Chapter 579: Arrival at the Starfall Mountain (3)
After taking his leave, Su Yu walked into his old neighborhood. Under the dark sky, he kept to himself and walked silently. Before long, he reached his home. A moldy smell welcomed him when he opened the door.
A lot of dust had accumulated in the house after being empty for almost half a year. With a burst of source qi, Su Yu cleared all the dust. He sat down on the couch and sank into thought. A short while later, someone knocked on the door.
He calmly said, "Enter."
"Am I not welcomed, Student Su?"
Someone laughed at the other side of the door. Telling a guest to enter without opening the door was quite a rude thing to do.
"You're welcome here. I'm simply too lazy to move."
The person outside laughed. The door swung open and an old man walked in. With a smile, he said, "Do I need to introduce myself?"
Su Yu stood up and said, "No. Greetings, Sir."
This was probably the commander of the Secret Regiment from the Martial Dragon Guards. This was clearly a Sunmoon expert. Great Mountain would have alerted him of a visitor otherwise.
"I've been wanting to visit this place for a long time. But you weren't around so it was improper for me to visit without permission."
After looking around, the old man said, "Young Friend, the marquis must have talked to you about this, right? What's your thought about it?"
"I have no opinion." Su Yu said, "I don't know about the ruin everyone is talking about. If you can really find it, it will naturally be an impressive feat. But if you can't find it, don't ask me about it. I don't know anything."
The old man nodded and asked, "Young Friend, why have you returned to Nanyuan?"
Su Yu smiled, "What are you really asking, Sir?"
The old man shook his head and said, "Don't get me wrong. I sensed that your dao protector seems to be injured. Do you need any help from me? I'm carrying out Marquis Xia's order. If you require assistance, I can provide it."
"It's fine." Su Yu nonchalantly said, "Thanks for the offer. Thank the marquis for me as well."
Was Marquis Xia trying to do him a favor? It was too late for that.
"Forget it, then."
The old man did not force it. He said, "But the marquis has a message for you as well. There might be some issues with Great Xia, but those issues will be resolved sooner or later. You don't need to be too disappointed."
"I understand." Su Yu smiled, "Thank you, Sir. And thank the marquis for me as well."
Seeing that there was nothing else to say, the old man left.
A short while later, Great Mountain appeared and asked, "Why didn't you ask for help? I can see that the Xia Family is intending to help you. Perhaps you can solve everything without leaving."
Su Yu smiled and said, "There is no longer any need for that. Since I've decided to leave, I don't want to owe them any favors. Also, even if they do help me here, is it really a favor? Marquis Xia sure is good at doing business. The people of Great Xia are colluding with the cult. He is merely trying to make me owe him a favor as the bonus on top since he's going to deal with those people either way. Looks like the marquis has truly transformed into a pure businessman after all these years."
Could this really be considered a favor to Su Yu? No. This was Great Xia's internal problem. Even the single character faction was starting to collude with the Myriad Race Cult to kill him and snatch his ruin. The marquis needed to deal with them, but he also wanted to twist this into an act of doing Su Yu a favor? Su Yu could only say that Marquis Xia was too focused on calculating every single move of his.
If the Xia Family was actually willing to kill all those people for colluding with the cult immediately, he might really respect them more. Would the single character faction really be grateful for the leniency the Xia Family was showing? Su Yu did not think so.
For the sake of producing a new Invincible, the Xia Family had been worrying too much. Sure, perhaps he was the one at fault for failing to understand the difficult situation they were in. But at this point, there was no longer any need for him to understand them.
Su Yu decided to stop thinking about all that and asked, "How is your injury?"
Great Mountain replied, "I'm fine. It won't take me long to recover."
"Good." After checking the time, Su Yu said, "Let's not waste time. We'll set off tonight and reach our destination before morning arrives. Just move according to my plan."
"Alright."
