Two Tengkong killed in succession!
An ambush against the boy at the Tengkong Fifth Layer, and slaying the youth—which counted as a frontal kill against the Tengkong Third Layer!
Such was the difference between Tengkong cultivators inside and outside the academy!
Inside the academy, Su Yu might not have been able to slay even a Tengkong First Layer, yet outside the academy, killing them was effortless.
At the same realm, the disparity was still immense.
The academy was where true elites gathered, and the other place was the military, which likewise produced a steady stream of experts.
...
High above.
The middle-aged Mountainsea expert's face was filled with shock!
What did I just see?
A divine character battle technique?
Did my eyes deceive me?
What in the world just happened?!
Su Yu has already finished outlining a divine character battle technique?
He fell into deep contemplation. Something was off. It wasn't that Su Yu was too fast, but rather that he had outlined too few divine characters. Just how many divine characters was that? The technique's power was too weak—that shouldn't be!
In truth, it wasn't weak at all, but Su Yu possessed so many Tier-2 divine characters, indicating that the total number of divine characters he had outlined couldn't be many.
And that already formed a battle technique?
"Impossible... Su Yu couldn't possibly possess a divine character battle technique formed of merely a few divine characters..."
"What on earth was that?"
"What kind of change has taken place in the Multiple Divine Characters Faction?"
The middle-aged Mountainsea expert's expression shifted repeatedly. This shocked him even more than Su Yu slaying Tengkong cultivators. Amid his shock, he couldn't help recalling the day Bai Feng's Dragon Slaying Sword split into several swords.
His expression shifted further. He had vaguely guessed something.
It couldn't be!
If it were true... the entire Civilization Master field would undergo a monumental upheaval.
The Multiple Divine Characters Faction was becoming more and more mysterious!
He swiftly contacted Chief Hu and shared his conjecture. Chief Hu remained silent for a long time, evidently plunged into deep thought as well.
The shock wasn't over Su Yu slaying Tengkong cultivators, but stemmed from this shift in divine character battle techniques.
...
Down below.
Su Yu looked around and quickly called out, "My thanks to the senior protecting me in secret! I hope Senior will not leak word of what happened here."
Whoever had come to protect him right now was either from the Xia family or arranged by Wan Tiansheng.
Therefore, revealing a bit to either side didn't matter.
Perhaps it could even win him greater benefits!
Up above, the middle-aged man's heart jolted. Speaking to me?
No way!
Impossible, how could you have detected me?
I'm a Mountainsea, and there are no other Mountainseas nearby. In that case, is he really talking to me, or is he just bluffing?
Regardless of what the man thought, Su Yu continued, "Senior, in a few days, I might have to head out again. At that time, it's very likely a Mountainsea will make a move against me. If Senior is worried, you can ask the higher-ups if they need to send someone else to replace you."
"..."
The middle-aged Mountainsea expert grimaced. You're not talking to me, right?
Right?
It definitely has to be that way!
I refuse to admit you've discovered me. If even you can discover me, I'd have no face left to live.
He chose to stay silent!
Yet inwardly, he complained bitterly: What do you mean? You're going out in a few days, and before you've even stepped out, you already know someone wants to kill you?
And a Mountainsea Realm one at that?
Fuck, can you foresee the future? Can you see what's to come?
Stop messing with me!
...
Su Yu said those few words and added no more.
I've warned you!
As for discovering the other party... Nonsense, how many times had the Perception Jade changed color? If he still couldn't notice, he would be a total idiot.
Back in the inner city, he had actually detected him, but at the time he couldn't be certain whether the person was there to protect him.
Now, he was essentially certain.
To be bold enough to fly over the inner city, and then refrain from attacking him or leaving after battle erupted—if this person wasn't here to protect him, that would be a ghost!
If he were truly an enemy, he would have struck long ago.
The Perception Jade... He had to admit, this jade Zhao Li gave him was simply far too useful. A treasure, an absolute treasure, leaving many things no longer secrets in Su Yu's eyes, wide open before him.
Su Yu was certain that in terms of grade, this Perception Jade was likely Earth rank. Perhaps it wasn't even forged by Zhao Li, but crafted by an even more formidable weapon blacksmith who gave it to Zhao Li, who then passed it to him.
Paying no further heed to that Mountainsea, Su Yu figured: I've warned you. The next time I go out, I might run into a Mountainsea—not might, almost certainly!
Whether you can handle it, think it over yourself.
Having killed two Tengkong cultivators, the remaining three were all suppressed.
