not collected the essence of these daos.

The complete essence of these daos might be available right ahead of them. This was too enticing for an existence like the little furball. But he did not dare to go. He knew that any attempt would lead to his death.

He was decently strong right now. Previously, he had also absorbed a large amount of the rewards from killing East Heavenly King. But he was still not an Eternal. He didn’t even know what dao he was. Without that knowledge, it would be too difficult for him to start fusing his dao.

There wasn’t a need for him to open a new dao since he was already a dao. By Fat Ball’s definition, he would embark on the path of an Eternal upon advancement. That was currently hindered by the fact that he didn’t even know the true nature of his existence.

The little furball continued with agitation, “I can feel that after eating this, I will know what I am! Yummy, that smells so nice! So yummy! Can I take a bite?”

Su Yu furrowed his brows and said, “It’s too dangerous.”

He didn’t even know if there was only one shattered dao or multiple shattered daos there. It was too dangerous for the little furball to eat something like that.

“But it’s really very yummy…”

The little furball had a wronged expression as he started losing hope.

After giving it some thought, Su Yu said, “There is no rush. I can enter this place freely now. We can find a suitable time and return with your dada and mama.”

Su Yu smiled and said, “Your dada and mama are strong. It’s better to go with them. You can eat together.”

“But this is mine!”

The little furball felt even more wronged upon hearing that he had to share.