The mastermind behind the scenes starting with the calamity of all races

Wan Tiansheng glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Although the traitor is dead, the war between us and the myriad races is not over yet. You are still very useful as an infiltrator in the Myriad Races Sect."

Lan Tian understood Wan Tiansheng's meaning: he wanted him to continue lying low.

"Ugh……"

Lan Tian sighed. All their plans had been disrupted, and for a moment they didn't know what to do next, completely clueless.

The two sat quietly in the room, without saying a word for a long time.

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Hongmeng City.

Rumble!

The city gates, which had been closed for several days, slowly opened.

After a while, a dark figure cautiously emerged from the city along the corner of the wall.

Only after confirming that no one was around did Su Yu revert to his true form.

There really is no one left; that General Zhenling wasn't lying to me.

Su Yu is not one to easily trust others, especially someone he has only met once and is a complete stranger.

Su Yu glanced back at Hongmeng City, then transformed into a water spirit and disappeared into the sea.

These past few days of cultivation in the ancient city have depleted most of his resources, so he is now eager to acquire some.

He soon set his sights on the powerful clans such as gods and demons, not for any other reason than that these clans were "rich," and almost all of them were extremely wealthy.

So he began to think about how to get resources from the powerful clans. There weren't many options. He could either do what he did before, exchange resources with the Dao Qi and the Immortal Clan, which was commonly known as kidnapping and extortion.

Otherwise, they'll have no choice but to resort to swindling and deception.

Su Yu was quite proficient in both methods; he was a seasoned pro.

Su Yu began to assess the strength of himself, Modona, and Zhan Wushuang. Modona was at the eighth level of the Lingyun realm and had managed to escape unscathed from the hands of the Sun and Moon realm. Zhan Wushuang was even stronger, at the ninth level of the Shanhai realm, and had once killed a Sun and Moon realm expert at the first or second level.

Therefore, it will be quite difficult for Su Yu to take them down. From the current perspective, Modona is easier to deal with, but this is only on the surface.

Modena has held the top spot on the Heavenly Ranking for many years and has countless trump cards up his sleeve. Moreover, he can summon an invincible force at crucial moments, so choosing him is extremely unwise.

As for Zhan Wushuang, it's even simpler. He can't beat him yet, so he can be ruled out.

Since kidnapping and extortion are not feasible, the only option left is to resort to swindling and deception.

So Su Yu followed the same path as in the original story. First, he used the corpse of a god of the Sun and Moon in his possession to disguise himself as an ancient corpse. Then, he spread the news through the Hunter's Pavilion and contacted various forces. Meanwhile, he rushed to Xinghong Ancient City.

He specifically chose the ancient city as the location for the transaction. For him, there was nowhere safer than the ancient city; as long as he was in the ancient city, he felt confident.

soon.

The Eastern Rift Valley also received news of the ancient corpse's emergence, so they wanted to get involved and see if they could acquire it. However, they overestimated their own financial resources and underestimated the financial resources of the powerful clans.

Upon hearing this news, Yun Jie couldn't help but laugh. Su Yu probably ran out of resources again.

He could understand this. He had also undergone the Zhou Tian Body Forging Technique and cultivated the Seventy-Two Iron Forging Techniques. Yun Jie was well aware of the resource consumption of this method. He had also been limited by resources, so he could only cultivate slowly, and his speed was far slower than Su Yu's.

Yun Jie glanced at the storage ring in his hand. It seemed that... there was no need to rush to send the Nightshade Clan's resources to him for the time being.

Because... the grandfather and grandson will be seeing each other again soon.

Yun Jie nodded to himself, because this meant that everything was back on track. It was Su Yu's destiny to become a half-dead in Xinghong Ancient City, and his connection with Xingyue had not been severed.

That's fine too. Many things about ancient times still need to be conveyed to Su Yu through Xingyue. For example, the "stone" buried in the site of King Wen's former residence. If Xingyue hadn't mentioned it, who would know? Even the little white dog that guards the house all year round wouldn't know. Yun Jie can't just tell Su Yu directly, can he?

At this moment, the communication jade talisman in Yun Jie's mind sea trembled: "Dad, I heard that an ancient corpse has appeared on the battlefield of the heavens. There is a peculiar method on the corpse, and all races are very interested. Should we also get involved?"

Yun Jie rubbed his forehead. "No need. This is something your nephew caused."

Yun Chen asked in surprise, "Dad, you mean... this is fake? Actually, it's that kid Su Yu lying to us?"

"Yeah, it's fake. Your nephew's short of resources again..."

Yun Chen instantly understood. Recalling the past, he and Yun Ying were in the same situation, like two bottomless pits. Fortunately, they had their father's support, otherwise they didn't know when they would have been able to complete the seventy-two castings.

Yun Chen thought for a moment and asked, "Dad, how is Su Yu's progress?"

Yun Jie said calmly, "34 casts."

"What!?"

Yun Chen was completely stunned. Su Yu had only completed a dozen or so castings before leaving the Great Xuan Mansion, and now, after only a short time, he had already completed 34. This speed... was simply terrifying!

Yun Chen hesitated and asked, "Dad, did you secretly help him?"

He found it hard to believe that Su Yu's cultivation speed was so fast. If that were true, wouldn't he and Yun Ying be considered "trash"?

Yun Jie: "You're overthinking it. Your nephew's talent far surpasses yours, and his future is far greater than yours..."

Yun Jie's words were an exaggeration. Yun Chen is not entirely inferior to Su Yu; he still has a chance to catch up, but it will take a very, very long time.

