Chapter 210: Each Generation is Darker Than the Last | Wan Zu Zhi Jie [Trans]

Wan Zu Zhi Jie [Trans] - Updated on March 20, 2025

“Team Liu He wins!”

These words made Su Yu want to laugh, while Liu He beside him was blushing, on the verge of collapse.

His own elder brother actually said his team won…

At this moment, he wished he could disappear into the ground!

Too embarrassing!

From morning till night, the competition lasted a whole day, and he did nothing but stand as a backdrop.

How could he have the nerve?

Did he even have the face?

Liu Hong had a thick skin and didn’t care about that.

After announcing the news, he quickly said, “The first-place team will receive 5 places in the Sea of Consciousness Secret Realm, and rewards for other teams will be distributed soon! Teams that didn’t make it into the top ten, don’t be discouraged. Teams that performed exceptionally well will also receive some rewards!”

Liu Hong said with a smile, “Students who performed well this time, even if they are over 30 and don’t have a teacher, the researchers at the Divine Literature Academy will consider taking in a batch of students!”

As soon as he said this, there was an uproar below the stage.

Recruiting students at this time?

Does the Single Divine Literature faction feel that they don’t have enough people, or do they want to use them as cannon fodder?

Grand Secretary Sun and the others didn’t say anything, apparently this wasn’t Liu Hong’s decision alone, but a decision made by several Grand Secretaries.

Even though they might become cannon fodder, these words still attracted a lot of attention.

Someone immediately asked from below the stage, “Teacher Liu, are there any requirements?”

“That depends on the researchers themselves!”

Liu Hong said with a smile, “Recruiting apprentices mainly depends on fate!”

That’s nonsense!

If you don’t have enough talent or strength, who would even glance at you.

Even though they didn’t know the conditions, many people were still tempted at this moment.

While Liu Hong was speaking, Su Yu ignored him. He had already walked off the stage and was talking to Chen Yong. Hearing Liu Hong’s words, Su Yu whispered a few words.

Chen Yong frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and nodded slightly, agreeing.

Seeing this, Su Yu didn’t stand on ceremony and said loudly, “The Multi-Divine Literature Department has been abolished and can’t recruit people anymore. But the Multi-Divine Literature Department is preparing to start an extracurricular tutoring class. To put it bluntly, it’s to boost our reputation and make us seem numerous and powerful. Anyone interested can sign up with me!”

Su Yu said loudly, “Our Director Chen, the librarian of the Academy’s Library, a senior intermediate researcher, knowledgeable and experienced, anyone with ideas, who isn’t afraid of being suppressed, can give it a try! Of course, you need to do something within your power for the Multi-Divine Literature faction. We won’t send you to your death like idiots. Maybe running errands, collecting some materials, gathering some data, and so on…”

Su Yu’s voice was loud, directly overshadowing Liu Hong. Liu Hong glanced at him, smiled, and didn’t care.

Interesting!

Recruiting people!

The Multi-Divine Literature Department has been downsized for many years, and there aren’t many people left. Su Yu is actually helping the Multi-Divine Literature Department recruit people at this moment.

Are these people he recruits useful?

Su Yu didn’t care about that and continued, “Let me say this in advance, we don’t have any benefits or merit rewards. Don’t join the tutoring class and then say we don’t give any benefits… Knowledge is priceless!”

“Come if you’re interested, forget it if you’re not!”

“Only like-minded people are worth making friends with!”

After he said a few words, someone in the audience hurriedly asked, “Do we need to learn the Divine Literature Combat Techniques of the Multi-Divine Literature faction?”

Su Yu smiled and said, “That requires outlining more than 10 divine characters before reaching the Soaring stage, which not everyone can do. I’m not going to fool everyone. Those who can do it, after the Multi-Divine Literature faction examines them, as long as there are no major problems, it shouldn’t be difficult to pass on the divine character combat techniques!”

