Chapter 1198: Warning (3)

When Su Yu looked at the department head again, he grew slightly doubtful. Why did this guy give him the best excuse he would need to help the multiple character faction? It couldn't be that this guy was suspecting him, right?

The department head said, "It's normal for everyone to think for themselves. The third and eighth elders are trying to use this chance to seize the carrier treasures. As far as the two of you are concerned, the Culture Tomb has a lower priority. I understand that. But remember. You should always prioritize the pavilion. Without the pavilion, you will be alone. And things never end well for someone like that in the Allheaven Battlefield. As long as you don't do anything that will harm the pavilion, we won't mind turning a blind eye. Do you understand me?"

"Yes."

All three of them answered at the same time.

Behind the masks of the third and eighth elders, their faces were already beaded with sweat. Clearly, the department head had also seen through what they were thinking.

Culture Tomb?

That wasn't even too useful for the two of them. They were more interested in the carrier treasures. If there were two carrier treasures in the ruin, they could split it among them. That was all they needed since they were already Pseudo Invincibles with one tri-life body captured each.

In fact, this was the goal of many Pseudo Invincibles. After all, becoming a proper Emperor was too far a prospect for them. Becoming an Invincible was far a more immediate concern. Thus the Yellow Department head had arrived to warn them after seeing through all the scheming going on.

He had essentially told Su Yu that he could protect the multiple character faction if he wanted, but it must not interfere with the pavilion's chances at getting the Culture Tomb.

Su Yu was feeling quite speechless. He was wondering if he offered the Culture Tomb to the pavilion, could he hire six Invincibles to kill the traitor before helping Xia Longwu with his dao affirmation? If that was possible, he wouldn't mind giving them the Culture Tomb. Sure, it seemed important and valuable. But he was not too concerned about it. Losing it would sever the multiple character faction's legacy? So be it.

Surviving was much more important. As long as one remained alive, the future would be filled with limitless possibilities. Unfortunately, he did not have the courage to make his offer. He wasn't stupid enough to expose his identity at this stage of the plan. The pavilion was never a friend.

***

Done with admonishing the three, the department head left.

All three of them rejoiced at surviving the meeting. They also felt closer to each other after the shared experience.

Su Yu laughed and said, "Elders, so you're aiming for the carrier treasures?"

Since they had been working together for a period of time, the eighth elder had warmed up considerably to him. He sighed and said, "At our point, isn't that the only thing we need? Carrier treasures are too rare. We have both exhausted our savings of many years just for our first carrier treasures. This is a very rare opportunity for us. In fact, many elders in the Enforcement Unit coveted this opportunity, but the two of us were the lucky ones to get deployed here."

"If we miss this chance, we might need to wait a hundred or even a thousand years before we can earn enough to buy another carrier treasure and attempt our dao affirmation."

Thus, the carrier treasures had been their goal since the beginning. And the department head had exposed their personal goal.

Su Yu sighed understandingly, "And I'm only trying to survive. But the head was right. Our best course of action is to obtain everything in the ruin and help the multiple character faction while we're at it if possible. I can even take this chance to negotiate with Su Yu. Even if the ruin can't help me sever my death qi connection, I will try to do it inside the Luminous Domain Mansion. With Su Yu's favor, perhaps I can get him to help with the death spirit instead of sending someone else to kill it. I've made a mockery of myself by trying to insert my personal agenda on pavilion business."

The third elder said, "It's fine. It is only natural that everyone will think for themselves. In fact, you will look a lot more suspicious if you claim that you are willing to put your survival aside for the pavilion. For the most part, someone like that will either be an unblemished saint or someone with much bigger ambitions."

Su Yu said, "Unfortunately, with the reminder from the head, I doubt I'll dare to pursue my personal agendas utilizing the strength of the pavilion anymore."

"Don't worry about it." The eighth elder said, "It's no big deal. The head doesn't mind either. He wouldn't have stopped with only a tiny warning otherwise."

