Chapter 96 - 96

Chapter 1400: Sunmoon Character, Heaven Weapon (1)

At the second eye, Su Yu gained even more benefits.

Both his eyes felt incredibly powerful now. His left eye was akin to a scorching sun while his right eye was akin to a frosty moon.

Fire and ice.

Now, Su Yu could kill just by staring at someone.

Observing from the side, Yellow Nine was alarmed. This guy had grown stronger than before. More importantly, hunting for treasures was as easy as taking something out of his own pocket for Su Yu.

***

After some time. Double Dragon Gorge.

The Double Dragon Gorge was a dangerous place. According to Su Yu's deduction, this was the location of the nose. Two sealed valleys could be found in the Double Dragon Gorge, constantly covered in storms.

That was a place with countless treasures. The Double Dragon Gorge also produced a specialty product known as the dragonbind wood.

The dragonbind wood was a powerful wood capable of binding even dragons. It was excellent material for weaponsmithing. If one had enough of it, one could even forge a heaven weapon with it. It was rumored that at the end of the Double Dragon Gorge, some ancient dragonbind wood could be found. The wood there could even be used as carrier treasures.

Of course, that was merely a rumor. It had not been verified as nobody had been able to reach that place. The Double Dragon Gorge was simply too dangerous. The dragonbind wood was akin to living beings, capable of attacking any intruder in the area.

***

Outside the Double Dragon Gorge.

Su Yu laughed in amusement. Dragonbind wood?

No. Those were simply nasal hairs. That was the first thought of his. He was certain about that. According to the layout of the first level, the Double Dragon Gorge was the nose. The aggressive wood inside the nostrils was nothing but the nasal hairs.

According to the rumors, the dragonbind wood was powerful and tall. Each nasal hair was bigger than even a gigantic beast. And there would be quite a lot of them in the area. After all, the Double Dragon Gorge was hundreds of kilometers across.

A nose this big would most certainly contain numerous nasal hairs. The nasal hairs at the very depths of the nose could very well be strong enough to act as carrier treasures. However, any attempt to pluck even one nasal hair would most certainly be a dangerous process.

Just imagine plucking the nasal hair of someone forcefully. Would that person not flip out in anger?

"Double Dragon Gorge..."

Su Yu overlooked the gorge below from the air. There were a lot more people in the area. For many people, the spring of the Blood Plain wasn't too particularly useful. However, the dragonbind wood was a treasure in its own right.

Even the dragonbind wood found at the outermost region of the gorge could be used to forge earth weapons. Those found in the deeper regions could be used to forge heaven weapons.

And those at the deepest region could very well serve as carrier treasures. For many people, this was the most valuable place on the first level. This was a land of treasure.

If one were capable enough, one might really walk away from this place with a carrier treasure. That would be an immense gain.

Thus, a majority of the people on the first level were gathered here. The rest had either departed for the second level right away or those who would only do a casual search of the first level before moving on to the second level.

When Su Yu arrived, there were already over a hundred people in the area. Shouts could be heard coming from the two massive holes on the ground. Clearly, some people were already inside. For Su Yu, the two holes were clearly nostrils. But the myriad races had their own legend about this place.

According to the myriad races, two ancient dragons used to reside here. One was a male while the other was a female. That was why this place was known as the Double Dragon Gorge. As per the legend, the treasures of the two dragons could be found at the depths of the gorge. Perhaps even the corpses of Invincibles could be found there. Thus, generation after generation, countless people had explored this place.

In truth, many were aware that the first level was shaped like a human face. They also knew that this place was essentially the nose. After all, the name of the level and some locations on the level had existed long before Su Yu was here.

Then again, not many gave it much thought. It was merely a design choice. Was this supposed to be the real nose of an actual human? What manner of nose could be hundreds of kilometers in size?

Su Yu's arrival did not attract much attention. The people there were still busy talking among themselves.

"Do you think anyone will be able to leave with a 10000-year dragonbind wood this time?" The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel✶fire.net

"Can that thing really serve as a carrier treasure?"

A carrier treasure was among the most valuable treasures many could hope to obtain from the mansion. On the first level, the 10000-year dragonbind wood was the most coveted treasure. Even if one didn't need a carrier treasure, one could always offer it to an Invincible from one's own race for numerous benefits.

If one came from a race without an Invincible, one could secretly offer it to a Pseudo Invincible. In that situation, one would either be silenced or rewarded massively. Then again, most of the people capable of entering the mansion were backed by Invincibles so this scenario would be quite rare.

At this time, Yellow Nine sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "According to the records of the pavilion, the Double Dragon Gorge is the greatest treasure vault of the first level. There is a limitless supply of dragonbind wood in there. Even the wood found at the outer regions is extremely valuable. This is also the favourite weaponsmithing material fo many weaponsmiths."

She looked around and asked, "There are a lot of people here. Are you killing them all as well? Things might get troublesome for you after you leave the mansion if you kill too many of them. Try to kill fewer people and let more of them leave the mansion. That will keep things chaotic and make it easier for you to slip off undetected. If you kill everyone, the few remaining survivors will be subjected to the scrutiny of all the Invincibles out there upon leaving. With all their people dead, nothing will hold the myriad race Invincibles back from doing something rash."

She was right. With more survivors, the myriad race Invincibles would refrain from doing anything rash to protect their own people. Meanwhile, if only a handful of people survived, and all of them were humans, the myriad race Invincibles would most certainly go crazy.

Su Yu nodded, "You're right."

Yellow Nine exhaled in relief. At least he was rational enough to take this advice. That thought had barely crossed her mind when a book appeared and covered the sky. The people in the gorge were still completely oblivious.

Su Yu indifferently said, "Three-thousand-six-hundred people have entered. How many have died so far? There are about a thousand on the first level. Even killing all of them will only reduce the overall number by about a third. You have nothing to worry about."

"You..."

Yellow Nine shivered. How murderous. At that point, someone finally sensed something. When they looked up, they saw a book covering the sky.

Culture. Radiance.

On the cover of the book were the culture and radiance characters. They seemed to emanate the essence of dao itself. The person looking out blanked out and muttered, "What is this? An ancient treasure?"

Someone else realized what it was. He exclaimed in alarm, "Run!"

He fled without hesitation.

At that time, the book flipped open. All the pages flew out and numerous projections emerged from the pages as Su Yu paled slightly.

This was an experiment. Three hundred projections, each a first-stage Sunmoon. Some were already near the second stage. In the blink of an eye, the projections grabbed the people in the area.

About a hundred people had gathered at the outskirts of the Double Dragon Gorge. Meanwhile, they were faced with three hundred Sunmoons. Yellow Nine's jaw dropped in astonishment. Was this still an earth weapon? She found that hard to believe.

Something like this couldn't be an earth weapon. It felt even more powerful than a heaven weapon. Just imagine the power three hundred Sunmoons could unleash.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was exhausting his source qi at a crazy rate. He was using way more power than he needed against these opponents, but this was merely an experiment. This was his best opportunity to get used to fighting this way. When he reached the higher levels, he wouldn't have such opportunities anymore.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

Apart from the humans, over a hundred people were dragged into the book. Su Yu paled even more due to the rapid exhaustion of his source qi.

He was still incapable of sustaining the appearance of three hundred Sunmoons. These were mere projections, powered mostly by the corpses he had collected. In truth, he was only supplying a small part of the energy required for this action.

Even so, the expenditure was enough to empty him out. In the blink of an eye, silence returned to the area. The three hundred pages returned to the book, some carrying new content on them.

Beside Su Yu, Yellow Nine was incomparably alarmed. Su Yu...was a true demon. The way he killed...was terrifying. As for Su Yu, he was too busy to pay any heed to her reaction. The two characters on the cover of his book were flickering, showing signs of advancement into Sunmoon characters.

The 109th golden stripe turned even more solid. It continued growing, but it failed to take form completely, as though it was still lacking something.

With a smile, Su Yu enlarged his book and covered the two holes on the ground. He said, "Let them have some fun inside. I'm smelling an advancement."

He was not referring to the advancement of his cultivation level. Rather, he was talking about the culture and radiance characters.

His book was on the verge of advancement as well. It was only a step away from fully making the advancement.

That was not an issue. Su Yu took out a pile of materials. Then, a hammer appeared in his hand. A clump of flame appeared and melted all the materials in an instant. Then, he slammed his hammer down. He was forging more pages.

At the same time, he took a large machine out and tossed it at Yellow Nine. "Go. Cut some space for me. Make each chunk of space a thousand cubic meters in size. I require some space. The space here is very stable. It is comparable to the space in the Allheaven Battlefield."

He aimed to add more pages. He still lacked the pages for many races. He aimed to forge those pages now. Even if he still didn't have the Sunmoon blood essence of those races, it didn't matter.

