Tribulation of Myriad Races

While Rainbow One was hiding nearby, Su Yu was doing the same. In fact, the other white masks were doing the same thing. After a long wait, someone asked through their communication channel, “Is everyone not there yet?”

“…”

There was no reply.

At this moment, understanding dawned on everyone.

They had arrived. But nobody dared to show up first. After entering the Human Realm, they had all turned extremely cautious, constantly worried about being stabbed in the back.

“Profound Nine, you’re the boss. Are you not there yet?”

That was Yellow Nine.

Su Yu cursed inwardly. He decided to really remember this fellow. Just wait. One day, he would hammer that bastard to death.

“Yellow Nine, you go there first. I’m the boss here so you need to obey me.”

“…”

This time, it was Yellow Nine’s turn to curse inwardly. Why must he be the one to go first? How dangerous would that be?

And thus, they continued waiting patiently. After a while, a figure appeared. Rainbow One had shown himself. He was feeling quite helpless. Damn it. Everyone was being stubborn. He had no choice but to show himself first.

There was a reason why the Great Xia branch was able to start operating so quickly. Just look at how cautious and crafty the four white masks were.

“Come on out.”

Rainbow One urged the others to reveal themselves as well. They should stop wasting time.

A short while later, the four white masks appeared almost at the same time. Since they were all masked, none appeared awkward since their expressions couldn’t be seen.

Su Yu was the first to speak, “Greetings, Enforcer. There was a traffic jam earlier…”

“Yeah. Same here. I also met a group of Martial Dragon Guard soldiers on patrol so I had to take a detour.”

“Yeah, it’s the same for me!”

“…”

Rainbow One was left quite speechless. Enough already. If these fellows were going to be so insincere about it, they shouldn’t even bother trying to come up with excuses.

“Enough!” Rainbow One coldly said, “Profound Nine, you’re the first person to start operating in Great Xia. Tell us about how you escaped pursuit when you first arrived.”

Su Yu indifferently said, “I was sent right into Nanyuan. I exchanged one move with a Martial Dragon Guard commander before retreating. The commander did not give chase. I was able to hide somewhere before encountering Bai Feng’s cousin, Bai Junsheng near Starfall Mountain. Everyone here knows the rest.”

“How about you, Yellow Nine?”

“I got lucky. I was sent to the wilderness. Nobody noticed me. After putting a disguise on, I joined a traveling merchant convoy to gather more information.”

“I was sent to a mountain. There was nobody there.”

“I was sent into a river. Someone saw me, so I killed that fellow before leaving.”

Of the four white masks, Profound Nine’s history was the easiest to track. After all, he had shown up openly among the humans to market himself.

Rainbow One did not ask anything about their stories. Instead, he looked at Su Yu and said, “Profound Nine, you’re attracting too much attention.”

Su Yu coldly replied, “We’re new here. Are we supposed to hide like rats instead of attracting attention? Great Xia is going to be in massive chaos soon. The moment the Nanyuan ruin is discovered, the chaos will erupt. Are we supposed to wait patiently and remain idle? Opportunity is not something that will drop from the sky. It is something you create yourself. Enforcer, you don’t seem to understand how things work. As pioneers, we need courage if we want to develop a new market. The Profound Department is supposed to be a department specializing in trades. You must have stayed as an enforcer for so long that you’ve forgotten how to do business.” ⱤÄɴỌβЁș

Rainbow One showed no anger at those provocative words. Rather, he nodded, “You might be right. I don’t intend to involve myself too much in the affairs here. But…you’re playing a dangerous game. The four of you are only Mountainseas.”

“Therefore…” Su Yu grinned, “I hope the enforcer can transfer more experts here. What’s the point of keeping so many people in those minor prefectures? Great Xia is where we should prioritize. Recently, we have received too many requests. Due to a lack of manpower, we have no choice but to reject a majority of them and ruin our reputation. If we have enough white masks, we can totally accept more requests.”

“I’ll consider submitting this request to the higher-ups.” Rainbow One nodded and said, “We’ll stop talking about this. For now, we need to find a proper place to talk about our coming mission.”

After saying that, he left. The white masks all followed behind him.

***

When Su Yu noted how familiar Rainbow One was with the route they were using, he snorted inwardly. Clearly, this fellow had arrived long ago. He was too cautious.

Through his Perception Jade, Su Yu noted that this person was a fifth-stage Sunmoon. This was a powerful cultivator, but if Su Yu consumed blood essence and fought with all his strength, he could still put up a fight. Furthermore, this was the Human Realm. He had a backer here. There was nothing for him to fear.

After a while, they landed in a village near an unknown mountain. They had landed right in the courtyard of one of the buildings there. The villagers did not notice anything. After all, even the weakest among them was a Mountainsea. These ordinary people wouldn’t be able to notice them so easily.

