Chapter 1322: Chapter 1322

Unbeknownst to when it began, soft articles started to appear everywhere—whether in newspapers, on television programs, or through various rumors whispered in private. Even if Du You stayed at home all day, he could hear them.

newspaper here, today someone claimed Du You had a powerful backer. The next day, someone had dug up Du You’s life story and exposed it under the broad daylight for everyone to see.

They might have thought they were doing something normal, but Du You felt nothing but immense frustration.

Needless to say, these machinations were undoubtedly the work of the institution behind the scenes. But Du You was helpless, for he could not even identify the authors of the articles, let alone retaliate; he didn’t even know how to properly complain.

Then, someone said Du You relied on self-cultivation and that at Capital University he barely attended classes aside from reading.

The university then rebutted, asserting that Du You’s ability to improve to such a degree had a lot to do with Capital University’s library. Proof of this was Du You’s Unicorn, which was considered a proud creation of Capital University.

Having never seen Du You in combat, they naturally wouldn’t understand the status and significance of the Unicorn by Du You’s side. In their minds, a Magical Beast as powerful as a Unicorn must be of significant importance.

Then more people said the same was true at other institutions, sparking a verbal battle between the universities.

Although Capital University was strong, it couldn’t possibly win against so many other institutions and gradually started to fall behind.

Sensing an opportunity, someone proposed a test to compare the real teaching quality among the institutions, not merely judging an entire school by one exceptional student. Capital University confidently agreed without hesitation.

After that, a vigorous competition began with matches between the different institutions—big and small, public and private, large group and small group—all commenced one after the other.

Various institutions took turns to compete against students from Capital University. The start of the academic season was truly festive, not only stirring up the entire Imperial Capital but also causing a sensation across the Asia Alliance and shocking the entire world.

Du You, looking at the letter in his hand, threw it aside out of boredom. "These people really are too much."

He had lost count of how many times he had received challenge letters. Institution-level competitions were not open to him, as he was like a ’cheat code’; with him present, there was no room for others to perform.

These challenge letters were all given privately, and Du You knew that the worlds they picked were not any powerful ones. If he really accepted the challenge, he would then be forced into a lower-tier world to be suppressed.

Unable to use his full strength, he could be overwhelmed by numbers. Without thinking, he knew that such underhanded tactics would not come from the institution’s upper class, but they could from others. As for whether the upper class of the institutions approved, Du You wasn’t a deity—he certainly couldn’t know such things.

However, it seemed likely that someone was backing the challengers. Regarding these challenges, Du You simply ignored them.

"There have been many contests recently, and many students have been injured, but there are also benefits. It is said that through continuous fighting, the overall combat strength of the students at the institution has greatly improved."

Hearing Lin Yucha’s words, Du You’s eyes flashed with a strange look. More contests meant more experience and awareness in combat, which naturally enhanced one’s fighting prowess—a completely normal phenomenon. Content orıginally comes from 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✶𝓷𝓮𝓽

Even those who usually disliked combat had been forced into numerous fights during this period.

The increase in combat power from frequent fights was to be expected, and Du You felt deeply that it was true to his own experience.

"Forget it, why bother with it? It has nothing to do with us. Li Minglu has sent over plenty of work for me; I’d better just finish up with these matters first," Du You shook his head.

Inevitably, he had to deal with some matters personally since his company had also been affected after the exposure of his Sixth-Tier strength. Faced with a company that had limitless prospects, they, of course, would not let it go easily.

Consequently, many people joined his company, keeping Li Minglu very busy.

That was not all; several individuals who owned territories approached his company for assistance. These transactions could not be decided by Li Minglu alone. Du You had substantial funds, but he couldn’t support too many high-level territories.

Investing in these territories required a series of inspections and subsequent development analyses. Even though the decisions were made by Li Minglu, Du You had to review and sign off on them; otherwise, they wouldn’t go through.

There were even territories that were failing and the owners wanted to sell to him.

Strictly speaking, transferring ownership of territories was impossible—the lordship was fixed. However, nothing was absolute, and Du You possessed an item that could change the lordship of territories, an item incredibly rare that Du You himself had never acquired.

But not entirely impossible to find, because Du You’s company had managed to find two.

Accepting other people’s territories required full voluntary agreement from both parties and the signing of a high-tier contract. Only then would the item take effect and transfer the lordship. As for average territories, Du You really wasn’t interested.

Decisions regarding whether to take over territories required Du You to personally inspect the corresponding worlds. Many worlds were limited to Tiers Five or Six, and Du You was astonished to discover that some weren’t Otherworlds but Derived Worlds. Building territories in such worlds seemed utterly wasteful to him, and he wondered if they were trying to trick him into a poor investment.

After a busy round of inspections, Du You ended up not finding a suitable one.

In Du You’s eyes, a world worthy of territory construction had to be at least Tier Seven or above. And territories built in such worlds were rarely sold, as everyone understood how much potential they held.

Busy with these pursuits, Du You ended up with nothing—a lot of effort for no gain. But such things couldn’t be disregarded; who knew when he might fortuitously encounter a suitable world?

Returning home to rest only seemed to tire him further; Du You felt an odd sensation within.

Over at the Yalan Continent, things were very stable, with the army continuing to steadily advance. Several years had passed in the Yalan world, accumulating high-level military forces. Were it not for the fear of provoking a Seventh-Tier expert, they likely would have fully advanced already.

Yet even so, Shenghai Kingdom was gradually becoming the dominant power in the eastern region of the continent.