Su Yu nodded.

But inwardly, he was still quite alarmed. What was up with the head? That was the person who had suggested his deployment to the Human Realm. After the assistance he rendered Liu Wenyan, the head arrived to admonish him. But in the process, the head had also provided him a much better cover to continue helping the multiple character faction. Could it be that...the head knew who he was?

No, wait. If First Profound was a human, the person to know about it should be the head of the Profound Department. This shouldn't have anything to do with the Yellow Department. After all, First Profound did not belong to the Yellow Department.

Su Yu felt his head hurt. This was quite confusing. He decided that he needed to be even more careful. It was very hard for him to stay calm when meeting these Invincibles.

Fortunately, his characters had grown stronger than before. To be precise, his overall strength had increased considerably. Unless the department head inspected him in detail, it was unlikely that the head would notice anything.

Even someone as strong as Great Ming King hadn't been able to see through his disguise at one glance. Meanwhile, the department head had only sent a tri-life body here. That shouldn't be enough to see through his disguise. Su Yu continued comforting himself.

But suddenly, he gnashed his teeth unhappily. He was still too weak. He vowed to complete his sixty-first forging later that day and stop running around for a few days to complete his sixty-second forging as well.

At that point, he would have a strength surpassing 660,000 acupoints. Coupled with his yang acupoint and the 144 semi-transformed acupoints, he could probably muster the strength of around 800,000 acupoints.

A regular first-stage Sunmoon would have the strength of 300,000 acupoints. A regular second-stage Sunmoon could probably reach 500,000 acupoints. At the third stage, that would increase to around 800,000 acupoints. In other words, if he worked hard for a few days, he could probably face a regular third-stage Sunmoon.

Furthermore, his body would probably be strong enough to consume sixth-stage Sunmoon blood essence by then. That would probably turn him into a fake sixth-stage Sunmoon, right?

"Now, I'll have to wait for Teacher Liu to reach Nanyuan."

Su Yu decided to enter seclusion until then. He had to stop his activities for a bit anyway. He was worried that if he kept on, the myriad races would probably be so provoked that they set him as the priority target instead. After all, he had just killed over twenty Sunmoons. That was quite a big deal.

***

While Su Yu was preparing to enter seclusion.

Somewhere in the wilderness.

After coughing yet another mouthful of blood, Ye Hongyan looked at the First Divine Sect master who was facing her with his back a,nd asked with some hesitation, "Are you really Nan Wujiang?"

She was still staying wary, keeping Liu Wenyan protected behind her.

"No." The sect master replied, "That's a lie by Lan Tian and Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."

"No? Why did you help us, then?"

The sect master replied indifferently, "I was requested to do so."

"By who?"

"You will know in the future."

Then, the sect master vanished with a flicker. His voice rang out in the air, "Liu Wenyan, watch yourself. Too many people are trying to kill you. As for Ji Hong, he'll be coming with him. It is better for you to not know what he knows lest you err in your judgment."

"Just who exactly are you?"

Liu Wenyan asked, but the sect master was already gone.

Ye Hongyan looked around and shook her head, "He's gone. All this is too confusing. First, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion appeared to kill those people. Then, the First Divine Sect master appeared to save you. Wenyan, your luck...is unrivaled."

Things had been so dangerous Ye Hongyan had considered detonating herself to kill their enemies. After all, they were faced with dozens of Sunmoons and two Pseudo Invincibles. But somehow...they survived. Instead, their enemies were the ones who had suffered gravely.

Liu Wenyan was quite confused as well. He said, "Was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion...really hired by Su Yu?" That was such an expensive price. Five hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid. Liu Wenyan wondered if he could get that much even if he were to sell himself off.

Ye Hongyan said, "There is no worthier student than that."

Liu Wenyan nodded. Whatever. For now, he should stop worrying about things he didn't understand. He should prioritize returning to Nanyuan.