Chapter 55: Su Yu and Lin Luoyue (Subscribe!)

The human race has no Saint Son, but they do have a Saint Maiden.

The Heavenly Profound Maiden sneezed and peered suspiciously inward at her own body.

What’s going on?

Finding nothing unusual, she shook her head and resumed cultivating the human race’s supreme art.

The epic-grade cultivation art, “Heavenly Profound Nine Transformations.”

…

“Don’t reveal my information to anyone.”

“I know, I know.” Xu Meng bobbed his head, reverent. “I’ll help you gather intel on the nearby lords.”

“Fine. And if you have time, see if there are any teleportation arrays for me.”

“No problem — my griffin covers a thousand li a day, you can count on me a hundred percent!” Xu Meng thumped his chest.

As he watched Su Yu disappear into the distance,

Xu Meng’s taut nerves slowly uncoiled.

Irrepressible excitement surged up.

“Yes!”

He clenched his fists and bounced twice on the spot.

He had never dreamed he could actually forge a connection with the human race’s Saint Son!

He, who had originally been utterly terrified of arrows —

those arrows that were like a psychological scar,

in this moment,

he found himself absolutely adoring them.

He felt an urge to throw his arms around the Arrow Defense Tower beside him and plant several hard kisses on it.

…

The incident with Xu Meng gave Su Yu a reminder.

Moving the Arrow Defense Tower outside —

that was a bit too showy.

An ordinary Arrow Defense Tower might have been fine,

but his Arrow Defense Tower…

【Arrow Defense Tower】

【Level: 5】

【HP: 5600 (Base HP 50 + “Demon Root Curse” + “Saint Root Blessing”)】

【Attack Power: 560 (Base Attack 5 + “Demon Root Curse” + “Saint Root Blessing”)】

【Defense: 560 (Base Defense 5 + “Demon Root Curse” + “Saint Root Blessing”)】

With his territory buildings reaching a staggering ten thousand seats,

the boost from his talent had climbed to a terrifying 111 times!

Even for a mere level-5 Arrow Defense Tower, it now rivaled a level-15 legendary chieftain!

Who could stand against stats like these?

How could it possibly not attract attention?

Su Yu opened his lord terminal and switched the territory Neutral Mode to “Neutral Neutral Mode.”

There are four territory modes in total.

Namely:

“Enemy Neutral Mode” — automatically attacks all units except those of allies and lord friends’ territories.

“Neutral Neutral Mode” — automatically attacks wild beasts; does not actively attack any territory units.

“Standby Neutral Mode” — does not actively attack any units, but automatically retaliates.

“Ceasefire Neutral Mode” — halts all attacks.

Ever since entering the Myriad Realms Battlefield,

the territory had been on the default “Enemy Neutral Mode,” and Su Yu had never changed it.

After all, it would be bad if forces from other territories infiltrated his land.

But now the city wall was nearly finished —

even on “Neutral Neutral Mode,” no territory force could possibly bypass his wall and slip inside.

Not even flying units.

Anyone attempting to fly over the rare-grade Obsidian City Wall will be marked as a red dot — treated as a provocation.

In that instant, the territory's defenses will activate automatically and annihilate the intruder!

Only territory units belonging to allies or the lord's friends may fly in and out freely.

Everyone else,

should they wish to visit the territory, must enter through the city gate.

Otherwise, they will not gain the wall's recognition.

"My lord~ ♪"

Iloti descended from the sky; she had finished excavating both Gengjin mines.

"Well done." Su Yu glanced at the Gengjin now stored in the lord's crystal inventory and praised her.

Iloti nodded, her expression unchanged.

"Uh, Iloti, get some proper rest."

Su Yu, looking at that rigid, ice-cold face of hers, couldn't help but say.

"Fine."

Iloti replied, then spread her six wings and flew off in the direction of the territory.

This mythical angel — even at 91 loyalty, she's still this cold and aloof.

Su Yu suddenly felt a trace of nostalgia for the days when Iloti had guided him in using "Radiant Holy Light."

At least back then, she had carried a faint wisp of mortal warmth.

"Zhang San."

Returning to the territory, Su Yu summoned the peasant foreman.

By now, all the territory's peasants were organized into a chain of command,

and Zhang San could well be called their head peasant.

"My lord, please give your orders!" Zhang San bowed his head respectfully.

"Take this Gengjin to the Processing Plant for refinement."

"We can begin constructing sniper towers."

Su Yu instructed.

"Yes, my lord!" Zhang San respectfully withdrew.

He gave orders to the peasants, and they began hauling the Gengjin.

At present, Su Yu could freely reposition any building in his territory.

So when the peasants needed to construct something,

they no longer had to run back and forth.

