Chapter 190: The Beginning of the Deprivation of Power

"What is there to worry about? Back when we were in the Star Dou Great Forest, didn't the Vice Class Monitor return just fine?" Xiao Xiao thought for a moment, feeling that bringing up Di Tian was the perfect reason to comfort Wang Dong'er.

"Xiao Xiao, do you think Su Yu will do as Master Bei Bei said and move from the Star Luo Empire to the Sun Moon Empire?" Wang Dong'er thought for a moment and decided to ask this question.

"I don't know about that, but given the Vice Class Monitor's temperament, it's highly likely..."

Xiao Xiao recalled Su Yu's habitually laid-back demeanor and couldn't help but feel that if such a thing really happened, Su Yu would most likely choose to resolve the trouble at its root.

Just like during the selection for the Shrek Seven Devils, where Su Yu withdrew directly to avoid trouble, or later when he returned from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Guidance Academy and negotiated a deal with Xuan Lao for Wang Dong'er's graduation assessment...

Given all these things, besides this guy Su Yu, you wouldn't find a second such genius in the entire continent.

Shrek Academy, Sea God Island, Sea God Pavilion.

Meetings of the Sea God Pavilion were rarely held; usually, holding one a year was considered a lot, and in sparse times, they wouldn't hold one for several years, but in recent years, they had been held exceptionally frequently.

Counting carefully, this was already the seventh year since Su Yu enrolled, and the Sea God Pavilion had held over a dozen meetings back and forth. This surprisingly frequent rate made many of the elder masters feel a slight headache.

Although every one of these recent meetings was indeed very important, the more frequent important meetings and decisions became, the more they gave people the illusion that they weren't that important. But this illusion was just an illusion; in the Sea God Pavilion, which was full of old foxes, who among them was a pushover?

This Sea God Pavilion meeting was still presided over by Xuan Lao, but the content of this meeting had been drafted by Yan Shaozhe.

The content of the meeting was divided into three parts overall; the first was regarding the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament.

The tournament format for this competition had changed, and the number of participating teams had expanded sharply. However, regarding Mu En's previous instruction that the Tang Sect would also participate, and that the candidates would be the current Shrek Seven Devils, the tone began to shift once Su Yu was mentioned.

"According to a letter from Su Yu's family, the reason for Su Yu's withdrawal from this competition is due to the Star Luo Imperial Family. I believe you all know what the specific matter is. What are your thoughts on this?" Xuan Lao looked around, his brows slightly furrowed.

"I believe this matter has nothing to do with Su Yu. As an academy of Shrek, the Star Luo Imperial Family should also mind their own behavior. Moreover, this matter fundamentally affects the academy's participating team. I think we need to negotiate with the Star Luo Empire officials to revoke the restrictions on the Su Family."

Yan Shaozhe thought of the thrilling reversal in the last tournament; if it hadn't been for Su Yu, they would likely have lost in that final. This time, he did not want to see similar things happen again. Since it could be prevented, they must prioritize the academy's interests.

"I agree with Dean Yan's statement, but I feel that if we do this, would it not violate our Shrek rule of not interfering in the affairs of other countries? If we do this, would it not bring immeasurable negative influence upon Shrek?" Xian Lin'er naturally knew Yan Shaozhe's intentions, but if they did that, it would only bring negative influence to Shrek; the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.

"Both of your points have merit, but this old man believes that as long as appropriate methods are taken, it can still be avoided. However, this matter should still be left for Su Yu to resolve himself. After all, as elder masters of Shrek, it is not appropriate for us to intervene in such matters," Elder Lin said slowly.

"That is also true; let us leave this matter to the Star Luo Empire." Xuan Lao looked at Lin Huiqun and nodded.

The subsequent two parts were about Soul Guidance Devices. Overall, it could be summed up in a few sentences: resources were sufficient, but conditions were not; there was a lack of technical guidance and design blueprints.

Having said this, everyone looked in unison at Fan Yu...

Fan Yu: "............"

"............"

