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Chapter 1147: Boss Su Yu (3)

Silverwing went straight to the point, "Let's stop wasting time. This is not a safe place. Both Great Ming and Great Xia are not friendly toward us or your organization. What do you have in mind? Tell us about it."

"It's very simple. We need some cannon fodder and the intelligence network you have in the Human Realm. We're new here so we have yet to build a sufficiently strong intelligence network. We need the cult to hand over the control of your intelligence network and spies to us."

"That won't be possible." Silverwing's face sank, "Are you joking?"

Su Yu replied coldly, "No. We only need some nobodies. The pavilion lacks a lot of things, but we don't lack money. We're only doing this to save time. If we wanted to do this ourselves, it wouldn't be too difficult either. Ten drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid for all that. This should be enough, right?"

"What joke is this?" Silverwing was furious, "Our current network has been established after hundreds of years of hard work. Not long ago, we suffered heavy losses because of the trouble you caused in the capital. And now, you're asking to take over everything? Dream on. Do you think the cult is really so poor that we will agree to this?"

"You can only blame your incompetence for your losses. It's not my fault you're incompetent."

"What did you just say?"

Su Yu coldly said, "You will only benefit from working with us. Officially, we have eight Invincibles. We are also the number one information peddler in the Myriad Realms. As for the Myriad Race Cult...you're nothing but running dogs. Since you're going to serve someone either way, why do you care who you serve? If you serve the pavilion, you will receive even more benefits."

"Damn you!" Silverwing was furious.

Su Yu continued, "I'm a blunt person, so you should calm down. You're a dog, but I'm a dog as well. We simply serve different masters. I serve the pavilion while you serve the myriad races. We are all dogs. But I'm a dog with plenty of heavenly source qi and sunmoon profound yellow liquid. How about you? Sect Master Silverwing, what have you obtained from the divine skywings for your service?"

Silverwing replied with a frosty expression, "If you continue talking like you're better than us, there is no need to continue this talk."

Su Yu smiled, "Talking like I'm better than you? Let me correct you. This is what I call a sense of superiority. Why? Because I have the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion behind me. How about you? If you were to die, would an Invincible from the six-winged divines do anything?" "It's that simple. If I were to kill you here, the six-winged divines wouldn't even care. But if you were to kill me, the backlash would arrive promptly. This is the difference between us. What do you think about my words, Respected Sect Master?"

Silverwing sneered, "You're very confident."

"That's right. You can give it a try. If you want to continue the talk, we can do so. If not, I believe it won't be that hard to find a different cultist interested in talking to us. You don't matter."

Silverwing was furious. This person was too proud.

Standing behind Su Yu, the other white masks also maintained their haughtiness. At this moment, they found themselves agreeing with Su Yu. Why should they be so polite toward these people? They were the members of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. These cultists were nothing compared to them.

Even if this might result in their talks breaking down, they had to admit that it felt incredible to listen to Profound Nine. And feeling good was enough for them. If the talks ended up breaking down, so be it.

Silverwing inhaled deeply and suppressed his anger before saying, "This is not agreeable. But is this your sole proposal? List them all out. We can discuss all of them at once."

Su Yu laughed and said, "Sure. I need some cannon fodder we can use against our potential opponents. Their cultivation levels do not matter. Additionally, I need some elites to work directly with us on our operations. These elites need to be Mountainseas and Sunmoons."

Silverwing frowned and asked, "What's your goal?" Newest update provıded by novel⦿fire.net

Su Yu grinned, "Kill some people, some geniuses, some experts, and some Invincible descendants. Ultimately, we aim to snatch the Nanyuan ruin."

"Hmph! Those are some big words, but they're unrealistic."

Silverwing did not take those words seriously. They wanted to do the same as well, but could they? Did these people really think that the Xia Family and human race were pushovers? Would they simply fall over and die just like that?

Su Yu said, "If you trust me, it will be fine. If not, there's nothing I can say. The pavilion is good at creating chaos, but the cult is also good at this. The experts of the various races have arrived. Only by fishing in troubled waters can we become the ultimate winner. How else are we supposed to compete against all those experts?"

"The pavilion does everything for profit. The moment chaos erupts, our information, services, and products will become very popular. It doesn't matter if everyone hates us. They will still be willing to pay us for what we provide. Am I right?"

"..."

Silverwing frowned. Shortly after, someone else from his side laughed and said, "Lord Profound Nine, allow me to ask you a question. The experts, geniuses, and Invincible descendants you're planning to kill...do they include the myriad races?"

Su Yu replied, "It doesn't matter to us. We will eventually receive such missions. That is not something you need to worry about. We are willing to kill anyone."

"What if you end up attracting the attention of Invincibles?" The fatty smiled and said, "Don't forget that Great Ming King is still around."

Su Yu laughed, "He will leave soon."

The fatty was the person who he had found familiar earlier. Thus, he looked at the fatty and asked, "Which sect are you from?"

The fatty laughed as well, "Original Devil Sect."

Su Yu nodded, "Can you represent Lan Tian?"

"You can say so."

Su Yu smiled, "So you think I'm lying?"

"I wouldn't dare. But I'm feeling doubtful. If you don't mind, could you tell us more? How are you planning to make Great Ming King leave?"

In fact, even the white masks were curious. How were they supposed to make Great Ming King leave? Was that even possible?

It felt impossible. Great Ming King had been staying in the Human Realm as of late. This was quite troublesome for them. Even with the tension at the border, Great Ming King remained stubborn. It was unlikely he would leave unless a war really broke out.

Su Yu said, "It's simple. Great Ming is very protective. And the Zhu Family is quite small. The eldest child of their fourth generation, Zhu Hongwen, is currently in the Allheaven Battlefield. If he somehow ended up heavily injured, Great Ming King would definitely leave to avenge him."

"Hmm?" Silverwing was shocked. "You...you're too brazen. Nobody has the courage to enter the human territory and deal him a heavy injury. That's Zhu Hongwen!"

Su Yu smiled, "We only need to injure him, not kill him. Great Ming King might be angered, but he will give up after failing to find the culprit. I don't even fear Xia Family's anger. Is there a need for me to fear the Zhu Family? As for the person who will do this...the pavilion will pick a suitable person to execute the mission."

Su Yu continued, "Since you now know about this, if there is a leak of information, I will have no choice but to assume that one of you is the traitor. There is no guarantee that we might really execute this mission. If Zhu Hongwen were to suddenly receive the protection of numerous experts...it would only mean that there is a traitor among you. Sect Master Silverwing, remember everyone here today. If there is a leak of information, you will have to carry out a thorough investigation on all of them."

Silverwing cursed inwardly. There was no need for Profound Nine to teach him something so basic.

Through his mask, Su Yu received a message from White One, "Profound Nine, are you really planning to do this? This won't be an easy mission. There is no guarantee of success."

"We can give it a try. If it doesn't work, we can always switch to a different plan. No matter what, we need to send Great Ming King away. When he's so near, it will be too hard for us to fish in troubled water."

He added, "We can also take this chance to see if there are traitors among the cult. This will also be helpful for our future cooperation with them. Their member composition is too complicated. We can't trust them too much."

White One said nothing else. Clearly, that was not the only plan Profound Nine had in mind.

After a slight hesitation, Silverwing said, "If you can really send Great Ming King away, we can talk further about cooperation. As for our intelligence network, the price you offered is too low. Increase the price by ten times and we can share our network with you."

"Ten times? That is enough price to buy all your heads."

With a snort, a resounding boom rang out. The Mountainseas were all stunned. As for Silverwing, he raised his hand in panic to intercept the incoming fist. However, he was sent flying away.

"You—"

Su Yu pulled his fist back and coldly said, "Killing you won't be too difficult at all. Ten drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid are more than enough. Are you sure those small fries are worth a hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid?"

Silverwing took several steps back. The others with him did the same. They all glared at Su Yu furiously.

As for Su Yu, he merely laughed, "Calm down. That was a joke. But...you guys are really too weak. You're only useful because we're in a unique situation. Most of the time, we don't work with Sunmoons so weak."

"Damn you!" Silverwing was furious.

Alas, the pain he felt in his arms reminded him that he was indeed not Profound Nine's match. Damn it! This guy was too strong! Just what stage of the Sunmoon Realm was this guy at?

Meanwhile, Su Yu snorted inwardly. If it wasn't for the fact that it wasn't appropriate, he would have killed this guy with one punch. The Six-Winged Divine Sect was the sect he hated most among the cultists. This was also the main force that had pursued Chen Yong previously.

At that moment, White One finally showed himself. Announcing his arrival with a laugh, he said, "Profound Nine, how can you be rude? Sect Master Silverwing, my apologies for this. Profound Nine has a bad temper. As for your intelligence network, we only need what you have in Great Xia. Fifty drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid. I believe this is an excellent price."

Silverwing cursed inwardly again. They were simply pulling a "good cop bad cop" on him. Did they think that he couldn't see through this trick?

But this was not the time for him to further bicker with them. He snorted and said, "I need to discuss it with the others. You will receive your answer three days later."

