Chapter 545: Cold Night (2)

Chapter 545: Cold Night (2)

At this moment, numerous pairs of eyes were focused on Su Yu. Some were filled with hatred, some were filled with fury, some were filled with regret, some were filled with lamentation, some were filled with helplessness...

The anniversary day had been ruined. Su Yu had not bothered to save the face of the single character faction, the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy, and Great Xia itself. This was what everyone agreed on.

The anniversary day was a day where it was preferable to avoid violence. However, violence had erupted. People had bleed. And people had died.

As Su Yu walked, the crowd parted silently to make way for him.

Su Yu was as polite as ever. He thanked all these people with a slight bow, perfectly following the rules of etiquette. With a gentle smile on his face, he stepped away while looking right ahead of him.

Some people started following him. This was a sight that brought a lot of people back in time. Back then, Liu Wenyan had also walked away from the ring with a group of followers behind him.

But back then, the multiple character faction was still in its golden era. Today, Su Yu was the sole multiple character faction member present. Thus, this was a similar sight, yet everything was also different.

...

As he walked toward the Source Soul Research Center, more and more people followed him. One student after another walked silently behind him.

Suddenly, someone asked, "Su Yu, is killing our fellow students and teachers the right thing to do?"

Su Yu looked over. The person who had asked the question was a young girl who looked younger than 18.

He smiled and gently said, "Take this advice from me. Just stay at home. Don't go on a long journey and stay away from the battlefield."

He continued walking. The girl was somewhat angered by the reply, but when she looked around, she saw that some people were deliberately distancing themselves from her. A short while later, her teacher arrived. This teacher was a ninth-stage Skysoar. She came after hearing about her student's question.

She looked at her student helplessly. Regret in her eyes, she said, "Just focus on research from now on. Let the others do the fighting. I don't want to be the one attending the funeral of my student instead of the other way around."

What an idiotic question. Teachers? Fellow students? That was no longer the case. Couldn't her student see that? Those people were Su Yu's enemies. That was a group of people who hated Su Yu more than the Myriad Race Cult. Advising someone to be kind without understanding the hardship one was going through was an idiotic thing to do. It was a childish thing to do.

Someone like that would probably spare an enemy on the battlefield. Her heart would soften upon hearing the pleading of her enemy. And the cost of a soft heart on the battlefield was her life. Not only that, it would also implicate her comrades.

She could not judge who the enemy was. She lacked discernment. An incompetent ally was more terrifying than an enemy. The Great Xia Cultural Research Academy was still a place filled with smart people. A mere bookworm should just focus on research.

She hadn't necessarily asked the question with some malicious intentions, but if she had asked the question out of kindness, then she was truly stupid. Her teacher would rather she had asked the question as a part of her scheme. If this was her true thoughts, she would never survive the battlefield.

The girl blanked out. Was she wrong? But...she really believed that Su Yu was too harsh. For some reason, the entire world seemed to disagree with her.

...

Source Soul Research Center.

Someone was there.

It was Chen Yong.

When Su Yu stepped through the door, Chen Yong gazed at him silently. Su Yu returned the gaze. A short while later, Su Yu gave Chen Yong a deep bow. Chen Yong stepped forth and helped him up with a complicated gaze.

After staring at Su Yu for a long time, he gently rubbed Su Yu's head and softly said, "Sorry. You are smarter than Jia, you think a lot more than her, and you're a lot more sensitive than her. I had neglected this."

Chen Yong continued his nag. He said a lot of things, telling Su Yu about Great Ming's advantages, telling Su Yu about the culture and the overall situation of Great Ming. At this moment, Su Yu finally realized how knowledgeable this martial uncle of his was.

Chen Yong was even aware of the numerous obscure routes one could take to reach Great Ming. He also told Su Yu about safe shelters or optimal escape routes in the event of danger. He said a lot. He did not say a single word of persuasion. He did not try to make Su Yu stay. He was supportive of Su Yu's decision.

In Great Xia, Su Yu would stay forever suppressed. Things would only change after Xia Longwu's advancement. Before that, Su Yu would need to keep staying low-key.

...

Only when the sun rose again did Chen Yong leave the Source Soul Research Center. He did not leave anything behind. There was no need for him to leave anything behind. Seated on the couch, Su Yu stared blankly at the ceiling.

Earlier in the day, he was still somewhat hopeful. During his conversation with Old Huang, he was still earnest even if he was also trying to see the academy's stance from that conversation.

Through the conversation, he wanted to tell Wan Tiansheng and some other people that he did not want to do this. He was useful to them. He could offer them more. He could change a lot of things.

He wanted to stay. Even during his previous conversation with Marquis Xia, he had said that the acupoint fusion method was nothing. He had more to offer. He was risking himself to ask for a room to grow from them. He needed more time. He was worth more than the single character faction.

And were those people made aware of his value? Yes, they were. However, what they faced was not Great Xia's single character faction. Rather, they needed to face the single character faction of the entire humanity.

Su Yu alone could not surpass them all in terms of value. Thus, they could provide him protection, but they couldn't provide him with everything he wanted.

"Hu!"

After softly exhaling, Su Yu smiled, his expression returning to normal. Perhaps this was the real new beginning. This wasn't a bad thing for him. Zhu Family...Zhu Tiandao. This wasn't his first time hearing that name. He had heard that name several times in the past. That person had an average reputation. He was known as an interesting individual, but he was also known as a greasy individual.

Zhu Tiandao might seem very far away from someone like Su Yu, but that wasn't the truth. He was a special Mental Tempering Stage student. Thus, he would only make his choice after taking into consideration Zhu Tiandao's character and the decisions Zhu Tiandao had made in the past. After all, Great Ming wasn't the only place he could go.

"After today, my name will spread even further than before."

Creator of the acupoint fusion method and the Soul Devouring Art, founder of the Source Soul Research Center, the killer of several Skysoars, the genius of the multiple character faction, the enemy of the single character faction, 320 opened acupoints, multiple second-tier characters...

But that was still not enough for Su Yu. Before leaving, he would send the single character faction a large gift. He would also send all the people who had plotted against him before a large gift as well.

His eyes flickered as he thought about Xia Qing. He would continue with the plan. He would tell them that he required their assistance.

Why? Because their help would be required to deal with the reprisals of the single character faction. After offending them, he naturally needed to go to the ruin and receive his second inheritance.

He had no choice but to go. But he needed support. This was how Xia Qing would come into play. He required the help of his friend.

As he thought of all that, Su Yu smiled. He was going to leave, but there was no rush. He still needed to perfect this plan. In the meantime, he could start preparing for his departure. This was a decision he had made abruptly.

Not even he himself had seen it coming. Sure, he had thought of leaving before, but he had definitely not thought of leaving so suddenly. Even now, he had only established a minimal connection with Great Ming.

After he came out with the acupoint fusion method, an agent of Great Ming had contacted him once. Not even that agent had expected that Su Yu would leave. Leaving a top three human prefecture where one was born was not something a genius would do.

A genius would only go to a stronger prefecture.

Great Ming had never stopped trying to poach the geniuses of the other prefectures, but they had rarely succeeded. Those lacking in talent couldn't catch their eye, but they weren't able to catch the eye of those with talent.

But an exception like Su Yu had appeared.

Su Yu smiled. If it wasn't for his desperation, he wouldn't have thought of going to Great Ming as well. Thinking of it this way, that Zhu Family was actually quite pitiful.