vChapter 292: Su Yu's Plan (2)
Su Yu said, "I will also try to get in contact with people outside the academy, such as those from the war academies. By gathering more people together, we can share more resources such as blood essence, cultural weapons, cultivation methods, martial techniques, and willpower texts. With all these resources, all of us will be able to grow even faster."
Hu Zongji stared at Su Yu. This person...was very ambitious! He found that he had really underestimated Su Yu previously. A fellow from Nanyuan had actually thought that far ahead. He also had the courage to act on his plan. And he even had a sufficiently strong backer. It truly was true that there was a reason behind each success story.
At that thought, Hu Zongji said, "Su Yu, you reminded me of something. If you have something you need in the future, you don't necessarily need to look for Xia Huyou. You can also try to issue missions for what you need. I can help you get that done through my second granduncle. Nobody except me would be aware that you are the one issuing those missions. You might even be able to get what you need for a cheaper price that way."
Su Yu's eyes lit up. He had recently been thinking about one issue. He had bought too much from Xia Huyou. Things were starting to get dangerous. After all, Xia Huyou had been able to learn a lot about him through the items he had been purchasing. Although Xia Huyou had not shown any malicious intent on him, it was still a good idea to keep more things secret.
"Academy missions?"
"Yeah. Issue a gathering mission for what you want and some researchers will actually accept the mission as long as you offer enough merit points."
Su Yu was overjoyed. It would seem like he had not made the wrong choice making this offer to Hu Zongji.
Hu Youhui wasn't too strong, but he was still a seventh-stage Cloudbreach and the deputy head of the Missions Department. His position wasn't exactly high, but it was a useful position that could be very helpful for Su Yu.
Su Yu asked, "If I issue a mission to get someone deliver some things to someone in the Devil Subduing Army at the Allheaven Battlefield, would it work?"
"Yes." Hu Zongji said, "Are you planning to deliver some things to your father? That's simple. The academy teachers can all enter the battlefield. For them, this would be an easy mission. But it might take them some work to actually locate a person there. And it probably wouldn't be cheap. After all, the battlefield is a dangerous place.
"But with a mission, you don't have to worry about having your parcel stolen. Unless the researcher wishes to leave the Human Realm, then nobody would dare to do something like that."
Su Yu was greatly overjoyed. That was great news for him. When he had more money at hand, he would be able to provide his father with some support. It was really too dangerous for his father to stay on the battlefield.
Hu Zongji elaborated, "And if you have enough money, you can even hire an expert to become your father's bodyguard with the identity as an army cultural researcher. But of course, that would be very expensive since an army cultural researcher needs to serve for at least one year before leaving."
Su Yu was tempted.
"How much do I need to pay?"
"No less than 300 merit points per year for an early-stage Skysoar. That place is really very dangerous. And this researcher also won't be able to spend all the time protecting your father. After all, they will also be assigned their own missions after joining the army. They can only promise to do their best."
Su Yu nodded. That was better than nothing. He could really consider doing so in the future. As for now...it was better to wait. He had been spending too much money and was left with only around 2,000 merit points. And he still needed money for a lot of things. He would try to issue a mission for his father if he had the chance to carry out another one of these big scams in the future.
The two continued talking for a while and Su Yu managed to learn even more things from Hu Zongji.
"I heard from my second granduncle before that Faculty Head Zhou Mingren has not been managing his faction for a very long time. He has been focusing on advancing into the Sunmoon Realm. Currently, the one running the single character faction is his student, Elder Zheng Yuming. And in truth, Elder Zheng seems extremely hostile toward your multiple character faction..."
"Why is that?"
"I heard back when he was a student, he was suppressed by the multiple character faction. Some multiple character faction members had even humiliated him. Things used to actually be not that bad for you guys. But since he took power, things have become really bad. He even looks like he's trying to completely exterminate your faction. That was all thanks to his advancement into the Mountainsea Realm, allowing him to become the faction master."
Su Yu frowned, "My teacher never told me anything..."
"We're still too weak. That's understandable. It's pointless to let us know. Also, do you know Xia Yuwen? My second granduncle said that the single character faction is aiming to remove Head Manager Chen and replace him with Zhou Pingsheng. Xia Yuwen would take Zhou Pingsheng's previous position. He seems to be trying to use the academy as a tool to propel himself to Great Xia's highest circles of power..."
Both of them were not really sure as to what those words really meant.
