Imperial Treasure

The dining place was large and upscale.

Xu Mu was quite generous, bringing Xu Xu and three others to join Sui Yi, making it four people in total, yet he ordered a whole table of dishes, which delighted Wanzi greatly, wishing she could offer herself to Xu Mu... causing Lin Zhao to roll his eyes.

"So, Sui, are both of your friends studying pharmacognosy? Hey, why do girls these days like to study this?"

Xu Mu’s remark caught Sui Yi’s attention.

"What’s wrong with pharmacognosy?"

"It’s not bad. Compared to the fighting and killing in the Cold War Department, the Pharmaceutics Department is more refined, but it involves handling poisonous flowers and herbs all day, or even dealing with corpses... that’s for our poison specialization. If it’s the energy specialization, then it’s studying mineral materials all day, bang bang bang! A junior of mine blows up her face every few days and then runs to the medical room for treatment... Once healed, she blows it up again... Jie Jie, up to now, she still can’t get married."

The last sentence triggered the two little sisters.

Xiao Wanzi: "What era are we in where not being able to marry matters? Brother Xu Mu, your thinking is not appreciated by girls, no wonder you haven’t found a sister-in-law."

Xu Xu: "If you truly love someone, marriage will naturally follow, and if not... what difference does it make if you marry?"

Xu Mu: "Alright, alright, my words were inappropriate, but from a man’s point of view, food and attraction come first. Indeed, before feelings develop, we do place more importance on looks... It’s a flaw, isn’t it, Lin Zhao?"

He was quite frank.

But why drag me into this! I still want to marry Xiao Wanzi!

Lin Zhao, with a wooden face, "Well... most men are like that, but I’m different."

He looked at Wanzi.

Wanzi: "Why are you looking at me? Do you think I’m unattractive?! You blockhead!"

Wanzi slammed the table and was ready to settle accounts with Lin Zhao.

Falling for such a goofball is quite frustrating.

"Sister Sui, tell me, aren’t these men all bad? Just lustful!"

Sui Yi was originally thinking about how dangerous pharmacognosy was and was unsure how Yi and Green Bean, who hadn’t received formal training, would perform in the assessment...

Suddenly being called upon.

She raised her eyes, smiled slightly: "Men have the right to choose, and women also have the right to choose."

"Choose to refuse?" Xu Xu’s eyes lit up.

Sui Yi raised an eyebrow.

"No, choose the handsome ones."

Ha!

Xu Xu was stunned, then laughed.

And Wanzi’s eyes lit up, her gaze sweeping across the hall...

"Oh, oh, choose the handsome ones!"

Mysteriously, Xu Mu and Lin Zhao exchanged a glance, uh, seems like neither of them is very handsome.

It’s even more disheartening than rejection.

Because they directly choose the handsome ones!

"Hey, over there, there, there’s a really handsome one over there!"

Wanzi is the kind of person who speaks what she sees, having been focused on good food just moments ago, and now she’s all about attraction. However, the man she spotted was indeed very handsome.

He was seated at the table to their left, nestled in the sofa, with a strikingly handsome side profile, left leg crossed over his right, a hand draped over the sofa back, looking very laid-back and dissolute.

Sui Yi took one look. When it comes to good-looking people, not mentioning women, among men, Agoleus, Yao, and Shun are top-tier, and there’s also Ye Zixu and the former Jin; she considers herself quite immune. Although this man was indeed a standout among men, he had a certain dark demeanor, so one look was enough. However, she took a second glance.

At the man’s wrist.

That bracelet... Thousand Buddha Hands.

Sui Yi glanced more at that bracelet and overheard Xu Xu pulling Wanzi back.

"Don’t look at him... He’s Tu Su from Thousand Buddha, the most ruthless of them all."

Tu Su from the Thousand Buddha?

"Is he called Thousand Buddha Tu Su?" Sui Yi displayed an appropriate expression of puzzlement.

Xu Mu and the others were all taken aback.

Wanzi’s face had turned somewhat pale, she shrugged and bent over, saying softly, "Sister Sui, how can you not know this? He’s not called Thousand Buddha Tu Su... Thousand Buddha is the number one family in our Ice Gleam District... it should actually be called an organization, because the people inside have no blood relations. It’s said that nine thousand years ago, someone named Thousand Buddha adopted ten children, creating a family, but didn’t give them a surname, only a code name. Each of the ten children had their own personality, some engaged in techniques, some in literature, some in slaughter... Later, Thousand Buddha told these ten people that to inherit his name, only the strongest one could, by killing each other, achieve Thousand Buddha. Then, Thousand Buddha fell, and the ten people started fighting for the name of Thousand Buddha... Ten people, seven died, and three lived, one of whom became the second generation Thousand Buddha. The role of Thousand Buddha was passed down generation by generation. Later, the three people adopted ten more, which became a hundred. The surviving hundred could adopt again... numbers kept increasing, generation by generation, finally forming a huge family - Thousand Buddha. Yet, among tens of thousands of Thousand Buddha people, there’s only one unique Thousand Buddha... Now, this Thousand Buddha is already the seventh generation."

Wanzi continued, biting her lip: "As for this Tu Su, he’s one of the three thousand orphans recently adopted, codenamed Su. Tu is a title given to him by others because among the three thousand, he’s the most ruthless. It’s said he killed twenty people in the same dorm overnight, occupying the dorm alone... Whatever he does, he does alone... However, he does look quite good..."