“Those who can’t do it, it will delay everyone’s advancement to the Soaring stage, which is meaningless! Everyone has seen the decline of the Multi-Divine Literature faction, which is mainly because the Multi-Divine Literature faction has a high threshold. Of course, a high threshold has its advantages, at least the strength is stronger at the same level!”

Su Yu said loudly, “Including some genius students of the Academy, even if they have a teacher, as long as you think you have hope to outline more than 10 divine characters, you can apply to me to learn divine character combat techniques! The Multi-Divine Literature faction is inclusive and will teach as long as you pass the examination, without restricting any school of thought!”

Su Yu said again, “After you learn the divine character combat techniques, you can deny that you are from the Multi-Divine Literature faction when you go out. We don’t take apprentices, we just pass on the flame of civilization!”

Finally, Su Yu looked at the students of the Single Divine Literature faction and shouted, “This also includes the Single Divine Literature faction! Especially some students who have formed their own divine character system, I think learning divine character combat techniques should increase your strength!”

As soon as he said this, Grand Secretary Sun and the others all looked at Su Yu, and then at Chen Yong!

Their expressions changed!

This wasn’t just opening a tutoring class, this was indirectly expanding the influence of the Multi-Divine Literature faction and increasing its numbers.

Grand Secretary Sun said coldly, “According to the rules of the Academy, non-schools are not allowed to privately pass on cultivation methods or martial arts…”

Su Yu said directly, “Understood! I said it, it’s not a school inheritance. I also said that you don’t need to join the Multi-Divine Literature faction, it’s just a benefit for everyone. The divine character combat technique wall is ours in the Multi-Divine Literature faction, there’s no doubt about that. We are willing to share it with some people. We only share with our own people, which can be regarded as a gift!”

Su Yu said loudly, “Grand Secretary Sun, including your students, if you want to learn, you are also welcome!”

Su Yu smiled!

A gentle expression!

Come on, I welcome you to learn divine character combat techniques.

How could the Multi-Divine Literature faction be destroyed?

It won’t!

As long as you have a pursuit of strength, have ideas, and have ambition, the Multi-Divine Literature faction will not be destroyed.

Now, Bai Feng has developed a method to fill in divine characters above the Soaring stage, which is simply a stroke of genius!

Other students, if you come to learn divine character combat techniques, you can be examined for a few years. Even if you can’t complete the outlining before the Soaring stage, it doesn’t matter. Continue to examine later, and if you are really dedicated to the Multi-Divine Literature faction, continue to teach the method of outlining divine characters above the Soaring stage, and that’s it.

Recruiting troops!

This is the main thing Su Yu did today!
Of course, it’s not about forming factions to recruit disciples. On one hand, there aren’t enough spots, and on the other hand, Su Yu can’t make the decision. He’s just seeking Chen Yong’s opinion to see if he can win over a group of people, even if he can’t bring them into his own camp, he needs to keep them neutral.

Only geniuses come to learn divine script combat skills!

And geniuses are usually descendants or disciples of the Elders.

If your own people are learning divine script combat skills, how can you suppress them?

Elder Sun frowned and shouted, “Many people have forgotten what happened fifty years ago! Don’t ruin your life! If you spend too much time below the Soaring realm, can you still soar? More than ten divine scripts, countless wills of literature… History has proven that so-called divine script combat skills are a drag!”

Su Yu smiled, not saying anything, and quietly said, “Maybe, that’s why our academy’s first, third, and fifth generation presidents are all multi-divine script powerhouses. My grandmaster is only a quasi-Sun Moon realm, not even Sun Moon yet. Maybe the multi-divine script faction has really declined, and its strength is just so-so…”

“…”

Elder Sun almost spat blood.

This beast is using the past presidents as an example. How can he refute that?

While Elder Sun was annoyed, Liu Hong suddenly said, “Everyone should weigh it themselves. Su Yu’s strength is very strong, as you’ve seen, but Su Yu, as someone below the Soaring realm, has consumed tens of thousands of merit points. Not everyone can be like Su Yu!”