They simply built it right on the spot and let Su Yu move it later.

Of course, for simpler construction jobs, they would still build in a suitable location themselves.

They couldn't trouble the lord with every little thing.

Beep-beep-beep—

The lord terminal emitted an alert tone.

"Su Yu, how are your preparations for the selection tournament going?"

It was a message from Gu Ling'er.

That girl — what does she want now?

"What selection tournament?" Su Yu replied.

"No way, you blockhead! The All-Humanity Civilization Lord Selection Tournament!"

"Get yourself over to Ten Thousand Realms City right this instant!"

"Can't make it, Your Highness. I have a date tonight."

"You!!!"

Su Yu shut off the terminal. He truly did have a date tonight.

In Ten Thousand Realms City, to meet Lin Luoyue.

Ten Thousand Realms City.

Magpie Bridge Restaurant,

a lovers' restaurant of modest renown.

It was an exquisite and perfect spot for romantic, private rendezvous.

Today, Magpie Bridge Restaurant had been reserved in its entirety.

The elegant, cozy establishment held only two guests — one man, one woman.

"Brother Su Yu, I never imagined you'd actually qualify for the All-Humanity Civilization Lord Selection Tournament. Not bad at all."

Lin Luoyue swirled her stemmed glass, which held no wine, only her favorite jasmine tea.

She wore a moon-white silk blouse, layered with a pale blue open-front shawl.

Her faint black skirt spread over the chair like an inverted lotus leaf.

Her most striking feature was those legs — long, sleek, and beautiful, with skin the color of snow.

Beneath the table, she had to keep them slightly bent forward, or her knees would hit the tabletop.

It was hard to imagine that a woman barely 1.7 meters tall could possess legs this long, yet still graceful, still breathtakingly lovely.

"Heh heh, Sister Luoyue, don't you already know exactly how capable your brother Su Yu is?"

Su Yu gazed calmly at her.

Under the table, he used his foot to press against Lin Luoyue's approaching foot, secretly wrestling for dominance.

Hearing this, Lin Luoyue's face blossomed into a smile. "Very significant — you've even gotten connected to Her Highness the Princess. You wouldn't be about to become the Blue Star's Imperial Son-in-Law, would you?"

"I fear the next time we meet, I'll have to respectfully address you as Lord Imperial Son-in-Law."

As she spoke, she lightly sipped the jasmine tea in her cup, her gaze fixed on Su Yu with considerable amusement.

"Her Highness the Princess?" Su Yu's face showed surprise. "Years ago, His Majesty the Sovereign did indeed invite me to become the Imperial Son-in-Law..."

Ripples suddenly spread across the calm surface of the jasmine tea in the cup; the jade hand holding the cup tightened involuntarily.

"However, I refused."

Su Yu smiled faintly. "I don't have the medicine to cure the princess syndrome of someone pampered from birth."

"Speaking of which, you've been a lord for over a year now. You've encountered other lords on the Myriad Realms Battlefield, haven't you?"

"As beautiful as you are, has no one confessed their feelings to you?"

Su Yu spoke while picking up food, his tone utterly casual, betraying no particular concern.

The corner of Lin Luoyue's lips lifted slightly. She set down her wine cup and said, "A while back, a certain lord did come to propose marriage..."

Snap — with excessive force, a piece of jade tofu was split in two by Su Yu's chopsticks.

"...However, I slaughtered him." Lin Luoyue said it with complete indifference.

"Uh." Su Yu said blankly, "Though lords on the Myriad Realms Battlefield can resurrect, still, you..."

"And I also razed his territory to the ground," Lin Luoyue added.

Su Yu: "..."

"What, scared now? Don't dare confess to me?" Lin Luoyue narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Wh-what do you mean by that?" Su Yu's heart leaped into his throat.

"Didn't you used to run around yelling as a kid about becoming some kind of harem king? And you wanted me to be the boss."

"Well? You've invited me to this Queqiao restaurant — and you don't even dare claim your first primary wife?"

Lin Luoyue stared at Su Yu coolly.

Her foot under the table suddenly pressed harder,

though afraid that Su Yu's level was too low and she might hurt him, she didn't use too much force.

Su Yu used his foot to hold back Lin Luoyue's restless foot,

and replied, "Mm... what about Queqiao Restaurant? I eat here often. My classmate is the manager here — there's a discount."

"You..."

Lin Luoyue's moth-like brows furrowed slightly, not expecting such a reply.

Su Yu looked at her with a cheeky grin. He had no intention of confessing to Lin Luoyue —

otherwise, for the rest of his life, he'd never be able to hold his head high in front of Lin Luoyue, and would truly have to accept the roles of little brother and big sister.