Chapter 211: Battling the Blood Dragon Ancestor, a Primordial Realm Cultivator? (5k)
Su Xing rubbed his temples, absorbing the memories in his mind.
The Blood Demon Sect... or rather the entire Blood Demon Realm, had a simple and brutal method for producing low-level cultivators!
Within the entire Blood Demon Realm, there weren't just cultivators.
There were also many cities and ordinary people.
Moreover, the number of ordinary people was extremely large, with a population of over ten billion in the entire realm!
Then, the Blood Demon Realm vigorously encouraged childbirth.
Every year, children who turned ten years old had to go through a... "Immortal Path Battle"!
The so-called Immortal Path Battle was actually to have those ten-year-old children begin cultivating the Blood Immortal Scripture.
After a year of cultivation, a thousand children would enter a sealed environment.
Finally... through slaughter!
The only child who survived would become a Qi Condensation cultivator... and be able to absorb the blood sacrifices obtained from the killing.
They would receive the so-called... Blood Condensation Pill!
After obtaining the Blood Condensation Pill, they could quickly become Foundation Establishment cultivators!
After reaching Foundation Establishment, there would be a killing competition every ten years.
One hundred people would participate, and only one would survive, who would then receive another Blood Condensation Pill reward.
Moreover, after cultivating the Blood Immortal Scripture, Foundation Establishment cultivators had a lifespan of less than fifty years.
Golden Core cultivators had a lifespan of eighty to ninety years...
Nascent Soul cultivators, a lifespan of one hundred and twenty years...
And the deeper one cultivated, the more Blood Condensation Pills one consumed, the greater the loss of lifespan!
Of course, the vast majority of Blood Demon Sect cultivators didn't live that long.
Because of the killing battle every ten years, ninety-nine percent of Foundation Establishment and even Golden Core cultivators would die in it...
Only after reaching the Nascent Soul stage did things get slightly better, as they could use Blood Spirit Stones to cultivate, which slightly reduced the impact on lifespan.
Therefore... all the Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and even Transformation God cultivators that Su Xing had seen were the results of one bloody battle after another!
"Hiss~ It's terrifying!"
"This isn't just using the cultivators of a realm, but the entire human race of a realm to support the top-tier cultivators!"
"This kind of barbaric law of the jungle... truly worthy of being an evil cultivator!"
Su Xing finally understood that the path of cultivation wasn't as fair as he had imagined.
Whether it was Old Dragon Dog, Old Sect Dog, or True Person Wan Mu... or the current Blood Demon Realm.
In the case of spiritual energy depletion, it was humans devouring humans, and cultivators devouring humans!
"Compared to the Blood Demon Realm, Old Sect Dog seems like a righteous cultivator... truly laughable!"
Su Xing sighed softly.
Reflecting on Old Sect Dog's life, he had spent most of his time running away, and only after being labeled with a derogatory name did he fall into the path of evil cultivation.
At most, he had only committed acts like sacrificing cities...
Compared to the Blood Demon Realm, the difference was not a little bit!
"No wonder the Blood Condensation Pill, Blood Spirit Stone, and Blood Spirit Liquid... all carry such shocking karmic retribution. Such actions must have been abhorred by the will of the world, right?"
Su Xing sighed softly, and at the same time, he was also a little puzzled.
Where did this Blood Immortal come from?
How could he be so wicked and not be afraid of karmic retribution, even after becoming an immortal?
You must know that the higher the cultivation level of a cultivator, the more afraid they are of invisible and intangible concepts like karmic retribution and cause and effect.
Because at crucial moments, these things could cause a powerful cultivator to perish.
After pondering for a moment, Su Xing went to the Blood Demon Sect again.
Following the memories he had retrieved from his mind, Su Xing quickly arrived at the back mountain of the Blood Demon Sect.
After breaking the back mountain formation, Su Xing came to the forbidden area of the Blood Demon Sect.
This place was where the Blood Demon Sect produced Blood Condensation Pills, Blood Spirit Stones, and Blood Spirit Liquid!
Entering the forbidden area, Su Xing felt a strong smell of blood, overwhelming resentment... and terrifying karmic retribution.
Su Xing frowned slightly and murmured:
"This place is not suitable for staying long... otherwise, I'm afraid karmic retribution will befall me, which would be detrimental to my cultivation!"
