Chapter 1614: Su Yu The Saint (3)

Marquis Xia left, leaving Su Yu to smile alone in the room.

Interesting.

He had to admit that Marquis Xia had successfully swayed him. Previously, he had rejected the offer because it was pointless. It wasn't like the position would make the human Invincibles or even the other humans obey him. What was the point?

But now...why would he even need them to obey him? He only needed the legitimacy provided by the position.

"The position alone is enough. I can't do much even after learning about the traitor without a proper position here. But with the position...hehehe, I can kill the traitor directly."

Su Yu narrowed his eyes. What could anyone even say about that? Was it wrong to kill a traitor? As the leader of the holy land, anyone he declared a traitor would be one, regardless of the truth. It didn't matter what the others thought. He was the leader in name. They couldn't do anything against him openly.

"Sure enough, using the brain can be a lot more useful than using only the fist."

Su Yu didn't know if the other Invincibles had considered this possibility. Perhaps they had. That was why they were so against this proposal. Or perhaps they simply disliked him. He couldn't be sure.

Before long, Su Yu sent Zhu Tiandao a message.

Zhu Tiandao was quite a famous person as well, especially after his recent feats as the Invincible-killer. His words would hold a lot of weight.

***

With Su Yu's agreement, both the Xia and Zhu Families got to work.

The next day.

Early in the morning, things started changing in the various prefectures.

In a certain busy morning market.

A storyteller spoke, "Mayor Su has returned to the Human Realm. Is anyone aware of this? He returned yesterday. His entourage...was incredibly impressive. Thirty-five Invincibles and five Pseudo Emperors acted as his mere honor guard. Do you even know what an Invincible is? Just view them as the same type of people as our founding kings. Wait, you don't know what a Pseudo Emperor is? What have you been doing at school? Are you stupid? A Pseudo Emperor is someone at the level of the Immortal Pseudo Emperor, Devil Pseudo Emperor, and the Divine Pseudo Emperor."

"Which five, you ask? Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor, the two Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperors, and the Spirit Suppression Pseudo Emperor."

"You only listed four!"

"Four? Can you even count? Did you not hear me talk about the death spirit Pseudo Emperor? Yes. Mayor Su's influence reaches even the Death Realm. He has a wide support base there. That was how he killed an immortal expert in the Death Realm."

"You would never be able to imagine the sight of five Pseudo Emperors descending from the sky. Yesterday, numerous Invincibles and multiple Pseudo Emperors graced the Eastrift Valley with their presence. Mayor Su, the gloriously talented cultivator, loves humanity too much. Thus, he has returned to discuss the resistance against the myriad races with our Invincibles."

"The myriad races are still trying to exterminate humanity. The immortals have also exposed their wild ambitions. They attempted to kill Great Qin King in the Luminous Domain Mansion. Great Qin King was gravely injured during the battle. Fortunately, Su Yu was there to save the day! He killed five immortal Invincibles and Blood Fire Devil King. Yes. Just like that, he spilled the blood of the leader of the blood fire devils."

***

That day, Su Yu's name spread all over the Human Realm.

A hero.

A genius.

A living saint.

During the recent conflicts, he had helped humanity either covertly or openly by killing numerous powerful enemies. He had also eradicated the infamous Myriad Race Cult.

Zhu Tiandao of Great Ming was also caught muttering about Su Yu's greatness multiple times. According to Zhu Tiandao, Su Yu was a saint and savior of humanity.

The same was happening in Great Xia. Everyone was singing him praises, lauding him as the great savior of humanity.

According to the rumors, Great Qin King wished to establish a new holy land. He had gained the support of Great Xia King, Great Zhou King, and Great Ming King to appoint Su Yu as the leader, but Su Yu was unwilling to take that position.

Why? Because a bunch of traitorous rats were doing the bidding of the myriad races, preventing Su Yu from taking that position. These rats did not want to see humanity grow strong. They did not want to see humanity reclaim its hegemony in the Myriad Realms.

They were terrified of Su Yu. The power backing him was simply too powerful for them to handle. After all, he had the support of five Pseudo Emperors. Since entering the Allheaven Battlefield, he had killed over fifty Invincibles. That was more than the total number of Invincibles in the human race.

He would be a terrifying leader to have. None of these rats dared to let him ascend to a position of leadership in the Human Realm.

***

The rumors kept spreading.

Everyone was made aware that a conference to discuss the establishment of the new holy land would be held soon. Everyone was also made aware that a lot of rats were trying to sabotage the matter.

They were even planning to assassinate Su Yu to keep humanity weak.

According to the rumors, these rats were trying to use Su Yu's death to sow hostility between humanity and the numerous experts backing Su Yu. These rats were basically the running dogs of the myriad races.

***

Great Yuan.