Chapter 1401: Sunmoon Character, Heaven Weapon (2)

At the same time.

Everyone outside was alarmed.

"Damn it!"

"Who is it?"

The Invincibles stared at the human encampment in fury. Moge said, "Great Zhou King, is this the work of the humans?"

Great Zhou King replied indifferently, "Which human is capable of this? Tell me."

Over a hundred people had been killed instantly. That was no easy feat.

Great Zhou King continued, "Perhaps they all encountered something dangerous. The Luminous Domain Mansion has always been a dangerous place."

"Nonsense." Moge argued, "If it's really that, why are all the humans fine?"

Great Zhou King said, "Isn't that simple? Perhaps the people inside found a treasure. You guys are targeting the humans so all humans were chased out of the place. And then...all your people died while attempting to harvest the treasure. How is that a surprise?"

"Over a hundred people have died instantly. These Skysoars and Cloudbreaches are no pushovers. It won't be easy for someone on the first level to do something like this. Not even a Sunmoon can do this. It is likely that they have died to the mansion. I can only say that it's not a bad thing to be targeted. Since the humans are disallowed from approaching many of the treasures inside, they will naturally be safe from any disaster that might arise while harvesting those treasures."

Were his words reasonable? Yes. But they were still furious. They couldn't accept this. Why were the humans still fine when so many of their people had died? It hadn't even been a day!

This was the first day! At this rate, wouldn't they lose everyone inside in half a month? That was too terrifying.

Finally, one of them lost patience and said, "Does anyone have a way of contacting those at the higher levels? We need to get them to investigate the lower levels. Or to be precise, the first level. Something is wrong there. We can't allow this to continue. There are at least a thousand people there. If this continues, all of them will die in less than three days."

The people inside were simply dying at too fast a rate. This did not make sense.

Once again, Dao King looked at the ancient city and coldly said, "A regular person can't do this, but someone can. Su Yu, what do you think?"

"..."

Liu Hong had a bizarre expression. Yes. Most people couldn't, but a certain someone was not most people. That was a butcher. But...wasn't that person here? He, Liu Hong, was still faithfully pretending to be that person. How did Dao King come to this conclusion?

With a lazy tone, Liu Hong said, "What do you mean, Dao King?"

Dao King said, "You know what I'm saying. The first level is the stage for those from the younger generation. Even people like Mo Duona won't conduct such a massacre in there. He won't kill even the devils. However, a certain someone is an exception to that. For example, Mayor Su will most definitely not care and kill indiscriminately upon entering. After all, Mayor Su is not one to hold back when killing."

Liu Hong laughed, "Me? You're suspecting me when I'm here? What am I supposed to say here?"

Dao King asked, "Are you really Su Yu?"

At that question, numerous gazes settled on Liu Hong. Was that Su Yu? Was the real Su Yu in the mansion? They couldn't help but feel suspicious. Not even Mo Duona, the number one genius of the Heaven Index, could do this. But Su Yu could.

Was it Su Yu? If it was Su Yu, who was this person?

Liu Hong laughed and said, "Dao King, you sure are trying desperately to frame me. Why are you targeting me repeatedly? Did I desecrate your ancestral tombs or did I sleep with your wife?"

Dao King said, "Leave the city. Nobody will touch you. Leave the city and let us have a closer look at you."

Liu Hong laughed, "Are you dumb? Or do you think I'm dumb? You suspect me? Fine. Come here. Give the city a punch. I'm not Su Yu. I'm fake. Lord Grandstar won't be able to leave since I'm fake. Come on. Give the city a punch. If you lack the courage to even do that, you're a piece of trash. Do you have the guts to do that? If you're too scared, don't you have disciples? Your students? Your subordinates? As the leader of an entire region in the Immortal Realm, don't you have even one useful subordinate? Get them to try. Send some ninth-stage Sunmoons. This is a good opportunity for you. With your weakened position, you need to start watching your back lest one of your subordinates decide to give you a stab on your back."

Dao King ignored the provocation and coldly asked, "Are you scared of coming out?"

"Yes." Liu Hong smiled, "Do you think I'm stupid? I'm a Cloudbreach. Why should I risk myself against you? Come on. Give me a punch. I'm waiting here. Come on. I'm insulting your ancestors. Why are you still scared of me? Are you really an Invincible? You're too useless to be one. Are you not ashamed of calling yourself an Invincible?"

"Hahaha!" Liu Hong roared with laughter and said, "Garbage. If I were really inside, I would definitely kill nobody but your people. I would kill them all. You want to regain your tri-life bodies? Keep dreaming."

"..."

Dao King stared at Liu Hong coldly, but he said nothing. Was this Su Yu? He had no answer to that. However, he only knew that regardless of who this person was, this was a repulsive person. Someone like this should die.

The surrounding Invincibles had odd expressions. Dao King was suspecting Su Yu. But there was clearly a Su Yu here. Alas, not even the daofuse eyes could see clearly through the ancient city.

External appearance meant nothing. Too many people were capable of something as simple as changing their appearance. Nobody was sure. Then again, it did not matter anymore. If this were not Su Yu, the real Su Yu would most definitely be in the mansion. What could they do, then?

Nevertheless, they still wouldn't mind finding out the truth if possible. Some of them were tempted to try.

Su Yu was not the only person in the ancient city. There were quite a lot of residents inside as well. Not long ago, some Sunmoons had also been forced to convert into residents. Perhaps these people could be used to test something.

Before long, someone said, "Ignore this matter for now. I only want to know if there's a way for those at the upper levels to descend."

Someone else said, "The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion should have an answer, right? Is there a way to descend the levels? Or at the very least, is there a way to send a message inside?"

At the very least, they had to notify those on the upper levels of what had happened. Sure, those on the first level were weak. But losing them all would be the same as losing an entire generation. This might set them back by ten or even a hundred years.

Numerous gazes landed on the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. This time, they had arrived in their palace. However, nobody bothered to attack them.

In truth, some had thought of attacking them after the Heaven Department head left. But right as that thought crossed their minds, a feeling of intense danger descended upon them. At that, they realized that some super expert from the pavilion might be present. Thus, they had ultimately dispelled that thought.

Everyone looked at the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. As an ancient organization that had explored the Luminous Domain Mansion many times before, they might have an answer.

The Earth Department head's voice rang out, "Message transmission is possible. The Luminous Domain Mansion is incomparably powerful. But the descendants of Eternals can transmit messages through their bloodlines if these descendants are inside. However, the backlash might be serious as this goes against the laws of the mansion."

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Everyone had odd expressions upon hearing that. Tiangu had just experienced the backlash of going against the laws not long ago. They were most certainly uninterested in experiencing the same.

"It is also possible to descend from a higher level. That was how it was during the ancient past. After all, those on the higher levels had to manage those on the lower levels, right? However, the passage of time has changed everything. The Luminous Domain Mansion is in a sealed state, and the far higher density of source qi on the higher levels has created a pressure that has shut the downward connections. To ascend, one could move through the special channels. But to descend, one will need to withstand the pressure and open the shut entrances."

"What is the price for that?"

"You only need someone with a powerful body. Otherwise, anyone attempting to descend will be crushed by the pressure."

Understanding dawned on everyone. Sure enough, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion knew a lot of things.

Surprisingly, they had released this information for free. There were multiple reasons for that. Firstly, they had also lost some people to the mass deaths on the first level. Secondly, the departure of some experts from the higher levels would also reduce the competition they had to face on those levels.

Everyone sank into thought, thinking about what to do.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was busy forging pages.

Not far away, Yellow Nine was busy cutting space for him. This wasn't an easy task. Su Yu wouldn't have asked for Hu Xiansheng's help during his weaponsmithing otherwise. The cutting of space would result in a spatial collapse. Any carelessness would kill the person performing the cutting.

Just as Yellow Nine was done cutting the first chunk of space, the powerful spatial collapse pressed down upon her before she could even react. Just as blood started spurting out of her body, she was dragged away by the little furball with a flicker. Behind them, space continued collapsing, destroying everything within the area.

With her heart thumping in fear, she looked at the distant Su Yu. Noting that Su Yu wasn't sparing her even a glance, she accused furiously, "You're trying to kill me!"

That had nearly killed her.

Su Yu replied indifferently, "Not at all. I had simply not expected you to be...so stupid. You grew up with Hollow. He is the best spatial manipulator below the Invincible Realm. I had thought that you would know at least a little about space. However...you know nothing. Just what do you know? Apart from a relatively high cultivation level, what value do you have?"

"You..." Yellow Nine argued, "I have never been good at spatial manipulation. Why didn't you remind me that there would be a spatial collapse? I didn't even get a chance to flee!"

"That's common sense. Do you need a reminder for common sense?"