So, Su Xing quickly started searching.
As far as the eye could see, there were bones... some bones were only half the size of a normal person...
Beside each blood pool, there were Blood Condensation Pills that had not yet fully formed.
On top of the corpses, Blood Spirit Stones were faintly beginning to crystallize.
And deeper in, there were countless Blood Spirit Gu, soaking in pools, making one's scalp tingle, constantly spitting out Blood Spirit Liquid...
Shortly after entering the forbidden area, Su Xing felt a sense of stagnation in his heart that wouldn't go away.
Without much thought, Su Xing unleashed a series of sword energies.
Countless sword energies instantly enveloped the entire Blood Demon Sect forbidden area.
Countless blood pools, Blood Spirit Stones, and blood sacrifice formations were all destroyed by Su Xing.
After doing all this, Su Xing left the forbidden area with satisfaction.
He felt that the stagnation in his heart finally dissipated.
"There are countless paths... evil cultivation is ultimately not the right path!"
Su Xing shook his head slightly, feeling incredibly refreshed.
Soon, the immersive simulation time ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world.
In the real world, Su Xing murmured:
"Compared to Blue Star, the human race in the Blood Demon Realm is truly living in hell, isn't it?"
There, the only purpose of all ordinary people's existence was to reproduce...
And reproduction was to serve as blood sacrifices for the Blood Demon Sect cultivators... how cruel was that?
Su Xing shook his head slightly, his gaze returning to the simulation panel.
"Next, I just need to wait patiently, is the Blood Dragon Ancestor really Dragon Protector?"
[In the Blood Demon Sect, you destroyed everything in the forbidden area.]
[You felt incredibly refreshed, and it seemed as if you had received the blessing of a mysterious power.]
[You continue to stay in the Blood Demon Sect, quietly waiting for the Blood Dragon Ancestor's true form to arrive.]
[Three days later, a familiar aura rapidly approached within your spiritual sense.]
[This aura is Dragon Protector!]
In the real world, Su Xing saw this and chuckled lightly:
"It only took over a month to appear?"
"It seems the Blood Demon Sect wasn't completely unprepared for me... before, they said it would be at least three months, or as long as half a year..."
"But, Dragon Protector really is the Blood Dragon Ancestor!"
Su Xing was somewhat excited at this point.
He had previously learned that Dragon Protector's spiritual sense strength should still be at the peak of the Void Return Realm.
If it was truly Dragon Protector, Su Xing wasn't worried.
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[The Blood Dragon Ancestor, also known as Dragon Protector, rapidly approached you.]
[Upon seeing you, a creepy smile appeared on the Blood Dragon Ancestor's face.]
[Apparently, he also recognized you, the one who had severely injured his soul in the Void Realm before.]
[Dragon Protector quickly enveloped the entire Blood Demon Sect with his spiritual sense. When he discovered that all the cultivators had been slaughtered, he didn't react at all.]
[But when he discovered that the Blood Demon Sect's forbidden area had been destroyed by you, he instantly flew into a rage!]
[Apparently, in his heart, the tens of thousands of cultivators of the Blood Demon Sect, or his descendants, were not as valuable as the cultivation resources in the forbidden area.]
[Old Dragon Dog roared, blood intent surged from his body, and he charged towards you.]
[The battle was about to begin!]
Su Xing saw this and a slight smile appeared on his lips:
"Sure enough, Old Dragon Dog is the Blood Dragon Ancestor!"
"Hehe, his soul was severely injured by me before, and now he's heavily wounded, he shouldn't be my opponent, right?"
Su Xing thought this, his gaze fixed on the simulation panel.
[Seeing Old Dragon Dog charging towards you, you remained calm.]
[Protective Qi and Yuanli Armor instantly covered your body.]
[Yuanli wrapped around your fists, and you blasted a punch at Old Dragon Dog.]
[Boom! The two fists collided!]
[The terrifying power almost caused the heavens and earth to change color, and the ground began to crack layer by layer...]
[To your surprise, your strength was slightly inferior to Old Dragon Dog's...]
[You were sent flying dozens of meters, while Old Dragon Dog only took a few steps back to stabilize himself.]
[Looking at Old Dragon Dog dozens of meters away, your eyes became serious.]
[Because Old Dragon Dog wasn't a Void Shattering Realm cultivator at all, he was a Primordial Realm cultivator!]
