Tribulation of Myriad Races

Great Ming King was in charge of setting up a temporary encampment for the group. Before long, some space was cleared in the area. There, Great Ming King started laying down formations while Grandstar worked on clearing all the bugs in the area. As a fish-like being, he was apparently very good at dealing with bugs.

Su Yu observed his surroundings in silence. He was also skygazing with his Heaven Gate open. Both Great Zhou King and Lan Tian were also searching their surroundings to gather additional information.

Suddenly, a tiny bug flew off from Lan Tian. He said, “Fish Guy, don’t eat me. Do you understand?”

Grandstar was rendered speechless. Who was he calling a fish guy? That lunatic had only been here for a while, but he was already starting to spread his clones.

Shortly after, Great Ming King landed on the ground and said, “Done.”

“Let’s go.”

Su Yu stepped into the prepared encampment with the others in tow. Behind, Great Zhou King remained to lay down some silencing formations.

***

Inside the encampment.

With a wave of Su Yu’s hand, multiple massive maps appeared. Pointing at their two captives, he said, “Release them. The two of you, get over here and check my maps for me.”

With a grin, Lan Tian tossed the two over. Meanwhile, the two were still incomparably alarmed. Just who were these people? And what was their strength?

As Eternals, their eyes were still relatively keen. But a few of the people in this group were too unfathomable. Their cultivation levels were impossible to gauge. That included the white-haired youth before them, the person seemingly leading the group.

Youth?

They did not know why they would have a feeling that this was a youth. That was especially true since they could also feel that this person was also at the end of his lifespan. It was a contrasting feeling.

Even after they were released, they were too fearful to try anything. Attempting to flee?

What a joke.

There were at least three Daofuses here. That person called Lan Tian, who had captured them, that Great Ming King who was in charge of formations, and that iron devourer. All three were clearly Daofuses.

As for the others…the two didn’t even dare to think too much. It was likely that there were more than three Daofuses here. The white-haired youth, the smiling middle-aged man, and the bug-eating fish-person might all be Daofuses as well. At that thought, the two shivered.

Six Daofuses?

Ignoring their mental state, Su Yu pointed at the map and said, “I have many maps for the Upper Realm, and there are small differences between all of them. Check them and see which is more accurate.”

He gave a simple request. But Liu Shan and Du Bing were no fools. Was this a test? If they made a mistake here, they might die. These people must have come prepared. This task of checking the maps was probably also a form of test.

The two did not dare to waste any time. They studied the map before them. After a while, one of them pointed at a spot on it and said, “This is not the Line Gorge. This is the Headfall Valley.”

Seeing that Su Yu was correcting the map without much protest, Liu Shan exhaled in relief and continued pointing at the mistakes on the map. To the side, Du Bing grew even more anxious and hurriedly pointed out several mistakes as well. This process lasted about an hour.

With a wave of Su Yu’s hand, the map vanished. At this point, the encampment had changed slightly from how it was. Chairs and tables had appeared. These were all produced by the gathered experts through the power of laws.

After taking a seat, Su Yu said, “Sit down.”

Liu Shan and Du Bing grew even more fearful than before. Just who were these people? He was certain there were humans among them. After all, some of the people in the group were weaker, and they were able to sense the cultivation of these weaker members. They could also sense that some weren’t humans. As for those whose cultivation couldn’t be gauged, were they humans?

None of them dared to sit. Liu Shan had a simple and honest face, but he was actually quite shrewd. He hurriedly said, “We wouldn’t dare to sit before these great lords.”

Even some of the Daofuses were standing. He naturally wouldn’t dare to sit.

Su Yu said, “Just sit when told. You can only live long if you’re obedient.”

Liu Shan shivered and hurriedly dragged Du Bing over before sitting down.

Clearly, the white-haired youth was the leader here. And the command of this youth was absolute. He felt…even scarier than Stable Army Marquis. Not in terms of strength, since Liu Shan couldn’t gauge the strength of the youth. But the temperament of this youth was too terrifying.

With one look, he could see that this was a scarier person than Stable Army Marquis.

Su Yu asked, “Do you know Zhao Chuan’s group?”

“Yes.” Liu Shan hurriedly asked, “We’re from the Stable Army Guard as well. Are they still alive?”

“I’m the one asking questions here.”

Liu Shan hurriedly shut his mouth. Beside him, Du Bing hesitated slightly before gritting his teeth to ask a question, “Excuse me, Lord, but are you a human from the Lower Realm?”

“Yes or no. What does it matter?”

Du Bing continued gnashing his teeth and said, “If you’re not, we won’t tell you anything!”

Su Yu sighed and asked, “Why are all the Upper Realm humans so stupid?”

To the side, Lan Tian laughed and said, “Yeah. They’re quite dumb.”

Great Zhou King was feeling quite embarrassed as well. He said, “It must be due to their lack of experience. After all, they have spent years in hiding. Understandably, they aren’t very bright.”

Both Du Bing and Liu Shan felt somewhat indignant. What? Noticing their changes, Great Ming King looked at them with a frown.

He coldly said, “No matter what, you’re seventh-degree Eternals. You were the same as me not long ago. Where is your brain? Why are you asking us such a stupid question? If we stand with the myriad realms, what’s the point of using this entrance? What’s the point of sneaking up here? You are truly brainless.

