Published at 11th of November 2025 7:24 am

Chapter 1652: Accidental Gain (1)

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Emperor Yu's Court.

That was the name Su Yu had decided upon.

The name was too attention-grabbing. All the Invincibles believed that it was not a good idea to have this name, but Su Yu did not seem to care.

Was the Human Emperor really dead? Nobody knew. What was the actual status of all those ancient experts? Were they missing? Were they beyond the net? Were they all dead? Were they all in the Death Realm?

Su Yu wasn't too bothered. If the Human Emperor were to return, he would be happy to relax and let the Human Emperor take on the burden. But if the Human Emperor was dead, why would that name matter?

As for the fact that he could get his karma tangled with the Human Emperor's...well, he was already entangled in so much karma that he didn't care anymore.

Culture Tomb, Book of Time, Culture King, and Time Sage. He was already entangled with all those people. The karma of one more person wouldn't matter.

The Invincibles continued working on the formation. At this point, the formation was already near completion.

Suddenly, Su Yu vanished.

***

A short while later.

Su Residence.

Su Yu was back. Outside his residence, the five elemental race had arrived.

The elder was waiting with nervousness and excitement. He sensed Su Yu's return, but he continued waiting. Only upon hearing Su Yu's invitation did he enter.

Inside the room.

The elder carefully said, "Mayor Su, the carrier treasure is here. Perhaps..."

"Complete the trade now?"

"Yes."

The elder answered with utmost caution, worried that Su Yu would change his mind. Beside the elder, Topsoil Spirit was waiting nonchalantly. A Sunmoon five elemental was also with them. This was most likely the escort who had delivered the carrier treasure to them. It was perfectly normal for one to not carry valuable treasures around while traveling.

Of course, it was more likely that this Sunmoon was a specialist meant to inspect the product.

Su Yu did not mind it. He said, "Sure. Let's do it."

At that, he sent a skylotus petal out.

Sure enough, the Sunmoon five elemental was the one to catch the petal. He inspected the petal without making it too obvious before sending a voice transmission, "The petal is natural. It's not something artificially produced."

The elder exhaled in relief. He was only worried that Su Yu would sell them a replica made through weaponsmithing skills.

The Sunmoon inspected the petal for a bit more before sending another voice transmission, "From its appearance, its veins, and its aura...it is basically identical to the characteristics of nine-leaf skylotus in our records. But I can't guarantee that this is the real deal unless. The only way to guarantee that is to consume the petal and observe its effect directly."

What nonsense. This thing was too valuable to be wasted on a Sunmoon. It was meant for Invincibles or even Pseudo Invincibles. Thus, that method of testing would never happen. But the petal was indeed identical to a real skylotus petal in all aspects.

This was how special the smiling mouth lotus was. Apart from a slightly messy pattern of veins, it was completely identical to a nine-leaf skylotus. As for the veins, Su Yu had modified them slightly.

Topsoil Spirit had also been paying close attention to the petal. Alas, he couldn't discover anything. He was quite disheartened to notice that. Sure enough, Su Yu was a tricky person to handle.

Just look at how good he was at something like counterfeiting. This wasn't even his first time doing this, but each time, nobody could determine if he was selling the real or the fake product. Take his previous scam for example. Even after knowing that it was a scam, Zhan Wushuang still didn't understand why it was a scam as everything was simply too real. The corpse was real. How was it a scam?

This was an extremely high level of mastery in counterfeiting. And now, Topsoil Spirit was experiencing the same thing as Zhan Wushuang. He knew the petal was fake. But he couldn't see how this petal could be fake. The same went for the two Sunmoons. Even after a long while, none noticed anything wrong with the petal.

Finally, Su Yu's impatient voice rang out, "Are you done checking? I'm a busy man. Stop wasting my time."

The moment he urged them, the two Sunmoons started growing anxious.

After a short discussion, they concluded that this was fine. Thus, the newly arrived Sunmoon took a five-colored stone and said, "Lord Su, this is a five elemental source stone. You can use it as a carrier treasure. It is one of the most valuable treasures the five elemental race has to offer."

Su Yu accepted the stone. Upon sensing the five elemental energy in the stone, he nodded and said, "We're done here."

"Lord...are...you not selling more?"

They were even trying to buy more.

Su Yu said, "No thanks. How can I sell only to one faction? Should I allow you to produce a Daofuse that might threaten me in the future? Stop dreaming."

The two elders looked very regretful.

But inwardly, they were still carrying some hope. They were betting on their agents. Perhaps their agents could buy more for them.

Worried that the two elders would say more stupid things, Topsoil Spirit cupped his fists and said, "Mayor Su, we will be taking our leave. We'll attend the celebration tomorrow and deliver our wishes to Old Master Su."

Wow. Su Long had become Old Master Su. Su Yu wondered if his father would be happy to hear that title. An old master who was...fifty years old.

Alas, there was nothing they could do about it.

