Chapter 2341: Understanding (3)

Did that fellow ultimately succeed in creation and grow significantly after that? During their previous encounter, Su Yu was in the middle of comprehending life and death for creation. Clearly, he had succeeded.

At that thought, Culture King laughed. "The path is under his feet. Nobody will find his path for him and go all the way when helping him. Tell him to solve it himself."

Return didn't say anything about that.

Culture King asked again, "Anything else?"

"N-no."

Return did not dare to pass Su Yu's words about Martial King. He was scared that he would be beaten to death.

Culture King laughed, "Are you sure? Just be honest. Did he scold me? Or did he scold Tai Shan? Just tell me. You don't actually need to repeat his exact words to us."

"N-not at all. Y-you jest, Lord."

Return's heart thumped wildly. No, he couldn't say it.

Culture King laughed, "Forget it. You may leave. It isn't a good idea to stay here for too long. That fellow from the Eternal Life Mountain is still paying close attention to me."

After a short pause, Culture King added, "Tell him not to worry about us. Just focus on his own affairs. I will deal with the enemy before the Heaven Gate opens."

"..."

How overbearing.

Return was greatly shocked. Was Culture King saying that he could defeat the overlord of the Eternal Life Mountain before the opening of the gate? But that was clearly a stronger opponent. Their conflict wouldn't have lasted so long otherwise.

Culture King laughed and said, "One more thing. Tell that fellow to avoid connecting with those inside the gate too much. This might trigger an early opening of the gate. Of course, this might not be in line with your benefits, so you're free to decide what to do here. You can choose not to pass this message to him."

Return hurriedly said, "I wouldn't dare!"

"You may leave."

With a wave of Culture King's hand, Return vanished.

When Return regained his bearing, Culture King and Martial King were nowhere to be seen. He didn't dare to waste any time and hurriedly left. He didn't even meet up with his main body. He had to run around to make sure that Culture King wasn't tracking him before returning to his main body.

Culture King was too terrifying.

***

At the same time.

Martial King asked, "Old Wen, were you talking about the same kid from last time? Is your son looking for you?"

"Shut up."

Culture King was still in thought. However, Martial King continued in excitement, "Why didn't you catch that fellow and contact that kid? That kid's Heaven Gate has grown strong enough to bear the burden of tier-ones. In other words, you can channel some of the power from your world through that kid. You can't take too much, but you can still take enough to increase your combat strength..."

Martial King was very excited, but Culture King shook his head. "What's the rush?"

There was no need to rush things.

"Have Return carry on with his plan." Culture King said, "We're too conspicuous. He's just right for this. He has the ambition to leave the gate. And since he's brave enough to even come looking for me, it is clear he has bitten the bait."

They did not need to do too much themselves. That might result in an early exposure and ruin their plan. Things were fine right now. Over the years, he had been trying to subdue some people inside the gate. However, his conflict with the Eternal Life Mountain had scared everyone off.

At that thought, he gazed into the distance, toward a gigantic mountain. Eternal and everlasting. A mountain that had persisted even when reality itself was faced with annihilation. That was the Eternal Life Mountain. The master of this mountain had been the main opponent of Culture King and Martial King for many years. Even with the two of them working together, they weren't able to defeat this opponent.

Of course, this was the state within the gate. Outside, things might be very different. Here, he couldn't channel the strength of his own world. Thus, he was no match for that person. And now, even the Master of Death was dragged into the conflict. Culture King wasn't sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing.

However, it wasn't like the master of the Eternal Life Mountain could really do much to the Master of Death.

With all those thoughts in mind, Culture King said, "I wonder how many daos that kid has in his world. He's trying to nurture his world with more dao powers. Since he's able to contract Return, he's probably a tier-two or tier-three now."

Culture King was unsure. A Heaven Gate stood between them, and the kid had messed with the pen dao too much. Thus, he wasn't able to sense anything about the kid.

Once again, his gaze landed on the distant mountain. After a long while, he said, "Wen Yu is at her limits."

Martial King's expression changed slightly.

Culture King said, "Therefore, we need to defeat that guy before anything bad happens to her. We have wasted too much time here. Even that guy is starting to feel the urgency. The Heaven Gate is opening soon, but we're still here causing trouble for him. He knows very well that I'll grow stronger after returning to the Myriad Realms. He's worried that I'll take my revenge against him when we're all out there. Thus, he will also be trying to remove me before then."

"Is the gate finally opening?"

Martial King grew a lot more solemn than before as he asked, "How much longer do we still have?"

