Chapter 1647: Holy Lord Su Yu (2)

Su Yu understood Liu Wenyan's thoughts. Even after fifty years, he was still unwilling to give up on returning the multiple character faction to its past glory. In a way, this was his obsession.

However, the leadership position was truly not that big of a deal for Su Yu. As for his teacher's obsession, he could worry about it in the future.

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Stepping into the hall once again, Su Yu looked around. Instantly, the others lowered their heads to avoid his gaze. He sneered.

He had his answer.

Six families were still against establishing a new holy land. He knew who the culprits were behind Zhang He's complaint. Su Yu couldn't be bothered to say much. He ignored the prefects and stepped to the front of the hall and sat down in the middle seat of honor.

While overlooking the people below, he cupped his fists at Great Han King in greeting, but he ignored Great Yuan King.

The two said nothing.

With a nonchalant tone, Su Yu said, "So? I hear I'm here to explain myself. Come on. Where is the accuser? Step forth."

Zhang He paled.

After a long while, he walked out. With his head lowered, he said, "Mayor Su, my son was assassinated in Nanyuan—"

Su Yu said, "I killed him."

Silence descended.

Xia Longwu and the others looked at Su Yu in shock. They had been doubtful about whether Su Yu would hide the truth, but they had not expected him to admit to it so easily.

Someone hurriedly said, "Mayor Su, such words shouldn't be spoken lightly..."

Su Yu said, "I'm simply being straightforward. I killed him."

"Mayor Su, are you trying to become the leader of the holy land as the killer of a general's descendant? Do you think you're qualified for this position?"

Someone among the crowd shouted angrily.

Su Yu gazed at the speaker murderously and coldly said, "Shut your mouth. Who are you to question me? Which prefecture are you from? What is your position in your prefecture? Are you even qualified to speak here?"

The same person shivered slightly. He gnashed his teeth and continued, "Yes, you are mighty. Do you want to kill me before Great Han King and the others? Loyal advice is often grating to the ears. Mayor Su, how are you supposed to lead the holy land if you are too narrow-minded to even tolerate opinions you dislike?"

"You're too noisy."

With his mere words, Su Yu caused the speaker to cough blood.

Great Han King hurriedly reached out to block the sound waves before sending Su Yu a voice transmission, "Mayor Su!"

Su Yu lazily said, "I'll spare you for Great Han King's sake. As for being the leader of the holy land and the so-called loyal advice, why should I care?

"If I were to become the leader of the holy land, I would not require any so-called loyal advice. I would not walk the path of saints. Why are you still dreaming of handling humanity with care? Do you not understand the situation humanity is currently in? Why are you still dreaming of making me your puppet ruler? How laughable. Back then, Great Zhou King asked me what I would do as king."

"I gave him my answer. Those with me shall remain humans. Those against me can be freely killed."

As he spoke the word "killed", a thick killing intent surged, causing everyone in the hall to shiver.

Su Yu had simply killed too many experts. He had killed even a ninth-degree Eternal before. As a result, he had developed a rather intense killing intent. Nobody here, including the Invincibles, had killed as many Sunmoons and Invincibles as Su Yu. In fact, he alone had probably killed more than all of them combined.

Many claimed that Xia Longwu was a butcher. But Su Yu was the actual butcher here.

Su Yu continued coldly, "Why are you lot overestimating yourselves here? Do you think I require your guidance on leadership? With me as the leader, the holy cities killed enough to cause the myriad races to tremble in fear. The myriad races no longer dare to provoke me rashly. The myriad races will not be able to sleep in peace so long as I remain alive. Why do I need to explain myself to you? What can I even learn from you? What useful advice can you give me?

"Yes. I killed Zhang He's son. The others who had died on the same day were killed by me as well. If I weren't so weak back then, I would have killed every single person who had entered my house."

Su Yu declared coldly, "That is my dao center. My residence. Any intruder is to be treated as a robber. Who dares to intrude my dao center today? Back then, I was weak. Thus, you bullied me. That much is clear. Why don't you intrude upon the various prefect's residences instead? Would anyone protest against the killing of one who dared to intrude upon a prefect's residence?

"I see now. I must not have killed enough. That must be the reason for this impudence. Not even the myriad races have the courage to intrude upon my residence anymore. Are you under the illusion that I don't kill humans? Are you under the illusion that I won't kill any of you?"

Silence descended.

Kill. He was using the word kill repeatedly. He did not explain himself. He did not give any excuses. He simply admitted to doing it. That was all.

Seeing that nobody was saying anything, Liu Wushen of Great Han coughed slightly and said, "Mayor Su, they were indeed in the wrong for intruding upon your house. But it is a tad bit too excessive to kill them. Those people were still young. They might have offended you unintentionally..."

When Su Yu stared at him, Liu Wushen coughed uncomfortably and said, "I mean...Mayor Su, don't you have a connection with the Death Realm? Can you locate their death spirits? This might be a way for General Zhang He and the others to receive closure. I also hope that you can compensate them slightly for their losses..."

In short, he was suggesting that they smooth things over for now.

For Su Yu, a little bit of compensation was nothing. As for their death spirits, he could drag the matter out after making a promise. After all, nobody could promise that those people had been converted into death spirits.

Also, weaklings like them might have died right after being converted. Thus, they could easily drag the matter out.

