Tribulation of Myriad Races

He hesitated slightly before saying, "If it\'s inconvenient for you to tell the truth, it doesn\'t matter. All cultural researchers, or to be precise, all cultivators have their own secret. But you should still try to put more trust in your teacher."

He looked at Su Yu and said, "I am not trying to take what\'s yours. But...try not to create potential trouble for yourself. That is especially true for the blood essence abilities you used previously, such as the soul devouring bug blood essence. I know that Bai Feng has most certainly not come up with that or he wouldn\'t have been able to resist telling me.

"In the past, those blood essence abilities would only affect one\'s physical combat ability. Thus, most cultural researchers can stay indifferent. But the moment it involves willpower, it becomes an entirely different matter.

"Warriors have never been able to easily harm the willpower of cultural researchers unless the warrior is much stronger than the cultural researcher. That is why above the Skysoar Realm, cultural researchers are generally stronger than warriors of the same level."

"But if you really have a blood essence ability capable of harming willpower, then that would be a much bigger deal than you realize."

Chen Yong solemnly said, "You must remember that in the battlefield, cultural researchers mainly served as the pillar of entire armies. The value of a single Mountainsea cultural researcher is definitely higher than the value of a Mountainsea warrior."

"Mysterious and unpredictable...that defines all cultural researchers. And willpower is the foundation for all that. Su Yu, can you imagine what would happen if there is really a blood essence ability that can harm willpower? How valuable would that blood essence be?"

He inhaled deeply and said, "Now, not many people are aware of that yet. I already proposed to the principal to keep this news under wraps. But it is only a matter of time before outsiders learn of it. The principal suggested that we hand this blood essence to the academy for a price. The academy would be in charge of submitting it to Great Xia and the Knowledge Seeking Realm. They can be the ones to perform more research on it and share the risk with us. That way, we won\'t be the only ones targeted when word gets out."

Su Yu\'s heart thumped.

"Martial Uncle...you mean...the soul devouring bug blood essence is very important?"

He already knew it was important, but he never guessed that it would be so troublesome.

Chen Yong nodded, "Yes. The martial blood essence abilities you have shown previously are nothing. They are basically the same as martial techniques. But now, even a technique that can harm willpower has been created. Thus, this entire thing has just become a much bigger deal than before. Of course, your safety is still guaranteed inside the academy. But that guarantee would not exist outside the academy. Thus, the best solution is to offer the research data for a price and have others share the risk with us."

Su Yu frowned, "Are all valuable research projects this troublesome?"

"Well, that depends on your strength, the strength of your faction, and how good you are at keeping it secret."

Chen Yong looked at Su Yu with a troubled expression. This kid had done many good things for them, but he was also very good at attracting trouble. The soul devouring bug blood essence was one such trouble.

Chen Yong would be fine. Bai Feng would be even more fine. But Su Yu...unless he remained indefinitely in the academy, any trip made outside the academy would be a dangerous trip.

"I am only a student, I don\'t know anything..."

Chen Yong said, "Ever since you sold the fake data, everyone believed that you’re in the know."

"..."

Su Yu felt incomparably awkward. Was he suffering from his own actions? Yeah. Previously when he said he knew nothing, everyone would believe it. But wasn\'t he also the one who had sold the production method of those unique blood essence? Would anyone still believe that he knew nothing?

Strictly speaking, this was a large crisis that Su Yu had created for himself. If he hadn\'t carried out that scam, even with the soul devouring bug blood essence, everyone would think that a student like him knew nothing. Alas, it was too late for regrets.

Su Yu sank into thought. After a while, he said, "Martial Uncle, you mean that we must now produce some relevant data and submit it to the authorities? But if we do so, we will further prove that we know about this unique blood essence. Would people stop targeting us after that?"

"This is merely a way to share some of the risks with others. If more people know about this, then we won\'t be the only ones to know about it. Additionally, if we can prove that this thing is very hard and expensive to make while the blood essence ability is still stuck at the Great Strength Realm, its value would diminish greatly."

Su Yu raised his brow, "In other words, we only need to figure out the production method for Great Strength soul devouring bug blood essence and prove that any further upgrades are extremely difficult or even nonexistent? That way, the risk on us would drop tremendously?"

"Yes."

Su Yu understood what his martial uncle was getting at. He said, "Is our research center capable of producing something like that?"

Chen Yong stared at Su Yu and smiled. At this point, if either of them were still confused as to what they were supposed to do, then that person would be a total idiot.

"That is quite likely. I don\'t know too much about this topic, but your teacher knows a lot. He was the one who had come up with the breakthrough for the blood essence ability extraction project. Since he is already capable of extracting some other abilities, then he should be able to do the same for the soul devouring bug ability as well. The main issue is the activation method of that ability..."

Su Yu understood. He nodded. The soul devouring bug ability was essentially a part of the Soul Devouring Art. It was basically a technique within a cultivation method. A special sort of technique involving willpower.

And Su Yu knew that the Soul Devouring Art involved acupoints, not soul apertures. Thus, the matter was really not as serious as others thought it was. It was completely unlike the cultural arts of the five elemental race which would be a much bigger deal.

In fact, as long as I can offer the Soul Devouring Art cultivation method suitable for human cultivation and have some people cultivate it, then this issue would no longer be a problem.

Yes, the matter wasn\'t as serious as he had thought. Of course, it would be much better if he could avoid providing the cultivation method. Just providing the unique blood essence would be much less conspicuous than providing an entire cultivation method.

After a short chat with Chen Yong, Wu Jia returned with a freshly brewed pot of tea. After returning, the only thing she did was stare at Su Yu. Both Su Yu and Chen Yong felt somewhat awkward.

