Chapter 96: Critical Moment | Wan Zu Zhi Jie [Trans]
Wan Zu Zhi Jie [Trans] - Updated on March 19, 2025
Time passed day by day, and no one came to bother Su Yu in the days that followed.
Everyone agreed that the Broken Mountain Bull essence blood was destined to be lost and obtained by Lin Yao.
Since that was the case, why bother Su Yu.
Even Liu Hong hadn’t appeared much during this time, no one knew if he had gone into cultivation or what.
…
August 28th.
Su Yu had been at the academy for nearly a month.
Wen Tan Research Center.
Filtration room.
Su Yu’s body was rippling with intense Yuan Qi, and the next moment, an acupoint rumbled and was officially opened!
The 12th acupoint!
The last acupoint of the first level of the Advanced God of War Technique was opened!
“Success!”
Su Yu was overjoyed!
In 28 days, before coming to the academy, he had only opened 5 acupoints. In 28 days, he opened 7 more, averaging one acupoint every 4 days.
The rich Yuan Qi, constantly using the myriad-stone essence blood to open the atlas, had consumed almost all of Su Yu’s savings, and he had finally completed the opening of all the acupoints in the first level.
At this moment, Su Yu should be considered to be in the Thousand Pound realm.
But there was still one last step!
Connecting the 12 acupoints with the nine acupoints of the Opening Yuan realm, allowing the Yuan Qi to circulate through the 21 acupoints, and he would be a true Thousand Pound warrior.
“It feels fast, but it’s actually a bit slow…”
At this moment, Su Yu suddenly felt a little dissatisfied. The Thousand Pound realm had a total of 108 acupoints in nine levels, and he still had 96 that hadn’t been opened. At the rate of opening one every 4 days, it would take him at least a year to enter the ninth level of the Thousand Pound realm.
Of course, this speed was already frighteningly fast for others.
But Su Yu knew that in the War Academy, there were some genius students who could advance to the Myriad Stone realm within a year.
This meant that he hadn’t shaken off those geniuses!
“I have the atlas to assist me, but those guys also have a lot of Yuan Qi liquid, plus they were stronger than me to begin with, so their advancement to the Myriad Stone realm might not be slower than me…”
Still a bit slow!
No longer bothered by these thoughts, Su Yu quickly ran to the lobby on the first floor and pressed a button.
A moment later, Bai Feng came up.
…
Bai Feng had recently become a complete homebody, his beard was unshaven, and he looked a bit scruffy.
Seeing Su Yu, he stared blankly for a while, then his expression changed, “You’ve completed the acupoint opening?”
“Yes!”
Su Yu was a little happy, “Teacher, I’ve opened 12 acupoints!”
“Not bad!”
Bai Feng was also a little happy, “It seems that I’ve taught you well this month, you haven’t let me down, you’ve actually reached the Thousand Pound realm in a month, which is faster than I expected!”
“…”
Su Yu had a lot of things to say, but after thinking about it, he didn’t say anything. He wanted to ask Bai Feng, what do you mean by teaching me well?
Of course, he was able to advance so quickly because of the research center, so forget it, let’s just say it was Bai Feng’s teaching.
“Don’t connect the acupoints yet, don’t officially advance…”
Bai Feng quickly said, “When you enrolled, didn’t you still have a chance to enter the ‘Yuan’ word mystic realm? Su Yu, are you planning to enter when you’re in the Thousand Pound realm and want to break through to the Myriad Stone realm, or are you planning to enter when you’re in the Nurturing Temperament realm and want to enter the Soaring Sky realm?”
Su Yu had also learned some things these days, and after thinking about it, he said, “Teacher, I want to seize every minute!”
Seize every minute!
He didn’t want to accumulate slowly, he just wanted to be stronger now!
The stronger he was, the more he would gain.
He still had hope of getting mystic realm opportunities in the future.
Bai Feng smiled and nodded, “Not bad, that’s how it should be! The Yuan Qi mystic realm will be of great help to you, let’s go, we’ll go to the Yuan Qi mystic realm to officially break through, bring the Broken Mountain Bull essence blood, and directly help you build your foundation. After entering, you might even have the chance to open another 12 acupoints…”
“Teacher, the Broken Mountain Bull essence blood…”
He wanted to say, this was a bet.
If he lost, it would be troublesome if he couldn’t produce it.
“I know!”
Bai Feng didn’t care, “If you lose, that’s your incompetence, you’re a waste. If you don’t have the Broken Mountain Bull essence blood, you can figure out a way to solve it yourself, or just renege on the debt, embarrass yourself, add some records to the academy’s records, or be expelled at worst…”
Su Yu was speechless, you make it sound so easy!
