Chapter 1531: Dummy (3)

Su Yu started fleeing clumsily.

Inwardly, he was lamenting that death spirits were indeed easy to fool. These fellows had taken the bait without any thought. Then again, this was understandable. This was the Death Realm. The dead were not known for their cunning. That might be why.

Fine, fine. Su Yu decided to be kind and teach them a lesson. They might be dead, but one could still learn after dying, right? He opened his yang acupoint and slowly released the seal around his heart. His death qi started fading away even as he started borrowing a bit of Xing Yue's strength.

He only needed to do one thing: punch his opponent.

If one punch was not enough, he would punch a few more times.

Just as the younger tiger's claws reached the back of Su Yu's head, he coldly said, "Die, Kid!"

Suddenly, Su Yu turned around and threw a punch. The tiger did not even bother to avoid the attack. There was no way he would miss such a target. Just before his punch struck, he wondered if there were heavenly rewards for killing death sovereigns.

Probably not.

He had killed quite a lot of death spirits before, but he had never been rewarded for it. He could harvest their blood essence, but their blood essence wasn't too useful for him. No, that wasn't right. Perhaps he could open a new page for the death spirits.

A new idea emerged in Su Yu's mind. Yes. There was that option. It would be a waste not to store such a powerful death spirit in his book. The death spirit race was also a race. Even if they weren't considered a proper race, it was his own book he was filling. If he decreed them a race, they would be a race.

Boom!

A deafening rumble rang out. The younger tiger didn't even have the chance to say anything. The only thing he felt was shock. Was he hit? Then, his body burst apart, sending his flesh, bones, and blood everywhere.

The elder tiger blanked out slightly. Just as he turned his head to look in Su Yu's direction, a palm appeared behind him.

He Tu.

He Tu was feeling incredibly excited. His feelings were also slightly mixed about this. Sure enough, working with the living felt a lot better. When Su Yu promised to do something, he would do it. When He Tu recalled his experiences cooperating with death spirits before, he felt like coughing blood from anger. Death spirits were too hard to work with.

They would always mess things up when it mattered. This was his perfect opportunity to deal with the two tigers. They were his greatest enemies in the region. With them out of the way, he would be the hegemon of this region.

His palm landed, causing cracks to appear on the body of the elder tiger. With a blank expression, Dummy threw a punch at the tiger as well. Then, Dummy stared at He Tu blankly. He Tu ignored Dummy and continued attacking. The tiger was injured, but a death sovereign wouldn't die so easily. He had to completely destroy the body to finish the job.

***

At the same time.

Su Yu pulled his book out and enlarged it. Hundreds of Sunmoon projections emerged from the book before devouring the scattered remains of the death sovereign. Finally, he grabbed a crystal-like item and stared at it doubtfully. Was this the so-called death imprint?

He had never gotten something like this from the weak death spirits he had killed in the past. What could he do with this? Previously, he had heard from both He Tu and Xing Yue that the death qi and death imprint were the main goals of death spirits when killing other death spirits.

Within the translucent crystal, a struggling miniature tiger could be seen. Su Yu did not spend much time on it and resealed his heart before storing the crystal in his book.

***

A short while later.

He Tu roared with laughter as he praised, "Well done, Su Yu!"

"It's no big deal."

Su Yu smiled. With how dumb the death spirits were, how hard could killing them be? This was truly not a big deal for him.

Killing these death sovereigns felt much easier than killing Blood Fire. Even when Blood Fire was greatly injured, there was still a risk of having him turn the situation around. Meanwhile, such risk was nonexistent when facing the two tiger death sovereigns.

He Tu said in excitement, "This is not a small deal. I have been having a hard time dealing with the two of them at once. When I recruited help, the other death sovereigns were too unreliable. They would always mess things up at the end. It was so annoying."

Su Yu laughed. When he noticed the crystal in He Tu's hand, he asked, "Lord, is this a death imprint?"

"Yes." He Tu smiled, "This is a treasure. These brothers were ancient experts. They were already seventh-degree Eternals right after awakening. Consuming their imprints will strengthen my imprint and return more of my memories. It is helpful in gaining more strength and intelligence."

He looked at Su Yu and said, "You must have received one as well. Since you can't use it, you might as well give it to me. I will hand the other treasures I don't need to you later."

Su Yu smiled, "Not this time. My imprint is reserved for Lord Xing Yue."

Not far away, the weakened Xing Yue walked out of her hiding place. When she heard that, she coldly said, "I don't need it!"

Su Yu said, "What are you saying, Lord? I am your loyal subordinate. Have you forgotten that? What's mine is yours and what's yours is mine. Lord, this is my contribution. You only need to bestow me with a small reward to thank me."

He was using the same trick on Xing Yue.

And it was incredibly effective. Xing Yue pretended to sink into thought for a while before coldy saying, "I will kill a few Eternals for their carrier treasures as your reward."

"Thank you, Lord!"

As he said that, he tossed the crystal over. Xing Yue caught the crystal with a satisfied expression. The tiger brothers were not death sovereigns she could kill or she would have killed them long ago. Thus, this imprint could be considered a valuable treasure for her as well.

"Not bad."

Xing Yue even deigned to give Su Yu praise, even if she sounded quite stiff saying it. This was a tolerable subordinate to have. She had made the right choice in converting him back then.

She even gave He Tu a provocative stare, reminding him that Su Yu was her subordinate, not his.

He Tu couldn't even be bothered to react.

