Chapter 340

The two spent about an afternoon on the playground. When the evening class bell rang, Su Yu sent Yun Ji back to the classroom.

Then Su Yu went to the principal's office again.

Lei Dong appeared somewhat shocked. He looked at Su Yu, who walked in from outside, as if he hadn't expected him to still be here, having spent the time until evening giving pointers to his student.

"How many days are you staying here?" Lei Dong asked.

Su Yu wasn't too sure. He was thinking of leaving after clearing the secret realm, but the fact that he possessed the Xunfa Secret Realm was his biggest secret, and even with Lei Dong in front of him, he didn't dare tell him.

So Su Yu made an excuse.

"I remembered I have some other things to take care of on Blue Star, so I expect to stay at the school for three days before going elsewhere."

Lei Dong nodded and didn't ask what he was going to do, but said:

"Do you need me to prepare a place for you to stay?"

Su Yu thought for a moment and shook his head.

"I can stay on the ship I arrived in. It's quite spacious inside."

Lei Dong didn't ask too much, just nodded and said:

"Alright, will you come to the school tomorrow?"

Su Yu thought about it and nodded again.

After the two talked for a while longer, Su Yu left the office.

Actually, Su Yu could see that Lei Dong truly treated him like a son. This kindness had surpassed the teacher-student bond and was more like a father-son relationship.

"I didn't know you had such a good principal."

It was Dijiaro's voice.

As Su Yu walked toward his ship, he responded to him.

"Mm, I'm very grateful to him. I've rarely come back since I graduated. Now that I've finally come back once, I want to do everything I can to help the school."

Dijiaro said:

"You actually don't need to do anything else. You are the school's signboard. As long as you are here, this school will never lack students. But I'm surprised, are the talent levels of humans on Blue Star all this low?"

Hearing the Machine Emperor say this, Su Yu sighed helplessly.

"Do you think everyone is like you? A human with SSS-grade talent like me is already considered one of the best here. Compared to those ancient civilized nations with abundant resources, it's actually nothing."

"No, no, no," Gale Thunder refuted him, "Be confident. People with SSS-grade talent are very common throughout the universe. At your age, reaching the high stage of the Star Spirit realm, to be honest, is already quite good... No, actually, it has surpassed a large group of people."

Listening to Gale Thunder say this, Su Yu pursed his lips and smiled.

"You're quite good at complimenting people."

"Just speaking the truth."

Su Yu walked back into the ship, found a suitable seat, and sat down. He closed his eyes to talk to the two Machine Emperors in his Card Imperial Space.

"I know the Xunfa Secret Realm is very dangerous, but I have a premonition that the longer this thing stays by my side, the more dangerous it becomes. If I don't clear the Xunfa Secret Realm as soon as possible, I feel restless."

"That's your business, it has nothing to do with us. And this kind of solo secret realm is inherently much more dangerous than those that require a team to pass. You should realize the importance of the Xunfa Secret Realm to you."

Listening to Gale Thunder's voice, to be honest, he didn't quite understand. Su Yu was still too young; this was his first time encountering a solo secret realm.

"...I might understand what you mean. Then I'll go in."

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Yu closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was already inside the Xunfa Secret Realm.

...The familiar ancient castle again.

Su Yu looked at the building in front of him and felt a sudden, inexplicable panic.

He steadied his mind and walked in.

The ancient castle had no doors. Besides that, there were some crows residing here; it was very desolate and terrifying.

Then Su Yu discovered that the ones standing on both sides of the castle entrance to welcome guests were actually two skeletons.

Su Yu stared at the skeletons circling, and after confirming they were real, he walked inside.

The castle was very dark and covered in spiderwebs. Su Yu could feel the spider silk sticking to his face from time to time. He got goosebumps all over his body, but endured the disgust and continued walking forward.

The ground was sticky; he didn't know what it was. The moon outside the castle hung high in the sky, and only specific places had light.

In such a place where you couldn't see your own fingers, Su Yu wisely chose to take out a Spirit Stone first.

After the Spirit Stone was polished, the light could illuminate the path under his feet, but just with this illumination, Su Yu was shocked again.

These sticky, wet things under his feet were actually pools of blood that hadn't yet coagulated.

Su Yu swallowed his saliva and continued walking forward.

Bones and blood covering every inch of the ground all signaled what kind of slaughter had once taken place here.

The further he went, the dimmer and colder it became. Su Yu tightened his clothes, his ears twitched, and he suddenly heard something.

—It sounded like a young girl's singing. The voice was soft, yet inexplicably terrifying.

It was ethereal and lively, sometimes like a whisper in his ear, and other times like it was coming from outside the castle.

Su Yu didn't pay much attention, his eyes darting around, trying to find something useful.

But there was nothing, except for those severed limbs.

"Remember what I said? There must be treasure in this castle. Go upstairs; maybe you'll find it." Gale Thunder reminded him.

Su Yu nodded and walked upstairs slowly, occasionally hearing the sound of a few drops of water, which seemed even clearer in the extremely quiet environment.