Tribulation of Myriad Races

When Su Yu took out the materials he had prepared for the weaponsmithing, all the earth weaponsmiths in the room started gasping for breath.

The kid was…too rich.

Su Yu had not only traded for many treasures, but he had also killed a lot of people before. Thus, he had accumulated a huge stash of treasures without realizing it.

Next, he took a different pile of treasures out and introduced, “These are five elemental fruits. If you need to replenish your source qi or willpower, use them.”

“Fuck!”

All of them had the same reaction.

Screw that!

What were they supposed to use for recovery?

Five elemental fruits?

Was this little shit addicted to the life of a wastrel?

Each five elemental fruit was worth ten strands of heavenearth profound light. This was no joke. It was as valuable as ten drops of first-stage Sunmoon blood essence. Even the price of an intact first-stage Sunmoon was probably only slightly higher than this fruit.

Zhao Li frowned and berated, “Stop messing around.”

Su Yu shook his head, “I’m serious. Teacher Hu and the others are old and plagued by their old injuries. A heavy workload for one whole month might kill them. Maybe they will die before the month is up. How am I supposed to answer for your deaths? With five elemental fruits, you can not only replenish your source qi and willpower, but you can also heal your injuries.”

Then, Su Yu took more fruits out and said, “These are hallow source qi fruits for your source qi replenishment. I have a hundred of them here. I made them from my scam not long ago.”

Su Yu grinned, “Of course, try to avoid using these fruits unless you really need to. I will provide all of you with sufficient heavenly source qi. We don’t use regular source qi here. It’s full of impurities.”

“…”

Everyone swallowed. As weaponsmiths, they were no country bumpkins. But…they had truly never seen someone like this.

Using heavenly source qi as regular water, using hallow source qi fruit as backup water, and using five elemental fruit as emergency water. This was essentially what Su Yu was telling them to do.

In truth, the value of these treasures was already far beyond that of a heaven weapon.

Was Su Yu crazy?

No. He wasn’t. He was simply rich. Sure, these treasures were good enough to help even with source qi transformations, but they might not be sufficient for his own source qi transformations. He required even better treasures for that.

Since he was forging something that would help achieve his dao, why would he care about something like expenses? Since these earth weaponsmiths had agreed to help so readily, could he mistreat them?

What was he supposed to do if he worked them to death before the weapon was even complete? How was he supposed to answer to Great Ming and their families? He would never mistreat them.

Su Yu said, “I believe all of you are already familiar with the Long Life Art. Take this chance to cultivate it and recover from your physical injuries before using the five elemental fruits to recover from your willpower injuries.”

Then, he took four more fruits out. These new fruits were celestial devil fruits, and they were incredibly valuable as well. Back then, each was sold at a price of sixty drops of heavenly source qi.

Of course, there was a reason for these fruits to be so expensive.

Su Yu looked at the others and introduced, “Celestial devil fruits. They are extremely valuable. I only have four of them. Their biggest function is the recovery of physical injuries. After consuming one, you will undergo rebirth. I used to have five, but the greedy furball ate one of them. If you suffer from any backlash while working on this project, you can recover with these fruits.”

Everyone was stunned.

They were starting to suspect whether they were really here to forge a weapon. Were they here for a feast instead? There were too many treasures.

Su Yu…was too damn wasteful!

Of course, Su Yu wouldn’t be so generous to everyone. These people had agreed to help him with such a difficult project without any hesitation. They were earth weaponsmiths. It wasn’t like they wouldn’t have anything to do if they hadn’t agreed to help him. By agreeing, they were doing him a favor.

Su Yu would always be generous toward those who were kind to him.

That was not all. He also took out the sunmoon profound yellow liquid he had and said, “You can use this for recovery as well. I’ll buy more from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. I have so many treasures that I have forgotten to use some of them. This will be my chance to use them all. Feel free to use them. They will be left collecting dust otherwise.”

