Chapter 120: The Inheritance Begins, the Undead Awaken!

"Forget it, if you're all so unwelcoming of my return, I might as well leave..."

Su Yu stood up, looked at the crowd with a helpless expression, and then prepared to turn and leave.

"Are you sure you're leaving again? You left without a word last time and were gone for half a year. Do you plan on returning only after another half year this time?"

It was Ju Zi who spoke, a strange light refracting in her eyes.

Su Yu looked at Ju Zi and said slowly, "That may not be the case..."

Xuan Ziwen was finally reasonable for once; he made an excuse about unfinished research and then left the laboratory.

When the time arrived at sunset, Ju Zi and Su Yu leaned under a tree, ignoring Wang Shaojie and the other two who were still bickering.

"Although you are much younger than me, I have to say, you are indeed much more mature than me in some aspects. If only you were really my younger brother." Ju Zi habitually reached out and pinched Su Yu's face.

Su Yu was too lazy to resist. "Being a younger brother is fine too. I've been calling you Sister Ju Zi for so long anyway, right, Sister Ju Zi?"

"You were able to contend with the genius Soul King Meng Hongchen with only a Soul Elder's cultivation, and even become a top-tier Level 4 Soul Engineer at just thirteen. I believe you will definitely become a powerful Soul Engineer in the near future." Ju Zi spoke slowly, as if narrating a story.

Su Yu raised his head slightly and said slowly, "Doesn't Ju Zi have her own plans? Do you really just want to spend your whole life in such a plain and simple way?"

"No, I still have my revenge to take. I also want to be like you, to be able to become a Core Disciple of Mingde Hall. Perhaps in the future, I really could..." Ju Zi's voice was somewhat resolute, yet it revealed a sense of helplessness and sorrow.

"If it weren't for the pursuit of power, and not wanting to be kneaded at will by others like an ant, why would I have chosen to test into Mingde Hall? I just want to live well, I just want to hold my life in my own hands..."

Su Yu slowly stood up and finally disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

Watching Su Yu's retreating back, Ju Zi clenched her fists. "I also wanted to marry a chef as excellent as my father and live a plain and simple life, but I know all of this is impossible now. If in the future I am still trampled underfoot like an ant, Luo Yu, would you still be like you are today?"

"I would, Sister Ju Zi."

Su Yu's voice rang out by Ju Zi's ear, but Su Yu's figure had already vanished from her sight.

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Su Yu knew what the words Ju Zi had spoken meant.

Although the road ahead was still long, there actually wasn't much time left.

Now he could only wait, wait for the people from the Body Sect to come and cause trouble. Everything was ready, all that was missing was the east wind.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yu welcomed the long holiday of Mingde Hall, because it was the New Year.

This New Year, Su Yu spent it in Mingdu again. However, after being in Mingdu for so long, his efforts had not been in vain. Under his continuous supply of Blueprints, not only had Su De Rong, Zhao Huafeng, and Liu Ji in the Sun Moon Empire made significant progress.

Under the circumstances of the circulation of materials and Soul Guidance technology between both sides, the Wanjing Sect that Su Yu had temporarily established had also attracted a large number of personnel in a short period of time through the accumulation of massive physical resources, financial power, and Soul Guidance technology.

However, all of this was built on the premise that they could abandon their original identities and countries. After all, if a sect is backed by a family or controlled by a single person, it is very difficult to commit them as combat power into a battle with a strange stance.

But actually, the best method would be like Shrek, to obtain the permission of the Three Great Empires and become an independent city-state.

But obviously, with Su Yu's current status, it was impossible to achieve this. After all, if a sect is not subordinate to the state's control, it is equivalent to a private army, and the outcome of possessing an army is no different from treason...

This twisted stance was ultimately a problem that needed to be solved. In fact, the method to solve it had long existed, it was just a bit, well, you know.

Looking at the brightly lit city, walking in this highly modernized Mingdu, in a trance, Su Yu felt as if he had returned to Zhong Hua Jia on Blue Star.

"This feeling, it really is nostalgic..."

