Chapter 654: Thanking Principal Niu Again (1)

Su Yu naturally wouldn't worry about Bai Feng's feelings. After opening 360 acupoints, he started to think about his body forging art. Additionally, he also needed to start opening more apertures. It was already almost the middle of February, but he was still stuck at 115 apertures. He was 65 apertures away from opening all the apertures he knew.

He would be able to open his apertures rapidly with the Willpower Grotto, but opening it once required a large amount of riversand. Even if Great Xia were to deliver him the Willpower Grotto, he would have no way of opening it. Su Yu had asked about Great Ming's stock of riversand, but they didn't have much in stock.

Why? Because Great Ming had always gained very little from their past Luminous Domain Mansion explorations. And they had also used some of what they had gathered over the years. Fortunately, Su Yu was soon presented with a new idea.

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Inside the research center.

Su Yu was looking over the body forging arts he had just obtained. After listening to him grumble about the Willpower Grotto, Jin Sheng looked at him with an odd expression and said, "Just go to the Hundred Dao Pagoda. Challenge the pagoda levels. As a cultural researcher, are you supposed to cultivate in meditation all the time? What a waste of time. As a character master, you will definitely be rewarded with a decent amount of willpower after challenging the pagoda."

Hu Xiansheng had mentioned the same pagoda to Su Yu on his second day in the academy. Su Yu had planned to visit the pagoda one day, but he had completely forgotten about it as he was too busy recently.

Hearing Jin Sheng's words, he asked in surprise, "Is the Hundred Dao Pagoda helpful in opening apertures?"

"Of course."

Jin Sheng nodded, "People like us don't enjoy cultivating. And opening apertures is too difficult. Great Xia has the Willpower Grotto while we have the Hundred Dao Pagoda. It is definitely better than the Willpower Grotto. Of course, the premise for that is that you can climb more levels."

Jin Sheng grinned, "Even now, there is no news about the delivery of the grotto to you. So are you releasing your cultivation method to them or not?"

"I'll let it simmer for a few days." Su Yu smiled, "I'm going to cause as much annoyance to Yuan Qingdong as possible. I'll wait and let the single character faction ask for money from him. Why should I release it before they secure the subsidy?"

"You truly are..."

Jin Sheng decided to not say the word petty out loud. Yuan Qingdong sure was unlucky to have offended someone like this. Su Yu smiled, but soon, his face turned gloomy again.

"What's wrong?" Jin Sheng was curious. Why did this kid change his expression so suddenly?

"Nothing. I recalled Martial Uncle Feng Ji's matter."

Su Yu had only met Feng Ji once. Thus, there really wasn't that much of a relationship between them. But Feng Ji had arrived to help him during the Starfall Mountain incident. That was a favor he wouldn't forget.

Previously, he had thought that Feng Ji was merely hiding in seclusion. But he subsequently learned that Feng Ji had a hidden identity as an undercover agent in the Six-Winged Divine Sect. That was an arrangement of his martial uncle. Because of him, Feng Ji's identity was exposed.

He received news from Great Xia that Feng Ji's status remained unknown. They suspected that he was being hunted by a Sunmoon. Even his martial uncle, Chen Yong, had left the academy to search for Feng Ji. There were also rumors stating that Chen Yong had departed to seek revenge on his enemies. The culprits who had killed Wu Jia's parents came from the Six-Winged Divine Sect.Fiind updated novels at novelhall.com

Hearing that, Jin Sheng hesitated slightly and said, "I heard about that as well. Don't think about it too much. This is definitely a trap. They're trying to lure you out of Great Ming. You can't get involved. Junior Brother Su, you need to know that recently, the academy guards have caught numerous intruders. You can't do anything rash."

He solemnly said, "This is too obvious. The rumors are spreading way too fast. They are either targeting you or Chen Yong with these rumors. If a Sunmoon is really trying to kill Feng Ji, he would have been dead by now. It doesn't make sense that he is still alive."

Furthermore, the Six-Winged Divine Sect was a large sect with more than one Sunmoon in its ranks. It was rumored that even a six-winged divine had personally entered the Human Realm. The risk of facing such a sect was too high for those Sunmoons to agree.

"Those prefectures are truly garbage. How are they failing to eliminate these cultists?"

The supposedly peaceful Human Realm was not peaceful at all.

Jin Sheng smiled and said, "Don't be like that. In truth, we've killed a lot of them. They wouldn't have remained in the shadows otherwise. Sunmoons are very hard to detect if they decide to focus on hiding."

"Why is nobody doing anything now that the Sunmoon of the Six-Wingded Divine Sect is roaming openly?"

Su Yu was still unhappy. Was everyone ignoring the chaos happening behind the frontlines?

"Of course someone is doing something. Yuan Qingdong is going to make a move, right?" Jin Sheng said with a flat tone, "He promised that he would personally mount a rescue operation. He's a Sunmoon as well. Since he has offered to go himself, the other Sunmoons won't step forth. After all, all the Sunmoons are busy with their own tasks..."

"Is everyone believing every word he says?"

Su Yu was speechless. Who would believe that? Bullshit! That fellow was clearly harboring evil designs.

Jin Sheng said, "Don't worry too much. If Yuan Qingdong really encounters the enemy Sunmoon, he will make a move. Everyone knows that he's making a move, so he won't be able to explain himself if he stays idle even when an enemy Sunmoon is right in front of him."

"Yeah. That's why he'll probably fail in his search repeatedly."

Su Yu was certain of that. He was so annoyed because he knew Yuan Qingdong's plans clearly yet couldn't do anything about it.

In his desperation, he asked, "Senior Brother, do you think Director Hou is good enough for this task?"

"Are you thinking of asking for Director Hou's help?"

"Yeah."

"It's hard to say, but it's worth trying. Director Hou's departure won't affect Great Ming too much."

Everything would be fine as long as Zhu Tiandao and Niu Baidao remained. Su Yu nodded. In that case, he would give it a try. He wanted to see anything happen to both Chen Yong and Feng Ji.

He had to do something. That damn Yuan Qingdong. Su Yu vowed to take his revenge against that asshole one day. So what if that was a Sunmoon?

Also, why was his grandteacher still stuck? Even Jin Yuhui had broken through so easily. His grandteacher was supposed to be more talented as a member of the multiple character faction. Why was his breakthrough so difficult?

The more Su Yu thought about it, the more helpless he felt. Forget it. Whatever.