"One day. Unlike you, we're very busy."

Su Yu said, "So you guys need to procrastinate for even a small matter like this? I finally understand you guys have accomplished nothing even after hundreds of years in the Human Realm."

Once again, the cultists were infuriated. This Profound Nine had a venomous tongue. They did not bother to waste more time here. With a flicker, they all vanished.

After their departure, White One said with some hesitation, "Will this work? You seem too forceful."

"It will be fine. These are the people who have abandoned their race, family, and teachers for their personal benefit. Do you think something like this can really anger them? They are too shameless to feel insulted by our insult."

Su Yu smiled, "They will only be angry if the price we offer isn't good enough. Don't worry. They will ultimately agree."

Myriad Race Cult... As far as Su Yu was concerned, it wouldn't be a bad idea to wipe out the cult once and for all as well.

Very good. The little furball had memorized Silverwing's smell. That furball was even better at tracking than a dog. For these people, there was no hiding from him anymore. He would be able to easily track them.

Su Yu continued, "If we have to, we can even transfer more of our people here and take over the cult ourselves instead. As long as all their higher-ups are dead, the others will obey us."

"..."

The white masks were rendered speechless. Was this guy serious? Was this a joke? Holy shit! Wiping out their higher-ups? If not even the humans were able to do that after hundreds of years, how was the pavilion supposed to do that?

Su Yu did not say much. As long as he could find their headquarters, this might really be feasible. It would also help in attracting more attention to Great Xia.

Chapter 1148: I'm Actually An Expert Counterfeiter (1)

The meeting with the Myriad Race Cult did not last long. Su Yu was in no rush.

He spoke to the others, "Be on standby. We will start accepting missions again. I'll take a stroll in Nanyuan."

"Now?"

White One grew more confused. What was Profound Nine planning? At the moment, Nanyuan was filled with experts. That was a very dangerous place. What was the point of going there now? Could he even enter the city? New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on ⓝovelFire.net

"I need to verify the ruin's existence. If I'm right, a lot of people will try to buy this information from us soon. The pavilion has a reputation to uphold. We need to verify the authenticity of the ruin."

Su Yu solemnly said, "It is possible that the ruin might be a fake ruin planted by the Xia Family to distract the myriad races while Xia Longwu attempts his dao affirmation. We need to be cautious. Provide this update for free to all the current index copy holders. Tell them to wait for my verification."

Right after those words were said, White One's heart thumped.

Profound Nine. What an incredible person.

Everyone was still busy going mad over the ruin, but Profound Nine was able to remain indifferent to all the distractions. In truth, the higher-ups of the pavilion had the same guess as well. The timing of the ruin's appearance was too coincidental.

It was amazing that Profound Nine had also reached the same conclusion. He was even offering to verify the ruin himself.

White One no longer dared to underestimate Profound Nine. Previously, he felt quite annoyed with Profound Nine for being so aggressive against the cult. But his view on Profound Nine had changed completely after hearing that analysis.

At this point, almost everyone was already certain that there was a ruin in Nanyuan. Too many clues were pointing out that there was indeed a ruin there.

Su Yu's rapid growth, the ruins in Xiyuan(West Origin), Beiyuan (North Origin), and Dongyuan(East Origin), the traces of heavenly source qi Profound Nine detected previously, Great Xia King's history in this city, and Liu Wenyan's history in this city. All those suggested that there was indeed something different about this place.

It was very likely that there was a ruin in Nanyuan(South Origin).

But now, Profound Nine was claiming that this might be a trap by Xia Family.

"Do we really release this information?"

Su Yu replied, "Yes. It is only a guess, but we need to warn everyone to stay cautious against the Xia Family. That has never been a family of pushovers. Their willingness to allow so many people into Nanyuan is in itself suspicious."

White One nodded in agreement, "Fine. I'll make the arrangements and update our customers. Profound Nine, if you can verify its authenticity and provide proof for it, this information alone will be invaluable."

"I will." Su Yu smiled, "As an ancient city resident, I can easily track the origin of the heavenly source qi in the city. Nobody is as sensitive as residents like us toward heavenly source qi."

"Be careful when entering the city." White One was somewhat worried, "There are numerous Sunmoons in the city. You might not be able to hide from them."

"It's fine. If I can hide even in Great Xia City, I will be able to do the same here. My concealment method works against most ordinary Sunmoons."

"Just be careful."

White One warned again. In his mind, Profound Nine was already an incredibly talented member.

Bold, smart, strong, and not easily distracted...

In short, Profound Nine's impression was improving rapidly in White One's mind. Previously, White One was still slightly unhappy that he had to listen to Profound Nine. But now, he had to admit that Profound Nine was indeed a reliable companion.

As for Su Yu, he disappeared quickly. In truth, everyone was still slightly suspicious of the ruin. In that case, he might as well be the one to point it out and verify it. Since he was going to act, he had to be serious about it, right?

If he didn't even find this whole thing suspicious, he would look too incompetent. He had to maintain his prestige as the leader of Great Xia operations.

***

Shortly after.

All index copy holders received a new update.

This was a friendly reminder given for free.

Everyone was advised to stay away from Nanyuan for now. The ruin might be fake. Su Yu's speculation was explained in detail. This might be a distraction for Xia Longwu's dao affirmation.

Everyone was told to wait for Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's verification. When they received the update, the index copy holders contacted their backers about this. Before long, this speculation started spreading.

The ruin might be fake. It might be a trap. As the number one information peddler in Myriad Realms, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would personally verify its authenticity.

Thanks to Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's reputation, everyone had a healthy amount of trust in their words. Thus, the attitude of the various experts in the Human Realm started shifting slightly.

***

Nanyuan.

Various experts had converged in this city.

Yuan Qingdong's friends were among these people.

At the moment, they were gathered inside a large villa in Nanyuan. People of both genders were present. Among them was a voluptuous woman. With a frown, she asked, "Why is Yuan Qingdong not here yet? Also, what do you think about Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's speculation? Do we trust them?"

"Zhang Ying, why are you so impatient?"

A young man smiled and said, "Due to his injuries, Yuan Qingdong will take some time to arrive. Great Xia City has just ended the lockdown today. He probably won't arrive so soon since he needs to nurse his injuries. As for Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's speculation...it is quite reasonable."

He continued, "Xia Longwu is on the verge of dao affirmation. At the same time, Nanyuan ruin starts surfacing. This is quite coincidental..."

Zhang Ying countered, "The Xia Family has never openly admitted that there is a ruin here. Su Yu's rapid growth is the reason everyone believes there is a ruin here. This has nothing to do with the Xia Family."

She greatly doubted the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's words. In her opinion, this was probably a trick to get everyone to leave. That way, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would have a better chance at snatching the ruin for themselves. Her argument was reasonable as well.

A different person laughed, "That's possible. But we won't leave so easily. It honestly doesn't matter. We're safe here. No matter how arrogant the Xia Family is, they won't touch us. There is nothing for us to worry about."

The others nodded in agreement. They were all Invincible descendants. And the Xia Family still required the help of other Invincibles for Xia Longwu's dao affirmation. There was no way the Xia Family would harm them. In that case, why should they worry so much?

They only needed to wait and see. The truth would eventually be exposed.

Soon, they moved on to a different topic. Someone said, "I heard those geniuses trained in minor realms will be returning soon. I wonder how strong they are. Not long ago, I went to one of the minor realms to take a look. Some of them are already Mountainseas. There are also rumors that some are already Sunmoons. Is that true?"

The Sunmoon Realm was not so easy to reach. Even in Great Xia, Hong Tan was the sole multiple character Sunmoon. And each Sunmoon of the multiple character faction had always been stronger than the average Sunmoon. If they could produce their own multiple character Sunmoons as well, they would be able to surpass the fifth principal's line.

"Yes."

Someone laughed, "Zhang Ying, your family has been secretly training some of them as well, right?"

Zhang Ying rolled her eyes, "How am I supposed to know?"

They did not seem too concerned about this matter. The Zhang Family was one of the eight families running the Knowledge Seeking Realm. And this Zhang Family was not a family of a founding Invincible. Rather, their Invincible was someone who had ascended not long after the founding period.

The other founding Invincibles had to worry about both the Knowledge Seeking Realm and their prefectures. But the Zhang Family could fully focus on the Knowledge Seeking Realm since they did not have their own prefecture. Because of that, they were also quite influential in the Knowledge Seeking Realm.

Without their own prefectures, these Invincibles had more energy and resources to spare. Thus, they were also free to focus on developing the conquered minor realms. Meanwhile, the founding Invincibles were forced to dedicate a large portion of their resources on their prefectures.

"I have to admit that this Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is really quite convenient to have around."

One of them laughed, "If it wasn't for the fact that they are so new in the Human Realm, I doubt anything in the Human Realm can remain a secret from them. Since they're willing to verify the ruin, we'll wait."

The others nodded. They all held a high trust in Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's information-gathering abilities.

***

The various experts in the city were talking about this topic.

