Chapter 179: Su Yu's Weighing of Options

After taking the letter, Yan Shaozhe opened it to look, and after finishing it, he could not help but let out a long sigh.

"Dean Yan, what did my father say?" Su Yu did not know what was written in the letter; at the time he received that secret letter, he had opened it to find only a short note.

Give this letter to your Dean.

???

From beginning to end, Su Yu had not been able to figure out what this letter actually meant.

"Your father said that due to some reasons within the family, he hopes you can graduate from the Inner Court early. The family needs you to return to inherit it, and at the same time, he does not wish for you to participate in the Sea God Pavilion." Yan Shaozhe could not help but feel some regret; if Su Yu could remain at Shrek Academy, it would surely be of huge help to the development of Shrek's Martial Soul Department and Soul Guidance Department.

However, upon a second thought, Yan Shaozhe felt relieved.

Su Yu had a family; he was not one of those commoner disciples, so naturally, he could not remain at Shrek in the future.

"Then, Dean Yan, when can my graduation assessment be arranged?" Su Yu asked tentatively.

After a moment of thought, Yan Shaozhe slowly spoke: "According to the rules of the Inner Court, you can graduate once you reach Level 70, but given the issues with your family, the academy will arrange it at its discretion after deliberation. After all, your family..."

"My family?" Su Yu was stunned for no reason, as if he had detected a hint of subtext.

"It's nothing. If you wish to remain at Shrek Academy in the future, the doors of Shrek will always be open to you. Go on, I have approved this vacation; we will arrange the other matters well." As he spoke, he waved his hand toward Su Yu.

Looking at Yan Shaozhe's somewhat inexplicable expression, Su Yu realized a matter he had been neglecting.

The Su Family, the Star Luo Empire, the Star Luo Imperial Family...

Things were indeed not that simple.

A tall tree catches the wind; everything was not as simple as imagined.

It was just that Su Yu had not expected things to happen so quickly, catching people off guard...

"Old Chen, tell me, does the matter with the family have to do with the Star Luo Imperial Family?"

On the way away, after organizing his thoughts, Su Yu asked.

Old Chen did not answer, but the item Old Chen handed to him explained everything.

Looking at the shattered Soul Guidance Device in his hand, Su Yu's hand holding the device hung down powerlessly.

Because this Soul Guidance Device was one he had originally given to Su Chenghua, the branch leader in Heaven Dou City. Although it was a Level 5 Soul Guidance Device, for Su Chenghua, a Soul Emperor, to have a Level 5 Soul Guidance Device crafted by Su Yu meant he could already be considered a match for few among his peers.

"It was the people from the Star Luo Imperial Family who made the move, right? If nothing goes wrong, I imagine our family's Soul Guidance Device sales with Mingde Hall and our own soul guidance laboratory are to be handed over to them, right?" Su Yu looked at the fragments of the broken Soul Guidance Device in his hand, having roughly guessed some of the details.

"I think the Master will know more about the specific matters. For now, Young Master, it is better to return early, because..." Old Chen's words were interrupted by another voice before he could finish.

"Because I might have to go back to turn myself in. The charge is colluding with the Sun Moon Empire, to be dealt with as treason, right? After all, my father was once a student at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Guidance Academy of the Sun Moon Empire, my mother was too, and I was also once an exchange student in the Sun Moon Empire, and I even signed an order with Mingde Hall..."

Su Yu controlled the Soul Guidance Device, following closely behind Old Chen.

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"Xuan Lao, Su Yu is not participating in this competition. It is not that Su Yu does not want to go, but that the Su Family might truly be in trouble." Yan Shaozhe handed the letter in his hand to Xuan Lao. "This is a letter from Su Xinyuan; take a look."

Taking the letter paper, a look of worry also appeared on Xuan Lao's brow. "How could it be like this? At this critical juncture, how could the Star Luo Empire..."

"You know the problems of the Su Family, don't you? After all, under the current situation, the Su Family's cooperation with Mingde Hall is so close, and the Su Family's soul guidance production has also appeared with techniques that do not belong to the Three Great Empires; it is normal for them to have suspicions. However, Su Yu has suffered an unprovoked disaster because of this." Yan Shaozhe spoke quite helplessly.