But after thinking about it, Su Yu didn’t refuse.
He would use it!
If he really lost… he was still a little worried.
Seeing his concern, Bai Feng laughed, “Don’t be afraid, it’s not a big deal. If it really doesn’t work, I’ll help you figure out a way. Broken Mountain Bull essence blood is rare, but it doesn’t mean you can’t really get it. Others can’t get it, but the Mountain and Sea realm can.”
“Those few guys you mentioned, they can’t buy it because they don’t have enough status. Look at those monsters, who has ever worried about these things?”
Bai Feng said with a smile, “I don’t know about others, but several major families must have some in stock! Including some Mountain and Sea realm experts in the academy, most of them also have some in stock. These guys can’t get it just because they don’t have enough status. Although their families are good, they haven’t reached the point where the Mountain and Sea realm will give them face…”
“Liu Hong is too lazy to fight for his students, and Hu Wensheng has already fought for one, but now he’s lost it, and he’s going to retreat again, so he naturally won’t ask his teacher for it again, understand?”
Su Yu understood and nodded, “I understand, so Teacher can find someone to buy or borrow it?”
“Not me…”
He wanted to say, it was Wu Yuehua.
After thinking about it, forget it, he wouldn’t say it.
If you really lose and don’t have the essence blood to pay, go find Wu Yuehua yourself, your teacher won’t go, I can’t afford to lose face, you go borrow it, it shouldn’t be a big problem.
The two walked out, and Su Yu said, “Teacher, can I secretly enter the mystic realm? I’m afraid it will be troublesome if Chen Qi and the others find out.”
“Secretly enter?”
Bai Feng smiled, “You kid still wants to hide something? To be honest, having the trump card of the essence blood explosion is enough, but since you said so… then let’s be a little more secretive!”
With that, Bai Feng suddenly turned around and went back.
A moment later, a black robe appeared in his hand and he threw it to Su Yu, “Here, put it on, cover your face, that’s secretive enough, right!”
Su Yu was speechless, are you kidding me?
I’m talking about whether we can take some special channels or something, who said entering secretly like this!
Besides, even a fool would know it’s me if I’m walking around with you!
“Hahaha, it’s alright!”
Bai Feng dismissed it, saying, “Those kids don’t have the ability to know who’s entered the secret realm unless their teachers tell them. Hu Wensheng is in seclusion, and Liu Hong has also entered the secret realm to prepare for a breakthrough. They don’t have time to bother with you!”
“Teacher Liu Hong has entered the secret realm?”
“That’s right!”
Bai Feng gritted his teeth and said, “Otherwise…”
Otherwise, how could I be so poor!
That guy is entering the secret realm now, definitely to avoid me. Shameless! We agreed to scam people together, but you ran away!
We agreed you’d suppress my student and give me money, but you disappeared.
If you don’t suppress him, he’ll be at the Ten Thousand Stone Realm in no time. How am I supposed to cultivate him if I have no money!
Yes, Su Yu is close to the Nurturing Soul Realm.
On his first day at the research center, he reached a fullness of 35%. Later, because he didn’t have enough time to cultivate and his progress slowed down in the later stages, he didn’t experience the 5% improvement he had on the first day.
But over the past 20 days, Su Yu has been making steady progress.
Now, Su Yu’s fullness has reached 48%.
He’ll reach the Ten Thousand Stone Realm today, and in a couple of days, he might be able to enter the Nurturing Soul Realm.
At the latest within 10 days, this kid has a chance to enter the Nurturing Soul Realm.
Thinking about this, Bai Feng looked at Su Yu and said, “You’ll reach the Ten Thousand Stone Realm first. When you reach the Nurturing Soul stage, you’ll have to outline your divine script again. You’ve been laying the foundation these past few days. Have you thought about which types of divine scripts you want to outline? Also, are you ready for the will-based script?”
“…”
Su Yu was stunned. Teacher, you said you were preparing it for me!
Bai Feng felt a little awkward under his gaze and coughed dryly, saying, “In the Nurturing Soul stage, it’s enough to observe the original texts of the Ten Thousand Stone and Hundred Refinements Realms to outline your divine script. I usually don’t keep these low-end original texts. I’ve kept a few original texts from the Soaring Realm for you…”
Do you think I believe you?
You’re really broke, aren’t you!
Su Yu actually knew that Bai Feng was probably really out of money.
The last time his never-before-seen senior brother had an accident, Bai Feng went out a few times. Su Yu guessed that he was selling some things.
Now, he probably has nothing left except a research lab.