Similarly, the Martial Dragon Guard commanders stationed in Nanyuan were also in the middle of a meeting. A Sunmoon spoke doubtfully, "Old He, you're the first Sunmoon stationed here. In your opinion...how true are the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's words?"

Was this really a distraction? That would explain everything that had happened recently. So all this was a scheme.

Old He frowned for a long while before answering, "We weren't the ones who first started to speculate about the existence of a ruin. Rather, everyone reached the same conclusion due to Su Yu. Back then, he claimed that the ruin was on the Starfall Mountain. Nobody doubted him. Eventually, those words were proven to be false. That was when everyone started shifting their attention to Nanyuan. The Xia Family...has done nothing to help spread this rumor."

This did not feel like Xia Family's style. The Xia Family had never involved themselves in the matters concerning the ruin.

After a short pause, Old He continued, "Of course, if this is really a scheme...it is also logical. This will answer why those outsiders are allowed to remain. I do hope this is a scheme. But I'm also worried that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's interference will cause this scheme to fail."

Everything seemed really complicated.

He could not help cursing again, "Those bastards from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion are even more hateful than the cultists."

If this was really a scheme by the Xia Family, then those pavilion members were truly hateful. After all, it wouldn't benefit the Xia Family to have so many eyes on this ruin if this wasn't a scheme. The Xia Family would not benefit from having the ruin snatched by an outsider. How complicated.

Their hatred toward the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion continued growing. But despite their hatred, they still had to wait for the pavilion to verify the ruin. Even if the pavilion were to claim that the ruin was fake, nobody would take those words at face value before verifying it for themselves.

And if the pavilion confirmed that the ruin was real...then there would no longer be a doubt that there was a ruin here. As for the possibility that this was an act by both the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and Xia Family...what a joke. Who would get Sunmoons to star in an act?

Just look at how many Sunmoons the pavilion had lost thus far. Even the Xia Family had lost a direct descendant, Xia Xinyi. There were also those dead military officials. The Xia Family had even imposed the first lockdown in centuries after suffering such a massive loss of reputation. How could this be an act?

Suddenly, a Sunmoon said, "A message from the marquis has arrived. We are to keep a tight watch over the city. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion might arrive soon to verify the authenticity of the ruin. Profound Nine might arrive as well. Do not show him any mercy if he does show up."

"Yes!"

With that, they set off and released their auras. A Sunmoon commander roared, "The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion might try to sneak into the city. Everyone in the city, we advise you to release your aura to make your identity clear. If you refuse, don't blame us if you end up caught in the crossfire."

"If you have any information about the pavilion, you will be rewarded handsomely for reporting it to us."

"You will also be rewarded for every pavilion member you kill."

"A million merit points will be awarded to the killer of Profound Nine."

"..."

The entire city stirred. Numerous auras were released as a majority of the people there decided to be cautious lest they were caught in the crossfire and killed. Since the pavilion had claimed that they would verify the authenticity of the ruin, they might really try to sneak inside the city.

This city wasn't even that big. A hidden expert could be discovered very easily.

Chapter 1149: I'm Actually An Expert Counterfeiter (2)

At the same moment, a group of white masks were gathering dozens of kilometers away from Nanyuan under White One's lead.

Sensing the numerous auras rising from Nanyuan, a white mask laughed, "Profound Nine has totally offended the Xia Family. They don't care about the presence of all the other outsiders in the city except us."

"Profound Nine is too brazen."

"Enforcer White One, does the pavilion have any source of information inside the city?"

White One nodded but did not elaborate. They naturally had a source of information in the city. Yes, the four departments had just entered the Human Realm not long ago. But the two chambers had been in the Human Realm for much longer. And some of their people had also been deployed to Nanyuan.

***

Everyone was waiting and guessing if Profound Nine would really appear in Nanyuan. Naturally, Su Yu wouldn't enter Nanyuan. Was he so free? How could he not know the truth? In that case, why bother?

At the moment, he was busy talking to Xia Huyou, "So is your family done setting up the ruin? How is it?"

"We installed a secret grotto there and stuffed some heavenly source qi inside it. We're preparing to slowly leak the heavenly source qi. But no matter what, that is still a grotto. We're worried that others might see through it..."

Xia Huyou was still quite worried, "You have a lot of ideas. What do you think we should do to make it more believable? Our current setup might work against Sunmoons, but Invincibles might be able to see through it easily."

Su Yu complained, "After so many years of preparation, how are there still so many loopholes?"

"What a dumb question. This wasn't even our initial plan. We're only following the trend. We didn't even get that much time to prepare."

A regular person wouldn't know an ancient ruin too well, but that did not apply to Invincibles. This plan was only still in play because no Invincible had visited Nanyuan yet. Otherwise, the plan would have been exposed long ago.

After thinking about it, Su Yu asked, "Don't you have any real ruins to spare? I'm talking about the ruins your great-grandpa and the others used back then. Have all those ruins been destroyed?"

"No." Xia Huyou explained, "But those ruins are mostly empty. And a ruin can't be moved. A real ruin will be fixed in a specific spatial pocket."

"If that's the case, this fake ruin will be too easy to see through. What is your second granduncle's plan?"

"He said that we won't allow any Invincibles to come for now. By the time the first Invincible arrives, the battle would have started. Thus, the ruin doesn't need to be too believable."

"Ridiculous!"

Su Yu felt ashamed of their negligence. What if an Invincible were to sneak into Nanyuan? What, then? What if that Invincible wasn't even the traitor? Seriously!

Su Yu frowned. This was troublesome. The ruin was fake. There was no helping that. Were they supposed to actually create a real ruin there?

As Su Yu sank into thought, Xia Huyou said, "Weren't you good at counterfeiting? You scammed so many people in the Allheaven Battlefield!"

"Yeah, but this is different. I've never scammed an Invincible before."

What a headache.

Xia Huyou said, "I guess we'll have to settle with this. In truth, that secret grotto is quite a powerful one. The Xia Family has paid a large price for this plan. The grotto is massive. We even built some buildings with ancient architecture in it. The style looks identical to a real ruin."

"In that case, what's the difference between this grotto and a real ruin?"

"It is not capable of sustaining the presence of an Invincible." Xia Huyou explained, "A grotto is built from a character. Thus, the space inside is quite fragile. You know this. In the academy, just bringing some items related to Invincibles into a grotto can destabilize the grotto. The moment an Invincible arrives, they will be able to see that the grotto does not possess the stability of a real ruin. They might not suspect that it's fake, but they will definitely suspect that it might only be a minor ruin instead of an Invincible ruin..."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. So the Xia Family was quite good at counterfeiting as well. The only issue was the stability of the grotto. It was not strong enough to support something like dao affirmation. How could a ruin like this be an Invincible ruin or even a Pseudo Emperor ruin?

Xia Huyou added, "We also hope that we can somehow link this ruin with the multiple character faction. We can send some multiple character cultivators in there. We also hope that Faculty Head Hong Tan can enter that place and instantly breakthrough into the second or third stage of the Sunmoon Realm in it. This will definitely catch the traitor's attention."

Naturally, Hong Tan's instant advancement would be sponsored by Su Yu. Five hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid. That was a terrifying amount of resources. Not even Great Xia could provide such an amount of resources.

Su Yu finally understood what they were planning. He said, "Instant advancement is possible. We might even be able to think something about moving the ruin. But can you guarantee that no Invincible will sneak over and examine the ruin?"

"No."

"What's the point, then?"

Xia Huyou was quite optimistic as he said, "We can plan all we want, everything else is up to fate. If we're so unlucky, so be it. We can only accept that fate does not intend to stand on our side."

"You—"

Su Yu was left speechless. Holy shit! These people could be quite irresponsible at times. Why were they so bad at something as simple as counterfeiting? A random Invincible could easily ruin this plan, even if that Invincible wasn't the traitor they were targetting. That was not acceptable!

At that thought, Su Yu said, "The space inside the grotto isn't durable enough. Is the space inside the Human Realm durable?"

"Of course. The Human Realm is a major realm. It is durable enough to bear even an advancement into the Invincible Realm."

"In that case, can't we slice some space from the Human Realm and use it to produce a fake ruin?"

"That won't work. When we do that, space will shatter and collapse. It will attract a lot of attention."

"..."

They seemed to be stuck. When Su Yu suggested that, he was thinking about his research center in Great Ming. Inside there, Hu Xiansheng had left a Spatial Cutting Room in it. But that did not seem like a good idea. To cut enough space to produce a fake grotto, they would need to cut quite a chunk of space. And that could be easily detected.

Why was the Xia Family so unreliable? After starting the plan, they were telling him that there were still so many loopholes.

Holy shit! Those unreliable brutes were actually placing their hope on luck? Su Yu didn't even know what to say anymore.

"What treasures are you storing in the fake ruin?"

"Oh, we have a decent amount of heavenly source qi in it."

