Chapter 1080: Cornered Su Yu (2)

In truth, Su Yu was already extremely wealthy from selling his cultivation methods previously. He could make around a million each year. Even so, he would need hundreds of years to make as much as he had made not long ago. Not even Invincibles could accumulate wealth in such a manner since they had their own cultivation expenses and their family members to worry about.

While thinking about all that, he asked, "Are you paying with heavenly hunt points, blood essence, or other treasures?"

"Blood essence."

Red Soil took out a decent amount of Mountainsea blood essence from various races. Clearly, this guy had done a fair share of killing as well.

Shortly after, Su Yu retrieved a hundred portions of heavenly source qi from storage.

While handing it over, he asked, "Are you planning to stay in the city for a period of time?"

"See, this is what I hate about the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. You guys will always try to gather any information you can get your hands on. As a branch manager, you're from the Profound Department, right? Why are you snatching the job of the Heaven Department?"

Topsoil Spirit complained, showcasing his familiarity with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Meanwhile, Su Yu started wondering if this guy was a member as well. He had been told that a lot of geniuses were members as well. There were a lot of benefits to that. Firstly, one would be relatively immune to tracking. Secondly, one would enjoy a discount when buying from the pavilion.

Su Yu said, "If you don't wish to say anything, it's fine. I'm only asking because a lot of experts have decided to stop in the city lately."

"The Luminous Domain Mansion is opening soon. This is normal. This will last between half a year to one full year. Ninestar Island is the nearest island to the Luminous Domain Mansion, after all—"

Red Soil interrupted Topsoil Spirit and said, "Ninestar Island no longer exists."

"..."

Topsoil Spirit was left somewhat speechless. Damn it! Why did everything change while he was away? Even an island that had existed for countless years was gone. The two did not say more. They didn't have anything to say to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion anyway.

Soon, they left.

As for their message transmission, they could now do it through the index copy. Meanwhile, Su Yu started guessing about the message they were sending. Shortly after, he contacted First Profound.

"Elder, when can I start getting involved in message transmissions like those from the Yellow Department?"

He wanted to get more information about the index copy holders.

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Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

First Profound was left speechless yet again. Soon, he answered, "That will never happen unless you join the Yellow Department and become an elder there. Otherwise, even the Yellow Department members will only have access to the information about their own customers."

"In that case, won't we be at the mercy of the Yellow Department? They can easily get us killed by providing us with fake information."

Su Yu said, "For example, they can send us on a mission that is actually a trap. What if there are also traitors in there?"

"Don't use the word also."

Yes, this kid was a traitor himself, but he should really stop using the term "also", as though the pavilion was filled with people like him.

The elder said, "The Yellow Department is only in charge of communication. You are the one to decide if you want to accept the mission or not. If it really ends up as a trap, you can naturally hold them responsible after the mission."

Then, the elder asked, "Are you really suitable for your current position?"

He kept feeling like this was improper. This damn brat kept harboring bad intentions toward the pavilion. He had been worrying endlessly as of late. If the damn brat ended up creating a massive mess, he would be held liable as well since he was the elder in charge of this kid.

Su Yu ignored the question and said, "One more question, Elder. Can the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion know the identity of the person communicating with them through the index copy? For example, someone might lose their index copy and someone else might pick it up instead. How does the pavilion judge the identity of the person using the index copy?"

For example, the pavilion had remained completely oblivious when he had his ball talk to them previously.

The elder explained, "For the most part, only the index geniuses, those who were once on the index, and experts can get our index copies. And most of these experts have also been on the index before. Thus, we can determine their identities with relatively high accuracy. Also, we keep detailed records on the history of each index copy."

"If that's true, why did the pavilion fail to determine the identities of some people previously?"

This damn brat was probably talking about himself.

The annoyed elder said, "The ancient cities are filled with death qi, and that naturally interferes with our detection. Furthermore, your...I mean Su Yu's ancient beast is an extraordinary entity that has never been on the index before. That resulted in an error of judgment in the Yellow Department."

"What about those whose names have vanished from the index? Or those who have never been on the index? Will the pavilion recognize them through an index copy?"

First Profound was feeling more and more exhausted of talking to this brat. Wasn't it clear that the brat was asking about himself? Why beat around the bush? Just be straightforward about it!

"Yes. As long as your aura has been recorded before, the pavilion will recognize you through the index copy. But it's fine. You have an ancient beast with you, right? Its aura has never been recorded before. You can give it an index copy and get it to communicate with the pavilion on your behalf. With that, there is no worry of exposure."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu.

He said, "Elder, the inventory has been emptied of heavenly source qi. Can I sell my own stock to the next customer? And if I sell it directly instead of through the pavilion, do I still need to pay the fee of ten percent?"

"Of course. You can't skip the pavilion as long as it's a customer directed your way through the pavilion. The Yellow Department will first verify with you if the transaction can be completed before relaying it to the customer."

