Chapter 564: Farewell (2)

Chapter 564: Farewell (2)

Su Yu was curious to see a sky horse here. Was this sky horse also scheming against him? That seemed unlikely.

The sky horse race had been an ally of the human race for many years. They even had several Mountainseas serving in the Martial Dragon Guards. If this sky horse youth was really plotting against him, the entire sky horse race would be endangered.

Or perhaps...

As Su Yu thought of a different possibility, he glanced at Xia Qing and her group. Interesting. Had Xia Qing arranged for a few clueless foreign students to join the mission as well? Was this a ploy to share the burden of his death with more people?

That was understandable. With someone from the sky horse race present, even if Great Xia was unhappy with these foreign students, the others would be able to avoid responsibility if they could get this sky horse youth to serve as the witness that the cult was the culprit behind his death.

The authorities would have a hard time deciding if they wanted to punish the sky horse youth alongside Xia Qing and her group. If they did so, they would have to worry about causing dissatisfaction among the sky horse race.

After all, the sky horse race had fought for the human race for so many years. After losing only one genius, a young genius of their race was punished even if they had nothing to do with the death. Would they be happy about it? Resentment would ensue. This was not something Marquis Xia and Xia Longwu would allow.

"She sure is smart."

Su Yu sneered inwardly. But he had to admit that this was a good move. Out of the eight foreign students, who among them were Xia Qing's allies? Su Yu was unsure. In fact, he wouldn't even put his trust in the sky horse youth. After all, you never knew what someone was thinking.

To be precise, he did not trust any of the students here, including Zhou Hao. He was not the type of person to place his safety in the hands of others, including the three Mountainsea beasts that had reached an agreement with Hong Tan to help him.

Without a proper way of restricting those fellows, he would never have trusted them. And yes, his distrust extended to Ji Xiaomeng as well. Who knew what she was thinking in that head of hers? She was the daughter of the Talent Fostering Bureau's director. Thus, it was quite suspicious that she had actually joined his mission.

Su Yu wasted no time and said, "Everyone, I am a blunt person. This mission seems easy. And it is indeed easy. But I have to make one thing clear. There is a bounty on me in the Myriad Race Cult. Thus, there is a possibility that they might make a move and plunge us into danger. Think carefully about this before deciding to set off with me.

"Of course, I don't know if they would really pull something crazy, but the possibility is there. Then again, the foreign students will be escorted by their dao protectors outside the academy. I'm not too worried about their safety. But I can't guarantee the safety of the others."

As he said that, his gaze landed on the four human students. With his stuffy voice, Zhou Hao said, "You're their target. In that case, can I run when they're attacking you?"

"Yes."

"Then it would be fine. I have great survival skills in the wilderness."

He was very confident. Su Yu was not surprised. This fellow was someone who had grown up in the wilderness. It was understandable that this fellow would be able to protect himself well in the wilderness.

His gaze landed on the others. Li Minyu smiled and said, "This is precisely why I'm here. I wish to face some cultists. I am trying to advance into the Skysoar Realm."

"That's ambitious." Su Yu calmly said, "But if they're really going to make a move against me, I'm afraid the attackers would be no weaker than the Skysoar Realm. Are you sure this is helpful for your advancement?"

Li Minyu smiled and replied, "There is no guarantee that they will show up. Even if they do end up attacking, you will be in more danger than me. If the cult is nowhere to be seen, I can simply try to find a beast that is a suitable opponent for me to attempt my advancement."

Su Yu's gaze settled on Chen Chen. With a smile, Chen Chen said, "I am a student of the Beast Taming Faculty. Out in the wilderness, I can survive very well."

Finally, Su Yu looked at Ji Xiaomeng. She had a cheerful smile on her face as she said, "Don't worry. I will be fine. If I encounter danger, I can teleport away. My dad gave me a teleportation talisman. I'm only curious about how beasts look like..."

Su Yu merely smiled, but Chen Chen said, "Is there a need to go so far for that? We have some beasts right beside us."

"You—"

Xia Qing and the others were furious.

Su Yu ignored them and focused on Ji Xiaomeng. Teleportation talisman...was Ji Hong so rich that he didn't know what to do with his money? Why couldn’t he share some of the wealth with Su Yu if he was so rich?

