Punching Bag

Great Ming Prefecture. Back in the research lab, Su Yu continued testing various cultivation arts. The blood essence promised by Zhu Tiandao had not arrived yet, so he could not test other arts for the moment. After experimenting with his available arts for a while, Su Yu resumed forging his body. Previously, he had completed three body forgings. Having undergone three body forgings, Su Yu clearly felt his physical body grow significantly stronger, his qi and blood abundant, and his yuan apertures robust. The Heaven Yuan Qi he had refined from the blood essence procured from Xia Huyou still had plenty remaining. Yet after cultivating for a while, an irritable restlessness crept over him. Su Yu rose and walked out of the cultivation chamber. The six-story research institute was merely the above-ground portion. There was an underground level as well. Of course, Hu Xiansheng barely used it. Originally, it had been designed to hold captured yaomo beasts, but since Hu Xiansheng did not research blood essence, the basement had sat idle and was practically never put to use. Now, however, Su Yu had brought it into service. …… Entering the basement, he saw Water Person and Shadow quietly cultivating near the entrance, along with three Shanhai great demons who were also cultivating there. When they saw Su Yu enter, the great demons quickly revealed themselves. By now, they looked upon Su Yu with an added measure of respect and dread. By then, numerous Sun Moon Realm experts had perished because of Su Yu. Knowing full well how important he was, how could any of them dare act slighting? Su Yu nodded slightly and asked, "Have those fellows said anything?" "Nothing." Su Yu asked no further. The basement was brightly lit. Hu Xiansheng was a perfectionist; even though this was a basement cage, it had been crafted to look quite aesthetically pleasing, arranged into neat little rooms that offered a decent environment. Walking forward, transparent doorways came into view. Inside, several individuals were currently detained. These were spies Su Yu had requested from Zhu Tiandao, all secretly captured. Seeing Su Yu outside the transparent doors, these people began shouting at the top of their lungs. However, the transparent doorways possessed a sound-dampening effect, so Su Yu could not hear whatever they were yelling. Su Yu chuckled. No wonder the great demons had said there was no commotion and that they hadn't heard anything. It would be a wonder if they had. With a wave of his hand, the doorway to one room trembled slightly. From inside, the captive's voice quickly rang out: "Su Yu? Why did you arrest me? Are you treating human lives like grass? Did I offend you?" The man yelled loudly, and realizing the sound-dampening formation had ceased functioning, he bellowed, "Su Yu, what do you want?" Su Yu looked at him and said indifferently, "You've already been dragged here. Are you still clinging to foolish hopes?" "What on earth do you want?" The man shouted in fury, "I will file a complaint! Su Yu, I'll go to the Civilization Academy, to the Great Ming Prefecture, or even to the Two Holy Lands to complain! I am a ninth-layer Tengkong Realm expert! You arrested me without cause—" Su Yu could not be bothered to argue. Smiling, he waved his hand again. At once, over a dozen rooms turned fully transparent. The walls of every room became completely see-through. Now the people in the other rooms saw Su Yu as well, and they all began roaring and howling, though no sound escaped. Judging by their expressions, they were furious; some begged for mercy, while others grew hysterical. Su Yu paid them no mind and turned his gaze back to the man before him. He spoke slowly: "State which cult you serve, your mission, how you contact your superior, the cult's strength, and the location of your stronghold." "What nonsense are you spewing!" The man retorted angrily, "I have no idea what you're talking about! Don't tell me you think I'm with the All-Races Cult? Pure fabrication!" Su Yu laughed. "You really won't shed tears until you see the coffin, will you?" "As it happens, I have a bit of a temper right now. A few days ago, I was in a decent mood, but these past two days I've felt somewhat low..." He looked at the man and smiled. "How about this: spar with me. You're ninth-layer Tengkong, while I'm only first-layer Tengkong. If you defeat me, I'll let you walk. If you lose... well, there'll be no need to say anything more." Inside the cell, the man's expression shifted slightly. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Why should I spar with you—" Su Yu said nothing further and simply stepped into the cell. The man's expression twisted again and again! At this moment, the two stood less than two meters apart. Su Yu looked up at him. "Your last chance. Beat me and walk away. Lose... and either tell me everything immediately, or die!" "Hmph! If you want to frame someone, you can always find an excuse!" The man was on high alert, not daring to strike rashly, but in his mind, he weighed whether he stood a chance against Su Yu. Ninth-layer Tengkong against first-layer Tengkong... Yet Su Yu had opened a massive number of apertures. While he was still thinking, Su Yu's figure blurred, and a fist blasted forward! A sonic boom rang out! The man's expression changed dramatically, and he let out a low roar as his apertures flared. He was a warrior who had fused seventy-two apertures, eight apertures into one. At present, he was also at nine body forgings. Unleashing his full power, his physical explosive force exceeded the strength of three hundred apertures. Yet before the two even made contact, Su Yu's fist force erupted. With a thunderous boom, bones shattered and blood splattered violently. With a loud pop, this ninth-layer Tengkong expert blew apart into ragged pieces, instantly painting the entire cell crimson. Dressed in a white robe, Su Yu exerted a faint tremor of willpower. The blood spraying toward him was blocked outside his clothes and dripped harmlessly away. Su Yu shook his head slightly. "Too weak!" With that, he turned toward the other cells and said calmly, "You can hear me. It's the same for all of you. Either confess, or spar with me. Beat me, and I'll let you go. Lose... and you'll likely end up just like him!" In every cell, the faces of the captives drained of color! A ninth-layer Tengkong! Seventy-two apertures were not considered mediocre. In Great Xia Prefecture, many students at Longwu Academy only opened seventy-two apertures. Even someone like Chen Hao, who was considered decent among Longwu students, had only opened seventy-two apertures, though they usually completed eighteen body forgings. This man had only nine body forgings, which was admittedly somewhat weak. Yet no matter how weak, he was still a ninth-layer Tengkong! His reflexes and speed would not be slow in the slightest, yet he had been obliterated by Su Yu's distant punch! He had died far too easily! Su Yu, however, was not surprised in the least. If such trash at ninth-layer Tengkong could match him, wouldn't all the time, resources, and serendipity he had poured into cultivation have been for nothing? Even before stepping into Tengkong, he could have killed such an opponent with ease. Ignoring the dead man, Su Yu walked into the second room, which held a first-layer Lingyun Realm expert. Tengkong was for body forging, while Lingyun was for the Nine Yuan Qi Transformations! Su Yu did not have a precise grasp of how much strength each transformation granted; the increase varied from person to person. Some could double their strength, while others only gained slight improvements. It depended on the cultivation art, as well as the yuan qi or other resources absorbed during the metamorphosis. The supreme gods and demons at ninth-layer Tengkong possessed the power of over ten thousand apertures. If their power doubled with every transformation, it would be terrifying beyond belief. Of course, such Tengkong and Lingyun practitioners were exceptionally rare, and the resources they consumed were astronomical. Stepping into the room, Su Yu looked at the middle-aged Lingyun expert, who had a scholarly appearance. The other man also watched Su Yu, his eyes flickering, before he said in a low voice, "Researcher Su, ask whatever you wish to know, and I will answer! We are only trying to make a living. Everyone has difficulties. It's not as though everyone who joins the All-Races Cult is a human traitor by choice... Sometimes, driven by circumstances, one has no alternative!" Su Yu smiled. "Aren't you going to try capturing or killing me?" The scholarly middle-aged man replied in a low voice, "Lord Su is extraordinarily gifted. You opened the Zhoutian Apertures and succeeded in body forging. You haven't even used your willpower or your divine character battle technique; how could I possibly be your match?" "I have only opened seventy-two apertures and completed eighteen body forgings. Having entered Lingyun not long ago, my first yuan transformation granted only an average increase—just a thousand apertures of strength." A thousand apertures of strength! It was certainly not weak. Possessing a thousand apertures of strength as a newly advanced Lingyun was actually quite decent, far from mediocre. But compared to Su Yu, the scholarly man had self-awareness: he was nowhere near as strong as Su Yu. Su Yu would beat him to death without question! Vaguely, he sensed that Su Yu... had come here today solely to kill. Su Yu smiled faintly and ignored him, stepping straight into another room. As soon as he left, sweat beaded on the middle-aged man's forehead, and a cold sweat broke out across his back. As a Lingyun, he had just been scared into a drenching sweat by someone who had only recently entered Tengkong. This fellow was too terrifying! Practically everyone in Great Ming Prefecture—and elsewhere—was captivated by his research talent. People knew his combat strength was formidable, but nobody had a clear concept of just how formidable. They did not know how