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Chapter 2343: Culture King's World (2)

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After some thought, Heavenbridge Marquis answered, "It will be almost impossible, but Your Majesty can try creating clones and altering their bloodlines to cultivate the two gates."

He added, "Most of the people cultivating the two gates are probably the descendants of people related to the gates."

He grinned and said, "For example, if there is a relationship between us, your descendants will be able to cultivate the Heavenbridge Gate after you die."

Su Yu stared at him silently. At that, Heavenbridge Marquis shut his mouth awkwardly. It had been a while since he last practiced controlling what he said, so he had said the wrong thing right after arriving.

"Cough, cough. Your Majesty will certainly not die. In any case, it's not like you have any descendants..."

Su Yu continued staring at him. Heavenbridge Marquis laughed awkwardly and said, "I'm definitely not trying to insult you. I don't have any descendants either, Your Majesty. Do you see me looking for a gate as my wife?"

Great Zhou King rolled his eyes. The guy was better off shutting his mouth instead of explaining. The more he explained, the more wrong things he would say.

Helpless, Heavenbridge Marquis could only switch the topic and said, "The masters of the bloodlines capable of cultivating these gates have probably formed a pact with the gates, or perhaps they have left their brands inside these gates.

"For example, one of Your Majesty's ancestors, or one of humanity's ancestors, had left a brand in the Heaven Gate."

Su Yu raised his brow, "Who is this ancestor?"

Since Human Ancestor wasn't this mysterious ancestor, it must be one of the ancient leaders of humanity. Like Culture, Sun, Moon, and Star, this mysterious ancestor was a big shot during his time. However, this was not the initial progenitor of humanity.

Human Emperor could cultivate the Heaven Gate. Su Yu could. Culture King and the others could as well. In short, this was a shared ancestor of all of them. In that case, had Human Ancestor opted to leave his brand in the Human Gate instead?

And had Control King or that Blazing Flame Devil Pseudo Emperor left a brand inside the Earth Gate? Su Yu's interest in these ancient beings was growing.

Heavenbridge Marquis shrugged and said, "Maybe it was the Master of Time? I believe the descendants of that guy could probably cultivate all three gates."

True. That made some sense as well. Master of Time...Su Yu's curiosity toward this mysterious being was growing more and more. Just where was this being right now? If even the Master of Death was still alive, it was unlikely that the Master of Time had died.

Suddenly, Su Yu's eyes flickered. Then, he reached out and plucked a shoe out of thin air. That was the shoe Fat Ball had tossed downstream. With the shoe in hand, Su Yu focused and noted that it was an incredibly powerful shoe.

Back when Fat Ball was a heavenly king, he could gain the strength of a Venerable through this shoe. But now that he had grown much stronger, the shoe was somehow still capable of giving him a massive boost in strength.

As Su Yu studied the shoe, he frowned. He couldn't sense anything. This could only mean that Culture King's world was truly not in here.

To the side, Heavenbridge couldn't resist asking, "Your Majesty, does Culture King's shoe smell that good?"

Why was Su Yu sniffing it?

He even started suspecting that Su Yu had a unique fetish. Why would he start sniffing a shoe for no reason? Heavenbridge recognized that shoe. It seemed to be Culture King's shoe.

"..."

Su Yu turned to look at Heavenbridge with a slight frown. But next, he smiled, "Interesting. Heavenbridge, you seem to have regained your true nature after devouring Martial Emperor's Heaven Gate. Are you feeling very confident now that you have grown stronger?"

It had been quite a while since Heavenbridge ran his mouth around like this. After that threat from Su Yu previously, he had gotten very obedient for quite some time. But he was showing signs of returning to how he was.

Heavenbridge said awkwardly, "You jest, Your Majesty. That was merely a random remark. I didn't mean anything."

Su Yu gave Heavenbridge a deep gaze and said, "Don't get too confident. You might already be a tier-four, and even the third tier isn't far away, but with your rate of growth...and your need to eat the gates to grow, you will never catch up to my rate of growth. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

Instantly, Heavenbridge shut his mouth again. This was merely a minor warning. Su Yu returned his attention to the shoe and sank into thought. How was he supposed to find the other shoe?

Where could it be? Chaos was the best location to create one's world. Otherwise, the newly created world might suffer the rejection of the River of Time. Could it be that Culture King's world was hidden somewhere in chaos? That wouldn't be surprising. A single shoe would be very difficult to find in the vast chaos.

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something and laughed. He manifested a pen and lightly poked the shoe. In response, the shoe glowed faintly. However, that was all it did. Su Yu's eyes flickered. After some thought, he took the Mark of Civilization out. The cover still carried the aura of the Cook Book.

And next, a figure emerged from the shoe.

While Great Zhou King and Heavenbridge were still blanking out, Su Yu started recording, "Behold, Culture King is emerging from his shoe. This is quite a unique fetish of his."

The figure looked the same as what Su Yu saw previously. It still faced the world with only its back. Its hands were clasped on its back, and its white robes were fluttering about in the wind.

Su Yu smiled, "Looks like there's really an imprint here. Senior Culture King, you seem to be everywhere."

Culture King had seemingly left his figures everywhere. This wasn't Su Yu's first time encountering one. He first encountered one in Culture King's Residence. He encountered another in the pen dao. And now, he was encountering the third.

