Tribulation of Myriad Races

First Profound had actually provided him with a good idea on how he could deal with the pavilion. Clearly, this elder was not a good person either. Just look at how the elder was instigating him to unmask and kill his fellow members.

It was lucky First Profound was not aware of what Su Yu was thinking or he would really start coughing blood from sheer anger. When in the world did he instigate this brat to kill their members?

Recalling something, Su Yu asked, “Elder, what race are you from?”

“No comment.”

“Are you a divine or a devil?”

“No!” First Profound knew what Su Yu was thinking. He said, “Profound Nine only approached you due to my instructions. I’m not a divine or a devil. If I were, there wouldn’t be a need for me to do so. To kill you, tracking you once or twice won’t work. You can destroy the mask at any time to avoid tracking.”

“You never know.”

That was all Su Yu had to say. With sufficient preparation, tracking him once would be enough. Were they supposed to let him go to try killing him a second time? He could never trust the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

“What is the goal of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? Is making money the only goal?”

“No. We exist to stimulate the potential in the myriad geniuses, allowing geniuses to become bigger geniuses and experts to become bigger experts. Through their growth, we wish to promote the growth of the Myriad Realms…”

“Ahh, I understand. So the pavilion’s goal is sowing chaos. By encouraging geniuses and experts to kill each other, the victors will grow stronger. The pavilion’s ultimate purpose is to become an excellent war merchant.”

“…”

The elder was left completely speechless. That made too much sense. Wow. Su Yu was indeed smart. He had instantly understood the true purpose of the pavilion. First Profound felt like he had nothing to teach Su Yu anymore. After all, Su Yu already learned everything himself.

Su Yu had reached that conclusion through his own experience. Just look at what these people had been doing. For example, they had played a big role during the Heavendoom City incident. They had been selling the whereabouts of Su Yu and his enemies to each other, escalating the conflict further and further.

Meanwhile, they were profiting off the parties involved in the conflict. How could they make more money without wars and conflicts? They had been doing the exact same thing during the most recent incident. Because of the chaos created by Su Yu, they were able to earn a massive profit off the conflict.

At that thought, Su Yu said, “The pavilion earned a lot through me from the most recent incident. That should be counted as part of my sales. Where’s my commission?”

“…”

The elder was rendered speechless. After a short moment, he answered, “You weren’t a member before this. Someone else has been credited for the sales made during this incident. White One was the one who had remained in the city and arranged for all the communications, he was given the credit.”

“White One!”

Su Yu decided to remember that name. That person owed him a lot of money. Those sales belonged to him, not White One.

“Isn’t the share too small? Only 0.1?”

Su Yu could hardly motivate himself to work hard with such a small share.

“That’s not small at all. You can also sell any special information you know to the pavilion. For example, if you sell any information about the ancient city that is known by you alone, you can bargain for a good price. Remember that for the recent incident, White One wasn’t the only one with the information about what was happening in the city.”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. White One wasn’t able to get a good bargain for the recent incident since Mo Duona and the other index copy holders were also aware of what was going on in the city.

“Will you betray me, Elder?”

“I won’t.” The elder explained, “Even if I decide to track you, the mask will alert you about it. This is the special privilege enjoyed by white masks. The moment I try doing so, your mask will start glowing. I will only track you during emergencies or situations where we lost contact with you. That’s the main reason we maintain our ability to track our members. We’re not doing that so that we can kill our own members.”

“Really?”

“I’m not lying!”

“Fine. Try tracking me.”

“…”

First Profound rolled his eyes and said, “Every tracking costs a decent amount of energy. Treasures like source qi liquid, blood essence, heavenearth profound light, heavenly source qi, and so on can be used as the fuel…”

“Yes, yes. Try it.”

Holy shit!

Was this guy not listening? It wasn’t free!

After stealing a glance at the other elders and making sure that nobody was paying attention, he stealthily sent some energy into his directory. Soon, it flickered slightly.

Done.

A row of words floated in front of his eyes. He said, “You’re inside our Grandstar branch.”

“So the tracking can actually be so accurate?”

Looking at his shining mask, Su Yu rushed out and vanished far away in the blink of an eye.

“Elder, try tracking me again…”

“Su Yu!”

First Profound was starting to feel annoyed. He said, “Out of respect for your astonishing talent, I have been patient with you. I wouldn’t have wasted my time entertaining anyone else with your level of cultivation. Do not push it too far.”

“I’m dying. What’s the point of talent?”

Whatever. How stingy. But Su Yu was glad to learn that he could sense any attempt to track him. Of course, there was always the possibility that this was a lie. Perhaps the glow was deliberately created by the elder to feed him with this lie.

“You’re rich enough to stay alive for quite some time. As a member, we might even be able to collect your corpse after you die. That might benefit us too.”

“I’ll become a death spirit after dying. How are you supposed to collect my corpse? Stop lying.”

Once again, First Profound was left speechless. This time, he could find no counter to Su Yu’s argument. Whatever. It was too tiring to communicate with Su Yu. It was clear that Su Yu had zero fear or respect for him.

But that was understandable. Anyone capable of surviving the siege of several Invincibles would lose all respect and fear toward Sunmoons. Furthermore, this guy was already an insanely brazen person in the first place.

