Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1283: Can’t Afford To Offend (1)

Xia Huyou and his entourage left just as suddenly as they had arrived. Meanwhile, more and more people were gathered outside the city. Not long after Xia Huyou’s departure, an ancient city arrived.

It wasn’t an ancient city Su Yu was familiar with. In fact, it wasn’t even one of the ancient cities that were here previously. It was known as Openmountain City. It landed right in front of Grandstar City. On its walls, numerous fierce armored guards could be seen.

Above the mayor’s residence, a silhouette manifested as a voice rang out, “Openmountain Holy City is here. Mayor Su, care for a meeting?”

***

Grandstar City.

With a frown, Su Yu appeared above his mayor’s residence and said, “Mayor of Openmountain City, please come in for the discussion—”

“Hahaha, I’m afraid I won’t be entering Grandstar City.”

The mayor said, “Everyone knows about Mayor Su’s habit of locking the city. Why don’t you come to my city instead? Openmountain City has never been locked before. Everyone knows this.”

Su Yu furrowed his brows. Clearly, this mayor was here to create trouble. Was this a way to put him in place before the assembly began? This was understandable. There was no reason for the other mayors to obey him. Furthermore, some of them were backed by the divines or devils. These mayors certainly didn’t care about the alliance.

They would be more than happy to see the alliance fail so that they could please their masters with the news. As Su Yu snorted inwardly, a second ancient city named Eternal Serenity City arrived.

Just then, a second ancient city, the Eternal Serenity City arrived. The mayor of the second city said, “Mayor Su, I suggest we hold the coming assembly elsewhere instead of Grandstar City. Why don’t we meet outside the cities? I doubt any of the mayors will feel comfortable entering Grandstar City with the reputation you have, Mayor Su.”

The mayor of Openmountain City said, “That’s right. We might be mayors, but we’re not the mayors of Grandstar City. Mayor Su, why don’t we meet outside the cities?”

All around them, the various experts watched in silence. Clearly, the ancient cities weren’t as united as they had imagined. Only two mayors had arrived yet they were already conspiring to put Su Yu in his place.

More importantly, their argument was too strong for Su Yu to argue against. Entering his city? Everyone would be wary of that. But with the number of enemies he had, would he dare to leave his city? Everyone waited in amusement for Su Yu’s answer.

***

In the portal to one of the nine realms in the region, a few experts were observing the situation.

After hearing the demands of the two newly arrived mayors, one of them smiled and said, “Su Yu is very ambitious. Alas, he does not have the strength to support his ambition. Apart from a few mayors from minor races, most of the mayors are unwilling to give up on their relative independence.”

“Does Su Yu think that everyone wants the alliance to happen?”

“He’s too naive.”

Similar discussions were happening everywhere.

***

Even further away.

A few dragons were hovered in the sky. One of them was a nine-clawed dragon. With a cold tone, the dragon said, “Su Yu is trying to establish a powerful faction in the Sea of Stars. This is a direct provocation to the dragon race. We can’t allow him to succeed.”

The dragon race was the foremost power in the Sea of Stars. The alliance Su Yu proposed had the potential to surpass the dragon race’s influence in the region. This was unacceptable to them.

After establishing the alliance, would Su Yu expand and threaten their interests in the region? There was a risk of that happening. He might be tempted to meddle in the distribution of the numerous natural treasures, mines, secret domains, and the minor realms in the region.

The two mayors who had challenged Su Yu’s authority right after arriving were most certainly backed by some other powers.

***

Grandstar City.

Su Yu sighed. Why must everything be so complicated? The alliance would greatly increase the power enjoyed by the ancient cities. Alas, not everyone wanted to see that happen. Just look at how quickly a challenge had arrived.

Meeting outside the city?

He smiled before entering the inner hall. There, he said, “Lord, will you help me if I’m attacked while I’m meeting outside the city?”

Grandstar opened his eyes in annoyance. This little shit had been creating a lot of trouble for him recently.

“Yes.”

Su Yu exhaled in relief. He asked, “If I kill the others, will the other guardians interfere?”

“No.” Grandstar was very confident as he said, “Unlike me, they can’t leave their cities.”

“…”

That made a lot of sense!

But soon, Grandstar added, “It’s not like you are capable of killing them anyway.”

That was hurtful.

Su Yu’s cultivation wasn’t high enough, and he was also out of eighth-stage Sunmoon blood essence. In his current state, even sixth-stage Sunmoon opponents would prove challenging. Ninth-stage Sunmoons and Pseudo Invincibles would most certainly be a lot more challenging than that.

Su Yu said, “I’ll take note. With your assurance, I don’t have to worry anymore.”

Grandstar said nothing else.

Niu Baidao was right. At present, the stone statue and Su Yu were only bound by the benefit they could provide each other. He would favor Su Yu as long as Su Yu remained helpful. Otherwise, he could abandon Su Yu as easily as he had abandoned his previous mayor.

Reality had never been kind. The stone statues would not favor him for no reason. Grandstar had helped him previously because, with him around, Grandstar could leave the city and enjoy the lighter burden of death qi.

With Grandstar’s promise, Su Yu’s voice rang out, “Fellow mayors, I don’t mind holding the assembly outside the cities. But I’m worried that the two of you might not have the chance to return after leaving. That would be unfortunate.