“Are the Upper Realm humans in power? No. In that case, why would someone on the myriad races’ side bother to hide around when coming up? If we are immortals or devils, you won’t be breathing anymore. Our experts would have surrounded this place long ago.”

He snorted and continued, “You are in charge of guarding such an important place. You might lack strength, but you shouldn’t lack brain. But instead, you lack both strength and brain. I am only looking at two idiots.”

Yes. He couldn’t stand them either. Both Liu Shan and Du Bing found those words extremely reasonable. Instantly, shame engulfed them. This was too embarassing.

Then again, they weren’t exactly alone. Some on Su Yu’s side had not thought of all that either. But they were good at acting. They all schooled their expressions, acting like they had the same thoughts. Fortunately, they had refrained from asking about Su Yu’s statement that these two were fools.

With Great Zhou King’s explanation, they finally knew. He was right. A race capable of assembling so many Daofuses would most certainly be a major race down there. And a major race would have a solid foundation in the Upper Realm as well. Such a race could easily enter the Upper Realm through the entrance in the Fate Realm. There wouldn’t be a need for them to use this entrance.

Du Bing felt rather awkward, but he still asked, “You’re humans? In that case, why did you capture us?”

Su Yu leaned back on his chair. He couldn’t even be bothered to answer that stupid question.

Lan Tian was the one to answer, “And why can’t we capture you if we’re humans? The Upper Realm humans have suffered numerous defeats. How are we sure if none of you have defected? Do you dare to guarantee that not a single human has defected so far?”

The two shut their mouths. Had anyone defected? Who knew? Was Marquis Minshan’s death due to a betrayal as well? Also, more and more human experts had been killed in recent years. Was that due to the defectors as well?

In truth, this was a matter they had all considered. Alas, they couldn’t do anything about it. Their position was too weak. They couldn’t afford to split their attention elsewhere.

Liu Shan inhaled deeply and said, “Lords, since you know Zhao Chuan, you must have met them. We don’t know more than them. If you wish to see the marquis, we can return to him and make the arrangements…”

“Meeting the marquis?” Lan Tian coldly said, “How audacious of you. How arrogant of you. Inform Stable Army Marquis that he has been summoned to an audience with Emperor Yu. How dare a mere marquis put on airs?”

“Emperor Yu?”

The two were alarmed. What was that? Why were these people so incredibly proud and arrogant? Were they really from the Lower Realm?

Su Yu laughed and said to Lan Tian, “You’re talking like a villain. Stop messing around.”

With that, Lan Tian switched to an enchanting voice and said, “I understand. I couldn’t resist since the kids were too adorable. I had to tease them.”

Kids?

How old was this guy to call them kids?

Su Yu was left quite speechless, but he decided to let it slide since it was Lan Tian.

He sank into thought. After a long while, he said, “Great Zhou King, what do you think we should do? Do we take over Stable Army Marquis’ faction first and use their faction to operate up here? Or is it better for us to operate independently?”

Great Zhou King considered the matter and said, “Stable Army Marquis definitely knows more than the average person. He might even have a way to contact the other human Daofuses. The sudden appearance of a new human faction will be too suspicious, even if we can pretend to be the subordinates of Heavenly Sun Marquis. We are better off using a ready-made faction. I doubt the myriad races know too much about Stable Army Marquis’ faction. It won’t be too suspicious for his faction to gain a few new experts.”

“So you’re suggesting that we deal with Stable Army Marquis first.”

Great Zhou King nodded, “Yes. Also, it is only a matter of time before Stable Army Marquis notices that we have captured these two. Rather than letting him do something rash to spoil our plan, we might as well seize the initiative.”

Great Ming King chimed in, “Emperor Yu, I agree. We should handle Stable Army Marquis first. Even if we ignore everything else, we still need to handle him since he knows about this entrance.

“Otherwise, he might end up connecting some dots together and severing our escape route from the Upper Realm when something unexpected happens. Of course, he will only do so if he’s a traitor. However, anything is possible. We can’t discount any possibility.”

Su Yu nodded. Prior to this, he intended to act independently. But his thoughts had changed after arriving here.

Great Ming King had a reasonable worry. It would be too suspicious for a bunch of experts to appear out of thin air. And since Stable Army Marquis knew about this entrance, he might be able to connect the dots and deduce where they came from. And then, he could work with the myriad races to sever their path of retreat.

Liu Shan was listening to the conversation. Toward the end, he protested in fury, “The marquis is definitely not a traitor! You! You!”

He was so anxious he couldn’t even speak properly anymore. These people felt like villains. They did not feel like the heroes of humanity. And they were very different from the Lower Realm humans as imagined by the Upper Realm humans.

They believed that the Lower Realm humans were doing terribly. Perhaps even Eternals were already supreme beings among the humans down here. Upon learning of the Upper Realm, they would most likely view the Upper Realm humans as their final hope. Yes, things were bad for the Upper Realm humans as well. But at the very least, there were Daofuses among them.

Such humans should be treating them with great reverence after arriving before begging them to meet Stable Army Marquis. However, they were looking at something entirely different.

These people were incredibly powerful. There were plenty of Daofuses among them. Even the non-Daofuses among them were also high-degree Eternals. And they were incredibly proud.

Lower Realm?

It felt as though, instead of the Lower Realm, these were humans from a previously unknown higher realm. Were these people really from the Lower Realm? The two were finding this hard to believe.