He wouldn’t have dared to set up such a massive scam otherwise.

***

First Profound ended the connection.

This time, Su Yu was the one left speechless. The elder had actually hung up on him. What a pity. He still had a lot of questions about the pavilion. For example, he hadn’t even gotten the chance to ask about the Heavenly Hunt Index.

How could that elder be so impatient? He had only asked a few questions. Why was the elder so grumpy?

Then again, he had finally figured out the functions of the book and the mask. The mask could be used as a method of communication between superiors and subordinates. As for the book, it was used to communicate with the headquarters and the communication center manned by the Yellow Department.

“Should I destroy the mask?”

He took off the mask and stared at it. He was starting to hesitate. This thing was actually quite useful. Through it, he could contact the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion at any time. He would even receive a forty percent discount for his purchases with the pavilion.

Furthermore, it was an earth weapon with the ability to help with concealment. He was finding it hard to part with something so useful. He was also curious about the ten black masks subordinate to him.

He hurriedly took out the Heavenly Hunt Directory and flipped it open. The information he was looking for was available on the very first page.

“Profound Nine Black 01…”

What…was this codename? With one look, one would be able to see that this was a black mask under Profound Nine. In short, this was Profound Nine’s number one lackey. While shaking his head, Su Yu continued reading. The information given was quite short and concise.

2685th Profound Nine Black 01. Real name: Luoerduo Bazhe, earthfire devil, Cloudbreach.

Earthfire devil?

The devils were his enemies! There was actually a devil under him! That wasn’t important. More importantly, what was the codename of the rainbow masks under this black mask? Su Yu was very curious about that.

Profound Nine Black 01 Rainbow 01?

Was that how this worked?

As for the gray mask under the rainbow mask, the codename would be Profound Nine Black 01 Rainbow 01 Gray 01?

Holy shit!

Su Yu started wondering if the lower-ranked masks would simply forget their codenames. It would be way too long. Then again, through this system, everything was clear. The codename itself made the line of command clear.

Should he change his codename to First Profound White Profound Nine instead? That would serve as the proof that he was serving under First Profound Elder, right?

All sorts of random thoughts emerged in his mind. He was quite curious about the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Or to be precise, he was more curious about their wealth. They were too rich. It was as though they could offer anything one could dream of.

After becoming an elder, he could even enter the headquarters. But there were Invincibles there…Well, perhaps it was only a matter of time before he paid the headquarters a visit. He wondered if all their treasures were stored there. Or perhaps some were kept in the branches as well. The Grandstar branch was probably empty because it had been emptied beforehand.

This mask was an unexpected gain for Su Yu. He decided to keep the mask around for a bit. As for its ability to track him, he would worry about it after learning more. This would be quite a useful identity to have.

Suddenly, Su Yu’s directory shook. When he picked it up, a row of words appeared.

“Profound Nine, are you still in Grandstar City?”

This was a question from the Yellow Department.

Su Yu replied, “Yes.”

“The mayor of Grandstar City has issued a call for help. He wishes to purchase a large amount of heavenly source qi from the pavilion. Do you have any stock in the branch? If you do, deliver some to the mayor’s residence as soon as possible.”

Su Yu was about to say no when he did a double take. What? Where?

Mayor’s residence?

Holy shit!

Did he just receive a ticket to the mayor’s residence out of nowhere?

“The mayor is very strong. I’m worried that he’ll kill me.”

Su Yu gave his reply.

A reply came shortly after, “Don’t worry. He’s gravely injured. You’re the sole Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member left in the city. With you around, he can try to get some assistance for his condition. If he kills you, he will no longer have any way of fighting his approaching death.”

Su Yu’s eyes flickered. Was that the case? For some reason, this identity suddenly felt a lot more useful than before.

Not long ago, he was still worrying about the mayor. He needed to gain access to the mayor and snatch the mayorship. With this, he would have the perfect opportunity to inspect the mayor and look for an opening to do something. But it would still be dangerous.

“How much does he need?”

“A hundred portions.” It did not take long for a reply to come, “Do you have enough stock in the branch?”

“The branch is empty, but I have some personal stock…”

“In that case, we’ll do it according to the rules. You can transact directly with the mayor and hand only one percent to the pavilion as the transaction fee.”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. So he could do this as well. It was acceptable for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to charge a transaction fee when they were serving as the transaction platform. After all, they had to contact the customer, deliver the order to Su Yu, and maintain communication across unlimited distances. Considering what they were doing, that wasn’t expensive at all.

That was especially true considering the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion tended to overcharge on their products by quite a high margin. The mayor had definitely been quoted a massive price. Thinking about that, Su Yu grinned.

That fellow must have sustained terrible injuries or he wouldn’t have agreed to allow the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to enter the mayor’s residence. The stronger one was, the more cautious one would be. Most of the time, these experts would not allow anyone to approach them when they were injured. Clearly, the mayor was left with no choice but to take this risk.

“Very well. From now on, I’m Profound Nine.”

Previously, he was still hesitating about this new identity. But now, he had decided to become the new Profound Nine. This was such a great identity to have.