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Chapter 1619: Su Yu The Narcissist (2)

Su Yu said, "Sure. Remember your words. I'll give you enough heavenly source fruits. Don't get stuck at like three hundred acupoints or something like that. Prove yourself useful." ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by N0v3l.Fiɾe.net

Su Yu was speaking like only trash would stop at opening three hundred acupoints.

However, Zhou Hao nodded solemnly and said, "I'll complete the task in no time!"

"Don't make promises before actually doing it."

Su Yu tossed a large heavenly source fruit out and said, "This one fruit is comparable to a hundred fruits. You can use the rest to forge your body. In body forging, you only need heavenly source qi. Of course, heavenearth profound light is quite useful as well. But the best option would be the power of laws. However, you're still too weak with only over twenty forgings. It's a waste to give you anything better than heavenly source qi."

Only over twenty forgings.

In Su Yu's eyes, that was nothing.

For most people, nine forgings were decent. Eighteen forgings were quite normal yet slightly rare. Twenty-seven forgings were rarer. Thirty-six forgings were incredibly rare, mostly limited to those capable of entering the Heavenly Hunt Index.

In truth, Zhou Hao's growth had been rapid. He had not been a Skysoar for long. He had most likely spent less than a year forging his body.

He had been doing it with mostly no resources. The Xia Family might have supported him slightly, but the Xia Family was probably lacking in heavenly source qi as well. As for heavenearth profound light, it was also an incredibly rare resource for the Xia Family. Thus, it was quite impressive for Zhou Hao to improve at such a speed in such conditions.

Su Yu asked, "Have you been using only what you have from before? Have you not been doing missions to earn more resources?"

Zhou Hao said, "I went to the Allheaven Battlefield a few times to kill some enemies, but the returns aren't great."

Su Yu rubbed his chin and said, "I'll give you a simple mission. Don't look for me after opening your acupoints. Go to the Allheaven Battlefield and kill an index genius. Those on the Yellow Index are quite useless. You can easily kill them. Get on the index and I'll allow you to have some fun with me."

Zhou Hao replied, "I'm already on the index."

"Hmm?" Su Yu blanked out.

"You killed too many people. I entered the index automatically."

"..."

Su Yu blanked out. Was that the case? Did he kill that many people? Well, yes. That seemed to be the case.

"Yellow Index?"

"Yes. 320th on the Yellow Index."

"Oh."

Su Yu nodded. This wasn't too surprising. After all, Zhou Hao was decently strong with the strength of roughly seven to eight thousand acupoints. In fact, his strength was already comparable to that of the weakest of Mountainseas. Thus, he was definitely capable of killing a Cloudbreach or two.

Su Yu had nearly forgotten how weak Mountainseas were. It was indeed easy for someone like Zhou Hao to enter the index.

Su Yu said, "Fine. Get into the top ten of the Yellow Index or climb directly into the Profound Index. It won't be hard. Just kill a seventh-degree Cloudbreach and that will happen."

"Sure."

Zhou Hao nodded, as though it was perfectly normal for a Skysoar like him to do that.

"You may leave now."

Zhou Hao cupped his fists again before turning to leave.

When Zhou Hao left, the female furball asked doubtfully, "He might be a descendant of Martial King. Why didn't you kill him?"

Su Yu asked in confusion, "Why should I kill him?"

The female furball said, "Back then, Culture King and Martial King fought each other a lot. A descendant of Martial King might grow very strong in the future. What would you do if he decided to beat you up after growing strong?"

Su Yu laughed and said, "I'm not worried about that. He is still a Skysoar. If I allow him to catch up with me in strength, it merely signifies that I am useless. Since I'm so useless, I naturally deserve a beating."

"Fine."

The female furball lost interest and went back to sleep.

She did not intend to eat Zhou Hao. Sure, there was that powerful bloodline in Zhou Hao's veins, but at his generation, his bloodline had weakened significantly. Furthermore, the female furball knew about the ancient past as well. It would be too rude to eat an ancient human king descendant like Zhou Hao. She wasn't as old as Soy Bun as she was produced by Soy Bun toward the end of the ancient past. However, she still knew something about the ancient past.

She was aware of Soy Bun's close relationship with some ancient human kings. That was why she had not eaten Great Ming King when she encountered him in the past.

When the female furball went back to sleep, the little furball complained sullenly, "Yummy, do you not want me anymore after getting my mama? When are you kicking my mama away?"

"..."

Su Yu blanked out. What was that? Was that something a son should say?

"Don't you want to chat and spend some time with your mama?"

"No. Mama sleeps. I sleep as well. I also want to lick characters..."

What an unfilial scumbag. Yes, yes, he wasn't actually birthed by the female furball, but they were still family. How could he say that about his mother?

The little furball kept sulking unhappily. Mama had monopolized two of his favourite characters. Thus, he had been waiting for Yummy to kick his mama off.

Su Yu grinned and said, "There is no rush. We'll wait until you're strong enough to handle Daofuses for me and I'll send your mama away."

"..."

The little furball's emotions became a complicated mix of sorrow, fury, and determination. He vowed to eat hard and lick hard. He must lick more characters! Sure, he used to not care about the less yummy characters, but he couldn't be so picky anymore.

And thus, he left his favourite character, the tribulation character, with the expression of a valiant soldier charging to his death, and headed toward the other characters. He had decided to lick the trash characters as well.

***

Su Yu chuckled and tossed the matter aside.

At this point, he had handled most of the minor tasks he needed to handle. During the subsequent two days, he spent his time helping with Su Long's cultivation and visiting Zhao Li every now and then.

Those from the other prefectures were starting to arrive at Great Xia.

Su Yu did not bother to see any of them. He was waiting. He was waiting for the likes of Heavenly Forge King to arrive. He was waiting for those who had promised to help with his weapon.

Five days.

Su Yu had arrived for five days. Rumors about him and the new holy land continued spreading everywhere.

***

On the sixth day, Su Yu sensed the arrival of a powerful aura.

Great Zhou King had arrived. He was not alone. Junior Zhou King had arrived as well. Su Yu smiled. Very good. Those who should be here had all arrived. The conference was a day away so they should get started on their work.

Not long after, Su Yu sensed several familiar auras as well. These auras were slowly approaching his residence. Liu Wenyan and the others were back. Previously, they had gone to Great Ming for a reason unknown to Su Yu. Perhaps they were there to visit the Bai Family.

Su Yu did not bother to ask. He only needed to know that they were safe.

Hopefully, they could capture the real traitor this time. He might even gain some unexpected benefits from capturing this traitor. For example, the traitor might know more about the ancient fossils.

A senior of this traitor had been killed by Xia Chen. Their line was essentially a line of spies planted in the Human Realm. In that case, who were they serving?

Control King?

Or the other half of their mixed bloodline?

A bloodline capable of co-existing with Control King's bloodline was most certainly not weak.

***

Prefect's manor.

Numerous experts were inside the manor.

Great Zhou King said, "Old Xia, how is Su Yu? Is everything fine?"

Great Xia King said, "Everything is fine."

"Good. I was worried that the myriad races might sneak in and try something with him here."

"With me here, that won't happen." Great Xia King said, "But some of the guests have already arrived for a few days. Surprisingly, Su Yu did not bother to meet any of them. For example, Topsoil Spirit of the five elemental race, Endless Passage of the fate race, and September of the iron devourer race. These are all super experts."

Great Zhou King laughed, "Just let him be. Those are all his guests. He can decide how he wants to welcome. You only need to keep an eye and prevent any trouble from arising."

Just then, a voice rang out in the air, "Seniors, let's stop wasting time since you're all here. Heavenly Forge King will help with the forging while the others can help with the formation. Come on, let's do it at the cultural research academy. We can let Teacher Zhao observe the process as well."

The Invincibles looked at each other. Great Xia King nodded and said, "Go, then. The conference is tomorrow, right? Try to save time and complete it within one day."

Great Ming King frowned and said, "One day? That won't be likely. Su Yu's requirements are too high."

Great Zhou King laughed and said, "It doesn't matter. Let the conference happen without us. It's mainly being held for those of the younger generation. We only need to know the result of their discussion. They can do the rest while we work on Su Yu's weapon."

Nobody disagreed.

***

A short while later.

Source Soul Research Center.

Formerly Lan Tian's research center, the current Source Soul Research Center.

Su Yu was waiting inside.

Liu Wenyan and the others were there as well. When the Invincibles appeared with a flicker, Liu Wenyan and the others bowed slightly and saluted them.

Su Yu did not bother to bow. He smiled and said, "Seniors, are we still proceeding with the plan?"

Silk Destroying King said, "Of course. It's quite rare to see you so generous. How can I say no to your offer?"

Su Yu smiled, "That's good to hear. But let me be upfront about things."