In this Mingdu, Su Yu spent a long year, and Ju Zi had also left the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy half a year ago, destination unknown.

However, a few days ago, he received a letter from Ju Zi, but the letter did not mention where she was.

The butterfly effect had still been triggered; Ju Zi had arrived by Xu Tianran's side ahead of schedule. It only required the passage of time, and the future Empress War God would eventually grow up. It was just that in her memories, there was no longer Huo Yu Hao; there was only a younger brother named Luo Yu...

Mu Lao's days were also numbered. He reckoned that the day Mu Lao passed away would be the time for him to leave the Sun Moon Empire, because whether it was for studying Soul Guidance knowledge here or lurking and plotting here, the original identity of Su Yu still had to be maintained.

If he hadn't chosen to go to Shrek Academy back then, he reckoned he might have really joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy...

But Su Yu was not such a quiet person. If he had really joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, he reckoned that at the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament, the one being beaten up by the protagonist group would be himself...

Life and death are fated, wealth and honor are in the hands of heaven; man proposes, God disposes.

But what Su Yu wanted to do was to have life and death fated, wealth and honor in the hands of man, man proposes, and man disposes.

In this world that was both blurry and clear, as long as gods interfered with the lower realm, everything could be changed in a few seconds. If it weren't for fighting for a life in the future, how would Su Yu risk his life time and time again?

Life is just this wonderful; one can only sit and wait for the opportunity to arrive...

The next day.

Su Yu received news again that Tang Ya had left Shrek and joined the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City.

"Why do I have a bad premonition?"

Su Yu slowly put away the letter in his hand. Out of an instinctive sense of crisis, he could clearly feel that the development of events had exceeded his expectations for the first time.

But it didn't matter. Even if the other side had Evil Soul Masters invading, he just needed to send people to pay more attention. Because in this kind of place, the Soul Masters the other side dispatched could absolutely not be like Shrek, where Title Douluo all came out together.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Mingde Hall cafeteria.

Su Yu, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen sat in a corner of the cafeteria, with Su Yu as silent as usual. Over the past year, Su Yu had basically settled down in Mingde Hall, and after a series of his performances and assessments, he had successfully managed to study alongside the siblings Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

I have to say, the food supply at Mingde Hall was quite impressive. Its model was similar to Shrek's; the more core the disciple, the more extra resources would be tilted toward them.

"Senior Sister, will the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament be held in our Mingdu?"

Su Yu looked at Meng Hongchen sitting opposite him and asked, while his mind was pondering how to extricate himself from Mingde Hall, because Ma Xiaotao's incident had caused Mu Lao to be corrected back to the original timeline.

Now that a year and a half had passed, in a few months, Su Yu should be able to receive the summons from Shrek Academy.

"That's right, the next tournament will be in our Mingdu. This time we will definitely achieve victory. However, Luo Yu, you seem to have something on your mind?" Meng Hongchen looked at the frowning Su Yu opposite her and asked.

Su Yu certainly had something on his mind. The current dilemma was how he could reasonably extricate himself from Mingde Hall. If he spared no cost, he could at most discard the identity of Luo Yu, but the identity of Luo Yu had greater uses later on, so he was now caught in a dilemma.

"I was wondering if our opponent, Shrek, is really that strong?" Su Yu naturally hummed in response to them. After all, you bunch of turtles' team battles were still being beaten up by me.

Xiao Hongchen also stared at Su Yu with a serious expression and said slowly, "In the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Soul Dueling Tournament a year ago, the other side's starting lineup was not fully present, but I feel that even if their starting lineup had been complete, the result might not have been different."

Su Yu also became interested. Now he wanted to know how much progress this arrogant guy Xiao Hongchen had made, so he continued to ask, "Why does Senior Brother say that? Could it be that their reserve team is stronger than their starting team?"

"No, in their team, there was a person named Su Yu. Although I am not sure if he was the captain, in that battle, every fight seemed to have him as the core. The strength of a team might be related to their own strength, but that person named Su Yu was definitely an indispensable key to their victory this time!"

