SWDnovel Chapter 179 That Absurd Letter
Chapter 179 That Absurd Letter
Chapter 179 That Absurd Letter
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Su Yu bowed to Xu Jiawei.
Seeing Su Yu's calm demeanor, Xu Jiawei asked, "What are your plans for the next few days?"
"I'm planning to go to the Sunset Forest soon. I need to obtain my fifth spirit ring, so I hope Your Majesty can allow me to leave the Star Luo Empire." Su Yu had already obtained his fifth spirit ring, and this excuse was simply to go to the Sunset Forest to get the Acacia Heartbreak Red.
"Oh? So how long do you plan to stay this time?" Xu Jiawei asked.
Su Yu thought for a moment, "Probably within three months. After all, it's hard to find a suitable soul beast. This time, I'm also getting a soul ring, which is one of my final assessments."
"The inner academy's assessment?" When the assessment was mentioned, Xu Jiawei thought of Shrek Academy.
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After leaving the palace, Su Yu felt as if he had stepped out of a dragon's den or a tiger's lair.
If it weren't for the Su family, Su Yu probably wouldn't be in such a predicament; otherwise, why would he have to face that old fox Xu Jiawei with such trepidation?
Upon returning home, Su Yu took out the brocade pouch and asked, "Come out, everyone."
The Purple-Eyed Demon Dragon, the Hell Demon Dragon, and Elder Yi—three illusory figures—appeared in the room.
"Teacher, is there any way to break the seal on this brocade pouch?" Su Yu asked, pointing to the pouch.
Old Yi picked up the brocade pouch, examined it for a moment, and then said, "It's a bit troublesome, but not difficult."
"What business is it of ours? If there's nothing else, I'm going back to sleep."
The Purple-Eyed Demon Dragon—no, it should be called Purple Eyes now—is about to go back to rest.
Elder Yi said, "Although the spiritual power of you two little dragons is limited, you can still be of help."
"Then what do you need us to do?" The Hell Dragon, now called Hell, has been very quiet ever since he became Su Yu's soul spirit, unlike Zi Yan Yi, who does nothing but sleep all day.
"It's not a big problem. Give me an hour, the two of you can share the workload, and I can handle the rest."
After receiving Elder Yi's affirmation, the two beasts and one person returned to Su Yu's spiritual sea with the brocade pouch.
Looks like we'll have to wait.
Su Yu sensed the seal breaking down and then began cultivating.
An hour is not a long time in cultivation.
In Su Yu's memory, the longest he had ever cultivated was half a month. At that time, he sat cross-legged in the dormitory of the Sun Moon Empire. When he was discovered, Su Yu's body was cold to the touch.
Fan Yu immediately assumed that Su Yu had been murdered by the Sun Moon Empire, and that his body was already cold...
Fortunately, after testing, Su Yu's body temperature returned to normal, and everyone realized that Su Yu may have fallen into a deep meditation.
For Su Yu, a necromancer, meditating for ten days or half a month at a time is quite normal.
Su Yu has always had a very clear plan for his future, and everything he does has a unique significance, except...
The only thing he truly fell in love with, outside of his medical practice, was Wang Dong'er...
As a time traveler, he did approach Wang Dong'er with a purpose at first, but as they spent more time together, they developed a deep emotional bond. However, since they were roommates at the time, neither of them revealed their feelings to the other.
Do you need a reason to like someone?
Su Yu thought about it and realized that it wasn't really necessary...
When Su Yu recovered from his chaotic thoughts, the brocade pouch was already quietly placed on the table in front of him.
This brocade pouch can be considered one of the tests those two were putting on them, but whether it was a test or not is actually not important.
If love between two people is meant to last, why should they be together every day and night?
Separation by space and time is never an obstacle to love.
The more isolated it is, the more it will develop a deeper and more profound flavor, like fine wine that has been aged and matured.
Opening the brocade pouch, Su Yu reached inside and touched a simple, antique-style sheepskin scroll.