As soon as these words came out, many people were shocked!

How much?

Tens of thousands of merit points?

Wow!

This guy is a money-swallowing machine!

At this moment, many people breathed a sigh of relief. So that’s how it is. No wonder this guy’s cultivation is so fast.

For a moment, some people even thought, I could do it too!

Su Yu didn’t mind, and smiled, “Then I have to thank Teacher Liu and Curator Zhou, right? If you hadn’t given me so many merit points, I wouldn’t have been able to waste them! By the way, it’s actually not allowed to privately gift merit points, but I’ve used them all, so Dean Huang, please don’t investigate me!”

Su Yu smiled, bowed to Liu Hong, and said with respect, “Teacher Liu, thank you! If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to get so many merit points. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to get the spot in the Sea of Consciousness Secret Realm…”

Su Yu said loudly, “Thank you, Teacher Liu, for your guidance! Today, I return the favor. Brother Lin and the others have all obtained spots, and I am very happy to be able to repay the teacher’s help!”

Liu Hong glared at him!

Do you know I’m an undercover agent?

Do you know we’re family?

You’re still trying to trick me!

Su Yu showed a hint of a smile in his eyes. Undercover agent, my ass!

I already asked. Grandmaster doesn’t know anything about this. Liu Hong, this bastard, is shameless to the extreme.

Thousands of people watched them act.

Knowing that Su Yu was acting, many people still looked at Liu Hong and the others with strange eyes. Liu Hong gave him all those merit points?

You can give that much?

How did he give it?

Give us some too!

We don’t need tens of thousands, just give us a hundred merit points!

Liu Hong said quietly, “You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want. Su Yu, who gave you merit points? This is illegal, you know?”

“Tens of thousands of merit points is a very large amount. Once it’s confirmed, all your merit points will be frozen!”

On the side, Elder Huang was too lazy to say anything.

There’s probably such a private transaction!

As for what was traded… he was too lazy to ask.

Such a large transaction must involve important items. Obviously, the strong people in the single and multi-divine script factions know about it. Since they didn’t catch them in the act, there’s no point in pursuing it now.

The academy also turns a blind eye to these things.

Some things are indeed cheaper on the black market!

And the academy’s resources are not too abundant, so the black market is actually a supplement, as long as the academy controls the general direction.

Su Yu smiled and didn’t dwell on this.

Looking at Lin Yao and the others, he smiled, “Everyone, the multi-divine script faction always welcomes you to study! This time, you’ve obtained a spot in the Sea of Consciousness Secret Realm. Be careful not to let others take it away! Some people are capable of doing it, especially Brother Lin, who is a bit weaker. Someone might take away your spot with high-sounding reasons…”

Lin Yao stared blankly at him. Is it appropriate to say this in this situation?

He looks like he’s planning for me… The next moment, he vaguely understood Su Yu’s meaning!

This is intentional, to dispel other people’s suspicions?

To make people think that Su Yu is deliberately being close to him, but in reality, they can’t be close… just like him and his teacher?

Who would believe that his teacher and Su Yu are in cahoots?

Lin Yao seemed to understand his meaning, and shouted, “It’s none of your business! I’m happy to give the spot to someone else…”

Su Yu smiled, “Then go ahead! Give it away, you can’t keep it even if you don’t give it away. I really hope Brother Lin can go in… After all… Brother Lin is a bit weak and needs to improve!”

“You!”

Lin Yao looked angry, as if he had been insulted, and looked at Liu Hong over there.

Liu Hong cursed inwardly!

You’re communicating with Su Yu behind my back, do you really think I don’t know?

Liu Hong didn’t say anything. Over there, Elder Sun suddenly said coldly, “Su Yu, you don’t need to worry about this! Lin Yao, as a talented student of the single-divine script faction, since he obtained the spot, that’s his ability. The single-divine script faction doesn’t lack spots!”

You want to tarnish our reputation with this?

Dream on!

It’s just a spot. It was originally meant to be given away. Now that our own people have taken back 3 spots, it saves us from giving the one we were preparing for Liu He.

