Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1160: Culture Tomb (1)

Su Yu was still unaware of the result reached by the higher-ups of the pavilion. But it did not take him long to receive the latest update.

Learning about the high price he was told to charge, he realized something. His original suggestion, one drop of Sunmoon blood essence, was not enough. He had been looking down on the pavilion too much. What was the pavilion known for? Their greed. He himself had scolded them many times for their greed.

How could he sell such an important piece of information for such a cheap price? As for the idea of creating a group before charging anyone wishing to join the group, that wasn't even an original idea. That was actually a tradition of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

In fact, this same practice had once infuriated him so much previously that he refused to participate, forcing the pavilion to pay Niu Baidao two hundred strands of heavenearth profound light.

Just by providing a venue for Su Yu to negotiate with the myriad races, the pavilion had charged each participant one drop of Sunmoon blood essence. And this time, the information they were selling was much more valuable than a simple venue of negotiation.

Su Yu easily agreed to carry out the order faithfully.

Everyone with an index copy received a new update. The information about the ruin would be released in a small group. To join the group, one needed to pay ten drops of Sunmoon blood essence. Of course, if one didn't mind being late to the party, one could always wait to learn from others instead.

Of course, that would require a high level of trust in the words of others. Nothing was more reliable than first-hand information. Would anyone dare to trust what others told them for something this important?

Trust? There was no such thing. With the abundance of lies, schemes, and traps in the Allheaven Battlefield, anyone experienced with the world would not dare to easily put their trust on others.

***

"Ten drops?"

People were cursing all over Nanyuan.

Inside a certain building, someone looked at Yuan Qingdong and asked, "Is this the information discovered by that Profound Nine guy? Why did you spare him the last time you encountered him?"

Yuan Qingdong was left quite speechless. Piss off. He was the one who had nearly died during that encounter. How was he supposed to kill Profound Nine?

Naturally, he didn't dare to tell them about that. According to his story, he had suffered the sneak attack of Rainbow One, a middle-staged Sunmoon. That was why he had been injured so heavily. He was too embarrassed to admit that he had nearly died in Profound Nine's hands.

Yuan Qingdong had just arrived not long ago. After thinking about it, he said, "The more expensive the price, the more important and accurate this information is."

That made sense. They believed that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would not ask for such a high price for no reason.

"In that case, we only need to pay for one person. It's too expensive for all of us to join the group."

Yes. This was a price that even these Invincible descendants found expensive. Even when one killed a Sunmoon, one would only be able to get ten drops of blood essence from the corpse. This was incredibly expensive, considering this was a price for merely some information.

They finally understood how Su Yu felt previously. After working his ass off to scam the myriad races, he had most likely earned less than the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Information had always been the most valuable product to peddle.

Yuan Qingdong agreed with that suggestion. They had quite a lot of people in their group, and all of them were Sunmoons. They only needed to pay around one drop per person to gather the required fee. Shared among them, the price no longer felt as expensive.

"I don't have any issue with this suggestion."

Yuan Qingdong nodded and said, "But even after buying the information, I suggest we keep a low profile. Don't charge at the very front. Too many experts have arrived recently. Things aren't as peaceful anymore."

"What is there for us to fear?" One of them laughed, "Qingdong, did you become cowardly after staying in Great Xia? Yes, you were injured not long ago, but you're still fine. And you have been doing quite decently in Great Xia Cultural Research Academy as well. Even the Xia Family will need to show you some respect."

Yuan Qingdong wanted to tell them that they were too naive. What the fuck were they even thinking? But his bragging had also played a part in that, so he couldn't really blame them. He did not have the courage, or to be precise, he was too ashamed to admit that he wasn't actually doing that well in Great Xia. Here, everyone could run their mouth against him if they felt like it.

All his reports to the Knowledge Seeking Realm had been slightly altered to not fully reflect reality, giving everyone the impression that he was doing very well here. But he had recently realized that he was actually still quite respectable in Great Xia. Ji Hong and Hu Dehao wouldn't have been sent to save him during the previous incident otherwise. He had misjudged!

Yuan Qingdong naturally wouldn't explain to his friends that he had only lured them over to serve as a protective net around him. If he told them that, they would probably be the first to get rid of him.

Apart from Yuan Qingdong, there actually was a second Sunmoon deployed by the Knowledge Seeking Realm. That person was from Knowledge Seeking Realm's Zheng Family.

After Jin Yuhui's death, the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy was left without a principal. Thus, Zheng Yunhe was sent by the Knowledge Seeking Realm to serve as the new principal.

At around the same time, the Knowledge Seeking Realm had also deployed a different person to Great Ming Cultural Research Academy, but that person was forced to return after a series of unfortunate incidents without being able to assume his post in Great Ming Cultural Research Academy.

Zheng Yunhe was also in the group. He merely shot Yuan Qingdong a glance without saying anything. Was this guy really doing well? Nonsense!

Zheng Yunhe was certain that he was doing very badly in Great Xia. And Yuan Qingdong was in a similar situation. Or perhaps things were even worse for Yuan Qingdong. But reputation was very important to them.

No matter how miserable they were, they had to uphold their reputation. Thus, neither of the two exposed the other. These friends of theirs had not experienced the cruelty of society. They knew nothing. In Great Xia, one could lose one's life at any moment. This place was extremely dangerous. These people had no idea.