"Screw you!" Su Yu scolded, "You guys are too irresponsible! At the very least, you need to plant a few heavenly source fruit trees, make a few sunmoon profound yellow liquid ponds, and place some ancient corpses in there..." ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NoveI★Fire.net

"You don't have to worry about that. Ancient corpses are rarely found in these ruins."

Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to say anything about that. He clenched his teeth and said, "Fine. I'll supply the treasures. I still have some sunmoon profound yellow liquid on me. I can make a fake sunmoon profound yellow liquid pond. As for the heavenly source fruit trees...give me a fake tree. I'll be in charge of hanging the fruits on it."

Xia Huyou hesitated slightly and asked, "Don't you...know what a ruin looks like?"

"..."

Su Yu rolled his eyes. How was he supposed to know?

"Not all ruins have heavenly source fruit trees in it. Also, is your ruin really not in Nanyuan?"

Nanyuan his ass! Su Yu rolled his eyes again. Fine, fine. It was true that his existence was the main reason everyone believed there was a ruin in Nanyuan. This was his birthplace. That was the source of everyone's confidence.

At that thought, Su Yu rubbed his chin and said, "You also need to forge some ancient books and ancient cultivation methods. Since I have released so many cultivation methods, it doesn't make sense for the ruin to not have any cultivation methods. Even better if those cultivation methods are incredibly powerful ones..."

Both Su Yu and Xia Family were capable of providing those things. But the Xia Family wouldn't care about the authenticity of those books. They only needed those books to look somewhat real. As for Su Yu, he was more picky in this aspect. The Xia Family's standards were simply too low when it came to counterfeiting. This was not acceptable for Su Yu. It was too risky.

And it was not Su Yu's style to take unnecessary risks. They had to do things properly. They had to be ready for the inspections of even Invincibles.

"Stop wasting time. Fatty, your family will produce some fake heavenly source fruit trees. I will produce the fruits."

Heavenly source fruits and sunmoon profound yellow liquid pond were things Su Yu himself could produce. Even the so-called ancient cultivation methods were things he could produce without much issue. And Great Xia might also have some ancient books in their storage. They had to stop being stingy and take those books out as well.

With that, the only loophole left was the durability of the grotto. It was too weak, to the point an Invincible could easily see that it was by no means something capable of supporting dao affirmation.

"By the way, when a ruin resurfaces, will it create a massive phenomenon?"

"Some will and some won't. Some will create massive spatial undulations when appearing, but some will appear silently."

"In that case, our ruin will appear with a massive phenomenon. Even better if we could have some of the items inside displayed through a projection for a short moment. That way, everyone will become even more confident that it is a real ruin. And it will be able to attract even more experts."

"Can you...provide what we need, then? My family is quite poor nowadays."

Stingy bastards! Su Yu cursed inwardly. So be it. If they succeeded, he could always retrieve all those things. In any case, he might end up losing even his life if they failed. Thus, there was no point in worrying too much about the cost.

The durability of the grotto was the only issue left. Who could help with this? Before long, Su Yu sent Zhu Tiandao a message. Great Ming might be able to help with this. After all, they were very proficient in all sorts of skills, including counterfeiting.

Just look at the fake phenomenon they had produced for him during his fake breakthrough previously. Great Xia had been too focused on combat, neglecting all the other skills one could master as a cultivator.

***

Great Ming.

When Zhu Tiandao saw the message, his expression turned odd. He had thought that they would use a real ruin. So it would be a fake one? Did Su Yu not offer to use his own ruin? Yes. Even Zhu Tiandao believed that Su Yu had a secret ruin.

"The space inside is not durable enough..."

Zhu Tiandao did not mind that the Xia Family wasn't telling him anything. In fact, they would tell him even less if it wasn't for Su Yu. Perhaps even Great Ming King was a possible traitor in their eyes.

Thus, Zhu Tiandao felt quite gratified that Su Yu trusted him enough to tell him about this. But...the difficulty of this task was quite high. Counterfeiting wasn't a simple job.

After thinking about it, Zhu Tiandao replied, "Increasing the durability of space is possible, but it won't be cheap. I have several options. Firstly, you can fuse a large amount of heavenearth profound light into the space. That thing is capable of strengthening the bodies of cultivators, but since it is a natural treasure, it is also capable of enhancing the durability of space.

"Secondly, you can crush a large number of characters in there. The destruction of characters can also strengthen the space around them. Thirdly, you need to fuse one or multiple heaven weapons with the grotto. That way, the space inside will also increase in durability. Fourthly, carrier treasures. These treasures are capable of providing a massive boost in durability and stability, but they are also extremely valuable and rare. If these treasures can also withstand the corrosion of the River of Time, they can definitely greatly strengthen something like a grotto. You know what carrier treasures are, right? Fifthly, heavenly source qi. Use countless heavenly source qi. This can also strengthen the space inside. Sixthly, formations. Powerful formations."

"..."

Zhu Tiandao provided a long list of options. Su Yu asked, "Prefect, so carrier treasures can actually strengthen space?"

Chapter 1150: I'm Actually An Expert Counterfeiter (3)

"Of course. Those things are durable enough to even bear the power of Invincibles. They can naturally bear the weight of a small space as well. Each treasure is much more durable than a character. Don't you know that only the most durable of treasures can bear the weight of the past and future bodies?"

Zhu Tiandao added, "But these treasures are too rare. There are only a limited number of them in existence, and most of them are already in the hands of Invincibles and peak Sunmoons. I doubt Great Xia has any to spare. The ones they actually have would be given to Xia Longwu instead. Also, forget about me. In Great Ming, someone needs those treasures as well. But we can't provide even one."

He was referring to Niu Baidao. That old man lacked a carrier treasure to further his cultivation. He only had one, and that had been used to bear one of his tri-life bodies. He needed another to carry the second body. And he needed something sufficiently powerful for that. Even now, Old Niu was still in the Allheaven Battlefield, searching for a suitable treasure.

As for the Human Realm as a whole, these treasures were also extremely rare. After all, humanity had produced too many Invincibles during that period over three hundred years ago.

"Most Invincible ruins come with these treasures as well. That's one of the reasons these ruins are so valued. A ruin without a carrier treasure will not be qualified to be called an Invincible ruin."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. His heart started aching. He only had two of them. Was he supposed to use them for this plan? Wait, this was Xia Family's plan. Why should he bear such a cost for it?

If something unexpected happened and the treasures were lost, wouldn't his loss be massive? When counterfeiting, Su Yu was quite generous. If this was his own plan, he would definitely be willing to invest more. But this was not even his own plan.

Feeling helpless, Su Yu asked, "Prefect, so we only need to throw a carrier treasure inside?"

"Of course not. Strengthening space instantly is not an easy task. If you're willing to spend, think of a way to crush a carrier treasure and fuse it with the grotto. If you're rich enough, you can crush two carrier treasures. That way, nobody will doubt the ruin is fake anymore."

Zhu Tiandao teased, "You're rich so maybe you can consider this option. You can place two in the fake ruin to show that they are meant for dao affirmation. Then, you can use one more to strengthen space. All in all, you only need to spare three carrier treasures for this. At that time, not even Invincibles would doubt the authenticity of this ruin anymore. Only a fool will use three carrier treasures to create a fake ruin. After all, humanity can probably produce one more Invincible with these carrier treasures. We actually have a large number of peak Sunmoons stuck because of a lack of carrier treasures..."

Was that the case? Understanding dawned on Su Yu. The price to fool even Invincibles would absolutely not be cheap. After investing three carrier treasures, he would be able to fool everyone.

Breaking one to strengthen space and placing two inside for one to affirm one's dao. Including other treasures they were planning to plant inside the fake ruin, it would practically turn into a real ruin.

For example, heavenly source qi could be used to forge one's body. As for the sunmoon profound yellow liquid, it could be used to strengthen one's apertures. Finally, the carrier treasures could be used to complete the dao affirmation.

Right, if he could add some nine transformation treasures, it would be even better. Including the powerful cultivation methods they were going to plant inside the fake ruin, as long as one was talented enough, one could totally reach the Invincible Realm there. Was that how a regular Invincible ruin would look like?

"But I only have two carrier treasures..."

Su Yu muttered to himself. One was the dragon pearl while the other was the heavenly profound iron. Suddenly, he recalled the dragon's horn case he had. Was there a carrier treasure in it? If the answer was yes, he would have three carrier treasures.

Since the sect master placed such heavy importance on it, that might actually be something he prepared for his future dao affirmation. At that thought, Su Yu started flying toward the capital. He had to meet the Xia Family...no, scratch that. They were too unprofessional. He should look for Wan Tiansheng instead.

It was too dangerous to work with the Xia Family. They were too poor to even counterfeit properly. They had to be willing to invest if they wanted good results. If they were successful with the plan, they wouldn't even lose that much. After all, everything they invested into the fake ruin could be retrieved.

Of course, they would suffer a massive loss if they failed to retrieve what they invested. Su Yu braced himself to invest most of what he had earned during his time in the Allheaven Battlefield. If he succeeded, he could potentially earn even more than what he invested. After all, the corpse of an Invincible would be very valuable, right?