As for Lin Yao, he’s too weak. He did have the idea of taking back Lin Yao’s spot before.

But… it doesn’t sound good, and Lin Yao’s grandfather is also an important member of the faction.

In that case, there’s no need to bother over a spot. On the contrary, it saves a spot for his grandfather, which is great!

The two sides were engaged in a war of words, and Su Yu was fighting against the crowd. He wasn’t afraid either.

The Elders think they are strong and don’t bother to argue with a nobody like him. This is the key to why Su Yu isn’t afraid of arguing with them.

These Elders are very concerned about their reputation!

As for whether they have a reputation or not, that’s another matter.
Sun Ge Lao ignored him. Just as Su Yu thought, arguing with a student would be embarrassing even if he won, and even more so if he lost. Continuing to argue with him would simply be a disgrace to the Ge Lao’s face!

Sun Ge Lao left directly!

The competition was over, and he wouldn’t stay to be laughed at, would he?

Su Yu chuckled and suddenly said, “Teacher Liu, I’ll pay you a visit tonight. Don’t avoid me!”

Liu Hong frowned!

What was this bastard up to again?

“Su Yu…”

“Teacher, have you forgotten that you are our chief instructor for the freshmen? Isn’t it normal for me to visit you? I’m a top 100 student. Why do I feel like you have a big bias against me?”

Su Yu smiled brightly. Liu Hong frowned and looked at Sun Ge Lao and the others not far away.

The next moment, Sun Ge Lao transmitted his voice: “It’s okay, see him! See what he wants to do!”

“Understood!”

Liu Hong replied and quickly smiled: “Alright, Su Yu, let’s get to know each other better tonight!”

He was suspicious in his heart. What was he up to?

Trying to trick me?

Tricking me by saying he’d see me in public is not good, it’s better to see me secretly.

Then deliberately reveal a flaw and get discovered, so he can trick me even worse. Now that he’s coming to see me directly, nothing much will happen. What is Su Yu thinking?

The sky was dark, and the competition was over.

Su Yu argued with Liu Hong for a few words and didn’t stay long, soon returning to the research center.

Hong Tan was drinking tea at the moment, and Bai Feng hadn’t returned yet, probably still sorting out the divine script for Liu Wenyan.

Seeing Su Yu return, Hong Tan felt a little emotional!

This guy is amazing!

It’s only been a few days since he enrolled, and he actually won the top spot among the top 100.

“I know about what happened today. You want to open a research institute?”

Su Yu smiled honestly: “Grandmaster, what research institute? I just want to gather a group of people and win them over. There are too few people in our faction. I mean, find some people, even if they don’t work, just to boost our reputation! Even doing odd jobs is good!”

Hong Tan nodded slightly, thought for a while, and said, “Boost our reputation… In fact, the multiple divine script faction is not as bad as you think. There are still some people on our side within the academy… Cough, but never mind, those are the manpower that your senior brother and the others have gathered themselves. If you want to recruit a group of people, go ahead.”

He was too lazy to care about this matter.

The multiple divine script faction still has some people helping out.

Su Yu’s eyes flickered. Is that so?

He thought that the multiple divine script faction only had these few of them.

“Grandmaster, what about those who were expelled before…”

He wasn’t talking about 50 years ago, but about some people who were expelled in recent years because their divine scripts didn’t meet the standards. Are these people on our side?

Hong Tan smiled: “Those people… Speaking of which, I am also responsible. I didn’t teach them well. Some people couldn’t help but directly advance to the Soaring Realm, and their divine script combat techniques failed to be outlined… Your senior brother was so angry back then that he expelled them all!”

“However, some were planted by other factions, and some really joined our school…”

Hong Tan said a few words and sighed: “Expelling these people back then was too harsh! Let’s wait and see. Once your master’s splitting and filling method is perfected, I’ll see if I can find a few back.”

“Are they still in the academy?”

“Some are, some are not.”