But Su Yu still frowned. In that case, the multiple character faction was probably not the only reason his senior sister had been kicked off the top 100.
"Noted. Thank you."
"You're welcome. I should be the one thanking you. In the future, I'll try to pay more attention to information like this. Most people related to the single character faction won't know all that as the people in charge won't talk carelessly before them. But my second granduncle is strictly speaking, quite close to them."
Su Yu nodded.
That was obvious. Hu Zongji's elder brother had a good relationship with Liu He as well. Their family was probably quite close to the single character faction.
Su Yu had not spared too much effort writing out the Pure Source Art. He only gave a simple description on the location of acupoints, how they should be opened, and how they should be connected. That was nothing difficult.
But 36 acupoints was a lot. How far Hu Zongji could go would depend on himself. It wouldn't harm him to open more acupoints anyway. Unfortunately for him, he wouldn't be able to directly use the cultivation method with blood essence. Instead, he would have to actually open the acupoints to use it.
Yes, this was a new trump card Su Yu had come up with. He could slowly write out the human version of the cultivation methods he had activated through his book. Of course, he still couldn't reveal too much for now. He was too weak.
For example, the mountainbreak bull race's Body Strengthening Art was much more valuable than the Pure Source Art. If it was leaked, it would catch a lot of attention. And the weight of all that attention was beyond Su Yu's ability to handle.
Pure Source Art was only a supportive cultivation method, after all. Even if Hu Zongji proved unreliable and the method was leaked, it still wouldn't be that much of a threat to Su Yu. He still had an eighth-stage Mountainsea expert behind him.
As for how that grandteacher of his would react, well, Su Yu would think about it when his grandteacher had actually returned. But from what Bai Feng had said, this grandteacher was quite an agreeable person. Thus, Su Yu did not hesitate to let his grandteacher be a scapegoat for now.
Before leaving, Su Yu reminded Hu Zongji to pretend to be strangers when they meet in the academy. If they grew too close, Su Yu was worried that the single character faction would grow suspicious over Hu Zongji.
"Hu Zongji...Lin Yao!"
A second name appeared in Su Yu's mind. Yes. He had to try pulling Lin Yao into the club as well.
He also had a few other candidates in mind. Such as Xia Huyou. But that fellow's identity as a Xia Family member was quite scary for Su Yu. If he really attracted the attention of the Xia Family, he might end up being eaten up before he could even blink.
"My members can't be stronger than me, can't have too good of a family, and it would be better if they are people that have been neglected by their own. After all, how am I supposed to recruit those who don't lack anything?"
Su Yu felt like he still knew too little about the academy and Great Xia. He needed to expand his network of connections. As for relying on his teacher, forget it. Bai Feng was a shut-in. Even if he was talented and strong, he didn't have a lot of friends. Just look at how nobody cared even after he was bullied in the academy.
"Grandteacher is also a shut-in."
Su Yu kept muttering to himself. If it wasn't for that, how would the multiple character faction be in such a terrible state?
His grandteacher was an eighth-stage Mountainsea! He doubted that there were actually that many such experts in the academy. Someone so strong was doing so badly in the academy? He only had one research center left, and even that was being eyed by so many people? That was too miserable.
Su Yu truly couldn't stay silent anymore. Just look at how nobody cared that some people were trying to remove his martial uncle from his position as the head manager. No matter what, that was a ninth-stage Cloudbreach. But his voice held zero weight in the academy.
Why? Because his martial uncle was also a shut-in! He spent all his time hiding in the books depository. Who else would they bully if not him?
"It's too hard to contend against so many people alone. At the very least, you need more voices at your side, right?"
Even though the masses weren't strong individually, when combined, they would have considerable influence.
His grandteacher and the others were too foolish. They were noble and virtuous. But nobody cared about that! It wasn't like they were Eternals! Even Eternals weren’t truly free!
Su Yu started making his plans. He imagined the day when with one clarion call from him, countless students and teachers stepped forth and spoke on his behalf. At that time, not even Wan Tiansheng would dare to lightly expel him from the academy, right?
His Teacher Liu Wenyan was someone who had been expelled from the academy! Su Yu was definitely afraid of history repeating itself on him!
"Grow silently and build my network. As long as I can build a community of common interests, then we will be on the same side. At that time, the so-called factions...are nothing!"
But he was still too weak. So he could only borrow the reputation of his faction for now. He was confident his grandteacher wouldn't mind. His teacher probably wouldn't mind either.