Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu wasn’t too bothered about what Great Xia King was thinking.

In fact, almost nobody was bothered about what Great Xia King thought about this.

***

Somewhere further away.

Beside Long Wuyou, several dragons in human forms were watching with odd expressions. The white dragon was among them. One of the dragons asked through voice transmission, “What is Su Yu doing here?”

“What?”

Some of the dragons were confused, but a different dragon sent another voice transmission, “Are you brainless? After hearing Topsoil Spirit’s offer, he kept the skylotus away. What was the meaning behind that action? Isn’t it obvious?”

“What do you mean?”

The same dragon from before replied in annoyance, “You must really be a fool! In short, that offer has successfully tempted him! He must be contemplating the possibility of selling the skylotus for things he actually needs. He doesn’t lack wealth, but he lacks some specific items.”

“Is that the case?”

Some of the dragons remained doubtful. Would Su Yu really sell the skylotus?

“Even if he’s willing to sell, he won’t sell to us.”

“Are you stupid? Who else can he sell these petals to? Are the humans supposed to buy these petals? Can the humans even afford the price? Do the humans have Eternal blood essence in storage? How about carrier treasures? Even if they do have extra, they won’t be willing to part with these treasures. Yes, a petal or two can further strengthen humanity. But the humans are more in need of carrier treasures and blood essence.”

“But we’re enemies…”

“Idiot! He might not sell to us directly, but don’t forget the white dragon beside us. That is an ally of humanity. He can do the buying for us. Or we can even get a neutral race to make the purchase. The fate, spirit, primordial giant, and many other races are neutral.”

Finally, understanding dawned on all the dragons.

“He still has seven petals left!”

The look in their eyes changed. That was quite a high number.

“A ninth-degree Eternall might be able to achieve Daofuse with this! This can help some races produce a second Pseudo Emperor!”

“We suffered a massive loss during the previous battle, but producing a single Pseudo Emperor will make up for all our previous losses!”

“Grand Elder, there is hope!”

The grand elder was Long Wuyou’s grandfather, also the strongest expert of the golden dragon race. He was stronger than even the leader of the golden dragon race. As a whole, the golden dragon race was as strong as the blood devil race.

Most of the dragons around Long Wuyou were golden dragons.

All of them grew excited.

However, Long Wuyou frowned and warned, “Be cautious. Don’t fall for any schemes. Just look at what happened to Topsoil Spirit previously. He fell for the tricks of the humans and suffered massively.”

“What?”

The other dragons were unaware of that matter. Topsoil Spirit had not made the matter public. As for Long Wuyou, he had been keeping silent about the matter since it was beneath him to gossip about a fellow genius.

Looking at the confused dragons, Long Wuyou considered the matter and said, “Topsoil Spirit fell for Su Yu’s trick once. Be careful. Su Yu is incomparably crafty and treacherous. Be careful lest this is a scam!”

A scam?

The dragons sank into thought. True. But…this wouldn’t be an easy scam to pull off. They did not believe that it was even possible.

One of them said, “It’s fine. If we do buy it, we will do it face-to-face. We will inspect the product before paying. With its unique shape, aura, and time veins, a skylotus can’t be faked.”

Long Wuyou hesitated slightly before saying, “He’s a skilled weaponsmith.”

“Are you worried that he will forge a fake skylotus and sell that instead of the real deal? True. We need to be careful about that. But we can easily take a weaponsmith with us when completing the deal. We can even get a heaven weaponsmith to come with us. That won’t be an issue.”

At that, Long Wuyou had nothing else to say.

True. Something capable of fooling a heaven weaponsmith would probably be something with the quality of a heaven or a divine weapon.

Would Su Yu carry out a scam with something so valuable? He would be an absolute fool to do so. The value of a single petal might not even be as high as the value of a high-tier heaven weapon. After all, that was merely a petal, not a complete skylotus. On the other hand, a complete skylotus would probably be comparable to a divine weapon in value.

That tiny movement of Su Yu was noticed by numerous people. They saw an opportunity in this.

Yes. Opportunity.

Su Yu had rejected Topsoil Spirit’s offer, but he had also stopped feeding the soul devourer. That was good news. Clearly, he was tempted.

***

At the same time.

Topsoil Spirit’s heart was beating madly.

He seemed to have…discovered a big secret!

And…he had even acted as Su Yu’s prop!

He had only done so after noticing the odd look in Su Yu’s eyes earlier. Now, he was starting to regret it. Something big was about to happen.

Su Yu seemed to be planning another scam.

Fuck!

Sure enough, the humans were crafty and treacherous. Back then, Liu Hong had scammed him with the Five Elemental Art. Now, the scumbag Su Yu was going to pull an even bigger scam. It was amazing how he could do this even when he was already the public enemy of the myriad races.

If he wasn’t already a public enemy, he could have pulled off a lot more scams against the myriad races.

Fake skylotus.

Topsoil Spirit became certain that the skylotus in Su Yu’s hand was fake.

