Chapter 742: Return Gift (3)

Chapter 742: Return Gift (3)

Su Yu turned to look at the prisoner. He smiled, "You? You're even weaker than the suanni. What can you even do for me? You can't do anything to help me apart from being a test subject. Just earn ten contributions here and I'll give you freedom."

He waved his hand and sealed all the cells before leaving. Outside, the suanni and mountaindrill bull carefully stay inconspicuous so that Su Yu wouldn't notice them. However, Su Yu still saw them. It wasn't like he was blind.

Looking at the two cowering fellows, he was left speechless. He said, "If the two of you can't reach the Cloudbreach Realm in one month, I'll send you to the Heart Paradise Island. Principal Niu once told me about a famous dish made of suanni meat and beef. I don't mind trying how it tastes."

"We will definitely reach that realm!"

The two started sweating. This was too scary. They wouldn't think that this was a bluff. This fellow was very realistic. When he needed you, he would treat you like a friend. If he didn't need you, and he didn't owe you any favor, he wouldn't care about you.

"There's also the water guy and the shadow. The two of you have almost fully recovered. It's time for you to cultivate and enter the Mountainsea Realm."

Su Yu said, "It is fine for you to fall behind me if you're my friend. But if you're not, it is only a matter of time before I toss you aside. It's either that or death. After all, I will only encounter more dangers in the future. There is nothing I can do if you get yourself killed because you're too weak."

After saying that, he walked away. The beasts didn't know what to say. Falling behind? Dying? That...might really happen.

After leaving the basement, Su Yu returned to his cultivation room. The detonation had not helped him locate the source soul acupoint, but he had still learned something from it.

Strength. He needed more strength. In that case, could he open that acupoint with external strength? As for Shan Xiong...well, that fellow could wait for a bit.

***

While Su Yu was in seclusion.

In a large manor near the Hundred Dao Pagoda.

Shang Tianjiao said in excitement, "Big Brother Shan Xiong, do you know this? When I went out earlier, I heard everyone talking about you. They were all praising you. I thought that the people of Great Ming would be prejudiced against you but surprisingly, that's not the case."

"Praising me?" Shan Xiong was reading a book introducing the Hundred Dao Pagoda. He asked, "What are they saying about me?"

"They said that you once defeated Huang Teng and Qin Fang. Is that true?" Shang Tianjiao asked, "Why hadn't you told me that before?"

"Hmm?" Shan Xiong blanked out. That wasn't true.

"Who said that?"

"Everyone!" Shang Tianjiao said, "I even saw Wu Lan earlier. She's someone from Great Xia's Wu Family. Her expression was very ugly. She faced me with her nostril and claimed that there was nothing special about defeating Huang Teng since he was not a cultural researcher. Tsk tsk. I can clearly feel how jealous she was." RêAd lateSt chapters at novelhall.com Only

"Wu Lan? Wu Qi's younger sister?"

Shan Xiong didn't know Wu Lan, but he had heard about Wu Qi before.

Shang Tianjiao said, "Yeah. She's from Great Xia. Since even she has acknowledged your victory over Huang Teng, nobody can deny that. Not even Huang Teng himself can deny that."

"..."

Shan Xiong said, "That's not true. I have never even met Huang Teng and Qin Fang before, let alone fighting them."

He paused shortly to think before saying, "This isn't a good thing. There is no quarrel between me, Huang Teng, and Qin Fang. They are warriors while I'm a cultural researcher. There is no conflict of interest. Both Great Xia and Great Qin are aware that this is not true. When they hear these rumors, it won't benefit me in any way."

25th of March.

The two would fight, but nobody knew if that would be a regular spar or a fight to the death. The entire Great Ming bubbled with excitement, as though they were celebrating the new year. A big show was coming.

Unfortunately, the general populace would not be able to witness this match as it would be held inside the academy. Only the students and the upper echelons of the various prefectures would be present during the match. A lot of people were disappointed upon learning that.

***

Day after day passed.

More and more eyes were attracted toward the Great Ming Cultural Research Academy. In fact, this event was starting to overshadow some other major events that were happening in the Human Realm.

After all, the masses would always be more inclined to pay attention to news about geniuses.

For example, Bai Feng, who was not that big of a genius to the masses, had been attacked by the cult on his way back to Great Xia. A Mountainsea cultist was killed in battle, but very few people cared about this incident.

Somewhere in the wilderness.

Bai Feng was gloomily chewing on some roasted meat.

Damn it. He was fighting bitterly for his life here, but his student's upcoming spar had attracted more attention even before the spar itself. He felt like nobody cared about his return any more.

In fact, even the frequency of attacks on him had reduced. According to Xia Yunji, a bunch of experts must have been attracted to Great Ming. Sure, things were very dangerous over there, but these experts would still try to think of a way to witness that fight.

As for killing Bai Feng...well, what could they even achieve by killing him? Sunmoons were too busy to make this attempt while those who were weaker might not succeed. In that case, they might as well give up on Bai Feng.

Seeing how upset Bai Feng was, Xia Yunji and the others didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It would seem like they had made all their previous preparations for nothing.

This bait of theirs wouldn't be able to catch any whales. Bai Feng was too unattractive as bait. If it was Su Yu instead, they would definitely be able to catch some massive whales. They might even end up luring some whales that were too big to be caught.

Then again, this wasn't a bad thing. At the very least, they were able to return safely. What a pity that Great Xia had prepared greatly for this operation only to catch nothing.

***

In the blink of an eye, the 25th of March arrived.

On that day, Su Yu stepped out of his cultivation room. He was very calm. Defeating or killing Shan Xiong wouldn't really change the big picture. But Shan Xiong was someone who had crushed the confidence of many multiple character faction experts. Thus, Su Yu needed to return the confidence to his faction. He could also fulfill one of his teacher's wishes while he was at it.

He still remembered the two wishes of his teacher. One of them was defeating Shan Xiong and the other was beating up Huang Teng.

"Teacher, consider this a gift for your return."

Su Yu looked to the north and smiled. His teacher should be at Great Xia already, right? According to his calculation, Bai Feng should arrive at Great Xia today.

As for Huang Teng, he would also beat that fellow up for his teacher when he had the chance. Since that fellow had beaten his teacher up three times, he would try to do the same to Huang Teng as well.

He changed into his fluttering white robes.

Looking into the mirror, Su Yu smiled with satisfaction. Shan Xiong...it was time for them to meet.