Su Yu said, "Compensation? Looking for their death spirits? What's the point? I killed them. Their families and backers are free to kill me if they believe I did wrong. If they can't kill me, forget about revenge. I did no wrong. Why should I compensate anyone?

"If I were to intrude upon Great Qin King's residence in search for his treasures and step on the picture of him and his father, I would accept my death if he were to find out. It's as simple as that. Certain things do not require an explanation. I killed Wisdom King as well. Should I give Tiangu an explanation and compensate him? I killed Blood Fire. Should I compensate the Devil Pseudo Emperor?"

Su Yu sneered with disdain.

The Great Jin prefect inhaled deeply and said, "But they are humans. Not enemy races."

Su Yu looked at the prefect and said, "I believe there are treasures in Great Jin King's ancestral tomb. I intend to dig the tomb out in search of these treasures. Do you object, Great Jin? If you don't object, I'll go. If Great Jin King is strong enough to kill me after that, I'll accept my death. Nobody will ask for compensation after my death. Don't worry."

The Great Jin prefect frowned slightly and said, "Mayor Su, a normal house is different from an ancestral tomb..."

Su Yu sneered again and asked, "What's the difference? The only difference is my strength back then. Answer me. Has anyone intruded upon your prefect's residence all these years? What about the other prefectures? Has anyone intruded upon your prefect's residences all these years? How did you handle these intruders?"

Marquis Xia raised his brow and said, "Not in recent years, but there were intruders during the founding years. We killed all of them. After killing enough, it stopped."

Su Yu smiled and asked, "What about Great Jin?"

Marquis Xia wanted to answer, but Su Yu stopped him with a gesture and stared at the Great Jin prefect. He coldly asked, "What about Great Jin?"

After a short silence, the Great Jin prefect said, "Yes."

"How did you handle the intruders?"

Once again, silence descended.

After a while, Great Jin prefect started shivering from Su Yu's stare. With a sigh, he answered, "We killed them."

"Did you compensate them after killing them? Did you apologize after killing them?"

"...No."

Su Yu sneered and said, "Ahh, look at this hypocrisy. That's only a house. But because you call it the prefect's residence, nobody is allowed to intrude upon it. But what was so different about my house back in Nanyuan? Did it deserve no respect because it was cheaper?"

Su Yu smiled and asked, "Answer me. Why did they enter my house?"

Nobody answered.

Su Yu answered for them, "For the ruin."

"Answer me. There are ruins under the control of each prefecture. How do you handle the ones trying to intrude upon these ruins?"

"We kill."

Someone answered.

Su Yu said, "Some claimed that the Nanyuan ruin wasn't mine. In that case, what makes the ruins of the various prefectures theirs? Since you're claiming that the ruins are yours because you discovered them, why isn't the Nanyuan ruin mine since I discovered it? By that logic, what's the issue with me killing those trying to steal my ruin?"

"This is the reality. I was weak. I was young. You believed I couldn't kill you. Thus, you did as you wished to me. Why didn't you do anything to the prefecture founders? Now that I'm strong, you want to reason with me. But where were you when I was weak?

"When I tried to reason with you, you only cared about strength. Now that I'm using strength to communicate with you, you want to reason with me. So which is more important? Reason or strength?"

Silence descended.

Great Han King exhaled and said, "You heard him. This matter...ends here. As for the son of General Zhang He—"

Su Yu cut him off, "No, since they wish to talk about this issue, those who had intruded upon my house back then should step forth and give me an explanation.

"I have all their auras memorized. That's even more so for those who had stepped on the picture of me and my father. I won't forget them. I remember everything about them. They ruined my beautiful childhood. You ruined everything I have in the Human Realm. Do you think I don't know who you are? Do you really think so?"

"..."

Nobody said anything. Even when Great Han King was trying to end the matter, Su Yu refused. He wanted the intruders to give him an explanation.

But in this situation, would he talk with reason or his fists? It did not seem like things would end well.

This was how things had always been across the Myriad Realms. In the Myriad Realms, there was an unspoken rule. The houses of top experts were forbidden zones. One should only intrude upon these houses if one was willing to accept the risk of death.

Everyone had seemingly neglected this rule when it came to Su Yu. Because he had grown too fast for anyone to react. For them, his house was merely a normal house.

People like Great Qin King were different. Their residences were inviolable. The houses they used to reside in were no longer around. Growing strong was a long process everywhere. Where one settled upon gaining strength would be one's official residence.

Su Yu had yet to gain an official residence. The place he had stayed the longest was his childhood house. But that house was no more. It had been flattened during the previous battle.

The helpless Great Han King said, "Mayor Su, why don't we...let this matter end here. I believe that wasn't intentional. It is normal for there to be quarrels and misunderstandings during the growth of an expert. Eliminating every single person who has wronged you before is impossible. With your current strength, why don't you be generous and let the matter go..."

Su Yu laughed and said, "Since Great Han King is saying this, I naturally have to show him respect. For Great Han King's sake, I will spare these shameless thieves once."

Su Yu flashed everyone a wide smile, looking like he had done them a major favor. However, nobody else could bring themselves to smile. Su Yu was too domineering.

Not wanting to keep harping on the same issue, Great Han King asked, "Any other questions?"

Nobody said anything.

Nobody knew what would happen if they continued harping on the issue.