This meeting ended in such an awkward atmosphere. Don't ask why they looked at Fan Yu; it was because Fan Yu was Su Yu's teacher, and regarding the overall development and research of Soul Guidance Devices, those forty-plus design blueprints had all flowed out from Su Yu's hands.

Star Luo Empire, Su Family.

"I think, Hanyan, we should return to the Sun Moon Empire. This Star Luo Empire is no longer peaceful," Su Xinyuan looked at the figure standing at the doorway and sighed gloomily.

"Father, Mother, I'm back..." Su Yu wiped the bloodstains from his face, looked at Su Xinyuan's despondent appearance, and spoke slowly.

"Yu'er, what happened to you? Why are you covered in..." Looking at the bloodstains on Su Yu's body and his somewhat tattered clothes, Mu Hanyan instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

"It's nothing, I just ran into someone with no eyes on the way back. I have some things I want to discuss with my father."

Su Yu looked at the somewhat despondent Su Xinyuan, then sat down in the living room under Mu Hanyan's guidance.

"You want to talk about the family migration, right?" Mu Hanyan looked at Su Xinyuan and then asked.

Su Yu nodded and said, "Our family has always been a puppet of the Star Luo Empire. From the moment we started our business, the shadow of the Star Luo Imperial Family has been behind us. You never told me about this, did you? If I'm not mistaken, the older generation of the family also basically supports the Star Luo Imperial Family, right?"

"It's not hard for you to guess. I originally intended to tell you when you reached the Soul Saint level, but it's within my expectations that you could guess it. Tell me, how many people did you kill this time?" Su Xinyuan set down the teacup in his hand and sat opposite Su Yu.

"Not many, just those who were going to make a move against you. Although I know doing this will cause dissatisfaction from the Star Luo Imperial Family, I have a bargaining chip to protect myself. I will treat this chip as our final trump card and will not tell anyone for now, including you and Mother."

Su Yu took the wet towel handed over by a maid and slowly wiped away the congealed blood on his face. This was not his first time killing, but it was his first time killing members of his own family.

"I don't actually know much about your affairs. Honestly, sometimes I even doubt if you're my son. But, I trust you to handle things. You handle the Star Luo Empire side yourself; after all, you are the Family Head now." Su Xinyuan waved his hand, not caring about it at all.

"Since that's the case, then leave it to me. I don't care about other things, as long as you and Mother can be safe, then everything can start over. Even if it means tearing it all down and starting again, that's fine. So, leave the Star Luo Empire, go to the Sun Moon Empire. Even if you don't move the assets, it doesn't matter, as long as you leave the Star Luo Empire."

Su Yu looked at Su Xinyuan's slightly weary appearance and stated his plan.

Regarding the future of the Su Family, whether the future war between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire breaks out, or the Sun Moon Empire conquers the Star Luo Empire, the Su Family would eventually be tied to the war chariot of the Star Luo Empire and sent to that certain-death battlefield before the imperial family fell.

No one could stop the army of the Sun Moon Empire unless a miracle descended, or someone could change the landscape of the Three Great Empires in this chaotic world. But clearly, Su Yu was not going to do such a thankless task.

Even if he had the ability, he would not drag his own family or himself into such a vortex of power struggle.

Because, for Su Yu, this was meaningless.

Listening to their conversation, Mu Hanyan gradually realized that something was wrong. "Yu'er, if we leave, what will you do? As parents, how can we leave you alone in this dangerous place?"

Su Yu shook his head helplessly and said, "Mother, I am now a disciple of the Shrek Inner Court, the captain of the Shrek Seven Devils, and the core of the Shrek Academy Soul Guidance Department. If the Star Luo Empire can withstand Shrek's wrath, they can certainly make a move against me. But you and Father are different; they can use the family to bind you. If you don't leave, they can also use some underhanded means to use you to bind me. Therefore, you and Father must leave, because I don't want to see something even more terrible happen to our family..."

"Mother understands, but Yu'er, you must promise Mother, you must protect yourself well. When you encounter danger, do not try to be a hero. Protecting yourself is the most important thing..."

Listening to Mu Hanyan's incessant admonitions, Su Yu and Su Xinyuan smiled at each other. Su Xinyuan reached out and clasped Mu Hanyan's palm, a hint of imperceptible tenderness brewing in his eyes.