Shadow practically enveloped Zhang Wu's entire body. At this moment, Zhang Wu's eyes were filled with terror and panic. Only now did he finally have the chance to speak, screaming, "I admit defeat! I admit it, evil thoughts crossed my mind and I wanted to rob and kill you! Su Yu, I admit defeat! Hand me over to the Longwu Guards or the Prefecture Army, either is fine, I admit defeat!"
Su Yu ignored him.
He took out a voice-transmission talisman and said a few words.
A moment later, two figures tore through the air!
No, it was an old man clutching Zhang Hao as he tore through the air.
Glancing below, he let out a sigh.
Then he suddenly looked toward the sky above. In the void, the middle-aged Mountainsea cursed under his breath and swiftly vanished from the spot.
...
The old man beside Zhang Hao exhaled a breath of relief and sent a few quiet voice transmissions.
Soon, he looked toward Su Yu, then glanced at the corpses of the two slain Tengkong cultivators, his eyes shifting slightly.
Without wasting words, the old man was very straightforward. "I am Zhang Zhonghe! Many thanks for little friend's warning!"
With that, he looked at the three trapped individuals and said in a deep voice, "Leave these three to me. They are all little friend's spoils of war! Slaying a Tengkong enemy awards 100 merit points for low layers and 300 merit points for high layers... all of this belongs to little friend! Once the Zhang residence is raided, all the spoils will be little friend's! In addition, to thank little friend for your contribution and out of esteem for little friend's talent, I will personally gift little friend 5,000 merit points as an incentive!"
Su Yu glanced at the old man and smiled. "Grandpa Zhang is too courteous!"
Zhang Wu cried out loudly, "Brother Zhonghe, I was possessed by greed and harbored evil intentions toward Su Yu! I admit my crime, I accept punishment! Brother Zhonghe... for the sake of our shared clan, spare my life!"
At this moment, Zhang Wu was terrified out of his wits!
He wasn't stupid!
The moment Zhang Zhonghe appeared, he suddenly realized... he might die!
Su Yu had actually contacted Zhang Zhonghe!
To clear his own family's name, Zhang Zhonghe would never show leniency, absolutely not!
He would take his life!
Su Yu knew this as well, which was why he accepted Zhang Zhonghe's 5,000 merit points. It was a deal: hand the captives over to Zhang Zhonghe, while the rewards, the merit points, and the spoils remained his, but the authority to dispose of these people—Su Yu didn't want it.
With Zhang Zhonghe taking custody of them, whether they were killed or imprisoned had nothing to do with Su Yu anymore.
Whether Zhang Zhonghe silenced them forever or dug up more information to redeem himself, it had nothing to do with Su Yu.
He took the money and also sold a favor to the Zhang family.
After all, Zhang Zhonghe was an expert at the Lingyun Ninth Layer!
Zhang Zhonghe exhaled in relief and looked deeply at Su Yu. Without further chatter, he swiftly unleashed his divine characters, sealing the captives and denying Zhang Wu any further chance to speak.
What harboring evil intentions, what wanting to rob for wealth... he paid no heed to any of it.
At this moment, these people were members of the All-Races Sect!
Whether confirmed or not, that was how it would be!
Whether they were killed or taken back for interrogation, he had to take the lead so that he wouldn't fall into a passive position. Although the Great Xia Prefecture was relatively peaceful, struggles were everywhere. This time he could have taken a severe fall; once these people fell into his rivals' hands, it would bring him monumental trouble.
Fortunately, the person from earlier could be considered one of his own faction...
Looking back at Su Yu, his gaze held a peculiar glint.
It was actually that person secretly protecting him!
Was it the chief's order, or the Xia family's?
Regardless of who it was, Su Yu was an immense blue-chip prospect in his eyes.
Moreover, he was thoroughly clever!
Su Yu didn't pry or interfere; as soon as Zhang Zhonghe showed up, Su Yu readily agreed to hand the captives over. That was wisdom.
Even though Zhang Zhonghe paid 5,000 merit points, he still owed Su Yu a favor.
Zhang Zhonghe said no more. Looking at the two corpses on the ground, his shock only deepened.
Slaying Tengkong!
Slaying Tengkong while in the Yangxing Realm!
Back in the day, even Liu Wenyan was only at this level.
This generation's successor of the Multiple Divine Characters Faction was too formidable, and even more low-key than Liu Wenyan had been back then. In this era, staying low-key... also meant greater safety.
Back then, Liu Wenyan had been incomparably ostentatious, which was tied to the circumstances of the time.