Of course, without Yun Jie's intervention, it would have been impossible for Yun Chen to catch up with Su Yu; falling behind by one step would lead to falling behind by every step.

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Chapter 309 The city is under lockdown again! [Please subscribe to the full chapter!]

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Yun Chen fell silent.

Yun Jie had been saying that Su Yu would soon surpass him, his uncle, and he didn't believe it. But now... he had a feeling... it wasn't impossible. With Su Yu's rate of improvement, it seemed like it wouldn't be long before he surpassed him.

Once Su Yu surpasses him, will he still be able to bully Su Yu?

It's clearly impossible...

When you can't beat him, Su Yu can play the submissive role, but conversely, when his strength surpasses yours, that's when he'll settle accounts with you.

Yun Jie seemed to have guessed Yun Chen's thoughts: "Don't worry, Su Yu is still very tolerant of his own family. If he dares to retaliate against you, just bring out his father and let Su Long teach him a lesson. I guarantee he won't talk back or fight back."

In fact, Su Yu's pettiness was usually directed at outsiders; Yun Jie was just casually mentioning it to Yun Chen.

Then Yun Jie continued, "Alright, there's nothing major happening in the Human Realm for the time being. If you're bored, you can hide your identity and come to the Battlefield of the Heavens to have some fun. You can leave the affairs of the Royal Palace to your sister. She complained to me before, saying that I gave you the position of Palace Master. Now let her experience what it's like to be the Palace Master."

"Hehe," Yun Chen perked up. He hadn't left the human realm in a long time and was practically rusty. Now, with Yun Jie's "imperial decree," he could finally go to the battlefield of the heavens.

Most importantly, she can leave the affairs of the manor lord to Yun Ying, which is incredibly convenient.

Immediately, Yun Chen found Yun Ying, quickly explained a few things, and then disappeared.

Yun Ying stared blankly at the manor lord's seal in her hand. What had happened?

I think I've become the lord of the manor?

Before Yun Ying could react, Ling suddenly appeared. He gave Yun Ying a strange look and said, "Lord of the Manor, the former Lord of the Manor still has some things to finish. Do you think... you could take care of them?"

"!!"

Yun Ying suddenly looked up: "What did you say? That bastard Yun Chen left me with a bunch of things to deal with?"

Ling hesitated for a moment: "This... I didn't know at first. I only found out when Lord Yunchen sent me a telepathic message."

Yun Ying took a deep breath: "Where is Yun Chen?"

Ling said cautiously, "I just saw Lord Yun Chen heading towards the Zhutian Palace. It seems... he's going to the Zhutian Battlefield."

"hateful!"

Yun Ying smashed the stone table next to her with her palm, gritting her teeth as she said, "This must have been Dad's idea! So what if daughters are treasures? It's all a lie, sons are the real treasures!"

At this point, Zero had already shut off his ears; it was better to hear less of this kind of thing.

Soon, Yun Ying rushed into the depths of the Prince's mansion, clearly intending to complain to Jiang Yao.

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One day later.

Su Yu successfully committed fraud and amassed a large amount of resources, but his identity was exposed once again.

Immediately afterwards, the ancient city was locked down again!

Including the Heavenly Destruction Ancient City and the Hongmeng Ancient City, this is the third time, only the ancient city is different.

This time it was Xinghong Ancient City.

Eastern Rift Valley.

Qin Guang glanced at Yun Jie and sighed, "They've only been behaving themselves for a few days..."

Yun Jie stared straight ahead: "Who can we blame? They're just too stupid to believe there could be an ancient corpse. Most importantly, they can't even tell the difference between real and fake. They're all useless."

Qin Guang: "..."

If he remembered correctly, his son Qin Hao was also in Xinghong Ancient City, as was Zhu Guangshen, the grandson of the landlord Zhu. They were all there for that ancient corpse. Now that Yun Jie had said this, he had also insulted his own people.

After a long silence, Qin Guang sighed softly, "Now the myriad races are really going to be restless. Yun Jie, have you thought of a solution? You'd better have one, otherwise Su Yu is probably in grave danger this time, and we may not be able to save him."

Qin Guang understood that Su Yu had repeatedly toyed with the gods and demons, and the gods and demons would never tolerate Su Yu living, especially this time, which was simply humiliating them to the point of disgrace.

This time, the invincible gods and demons will definitely make their move.

The reason Tianmie Ancient City didn't intervene that time was because the situation was too sudden. Moreover, Yun Jie killed Night King with lightning speed and confronted the Demon Clan for a while, which brought the Tianmie Ancient City incident to an end.

The second reason was that none of the tribes dared to send anyone to Hongmeng City to provoke the old tortoise, or rather, they didn't want anyone to go and die.

But this time, the myriad races clearly have no worries.

Yun Jie's eyes flickered slightly: "If we can save them, we will; if we can't, then it's fate."

Qin Guang suddenly turned his head: "Are you willing to part with this? This is your grandson."

Yun Jie laughed nonchalantly: "What's there to be reluctant about? We can't really start a war with gods and demons for his sake, can we? Wouldn't I become a sinner against humanity?"

Qin Guang gave him a deep look. Something was wrong. Although Yun Jie's words made sense, he still felt that something was off.

Qin Guang quickly realized that Yun Jie had acted too calmly, as if he had expected it all along.

Qin Guang nodded slightly: "I understand."

Yun Jie, puzzled, asked, "Brother, what have you figured out?"