[In terms of pure strength, Old Dragon Dog was even five percent stronger than you!]
[This was with Yuanli wrapped around your fist... which meant that Old Dragon Dog was probably a mid-Primordial Realm cultivator.]
[Seeing that one punch hadn't finished you off, a look of surprise appeared on Old Dragon Dog's face.]
[He mistook you for a Primordial Realm cultivator, because only Primordial Realm cultivators could possess such terrifying power...]
[Old Dragon Dog didn't intend to hold back anymore, he roared, and his entire body began to transform...]
[His body gradually grew several times larger... scales began to grow all over his body, and his hands turned into dragon claws...]
[In just a moment, Old Dragon Dog transformed into a several-hundred-meter-long dragon with red and black scales all over his body.]
[Deer antlers, ox head, rabbit eyes, snake body, hawk claws!]
[This was clearly an Eastern legendary mythical dragon!]
[It wasn't like the Spiritual Dragon you encountered before, which was a result of the transformation of a spiritual vein... you could feel that Dragon Protector was a true Eastern dragon with true dragon bloodline!]
[Because the terrifying aura made you feel a little scared...]
[But at this point, you couldn't back down.]
[Although you were only at the late Void Shattering Realm, your foundation was perfect, and coupled with the perfected Ground Sword, even a mid-Primordial Realm cultivator, you dared to fight him...]
[So, you raised your Ink Ice Sword, wrapped it in Yuanli, used your ultimate speed, and charged towards Dragon Protector's true form.]
[After just a few exchanges, you realized you were terribly wrong.]
[The dragon race possessed a terrifying bloodline potential. In their true form, their physical strength was comparable to that of a late-Primordial Realm cultivator.]
[In just a split second, your Protective Qi shattered.]
[Your Yuanli Armor also quickly became tattered...]
[After several exchanges, your physical body was on the verge of shattering...]
[You had no choice but to release your soul...]
[Your soul was annihilated by Dragon Protector...]
[You died!]
[Ding, the simulation is over!]
After the simulation ended, Su Xing looked at the simulation text in front of him, speechless for a long time.
Finally, Su Xing's face showed a look of shock.
"Dragon Protector... is actually a Primordial Realm cultivator!"
"Body Refinement Primordial... this is even harder than Qi Refinement Integration!"
Su Xing frowned slightly, but considering that the dragon race had a first-rate talent in physical bodies among all races.
Dragon Protector didn't know how long he had lived, so it was possible for him to cultivate to the Primordial Realm!
"Damn it, I was careless this time!"
"I only knew that Dragon Protector was a Qi Refinement Void Return cultivator... but I didn't expect his body refinement cultivation to be so strong!"
"Coupled with his dragon true form... recovery ability and physical strength are top-notch, I'm afraid I'll have to reach both Integration and Primordial Realm before I can fight him, right?"
But Su Xing quickly remembered a talent he had drawn before.
Dragon Slayer!
Dragon Slayer, a purple talent, had a strong counter-effect against the dragon race!
If Su Xing successfully brought out this talent, perhaps he could really fight Old Dragon Dog...
"However, at the very least, I need to reach the Integration Realm before I can fight Old Dragon Dog, right?"
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
All this was based on the simulation, if it were in reality, Su Xing would have chosen to play it safe and wait until his cultivation was enough to crush Old Dragon Dog before taking action.
"However... I still haven't gotten any information about the Blood Immortal... It seems that I can only get information about the Blood Immortal and the leader of the Descending Church from Old Dragon Dog!"
Su Xing pondered in his heart.
Soon, Su Xing took out paper and pen and made a plan of his current enemies and future development.
Currently, Su Xing had five imagined targets!
They were, first, True Person Five Elements!
True Person Five Elements was the weakest among Su Xing's imagined enemies. Su Xing currently had the confidence to deal with him.
After defeating True Person Five Elements and exploring the ruins of the Five Elements Sect, Su Xing could obtain the Five Elements Interacting Method, Five Elements Formation Dao, and inherit some of the Five Elements Sect's legacy, which was a decent reward.
The second target was to get rid of True Person Wan Mu.
With Su Xing's current strength, he had some chance of killing True Person Wan Mu.
But to be safe, Su Xing could wait until he broke through to Integration before killing True Person Wan Mu in reality.