Back then, the entire Multiple Divine Characters Faction regarded him as their next leader.
As for Su Yu today, it was hard to say whether he was simply born at the wrong time. If this were during the peak era of the Multiple Divine Characters Faction, a vast number of Tengkong and Lingyun experts would likely be at his disposal right now, pushing him forward as the next successor.
These thoughts flickered past in an instant.
Zhang Zhonghe smiled. "If little friend needs anything in the future, feel free to have Zhang Hao come find me at any time... Whatever is within my power, I will not decline!"
The moment these words were spoken, Zhang Hao's expression shifted slightly.
For his grandfather to say this was quite serious.
It seemed this favor was by no means small.
Su Yu smiled. "Grandpa Zhang is too courteous. Brother Zhang and I are like brothers; it was merely a small effort!"
Zhang Zhonghe smiled and nodded. Reaching out, he seized the three sealed captives and swept up the two floating corpses, saying with a smile, "Little friend must have been startled today. A-Hao, keep little friend company and chat a while. I still need to handle these people on my end..."
Saying that, he added, "I will dispatch personnel immediately to seal off Zhang Wu's residence and confiscate the family assets. When the time comes, I'll have them appraised and delivered to little friend!"
"Grandpa Zhang, please attend to your duties. Brother Zhang accompanying me is plenty!"
Su Yu wore a gentle smile on his face.
Looking at him and then looking back at his own grandson, Zhang Zhonghe had once felt that his grandson was skilled in both letters and martial arts, not falling short even compared to the scions of great clans like Zhao Shiqi.
Looking now, comparing him to Su Yu... it wasn't that his grandson was useless, but a sigh of lament was inevitable.
Zhang Zhonghe said nothing more. Bearing the captives and bodies, he stepped into the air and departed.
As for Water Person and Shadow, they had already returned.
Once Zhang Zhonghe left, Zhang Hao looked at Su Yu for a while before finally sighing, "The gap is growing wider and wider!"
It was too astonishing!
Slaying Tengkong while in the Yangxing Realm!
He had killed two in one go, and not even initial-stage ones, but the Tengkong Third Layer and Tengkong Fifth Layer.
Zhang Hao's feelings were complex.
At this moment, he truly realized the gap.
Su Yu smiled. "It was just a coincidence. You can do it too! Brother Zhang, we're on the same side, aren't we?"
"Right!"
Zhang Hao smiled and nodded slightly.
In truth, he wasn't weak either.
He had opened 6 divine apertures, had reached the peak of the Yangxing Realm, and possessed a physical body at the Qianjun Ninth Layer. It was only that he hadn't challenged the rankings recently; if he did, breaking into the top thirty of the Top 100 Rankings wouldn't be a problem at all.
For a new student to reach this stage was already exceptionally brilliant!
It was thanks to the Sea of Consciousness Mystic Realm, and thanks to those divine apertures.
"Once word of this spreads, it will simply..."
"I hope Grandpa Zhang keeps it confidential for a while!"
Su Yu smiled. "Please pass the word along for me. This empty fame... is utterly meaningless! It will only make my opponents and enemies pay more attention to me next time and treat me even more ruthlessly!"
"I understand!"
A tree standing taller than the forest catches the wind!
At this moment, Su Yu truly stood out like a solitary blossom.
Slaying Tengkong on the battlefield!
If this news got out, it would likely cause a massive sensation across the Great Xia Prefecture.
Unlike Zhai Feng, who had slain a Tengkong—everyone knew that was because strong experts held the line and multiple people joined forces, with several Top 100 students attacking together before Zhai Feng was given the opening to kill one Tengkong.
That was incomparable to Su Yu.
Su Yu had a powerhouse holding the line as well, but in slaying two Tengkong cultivators, he had not relied on anyone else's strength.
Walking along, Su Yu smiled and remarked, "My luck wasn't bad. Looks like I gained quite a bit this time; at least my capital has been recovered."
A profit!
Three late-stage Tengkong meant 900 merit points.
One middle-stage and one early-stage meant 300 merit points.
That was 1,200 merit points right there!
The kind that counted toward cumulative merit points!
In addition, raiding the Zhang residence—which had multiple Tengkong cultivators after all—even if not everything went to Su Yu, getting one or two thousand merit points wouldn't be an issue, right?
Plus the 5,000 merit points promised by Zhang Zhonghe...
Calculating it, Su Yu felt it would likely be around eight thousand points; with good luck, reaching ten thousand was also within reach.
