Tribulation of Myriad Races

Xuan Wuji added, “Furthermore, I believe Mayor Su knows full well who the blood essence Zhan Wushuang gathered is meant for.”

Su Yu said, “Of course I’m clear. I told him to buy some blood essence for me. I even paid him in advance. Did he complete the purchase?”

He looked at Zhan Wushuang and asked, “Brother Wushuang, are you done purchasing the blood essence I ordered?”

Zhan Wushuang frowned. After a long while, he answered, “Some.”

“Hand it over, then.”

Zhan Wushuang continued frowning, but he still took a jade case out and tossed it over. With the case in hand, Su Yu merely smiled. Seeing the exchange, Xuan Wuji frowned and said,

“Mayor Su, the blood essence in your hand wasn’t purchased. Rather, it was extracted by Zhan Wushuang from his victims.”

“Why are you telling me that?” Su Yu said, “How am I supposed to know where he got the blood essence from? Perhaps he bought it from the white-haired divine king. I don’t really care. I paid for the blood essence. So the blood essence is now mine. As for who the killer was, who knows? Unless you can get an Invincible to rewind time, we can’t be sure of anything. It’s way too easy for someone to be disguised as someone else. As for the racial ability…you must be kidding. Is Zhan Wushuang the sole first divine in existence? There are so many of them out there. Maybe one of them got bored and went out to kill some random victims. Who knows?”

Boom!

Abruptly, a ninth-stage Sunmoon first divine sent an eighth-stage Mountainsea first divine flying before roaring furiously, “How dare you, Tian Qi? How could you disguise yourself as Wushuang and go on a killing spree? I will cripple you as punishment!”

“…”

Su Yu laughed as he looked at the expressionless white-haired divine king. The divine king had already received his answer. He would not take the blame for Zhan Wushuang. As for the scapegoat, any random eighth-stage Mountainsea would do.

He wasn’t sure if the divine king would still pay him the promised carrier treasure, but he wasn’t too bothered about it. Even without his interference, the divine race might still end up making someone else the scapegoat. They had only sought his cooperation previously because they were too anxious. Now that they had calmed down, they were able to easily push the blame away.

The ninth-stage Sunmoon divine looked up at the Invincibles and said, “My lords, this is my fault. I have failed in the education of my student. Tian Qi had disguised himself as Wushuang to perform all those murders so as to avoid any punishment from me. I will punish him for this. His physical body will be crippled. He will be prevented from leaving the Divine Realm for a thousand years. He will be subjected to the burning of earthfire for a hundred years. He will also suffer a hundred years of lightning punishment.”

“…”

The expressions of the surrounding experts changed.

With a frown, Xuan Wuji said, “Lord, why must you do this? You know very well the culprit is Zhan Wushuang, not Tian Qi. Zhan Wushuang, is someone like you really so cowardly? Do you not have the courage to take the blame for what you did? Do you really need a scapegoat to save yourself?”

Compared to the rest of the young geniuses, Zhan Wushuang was a relatively honest and straightforward one. That was the truth.

In Su Yu’s words, his ego was so strong he couldn’t even bring himself to lie.

Hearing Xuan Wuji’s words, the white-haired divine king’s expression changed as he sent a voice transmission, “Wushuang, you’re more important than Tian Qi. Don’t worry about the punishments. They won’t do much to him. If you feel bad, just compensate him after you leave the mansion. No matter what, do not take the blame.”

Losing Zhan Wushuang’s participation in the mansion would be a major loss to the divines. As for the so-called punishments, they were merely done to appease the myriad races. Was the destruction of the body of an eighth-stage Mountainsea from the first divine race not enough for them?

Were they going to personally supervise the rest of the punishments that were supposed to be carried out in the Divine Realm? If they had the courage to enter the Divine Realm for this, the divines would gladly welcome them.

Would they take nothing for an answer except for the death of the culprit? If they had to, the divine race wouldn’t mind doing so. But would any race wish to form such a level of enmity with the divine race? Thus, the matter would likely end the moment sufficient punishments were announced.

Suddenly, Zhan Wushuang said, “I did not kill these people.”

He looked at Xuan Wuji and Dao Cheng before saying, “After having my body destroyed by Su Yu, I have been spending my time in recuperation. I did not have the time to kill all these people. Xuan Wuji, just take the blame for what you did. Why are you trying to throw the blame on someone else? Do you not have the courage to shoulder the consequences of your own actions? Can you swear that they weren’t killed by you? Perhaps Dao Cheng was in cohorts with you as well. What is the immortal race trying to do here? Are you trying to become the leader of the myriad races?”

Xuan Wuji frowned. What was happening here? This was not in line with Zhan Wushuang’s character at all.

In fact, Zhan Wushuang was behaving so differently from normal that Xuan Wuji was wondering if this was a fake Zhan Wushuang. This was supposed to be enough to drag the truth out of Zhan Wushuang. According to Xuan Wuji and Dao Cheng’s plan, even if the divines were to refute the accusation, Zhan Wushuang would still take the blame.

But…that did not happen.

How odd.

While Xuan Wuji was deep in thought, Zhan Wushuang said, “Xuan Wuji, why don’t we seek the assistance of the Eternals from the fate and celestial chasm races and establish a heavenly oath together? The one to lie will be the one to die in the ancient city later. What say you?”

Xuan Wuji coldly said, “Zhan Wushuang, you’re the killer. Why should I take the heavenly oath with you?”