Su Yu's face turned solemn as he said, "Since you have agreed to help, please put your soul into it. That is especially true for the formation. I will be relying on it to kill Invincibles. This is no joke. My very life might depend on it. This is no laughing matter."

Heavenly Seal King said, "Since we've promised to do this, we naturally won't skimp on our skills."

"I hope so." Su Yu said, "I am a very serious man. If you wish to reject me now, it's fine. But since you have agreed, do it seriously. I will inspect your work strictly. After all, I love being alive."

"That is only natural."

None of them protested. Su Yu wasted no time and took a bunch of heavenly source qi, dragonblood fruits, solidwater pearls, Emperor's Saliva, and other treasures out.

"You may use these freely to replenish your energy."

Next, Su Yu took out a pile of dragonbind wood and said, "Seniors, you may obscure your work somewhat if you don't want anyone to see you at work. But I will be observing everything. Please don't mind me. Additionally, Teacher Zhao wishes to invite Senior Zhao Tianbing to observe this process as well. Is that..."

Heavenly Forge King laughed and said, "Sure. Since I'm allowing one person to observe me at work, I might as well be generous and allow more. Also, Zhao Tianbing is on the cusp of becoming a heaven weaponsmith. He benefited a lot from the previous weaponsmithing."

Su Yu smiled, "I do hope so. With that, humanity would have two heaven weaponsmiths to rely upon. If even Teacher Zhao managed to become a heaven weaponsmith from this, it would be even better. That would probably be even more worthy of celebration than gaining two new Invincibles."

"Of course."

Before long, Great Ming King and the others left, leaving the research center for Heavenly Forge King and his work. As for Great Ming King and the ones working on the formation, they required a larger space.

Su Yu left as well.

Invincibles did not have the habit of procrastination. In the blink of an eye, multiple Rivers of Time appeared in the sky. The surrounding area had long been cleared of people.

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Great Ming King said, "I'll be in charge of building the foundation. Silk Destroying will imbue the power of time onto the formation. Heavenly Seal will add the power of sealing into the formation. Tianyuan, you will control the power of time in the formation."

"Sure."

The Invincibles got ready. Instantly, the area was sealed, forming a secluded space independent from the rest of the world. Numerous jade talismans were tossed out by Great Ming King to serve as the foundation of the formation. As for Su Yu, he tossed a book out. Countless projections emerged from the book.

"Seniors, allow me to trouble you to use the book as the base and forge a formation with ten thousand foundations."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Great Ming King nearly choked on his breath. The others had odd expressions as well.

Was this a joke?

Su Yu smiled and said, "Thank you. A formation forged this way will be a lot more compatible with my book."

Great Ming King said, "The success rate will drop considerably if we do this."

Su Yu said, "I know. But...I only need you to try your best. You will get what I promised even at the event of failure. At most, we'll redo everything. I will pay you the same price for the second attempt."

They gasped in shock.

Fuck!

It sure was nice being rich! Was this for real? The likelihood of failing at the first attempt was extremely high. Fine, fine. Since Su Yu was willing to pay for everything, so be it.

Boom!

Source qi started rippling as multiple source qi cyclones appeared in the area. Su Yu said nothing and filled the air with heavenly source qi. Instantly, the entire Great Xia Cultural Research Academy felt like it had turned into a sea of source qi.

Inside the academy, all the students and teachers sat down cross-legged with burning eyes and started cultivating. This was a massive fortuitous encounter for them.

This was also the case for Zhao Li and the others.

The people in the academy did not know what was happening. They only knew numerous top experts were there. They only saw Su Yu tossing a large amount of heavenly source qi out. Throughout the academy, the source qi density rose to a level where even breathing became suffocating.

Meanwhile, Su Yu remained indifferent even after throwing so much heavenly source qi out.

At the same time, numerous people soared into the sky all over the city. All of them were gasping in shock.

***

Above a certain courtyard.

Topsoil Spirit gasped and said, "How rich!"

What was Su Yu trying to do? With so much heavenly source qi, one could be considered rich everywhere. Beside him, September appeared, followed by a smaller iron devourer. And beside the smaller iron devourer was a human: Zhu Hongliang.

Yes. The iron devourer beside September was none other than the one from Great Ming, the one known as Dumbo. Also beside Dumbo were three tiny fellows.

Dumbo's secret was out. Yes. The people of Great Ming had found out that the three cubs of Big Ball were the child of Dumbo.

There was no helping it as not long ago, Dumbo went to the Allheaven Battlefield. Thus, he wasn't around to renew the disguise on the three little fellows. Before long, the dark circles around their eyes became visible, revealing the identity of their real father. The mystery was finally solved. Dumbo was the father.

Topsoil Spirit glanced at September, who was eating while looking in Su Yu's direction.

Dumbo was obediently eating beside September. Zhu Hongliang looked like he wanted to say something, but he kept hesitating. These iron devourers had been ignoring him all along, focusing only on eating.

After a while, September said with his trademark innocent expression, "What a group. Silk Destroying King, Heavenly Seal King, Great Ming King, and Time King are all working together just to make a sealing formation."

September was a super expert capable of fighting Invincibles as well. Thus, he could easily see what Su Yu was trying to do here. This was an incredibly ambitious project. If they could really finish the formation, killing Invincibles would become much easier for Su Yu, provided he could trap them with the formation.

***

Su Yu ignored all the onlookers.

He watched in silence while floating in the air.

A short while later, Great Zhou King appeared beside him with a flicker. Great Xia King was nowhere to be seen. H seemed to be avoiding Su Yu as of late. But when he saw Great Zhou King appearing beside Su Yu, he grew nervous.

He couldn't help but suspect that the two were gossiping about him. He was very worried. After thinking for a bit, he joined the two. He had decided to personally keep an eye on them.

Great Zhou King was surprised to see Great Xia King's arrival. He smiled and said, "Mayor Su, are you confident about the conference tomorrow?"

Su Yu said, "The result doesn't matter to me."

"The result is quite important. After all, Old Qin has paid a rather high price for this."

Su Yu smiled, but he said nothing.

Great Zhou King asked, "Do you think we'll succeed this time?"

Su Yu glanced at Great Zhou King. Was Great Zhou King asking about the formation production?

"Perhaps."

"You never know." Great Zhou King said, "You need luck even when producing formations. Teamwork is important, and everyone needs to contribute fairly. I can't say much about the others, but Old Zhu is quite a slimy person. He only needs to hold back a little to render your formation useless."

Perhaps Great Ming King heard that. He suddenly snorted and said, "Stop talking. Be silent and don't disturb us while we work."

"Sure."

Great Zhou King laughed and erected a barrier around them with a wave of his hand.

Done with erecting the sound barrier, he said, "What do you plan to do with this formation?"

Su Yu grinned and said, "Payback. I will take my revenge and kill my enemies with the formation in hand."

"That's too rash." Great Zhou King shook his head and said, "That will give you a bad reputation. People will fear you even more."

Su Yu laughed and said, "That's not necessarily a bad thing."

"I still think that's not the right thing to do."

Great Zhou King said, "I doubt this will work, but in the unlikely event that it worked...I believe you should be patient. You can kill your enemies at any time. There is no rush."

Great Xia King sneered and said, "What is wrong about killing your enemies in a straightforward manner? What's the point of patience?"

Great Zhou King glanced at Great Xia King. What did this brute know? Why was the brute even talking to them? Was he talking to the brute?

Great Zhou King stayed calm and said, "Mayor Su, killing won't solve everything. Doing the killing personally is never the best option."

"Please do enlighten me, Great Zhou King. What is the best option?"

Great Zhou King smiled and said, "Removing someone in secret, in a way that nobody know it's you..."

Su Yu laughed and asked, "Would you kill for me, Great Zhou King?"

"Perhaps. Who knows?"

"Forget it." Su Yu laughed.

Great Xia King frowned and said, "A mere formation won't really do much. Su Yu, I don't think you should place too much hope on this formation."

Why were the two talking like Su Yu could sweep all opposition with only a formation? No matter how powerful the formation was, Su Yu would be limited by his own strength. His ability to fight seventh-degree Eternals was already an abnormality in itself. Why was he talking like he could start killing Daofuses with the formation?

It wasn't a good idea to be blindly confident. Great Xia King believed that Su Yu was getting overconfident.

Hearing that, Su Yu sighed and said, "Sure enough, cultural researchers and warriors are different."

Great Zhou King sighed as well and said, "True. It's a pity, but what can we do? Many believe that the biggest fist is the law. But many don't realize that the real law is obscured from the fist."

"Exactly."

The two nodded together.

Great Xia King's expression turned unsightly. What was the meaning of this? Were they insulting him? He started thinking real hard, wondering if he had said anything wrong. This was a mere sealing formation. No matter how powerful it was, could it kill Daofuses?

What a joke.

Thus, Great Xia King sneered at the two and decided to stop talking to them. If it wasn't for the sake of stopping Su Yu from gossiping about his past, he wouldn't have bothered to waste his time here with them.

