Tribulation of Myriad Races

Grandstar City.

Mayor’s residence.

Liu Hong had been staying here alone for several days.

With great familiarity, he stepped into the inner hall, acting like he was very close to the stone statue. Grandstar was completely ignoring him, but he did not mind that. As he looked at the stone statue, he smiled and said, “Lord Grandstar, what do you think about me as the mayor?”

Grandstar remained silent.

“Lord Grandstar, is it possible for you to let me into the Death Realm? I heard that there are a lot of treasures down there. All the experts from the ancient past are in there.”

“…”

Even after speaking for a long time, Liu Hong received zero response. Eventually, he ran out of things to say. How boring. He couldn’t even find anyone he could talk to here. The mayor’s residence might be big, but he was the only person staying there. At this point, he would be happy to strike up a conversation with even a death spirit.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from the tunnel, “Kill Su Yu and I’ll help you become the mayor.”

“You jest, Lord Xing Yue.”

Liu Hong said, “Su Yu is too strong for me to handle. In any case, Lord Grandstar will not allow that. My apologies, Lord Xing Yue.”

Xing Yue did not bother to give him a response.

Piece of trash!

Xing Yue was getting more and more annoyed with Su Yu. Sure, Su Yu had stopped absorbing her death qi for a few days. But as long as he was still around, she would feel greatly uncomfortable. Initially, she had converted him with the intention of making him a subordinate. But now, he was the one restricting her strength. She couldn’t take it anymore.

Despite the complete lack of response, Liu Hong continued chatting away with the two. He was simply too bored. This was the only thing he could do here. Suddenly, someone flickered into existence in front of him.

The moment Liu Hong saw that it was Su Yu, he showcased an expression of pleasant surprise as he said, “Su Yu, you’re back! Has the trip been safe?”

“Yes. Topsoil Spirit is looking for you everywhere. He’s going to kill you.” Su Yu said, “Teacher, I’m afraid you will have to remain here for some time. It’s dangerous out there.”

“Of course! I won’t leave. It’s not like I can even if I want to.”

Su Yu bowed at Grandstar and said, “Lord, may I trouble you to keep an eye on this guy during my absence? He will be pretending to be me while I’m away. He’s very crafty. And someone else might be backing him in this. Be careful lest you fall to his trickery, Lord.”

Grandstar opened his eyes and said, “He is but a Cloudbreach. It will be fine.”

Su Yu smiled, “It is still better to be careful. This guy might be weak, but he’s very cunning. He’s also emotionless. A lot of people had died from his lies. If it wasn’t for the fact that I needed his help, I would have slapped him to death to prevent him from scheming against me. Just ignore him no matter what he says, Lord.”

“That is only natural.”

Beside them, Liu Hong was left quite speechless. Had the kid misunderstood him? He was definitely not such a person.

Su Yu said, “Lord Xing Yue, I need a favor. Can you send a Sunmoon death spirit that isn’t too important? Hmm…a sixth-stage Sunmoon, perhaps. I need someone converted.”

The sheer audacity of the request stunned Xing Yue for a moment. Then, she roared, “What did you just say?”

Was the kid ordering her to do something?

Su Yu laughed, “Relax, Lord. This is a small matter. It’s not like you lack Sunmoon subordinates. Just send a particularly rebellious one. I only need a sixth-stage Sunmoon. A seventh-stage Sunmoon is probably acceptable as well. Just make sure it isn’t stronger than that. I only need a peak Mountainsea converted. You don’t need a stronger death spirit for that job.”

Was the damn kid teaching her how to do her job? Xing Yue was furious. Nowadays, just hearing Su Yu’s voice was enough to irritate her.

After thinking about it, Su Yu said, “Lord, pick one with more death qi to spare. It’s urgent.”

“…”

Xing Yue decided to ignore Su Yu. Meanwhile, Grandstar was looking at Su Yu with a bizarre expression. This kid was being too excessive. How could he order Xing Yue around? Was he the death spirit or was she the death spirit here?

Liu Hong was also looking at Su Yu with a bizarre expression. Was this how the kid was treating the death sovereign?

No wonder. No wonder the death sovereign had been trying to instigate him into killing Su Yu. Not even he could accept such an insult. How could Su Yu bully a death sovereign like that?

After an awkward cough, Su Yu said, “Lord Xing Yue, please do me a small favor. I’m doing a little experiment. In truth, I’m doing this for you. I’m trying to see if it’s possible to convert a death spirit back to life. I can’t experiment on you, right?”

“Converting a death spirit back to life?”

Xing Yue asked doubtfully, “You mean…”

“Exactly. That’s what I’m trying to do.”

Inwardly, Su Yu added that this was merely a lie.

Old Man Bai could open the yang acupoint, but he couldn’t cultivate the reversal art as he had not opened the grand cycle acupoints. However, Xing Yue was unaware of that. There was no need for him to tell the truth.

“Sixth-stage Sunmoon?”