Su Yu stood up, left the place, and returned to his own courtyard.

The next day, the Su Family Head was assassinated, and everyone in the Su Family mansion was buried in a sea of flames; none of the 137 people in the residence survived.

Looking at the intelligence in his hand, Su Yu stood up calmly and slowly looked toward the mansion that had ignited into a raging inferno.

"It seems Father has already found a way to escape. Old Chen did well; it's just a pity for those pawns planted by outsiders around Father. Old Chen will likely arrange things on his side too; after all, it's not his first time living in the Sun Moon Empire."

Su Yu stood up, burned all the letters and documents in the house, and left all the evidence of the Wanjing Sect's existence in the sea of flames. When he left the courtyard, the area around the Wanjing Sect outside the Star Luo Imperial Capital had already been completely covered by the poisonous miasma formed by the Green Scale Seven Absolute Flower and the Bilin Nine Absolute Flower.

Everything was ready; now Su Yu had no worries behind him.

Family?

Su Xinyuan and Mu Hanyan had already left the Star Luo Empire. Now, the family could be completely manipulated by the imperial family however they pleased. Whether they lived or died, Su Yu no longer cared at all.

For Su Yu, this was undoubtedly a self-amputating tactic, but for this situation, there was no other choice.

Some decaying things would eventually, following this screening, perfectly forge their own value in the future, in the next few decades, or ten-plus years...

This carefully designed "accident" was not just to save Su Xinyuan, but also to save those trusted by Su Xinyuan, as well as some of the family's core strength. Among these 137 people, about 80 were faking their deaths.

These were the people Su Xinyuan could not let go of. Letting them leave with Su Xinyuan also signaled that Su Xinyuan no longer cared about the life or death of the Su Family.

Su Xinyuan was not ignorant when it came to trade-offs; in fact, having killed other competitors with his own hands in his early years, Su Xinyuan understood this principle profoundly.

Su Yu was also clear on this, because he had looked through all of Su Xinyuan's files, so when making this plan, the two of them cooperated with extreme tacit understanding.

The outside world also experienced huge chaos and turmoil because of this matter; daring to strike within the Star Luo Imperial Capital caused the Star Luo Empire to lose almost all its face, and the impact of this incident was in no way inferior to the Body Sect's previous sneak attack on Mingde Hall.

Because no evidence or traces could be found subsequently, the mess could only be dumped on the Holy Spirit Cult, which had done every evil deed; for this reason, in order to show sympathy for the public sentiment, many restrictions on Su Yu's travel were specially lifted, and Su Yu's freedom was restored.

The reason for doing this was that because this group of people had died, a power vacuum appeared in the Su Family; Su Yu could not be bothered to intervene, and this vast Su Family began a period of power struggles among those belonging to different factions, and precisely because this was a good opportunity to control the Su Family, Su Yu, a Family Head with no real power, seemed less important.

After holding a grand funeral, the Su Family faded from the public eye once again, but this matter reached Shrek Academy.

Setting aside the impact of the matter for now, what everyone cared about was Su Yu's state.

However, the final news received was that Su Yu announced the Su Family would be managed by the Elders on his behalf, and he had gone to the Sunset Forest alone for training.

Regarding such a decision, everyone did not feel it was strange; if it were anyone else, having their family encounter such a huge change, with even their own parents lost in such an accident, they would likely be devastated, or even completely degenerate from then on.

When Su Yu appeared in the Sunset Forest again, the scene he saw was truly jaw-dropping; those immortal herbs all had some abnormalities to varying degrees, and the most miserable one was Youyou, whose petals had even been knocked off one...

When she saw Su Yu, it was as if she had seen a savior, and she walked toward Su Yu unsteadily.

"How could you all be so short-sighted, insisting on fighting Xue Di?" Su Yu was puzzled; the gap in strength was clearly right there, so why did these immortal herbs have to be so short-sighted?

"It's all Youyou's fault; if it weren't for her, how could we have been beaten up by Xue Di..."

It's all Youyou's fault?