Tribulation of Myriad Races

Wu Lan had just finished her discussion with Bai Feng when she noticed Su Yu returning to the garden. She asked curiously, “Are some of them staying?”

“Yeah.” Su Yu nodded. He smiled and said, “Guess who left.”

“Suanni.” Wu Lan answered with zero hesitation.

Su Yu asked with surprise, “How did you guess that?”

Wu Lan raised her head smugly. Wasn’t it obvious?

“Suanni is the most hardworking in cultivation. He has also eaten the most. He would persist in eating even when he was having indigestion problems. Clearly, he has never given up on recovering and growing stronger. Which pet will behave like that? It is obvious he ate every meal like it was his last. According to my research, normal pets won’t behave like that as their masters will provide them with a healthy supply of food. Only strays will eat like that because they don’t know if they will get another meal after that. By eating more, they can survive longer without food.”

“…”

Su Yu nodded as he said, “Looks like you have researched a wide variety of subjects. But you’re right. Suanni has not lost the wildness in his soul. I’m actually quite curious about his future. Will he make a name for himself after leaving?”

Out of nowhere, Wu Lan moved on to a different topic and asked, “Where’s the furball?”

“Here.”

When the little furball was dragged out by Su Yu, he was both happy and disappointed to see Wu Lan. After his adventure by the side of Su Yu, he had encountered too many yummy things. Wu Lan no longer looked as yummy as before.

As usual, while Wu Lan was seeing him as a pet, he was also seeing Wu Lan as his personal farm. Unfortunately, a mere Skysoar like Wu Lan was no longer enough to attract the little furball.

After studying the little furball for a bit, Wu Lan asked curiously, “So this is the famous crown prince of the soul devourers? I heard that they have two Pseudo Emperors. They are terrifyingly powerful. Isn’t this fellow a tad bit too weak?”

Su Yu was rendered completely speechless. No matter what, the little furball was already a Mountainsea. How was that weak?

The little furball did not resist as Wu Lan played with him with her palms. After studying him all over, she asked, “Is there still no way to extract his blood essence? The blood essence of this race will probably be very powerful. Can you lend this to me for a bit?”

Wu Lan explained, “I’m researching the purification of willpower. Since this fellow is capable of consuming willpower and sea of willpower, he is very important for my research. He has the ability to gather impure willpower like a machine. Through his gathering, we can perform the purification process.”

Hearing her words, the little furball puffed his cheeks in anger.

He refused!

Meanwhile, Wu Lan was still happily playing with him while saying, “This will definitely work. Do you want to give it a try, Su Yu? Pure willpower has a lot of demand among cultural researchers. It will be useful even for someone like you. With pure willpower, you can raise your characters, advance into the Mountainsea Realm, fuse your apertures, and enlarge your sea of willpower. Do you have the treasures to do all that?”

Su Yu shook his head. To speak the truth, he had not seen too many treasures carrying pure willpower. He had only encountered some from his heavenly rewards. Treasures like sunmoon profound yellow liquid, heavenearth profound light, and heavenly source qi could provide him with a tiny amount of willpower.

However, none of them was a treasure specialized in providing one with willpower. That was why his willpower cultivation had lagged behind his physical cultivation.

Seeing Su Yu’s response, Wu Lan grew even more excited as she said, “Exactly. Lend me this furball for a few days. I will return this fellow when Grandpa Bai is here. For now, I need this fellow for my experiments. With this fellow, I can effectively gather the random willpower scattered in the air. I can save a lot of cost with this fellow since I won’t need those special equipment anymore.”

The little furball protested furiously, “I’m a crown prince!”

He was not a garbage collector!

“Yeah! Yeah!”

Wu Lan nodded. She never said that he wasn’t. What an odd fellow. Why was the little furball reminding her of that?

Yes, he was a crown prince. And? Would the Pseudo Emperors come and give her a beating? That had never happened in the past when she pinched and played with him.

Having gotten what she needed, she completely forgot about Su Yu and shouted at Bai Feng, “Teacher Bai, get over here. I found a test subject. This fellow will be a good willpower harvester…”

She ran off with the little furball in hand.

When Su Yu was laughing in amusement, he noticed the little furball glaring at him. Thus, he waved his hand and sent a voice transmission to the furball, “Help her out for a few days. If she really manages to produce pure willpower, just secretly eat some for free. This is a big deal. If she succeeds in this research, you will be able to feed on as much willpower as you want in the future. You should take this chance to learn the technique from her and try to do it yourself in the future.”

At that, the little furball’s eyes lit up with excitement.

Right!

Willpower purification technique!

If he could learn it, he would no longer need to secretly eat willpower anymore. He would have an unlimited supply of willpower to feed on. With the sheer number of characters that had been destroyed all over the Myriad Realms, there was plenty of impure willpower to be found in the air.

