Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chen Long shook his head, "No, Big Brother. Compared to those geniuses, I am someone suitable to serve as one of those experts they slay with a lower cultivation level to make their name. I guess things aren't that bad for me. Back then, a lot of Mountainseas would advance with only 72 acupoints. Nowadays, those fellows are casually opening 144 acupoints and forging their bodies 27 or 26 times. Meanwhile, I've only forged my body 18 times. How am I supposed to compete against them?"

He sighed. Yes, he had risen rapidly in the army. In about a dozen years, he grew from the Great Strength Realm to the Mountainsea Realm. He was quite well-known among the various armies of humanity. But it wouldn't change the fact that he was a commoner. Even as a Mountainsea, he might not be stronger than those truly powerful Cloudbreaches.

Su Long also felt regretful when he heard those words. After a while, he said, "Don't be disheartened. It will be fine. That kid of mine is the one to blame. If he released the Source Soul Acupoint Opening Art earlier, you would have been able to break through with over a hundred acupoints as well. It's still not too late. You can open more now."

"It's too difficult for a Mountainsea to open more acupoints." Chen Long shook his head, "I will have to rely on my luck. If we were lucky enough to conquer a minor realm in the future, I could try to search for a heavenly source qi holy land there. With such a place, there might be hope for me. Otherwise, I won't be able to open too many acupoints."

"Who knows? Maybe it will work."

Su Long comforted his friend, "Don't lose heart...fuck! You're already a Mountainsea. Why are you getting a Skysoar like me to comfort you? I'm only a 36-acupoint Skysoar."

Su Long's expression turned gloomy when he recalled that. Why was he the one comforting his friend? Did his friend even need this?

Chen Long laughed again. They continued eating. When the sky turned completely dark, the two cleaned up and left for the Great Ming Consulate.

Several Mountainseas and a Sunmoon followed them from the dark. Or to be precise, they were following Su Long.

Chen Long frowned, but he said nothing. This wasn't a bad thing. They were here to protect his big brother. Sure, they were in Eastpart City, but who could promise that things would never go wrong here?

But it was also quite annoying to have people tailing them at all times. Fortunately, his big brother was unable to sense those hidden experts. He would have gone crazy otherwise.

When they reached the Great Ming Consulate, both of them were left speechless. How rich. These people were tycoons! After giving their names and stating the purpose of their visit, Consul Liu personally came out to welcome them. This was due to Chen Long. He was currently a rather famous military official.

In truth, very few people looked down on Chen Long. He was a Mountainsea who had climbed his way up from the bottom of society. He might not be the strongest Mountainsea around, but he was definitely impressive in all other aspects apart from his raw strength. In fact, even Invincibles might be keeping an eye on him.

Chen Long might even get a chance to enter the holy lands and reforge his body. But that was still not a done deal for now. Consul Liu's gaze landed on the person beside Chen Long.

At first, he couldn't remember who this was. But soon, he recalled something. His tone turned even more polite. This was Su Yu's father! Not many people had seen Su Yu with their own eyes, but everyone in Great Ming knew him. And everyone knew that he wasn't someone to offend.

Ignoring everything, thanks to the inexpensive price of his Source Soul Acupoint Opening Art in the military, a lot of soldiers viewed him as a great and respected scholar of a generation. His contribution in allowing everyone to cultivate quality cultivation methods had gained him considerable prestige.

Sure, Su Yu was in Great Ming while his father was still in Great Xia. But they were still father and son. If the consul slighted Su Long here, it would be hard for him to face Su Yu in the future.

Su Yu's name had a lot more prestige attached to it compared to Cui Lang's. After all, Cui Lang was someone who had only made his name recently. Even if he could become an earth weaponsmith, he might still remain below Su Yu in terms of status.

After exchanging some conventional greetings, Consul Liu invited the two in. As they walked inside the compound, Chen Long and Su Long looked around enviously. In comparison, the Great Xia Consulate was nothing.

The gap between them was basically as big as the gap between a palace and a shack in the slums. Previously, Su Long had been quite happy with his small house. This was something many people in Eastpart City dreamed of having. But after seeing the Great Ming Consulate, his house was only slightly better than a toilet. Great Xia was simply too poor. No, a toilet here could very well be better than his house. The more he saw, the more inferior he felt.

Chen Long was starting to despair before even reaching Cui Lang's residence. Was he even capable of offering something that could move these Great Ming tycoons?

Right as they arrived outside Su Yu's residence.

A voice rang out from inside, "I am not interested in joining an army or forging anyone a weapon. Sure, thirty or fifty thousand merit points are nice to have, but I can't guarantee success when it comes to earth weapons. Even if I manage to make one, it is far more profitable to forge more profound weapons than forging one earth weapon with my current skill level. General, we'll talk again in the future."

"Master Cui, if you're willing to join our army, Great Shang is willing to increase the offer..."

"No. It's fine." Su Yu replied indifferently, "I still have other guests to meet, so I won't be seeing you out. It's not like there are no other earth weaponsmiths in the Allheaven Battlefield. You should try your luck with them, General."