The rewards for killing True Person Wan Mu were undoubtedly huge.
A Spiritual Dragon, hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones, thousands of years' worth of spiritual herbs, living dead puppets, the Wan Mu Sect's alchemy techniques...
These were things that Su Xing craved immensely.
As for the third target, it was to get rid of the Slaughter Apostle in the Slaughter Battlefield.
Based on Su Xing's guess, the Slaughter Apostle's strength was also around the late Emperor level, which was around the mid-Integration Realm.
But because of the Slaughter Moon's suppression of Su Xing in the Slaughter Battlefield.
Su Xing's strength would be severely affected.
Therefore, to be safe, he also needed to reach Integration before exploring it.
"After killing the Slaughter Apostle... the passage to the outside world from this realm will open!"
"At that time, I will be able to come into contact with the true Three Thousand Worlds, right?"
Su Xing was excited at the thought.
He still had a Qingyun Order in his storage pouch.
If he could go to the Great Thousand World, he could find information about the Qingyun Sect...
Su Xing's fourth imagined enemy was naturally Dragon Protector.
Dragon Protector was the highest-ranking combat force of the Descending Church that Su Xing knew of.
Qi Refinement Void Return peak, Body Refinement Primordial Realm mid-stage... plus dragon bloodline!
Su Xing estimated that this was probably the most difficult of the four enemies.
"To kill Dragon Protector, the Dragon Slayer talent is essential... In addition, I need to improve my cultivation as much as possible, at least Qi Refinement Integration plus Body Refinement Primordial Realm... then I'll have a good chance!"
"However, after killing Dragon Protector, the benefits will be numerous... but it might also cause unnecessary trouble!"
"That is, the leader of the Descending Church, if he exists... and the Blood Immortal who created the Blood Immortal Scripture!"
Pausing, Su Xing murmured:
"These two could be the same person..."
"And he is also my final imagined enemy, and the strongest one!"
"Of course, besides these five... there is also the Double Pupil Demon Saint who needs to be dealt with... but the Demon Saint level, I'll probably need to reach the peak of the Integration Realm before I can try!"
Su Xing recorded his plan in his little notebook.
As the number of simulations increased, Su Xing's planning for each simulation became more and more cautious.
Because each simulation was a huge leap in strength for Su Xing, and he couldn't afford to waste it!
"Very good... the next thing is to further improve my strength!"
"And find a way to get in touch with other worlds as soon as possible... but I can't rush it now, I have to take things step-by-step, and my safety is the priority!"
Su Xing nodded slightly.
If there was an opportunity right now that allowed Su Xing to immediately enter the Great Thousand World and come into contact with the real world of cultivation.
But the condition was that he would be exposed, and Su Xing would decisively refuse!
Because staying alive was more important than any other opportunity!
In addition, Su Xing had a constant worry in his heart.
"Qingyunzi, from my previous interactions with him, my cheap master seems to be a righteous cultivator..."
"But in the face of defying heaven's opportunities, even righteous elites don't know what they will do... just like True Person Wan Mu!"
"If Qingyunzi knew that I had grown to the Integration Realm in just a year or two... would he bring me a fatal calamity?"
Su Xing shook his head slightly, he didn't know much about it yet.
"Whatever, let's look at the rewards from this simulation first!"
Su Xing's eyes fell on the simulation rewards.
[Broke Through Defenses]: Purple talent, price: 1 million energy points.
[Twenty Years of Alchemy Experience]: After exchange, your current alchemy comprehension will slightly increase, price: 2 million energy.
[Void Shattering Realm Peak]: Void Shattering Realm cultivation, using your own power to see through illusions, price: 200 million energy.
[Spiritual Sense 110,000 Meters (Insight Realm)]: The beginning of endless spiritual sense, has broken through the limit of ordinary Void Return cultivators' spiritual sense, but still has huge growth potential. Price: 790 million!
[Blood Immortal Scripture]: Created by a powerful cultivator, does not require spiritual roots or spiritual energy to cultivate, a fast track method for evil cultivators... however, there is a hidden secret behind this scripture, price: 1 billion energy.
[100,000 Blood Condensation Pills]: Contains mixed spiritual energy cultivation pills, the method of refining is cruel, taking them will shorten lifespan, price: 1 billion energy.