Su Yu didn’t say much. He didn’t put on the long robe and tossed it aside. While following Bai Feng out, he said, “Teacher, I still have two copies of the Ten Thousand Races original texts from the Ten Thousand Stone Realm, but I don’t have any from the Hundred Refinements Realm. Can I look at the Ten Thousand Stone Realm original texts after I enter the Nurturing Soul Realm?”
“Of course, you can!”
Bai Feng laughed, “It’s just that when you reach the Nurturing Soul Realm, your willpower will be stronger, and you’ll look at the Ten Thousand Stone Realm original texts fewer times. After a few times, the original text might break. It’s hard to outline a divine script after looking at it a few times. So, under normal circumstances, people look at the original texts of the corresponding realm…”
“You should look at them more these few days, don’t really wait until you enter the Nurturing Soul Realm to look at them. Otherwise, if you don’t gain anything after a few times, the original text will be useless.”
“Can I look at the Soaring Realm original texts?”
“Haven’t you tried it yourself? You can’t look at original texts that are too powerful. It’s just a white blur, just like the feeling in the fragment room. It’s a waste of resources!”
“Understood!”
The teacher and student talked as they walked out of the research base.
They had been to the secret realm area once before, but only looked around the periphery and didn’t go inside.
…
More than ten minutes later.
Led by Bai Feng, Su Yu entered the secret realm area.
Su Yu looked around curiously. There were very few people here, and the environment was quite good, with green trees everywhere.
Besides these trees, there were only some small houses hidden in the bushes.
These small houses were scattered throughout the park.
Soon, Bai Feng led Su Yu to the door of one of the small houses.
Entering the house, the space inside was not large, but there were several people inside.
Su Yu subconsciously sensed them, and the next moment, several dazzling points of light vibrated his willpower!
So strong!
They felt even stronger than his teacher!
Soaring Realm?
“Bai Feng, how are you teaching your students? Can willpower be used to sense people casually?”
While Su Yu was still in shock, an old man in the room scolded. He wasn’t targeting Su Yu, but Bai Feng.
Bai Feng coughed dryly and said with a smile, “He’s young and too curious. Don’t mind him, everyone!”
After saying that, he turned to look at Su Yu and said, “Don’t sense people randomly. People above the Soaring Realm have perception. If you sense them, they’ll notice.”
“I’m sorry, teachers. I didn’t mean to…”
Su Yu apologized quickly. At this moment, there were two old men, two middle-aged men, and two young men in the room.
Six people!
Of course, not counting Su Yu and his teacher.
The small room was quite crowded with eight people.
Bai Feng felt a little uncomfortable and complained, “The academy should expand these waiting areas in the secret realm. It’s so small, what will happen if there are too many people?”
“Are you going to pay for it?”
The old man who had just scolded him said unhappily, “Now, the academy head doesn’t want to spend a single penny. He’s not going to pay for expansion. It’s good enough that he’s not making you wait in the open air! Usually, not many people come. Today, it’s good, you all had to come together…”
Obviously, the two old men were the guards here.
The old man spoke, glanced at Su Yu, and nodded, “Going into the secret realm to break through to the Ten Thousand Stone Realm?”
Su Yu nodded quickly.
“Wait a moment. There are still people in the Ten Thousand Stone Realm area. Wait for them to come out before you go in.”
Bai Feng said quickly, “We can go in together. The secret realm is so big, what’s wrong with having more people?”
Naturally, people could enter the secret realm together. Otherwise, Chen Qi wouldn’t have looked for people to try to scheme against Su Yu that day.
The old man said faintly, “It’s different. Just wait!”
“…”
While they were talking, Su Yu looked around the small house, feeling a little confused. Where was the secret realm?
Where was the secret realm they were talking about?
He couldn’t see it.
This was just a simple small house, somewhat similar to a small roadside store. The two old men were sitting inside, separated by a counter, while Bai Feng and the others were outside.
The two elders are over there, and there seems to be a doorway behind them. Could the secret realm be inside?
The elder ignored Su Yu and looked at the two middle-aged men again, saying, “The same goes for you two. You’re both here to break through to the Thousand Jun realm. The three of you will enter together later. After you enter, find a place to break through on your own. Don’t disturb others!”
“Also, once you break through and experience resistance, come out immediately. Otherwise, don’t blame me for not warning you if you’re killed by the Yuan Qi冲击. Don’t be too greedy, or… you’ll be asking for death!”
After saying that, the elder remembered something and said, “Bai Feng, what’s the name of your student?”
“Su Yu!”
“Let me check…”
The elder swiped a few times on a machine in front of him, looked at Su Yu, and said, “Are you sure you want to use it now? This is an entrance award, usable at the Thousand Jun realm, the Ten Thousand Stone realm, and even from Nurturing Spirit to Soaring Sky. The area you choose affects the price you pay!”
