On this day, Su Yu followed Liu Wenyan.
He wasn't in a hurry. It wasn't the first time he had followed Liu Wenyan. In the past, when learning the languages of the ten thousand races, he often walked behind Liu Wenyan.
Su Yu continued with his own affairs, cultivating, reading books, studying... Only that he didn't use his blood essence to activate the "Na Yuan Jue" for cultivation anymore.
Secretly, there were people from the Dragon Martial Guards protecting him.
Su Yu didn't see them, and they hadn't shown up either. However, Su Yu was still rather curious about and yearned for the Dragon Martial Guards.
He had heard that the people in the Dragon Martial Guards were very powerful, so powerful that even his father couldn't get in.
Just how powerful were they?
While Su Yu was curious, Liu Wenyan was also doing what he usually did, drinking tea, reading books, and giving lectures.
...
"Eager to join the Dragon Martial Guards?"
Seeing that Su Yu had looked outside several times as if he was trying to find the powerful members of the Dragon Martial Guards from before, Liu Wenyan couldn't help but ask with a smile.
Su Yu felt a bit embarrassed and said in a low voice, "I'm just curious about what the strongest army in the Great Xia Mansion is like."
"The Dragon Martial Guards..."
Liu Wenyan was somewhat emotional. "The Dragon Martial Guards... have existed for many years. The name of the mansion master was derived from the Dragon Martial Guards. First there were the Dragon Martial Guards, then came the mansion master, and then the Dragon Martial War Academy. However, the Dragon Martial Guards of this generation are the strongest in history!"
"The number of people in the Dragon Martial Guards isn't too large. After all, they are the elite. There are only about 5,000 people in total."
"Only that many?"
The information about the Dragon Martial Guards wasn't open to the public. It was the first time for Su Yu to learn that the strongest army in the Great Xia Mansion only had so few people.
Were 5,000 people a lot?
Too few!
Terribly few!
You know, just the city guards of Nanyuan City alone numbered over a thousand, and the city guards in the Great Xia Mansion exceeded 50,000.
The army of the Great Xia Mansion also exceeded 100,000!
However, the Dragon Martial Guards, who were stronger than them, didn't even reach 10,000 people!
"The Dragon Martial Guards are the elite and don't need that many people. It's the quality of soldiers that matters, not the quantity."
Liu Wenyan smiled and said, "The Dragon Martial Guards claim to have 10,000 people externally, but in fact, they don't. However, their strength is indeed very strong. Ten people form a team, a hundred people make up a battalion, and a thousand people are invincible..."
"Invincible?"
Su Yu murmured. Liu Wenyan chuckled and said, "It's just a slogan. Don't take it too seriously, but they are indeed very strong! Basically, the soldiers are all at the Wan Shi Realm. The squad leaders are either at the ninth level of the Wan Shi Realm or the Teng Kong Realm. Most of the centurions are at high levels of the Teng Kong Realm."
Su Yu was astounded!
Indeed very strong!
With 5,000 people, there would be at least 50 centurions, all above the seventh level of the Teng Kong Realm?
You know, the city lord of Nanyuan City wasn't even that strong.
What about the chiliarchs above the centurions?
Weren't they even stronger?
Perhaps they even surpassed the Teng Kong Realm?
And how powerful was the deputy commander of the Dragon Martial Guards?
Su Yu did know that the commander of the Dragon Martial Guards was Xia Longwu.
It was quite terrifying that the soldiers were basically at the Wan Shi Realm. You know, on the Battlefields of the Heavens, the Demon Suppression Army wasn't a weak army. His father could become a captain when he was at the seventh level of the Qian Jun Realm back then. In fact, his status was similar to that of the squad leaders of the Dragon Martial Guards.
One was at the seventh level of the Qian Jun Realm, and the other was at the weakest ninth level of the Wan Shi Realm. No wonder the Dragon Martial Guards didn't accept his father.
Liu Wenyan smiled and continued, "A team of ten people is stationed here in Nanyuan. The guy who talked to us before was one of the corporals."
"Is he powerful?"
"Quite powerful. He's at the ninth level of the Wan Shi Realm."
Su Yu was astounded again. "The corporal is at the ninth level of the Wan Shi Realm?"