Inside the capital, a bunch of people were whispering to each other, "I heard that...our king is opposed to the establishment of a new holy land."

"Watch what you say! How is that possible? Our king is an enlightened king! He wouldn't do something so stupid!"

"I'm serious! I heard about this from my brother's father-in-law's superior's son! When Su Yu returned, Great Qin King and the others welcomed him happily. Only our king...openly protested against his appointment as the leader of the new holy land!"

"That can't be!"

"But why?"

"He has the support of five Pseudo Emperors and numerous Invincibles. Why is our king...pushing a fellow human away from humanity?"

"Enough! Be careful what you say here! But I heard...I repeat, I heard that our king dislikes how close Su Yu is with Wan--that Wan Bastard. Didn't that Wan Bastard kill a descendant of our king previously?"

"I see."

"But...those killed during that incident were all who had disobeyed a military command...cough. Forget I said that."

"Enough, enough. Sigh. I can only hope that...our king remains wise."

"Yeah. Our king has always been quite wise. I believe he can separate his personal interests from his duty. Also, Mayor Su is not the same as Principal Wa--Demon Wan."

"That's right!"

"..."

The same conversation was happening in the various prefectures.

Rumors of certain founding kings' opposition to Su Yu's appointment continued spreading. The rumors did not go as far as accusing the founding kings as traitors. Instead, the rumors emphasized that they were opposing Su Yu due to Su Yu's relationship with Wan Tiansheng, the killer of their descendants.

Before long, the various rulers of the various prefectures started feeling the pressure. Could they censor the spread of these rumors? Would that even work? Censoring rumors was basically an impossible task.

Furthermore, the speed with which these rumors were spreading made it clear that this was the work of some experts. Were they supposed to arrest these experts? That would be a troublesome task as well.

Retorting against the rumors? What could they even say? This wasn't even something they wanted to make a clear stand on. Retorting would essentially be the same as making their stand.

Sure, they could try arguing that Su Yu was merely a puppet of those stone statues. But before they could say so, rumors of the stone statues started spreading as well. It was said that these were all subordinates of the ancient Human Emperor, and they would only serve the Human Emperor.

As such, it would be logical to assume that Su Yu had the makings of a new Human Emperor.

After all, the stone statues had remained neutral for a hundred thousand years. However, they had battled the myriad races for Su Yu's sake. Why? Because they saw the potential in him. They saw that he would be the next Human Emperor.

Was that true? Of course! As a twenty-year-old who had killed many Invincibles, Su Yu's story was a lot more legendary than even the stories of the various founding kings. Only a traitor would deny his potential!

The stone statues were the subordinates of the ancient Human Emperor.

Was that true?

Yes. Only a traitor would dispute it.

In such a manner, numerous rumors too annoying for the rulers to argue against continued spreading in the various prefectures.

The children of the various prefectures even started turning some of these rumors into nursery rhymes.

It was no longer possible to prevent the spread of these rumors.

After all, the rumors were simply spreading too rapidly. In only three days, it felt as though all of humanity had heard them. Su Yu became a name known to even toddlers.

***

At this time, the Invincibles in Great Zhou were looking around with odd expressions.

Before long, Great Yuan King heard the rumors as well. He snorted. With that one snort, rumors of Great Yuan King's wrath started spreading, which served to further infuriate Great Yuan King.

This was definitely the work of the human Invincibles supporting Su Yu! A non-Invincible wouldn't have such courage! Alas, it was too late for him to investigate more about the rumors. It wasn't like he could, either.

He had something more important to handle. Something major was about to happen in Great Yuan. The people of Great Yuan had somehow split into two major factions. Firstly, there were the ones blindly loyal to him as the founder of Great Yuan."

Secondly, there were those who believed that as the king, Great Yuan King should always be open to changes. All of them wanted to best for humanity. Why must Great Yuan King turn himself into a tool of the myriad races? And thus, a crowd gathered in front of the prefect's residence in protest. Eventually, this devolved into a clash between the two factions. The matter was beyond what the current prefect could handle.

The prefect could only inform Great Yuan King about the matter. Apart from that, he couldn't even harm these people. Perhaps he could kill someone to deter the rest. But that would only solidify his image as a tyrant in front of these people. That reputation would last with him forever. Some might even go one step further and call him a running dog of the myriad races.

***

𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Great Zhou.

With a chuckle, Great Zhou King said, "Truly impressive. The two...from the Xia and Zhu Families are truly not to be underestimated. They have turned Su Yu into a saint in only three days."

In three days, Su Yu became a legend.

The two had somehow packaged Su Yu's actual story with some exaggeration to turn him into a legend. For example, nobody had witnessed Su Yu's combat with Blood Fire, yet everyone was talking about the battle like they had witnessed it themselves.

Great Zhou King couldn't help but admit that even he was inferior to the two in this aspect.

What impressive work.