Tribulation of Myriad Races

An illusion manifested.

Not long after Wu Lan left, Su Yu appeared in front of her. Behind, Wu Qi and the dao protector were still following her. Or to be precise, Wu Qi was following Wu Lan while the first-stage Sunmoon followed in the dark. Wu Qi knew about the Sunmoon, but she did not mind his presence.

Not even the dao protector detected anything out of the ordinary. He was still busy grumbling inwardly about his dissatisfaction at having assigned the task of following them. Why were they running around randomly instead of heading straight to the mansion?

***

“Su Yu?”

Wu Lan did not realize that she was looking at Su Yu’s projection instead of his real person. She exclaimed in joy, “Everyone is saying that you’re dying. But I have never stopped believing that you won’t die. You’re a top-tier genius with 33 marks higher than me in the examination…”

Su Yu resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said, “I remember getting 897 marks while you only got 835 marks. I’m 62 marks higher.”

She must have been following some bad influences in life. Why would she start playing such tricks for a mere minor victory otherwise?

Wu Lan wasn’t too bothered about that. She said, “I only mentioned a random number. Sure enough, you’re narrow-minded. Why do you still remember our exact scores even after so long?”

“…”

Su Yu was rendered speechless. That was an important examination. And it hadn’t even been two years since then. How could he forget? That was the start of his rise. And as the top scorer in the examination, he naturally had to remember how much better he was than the second in place, right?

As for the third-highest scorer…he had truly forgotten about that person. He only remembered the second place because that would help him remember how much better he was. As for the third place, it held no interest for him.

Even the second-highest scorer would only remember the top scorer. Who would remember the third-highest scorer?

After verifying that she was indeed speaking to Su Yu, Wu Lan said, “Why are you here?”

“To see you.”

“Did you finish researching the cultivation method?”

“No.”

“Why are you seeing me, then?”

“…”

It was rather hard to converse with this woman.

Whatever. Su Yu went straight to the point and asked, “Why are you here?”

“To see you.”

“…”

Su Yu exhaled in exhaustion. He had the urge to return the same words she spoke to her, but Wu Lan spoke first, “I’m here to tell you about my research. There is progress, but I need a large amount of riversand for the research. Don’t ask me if I’m entering the mansion or not. I will definitely enter. Don’t bother telling me to get someone to gather the riversand for me instead. Who knows if they can leave the mansion alive? I need to enter personally to continue with my research.”

As far as she was concerned, she was entering for an important reason.

Su Yu was surprised. “Research?”

“Yeah.”

“Did Great Xia give you a slot?”

“Nope. I’m going under Great Ming’s slot. Great Ming has slots as well. Very few from Great Ming are going. Why should I take the trouble of asking for a slot from Great Xia? Great Ming has given me one out of the twenty slots they got. Why do you ask?”

Wu Lan had a look of astonishment. Was there a problem with that? Everyone in Great Ming was lazy. Nobody wanted to go. They were more than happy to see her take one of the slots. Nobody even bothered to compete for the slot.

Sigh.

With a frown, Su Yu said, “You’re entering the mansion for research…this…”

This would make things complicated.

“Do you want me to get some riversand for you?”

“No!” Wu Lan refused, “I need to see the place where riversand is produced. I also need to study the formation of riversand. Riversand has the ability to extract and purify willpower, but Teacher Kong has never been to the mansion before. She’s unsure of the reason behind this. I believe the answer lies in the origin of riversand. Everyone else are barbarians without the knowledge to seek more knowledge. I can only do this myself.”

Sigh.

She was looking for the source of riversand? In short, she was a researcher on a mission. If he stopped her from going, would she beat him to death? No wonder the Wu Family had not stopped her.

As a researcher, she had to do this herself. Nobody else could do it for her. Perhaps the Wu Family and even Great Ming were only here to assist her. If she could really figure out how riversand worked and replicate the effect, it would be impressive.

Su Yu felt a headache coming.

“Can you not go?”

“Not go?” Wu Lan looked at him oddly, “Why not? Since I’m investigating the source, I must go myself. Are you offering to go on my behalf? But you know nothing about my research.”

Su Yu didn’t know what to say. He found himself agreeing that she must go herself or she would regret it. Sure, she might die in there. But for a pure researcher, such a risk was nothing.

What a choice to make. This was troublesome.

Suddenly, Wu Lan said, “Don’t tell me you’re trying to persuade me against going before disguising yourself as me. Su Yu, are you a pervert?”

“…”

Su Yu looked at Wu Lan with an odd expression. Did she unlock something in her brain?

Why did she suddenly become so smart?

Fine, fine, she had never been stupid. She merely had low emotional intelligence. If she were stupid, she wouldn’t have scored 835 marks in her examination. He didn’t know what to say anymore.

Shortly after, he smiled and said, “Nope. Am I such a person? I am an overlord of a vast territory. I’m only here to catch up with you. Why would I do something like that?”

