Tribulation of Myriad Races

5th of June.

Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.

Today, the students of various large families would arrive at the academy. A lot of people were present to enjoy the bustle. Su Yu was also there, mixed among the crowd. The myriad race students had yet to arrive. He also saw a familiar face in the crowd.

He wanted to ignore that fellow, but alas, that person was too astute to simply dismiss. That person walked up to him and started a conversation, leaving him with no choice but to reply.

"Brother Cui!" Liu Hong had a wide smile on his face, "Are you here to see the myriad race students as well? Since you're not familiar with this place, do you want me to show you the way?"

"Who are you?"

"Brother Cui, have you forgotten me? Back then, we had some interactions with each other. I'm Liu Hong. Do you remember me?"

Su Yu babbled a random reply, "Oh, yeah. Brother Liu. A few years ago, we visited the Read Pleasure House together. Are you the guy who promised to pay the bill and went back on his words?"

Liu Hong laughed awkwardly. Damn this bastard. Did he remember wrongly?

Then again, that wouldn't be too surprising. After all, the two had only met once before. He was only here to build a stronger relationship with this promising weaponsmith. It didn't matter if they weren't close in the past. Thus, he said, "Yes, exactly. You have a good memory, Brother Cui!"

Su Yu was left speechless. How could this fellow admit to that? This guy was as shameless as ever.

"Do you need anything from me, Brother Liu?"

"No. I'm only here to greet you. I was worried that you would need some introduction since you don't know this place well."

As the two walked, Liu Hong said, "Since you're asking, Brother Cui, are you interested in forging a peak profound cultural weapon? I know someone who is buying. You live the life of a free adventurer, but you need some money for your travels, right? That would only make your travels more comfortable."

"Not interested."

"Wait!" Liu Hong hurriedly said, "Brother Cui, since you're not interested in money, how about women? I know where you can find some nice working ladies..."

"Are you paying?" Su Yu glanced at Liu Hong and said, "Don't bother. I'm a lazy man. I don't plan on selling my services. That's too boring."

Liu Hong looked around and softly said, "Brother Cui, I know that wealth doesn't interest you. But I have something you will most definitely be interested in."

"What is it?"

"Luminous Domain Mansion's map!" Liu Hong whispered, "Are you interested? Great Ming had explored that place before, but their people were either weak or cowardly. Thus, they have not explored the place to a large degree like Great Xia. Cui Lang, you're not even forty. With your strength, you might be able to participate in the next opening. My map is the top secret edition of Great Xia. An ordinary person won't be able to get a copy of it..."

"Oh?" Su Yu said, "I'll ask for the map from Xia Huyou. He will agree easily. The Xia Family is trying to rope me in. I'm not dumb. Why do I need to buy it from you? I don't even have a way to verify the authenticity of the map you have. Do I look like a fool, Brother Liu?"

Liu Hong had an awkward expression while he cursed inwardly. This damn whale was too damn hard to scam!

"Are you interested in forging me a peak profound cultural weapon, Brother Cui? Name your price. I will agree to it as long as it's something within my ability to provide."

Su Yu shot Liu Hong another glance. So this was his real goal. Peak profound cultural weapon. Very few people in Great Xia could forge such a weapon. It wasn't surprising that Liu Hong couldn't get his hands on one.

Both Zhao Li and Elder Chen had the ability to forge such weapons, but Zhao Li was too much of an eccentric while Elder Chen was too hard to meet. Thus, Cui Lang would be the best option if Liu Hong wanted to try his luck.

"Not interested. That's not my job. I only forge weapons as a hobby. I don't do it as a job."

Those were hurtful words. Liu Hong was feeling very helpless. Su Yu ignored Liu Hong and continued walking. At that moment, more and more people could be seen in front of him.

A large number of guards were there to part the gathered students and open up a path. The Martial Dragon Guard was there as well. A large carriage could be seen parked in front of the crowd. A group of people were coming out of the carriage.

People of both genders could be seen among them. And each of them looked incomparably young.

Su Yu could also sense the existence of some experts in the carriage. These individuals were remaining in the carriage. There were probably Mountainseas and even Sunmoons among them.

Compared to the previous batch of foreign students, this batch was of a much higher level. They came from numerous powerful races, including even some from the top hundred races. The newcomers stood loftily facing the local students. They were all extremely good-looking, and each of them emanated a heroic disposition.

From their auras, they were also extremely strong. Not one of them was at the Great Strength or Infinite Strength Realm. A lot of them were Skysoars, and some even felt like Cloudbreaches.

Su Yu was feeling very doubtful. Why were there so many experts among them? Were the myriad races not afraid of losing these young elites here? These were most definitely among the best the myriad races had to offer.

While Su Yu was deep in thought, a sturdy youth with a pair of horns on his head looked in Su Yu's direction doubtfully. His gaze did not settle on Su Yu. Rather, he focused on some of the genius students there.

"Hmph!"

The youth proceeded to snort unhappily. Su Yu observed that student for a bit and reached a conclusion: someone from the race who had supplied the largest amount of blood essence to him was here.