Cultural researchers?

Both of them were cultivators whose bodies were stronger than their willpower. Were they not embarrassed of calling themselves cultural researchers?

How laughable.

In the current era, how many of these self-proclaimed cultural researchers were true cultural researchers? This was the era of warriors!

Great Zhou King looked at Su Yu and switched to voice transmission, "If you do manage to find the traitor, we can handle the matter for you..."

Su Yu ignored him. What was the point of saying this before actually finding the traitor? Also, wasn't the Zhou Family one of the suspects as well?

Great Zhou King was a terrifying man. Su Yu couldn't help but wonder about what he could do if he found that the Zhou Family had the bloodline of Control King. The likelihood of that was low...but anything was possible.

Even now, Great Zhou was still filled with mysteries. Those of the Zhou Family were too talented. With four Invincibles in one family, this was an absolute behemoth. More importantly, Great Zhou King's real strength was still a mystery. Perhaps he was actually a ninth-degree Eternal instead of a so-called eighth-degree Eternal.

Suddenly, Su Yu dragged the little furball out and fed him with the fake nine-leaf skylotus petal.

***

At the same time.

Topsoil Spirit cursed inwardly. Again?

He had heard the rumors as well. Su Yu had claimed to have eight petals. But that was nonsense. Topsoil Spirit was there in the mansion as well. He knew that Su Yu did not have eight petals.

As for the possibility that Su Yu had obtained more from the eighth level...Topsoil Spirit did not believe that one bit.

Su Yu would have a lot more than eight petals if that were the case.

"He is definitely scheming something!"

Topsoil Spirit believed that Su Yu was sincere in nurturing the soul devourer, but he did not believe in the existence of the eight petals.

Suddenly, Su Yu looked his way.

Topsoil Spirit's heart thumped. Was Su Yu looking at him?

Why?

Why was Su Yu looking at him?

Why would that guy look at him while feeding the furball?

Just then, Topsoil Spirit noted the slight delay in Su Yu's hand movements. He also noticed the displeased expression of the little furball. His heart thumped again as a certain idea emerged in his mind.

He hurriedly shouted, "Wait a moment!"

His sudden shout alarmed numerous people. Su Yu looked at him with an annoyed expression.

Topsoil Spirit suppressed his shock and said, "Uhm...Mayor Su...it's too much of a waste to feed the soul devourer crown prince with the petal. This isn't something the crown prince requires. Why don't you sell me the petal instead?"

Su Yu replied, "No thanks."

"Wait!" Topsoil Spirit hurriedly said, "I can offer a good price for it! Blood essence! Sunmoon blood essence! We can even get you Invincible blood essence!"

Su Yu blanked out slightly before asking with a frown, "Invincible blood essence?"

"Yes!" Topsoil Spirit nodded and said, "Invincible blood essence! If that's not enough..we...we'll..."

His brain worked overtime as he wondered about what Su Yu needed.

Invincible blood essence?

Yes. He recalled hearing about a certain rumor.

Having realized something, Topsoil Spirit hurriedly said, "Carrier treasure! One carrier treasure for a petal! What do you think?"

"Fuck off!"

Su Yu merely sneered, but Topsoil Spirit's heart thumped even faster. When Su Yu shouted the word fuck, it shook his very brain. It was painful, but it had also opened an odd aperture somehow.

How odd.

No, wait, this was a reward from that scumbag!

Fuck!

Topsoil Spirit finally understood. That was why the scumbag had looked at him while feeding the furball!

He understood now! He cursed inwardly. Wouldn't this make him a culprit and put him in trouble as well?

"Then...forget it. This is too expensive for the five elemental race. I reckon only the divines, devils, and immortals can afford your price."

After a short pause, he continued, "It's not like you're actually using the petals for yourself. Why don't you consider selling it for things you can use to strengthen your weapon?"

Su Yu sneered and said, "I would rather throw it away than sell it for cheap."

"Sigh. So be it." Topsoil Spirit sighed and said, "You would rather waste it than sell it for something you can use to strengthen your weapon. I don't understand what you're thinking here."

Su Yu said nothing. He sank into thought before putting both the little furball and the petal away.

Beside him, Great Xia King said, "Don't sell them to the outsiders. That's the same as creating powerful enemies for yourself."

Great Zhou King seemed to disagree. With a sigh, he said, "These petals are still worth selling if you can get carrier treasures for them."

Su Yu said nothing.

Great Xia King glared at Great Zhou King with displeasure, while Great Zhou King glanced at the distant Topsoil Spirit before looking at Su Yu. He said nothing.

Topsoil Spirit. Su Yu.

He glanced at September. He recalled that moments ago, the seemingly silly September had stiffened slightly while eating.

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Su Yu was truly brazen and ambitious. But...was Topsoil Spirit someone he had paid to do this in advance? Or did Topsoil Spirit somehow understand Su Yu without any communication between the two? If that was the case...Topsoil Spirit could grow into a troublesome opponent in the future.

To the side, Great Xia King was feeling rather displeased.

Su Yu!

After growing strong, the kid had also grown stubborn. That was too idiotic! Something like the nine-leaf skylotus could not be sold so easily even if it was incomplete! It was especially risky to sell it to the myriad races!

Su Yu was getting too overconfident! Just like how he believed he could sweep through all opposition with a mere formation! That was absolute nonsense!

Great Xia King felt very gloomy. He concluded that Su Yu was still too inexperienced. More lessons from reality would be required for Su Yu to grow wiser.

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Su Yu wasn't too bothered about what Great Xia King was thinking.

In fact, almost nobody was bothered about what Great Xia King thought about this.

***

Somewhere further away.

Beside Long Wuyou, several dragons in human forms were watching with odd expressions. The white dragon was among them. One of the dragons asked through voice transmission, "What is Su Yu doing here?"

"What?"

Some of the dragons were confused, but a different dragon sent another voice transmission, "Are you brainless? After hearing Topsoil Spirit's offer, he kept the skylotus away. What was the meaning behind that action? Isn't it obvious?"

"What do you mean?"

The same dragon from before replied in annoyance, "You must really be a fool! In short, that offer has successfully tempted him! He must be contemplating the possibility of selling the skylotus for things he actually needs. He doesn't lack wealth, but he lacks some specific items."

"Is that the case?"

Some of the dragons remained doubtful. Would Su Yu really sell the skylotus?

"Even if he's willing to sell, he won't sell to us."

"Are you stupid? Who else can he sell these petals to? Are the humans supposed to buy these petals? Can the humans even afford the price? Do the humans have Eternal blood essence in storage? How about carrier treasures? Even if they do have extra, they won't be willing to part with these treasures. Yes, a petal or two can further strengthen humanity. But the humans are more in need of carrier treasures and blood essence."

"But we're enemies..."

"Idiot! He might not sell to us directly, but don't forget the white dragon beside us. That is an ally of humanity. He can do the buying for us. Or we can even get a neutral race to make the purchase. The fate, spirit, primordial giant, and many other races are neutral." Get full chapters from novel★fire.net

Finally, understanding dawned on all the dragons.

"He still has seven petals left!"

The look in their eyes changed. That was quite a high number.

"A ninth-degree Eternall might be able to achieve Daofuse with this! This can help some races produce a second Pseudo Emperor!"

"We suffered a massive loss during the previous battle, but producing a single Pseudo Emperor will make up for all our previous losses!"

"Grand Elder, there is hope!"

The grand elder was Long Wuyou's grandfather, also the strongest expert of the golden dragon race. He was stronger than even the leader of the golden dragon race. As a whole, the golden dragon race was as strong as the blood devil race.

Most of the dragons around Long Wuyou were golden dragons.

All of them grew excited.

However, Long Wuyou frowned and warned, "Be cautious. Don't fall for any schemes. Just look at what happened to Topsoil Spirit previously. He fell for the tricks of the humans and suffered massively."

"What?"

The other dragons were unaware of that matter. Topsoil Spirit had not made the matter public. As for Long Wuyou, he had been keeping silent about the matter since it was beneath him to gossip about a fellow genius.

Looking at the confused dragons, Long Wuyou considered the matter and said, "Topsoil Spirit fell for Su Yu's trick once. Be careful. Su Yu is incomparably crafty and treacherous. Be careful lest this is a scam!"

A scam?

The dragons sank into thought. True. But...this wouldn't be an easy scam to pull off. They did not believe that it was even possible.

One of them said, "It's fine. If we do buy it, we will do it face-to-face. We will inspect the product before paying. With its unique shape, aura, and time veins, a skylotus can't be faked."

Long Wuyou hesitated slightly before saying, "He's a skilled weaponsmith."

"Are you worried that he will forge a fake skylotus and sell that instead of the real deal? True. We need to be careful about that. But we can easily take a weaponsmith with us when completing the deal. We can even get a heaven weaponsmith to come with us. That won't be an issue."