[10,000 Blood Spirit Stones]: Contains mixed spiritual energy cultivation stones, the crystallization of resentment and spiritual energy, the refining method is cruel, taking them will shorten lifespan, price: 1 billion energy.
[1 Million Drops of Blood Spirit Liquid]: Contains some mixed spiritual energy cultivation liquid, purified by the Blood Spirit Gu, but still shortens lifespan and increases karmic retribution, price: 1 billion energy.
[1 Blood Spirit Gu]: Devours lifespan, spiritual energy, and flesh and blood essence, lives on resentment, and can purify mixed power. Price: 1 million energy.
Su Xing looked at the simulation rewards in front of him, his eyes showing a look of surprise.
"The Blood Immortal Scripture is worth 1 billion energy? It's on the same level as the Divine Farmer's Spiritual Nurturing Art? A true immortal art!"
"And these Blood Condensation Pills, Blood Spirit Stones, Liquid, and Gu... although the refining methods are cruel, the energy they contain is unexpectedly high!"
In Su Xing's heart, a bold idea gradually formed.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 212: Su Xing: I Didn't Mean to Dismember True Person Five Elements! (5k)
Su Xing wouldn't consume the Blood Spirit Stones, Blood Condensation Pills, and the like himself.
But if they were used to convert into energy for the simulator, it would be quite beneficial!
And the various blood pools, liquids, and Blood Spirit Stones that Su Xing saw in the Blood Demon Sect's forbidden area...
When added together, the contained energy was at least tens or even hundreds of billions of units!
Thinking of this, Su Xing's heart began to pound.
"Wow, if I were to rob the Blood Demon Sect, wouldn't I be able to directly obtain tens of billions of energy units, enough for Integration Realm or even higher cultivation levels?"
A greedy thought arose in Su Xing's heart.
But then, Su Xing shook his head and said:
"However, Old Dragon Dog's strength is beyond my current capabilities... Even if I robbed the Blood Demon Sect, I don't know if it would cause bigger problems..."
"In this matter, it's better to be cautious!"
Pausing, Su Xing showed a meaningful smile.
"However... who said that going to the Blood Demon Sect necessarily requires defeating Old Dragon Dog?"
"Old Dragon Dog's main body should still be in the Descending Church's treasure vault, right?"
"If I robbed the Blood Demon Sect and did it secretly, would he even find out?"
Su Xing stroked his chin.
With the Eight Trigrams Fortune-Telling Art, Su Xing's Heavenly Secrets Shielding Art should be able to fool Dragon Protector.
But the matter was of great importance, so Su Xing should run multiple simulations to prevent any unforeseen events.
"Whatever, I'll think about these things later!"
"Right now, I need to choose the reward from this simulation... and quickly raise my cultivation to the Void Shattering Realm peak!"
Su Xing didn't hesitate and directly said:
"I choose the Void Shattering Realm peak cultivation and the 110,000-meter spiritual sense!"
[You have successfully brought out the Void Shattering Realm peak cultivation, costing 200 million energy, remaining energy 840,730,000 points.]
[You have successfully brought out the 110,000-meter spiritual sense, costing 790 million energy, remaining energy 50,730,000 points.]
Looking at the long string of numbers rapidly decreasing on the panel, Su Xing felt a pang of heartache.
"However, it's all worth it!"
Su Xing comforted himself.
And as the simulator's prompt sound faded, two mysterious energies surged into Su Xing's body.
The first thing Su Xing felt was his cultivation aura surging.
Void Shattering Realm 8th Stage... Void Shattering Realm 9th Stage...
Then, Void Shattering Realm peak!
In just a few breaths, Su Xing's body refinement cultivation reached the Void Shattering Realm peak as if it were natural.
His Qi and Blood, strength, Yuanli, and physical body strength... all increased by several levels in a short period!
Su Xing sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and grasped and understood the energy contained within his body.
After a long time, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a look of surprise flashed in them, and he murmured:
"Unbelievable... My pure physical strength has probably increased to a full 5 million tons!"
"If I wrap it with Yuanli, my strength will reach 10 million tons!"
"Compared to when I first entered the Void Shattering Realm, my strength has increased by ten times!"
"And... the intensity and total amount of Yuanli in my body have also increased several times compared to when I first entered the Void Shattering Realm!"
Su Xing was a little shocked.
