Tribulation of Myriad Races

Marquis Xia was getting more and more confused. He sent a reply to the Nanyuan Sunmoon, “It’s not the same person. A Mountainsea was just killed in Great Wu. Investigate this properly. Did you notice anything from the deaths in Nanyuan?”

“The assassin is probably still in the city. The formation I laid around the city is still intact.”

“Did they discover anything before they were killed? What is the similarity between the victims? Are there any other clues?”

“Similarity?” After thinking for a long time, the Sunmoon replied, “The only similarity is the fact that they’re all here for the ruin. I don’t know anything else. Maybe they really found something we’re not aware of. After all, they all went to Su Yu’s house before. I don’t know if they managed to find anything there.”

Inside the prefect’s residence. Marquis Xia was rapping on his desk as he contemplated. They were all there for the ruin. And they had all visited Su Yu’s house before. His eyes flickered. Su Yu’s house.

After a long while, he sighed and said, “Stop your investigation. Withdraw your people from Nanyuan. Tell them that the Xia Family will no longer get involved. Tell those outsiders that apart from disturbing the locals, they are free to do what they want. Remove the blockade.”

“Marquis!”

“Just do it.”

Marquis Xia ended the conversation. He reclined against the chair and sneered. Who was the culprit? Was it someone Su Yu sent? He wasn’t sure. That was only a guess. But so what? Why should he care about those dead outsiders? Since they were so interested in the ruin, he would let them search to their hearts’ content.

Nanyuan.

The Sunmoon frowned. Withdrawing? Was that appropriate?

Despite his hesitation, he still followed the order. After looking around him, he coldly said, “I spoke to the marquis. According to the marquis, since all of you have made the decision to come yourself, the Xia Family is not responsible for your safety. Since we can’t find the killer, we won’t waste more effort on it. Everyone, deal with it yourself.”

After saying that, he soared into the sky and vanished. His voice rang out, “Martial Dragon Guards will be withdrawing from Nanyuan. Nobody is allowed to damage any property or harm any locals in Nanyuan. Any damage done will require compensation a hundred times the value. Apart from that, all of you are free to do what you want.”

With that, the Martial Dragon Guards began their withdrawal from the city. All the outsiders looked at each other in dismay. The Xia Family was going to ignore this? Damn it! A ninth-stage Cloudbreach had just been killed! Why was the Xia Family ignoring this?

If the Xia Family was ignoring this, what should they do? Just what was the killer planning?

On the rooftop, Su Yu walked out of the ring and frowned, “Is the Xia Family withdrawing? How can they be so irresponsible? This will be too dangerous for us. Since the sun is out, I’ll be taking my leave as well. Are you guys leaving?”

Huang He also looked shaken as he said, “Holy shit! The Xia Family is really withdrawing? But…the murders were committed within their territory…”

Su Yu rolled his eyes, “Nobody from the Xia Family has been killed. They’re all outsiders. Do you think the Xia Family is really happy that so many outsiders are here to look for the ruin? We should be celebrating the fact that they’re not the ones doing something against us. Now that someone else is venting this anger for them, it is natural that they won’t care. If I’m in their position, I’ll do the same as well. I don’t know how many more people will die after this.”

Huang He nodded helplessly, “True. The Xia Family is already being very nice by not doing anything to us. They won’t care if outsiders like us die. It’s time for us to leave. This is too scary. That was a ninth-stage Cloudbreach. Someone like that was killed so easily!

“The killer won’t be weaker than the Mountainsea Realm. And it is even possible that the killer is a Sunmoon. It is not surprising that the Xia Family isn’t bothered to fight an opponent like that for our sake. They are basically giving the killer the green light to keep killing.”

Huang He gloomily decided to run as well. Nobody knew who would die next. Someone capable of instantly killing a ninth-stage Cloudbreach was actually hiding in a tiny city like Nanyuan. This was too scary. Su Yu directly put his portable ring away.

Looking at the panicking people around the building, he yelled, “Is anyone interested in going to Great Xia City with us? We’re going to the capital. The journey might be dangerous. I’m scared of death. Is there any brother out there with a late-stage Mountainsea dao protector interested in traveling with me? I am willing to give you a profound-grade cultural weapon for your trouble.”

Su Yu shouted loudly, “Profound-grade cultural weapons are very expensive!”

One of the people there asked, “Brother Cui…is it going to be a cultural weapon you forge yourself?”

For these people, a profound-grade cultural weapon wasn’t anything rare. But a lot of people knew that Cui Lang was a weaponsmith. Thus, they were curious.

Su Yu said, “Of course. Why should a weaponsmith like me buy a weapon instead of forging one myself?”

That attracted the attention of many Mountainseas. Profound-grade weaponsmith! Sure, he wasn’t as impressive as earth-grade weaponsmiths, but even in the entirety of Great Xia, there was only one earth-grade weaponsmith. Thus, one could say that profound-grade weaponsmiths were the mainstay of the weaponsmithing field.

A Mountainsea asked in surprise, “Cui Lang, did you advance into a profound weaponsmith?”

“What a stupid question.” A profound weaponsmith enjoyed a considerably high status, so there was no need for him to hold back. He rolled his eyes and said, “Why should I lie? Any late-stage Mountainseas willing to provide us with protection? I will pay for your service with profound cultural weapons. Of course, it will only be early profound-grade cultural weapons. I can’t forge anything better than that.”

A profound-grade cultural weapon wasn’t much, so a Mountainsea countered the offer, “I can escort you, but as payment, you need to serve as a retainer of my family for a few years. What do you think?”