At that, Long Wuyou had nothing else to say.

True. Something capable of fooling a heaven weaponsmith would probably be something with the quality of a heaven or a divine weapon.

Would Su Yu carry out a scam with something so valuable? He would be an absolute fool to do so. The value of a single petal might not even be as high as the value of a high-tier heaven weapon. After all, that was merely a petal, not a complete skylotus. On the other hand, a complete skylotus would probably be comparable to a divine weapon in value.

That tiny movement of Su Yu was noticed by numerous people. They saw an opportunity in this.

Yes. Opportunity.

Su Yu had rejected Topsoil Spirit's offer, but he had also stopped feeding the soul devourer. That was good news. Clearly, he was tempted.

***

At the same time.

Topsoil Spirit's heart was beating madly.

He seemed to have...discovered a big secret!

And...he had even acted as Su Yu's prop!

He had only done so after noticing the odd look in Su Yu's eyes earlier. Now, he was starting to regret it. Something big was about to happen.

Su Yu seemed to be planning another scam.

Fuck!

Sure enough, the humans were crafty and treacherous. Back then, Liu Hong had scammed him with the Five Elemental Art. Now, the scumbag Su Yu was going to pull an even bigger scam. It was amazing how he could do this even when he was already the public enemy of the myriad races.

If he wasn't already a public enemy, he could have pulled off a lot more scams against the myriad races.

Fake skylotus.

Topsoil Spirit became certain that the skylotus in Su Yu's hand was fake.

But it looked exactly the same as the real deal! At the very least, that was how it looked in Topsoil Spirit's eyes. He did not get a close look at the petal, but from its shape, aura, and other characteristics, it was basically fully identical to the real skylotus. Was that really a fake petal?

Or perhaps that was a real petal. The fake petal would only be taken out for sale.

Topsoil Spirit did not dare to say anything. Beside him, an earth elemental asked through voice transmission, "Topsoil Spirit, is Su Yu going to sell the skylotus? He's clearly swayed. He won't sell to the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons, but we don't have any quarrel with the humans! Why don't you give it a try? He still has seven petals. These petals might even help our patriarch achieve Daofuse and become the Pseudo Emperor of the five elementals!"

Topsoil Spirit sighed inwardly.

Why? Why would they even think like that?

Why would Su Yu sell the actual skylotus?

But if even this earth elemental had fallen for Su Yu's act, it was clear the others had fallen as well.

Su Yu was tempted. But he was still hesitating. Perhaps he was even thinking about a suitable buyer. That must be everyone's conclusion. That was everyone's conclusion.

Topsoil Spirit cursed inwardly before sending a voice transmission, "Elder, don't do anything rash. It's too expensive for us to afford all seven petals."

"We can at least try to buy a petal or two, right?"

Once again, Topsoil Spirit cursed inwardly. Buy his ass!

Suddenly, he received a voice transmission from Su Yu, "Take the lead and be my first customer. I'll repay you after this. You can't be the only person not buying when everyone else is buying. As the one to make the first offer, are you trying to get the five elemental race destroyed by not buying? Don't worry. I'll limit the purchase per person. I'll only sell you one petal."

Topsoil Spirit's heart thumped.

The elder beside him seemed to have sensed the willpower undulation involved in voice transmission. Thus, he asked, "Topsoil Spirit, did Su Yu contact you?"

Topsoil Spirit started cursing inwardly. But upon thinking more about it, he found Su Yu's words reasonable. He was the first to make the offer. He couldn't be the one to stand out by not falling victim to the scam when everyone else had fallen victim.

More importantly, would that scumbag Su Yu really repay him?

This wouldn't be a cheap purchase!

He replied to his elder with a voice transmission, "Elder, he did contact me. He asked for three carrier treasures per petal. He's willing to sell me one petal. There is a purchase limit. He won't be selling more than one petal to each party. This is his way of preventing the buyers from producing a new Daofuse with his petals."

"Purchase limit?" The elder praised, "How smart. Su Yu is indeed smart. Not even a ninth-degree Eternal can achieve Daofuse with only one petal. The effectiveness will be greatly reduced."

Topsoil Spirit sighed inwardly. That was right. Su Yu was very smart. He was so smart he could already guess how everyone would react.

Purchase limit.

He was actually setting up a purchase limit even when he was selling counterfeit. He was actually applying hunger marketing even when selling a fake product. He wouldn't sell all seven petals at once. He would only sell one.

Holy shit! This might...really work! Topsoil Spirit said, "It's pointless to buy only one petal..."

The elder berated him, "Fool! We will buy it! Then, we can get other races to buy more for us. The sales will most likely proceed in secret anyway. I doubt Su Yu will sell the petals openly. Thanks to this, nobody will know just how many petals we have purchased."

The elder grew excited as he continued, "Come on! Report it to the higher-ups! Three carrier treasures per petal is a bit too expensive. A single petal isn't worth this price. Also, there are dragons, iron devourers, sky horses, primordial giants, and the spies of many races in the area. Be quick, Topsoil Spirit! Report it! Get the experts back home to start working on this. Get them to send some help from other races as well. Just say that they're all here to celebrate the birthday of Su Yu's father!

"Yes! Birthday celebration! Nobody will refuse them entry when they are coming for that reason! We can even send some minor races here! It will be perfectly logical for a minor race to buy a petal to produce their first Eternal! After all, carrier treasures can't guarantee a dao affirmation. But a single petal might be able to provide that guarantee!"

The more the elder spoke, the more excited he became. It wouldn't be suspicious at all. The minor races were only here to wish Su Yu's father a happy birthday. It was perfectly normal for the minor races to want to earn Su Yu's favor. The humans wouldn't suspect anything!

Topsoil Spirit sighed inwardly.

This was very bad.

He was certain that everyone else would reach the same conclusion as well. The divines, devils, and immortals weren't here, but they could always send their agents to make the purchase for them.

Then again, Su Yu had a history of scamming. Thus, they would still be quite wary when finalizing the purchase. They would most certainly inspect the product carefully during the purchase.

Could the fake petals...survive the inspection? Su Yu seemed confident, but Topsoil Spirit also knew that Su Yu was mad. Topsoil Spirit recalled some of the rumors he had been hearing recently. A realization dawned on him. Su Yu had been planning this scam for quite some time.

What a terrifying guy.

Topsoil Spirit did not dare to say anything. He could only keep his thoughts to himself.

Su Yu. A total scumbag.

A scumbag who would make yet another major profit.

Chapter 1622: Young And Rash (2)

Su Yu was behaving like nothing had happened.

Clanking sounds were ringing out from the research center nonstop. Su Yu did not say more to Great Zhou King and went into the research center instead.

At the moment, Heavenly Forge King was busy forging a whip-like weapon with the dragonbind wood as the material. His weaponsmithing style was nothing fancy.

Rather, he had a rather textbook-like style. Such a style would look rather mediocre and boring in the hands of a regular weaponsmith. But in Heavenly Forge King's hands, this style felt like a work of art.

He was forging an earth weapon instead of a heaven weapon. He was also using a piece of dragonbind wood of inferior quality.

Su Yu frowned and said, "Heavenly Forge King, use the better dragonbind wood for your weaponsmithing. Go straight for heaven weapons. It's pointless to forge trash earth weapons like this. There isn't even anything useful one can learn from this. Don't be fearful of wasting the materials. I have plenty of dragonbind wood. A little bit of waste is nothing."

Heavenly Forge King cursed inwardly.

This bastard was showing off his wealth again!

Fine.

Was that what he wanted?

So be it.

Thus, Heavenly Forge King picked up a massive piece of dragonbind wood and smiled, "In that case, I'll be using this piece for my weaponsmithing."

Su Yu said indifferently, "Sure. You can even use three or five of them at once."

Finally, Zhao Li lost his patience and scolded, "Not even a wastrel will be so wasteful!"

Su Yu laughed and said, "It's fine. I'm rich."

"..."

Screw him!

Zhao Li was furious. This kid had forgotten his destitute days after being wealthy for a short time. Back then, the kid had pitifully begged for even a tiny bit of merit points. But now...hmph!

Sure enough, wealth would change anyone.

Zhao Li continued cursing inwardly.

But looking at how hard Heavenly Forge King was working because of poverty, he started feeling good. So be it. Since Su Yu was sponsoring this session, why should they care?

Before long, Heavenly Forge King started working on the larger piece of dragonbind wood. Several characters appeared as several different clumps of flame appeared midair.

Extraction, refinement, forging...

It didn't take Heavenly Forge King long to be drenched with sweat. Su Yu did not notice any obvious sign of a bloodline from him. Then again, that wasn't something just anyone could detect.

A bloodline symbol could be hidden easily, and it could be hard to detect for even Daofuses, especially those who were ignorant about the past. After all, not every Daofuse came from the ancient past.

