Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu was quite surprised by the offer of cooperation.

Deep in thought, he walked into the inner hall. There, Grandstar opened his eyes and said, “Are you doubtful?”

Su Yu nodded, “I’m thinking about the Luminous Domain Mansion. If I go, it will remain open for a month. The holy cities will lose several mayors during that time. Will the guardians be able to withstand the burden without their mayors?”

Grandstar said, “You worry too much. During the time when the Allheaven Battlefield was sealed from the other realms, the holy cities would barely have any mayor to serve us. And we have survived just fine.”

Su Yu was overestimating the effect of the mayors. Yes, they were important. But the guardians wouldn’t all drop dead and die just because there were no mayors temporarily.

Su Yu nodded, “One other matter. After entering the Luminous Domain Mansion, my death qi connection will be severed temporarily. But I can’t bear to part with Lord Sovereign Xing Yue.”

Su Yu sighed, “My yang acupoint is now fully opened. Without Lord Sovereign Xing Yue to supply me with death qi, my yang acupoint will turn toward my source qi instead. I doubt I can last long when that happens.”

What a terrifying thought. He couldn’t bear to part with his beloved Xing Yue. Without her, he would need to feed his yang acupoint alone. Like the old man from the Bai Family, he would need to spend all his time on that. How was he supposed to do anything else? Like picking more fights, for example.

Wouldn’t it be awkward if he were to drop dead in the middle of a battle because of his yang acupoint? This was a very grave issue.

Before Grandstar could say anything, Su Yu continued, “Lord, is there a way I can take Xing Yue with me everywhere?

Xing Yue was a battery. He wouldn’t feel comfortable without access to this battery.

“Su Yu!”

A furious howl rang out from the death tunnel.

Even Grandstar, who was seated atop the tunnel, was shaking from all the ruckus. Xing Yue was attacking the entrance madly in her fury. She couldn’t take it anymore. She wanted to go out of the tunnel and kill Su Yu. This was intolerable!

How could he insult a death spirit like that? He was actually thinking of bringing her everywhere like a portable battery! How dare he? Was he even listening to himself?

She was a death sovereign, an Invincible of the death spirits. She was the overlord of a legion, feared by many. Today, a puny Su Yu was actually insulting her repeatedly. She couldn’t control her anger anymore.

Looking at the shaking stone statue, Su Yu helplessly said, “Lord, can’t you soundproof the tunnel?”

Why was he overheard by a death sovereign again? How annoying.

Grandstar glanced at Su Yu. Why was the kid blaming him for that? The kid should blame his brain for coming up with such an idea instead. Grandstar had been around for countless years, but this was his first time hearing such an idea.

He wasn’t even surprised to see Xing Yue so angry. One should be a tad bit humane even when facing death spirits, right? No matter what, that was an Invincible. A self-aware death spirit. How could he provoke her so?

Su Yu turned serious again, “Lord, I’m serious. Is there a way to do this? Without the death qi connection, things will get troublesome for me. I might have to give up on entering the mansion.”

Noticing that Xing Yue was still raging in the tunnel, Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, “Lord Sovereign, what’s the point of this? I didn’t break the laws. Even if you manage to come out, you won’t be able to harm me. Are you trying to kill yourself? Also, with me gone to the Luminous Domain Mansion, you will have your peace for a month. If I can’t enter, I will spend the coming month doing nothing but sucking your energy. Do you want that?”

“…”

Finally, the ruckus inside the tunnel calmed down.

Su Yu continued, Lord Xing Yue, do you have any solution for this problem? With the yang acupoint, I can only absorb, not reverse. Reversing your death qi might help bring you back to life, but pure absorption will only kill you. This time, you will die for real.”

In short, he was telling Xing Yue to think of a solution for him instead of wasting her time raging. Meanwhile, Xing Yue was sulking inside the tunnel.

Su Yu, her supposed subordinate, was threatening her! He was threatening to suck her dry if she didn’t help! She felt like she had shamed the entire Death Realm. She wondered if she was the first ever death sovereign to be threatened by a living dead in existence. This was a disgrace!

Xing Yue continued roaring inwardly.

She was no longer roaring with her mouth. Instead, she suggested coldly, “You can take more treasures capable of replenishing source qi with you…”

Su Yu rejected the idea, “No. That is a stopgap measure. I need a proper solution.”

“…”

Xing Yue spent some time cursing inwardly before saying, “You…may spend less time in there. Try to avoid too much fighting. I believe you can leave the Luminous Domain Mansion in advance.”

“I can’t do that. Either I don’t go or I go and take everything I can before leaving.”

Su Yu complained, “Lord Sovereign, why are your suggestions completely useless?”

Damn it! Xing Yue was losing her mind again. This was intolerable!