Clearly, Xing Yue was considering the matter. Su Yu said, “Yes. Lord, a weak death spirit won’t have enough death qi. But if the death spirit is too strong, my helper might die accidentally. That would be rude. Please help me, Lord. I’ll try to bring you some treasures to thank you for this.”

Xing Yue snorted. Could a great death sovereign like her be bribed so easily?

After thinking about it, she said, “Fine. I’ll grant your request. Listen well, Su Yu. I’m not doing this because I’m afraid of you. I’m merely curious about this experiment of yours.”

“Of course.”

Su Yu gave a perfunctory nod.

Beside him, Liu Hong’s jaw dropped. Wasn’t this death sovereign a tad bit too easy to convince? Was he seeing things?

Su Yu was relieved to get this matter settled. But soon, he added, “Right, I have a few other fellows as well. Can you get some weaker death spirits to convert them as well, Lord?”

He then looked at Liu Hong and said, “Lord, perhaps you should get a first-stage Sunmoon death spirit to convert this fellow as well. Pick an unimportant death spirit. This fellow is too treacherous. I don’t want to lose a strong death spirit to his trickery.”

“…”

Liu Hong opened his mouth, but he didn’t know what to say. What was this? He had been quite obedient. Why was the kid still targeting him?

Xing Yue laughed and said, “Su Yu, this guy is weak. No trickery can overcome pure strength. There is no need for you to worry.”

Su Yu said, “Lord, I’m not worried for myself. I’m only worried that you will fall for his glib tongue. Back in the Human Realm, this guy was an even more accomplished scammer than me.”

Xing Yue sank into silence. After a while, she agreed, “Yes. I need to keep an eye on him.”

She had seen for herself how good Su Yu was at scamming others. Just look at how he had fooled the myriad races not long ago. Liu Hong was rendered even more speechless.

Why? He had been so obedient! Why was Su Yu so petty? He had only taken a little bit of money out of Su Yu’s pocket in the past. Why was the kid still targeting him over that?

“You may leave the room, Teacher.”

Without giving Liu Hong a chance to say anything, he sent Liu Hong flying out of the inner hall with a wave of his hand before slamming the door shut.

Then, Su Yu said, “Lord, did you discover anything unusual about that guy?”

Grandstar asked, “Nobody can be as unusual as you.”

But he still gave it some thought before saying, “He seems to be trying to enter the Death Realm. An ancient city resident will receive fewer attacks in the Death Realm compared to a normal living being. This might be why he has been so willing to convert into a living dead.”

Su Yu was surprised to hear that. “Lord, do you mean that I can enter the Death Realm as I wish as well?”

“Of course not.” Grandstar said, “At the very least, you need to have the ability to open the tunnel. You also need the ability to survive the death sovereign there.”

“True. By the way, back then, Xia Longwu entered through Lord Heavendoom’s tunnel. He even killed quite a lot of Sunmoon death spirits there. Did the death sovereign there not do anything?”

Before Grandstar could say anything, Xing Yue offered the answer, “Back when Xia Longwu was there, He Tu was gathering the various death sovereigns to attack Grand Dream’s tunnel. Heavendoom’s death sovereign went to help as well. I didn’t go.”

“…”

Su Yu could hear some smugness in her voice when she declared that she wasn’t there.

He asked doubtfully, “You didn’t help? How did He Tu get the help of other death sovereigns? What’s so special about him?”

Xing Yue snorted, “You don’t understand. Like you, he’s a swindler. Back then, he deceived the various death sovereigns and invited them out of the Death Realm. In the end, many died. Surprisingly, these dumb death sovereigns are still willing to believe that he can lead them out of the Death Realm.”

Su Yu asked doubtfully, “Why Grand Dream’s tunnel? I believe Rainbow Rain’s tunnel would be much easier to attack back then…”

“Dumbass.”

Xing Yue said with disdain, “Because Grand Dream’s tunnel is the strongest. It is stable enough to allow Pseudo Emperor’s travel. The other tunnels are too weak. By breaking through that tunnel, Pseudo Emperors will be able to attack the world of the living. To conquer the world of the living, mere death sovereigns like us are not enough.”

How dumb. How was Su Yu not aware of something so simple? Finally, she was able to demonstrate her superiority to Su Yu yet again. Her mood improved significantly at this so-called victory she believed she had scored over Su Yu.

Grandstar said, “You have your answer. He Tu is still stubbornly trying to go against us…”

Su Yu couldn’t understand the persistence. He asked, “Is He Tu stupid? If the other death sovereigns can go to his place, he can do the same elsewhere. For example, he can cause you a lot of trouble by attacking here. First, he can break through the tunnel here. Then, he can do it to the other cities one by one. Lord Grand Dream will be forced to travel everywhere to help. That will eventually weaken him, giving them a chance to break through the tunnel there.”

Why bother facing a Pseudo Emperor head on?

Su Yu was more and more convinced that He Tu was stupid.