Also, an Invincible would probably have a heaven weapon in possession, right? Furthermore, that traitor Invincible seemed to have a lot of Sunmoon characters. Great riches were always accompanied by great danger.

Su Yu was prepared to lose massively from this. He only hoped to make everything more believable. Perhaps the Xia Family was really too poor, resulting in the creation of a fake ruin that was quite obviously fake. But they were going to bet their lives on this plan as well. This was not a game.

And among the lives being bet, some belonged to people Su Yu was not willing to lose. For example, people like Hong Tan and Bai Feng. Su Yu did not want to see something happen to them because of a minor loophole in the plan.

Wealth? He could always scam or rob if he needed more.

***

Heart Cultivating Pavilion.

When Su Yu took out a large amount of sunmoon profound yellow liquid, two carrier treasures, over a thousand portions of heavenly source qi, and some other precious treasures such as celestial devil fruits, Wan Tiansheng's eyes turned slightly red.

"Su Yu...why don't we...give up on the plan? These things are actually enough for a regular person to cultivate until the Invincible Realm. Maybe we should give up on the plan?"

Wan Tiansheng was completely stupefied by what he saw. This kid was too generous. And too rich. Holy shit! Was the kid not worried that he would decide to rob these items? Why was the kid showing them all to him? Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on n0velfire.net

Yes. Wan Tiansheng was very tempted to rob the kid. These treasures were enough for a regular genius to cultivate smoothly until the Invincible Realm as long as one was talented enough.

Su Yu was too incredibly rich. Wan Tiansheng was somewhat aware of the other treasures the kid had amassed, but he had no idea the kid had gathered even two carrier treasures. These carrier treasures were incredibly valuable and rare.

Soon, Wan Tiansheng concluded that the kid must have picked up these treasures from the tri-life bodies the Invincibles lost in the ancient city previously. The kid was truly too brazen.

Next, Su Yu took a case out and said, "There's one more in here. The Divine Skywing Sect master placed great importance on it. I believe there must be a carrier treasure in it. The origin of the dragon's pearl is too obvious so we can crush it to strengthen the grotto. If there is really another carrier treasure in this case, we can use this and the other carrier treasure to act as the gift for the ruin's inheritor. That way, nobody will suspect our ruin."

Wan Tiansheng was losing his mind. Suspect? He greatly suspected that this kid was stupid. Who would suspect a ruin with two carrier treasures in it? Great Xia's history was too short. And it had also lost a lot. Ye Batian and Wan Tiansheng himself had exhausted some of Great Xia's carrier treasures.

Thus, this was not a level of counterfeiting Great Xia could afford to do. With these treasures, even if they announced the truth, nobody would believe it. If the Xia Family was so rich, they could have produced another Invincible instead of wasting it on a plan like this. Or at the very least, they could have produced another Pseudo Invincible.

In fact, not a single prefecture in the Human Realm would have the ability to produce such a fake ruin. It would only be possible if multiple prefectures worked together. But that was not possible since nobody knew the identity of the traitor.

"You...are very professional in counterfeiting."

Su Yu nodded proudly, "Of course. I'm a professional counterfeiter. Principal, a proper counterfeit product needs to be as good as the real deal."

Wan Tiansheng didn't know what to say. If they were to finish producing this and leave it for a few hundred years, it would actually turn into a real Invincible ruin. It would only need to age a little.

What a generous kid. Then again, this kid was truly reliable when it came to getting the job done. Wan Tiansheng was also aware of the loopholes of this plan, but unfortunately, he was also too poor to do anything.

His thought was to start fighting right after an Invincible arrived. But now, they could probably afford to wait a little. In fact, it would even help them now if an Invincible actually arrived. That Invincible would be helpful in further promoting the fake ruin. No, at this point, that might as well be a real ruin.

Su Yu said, "This is not all. I'm also planning to use the Character Technique Stele and release some character technique undulations. That way, people will link the ruin to the multiple character faction. This will be even more tempting for the traitor. After all, such a ruin might really produce an Invincible in the hands of the multiple character faction. Neither the traitor nor the myriad races can afford to neglect this ruin."

Wan Tiansheng had nothing to say. Did the kid know that this...might really attract multiple Invincibles from the myriad races? For the very first time, Wan Tiansheng started fearing his own plan. What if he couldn't withstand the resulting pressure?

Wan Tiansheng felt very helpless. He only wanted to lure the traitor out or maybe get one more Invincible killed on top of that. But this damn kid! This damn kid was so crazy Wan Tiansheng even wondered if the kid was trying to set him up and get him killed!

Linking the ruin to the multiple character faction? Was the kid not worried that the myriad races would go mad and send multiple Invincibles over?

Su Yu seemed to be able to guess Wan Tiansheng's thoughts. He gnashed his teeth and said, "When things get desperate, you only need to send me to the realm entrance!"

"Hmm?"

Wan Tiansheng thought of something. He looked at the kid again. He said nothing, but he could guess what the kid was thinking. He sighed. Was the kid...planning to involve himself in the battle between Invincibles as well?

Chapter 1151: Nanyuan Ruin (1)

Su Yu wasn't too bothered that he had to spend on this plan. The others were betting their lives on this. What was the big deal about spending some money himself? Wan Tiansheng also started working on the production of a new ruin.

When Su Yu saw how easily Old Wan was able to rip space apart and build a new spatial pocket right in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion, he was shocked.

"Principal, have you been to a real ruin before?"

While absorbing heavenearth profound light, Su Yu was also constantly assigning tasks to others. He had been quite busy recently as well. Even the Myriad Race Cult was constantly asking him questions. He couldn't even be bothered to respond to all the messages he was receiving.

"Yes." Wan Tiansheng replied, "It's quite a boring place. It only has some worn-out items."

"An Invincible ruin?"

"You can say so."

"Why are you not an Invincible yet?"

"I was too ambitious in my youth." Wan Tiansheng replied nonchalantly, "I was not interested in dao affirmation in a ruin. Instead, I split the benefits I found in that ruin with Ye Batian."

"Carrier treasures?"

"Yes. Each of us got one." Su Yu nodded, "What exactly is the difference between dao affirmation in the Human Realm, a minor realm, and the Allheaven Battlefield?"

"Strength and survivability." Wan Tiansheng explained, "A minor realm is the weakest option you can pick. There is no need to talk about that. The Allheaven Battlefield is the strongest option. The Human Realm is the second-best option. And your future prospects will be different depending on your choice. Affirming your dao in the Allheaven Battlefield will grant you a chance to reach the level of a Pseudo Emperor. That was where the existing Pseudo Emperors had affirmed their dao."

"That doesn't add up. I thought the Allheaven Battlefield has only been active for a short time?"

"Only for us. The Allheaven Battlefield was available to them much earlier than us."

"But that will only grant them around a thousand years of headstart. Are those Pseudo Emperors so young?"

"No. Through luck and other coincidences, those people were able to enter the Allheaven Battlefield much earlier than that."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. He asked, "Are there stages in the Invincible Realm as well?"

"Yes." Wan Tiansheng explained, "It won't be accurate to use the term sub-realm. At the Invincible Realm, or the Eternal Realm, one's mastery over time, the vastness of one's sea of willpower, and the strength of one's physical body are the only things measured. Thus, there is no exact classification for the stages one will go through in that realm. But there is a difference between different levels of strength."

"How are those levels classified?"

"It's pointless for you to know this now."

"I need to know a little, right? I feel like I'm not that far from becoming an Invincible!"

"..."

How confident.

After thinking about it, Wan Tiansheng said, "I'll give you a simple explanation. If you really want to classify them into stages, Invincibles are split into several tiers. Those Pseudo Emperors are in the first tier. People like Great Qin King are in the second tier. People like Great Xia King are in the third tier. People like Devil King Lade are in the fourth tier. Other regular Invincibles who have affirmed their dao in the Allheaven Battlefield are in the fifth tier. Those who have affirmed their dao in the minor realms are in the sixth tier."

Su Yu was quite astonished as he said, "So the gap between them is actually that big?"

"Not really."

Wan Tiansheng explained further, "It also depends on how they use their strength. I might say that Great Qin King is in the second tier, but there is no guarantee that he is not a match for those Pseudo Emperors. A so-called Pseudo Emperor is merely a publicly acknowledged leader. The human race is quite unique in this aspect. Back then, everyone has completed their dao affirmation at around the same time. And humanity has been in constant war. Subsequently, Great Qin King was too busy watching over the border instead of subduing the entire humanity. Thus, he was not acknowledged as the Pseudo Emperor of humanity. Do you understand now?"

Su Yu sighed, "If Great Qin King was able to become a Pseudo Emperor, humanity wouldn't have fallen so law."

"Things aren't as bad as you think." Wan Tiansheng indifferently said, "Things have merely gotten a little off track. We only need to steer humanity back onto the right path."

"Are you willing to become the person to steer humanity back onto the right path, Principal?"

Wan Tiansheng laughed, "No. I'm only doing this out of necessity. Furthermore...forget it. You don't understand. If I'm still alive after all this, remember to keep a distance from me."