"Soon." Culture King thought about it and said, "Be on high alert for now. We'll wait for a bit and see if Su Yu can provide me with any form of assistance..."

"Your kid seems quite impressive. Help might really come."

Culture King laughed and said, "It's fine for you to joke about this with me, but watch your mouth when you're actually meeting him. Do you believe it if I tell you he's actually very petty and might find a chance to mess you up?"

Nope.

Martial King curled his lips. Who was he?

Martial King! He was so strong. Apart from Old Wen and their big brother, he feared nobody.

Culture King chuckled, not bothered to say more. He gazed in Return's direction and sank into thought again. Had Su Yu joined up with Human Emperor? How were things out there?

He had refrained from asking too much as he didn't know how exactly Su Yu was fooling that Return guy to do all this. He didn't want to accidentally expose Su Yu by asking too many questions. As a scholar, Culture King knew one thing very well.

By saying less, it was easier to avoid saying the wrong thing. Thus, he had not asked Return too many questions. Even so, he was still quite surprised.

He wasn't surprised that Su Yu had contracted someone through the Heaven Gate. He was more surprised by the fact that Su Yu had succeeded in creation and contracted a tier-one. This signified that Su Yu had been growing at a rapid pace.

Would Su Yu be able to channel enough power from his world before the opening of the Heaven Gate?

As for the exact location of his world, he had not said much about it. But he was certain Su Yu could find it. If he couldn't, it could only mean that he was stupid. And a stupid person was unworthy of getting access to Culture King's world. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

***

It didn't take three days.

Return was quite efficient. He contacted Su Yu after only one day. Why? Because Su Yu was being an asshole. Not only had he shut the gate, but he was also still slowly removing the brand outside. Thus, Return was forced to return the moment he finished the task.

"So?"

Before Return could say anything, Su Yu added, "What did Culture King say? Did he answer my question?"

"He...he told you to look for it yourself."

"Hmm?"

Su Yu raised his brow and said, "Tell me his exact words."

Return resisted the urge to roll his eyes. The exact words were similar. What difference would it make?

But he still answered, "Culture King said that the path is under your feet. Nobody will find your path for you and go all the way when helping you. You have to solve this yourself..."

Su Yu's eyes flickered. The path was under his feet. Numerous thoughts emerged in his mind. Was that his answer? Was he not worried about the smell?

Su Yu was left speechless. Su Yu rubbed his chin. How impressive. Forget about Human Emperor. Nobody would be able to guess that this was where Culture King had hidden his world.

"Is it the shoe Fat Ball is carrying around? Or is it the other half of the pair?"

Su Yu sank into thought. Perhaps it was the one with Fat Ball. He was truly left speechless by this. The path was under his feet. That was too obvious a hint.

"Is his shoe...the actual foundation of the world? Wow. A shoe as the foundation of a world."

What could Su Yu say about it? Instead of using any other treasure, Culture King had used his shoe as the foundation.

Maybe it wasn't the shoe with Fat Ball. That was something Fat Ball carried everywhere. It was unlikely that Culture King would leave something so important in Fat Ball's stomach, right?

"I'll know after looking around."

Su Yu smiled. Sure enough, it was much easier to ask about it directly. It would be far too troublesome for him to look for it himself. With the world found, Culture King contacted, and Human Emperor's issue dealt with, Su Yu had basically accomplished all his goals this time.

Of course, he was also quite curious about the number of daos Culture King had gathered over the years.

He said, "Sure, put that matter aside. Where's my stuff?"

"I'll send it over...but...it will probably be quite challenging. The resistance is too high..."

"Just send it over."

Su Yu did not care. The resistance was something for the sender to worry about, not him. Return was left speechless. He had a sudden sensation that he was a poor employee. Su Yu and Culture King were the employers.

He was running errands for the two. The more he thought about it, the more sullen he felt. The thought of taking everything for himself crossed his mind, but he still wished to enter the Myriad Realms in advance.

Thus, he gnashed his teeth and said, "Before that, you need to allow me to form my clone."

"Sure."

Hearing the answer, Return grew excited. He could finally start gathering information about the Myriad Realms! He started forming his clone.

On the other side of the gate, Su Yu waved his hand and created an entire world around the brand. With another wave of his hand, Lan Tian appeared. After a short conversation, Lan Tian smiled. How interesting.

Then, he vanished. At the same time, countless individuals appeared around Return's brand. Su Yu smiled. This would definitely be an enjoyable experience for Return.