So that was how it was.

Su Yu nodded, "If I buy all the stock through through the forty percent discount available for members of my level, I can sell it at the original price and still earn thirty percent even after giving the pavilion its share of ten percent, right?"

"..."

Why was this little shit so obsessed with milking the pavilion dry?

First Profound replied, "Yes. But there is one thing I forgot to inform you previously. There is a limit to discounted internal purchases. For example, a white mask can only make a thousand heavenly hunt points worth of purchases with the discount each year."

What the fuck was that?

Su Yu cursed inwardly.

He had been finding this generosity suspicious. So he was right. The loophole was simply too big. He could simply purchase everything in the inventory and sell it instead. So it wouldn't work that way.

Su Yu said, "Elder, if I wish to purchase a few hundred thousand heavenly hunt points worth of items, will the Earth Department deliver them all here?"

"Yes. But forget about it. The Heaven Department will personally deliver these high-value purchases. The Profound Department won't be in charge of it."

This damn little shit was thinking of robbery again, right? Nope. Dream on! This was such a tiring subordinate to have. What a troublemaker. First Profound wondered if this was the right thing to do. If he had known about this earlier, he wouldn't have recruited Su Yu.

The elder lost his patience and asked, "Profound Nine, just what are you trying to do? Can't you calm down a little?"

Su Yu replied promptly, "I'm not planning anything. I only wish to stock up before sealing the city. No, I'm not doing this to kill. I'll only seal the city to force everyone to buy my stuff. I'll be so rich if I can pull this off!"

Su Yu continued, "The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's main goal involves creating chaos and getting rich, right? Grandstar City is too peaceful at the moment. I suggest that we have Su Yu seal the city. At that time, the people in the city will be forced to buy our stuff. We'll be rich!"

"..."

Wow. What an amazing plan. First Profound couldn't help but be tempted. With the city sealed, some people would definitely not have enough heavenly source qi to survive. This was actually feasible! Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had always been good at war profiteering. It might not be easy to pull this off in any other city, but Grandstar City was different.

"We can do this once or twice, but not too frequently as people will start suspecting us."

"I understand."

Su Yu nodded. He was right. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was indeed a lover of chaos and calamity.

He had been quite free as of late so he might as well do something. He wasn't even doing this because he wanted to kill more people. Rather, he wanted to force more people to convert into residents. This wasn't something he would consider previously, but he was already a mayor, right? He naturally had to be responsible for his new position.

He might not fear death qi, but he still wouldn't mind reducing the burden on him if possible. Having more residents would only benefit him.

Those residents could help share the burden of the death qi. Additionally, he also believed that he needed some strong subordinates. Just look at the pitiful state Grandstar City was in. Even now, it still didn't have any guards, commanders, or night patrollers.

He didn't even have anyone to collect the entrance fees from all the visitors. This was too miserable.

He also needed to get the people blockading the mayor's residence killed. Otherwise, everyone would be encouraged to do that. He needed to preserve his dignity as the mayor. He had to tell the myriad races to stop provoking him. Anyone with the courage to form a blockade around him would die.

Why hadn't anyone dared to do this when the dark devil dragon was the mayor? Why hadn't anyone dared to do this to Tian He? They were clearly bullying him for being weak!

He only needed to kill some people and they wouldn't dare to do so anymore. He had killed a lot of people before, but he had relied on all sorts of tricks instead of killing with his own two hands. Strictly speaking, the red toad was the sole Sunmoon he had killed with his own hands.

He had to leave no doubt that this city was his. Any visitor would need to be obedient in his city. He could take advantage of the Luminous Domain Mansion's opening to make a large amount of money.

With that thought, he started gathering information about all the visitors. That way, he would be able to find a way to kill those people. He had to teach them all that he did not kill for no reason. He would only kill those attempting to blockade him in the city. He had to be rational when killing lest he scared off all future visitors.

Profound Nine's identity would be perfect for information gathering. After all, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was an information peddler.

Furthermore, there were actually some other Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members operating in the city. For example, some Heaven Department members were gathering information in the city.

"Perhaps I can further spread my influence. Those ten black mask underlings need to be put to work as well..."

He needed to spread his influence in all aspects. It would be even better if he could make all the black masks into the residents of his city. That way, he would have a tighter grip on them. He had recently learned that the resident of an ancient city would not be able to survive long in a different ancient city. Thus, each resident would be bound to the city they had converted at.

"I need a large number of experts to convert into my citizens. Kill, establish my prestige, and spread my influence. Even better if I can travel around with the city and use the stone statue as my personal club. That way, my territory will be wherever I'm at."

Only then would his security be guaranteed. Having made up his mind, Su Yu did not delay. He walked out of the branch to start his work. Outside, the sky was slowly turning dark. He did not mind. Soaring into the sky, he flickered and vanished like a specter as he headed toward the mayor's residence.