Tribulation of Myriad Races-Chapter 1318: Gathering (3)

Su Yu stared at his teacher blankly. In truth, he had never thought of this. Was there something wrong with ninety-nine characters?

The others were right. The fifth principal had a twenty-two-character technique. Liu Wenyan had a twenty-character technique, and Hong Tan had a fourteen-character technique. He was the only one whose character technique required an odd number of characters.

Bai Feng had tossed out an answer without even thinking much about it. Yet that was an extremely shocking answer for Su Yu. Perhaps...his character technique really required a hundred characters. One of them might have occupied the final spot without him realizing it. That golden book might be that character.

He couldn't help but stare at Bai Feng in shock. Bai Feng merely rolled his eyes and said, "What are you looking at? What's so surprising about you having an innate character? I have been wanting to dissect your head for quite a while. With ninety-nine characters, your character technique is surprisingly weak. It is most certainly incomplete. It will probably require all hundred characters to reach its potential. It only feels strong right now because of the sheer number of fourth-tier characters you have and that excessively powerful willpower of yours.

"In a normal situation, with such a character technique and the constant tempering of your Soul Expanding Hammer, you should be able to easily fight Sunmoons at your level. With so many apertures open and strengthened with sunmoon profound yellow liquid and the incredible combat prowess you should have as a member of the multiple character faction, you should be as strong as Mo Duona even when you're only using your characters. But is that the case now? Are you a match for him without relying on your physical cultivation?"

Su Yu shook his head.

Nope.

With his current willpower, he could probably face cultivators no stronger than the sixth-stage Mountainsea Realm. Meanwhile, Mo Duona was already strong enough to kill Sunmoons as a ninth-stage Cloudbreach.

His willpower was far from enough to handle Mo Duona.

Bai Feng lectured, "Have more patience. Don't just focus on your body. A physical body is...useless, if you ask me. After a thousand or maybe ten thousand years, it will start failing you. Only your sea of willpower will remain for eternity. Kid, only brutes cultivate their bodies."

"..."

Su Yu said, "All the current human Invincibles are body cultivators."

He greatly suspected that his teacher would get beaten to death one day because of that tongue of his. At times, holding back was a very important skill to have.

That stumped Bai Feng. After a long pause, he opened his mouth defiantly, "So what? Do you know why the human race isn't capable of dominating the Myriad Realms? Because we don't have any Invincible cultural researchers. I have a strong feeling that the appearance of an Invincible human cultural researcher will change everything. Even without the ability to reactivate our suppressive force, such an Invincible might surpass our current Invincibles in every aspect."

Su Yu said, "Teacher, there are Invincible cultural researchers among the myriad races. They don't seem that impressive."

"What do you know?" Bai Feng snorted with disdain. He said, "That's completely different. Strictly speaking, the Invincible cultural researchers of the myriad races are all single character cultivators. They have never produced an Invincible multiple character cultivator. We are different."

Fine, fine. Su Yu couldn't be bothered to argue even if he wasn't convinced.

Hong Tan asked curiously, "This is a very dangerous time for you to be out of your city. Why are you here? Do you need anything?"

"Not really. I'm only here to do something. And that something is related to my teacher."

Su Yu explained, "I have reasons to suspect that Grandpa Bai of Teacher Bai's family has opened his yang acupoint. He is probably on the verge of being sucked to death. After thinking about it, I believe converting into an ancient city resident is his sole solution. There is also the option of getting a Pseudo Emperor to seal the acupoint, but that is only a temporary solution. It won't last long."

After hearing Su Yu's explanation, Bai Feng frowned and said, "My grandpa...I don't actually know that much. Prior to my departure from Great Ming, I met him several times. Each meeting was done through a door. He would always remain in his room. And each conversation wouldn't last long. He has remained in seclusion for many years. I guess I know why now."

Hong Tan nodded, "I met him before. Back then, he had opened quite a lot of acupoints. He is probably quite strong. During our last meeting decades ago, he was already a seventh-stage Mountainsea. He is quite talented. I guess a decent level of talent flows in the blood of the Bai Family."