"Although he's called a corporal, the team stationed here is relatively strong. He could be a squad leader in a weaker team without a problem."
Liu Wenyan smiled again and said, "Don't envy them. The Qian Jun and Wan Shi Realms are actually just the foundation. The Teng Kong Realm is the real starting point. Even on the Battlefields of the Heavens, those at the Teng Kong Realm aren't cannon fodder but the elite army!"
"When your will takes form and you step into the Teng Kong Realm, you'll understand then."
Su Yu was somewhat expectant. "I don't know how many years it will take..."
"..."
Liu Wenyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Years?
You little guy are taking it seriously. When I said three to five years before, I was referring to top geniuses. Although you're not bad, you're not at that level yet. If you're lucky, it might take ten years. If you're unlucky... then you'll be like me, stuck outside this level for the rest of your life.
However, even if it takes ten years, it's still much faster than the regular physical cultivation.
The two chatted for a few words, and then Su Yu asked some more questions about the languages of the ten thousand races.
After thinking for a while, Su Yu asked, "Teacher, is there really no way to quickly advance in the Kai Yuan Realm? Besides those risky methods, is there no other way to make rapid progress? Then why can many students at the fourth level of the Kai Yuan Realm enter higher academies and quickly step into the Qian Jun Realm?"
"From the fourth level of the Kai Yuan Realm to the first level of the Qian Jun Realm, there's a difference of six realms. It takes half a year to progress from the fourth level to the fifth level of the Kai Yuan Realm, right?"
"Even if it takes half a year for each subsequent realm, it will still take at least three years. Only after three years can one step into the Qian Jun Realm. But I've heard that many students in the War Academy can step into the Qian Jun Realm in about a year."
This was also something that Su Yu had always wanted to ask. However, in the past, the instructors just told them with a smile that they would know when they entered higher academies.
Taking this opportunity, Su Yu really wanted to learn more about it. After all, he might progress very quickly in the future.
Liu Wenyan probably thought that Su Yu would soon enter the Civilization Academy, so he didn't hide anything this time and smiled, "You should have seen a term in some books - the academy's secret realm."
"Yeah!"
"That's the reason."
Liu Wenyan asked with a bit of a testing intention, "Among the countless worlds and the powerful beings of the ten thousand races, why did they have to open up the Battlefields of the Heavens outside the worlds?"
"Suppression!"
Su Yu didn't hesitate at all. "The environments of different worlds are different. Gravity, air, and the concentration of primordial energy... are all different. If the Divine Race goes to the Demon Race, they might be suppressed and couldn't exert even 30% of their strength. It's the same the other way around. So these powerful races don't dare to rashly attack another race."
"Right, so there came the Battlefields of the Heavens."
While speaking, Liu Wenyan's eyes became a bit cold and fierce. "Then do you know why the Human Race was involved and became the target of attacks by many races?"
"The Human Race... is weak? Do they want to invade the Human Race?"
Su Yu was a bit hesitant. That's what was said in the books, but his father had said before that it wasn't the case. The Human Race wasn't weak but quite powerful.
"Weak? Not weak!"
Liu Wenyan also gave the same answer and said indifferently, "How could the Human Race be weak! If it were really weak, it would have been defeated on the Battlefields of the Heavens long ago! Among the ten thousand races, even if the Human Race can't rank among the top three, it can still be in the top ten. It's very powerful!"
"Then..."
Su Yu didn't understand. "Then why does the Human Race have so many enemies?"
"Because of the Human Realm!"
Liu Wenyan smiled. "You'll be told about this when you enter higher academies. Of course, it's actually not a big secret. Because the Human Realm is special. You know that other realms have restrictions, so it's difficult for a large race to invade another large race. But the Human Realm... has no restrictions."
"Huh?"
"No restrictions!" Liu Wenyan sighed. "That's the key point. So the Human Realm has become a big piece of fat in everyone's eyes, or even a strategic place! The Human Realm doesn't have much restriction on foreign races. Just think about it. All the races in the countless worlds are all eager to invade other realms, but when they enter them, their combat power will be greatly damaged... At this time, the Human Realm has no defenses against them. Do you think it can not become the target of the ten thousand races?"