But it looked exactly the same as the real deal! At the very least, that was how it looked in Topsoil Spirit’s eyes. He did not get a close look at the petal, but from its shape, aura, and other characteristics, it was basically fully identical to the real skylotus. Was that really a fake petal?

Or perhaps that was a real petal. The fake petal would only be taken out for sale.

Topsoil Spirit did not dare to say anything. Beside him, an earth elemental asked through voice transmission, “Topsoil Spirit, is Su Yu going to sell the skylotus? He’s clearly swayed. He won’t sell to the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons, but we don’t have any quarrel with the humans! Why don’t you give it a try? He still has seven petals. These petals might even help our patriarch achieve Daofuse and become the Pseudo Emperor of the five elementals!”

Topsoil Spirit sighed inwardly.

Why? Why would they even think like that?

Why would Su Yu sell the actual skylotus?

But if even this earth elemental had fallen for Su Yu’s act, it was clear the others had fallen as well.

Su Yu was tempted. But he was still hesitating. Perhaps he was even thinking about a suitable buyer. That must be everyone’s conclusion. That was everyone’s conclusion.

Topsoil Spirit cursed inwardly before sending a voice transmission, “Elder, don’t do anything rash. It’s too expensive for us to afford all seven petals.”

“We can at least try to buy a petal or two, right?”

Once again, Topsoil Spirit cursed inwardly. Buy his ass!

Suddenly, he received a voice transmission from Su Yu, “Take the lead and be my first customer. I’ll repay you after this. You can’t be the only person not buying when everyone else is buying. As the one to make the first offer, are you trying to get the five elemental race destroyed by not buying? Don’t worry. I’ll limit the purchase per person. I’ll only sell you one petal.”

Topsoil Spirit’s heart thumped.

The elder beside him seemed to have sensed the willpower undulation involved in voice transmission. Thus, he asked, “Topsoil Spirit, did Su Yu contact you?”

Topsoil Spirit started cursing inwardly. But upon thinking more about it, he found Su Yu’s words reasonable. He was the first to make the offer. He couldn’t be the one to stand out by not falling victim to the scam when everyone else had fallen victim.

More importantly, would that scumbag Su Yu really repay him?

This wouldn’t be a cheap purchase!

He replied to his elder with a voice transmission, “Elder, he did contact me. He asked for three carrier treasures per petal. He’s willing to sell me one petal. There is a purchase limit. He won’t be selling more than one petal to each party. This is his way of preventing the buyers from producing a new Daofuse with his petals.”

“Purchase limit?” The elder praised, “How smart. Su Yu is indeed smart. Not even a ninth-degree Eternal can achieve Daofuse with only one petal. The effectiveness will be greatly reduced.”

Topsoil Spirit sighed inwardly. That was right. Su Yu was very smart. He was so smart he could already guess how everyone would react.

Purchase limit.

He was actually setting up a purchase limit even when he was selling counterfeit. He was actually applying hunger marketing even when selling a fake product. He wouldn’t sell all seven petals at once. He would only sell one.

Holy shit! This might…really work! Topsoil Spirit said, “It’s pointless to buy only one petal…”

The elder berated him, “Fool! We will buy it! Then, we can get other races to buy more for us. The sales will most likely proceed in secret anyway. I doubt Su Yu will sell the petals openly. Thanks to this, nobody will know just how many petals we have purchased.”

The elder grew excited as he continued, “Come on! Report it to the higher-ups! Three carrier treasures per petal is a bit too expensive. A single petal isn’t worth this price. Also, there are dragons, iron devourers, sky horses, primordial giants, and the spies of many races in the area. Be quick, Topsoil Spirit! Report it! Get the experts back home to start working on this. Get them to send some help from other races as well. Just say that they’re all here to celebrate the birthday of Su Yu’s father!

“Yes! Birthday celebration! Nobody will refuse them entry when they are coming for that reason! We can even send some minor races here! It will be perfectly logical for a minor race to buy a petal to produce their first Eternal! After all, carrier treasures can’t guarantee a dao affirmation. But a single petal might be able to provide that guarantee!”

The more the elder spoke, the more excited he became. It wouldn’t be suspicious at all. The minor races were only here to wish Su Yu’s father a happy birthday. It was perfectly normal for the minor races to want to earn Su Yu’s favor. The humans wouldn’t suspect anything!

Topsoil Spirit sighed inwardly.

This was very bad.

He was certain that everyone else would reach the same conclusion as well. The divines, devils, and immortals weren’t here, but they could always send their agents to make the purchase for them.

Then again, Su Yu had a history of scamming. Thus, they would still be quite wary when finalizing the purchase. They would most certainly inspect the product carefully during the purchase.

Could the fake petals…survive the inspection? Su Yu seemed confident, but Topsoil Spirit also knew that Su Yu was mad. Topsoil Spirit recalled some of the rumors he had been hearing recently. A realization dawned on him. Su Yu had been planning this scam for quite some time.

What a terrifying guy.

Topsoil Spirit did not dare to say anything. He could only keep his thoughts to himself.

Su Yu. A total scumbag.

A scumbag who would make yet another major profit.