Tribulation of Myriad Races
Chapter 1354: Public Invitation (3)

Chapter 1354: Public Invitation (3)

Niu Baidao laughed and said, "That geezer hasn't been able to get sufficient materials himself so he has been getting quite envious of others. Just ignore him. I think you'll need to wait a day or two. Even traveling at full speed from Great Ming to here will take some time."

Su Yu nodded and said, "Tell Faculty Head Hu to take his spatial cutting machine with him. I'll be needing it."

"You need that thing?" Niu Baidao was surprised. He nodded, "Sure. Old Hu has been very free lately. Are you getting him to help with space splitting?"

"Yes. I plan to do something with it." Su Yu said, "Principal, is the prefecture still not supporting Faculty Head Hu's teleportation research? That honestly sounds quite impressive research. Didn't he teleport you to the battlefield not long ago? It's obviously quite useful."

"You have no idea!"

Niu Baidao shook his head, "If even someone like me was left disoriented by his teleportation, a regular person would be ripped apart by the process. There are still a lot of major issues to solve. The prefecture had allocated some funds to him recently, but he still needs more. It's a great idea, but it's also too expensive."

"How is Prefect Zhu doing recently?"

"Him?" Niu Baidao tried very hard to hold his laughter in before answering, "Not bad. He has probably been feeling quite sullen recently. His reputation as the killer of four Invincibles still lingers. All his grandchildren are looking at him like he's a monster."

Su Yu laughed in amusement.

Niu Baidao said, "I need to tell you something. Your cultivation methods have earned a lot of merit points. The prefect said that since you don't need merit points anymore, he will swap the merit points for other things you need. What do you want? Don't hold back. He's rich. His eldest brother had served as the Yellow Department head for so many years. That's a department in charge of information. It's a very profitable position through corruption. Not even the Profound Department is comparable."

Su Yu said, "Is that really the case? The Profound Department is in charge of their businesses. How much richer can the Yellow Department be?"

"You don't understand. With information in hand, he can blackmail or overcharge anyone."

Before Su Yu could say anything, Zhao Li said, "If my memory serves right, Great Ming King is a formation master as well. Back then, he was in charge of a majority of the formations in the Hundred Dao Pagoda. We require a heaven-grade formation to gather source qi and willpower. This will provide an environment where a damaged weapon can recover automatically.

"Not everyone can set up a formation like this, but Great Ming King is definitely capable. Su Yu will give up all his money in the Human Realm for a formation like this. Make sure it's a strong formation. It needs to be strong enough to run for three to five thousand years. It also needs to be durable enough to endure the attacks of Invincibles."

"..."

Niu Baidao exclaimed in alarm, "Are you forging a divine weapon? Why are you asking for something so powerful? Endure the attacks of even Invincibles? Little Zhao, you're asking for a lot..."

Little Zhao.

Su Yu almost burst out laughing. Meanwhile, Zhao Li was rendered speechless. In appearance alone, he looked older than Niu Baidao. Whatever. He decided to let it slide since Niu Baidao was indeed someone with a far higher seniority. This person was old enough to be considered a senior of even his old man.

Niu Baidao nodded and said, "Fine. I'll try asking for you. If you're giving up on everything in the Human Realm, it should be enough to get you a powerful formation."

He paused slightly and asked, "Are you in a rush? If you're in a rush, I'll deliver it after Great Ming King is done making it. Do you have other requirements for the formation?"

Zhao Li grinned and said, "If Great Ming King doesn't mind it, he can also add some defensive, offensive, teleportation, spatial stabilizing, and some other functions to the formation."

Su Yu's jaw dropped. He had thought that Old Zhao was a simple and straightforward man. But no. He was wrong. Old Zhao was also a shameless old man. Even though he knew nothing about formations, he also knew that adding all those functionalities to a formation would increase the difficulty of production by at least ten times.

The required materials would also increase exponentially. It would also be far more tiring to produce. However, he greatly approved of this.

Niu Baidao laughed and said, "Sure. I'll pass the message. I won't promise it will be done, though."

Zhao Li grinned, "If we can get the formation, things will be much easier. By the way, you're good at producing talismans. Can you produce a set of holding talismans for us, Principal Niu?"

"Sure. It's no trouble."

Su Yu did not know how good Principal Niu was at producing talismans. He only knew that Principal Niu had once given him a talisman to hide his strength. With the talisman, he could hide from anyone below the Invincible Realm.

So Principal Niu was actually good at talismans?

Niu Baidao had agreed before Zhao Li could finish. Thus, Zhao Li continued, "The talismans must be powerful. And the quantity must be high. I need an entire set. A set of ten thousand talismans. Separate each of them like the separate pages of a book. Each of them needs to be durable enough to hold Pseudo Emperors without suffering any damage..."

