Chapter 643: A Slap From Afar (3)
After a while.
Su Yu met Qin Zhen inside a teahouse. Qin Zhen was the prefect of Great Qin. Even when he was sitting there silently, he looked ferocious. When Su Yu saw the burly prefect, he was reminded of Xia Longwu.
Their appearances were different, but they shared similar temperaments. Su Yu had never met Xia Longwu in person, but he had seen Xia Longwu on television and in the Sky Sundering Saber willpower text before.
When Qin Zhen saw Su Yu, he ignored Zhu Tiandao and directly said, "A real man should not hesitate when it comes to killing. If you join Great Qin, you will be allowed to kill to your heart's content. What's the point of fighting behind the frontlines? Go to the battlefield and fight the myriad races! That is what a real man should do. There, you can fight anyone you want. Exceptional experts, unrivaled heroes, powerful divines, terrifying devils, beautiful immortal fairies...you can kill any sort of people you want."
Fuck!
When Su Yu heard about immortal fairies, he thought that Qin Zhen was going to claim that he could capture some. But that brute had actually suggested that they should kill them all instead.
Zhu Tiandao rolled his eyes and said, "Creating a new cultivation method is even bigger contribution than killing an enemy Sunmoon."
Qin Zhen thought about it and nodded, "You're right. You can join Great Qin and stay behind the front lines. Our entire prefecture is run by the military. All cultists will be killed. All enemies will be killed. Our prefecture is the safest in the Human Realm. We're even better than Great Ming. Great Xia is comparable to us in the past, but now that Xia Longwu is trying to break through, that is no longer the case."
Su Yu said, "I'm flattered, but I'm happy here."
"Fine." Qin Zhen went straight to the point, "Name your price. I want the best version of the fusion art. Don't try to fool me with a trash version.
"I want the Source Soul Cultural Art as well. If you have a better version, I'm buying it too. Also, if you have any other useful cultivation methods, sell them all to me. Just name your price. Don't be shy."
Su Yu said, "There is no rush. I need to ask something first, Prefect Qin. How many acupoints does Great Qin know?"
After saying that, 358 dots of light appeared all over his body.
"Prefect Qin, do you know any acupoints that are not here?"
"..."
Qin Zhen stared at Su Yu for a very long while before saying, "You're aiming to form the grand cycle of acupoints. That's a good goal to have. There was a fellow in Great Qin who once opened 321 acupoints over 27 years. But he had a very hard time fusing his acupoints. After great difficulty, he finally reached the Cloudbreach Realm. But he couldn't fuse all his acupoints to enter the Mountainsea. Last year, he died of old age. Will the same happen to you?"
"Died of old age?" Su Yu blinked.
Qin Zhen replied, "Yes. But he was really quite strong. As a ninth-stage Cloudbreach, he killed several Mountainseas. At the end of his lifespan, we set up a trap. He feigned a breakthrough and lured a Sunmoon out. I was the one who had defeated that Sunmoon, but he was the one who had cut the head off the body. With that, he was able to die without regrets."
Su Yu had a look of yearning as he said, "Yeah. That is indeed a worthy death."
"Hahaha, like I said, that is how a real man should live. Alright, let's get back to the topic. I don't know any other acupoints. I am sure that you have reached the limit of humanity."
Su Yu was regretful. It would seem like he would have to find his missing acupoints somewhere else.
"Great Qin is a nation of soldiers. You are all fighting hard for humanity. Thus, I won't be asking for much from you...
"I can provide you with the fusion art and Source Soul Cultural Art. But I need some divine and devil blood essence at the Skysoar Realm. I can also accept a small amount of Cloudbreach blood essence, but it must be early-stage Cloudbreach. I need around two or three drops of blood essence per race. If possible, I don't mind accepting five drops per race as well. But the blood essence must come from the first divine and original devil races."
Qin Zhen raised his brow. After a short moment, he nodded, "I can agree to that. But you need to wait a few days. We'll start hunting. We don't have any in stock. In fact, we don't really keep much blood essence in stock at Great Qin. We have the habit of immediately transforming these resources into strength. It's pointless to keep them in the warehouse. Give us half a month. We'll even try to capture some of them alive if possible."
"..."
Su Yu was completely speechless. Holy shit. So they didn't have any, but they were offering to hunt some for him.
Zhu Tiandao was also stunned. He asked, "You don't have any in storage?"
"Nope." Qin Zhen said, "Why even bother storing them away? After converting them into strength, we can get more from the battlefield. Blood is something you can get just by killing. What's the point of storing them?
"Su Yu, I heard that you're quite strong as well. You're welcomed to visit Great Qin at any time. We have the famous Great Qin Military Academy. That is basically a war academy, but it is not a regular war academy. Rather, its students are all experts from the military. These are the experts who have returned from the frontlines to further their studies. There, even a 36-acupoint Infinite Strength cultivator can't be underestimated. That might be someone capable of killing cultural researchers as easily as killing chickens."
"..."
Zhu Tiandao rolled his eyes. Yeah, yeah, keep bluffing. If they were really so strong, Great Qin would have united the world long ago.
Su Yu said, "Sure. I'll pay a visit when I have the chance."
Qin Zhen stood up and said, "Alright. I'll be taking my leave. You will get your blood essence in half a month. I'm very happy with the fusion art. But I'm quite greedy. Is it possible to create a 72-acupoint or even a 108-acupoint fusion art? That way, we can use this art as both a fusion art and a cultivation method. We can cultivate it all the way to the Mountainsea Realm. Your current version is excellent for Infinite Strength cultivators, but it's not as useful for Mountainseas. If you can create something that even Mountainseas can use, they will be able to directly enter the Sunmoon Realm with your fusion art. That will be an unrivalled contribution to the Human Realm."