"Teacher, my Bai Family is overflowing with talent." Bai Feng said, "Back then, my ancestor killed a seventh-stage Mountainsea as a ninth-stage Cloudbreach. He relied only on his physical cultivation to do that. And that was without completing too many body forgings. If he had completed more body forgings, he could have killed Sunmoons."

The others laughed at his antics. Liu Wenyan said, "Since that is Su Yu's guess, it is probably true. Bai Feng, why don't you contact your family? They can decide for themselves. Not many people are willing to convert into ancient city residents."

Bai Feng nodded, "Sure. I'll contact them. I doubt they will refuse. If my grandpa is really suffering from the yang acupoint, this might be his only chance to rid himself of this suffering. If even Su Yu could survive becoming a resident, my grandpa will be fine."

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Bai Feng asked, "Are you entering the Luminous Domain Mansion?"

Su Yu smiled, "We shall see. I can't tell you the answer, Teacher. You're too weak. Your thoughts can be sensed too easily."

"..."

Fuck!

Bai Feng cursed inwardly. Previously, the kid would badmouth him in secret. But now, the kid was starting to badmouth him right to his face.

What a bastard.

What an unfilial bastard!

Su Yu smiled and said, "See, I can sense that you're scolding me in your mind, Teacher. Invincibles can definitely do it as well."

Bai Feng was stunned. Was he really so easy to read? This was...so sorrowful! When he was too weak, he couldn't even know too much, as he would leak the secret just by thinking about it.

Not far away, Hong Tan and Liu Wenyan laughed. They didn't ask about Su Yu's plans in regard to the mansion. This was something they could agree with. As a weakling, one wouldn't even be qualified to hear about some secrets.

Liu Wenyan said, "Are things fine on your end?"

"Yeah. I can manage. Things will only get bad when I lose the ability to withstand the death qi in my body."

After giving it a thought, Su Yu said, "I will teach you a cultivation method. Teacher Liu, Grandteacher, and Martial Uncle should try cultivating it. As for my Teacher Bai, forget about it. He's too weak. He might leak my cultivation method too easily. I want to see if any of you can actually cultivate it successfully."

Bai Feng glared at Su Yu. He had the urge to give this student of his a beating.

Su Yu laughed and said, "Teacher, I'm not looking down on you. You shouldn't be wasting your time cultivating. As a genius researcher, you should focus on research. I am confident you will eventually become the number one researcher in existence."

Bai Feng snorted.

Su Yu wasted no time and taught the three his reversal method. It wasn't too complicated a cultivation method as it mainly concerned the act of reversing one's acupoints. A reversal method that could allow one to freely move between the dead and the living.

Each of them was a genius in their own right. It didn't take them long to reach a sufficient level of understanding in the cultivation method. Liu Wenyan started trying it, but the moment he started, one of his acupoints exploded with a rumble. Blood spurted out of his mouth.

Su Yu was stunned while Hong Tan and Chen Yong hurriedly stopped their cultivation. While coughing blood, Liu Wenyan raised his hand and said with a frown, "Don't cultivate it."

He looked at Su Yu and hesitated slightly before saying, "Something is wrong about this cultivation method. I can think of two possibilities. It's not working because we have yet to be converted by death spirits..."

"That's not the case!" Su Yu explained, "When I first cultivated it, I had yet to be converted as well."

"In that case, it must be the second possibility."

Liu Wenyan solemnly said, "My acupoints must not have been opened perfectly. I can sense a great resistance when I tried to reverse the flow. Eventually, the pressure caused an acupoint to burst apart. It felt as though I lacked something. I couldn't connect everything together perfectly."

Su Yu blanked out slightly before asking, "Do you mean the grand cycle acupoints are required to cultivate this method?"

"Yes." Liu Wenyan nodded, "That's most likely the case."

"In that case...you guys can try opening the grand cycle acupoints..."

Liu Wenyan shook his head, "Are you dumb? Just knowing the locations of the acupoints are not enough to open them. There is a limit to how many acupoints one can open. Prior to this, humanity was aware of about three hundred acupoints. But had you seen anyone with over three hundred acupoints open?"