"Master Cui, the people outside are from Great Xia's Devil Subduing Army. They are so poor they can't even afford to wear any armor anymore. Don't waste your time with them. Why don't we talk more about this?"

Chen Long's face turned green with anger as he cursed, "Shang bastard! Get your ass out here! Who do you think you're talking about?"

A general walked out. He was a Mountainsea as well. When his gaze landed on Chen Long, he snorted before turning to face Su Yu again, "Master Cui, please do consider my offer. I'll see you again next time."

He didn't even deign to give Chen Long a reply. There was no denying that they were poor. What was wrong with speaking the truth?

This wasn't that bad. The moment Cui Lang heard Great Xia's offer, he would realize how generous Great Shang’s offer was. Great Xia would only serve as the contrast to showcase their generosity.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was blanking out when he saw Su Long. Even his aura turned chaotic for a split second. He was able to recover immediately. He smiled and said, "We'll talk again in the future."

Then, he returned his gaze to his father. He noticed that his father's hair was already starting to turn white. Grief welled in his heart and he even had the urge to cry. It was at this moment that he was finally acting his age. He was only nineteen years old. His father was standing right in front of him, but he couldn't reveal himself to his father.

Nobody noticed the change in Su Yu's eyes. When Su Long met Su Yu's gaze, he blanked out. Those eyes...were so familiar. Nobody knew Su Yu better than him. They had spent every day together for eighteen years.

Even though the young man in front of him looked nothing like his son, he still wanted to shout that this might be his son.

While Su Long was blanking out, Su Yu regained his calm. A Sunmoon was observing their every action.

Father and son were standing less than five meters apart, but he couldn't even greet his father.

Countless thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind. He turned and walked back into the building. With an indifferent tone, he said, "Come on in. Also, is someone out there monitoring me? This is a tad bit too excessive. Senior Brother Liu, how dare someone monitor me when I'm right inside the Great Ming Consulate?"

Right after those words were said, Consul Liu's expression changed as he demanded, "Who's spying on us? This is the Great Ming Consulate. Are you challenging Great Ming?"

He was quite surprised. This junior brother of his was quite sharp. He only had a vague feeling that there were some other people around, but he didn't think too much about it. It was normal for Su Long to be under constant supervision.

Su Yu acted like he was unaware of Su Long's special status. With a cold snort, he said, "Piss off while you still have the chance. I don't care if you're Mountainseas and Sunmoons. Since you can move around freely in the Eastpart City, none of you are a nobody. Don't force me to tell on you to the Invincibles."

The hidden experts were feeling very helpless. This was what they feared most. It was not an easy thing to monitor a pseudo earth weaponsmith.

Someone sent Su Yu a voice transmission and said, "Master Cui, don't misunderstand. We are here on a mission. We do not mean any offense."

Su Yu replied indifferently, "Leave. Things will be fine inside the Great Ming Consulate. If anything bad happened, Senior Brother Liu would lose his head. There is no need to worry about security here. Leave. Don't force me to call for help."

The hidden experts felt even more helpless. After a conversation through voice transmissions, someone sent Chen Long a voice transmission, "General Chen, we will have to trouble you for a bit. We will wait outside."

It wasn't a good idea to offend a pseudo earth weaponsmith of Great Ming inside Great Ming Consulate. It would be fine if the weaponsmith had not said anything. But since the weaponsmith did not welcome them, they could only leave.

They hurriedly retreated.

Su Yu said, "Senior Brother Liu, there is no need to be too polite to those people in the future. This is the territory of Great Ming. How can we let any random person come in and out as they please?"

"Yes, yes, you're right. I was too neglectful." Consul Liu said, "Please go on and have your conversation. I'll talk to them. How dare they intrude upon the Great Ming Consulate. Don't worry. I will give you a satisfactory answer for this."

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Su Long and Chen Long had completely different thoughts as they listened to the conversation. Chen Long was envious of the prestige this person had. He was only a Cloudbreach, but he could freely run his mouth against a Sunmoon. And the Sunmoon could only take it silently.

As for Su Long, he was still busy wondering if this was really his son. Those eyes were too familiar. This wasn't right. Why would his son be here? Wasn't his son supposed to be in seclusion?

Cui Lang was a weaponsmith, but his son wasn't a weaponsmith. Also, his son wasn't that strong, right? This person was already a Cloudbreach. But during that one moment earlier, those eyes resembled his son's eyes too much.

Su Long stared at Su Yu's back blankly. This rear profile and this gait when walking were also very familiar to him even though it was not the same as how his son would walk in the past. He couldn't stop feeling a sense of familiarity with the person in front of him.

Su Long remained silent. He entered the building silently. Once inside, none of his attention was on the luxurious decorations inside the room. He also ignored the wasteful action of making tea with source qi liquid. All his attention was on Cui Lang.

At this point, even Chen Long noticed that something was off about his big brother. His head ached. Could his big brother hold back a little? Meanwhile, Su Yu maintained the same smile on his face. He glanced at Su Long and was quite pleased with what he saw.

Why was his old man staring at him? Was his old man awed by his grandeur when he was scolding those experts? Was his old man stunned by the sheer charisma he was radiating?

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