Just then, Su Yu finished forging a page. He shook his head and said, "Forget it. You're garbage. I only wanted to give you a chance to learn more about the dao of space. But you are useless. I only have myself to blame for overestimating you."

Yellow Nine frowned. She stared at Su Yu without saying anything.

Su Yu did not bother to explain. He was merely trying to temper the pride and arrogance of Yellow Nine. The Liu Family did not need her in her current state. At the very least, she had to learn humility. She must not overestimate her abilities and talent. She must not be arrogant. That was not what the Liu Family needed. That was not acceptable.

Su Yu would let her know how insignificant she was.

With a page in hand, Su Yu soared into the sky and took over the massive machine. He started cutting space himself. While doing so, he said, "You know nothing. You're good for nothing. Cooperating with you, or to be precise, even letting you handle a minor task is a risk. You nearly damaged my machine. This isn't a machine you can afford to lose. Even my teacher, or even a Skysoar like Wu Lan, would have done better than you."

Yellow Nine argued indignantly, "Su Yu! There is no need for you to belittle me like this. Spatial manipulation is not what I specialize in. It's normal for me to be bad at it."

"In that case, what are you good at?"

Slowly, a chunk of space was cut off by Su Yu. The moment the chunk was separated from its surroundings, a large black hole appeared as space started collapsing. As for Su Yu, he was able to withdraw effortlessly.

Yellow Nine gnashed her teeth and said, "I'm a genius! My combat strength is incredible! I can even fight Sunmoons!"

Su Yu sneered, "Sunmoons? Do you think Sunmoons are very impressive? If you truly believe that...I suggest that you forget about returning to the Liu Family."

"I don't intend to return!" Yellow Nine shouted in fury, "I have never thought of returning!"

Su Yu smiled, "Good. I spared you not because you're Yellow Nine. I spared you because of the Liu Family. Thus, you owe the Liu Family a debt of life. Back then, you nearly died because of them. With this, the slate is clean. None of you owes each other anything."

Yellow Nine coldly said, "Su Yu, you're doing all this just to lighten the sin of your teacher. If I'm really a daughter of the Liu Family, the destruction of the Liu Family back then was all due to your teacher. Otherwise, the Liu Family would still be around. You are belittling me, insulting me, and provoking me. All to make me say that Liu Wenyan owes me nothing. Am I right?"

Su Yu remained silent. After a short moment, he laughed, "Yes."

Yellow Nine regained her calm as she said, "Su Yu, answer my question. If I'm really a daughter of the Liu Family, your teacher would be the one who had caused me to lose both my parents when I was an infant. I nearly died myself as well. I wouldn't have survived if it weren't for my elder. Should I not hold a grudge over that?"

"..."

After a short silence, Su Yu answered, "You should."

Chapter 1402: Sunmoon Character, Heaven Weapon (3)

"Hmph!"

Having finally gained the upper hand, Yellow Nine pushed on. With derision on her face, she said, "You spared me because I might be a daughter of Liu. I am weaker than you. If I die to you, I deserve it for being weaker. But this is unrelated to the matter between me and the Liu Family. If Liu Wenyan hadn't held onto the inheritance of the multiple character faction so stubbornly, the Liu Family would have been fine. He caused the destruction of the Liu Family. Are you trying to deny his sins?"

After a short silence, Su Yu nodded, "Perhaps you're right. It is stupid to tell someone to forget their grudge. You believe the Liu Family owes you. Or to be precise, you believe my teacher owes you. You are right to believe that. Everyone is entitled to their viewpoints. In my view, my teacher was a victim as well. He had never intended for the Liu Family to fall." Read complete versıon only at novelꜰire.net

"Heh." Yellow Nine sneered, "Over a period of fifty years, the Liu Family was attacked thrice. Not once. Thrice. Are you intentionally forgetting this? Three times. Fiery Sea King gave Liu Wenyan three chances. He should have known that the matter involved more than him after the first attack. The entire Liu Family had been implicated.

"But did he care? To protect the inheritance of his teacher, he decided to do nothing even after the second attack. And finally, the third attack came and the family fell. Su Yu, there is no need for you to say anything for Liu Wenyan. If I'm not a Liu, you can kill me. I deserve it for being weak. If I'm a Liu, I won't stop disliking Liu Wenyan just because you spared me. He is my enemy. He is a hypocrite. Is your teacher more important than the entire Liu Family?"

"..."

After a long while, Su Yu sighed, "True. In your position...I would probably feel the same. I don't think I'm in any position to tell you to think differently. Forget it. I will stay out of this matter. After all, I'm not a Liu. I only hope that you won't use this identity to make my teacher do something suicidal. If that does happen...nothing will be enough to protect you from me."

Hearing that, Yellow Nine had a smug expression. She had finally scored a victory against Su Yu.

But suddenly, Su Yu smiled again.

"Regardless, you're still trash. That does not change. Your past changes nothing. You're trash. You're ambitious, but you lack the talent to support your ambition. You were so easily kicked out of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion by me. You even managed to drag Hollow down. After serving as my scapegoat for so long, you couldn't even put up a struggle against me. While I was running around as the leader of the pavilion in the Human Realm, you were running around as a wanted criminal of the pavilion.

"At the time, I hadn't even been a member for long. Meanwhile, you had been in the pavilion for quite a while. You were even in charge of intelligence. Even so, you were completely helpless against me. This alone is enough for me to call you a piece of trash. Do you disagree?"

"..."

Yellow Nine had a dispirited look on her face. That was the biggest disgrace she had ever suffered.

Su Yu grinned and continued, "Thus, without your special identity...you are nothing but a lackey. Are you good at planning? Are you good at scheming? You are good at nothing. Apart from fighting, you know nothing. A Sunmoon is enough to render you completely helpless. Meanwhile, I was able to cause the deaths of Mountainseas and Sunmoons when I was merely at the Mental Tempering Stage.

"You're too lacking. Even compared against many others, you're still too lacking. Hollow must have treated you well. He must have fed you all sorts of good stuff. But apart from your cultivation level, you have nothing. You are capable of nothing. Zhan Wushuang? Mo Duona? Even Dao Cheng, whom I look down upon, is much more capable than you.

"Take Dao Cheng as an example. He wishes for nothing more than to kill me. But even after multiple encounters with me, he has been able to maintain his calm and keep far away from me. You are aware that I'm far stronger than you. You are aware that I hold your life in my hands. Yet you continued running your mouth against me. If it wasn't for your relationship with the Liu Family, you would have died long ago."

Yellow Nine looked like she wanted to continue arguing.

Su Yu continued, "If you're really a Liu, you might even be Xia Huyou's fiancée. But I advise you to forget about that. You might look down on him. But I'm telling you not to drag him down instead. In wisdom, in bearing, and in talent, he is far beyond you. Many of his peers in Great Xia question his strength. But nobody questions his ability to rule Great Xia.

"Every fifty years, the Xia Family can send one person to the holy land for body forging. He voluntarily gave up on the opportunity and allowed Huang Teng to go instead. He did not even hesitate. Is Huang Teng aware of that? Yes.

"When I was weak, he did business with me, selling important resources to me for cheap. Was he aware that I would be stronger than he in the future? Yes.

"You view him as a spineless coward bending over to fawn on the myriad races. You are wrong. He is a Xia. How will he enjoy doing that? But he knows that ego means nothing. Face means nothing. After the previous battle, both the myriad races and humans were starting to grow wary of the Xia Family. But with someone so weak and shameless as the prefect, everyone suddenly found the Xia Family much less of an eyesore. Because of that, the relationship between the Xia Family and the various factions has warmed considerably since then.

"What about you? What have you achieved in your life? You should forget about him. You are unworthy."

Yellow Nine's expression changed repeatedly as she listened to Su Yu.

Just then, a burst of laughter rang out as someone said, "Uhm...you're praising me too much. I'm shy. You know I'm here yet you're saying all that. It's very awkward, you know. Brother Su, I never knew I was such a great man in your mind. Tsk tsk. If only I knew this earlier. We should have become sworn brothers."

"Hahaha!" With that, a grinning fatty flew out and cupped his fists at Yellow Nine, "Greetings, Sister Yellow. Or should I call you Sister Liu?"

Instantly, his expression turned solemn as he said, "The Xia Family holds responsibility for the fate of the Liu Family. The fifth principal was the one who had accepted Liu Wenyan as a student. My great-grandfather was the one who had persuaded the Liu patriarch to switch from a vulture into a defender of humanity. Alas, that caused the fall of the Liu Family. We share the blame.

"It's pointless to talk about compensation. Nothing can compensate for what the Liu Family has suffered. I can't say I understand your pain since that's not my own experience. But if you need anything, please don't hesitate to let me know. I'll do my best to help."