Hong Tan didn’t say much about this. Chen Yong had some of his own arrangements, and he hadn’t been paying much attention to these in recent years.

However, once Bai Feng’s splitting and filling method is perfected, it will be the foundation for the rise of the multiple divine script faction.

Otherwise, no matter how good it sounds or how much they do, the multiple divine script faction will have fewer and fewer people and will inevitably decline.

Hong Tan thought for a while, looked at Su Yu, and said in a deep voice: “You are still weak, don’t go around provoking those guys, be careful they play dirty tricks on you! You still need to keep a low profile…”

Su Yu disagreed: “Grandmaster, I know, but even if we don’t make any moves, these people won’t get along with us peacefully! Whether we keep a low profile or not, the result is the same. You saw what happened to Senior Sister. She usually doesn’t get involved in these things, but what was the result?”

Wu Jia rarely participated in the major events within the faction, just foolishly cultivating, getting stronger, and competing on the rankings…

What was the result?

Sometimes, keeping a low profile doesn’t solve the problem.

Su Yu still wanted to keep a low profile!

Still wanted to cultivate in peace!

Hong Tan thought for a while and nodded slightly, “When I enter the Sun Moon Realm, these things will happen less, unless Zhou Mingren also enters the Sun Moon Realm.”

Saying that, he was silent for a while.

Enter the Sun Moon Realm…

His entry into the Sun Moon Realm actually has some troubles, but there is no need to tell Su Yu.

When he enters the Sun Moon Realm, Zhou Polong may come to find him.

Hong Tan looked at him for a while and smiled: “Never mind, you make your own decisions! You are a person with your own ideas, so go ahead and do what you want! You are stronger than your teacher, and your teacher… is actually pretty good!”

Bai Feng doesn’t like to scheme, but he has a good point, he is rarely schemed against.

He has the ability to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

He listens to what is good for him, and ignores what is not, no matter what you say, the result is the same.

He rarely argues with Liu Hong. When Liu Hong competed with him in the past, he was often dealt with by Bai Feng.

If I feel like you are harming me… I will cut you down!

Liu Hong is also helpless when he encounters such a master.

Su Yu also smiled and didn’t say anything more about it, and talked about another matter, “Grandmaster, Chief Wan asked me to find him before, but I haven’t gone yet. Do I need to go to Chief Wan’s side?”

“Wan Tiansheng is looking for you…”

Hong Tan heard about this matter last time, and thought for a while and said: “You can go! I can’t see what Wan Tiansheng is thinking, but he is generally trustworthy! By the way, don’t think wildly in front of him, and don’t forget what happened to Fatty Xia last time!”

“…”

Su Yu was speechless.

He couldn’t help but say, “Grandmaster, can they see through my thoughts?”

“It’s not seeing through, it’s that your willpower is weak and your thoughts are fluctuating, so they can sense a thing or two. Once it involves themselves, the sense is even more obvious!”
Su Yu nodded, he had to be careful.

In the future, when he encountered these strong individuals, even if he hated them to the core, he would have to think about loving them!

After saying all this, Hong Tan added, “Your master is currently recuperating and also helping my senior brother sort out his divine script. He won’t be back for a while. He has to go to the battlefield of the heavens next month. I also need to prepare to break through and enter the Sun-Moon realm. Your grand-uncle won’t be in seclusion, so go find him if you need anything…”

“Grand-uncle, he…”

Su Yu said softly, “Grand-uncle’s condition hasn’t been right lately, Grandmaster, is it because his cultivation isn’t going smoothly?”

“Condition isn’t right?”

Hong Tan hadn’t really noticed. He thought for a moment and said, “Is it Jia Jia’s matter? Your grand-uncle… alas, this is hard to say. Your grand-uncle was ambushed by people from the Ten Thousand Races Sect in the past. Jia Jia’s parents died in that ambush to save him. Your grand-uncle feels very indebted to Jia Jia and has always treated her like his own daughter. Last time Jia Jia was injured, your grand-uncle felt it was because he didn’t teach her well, that Jia Jia was taught to be inflexible, and as a result, she was severely injured…”

“As a result, those people have turned their attention to Jia Jia again, which is probably annoying your grand-uncle!”

