Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 728: Beginning Of Change (3)

Su Yu felt very fortunate that he had decided to join Great Ming. Otherwise, trouble might come even sooner with all of them concentrated in Great Xia. After seeing Niu Baidao off, Su Yu thought for a bit before leaving for the Clearheart Hall.

He intended to try teaching Hu Qi the life extending art. He wondered if it would work. If it really worked well, he would be able to rope in a bunch of elderlies to his side.

Along the way, he muttered to himself that he could no longer focus on increasing only his fame. At present, he already had sufficient fame. He needed more strength. Strength that was truly his to control.

"I need at least three more days to complete the fourth forging. I don't have enough heavenly source qi. Time to stock up on more heavenly source qi. I will be needing a large amount of blood essence for this."

At his current pace, even with the boost provided by the Life Trigger, he would still need about a dozen days to complete a forging. That was too slow for him. He couldn't aford to waste two years for all seventy-two of his forgings.

Thus, he needed more heavenly source qi. It would be much better if he could complete a forging every three to five days. That way, he would be able to complete seventy-two forgings in one year.

"I need a crazy large amount of blood essence. Buying what I need is no longer sustainable even if I have the merit points for it. And since I have to stop releasing new cultivation methods for now, I won't be earning that much money anymore. Blood essence...Allheaven Battlefield..."

If he wanted something, what was better than getting it himself? Even Great Ming would find it difficult to fulfill his insatiable need for blood essence. After all, they had their army to raise.

"And this is the worst time for the human race to kill too many non-humans. That might easily trigger a war in advance. I also need to be keeping a low profile."

Numerous thoughts appeared in his mind. He knew way too many cultivation methods and abilites. What if he disguised himself as an expert of an ancient race? He could play the role of an ancient race member who had just left his realm. With that identity, it would be fine for him to go around hunting for blood essence, right?

"But I'm still too weak to do that. At the very least, I need the combat power of a Mountainsea or near that level. At that time, I could pretend to be a member of an ancient race and kill the myriad races for blood essence. Perhaps the resulting chaos can remove some of the eyes on Grandteacher and the others.

"Only constant battle and slaughter can help me grow rapidly. Cultivating in peace behind the frontlines is too slow even if I have enough resources. The Luminous Domain Mansion is not suitable since it will attract a lot of attention. I can't afford to expose too much of my secrets there..."

It would be even better if he could suddenly affirm his dao as a cultural researcher before anyone knew it.

A new thought sprouted in his mind.

Dao affirmation.

Becoming an Invincible cultural researcher.

At that time, all their present troubles would cease to exist. And if he really wanted to succeed in his dao affirmation, it would be better to not do so as a human. That would only bring him more trouble. He might suffer a repeat of the fifth principal's fate.

It was much safer for a non-human to affirm their dao. They wouldn't be left completely alone by the myriad races, but they would not receive as much attention as a human.

"In that case, I'll need an identity I can openly use."

Su Yu was actually starting to plan for his dao affirmation. He was planning for the future. He wasn't afraid of dreaming too big. He was only afraid of failing when it was really his turn to affirm his dao. In the meantime, he should take the chance to exit the limelight while his grandteacher and the others were attracting most of the attention.

"Preparing for the Luminous Domain Mansion will serve as a nice excuse for my eventual disappearance."

Su Yu laughed. That might work very well as an excuse.

"But before that, I need to reach at least the 60th level of the pagoda. If I rashly go to the Allheaven Battlefield with my current stage, I will be killed before I can do much killing."

At the 60th level, he would have the combat strength of a weak Mountainsea. With that level of strength, even if he couldn't be completely fearless in the Allheaven Battlefield, he could still be considered an expert there.

***

That day, Su Yu met Hu Qi and taught her the cultivation method. He also mentioned the need for heavenly source qi when cultivating this method. Hu Qi almost gave up when she heard that heavenly source qi was required.

But Su Yu supplied her some and told her to give it a try. She was given thirty heavenly source fruits worth of heavenly source qi. That was quite a big amount. Part of what he supplied was left from what he used during his public breakthrough while the rest had been extracted after that event.

In any case, Zhu Tiandao and the others were aware that he had obtained a large amount of heavenly source qi not long ago, so the source of this heavenly source qi wouldn't be questioned.