Su Yu gave Great Mountain a deep look and said, "After this, I can get some people to escort all of you out of the Human Realm if you wish to leave. Thus, make sure to not do anything stupid before then."
"I understand."
Great Mountain said nothing else. Su Yu was right. Turning on him right now was the same as suicide. Both the Zhu Family and the Xia Family were families of Invincibles. And both these families were paying close attention to Su Yu.
In fact, the main reason Su Yu had refused to ask for the Xia Family's help was because he believed that in this matter, they should take the initiative to help even if he didn't ask for it. Xia Huyou could not represent the entire Xia Family.
Xia Huyou had dispatched two experts to protect Su Yu, and Su Yu acknowledged that he owed Xia Huyou a favor for that. But he did not consider the so-called help Marquis Xia had offered a favor.
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After spending some time in his old house, the night finally arrived. He walked out and turned around to shut the door. After taking one last look at his house, he smiled. Hopefully, during his next return, the house would no longer be empty.
He left the neighborhood and started heading toward the city gate. Several individuals were already waiting for him at the gate.
Su Yu warned them yet again, "Everyone, you can choose to work separately if you want. If you choose to stick with me, things will be much more dangerous. Think carefully before making your choice."
Zhou Hao did not hesitate to say, "I'll hunt some beasts myself. I'm not going with you. Can I claim the merit points for the beasts I kill in Nanyuan?"
"Yes."
Zhou Hao grinned and said, "In that case, I'll work alone."
He had only joined this mission to kill some beasts. He had killed quite a lot of beasts on the way here. At this point, even though Su Yu hadn't told him anything, he could sense that something was off. He was not interested in what was going to happen next. He was only here for the beast subjugation mission. Su Yu could deal with everything else himself.
Su Yu smiled and said, "I thought you would offer to go with me."
"That's too dangerous." Zhou Hao solemnly said, "I'm only a fifth-stage Infinite Strength cultivator."
Yes. He was now a fifth-stage Infinite Strength cultivator. He had been growing rapidly as well.
"Fine. Do what you want."
Zhou Hao wasted no time and left the city with a saber in hand. His only goal was to hunt some beasts and earn some money. He was not interested in anything else. Nor was he interested in Su Yu's affair.
Previously, he had been thinking of lending Su Yu a hand to return Su Yu the favor. But after witnessing Su Yu's strength and the Mountainsea enemies, he realized that he still had a long way to go before he could be of help. This was not something he could take part in.
"How about you, Ji Xiaomeng and Senior Brother Chen?"
"Let's move together."
Su Yu nodded. Fine. He had already warned them several times. They were already at Nanyuan yet these people were still sticking with him. So be it.
"Let's go!"
Mounted atop the suanni, Su Yu rode through the city gate. Having obtained fresh cloudrush horses, the others hurriedly rode out after him. They started moving rapidly toward the Starfall Mountain. Not long after they left, several figures appeared atop the city wall.
"Lord, do we follow them?"
"No." The old man answered, "We wait. Great Xia's border is not far ahead. It's improper for us to enter the borders of a different prefecture without reason."
The Mountainseas said nothing. What were they waiting for? The old man did not provide any explanation. Inwardly, he thought to himself that the marquis had failed to sell someone a favor. This was probably the first time something like this had ever happened to the marquis.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was going further and further away from Nanyuan. During this part of the journey, he no longer needed to be constantly on guard against his surroundings. At this point, nobody would attack him before reaching his destination. He was heading straight to the Starfall Mountain.
After two hours of travel, a massive mountain appeared before him. That was none other than the Starfall Mountain.
Starfall Mountain, a land where a star had fallen.
According to the legends, a massive star once dropped down from the sky, creating a massive crater and causing the land around the crater to rise. That was why this place came to be known as Starfall Mountain.
"A land where a star has fallen. What a good name."
Su Yu laughed after making that remark.
"Let's go!"
With that, he rode toward the massive mountain ahead of him. He had finally arrived at his destination.