With so many of their friends around them, the two of them felt a lot safer than before.

"Let's pay and wait."

Before long, they reached a decision. They would pay.

At this time, those who could afford it started paying while the less wealthy ones started pooling their money with their acquaintances. They were all trying their best to hear directly from the pavilion. It simply was too unsafe to purchase the information from someone else as this information could be easily turned into a deathly trap.

This was happening all over Great Xia.

Additionally, the pavilion had also assigned Su Yu a higher level of authority, enabling him to sell to the entire Human Realm.

***

Not far from Nanyuan.

While strolling through the wilderness, Mo Duona smiled and looked somewhere behind him, "Huang Teng, why are you following me?"

Further away from Mo Duona, Huang Teng was standing proudly with a blade in hand. Naturally, he was maintaining a considerable distance from Mo Duona.

When he heard the question, he smiled, "I'm escorting you since I'm worried you won't know your way around."

Mo Duona ignored Huang Teng and continued his stroll. He wasn't moving too quickly. This was his first time here so he wished to take in more sights. Compared to the Devil Realm, the Human Realm was far more peaceful. However, Great Xia was also a place with a stern and militaristic atmosphere.

Suddenly, Mo Duona asked, "Do you know someone called Profound Nine from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion well?"

"Hmm?"

Huang Teng was surprised that Mo Duona was speaking to him again. He replied, "How am I supposed to know him well? Great Xia will not spare that person. Mo Duona, I reckon you won't be able to leave the Human Realm alive either."

"Is that so?" Mo Duona chuckled and said, "By the way, I'm quite interested in Profound Nine. I have learned of what he did in the Human Realm. Do you think he's from the younger generation or the older generation?"

"If he's someone from the younger generation, he would have entered the Heavenly Hunt Index long ago. But he also doesn't feel old. Those from the older generation are a lot calmer."

This was Mo Duona's conclusion. He believed Profound Nine wasn't too old. That was someone filled with youthful vigor. There simply wasn't a need to strike back against the Xia Family due to a failed mission. Someone from the older generation would be a lot calmer since they had experienced more.

That was especially true if this was a white mask of the pavilion. Someone like that would have experienced a lot in the Allheaven Battlefield if that was someone from the older generation. The way Profound Nine did things felt too vigorous and young.

Huang Teng was not interested in that topic. He was only here to keep an eye on Mo Duona. His mission wasn't to kill, nor was he able to kill Mo Duona. But he knew very well that Mo Duona might look calm, but this was actually an extremely arrogant person.

Anyone else put on this task would probably be slapped into mincemeat by Mo Duona. Meanwhile, a fellow index genius would at least be qualified to serve as a conversation partner.

In truth, this was how most geniuses would act. They would look down on anyone less talented, including those who were stronger simply because they had lived longer.

Thus, very few people could take on the task of monitoring Mo Duona. Qin Fang had been sent to monitor Zhan Wushuang. As for the other human index geniuses, they all had their targets as well. For example, Wu Qi was assigned to monitor Ming Yue.

The human still had some index geniuses, but since there weren't that many of them, even people like Shan Xiong had been put to use. Normally, these human geniuses would have some conflicts with each other. But now, they were all deployed against the myriad race geniuses.

Mo Duona suddenly said, "Are you interested in what Profound Nine discovered in Nanyuan?"

"What do you mean?"

"What do you think about listening to what he has to say?"

"No money."

Huang Teng gave a simple answer. He couldn't afford it. That was all.

Mo Duona laughed, "Don't worry. I'll join and let you know. Maybe...it will be very interesting. It is very rare for the pavilion to ask for such a high price for some information. Ten drops of Sunmoon blood essence...I believe this information must be very valuable."

"Mo Duona, you talk too much."

"I can't help being talkative when I'm in a new environment." Mo Duona said, "I'm not familiar with the Human Realm and I don't have too many people I can talk to here. In a way, we're still quite familiar with each other so I can't help being kore talkative. After all, I'm nervous since I'm in an unfamiliar environment."

Huang Teng was surprised. He laughed, "You? Nervous?"

"Why not?" Mo Duona said, "No matter how strong and how talented one is, it is perfectly normal to feel nervous in an unfamiliar environment unreachable to one's Invincible backers, right?"

"True." Huang Teng asked, "I have always been curious about one thing. How many times have you forged your body?"

"What do you think?"

"At least forty times." Huang Teng asked, "Am I right?"

Mo Duona merely smiled without answering.

"How did you do that?" Huang Teng asked curiously, "At the thirty-sixth forging, it is too hard to complete further forgings. Firstly, most cultivation methods are incapable of that. Secondly, it is also too stressful on the body. Thirdly, it is also too expensive. You don't seem like someone who has stopped at the thirty-seventh or thirty-eighth forging."

"I think you should ask your fellow human, Su Yu, this question instead." Mo Duona replied, "He seemed to have killed the red toad Sunmoon relying on only his physical strength. Even if he did consume a drop of blood essence toward the end, he was able to fight that red toad evenly in the beginning. Su Yu...is probably not weaker than me. Maybe he's even stronger."

Huang Teng nodded, "True. But...I don't know him too well. Furthermore, he used to be a citizen of Great Xia. He also has some resentment toward Great Xia. Even if I do ask him, he might not necessarily tell me the truth."