Chapter 818: Xia Huyou's Request (1)

Mental Tempering Garden.

Inside a villa, Su Yu and Xia Huyou were drinking tea when Xia Huyou smiled and said, "It's boring to drink only tea. We are both adults. Why don't we drink some liquor?"

"Hmm?"

Su Yu looked at Xia Huyou in surprise. It wasn't that all cultivators would abstain from liquor, but young cultivators tend to avoid drinking to keep their minds sharp. It was more normal for old men to drink some liquor during gatherings.

"So?" Xia Huyou asked again.

Su Yu nodded.

Xia Huyou took out a jar of liquor from his storage ring and said, "I stole this from my second granduncle's secret stash. At first, he thought he lost it. This is an excellent hundred-year liquor. It tastes great."

"Did he not beat you to death for this?"

"He couldn't bring himself to do it. With me dead, who could succeed the Xia Family?"

Xia Huyou removed the cover of the jar, allowing the pleasant fragrance of the liquor to drift out. After pouring Su Yu a glass of liquor, he filled his glass as well. Then, he lifted his glass and clinked it against Su Yu's glass before draining it.

Su Yu emptied his glass without saying anything. Xia Huyou filled his glass again and said, "Brother, tell me the truth. In your eyes, are all Invincible descendants arrogant and domineering bastards who deserve death? Nine out of ten of them were probably deserving of death for one reason or another."

Su Yu said, "Nope. I don't harbor any malice toward the rich or the powerful. I only harbor malice toward those who have targeted me. And I will view those people with hostility regardless of their background."

Su Yu smiled and continued slowly, "I am a petty man. I have been like this since I was a kid. If you never offend me, I can't be bothered to make an enemy out of you. But if you offend me, even if I'm helpless right now, I'll deal with you in the future."

"Hahaha!" Xia Huyou said, "That's very straightforward of you. To be honest, you live a much more comfortable life than us. There are a lot of things people like us can't do even if we want to. For example, I have a lot of things I want to do. And I also have the power to do many of those things. But...I have too many misgivings. I need to take too many things into consideration. So I can't do anything.

"Just take what happened earlier as an example. That damn Zhou Pochong ran his mouth right after arriving. Was he even worthy of running his mouth against the Xia Family? I wanted to get someone to cut him down and get it over with. But no. I had to consider the consequences. Doing that would put the Xia Family in a lot of trouble.

"In the past, people like Zhou Pingsheng and Yu Hong had created numerous troubles. I really wanted to drag them all to the Myriad Race Pit and cut their heads off. But no, we had to consider the consequences. That would bring trouble for Great Xia. These days, not even Invincible families could kill without reason."

Su Yu listened silently.

Xia Huyou downed yet another glass of liquor and sighed, "Brother, do you know why I invited you to drink with me today?"

"I don't know."

Su Yu lifted his glass and took a sip of the liquor within. It was mildly spicy, allowing him to focus better.

Xia Huyou inhaled deeply and said, "I need to get my hands on some things. And I need your help. Can you lend me your support?"

Su Yu raised his brow, "Are you asking for heavenly source qi?"

"Hmm?"

Xia Huyou blanked out. He stared at Su Yu in stupefaction. Was Su Yu capable of providing even something like that?

"..."

Xia Huyou laughed. But soon, he raised his brow and said, "Brother, I also need something else. Can you support me? For example, some ability blood essence and heavenly source qi?"

"..."

Su Yu sneered and said, "You sure have a big appetite."

"It's nothing. I'm fat, so of course my appetite is big as well."

Xia Huyou beamed and said, "I can even pay for them. At worst, I'll owe you some money."

Su Yu gave Xia Huyou a deep gaze, emptied his glass, and exhaled before saying, "Is there a need for this?"

"Yes."

Xia Huyou also took some time to drink from his glass before answering, "I want to ensure the continuation of the Xia Family. I want Great Xia to remain forever. I don't want our prefecture to cease existing at my generation. My father, my second granduncle, and my great grandfather are all prepared for it."

Prepared for what? The destruction of Great Xia?

After a short silence, Su Yu nodded, "As long as you're paying, I can easily get this done. But I don't need money. I need blood essence. A large amount of blood essence."

Xia Huyou grimaced and asked, "Do you know some secret technique capable of extracting heavenly source qi from blood essence?"

"Guess." Su Yu smirked, "Do you want to try guessing?"

"Cough, cough. Forget it. I won't guess." Xia Huyou laughed, "I won't bother. It's pointless to guess something like this. I will also be needing these resources as I'll start body forging soon. I will take as much as you can provide. I only hope that I can rapidly forge a powerful private army. At the very least, I want to prevent the fate of having no army to use at the very end. I can even lead my army to go save you in the future when you need it."

"No thanks. I won't be needing that."

"Why are you saying that? With your temper, it's only a matter of time before you get yourself in trouble. At that time, I'll sweep in and save you with my army. Isn't that romantic?"

"..."

Seeing that Su Yu was staring at him silently, Xia Huyou grinned, "Don't look at me like this. I like women."

"Heh."

Su Yu sneered before returning to a serious topic, "Cut the crap. How did you recognize me?"

"It was so easy. The moment someone died in Nanyuan, we guessed that it was you. I knew it was you the moment my second granduncle told me about it. I was simply too lazy to expose you."

"You went looking for Old Zhao right after arriving. How could I not know what you were thinking? With Old Zhao's temper, would he meet just any random person? Looking highly upon the younger generation? What nonsense. He never bothered giving me a second look."

"That's because you're too garbage."

"Sure, sure, whatever you say." Xia Huyou laughed and continued drinking in silence. After a while, he said, "Tomorrow or the day after, the divine and devil beauties will arrive. Do you want me to introduce some to you?"

Su Yu stared at Xia Huyou silently.