Chapter 181: That Absurd Letter

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Su Yu bowed toward Xu Jiawei.

Watching Su Yu's indifferent demeanor, Xu Jiawei asked, "Do you have any plans for these next few days?"

"I plan to take a trip to the Sunset Great Forest recently. I need to obtain my Fifth Soul Ring, so I hope Your Majesty can grant me permission to leave the Star Luo Empire." Su Yu had long since obtained his Fifth Soul Ring; this excuse was merely to go to the Sunset Great Forest to retrieve the Lovesick Heartbroken Red.

"Oh? Then how long do you intend to be back this time?" Xu Jiawei asked.

Su Yu thought for a moment, "Within three months, probably. After all, it is difficult to find a Soul Beast suitable for me, and obtaining this Soul Ring is also one of my final exams."

"An Inner Court exam?" Mentioning exams, Xu Jiawei thought of Shrek Academy.

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After walking out of the imperial palace, Su Yu felt as if he had just walked out of a dragon's den and tiger's lair.

If not for the Su Family, Su Yu would surely not be in such a difficult position; otherwise, why would he need to face that old fox Xu Jiawei with such trepidation?

Returning home, Su Yu took out the silk pouch and said, "Come out, all of you."

The Purple-Eyed Demon Dragon, the Hell Demon Dragon, and Yi Lao—three illusory figures appeared in the room.

"Teacher, is there any way to break the seal on this silk pouch?" Su Yu asked, pointing at the pouch.

Yi Lao picked up the pouch, examined it for a while, and said, "It is a bit troublesome, but not a difficult task."

"Then what does that have to do with us? If there's nothing else, I'm going back to sleep."

The Purple-Eyed Demon Dragon—no, he should be called Zi Yan now—seeing that Zi Yan was about to go back to rest.

Yi Lao said, "Although the Spirit Power of you two little dragons is limited, you can still be of help."

"Then what do we need to do?" The Hell Demon Dragon—now called Hell—had been very quiet ever since he became Su Yu's Soul Spirit, unlike Zi Yan who did nothing but sleep all day.

"The problem is not big. Give me one hour; you two are responsible for sharing the power for me, and leave the rest to me."

After receiving Yi Lao's confirmation, the two beasts and one person returned to Su Yu's Spirit Sea with the silk pouch.

"It seems I have to wait."

Su Yu felt the seal constantly breaking, and then he began to cultivate.

It was only an hour; it did not seem too long during cultivation.

In Su Yu's memory, his longest cultivation session was half a month. At that time, he sat cross-legged in his dormitory in the Sun Moon Empire, and by the time he was discovered, Su Yu's body was cold all over.

Fan Yu thought at the time that Su Yu had met with foul play in the Sun Moon Empire, and that even his corpse had gone cold...

Fortunately, after an examination, Su Yu's body returned to normal temperature, and everyone realized that Su Yu might have fallen into a deep state of meditation.

For a Necromancer like Su Yu, meditating for ten days or half a month was a very normal thing.

Regarding his future, Su Yu had always had extremely clear plans. Every action he took had a specific meaning, except...

Except that he truly fell in love with Wang Dong'er, which was outside his calculations...

As a transmigrator, he did initially approach Wang Dong'er with a purpose, but as the time they spent together increased, he and Wang Dong'er both developed a deep foundation of affection. It was just that, because they were roommates at the time, neither of them had pointed it out.

Does liking someone need a reason?

Su Yu thought about it; actually, it probably doesn't...

When Su Yu recovered from his chaotic thoughts, the silk pouch was already resting quietly on the table in front of him.

This silk pouch could also be considered one of the tests from those two, but whether it was a test or not, it didn't really matter anymore.

If the two hearts are forever, why the need for day and night together...

The separation of space and time is never an obstacle to love.

The more isolated it is, the more it will be like old wine that has gone through sedimentation, becoming increasingly profound in flavor.

Opening the silk pouch, Su Yu reached in and touched a scroll of parchment with a simple, ancient style.

The parchment was shaken open; the paper was large, more than twice the size of a normal letter. The edges of the parchment were irregular, looking as if it hadn't been trimmed after being made from sheepskin. This primitive form made its original ancient flavor even more pronounced.

