Chapter 1748: Eighth Level (3)

Su Yu stared at the two, speechless. Were they too free? Was that why they were engaged in such a pointless argument? Since when was Heavendoom so talkative?

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to entertain them. He was focused on the eighth level as a whole. With his Heaven Gate, the world before his eyes was no longer the same. In fact, the world he viewed was starting to grow similar to how the white dog viewed the world.

He was able to notice some unique aspects of the eighth level. Numerous indistinct daos covered the entire level like a net.

"Laws."

Su Yu muttered to himself. The entire eighth level was covered in these laws. No wonder Heavendoom complained about the strict and rigid rules on the eighth level.

He also saw an indistinct silhouette above the assembly hall, seemingly there to suppress all existence, including the assembly itself. That was not an actual person. Rather, that was a silhouette formed by countless daos, working in tandem to keep the assembly suppressed. Those were most likely the laws of humanity. From the ninety-nine doors of the assembly, numerous daos unfurled out, resisting the suppression of the silhouette in the sky.

Thanks to his Heaven Gate, Su Yu was able to see many things an ordinary person couldn't. He wasn't here to search for treasures. He was only here for a method to keep Martial Emperor in check.

Naturally, he wouldn't say no if he stumbled upon some treasures during his search. A large number of human Eternals were waiting to switch their dao back home. Thus, a large number of carrier treasures would be required for them to switch to the Weapon Fusion Method.

Of course, the flaw of the Weapon Fusion Method was quite obvious. Su Yu had witnessed it himself during the recent battle. One would be greatly weakened without one's weapon in hand. But with their weapons, Weapon Fusion Method cultivators would be much stronger than regular Three Body Method cultivators. Unfortunately, this was an excessively expensive method to cultivate.

A large number of carrier treasures was required. For each cultivator, a main weapon was also required. By fusing carrier treasures into the main weapon, the cultivator would be able to rapidly grow.

There were probably a decent number of carrier treasures on the eighth level, right? As the place previously housing so many powerful experts, the eighth level should be filled with treasures, right?

1,080 marquises...Su Yu doubted that there were that many marquis residences here as some were on the seventh level. Then again, if he could get one carrier treasure from each residence, he should be able to gather at least a thousand carrier treasures here, right?

"Carrier treasures, main weapons, and the method to keep Martial Emperor in check."

Those would serve as his main goals here. Everything else could be put aside, such as the truth behind the collapse of the ancient past or the status of the Human Emperor. None of that mattered for now.

He wasn't even a Daofuse yet. Why should he burden himself with the affairs of Masters of Laws?

"Shut up. Let's go."

After getting increasingly annoyed by Heavenbridge Marquis and Heavendoom's endless bickering, he shouted at them in annoyance.

With a wronged expression, Heavendoom sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "Su Yu, not only am I incapable of winning any physical fights, I can't even win verbally! I feel like going back home!"

He felt bad. He couldn't win in fights. He couldn't win in verbal spars either. This was such a terrible life.

Su Yu was rendered speechless. But he found the sentiment understandable. However, what even was the point of arguing with a gate?

Su Yu didn't even know Heavenbridge Marquis that well, yet he only needed a short exchange to figure out the type of person he was dealing with. This was someone capable of bickering endlessly with someone given the chance. It would be a waste of time to argue against him.

He said nothing and started walking along the White Jade Avenue. The avenue was filled with heavenly laws, but when Su Yu stepped on it, the crown on his head started shining. Wherever the light reached, the laws would recede. His level of authority was rather high.

He walked while observing his surroundings. After a short while, he arrived before a residence. He noted a unique aspect of the housing arrangement here. No two residences of those from the same race would be arranged together.

Each area had a different race as the majority in the area, but the residences of other races would always be mixed within. Clearly, this was a deliberate arrangement to prevent a concentration of power. This was most certainly not a random arrangement.

As he walked, Su Yu started linking the acupoints and apertures in his Heaven Gate. He knew the route for 715 of them, so he only needed to know the final five to completely link all 720 of them.

One by one, they lit up. When he lit up the 716th...Boom!

The Heaven Gate shook.

He coughed a mouthful of blood, attracting the attention of the people around him. He maintained an indifferent expression, but he was cursing inwardly.

