Chapter 2271: Surprise? (2)

At the entrance, Su Yu released the two and said, "If it's really too much for you..."

"That won't happen." Nan Wujiang grinned, "Profound Nine, your grandpa is no coward. By the way, I need to say something about the matter back then."

"Back then, my teacher died. Subsequently, the multiple character faction started declining. I could sense that the myriad races and even some humans were targeting us. It was probably Heavenly Seal King who was pulling the strings behind the scenes. At the time, Great Xia King sensed something unusual and ordered me to go into hiding. I only went into hiding on his order. If you lot wish to blame someone for my decision back then, go look for Great Xia King. I'm not taking the blame for him anymore.

"That old fart is pushing all responsibilities away from the matter. Now that Tiansheng has grown stronger than him, he has remained completely silent about that matter. What a shameless old man.

"He was also why Yun Chen became the sect master of the First Divine Sect for almost a hundred years. That shameless guy was the reason for everything."

Su Yu laughed. Not far away, Xia Huyou and Marquis Xia were grimacing. Who was this fellow insulting here?

Xia Chen had a bitter expression as well, but Nan Wujiang was unbothered. He said, "My teacher, Xia Chen, is the ancestor of Great Xia King. In seniority alone, I rank above Great Xia King. I am also his ancestor!

"With how low his seniority is, I'm actually elevating his status by insulting him. If we die from this, inform Tiansheng the truth. It's fine if he doesn't wish to acknowledge me as his teacher. I didn't teach him anything, anyway. But Yun Chen raised him like a son. Yun Chen has been quite sad about how Tiansheng is treating him..."

Yun Chen had taught Wan Tiansheng since Wan Tiansheng first joined the academy. The two were together for many years before Yun Chen went missing. And now, Wan Tiansheng was blaming Yun Chen for the past affair. It was only natural that Yun Chen would feel distressed by it.

Su Yu nodded.

Next, the two jumped into the pen dao. Instantly, their bodies were torn apart as everything about them were fused into their character techniques. The two character techniques shot deep inside the tributary. The others couldn't see what was happening, but Su Yu could see everything clearly with his Heaven Gate.

A large amount of pen dao power rushed toward the two character techniques, nearly smashing the two apart.

Too powerful!

They were too weak. At this rate, both would be assimilated into the dao. After taking a deep breath, Su Yu manifested his Heaven Gate outside his body and suppressed the dao. He roared, "Culture King, lend me a hand and suppress the pend dao!"

Boom!

The Heaven Gate was brought down on the pen dao.

And then, an indistinct figure appeared in the pen dao. Su Yu snorted and said, "I know you're in there. Back then, you lied to me that there are no traps left in the pen dao. But as a scholar, it is only natural that you'll have your contingencies. I'm not stupid enough to believe that."

Back when Su Yu first entered the Culture King's Residence, a projection of Culture King appeared and told him that nothing was left in the pen dao. It was a safe dao to cultivate. Naturally, Su Yu did not believe a word of that.

And sure enough, Culture King's projection had appeared after sensing the suppression on the pen dao.

As usual, the projection was subjecting all life to its back, but Su Yu couldn't be bothered to entertain the projection. With a wave of his hand, ninety-nine characters manifested before combining into a ↑ character.

"I am the successor of the pen dao. This is my dao. Assist me in suppressing it."

The projection shook slightly.

Next, a laughter rang out, "My successor is here. How surprising that you're able to discover me. This signifies that you have reached an impressively high level. Back then, I was worried that you couldn't control this dao..."

Clearly, this was also a pre-programmed speech. This was probably an excuse Culture King had prepared in case his successor managed to detect his hidden imprint in the dao.

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to waste more time with the projection. He said, "Mere tricks. I can spit on your face right now and insult you to my heart's content. Can you even talk back to me?"

The projection continued its speech, "I am very satisfied with your growth..."

"Dumbass."

"Truly well done."

"Idiot."

"You have not disappointed me."

This was supposed to be a grave matter, but it somehow turned comedic due to Su Yu's antics. Su Yu even started recording everything down as he muttered, "The next time I see Culture King, I'll show him this recording. I'll show him how he's praising me even when I'm insulting him."

Please! Stop being so petty! Everyone was rendered speechless. They even started pitying Culture King. This was Culture King's projection, but it only worked according to its preset orders. Thus, Su Yu was able to take advantage of it.

"So it really is only a string of preset orders. A pity."

With a rumble, Su Yu's Heaven Gate smashed the projection apart. Culture King should just relinquish his hold over the pen dao. Having the projection around would only make it harder for the two to fuse with the pen dao.

Not only had Su Yu smashed Culture King's projection, but he also expressionlessly extracted another projection from the pen dao. The second projection was...one of his. Everyone else was left speechless. These scholars...were indeed all scumbags.

Su Yu had spent some time insulting Culture King for doing that, but he had done the same. Su Yu even took the time to explain himself, "I did not want an outsider to get their hands on this dao. My imprint was only left as precaution."