Zhan Wushuang said, “Because I’m not the killer. I believe even these recordings are fake. Tian Qi was forced to take the blame because he was too worried about me. But I don’t need his help. I am not the killer. You’re the killer. You’re trying to shift the blame to me. The recordings can be faked, but a heavenly oath can’t. It is a very straightforward method to establish who among us is lying here. We will make the oath together. The killer will receive one heavenly punishment for each recent death he is responsible for. Is this fair enough for you?”

He looked at Xuan Wuji and said, “You did this. You and Dao Cheng. Why are you trying to push the responsibility away? You’re making a joke out of yourself. If you dare, make the oath. The immortals are getting more and more ambitious. With the devils in chaos and the humans being targeted by the myriad races, you’re trying to put the divines down as well.”

“…”

Xuan Wuji stared at Zhan Wushuang for a long while. Finally, he spoke, “Zhan Wushuang, after your defeat to Su Yu, you have lost even–”

A loud bang rang out.

Xuan Wuji had been sent flying away by a slap. In his palace, Dao King stood with an unsightly expression as he stared at the three stone statues waiting right outside the entrance of his palace.

Su Yu’s calm voice rang out, “Did you not hear my words earlier? Who are you to speak my name directly? Are you tired of living? Immortals, do you have no manners? It’s fine for Dao King to address me by my name. But who are you, Xuan Wuji? Are you trying to die?”

Not far away, Xuan Wuji was coughing up blood with a large palm print on his face.

Su Yu said, “I spared your life out of respect for your ancestor, Immortal King Xuan He. If you dare forget your place again, I’ll kill you.”

Fury could be seen in Xuan Wuji’s eyes. He had been slapped by Su Yu in public. This was a grave insult to him.

Damn it!

Su Yu merely snorted disdainfully. When the three stone statues vanished again, Dao King stared at Su Yu with a frown. Noticing the stare, Su Yu indifferently said, “Dao King, there is no need to look at me like that. Would you like it if your grandson were to start addressing you by your name directly? Where are his manners? He should learn to respect his seniors. The immortals are supposed to care about manners a lot. What happened? Why have you lot forgotten your manners?”

Dao King inhaled deeply, suppressed his anger, and sent Xuan Wuji a voice transmission, “Stop arguing with Su Yu. Don’t call his name in public. Do you understand?”

There was no need to seek trouble for something so trivial. Su Yu had already flipped out once for the same reason earlier. However, it was too hard for everyone to engrave the lesson in their minds. Su Yu was simply too young. They were not used to speaking of him in respectful terms. It was far too easy for them to accidentally address him by his name.

Unfortunately, he was also a troublemaker. As a result, Xuan Wuji received a slap from Su Yu and suffered a loss of reputation, while Zhan Wushuang was still perfectly fine. The masses on the island couldn’t even react to what was happening.

Some of the humans had been feeling unhappy about what Su Yu said to them earlier. But now, all of them were looking down speechlessly. Su Yu was simply too ferocious.

No matter what, Xuan Wuji was the descendant of an immortal king. The immortal race was one of the strongest races in the Myriad Realms. Yet Su Yu had slapped him in front of so many immortal kings. If Su Yu had the courage to treat even an immortal genius that way, what about everyone else?

As for the ones who had been berated and kicked by Su Yu earlier, they had completely dispelled the anger they were harboring toward Su Yu. They wouldn’t even mention his name directly anymore. The consequences might be too disastrous for them to bear.

Zhan Wushuang merely looked at Su Yu with a complicated expression. He had learned one lesson from Su Yu.

At times, ego was worthless.

Caring too much about ego could be fatal. Back when he was Su Yu’s prisoner, he would have died if he had clung to his ego. Instead, he had opted to lose some face and work for Su Yu. And thus, he survived.

Thus, when Xuan Wuji tried to provoke a confession out of him with his ego, the attempt had failed. His ego had been smashed apart. Not only had he been defeated by Su Yu, but he had also lost his body before surviving on Su Yu’s mercy. He no longer had any ego.

As for the heavenly oath he had challenged Xuan Wuji to make, he only needed to ensure that he was not the one who had killed the most. He knew very well that he had not killed that many people.

In that case, Xuan Wuji and Dao Cheng must be the ones who had killed the rest. The plot to remove Zhan Wushuang from the competition had been turned into a farce.

Su Yu had ruined the plan. They didn’t know what to feel anymore. They were sure Zhan Wushuang was the culprit. But he was unwilling to confess. He was even demanding that Xuan Wuji make a heavenly oath with him. Judging by how Xuan Wuji had tried to shift the topic when he was pushed to make a heavenly oath, the Invincibles could already guess the truth of the matter.

Zhan Wushuang must have reached an agreement with Su Yu to harvest some blood essence for him. And Xuan Wuji must have tailed Zhan Wushuang. He had probably killed quite a lot of these victims as well to make it a bigger case.

***

Up in the sky.

With a contemptuous laugh, Su Yu spoke lazily, “I guess we’re at an impasse. What about this? Both the immortals and the divines can be punished. Zhan Wushuang, Xuan Wuji, and Dao Cheng will be banned from the mansion. Isn’t it simple?”

Immediately after, Great Zhou King laughed, “That’s a great idea.”

Moge coldly said, “I have never agreed more with Mayor Su. The devils agree. Since both the immortals and divines are trying to cause trouble, both shall be punished.”

The expressions of the others changed again. One of them laughed and said, “It is indeed important to investigate this matter properly. I agree with Mayor Su’s suggestion. Zhan Wushuang, Xuan Wuji, and Dao Cheng will be temporarily barred from the mansion. We can make further decisions after the investigation is concluded.”

With various difficulties plaguing the other major races, everyone had been worried about the stability of the divines and immortals. This was a good chance to slightly weaken both the divines and the immortals.