many apertures Su Yu had fused to advance, or whether he had advanced with forty fused apertures. If not, his strength would be in an entirely different category. Yet if he had, then Su Yu was unimaginably monstrous. While he was still contemplating this, a deafening boom erupted from the next room. He turned to look, his heart jolting. Whose man was that? So utterly audacious! Did he truly think that capturing Su Yu would allow him to escape? "Third-layer Lingyun!" The scholarly middle-aged man quickly judged. Moreover, he was no weakling. He seemed to have opened 108 apertures and fused twelve, advancing as a genuine Wanshi Realm practitioner! Crucially, he was at the third layer of Lingyun, having undergone three transformations of yuan qi! His method for the Nine Yuan Qi Transformations was not weak either; each transformation boosted his strength by at least thirty percent. That was nearly three thousand apertures of strength! Meanwhile, Su Yu's physical strength did not appear as high as his opponent's. Indeed, Su Yu had only completed three body forgings, with an explosive force nearing roughly 2,400 apertures of strength, visibly inferior to the other man. A Lingyun like this could be considered a true minor genius among Lingyun experts. His transformation method was still somewhat ordinary; otherwise, he would have been even stronger. Opening 108 apertures, fusing twelve, and undergoing eighteen body forgings was the standard benchmark for genius students in warrior academies, as well as the baseline for minor geniuses across the entire human race. Inside the cell. Su Yu did not employ the power of divine characters. Instead, he relied purely on cultivation arts! The *Time* and *Heaven-Cleaving Blade* arts! Booms resounded incessantly! Inside the compact room, Su Yu wielded a vast array of methods. His core arts were formidable, and his special arts were countless. The Soul Devour Art erupted; the Yuan Devouring Art erupted, corroding his opponent's willpower, devouring his yuan qi, his arts constantly shifting! It was intensely exhilarating! At this moment, Su Yu fought entirely as a warrior. Within the cramped confines, the two engaged in close-quarters combat. The Lingyun expert roared repeatedly, his hand rigid as a blade, chopping down toward Su Yu's skull! Su Yu shifted his feet, unleashing the battle technique of Time! Mountain Shatterer, Sun Moon Subjugator, Invincible Combatant... As time seemed to fly past, the Lingyun expert felt Su Yu drift farther and farther away, as if traversing time and space. Even though he gave his all, an insurmountable distance remained between them, rendering him unable to land a blow. Terror seized his heart, and he hurriedly shouted, "My lord, I'll talk—" Before the words left his mouth, his vision blurred. With a resounding crack, Su Yu stomped down! *Bang!* The skull shattered! "Too late!" Breathing slightly, Su Yu landed and let out a light laugh. He shook his boots, dislodging the grime that had clung to them. "Decent strength!" A fair evaluation. He truly wasn't bad; delivering nearly three thousand apertures of force was commendable. Placed in an elite legion, he would hold his own against peers of the same realm. His killing intent was just a bit lacking, failing to impart that edge-of-death crisis to Su Yu. A true veteran of the military might not necessarily possess greater strength, but in battle, their sky-shattering killing intent would daunt enemies before swords even crossed, weakening them by thirty percent at the outset. If this fellow faced a first-layer Lingyun veteran from the army with the exact same arts and battle techniques, he would most likely lose, though his opponent would probably be heavily wounded as well. "Nine transformations are indeed a major metamorphosis." Su Yu chuckled. "It feels as though the metamorphosis of a Civilization Master isn't as pronounced as a warrior's!" "Civilization Masters... only become truly formidable upon reaching Shanhai. Fusing divine apertures and then fusing one more; the Shanhai stage brings an enormous leap." Su Yu muttered to himself. In the surrounding rooms, the cultivators turned deathly pale, gripped by sheer terror. Upon arriving, Su Yu had slain a ninth-layer Tengkong and butchered a third-layer Lingyun. His murderous inclination was terrifying! At this moment, it wasn't just them. Outside the cages, the great demons remained completely silent as well. Shadow's form flickered. He had slain a third-layer Lingyun with such ease! Of course, Shadow was confident he was far more formidable and troublesome than that third-layer Lingyun, but... Su Yu hadn't even used divine characters. Relying purely on physical strength paired with Heaven-rank arts and battle techniques, he had killed a third-layer Lingyun in close combat! That was utterly terrifying! Ju Shan transmitted his voice: "This fellow looks like he came here specifically to kill today. Did he suffer some grievance? Great Ming seems to treat him pretty well—who would dare give him