Su Yu sent a voice transmission, "Senior Flat, can you see anything?"

"I can't feel anything."

Nothing.

Su Yu frowned slightly. Was Heavenly Forge King still holding back or was Heavenly Forge King really without an ancient bloodline?

***

Su Yu did not stay inside for long. After a short while, he left and flew into the sky again.

Several Rivers of Time warped and weaved in front of him as the Invincibles worked hard on his formation.

Su Yu sent a voice transmission again, "What about now, Senior?"

"Same. I know Great Ming King, but the rest aren't using all their strength."

Su Yu cursed inwardly. Were all of them holding back? Fine. Clearly, this wasn't difficult enough for them.

And thus, Su Yu tossed even more heavenly source qi out and flooded the formation with more source qi. The Invincibles working on the formation objected, "This is enough. The formation is much harder to control with too much source qi."

Su Yu frowned and said, "It feels too weak right now. It needs more power."

Great Ming King cursed and said, "Too weak? This is only the start! If it's powerful right from the beginning, it won't be a heaven formation. It will be a divine formation instead! Su Yu, don't think that you know everything! What do you even know about formations!"

Clearly, Great Ming King was feeling insulted by Su Yu's claim that the formation was weak.

Su Yu laughed and said, "Fine. I'll wait and see."

***

As Su Yu waited, more and more experts arrived.

As the conference was a day away, a lot of experts were arriving today.

Su Yu even saw Zhu Tiandao among the observing crowd. Everyone was tactful enough to stay away from the research center. Nevertheless, everyone could see how multiple top experts were helping Su Yu with his formation. They couldn't help but be impressed by Su Yu's networking skills and wealth.

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Su Yu ignored all the observers.

He continued waiting in silence. It would be understandable for these people to hold back initially. But it would be suspicious if they kept holding back until the very end as that would lead to failure.

He also had the female furball pay close attention to them. These were his biggest suspects. After going through Ji Hong's gathered information, he had also been revising his list of suspects.

Back then, Ji Hong had listed the likes of Fiery Sea King, Silk Destroying King, Heavenly Forge King, and Heavenly Seal King as the primary suspects. These were also Su Yu's suspects.

Junior Zhou King wasn't one of Ji Hong's suspects as back then, everyone thought that he was dead. Thus, Ji Hong had not bothered to investigate him.

These are all the Invincibles who had stayed at the Allheaven Battlefield long enough to corrupt those military officials. Zhu Tianfang isn't that big of a suspect. After all, he has been away for too long. It won't be easy for an officially missing Invincible to recruit all those military officials.

That would only be possible if he had the cooperation of Great Ming King.

As for Great Ming King...Flatbun had verified his bloodline. Thus, he was unlikely to be the traitor. At that thought, Su Yu asked, "Senior Flat, which bloodline does Great Ming King have?"

"It's most likely the bloodline of Radiant King. That was a powerful human king of the ancient past."

Radiant(Ming) King?

Great Ming King?

Interesting.

Great Xia King had the bloodline of the Battle King, while Great Ming King had the bloodline of the Radiant King.

Su Yu asked again, "What about the bloodlines of Great Zhou King and Great Qin King?"

Back when Great Qin King used all his strength to kill Invincibles, the furball family was present. Su Yu was unsure if Flatbun had sensed anything from Great Qin King back then.

"I doubt Great Qin King has an ancient bloodline. His bloodline feels normal."

"Hmm?" Su Yu blanked out.

Su Yu was quite surprised.

After thinking about it, he could only conclude that Great Qin King was truly talented. Then again, a lot of the current human Invincibles were those with regular bloodlines. Thus, this didn't come as too big of a surprise for him.

"What about Great Zhou King?"

"I don't know. I never sensed anything from him. But he has never fought with all his strength before, right?"

The female furball couldn't be sure. A bloodline would be extremely hard to detect unless one was using their full strength. And since these Invincibles were top experts, she couldn't even inspect them too directly.

Great Zhou King, in particular, was doubly hard to inspect since he was incredibly good at keeping a low profile.

Su Yu had nothing else to ask. Great Zhou King...wasn't too big of a suspect either. Furthermore, he was too important a person for humanity. It would be extremely hard to handle a traitor like him.

Slowly, a large formation became visible up in the sky. Even Su Yu could see that this was a rather unique formation with the shape of a tower.

The tower was framed by numerous small doors.

Or to be precise, the tower itself was formed by countless small doors.

With Su Yu's strength, he wasn't completely clueless about formations. After studying it for a bit, he nodded in satisfaction. The tower had the ability to suppress, while the numerous small doors were essentially independent sealing talismans.

Each door was also imbued with some power of time. In fact, there was so much power of time gathered in the tower that dark cracks were appearing in the space around the tower. It was as though space itself was being cut apart by the power of time that the tower was emanating.

The tower was also showing the potential to cut even the River of Time.

Great Ming King said, "The crucial moment has arrived. Myriad Door Tower. A formation per door. Silk Destroying, start powering the tower! Heavenly Seal, strengthen the sealing power. Tianyuan, imbue the power of time acceleration into the tower."

He roared, "The Myriad Door Tower is a formation formed of ten thousand formations! Strengthen each formation independently before combining them all into one to create a single, powerful formation. Any mistake when working with even one of the doors will cause the collapse of the tower. Time to go all out, everyone."

"Sure."

"Don't worry."

The others agreed readily.

Then, the countless doors scattered and spread all over the sky. The sight of so many doors floating up there in such an orderly manner was quite a spectacular one.

The various observers were dazzled by what they were seeing.

In a way, this was a demonstration of humanity's strength. One should never underestimate humanity just because the Human Realm had been connected to the Allheaven Battlefield late this epoch. Not one of these human Invincibles could be underestimated. Each of them was an expert with their own unique tricks and skills.

With Great Ming King in charge of keeping the formation stable, the others started working on the small doors. This time, none of them was holding back. Each was dripping with sweat, and their auras surged as they worked.

Each door would shine brightly after the work on it was completed.

Suddenly, Great Ming King complained, "Su Yu, you're not paying enough for this job! Your payment might seem generous, but it's not even as much as my sacrifice here! This is unacceptable!"

Su Yu laughed and said, "That won't be an issue. Work hard and I can at least take out ten carrier treasures or so out. I do need a lot of carrier treasures as well, but I'm not so poor that I can't afford this."

Great Ming King's eyes lit up.

With a roar, his aura surged as well. At the same time, he further stabilized the space around them and roared, "Don't forget your promise! I won't ask for much. I only need you to supply the carrier treasures for anyone within the first five generations of the Zhu Family whp has reached the level to attempt dao affirmation!"

Su Yu smiled, "Sure. But I need to live long enough for that to happen. If I were to die before then...well, the deal would be off."

"That won't be an issue!"

Great Ming King was overjoyed. He further increased the effort he was putting into the job.

The auras of the Invincibles working on the formation continued surging as they worked. Among them, Heavenly Seal King was the weakest. Silk Destroying King was a fifth-degree Eternal while Junior Zhou King was s sixth-degree Eternal. Meanwhile, Heavenly Seal King was only a fourth-degree Eternal.

Thus, he was the first to ask for a break. While breathing heavily, he said, "Slow down! Give me some time to rest!"

He had worked hard, squeezing both his physical and willpower strength dry for the project.

Seeing how tired they were, Su Yu asked the female furball about their bloodlines again. The female furball replied, "I don't sense the bloodlines of any human kings among them. But we don't know if any of them are hiding their strength. I can only know with a more thorough inspection."

That wouldn't do.

A thorough inspection was the same as a provocation.

One ought to remember that these people were here to help him. It would be fine if the person the female furball inspected just happened to be the traitor as well. But if that wasn't the case...well, things would be awkward. He would also ruin his reputation doing this.

No wonder Great Zhou King had said that this might not work. It was very hard to figure out if a top expert was actually holding back.

Su Yu narrowed his eyes. According to Xia Chen, the traitor was still not an Invincible before Xia Chen's death. All newly advanced Invincibles before his death were known to him.

It had been over three hundred years since his death. In that case, the traitor would be quite young. Someone that young wouldn't be too strong. Also, the traitor had no idea that Su Yu had a way of checking bloodlines. Thus, only a moment of carelessness was required for the traitor to expose himself.

Su Yu decided to be patient and keep waiting.

But for now, nothing much would happen. Thus, he went into the research center again. There, Heavenly Forge King was still dripping with sweat. The clanging sounds in the building thundered on as Heavenly Forge King worked. Instead of hammering away at the weapon, he was performing the forging with a unique flame this time.

Just by burning the weapon, he could achieve the effect of hammering the weapon. This was quite a powerful flame.

With a slight frown, Su Yu flickered and appeared right behind Heavenly Forge King all of a sudden. That gave Heavenly Forge King a scare, to the point he nearly failed the forging then and there. He roared in fury, "What are you doing?"

