"Wang Po?"
"So you're Second Brother's son. It's been years. Is Second Brother well? Have I dragged you all down with me?"
Su Xiuyi's voice came from within the Myriad Text Academy. Facing Wang Cheng, Su Xiuyi truly felt somewhat guilty. The Wang family was a major clan in the imperial capital, but now that Wang Lin was dead, life would surely be difficult for them. Otherwise, with Wang Cheng's talent, the Great Zhou Emperor would not have assigned him to the Southern Heaven Academy.
"Father said Grandfather regarded you as his own son. Even though you don't have the Wang family's blood, you're still one of us. You were young back then, Uncle, and only lost your head for a moment. The Wang family will do everything it can to have His Majesty release you. Father has gone to the frontier. As long as he kills enough greater demons, he'll surely be able to dispel His Majesty's anger!" Wang Cheng said with a smile after hearing Su Xiuyi's words.
Inside the courtyard, Su Xiuyi had been paying particularly close attention. With his strength, he would have sensed even the slightest lie from Wang Cheng.
Hmm?
He wasn't lying. There was only the slightest trace of resentment.
It seems the Wang family really doesn't hate me. Even Second Brother has gone to the frontier. Doesn't that mean only Eldest Brother Wang Zhan is left in the imperial capital? Eldest Brother is gravely injured and has no children. Doesn't that mean the Wang family's last hope has come to Southern Heaven City? Great Zhou Emperor, what exactly are you trying to do? Are you trying to force me out of the Myriad Text Academy?
Last time, Teacher resolved that certain-death predicament with a Demon King's head. If I go out again now, it'll be like breaking out of prison. It was said back then that if I left the Myriad Text Academy, anyone in the world could kill me.
A chill flickered in Su Xiuyi's eyes. Under its influence, the wine in his hand froze solid.
He had not expected that, just after using the Heavenly Demon Sect's elder to display the Myriad Text Academy's power of curses and make the world wary,
before he had even had a chance to cultivate in peace, the other party had made another move, disrupting his plans.
"I've wronged the Wang family!"
"If not for me, the Wang family wouldn't be in its current situation." Inside the courtyard, Su Xiuyi took a deep breath and apologized again.
"Uncle Xiuyi, let's not talk about the past. Come, let's share a drink! The men of the Wang family aren't afraid of death!" The last trace of resentment in Wang Cheng's heart vanished when he heard Su Xiuyi's words.
He had grown up listening to stories about Su Xiuyi. In fact, Wang Cheng admired Su Xiuyi immensely. Even the Heavenly Fox Clan's holy maiden had fallen for him, bowing before his baggy shorts.
"All right, let's drink!"
The ice in Su Xiuyi's cup turned back into wine, and he drained it in one gulp.
"Uncle Xiuyi, the world is in chaos now, and the once-in-five-hundred-years erosion by the power of the realms is upon us. Just stay in the Myriad Text Academy and rest. I believe it won't be long before everything is settled and you can come out." Wang Cheng's expression was resolute.
"What? The world is in chaos? What exactly happened?" Su Xiuyi felt as though he had grasped something, but he couldn't see through it at once, so he hurriedly asked.
"Five hundred years ago, three Blood Barbarian Demon Souls broke free of their seals and slaughtered everyone in three academies. Those three Blood Barbarian Demon Souls went into hiding, and over the past five hundred years, they've taken control of quite a few covert factions. Now the power of the realms has descended, the Demon Race is pressing in, and the dark factions are everywhere stirring up the remnants of forces once destroyed by the imperial dynasty. The Heavenly Demon Sect has already infiltrated this place." Realizing that Su Xiuyi didn't know what was happening, Wang Cheng explained.
"Heavenly Demon Sect, Blood Barbarian Demon Race?"
Boom!
A thunderclap rang out in Su Xiuyi's mind. He finally guessed what the Great Zhou Emperor was trying to do.
Wang Cheng was the Wang family's sole surviving heir.
If Wang Cheng died, the Wang family's line would end.
The Great Zhou Emperor might use Wang Cheng's life to scheme against him.
With the world in chaos, how could Wang Cheng possibly stay inside the academy?
After all, a scholar's ideals were to bring order to his family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world.