Yellow Nine frowned and said nothing.

While embedding the chunk of space into the page, Su Yu said, "Fatty, you sure are growing brazen nowadays. So many people have died here. Why did you still approach?"

Xia Huyou laughed and said, "As long as you're brave enough, not even the myriad races are scary anymore. When I sensed the inspiring and decisive murderous intent, I knew it could only be my Brother Su. Thus, I came to pay you a visit."

Su Yu laughed and looked at a different spot before saying, "Huang Teng, come out. Why are you hiding around?"

A short while later, Huang Teng stepped out with an awkward expression, "I'm only here out of curiosity. Don't misunderstand me, Brother Su. Don't hit me. We can always talk it out."

Su Yu sighed, "My disguise has been seen through by you guys in less than a day. Isn't this inappropriate?"

Xia Huyou laughed, "It's appropriate. We're family. No outsider is aware of this. The dead do not count. With you around, we feel much safer here..."

Su Yu merely laughed and said nothing. He attached his newly forged page onto his book.

Instantly, the sky changed color.

Boom!

A loud rumble resounded throughout the first level. Two characters flickered into existence in the sky before turning into a bright moon. At the same time, Su Yu's willpower rose sharply. With the addition of that page, the 109th golden stripe finally solidified fully.

Su Yu's aura grew massively. A saintly aura rippled out of him as the two characters swirled around him before returning to the book.

Multicolored clouds appeared in the sky.

A heaven weapon was born.

And two characters became Sunmoon characters.

The three humans beside him were completely dumbstruck. One multicolored cloud after another descended from the sky.

This was the reward for the weapon and the two characters.

Next, a blood tribulation appeared.

Once again, two sets of laws clashed. One was here to reward while the other was here to punish.

An advancement into a heaven weapon should be rewarded.

But the Mark of Civilization was an inauspicious object. Hence, it should be punished.

Naturally, this tribulation was much weaker than what Su Yu faced back when the weapon was being forged.

Su Yu laughed and said, "Fatty, you're here at a good time. You can get some of the benefits here. Consider this the payment for your help back then. I don't enjoy owing anyone favors."

Then, he soared into the sky, tore the clouds apart, and tossed them to Xia Huyou. The moment Xia Huyou swallowed a chunk of the torn clouds, his aura surged.

His body started forging by itself. While he was enjoying the advancement, he exclaimed in admiration, "Impressive. As long as you are brave enough, even laws can be eaten. How admirable. You have my respect."

Su Yu did not respond. Instead, he sent his book up and devoured the crimson clouds in the sky.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Huyou had completed seven or eight body forgings. The multicolored clouds he had swallowed were the reward for the completion of a heaven weapon. Such a reward could not be underestimated.

Beside Xia Huyou, Huang Teng and Yellow Nine watched with envy.

Huang Teng clicked his tongue and said, "Everyone fears heavenly tribulations, but you, Su Yu, are crazy. Even the heavenly laws are nothing but food for you. Impressive. Your teacher is quite useless. But you..."

He raised his thumb at Su Yu. As far as Huang Teng was concerned, Su Yu was the most impressive individual of the era.

He was able to strut around the incomparably dangerous Luminous Domain Mansion like it was his home. He could harvest the benefits of the mansion like plucking things out of his own pocket. He couldn't help but admire such a person.

Su Yu said, "Huang Teng, don't bother. If you keep insulting my teacher, I'll have to protect my teacher's honor."

As far as he was concerned, insulting his teacher was the same as insulting him. Sure, he could say those words to his teacher. But nobody else could. Huang Teng shrugged and said nothing.

Inwardly, he was muttering that Bai Feng should just focus on research and forget about cultivation and fighting. His student could handle all that instead. Not far away, Yellow Nine watched on with mixed feelings, not knowing what to say.

Chapter 1403: Harvest (1)

Two of Su Yu's characters had advanced into Sunmoon characters while his Mark of Civilization had advanced into a heaven weapon. His sea of willpower surged and roiled as it started expanding. With the strength of his willpower, he should have entered the Mountainsea Realm in willpower cultivation long ago.

However, advancement was very difficult for him as he had used the sunmoon profound yellow liquid before. His apertures were too strong and they differed with each other in strength, resulting in an imbalance. That was why he was still stuck as a ninth-stage Cloudbreach.

In any case, he did not intend to start fusing apertures yet. Firstly, he had yet to form enough characters. Secondly, he had yet to open 360 apertures.

Fusing apertures now would not benefit him much. He should wait until he had 360 apertures opened. Based on his previous experience with his acupoints, his apertures might also rebalance themselves and fuse into nine apertures automatically, pushing him straight to the ninth-stage Mountainsea Realm at one go.

Even without stepping into the Mountainsea Realm, his sea of willpower did not stop growing. The advancement of his characters into Sunmoon characters had forced an expansion of his sea of willpower.

In a way, the Mark of Civilization could be considered a character of his. The more it grew, the more he would grow. With the transformation of the Mark of Civilization, suns and moons spun in Su Yu's eyes before eventually combining into a book in each eye. Numerous visions entered his gaze.

When he looked at Xia Huyou, Xia Huyou, who was enjoying the process of growth, abruptly looked at Su Yu in alarm. He felt as though something was seeing through his entire being.

As for Su Yu, he was seeing a completely different Xia Huyou. For the first time in his life, time and space felt fleeting to him. When he looked at Xia Huyou, he saw a saber instead of a human. An incomparably powerful saber. To be precise, it was a saber sealed within Xia Huyou's body. The blade of Xia. The ancestral blade of Xia. The blade of Great Xia King.

Su Yu observed in silence as understanding dawned on him. Great Xia King had stopped using his previous saber for some time. That saber had actually been sealed inside Xia Huyou's body. It might be sealed, but it was still incomparably powerful.

Perhaps it might be even stronger if Xia Huyou had the power to control it. Nevertheless, Xia Huyou would be no pushover with such a blade around. At the very least, he was definitely stronger than his appearance suggested. At the very least, he could kill Cloudbreaches with no issue and maybe even Mountainseas.

For some reason, Xia Huyou felt naked before Su Yu's eyes. He landed from the sky uncomfortably and asked awkwardly, "You...why are you looking at me? That's...making me uncomfortable."

At that moment, Su Yu's eyes looked incomparably deep.

His eyes were already very powerful after their previous tempering. Now that his culture and radiance characters had advanced into Sunmoon characters, the resulting ability when the two combined into civilization, the ability to pry into one's past and future, would cause one's hair to stand on end the moment one was subjected to Su Yu's gaze.

Su Yu said nothing. Instead, he looked at Huang Teng. Almost immediately, Huang Teng's heart started palpitating. He hurriedly withdrew his aura and presence, but he couldn't hide the 240 bright acupoints inside his body from Su Yu.

240 opened acupoints.

A thin layer of light could be seen atop his skin, indicating that he had completed thirty-six body forgings. At the moment, he was still a sixth-stage Cloudbreach. Two hundred and forty acupoints, thirty-six body forgings, six Cloudbreach transformations...

If he had a cultivation method capable of utilizing all 240 of his acupoints at once, with the boost of 1.5 times per Cloudbreach transformation, he should have surpassed 300,000 acupoints in strength. That was comparable to a first-stage Sunmoon.

However, he clearly didn't have such a cultivation method. He was unable to form a proper circulation system utilizing all 240 of his acupoints at once. Rather, only 144 of them were utilized in a proper system.

Thus, he was far weaker than he could be. Through a simple calculation, Su Yu estimated Huang Teng's strength to be between 100,000 to 150,000 acupoints. That was only comparable to a seventh-stage Mountainsea.

The gap between Huang Teng's actual strength and his theoretical limit was quite big. An 144-acupoint cultivation method was already the best he could find. He would only have the ability to harness the strength of more acupoints with greater efficiency upon reaching the Sunmoon Realm.

Before that, additional acupoints wouldn't grant him that much of an increase in strength. Meanwhile, Su Yu's 360 acupoints had automatically fused into nine acupoints, granting him a powerful combat strength. In the past, he lacked the ability to see through Huang Teng. But now, he could easily see through Huang Teng.

Beads of sweat started forming on Huang Teng's forehead as he faced Su Yu's gaze. For some reason, this felt even more terrifying than facing a Sunmoon. He felt as though he was facing an Invincible. Before such eyes, he could hide nothing.

However, Su Yu was no Invincible. He wasn't even a Sunmoon. Then again, with Sunmoon characters, he could perhaps be considered a sort of Sunmoon. The combination of his unique characters and eyes had granted him the ability to see things even Sunmoons would have a hard time seeing.

"Su Yu!" Huang Teng said nervously, "Don't look at me like that. We might not be too close, but I'm very close to your teacher."