grief?" Water Person replied through transmission: "Good thing some All-Races Cult fellows were captured!" They felt immensely fortunate! Otherwise, if Su Yu wanted to vent his frustration, wouldn't he have picked on the few of them? How troublesome that would have been! Beaten half to death without daring to strike back—where could they have gone to reason it out? …… Having killed two people in succession, most of the gloom weighing on Su Yu's chest dissipated. With a smile, he refrained from entering other cells and returned to the room from before. Sitting down in the reasonably well-appointed cage, he smiled. "Friend, let's have a chat first. Killing isn't the goal, and I'm no homicidal maniac. It's just that some people fail to appreciate kindness, leaving me no choice but to teach them a lesson!" *Your idea of teaching a lesson is killing them?* *Fine!* The scholarly middle-aged man complained inwardly, but dared not speak his mind. He quickly said, "Lord Su, my name is Sun Fei, first-layer Lingyun, a warrior! I graduated from the Great Ming Wind Arresting War Academy and served in the Great Ming Prefecture Wind Arresting Hall for nine years. Afterward, I joined the Tiandao Army and faced the myriad races on the All-Heavens Battlefield. Later, the hundred-man unit under my command was separated and wiped out. Everyone else fell in battle, while I was left critically wounded and captured by the Earth Fire Demon Race. Unable to endure the brutal torture and temptation, I surrendered to them and joined the Earth Fire Demon Cult..." According to Sun Fei, after joining the Earth Fire Demon Cult, he was released. However, due to the defeat and his injuries, he faced military accountability, so he chose to retire and return to the Great Ming Prefecture. When he retired, he was already at the late Tengkong Realm. In Great Ming Prefecture, he held an idle post with few duties, tasked primarily with monitoring the prefecture. Later, he advanced to Lingyun not long ago. Great Ming's higher-ups had originally taken notice of him and planned to promote him to an important position in Tiandu Prefecture. Yet this time, he had been exposed. Because of a single trip outside the city, he drew suspicion. The Tiandao Army abruptly apprehended him, searched his residence, uncovered incriminating evidence, and delivered him straight to Su Yu. Having heard him out, Su Yu nodded slightly and smiled. "So according to you, you haven't killed anyone over the years, nor provided any critical intelligence, which makes you innocent, right?" Sun Fei fell silent. Su Yu remarked casually, "That differs somewhat from the information I received. According to the Manor Lord, no one sent to me is innocent; all deserve to die! Are you playing games with me?" Sun Fei stayed silent for a moment before speaking. "I am not innocent. I once leaked a rather important document to the Earth Fire Demon Cult. As a result, the frontline battle revealed a flaw in a critical weapon. When battle broke out, that flaw was exploited, resulting in heavy casualties. The Tiandao Army lost an entire thousand-man unit." Su Yu said coldly, "That is far worse than killing a few people! No wonder. Manor Lord Zhu is relatively soft-hearted. In Great Xia Prefecture, everyone from the All-Races Cult is put to death, whereas Great Ming Prefecture permits imprisonment, sentencing, or even redeeming oneself through service... Yet you were sent directly to me. Being sent to me means you can be executed on the spot." "I know. I only beg Lord Su to punish only the principal culprit and spare my family!" Sun Fei sighed. "I have passed the point of no return, but my family truly knows nothing." "Those of us in this line of work know that ruin will come sooner or later. Unless an entire clan defects, families are generally not implicated. Thus, I swear everything I have said is true; my family had no part in this... You have the Manor Lord's ear, my lord. Please... show mercy!" Su Yu did not indulge him and pressed on: "That is the Manor Lord's affair; he generally isn't so ruthless anyway. Does the Earth Fire Demon Cult have a stronghold in Great Ming Prefecture?" "No. The Earth Fire Demon Cult is active mainly in Great Song Prefecture. In places like Great Ming Prefecture, they only maintain a few scouts. Among the Shanhai Realm experts killed previously, one was a vice cult master of the Earth Fire Demon Cult. I knew him, and I used to report directly to him." He quickly added, "With his death, all the covert lines under his control entered a dormant state, so in truth, I haven't been exposed to them yet. As soon as someone takes over, I will soon be reactivated. My lord, I can redeem myself through service. I do not ask for my own life, only that you speak on behalf of my Sun family." Su Yu paid no heed to his plea, pondering for a moment. "You've entered the Lingyun Realm, so your standing in the Earth Fire Demon Cult shouldn't be too low. Can you contact anyone at the Sun Moon Realm?" "No, only Shanhai can." Sun Fei