Once an imperial edict came, who would dare disobey?
"Damn it!"
Inside the courtyard, a layer of frost appeared around Su Xiuyi in an instant, and the temperature fell to a terrifying degree.
"Be careful!"
"Staying alive is more important than anything!"
Su Xiuyi spoke after suppressing his killing intent.
"Mm!"
"Don't worry. I'm only a Skysoar cultivator. Dangerous tasks won't fall to me."
"I only arrived at the academy today, and there are still a few things I need to take care of. I'll come visit you another day, Uncle!" Unable even to see Su Xiuyi, Wang Cheng prepared to leave. He had only come here to put on an act anyway.
"All right, go on!"
Su Xiuyi drained his wine in one gulp.
Sensing that all the people watching outside had disappeared, Su Xiuyi's expression turned cold.
"Su Tianlong, why are you pressing me so relentlessly?"
Su Tianlong was the Great Zhou Emperor's name.
"Corpse!"
Su Xiuyi crushed the cup in his hand and called out.
The next moment, the corpse servant appeared eerily at Su Xiuyi's side, his face full of respect. "Master!"
"How is your cultivation of the Innate White Bone Divine Ability coming along?" Su Xiuwen asked.
The corpse servant immediately replied, "Master, I now have a yin-death body, so I've been cultivating the Innate White Bone Divine Ability very quickly. I've reached the beginner level. As long as no one at the Invincible Realm appears, there are very few people who can kill me!"
"You don't need to stay here anymore. Go out and handle some matters for me. Secretly investigate my origins and find out why the Great Zhou Emperor is so bent on killing me. At the same time, take control of some forces. I'll contact you when I need you!" Su Xiuyi ordered.
"Yes, Master!"
The corpse servant bowed to Su Xiuyi, then vanished.
Su Xiuyi looked at the empty space before him and frowned.
"I meant to remain hidden and wait until I was strong enough to deal with certain matters, but the tree may wish to be still, yet the wind will not cease."
"Nothing can be allowed to happen to Wang Cheng."
Su Xiuyi sighed.
Su Xiuyi vanished as well, entering the depths of the Myriad Text Academy. He sat down cross-legged and absorbed the incomparably violent power of the laws there to strengthen his Will Characters.
At the academy, Ji Zhan listened to a report from the disciple who had accompanied Wang Cheng. When the disciple finished, Ji Zhan looked at Elder Zhou. "Elder Zhou, do you think His Majesty's plan will succeed? The imperial family is ruthless, after all!"
"But Su Xiuyi wasn't raised in the imperial family. He was raised by Wang Lin!"
"The Wang family is dearer to him than his own blood, and besides, the Wangs are all unfailingly loyal. They were once that person's faithful servants. Su Xiuyi is nothing to fear while he remains in the Myriad Text Academy, but that mysterious man is too terrifying. He was even able to kill a Blood Barbarian Demon Soul; his strength is unfathomable. If he's a hidden card left behind by that person, he must be eliminated. How could His Majesty be willing to let someone sleep soundly beside his bed? That man's existence is what truly makes His Majesty wary. If he enters the Invincible Realm, he'll be even more terrifying than the Saber Saint Wusheng!" Elder Zhou said calmly.
"What if that man is ruthless and unwilling to save Wang Cheng? After all, the saber intent he cultivates belongs to the path of slaughter. People on that path are almost all ruthless," Ji Zhan said with a frown.
"He won't be. Su Xiuyi grew up in the Wang family, and he saw Wang Cheng today. Now that he knows the family's situation, he'll surely feel guilty. If that man has any connection to him, he'll surely ask him to intervene." A cold smile curled Elder Zhou's lips.
"I hope so!"
Ji Zhan felt somewhat nervous. Looking at the old man, he asked, "Elder Zhou, does Su Xiuyi really have the imperial bloodline?"
"That's right. Twenty years ago, His Majesty had the Heaven Patrol Pavilion take some of Su Xiuyi's essence blood for testing. So if Su Xiuyi had lived out his life quietly, His Majesty might have left him alone. But everything that has happened at the Southern Heaven Academy has made His Majesty very uneasy. After all, His Majesty seized the throne by treading over countless white bones!"
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