Nobody argued. But inwardly, they all thought that he should stop insulting Culture King since the two were essentially the same.

***

At the same time.

Behind the Heaven Gate.

Boundless darkness.

Culture King shook slightly as he raised his brow, "What is it this time?"

Didn't that fellow pioneer a dao not long ago? That fellow had abandoned the pen dao. In that case, what was that fellow doing smashing his imprint apart? Did that fellow have too much free time on his hands?

To the side, the confused Martial King answered, "I didn't do anything!"

"I'm not talking about you!"

"Are you talking about your daddy?"

Martial King shot back instinctively.

"..."

Culture King had an intense urge to give this fellow a beating.

Pushing that urge down, he patted his white robes down and said, "Things might have changed in the Myriad Realms recently."

"Did that son of yours die?"

"..."

Yeap. Martial King was still very good at angering others by simply talking.

Culture King snapped, "Shut up!"

His tone turned slightly solemn as he said, "I can't judge if the change is good or bad for us. But nobody has come looking for us even after so many years. From this alone, it's clear things aren't looking too good there. This is all your fault, you idiot!"

"Pft. You would have died long ago if I hadn't rushed over back then."

Culture King had nothing to say to that, so he talked about something else, "Forget about this. Things are uncertain in the Myriad Realms. That much is clear from the state of that kid when he came here previously.

"We can stop placing our hope on help from the Myriad Realms. In fact, we need to start praying that they're not the ones waiting for us to return and help. I'm worried that Wen Yu won't be able to last much longer..."

At that, Martial King's mood turned heavy as well.

"Do we...save her now?"

"We need to do it as soon as possible. It must have been hard for her to last this long. I'm almost fully recovered from my injuries..."

"Yeah, yeah, keep bluffing." Martial King asked, "Do you think there is a way for that kid to open the Heaven Gate again? Forget about everything else, but do you think it's possible for the kid to move his world in here?"

"That won't be possible unless he can find the location of the original Heaven Gate. But that won't be easy either. It's fine, he can still send his power through the Heaven Gate's projection." Culture King explained, "He will drop slightly in strength doing that, but it doesn't matter since we don't have a method of contacting that kid anyway."

"Wait, not even you can contact him? Can't you contact him through the Heaven Gate's projection?"

"No. The difficulty is too great unless his Heaven Gate grows to a sufficient level. But that's not likely to happen anytime soon. The previous time we saw him, he wasn't even a Master of Law..."

"Forget about all that. The kid is at my pen dao again. I don't know what he's doing there. Did he fail his creation and is now returning to cultivate the pen dao again?"

Culture King shook his head and sighed. Probably. That was unfortunate. The kid had failed his creation and returned to the pen dao. It would seem like the kid would not be able to grow into a supreme powerhouse anymore.

Martial King wasn't too surprised to hear that. He shook his head and said, "That kid was so cocky back then. I thought his success was guaranteed, but he still failed. If I have the chance to see him in the future, I'll be sure to laugh at him."

Why was that kid so cocky? He must have failed because he was too arrogant. Culture King said nothing. With his imprint gone from the pen dao, he could no longer sense anything there.

***

Su Yu was still busy.

With Culture King's imprint gone and Su Yu's imprint retracted, the Heaven Gate stabilized the pen dao. Next, a token appeared before descending upon the dao to further suppress it. Inside the pen dao, the two character techniques were on the verge of falling apart. Two badly damaged figures could also be seen in the dao.

Su Yu frowned as he noted that the two were showing no signs of transformation into spirits. Even now, they had yet to grasp even a tiny bit of the pen dao. At this rate, they would fail. When the figures fully fell apart, it would signify the extermination of all their memories and their very identities.

Even if they could somehow transform into spirits after that, they would be completely new beings like Soy Bun and Flatbun.

The pen dao was still shaking violently as it resisted the two. Su Yu sank into silence. He couldn't allow this to continue. This left him with no choice but to take out his trump card.

Then, he ripped a rift and vanished through it. His voice drifted into the ears of others, "Wait. I'll be back shortly."

The moment he left, everyone's smile faded.

Marquis Xia said gravely, "Things are getting troublesome."

This was their very first attempt, but it didn't seem to be going smoothly.

Su Yu still wasn't strong enough to suppress the pen dao, and he certainly wasn't strong enough to suppress the entire River of Time. At this rate, Nan Wujiang and Yun Chen would die fully.

Before long, Su Yu returned. He returned with a large mountain. With a rumble, the mountain dropped down and acted as a dam, blocking the water from the main branch of the river from entering the tributary. Seeing that it was working, Su Yu's eyes gleamed as he shot into the pen dao.

Boom!

Once again, the Heaven Gate manifested and suppressed the pen dao.

Seeing that the pen dao was much calmer than before, Su Yu roared, "Take this chance to take over the pen dao!"

The two figures shook, noticing that the pen dao had actually been locked down.

Was Su Yu really so incredible? Fine, fine, this wasn't the time for them to hesitate. They had to first focus on taking down the dao.