Su Yu was aware of what a teleportation talisman could do. In the event of an attack, one could instantly move away with the talisman. The distance one could move would depend on the rank of the talisman.

This was something only spatial talisman masters could produce. It was extremely expensive. How generous. Was she spending this much money just to see some beasts in the wild? How rich. Su Yu even wondered if Ji Hong was a corrupt official for them to be so rich.

Su Yu said, "How about the other foreign students?"

Xia Qing explained, "They accepted the mission themselves. Since we didn't know them well, we told them nothing. If it's inconvenient to take them with us, we can split up at Nanyuan."

Su Yu nodded.

Xia Qing asked, "Is that Ji Xiaomeng the daughter of Director Ji? Brother Su, should we leave her behind? It would be troublesome if she notices anything."

Su Yu smiled and said, "We will definitely be doing that. I'll leave her behind at Nanyuan. We can't do that yet. Just let her follow us for now. We don't want to catch Director Ji's attention too early."

After saying that, Su Yu frowned. With a sigh, he said, "I'm worried about one other thing. Will the single character faction make a move? But with your dao protectors around, I reckon they won't dare to try anything unless they have seven or eight Mounainseas or even a Sunmoon..."

At that, Su Yu smiled again and said, "Whatever. I doubt they will try anything unless they're mad. With your help, apart from those cult lunatics, who would dare to try anything?"

Xia Qing nodded and said, "I believe so as well. Then again, we still need to be careful. Brother Su, you should stick closer to us during the journey. Our dao protectors will be staying near us. Thus, you should stick with us in the event of danger."

"Thank you!" Su Yu cupped his hands and expressed his gratitude, "I'll be troubling you, friends. As for the pay, I'll be paying thirty percent first. You will receive the rest upon our return. Is this agreeable?"

"Sure." Zhan Fei smiled and said, "Honestly, we don't lack money. We have received quite a lot of resources from our races before coming to the Human Realm."

Su Yu smiled, "Brother Zhan is a generous person. But I still need to pay you what you deserve. This is what I should do, even if we're friends. You have no idea how grateful I am for your assistance."

Su Yu gave them another promise, "Don't worry. After this, I'll introduce you to my grandteacher. He will definitely leave seclusion as a Sunmoon. Even in the Human Realm, a Sunmoon holds a lot of weight."

It was the foreign students' turn to express their gratitude. Both sides were constantly acting. After a short chat, Su Yu paid them the deposit for their service. Over ten thousand merit points were paid to them.

Where had Su Yu gotten the money for this? Well, it was naturally from a loan. He had borrowed the money from Xia Huyou. He didn't even need to repay the money as he had paid for the loan with a cultural art.

He had to pay these foreign students something in advance to make everything more believable. Otherwise, he would seem too confident that they would join him on this journey.

They finally parted ways when it was late at night. They had agreed to meet again the next day.

Su Yu walked out of the restaurant and walked alone in the dark of night. After a while, he arrived in front of a research center. He stopped under a large tree.

After checking his Perception Jade, he confirmed that nobody was paying attention to him. He stood there silently, staring at the resarch center for a very long time.

Finally, he sighed. Ultimately, he decided to not bid his teacher farewell. That would only strengthen the sorrow in his heart for disappointing his teacher. Instead, he gave the research center a solemn bow.

He remained bowed for a long while before straightening his back and walking away. He had made sure that he owed nobody in the academy.

Of course, there were some favors that he would forever keep in his mind. For example, the old man in the research center behind him. That old man had taught him a powerful cultivation method without asking for anything in return. He was very grateful for that.

"Teacher, I will be taking my leave. Thank you for your during my time here."

Su Yu walked away without looking back.

Not long after he left, an old man appeared under the same tree. The old man had a complicated look in his eyes.

"He's too stubborn..."

The kid could have left the multiple character faction and joined the weaponsmithing faction. Zhao Li would be able to protect him. The kid had not been a part of the multiple character faction for long. So what if he had killed Di Feng? He had yet to involve himself in the struggle between the Invincibles.

"Perhaps...this is a good thing for him."

A long sigh filled with regret rang out. This shitty academy was getting worse by the day. Perhaps leaving was the right choice.