He looked at Su Yu, paused slightly, and said, "You might be able to do it, but that does not mean that everyone else can do the same. You are either exceptionally talented to be able to do this...or there is something about your bloodline. Or maybe there are some other reasons. In short, just knowing all the acupoints won't be enough to open the grand cycle acupoints."

Out of nowhere, Bai Feng said, "Exactly! Something is definitely wrong with this kid. I suspect he is related to some ancient beasts. Su Yu, why don't you donate me some of your blood. Let me research your blood. I will give up on your willpower for now. Let me see if there's anything wrong with your blood."

Su Yu stared at Bai Feng. Was his teacher serious? Or was this his teacher's way of getting back at him?

Liu Wenyan said, "No, don't bother. Things might get troublesome if the blood ends up stolen. It can be used to track or even curse you. Blood is not something you should lose too easily. Bai Feng is too weak to protect it from others."

Hong Tan nodded, "Yes. If you want to research your blood, do it yourself. Bai Feng is too weak for that."

Chen Yong joined in, "My junior brother is indeed a tad bit too weak. Su Yu, remember to be careful with your blood. Even in an intense battle, don't leave your blood lying around."

Even Wu Jia chimed in, "Yeah. Martial Uncle, you should forget about this. My junior brother is as strong as a Sunmoon. Maybe you're not even strong enough to research his blood."

"..."

Bai Feng was completely stunned. What was the meaning of this? Just moments ago, Su Yu had remarked on his weak cultivation. And now, the entire faction was doing the same. He was already a Cloudbreach! He was capable of fighting fifth-stage Cloudbreaches! What was the meaning of this?

It was fine for others to say that. But his martial niece was only a Skysoar. Was she not embarrassed to call him weak? Su Yu shrugged, looking at Bai Feng and saying with his eyes that it was not him this time. It was everyone else.

Bai Feng gnashed his teeth and declared furiously, "I will enter the Luminous Domain Mansion! I won't leave before I'm a Mountainsea!"

This was intolerable.

No matter what, he was a genius. How had he fallen so far? Back then, he had defeated Hu Wensheng as a Skysoar with only one strike. As a Skysoar, he had nearly killed Xia Yuwen. And that was someone who was once on the Yellow Index.

If someone like him wasn't qualified to be called a genius, how many people were qualified to be called that in the entire Myriad Realms? He felt extremely gloomy. It hadn't been easy for him to finally reach the Cloudbreach Realm. Why was everyone trying to crush his confidence after he became a Cloudbreach?

Thankfully, Wu Lan was here to offer him some kindness. She said, "Teacher Bai, you don't have to care about all this. Senior Sister Kong once told me that strength doesn't matter. If you're weak, just walk the path of research and everyone will still need you. At that time, your strength will no longer matter. Yes, you're weak. But you can learn from me. We will walk the path of research. If you ask me, all cultural researchers should be like us..."

Alas, she seemed incapable of avoiding the word weak. Bai Feng was starting to lose his mind. Su Yu couldn't help but burst out laughing. Before long, everyone joined him.

Bai Feng was left speechless. These bastards!

He didn't feel like talking with them anymore. He gloomily said, "I'll be contacting my family now. I'm only worried that my grandpa can't even travel anymore. I'll try to get him here as soon as possible."

Su Yu said, "Sure. I'll await Grandpa Bai's arrival."

"What was that? Call him Great Grandpa Bai!"

Bai Feng cursed. He was the kid's teacher, not brother. Had the kid forgotten about that? He sighed gloomily. He felt like his dignity as a teacher was falling apart. After spending some time with them, Su Yu returned his attention to the beasts in the garden and smiled. It was time for him to do something about these fellows.

Noticing his gaze, the beasts trembled with fear. Why was he looking at them? The suanni was greatly regretting all he had eaten in the past. He really wanted to shed all his fat away and return to being a slim suanni.

Was Su Yu really going to cook him because he had gotten plump?