You Also Don't Want Outsiders to Learn Your Identity, Do You?

After sending his leave-of-absence application to his counselor, Su Yuan paid it no further attention.

Su Yuan knew the application was certain to be approved.

First, his counselor would agree and sign it. The next day, it would be sent to the Academic Affairs Office, where the administrators would read it and sign it as well. That afternoon, the department leaders would see the application and sign it after reading it.

Finally, four days later, the application would reach the principal's office and be formally approved.

Su Yuan had learned how things would unfold from the answers provided by the Grey Mirror. It was a future set in stone.

Unless Su Yuan stepped in and changed things himself, nothing unexpected would happen.

"It's done."

Su Yuan's thoughts were calm, undisturbed by the slightest ripple.

So far, everything had gone according to plan. The leave-of-absence application had been submitted at precisely the right time, and things had progressed step by step as planned, ultimately leading to the future Su Yuan wanted.

"Next, it's time to make plans for the Nanyang Nations..."

Su Yuan thought to himself.

South of the Xia Kingdom lay an extremely chaotic region, dotted with countless small nations and divided among warlords. Its governments were profoundly unstable.

That was why it was known as the Nanyang Nations.

Su Yuan's plan for the Nanyang Nations was all about Lu-Wu Black Gold.

This metal was relatively common in the universe, and it was one of the raw materials Su Yuan needed to make a technological weapon: the High-Energy Laser.

The High-Energy Laser was a weapon of destruction, prepared specifically for the Interstellar Colony Ship that would arrive five years later.

And Lu-Wu Black Gold, one of the materials needed to make the High-Energy Laser, was currently found in substantial reserves beneath the Nanyang Nations—and nowhere else in the world.

So making plans for the Nanyang Nations was one part of Su Yuan's overall scheme.

The Grey Mirror had long since provided detailed steps for making plans for the Nanyang Nations.

The point of entry was A Luomu.

A Luomu was a renowned grand sorcerer of the Nanyang Nations, a Level 1 Lifeform on par with a Grandmaster of Baodan.

Sorcery was known for its strange spells and curses. It was a cruel and ancient cultivation system. Once a sorcerer reached the rank of grand sorcerer, a mere glance could curse a Dark Force expert and rob them of all their strength.

Of course, in Su Yuan's eyes, these mysterious and ancient grand sorcerers were merely practitioners of a cultivation system focused exclusively on the soul dimension, much like the Onmyoji of Fusang. They were inferior to the National Martial Arts cultivation system of the Xia Kingdom.

The so-called sorcery and curses were, in essence, just derived applications of the power of the soul.

But there was no denying that a grand sorcerer's methods were enough to make even a Grandmaster of Baodan wary.

Back in the day, A Luomu had dominated the Nanyang Nations, his sorcery skills unmatched and his influence far-reaching.

But thirty years ago, he was gravely wounded by his nemesis, Kun Long. From that point on, he vanished without a trace and never appeared again.

Su Yuan, however, knew that A Luomu hadn't died. He was hiding in Magic City, clinging to life.

The battle thirty years ago had left A Luomu with irreversible injuries, and his sorcery had nearly fallen below the rank of grand sorcerer.

According to what Su Yuan had learned from the Grey Mirror, there were six Level 1 Lifeforms in Magic City. Two of them were hidden from the public, and one was this grand sorcerer.

"A Luomu..."

Su Yuan fell into thought for a moment.

If he could get this grand sorcerer under control, he would have completed nearly half of his plan for the Nanyang Nations.

After all, A Luomu was from the Nanyang Nations. If he stepped forward and worked for Su Yuan, getting the Lu-Wu Black Gold mined from beneath the ground would be a piece of cake. No one would dare to stop him.

"It's time to meet this grand sorcerer."

Su Yuan gathered his thoughts, stood up, and left the basement.

Su Yuan was absolutely certain he could go and meet the man once renowned throughout the Nanyang Nations alone.

For one thing, A Luomu was in terrible condition. The injuries he had suffered in the battle thirty years ago still plagued him.

And even if A Luomu had recovered to his peak, he still wouldn't come close to matching Su Yuan.

Su Yuan had now spent a month cultivating as a Level 1 Lifeform. His strength surpassed even that of a Grandmaster of Baodan at the peak of the realm. A Luomu's sorcery wouldn't even get close before being scattered by Su Yuan's surging vitality.

Most importantly, the Grey Mirror had already revealed A Luomu's vulnerabilities and weaknesses to Su Yuan. He had even devised a plan to exploit them.

There was no need to fight to deal with A Luomu and bring him under control.

After leaving the Jinshan Villa District, Su Yuan headed to a deserted street. His appearance and build began to change.

This was something Su Yuan always did before meeting outsiders: he concealed his true appearance.

So far, the only person who knew what Su Yuan really looked like was Elder Qin, who was on the other side of the ocean.

No other outsider knew Su Yuan's true face or build.

As for Elder Qin? He wouldn't return to the country for two years. Even if he knew what Su Yuan looked like, it wouldn't matter.

Two years from now? At Su Yuan's rate of cultivation, he would probably be a Level 5 or Level 6 Lifeform by then, unquestionably the strongest being on Blue Star.

Forty minutes later.

Su Yuan arrived at a food street and entered a shop called "Chiang Mai Delicacies."

The owner of the shop was a hunchbacked man. Since it was the afternoon and there weren't many people around, the Chiang Mai Delicacies shop had no customers. The hunchbacked man, its owner, was sitting there dozing.

Su Yuan's entrance immediately caught the man's attention.

"What would you like to eat?" the hunchbacked man asked as he hurried over to serve him.

Su Yuan said nothing. He simply walked around the shop.

His arrival at this time was also part of the plan. At this hour, there weren't many people on the entire food street, so there was no chance of a customer wandering in at any moment.

Su Yuan's silence immediately put the hunchbacked man on guard. He began sizing Su Yuan up.

However.

Before the hunchbacked man could figure out what was going on,

Su Yuan chuckled. "Who would've thought that A Luomu, who once dominated the Nanyang Nations, would end up like this?"

At those words,

the hunchbacked man's pupils contracted. In an instant, an invisible force spread out from him, enveloping the entire shop.

If there had been any other customers present, they would have felt their chests tighten and struggled to breathe before fainting to the floor.

The hunchbacked man scrutinized Su Yuan warily. The invisible force around them seemed to boil.

The next moment,

the hunchbacked man tried to retreat and flee without hesitation.

What a joke! He had lived under an assumed name in Magic City for thirty years, and no one had ever discovered who he was. Now someone had walked in and called him by his real name. Clearly, this person knew him extremely well.

Under the circumstances, how could the hunchbacked man dare attack first?

But just before the hunchbacked man could retreat and flee,

Su Yuan seemed to have anticipated what he would do. He spoke again. "I'd advise you not to run."

"After all..."

Su Yuan glanced at the hunchbacked man. "You wouldn't want outsiders to learn your identity, would you?"