Earning money... was truly simple.
Just kill five Tengkong cultivators!
Su Yu thought of it simply, though he knew that for many people, this was something they couldn't accomplish in an entire lifetime. Even at the Lingyun First or Second Layer, who could guarantee taking down these five people?
Even if they did, there wouldn't be 5,000 merit points gifted by the Zhang family.
Handing the captives over to Zhang Zhonghe didn't bother Su Yu in the slightest; an extra windfall of income was wonderful.
As for that fellow Xia Huyou... Su Yu believed he was keeping an eye on Zhang Zhonghe right now. Su Yu wouldn't bother with that; if Zhang Zhonghe had issues, he wouldn't escape the Xia family's eyes. Now that suspicions were raised, finding problems would be far easier.
As for Zhang Wu claiming he was robbing for wealth, that had nothing to do with Su Yu. True or false, once in Zhang Zhonghe's hands, everything would be investigated thoroughly.
...
Walking all the way, they soon arrived at the gates of the inner city.
Su Yu adjusted his clothes and led the Earth Dragon Beast. Dressed in snow-white robes under the night sky, he appeared even more ethereal.
White robes unstained by blood!
During the fight with the two Tengkong cultivators, some blood had splattered onto him, but Su Yu had cleaned it off using the "Blood" divine character. Right now, not a trace of his earlier wild and ferocious aura could be seen.
Beside him, Zhang Hao felt a wave of emotion. Without saying much, he cupped his hands. "We'd better not move together. I'll take my leave first, lest others overthink things!"
"Suit yourself, Brother Zhang!"
Su Yu smiled. "If Brother Zhang doesn't mind the trouble, help me build some momentum recently. Not about today's matter, but the academy has been stirring things up lately. You know about the all-races students. Help me build momentum: the all-races students... should be killed! Can be killed! Must be killed! Those who are not of our race are bound to have different hearts!"
Su Yu said with a mild smile, "Simply put: if they die, they die in vain, and their coming to the Human Realm must be part of some grand conspiracy!"
"This... Principal Wan's policy..."
Su Yu smiled. "It's fine. Principal Wan might not care either. The academy protects their safety inside, but outside the academy... who cares?"
Zhang Hao's eyes flickered, and he nodded, soon saying, "If you really have that intention, bring a few people—our own people, or our own people who look like enemies—to prove yourself!"
"It's quite dangerous!"
"It's fine. If Brother Su needs me, you can call on me!"
Zhang Hao didn't mind. He lowered his voice: "Right, this matter will be exposed sooner or later. We can build some momentum beforehand. On your end... just say the Longwu Guards made a move, or someone else did, and insist firmly that the Zhang family tried to harm you..."
Zhang Hao gave a low chuckle. "It really was a branch of the Zhang family trying to harm you, so it's only natural for you to stand opposed to me!"
Su Yu nodded with a smile and waved at him.
The two parted ways.
Word would leak sooner or later; that went without saying. If nothing else, his cumulative merit points were about to skyrocket; expecting others not to notice would be wishful thinking.
"Fatty Xia..."
Su Yu smiled. "Fatty Xia was with me; his people killed the enemies, but I delivered the finishing blows, so the cumulative merit counts as mine. Would anyone believe that?"
The next moment, Su Yu brought out his voice-transmission talisman again.
After a while, Xia Huyou was carried over by an elderly man, arriving out of breath. "I'm busy! What are you calling me for?!"
"Accompany me into the city!"
Su Yu smiled. "Good brothers naturally enter the city together. We ran into each other halfway, you saved my life, and you handed me a huge merit. If we don't enter the city together, should we separate?"
"..."
Xia Huyou froze for a second, then snapped irritably, "Fuck! Who are you trying to trap this time? Your heart is truly pitch-black!"
Su Yu chuckled. "Listen to you. I don't trap people unless they aren't human! Anyone who wants to kill me or harbors malice toward me isn't human! I'm a genius, a research-oriented genius. My existence brings benefits to the Great Xia Prefecture, not harm. Our Prince Xia must understand this: only by valuing talent can the Xia family enjoy long-lasting peace!"
Xia Huyou curled his lip. Those words... had a point.
The issue was, you cause such massive commotions all day long; sooner or later it won't be kept under wraps.
Dropping the topic, Xia Huyou asked with some astonishment, "You're really something. Was that really your doing?"
He had actually been nearby earlier, just hadn't approached and couldn't see clearly.
Su Yu... had slain Tengkong cultivators!
