Chapter 362: More Friends, More Alternatives (3)
Su Yu continued whispering, "This is a much better price, right? Of course, we can only trade in a low volume. We won't dare to accept any large transactions. I'm only offering this to you because we're fellow students. The risk is actually very high for us as others may accuse us of colluding with the myriad races for transacting with you guys."
Xia Qing asked in astonishment, "Really?"
"Of course."
Su Yu nodded. Inwardly, he concluded that these people had really been selling resources for merit points. That was understandable. There was no way Wan Tiansheng wouldn't take this chance to profit off them.
He wondered if he could steal some of the profits. In any case, these people were going to sell all their resources sooner or later. They would require merit points for these grottos, for food, and even for lodging. In the Human Realm, they wouldn't be able to do anything without merit points.
Nearby, Old Huang and Old Nie were completely speechless. This kid sure was gutsy. He was actually trying to snatch the principal's business.
First, he acted friendly to the myriad race students. Next, he would start doing business with them. Perhaps in the end, he would even sell these students. Sure enough, this kid was not a good person.
Suddenly, the door to the grotto opened. Someone was coming out.
A few students stepped out. Zheng Yunhui looked at Su Yu in astonishment, "Su Yu, why are you here? Are you waiting for me?"
"..."
Su Yu wanted to ignore Zheng Yunhui, but after thinking about it, he smiled, "Yunhui, this is a student from the Foreign Student Faculty. She's even a princess..."
Zheng Yunhui's face changed. His eyes widened. A thick killing intent erupted from his body. But he recalled something and snorted before leaving. He was about to have a short chat with Su Yu, but he was no longer in the mood. Wan Mingze and Xia Chan were present as well. They looked at Su Yu silently before leaving.
Su Yu softy said, "Don't mind them. What a pity. I wanted to introduce some friends to you. Looks like they are prejudiced against the myriad races. But that's understandable. To speak the truth, I used to think the same way as well. But I eventually understood that not all myriad races are enemies. Some can be our friends..."
Xia Qing was grateful, "Thank you, Student Su!"
"Don't mention it."
At this time, Old Huang asked, "So who among you will enter first?"
"Teacher, let Princess Qing go first. I'm in no rush. It is not convenient for Princess Qing to stay here too long. She can attract the hostility of others easily."
Old Huang impatiently grabbed at Xia Qing and tossed her into the grotto. Done.
With Xia Qing gone, Old Huang said nothing. But Su Yu hurriedly asked, "Senior Huang, what is the racial ability of the cloud tiger race? How much is their blood essence worth? Do they have any valuable local products? Are they rich?"
"..."
What a scumbag.
Just a moment ago, he was addressing her as princess and offering his help. But immediately after, he was asking the price of her blood essence. Was this not a total scumbag?
Old Huang rolled his eyes and said, "Of course they have a racial ability. Cloud tiger race. Tigers of the clouds. They have incredible speed. Their racial ability is wind control and air resistance reduction. Their blood essence isn't too valuable. The academy is selling a drop of their early Infinite Stage blood essence at a price of five merit points."
"Five merit points?"
In that case, the black market price would be even cheaper. Sure enough, their blood essence was not valuable. They were basically at the same level of the iron-winged birds.
"But this race has a special local product." Old Huang smiled, "In their own realm, a plant called the quickspirit grass can be found. This is the main material of a pill capable of assisting with the cultivation of movement techniques and acupoint opening. This pill is priced at 10 merit points each. It is very likely that this grass is the main product they are selling in the Human Realm."
He assumed a toying expression as he said, "Don't even dream about it. You're not good enough to profit off these myriad race students. The principal had long reserved all their treasures. You can forget about this."
"You misunderstand me, Teacher." Su Yu smiled, "You're really misunderstanding me. I am definitely not planning something like that. I was only joking with the tigress. By the way, are all the myriad race students so weak? She's only a first-stage Infinite Stage cultivator yet she can place in the top 10?"
"That's a stupid question. This is a cultural research academy. Are they here for physical cultivation? She is also a cultural researcher. She's at the peak of the Mental Tempering Stage."
"Oh."
Understanding dawned on Su Yu. But this princess did not have much worth. And even her blood essence was not valuable.