A mountainbreak bull! As for the reason for that fellow to focus on the genius students, that was because most of these geniuses had forged their bodies with mountainbreak bull blood essence at the Great Strength Realm. It was also quite popular to continue using the mountainbreak bull blood essence at the Skysoar Realm.

The sturdy youth had an unsightly expression. Beside him, an incredibly delicate youth laughed mockingly and said, "Stop snorting, little bull. It's pointless. Your race's blood essence is too useful. The humans love using it for body forging."

The sturdy youth ignored the provocation. The newcomers started looking around. Some of them sneered with disdain as they looked at the human while some remained completely aloof.

"Great Xia Cultural Research Academy...one of the three greatest cultural research academies of humanity?"

Those words were laced with contempt.

"What did you just say?"

Some of the local students were offended by that. They started yelling at the newcomers fiercely. The people of Great Xia were greatly hostile toward the divines and devils. Thus, the mere sight of these divine and devil students filled with fury.

"Heh."

The same youth who had spoken merely laughed with contempt before releasing a burst of incomparably powerful aura. The nearby local students were instantly forced to take several steps back while their faces were flushed red from the sheer pressure of the aura. Their faces turned unsightly.

"What are you doing?"

Right at this moment, someone else arrived. It was Xia Huyou, who had taken a break from roaming the city with Su Yu today. He had a group of people behind him. With a friendly smile, he said, "Greetings, fellow students from the myriad races. I am Xia Huyou. I am in charge of welcoming all of you today."

"Xia Huyou? Someone from the Xia Family?"

"The crown prince of Xia Family?"

"The son of Carnage King?"

That instantly attracted the attention of all the other myriad race students. They were quite surprised. How was this Xia Longwu's son?

One ought to know that Xia Longwu was very infamous among the myriad races. He was known as a merciless butcher. Even some of the myriad race Invincibles would look fearful whenever they spoke of him. Nobody dared to allow him to complete his dao affirmation.

And this was his son? Someone who wasn't even a Skysoar? And the appearance of this son was also completely different from what they had imagined.

Xia Huyou laughed and said, "Everyone, since you're here, we're all family. Stop messing around. A feast has been prepared to welcome all of you. I believe none of you are here just to pick a fight for no reason, right?"

"All of you are here with your respective goals. Don't let anything distract you from your goals." He then looked at a cloaked woman among the crowd and said, "This must be a student from the immortal race. I have been looking forward to meeting you. Everyone, allow me to show you the way to the Foreign Students Faculty."

At this moment, a handsome youth with long, gold hair spoke toyingly, "Crown Prince Xia, do we even need to enter that faculty? We are here under Great Xia's invitation to join the Multiple Character Faculty."

Xia Huyou said, "Is this a friend from the divine race? There is no rush for that. The Multiple Character Faculty hasn't even opened yet. You need to wait a while for that. It will only open officially around two months from now. At that time, you are naturally free to join that faculty."

Some of the human students snorted unhappily. Why was Xia Huyou being so friendly toward a divine? What an embarrassment. They were greatly dissatisfied with this heir of Xia Family.

Xia Huyou did not seem to mind. The youth from the divine race said, "Great Xia...seems more lax than expected. In any other race, someone with the status of Crown Prince Xia would never be disrespected like this."

Xia Huyou laughed heartily and said, "It's fine. The Xia Family does not care about things like this. Everyone, let's go. Stop standing around. All of you must be tired from the long journey."

He led the group away. The carriage did not stop. It continued moving toward the Foreign Students Faculty. Inside the carriage, numerous experts were seated silently. Each of them had a different look in their eyes.

Great Xia Cultural Research Academy, Great Xia, Human Realm.

Some of these experts had been here before. For them, this was a revisit to a familiar place, so the experience felt rather unique. Back then, they were here as invaders. Eventually, they were kicked out by the human race. But now, the same humanity that had defeated them was welcoming them back. The Human Realm...had clearly changed.

"Three hundred years of peace...heh..."

Some of them sneered. This was how humans were. Without external threats, they started losing their spine. Now, even the most brutal of all prefectures, Great Xia, had chosen to compromise.

Would Great Qin be the next prefecture to compromise? Finally, one of the two stubborn prefectures had collapsed.

"Carnage King is absent..."

One of them smiled toyingly. That fellow wasn't around.

"Great Xia's multiple character faction, the root of Ye Batian. Will Great Xia produce a second Ye Batian?"

Some people continued saying similar words while some remained silent. None of these people was here with kind intentions. If they could get something nice out of Great Xia, it would be even better.

Outside the carriage.

Su Yu looked at the departing carriage with his arms crossed. After they left, he smiled and remarked, "The divine and devil beauties aren't that impressive. The ones I saw back when I visited the Allheaven Battlefield were better. The quality of this batch is pretty bad."

The surrounding human soldiers couldn't help but cheer for him. Well said.

Sure, he was only commenting on the women in the group, but all of them could only swallow their anger in silence. Cui Lang was the only one with the courage to say that about the myriad race students. They felt pretty good hearing those words.

Su Yu shot another glance at the distant carriage and smiled again. So many of them had arrived. But how many of them could leave with their lives? He inwardly wished them the best of luck.