"The flesh and blood of tens of billions of humans, the primordial energy of heaven and earth, the vast world, rare treasures of heaven and earth, swallowing the world... There are too many benefits!"
"Since it's not easy to attack other realms, they naturally want to attack the Human Race!"
"It's not that we're weak... It's the Human Realm... that's not reliable..."
Liu Wenyan said a word, looking a bit helpless, "unreliable".
Other realms have suppression forces, but ours doesn't. We have no defenses against the countless worlds. What can we do?
"Why?"
Su Yu was also learning about this for the first time and was immediately stunned. Why?
No wonder the battles on the Battlefields of the Heavens were becoming more and more severe!
No wonder the Human Race seemed to have a lot of enemy races, so many that it was a bit abnormal. He had thought that the Human Race was weak, so those guys had targeted the Human Race.
But now both his father and teacher said it wasn't the case. The Human Race was very powerful, at least ranking among the top ten.
A powerful race ranking among the top ten had become a thorn in others' side. He didn't understand before, but now he did. Because the Human Realm opened its arms to them, how could those races not be excited?
It was like a peerless beauty taking off her clothes and shouting at you. Could you resist going?
"Why?"
Liu Wenyan smiled bitterly. "There are two theories. First, the core of the Human Realm has been damaged, so the suppressing power of the realm has disappeared."
"Second, according to legend, in ancient times, there were peerless powerhouses in the Human Race who suppressed the countless worlds. All the worlds paid homage to them. As the center of the countless worlds, the Human Realm welcomed all directions. At that time, the Human Realm naturally didn't need to set up defenses. It was the weak races that needed this to protect themselves."
Su Yu was shocked. "Is it true?"
"It's just a legend. Maybe it's just to boast about ourselves. Anyway, someone said so."
Liu Wenyan smiled. "These aren't important because they can't be changed. The fact is right here."
"These things you can learn about by yourself in the future. Didn't you ask why one can cultivate so fast after entering higher academies? It's because of the academy's secret realm. The so-called academy's secret realm is actually some small worlds. A section of space fragments was cut from some places or worlds with rich primordial energy..."
Su Yu was a bit confused. Cut space fragments?
"To put it simply, for example, the secret realm of the War Academy in the Great Xia Mansion was actually created when King Xia of the Great Xia slashed into the Golden Roc World and chopped out a small space outside the Golden Roc World and brought it back."
Su Yu was stunned.
Brought... back?
No, he split the world with one slash and even chopped out a small piece of space and directly brought it back. Was this... human?
"The Golden Roc World has rich primordial energy and is also filled with some celestial primordial energy. So as long as some preparatory work is done well, the cultivation speed inside will be very fast. This is the reason why higher academies can quickly help people step into the Qian Jun Realm."
Su Yu was a bit shocked and couldn't help saying, "Doesn't the Human Race have places with abundant primordial energy or celestial primordial energy by itself..."
"Yes!"
Liu Wenyan smiled. "Of course there are. However... There are many people in the Human Realm, and the space of our own world can't be cut randomly. Otherwise, it's easy to cause the world to collapse. Since others want to take advantage of the Human Race, of course we have to fight back and return the favor!"
While speaking, Liu Wenyan's face showed a bit of coldness. "In these years, the Human Race hasn't just been on the defensive. We've wiped out many small races and small worlds, seized the hearts of their worlds, and even directly regained entire realms for the Human Race, creating holy lands for the Human Race!"
"Just taking beatings and not fighting back isn't our style. It's hard to wipe out large races, but if small races also dare to invade the Human Race, they're seeking death!"
This literary man rarely showed a bit of murderous intent.
"You think the information in the Civilization Academy was obtained how? Do you really think it was captured on the Battlefields of the Heavens? Think too much. We directly charged in and snatched it!"
Su Yu's expression changed several times. After a while, he said, "Awesome! I thought the Human Race had been taking beatings all the time. I didn't expect that we don't just take beatings and not fight back."
"Of course!"
Liu Wenyan said with a smile, "If we didn't strike hard, we would have long become the fat of the ten thousand races. Striking hard to deter some people and win over some others is the foundation for the Human Race to stand firm. Just like here in the Great Xia Mansion, King Xia of the Great Xia hasn't shown up for many years. You don't think he's in seclusion, do you?"