What was that? Was Su Yu trying to scare him or something? Why was this guy doing something like this all of a sudden?

Su Yu solemnly said, "Terrible work!"

"What?"

Heavenly Forge King was further infuriated. It was fine to complain about his speed. It was fine to complain about his style. But he couldn't accept someone criticizing his work in his most familiar field!

Both Zhao Li and Zhao Tianbing frowned. Clearly, the kid had grown overconfident lately.

They felt competitive toward Heavenly Forge King, but they would never criticize Heavenly Forge King's work. After all, that was the sole heaven weaponsmith of humanity.

However, Su Yu continued seriously, "I read about ancient weaponsmithing techniques before, I learned the Zhao Family's weaponsmithing style before, and I had also learned your style before. I can see that you're still holding back here."

Su Yu snorted and continued, "I invited you here to teach my teacher. We're not here to see you forge a random weapon without putting much effort into it."

A hammer appeared in Su Yu's hand.

"I will join the forging. If you're willing to go all out, follow my tempo. Otherwise, you may leave. Do you think I'm such an easy person to fool?"

"You..." The furious Heavenly Forge King said, "Fine. Do it. Let's see just how good you are at weaponsmithing. This is the very first time someone has insulted my weaponsmithing skills."

They were arguing quite loudly.

Thus, Great Zhou King and Great Xia King heard them as well. However, none bothered to interfere as this was an argument between weaponsmiths.

Su Yu sneered and said, "Sure. I'll show you what it means to forge with everything you have."

Boom!

Chapter 1623: Young And Rash (3)

Su Yu's hammer dropped down with 270-stacked vibrations.

The impact of the strike rippled over the whip.

Even space itself cracked from the impact.

Instantly, a golden stripe appeared on the whip. But Heavenly Forge King merely said, "You are trying to complete this with only brute force. Do you think—"

Su Yu ignored Heavenly Forge King and released his five elemental fire and fire of inheritance before bringing his hammer down again. He said, "Senior, don't talk before showing that you can keep up with me."

Heavenly Forge King snorted and released his fire as well.

Boom!

Unlike Su Yu, he was forging the whip with only his fire. But with Su Yu's inclusion, the vibrations from the whip were shaking his fire, forcing him to gnash his teeth and put more power into his fire. Instantly, more golden stripes appeared on the whip.

Then, he said, "This is too risky! Any carelessness will result in the destruction of the weapon!"

Su Yu said nonchalantly, "I don't lack money. This is the way to forge a stronger weapon. I want a strong weapon, not a cheap weapon. With the same set of materials, I can forge 120 golden stripes. The failure rate will be around 70 percent. As for you, you have a failure rate of 30 percent, but you can only forge 118 golden stripes."

Heavenly Forge King retorted furiously, "Stability naturally matters more in weaponsmithing!"

"Wrong. For weapons, only strength matters. You can always gather more materials when you fail. But it is too conservative to settle for 118 stripes when you can push for 120. This is a waste of materials."

In short, both of them differed in their philosophy of weaponsmithing.

Heavenly Forge King was still angry, but he did not bother arguing further. He sneered and said, "Sure. I'll play this game with you. Show me. Show me if you can keep saying these words after failing repeatedly and wasting all those materials."

"Fine by me."

Boom!

Once again, clanging sounds reverberated in the room while the very air itself trembled from their forging. Everyone was gasping in shock at the sheer amount of strength Su Yu was displaying. They finally understood just how strong he had grown.

The powerful vibrations caused Heavenly Forge King's body to tremble endlessly. He was forced to exert himself so much that even his veins were starting to show. However, he merely gnashed his teeth and pressed on to keep up with Su Yu's tempo.

He was unwilling to accept Su Yu's criticism. What was the big deal with being rich? He wanted to see with his own eyes if Su Yu could still be so arrogant after failing ten times and wasting all those resources.

As for Su Yu, he put his robes away and wore only his underpants as he continued hammering on. Eventually, even the entire research itself started shaking.

One golden stripe after another appeared on the whip.

Finally, Heavenly Forge King shouted while gasping for breath, "Reduce your brute force a bit. At this rate, the weapon will be destroyed the moment I fail to keep up!"

Su Yu coldly said, "If a professional heaven weaponsmith can't keep up with even an earth weaponsmith, that heaven weaponsmith must be a fake weaponsmith."

"I—"

Heavenly Forge King was so furious he felt like killing someone. Was that the point here? Su Yu's brute force was the main issue here. That brute force was the thing making it hard for him to keep up!

How was this related to his professionalism?

This was an issue of strength!

Damn it!

He was furious!

Nevertheless, he pushed on. Suddenly, one of his veins burst. Zhao Li hurriedly shouted, "Su Yu, slow down!"

However, Heavenly Forge King could no longer control his temper. He roared, "Keep going, Su Yu! Let's see who's the trash today! Do you think a heaven weaponsmith like me will lose to an earth weaponsmith like you?"

He could not accept someone questioning him in his specialty. He was the sole heaven weaponsmith of humanity. He wouldn't be able to face the embarrassment resulting from losing to Su Yu.

That damn bastard! He was determined to slap Su Yu's face for that humiliation. How dare a mere earth weaponsmith question him?

He could defeat Su Yu with his experience alone!

Su Yu sneered and said, "Sure. But make sure to not cry later. Don't worry. I can help you recover in the event of an injury. Let's see who will be the first to slip."

This became a competition between two top weaponsmiths. Yes. Su Yu was already a top weaponsmith.

His part in forging the Mark of Civilization alone made him one.

Sure, he was still quite lacking in forging actual heaven weapons, but he had Heavenly Forge King to back him up here. Thus, he could go all out without worry.

Boom!

More and more golden stripes appeared on the whip. Outside, quite a number of observers were sweating from anticipation. They really wanted to go inside and see what was happening with their own eyes.

They could feel that Su Yu was competing against Heavenly Forge King in weaponsmithing.

For weaponsmiths, an event like this was the same as...having countless supreme beauties in front of them, yet they weren't allowed to approach. Yes. That was how it felt. They were being driven mad by their desire to go inside and witness the event with their own eyes.

At one point, a projection of the whip appeared in the sky. Ninety-nine golden stripes could be seen on it. Even more stripes were appearing at a rapid speed.

The two weaponsmiths were essentially Invincibles in strength. When they were forging without holding back, the entire process was proceeding without any delay.

Su Yu continued showing off his skills by increasing the difficulty nonstop as the forging continued.

Boom!

When the hundredth stripe appeared, a Su character appeared alongside it. Yes. The golden stripe had transformed into a character.

Such a provocation further angered Heavenly Forge King.

Thus, a stronger stripe appeared alongside two characters: Heavenly Forge.

"Hu!"

Numerous people gasped in shock. This was...top-tier weaponsmiths at work!

Manifesting characters with golden stripes!

This was an incredibly rare sight. Then again, there wasn't a need to try so hard ordinarily. Not even Heavenly Forge King would waste his effort pulling off something like this. This wouldn't even increase the strength of the golden stripes. What was the point?

But Su Yu was showing off his skills. Thus, Heavenly Forge King had no choice but to follow. He couldn't allow himself to appear weak, right?

Hmph!

***

Su Yu continued forging without holding back.

At the same time, Zhao Tianbing sent a voice transmission to Zhao Li, "This student of yours is getting overconfident. From skills alone, he's not as good as Heavenly Forge King. I can see that he's trying to surpass Heavenly Forge King with his physical strength alone. But he's using too much force. At this rate, he might even injure Heavenly Forge King heavily. Such a victory won't be a true victory." Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novel✶fire.net

After all, this is a competition in weaponsmithing, not combat.

Su Yu...was lacking in class here.

After all, he was using an alternative method to seek victory in a competition of skills.

Zhao Li frowned and replied, "He's still too young. And youngsters are all rash. I'll scold him later. His rise has been too smooth, resulting in such unbridled arrogance."

Zhao Li was quite displeased as well. This was not the sort of victory a weaponsmith should seek. In fact, it was an embarrassment to seek a victory in weaponsmithing this way.

However, Heavenly Forge King merely gnashed his teeth and pushed on in anger. He refused to admit defeat in a competition of strength.

Boom!

Once again, he put more strength into his fire. At the same time, numerous characters appeared to stabilize the space around him. The vibrational forces created by Su Yu had been assaulting him nonstop.

Eventually, Heavenly Forge King split his three bodies and manifested his River of Time. Then, he drained the power of his past and future to continue forging. With a sneer, he said, "Bring it on!"

He would not accept defeat here! And finally, the 108th golden stripe appeared. At that point, shining clouds were starting to form in the sky. It was still unknown if they would be rewarded for this weapon.

When the 109th golden stripe was about to appear, Su Yu gnashed his teeth and slammed his hammer down hundreds of times in a row.