It was perfectly reasonable for them to expect that he would take a much longer time to finish using that much heavenly source qi. After supplying the cultivation method and the heavenly source qi, Su Yu did not tarry. He returned to his research center and resumed his body forging.

While doing so, he was also studying the Invincible notes. He planned to form even more characters. It didn't matter if he didn't have enough willpower to nurture these characters. After the Hundred Dao Pagoda recovered, he would pay it a visit. Perhaps he could push all his characters to the third tier. That would push his willpower strength to the level of a proper Cloudbreach.

At that time, he would need to sneak back to Great Xia and help Zhao Li complete his earth-grade weapon. Massive chaos was going to unfold in Great Xia before long. Zhao Li's strength was too weak to survive in such an environment. He needed to help strengthen his Teacher Zhao Li.

***

While Su Yu was planning his future.

Great Xia City, capital of Great Xia.

The preparation to reopen the Multiple Character Faculty was underway. According to Hong Tan's plan, the faculty would officially reopen next semester. At that time, he would start accepting new students.

It was already the middle of March. The new semester would start in August. They had less than five months remaining. This was the final period of time Hong Tan left for himself and some other people.

Hong Tan had changed considerably from the past. He had stopped maintaining a low profile.

Books depository.

Hong Tan domineeringly chased away the new head manager and took over the place for himself. When Yuan Qingdong arrived, the previous head manager had just left. He looked at Hong Tan with a frown. A crowd had formed outside the books depository.

"Elder Hong. What is the meaning of this?"

Just a moment ago, Hong Tan had kicked the head manager Yuan Qingdong had personally appointed.

Hong Tan was about to shut the door when he heard that question. He smiled and said, "What do you mean? This place belongs to the multiple character faction. Since the Multiple Character Faculty is reopening, we naturally need to take back our stuff. I'm doing this to prepare for the reopening of the faculty."

Ignoring Yuan Qingdong's ugly expression, Hong Tan said, "This is not the only thing I'm taking back. There's also the Willpower Grotto and the Devil Battling Field. Those grottos will return under the multiple character faction's control. This is all for the sake of reopening the faculty. The moment the disassembly method is released, everyone will turn into a teacher of the multiple character faction. And the Multiple Character Faculty will be the best place to cultivate the Source Soul Cultural Art. Otherwise, the students won't be able to achieve much even if they have the art. This is something even Great Zhou understands. I believe you understand as well, right?

"Also, the Multiple Character Faculty needs to receive fifty percent of the academy's funds. I also need a large sum of money to research the disassembly method. Vice Principal Yuan, I'll have to trouble you for all that."

Yuan Qingdong looked at Hong Tan like he was looking at a madman. That wouldn't be possible.

Hong Tan did not care. Wan Tiansheng was in seclusion and he didn't fear this new vice principal. He said, "It's decided, then. It's not like I was the one who had suggested to reopen the faculty. This is a decision made by Great Xia, Talent Fostering Bureau, and the academy. Vice Principal Yuan, it is not wise to disobey all those people. If you lack funds, you can apply for more. For today, I'll settle with the books depository. This place will belong to us from now on."

Yuan Qingdong said, "Elder Hong, this is inappropriate. Furthermore, things are very complicated. We still don't know if we're really going to reopen the Multiple Character Faculty.

"That is none of my business. I will proceed with the reopening until Great Xia stops me. You guys were the ones who had asked for reopening. Are you going to change your mind so soon?"

Hong Tan laughed, "Let's end this talk here. We'll talk again when those in charge officially decide to cancel the reopening."

"Hong Tan!" Yuan Qingdong was furious. He said, "Even if you're reopening the faculty, all those things you asked for belong to the academy. How can you take it personally? At the very least, you need to get it voted in a meeting between elders."

"That's too troublesome. These things have always belonged to us. Just ask around. Ownership won't change just because you guys were allowed to use it for an extended period of time. Bye, Vice Principal Yuan. I'm a busy man. I need to go."

He then shut the door. Yuan Qingdong had an unsightly expression, but he said nothing else. The situation was getting so complicated even he was getting confused. Was the Multiple Character Faculty really going to reopen? Would the disassembly method really be released? And what was the Xia Family planning to do? He was getting more and more confused.

Inside the books depository, Hong Tan laughed. Since he could no longer maintain a low profile, he would start acting aggressively instead.