Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 675: Cusp Of Skysoar (2)

After a while, Su Long picked up his luggage and sighed, "Brothers, I'll be supporting all of you from the headquarters in the future. It hasn't even been a year but I have to retreat from the front lines again..."

He had returned to the army with grand ambitions. But now, he had to leave with an empty feeling. All his comrades stood up and saw him off.

Outside, Chen Long, the deputy general, was waiting.

Su Long waved at his comrades and said, "I'm leaving. Brothers, remember to visit me whenever you're back at the headquarters. I'll buy you a meal. Take care, everyone."

He started walking away.

Beside him, Chen Long softly said, "Big Brother Su..."

"Don't call me that." Su Long said, "You're the deputy general while I'm a 1000-man commander. My position is a few levels lower than yours."

Chen Long helplessly said, "Big Brother, we are doing this to protect you and settle the heart of that nephew of mine. The myriad races are keeping an eye on you. They will be more than happy to get rid of you to provoke Su Yu. Doing that, they can even place Great Xia in a difficult position, forcing them to decide if they're really going to uphold their promise of killing a Sunmoon of the single character faction once you're dead."

Great Xia had said that if Su Long was killed, those from the single character faction would die as well. Thus, should they do so? But if Su Long was killed by the myriad races, killing a Sunmoon of the single character faction as retaliation would bring them a lot of trouble.

That single move would trouble both Great Xia and the single character faction. At the same time, Su Yu would also be driven crazy.

Su Long rolled his eyes and said, "I know. Why else would I have agreed to return? Aren't all this for the sake of making things easier for that little bastard? You're better connected than me. How is that kid doing?"

"All is well."

"Good. Why is that damn kid such a troublemaker? Wouldn't it be great if he caused less trouble?"

Su Long grumbled and said, "Little Chen, be honest with me. Is the Xia Family using me as a hostage that can be used against my son in the future?"

Chen Long hurriedly denied, "Things aren't that bad. Don't think too much, Big Brother."

Su Long said nothing, but he still looked gloomy.

After a while, he grumbled, "So what if he's talented? He hasn't converted that talent into strength yet. He only talks well, but he can't do much to his enemies. I wonder how strong that kid is right now. He's probably even weaker than me..."

Chen Long was speechless.

After a while, he finally couldn't hold it in and said, "Big Brother...that nephew of mine...killed a seventh-stage Cloudbreach before."

Was Su Long not embarrassed to brag like that?

Su Long indifferently said, "I know. I heard. He used something called ability blood essence to do that. But he's not even a Skysoar yet while I'm already a seventh-stage Infinite Strength cultivator..."

Chen Long said, "Big Brother, he opened hundreds of acupoints."

Even if he wasn't a Skysoar, he wasn't someone Su Long could defeat.

"That's my son. Even if he's a Mountainsea, would he dare to hit back if I decide to beat him up?"

Su Long glanced at Chen Long and asked, "You're a Mountainsea, right? If I hit you, would you strike back?"

"..."

Chen Long was speechless. He could only smile helplessly.

"You're getting quite capable nowadays as well, Kid. Back when I left, you were only at the Great Strength Realm. But now, you're already a Mountainsea."

Su Long sighed, "I'm starting to regret it. If I didn't leave, could I have reached the Mountainsea Realm over 18 years of time? If I were a Mountainsea, I would have beaten those bastards to death for bullying my kid."

"Big Brother, it's not too late for you to start cultivating now..."

"Nonsense!" Su Long cursed and said, "I need to reach the Skysoar Realm as soon as possible. I know my kid. He has never been someone who can stay silent as he suffers losses. He will return to Great Xia. If I don't grow stronger and the kid kills his way to snatch his old man from Great Xia one day, it would be too embarrassing for his old man to be the one too weak to escape with him."

"Big Brother, things won't go that far..."

"Bullshit. What do you know?"

Su Long rolled his eyes. Nobody knew his son better than him. His son had been a scumbag since young. That kid was extremely petty. After suffering a loss, he would keep it deep in his heart. And when he grew strong enough to strike back, he would not hesitate to get his revenge.

Su Long heard that the previous mess was also related to his son's teacher and that Old Liu...

He felt quite helpless. That Old Liu looked like a gentle scholar. Why was he so good at courting trouble? And that Old Liu was his son's teacher for five years. His son was the type of person who would avenge his teacher the moment he gained the ability to. It was only a matter of time.

"That kid is probably really stronger than me now. I need to get to the Skysoar Realm as soon as possible. Can the kid still beat me after I become a Skysoar?"

Su long decided that for the sake of his face, he had to reach the Skysoar Realm as soon as possible.

***

Great Ming.

After feeding the three little balls a large amount of heavenly source qi, Su Yu sent them back.

Dumbo seemed very satisfied with the progress. He suspected that Su Yu might have been dishonest in the trade as he noticed that his second child seemed to have lost some blood as well, but he decided to drop the matter after noticing that all three of his kids had grown fatter after spending a while with Su Yu.

But the third child looked quite pitiful as he now looked thin in comparison to the other two who had grown much bigger. Why didn't Su Yu feed the third kid more food as well? How stingy.

Meanwhile, Su Yu no longer cared about what Dumbo was thinking after getting what he needed. He was impatiently waiting for Xia Huyou's arrival. He needed more heavenly source qi to grow his body to the Skysoar Realm.

As he waited, the 17th of February finally arrived.

Great Xia's delegation was finally here.