Su Yu sank into silence. After a while, he said, "Principal, you mean...you might end up sidelined by everyone at the completion of this plan?"

"Heh." Wan Tiansheng laughed instead of answering. He shifted the topic and said, "Do you want my help in opening that case?"

"I can do it myself."

Su Yu did not push the question. He felt like Wan Tiansheng's goal was not as simple as killing the traitor. Sure, he had his own guesses, but he did not want to talk too much about it.

For this plan, Great Xia had attracted way too many people over. How would things end for these people? One ought to know that there were a lot of Invincible descendants among these people.

Su Yu didn't even dare to think too deeply about this. He did not want to bite off more than he could chew. Someone at Wan Tiansheng's did not need his advice. And thus, the two returned to their work. One was busy forging a new ruin while the other was cultivating silently while working on opening the dragon's horn case. Every now and then, Wan Tiansheng would say something.

"Here. Corrode this spot with some death qi."

"Add some heavenly source qi here..."

"There is no soil in a ruin. The ground of each ruin is forged from unique stone-like materials."

"When we're done here, we can run this ruin through the River of Time to make it look older. If you did the same to the divine corpse for your previous scam, nobody would be able to notice that it was a fake Invincible corpse."

"..."

Clearly, Old Wan was an expert counterfeiter as well. His potential had only been limited by his poverty. He was too poor. Even the best cook couldn't produce a good meal without food. His skills wouldn't matter if he couldn't afford the materials required for counterfeiting.

Su Yu was able to learn quite a lot from observing Old Wan's work.

***

While the two were busy counterfeiting.

Things continued growing more and more chaotic. The geniuses were starting to enter the Human Realm. They were also accompanied by their dao protectors. But these so-called dao protectors were most likely here to act as the main force in the fight over the ruin.

Allheaven Prefecture.

Tens of millions of ferocious soldiers were on high alert. One genius after another stepped out of the realm entrance. Some were smiling while some were looking around curiously.

Human Realm? So this was the Human Realm!

One of them tried moving around and laughed, "There is indeed no suppressive force in the Human Realm!"

"This place feels a lot more comfortable than even the Allheaven Battlefield!"

"The space in this realm is very durable as well."

"Unfortunately, the source qi density is quite low."

"Yeah. The source qi density is too low. Interesting. According to the ancient myths, this place might be the heart of the Myriad Realms, the holy land worshipped by everyone."

A different person countered, "That's nonsense. I believe this place used to be under our rule."

Some of the geniuses were debating each other while some remained completely indifferent. But before long, they all sank into silence due to the appearance of several individuals. The purple-haired Mo Duona, the silver-haired Zhan Wushuang, the ethereal Xuan Wuji, the sinister Ming Yue, the cold Soulcurse...

Their arrival stopped all discussion. Meanwhile, the human Sunmoons began to stir. These were the top geniuses of the myriad races. Just killing them all would be able to deal a considerably large loss to the myriad races.

However, they were all accompanied by powerful dao protectors. Over a hundred geniuses had arrived, and around the same number of dao protectors had arrived as well. Almost all the dao protectors were Sunmoons. It was clear these races were not holding back this time.

A genius with long, red hair laughed and asked, "Where are the human geniuses? Come on out and have some fun."

"Zhan Ta!"

Someone said, "You from the blood fire devil race, stop causing trouble for the devil race."

The red-haired youth snorted, "Stop trying to order me around. The blood fire devil race is not your vassal. Am I right, Mo Duona?"

Mo Duona didn't even deign to say anything.

Zhan Ta did not mind that. He laughed again and asked, "Where's Qin Fang? Where's Huang Teng? Come on! Let's have some fun!"

"You're too arrogant."

"Impudent!"

The humans were furious. The killing intent of tens of millions of soldiers surged, changing even the color of the sky. However, Zhan Ta remained completely indifferent. It was only some killing intent. What was so special about that? He was a Mountainsea. A fifth-stage Mountainsea. He was very strong.

But he was only in the Earth Index, not the Heaven Index.

At that moment, a loud voice rang out, "Myriad race visitors. You are not allowed to stir trouble, murder human civilians, and fight in main cities. Anyone breaking even one of these rules will be killed without mercy."

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Initially, some of the humans were furious to hear those words. But upon hearing the rest of the sentence, they turned incredibly murderous instead. Understood! So the humans cared about reputation as well. They shouldn't bully the young. Geniuses could fight each other while the old timers could also fight each other.

A burly, axe-wielding Sunmoon surnamed Wu, the same Sunmoon Su Yu had seen before, also the leader of the War Shrine's Strength Guard, stepped forth. With a sneer, he said, "We won't waste our time on these children and their games. The blood fire devils love blood, right? Step forth. Let me experience the feeling of cleaving one of you apart."

The other human experts also started sneering.

The burly individual standing beside Zhan Ta laughed and said, "Wu Ji, you're already a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Why are you asking to fight me? That's boring. Lord Ancient Mountain is here as well. I suggest you have some fun with him instead."

A different burly man looked at that person and exclaimed, "Wow! So even the blood fire devils have learned to play this game as well? You guys have improved! But I'm not interested. The primordial giant race is only here to watch the show. I will only make a move against the likes of Qin Zhen. It's inappropriate for me to kill someone like Wu Ji."

Ancient Mountain, a member of the primordial giant race and an expert in the Dao Affirmation Ranking. He was not the sole Dao Affirmation Ranking expert present. He was here as a dao protector for a genius from the primordial giant race.

Seeing that Wu Ji was about to flip out, Ancient Mountain laughed and said, "Wu Ji, I just don't like to lie. If you want to fight someone, you're free to kill that blood fire devil. But don't forget that the original devils are here as well. Also, it's not polite to spill blood so soon after our arrival."

He continued, "Just ignore those kids. They can only talk big here. In the Allheaven Battlefield, they're all like babies in front of Su Yu, and that's a human. They're only so cocky here because Su Yu's not around. Just ignore them."

Chapter 1152: Nanyuan Ruin (2)

Wu Ji snorted before looking at the blood fire devil with contempt, "Count yourself lucky. The blood fire devils are my favorite devils to kill."

The blood fire devil expert did not seem to care. He said, "It's fine. You're free to kill more. My race does not lack experts."

Yes. His answer was surprisingly simple. His race did not lack experts. Losing some here and there did not matter to them. Excluding the Invincibles, they had just as many experts as the original devils.

How did they produce so many experts? Combat. That was the most straightforward way to produce experts. Of course, one was not guaranteed to grow just by fighting. But the blood fire devils were special as they simply needed to fight, win, loot, and go back home. The devil race as a whole was left to clear up the mess caused by them.

In a way, that was the price for having the blood fire devils as the vanguard of the devil race. They had lost a lot of people over the years, but they had also profited massively. At this time, a different group of youths started stepping out of the realm entrance, accompanied by their dao protectors.

The humans had complicated expressions when they saw these people. The lower-ranked individuals did not know too much about these people, but the higher echelons of humanity knew very well about them.

Of the newly arrived youths, some were subtle, some were arrogant, and some were cautious. For many of them, this was their first time in the Human Realm. As they arrived, silence descended.

Of the myriad race geniuses, some started laughing while some remained indifferent. Some also started throwing glances at Mo Duona and the other top geniuses, but these top geniuses simply ignored all of them.

After some time, Mo Duona stepped forth and said, "I'm paying Nanyuan a visit. That's Su Yu's place of birth. I wonder if it will produce a second Su Yu."

He was only interested in Su Yu. Nobody else could catch his attention.

At this time, the newly arrived youths started speaking through voice transmission, "Test their strength. These people are probably the so-called index geniuses. The prefect told us to test their strength..."

"Be careful. Don't underestimate them. These index geniuses are no pushovers."

"We're multiple character cultivators. We are unrivaled within the same cultivation level. What's there to fear?"

While some were conversing discreetly, some remained completely still. They did not rush forward impatiently to display their strength. Some of them were already the little overlords of the minor realms they came from. They had also survived countless dangerous situations. Thus, they were not exactly hot-headed fools.

Even the more arrogant ones among them remained silent. So what if they were arrogant? They would remain arrogant without picking fights. At times, presenting a haughty attitude was a way to protect themselves. If they were haughty enough, others would be wary of them.

At this moment, several youths stepped out from the group of newcomers, attracting the attention of the myriad race geniuses.

One of them was a short-haired man. First, he grinned. But suddenly, his expression changed as he roared, "Audacious! How dare you touch me? Activate our formation! We have an enemy to kill!"

Instantly, the three individuals with him released numerous characters and sealed a nearby devil genius. Then, the short-haired man manifested a sword before stabbing at the devil. Facing the incoming attack, the devil roared. With a rumble, the characters around him were sent flying away.

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Boom!

A punch was thrown. The short-haired man's expression changed as he hurriedly dragged his three companions and formed a curtain with characters. The curtain wrapped around them before vanishing into thin air.

Everything had happened quickly.

The devil genius roared furiously, "You're courting death!"