“Don’t waste it!”
The elder reminded, “Save this opportunity and come back when you’re at the peak of Nurturing Spirit. It’ll be much more worthwhile than now!”
Su Yu smiled bashfully and said, “Teacher, I haven’t reached the Nurturing Spirit realm yet, there’s still time. I’ll try to earn my way in again later!”
“Ambitious!”
The elder smiled, and the two young men in the room couldn’t help but glance at Su Yu.
Su Yu?
Su Yu from the Divine Literature Academy?
When Su Yu saw the two looking at him, he smiled and nodded at them. He didn’t recognize them; there were too many people in the academy. But they didn’t seem to be hostile.
Bai Feng and their teacher didn’t seem to have any conflicts, so there was no need to offend anyone.
Seeing the young people looking at each other, one of the middle-aged men with slightly longer hair smiled and said, “Bai Feng, I heard that your student was provoked by Liu Hong’s student and is preparing to spar after the monthly exam. Do you think he can win?”
Bai Feng said indifferently, “Who cares if he wins or loses? It’s best if he wins. If he loses… I’ll go find Liu Hong! He’ll return all the things his student has eaten from me. He’d better hide for the rest of his life!”
“…”
Everyone couldn’t help but laugh!
Inside, the two elders also smiled. The one who had just reminded Su Yu said again, “Bai Feng, don’t be too arrogant! Liu Hong entered Secret Realm No. 3 a few days ago. After he comes out, he might be at the eighth or even ninth level of the Soaring Sky realm…”
“So what if he’s at the ninth level?”
Bai Feng said ostentatiously, “Hu Wensheng is also at the ninth level!”
Everyone was speechless. The middle-aged man who had spoken earlier couldn’t help but laugh and say, “Then we’ll wait to see you teach Liu Hong a lesson.”
“Do I even need to take action?”
Bai Feng said with a smile, “Su Yu can take care of his student. If he wins, why would I interfere? Isn’t his purpose today to break through to the Thousand Jun realm to deal with that guy?”
After saying that, he looked at the elder and said, “Has Liu Hong’s trash student been here?”
The elder said with a smile, “I won’t tell you. If you want to find out, spend your merit points to check!”
Bai Feng curled his lips. I won’t do that!
Who cares if he’s been here or not!
He didn’t interact with the others anymore. Bai Feng looked at Su Yu and said, “When you go in later, don’t run around. There are signs inside. The Thousand Jun area is just a small section. Outside is the Ten Thousand Stone and even the Soaring Sky area. You can’t go there, or you’ll be squeezed and explode.”
“After you go in, absorb the Yuan Qi and start cultivating, connect your acupoints, and directly enter the Thousand Jun realm. Then, continue cultivating the second level of the ‘God of War Technique’, opening your acupoints. The Yuan Qi is extremely dense, so your acupoint opening speed will be very fast…”
Bai Feng fulfilled his responsibility as a teacher, reminding him, “When you feel that you’ve opened your acupoints to the limit and can’t open any more, start using essence blood to forge your body, one drop at a time. Just swallow it directly, don’t worry about anything else!”
“After you’ve used up each drop of essence blood, absorb it again. While absorbing it, open your acupoints. The essence blood will automatically strengthen your body…”
“Under normal circumstances, you won’t need a hundred drops. A hundred drops is for those around the ninth level of the Thousand Jun realm. In reality, when you’re just entering the Thousand Jun realm, about 50 drops is enough. Of course, geniuses might use more. You’re definitely a genius, so bring all the essence blood with you!”
“…”
Beside him, the two young men looked at Su Yu with envy.
A hundred drops of Mountain-Breaking Ox essence blood, even they knew about it.
The middle-aged man who had spoken to Bai Feng earlier couldn’t help but say, “Bai Feng, if you give him the essence blood now, then…”
He wanted to say, what if your disciple loses?
Bai Feng interrupted him directly, “He won’t lose. Even if he loses, it’s not like I don’t have any more. Mountain-Breaking Ox essence blood is nothing. My family is big and wealthy. Do you think we’re lacking this?”
“…”
Keep bragging!
Everyone laughed secretly. Who doesn’t know that you’re so poor now that you’re about to pawn your pants!
As for where Su Yu and Bai Feng would get this stuff after he used it, they couldn’t be bothered to care.
In the academy, some rules still had to be followed.
If you promised to give something, you had to give it. If you didn’t… you might pay a heavy price.