Grandstar hurriedly released his aura to suppress the tunnel before looking at Su Yu resentfully. Why was he provoking the death sovereign again? Did he not have anything better to do with his life? Yes, he could suppress Xing Yue. But that might create a riot down there. And it wouldn’t be pleasant to deal with.

Su Yu was feeling quite helpless as well. He discovered that his death sovereign seemed quite unstable emotionally. Even He Tu, the death sovereign of Grand Dream City, was the same. Was this bad temper due to their incomplete memories?

Definitely. Their flawed memories must have broken something in them. Why would they be so easily provoked otherwise? Just look at the Invincibles of the myriad races. You could spend a year scolding some of them nonstop and they would still remain indifferent. Most of them would only show their anger when that was part of the plan to achieve some other goal.

For example, the devil king, who was here to create trouble for him previousl,y was perfectly calm regardless of what Su Yu said to him. Even Great Zhou King was the same. Unless he intended to kill you, he would not react if someone were to scold him to his face.

Su Yu decided to stop provoking Xing Yue. Instead, he solemnly beseeched, “Lords, please help me. Lord Xing Yue, please calm your anger. It’s unhealthy to be angry all the time. I am now your subordinate. We’re family. You need to be more magnanimous when dealing with your own people.”

“…”

Xing Yue said nothing, but she maintained her cold expression. It wasn’t like Su Yu could see her.

“Lord Xing Yue, do you wish to return to life?” Su Yu smiled, “I heard that if I’m strong enough to reverse your death qi faster than you can produce death qi, it might be possible for me to bring you back to life. Lord, we’re not enemies. If I’m strong enough, you might be able to come back.”

Xing Yue said, “I would have been sucked to death by the time you grow that strong.”

Who was he trying to trick?

Su Yu didn’t know what to say. Wow. That was too strong a logic to argue. Xing Yue would have died long before he was that strong.

Whatever. He decided to put that matter aside for now. He had to find a way to deal with his yang acupoint. With his many open acupoints, he had enough source qi to barely satisfy the yang acupoint. But it would take too much effort. In a fight, his enemies would only need to drag the battle out to tire him to death.

The perfect solution was to open the yin aperture. However, he needed to open 360 apertures for that to happen. This was his conclusion. Unfortunately, he had only opened 216 so far. He still needed 144 apertures. He was too far away from opening his yin aperture. But…he could perhaps think of something through blood essence.

Then again, the blood essence of cultural researchers was too rare. He had reached an agreement with Zhan Wushuang for blood essence, but that was merely a gamble on his part. There was no guarantee that Zhan Wushuang could really find him the blood essence he needed. Perhaps he could try to get some through the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

At present, the golden book was no longer as helpful to him. In fact, it had been a while since he had actively used it.

Suddenly, Grandstar said, “If you really need help, you can try talking to my boss. Perhaps he can seal your yang acupoint temporarily. There is no way to fully shut that acupoint, but my boss is a Daofuse. He might be able to help with that. I can’t help with this acupoint since I’m too unfamiliar with it. Something might go wrong.”

He was also capable of sealing acupoints temporarily, but it would be quite a risk to take. He might end up killing Su Yu instead.

Su Yu thought about it and nodded. That was an option. He could get a Pseudo Emperor to help him. At worst, he would need to work without his yang acupoint temporarily.

Su Yu said, “I have one more question. I believe everyone in there will be looking forward to killing me. My death qi is too thick for me to effectively hide from them. I’ll have no choice but to reverse more of my death qi and turn myself into a normal living being. But I’m worried that my name will reappear on the Heaven Index. Everyone will know I’m back. What should I do about this?”

That would be annoying.

After giving it a thought, Grandstar suggested, “Negotiate with Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. They control the Heavenly Hunt Index. The index must be damaged since it can’t capture auras automatically. Instead, the pavilion members have to do it manually. This gives you an opening. If they agree to remove your aura from the index, your name will not reappear.”

Grandstar was certain something was wrong with the Heavenly Hunt Index. Back then, it could gather the aura of any genius stepping into the Allheaven Battlefield automatically. Meanwhile, the little furball was still unknown to the index even now. Clearly, the little furball’s aura had yet to be harvested.

Su Yu frowned. He disliked this idea. After some hesitation, he said, “I wish to keep this a secret from the pavilion. Is there any other alternative, Lord?”

“If you need other alternatives, you need to ask my boss. He knows more about the ancient past.”

Su Yu grumbled inwardly. Why did this stone statue seem completely ignorant? In the past, he thought that the stone statue knew everything. But nowadays, he felt like the stone statue was completely ignorant. Did the stone statue somehow seal his own memories after becoming a guardian?