Meanwhile, the other human youths remained indifferent as they started analyzing the short exchange.

One of them laughed, "That's unrelated to us. We don't even know them. Go look for them if you're angry. Alright, everyone. This is where we split. We'll be returning to our respective prefectures."

At the same time, the human youths were conversing through voice transmission.

"A devil genius at the ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm, ranked seventeenth in the Profound Index. But even someone like him is already such a difficult opponent."

"Was that guy Shang Ming from Great Shang? Even when the four of them were working together, the devil was still able to break through the seal. Shang Ming is a ninth-stage Cloudbreach as well. But his sword strike actually failed to kill a Profound Index genius."

They were quite shocked by what they saw.

Shang Ming was also a multiple character cultivator. And he was also a genius. He had worked with three other geniuses to instantly seal the devil before attacking. But the devil was actually able to instantly break free. That was quite a terrifying sight.

Were Profound Index geniuses really so strong? While the human geniuses were conversing through voice transmissions, the devil genius was left standing there in fury. He wanted to take his revenge, but his attackers had fled. When he looked at the others, he noted that they were all staying in groups. All in all, there were about a hundred of them.

Meanwhile, the myriad race geniuses were merely watching with amused expressions. They were also trying to see through the strength of these human geniuses. None of them showed any interest in helping.

"Mo Duona!" The devil roared, "They sneak attacked me! And they took advantage of their numbers to step on me! Are you ignoring this as well?"

Mo Duona, who was already quite far away, felt quite helpless after hearing that. Without saying anything, he threw a punch.

Boom!

About a kilometer away, an explosion erupted midair, revealing a floating bundle. With another explosion, the bundle exploded.

Shang Ming and the others were revealed. With the damage to their characters, all four of them started coughing blood. His expression pale, Shang Ming did not hesitate to manifest another character before vanishing with his companions.

All of them were ninth-stage Cloudbreaches. So was Mo Duona. That single punch shocked countless people. Was this the strength of someone at the top of the Heaven Index?

A casual punch from a kilometer away was actually capable of gravely injuring four decently strong individuals? It was even possible that they had also lost a few of their characters from that single punch.

Mo Duona was not interested in giving chase. Rather, he turned to look at the others and indifferently said, "I'm not your dao protector. I'm also not obligated to protect you. I have my own things to do. You are free to do what you want, but if you end up dying, that won't be my business either. I acted once for you today since I'm here. But there won't be a second time."

Then, he looked at the human youths. With the same indifference, he said, "Do not provoke me. You are unqualified. But if death is the only way you can learn, I won't mind killing all of you either."

Absolute silence descended.

With a smile, Mo Duona turned and continued walking away. As his purple hair fluttered about, he spoke again, "If Su Yu is willing to leave his city, I won't mind having a spar with him. Otherwise, forget it. After the previous incident, I'm not going to enter his city ever again."

Su Yu was the only opponent he was interested in. But that was only if they fought outside the ancient city. After all, Su Yu enjoyed scheming too much. It would be much better for them to fight outside the ancient city instead.

Zhan Wushuang and the other top geniuses also remained indifferent. They did not spare any of the other geniuses a glance. These top geniuses were all incredibly proud. It was beneath them to fight these people.

One after another, they left the place.

How dull.

Even if there were Sunmoons among the human geniuses, they were still bored by what they saw here. Sunmoon? It wasn't like they had never killed Sunmoons before. What was so special about that realm? As of that moment, it was as though the entire Allheaven Prefecture had sank into silence.

Among the human geniuses, one of them laughed in a self-mocking manner and said, "Looks like we have been ignored. These index geniuses have zero interest in us."

That was the truth. Even after what Shang Ming and his companions did to one of the devils, they still failed to catch the attention of the top geniuses.

A different person said calmly, "This isn't a bad thing. If they are uninterested in us, so be it. We can take this as a learning experience."

There weren't that many experts to be found in minor realms. Thus, this was the chance for them to expand their horizons. Even now, they could feel the auras of numerous Sunmoons. These auras weren't even that obvious yet since none of these Sunmoons was in a fight. Perhaps even more spectacular scenes were waiting for them in the future.

At this moment, someone laughed and said, "Human geniuses, do not be scared off by them. They're deliberately showing off."

A yellowish humanoid life form stepped forth and grinned, "I'm from the five elemental race, a friendly race of the humans! My name is Topsoil Spirit. Let's be friends. We're all new here so we should be making friendships, not war!"

The others looked at him silently. Topsoil Spirit...that was a familiar name. Some of them were tempted to actually reply. But before anyone could do anything, a massive mountain descended upon Topsoil Spirit.

"Fuck!"

With a curse, Topsoil Spirit roared, "Shi Zun, what do you think you're doing?"

Boom!

As the mountain crashed onto the ground, a humanoid being with a body of stone stepped forth. "I've been finding you an eyesore for quite a while. I'm glad you're here. This time, I'll surely kill you!"

Rumble!

Instantly, an intense battle erupted. The earth split as Topsoil Spirit dove underground. In the air, Shi Zun continued bombarding Topsoil Spirit with one mountain after another. In the blink of an eye, the two had moved far away from the gathering spot.

All the onlookers were left stupefied. Those two...were incredibly strong as well. In fact, they felt as strong as Mountainseas! Were they Earth Index geniuses? Were Earth Index geniuses this strong?

They were all fellow Cloudbreaches. How was the gap between them so big? Mo Duona, Topsoil Spirit, Shang Ming...it was as though all of them were at entirely different levels of cultivation.

The expressions of the newly arrived multiple character cultivators started changing. They were not weak either. But why were there so many freaks among these myriad race geniuses?

Shan Xiong was someone capable of defeating numerous multiple character geniuses all by himself. But even someone like him was only able to enter the Yellow Index initially. He had only entered the Profound Index recently.

In fact, Shan Xiong had never been defeated before. He had only suffered his first defeat upon encountering Su Yu.

In short, most of the people here were probably weaker than Shan Xiong as well. And if they couldn't even compare against Shan Xiong, the gap between them and those in the Earth Heaven Indexes would naturally be big.

In fact, even as a major realm, the Human Realm did not have a single genius in the Heaven Index. Previously, Su Yu and Qin Fang were the only human geniuses to have entered the Heaven Index.

After Su Yu's name was removed from the Heaven Index, Soulcurse of the celestial chasm race was promoted into the Heaven Index. The many geniuses trained by the influential families of humanity were unable to even enter the Heaven Index. As for these secret geniuses trained in minor realms, some of them might be strong, but they were definitely not comparable to the truly freakish geniuses.

The sudden battle between Topsoil Spirit and Shi Zun had demoralized quite a lot of people. As for the senior experts from the human and other races, they merely observed in silence. Nobody interfered. If these geniuses couldn't even get over something like this, they might as well stop calling themselves geniuses. They had to deal with this themselves.

Over the years, numerous so-called geniuses had entered the Allheaven Battlefield proudly only to lose all confidence. In the Allheaven Battlefield, there was never a lack of geniuses and powerful individuals capable of killing them with a single punch. If they couldn't even pick themselves up after a minor setback like this, they wouldn't be able to go far in the path of cultivation.

Chapter 1153: Nanyuan Ruin (3)

After all the geniuses were gone, Wu Ji sighed and said, "They're not too disappointing, but none of them are spectacular either. I was looking forward to seeing some incredible geniuses from these little fellows."

Then, he muttered to himself, "In the end, nobody is as spectacular as Su Yu. The previous time that kid was here, he was disguised as Cui Lang. I wasn't even able to get a good look at him. What a pity. He can't return anymore."

How regretful.

Beside him, Ye Hongyan remarked, "Not everyone is Su Yu. And not everyone is Ye Batian. It isn't a good thing to be overly talented. Take Mo Duona as an example. He might look impressive now, but I'm not so sure he will end up with a good ending either."

Mo Duona was also a spectacular genius. As a mere ninth-stage Cloudbreach, it was rumored that he was as strong as a Sunmoon. But since he had never fought a Sunmoon openly, nobody could verify this rumor. Someone like that was extremely terrifying.

He had dominated the Heaven Index for a very long time. Su Yu was the sole person who had ever surpassed him in the index.

Looking at the slowly departing geniuses, Wu Ji gnashed his teeth, "Since we're not allowed to touch these geniuses, we should kill all their dao protectors as well. That is enough to deal the myriad races a considerable blow."

Ye Hongyan shot him a puzzled look, "We're only forbidden from openly attacking those geniuses. But nobody said that we can't assassinate them secretly. As long as you kill your target with one hit and flee, how are they supposed to find the culprit? Are their Invincibles supposed to monitor every single one of us at all times?"

How foolish. Was this guy taking those words so seriously? How was he failing to see the hidden meaning behind those words

They could openly kill the dao protectors. As for the geniuses, they only needed to make sure they did things cleanly. This was still their home ground. They could still do a lot of things.

And those geniuses were also clear about that. Just look at how fast they had all left the city. None of them believed that humanity wouldn't try to kill them secretly. What was this dumb guy thinking?