A burning fighting spirit flickered in Xiao Hongchen's eyes. In fact, the Su Yu he had always hated had been right in front of him the whole time, he just didn't know it.

"Is that person named Su Yu really that amazing? I've heard from various seniors that that Su Yu was only a Three-Ring Soul Elder. How could a Soul Elder have the power to change the entire battle situation?"

Ahe, didn't expect that, did you? I am Su Yu. I will definitely choke you, this unqualified reserve captain, in the future. If I had been a Soul King like you back then, I dare say not a single one of you who went on stage would have walked off standing.

"Actually, you are right. At the very beginning, I also believed that a Soul Elder could not influence the outcome of a battle. However, later on, this Su Yu repeatedly exceeded our expectations during combat. Although he was not the primary combat force, his judgment in every operation and his grasp of the timing for every strike reached an incredibly precise level."

Xiao Hongchen set down the tray in his hand and carefully recalled that battle from a year ago.

"In the end, we lost. We were utterly defeated before we could even use our most powerful means. Perhaps this time really did provide me with a sufficiently great challenge, and Su Yu is my goal..."

Su Yu himself had not expected Xiao Hongchen to care so much about this fellow. Clearly, that battle had left too great a psychological shadow on them. What they feared most was still the Martial Soul Fusion Skill between himself and Wang Dong. Although he and Wang Dong had yet to name it, everything could be brought to a perfect conclusion after returning.

Xiao Hongchen was right; at this moment, he was Xiao Hongchen's goal. But how could Su Yu not know that his own goal was even greater and more far-reaching than Xiao Hongchen's?

Because, if he could not achieve this goal, his future self would be like a puppet, wantonly mocked by those gods.

The road is very long...

Returning to his dormitory, after repeatedly confirming with Yi Lao that his residence was not being monitored, Su Yu immersed his consciousness into his Spirit Sea.

Here, there was still an illusory soul, the Purple-Eyed Demon Dragon. This could be considered Su's first ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, but this weak soul was still in an unconscious state.

"Yi Lao, have I passed your assessment now?" Su Yu called out to Yi Lao within the Spirit Sea.

"Although my divine sense fragments cannot store all of my memories, I know that my choice was correct. When you resolutely chose to leave Shrek Academy, you shared your memories with me at that time, and I also understood everything you bear."

The figure of Electrolux appeared before Su Yu, and then he raised his hand, slowly transmitting the inheritance from his memories into Su Yu's mind.

"Teacher, don't speak so righteously. After all, I also don't want to be wantonly controlled like a puppet."

Looking at Electrolux before him, Su Yu knew that, in truth, Electrolux's experiences were not that pleasant; otherwise, he would not have transformed ultimate light into ultimate darkness.

In the original work, Huo Yu Hao moved Electrolux with the bond between teacher and student; it would be better to say it was simply: "If Heaven did not give birth to me, Huo Yu Hao, the path of cheats would be a long night for eternity; bring the cheat!"

But Su was different; he directly shared his memories with Electrolux, letting Electrolux understand everything he had to face. As Electrolux's disciple, Electrolux naturally felt deeply touched, not to mention the year spent gaining Electrolux's trust.

In order to let Yi Lao recover to normal as quickly as possible, at times, Su Yu directly transmitted his own Spirit Power to Yi Lao, working for Yi Lao's recovery without any regard for the consequences.

Yi Lao saw all of this in his eyes. Now that his disciple was finally going to officially accept his inheritance, how could Yi Lao not be happy!

"Su Yu, I hesitated for a long time about whether to pass on all of my Undead Magic to you. After all, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, Undead Magic is full of evil. Because these magics themselves are all related to death, corpses, and souls. They are all existences that humans naturally fear. After thinking it over repeatedly, and considering you repeatedly, it seems my decision was correct."

Electrolux looked at the Su Yu before him and smiled happily.

Su Yu took a deep breath and slowly said: "Actually, whether it is light or evil, the key lies in the mindset of the user. I know that humans fear death. In their view, death, souls, and the undead all represent evil. However, what the world believes is not necessarily correct!"