As the parchment was slowly opened by Su Yu, he saw the contents on it.

The content on the parchment was divided into two parts: a letter above, and a map below.

Su Yu looked at the content of the letter, "Su Yu, when you see this letter, I believe you also have the ability to accomplish this matter. It was only after much hesitation that I decided to entrust this matter to you."

"When I handed this silk pouch to Dong'er, I told her to give it to you only when she was certain that you could become her future husband and were worthy of her wholehearted love. It seems you have achieved that now. My second brother and I will both bless you both. However, there is one thing we must tell you, because it concerns the future happiness of you and Dong'er."

Seeing this, a sense of absurdity suddenly rose in Su Yu's heart.

Thinking about it carefully, the reason for all this was nothing more than testing whether he was sincere toward Wang Dong'er.

"Dong'er was born in the Clear Sky Sect and was congenitally deficient from a young age, with a very weak constitution. To make her body better, my second brother, Dong'er's parents, and I tried every possible method. However, we never saw any results. When she was three years old, we suddenly discovered that Dong'er had contracted a strange illness. This illness is very peculiar."

"You also know that at three years old, a person's martial soul is still in a dormant state and won't awaken until six. But Dong'er's martial soul awakened strangely at the age of three. And it was two that awakened at once. Her constitution was originally very weak, and such a mutated martial soul awakening immediately brought a greater burden to her body, forming a huge, hidden trauma."

If there really was trauma, Su Yu felt that splitting her into two parts out of thin air, and making Huo Yuhao's heart in the original work split into two, that was the greatest trauma.

Thinking carefully, in the end, when Huo Yuhao faced Tang Wutong, he himself couldn't distinguish who his most beloved person was.

Dong'er? Wutong? Qiu Er?

The final Tang Wutong was always a broken chimera...

"If you observe carefully, you will find that when Dong'er overexerts her own abilities, a golden pattern similar to a trident will appear on her forehead. That pattern is actually a seal placed by her father to suppress the trauma in her body. Her parents were away from the Clear Sky Sect all year round specifically to find heaven-sent treasures to cure her illness, leaving her in the care of my second brother and me. At that time, her father once said that the hidden injuries in Dong'er's body could only be suppressed by the seal until she was twenty. If her injuries were not cured by the time she was twenty, then she would likely..."

Seeing this, Su Yu just wanted to cover his face. If I hadn't read the original work and known that it was the symbol of a god's child, I would have really been fooled by you.

If Wang Dong'er really had a terminal illness, Tang San would never let his precious daughter act recklessly.

"After constant searching, Dong'er's parents finally found a fairy herb that could treat her hidden injury. It's just that this fairy herb is too difficult to pick. Its requirements are too harsh. It must be picked by a man who has romantic love for Dong'er and only has her as his sole beloved, using his own heart's blood. If one tries to pick this fairy herb by force, it will only be damaged and lose its medicinal effect. It also has an apt name: Lovesick Heartbroken Grass."

Mentioning the Lovesick Heartbroken Grass, Su Yu remembered its true name: Lovesick Heartbroken Red.

Back in Tang San's era, only Xiao Wu was able to pick it.

Zhu Zhuqing and the Grandmaster both failed one after another, and when Xiao Wu succeeded, even Tang San was somewhat bewildered.

Now that it was his turn to face that most magical fairy herb, in fact, in the eyes of different people, the Lovesick Heartbroken Red had different meanings.

Those who are heartless will not care, while those who love deeply will treat it as a treasure.

"We once tried various methods to pick it, but we couldn't do it no matter what. To preserve this glimmer of hope, we could only endure and wait for the person who deeply loved Dong'er to appear. And when the silk pouch is handed to you by Dong'er, it means at least Dong'er has already fallen deeply in love with you and is unreserved toward you. I don't know how you feel about Dong'er; after all, she used to dress as a man. But if you can open this silk pouch and ask yourself when seeing this letter that your love for Dong'er is deep and exclusive enough, then, as Dong'er's elder, I ask you to pick that fairy herb for her. For your future happiness, and for Dong'er's life."