The current fusion art only required 36 acupoints. It was only slightly useful for Mountainseas. Thus, Qin Zhen wanted to get an even better version. A version that could help a Mountainsea fully fuse their acupoints into one before stepping into the Sunmoon Realm would be truly incredible.
Su Yu hurriedly said, "I'll try my best. I'm not at that level yet so it's a bit hard for me to create something like that. I'll only know more about that level after reaching it myself."
"That makes sense. Try to grow faster." Qin Zhen said, "Stop wasting your time on these pointless quarrels. Don't get involved in the affairs of Great Xia. I know about your teachers. Since they're on the battlefield, the warriors of Great Qin will take care of them whenever possible. If you don't mind, you can even get your teachers to work with us and fish a few whales out. With Liu Wenyan's identity, he might be able to bait even an Invincible out!"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Su Yu coughed awkwardly. He wanted to tell Prefect Qin that it was time to leave. Fish his ass.
Qin Zhen laughed and said, "Forget it. We'll meet again if fate allows it. What a pity that you're still too weak. Otherwise, you could have joined the coming event in a year or two. At that time, you would be able to witness what a battle between Invincibles looks like. You would understand how pointless these petty quarrels are. At the Invincible Realm, nobody will dare to provoke you."
"I—"
Before Su Yu could say anything, Qin Zhen vanished with a flicker. He wasn't even given the chance to finish his words. Invincible? He wanted to reach that level as well. But he needed time, right?
Zhu Tiandao cautiously said, "Don't let his words fool you. There is no freedom in Great Qin. Everything there is run by the military. You won't be able to live like a normal human being there."
Su Yu laughed, "Don't worry, Prefect. I won't leave."
Inwardly, Zhu Tiandao grumbled that this kid looked exactly like the type of person who would run away. That promise was completely unreliable. He needed to work hard and get a woman to tie Su Yu with Great Ming. If he allowed this kid to run so soon, wouldn't he be the same as Xia Xiao'er?
Su Yu needed to wait about half a month for his blood essence. It was already February.
The terms Su Yu gave Great Xia were publicized as well. Those were extremely harsh terms.
Willpower grotto, a million merit points, corpses of divines...
More importantly, he had also demanded an apology from Yuan Qingdong, a Sunmoon.
A public apology. Why? Because Yuan Qingdong had slandered Su Yu by calling Su Yu a traitor. Traitor? What a joke. Which traitor would openly sell all those cultivation methods to their fellow humans? Thus, nobody took Yuan Qingdong seriously.
Asking a Sunmoon to slap his own face and pay Su Yu a million merit points. Many people believed that Yuan Qingdong wouldn't agree. In any case, the ban was placed on the three academies. For him, there was always the option of leaving. It wasn't like he was a local of Great Xia.
Su Yu did not say anything to the public. Nevertheless, rumors still started spreading that as long as Yuan Qingdong remained, the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy would be banned from everything produced by the Source Soul Research Center.
Thus, this was merely the start. According to the rumors, Su Yu was in the process of researching an aperture fusion art. If he succeeded, that would be yet another creation capable of shaking the world. It would be helpful to cultural researchers from the Mental Tempering Stage to the Sunmoon Realm. But because of Yuan Qingdong, the three academies might end up banned from teaching this cultivation method as well.
With Su Yu's track record, a lot of people believed that he would be able to succeed in his research. At that time, the students wouldn't be the only ones suffering from the ban. Rather, cultural researchers of all levels would suffer.
***
Great Xia City, capital of Great Xia.
Inside Yuan Qingdong's villa, a burst of aura erupted, breaking apart all the furniture in the villa. Yuan Qingdong had an unsightly expression. Just a moment ago, someone from Xia Family came and asked if he wanted to apologize and let the matter rest. Otherwise, he might end up sacked from the academy.
It hadn't even been half a month since he took office. If he was sacked so soon, it would be absolute humiliation.
The Xia Family wouldn't kill him. But if the matter escalated, to the point where the benefits of all three academies were threatened, they could easily hold a meeting of elders and vote to kick him out of the academy. And the vote was very likely to go through.
If two-thirds of the elders voted to kick him out, he would have no choice but to leave. This was a power the elders enjoyed. It was very obvious that if he couldn't solve this issue, he would become the very first Sunmoon in history to be fired from the position of vice principal.
"Su Yu!"
He had thought that nothing bad would happen since Su Yu was no longer around. But Su Yu had actually unleashed such a powerful slap toward him from afar. He finally understood why Yu Hong and the others had been defeated so miserably by that kid. While Yuan Qingdong was thinking with a frown, his voice transmission talisman shook.
"The Knowledge Seeking Realm can't do anything. Zhu Tiandao is applying pressure to the Knowledge Seeking Realm. The sky devouring ants are starting to appear within the Knowledge Seeking Realm. Zhu Tiandao's eldest son is already in the Knowledge Seeking Realm. He had knocked on the Dragonrise Drum, calling for a trial. Great Han King will be leaving seclusion soon. You need to calm things down as soon as possible. Prioritize calming things down at Great Xia."
Hmph!
That wasn't what they said when they first sent him here. Damn those bastards. Didn't they promise to take care of everything?
Bastards!
They weren't the ones suffering this humiliation, so they naturally didn't care about the apology he had to give.
Yuan Qingdong was furious. How was it his fault that Su Yu was refusing to sell his cultivation methods to the three academies? He was merely a scapegoat. As far as Yuan Qingdong was concerned, even without him here, Su Yu might still place the ban on the academies. Damn those people for making him the scapegoat!