Heavenly Forge King exclaimed, "This will destroy the weapon!"

"No, I'm confident!"

"Confident your mother!"

Boom!

Just then, a powerful force swept through the entire academy. An incomparably powerful yet unstable source qi undulation rippled out of the whip.

Heavenly Forge King was flustered and exasperated.

Su Yu had ruined the weapon!

The weapon was on the verge of exploding!

Heavenly Forge King was unwilling to let the materials go to waste, not when the weapon was on the verge of becoming a heaven weapon.

"Damn it!"

Heavenly Forge King was so furious he was cursing verbally again. Seeing that the stubborn Su Yu was about to continue, he sent Su Yu flying with a kick, roared, and released even more of his strength. His aura, his life force, and his willpower surged. His veins burst one after another as his fire turned into a raging sea of flames before destroying to berserk source qi around them.

Then, the weapon was forcefully suppressed.

"Down."

"Settle!"

"Destroy!"

One character after another was used while rumbling sounds rang out repeatedly. Finally, shining clouds started dropping from the sky. After coughing a mouthful of blood, the pale Heavenly Forge King glared at Su Yu and snorted before asking, "Who won?"

He won!

That bastard had nearly ruined the weapon! He was right! Excessive force was the wrong choice here! As the one to save the weapon from destruction, this was naturally his victory. Just look at that egotistical brat. Who did the brat think he was?

Did the brat think he was good enough to prevail over the great Heavenly Forge King in weaponsmithing?

What a joke.

With a slight frown, Su Yu flew over, grabbed the whip, and took his Mark of Civilization out to further suppress the whip. While doing so, he inadvertently touched some of Heavenly Forge King's blood.

Immediately after, a voice rang out in his mind, "Not him. He has a normal bloodline."

Su Yu exhaled in relief. With a helpless expression, he placed the whip down, cupped his fists, and said, "I lost. Please forgive me for my ignorance. I was too impatient. Sure enough, my weaponsmithing skills are still lacking. My apologies, Senior. You will be in charge of all the weaponsmithing after this. You can have thirty percent of the final products."

Heavenly Forge King's fury dropped significantly upon hearing those words. He snorted and said, "Well, at least you're not a sore loser. You're still young. It's understandable to be rash. But remember this. In weaponsmithing, I am number one among humanity."

Su Yu nodded and sighed, "Yes. I understand that."

Then, he cupped his fists and Zhao Li and Zhao Tianbing before sighing again, "Teacher, I have shamed the Zhao style. From now on, I will cease forging weapons in front of others before becoming a heaven weaponsmith."

Zhao Li didn't know what to say. After a long while, he said sternly, "Failure is not scary. Do not be arrogant in victory. Do not be discouraged in defeat. Stability is not necessarily the only path in weaponsmithing. I am supportive of your aggressive weaponsmithing. It's not the wrong path."

Not long ago, he was still thinking of berating Su Yu. But looking at Su Yu's defeated look, he looked at Heavenly Forge King and snorted. Then, he looked at Zhao Tianbing and said, "Senior Brother, go. Forge aggressively and exchange some pointers with Heavenly Forge King. Teach him that the Zhao style is not inferior to any weaponsmithing style!"

Zhao Tianbing nodded. He looked at Heavenly Forge King and smiled, "Senior, Su Yu is a junior. He doesn't know the Zhao style too well. Since this weapon is still incomplete, why don't we work on it together?"

Heavenly Forge King smiled with contempt and said, "Bring it on. Su Yu couldn't do it. You won't be able to do it either!"

At that, Zhao Tianbing rose into the air and took his hammer out. He would continue the competition with Heavenly Forge King to determine the true superior style.

Only they were allowed to whip their kid. How could an outsider like Heavenly Forge King, whip their kid and claim that his weaponsmithing style was the best? The Zhao style would not bow!

Rumble!

The weaponsmithing continued.

Meanwhile, Su Yu had completely lost interest in the weapon.

This wasn't even his true purpose here. Why were they taking things so seriously?

So be it. They could keep at it.

He had something else to do.

He was now sure that Heavenly Forge King did not have the bloodline of Control King. That left Heavenly Seal King as the number one suspect and Silk Destroying King as the number two suspect.

Before long, Su Yu left the research center.

***

Outside, Great Xia King smiled and said, "Did you just suffer a defeat? This isn't a bad thing for a youngster like you."

Hah! Did reality just slap the kid across his face?

The kid was too arrogant. He had challenged even Heavenly Forge King in weaponsmithing. Was he happy now?

Su Yu replied nonchalantly, "I'm still young. I'm only twenty. Wait a few years and I'll forge a divine weapon. At that point, there will be no question as to who is the better weaponsmith."

Great Xia King sighed. That slap from reality was clearly not strong enough.

Noticing that Su Yu was now focusing on Great Ming King's group, Great Zhou King's eyes flickered. Had Heavenly Forge King been cleared of suspicion?

Su Yu...was truly quite impressive when it came to these odd tricks.

Well, this wasn't a bad thing. For Great Zhou King, the fact that Heavenly Forge King was not the traitor was worthy of celebration. After all, Heavenly Forge King was the one who had produced the majority of weapons used by human Invincibles.

It would be too much of a loss for him to be the traitor.

Losing anyone else was better than losing Heavenly Forge King. For Great Zhou King, this was great news.

At that thought, Great Zhou King smiled widely. Just then, Great Xia King's voice rang out in his ears, "Why are you taking joy in the suffering of others? Sure, you can do it. But don't be too obvious about it. This kid is very petty. He might take it personally if you smile when he's in a bad mood!"

Great Zhou King's smile merely widened upon hearing that.

Noticing what was happening, Su Yu smiled at Great Zhou King as well. From his smile, it almost looked like he was happier than Great Zhou King. No communication was needed between the two. They understood each other well.

To the side, Great Xia King sighed again. Sure enough, the kid had decided to mark Great Zhou King in his little book of revenge. Sigh. The kid was still too childish. Even if he wanted to keep a grudge against someone, he shouldn't make it so obvious.

Just look at that smile. Even a fool would know what he was thinking!

"Hehehe!"

Both Su Yu and Great Zhou King started smiling and nodding at each other.

At that, Great Xia King shivered. Why...did it feel so eerie when the two were smiling at each other?

Would they...fight for real?

"Cough."

Great Xia King coughed, stood between the two, and smiled, "See, the formation is progressing nicely. Old Zhu is as impressive as ever."

He decided to be nice and play peacemaker. The two should calm down!

Su Yu blanked out slightly before laughing. What was Great Xia King doing? As for Great Zhou King, he laughed as well. Old Xia...sigh. Such were warriors. How pitiful. This was how it was. These warriors would always be overconfident in their intelligence.

Great Zhou King couldn't even be bothered to explain. He decided to let Great Xia King continue and enjoy the show instead.

Chapter 1624: How Lucky! (1)

Heavenly Forge King was forging alongside Zhao Tianbing.

As for Su Yu, he was ignoring Great Xia King. It was pointless to say anything to the clueless guy. He doubted Great Xia King would understand even with an explanation.

Great Xia King should just focus on being the number one pretty boy or the cool, handsome guy instead. Su Yu had to admit that Great Xia King was still quite handsome when standing there coldly. But the moment Great Xia King spoke, that image would collapse.

Su Yu was focusing on the ones working on the formation. Or to be precise, he was focusing on Silk Destroying King and Heavenly Seal King. The two were the biggest suspects at the moment.

Silk Destroying King was the creator of the Time technique. It was also said that he had the bloodline of a human king. But nobody knew which bloodline it was.

"Lord Flat, has Silk Destroying King revealed his bloodline?"

"Not yet."

The reply was short.

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. Silk Destroying King had yet to go all out. Perhaps the part where he had to play a heavy role had yet to arrive? There were about ten thousand doors in the formation. At the moment, only a few hundred of them had been worked on. They were still far from completion.

At that thought, Su Yu said, "Silk Destroying King, I know the Time technique as well. If you're tired, I can take over for a bit while you rest."

"Me? Tired?" Silk Destroying King laughed and said, "I'm fine. I'm far from my limit. This is just the start."

Su Yu smiled, "Good. I thought you were already tired when I saw the slow progress."

"Slow?"

Silk Destroying King rolled his eyes. Why would speed matter here? There was no need to complete the formation in one day. Was Su Yu trying to vent his anger after a defeat at Heavenly Forge's hands?

What did a brute like him know? Why was the kid feeling so confident with only a tiny bit of brute strength? Did the kid even understand how incredible the power of laws was?

Silk Destroying King couldn't be bothered to reply. He continued working on the small doors. One door after another was completed before being rearranged into a tower by Great Ming King.

Su Yu continued watching silently. Before long, someone flew over. It was Qin Zhen. When he arrived, he flashed Su Yu a stiff and awkward smile. Clearly, he was the same as his father. They were both bad at smiling, yet both would often insist on smiling. The end result was an awkward smile each time they tried to smile.