explained, "The hierarchy of the All-Races Cult is extremely strict. Normally, contact proceeds strictly tier by tier. Those at Lingyun are managed by Shanhai, and those at Shanhai maintain single-line contact with Sun Moon. Even then, they might not know the other's true identity. The higher the rank, the deeper they hide. Some of them actually possess legitimate, legal identities, or are even hegemonic figures in their own right." "Then what use are you? You seem pretty useless..." Sun Fei said hastily, "My lord, my identity hasn't been exposed to them! The Earth Fire Demon Cult will definitely contact and reactivate me sooner or later. At the very least, you can capture a Shanhai Realm expert!" Su Yu smiled. "Is that all?" Sun Fei felt a surge of dread and blurted, "No, there's more, my lord... I... I lived in the Earth Fire Demon Race's war theater for a time. I know some of their defensive layouts..." Su Yu waved a hand and chuckled. "That was years ago. Don't take others for fools. Anything they let traitors like you see was calculated. Trying to brush me off with that is completely meaningless." Panicking, Sun Fei pleaded, "I... I also know that outside the provincial capital of Tiandu Prefecture, there is an All-Races Cult stronghold. It belongs to the All-Races Cult as a whole, not just one sect—a trading post and mission depot for everyone..." "Does it still exist?" Su Yu smiled. "So many experts were slaughtered in Great Ming Prefecture this time. That trading post has probably disbanded." Sun Fei said urgently, "It might have disbanded, but it could still be there, or they might rebuild it. My lord, the All-Races Cult needs channels to trade too. Otherwise, upon reaching Tengkong or Lingyun, without necessary resources, there's no way to advance." "We'll see!" Su Yu thought it over and said, "As for your matter, I'll see how things go. Using you as bait might not necessarily reel in a Shanhai anyway. You've disappeared for several days, so you might already be compromised..." "No, absolutely not, my lord! I've always kept a low profile, and having just broken through to Lingyun, going into closed-door cultivation for a few days is completely normal." Su Yu chuckled. "Fine, noted!" With that, he rose and exited the room. Stepping out, he looked toward Water Person and the others and said with a smile, "Take notes on the rest of them. If anyone refuses to talk, One-Eye, you fellows can play with them however you like. It doesn't matter if you play them to death... Just no eating humans. Otherwise, do as you please!" One-Eye chuckled sinisterly, while Ju Shan asked in a muffled voice, "Smashing them into meat patties is fine, right?" "Go ahead!" Inside the cells, the detained captives were instantly gripped by terror! Three Shanhai great demons set upon them! These great demons were cold-blooded and ruthless. Su Yu was a human, so he was comparatively easier to deal with... well, not really easy, but relatively speaking, far more approachable than great demons. Many people were like that! Fierce at home, timid outside! No matter how strong a fellow human was, they felt they could push their luck. But when facing the myriad races, even a weak, minor race, the mere fact that they were yaomo made these people feel they were formidable and dared not provoke them. Su Yu had killed two people, which terrified them, but before the great demons had even killed anyone, these captives were already frightened out of their wits! Su Yu could not be bothered with them and strode outside. Having eliminated two pieces of scum, his mood had brightened considerably. He had also taken the opportunity to test his strength along the warrior path. It was decent, though his body forgings were still few. If he truly encountered a fourth-layer Lingyun who had opened 108 apertures and undergone eighteen body forgings, he would not be their match relying solely on the warrior path. These people were not yet true monstrous geniuses. A genuine monster opened 144 apertures, underwent thirty-six body forgings, and practiced top-tier methods of the Nine Yuan Qi Transformations. Forget Lingyun; Su Yu might struggle to match even a late-stage Tengkong of that caliber. "The road ahead is long!" Leaving the basement, his mood was somewhat improved, yet he still felt his strength was too meager. His progress was already fast! Even so, it still felt too slow. The Earth Fire Demon Cult... he would see if they could hook some big fish. …… Having vented his anger, Su Yu soon received good news. Zhu Tiandao sent an envoy delivering a substantial amount of the blood essence Su Yu required. It included xuan turtle blood essence at the Tengkong Realm. Who knew where he had gotten it! Great Ming Prefecture seemed to have only a single Shanhai xuan turtle, and the xuan turtle race was rare on the All-Heavens Battlefield as well. Su Yu had searched many times in Great Xia Prefecture without success, yet Great Ming Prefecture actually held reserves of Tengkong Realm blood essence. Su Yu was highly satisfied. Zhu Tiandao worked with great efficiency and provided immense support, swiftly delivering several dozen varieties of blood essence, allowing him to begin testing. …… Inside the secret chamber. Su Yu once again swallowed blood essence, testing one cultivation art after another. With every art he tested, he took detailed notes. Presently, he commanded an overwhelming number of arts, including several of the highest tier. He even possessed the innate talents of the Primordial God Race and Primordial Demon Race; God Transformation and Demon Descent were exceptionally potent. Su Yu had tested them once and felt they were even more formidable than Heaven-Cleaving Blade! 