Tribulation of Myriad Races

With a much-improved mood, Su Yu continued checking the other stalls.

When he took a look at the so-called ancient cultivation method, he had the urge to curse at the seller.

What the fuck was that?

Did that fellow take him for a fool?

Su Yu simply knew too many cultivation methods. Just reading a small portion of the cultivation method was enough for him to realize that this was a cultivation method of the earth root race. The earth root race was a small race. And this was a cultivation method granting one the ability to shine after cultivating it.

In truth, this was the cultivation method they used during their mating process. It was completely useless for someone outside the race. Was he supposed to seduce some female earth roots with this cultivation method?

How brazen must this seller be to sell something like this here? But when Su Yu thought more about it...holy shit! He might be able to produce an even more believable fake cultivation method to scam the people here. In fact, he was very confident in his counterfeiting skills.

Perhaps...he could really give this a try. He wouldn't even be limited to fake cultivation methods. He could easily create fake weapons as well. He had never done something like that, but he had a feeling he could do it.

As for the golden stripes a weapon would have, they weren't even that hard to fake. He only needed to leave some unstable stripes on his weapons. That way, the stripes would be there. They would simply fall apart the moment the weapons were used for combat.

He could even employ a unique grafting method for his scam. For example, he could graft two profound weapons together and sell the two weapons as one weapon. The resulting weapon would have the correct number of stripes an earth weapon should have without being an earth weapon since it was actually two weapons instead of one.

Su Yu rubbed his chin and thought about it. The more he thought, the more tempted he became. Should he scam a large amount of treasures before running away from this place?

"This might really work. Since the Luminous Domain Mansion is going to open soon, there will be a lot of people here. Treasures from all sorts of places will also arrive with these people."

Scamming...Su Yu considered himself an expert at this. After all, that was how he had obtained his starting funds back then. Zhou Pingsheng had been lucky enough to be his first victim.

In Su Yu's very first scam, he had earned tens of thousands of merit points. That was a sum of money some people might not earn even after a lifetime of hard work. Here, there were so many wealthy people from various races. Perhaps...it was time for him to revisit his old profession.

He did not particularly lack cultivation resources at the moment, but he was still in need of some rare resources. For example, heavenearth profound light. That was something he could buy from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, but it was too expenssive for his taste. Or to be precise, he couldn't afford their price.

He had plenty of Sunmoon blood essence, including what he buried in the Skyrend Valley. And there was still a corpse of an eighth-stage Sunmoon divine skywing in his storage ring. But these were not the things he was willing to let go of. He still had uses for Sunmoon blood essence.

"Shall I...return to my old profession?"

Su Yu rubbed his chin. He was confident in his counterfeiting skills. Thus, he only needed to consider his targets and the way in which he should carry out his scam. How should he earn the trust of his potential victims? And how should he escape after the scam?

"I can produce either fake cultivation methods or weapons. Garbage cultivation methods and weapons are not worth much. If I want to make a counterfeit heaven-grade cultivation method, I better market it as an ancient cultivation method. Or it should be something like the breathing technique. That will definitely sell well."

Who should he target? Who else but the geniuses? The geniuses were rich! As for the experts from the older generation, that was something he wouldn't consider. He was worried that these experts would see through his scam.

As for weapons, it would be very hard for anyone to expose his scam without earth weaponsmiths. He was only worried that his counterfeit weapon would attract so much attention that even earth weaponsmiths started appearing.

"No, this isn't right..."

He stared at the trident in his hand. He wanted to take it apart and study it, but he couldn't bear to do so. But if he really did so, what if he reforged the materials of this weapon into a new weapon?

"What if I reforge an actual ancient weapon into a new ancient weapon?"

Perhaps this would work. This way, even earth weaponsmiths would have a hard time seeing through his scam.

"Ancient weapon, ancient cultivation method, ancient character, and ancient corpse...If I can gather them all in a single set, I'll be able to maximize the scam!"

Su Yu licked his lips in excitement. What if...he added an inner ring medallion to the set as well?

Holy shit!

That would be a perfect plan!

An expert from the ancient times with an ancient medallion had perished somewhere. Fortunately, his weapon, cultivation method, medallion, and character were preserved. How valuable would a set like that be?

If that was an ancient ninth-stage Sunmoon, it could easily reach the price of several million merit points, right? No, how could he underestimate the myriad races that way? He should charge them heavenearth profound light instead. A minimum of one hundred strands!

Su Yu grimaced. Since he wasn't strong enough, he had no choice but to resort to scamming again. He wouldn't even feel bad scamming the myriad races. He would be even happier Dao Cheng was the one to fall victim to his scam.