“Outside your cities, you won’t be able to fuse yourself with any death spirits. You will be reduced to regular ninth-stage Sunmoons. Be careful lest your enemies take the chance to kill you. That would be awkward to explain to the other mayors when they arrive.”

The mayor of Eternal Serenity City replied, “Thank you for your concern, but we will be fine. I suggest you worry about yourself, Mayor Su. You are weak yet you have the major races as your enemies. The moment you leave your city…”

Su Yu laughed, “It’s fine. Apart from the holy city, I have the protection of two Pseudo Emperors. I doubt many people have the courage to kill me. Well, if this is what you want, we can hold the meeting outside.”

The expressions of the two mayors changed. Two Pseudo Emperors? Right, they had nearly forgotten about the two soul devourers. Would they show up again?

Su Yu said, “Let’s wait for the other mayors to arrive. As for the venue of our meeting, I don’t care.”

Right after that, a burst of laughter rang out. It sounded familiar

It was Tian He. Heavendoom City had arrived.

Mayor Tian He said, “I can do it anywhere. It doesn’t matter. We are building this alliance to grant us more leverage when dealing with the myriad races. Thus, the alliance will only benefit us. Those who are against the alliance are most certainly holding an ulterior motive toward the other mayors. Just ignore people like them, Mayor Su.”

The mayor of Eternal Serenity City said, “Tian He, I agree that the alliance is good for us. But it won’t be a good thing to have a leader who has offended Pseudo Emperors and numerous Invincibles.”

Tian He laughed and said, “Why don’t you stop beating around the bush and mention Mayor Su by his name? But without Mayor Su, what manner of power can you project? When have the holy cities ever enjoyed as much respect as today? Do you think the myriad races are being so respectful nowadays because they’re scared of you? Hahahahaha!”

The mayor of Eternal Serenity City was known as Ping Du. He frowned. They had decided to arrive earlier to put Su Yu in his place and ruin the formation of the alliance. If they couldn’t, they would need to at least deter the other mayors from electing Su Yu as the mayor.

This was the task they had received from their backers. They should ruin the alliance as best as they could. If not, they should at least prevent Su Yu from being the leader. That was something many didn’t want to happen.

The atmosphere was getting tense even before the assembly began.

Next, another ancient city dropped from the sky. A flirtatious female voice rang out, “Mayor Su, Empyrean Cloud City is supportive of you. When can you take office?”

Su Yu soared into the sky and smiled, “Mayor Green Fox, are you so impatient?”

“Thanks to your carrier treasure, I can finally capture my tri-life body. It’s normal for me to be impatient.”

The green fox mayor flashed a seductive smile and said, “Here I am, waiting for you to take office and reduce the burden on me.”

The mayorship of an ancient city wasn’t an easy position to hold. It provided one with many benefits, but it also provided one with many problems. A mayor would be burdened with a much larger amount of death qi than a regular resident.

But to grow one’s cultivation, one needed to reduce the portion of death qi in one’s body. Even with Su Yu’s carrier treasure, she wouldn’t be able to make any progress before leaving office.

Mayor Tian He laughed and offered, “Mayor Su, if it isn’t too much, perhaps you can also consider the mayorship of Heavendoom City as well.”

Not everyone could become an ancient city mayor. If one was too weak, one wouldn’t be able to refine the mayor’s medallion. If one was too strong, well, why should one willingly become a living dead?

This was a position someone would only take when there was no other option. After becoming a mayor, one’s cultivation would basically stagnate. Of course, the mayor could always shift some of the burden to the residents of the city. But a balance must be maintained or the burden would exceed what the residents could bear and kill them prematurely. That would only bring the mayor closer to death as well.

Tian He would be more than happy to let Su Yu take his mayorship as well. Even if he would still remain a resident, the burden on him would be lighter since he would no longer be the mayor. In fact, he was already reaching his limits. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have agreed to help Xia Longwu. Alas, Xia Longwu was too unreliable. He was told to wait even longer.

There wasn’t even a promise that Xia Longwu would be successful in severing his death qi connection.

Four ancient cities had arrived. Two of them were supportive of Su Yu while the other two were against him. Su Yu inhaled deeply and started using the little furball as a hat. After a short exchange with Grandstar, he flew straight toward Empyrean Cloud City.

That caught a lot of attention.

Su Yu…had finally left the city!

The look in the eyes of numerous hidden experts flickered as they stared in hesitation. But when they saw the little furball atop his head, they cursed.

Holy shit!

Why was that shameless bastard not coming out alone? If he was alone, some of them would most certainly be brazen enough to try killing him. Not everyone was fearful of the stone statues. Were the stone statues going to declare war against them for the sake of a dead person?

Dead, Su Yu would be completely worthless.

His relationship with the stone statues wasn’t deep enough for them to avenge his death.

But that furball…was the prince of the soul devourers. That was the descendant of two Pseudo Emperors. If one were to kill the little furball accidentally…one should start preparing for a life of hiding.

Even if one were to hide in one’s realm forever, there was no guarantee that the two Pseudo Emperors wouldn’t be able to sneak into the realm before turning one into food. With that, the proposal to hold the assembly outside the cities was reduced to a joke.

With the furball, Su Yu would be mostly safe. What about the other mayors? Each mayor would have some enemies out there. Would they be safe outside their cities? An expert without any enemies would not be desperate enough to become the mayor of an ancient city.