Tribulation of Myriad Races

Zhu Tiandao grinned, "Just imagine it. A heavenly phenomenon from someone advancing into the Skysoar Realm. Even if they have no way of killing you, they will try to observe you from near. But since you're very important to Great Ming, we will get five or six Sunmoons to watch over you. When those people see that the number of Sunmoons at other locations has reduced, they will probably grow more brazen and decide to observe from about ten thousand meters away. The more brazen ones might even sneak into the crowd and observe right under our nose."

"Don't worry. Your safety is guaranteed. After that, we can announce that the phenomenon is fake. It won't create much trouble."

After thinking about it, Su Yu said, "There is no need for me to promote my cultivation method. I can use that as the chance to showcase my 360 acupoints instead. At the same time, I can talk about the Source Soul Acupoint Opening Art. That might be enough...But I have a request. My breakthrough must remain private."

Zhu Tiandao asked, "You mean..."

"I’m going to use a treasure to help me with my breakthrough. That treasure can't be exposed."

"About that..." Zhu Tiandao said, "Sure. That won't be a problem. We will produce a building where everyone can only catch a vague impression of you. Or we can simply use one of those high-tier portable rings and activate the formation around it. With that ring, they can get a rough look at what you're doing, but they won't be able to get a better look at everything you're doing. You know about the portable rings, right?"

Su Yu nodded. He saw the portable ring on his very first day in the academy. This might really work.

"In that case, we need to prepare a formation that can prevent spying..."

Su Yu looked at the two and asked, "Prefect, is this an open ploy? Even if they suspect that this is a ploy, they won't be able to resist showing up."

Zhu Tiandao said, "Pretty much. Of course, those people are pretty confident in themselves. Which expert wouldn't be confident in themselves? They will think that everything is fine as long as they don't fight. It's not like I'm an Invincible, right? Even Invincibles won't openly scan a crowd of people as that is taboo. This is something everyone will learn on their very first day of cultivation. The act of scanning someone can be escalated into a feud."

Su Yu nodded. Generally, a cultivator would only openly scan someone when it was a teacher testing a student or an encounter with an enemy. Perhaps a clueless new cultivator would do so as well, but it would probably only happen once.

Su Yu had done the same previously. He was eventually scolded for it. Even when Old Huang and Old Nie wanted to scan him, they would find all sorts of excuses to do so. Recalling all that, Su Yu couldn't help but feel amused.

Zhu Tiandao said, "They are betting that we won't have the courage to scan them all. That is especially true in Great Ming where the populace values freedom highly. This might happen in Great Qin, but it definitely won't happen here. Furthermore, Great Ming has never been an aggressive prefecture, so the cult is not too scared of us. They had even stolen our research results inside our academies. Thus, the moment a heavenly phenomenon appears, they won't be able to resist coming out."

Finally, Zhu Tiandao asked, "So do you agree? If it works, we might be able to catch even some Sunmoons. We can kill them as a deterrent. In the future, all your enemies will suspect that you're laying down a trap no matter what you do. Even when you decide to travel alone, they will suspect that it's a trap. They will have to think twice before doing anything against you."

After thinking about it, Su Yu smiled. That might really happen if they were successful this time. If he could really get some Sunmoons killed through this ploy, he could even start traveling alone in the future. The nearby cultists would probably suspect that he was fishing yet again when they found out about it and started hesitating to do anything.

Yes, this would make things safer for him in the future. It would be fine if he only schemed some Sunmoons to death one time. But if it happened twice, the others would probably be afraid of testing him.

The cultists might be greedy, but they were also afraid of death. Sure, some risks were worth taking if the benefit was large enough. But one needed to be alive to enjoy the harvest, right?

Zhu Tiandao said, "I suspect there are even some sect masters hiding near Tiandu. These fellows never stop coveting what we have. If we don't plant enough fear in their hearts, they might even consider attacking the city when they gather enough experts."

"Things are still not too bad right now. I doubt they have that many people. Some of them might still be waiting for their reinforcements to arrive. But the longer we wait, the stronger they will be. At the time, they might choose a frontal attack after learning about your new creations."

Su Yu nodded pensively. That was true.

"Prefect, are you sure we can dig them out? As long as they show up, you won't lose them?"

