Tribulation of Myriad Races

Xia Huyou and the white dragon were both led into the main hall by Senior Wang.

After entering the hall, Xia Huyou couldn’t help stealing a glance at the back of the hall. He had once heard that a supreme ancient Invincible was staying back there.

“Don’t bother.” Su Yu gestured at them to sit down and said, “He will just ignore you.”

Xia Huyou grinned as he started rubbing the walls, chairs, and tables in the room before saying, “Nice. These things are better than what my family has back home. But the death qi here is too thick. A living person won’t feel quite comfortable staying here.”

“It’s not that bad.” While sipping on his tea, Su Yu said, “I’m not a living person anyway. As I said, I’m a living dead, half a death spirit. I can get used to this place.”

“You…” Xia Huyou sighed and sat down on a random seat before saying, “I went to Liu City before I came here. Instructor Liu and the others are doing decently. They’re rebuilding the city. Faculty Head Hong, elder Chen, Grandpa Xia Yunji, Zhao Mingyue, Hu Ping, and Grandpa Liu…all these people are Sunmoons. They will form quite a formidable force here.”

“Good.”

Xia Huyou added, “We brought your father back from the Allheaven Battlefield. Nanyuan is being rebuilt. Since my father and great grandpa are both in Great Xia, that will be a safer place for your father. I don’t think this city will be a suitable place for your father.”

Su Yu nodded, “Thank you.”

The white dragon merely listened in silence as the two conversed.

Xia Huyou continued, “One more thing. Principal Wan and Lan Tian have gone completely missing. We can’t find them.”

“That’s a good thing.” Su Yu said, “Finding them will only cause you more headaches. Some Invincibles are probably waiting to kill them. But it’s normal. It is only natural that they want to avenge their dead descendants, right?”

“Yeah.” Xia Huyou nodded, “It’s normal for anyone to pursue vengeance. My second granduncle was lucky he wasn’t at the War Shrine. Otherwise, he would probably be killed alongside the others for not helping in the battle and my great grandpa will probably be looking to pursue vengeance as well. I guess those Invincibles are already showing a lot of restraint not going after those from the Wan Family for their vengeance.”

Su Yu laughed, “Are you here as a peacemaker?”

“Not at all.” Xia Huyou laughed, “What’s the point of working for others? I only want to point out that the anger of those Invincibles is understandable. But this is a matter of Principal Wan. I’m not interested in getting involved in that.”

Su Yu laughed, “So why are you here?”

“Nothing much. I’m here to see the nine mayors. My old man wants them to know that he can’t fulfill his promise to them yet. They will need to wait. But I need to let them know lest they believe that my old man has forgotten his promise. Do you need any help?”

“No.” Su Yu said, “I’m doing fine. I don’t need any help from humanity. That might be more trouble than it’s worth. The Xia Family should stay out of this. After your recent losses, you should focus on recuperating.”

Xia Huyou said, “It’s not that bad. You guys helped a lot. My second granduncle, father, and great grandpa were prepared to lose everything. But apart from my second granduncle, the rest of them are mostly fine. As for my uncle, that’s no big deal. He only needs to cultivate from scratch. Well, Xia Chan did claim that she will avenge her father so I guess you need to watch out for her…”

Su Yu laughed in amusement, “And I’m supposed to fear her?”

“That’s not the point.” Xia Huyou rolled his eyes and said, “Be more courteous against women. It won’t be appropriate for you to kill her. But if you spare her, she will trouble you to no end. What if that someone results in you becoming an in-law of me? That would be awkward, right?”

“…”

Su Yu said, “That’s a beautiful dream you have.”

He moved on, “Is that all? Nothing else?”

Xia Huyou said, “No.”

He looked at the white dragon and said, “Senior White, why don’t you talk about the old times with Senior Wang? I will be catching up with Su Yu.”

The white dragon stared at Xia Huyou speechlessly. Talk about the old times? He didn’t even know that old fellow well. Whatever. He left the room.

With the white dragon gone, Xia Huyou said, “My old man said that among the thirty-five mayors, some are backed by the major races. The nine my father worked with were the ones he had spent a long time investigating. They are relatively trustworthy, but the rest…are unknown factors. They will be the obstacles for this alliance you wish to build.”