Su Yu laughed with amusement as he withdrew his gaze. At that, Huang Teng exhaled in relief.

Su Yu was growing scarier and scarier. That was something he had to admit. When he met Su Yu previously, he had been sent flying with a punch. But at that time, he only felt as though Su Yu was merely stronger. But now, Su Yu felt incomparably enigmatic. He was no longer the same.

Xia Huyou hurriedly switched the topic, "Su Yu, why did you seal the Double Dragon Gorge? There are quite a lot of people in there. Are you planning to kill them all?"

Everyone outside the gorge had already been killed by Su Yu. Was he planning to kill everyone inside as well?

Xia Huyou continued, "Killing too much might bring you some needless troubles."

Su Yu nodded. He started walking toward the gorge as he asked with a smile, "Are you scared?"

"No." Xia Huyou grinned, "What is there for me to fear? But...you need to be careful when it comes to some of the top geniuses in there. The Invincible descendants and disciples might have some powerful trump cards hidden away."

Su Yu nodded. For example, the five elemental talismans of Topsoil Spirit. All along, he was of the opinion that even Invincible talismans would be limited in strength in the hands of regular people. But the saber in Xia Huyou's body had changed his mind.

At that thought, his face turned pensive as he said, "Only one person can enter through each tunnel. Is it possible that some people will leave their blood essence in the bodies of those entering? Such as Invincibles?" He was no Invincible. Nor had he researched too much about what Invincibles could do.

Descended from an Invincible, Xia Huyou had the answer for that. "Yes. Even so, the power of an Invincible is not something the body of a regular person can withstand. That will merely remain a final trump card to be used to perish together with a hated opponent."

Su Yu nodded. Not even his body could withstand the power of an Invincible, much less the bodies of others. This would not change even if one's body were as strong as a Sunmoon's body.

"Will anyone enter the mansion bearing the weapons of Invincibles? Can they display more strength with such weapons?"

"..."

Xia Huyou stared at Su Yu with surprise. After a long pause, he answered, "Firstly, it depends on the bloodline. Secondly, it depends on whether the Invincible has relinquished their control over the weapon. If that were the case, the Invincible could help the person in question obtain control over the weapon. That would allow the person in question to harness much more strength from the weapon. At times, heaven weapons can display the strength of Sunmoons. The stronger the wielder is, the more powerful it will be."

Su Yu nodded. He had a heaven weapon as well. And his heaven weapon was far from ordinary.

The strength of Sunmoons? That was normal. He had 301 pages in his book, and he had a Sunmoon in each page.

Xia Huyou continued, "Ordinarily, Invincibles won't hand their weapons to their descendents or disciples. But this is different. This is a unique event. Everyone is here for the treasures in here. Some are even targeting the nineleaf skylotus. Things aren't that competitive on the first level, but I suspect you might encounter even the tri-life bodies of Invincibles on the higher levels."

Su Yu nodded. He stopped in front of the gorge entrance. His book was being attacked from the inside. Clearly, some people had discovered the seal.

"Did you see my teacher and the others?"

"No." Xia Huyou shook his head, "They might have gone to the second level or somewhere else. Teacher Liu is definitely not on the first level. I'm not sure about Teacher Bai. Even if he's here, he'll be aiming to climb higher as soon as possible."

Su Yu agreed. Bai Feng would most certainly not tarry around on the first level. But he would need to regroup with Wu Jia and Wu Lan first as they were all here for the riversand. That was not a resource they could find on the first level.

The book covering the gorge entrance shook repeatedly. Clearly, the attacks on it were getting more and more intense. When Su Yu pulled the book back, multiple attacks shot out of the gorge entrance. Not one of them was weak. There were even some talismans mixed among these attacks.

One of the people inside noticed Xia Huyou and roared with fury, "Xia Huyou, are you courting death?"

Right as those words were spoken, Su Yu's eyes shone. The book flipped open and consumed everyone near the entrance. Nothing was left of them. Not even a drop of blood was left. They had vanished in an instant.

Both Huang Teng and Xia Huyou inhaled in alarm. Su Yu was getting more and more fickle nowadays, especially when it involved killing. His strength had also grown a lot scarier than before.

Su Yu ignored their reaction. Instead, he faced Yellow Nine and said, "Watch the other entrance with Xia Huyou and Huang Teng. I'll enter through this entrance."

The so-called Double Dragon Gorge was actually an area with two gorges, with the so-called gorges looking more like caves than actual gorges.

Su Yu intended to wipe everyone out.

Yellow Nine was not weak. Coupled with Huang Teng and Xia Huyou, they should be able to block a single entrance. Yellow Nine said nothing. Her silence was an agreement.

Su Yu did not bother to say much. With the little furball around, he did not need to worry that Yellow Nine would do anything stupid.

Before long, he stepped into the left gorge, or the left nostril, to be precise.

The moment he left, Xia Huyou grinned and said, "Sister Liu—"

"That's not my name." Yellow Nine said, "I'm Yellow Nine."

Xia Huyou did not mind that. He continued, "Sister Yellow...what is your goal in the mansion? Great Xia has a decent number of people in the mansion this time. If you require anything, the Xia Family might be able to help."

Yellow Nine ignored him.

Huang Teng smiled and said, "Yellow Nine, I guess we can be considered family. After all, we share the same surname! (Huang = Yellow) Prince Huyou does not bear you any malice. He's only trying to be a friend. It never hurts to have more friends."

Yellow Nine gave them a flat glance. Suddenly, she flashed them a smile and said, "You believe I'm a Liu. You're feeling guilty. Therefore, you're trying to do something about your guilt. Am I right?"

Xia Huyou said, "Not at all..."

Yellow Nine snorted. But soon, she smiled again, "If I'm really a Liu...we're engaged. Did Su Yu not say that I'm unworthy of you? Perhaps he's right. I am unworthy of the Xia Family. Nevertheless, many people are aware of the engagement. If I were to claim this marriage, would you really take me as your wife?" Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on noveⅼfire.net

Xia Huyou laughed stiffly and said, "Uhm...if you don't mind..."

Yellow Nine snorted, "No, don't even think of it. I'm unworthy of you. How about this? Do me a favor. If you agree, I can promise to call off the engagement if I really happen to be a Liu. That way, the Xia Family can end the engagement without any damage in their reputation. I will serve as the ignorant fool taking the blame for this."

"What is your request?"

Xia Huyou was quite straightforward about it. After a short contemplation, Yellow Nine said, "My grandpa wishes to affirm his dao. But it will be very difficult. He might make the attempt in the mansion. Has your father entered the mansion?"

"Yes."

"In that case, please get your father to lend my grandpa a hand. That will erase all entanglements between your family and me."

Xia Huyou was quite surprised by her choice. He asked, "Are you referring to Hollow?"

"He is my only family." Yellow Nine said, "You can refuse. After all, I might not be a Liu. Even if I'm that girl, I might not necessarily return to the Liu Family."

Xia Huyou inhaled deeply and said, "Unless we can reach the seventh level...it's pointless to say all that here. Are you trying to climb that high?"

"Yes."

"Then...we'll talk again when we're there."

Xia Huyou did not refuse. But he didn't agree either. The circumstances were too unclear. He wasn't even sure if they could really climb that high.

Chapter 1404: Harvest (2)

Meanwhile, Su Yu was already inside the left nostril. The moment he stepped in, he saw numerous trees. Some were large and some were small. His surroundings were devoid of people. Most people would be deeper inside the gorge.

Su Yu looked around and saw that some of the dragonbind trees had been uprooted from the ground while some had been cut off. Cutting and pulling nasal hair were entirely different concepts. With one glance, Su Yu understood many things.

Things were much less dangerous when one was merely cutting down these trees. But unrooting these trees...could be dangerous.

"If this is a nose, it will breathe. Thus, there will be violent storms here every now and then. Things will get a lot more dangerous then."

Su Yu muttered, "A circulation takes ten years to complete. How many breaths do I take for each circulation? The ratio would be..."

He did not know the grand cycle cultivation method. But he could estimate the time it took for a complete circulation since he had opened 360 acupoints himself. It would require roughly a day. At his cultivation level, he would only take a breath every five minutes.

"A breath every twelve days. Each breath of mine takes around ten seconds. Thus, each breath here will last around ten hours. How terrifying..."

Su Yu had never been here before, but he could easily predict the dangers he might encounter here. And with enough understanding, what was dangerous would cease being dangerous.

Before long, he encountered someone on the way out of the gorge. It was a devil. When the devil noticed Su Yu, he did not pick a fight. After sensing Su Yu's aura, he took off from the ground with the intention to leave.

However, he found his path blocked by Su Yu. His expression turned cold as he asked, "What are you doing? Since when did the demonic wolves become so brave? Have you forgotten who your masters are?"