"Isn't he?"
Su Yu was stunned. Isn't he?
Isn't that what's been said externally?
"How could it be!"
Liu Wenyan stroked his beard and smiled brightly. "How could an invincible powerhouse be in seclusion all the time? King Xia of the Great Xia left long ago. I don't know his specific whereabouts. It's said, just said... that King Xia of the Great Xia seems to have killed his way into the Divine Race. I'm not sure if it's true or not."
"So fierce?"
Su Yu felt that he was listening to stories today. It was so exciting!
"Then why not publicize it externally..."
"Publicize what?" Liu Wenyan didn't take it seriously. "After staying on the Battlefields of the Heavens for a few years, everyone will know. Those who don't go to the Battlefields of the Heavens, even if they know, it's useless. It's better to have a bit more sense of crisis."
"Don't just report good news and not bad news. Without any sense of crisis, do you think the people of the Human Race in the rear will still work so hard to cultivate?"
"In recent years, powerful beings of the Human Race have been emerging continuously, which has a lot to do with this sense of crisis. Look, how hardworking you guys are now."
It seemed that what he said made sense. Su Yu thought about it and felt that it was true. If there were only good news from the front line, would the people of the Human Race in the rear still work so hard?
However, this matter had both good and bad aspects, and it wasn't for Su Yu to make the decision on how to measure it.
After chatting with Liu Wenyan for a long time, it became quiet again.
Su Yu continued to cultivate the "Kai Yuan Jue". He didn't know whether the Ten Thousand Races Sect had come to Nanyuan City or not, but Su Yu wasn't worried. Since the Great Xia Mansion had made arrangements, the Ten Thousand Races Sect wasn't worth fretting over.
Over the years, the propaganda had made everyone believe that the Ten Thousand Races Sect was just a bunch of clowns, cowards, and scum.
In the Great Xia Mansion, people didn't pay too much attention to the Ten Thousand Races Sect because they had the invincible Dragon Martial Guards, the powerful King Xia of the Great Xia, and the mighty Mansion Master Xia Longwu. So no one thought the Ten Thousand Races Sect was anything remarkable.
Didn't they see those guys on TV getting their heads chopped off every day?
Su Yu actually didn't care much either. Because he didn't know much about the Ten Thousand Races Sect and had never encountered them. He only knew that those guys were traitors of the Human Race and deserved to be killed on sight by everyone.
...
"Pfft!"
A young man with bloodshot eyes stabbed an old man at the Qian Jun Realm with his sword and cursed in a low voice, "Has the Great Xia Mansion gone mad? Don't they know fear? Aren't they afraid? We've even killed those at the ninth level of the Qian Jun Realm..."
Not far away, an old man with white hair said coldly, "We haven't been to the Great Xia Mansion for many years. The people in the Great Xia Mansion have been brainwashed by Xia Longwu and think that the Ten Thousand Races Sect is nothing special. They've already forgotten the reputation of the Ten Thousand Races Sect!"
While speaking, the old man couldn't help but curse inwardly.
The resistance in the Great Xia Mansion was terrifying. A group of people knew they were from the Ten Thousand Races Sect, but instead of being afraid, they charged forward one after another with fierce shouts.
Old people, middle-aged people, young people...
No one fled or scattered just because a few people died. Under the leadership of several retired veterans, even a small village could often cause them heavy losses.
The Ten Thousand Races Sect was having a hard time in the Great Xia Mansion, which made the old man a bit worried.
Could massacring a few medium-sized academies really frighten the Great Xia Mansion?
Could it really deter the Great Xia Mansion?
"I'm just afraid... that instead of being frightened, the Great Xia Mansion will go crazy and hunt us down... Then it'll be troublesome!"
The old man was worried in his heart but didn't dare to say it out loud.
Previously, they might have been too successful in other mansions. Killing a few geniuses there had caused panic, and there were hardly any people on the streets for several days.
But that was in other mansions. This was the Great Xia Mansion.
If a village had such a powerful counterattacking force, what about the entire Great Xia Mansion?
"Hope... everything goes smoothly."