Before Su Yu could say anything, he continued, “Yes, you have the backing of your stone statue. But they have no reason to fear you. They can simply refuse to join your alliance. What, then? Are you going to invade their cities and kill them? My old man said that if it’s not working, just give up. It’s not like having this alliance will definitely be a good thing for you.”

Su Yu nodded, “Understood.”

Xia Huyou said, “My old man also said that the Death Realm is a very troublesome place. You should be very careful when it concerns the Death Realm. He went there once. The death qi in there is very thick. And the death qi is constantly leaking into the ancient cities. He can even see signs of the death qi overwhelming the ancient cities. Due to the peculiar nature of the Death Realm, some of the recently deceased experts might appear in there…”

Xia Huyou explained, “According to my old man’s speculations, there are two main categories of death spirits there. The first category is comprised of those naturally born in the Death Realm. The second category is comprised of former living beings.”

“My father once saw a massive River of Time in the Death Realm. That river is known as the River of Death. After dying, some experts will be connected to the river before rising again as death spirits.”

Su Yu frowned. He was aware that Xia Longwu had entered the Death Realm before. Back then, Xia Longwu had entered through Heavendoom City’s tunnel, but he was eventually chased out of it.

How brazen. But he was also very knowledgeable. So he had actually noticed some sort of river capable of bringing the dead back?

“Are you saying that even if someone dies without an intact body, that person might rise again from the River of Death?”

“Yes.”

Xia Huyou nodded, “My father wishes to remind you that you should be more careful. The deaths of those Invincibles are related to you in one way or another. When they rise again, they might maintain some remnant memories of their past even if they can’t remember everything. They might decide to pursue their vengeance against you from the Death Realm.”

Su Yu laughed, “Well, I won’t be their first target. The person guarding the tunnel will need to worry about them first.”

It wasn’t like he had killed them with his own hands. Grandstar was the killer, and he was sitting right atop the tunnel so those death spirits would need to deal with him first.

***

Inner hall.

Grandstar opened his eyes, looked at the main hall, and resisted the urge to start cursing. The kid was truly an impressive troublemaker.

Xia Huyou said, “Well, it’s just a reminder. My old man and the others are currently busy rebuilding a body for my second granduncle. Hopefully, he can regain his strength as a Pseudo Invincible as soon as possible. Thanks to you guys, my second granduncle survived. Even my old man might have died without your help.”

Su Yu smiled, “Don’t worry about it. It’s not like I lost anything helping them.”

Xia Huyou took a withered piece of wood out and said, “This is the carrier treasure my old man looted from the Invincible he killed. We were supposed to have more, but my second granduncle used one previously. And now, he needs two more to rebuild his body. We have one we can offer to thank you.”

Su Yu was surprised, “You’re being surprisingly courteous.”

Xia Huyou smiled, “Just accept it. Didn’t you give two carrier treasures to those mayors? We should have compensated you for that as well, but we are too poor. We can only have one extra carrier treasure lying around, but it’s pointless to keep it for me.”

Su Yu still had three carrier treasures, but not many people were aware of that. Only Zhu Tiandao, Wan Tiansheng, and Lan Tian knew that. Everyone else believed that he was out of carrier treasures.

Su Yu said, “Sure. I’ll accept it.”

Since the Xia Family had one extra carrier treasure to spare, there was no point in hesitating. As for Xia Huyou, he was only a third-stage Skysoar. He was still very far from reaching the Pseudo Invincible Realm.

When Su Yu accepted the carrier treasure, Xia Huyou grimaced as he said, “I thought you would refuse it. Why are you accepting it for real?”

“Why not?” Su Yu laughed, “Are you dreaming of receiving this carrier treasure from me after offering it with your own hands? Dream on. I lost my ruin because of Xia Family. I don’t even have my Culture Tomb anymore. You should be happy I’m not asking for more. You guys have known about Fiery Sea for a very long time. After feigning ignorance for so many years and allowing my faction to be suppressed, you still needed my help to actually get him killed.”

Xia Huyou could only shrug.