"You mean, Su Yu going back now might be to serve as a hostage?" Xuan Lao widened his eyes. If Su Yu were a student of Shrek, Xuan Lao would naturally go to seek justice for him, but once it involved a country's internal politics and family issues, even Xuan Lao had no way to intervene.

Because behind Su Yu was the fatal weakness of his family. If Su Yu were like Huo Yu Hao, with the support of Shrek Academy behind him, the Star Luo Empire would not dare to investigate everything about the Su Family even if they had ten times the courage.

On the way back, Su Yu thought a lot. If he truly reached a situation with no way out, Su Yu could only choose the worst path.

As he spoke, Su Yu looked back at the place where the Star Dou Great Forest was located...

Seemingly having sensed something, Di Tian, who was in the Star Dou Great Forest, also looked back from afar, as if he too had detected something.

"Master, that kid..." Di Tian hesitated for a moment, looking at the Life Lake before him as he spoke.

The Silver Dragon King's voice slowly came from the lake. "Since this human is useful to us, then we need to protect him well. After all, the only one who can change the situation of the Soul Beasts now is likely that human. Make a move when necessary; keep his life. After all, his body still carries half of the destiny of our Star Dou Great Forest."

"I understand. I will pay attention to this human. However, Master, is there still no clue about the Dragon God? You must know, last time it was on that kid's body..." Di Tian could not help but think of that scene at the time.

The Silver Dragon King was silent for a moment, then spoke: "The development of things is not as simple as you think. Let's talk about this later. Bring him to see me when that human kid reaches Title Douluo. I need to continue sleeping; my injuries still do not allow me to remain awake. During the time I am sleeping, unless it is related to that kid, do not wake me easily."

"Master, I understand."

After the Silver Dragon King finished speaking, she fell into silence again, clearly having fallen back into a deep sleep. Her injuries were too severe; if it were not for the severe injuries, she would not have had to shrink into the Life Lake to sleep.

Di Tian looked from afar at that illusory figure in the distance, seemingly deep in thought.

Tens of thousands of years have passed; a few short decades do not matter.

Human, you can be considered an anomaly among humans...

Su Yu, I am very much looking forward to what your future will be like.

Di Tian looked at that figure flying over the Star Dou Great Forest, muttering to himself.

"Di Tian, you say, do we really have to hand the future over to that human?" Bi Ji was somewhat worried and could not help but ask.

Di Tian shook his head and said: "The road ahead is long; everything needs to be verified. Regardless of whether we trust this human, the Master's decision will not be wrong."

"Why?" Bi Ji asked, puzzled.

In Di Tian's mind, the scene of his conversation with Su Yu that day emerged.

Su Yu seemed like a wise man who had experienced countless hardships, knowing some strange knowledge that even Di Tian could not understand.

"Because he is Su Yu, a different..."

After a long silence, Di Tian continued: "Human..."

"A different human?" Bi Ji could not quite understand Di Tian's thoughts. Could such a human be fundamentally different from others?

This kind of doubt came from cognition; Bi Ji was not in Di Tian's position, so she could not understand.

Di Tian could not understand a human, and even less could he figure out why he would make such strange moves.

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"Young Master, we have arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Capital."

Old Chen's voice pulled Su Yu's thoughts back to reality. Looking at the Star Luo City before him, a look of complex emotion appeared on Su Yu's face.

"In the end, I still have to return. But it doesn't matter; with me here, everything will pass. Old Chen, let's go back; my father and mother have probably been waiting for us for a long time..."

Looking at the Imperial Guard welcoming them before him, Su Yu smiled calmly; since he had been able to guess that his family would face such a situation, Su Yu had long since prepared for this day.

"Young Master Su, since you have returned, then come with me; I am merely acting in my official capacity," the commander of the Imperial Guard before him said to Su Yu.

Su Yu nodded and said, "I understand, then I will trouble you, Commander Luo."

Under the guidance of Commander Luo, Su Yu arrived at the imperial palace of the Star Luo Empire.

"Your Majesty, the person has been brought," Commander Luo knelt and bowed to the Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei, then retreated.

"Your subject Su Yu, greets Your Majesty."

Su Yu was wearing the uniform of the Shrek Inner Court, and it was precisely because of this attire that Su Yu did not need to kneel to Xu Jiawei.