"Dong'er's parents have been searching for other substitutes for her abroad, but Dong'er is already seventeen years old this year, and the time until she turns twenty is drawing ever closer, yet her parents have still not returned. Hope is becoming increasingly slim. Therefore, when I first met you, Titan and I were actually exceptionally joyful in our hearts; we have pinned our genuine expectations upon you. That is why we tested you, to examine whether your character could make you the person who saves Dong'er."

"The final result is satisfactory to us; at least before you left, we saw many good virtues in you. Dong'er has a good eye; you are the man who can be worthy of her. However, Dong'er's life has already begun to count down. I implore you, you must bring back that Lovesick Heartbroken Grass to cure Dong'er's hidden injuries."

"The reason a seal was placed on this letter is because Dong'er herself does not know about these hidden injuries. In order to let her grow up happily, we have never told her about this matter. We love her deeply and only hope that she can grow up safe and sound. Yu Hao, we also implore you, before you bring back the Lovesick Heartbroken Grass, do not tell her the truth. Even if you ultimately fail to complete this, we still hope she can live happily during her final time."

"The map below shows the location of the Lovesick Heartbroken Grass. That is a place filled with danger; it is a habitat for Soul Beasts, and the place where the Lovesick Heartbroken Grass grows is even more perilous. Below the map, there is a detailed introduction to the various plants that grow there. After arriving there, you must first strive to find a book."

The map below was likely the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but this place was truly somewhat dangerous; however, for him, who had long known everything, the danger could be ignored.

As for that book, it was likely the part of the Xuantian Treasure Record that was not passed down to the world. In fact, if one thinks about it carefully, the rise of the Tang Sect was related to the Xuantian Treasure Record, and its current decline was also related to the Xuantian Treasure Record.

Back then, Tang San consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate Flower, and with the help of the ice and fire springs of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he tempered his body; it was also because of this that he laid the foundation for his status as the 'King of Cheats'.

For Su Yu, this trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well meant he also had to consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate Flower to temper his entire body; only in this way could he allow Su Yu to accept Xue Di's power as early as possible, rather than letting Xue Di directly occupy all of Su Yu's subsequent Soul Rings in one go.

"That was left there by Dong'er's father. It records the differences between various immortal herbs and poisonous herbs, and it will also guide you to find the Lovesick Heartbroken Grass. The location where the book is buried is marked in detail on the map. You must find the book first before going to search for the Lovesick Heartbroken Grass; remember, remember. Do not risk going deep. Also, because these immortal herbs and poisonous herbs have grown for too long in that place filled with dense heaven and earth origin power, some have evolved into plant-type Soul Beasts, and they will also bring great danger to you."

"If you truly love Dong'er, then go. We await your good news. You must also take care of your own safety."

The final signature was Niu Tian.

Su Yu knew that with Niu Tian's brain, wanting to set up such a test was truly somewhat difficult for him.

Because this test was entirely Tang San's grand undertaking, or perhaps one could say, a grand undertaking to select a qualified son-in-law. He did not hesitate to split his own daughter into two to test his son-in-law.

"What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done."

Su Yu rose, took the silk pouch, and went to the Star Luo Imperial Palace to bid farewell to Xu Jiawei.

If he did not ask for instructions from Xu Jiawei now, he would likely be labeled with the crime of desertion, after all...

After leaving Star Luo City, Su Yu summoned his own Blood Dragon Battle Armor; now, this entire set of Soul Guidance Devices on him had been upgraded to Level Eight by Xuan Ziwen, sparing no effort.

Now, even when facing a Soul Douluo, he could retreat unscathed.

For no other reason than that now, unless a Soul Douluo exhausted Su Yu's soul power, it would be impossible to break through Su Yu's Defense System or capture Su Yu.

This was also why Su Yu wanted to upgrade his entire set of Soul Guidance Devices to Level Eight.

As the Soul Guidance Device on his back sprayed out red flames, Su Yu's figure quickly disappeared into the horizon.

Now Su Yu only needed to calculate his route well; he had to go down and say hello every time he passed through the airspace of a place, otherwise he might end up being wanted like Huo Yuhao.

A series that will be finished in this lifetime.

The revenue has now completely flopped; everyone, I wish you peace...