Even a peak earth weaponsmith like Zhao Tianbing couldn’t help feeling envious. He said, “Su Yu, this is more than what I have earned after spending a lifetime as a weaponsmith. You are truly…”

Su Yu flashed a humble smile and said, “Don’t worry about it. I earned all these through scams. The myriad races are too stupid. In truth, I haven’t done much except scamming.”

“…”

Silence descended.

Hu Qi laughed helplessly and said, “I had believed that we would be here to help you. But instead, we’re here to enjoy your benefits. I’m starting to feel embarrassed.”

Su Yu said, “Not at all. I had enjoyed my time in Great Ming. That was all thanks to you. Everyone there had helped me a lot. These treasures are mere external objects. Since I don’t need them for anything, it’s pointless to keep them. I might as well put them to use here.”

Zhao Li exhaled deeply and said, “Just use them. You will be able to work better with your injuries healed. Zhao Tianbing is a peak earth weaponsmith while the three of you are middle earth weaponsmiths. I can forge middle earth weapons as well. This will give us a much higher success rate.”

Hu Xiansheng laughed and said, “To speak the truth, we have enough people and treasures to surpass the lineup involved during the forging of the Hundred Dao Pagoda if Heavenly Forge King joins us as well. By the way, how are you getting the formation and other things needed for a weapon this powerful? Have you dealt with these issues?”

“Yes.” Su Yu answered, “Great Ming King will help with the formation and Principal Niu will help with the talismans.”

What a luxurious lineup.

Two Invincibles, multiple earth weaponsmiths, and countless precious materials. They had to admit that one could only afford to be willful if one had enough money.

Hu Xiansheng was left speechless for quite a long while before he could speak again, “Are you sure you’re not forging a divine weapon here? Not even the myriad races are this spendthrift. We have enough people and materials to forge a heaven weapon. But if you’re really forging a divine weapon…it will still be extremely difficult. Perhaps we can even try to forge a peak heaven weapon. But a divine weapon…is simply too difficult to make. A weapon like this is perhaps something only luck itself can bestow.”

Everyone nodded. He was speaking the truth.

If divine weapons were really so easy to forge, there would be far more divine weapons out there. At present, the Heavenly Hunt Index was the sole publicly known divine weapon in existence. Each divine weapon was unimaginably powerful. For example, the Heavenly Hunt Index was capable of gathering and detecting auras in the entirety of the Allheaven Battlefield.

Zhao Tianbing inhaled deeply and said, “Alright. Since the tasks have been allocated, let’s start. This is our first cooperation. If we can complete this project, all of us will benefit considerably as well. Perhaps…this will be enough to push me into a heaven weaponsmith. I am grateful for this opportunity. If I rely on myself or the human race…I will never be able to work with so many treasures at once. Su Yu, we only have one request. When both you and my junior brother are finishing up the weapon, we wish to observe the forging process.”

Su Yu considered it slightly and nodded, “Sure.”

Zhao Li frowned and said, “You can observe, but you’re not allowed to pry into the inner workings of the weapon. Su Yu is courageous enough to put his trust on all of us. I might only be a mere junior in front of all of you, but I’ll be frank. This won’t be a simple weapon meant for combat. This will be his dao weapon. He claimed that he has discovered his dao. That was why I told him to reject Heavenly Forge King’s offer of assistance. It is fine for any other weapon, even a heaven weapon, to have its inner workings exposed. But a dao weapon is different. Do not try to pry into it.”

They all nodded in agreement. That was a fair request.

Zhao Tianbing said, “Don’t worry, Junior Brother. We’re all weaponsmiths. We know how things are done. Why is a wimpy kid like you reminding veteran weaponsmiths like us on the right thing to do?”

Suddenly, Hu Qi remarked flatly, “Tianbing, there is no need for this farce of a carrot-and-stick routine. Both of you are wimpy kids in front of us. We know better than the two of you.”

“…”

This time, it was Zhao Tianbing’s turn to feel awkward. True. The three of them came from the same generation as the prefecture founders. They were far higher than he in seniority.

Su Yu was resisting the urge to laugh.