Great Ming Cultural Research Academy, Moongazing Pavilion.

Top floor.

Marquis Xia had arrived with Xia Huyou and some elders from the three academies. The person from Great Xia Cultural Research Academy was a familiar face. It was Elder Qi. As for the ones from the other two academies, Su Yu didn't know them. But they were clearly not from the single character faction as that wouldn't be conductive to this negotiation.

At this point, Su Yu was no longer as courteous when he met these elders. He merely gave them a slight bow as a sign of respect before completely ignoring them. He said, "I gave Marquis Xia eight terms previously, but a few remain unfulfilled. I asked for the protection of my Martial Uncle Feng Ji, but even that was not accomplished."

Marquis Xia said, "But he's still alive, right? Bai Feng and the others have been pardoned. Shan Xiong will not be recruited into the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. Yuan Qingdong publicly apologized to you. The academies are paying a higher price for the cultivation method. Yuan Qingdong has agreed to bear part of the price. You will be given a divine corpse. The Knowledge Seeking Realm won't be taking a cut from the sales of your cultivation method...The only term we can't fulfill is the one regarding the Willpower Grotto."

Elder Qi said, "Su Yu, you know about the Willpower Grotto. It was left behind by the first principal. It is the root of the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. We can't give it away for the sake of one cultivation method. I get that you have grievances, but consider the fact that you have friends and teachers in the academy as well..."

Su Yu calmly said, "Elder Qi is right. I won't make things difficult. Forget about the grotto. Let's talk about my Martial Uncle Feng Ji. Is Yuan Qingdong the one you're hoping to save him?"

Marquis Xia smiled and said, "I understand what you're saying. Don't worry. General Zhao has departed in secret. Unfortunately, he was not able to locate Feng Ji. Otherwise, Feng Ji would have been brought back to Great Xia by now."

"General Zhao?"

"Why would we lie to you?" Marquis Xia said, "Old Zhao is quite strong. As long as Old Zhao can find Feng Ji, his safety will be guaranteed."

Su Yu nodded, "Alright. Also, is Shan Xiong really not joining the academy anymore?"

"Yeah." Marquis Xia said, "We don't have the exact details, but I heard that he stopped at Great Shang. He's in a seclusion to break through. Prior to this, he was a seventh-stage Skysoar. He would probably leave seclusion as an eight or ninth-stage Skysoar."

Marquis Xia sighed and said, "That kid is strong enough to sweep through all oppositions during his travel. Thus, don't think that he's afraid of you. In my opinion, he is as strong as Xia Yuwen back then or even stronger."

Su Yu wasn't worried at all. He might not be Shan Xiong's match before opening 360 acupoints. But with 360 acupoints and his imminent body forging, Shan Xiong was free to try him.

Su Yu nodded, "In that case, I can agree to distribute the cultivation method to the three academies. Where's the divine corpse?"

Marquis Xia took out a storage ring and said, "It's in here. But you better not take it out now. This is the corpse of an eighth-stage Sunmoon. He wouldn't have dared to attack Longwu without such a level of strength. Don't even try to do anything to this corpse before you're a Sunmoon yourself."

"Thank you for the reminder, Marquis."

He sent a strand of willpower into the ring to take a look. He only managed to see the head of the corpse before his strand of willpower was crushed into nothingness.

Very powerful. Even after death, this Sunmoon was still incomparably powerful. Forget it. This was not something he could lay hands on for now. But it would be fine when he was a Mountainsea or a peak Cloudbreach, right? If his body forging worked well, he might even be able to do something with it at the Cloudbreach Realm.

Just imagine obtaining a blood essence that could give him the strength of an eighth-stage Sunmoon. Tsk tsk.

Su Yu felt good just imagining the sight of that.

After checking the corpse, he said, "Next, we need to talk about the share. Previously, you agreed to pay me one merit point per copy sold. You're fine with this, right?"

"Of course." Marquis Xia said, "Great Ming should have asked us about this before. At the moment, 1.26 million copies of both fusion art versions have been sold. Thus, you can get 1.26 million merit points."

All three elders inhaled deeply in shock upon hearing that. What a profitable venture. The Great Xia Cultural Research Academy probably had around 100,000 members. And that much money was enough to pay for the expenses of these people for an entire year.

Of course, the allocation wouldn't be so fair since a lot of the older and less talented students were no longer receiving much. Su Yu had easily earned that much money.

Then again, Marquis Xia had earned even more. His earnings were probably 10 times higher than that. That was truly terrifying.

At times, a single cultivation method could provide unimaginable benefits. That was especially true when it was something warriors could use. After all, something like that would have a far bigger market.

Su Yu wasn't even surprised. He might be good at earning money, but he was even better at spending money.

Just look at how much he had spent to buy the research center using what he had gained after getting so many experts killed. If it wasn't for the Spatial Cutting Room, that purchase wouldn't even be worth it. Nevertheless, that was a room he wouldn't be able to utilize for now.

Su Yu asked, "So are you transferring the money now, or are you transferring the money now?"

"..."

Marquis Xia laughed. He said, "How about this? You're going to start forging your body soon. We can allocate our quota to cultivate in the War Shrine to you. We only get one opportunity every 50 years..."

"Forget it." Su Yu rejected, "Let Brother Huyou have this opportunity instead. Prefect Zhu offered the same opportunity to me for free but I rejected it as well."

Marquis Xia was stunned.

Holy shit!

Zhu Tiandao was being too generous here!