He looked at Great Xia King and Great Zhou King before saying, "Uncle Xia, Uncle Zhou, the representatives of the various prefectures are asking if the conference should proceed."

The sky was already dark. Or to be precise, a new day was arriving soon. Thus, they couldn't help but wonder if they should proceed with the conference.

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Great Zhou King said, "Don't mind them. They can work on their formation and weapons while you guys discuss the proposals. This conference was never meant for old timers like us. Our absence won't change anything."

Qin Zhen nodded and said, "Understood. I'll tell them about this. Do we hold the conference in the prefect's residence?"

"No. Just do it in the academy." Great Zhou King smiled and said, "That will make it easier for us to listen in as well."

Qin Zhen did not protest. For him, the venue did not matter. After flashing Su Yu another smile, he left.

After thinking for a bit, Great Zhou King said to Su Yu, "The conference would probably last quite a while. There is no rush for you to make your decision. Do not rush into anything. Take your time and win them over slowly. It's not necessarily a bad thing for there to be some opposition. We only need the end result to be favorable to us."

Winning them over slowly?

Su Yu was feeling doubtful. What was the meaning of this? Were they trying to buy time? Was the conference supposed to last like ten days or so? Noticing Su Yu's confusion, Great Zhou King started hesitating. In truth, he was worried that Su Yu might ruin their plan. He had intended to keep Su Yu clueless as well.

But...Su Yu was crazy enough that he might really start killing with enough provocation. What a troublesome kid.

Thus, Great Zhou King smiled and said, "By the way, you mentioned about the artificial character production previously. Since they are all still busy here, why don't we go and take a look now?"

"Now?"

Su Yu blanked out again. Why now? Was Great Zhou King trying to talk in private? Was this related to the traitor?

"Are we going to Great Zhou?"

"Yes!"

Su Yu frowned again.

Great Xia King coughed awkwardly and said, "I'll go with you."

Both he and Great Ming King were the assigned guardians of Su Yu during his time in the Human Realm. Since Great Ming King was busy with the formation, he had to pick up the slack. It wasn't that he was suspicious of Old Zhou, but it one could never be too safe, right?

However, Su Yu disagreed. "It's fine. You don't need to come with us, Great Xia King. This is the Human Realm. I doubt the myriad races have the courage to send Daofuses after me here. Even if they do somehow try something so reckless, this is the Human Realm. I only need Great Zhou King to block them for a short moment to open a death tunnel and leave."

Great Xia King wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

Great Zhou King smiled and said, "Let's do it this way, Old Xia. It will be fine. With me around, Su Yu will be fine."

After thinking about it, Great Xia King sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "Just be careful. You can always go later. There is no need to go now. When the formation is completed, both Old Zhu and I can go with you."

"I understand." Su Yu nodded. He then acted like he hadn't heard the suggestion and looked at Great Zhou King, "Great Zhou King, shall we?"

"Sure." Great Zhou King laughed and said, "I'm afraid you will be disappointed by what you see there."

"Hopefully not."

Great Zhou King said nothing else. After giving another look at Silk Destroying King and the others, Su Yu became certain that it would take them quite a while to finish. It was pointless to keep waiting here. He might as well leave for a bit. Perhaps this would be enough to help the traitor relax slightly.

As for the possibility of Great Zhou King being an enemy...

Well. The female furball was around.

***

Before long, both Su Yu and Great Zhou King started heading toward Great Zhou.

Great Ming King, who was working on the formation, noticed their departure and asked, "Where are they going?"

Great Xia King said, "Old Zhou is showing him the production of the artificial characters."

"Go with them!"

Old Qin had reminded them repeatedly to stay with Su Yu at all times. They couldn't risk having anything bad happen to Su Yu in the Human Realm. The trouble from that could be more than what humanity could handle.

Great Xia King switched to voice transmission and said, "Old Zhou seemed to have something to talk about with the kid. Also, you're all busy with the formation. The elites of the thirty-six prefectures are here. It is too easy for someone to kill them all. That would be a lot more troublesome. Just trust Old Zhou once. I think it will be fine."

"..."

Great Ming King was left speechless. He trusted Old Zhou as well. But...what if? Right?

So be it. Su Yu was no fool. He wouldn't have left with Great Zhou King if he were suspicious of Great Zhou King. It was either that or he was confident enough to face even Great Zhou King alone.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu and Great Zhou King were walking casually in thin air.

They looked like they were taking a casual stroll, but each step of theirs could cross vast distances. Unlike Great Xia King, Great Zhou King was a lot better at being a tour guide. With a smile, he started introducing the name, history, jokes, and mysteries of the cities below them.

He was able to easily quote the history books as he introduced these cities. He was also aware of the latest gossip and the running rumors in these cities.

Su Yu listened silently. After a while, he said, "You sure have a firm grasp on everything that is happening in the Human Realm."

Great Zhou King smiled and said, "That's normal. As a cultural researcher, I enjoy overthinking. It's the same for Great Ming King. Where did you think all those storytellers in Great Ming came from?"

Su Yu said nothing. True. That seemed to be the case. In Great Ming, storytellers were everywhere. This was an incredibly large network of information.

When they left Great Xia's border, Great Zhou King said, "You're trying to dig the second traitor out. But...it's very difficult."

"Very difficult?" Su Yu frowned and said, "I already narrowed my list of suspects to only a few people. Things will probably proceed smoothly unless you interfere."

"I won't interfere. It's pointless." Great Zhou King said, "I want to dig the traitor out as well. But think from the traitor's perspective. As a traitor, would you expose yourself so easily? I don't know what method you're using to look for the traitor. Perhaps you're trying to rely on something like bloodline, aura, or character. But how sure are you that your method is reliable?"

"What?" Su Yu didn't understand.

Great Zhou King thought about it and explained, "The traitor is a meticulous and careful person. That is no ordinary man. I would have discovered him long ago otherwise. He rarely acted, or to be precise, he had only acted once so far. Inciting Fiery Sea to kill Ye Batian. That was the only time he had ever acted.

"I doubt he had participated directly in the attack against Ye Batian. He was probably unrelated to Liu Family's destruction as well. Fiery Sea tried to use the Liu Family to force Liu Wenyan's hand, but do you think the traitor would manipulate all these events personally? I suspect that the traitor had gone inactive after inciting Fiery Sea once. Even the information gathered by Ji Hong might be a mere misdirection. How are you sure that the traitor was unaware of Ji Hong's previous investigation?"

Su Yu frowned and said, "Are you saying that the traitor knows that we know about him? Thus, nobody knows about him except himself. Is that right?"

"Yes!" Great Zhou King said, "If I were the traitor, I wouldn't trust anyone except myself as well. Thus, even your investigation result might be fake."

Su Yu frowned again. What was this? Was Great Zhou King trying to mislead him from the traitor? Or was Great Zhou King being honest here?

"Do you have a list of suspects?"

"Of course." Great Zhou King said, "It has been so many years. It is only natural for me to have my suspects as well. Perhaps our suspects are the same. Heavenly Forge, Heavenly Seal, and Silk Destroying. Did you remove your suspicion of Heavenly Forge?"

Su Yu nodded, "For the most part. Unless he's much better at hiding than expected, and he also has the assistance of a living Invincible, he is probably not the traitor. I even collected some of his blood to check. His blood has the aura of a living Invincible. This can't be faked unless he had prepared the blood of a living human Invincible I have never met in advance."

Great Zhou King nodded, "I'm actually glad to hear that."

He added, "Put the matter regarding the traitor aside for now. The conference will start tomorrow. Try to drag the conference out for us. I believe you have your own plans here, but it doesn't matter. You can also handle your father's birthday celebration as you see fit. Just drag things out for us."

"Why?"

"We need time." Great Zhou King said, "Keep everyone focused on Great Xia. Make Great Xia the center of attention for some time. Can you do that?"

Su Yu frowned.

Great Zhou King laughed and said, "This won't harm you."

"I need to know the reason."

"Reason?" Great Zhou King said, "Nothing special. Old Qin, the others, and I are planning a mission. But we need to leave in secret, so we need everyone distracted for a bit."

Su Yu thought about it. A mission? A mission involving both Great Qin King and Great Zhou King would be no simple mission. Also, they wouldn't be going alone. Both of them were already the current strongest experts among humanity. Was this a mission against a Daofuse?

Not even a regular ninth-degree Eternal would require such a level of preparation from them.

Daofuse? Who? Which Daofuse would need handling at a time like this?

Several names emerged on Su Yu's mind as he asked, "Dragons? Or celestial chasms?"

It was unlikely that the target would be someone from the three major races. They were too strong. Humanity would not gain any advantage from killing the Daofuse of those races. In fact, humanity might lose more during the process.