But he was also feeling very touched. It would be inappropriate for him to issue these warnings. But Zhao Li had warned them all on his behalf.

This wasn’t an issue of trust. A dao weapon was too important. The moment the inner workings of a dao weapon were exposed, the weapon would be very vulnerable. The loss of such a weapon would be heavy. Not only would he lose the weapon, but he would also lose the characters fused within.

Zhao Li did not say anything to Hu Qi. He was Su Yu’s weaponsmithing teacher. He was akin to Su Yu’s guide in the path of cultivation. Since it was inappropriate for Su Yu to say those words, he was obliged to say them.

They had refused Heavenly Forge King’s offer of help because as an Invincible, Heavenly Forge King was too powerful. He could easily see through the secrets of the weapon, and he would gain too much leverage over Su Yu.

With nothing else to say, they could all get started.

They were all straightforward people. As weaponsmiths, they did not have the habit of procrastinating. Everyone started working while Su Yu started gathering the rest of the materials he needed. He had to contact the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to get what he lacked.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Clanking sounds started resounding in the mayor’s residence.

***

At this point, news of what Su Yu was doing had spread all over the Myriad Realms.

Considering he had asked for the help of several earth weaponsmiths, everyone speculated that he was trying to forge a heaven weapon. This attracted the attention of many weaponsmiths in the Myriad Realms.

One could say that the forging of a heaven weapon was an extremely rare event. Apart from a small number of peak Sunmoons, only Invincibles were capable of owning heaven weapons.

In any case, a large number of people were already in the region for the Luminous Domain Mansion. Thus, even more people were attracted to the area. This was especially true since most of the people attracted by the forging were weaponsmiths, and most earth weaponsmiths would not go anywhere without the escort of Sunmoons.

Generally, each earth weaponsmith would have an entourage of three to five Sunmoons following them around.

***

Headquarters of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

When Su Yu’s list arrived, the gold masks in the room inhaled in shock.

The Earth Department head said, “Just what manner of heaven weapon is that guy forging? He traded for quite a lot of treasures not long ago. Are those treasures not enough? Why is he buying so many from us?”

The Heaven Department head, whose body was flickering in and out of existence, picked the list up and said, “These are all materials for earth weapons. He’s probably forging an assembled weapon. He’s not buying too many types of materials, but the volume of each type is massive. This weapon probably consists of a large number of components. The more components there are, the harder the weapon will be to assemble. Generally, most weaponsmiths do not recommend assembled weapons as the difficulty of the final forge will be too high.

“Since Su Yu has asked for so many weaponsmiths to help, he is likely planning to finish the final forge himself. He is quite courageous. Even a weaponsmith like Zhao Tianbing is being used as an assistant for this project. I’m not sure if he will be able to complete the final forge.”

Just from the list, the Heaven Department head was able to make an accurate guess of Su Yu’s goal. Clearly, he was quite well-versed in weaponsmithing as well.

After studying the list for a bit, he said, “Make the sale. I want to see if he can really forge a heaven weapon.”

The Earth Department head said, “He requires a large volume of these materials. The price won’t be low. He said that he will pay with heavenly source qi. But these materials are worth over five thousand portions of heavenly source qi. Can he even afford this price?”

“Just agree to the sale and you will know the answer.”

The Heaven Department head said, “He was the first person to discover the Nanyuan ruin. He might have harvested a lot of heavenly source qi from that place. That ruin is very rich in heavenly source qi.”

“True.”

The others nodded. They had to admit that Su Yu was being extremely luxurious here.

Everyone was very interested in Su Yu.

When he helped Zhao Li with the embryonic heaven weapon previously, he had created quite a sensation. Since then, he had been known as the youngest earth weaponsmith in the Myriad Realms. A lot of people were speculating that he was really going to attempt forging a heaven weapon this time.

Of course, he still wouldn’t be able to fully control a heaven weapon at this point. However, he was growing at such a crazy rate that it wouldn’t be a waste for him to wield a heaven weapon.