However, the proper etiquette still had to be observed, so Su Yu bowed to Xu Jiawei.

"Do not be nervous; there is nothing else regarding why I summoned you here this time." Xu Jiawei's expression was very amiable, but Su Yu knew that once this seemingly amiable Star Luo Emperor learned of Su Yu's Wanjing Sect, the Su Family would likely not be far from a major purge.

Su Yu looked at Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei before him, "This is what my father asked me to hand over to Your Majesty; there was some negligence recently while handling family matters, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

As he spoke, Su Yu presented all the correspondence between himself and Mingde Hall with both hands.

Su Yu's cooperation with Mingde Hall was entirely normal, but even if there was nothing to it, such cooperation was extremely easy to arouse suspicion in others.

What Su Yu needed to do now was to dispel all the doubts of the Star Luo Imperial Family; if there was truly no way, then he could only start with this bickering pair, Xu Jiujiu.

After all, the only person he currently had any connection with in the imperial family was Xu Jiujiu.

"No matter, no matter, accompany me for a talk; I haven't returned to the imperial capital for several years." Xu Jiawei took the letters in his hand, then rose and walked toward the outside of the hall.

Under Xu Jiujiu's signal, Su Yu followed; looking at Xu Jiujiu's gloating appearance, Su Yu knew that a tall tree catches the wind, and staying in the Star Luo Empire would always mean being held back by them.

Either flee far overseas, like the Star Luo Empire of later generations, or move the entire family into the Sun Moon Empire.

Of course, moving the entire family into the Sun Moon Empire was the final plan, and also the worst plan.

"The battle four years ago, you little fellow was truly unexpected; tell me how you managed to win at that time." Xu Jiawei stood in the palace looking down at everything outside, as if reminiscing.

Su Yu said, "That time was also just a stroke of luck; if not for possessing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, I suspect the final victory of that time might have changed hands."

Xu Jiawei was clearly very interested in Su Yu's past, "I heard that you were the captain of the Shrek Battle Team in the last competition? And later, during the exchange student program in the Sun Moon Empire, you were also the strongest?"

"Your Majesty is too kind; those matters are merely rumors. The true captain was Huo Yu Hao." Su Yu did not want to admit too much; after all, the more dazzling he appeared, the more likely he would be held back by the Star Luo Empire.

Xu Jiujiu asked, "Then will you participate in the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament?"

"In reply to Your Highness the Princess, I have already taken a leave of absence from Shrek Academy, and I will not participate in this competition." Su Yu continued to answer truthfully.

The water this time was too deep; he could only act from the shadows when the opportunity arose, and he could not just go and participate in the competition on a whim.

"Taken a leave of absence from Shrek? Then what do you plan to do next? Return to inherit the family business?" Xu Jiawei had not expected Su Yu to choose to take a leave of absence from Shrek.

Looking at Xu Jiawei's puzzled expression, Su Yu replied, "Your Majesty is correct, to inherit the family business."

"For you, if you truly go to inherit the family business with your strength, it is indeed a bit of a waste. If you could join the army of my Star Luo Empire, I think your future would be better than inheriting the family business." Xu Jiawei's meaning was very clear: join the Star Luo Empire.

Su Yu replied, "I once thought about joining the military to serve the country, but my parents do not wish for me to join the army, and furthermore, the person I love is still waiting for me at Shrek Academy."

"The person you love? Is she also from my Star Luo Empire?" Both Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu became interested; they were also curious about who the person Su Yu loved was.

Mentioning the person he loved, that beloved woman of Xu Jiawei had always been guarding Shrek Academy; calculating carefully, her age was more than a dozen years older than Zhang Lexuan, which meant that Xu Jiawei's first love should be one of the current senior sisters in the Inner Court.

"She is a member of the Clear Sky Sect of the Heaven Soul Empire." Su Yu did not intend to bring up Wang Dong'er's identity and simply glossed over it.

"Then what are your plans for the future? Staying in the family to manage the industries?" Xu Jiawei continued to ask.

Su Yu shook his head and said, "I will not be inheriting the family business in the short term, but I think after returning this time, I might travel around a bit; if Your Majesty has any matters, you can have my father convey them to me."

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