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, “Are you dreaming? Great Ming tried to make me stay as an intermediate researcher and I rejected that offer. Becoming your retainer? Dream on. If you’re not interested, so be it. I’m going to leave either way. You guys can keep staying here if you want. This shitty place is getting more and more dangerous. If you’re below the Mountainsea Realm, you better watch your back as you can die at any moment. You won’t even get the chance to call for help.”

Some of the people there were regretful to hear that. This was a profound weaponsmith! But they had no way of recruiting him. Truly worthy of being a wastrel capable of seducing the granddaughter of a ninth-stage Sunmoon.

If that Sunmoon from Great Tang found out that this fellow had become a profound weaponsmith, he would probably stop objecting to the relationship between this fellow and his granddaughter. After all, this kid was still so young. He had more than enough time to become an earth-grade weaponsmith in his lifetime.

Like Great Xia, Great Tang only had a single earth-grade weaponsmith. Thus, Cui Lang would be greatly treasured there. Someone like that would enjoy the status of a Sunmoon.

Su Yu asked, “Anyone? Is nobody interested in going to Great Xia City? Elder Hong is going to open the Multiple Character Faculty, right? The myriad race students are coming soon, right? Is nobody interested to go there and enjoy the spectacle? Come on, let’s go together.”

“Are you guys still dreaming about the ruin? If the ruin can be found so easily, Invincibles would be here long ago. There wouldn’t be anything left for you.”

Su Yu continued shouting, “I’m leaving. This place is too dangerous. Is anyone coming?”

Someone laughed and said, “Brother Cui, let’s travel together.”

Su Yu looked over and smiled, “So it’s Brother Zhou. Sure. With holy land students and holy land Mountainsea protectors, our journey will be perfectly safe. Hahaha!”

Su Yu soared into the sky. Huang He and his friend hurriedly followed behind Su Yu.

Su Yu landed in front of Zhou Hongbo and said, “Brother Zhou, you are truly a good guy. I’ll be troubling you guys for a bit. If you need it, I can forge a custom weapon for you. But I doubt you lack something like a profound cultural weapon…”

Zhou Hongbo smiled, “Nobody will complain about having too many profound cultural weapons. Let me thank you in advance, Brother Cui. Also, congratulations for becoming a profound weaponsmith. You are truly incredible. There are no more than fifty earth weaponsmiths in the entire Human Realm. As for profound weaponsmiths, there are probably around a thousand of them. Split between so many prefectures, there aren’t that many of you in each prefecture. It is truly incredible that you can reach this level at your age.”

Yes. There were only about a thousand profound weaponsmiths among humanity. Split among the various prefectures, there were only around thirty per prefecture. In terms of rarity, they were rarer than Mountainseas.

Su Yu smiled, “It’s nothing special. Great Xia doesn’t have that many weaponsmiths, but there are a lot of us in Great Ming. I know at least fifty of them. There are probably more unknown weaponsmiths in hiding. We’re nothing in Great Ming. And I’m only at the early stage. We have at least two living earth weaponsmiths in the Great Ming Cultural Research Academy. I don’t know if there are more, though.”

“Great Ming’s weaponsmithing faction is indeed amazing.”

Zhou Hongbo nodded. The Mountainsea behind him had been very indifferent to Su Yu during their previous meeting. But now, he smiled, “Young Friend Cui is indeed an incredible talent in this path. If you’re interested, I can help you join the Knowledge Seeking Academy as an intermediate researcher.”

Beside him, the woman from the War Shrine Academy said, “If you’re interested, I can also help you join the War Shrine Academy.”

A thirty-year-old profound weaponsmith was basically someone with a bright future. Huang He and Liu Li could only look on with envy. Damn it. A genius would indeed be subjected to special treament everywhere. The elders of the two holy land academies were personally recruiting him. How admirable.

But Su Yu did not show any interest. “I’ll think about it. Thanks for the offer. Unfortunately, I’m used to a life without discipline. Rather than going to the holy land and working hard there, I would rather accept that grandpa in Great Tang…”

“…”

They could only shut their mouths helplessly.

Su Yu smiled, “Are you not going to continue your search in Nanyuan? This place is dangerous for the others, but that might not be the case for those from the two holy lands. Who would dare to lay their hands on you guys? Are they courting death?”

Zhou Hongbo shook his head, “No. If we stay, things might really get dangerous for us.”

He turned to look in the direction of Su Yu’s home and softly said, “We need to leave as soon as possible. Some people are probably not happy to see us here. I only wonder if that person is here himself. Or maybe only his agents are here…”

They had been wondering who the culprit was. And Su Yu was one of the biggest suspects. After all, they were all here for his ruin. But was Su Yu influential enough to send an expert assassin over?

Perhaps it was Great Ming. Would Great Ming really go that far for Su Yu? Would they even start killing outside their prefecture for him? It would be fine if it happened within their territory. But doing it outside their borders would cause them some trouble upon exposure. Since Cui Lang was also a member of Great Ming, they didn’t feel like telling him their guesses.

Su Yu smiled, “In that case, I won’t say anything else. I’ll be leaving for sure. Who knows if more will die after this? I am definitely not interested in getting dragged into this mess.”

He smiled and looked at the others, wondering if they would leave. If they remained stubborn, he would find a chance to kill all of them. In truth, a lot of people were already thinking of leaving.

Since the Xia Family was withdrawing, this place would become a lot more dangerous. Before long, a few more people offered to travel with Su Yu. There were too few experts in Nanyuan. But things would be different in the capital. Could Great Xia afford to let the capital sink into chaos?

Furthermore, a lot of outside Sunmoons had arrived in the capital as of late. Thus, they would be much safer there. Before long, around eighteen geniuses and their dao protectors were gathered. They were going to leave together.