Fuck!
This guy was outrageously terrifying.
Su Yu smiled. "If you stepped up, you could do it too. With so many divine apertures open, is killing a weak Tengkong that hard?"
Su Yu remarked with a chuckle, "If our willpower is sufficient, we can both be treated as Tengkong Ninth Layer. Slaying a warrior, a trash warrior with only sixty apertures opened—is killing someone like that difficult?"
"..."
There was no reply to that.
To the side, the old man's mouth twitched. The next instant, he vaulted into the air and vanished.
He didn't want to listen anymore!
When two Yangxing cultivators told you that killing several Tengkong was very simple, the feeling was hard to bear even for a Mountainsea.
Su Yu didn't care. The person Xia Huyou brought along was likely a direct retainer of the Xia family—if not a Xia family member, then a loyal general. In the Great Xia Prefecture, one should never treat the Xia family as an enemy, or one would die a miserable death!
Xia Huyou couldn't be bothered to argue further. He mounted the Earth Dragon Beast, and Su Yu leaped up onto it as well.
The Earth Dragon Beast galloped forward swiftly!
Soon, they entered the inner city. Under the night sky, the inner city remained packed with people; the prefectural capital's inner city could truly be called a sleepless city.
Sitting atop the Earth Dragon Beast, Su Yu and Xia Huyou conversed in low voices.
Along the way, Su Yu wiped a bit of blood onto Xia Huyou, regardless of whether Xia Huyou minded. The people were killed by you, and I'll go claim the merit!
"Whether Old Master Zhang Zhonghe has issues or not, it's best to adjust his post."
Su Yu smiled. "Just a suggestion. Besides, the Zhang family frightened our prince; not giving them some punishment wouldn't make sense, would it?"
Xia Huyou complained, "Su Yu, you weren't this sinister at the start!"
"Sinister?"
Su Yu chuckled. "I'm just going with the flow. How is that sinister? Besides, this Civilization Academy... offers no room for naive people to survive. Either you fade into the crowd, or you learn survival of the fittest!"
Xia Huyou was speechless. True enough.
In the Civilization Academy, if you didn't learn to adapt quickly and blend in, you would quickly become an outcast, facing obstacles at every turn.
Unless someone had your back.
Otherwise, just wait to fade into mediocrity while a bunch of cunning schemers waited for any chance to eliminate their competitors and smoothly climb to the top.
Su Yu let out a laugh, in quite a good mood.
Dropping the topic, he soon asked, "Have you procured the essence blood I asked you to buy?"
"It's being gathered."
"How much does it cost?"
"A few types are quite expensive, especially that Heavenly Dragon blood essence... That's a powerhouse race on par with gods and demons, the royal lineage of the Dragon race. For a single drop of essence blood, it depends on luck. With good luck, a few hundred merit points; with bad luck, it's no cheaper than god and demon blood essence."
"Roughly how much is needed in total?"
"At least around 2,000 points."
Truly expensive!
Su Yu was speechless. After a moment of thought, he said, "Let's call it 1,900 points. Adding what was owed before, I owe you 3,000 merit points. Once I get money later, I'll pay off the debt first. I'm a man who borrows well and repays promptly!"
Now that he had money, he could pay off a bit—especially to this fellow Xia Huyou. Repaying now meant borrowing more next time.
As for Zheng Yunhui... depending on the situation, if there was no money, he wouldn't repay him.
A copy of the Yuan-Purifying Art was more than enough; giving it to the Zheng family to pass down was a good deed.
As for auctioning it, the risk was too great, and Su Yu didn't want a massive uproar centered on his side.
As Su Yu pondered these matters, he suddenly felt signs that his "Yin" divine character was about to advance... and he froze for a moment.
What does this mean?
What the hell!
What does this mean?!
I just thought through a few more schemes, and you suddenly decide to advance right now? What's going on?
At this moment, the Blood, Thunder, and Kill characters in his grasp had all advanced to Tier 2. Saber, Pierce, War, and Yin were all in the stage of advancing, while the earlier Fire divine character showed no signs of advancing yet.
At this rate, Su Yu would soon possess seven Tier-2 divine characters.
As for the Yin divine character's advancement, it was a result of steady accumulation. Having absorbed the residual aura of Sun and Moon divine characters before, it already had the momentum to advance; he simply hadn't expected it to begin advancing right after this battle.
The timing coincided precisely with Su Yu mulling over those schemes, making it seem as though it advanced only because his thoughts were so sinister. That was what left Su Yu speechless.