The parchment, when unfolded, revealed a large sheet, more than twice the size of a normal letter. Its irregular edges suggested it was made from sheepskin that hadn't been cut, a raw form that enhanced its antique charm.
As Su Yu slowly opened the parchment, he saw its contents.
The contents of the parchment are divided into two parts: a letter on top and a map on the bottom.
Su Yu looked at the contents of the letter. "Su Yu, by the time you read this letter, I believe you will be capable of accomplishing this task. I hesitated for a long time before deciding to entrust this matter to you."
"When I gave this brocade pouch to Dong'er, I told her that I would only give it to her when she was certain that you could become her future husband and that you were worthy of her wholehearted love. It seems that you have now achieved that. My second brother and I will both wish you well. However, there is something we must tell you, because it concerns your and Dong'er's future happiness."
Upon seeing this, Su Yu suddenly felt a sense of absurdity.
Thinking about it carefully, the reason for this whole thing was simply to test whether he was truly sincere towards Wang Dong'er.
"Dong'er was born into the Haotian Sect. She was born with congenital deficiencies and a weak constitution. My second brother, Dong'er's parents, and I tried everything we could to improve her health. However, we were unsuccessful. When she was three years old, we suddenly discovered that Dong'er had contracted a strange illness. This illness was very peculiar."
"As you know, a person's martial soul is still dormant at the age of three and will only awaken at the age of six. But Dong'er's martial souls awakened strangely at the age of three. And two of them awakened at once. Her physique was already very weak, and such a mutation and awakening of her martial souls immediately brought a greater burden to her body, causing a huge hidden injury."
If there is any trauma, Su Yu thinks that the greatest trauma is being split into two parts out of thin air, and also having Huo Yuhao's heart in the original work split in two.
If you think about it carefully, when Huo Yuhao was facing Tang Wutong at the end, he himself couldn't tell who he loved the most.
Winter? Wutong? Autumn?
In the end, Tang Wutong was always a broken chimera monster...
"If you observe closely, you'll notice that when Dong'er overexerts her abilities, a golden trident-like mark appears on her forehead. That mark is actually a seal her father placed to suppress the injuries within her body. Her parents were away from the Haotian Sect for many years in order to find rare and precious medicinal herbs to cure her, leaving my second brother and me to take care of her. At that time, her father said that the hidden injuries within Dong'er's body could only be suppressed by the seal until she was twenty years old. If her injuries were not healed by the time she turned twenty, then she might..."
Upon seeing this, Su Yu wanted to cover his face. If he hadn't read the original work and knew that it was a symbol of the Son of God, he would have really been fooled by you.
If Wang Dong'er really had an incurable disease, Tang San would never let his precious daughter cause trouble.
"After a long search, Dong'er's parents finally found a magical herb that could cure her hidden injury. However, this herb was extremely difficult to obtain. Its requirements were too demanding. It had to be picked by a man who had romantic love for Dong'er and who loved her exclusively, using his own blood. If the herb was forcibly picked, it would only be damaged and lose its medicinal properties. It also had a fitting name: the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Herb."
When Su Yu heard the name "Love-Sickness Heartbreak Grass," he remembered its real name: Love-Sickness Heartbreak Red.
Back in Tang San's era, only Xiao Wu managed to pluck it.
Zhu Zhuqing and the Grandmaster both failed one after another, and when Xiao Wu succeeded, Tang San was somewhat bewildered.
Now it's my turn to face that most magical herb. In fact, the Love-Sickness Red has different meanings in different people's eyes.
Heartless people won't care, but those who are deeply in love will cherish it like a treasure.
"We tried every method to pluck it, but to no avail. To preserve this sliver of hope, we could only endure and wait for the one who truly loves Dong'er to appear. When Dong'er gave you the brocade pouch, it meant she had already fallen deeply in love with you, without reservation. I don't know how you feel about Dong'er, after all, she used to be a woman disguised as a man. But if you can open this brocade pouch and, upon reading this letter, ask yourself if your love for Dong'er is deep and unwavering enough, then, as Dong'er's elder, I beg you to pluck that immortal herb for her. For your future happiness, and for Dong'er's life."