"Teacher, is the cloud tiger race a neutral race?"
"You can say so." Old Huang said with disdain, "But they also obey the flying sky tiger race. And that race is our enemy. The cloud tiger race is weak so they can only please both sides. They don't dare to offend the human race, but they also don't dare to disobey the flying sky tiger race. Thus, they could very well be harboring evil intentions toward the Human Realm."
He looked at Su Yu and asked, "Why are you asking so much about them?"
"Just asking." Su Yu smiled, "I was just trying to build a relationship. Maybe in the future at the Allheaven Battlefield, this relationship would save my life. Teacher, do you think I can defeat that tigress?"
"It would be hard. Her speed is too fast. You might not be able to keep up with her. But with your strength, if you can solve the issue with speed, defeating her wouldn't be too hard."
"Good."
Su Yu exhaled in relief. So she wasn't that special, after all.
"Teacher, does she have a lot of fur on her face?"
"No. But she has fur on her tail. Why? Are you attracted to her?"
"Nope."
Su Yu denied vehemently. He definitely wasn't thinking about anything apart from making a new friend. When away from home, one could only rely on friends. His father taught him that!
When away from home, making more friends was important. With one extra friend, he would have one extra option when in trouble. Perhaps this friendship might even prove profitable one day. It could become a very profitable friendship.
"Teacher, are these races sincere in befriending the human race?"
"Some are." Old Huang smiled, "A few of them have been maintaining a cooperative relationship with us for a long time. For example, the sky horse race. There is a Sky Horse Regiment in the Martial Dragon Guards. The sky horse race serves as mounts in this regiment. This race has always been friendly toward us..."
Su Yu rolled his eyes. He called that friendly? Humanity was using them as mounts! Whatever. He decided to stop asking questions. After about two hours, Xia Qing left. Su Yu entered the grotto after a short chat with her.
...
When Su Yu was inside the grotto and Xia Qing was gone.
Old Huang laughed, "Do you think this kid will be successful in his scam?"
"If they don't know him well, he might be successful. By the time they know him better, it will depend on whether he continues with his act. He can probably keep acting. This kid is quite a good scammer."
Old Huang laughed. That was definitely true. Su Yu was truly an incredible actor. He would only reveal a tiny bit of his true thoughts if he felt completely safe around you. Otherwise, you would probably not realize that the kid was in truth a ruthless scoundrel.
As for what he did to Huang Qifeng previously, he was avenging his senior sister. The public still believed that he had done nothing wrong in that matter.
...
At the same time.
Inside the grotto.
Su Yu took out his cultural weapon and gave it a swing. As the saber flickered forward, he could feel that it had grown even stronger than before.
"Not bad. It's not too strong, but its ability is decent."
Su Yu nodded in satisfaction. He was quite happy with his sixth character. But it was also a tad bit too weak. It didn't matter. He only needed to hammer the character every single day and spend more time nurturing it.
He stopped testing his new ability and sat down cross-legged. He was going to open new acupoints again. This time, he was planning to open the acupoints of the Soul Devouring Art.
The moment he gained the ability to corrode and burn willpower, he would have one extra trump card. And with a few additional Divine Characters, his combat prowess would increase sharply. At that time, he would probably be strong enough to challenge the top 30 students.
"Teacher and the others told me to not get involved. But how am I supposed to earn money if I stay silent? Chaos is the biggest stimulant of growth."
As for the danger, he only needed to stay in the academy to reduce the danger to the lowest level. If he did not dare to risk it when he was still a student, wouldn't he grow into a coward in the future? He shut his eyes. One acupoint after another lit up.
Cultivate!
In his sea of willpower, the little hammer started tempering his sea of willpower. In the beginning, it wasn't painful. But when his willpower started being compressed, a sharp pain started assaulting him.
He felt like his head was going to split apart. His heart thumped with each hammer strike, as though he was on the verge of being smashed into pieces. At the same time, he was also nurturing his little hammer with his willpower.
This was an incredible willpower offensive technique. He had to keep growing his hammer. A day would come when it would be strong enough to even crush the sea of willpower of a Mountainsea. That would be incredible.