"Yes." Zhu Tiandao said, "If I don't have the confidence to do that much, why bother fishing? We might end up eaten by the fish instead. After this job, Great Ming will stay safe for a long period of time. Things will also be much easier for you since you don't have to worry about assassinations all the time anymore. Of course, if an Invincible personally sneaks in to assassinate you, blame your bad luck. There is nothing we can do about that."

Su Yu nodded, "I understand. Thirty percent of the proceeds...Prefect, I don't need that. If we are successful, I only need some characters. Can you agree to that?"

"Yeah."

"I also need a few of them alive." Su Yu said, "It's even better if those people can be captured silently."

Zhu Tiandao said, "Capturing them alive and silently...Are you trying to insert your own people into the cult? That's pointless. The various prefectures have a lot of spies among them."

Su Yu said, "We'll see. I'm thinking of starting a sect or something. I heard that there are a lot of scammers in the cult."

"..."

Zhu Tiandao was rendered speechless.

He rolled his eyes and said, "You sure are gutsy. Generally, these people will scam the minor races that can't do anything to retaliate. But you won't be able to get anything good from these minor races. They might not even have someone stronger than the Sunmoon Realm. What can they give you? Don't waste your time with something so pointless."

He wasn't too worried since at most, a scam like this would only involve some minor races.

Su Yu said, "Prefect, as for the fake heavenly phenomenon...is a source qi rain alone sufficient? They might think that it's fake. Why don't we recreate what happened during the furball's breakthrough. Create a rain of heavenly source qi..."

"Piss off." Zhu Tiandao said, "Do you think heavenly source qi can be found everywhere? I hesitated a long time before giving you that heavenly source fruit previously. Where am I supposed to get more heavenly source qi to use as bait?"

Source qi rain was not sufficient? What was this kid thinking? Did the kid think that everyone was rich like him? In fact, this kid was getting so rich that he could probably afford to drink source qi liquid like water nowadays.

But Su Yu disagreed. A source qi rain was impressive, but it was nothing for true experts. If they could create something with heavenly source qi, he was sure that even Sunmoons would fall for it. Think about it. Who would use heavenly source qi for a trap? Wasn't that a waste?

How many heavenly source fruits would they need to waste to produce something like that? As for the naturally occurring heavenly source qi, it was different from what one could find in heavenly source fruits. One was berserk while the other was gentle.

Su Yu was capable of producing some gentle heavenly source qi. He felt like he could definitely create something similar to the real deal if he wanted to. Even Sunmoons would fall for that.

Fake heavenly phenomenon...in the end, he would still be the one to absorb the heavenly source qi. So it wouldn't really be a waste for him to do it. After thinking about it, Su Yu started hesitating. How should he tell Zhu Tiandao about this?

He said, "Prefect, do you remember the small case I found at the Starfall Mountain?"

"The one made of dragon's horn?"

Of course he still remembered that. The damn kid had refused to let him open the case.

Su Yu nodded, "Yeah. I opened it recently. There is indeed something precious in it."

"What treasure is it?" Zhu Tiandao's interest was piqued. "What manner of treasure requires a dragon's horn case?"

"A ball."

"Ball?"

Zhu Tiandao was confused.

Niu Baidao asked, "The Divine Skywing Sect is a major sect. Their sect master is a seventh-stage Sunmoon. The treasure of someone like that is definitely not simple. Perhaps it was something he received from the divine skywing race. What treasure is that? Can you show us and open our horizons?"

Su Yu smiled, "It's nothing too important. It's a compressed ball. I nearly lost the entire thing. Fortunately, I subsequently sealed it with my character. I am going to use it for my body forging."

"So it's useful for you?"

The two grew even more curious. A treasure of a seventh-stage Sunmoon that just happened to be useful to Su Yu. What was it? Was it something beneficial for body forging?

Zhu Tiandao joked, "It can't be a heavenly source fruit, right? This...wait, this is something the divines can produce as well. But for the sect master, one or two of these fruits won't be too useful. At most, he can use it to nurture a genius or two."

The divine skywing race was indeed a race with access to heavenly source fruits. But for Sunmoons, these fruits weren't too helpful. Apart from nurturing their juniors, there wasn't much Sunmoons could do with these fruits.

Su Yu said, "I think so, but that doesn't seem to be the case as well. I'm not sure. I'm honestly quite confused. Why did the sect master attach such great importance to it?"

He then took out a large black ball from his storage ring.