Su Yu asked, “Just who is the second traitor?”

Xia Huyou rolled his eyes and said, “Why are you asking me? Also, nobody is saying that there is a second traitor.”

Su Yu said, “There is definitely a second traitor. From the scheme of Great Han King and the others, I’m sure they know this as well. But do they know the identity of the second traitor?”

Xia Huyou shook his head, “Even if there is really a second traitor, they definitely don’t know who the traitor is. They would have done something to that traitor otherwise. After exposing so many of our trump cards, it would be stupid to let a traitor we know go free. They did investigate the military officials who had worked for the traitor, but nothing was found even after conducting time reversal on those officials.”

Xia Huyou explained, “My old man explained to me once. Either the second traitor does not exist or the second traitor is simply too good at hiding. We are also investigating the things Fiery Sea mentioned, such as his private spars with the fifth principal back then. However, it’s unlikely that we’ll find out anything useful.”

He added, “Su Yu, it’s best you forget about this. Just pretend there is no second traitor. After the recent debacle, the second traitor will most likely stay idle for an extended period of time. In fact, that scheme of Great Han King had been made to lure the second traitor out. If the second traitor had appeared to expose Great Han King’s scheme, those human Pseudo Invincibles wouldn’t have been able to complete their advancements so easily. Far fewer myriad race Invincibles would have died. Thus, the second traitor must have some deeper purpose. The lives of a few myriad race Invincibles are worth nothing in comparison.”

Su Yu replied nonchalantly, “It doesn’t matter. It won’t be too late to kill the traitor when we do find them in the future. And if the traitor remains in hiding, perhaps you guys will be able to start convincing yourself that Fiery Sea had indeed betrayed humanity because of his secret spar with Ye Batian.”

Was there really a second traitor? Su Yu was quite confident there was one. The person he saw in Divine Skywing Sect master’s memories had an unknown symbol on his arm, the same symbol that was absent from Fiery Sea’s arms. An Invincible would not keep a symbol on his arm for no reason. It was likely that the symbol was meant to serve as a tool of misdirection or something the Invincible couldn’t remove.

But it was also quite suspicious that a person so cunning and good at concealment would actually allow the sect master to see the symbol. Su Yu couldn’t help but wonder if there was a purpose to that. Perhaps that symbol was meant to be a token of identity for their secret meetings.

“Maybe the symbol is a token of identity that can be removed at any time.”

Su Yu muttered under his breath.

For now, it was pointless to pursue this line of investigation. It would be a dream to expose the identity of the Invincible through a mere symbol on an arm. If even memories could be forged, a symbol on an arm wouldn’t be that hard to produce.

He did not bother to talk too much about the traitor to Xia Huyou. It would be pointless since Xia Huyou knew very little anyway. Moving on from the topic, Xia Huyou said, “Principal Wan was too ruthless. The two holy lands have been completely destroyed. All their accumulated resources were burned. Humanity has decided to start working hard again. Thus, the various prefectures will be sending more people into the Luminous Domain Mansion this time.”

“Are you going as well?” Su Yu asked.

With an awkward expression, Xia Huyou answered, “Yeah. I’m quite scared as well. I don’t want to be perceived as a worthless young master so I need to be seen working hard for humanity as well. What if Principal Wan decides to cut me down one day? Speaking of, after what the principal did, the many Invincible descendants in the Human Realm have been behaving themselves lately.”

Su Yu laughed, “What are you afraid of? He’s not a madman who will kill anyone he sees.”

“Don’t joke around.” Xia Huyou said, “You’re the only one who’s not afraid. Everyone else is terrified of him. But this isn’t a bad thing. At the very least, they will have to conduct themselves with some restraint.”

Su Yu nodded. He agreed that this wasn’t a bad thing. But nobody knew how long this would last. Perhaps the next generation would forget this fear and revert to their old ways. But this was something for the next generation to worry about. Su Yu doubted those from his generation would be able to forget what Wan Tiansheng did.

A demonic human who had slaughtered everyone in the two holy lands was still out in the wild. He could return anytime and repeat the same feat. It was normal that everyone would be terrified for some time.