Then again, these geniuses were already accustomed to such a dangerous lifestyle. In fact, the geniuses of the various races had all experienced being assassination targets in the Allheaven Battlefield before. And only upon surviving all that would one qualify as a genius.

Wu Ji was shocked by that revelation, "Yes...then...won't those fellows do the same to our geniuses as well?"

"Who knows? Just keep an eye on those dao protectors. As for the fights between geniuses, let them be."

Ye Hongyan coldly said, "In the Allheaven Battlefield, the Qin Family will not interfere with Qin Fang's affairs as long as no Sunmoons or Invincibles are involved. The same applies to the other geniuses. These geniuses need to learn to stop crying to their parents at the first sign of trouble."

For a genius, it was a disgrace for one to go running to their parents after failing to defeat someone in the same realm. Wu Ji wanted to say something, but he ultimately stayed silent. That was easy to say. But too many geniuses had entered the Human Realm this time. Were there even that many human geniuses around to contend against them?

***

Su Yu was unconcerned with everything that had happened in the Allheaven Prefecture.

As time passed, Wan Tiansheng was able to get a lot of work done. Suddenly, he asked, "Have you opened the case?"

"Yes."

Su Yu had a look of disappointment as he complained, "Damn. It's really a carrier treasure. I was hoping it would be a personal article of that traitor or some blackmail material the sect master was keeping for himself. How disappointing."

Yes. He was disappointed. Reality proved that he was too wishful.

Su Yu felt terrible.

There was a piece of jade in the case. As an earth weaponsmith, he was quite good at judging the quality of these materials. From how durable the jade felt, it was at least a heaven-grade item. Thus, this was most definitely a carrier treasure.

"..."

Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng had to resist the urge to roll his eyes. Wasn't this an incredibly valuable treasure? Why was the kid talking like it was worth nothing?

"Heavenblund jade. This is indeed a carrier treasure, also a relatively common treasure."

Wan Tiansheng laughed, "With only a tiny piece like this, you can instantly get between three hundred to five hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid if you sell it."

Su Yu nodded and asked doubtfully, "Where did the sect master get something like this?"

The sect master was only a seventh-stage Sunmoon. Did he get this as a gift from the divine skywing race? Wasn't that a tad bit too generous?

With the jade in hand, suns and moons spun in Wan Tiansheng's eyes. Numerous figures appeared in his vision.

Before long, he smiled, "This doesn't have that much of a relationship with any Invincible. It is more related to the Luminous Domain Mansion. Perhaps he was lucky enough to get this through the geniuses he trained personally."

Wan Tiansheng could see the shadow of the Luminous Domain Mansion behind the jade.

Su Yu asked, "But why didn't he keep it on him at all times?"

Wan Tiansheng replied, "It's simple. He was prepared to lose his body and suffer from serious injuries sometime in the future. He could lose it easily keeping it on him. It was a much better choice to keep it in his vault. Killing Xia Longwu wasn't an easy task. Only a madman would carry such a treasure around while on a dangerous mission like that. Evidently, he did not intend to die during the mission."

Su Yu said in astonishment, "But I love carrying all my treasures with me."

Wan Tiansheng thought inwardly that this was why this kid was a madman. When this kid went out to complete a task, he was fully prepared to die. Any regular person would choose to keep their treasures somewhere safe instead. For an expert, survival was possible even with the full destruction of their body.

Wan Tiansheng couldn't even be bothered to entertain that question. Instead, he asked, "Are you sure you want to crush one of them and leave the rest in the fake ruin?"

Su Yu nodded. A spatial pocket was already visible in the room. Looking at it, he asked curiously, "Don't you need to use a character for this?"

"Not if we're using a carrier treasure as the material. That way, we can also avoid having someone detect the unique undulations of a character from the fake ruin."

Wan Tiansheng explained, "One carrier treasure is sufficient for this."

"Did you make this with a chunk of space from the Human Realm?"

"No. That's why it's very fragile, and that's why it needs the support of a carrier treasure. Su Yu, are you sure you're using the carrier treasure for this?"

Wan Tiansheng's heart was aching at the thought of destroying a carrier treasure like this.

Su Yu appeared quite indifferent about it. He said, "I won't be needing it anytime soon. If we win, I'll still have two of them. If we lose, you will all die while I'll escape alone. In that case, I guess I'll consider these treasures the offering for your souls."

"..."

What bullshit was the kid spouting again this time? But Wan Tiansheng merely smiled and said nothing. That actually made some sense.

Su Yu hurriedly added, "But if we survive without retrieving these treasures, you guys need to compensate me for them!"

Wan Tiansheng agreed readily, "Sure."

"Write it down!" Su Yu hurriedly produced a receipt listing all the treasures he used for this and said, "Principal, please stamp your seal here."

"..."

Wan Tiansheng said, "That's something for the Xia Family to do!"

Why was the kid asking for his stamp?

"Principal, both you and the Xia Family need to do this."

"..."

Wan Tiansheng was at a loss. Was he going to get himself into a massive debt because of this? How unreasonable!

He said nothing. After a moment, he roared as his aura surged. In front of him, the dragon's pearl started breaking apart. However, it was happening very slowly. A carrier treasure was extremely durable. Even Wan Tiansheng had to use all his strength for this.

One ought to remember that this carrier treasure had survived an attack powerful enough to destroy the body of an Invincible. Its durability was naturally high.

After a while, with a rumble, a stream of power erupted from the pearl. Under Wan Tiansheng's control, the stream of power was fused with the spatial pocket he created. And just like that, a massive spatial pocket took form.

Inside the spatial pocket, a sunmoon profound yellow liquid pond appeared. After a while, a large amount of heavenly source qi was stuffed inside alongside some other treasures and ancient objects.

This included a large amount of books that Su Yu had produced not long ago. And finally, the two carrier treasures were placed inside as well.

Next, Wan Tiansheng started running the water from the River of Time through the spatial pocket several times. Eventually, the brand new items inside the spatial pocket started looking aged, as though they had existed for numerous years.

"Come on in and take a look."

With a step, Su Yu entered a brand new space. Ancient and simple. Those were the words he could use to describe this space. Numerous massive buildings were laid across his eyes. The place was massive, and the air was filled with thick heavenly source qi.

Suddenly, Su Yu said, "This place is still lacking something. A ruin should be a place people used to inhabit, right? In that case, won't there be signs of their lives in here, such as marks left behind during spars and so on? Yes, this place looks ancient now, but it still lacks some flavor."

How thorough. Wan Tiansheng nodded in agreement and went back to work. Meanwhile, Su Yu started taking a stroll inside the fake ruin that was essentially a small city. He felt as though he had returned to the ancient times.

"Principal, is it fine to not have any corpses here?"

"Yes. Almost all ancient ruins come with no corpses. Perhaps all these corpses have completely vaporized at one point."

"So all those ancient experts had been completely destroyed, leaving nothing behind even in death?"

"Perhaps."

Su Yu nodded. He continued his stroll. After some time, he said, "I've never entered an ancient ruin before so I can't be sure if this thing looks like the real deal..."

"Hmm?"

Wan Tiansheng blanked out. He looked at Su Yu and asked in astonishment, "You've never been to an ancient ruin before?"

Su Yu replied expressionlessly, "Yes. What about that?" ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NoveI[F]ire.net

"..."

Wan Tiansheng remained stupefied. Impossible! It was not possible that this kid had never been to an ancient ruin before! He was getting the urge to rewind time and visit the damn kid's past. How could that be possible?

"But your cultivation methods..."

"I'm a genius. I derived them all myself. Alas, nobody believed me so I was forced to claim that I have a ruin." Su Yu gloomily said, "No, that's not right. I didn't even make that claim. Everyone simply reached that conclusion out of nowhere. Since I never objected, it became the truth."

There was only one thought in Wan Tiansheng's mind. Impossible. Nope. The damn kid must be messing with him. A self-taught genius who had opened 360 acupoints? A self-taught who was not done body forging after dozens of forging?

Who was he trying to trick?

Wan Tiansheng frowned and said, "This isn't right. If you've never been to a ruin before, there might really be an undiscovered ruin in Nanyuan. Ruins have been discovered in all the other yuan cities. I always thought that the Nanyuan ruin had been found by you. But if you've really never been to a ruin before...there might really be an undiscovered ruin there!"

Yes. He had always assumed that Su Yu had taken the Nanyuan ruin for himself. That was why he had never been too concerned about it. If Su Yu wished to keep the ruin for himself, so be it. Even Liu Wenyan, Xia Longwu, and the others thought the same. In fact, Liu Wenyan himself had claimed a long time ago that Su Yu had claimed a ruin in Nanyuan.

He had discovered something different about Su Yu since Su Yu's childhood. That was how he had reached that conclusion. But now, Su Yu was telling Wan Tiansheng that he had never been to a ruin before.

The look in Wan Tiansheng's eyes changed. Perhaps...the kid had entered one before. But the kid was simply unaware of it. This was too bizarre.