Hong Tan sighed when he mentioned this, lamenting, “Those guys like Zhou Mingren, once should have been enough, yet they keep provoking your grand-uncle. I’ve actually thought about letting your grand-uncle give up this position as curator, enter the Mountain and Sea realm as soon as possible, and not have to guard this library.”

“Give up?”

Su Yu was depressed, “Grandmaster, if we give up the library again, we’ll have nothing left!”

Hong Tan smiled, “Things aren’t important, as long as people are still around. I don’t really care about these things. Things are dead, people are alive, aren’t they?”

Fighting too fiercely for the position of library curator would be fine for Chen Yong, but Wu Jia would continue to be targeted.

The single divine script lineage has suffered a great loss this time, but they may not give up.

Wu Jia hasn’t even entered the top 100 list yet!

Su Yu nodded slightly and then said, “Grandmaster, will it be investigated if a researcher is plotted against and killed in the academy?”

“…”

Hong Tan just stared at him like that. Kid, what do you mean?

Be more specific!

Su Yu looked innocent, “I’m just making an analogy. If someone frames a researcher, saying that the researcher is colluding with the Ten Thousand Races Sect, what would be the consequences?”

Hong Tan frowned, “Don’t do it, be careful you can’t handle the consequences! People aren’t stupid, unless the evidence is conclusive, otherwise framing someone like that will definitely have loopholes. Once it’s found out and involves you, you’ll either die or be sent to the Pioneer Camp!”

“What if it’s not found out?”

“There’s no such thing as not being found out!”

Su Yu said quietly, “But that invincible enemy of ours has never been found out!”

Hong Tan looked at him and frowned. His grand-disciple… really doesn’t seem like Bai Feng!

Nor does he seem like his father!

He had seen his father on the battlefield, such an honest person, no… is he really honest?

Not necessarily!

Hong Tan sighed and pondered for a moment, “Some things will eventually have results, you don’t have to do everything yourself. Don’t underestimate us too much, we’ll solve things ourselves! Just focus on your cultivation!”

Su Yu smiled and nodded. Hong Tan didn’t know if he was listening.

And Su Yu, after he finished speaking, said, “Grandmaster, I understand! The single divine script lineage is our shield, you’ve always thought so, believed so, but in my opinion, after a long time, they themselves have forgotten this fact! They still need to suffer a little to know who the real master is! Being too gentle will result in Senior Sister being severely injured, Master being severely injured, Teacher Liu being severely injured, Senior Xia Yunqi and the others being severely injured…”

Su Yu looked at Hong Tan, “Grandmaster, if we don’t fight back, others will think we’re easy to bully! I originally wanted to cultivate quietly and low-key, but you’ve also seen, tigers don’t intend to harm people, but people have hearts to harm tigers!”

Hong Tan frowned slightly, “Don’t make too much noise, otherwise your grandmaster won’t be able to handle it either. Don’t forget, there’s still that person in the academy! He can protect you from being harmed by others, and he can also protect others. He won’t care about some small things, but he won’t ignore it if someone dies!”

Su Yu nodded, he knew this.

Hong Tan didn’t say much anymore. Young people these days are ruthless and black-hearted, much more so than their generation. Never mind, he won’t say it.

Their generation was still relatively simple.

By Chen Yong’s generation, things started to change a bit. By Bai Feng’s generation, the changes were even greater. By Su Yu’s generation, he felt like he couldn’t keep up with the pace anymore.

He could only fight and do research.

Su Yu didn’t bother Hong Tan anymore and went upstairs to cultivate. He would meet Liu Hong in the evening. As for Wan Tiansheng’s side, he should go see him too. Come to think of it, he hadn’t seen Wan Tiansheng in the few months he had been in the academy, only seen his phantom.

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