152 yuan apertures, including eight of the Kaiyuan nine apertures. According to Bai Feng's explanation, this was the pinnacle. The ultimate martial technique would presumably be one that opened 153 apertures, encompassing the entire set of Kaiyuan nine apertures! However, humans had attempted this many times, only for every attempt to end in failure. Once the Baihui aperture was incorporated, it invariably caused the practitioner to explode. Su Yu did not dwell on it; he had no leisure to develop a 360-aperture battle technique right now anyway. Once one truly mastered 360 apertures, there was no need for a dedicated battle technique—the cultivation art itself served as a natural battle technique. At present, Su Yu was not sufficiently familiar with it, his mastery not yet deep. "*Fire Dragon Art*... it's actually an offensive cultivation battle art, not a life-prolonging one. That means their race simply has a naturally long lifespan. Nothing can be done about that." Resigned, Su Yu activated and tested arts time after time. The races listed were all long-lived, but some races simply possessed innate longevity, which offered no usable technique. Soon, Su Yu tested the xuan turtle blood essence. "Xuan Turtle (seventh-layer Tengkong): Innate Skills: Turtle Breathing Technique (unlocked via blood essence), Diving (unlocked via blood essence), Turtle Shell Casting (unlocked via blood essence) Basic Yuan Art: Turtle Yuan Art Basic Body-Casting Art: Heavenly Turtle Shell Casting Art (unlocked via blood essence)" Su Yu frowned and consumed the blood essence to test further. The Turtle Breathing Technique... He tried it out. Its breath-concealing capability was quite potent, though an expert one realm higher could likely detect it. Of course, if he submerged in water while concealing his breath, combining both techniques, even an expert two realms higher might not detect him. "This is a good thing. With my Tengkong willpower, if I dive into water and conceal my breath, even a Shanhai might not spot me." "The Turtle Yuan Art does possess a slight life-force stimulating effect, but it feels far too faint." Su Yu shook his head. It wouldn't do! He felt a touch of disappointment, though it was acceptable. He hadn't harbored high expectations to begin with; the xuan turtle race was rather mediocre. He could keep the breath-concealing technique for his collection, but the rest could be dismissed. He proceeded to test several more arts. Some indeed produced effects, but they were underwhelming. Plunged into thought, Su Yu walked out of the secret chamber. Just then, Wen Zhong approached. Knowing Su Yu had likely been experimenting with blood essence or something similar, Wen Zhong spoke directly: "Junior Brother Su, if you're lacking leads, there is actually one race that might possess a method for extending life." "Which one?" "The Immortal Race!" Wen Zhong said gravely, "The Immortal Race is a long-lived race! They are also the most similar to humans. Years ago, when the Immortals entered the Human Realm, they even propagandized that Immortals were merely the evolved form of humans, enjoying boundless longevity. Joining the Immortal Race meant freedom from lifespan worries. Although the All-Races Cult lacks an established sect opened by the Immortal Race... we have always suspected that one exists in secret, just kept inconspicuous and deeply hidden. After all, the Immortal Race's longevity is a known fact; even gods and demons of the same realm do not live as long as Immortals." "The Immortal Race..." Su Yu's eyes gleamed. *I see!* He could contact Great Qin Prefecture! Qin Zhen of Great Qin Prefecture had mentioned wanting to kill an immortal maiden. Perhaps... he could obtain some from him! At worst, he could transmit the *Origin Spirit Aperture Opening Art* to Great Qin Prefecture at a lower price; that was of little consequence. "The Immortal Race..." Muttering the words once more, Su Yu agreed with Wen Zhong's assessment: the Immortal Race might indeed possess longevity methods. Immortal Race blood essence was probably beyond Zhu Tiandao's reach, right? There was no open war between humans and Immortals. Naturally, small-scale skirmishes occurred in secret, killing everyone to leave no trace, typically leaving no loose ends behind. At the thought, Su Yu felt a surge of excitement! It was worth a try!