He was Su Yu's father. Thus, he was Old Master Su.

***

Before long, the five elementals left.

The moment the hidden observers noticed them, someone sent Topsoil Spirit a voice transmission, "Topsoil Spirit, did you manage to buy anything?"

Topsoil Spirit replied with a helpless tone, "No. He's not selling to any big and major races."

He knew that this was what everyone would say regardless of the result. Nobody would admit to having successfully bought the skylotus.

Thus, Su Yu could sell even seventy petals without alerting anyone. At the very least, the lie would hold for quite a while.

Nobody would be willing to easily expose their possession of such a valuable treasure. Those with the petal would be worrying about being robbed or hunted down by the major races.

Sure enough, the hidden observers were suspicious of Topsoil Spirit's answer, but none could be sure.

What could the truth be?

While they hesitated, someone else knocked on Su Residence's door. One of the hidden observers muttered in surprise, "Even the immortals are here?"

"What can a single petal do for a major race like them?"

"Would Su Yu sell it to them?"

The Sunmoons started conversing through voice transmissions. They were quite surprised to see the immortals here.

***

Su Yu was surprised as well.

Even the immortals were trying to buy from him?

Weren't they supposed to be mortal enemies?

The visiting immortal wasn't particularly strong. He was only a fourth-stage Sunmoon.

Upon entering, he bowed slightly and smiled before going straight to business, "The Emperor sent me here with a message."

Su Yu asked in surprise, "Tiangu? What does he have to say?"

"Mayor Su is trying to sell some fake petals to make some money. The immortals are not interested in ruining your business, but we require half your profits."

Su Yu laughed and said, "Fake? How are my petals fake?"

The envoy said, "You know the answer, Lord. This thing has been around since the ancient past. You're not the first to have done so. The Emperor has been around since the ancient past. He knows a lot more than others."

The envoy continued, "You can reject our offer. You can even kill me. But doing so will expose the truth. Everyone will know it. Sure, not everyone will believe us, but that will still affect your sales."

Su Yu chuckled and said, "In short, the immortals are trying to get half the profits without lifting a finger. And I'll have to take all the blame for it. Is that the case?"

What a good idea.

Tiangu...yes, it was likely that he knew what he was talking about. But a mere Sunmoon was insufficient to serve as the agent making this demand.

Seemingly having guessed what Su Yu was thinking, the envoy smiled and said, "You can kill me. You can imprison me. But I came openly. Everyone will notice my disappearance. My death will also cause a phenomenon. The immortals will then reveal the truth. The life of a mere fourth-stage Sunmoon like me in exchange for the failure of your plan is a worthy trade."

Su Yu laughed and said, "What a surprise. You're quite a brave one. But the thing is, are you sure you can leave with what I give you?"

"Don't worry. So long as you're willing to pay me, we'll have our own methods of leaving with the payment."

He sounded quite confident.

Tiangu. What an interesting fellow. Instead of exposing him, the immortals were blackmailing him.

Did they make this choice because they knew not everyone would believe them? Not many knew about the smiling mouth lotus, but some still knew. Those with sufficient status during the ancient past would most certainly be aware of it. Thus, it wasn't surprising for Tiangu to know.

Su Yu was sure that the Heavenly Overseer Marquis knew as well. But it didn't matter. Heavenly Overseer Marquis would most likely ignore the matter as this was not his goal. He was more concerned about those fragments. This wouldn't be the right time for him to totally fall out with Su Yu and attract Su Yu's attention.

Thus, Su Yu wasn't too worried about the marquis.

"What if I refuse? Will the immortals mess with my sales?"

"No. We will only tell everyone the truth."

The envoy wasn't strong, but he was still confident due to the strength of the immortals. Thus, he had visited Su Yu without fear even when there was a possibility of death. In any case, the death of a weakling like him wouldn't matter too much for the immortals. The immortals were strong enough to not care about losing a middle-stage Sunmoon.

Su Yu laughed. He couldn't be bothered to say much. Tiangu must be dreaming. He would rather lose some profits than share his profits with Tiangu.

Instantly, he released his Mark of Civilization.

Still with the same expression, the envoy said, "Killing me will only bring you losses. Unless you can kill every single visitor, the immortals will still learn of this before long."

Su Yu couldn't be bothered to say anything. He did not kill the immortal. That would create a phenomenon. It was pointless. Instead, he destroyed the immortal's body, keeping only the willpower. After taking the willpower into the book, he rebuilt the immortal's body before sending a character inside.

In mere moments, a brand new body stood before him. The body opened its eyes blankly. Then, some life returned to its eyes. Its aura also returned to normal.

With a smile, Su Yu muttered, "You must have some other tricks hidden away. There must be a way for someone out there to notice the moment something happens to you."

This was a trivial trick.

With a flicker, Su Yu vanished.

Those outside could still feel the immortal's aura, but they had never been able to feel Su Yu's aura. Thus, nobody noticed his departure.

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