"Dong'er's parents have been searching for a replacement for her, but Dong'er is already seventeen years old, getting closer and closer to twenty, and her parents still haven't returned. Hope is becoming increasingly faint. So, when we first met you, Titan and I were actually overjoyed. We placed our sincere hopes on you. That's why we put you through this test, to see if your character is capable of being the one to save Dong'er."
"The final result is satisfactory to us. At least before you left, we saw many good qualities in you. Dong'er has good taste; you are the man who is worthy of her. However, Dong'er's life has begun its countdown. I beg you, you must bring back that love-sickness herb to heal Dong'er's hidden wounds."
"The reason this letter is sealed is because Dong'er herself is unaware of the hidden injury. To allow her to grow up happily, we've never told her about it. We love her deeply and only hope she can grow up safely. Su Yu, we also beg you, before you bring back the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Grass, do not tell her the truth. Even if you ultimately fail to complete this task, we hope she can live happily in her final days."
"The map below shows the location of the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Grass. It's a dangerous place, a habitat for spirit beasts, and the area where the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Grass grows is even more perilous. Below the map are detailed descriptions of the various plants that grow there. Once you get there, you must first try to find a book."
The map below is probably the location of the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. However, this place is indeed quite dangerous, but for him who already knows everything, the danger is negligible.
As for that book, it's probably the part of the Xuan Tian Bao Lu that wasn't passed down. Actually, if you think about it carefully, the rise of the Tang Clan was related to the Xuan Tian Bao Lu, and its current decline is also related to the Xuan Tian Bao Lu.
Tang San ate the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Blossom, and tempered his body with the help of the Ice and Fire Spring of the Yin-Yang Well, which laid the foundation for his status as a future overlord.
For Su Yu, this trip to the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire also requires him to consume the Eight-Cornered Profound Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Blossom to temper his entire body. Only in this way can Su Yu accept the power of the Snow Emperor as soon as possible, instead of letting the Snow Emperor directly seize all of Su Yu's subsequent soul rings in one go.
"That was left there by Dong'er's father. It records the differences between various immortal herbs and poisonous herbs, and it will also guide you to find the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Grass. The location where the book is buried is marked in detail on the map. You must find the book first before you go to look for the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Grass, remember that, remember that. Do not venture too far. Also, because these immortal herbs and poisonous herbs have grown in that place filled with rich spiritual energy for too long, some of them have evolved into plant-type soul beasts, and they will also pose a great danger to you."
"If you truly love Dong'er, then go for it. We'll be waiting for your good news. And please take care of yourself."
The final signature was Niu Tian.
Su Yu knew that for someone as intelligent as Niu Tian, setting up such a test was truly a challenge.
This test was a grand undertaking by Tang San, or rather, a grand selection process to find a suitable son-in-law. He went so far as to split his daughter in two to test his future son-in-law.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again.
Su Yu got up, took the brocade pouch, and went to the Star Luo Imperial Palace to bid farewell to Xu Jiawei.
If he doesn't consult Xu Jiawei now, he'll most likely be accused of defection, after all...
After leaving Star Luo City, Su Yu summoned his own Blood Dragon Armor. Now, all of his soul tools have been upgraded to level eight by Xuan Ziwen.
Even against a Contra boss, he can now escape unscathed.
For no other reason than that, unless the current Soul Douluo exhausts Su Yu's soul power, it is impossible for him to break through Su Yu's defense or capture Su Yu.
This is why Su Yu wanted to upgrade all of his soul tools to level eight.
As the soul tool on his back spewed out red flames, Su Yu's figure quickly disappeared into the horizon.
Now, Su Yu only needs to calculate his route. He has to disembark and give notice every time he passes through the airspace of a place, otherwise he might end up like Huo Yuhao, who is wanted by the authorities.
The Year of Audio Series.
The profits have completely collapsed. Hope everyone is doing well...
(End of this chapter)