I'm not that kind of person!
You divine character, you're deliberately opposing me.
...
Just as Su Yu returned to the academy.
Some stir arose in the Great Xia Prefecture.
The genius student Su Yu had been ambushed outside the city!
Five Tengkong experts had struck!
Two were killed on the spot, and the remaining three were apprehended and brought to justice. As for whether they were from the All-Races Sect or someone else, it was currently unknown!
Soon after, more news arrived: when those fools ambushed Su Yu, a member of the Xia family was present! Those idiots had practically thrown their lives away; no one had ever seen such fools!
With a member of the Xia family right there, you dared to make a move?
Looking for death!
Originally little-known, Xia Huyou gained a bit of fame at this moment. It turned out the Xia family had someone named Xia Huyou; while the upper echelons knew he was Xia Longwu's son, many people were unaware and only knew that the Xia family had such a person.
...
In a secret chamber within the Great Xia Prefecture.
An old man sat motionless, the voice-transmission talisman in his hand flickering.
"These fools! With Xia Huyou present, they actually ambushed Su Yu—they were courting death!"
The old man was somewhat furious and vexed.
Too stupid!
Of course, he knew that these people couldn't entirely be blamed. Xia Huyou's identity was top secret; very few people knew it. Even if members of the All-Races Sect knew, they wouldn't casually spread it to those below.
Unaware of Xia Huyou's identity, thinking he was merely a student, they figured they would just kill him along with Su Yu—such was his guess of what Zhang Wu and those fools had thought.
Now look at what happened: they had kicked an iron plate!
Disaster struck!
Once the Xia family became genuinely enraged, it would mean immense trouble.
That Su Yu was actually together with Xia Huyou was also something he hadn't anticipated.
"Immediately withdraw everything! No one is permitted to make another move! Clear away anyone connected to Zhang Wu and the others! Zhang Zhonghe is conducting a thorough investigation to clear his name before the Xia family. Find an opportunity to eliminate Zhang Wu and the others so they won't have a chance to speak... Forget it, don't take the risk. The Xia family might be watching. Let them be; even if they speak, it won't matter. Contract all operations—no movements whatsoever in the near future!"
The old man issued orders swiftly, feeling a pang of heartache.
They had lost five Tengkong cultivators!
All of them were informants who had lain dormant for years; losing them pained him.
"As for Su Yu, raise his threat level! After this incident, the grass has been startled and the snakes alerted! Adjust the requirement so only Lingyun can accept the mission, and add another 5,000 contribution points! The Xia family being entangled with him is partly due to his immense talent, and partly because his Yuan-Divine Aperture theory might truly produce results!"
The old man issued directive after directive!
Toward Su Yu, the danger level was raised once again.
After this, Su Yu would be even more cautious. 13,000 contribution points... that was an enormous sum!
Five Tengkong cultivators had failed. Although unexpected factors were involved, that was also part of Su Yu's luck.
Practitioners attached great importance to destiny and fortune.
Good luck was also a kind of ability.
Since Su Yu had survived a great calamity unharmed, Tengkong cultivators might find it hard to take him down. Leave it to Lingyun experts. As for Mountainsea, the target was too conspicuous and easily detected.
"Su Yu will likely not leave the academy anytime soon..."
The voice-transmission talisman vibrated as a subordinate replied.
The old man pondered for a moment and said, "Not necessarily. We'll wait and see; there's no rush! The Yuan-Divine Aperture theory has only just emerged, so how could results appear so quickly? Su Yu merely has potential because he opened so many Yuan apertures..."
The subordinate asked no more. That was true; there was no hurry.
For research on such a massive project, even if Su Yu was a genuine genius, producing results would take at least eight to ten years.
The old man pondered and suddenly said, "Su Yu's father is in the Demon Suppression Army. Which race is the Demon Suppression Army's current adversary? See if we can contact them. It's best if that race captures his father alive on the battlefield! That will leave us a card to play! Once Su Yu truly produces results, the Great Xia Prefecture will immediately seize control of Su Yu and the Yuan-Divine Aperture Research Institute. Unless Su Yu himself refuses to speak... we'll need leverage!"
"Understood!"
The subordinate replied, and the old man exhaled in relief, having made preparations on both fronts.
If Su Yu truly produced results... it would actually be a good thing. The All-Races Sect was human as well and could cultivate it.
However, this achievement could not be monopolized by the Great Xia Prefecture; otherwise, that would spell tremendous trouble.
Chapter 235