He was happy with the crystal he had obtained. He looked at Dummy and said in astonishment, "Hey! Why do you still look so dumb after consuming the life death fruit?"

He asked curiously, "Dummy, do you still remember me?"

"He...He Tu..."

Dummy replied with the same blank look. He Tu nodded with satisfaction. Not bad. Dummy still remembered him.

"Dummy, you seemed to have regained some memories previously. So who are you?"

Dummy stared at He Tu before staring at Su Yu. A look of clarity and confusion alternated in his eyes repeatedly for a long while before he answered, "Grave...Gravekeeper..."

"..."

He Tu blanked out slightly before asking, "Gravekeeper? Which grave? There were a lot of gravekeepers back then."

Meanwhile, Su Yu's eyes flickered as he asked, "Gravekeeper? The grave of Culture King?"

"..."

After struggling with himself for a long while, Dummy nodded.

"The previous Gravekeeper?"

Su Yu frowned. The person with the Culture Tomb would be the Gravekeeper, right?

He hurriedly asked again, "Do you know Liu Wenyan?"

Was this Ye Batian? Dummy stood there blankly with no response.

"Ye Batian?"

Dummy continued blanking out, as though he was in deep thought.

Su Yu raised his brow. He didn't even know Ye Batian? Wasn't the Gravekeeper supposed to be related to the multiple character faction?

Multiple character faction. First principal, Xia Chen. Third principal, Nan Wujiang. Fifth principal, Ye Batian...they all came from the same line. As for the second and fourth principals, they weren't from the multiple character faction.

Thus, the line began with Xia Chen, followed by Nan Wujiang, followed by Ye Batian, Yun Chen, and Wan Tiansheng, followed by Liu Wenyan, Xia Longwu, and Hong Tan, followed by Bai Feng, and Chen Yong, before finally reaching Su Yu and Wu Jia.

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something and exclaimed, "Principal Xia Chen!"

The third principal was not dead, and Ye Batian did not seem to have inherited the position of the Gravekeeper. Rather, he had inherited the position of a titled general. If this was the Gravekeeper, this must be...Xia Chen. The first principal.

Su Yu was greatly surprised. Xia Chen was indeed someone familiar with Great Qin King. He was someone from Great Xia King's generation, the cousin of Great Xia King.

He had founded the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy and the Knowledge Seeking Realm. He had also founded the multiple character faction. One could say that without Xia Chen, a lot of things wouldn't have existed or happened in the Human Realm.

Su Yu was unaware of how Xia Chen had died. He only recalled that Xia Chen had yet to affirm his dao prior to his death. In that case, how could the powerful Dummy be Xia Chen?

With a struggling look in his eyes, Dummy said, "You...you are..."

"Do you know Nan Wujiang?"

"I...I..."

He Tu said, "Stop asking. His memories are unstable. He might need a death imprint to stabilize his memories. Xia Chen? How interesting. Is this the character pioneer of the tenth epoch?"

That was a name even He Tu knew.

In fact, even Xing Yue knew this name. She looked at him doubtfully and asked, "He's Xia Chen? I met Xia Chen once back then. Clad in his fluttering white robes and equipped with one sword, he roamed the Myriad Realms and dominated the various experts. How is he so stupid?"

Su Yu rolled his eyes. What stupid question was that? He was dead. How smart could he be? Also, what was that about fluttering white robes? Was she talking about her? Did Xia Chen have the same preference as well?

Dummy gnashed his teeth and struggled to say more, "I...guard...grave...Culture Tomb...inauspicious...multiple character faction...discard it..."

Suddenly, Dummy punched the ground and released a burst of aura. Then, he calmed down again. His nature as a death spirit finally prevailed, suppressing the tiny bit of memories he had. Once again, he stood there blankly.

He Tu rubbed his chin and said, "Don't bother asking more. His memories are suppressed again. Looks like he's keeping some major secrets. He might have sealed his memories prior to his death. It won't be easy unsealing those memories after death."

Meanwhile, Su Yu's heart was thumping madly.

Culture Tomb!

Inauspicious?

This wasn't the first time he heard this. But why had he never felt anything inauspicious about it? The old turtle had said the same thing before. A big shot like the old turtle wouldn't give such a warning for no reason. Was the Culture Tomb really problematic? But why couldn't he feel anything?

He stared at Dummy and frowned. Was that really Xia Chen? The first principal...and the Gravekeeper.

Did he become the Gravekeeper through his ownership over the Culture Tomb? Or had he always been the Gravekeeper? Had he been in the ruin all along before leaving with the Culture Tomb?

Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind.

"I need to learn more about Xia Chen after returning."

He had never paid much attention to the first principal before this. Compared to the fifth principal, the first principal was far less popular. In fact, Su Yu didn't even know Xia Chen's name during his time in the academy. He had only learned of that name in the Hundred Dao Pagoda.

He didn't know anything about Xia Chen's death. He only knew that the willpower grotto was left behind by Xia Chen. And that was an incredible grotto.

"Nan Wujiang might know more."

Nan Wujiang was the student of the first principal. The first principal had died not long after the founding of Great Xia. Was there a special reason behind his death? More importantly, how was Dummy so strong if he was the first principal?

Even He Tu was only a seventh-degree Eternal after awakening. And Dummy was about as strong as He Tu. Was he supposed to be a ninth-degree Eternal prior to his death? Was that a joke?

Why couldn't Dummy recover all his memories right now? Why couldn't he explain more about why the Culture Tomb was inauspicious?