But Chen Yong laughed when a thought crossed his mind. If these two could get together...it would result in quite an incredible love story. But he did not try doing anything. After all, Wu Jia and Su Yu might not be interested in each other.

At the moment, Wu Jia was merely touched and curious. It was rather unlikely that she had developed a romantic feeling toward Su Yu. Furthermore, this student of his was quite a scatterbrain. She knew nothing about romance.

After reminding Su Yu to keep a low profile for now, Chen Yong said nothing else. As for the matter concerning Zheng Yuming, it really had nothing much to do with Su Yu for now.

Before leaving, Su Yu asked, "Martial Uncle, for your end of year performance review, do you need Senior Sister to get into the ranking?"

"Don\'t worry too much about that..."

But Su Yu couldn\'t do so.

Thus, he hurriedly said, "Martial Uncle, we can\'t lose the books depository! Our character technique wall is still here!"

"We can move that thing away..."

"Martial Uncle!"

Su Yu simply couldn\'t agree to that.

He solemnly said, "For generations, the members of the multiple character faction have formed their character technique in the books depository. But in our generation, we actually lost it? How can we face our seniors? Also, without the books depository, it would be quite troublesome for us to form new characters in the future. Thus, we can\'t lose this building!"

"..."

Chen Yong laughed. Why did the kid look even more worried than him?

"Martial Uncle, Senior Sister can definitely enter the ranking. Worst comes to worst, I\'ll kick all single character faction members out of the ranking..."

"Don\'t be rash! That\'s too dangerous. They even have a top 10 student capable of fighting Skysoars. As for Jia...If we really have no choice, we can get her to challenge you and take your position on the 25th of December right before the ranking is shut for updating. That way, she can remain in the ranking while I can avoid the inspection..."

"But I\'m already in 71st place..."

Su Yu looked at Wu Jia. His rank was too high for her to challenge. Unless...he dropped his rank.

Meanwhile, Wu Jia was feeling rather gloomy.

She muttered unhappily, "Teacher, do we really need Junior Brother to give me his position? That\'s too embarrassing. We even need him to drop until the bottom 10 before we can do so. Wouldn\'t that be a stain on Junior Brother\'s record?"

Chen Yong was feeling pretty helpless too.

He said, "That\'s why I\'m saying that it doesn\'t matter if I lose my position here. There is no need to ruin your own future for something like this."

That would be the other option apart from having Su Yu beating up every single single character faction student that was even slightly powerful, beating them up so badly that they wouldn\'t even dare to challenge the ranking ever again. Plant so much fear in them that they wouldn\'t even dare to think of challenging Wu Jia anymore. But that would be too difficult.

Instead of getting demotivated, Su Yu said, "Martial Uncle, Senior Sister\'s willpower and Divine Characters were damaged, but would she be able to recover faster if she gains access to a cultural art she can cultivate?"

Chen Yong nodded, "Yes. But she\'s not at the Skysoar Realm yet. The Myriad Text Sutra can only be cultivated by those in the Skysoar Realm. If she\'s already in the Skysoar Realm, she would be able to easily recover from an injury like this. The soul apertures required by the Myriad Text Sutra are only available at the Skysoar Realm. Those below that realm will have no way of opening them.

"For now, forget about growing. Your senior sister\'s sea of willpower will destabilize just from a regular clash of willpower during cultivation. Thus, she has no choice but to stop her willpower cultivation for now. She has been focusing on her physical cultivation while waiting for her willpower to recover."

Those in the Mental Tempering Stage could only cultivate their willpower passively through clash of willpower.

But Wu Jia\'s willpower was injured. The moment she tried doing so, her injuries would worsen. Thus, she could do nothing apart from waiting helplessly as her willpower recovered by itself.

"The Five Elemental Art..."

Su Yu muttered under his breath. That was something even those at the Mental Tempering Stage could cultivate. And it did not require the clash of willpower to cultivate. Instead, it allowed one to cultivate through absorbing willpower.

Thus, it would be very helpful for Wu Jia\'s recovery. But...Su Yu hesitated. If it was leaked, it would be very troublesome. That was not a regular physical cultivation method. It was a willpower cultivation method.

Those at the Mental Tempering Stage could cultivate it. Not even the academy had something like that. Once leaked, it would have a much greater impact than the soul devouring bug blood essence.

In truth, Su Yu was very afraid of trouble. Also, to be perfectly honest, he wasn\'t even that close to Wu Jia. Should he take this risk for her? He had only challenged Huang Qifeng because he was confident he could win. But exposing this cultivation method could bring him a lot of trouble.

"I\'ll wait and see."

Su Yu decided to wait for a bit before making a decision. He would try cultivating it himself first. In any case, he wasn\'t sure if everyone could cultivate it. And he hadn\'t even properly organized it into a cultivation method. He only knew how to open those soul apertures. He might be able to cultivate it, but that might not necessarily be the case for Wu Jia.

Su Yu left the books depository.

Along the way, he encountered some students. All of them respectfully made way for him. That was the treatment each top 100 student enjoyed in the academy.

Su Yu was still as calm and gentle as ever. He showed no arrogance whatsoever and would politely smile at any student making way for him. Of course, he did not try persuading them against it. This was the benefit of being a top 100 student. If he rejected it, then he would essentially be going against the entire top 100.

He could be humble, but there was no need to offend an entire group of people for no reason. There was no need for him to be overly humble. That would only make him look like a hypocrite.

Sure, there were already some who were viewing him as a hypocrite. But he would absolutely not admit to that. He was no hypocrite! He was a good and honest man!