They walked toward the building. Someone was already there.

An old man walked over. He showed no surprise. Rather, he bowed and said, “I’m a gray mask from the East Chamber. Welcome, Lords.”

Someone from the East Chamber!

The two chambers were in charge of information gathering in the various realms. Clearly, this person was one of them. He was only an Infinite Strength cultivator, so he was probably among the weakest members in their ranks.

Naturally, this was not a job suitable for someone too strong. In a small village like this, even an Infinite Strength cultivator was already considered a decent expert. Rainbow One nodded and stepped inside the building without saying anything. The old man followed them respectfully. In his eyes, these were all big shots.

Inside, Rainbow One sat down while the four white masks stood beside him. The old man stood in front of them nervously as he awaited his order.

After a short silence, Rainbow One said, “Are there any Martial Dragon Guard soldiers nearby?”

“No. Some Great Xia Army soldiers are in charge of patrolling the area, but there aren’t that many of them.”

“Route, time, location, number, and strength. Tell me about them.”

“Yes.”

“…”

The old man started reporting all the information he had gathered.

Rainbow One nodded, “I have a mission for you. Can you complete it?”

“Please give your order, Lord!”

“Leak the appearance of a white mask accidentally to a villager. You need to be clueless about what you saw, but that villager must be someone knowledgeable to realize the significance of what you saw. That villager must also be someone who will report this to the authorities. Is there such a person in the village?”

“Yes.”

“Can you leak the information without incurring suspicion?”

“Yes.”

Rainbow One nodded, “If you can complete this mission, I’ll help you step into the Skysoar Realm.”

“Thank you, Lord!”

The old man was overjoyed.

Su Yu wasn’t too bothered about what he was seeing. There were too many humans in existence. All sorts of people existed among them, and not all of them would be righteous and honorable. In fact, he was not a very righteous person himself, so he did not judge.

Furthermore, he was currently playing the role of a white mask.

He understood what Rainbow One was trying to do.

Rainbow One was trying to use a villager to lure Yuan Qingdong over.

After thinking about it, Su Yu spoke, “Lord, are you trying to lure that person over? Will this be too obvious? Why don’t we launch a surprise attack directly instead?”

Rainbow One said, “No. That’s too risky. Don’t forget we’re in the Human Realm. The moment a battle between Sunmoons breaks out, it will be detected promptly. This place is too near several major cities. If the battle attracts more people over, things may turn very troublesome for us.”

“But will our target suspect this?”

Rainbow One answered with a question, “Who will suspect a random villager? As a Sunmoon, he can easily sense the surface thoughts of someone below the Skysoar Realm. Put yourself in the same scenario. Will you suspect a random villager?”

Su Yu answered earnestly, “Yes. That’s too coincidental. Just as I’m looking for someone, that someone appears before a random individual. Then, that random individual reports the encounter to me. How can I not suspect this level of coincidence?”

Rainbow One was left speechless. He wanted to tell Profound Nine that not everyone was that paranoid.

“No, the villager won’t go straight to him. There are soldiers garrisoned nearby. But since the target is in charge of searching this area, the information will ultimately be reported to him. He will be the one requesting to meet the villager, not the other way around.”

“But this way, too many people will know about this. We might end up luring someone stronger over. In that scenario, can we handle the stronger individual?”

This guy was being ridiculous.

But Profound Nine made some sense. Thus, Rainbow One stayed patient and said, “Great Xia does not have too many Sunmoons at the moment…”

“What if this is a trap?”

At this point, Rainbow One was losing his patience. He said, “If you’re really so worried, why were you so brazen when you killed the military commander right inside the capital previously?”

Su Yu replied calmly, “I was confident in that operation. I never do anything I’m not confident in. And I don’t have the same confidence in this operation. I’ve seen too many Invincible descendants. I’ve seen how easily some of them can take out Invincible talismans. That will be very troublesome to deal with. He’s an Invincible descendant so it is natural for me to worry. You’re a Sunmoon, but not us. You can flee when something goes wrong, but we can’t.”

“I was never keen on accepting this mission.” Su Yu looked at one of the white masks and said, “Earth Eighteen, this is your mission. I did some investigation on Wu Yuehua before. She has a deep connection with multiple character faction’s Liu Wenyan and Xia Family. It is reasonable for me to suspect that you are actually colluding with Xia Family.”

“Profound Nine, you’re accusing me baselessly!”

Earth Eighteen was furious, “I only accepted this mission for the pavilion. I was following your order to establish our fame here!”

Su Yu said, “Sure. Let me make myself clear. Earth Eighteen, you will take point for this mission.”

“Why? I’m only a seventh-stage Mountainsea! The target is a Sunmoon!”

Earth Eighteen was furious.

Yellow Nine interrupted, “Profound Nine, Earth Eighteen did this for the pavilion. There is no need to be suspicious of everyone.”