Tribulation of Myriad Races

Liu Hong cursed. Finally, he sighed, “Can you think of an alternative? I really don’t want to become a living dead. I still want to live.”

“You can either turn into a living dead or you can die now. What is your pick, Teacher?” Su Yu smiled, “I do wish you would agree voluntarily. Only then will your act be more believable. How about this? I’ll teach you a powerful cultivation method. This is an ancient cultivation method capable of opening the heaven acupoint. With the heaven acupoint opened, you can double your strength or even more.”

Su Yu continued, “You’re already strong. I promise that with the heaven acupoint, you will grow strong enough to contend against Mountainseas.”

Liu Hong laughed, “Are you trying to fool me? This bait is too unrealistic.”

Su Yu said, “Not at all. The cultivation method will be quite problematic if you refuse to become a resident. But it will be perfect if you become a resident. I can find a weaker death spirit to convert you. What do you think about a first-stage Sunmoon death spirit?

“That is strong enough, but not too strong that you will die. When you wish to break free, you only need to find an expert to sever the connection for you. I will also kill the death spirit for you. That should be enough to fully free you from the city.”

Liu Hong asked helplessly, “Can I refuse? Also, I don’t have any good characters to help with my disguise…”

“Are you kidding, Teacher?” Su Yu said, “How can a treacherous fox like you not have a disguise character? Or a concealment character? Or a transformation character? Why lie, Teacher?”

“…”

The two looked at each other silently. They reached a certain understanding without saying anything. Both of them were similarly treacherous. There was no point in lying.

Liu Hong said, “I find it really hard to accept this. Becoming a living dead? I—”

“Is the cultivation method I offer not enough? It’s a very good cultivation method.”

Su Yu said, “If you manage to master it and grow strong enough, I will even make you a mayor of an ancient city. You will be the second most powerful person in the alliance. You will enjoy the backing of all the lord guardians. You will be an overlord feared by many in the Allheaven Battlefield. You have too many enemies, yet you’re too weak. Without the backing of an Invincible, you won’t have a good life.”

Liu Hong replied awkwardly, “Well, I don’t really have that many enemies…”

“Sure. I’ll deliver you to the five elemental race.”

“No, no. Let’s talk it out.” Liu Hong said, “Do I really need to skip the Luminous Domain Mansion?”

Su Yu asked, “What can you even do there? Fight for some benefits? I doubt you can get more than what you earned recently from scamming. And it’s very dangerous. A lot of people out there want you dead. Just calm down and stay in the city as my double. After I leave the mansion, I will be sure to share some of what I get with you. The more important question is…can you disguise yourself well enough to fool Invincibles? If you can’t…you’re useless to me.”

And what would the consequences of being useless to Su Yu be?

Liu Hong was not stupid enough to ask that question. Rather, he continued struggling helplessly, “It’s quite hard to fool Invincibles…”

“Don’t worry. I can teach you some concealment arts to help with that.”

“My name will disappear from the Yellow Index after my conversion. Everyone will know.”

Clearly, he was starting to consider the feasibility of the task.

Su Yu rubbed his chin and nodded, “True. But there is a way around that. Just keep the death qi in your body below thirty percent of the overall qi in your body. That will keep your name on the index. You need to have some death qi in your body, but you need to keep the level low. With the heaven acupoint, that won’t be an issue.”

“What if it doesn’t work?”

Su Yu smiled, “In that case, you will be useless to me. Or we can pick the alternative. I’ll give you a large amount of heavenly source qi. It will also help in decreasing death qi. I believe in you.”

Liu Hong asked, “But I’m not you. How am I supposed to get the stone statues to act when someone strolls in to provoke me while I’m pretending to be you? Staying silent in the face of provocations isn’t your style, right?”

“True. Alone, it will be too hard for you to withstand the burden of death qi to enable a stone statue to leave the city. It doesn’t matter. I can find one more person. The two of you can work together to withstand the burden for a short while.”

Who could it be? Bai Feng’s grandfather. Su Yu believed that he was responsible for saving the dying old man. But the old man didn’t know him too well. It would be quite hard for the old man to fool anyone when disguised as him.

For this plan to work, Su Yu did not need to take Liu Hong’s identity. He only needed his identity to remain in the city. All the plots and schemes hatched against him would be rendered pointless. As for what would happen when his identity was exposed inside the mansion…that was an issue for future Su Yu to solve.

At the very least, this plan would ensure that nobody would target him outside the mansion. Perhaps that would be enough to encourage the others to start fighting each other instead of focusing on him.

Su Yu couldn’t think of anyone more suited to assume his identity than Liu Hong in the Myriad Realms.

Liu Hong protested weakly, “Su Yu, this plan isn’t good enough. When a stone statue leaves the city, a large amount of death qi will be generated in my body. I won’t be able to keep my death qi below thirty percent. My name will vanish from the index. That will expose your plan.”