The demonic wolves were subordinate to the devils.

Su Yu smiled, "I have a question. Are there more people inside? Is any of them popular? Also, why are you leaving instead of going deeper?"

The expression of the devil changed repeatedly. This wolf was a ninth-stage Cloudbreach.

Meanwhile, he was only a first-stage Cloudbreach. This was the perfect place to kill without suffering any consequences. Thus, he forced himself to calm down and said, "Demonic wolf, don't get too arrogant. Lord Zhan Ta is not far away. If you try anything and end up catching his attention, you're dead."

"Zhan Ta?" Su Yu asked with surprise, "He's here as well?"

That was a name he knew. Zhan Ta, a genius blood fire devil, also an Earth Index genius. As a fifth-stage Mountainsea who was not too young anymore, how did he end up on the first level?

Shouldn't he be on the second or third level instead? That was one of the devils who had entered the Human Realm during the previous crisis. Su Yu had assumed that he was dead. How lucky of him to survive until now. As a fifth-stage Mountainsea who was also an Earth Index genius, he was no pushover.

The devil sneered and said, "Of course Lord Zhan Ta is here. This gorge is the territory of the devils. Piss off or die."

Having said that, he took a few steps backward and added warily, "Also, the astral wind will arrive soon. If you're still here when the astral wind arrives, even a high-stage Cloudbreach like you will be ground into nothingness."

"It's coming?"

Su Yu was surprised to hear that. Clearly, the devils were quite familiar with this place.

The so-called astral wind was most likely generated by the breathing of this nose. It would last for ten hours. But from what this devil was saying, Zhan Ta and the others did not intend to leave during the storm. Rather, they would stay deep in the gorge. How brazen.

Then again, there must be a reason for their confidence. No matter what, Zhan Ta was an Earth Index genius. He should be able to survive this crisis just fine. The source of thɪs content is novel·fire·net

Noticing the wary look on the devil's face, Su Yu smiled. With suns and moons revolving in his eyes, he gazed at the devil. First, the devil was alarmed. Then, his expression turned blank. He had been dragged into an illusion.

With a casual swing of Su Yu's hand, the devil was dragged into his book. What a decent harvest. It would be much harder to harvest the divines, devils, and immortals outside the mansion.

"The blood fire devils must have invested a lot into this. Zhan Ta can be considered a top genius as well. This is truly a good harvest."

Su Yu continued moving deeper into the gorge. Occasionally, the nasal hairs would attack him. Naturally, he would cut them down whenever he was attacked. Each time, he would cut down a large swath of nasal hairs. And he was quite impressed by the quality of these nasal hairs.

The quality of these hairs was probably not high enough to forge earth weapons, but they were more than enough to forge profound weapons. More importantly, there were a lot of them.

Su Yu wasn't too interested in forging profound weapons. If these nasal hairs could be used to forge earth weapons as well, he wouldn't mind cutting down more of them. After all, he needed to further improve his Mark of Civilization. That would be a costly endeavor.

After all, he aimed to have ten thousand pages in his book. And according to his plan, each individual page must be an earth weapon. In short, he had to forge ten thousand earth weapons.

Anyone else would probably die from old age before gathering enough materials for that. Fortunately, the Luminous Domain Mansion was filled with treasures. This was most likely the only way he could hope to gather enough materials if he did not intend to rob the Divine, Immortal, and Divine Realms. In fact, he required so many materials that not even robbing the entire Human Realm would be enough.

This weapon of his was very powerful. But it was also very costly to maintain. It was probably costly enough to bankrupt even an Invincible.

Su Yu suspected that the resources required to raise this weapon to a divine weapon would probably be enough to bankrupt dozens of Invincibles. Thank the heavens for the Luminous Domain Mansion. The mansion had truly chosen the perfect timing to reopen.

***

Deep inside the Double Dragon Gorge.

The tall and burly Zhan Ta was staring at a nearby dragonbind tree longingly. He said, "When the astral wind arrives, this tree will be subjected to it. The wind might be strong enough to bring the tree down. If not, that will still be the perfect opportunity to cut it down. This tree is durable enough to be used as a carrier treasure."

The tree in question was a massive, shiny, and golden in color.

It was gently swaying about.

Zhan Ta and the others did not dare to approach it rashly as this tree was capable of killing.

Beside him, a crimson-haired devil said, "Lord Zhan Ta, can we...even cut it down? I believe uprooting it might be easier."

Zhan Ta nodded, "Yes. That will be easier. Getting this tree alone will make our entire journey here worth it. Based on what we know about this place, if a dragonbind wood powerful enough to be used as a carrier treasure appears in one of the gorges, a second dragonbind wood of similar quality will appear in the other gorge. The divines have taken control over the other gorge. We can find a way to deal with them later. Right now, they are probably waiting for the astral wind as well."

A dragonbind wood of this level was strong enough to be forged into heaven weapons. Alternatively, one could directly use it as a carrier treasure. This was why everyone was so obsessed with the Luminous Domain Mansion. Treasures could be found everywhere so long as one had the ability to harvest them.

Furthermore, the mansion seemed incapable of running out of these treasures. After being harvested, they would reappear in the mansion after only a few years.

If Su Yu were told the same, he would say that it was perfectly normal for nasal hair to regrow. Only time was needed.

At the moment, a gentle gust of astral wind appeared.

It came from the depths of the gorge.

The depths were the most dangerous part of the gorge. That was a place most people would avoid going to.

While Zhan Ta was waiting in anticipation, a burst of laughter rang out as someone said, "Looks like you're quite lucky, Zhan Ta."

Alarmed, Zhan Ta turned around and asked coldly, "Who are you?"

This was no demonic wolf. A real ninth-stage Cloudbreach wolf would never dare to be so impudent before him.

"Langtu."

With a grin, Su Yu studied the area. He noted that quite a lot of nasal hairs in the area had been harvested by the group of devils. Ahead of them, a massive golden hair stood. Even Su Yu was shaken by the sight of that majestic nasal hair.

No wonder these devils were refusing to leave. The admiration Su Yu held for the person who had constructed the mansion never stopped growing. Were the nasal hairs here really inexhaustible?

That was...a truly terrifying concept. That was the same as having an inexhaustible supply of carrier treasure.

Then again, these treasures would probably require a lot of source qi or some other source of power to grow. Someone capable of building such a mansion. Someone capable of creating renewable carrier treasures. Just what manner of a person was that?

Su Yu did not bother to say much. Instantly, a book soared into the air before dropping down upon the group of devils. Zhan Ta was already on high alert when Su Yu appeared.

The moment the book appeared, he roared and enlarged. With an axe in hand, he sent an attack straight toward Su Yu's head. As an index genius, Zhan Ta was no pushover. Most seventh-stage Mountainseas would not surpass a hundred thousand acupoints in strength.

Meanwhile, Zhan Ta was pushing three hundred thousand acupoints in strength. He was strong enough to face even peak Mountainseas. The attack did not bother Su Yu. He had nothing to fear from Zhan Ta. He only needed to watch out for any potential trump cards Zhan Ta might be hiding.

One could never be too careful, after all. Sure enough, his caution paid off. Through his newly enhanced eyes, he saw something sealed within Zhan Ta's body.

When he focused, he saw a drop of blood essence. That was not an Invincible blood essence. Rather, it came from a ninth-stage Sunmoon.

Su Yu exhaled in relief.

True. The blood essence of Invincibles was too rare. Meanwhile, ninth-stage Sunmoon blood essence was much easier to obtain, especially when one was an Invincible. Sure enough, none of these index geniuses could be underestimated.

"Merely a drop of blood essence."

Sure, ninth-stage Sunmoons were strong. But Su Yu could still handle a mere drop of blood essence. However, it would be better for him to preserve that drop of blood essence.

In that case, he couldn't give Zhan Ta the opportunity to use it. This called for an instant kill. At that thought, a hammer appeared noiselessly. Formed by more than ten characters, it descended upon Zhan Ta.

Triggered by his intuition, Zhan Ta looked up instinctively. Instantly, he paled as he roared, "Su—"

Boom!

The hammer struck, knocking him unconscious. Then, the book dropped down and covered him. At the exact moment, Su Yu reached out, stabbed through Zhan Ta's chest, and plucked the drop of blood essence from Zhan Ta's heart. The drop of blood essence pulsed, intending to resist, but it was completely suppressed by a single roar from Su Yu.

"Be good now."

Su Yu smiled as the book started dragging Zhan Ta into it. At that moment, a clump of multicolored cloud dropped down from the sky.

A heavenly reward.

Chapter 1405: Harvest (3)

Su Yu curled his mouth with disdain. He had killed so many people that he would rarely get heavenly rewards for killing nowadays. This reward was probably an accumulation from all his recent kills. If his name was still recorded on the Heavenly Hunt Index, his highlighted accomplishment would probably be something like assisting in the killing of an Eternal.