Bai Feng ignored them and continued to instruct Su Yu, “Hold on a little longer and absorb more Yuan Qi. The Yuan Qi here is the purest kind, much purer than the Yuan Qi in our filtration room. It’s worth it to absorb more!”
“Back then, I came here when I broke through to the Thousand Jun realm and lasted for 3 hours…”
“Cough, cough!”
Inside, the two elders coughed at the same time!
Hey, we’ve been here for decades, and we were on duty here when you came in!
Have some self-awareness. If you want to brag, do it at home. It’s not appropriate to brag in front of us, is it?
Bai Feng didn’t care and continued, “That time, when I came here, I directly opened another 12 acupoints, instantly reaching the second level of the Thousand Jun realm and starting to advance towards the third level. Open more acupoints this time too. I’m not expecting you to open 12 more, but opening seven or eight is fine. It’ll save you some time. Otherwise, with your efficiency, even if we don’t lack Yuan Qi liquid, it’ll still take you more than a month to open seven or eight acupoints, which is a waste of time…”
Tired!
The two elders were tired, and the two middle-aged men were also tired.
Bai Feng, can you please stop bragging in front of your student!
When did you ever open 12 acupoints?
When did you ever last for 3 hours?
Seeing their students also looking at them, the long-haired middle-aged man coughed lightly, knowing what the students meant. He smiled and said, “3 hours is a monstrous level, very impressive. Your teacher was a bit worse than him back then, only lasted two and a half hours. This time, try to hold on for 1 hour. Don’t force yourself if you can’t. Just come out. After all, your teacher was one of the few top-tier students back then…”
Another middle-aged man, seeing this, also laughed, “So, I’m a bit worse than all of you? I lasted 145 minutes. Looks like I’m the worst?”
“…”
The three exchanged glances, everything understood without saying a word!
Since they’d already started bragging, it wouldn’t be good to expose them. So let’s all just make ourselves a little stronger!
Just motivating the students!
Inside, the two old men were speechless!
Enough, you guys. Bai Feng finished bragging, and now you’re starting? Do you really think we won’t expose you?
Believe it or not, we’ll expose you right now and make you all lose face!
3 hours, 2 hours… Bai Feng lasted a long time, true, about an hour and a half. Why do you have to double it? I don’t know what you’re thinking!
Just as they were thinking this, the door behind them was knocked.
The old man waved his hand, and the door opened.
The next moment, a figure walked out.
Su Yu and the others looked over, and their expressions changed one by one!
“Fox Clan?”
Su Yu frowned!
The two young men also looked angry, while Bai Feng and the others had varying expressions!
No wonder they weren’t allowed to enter earlier!
There wasn’t a human inside, but a demon from the myriad races!
The person who came out had a long tail, and their face was somewhat humanized, but still had some demon characteristics. The ears were fox ears, and there was still some un-shed fur on the cheeks.
It should be a demon from the Fox Clan!
Seeing the unfriendly expressions on Bai Feng’s faces, the two old men coughed lightly. One of the old men got up directly and said, “I’ll send it away. Old Huang, you handle the affairs here!”
“Okay!”
The old man didn’t waste any words, directly grabbed the silent Fox Clan member, and with a flash, disappeared from the room.
The old man, called Old Huang, seeing Bai Feng and the others still silent, said in a low voice, “Don’t think about it. With the opening of the Myriad Races Academy, the Primordial Qi Secret Realm isn’t a particularly important secret realm. They paid some price, and the academy agreed to let them enter the secret realm…”
Bai Feng snorted, not wanting to say anything.
The long-haired middle-aged man said unhappily, “Now it’s the basic secret realm that’s open. In a while, I bet even the advanced secret realms will be open!”
Old Huang said faintly, “It’s no use talking to me. Go talk to the academy head! Whether to go in or not, you can go in now if you want. If you don’t want to, go back!”
“…”
The few sighed and stopped talking.
Bai Feng threw a bottle to Su Yu, not wanting to say anything, waved his hand, feeling somewhat dejected.
They weren’t too happy to see a demon race in the academy’s secret realm.
Su Yu and the others also didn’t say anything, and walked towards the still-open door. At this moment, Su Yu’s mind was still replaying what had just happened.
Demon race!
It was the first time he had truly seen one!
“Fox Clan… Sure enough, miscellaneous books are all lies. Who said the Fox Clan is beautiful? Hideously ugly!”
Su Yu thought to himself, really ugly!
With fur still growing on their faces!
Although he only saw it for a moment, Su Yu still remembered it. He wouldn’t believe what was written in those miscellaneous books in the future. The myriad races were all ugly, where would there be any beauties? Covered in fur, whoever likes to admire them can admire them, but he certainly can’t. Wu Lan is even prettier!