With the purification technique, he would essentially be able to create food out of air. This was a big deal!

And thus, the little furball became far more obedient in Wu Lan’s hands. He was even starting to look forward to the experiments. He would try his best to learn this technique from Wu Lan.

***

The suanni and mountaindrill bull had left through the mountaindrill bull’s ability to drill underground that very night.

Su Yu did not stop them. He didn’t bother sending them off either.

The only thing he did was to give them some heavenly source qi to help them with their cultivation. As for his other treasures, he did not have enough to spare. But he was able to give each of them five drops of Sunmoon blood essence as well.

As for where they went and what they would do in the future, that was no longer a concern for Su Yu. Everyone had their own ambitions. This applied to the two as well. He wasn’t disappointed with their choice. The Myriad Realms was a wonderful place. Following him was not the sole choice they could take.

***

On the same night, he continued his talk with his seniors.

They taught him some of the techniques of their faction, such as the Heaven Suppressing Fist and the Soul Gathering Art. He had not been able to learn these techniques prior to this, as his time with them had simply been too short.

As he talked with them in the hall, he felt as though he had returned to his schooling days.

Out of nowhere, Liu Wenyan announced, “We will be going to the Luminous Domain Mansion as well.”

Su Yu nodded, “Who else is going apart from my teacher?”

Liu Wenyan smiled, “All of us.”

“All of you?”

Liu Wenyan nodded, “In truth, people like me and Xia Yunji have never been to the mansion before. We have been crippled way too early for that. Hong Tan has never been there as well. Chen Yong was there once, so he’ll be staying behind to watch over the city with my uncle. The rest of us will try our luck in the mansion.”

Su Yu frowned, “Teacher, is the Luminous Domain Mansion really such a magical place? Why are all of you going? Apart from the treasures, can you get anything else in there? If you only need cultivation resources, I have a lot…”

Liu Wenyan shook his head, “It’s not a matter of resources. At times, cultivation resources aren’t everything. We need luck, comprehension, experience, and combat. There are also the unique zones in the mansion, such as the Time Domain and many other zones. We need all of that. Things might look calm at the moment, but I have a feeling a massive war between the myriad realms will start soon. The multiple character faction is too weak to weather the coming storm.

“Without my teacher’s characters, I am only a normal third-stage Sunmoon. I don’t have enough strength to face the coming challenges. We need to grab any chance we get to grow strong while everyone is too occupied to care about us.”

Su Yu asked, “How about the slots?”

Liu Wenyan laughed, “We’ll get some from the third principal. He has slots to spare. He has been appearing nearby every now and then as of late. Due to Principal Wan’s departure, he must be feeling guilty toward us. There is honestly no need for that. Everyone has their own choices to make. He had hidden himself in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion years before my teacher died. It is understandable that he wasn’t willing to expose himself during my teacher’s dao affirmation, not after so many years of effort.”

Liu Wenyan sighed, “I don’t blame him. I don’t even know him. He might be my grandteacher, but I’ve never seen him before. Since he has finally affirmed his dao, he must be feeling very guilty toward us. In that case, we might as well take some of his slots and wipe the slate clean. That will also help reduce the guilt he’s feeling.”

Su Yu did not know Nan Wujiang, the third principal. However, he had spent some time with First Profound. Back when Nan Wujiang was still operating as First Profound, he had enjoyed provoking First Profound every now and then for fun.

As he still carried the mask of Profound Nine on him, he could still contact Nan Wujiang at any time since First Profound was supposed to be his direct superior.

However, he had never tried contacting Nan Wujiang even once.

Hearing Liu Wenyan’s words, Su Yu nodded, “True. I was planning to get you some slots with the ancient cities, but I guess I can save the effort since you already have a solution. Give him this peace of mind. We don’t even know each other that well. There is no need for him to keep feeling guilty toward us. I doubt even Principal Wan cares about what he did. Principal Wan is only disappointed with Yun Chen, not him.”

Yun Chen had been operating as the First Divine Sect master all along. He was Wan Tiansheng’s senior brother in name and teacher in practice. It was likely that Wan Tiansheng was only disappointed at him, not the third principal since the third principal had left a hundred years before Wan Tiansheng even joined the academy. At the time, Wan Tiansheng wasn’t even born yet.

Meanwhile, Yun Chen hadn’t even been operating as the First Divine Sect master for that many years.

Liu Wenyan nodded, “Principal Wan…so be it. Let’s not talk about him anymore. I must admit that this free martial uncle of mine is really quite strong. I wonder how he’s doing right now. Anyway, leave as soon as possible when Old Man Bai is here. It’s not a good idea for you to be away from your ancient city for too long.”

Su Yu nodded and said nothing else.