"This isn't enough. I need to set up a perfect play. I need to organize a group and set off on an expedition. Out there, we will discover an ancient spatial pocket. Then, a conflict will arise within the group due to greed. I will win. There will be one survivor apart from me. I will be the one trying to sell the loot, while the survivor will live to tell the story. Yes. This will be a lot more believable."

Numerous thoughts rose in Su Yu's mind. Since he was going to carry out a scam, he naturally needed to put forth a convincing play. If he managed to get a hundred strands of heavenearth profound light, that would probably be enough for him to forge his body fifteen more times, right?

He would need to use six strands per body forging on average. Upon completion, he would surpass forty body forgings. If he could reach forty-two body forgings, his physical strength would reach...holy shit! It would definitely surpass a hundred thousand acupoints!

Su Yu's heart thumped with excitement. How many Sunmoons would he need to kill to get so much heavenearth profound light the normal way? If he decided to buy from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, he would need to kill ten first-stage Sunmoons. With a hundred drops of Sunmoon blood essence, he could buy a hundred strands of heavenearth profound light.

Rather than doing that, he was better off carrying out a scam. Since he wasn't strong enough, he had no choice but to make up for it with his brain.

"If this works, I'll be so rich!"

Su Yu continued planning. He could even use this chance to attract some of his enemies to the auction. This would also be a good opportunity for him to learn about what was happening. Why had so many experts arrived?

"Perhaps...that's related to me."

Understanding was slowly dawning on Su Yu after noticing his portrait hanging in front of the gate. All those experts were probably here for him. His life was wanted by many people.

"Should I go to Ninestar Island?"

Su Yu had a new idea as he muttered, "There is an ancient city on Ninestar Island. I can carry out my auction there and get some people killed while I'm at it?"

A lot of his enemies had arrived, and most of them were here to kill him.

"No. Doing it in an ancient city will make it too obvious it's me. But that's a very safe place to carry out an auction..."

Numerous thoughts rose in Su Yu's mind.

After purchasing an ancient weapon and witnessing a fake ancient cultivation method being sold, Su Yu had decided to revisit his previous profession.

Scamming.

Su Yu was very confident his counterfeit cultivation method would work. In any case, one only needed to show a small part of the cultivation method when selling. That made it even easier for him to fool his potential victims.

As for the weapon, he only needed to merge the new and the old. His weapon would only have the outer shell of an ancient weapon. With some modifications, who could see through it?

It would be even better if he could move the formation in this trident into his counterfeit ancient weapon as well. After all, the formation had nearly fooled him that this weapon was something of a higher grade as well.

"Yes, this is a plan worth considering."

He was here to grow strong. And killing was not the sole option he had. As long as he could grow strong, it didn't matter how he did so. Everyone would assume he was here to kill and grow strong, but nope. He was going to scam and grow strong instead.

Did those people take him for a fool? There were so many eyes on this place.

"I'll carry out a massive scam and leave. After surpassing forty body forgings, I'll be able to start challenging seventh-stage Mountainseas! No, at that point, my body will be comparable to seventh-stage Mountainseas. I can then consume ninth-stage Mountainsea blood essence or even first-stage Sunmoon blood essence. I might be able to challenge even some weaker Sunmoons."

More and more thoughts rose in his mind. Slowly, a final plan took form in his mind. The art of deceit.

"There will be a lot of people with keen eyes around. I can't let them see the entire cultivation method. As for the weapon, it will be difficult to fool them if a high-tier earth weaponsmith is present. There's also the ancient city medallion. Do the medallions of all ancient cities look the same? I also need to consider the style of the ancient era.

"It will be even better if I can find a real spatial pocket that has collapsed during the ancient past. Right, didn't the ape say that he dug this trident out of some spatial pocket?"

Su Yu looked around. He had to look for a place to rest and finalize his plan. A hundred strands of heavenearth profound light was not a price an ordinary person could afford. He had to be careful lest he attract even Invincibles. However, this was a transaction that could only be completed by a large force. A massive force...such as the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons...

"The ancient ninth-stage Sunmoon also needs to be very important. For example, someone with a cultivation method everyone can use like the acupoint reversal method or the breathing technique..."

Su Yu had everything required to make such a cultivation method. After all, it wasn't like there were no other ancient cultivation methods out there.

"Acupoint reversal...breathing technique..."

Su Yu's eyes flickered. That would be a lot more suitable angle for him.

"Let's carry out the biggest scam in the history of the Myriad Realms."

The victim of this scam would probably never forgive him for it.

But it didn't matter.