He coughed awkwardly and continued, “Maybe…we can work on this plan. I can lure Topsoil Spirit to kill me. That will provide a good excuse for my name to vanish from the index. What do you think?”

Su Yu asked, “So you agree?”

Liu Hong said, “Will you let me go if I say no?”

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Liu Hong shrugged, “What else can I do, then? Since I can’t resist, I might as well go along with the plan. Also, you are known to have the combat power of a Sunmoon. And you have been quite active as of late. I’m not as strong. There are too many ways to expose my disguise.”

Su Yu said, “That will change after you become the overlord of the city. If you have to, just send the guardian out once. That will be enough to wipe all doubt about your identity. You only need to withstand the burden with your partner for a short time. That will do.”

Liu Hong said, “True. But who are you going as if not me?”

“Do you really want to know?”

“I’m merely asking. I don’t expect you to tell the truth, though.”

Su Yu smiled, “You know me well, Teacher. What do you think about Mo Duona?”

“…”

That was a blatant lie. Liu Hong rolled his eyes. So be it. He didn’t even feel like asking anymore.

He said, “Su Yu, are you sure I can break free after becoming a resident? To be honest, we’re not enemies. Do you remember the Mutual Aid Club you founded back then? I knew about it, but I never did anything about it. When your teacher was too poor to buy the War God Art for you, I supplied the money. You can ask Bai Feng about it. No matter what, I used to be your teacher. You shouldn’t screw with me like this.”

Su Yu laughed, “How am I screwing you? I’m saving you. I’m getting you a strong backer. I’m going to teach you the way to open the heaven acupoint. I’m not even robbing you of the profits from your recent scam. I’m going to provide you with free heavenly source qi. I’m going to teach you a good concealment art. This is absolutely a good thing for you.”

Liu Hong sighed, “If you can help me break free after this, I will accept this. If not, I won’t go in peace even after becoming a death spirit.”

“You should save these words and say them when you’re dead.”

Su Yu turned around and returned to his throne before saying, “Teacher Liu, work with me. Both of us will benefit from this. Throw your voice transmission talismans away. Or you can destroy them yourself. Also, know that I’ll have some people monitoring you even when I’m away. You’re smart enough to know what you shouldn’t do. You won’t be able to escape after becoming a resident. When you become a living dead, we will be kindred spirits. As for your issue with Topsoil Spirit, we’ll think about it in the future. Are you satisfied with these arrangements, Teacher?”

“No.” Liu Hong complained, “I can only say that you’re a lot more ruthless than me. No matter what, I used to be your benefactor. How can you force me to become a living dead? You’re too cruel.”

“Not at all. You might find yourself falling in love with your identity as a living dead. After living your whole life as a simp, you’re finally getting a chance to act the boss. This is actually a reward for you.”

“…”

Simp his ass! Liu Hong cursed inwardly. How could the kid say that? How was he a simp? Su Yu sank into thought. It was likely that Liu Hong’s disguise would hold for some time. In that case, it was time for him to move on and prepare a suitable identity for himself.

He also needed to deal with the issue of the Heavenly Hunt Index. Perhaps he should disguise himself as a random ancient city resident instead? He also needed to get some slots for the ancient cities so that more people from the ancient cities could enter.

If he could enter as a random resident, he wouldn’t need to remove the death qi in his body. He had to deal with his yang acupoint. Upon entering the mansion, his death qi connection would be temporarily severed. His name would reappear on the Heavenly Hunt Index.

However, the Heavenly Hunt Index was located in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. This would be quite tricky to handle. He did not want to let the pavilion know about his plan.

Or should he reduce his death qi enough that his name would reappear on the index immediately? Perhaps the myriad races would get used to that before the opening of the mansion. They might feel even more threatened by him, but that was no longer something he was concerned with.

Numerous thoughts emerged in his mind. Suddenly, he looked at Liu Hong and said, “Teacher, I find that you are surprisingly calm at the prospect of becoming a living dead.”

Liu Hong forced himself to smile and said, “It’s not like I have a choice, right? Since I can’t refuse, I might as well enjoy it. Am I right?”

Su Yu frowned. He gave Liu Hong a deep gaze. He noted that Liu Hong was a lot more cooperative than he had expected. Was Liu Hong really being realistic here, or was he plotting something else entirely?

Su Yu inhaled deeply and decided not to worry about that for now. It did not matter. Liu Hong wasn’t strong enough to seriously threaten him. It was time for him to visit the old turtle again and get his yang acupoint sealed. Hopefully, that would work. Before long, he vanished from the room.

With Su Yu gone, Liu Hong looked around curiously, wondering if he was now the boss with Su Yu gone.

The kid was actually forcing him to convert into a living dead. What a ruthless kid.