Since then, he had killed a lot more people. However, he had not received a single heavenly reward for those kills. Not even killing Sunmoons was enough to grant him a heavenly reward anymore. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novelFirｅ.net

He would only receive a reward after his accumulated accomplishments reached a certain level. In short, the heavenly laws were valuing him so highly that not even killing index geniuses was worthy of a reward anymore.

Clearly, he had finally reached the required threshold for a reward after adding Zhan Ta to the rest of his recent kills.

As far as the heavenly laws were concerned, killing an Earth Index genius would hold more weight than killing even a third-stage Sunmoon. A young genius held a lot more value than an old expert. For example, even an eighth-stage Sunmoon could probably receive a massive heavenly reward for killing Su Yu.

The multicolored cloud dropped down on him. No heavenly source qi and willpower could be found in this reward. Instead, the cloud faded away to reveal a metallic book.

The characters on the book was not written in the language of any specific race. Rather, they were written on the pure language of willpower, similar to the culture and radiance characters of Su Yu.

"An Encyclopedia of Weaponsmithing."

Su Yu was surprised to see the title of the book. This was his first time receiving such a reward. In the past, he had only received weapons as his rewards instead of something so technical. Thus, this reward came as quite a surprise to him.

More importantly, this was a reward he had received after killing so many people. In that case, it should be quite decent, right? After all, something written in the willpower language shouldn't be too shabby. Something like this could be considered a willpower text in the purest sense.

The moment Su Yu flipped the book open, numerous visions appeared in his eyes. He saw an expert weaponsmith. After some time, he noted that the depicted weaponsmith was amazingly skilled at weaponsmithing. After even more time, he shut the book joyfully. This would make for a great gift for Zhao Li.

For Su Yu, the dao of weaponsmithing was merely a tool, not a passion. Meanwhile, weaponsmithing was Zhao Li's life. This was a great reward.

He had not given his Teacher Zhao a lot of gifts. This book would serve well as a gift for his teacher. It was likely that this was a book written by a heaven weaponsmith from the ancient past. The weaponsmithing style depicted in this book was clearly different from the modern weaponsmithing styles. It would be helpful for Zhao Li in his endeavor to advance into a heaven weaponsmith.

"Not bad at all."

Just then, a gust of astral wind arrived from the depths of the gorge. In the blink of an eye, it reached him. It brushed past him and gave him a stinging sensation on his skin. However, it was nothing he couldn't endure.

This did not come as a surprise as Zhan Ta wouldn't have dared to stay if the astral wind was too strong.

Su Yu's gaze settled on the golden nasal hair that was swaying about from the nasal wind. With a smile, he chopped at the nasal hair with his palm as a blade. He couldn't miss out on it. Even if it couldn't be used as a carrier treasure, it could still serve well as a material for forging heaven weapons.

In truth, Su Yu did not have too many carrier treasures left. However, he was ambitious. He was very ambitious.

He wanted to grow his Mark of Civilization beyond imagination. Lan Tian wanted to carry ten thousand daos with ten thousand carrier treasures. Meanwhile, Su Yu aimed to forge each page of his book with a carrier treasure.

Yes. One carrier treasure per page. That was his goal.

He wanted to forge an unparalleled divine weapon nobody had forged before. When he was done, his book would be the strongest weapon in existence.

The core of his book was the culture and radiance characters. Together, the two characters meant civilization. By the time his book reached that level, the two characters would have advanced into Invincible characters or beyond.

In short, he would grow his characters through his weapon.

With a crack, the ground beneath the nasal hair crumbled apart. In respond, the astral wind grew in intensity, as though someone was gasping from pain. Then, numerous nasal hairs shot over to get rid of the intruder.

Su Yu hurriedly grabbed the nasal hair and fled. He was in no rush to go deeper. After all, a different nasal hair was waiting for him in the neighboring nostril. He could always explore the depths after harvesting both nasal hairs.

As far as he was concerned, the first level had transformed into his personal farm. He did not intend to leave any of these nasal hairs behind. He aimed to harvest every one of them. Naturally, he wouldn't uproot every one of them. What if that somehow destroyed their ability to regrow? Where possible, he would simply cut them down instead.

After all, he might return to this place in the future.

***

When Su Yu arrived outside, he vanished almost immediately. Yellow Nine and the others weren't even able to follow his movements. All they saw was a flicker. Not long after, a powerful gust of astral wind shot out of the gorge.

While the three were moving aside in panic, Su Yu braved the astral wind and entered the neighboring gorge.

***

Half an hour later.

Once again, Su Yu consumed everyone in the gorge with his book. The more lives the book took, the more saintly it looked. Unsurprisingly, Su Yu harvested his second golden nasal hair. What a great harvest.

He had also gained countless storage rings from all his victims. They were so many of them he wasn't even bothered to check the contents of these rings. He would only do so when he had the time.

Finally, he set his sights on the depths of the gorge. What could he get from the nose acupoints?

***

A few hours later, Su Yu walked out of the depths with an odd expression. At the moment, his nostrils were no longer symmetrical. One was larger than the other. Yes. One of his nostrils was left untempered. As for the tempering process, it was not something he wanted to talk about.

Earlier, he had allowed a stream of water to flow into his nostril. The pain was excrutiating. Eventually, a large amount of impurities started coming out of his nostril. His nostril had been subjected to a throughout cleansing.

Additionally, he could feel that his nasal hair had also grown much stronger. In fact, he had a feeling that he could now stab Skysoars to death with his nasal hair. Was this place trying to turn him into a monster? Would he still be a human after this?

Filled with expectation, he entered the depths of the other nostril. In the past, he had heard stories about people killing by breathing on someone. He had always thought that these stories were mere exaggeration. But now, he understood that he could probably kill by simply sneezing on someone.

In that case, would he be able to blow someone to death after tempering his mouth acupoint?

***

While Su Yu was tempering his nose acupoints.

Even more tunnels had collapsed outside the mansion.

At the same time, multiple names vanished from the Heavenly Hunt Index. Clearly, more index geniuses had perished in the mansion. Up until now, over thirty index geniuses had perished in the mansion.

The various Invincibles had unsightly expressions. This was too heavy a loss. They were now certain that something big was happening on the first level.

The divines, devils, and immortals had suffered losses from these deaths. The same applied to the other races. The human race was the sole exception. They had suffered the lowest amount of losses thus far. Thus, everyone was furious. They were more and more certain that the humans were responsible for this.

An Invincible said, "I can contact my descendant and get him to descend the levels. However, the price is high. Is anyone willing to compensate me for my troubles?"

They couldn't afford to let this continue.

"What's the strength of your descendant?"

"Seventh-stage Sunmoon."

The Invincibles sank into thought. A seventh-stage Sunmoon was strong. But...was that enough?

"Will that be enough?" The Invincible said, "If you're worried, get an Eternal or a ninth-stage Sunmoon to descend. But my question is...will anyone agree to that? That will be tantamount to giving up on the nineleaf skylotus."

That shut everyone up.

True.

Before long, they reached angreement to let a seventh-stage Sunmoon descend the levels first. As for whether that Sunmoon could make it all the way down to the first level, that would be up to luck.

Just then, even more tunnels collapsed. Su Yu was not the only person who was killing in the mansion. People were dying on every single level.

Su Yu had merely killed more than the others.

Of the 3,600 people who had entered the mansion, about 300 had died on the first day.

And over 200 of these deaths had happened on the first level.

This was supposed to last a month. At this rate, they would lose everyone in twelve days.

Something like this had never happened before.

It wasn't like no mad murderers had ever entered the mansion before. For example, each blood fire devil was such a madman. However, not even the blood fire devils would commit so many killings. Most of the time, they would either start climbing the levels or succumb to the resistance of the remaining people on the level after some time.

This time, the killings were showing no sign of stopping.

***

"How ruthless."

Above the ancient city, Liu Hong was clicking his tongue in amazement. He was certain this was Su Yu's handiwork. What a crazy guy. He had killed over two hundred geniuses in one day. If the myriad races learned that it was him, they would probably go crazy.

After a while, Liu Hong landed on the ground again. He glanced at the inner hall and smiled before entering the main hall. He started wondering when Xing Yue would leave. It wouldn't be too hard to lure Grandstar away. He only needed someone to attack the city.

"Su Yu will probably wait until the final day before leaving, right?"

After thinking about it, Liu Hong shut his eyes and started focusing on his cultivation. Missing out on the Luminous Domain Mansion would not hinder his growth. After all, he had scammed quite a lot of treasures from Topsoil Spirit not long ago.

Chapter 1406: Who Is Tai Shan? (1)

Luminous Domain Mansion.