This wasn't right. Why would his luck be gone each time he started deriving a new cultivation method? For the first attempt, one out of five options would be correct. Even so, he had picked the wrong option. He had a strong feeling that he had made the right choice.

That acupoint looked incredibly pleasing to his eyes. One thing he had learned was that when acupoints were linked in an order that was not pleasing to his eyes, the order would most likely be wrong. So what was wrong here? This was only his first attempt. How was he supposed to keep testing?

That mouthful of blood stopped even Heavenbridge Marquis from bickering with Heavendoom. All of them were staring at him curiously. Empyrean Cloud said, "Su Yu, are you trying to circulate your cultivation method? Why did it cause you to cough blood? Is it a fake cultivation method?"

Su Yu didn't know what to say. He was merely unlucky. Not even the luck of humanity worked for this.

"I'm fine."

After saying that, he looked at one of the residences nearby and sniffed. Then, he sent his human lord's token out and dispersed the laws covering the residence. Finally, he reached out toward one of the rooms in the residence.

Boom!

The laws inside the residence resisted and clashed against his palm. With a roar, he crushed the laws before pulling back with a cauldron in his hand. Upon opening the cauldron, he saw a golden pill floating inside. After taking a sniff, he swallowed it. Instantly, his recent injury from the explosion inside his Heaven Gate healed.

The others stared at him in astonishment. What an amazing nose for him to find a pill just through smell alone. After consuming the pill, Su Yu stored the cauldron inside his Mark of Civilization. That was a decent treasure. It would serve as a carrier treasure.

Sure enough, the residences of these ancient experts were filled with treasures. Just the residence of a random titled general had already granted him a decent pill and carrier treasure. During his previous visit here, he had also obtained a decent cauldron.

Su Yu continued onward. He did not loot everything he could see as he knew that being too excessive in his looting might trigger a backlash from the laws. For now, he had to prioritize Culture King's Residence.

He would consider his next step after reaching that place. Previously, Liu Hong had said that a key was needed to enter Culture King's Residence. But Su Yu did not take that too seriously.

That was Liu Hong, not him. He had the Book of Time, a personal weapon of Culture King's younger sister. Was it possible that Culture King would forbid the entry of his younger sister? Su Yu also had the Culture Tomb, the legacy of Culture King. Was Culture King going to prohibit his successor from entering?

These two items were probably more reliable than the so-called key mentioned by Liu Hong. After all, nobody could be sure if Liu Hong had actually been telling the truth. Three places had the highest likelihood of offering a tool to check Martial Emperor: Culture King's Residence, Martial King's Residence, and Human Emperor's Residence.

He didn't even need to subdue Martial Emperor. He only wanted to keep that old man trapped here. That would be enough for him.

With that thought in mind, Su Yu continued walking along the avenue while circulating his cultivation method. For the 716th node, he only needed to make five attempts at maximum. After failing once, four attempts were left. He wouldn't be unlucky enough to fail until the final attempt, right?

No way. How could one be so unlucky? He only needed five attempts at the maximum for the first node, four attempts for the second node, three attempts for the third node, two attempts for the fourth node, and one attempt for the final node.

That would be the maximum number of attempts he needed to make.

Only fourteen attempts.

Since he had failed once, he was left with thirteen.

Su Yu was feeling quite optimistic. He believed that he could complete everything in only five attempts.

Previously, he had claimed to Martial Emperor that he would require hundreds of attempts to discover the full method without the circulation method of the five final nodes. But that was on the premise of his not knowing the order and corresponding nodes of the 715 nodes and only knowing the circulation method. But he actually knew the order and the corresponding nodes for them. There was no need for any experimentation for them. Instead, experimentation was only necessary for the final five nodes.

Martial Emperor was such a fool for daring to scheme against him.

Boom!

Just as that thought crossed his mind, another explosion erupted inside his body.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

As blood flowed out of his seven orifices, everyone looked at him again. Another failure?

As usual, Su Yu maintained an indifferent expression while cursing inwardly. He was very confident that he had picked correctly this time!

Why?

Was he really supposed to try five times before succeeding?

Each failure was exceedingly painful!

The explosion would shake not only the Heaven Gate, but the rest of his acupoints and apertures as well. Each explosion was akin to having his head struck by a hammer. It was most certainly not a pleasant feeling.