With its back to Su Yu, the projection started speaking, "Wielder of the pen dao. This is quite a surprise. You found my secret. Well done..."

Su Yu laughed, "Dumbass."

"Very well done..."

This was what Su Yu had done during his previous encounter with Culture King's projection. And now, he was doing the same thing. As usual, the projection continued its predetermined script without any reaction to his words.

"Are you looking to explore my world? This might end up throwing you into despair. You will find that my world is something you won't be able to inherit even after a lifetime of hard work. But no matter. This should still be somewhat helpful to you."

Clearly, apart from the pen dao, Culture King had a final contingency left behind. And that contingency was his world. If he died and his world remained, the successor of the pen dao might discover his world.

One ought to admit that Culture King had left quite a lot of contingencies behind.

Su Yu grinned, "I am not interested in your shitty world."

"..."

The projection continued, "Your ability to discover the secret within this shoe signifies that you're someone with wisdom, ability, strength, and luck. You have also obtained Fat Ball's acknowledgment. He wouldn't have handed the shoe over otherwise. The shoe would self-destruct the moment Fat Ball dies."

Su Yu raised his brow. This was quite a contingency. Quite a lot of Culture King's contingencies revolved around Fat Ball, such as his residence, his four daos, the Book of Time, and so on. This further strengthened Su Yu's determination to make the little furball the second Fat Ball.

At the moment, almost everyone had forgotten about the little furball. Su Yu noted that it was time for him to start leaving something behind as well.

"Pen dao's successor, if you're actually my big brother...I'll consider myself unlucky."

Culture King's projection spoke with a complicated tone, "But if my big brother is actually here looking for my world, it signifies that he's going to die soon anyway. I suppose this is destiny. This isn't a fate I can run from. Maybe I'm already dead as well."

Su Yu laughed again. Just how scared was Culture King of Human Emperor's dao to say something like this?

The projection continued, "Come with me, Successor. Do you want to take a guess at the location of the other shoe?"

"No thanks."

Su Yu was not interested in guessing. But the projection continued with its script, "You definitely can't. Even if you say no, that's only the proof that you can't. This can only mean that your intelligence is still considerably lower than mine. However, this isn't surprising. How many people in this world can compare against me in intelligence?"

"..."

Su Yu laughed. To the side, Great Zhou King and Heavenbridge Marquis grimaced. This projection was quite narcissistic...well, it would be more accurate to say that this was how narcissistic Culture King was.

For some reason, the powerhouses of that era had a tendency to grow in this direction.

"Let's go. Come with me. I'll take you to my shoe. It is somewhere you can't guess."

This time, Su Yu's curiosity was finally piqued. Where could it be? In the chaos? That was the strongest possibility, but based on what this projection was saying, that did not seem to be the case.

Culture King wouldn't have been so confident that nobody could guess it if he had really hidden it in the chaos.

"Culture King's Residence?"

Su Yu guessed. Each world would repel other worlds. For example, his world had occupied the Upper Realm. Both his world and Human Emperor's world were rejecting each other. Previously, Su Yu was rejected by the Death Realm. In truth, even the River of Time was rejecting him. However, the rejection of the River of Time wasn't as intense as Death Realm's.

While thinking about all that, Su Yu started following Culture King's projection. The projection was flying somewhere. Su Yu did not know where it was heading. Great Zhou King and Heavenbridge Marquis grew curious as well. Where was the other shoe?

Su Yu took the time to gossip, "Has Culture King been leaving his legs bare since then? I feel like he only had that one pair, right?"

Heavenbridge couldn't resist saying, "Your Majesty...never changes your shoes as well, right?"

"..."

Su Yu blanked out. Was that the case?

He looked down at his shoes. Gold embroidery and black surface. After some thought, he nodded, "That seems to be the case."

Where did he get this pair of shoes from?

Oh, right, it was a gift from Great Zhou King and the others when he ascended into a human lord. It felt quite comfortable, so he had been wearing it since then. Of course, it had been damaged many times during his previous battles, but he would reform it each time.

He was already used to the design, so he never thought of changing anything. It was pointless. At Su Yu's cultivation level, he could no longer stay dirty. Su Yu smiled and said nothing else. He continued following Culture King's projection. The projection started flying in the Lower Realm's direction.

Su Yu grew curious. Was it in the Human Realm? But...wouldn't it be rejected? Or did Culture King simply not care about the rejection? If he occupied only a tiny space, the rejection wouldn't be too intense.

Before long, the projection entered the Allheaven Battlefield. And under Su Yu's astonished gaze, the projection stopped moving. Su Yu looked around blankly. Where was it?

They had stopped at the Sea of Stars.

Was it somewhere under the sea?

That was possible.

But next, the projection laughed smugly and said, "Can you guess the location now?"

"I know you can't. Because your intelligence is much lower than mine."

And then, Su Yu saw the shoe floating into the sky.

With the same smug tone, the projection said, "Witness the biggest fraud of all time."

"Rise!"

With that order, under Su Yu's shocked gaze, the entire sea started shaking. Next, Su Yu's expression changed drastically as he realized something. He shot into the sky until he was high enough to take in the entire Sea of Stars. Both Great Zhou King and Heavenbridge Marquis followed him in confusion.

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