Sixth level.

A seventh-stage Sunmoon divine suddenly felt his blood boiling. His expression changed as he hurriedly sped off to find a safe hiding spot. Only when he was safe did he have the chance to sink his focus into his sea of willpower. He was curious and doubtful. Why was his father looking for him?

The difficulty involved in sending a willpower message from outside the mansion would probably be unimaginably high. Inside his sea of willpower, a silhouette slowly took form.

"First level...danger..."

"What is it, Father?"

"First level. Countless deaths. Danger. Crisis...spreading. Careful. Crisis is coming. No matter the level. The crisis might come. Which level are you on currently?"

"Sixth."

"I won't say much when I next contact you. The moment you feel your blood boiling again, leave. It will only mean that the crisis has reached the sixth level."

The divine hurriedly asked, "Do I climb? The seventh level is even more dangerous."

"Fool...many experts on the seventh level, it's safer. Sixth level...with your strength, you stand at the top. The crisis...will prioritize you...leave the mansion alive...claim you investigated the first level...after coming out..."

"Father..."

Before the divine could say more, the silhouette vanished. The divine had a doubtful expression. A crisis? Leaving the sixth level for the seventh level the next time his father contacted him? What was going on? Did something big happen on the lower levels?

Unfortunately, not even his father could send him a clear message. Since the matter was pressing, his father could only remind him to flee the next time his blood boiled.

"After leaving, claim that I investigated the first level..."

After muttering to himself, the divine put the matter aside. He would think more after leaving the mansion.

***

At the same time.

Outside the Luminous Domain Mansion.

The River of Time beside an Invincible snapped. A mouthful of blood spurted out of the Invincible's mouth. Instantly, the mouthful of blood was corroded away by the power of time.

While gasping for breath, the Invincible looked around and said, "I contacted my son through the River of Time. Before long, he will reach the first level. Hopefully...everything proceeds smoothly..."

As he spoke, a look of lingering fear covered his eyes, "Do avoid making the same attempt if possible. My River of Time was nearly destroyed. That short attempt exhausted a drop of my blood essence and one-tenth of my strength. I'll need dozens of tides to make a full recovery..."

Meeting his gaze, the other Invincibles did not bother to say much. As agreed, they tossed some treasures over as compensation.

However, one of them frowned and asked, "Divine King Yang Yu, are you sure you have passed the message?"

The divine king coldly said, "Are you questioning my strength? Am I incapable of delivering a short message after paying such a high price?"

"You misunderstand me..."

The other Invincible said nothing else. Everyone could see the divine king's River of Time snapping. The divine king had clearly paid a huge price for this.

As long as the message could be delivered, they would have no other issues. With a seventh-stage Sunmoon investigating the issue, perhaps they could learn more about the situation.

As for the possibility that the divine king had not delivered the message...what nonsense was that? Why would the divine king pay such a high price otherwise? The blood essence of an Invincible was far more valuable than the blood essence of a Sunmoon. Nobody suspected that the divine king had indeed transmitted a message inside, but the message was the opposite of what they had expected.

Divine King Yang Yu did not bother to explain much. For him, his choice was a no-brainer. Since he knew things were dangerous, why would he send his son toward the danger? Sure, he had many sons. But the one inside the mansion was his favourite.

Initially, he had only planned to send a message to warn his son about the danger. Surprisingly, everyone had offered to compensate him for his effort. This was not a bad thing for him.

As for their suspicions...could anyone even prove that he hadn't delivered the intended message?

He couldn't be bothered to worry about the others. He only needed to ensure that his son would be fine. The next time he contacted his son, the effort required would be much lighter since he only needed to trigger his son's bloodline. At that point, his son only needed to run.

With an advanced warning, his son would have a higher chance of surviving the crisis. Most of the Invincibles were still waiting expectantly for the Sunmoon to investigate the first level for them. A smaller number of them remained indifferent.

Yet reality differed from their expectations. No seventh-stage Sunmoon was descending the levels to investigate the danger. That would be a stupid thing to do.

***

Su Yu was naturally unaware that a divine king had smoothly pulled off a scam outside because of him. The divine king had received the payment of others to send only his son a warning, ignoring the safety of the others and the task they had paid him for.

Su Yu had just reached the Ear Sea.

It was a boundlessly vast sea.

"Ear Sea..."

Su Yu had a doubtful expression, wondering about the reason for there to be a sea in the ear.

The Ear Sea was dangerous yet it produced very few treasures. Thus, this was an unpopular area for exploration. Most people would avoid coming here as even genius cultivators had drowned here before. And drowning was supposed to be impossible for cultivators.

Su Yu looked at Xia Huyou doubtfully and asked, "Does the Xia Family know anything about the Ear Sea?"

Xia Huyou nodded, "A little. There aren't a lot of treasures here. Those from Great Xia has always been advised to avoid the Ear Sea upon entering the first level. However, this place is not completely worthless. A special solidwater pearl can be found at the bottom of the sea. Each pearl contains a large amount of heavenly source qi. However, not everyone can reach the bottom. Very few people have the ability to return from the bottom as the water itself can also be considered a sort of treasure. The water in this sea is extremely thick and heavy."

In short, even an expert might end up dying to the pressure and weight of the water after diving too deep.

Su Yu said nothing. He glanced at the sea and sank into thought. Was this a result of an accumulation of ear fluid? Or was this a form of inflammation, with the sea water being pus? Was the ear injured?

Su Yu rubbed his chin. The mansion had been designed in accordance with a human face. There must be a reason for there to be a sea in the ear.

"Solidwater pearl..."

Su Yu asked, "How does the solidwater pearl look like?"

"Yellowish and round. It looks like a drop of water. That was how it came to be known as the solidwater pearl. These pearls are probably the solidified form of the sea water."

Upon hearing that, Su Yu muttered, "No, that's earwax. I understand. There is a buildup of earwax, blocking the ear passage to the point that the fluid in the ear accumulates into a sea."

"..."

Xia Huyou stared at Su Yu with an odd expression.

Huang Teng coughed awkwardly and asked, "What do you mean by that? The solidwater pearls are very valuable. You can use them for body forging and Cloudbreach transformations."

Su Yu shot him a glance and asked, "Did you eat some before?"

"..."

Yes.

Huang Teng refused to answer. Many in Great Xia had eaten these pearls before. He was not alone.

Xia Huyou also explained stiffly, "These pearls are true treasures. Each time the mansion opens, Great Xia will harvest some of them. You must understand that these pearls are even better than heavenly source fruits."

Su Yu replied, "Sure, that must be true. Everything here is valuable. I understand now. A single mansion feeding upon a myriad realms. How can it not be filled with treasures?"

"No, why did you call these pearls earwax earlier?"

Su Yu laughed, "What about it? This sea must have formed only a few thousand years ago. Or maybe it formed tens of thousands of years ago. In the beginning, this place was probably dry. Eventually, the accumulation of earwax caused a blockage of the ear canal. As a result, the source qi outside continued accumulating alongside other impurities until a sea took form."

Su Yu rubbed his chin and continued muttering to himself, "In that case, there might be some incredibly valuable treasures down there. After all, everyone has only been focused on the earwax. Nobody has ever entered the ear canal."

"..."

All three of them stared at Su Yu stiffly. Even Yellow Nine couldn't resist saying something, "Uhm, the solidwater pearls are really quite good..."

"I'm not denying that." Su Yu asked in confusion, "Why are you reiterating this point repeatedly? Is there anything in here that isn't a treasure? Everything here is a treasure. However, the Ear Sea is not a sea. It has merely been gathering water due to the blockage. What a pitiful guy. Nobody cleaned his earwax for him so he could only let all these impurities gather. His nose was in a much better state since he could expel those impurities through breathing." Googlᴇ search n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net

"..."

Xia Huyou couldn't take it anymore. He protested, "Su Yu, can you stop using the term earwax just because this place is known as the Ear Sea?"

"What do you know?"

Su Yu ignored the protest and surveyed the area. The sea was massive. And it was shaped like a large ear. It even felt slightly slanted.

Su Yu soared into the sky to take a better look at the area. After comparing the sea against his own ear, he landed on the ground and said, "Come with me. Very few people have explored this place properly before. I reckon this is the place with the highest number of treasures on the first level."

"Are you sure?" Xia Huyou asked, "Su Yu, are you really treating the Human Face World as a human?"

"What stupid questions are you asking?"

Su Yu rolled his eyes. "Fool! This place was forged in accordance with a human body. How long has it been? Has nobody ever wondered about this?"

"Yes, the human race did investigate this place before. We did manage to find some treasures from our explorations. But the gains were never rewarding enough to be worth the risk. As for this Ear Sea, it has nothing to offer except the solidwater pearls."