Wu Lan said, “Good. By the way, you can take Bai Junsheng’s identity. He’s going as well. If you take his identity, you can even stick with your teacher. He’s so weak, and he knows nothing. It’s a waste to let him go. If you go as Bai Junsheng, I can join you as well since we’re both entering under Great Ming’s slots. My elder sister is not reliable enough as a bodyguard. She’s too weak. You only need to escort me to the place riversand is produced.”

“…”

Holy shit!

Was she changing his plan for him?

Su Yu felt rather sullen at having his plan fall apart.

“No. I—”

“The most dangerous place is also the safest place. You have disguised yourself as someone from Great Ming repeatedly. Nobody will expect you to do this again. Just don’t disguise yourself as Cui Lang since everyone is already aware of that. Sure, nobody thinks that you’ll take his identity again, but everyone will still keep an eye on him.”

“…”

Su Yu asked curiously, “What have you been eating lately?”

“Nothing special.”

“Is that so?”

Su Yu was greatly surprised. If she hadn’t eaten anything special, why was she suddenly so smart? Back when he used Bai Junsheng’s identity, very few people knew about that. And now, Wu Lan was telling him to take Bai Junsheng’s identity again.

While Su Yu was deep in thought, Wu Lan said, “You pervert! You must be thinking of knocking me unconscious before stealing my identity! You must have taken a fancy to my identity! That must be why my elder sister is still not here even after following me for so long! Pervert!”

“…”

Screw that!

Su Yu hurriedly explained himself, “Nonsense! My identity makes it inconvenient for me to meet you openly. That’s why we’re meeting in such a manner. Are you sure you must enter the mansion personally?”

“Yes. Unless you can uncover the secrets behind riversand without me, I won’t change my plan.”

“Can you do it?”

“I don’t know, but I want to try.” Wu Lan said in excitement, “The Luminous Domain Mansion is a ruin of the ancient past. There are many things I can research in there. The human race lacks understanding of the mansion. I can gather both information and materials in there.”

“You’re too weak…”

“Death is a worthy price in the pursuit of dao!”

“…”

Su Yu frowned. Was she serious?

He gave Wu Lan a long stare before asking, “Do you believe this is your dao?”

“Yes.” Wu Lan answered solemnly, “I have walked the path of research since I’m a little girl. I was already a research assistant back when I was still in secondary school. I am better than you. Apart from combat strength, I’m better than you in every aspect. Do you deny this, Su Yu?”

Su Yu replied, “I don’t. But I can make you cry with one punch.”

“Barbarian!”

Wu Lan scolded. What a brute! Was punching all he knew! What a big brute!

“I don’t care. Don’t even dream of taking my identity. If you do it, I’ll tell everyone you’re a pervert!”

“…”

Su Yu felt like crying. She wasn’t this smart usually! How did she guess everything before he could say anything? Why wasn’t she stupid when she was supposed to be stupid? Did she not know that this was very annoying?

Wu Lan said, “Go look for Bai Junsheng. It won’t be hard to pretend to be him. He’s so stupid. He’s only here to fill the quota. He can’t contribute anything. Furthermore, Teacher Bai will need to waste his energy to protect that stupid guy in there. If you knock him unconscious and throw him somewhere random, he will believe he’s already in the mansion when he wakes up. He won’t know anything.”

Su Yu was left quite speechless.

“I’m not entering the mansion.”

“Sure, sure. Anything else? I’m taking my leave. Don’t even dream of setting your sights on me. I have research to complete. I’m telling you. If I manage to complete this research, I’ll be the number one researcher in the world.”

Once again, Su Yu was left speechless. She wasn’t giving him any chance to persuade her. She must have pretended to be stupid in the past to fool him!

“Bai Junsheng is just ahead of us. He’s with his father. His father is only a Cloudbreach. You can replace his son right before his eyes and he won’t notice anything.”

Wu Lan added, “Don’t dream of anything else. I’m warning you! I’ll tell everyone you’re a pervert!”

Screw that!

Su Yu felt incomparably sullen. His plan had been messed up. Sure enough, one should never rely on women. Hmph!

Bai Junsheng?

While Su Yu was thinking about it, Wu Lan continued, “That’s all. Su Yu…you’re a pervert!”

Then, she ran off.

Su Yu was left incomparably gloomy. How was he a pervert? He wasn’t even given a chance to say much. She had said everything he wanted to say. Did the fire of inheritance somehow upgrade her brain during their time in Great Ming? That would explain her sudden growth of intelligence. Sure enough, she wouldn’t be able to do anything without him.

Riversand…willpower purification…source…

Wu Lan had claimed that this was her dao. It did not matter if Su Yu believed she could do it. Preventing her from pursuing her dao would be the same as severing her path of cultivation. This was a taboo.

While rubbing his aching head, Su Yu vanished with a flicker. It was time to make a new plan. Sure enough, he couldn’t underestimate how big of an obstacle a woman could be. He had to be more careful in the future.