"..."

Niu Baidao's eyes widened. Holy shit!

What were they trying to do?

Was this supposed to be a joke?

Holding talismans wasn't hard to make. It's very simple. But ten thousand talismans in a set was an entirely different matter. And the talismans needed to have the ability to hold Pseudo Emperors without suffering damage? Were they planning to kill ten thousand Pseudo Emperors as a collection?

"Stop joking around!" Niu Baidao coughed and said, "Little Zhao, this isn't funny."

Zhao Li did not laugh. He said, "I'm not joking. The kid told me the same. I told him to stop joking as well. But he insisted. What can I do about it?"

Su Yu had an awkward expression. Facing the gazes of the two old men, he suddenly had a feeling that he had underestimated the difficulty of this project.

Zhao Li was truly worthy of being a grandmaster weaponsmith. He was able to figure out what they lacked immediately. A heaven formation and ten thousand heaven talismans. Wow. This was...indeed a joke.

Su Yu had not considered any of that before this. Now that he was given the chance to give it more thought, he realized that without what Old Zhao had asked for, they could perhaps still finish a prototype of what he had envisioned. But the resulting product would most likely fall below his expectations.

Niu Baidao's head started aching as he said, "Your request...is excessive. From what you mentioned, you are definitely preparing to forge a divine weapon. You need the help of talisman masters, formation masters, and weaponsmiths to complete this weapon. How long do you have to wait?"

"One month."

Niu Baidao shook his head, "That's impossible. Unless...you take a hundred talismans first. Also, your requirements are too high. Holding Pseudo Emperors? Are you kidding me? Even Invincibles will require extremely special talismans to hold. A lot of materials are required to produce something like this. I won't be able to afford the materials. You will pay for them. I will not charge you any additional fee for the production of the first hundred talismans. That's the most you can get within a month."

Su Yu nodded unhesitatingly, "I'll pay."

"Good." Niu Baidao smiled, "You are very ambitious, Kid. I can see that you won't be forging something simple. With money, you will get the formation and talismans you need. As for the rest, it will rely on your fellow weaponsmiths."

"Thank you, Principal!" Su Yu was overjoyed.

After some time, another old man arrived. Great Zhou wasn't too far away from the Allheaven Prefecture. Thus, Zhao Tianbing did not need long to arrive.

The moment he arrived, he said, "Junior Brother, you finally remembered me. You must need my help with something."

Zhao Li snorted. He said, "What a joke. I merely gave you this offer out of pity. You never seem to have enough weaponsmithing materials, right? Earlier, Heavenly Forge King begged to join the project yet I rejected him. If you don't want to join, you are free to leave."

Zhao Tianbing was all smiles. He did not mind his junior brother's words. He said, "Junior Brother, you're as naughty as always."

"..."

Su Yu felt quite awkward. Old Zhao, who had always been a stern and imposing teacher, had seemingly turned into a child in front of these geezers.

Little Zhao and the naughty kid.

How awkward.

He stole a glance at Zhao Li. Noticing the glance, Zhao Li gave him a glare. Su Yu was rendered speechless. Clearly, he was the only person Old Zhao could bully here.

They started chatting among themselves. Su Yu took this chance to ask Zhao Tianbing some questions about weaponsmithing. After all, Zhao Tianbing was far more skilled in terms of weaponsmithing.

***

Time flew by as they talked about the dao.

Before anyone knew it, a day passed. Nobody disturbed them.

On the second day, those from Great Ming arrived.

Zhu Tianfang was personally escorting everyone over. There were three earth weaponsmiths among them. One of them was Hu Qi. In terms of weaponsmiths, Great Ming was far beyond Great Xia.

With this, six earth weaponsmiths had been gathered in one place, Su Yu included. Additionally, they had also solicited the help of two Invincibles. One would help with the formation while the other would help with the talismans.

Su Yu left with everyone and the ancient city.

***

Before long, the myriad races found out about what he was doing.

Su Yu was planning to forge a weapon.

He had solicited the help of five earth weaponsmiths. He might be preparing to forge a heaven weapon.

One ought to admit that he was still quite well-connected in the Human Realm. Everyone knew that he was close to Great Ming. Everyone also knew that he was close to those from the fourth principal's line in Great Xia. Su Yu was probably the only person who could solicit the help of five earth weaponsmiths even when the Human Realm was not united.

If it were anyone else, these earth weaponsmiths would be far more concerned about the politics of humanity and refuse to help.

Su Yu seemed immune to the politics of humanity.

Once again, Grandstar City returned to its previous position. Once again, massive waves washed over the nine realms. With this, those of the nine realms finally gave up fully on building anything around the ancient city.

Holy shit.

They were done!

Whatever!

How unlucky must they be to get Su Yu as a neighbour?

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