So ruthless?

Thousand Buddha Hands...

The only similarity with the sect culture of Thousand Buddha Hands on Earth is the pass-down of the title in one generation, the rest... totally opposite.

There must be a connection between the two.

Just at this moment, the little turtle at Sui Yi’s waist wiggled. She picked it up to answer.

This little turtle comes in several levels ranging from high-end to low-end. The high-end models have a sound isolation mode to prevent eavesdropping. After all, this world is all about cultivation, so is it possible to overhear others’ conversations? Therefore, it’s normal that Xu Mu and the others can’t hear the little turtle in Sui Yi’s hand.

Moreover, Xu Mu thinks that for even him, a Void-breaking master, to be unable to hear the sound, it must be the highest-end model.

What they don’t know is that the little turtle in Sui Yi’s hand is the lowest-end model, without any sound isolation. She merely used Magnetic Sensation to obscure it.

It was Ye Zixu’s voice.

"I’m under the Ice Gleam Wall now. This is a cultivation area, and the engravings here are present in all four of the strongest administrative districts. They encompass the records of the ruling classes of Dragon Apes throughout the nation’s history, even the universe itself. One of these records is the Thousand Buddha; you should have heard about it at the Ice Gleam Academy."

"I just heard about it."

"The Thousand Buddha Hands should be inherited from the Thousand Buddha... I speculate that the primordial Thousand Buddha Hands was one of the orphaned children adopted by Thousand Buddha. During conflicts, either actively or accidentally, they reached Earth... but he does not desire to return. Hence, our sect internally never mentioned this matter in later generations of Thousand Buddha Hands. It seems the primordial did not intend for subsequent people to return to Thousand Buddha."

Ye Zixu had considered that if he had a legacy with the Dragon Apes, it could help Sui Yi. But clearly, Thousand Buddha is quite a dangerous force—vast, powerful, and cold-blooded.

He’s not afraid of joining and facing danger; he’s just concerned about implicating Sui Yi and the others.

So weighing the pros and cons, he said the last sentence.

Sui Yi naturally understood and smiled at the words: "You and I often agree... Since it’s clear, you’re coming back, then..."

Gu Sansi only provides predictions and doesn’t handle absolute judgments. The final decision still lies with her and Ye Zixu.

"No, you should take a moment to come over."

"Hm?"

"The engraver of the Ice Gleam High Wall is the strongest Starfall throughout the generations. Using the Spiritual Sensation that you taught me, I’ve gained insights into them, quite rewarding.... I’ve done so, and moreover, you... so you definitely need to visit."

Ice Gleam High Wall?

Previously, Magnetic Sensation was received too hastily and swiftly, focusing primarily on the Thousand Buddha Hands imprint, without careful appreciation.

"Okay, I’ll go and have a look in a few days. Stay safe."

There are White Paper Books in the Ice Gleam Academy’s library, greatly beneficial to her; it’s best to finish reading it.

And because of the library, she took on the teaching duties—starting and finishing, she ought to deliver the lectures before taking time to visit....

Moreover, there’s Yi and the two coming out in a few days....

Sui Yi thought about it and realized she’s quite busy.

As the two were discussing matters, a few individuals at a table ten meters away were staring at Xu Xu and the others....

No, more accurately, they were staring at Sui Yi.

A man put down his wine glass, his lips curled into a cold sneer, jumped out from his seat, landed in front of another empty table, and grabbed one end of the table....

Crash!

The table was fiercely flipped, rotating in mid-air, and crashed down on Wanzi and others!

Xu Mu’s eyes turned cold, he jumped out, raised his hand, and pressed the table to the ground.

Upon seeing the man, he yelled, "Chai Tuo!!"

It’s not unfamiliar to encounter troublemakers—but finding trouble when others are eating, it’s incredibly frustrating!

"Xu Mu, stay out of it!" Chai Tuo gripped the sword at his waist with one hand, brimming with murderous intent.

Quite a few people stood up behind him, hostility radiating, all targeting Wanzi and others, but especially... Sui Yi.

Chai Tuo?

Sui Yi looked up and sensed the hostility from these people.

The target is her, evidently.

In the Ice Gleam District, she shouldn’t have many enemies, and if she did, they shouldn’t be of this caliber.

So....

The registration officer?

He seemed to have the surname Chai too.

Indeed, Chai Tuo pointed directly at Sui Yi.

"This woman doesn’t know what’s good for her. Today I’ll definitely kill her! Xu Mu, if you want to protect her, don’t blame me for being rude!"

Amidst some diners whispering on the side, Sui Yi learned that although Chai Tuo is not the top in the academy, he is a master, a Void-breaking.

However, he doesn’t belong to the Cold War, Technique, and Pharmaceutics Departments of the academy.

Sui Yi didn’t care which department he belonged to. The important thing is, this person wants to kill her.

Just like that registration officer.

Sui Yi’s fingers slightly moved on the little turtle, ready to strike.

"Chai Tuo, you’re out of your mind! Being able to dine with Xu Mu means you’re a friend; if you want to bully my friend, how could I, Xu Mu, ignore it? And as for your uncle’s affair, not that I’m saying anything, if not for our school’s rule of respecting teachers and the way, I would have wanted to kill him!"

Xu Mu’s words were so blunt, even more hostile than towards Zhao Guan and Han Dan, which clearly shows his disgust towards that registration officer, although it also enraged Chai Tuo.

"Damn it!"