You must know that a small mountain over 100 meters tall only weighs about 10 million tons!
Su Xing could now carry a 100-meter-tall mountain on his back with full strength!
"With my current strength... how terrifying would it be if I entered the Primordial Realm?"
A look of anticipation flashed in Su Xing's eyes.
After experiencing the surge in his body refinement cultivation, Su Xing quickly returned to the real world.
Immediately afterward, the 110,000-meter spiritual sense was completely released, sweeping through the entire Kyoto City like a tide.
110,000 meters, which meant that with Su Xing as the center, everything within a radius of 300 to 400 kilometers was within Su Xing's perception.
This was no longer just a matter of covering the entire city with a single thought.
But the entire province, and even a large part of the northern plains, were under Su Xing's spiritual sense coverage.
"Whew~ The spiritual sense range is much stronger than before!"
"With this, if I want to find someone, it will become very easy..."
"But the real change is the spiritual sense strength! The power of the War Wishful Golden Cauldron I can use now is much stronger than before!"
"Unbelievable... My spiritual sense hasn't reached its peak yet! How wide would it be at its peak? 150,000 meters? Or even... 200,000 meters!"
Su Xing now truly understood the benefits of a solid foundation.
Cultivating the Wishful Observation Art and taking many years of Spirit Condensing Pills had allowed Su Xing's spiritual sense potential to reach the limit of what Void Return cultivators could achieve!
Su Xing then carefully experienced the marvelous uses of his spiritual sense.
First, he covered the area around the school with his spiritual sense and saw Jin Congxue in the villa...
"Hmm? Jin Congxue is... why is she lying alone in bed, with such a flushed face?"
"Strange..."
Su Xing shook his head slightly, and his spiritual sense drifted further.
The wild geese in the sky began to fly south, and there seemed to be large tracts of wasteland outside the western suburbs of Kyoto...
Every detail was within Su Xing's grasp.
His spiritual sense continued to explore outward.
Gradually exceeding the range of Kyoto City... and reaching the neighboring Bei Province.
Without Su Xing needing to deliberately search, all the powerful life forms were automatically displayed in his perception, like dots on a radar.
After sensing the faint life force in the distance, Su Xing raised an eyebrow and murmured:
"Tsk tsk... I really can't underestimate the foundation of the various chambers of commerce and families..."
"Almost every top chamber of commerce has one or two Martial Emperor-level powerhouses stationed there... and Heavenly King-level powerhouses don't seem to be a minority either?"
Su Xing nodded slightly.
The strongest powerhouses he could sense should be around the Martial Emperor level.
And stronger Legendary-level powerhouses were almost only encountered in Zhenyao Pass.
"It's not the most dangerous time for Zhenyao Pass yet... so the major families have retained their hidden strength, which means there are internal struggles within humanity!"
Su Xing sighed softly.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are struggles.
Not to mention those human traitors, even these top families may not be able to unite and resist external enemies together.
Take the Bai family, for example, they still want to preserve the family for tens of thousands of years...
They didn't realize that under the current circumstances, the entire human race wouldn't even be able to last for decades.
"Although the strength of these families and chambers of commerce is mediocre... the energy they have behind them is not to be underestimated!"
"Especially the resources they can mobilize!"
"If I can integrate this power and use it for myself... the resources needed for me to become an immortal can be easily obtained!"
Su Xing thought secretly.
Just by using the Bai Chamber of Commerce, a top chamber of commerce, for his own benefit, he could get 4 to 500 million energy units from the copy items alone every two months.
If he could mobilize the power of all the top chambers of commerce in Daxia, the energy Su Xing could obtain would be astonishing!
"Of course... there is also the Daxia military!"
"After all, the military is the true master of this land! The foundation the military possesses is probably more than all the families combined, right?"
Su Xing closed his eyes and pondered.
Seeing that he only had a few tens of millions of simulation energy left, he sighed.
What he lacked now was simulation energy, and the major families and military of Daxia could indirectly provide it for him.
And what humanity lacked was overall strength!
Su Xing could also meet these needs for them...
Therefore, if he could handle the relationships well, Su Xing could easily obtain a large amount of simulation energy.
"But the problem now is how to do all this with as little risk as possible?"
Su Xing frowned slightly. With the resources he currently had, just the Tarot Society could provide him with 400 million energy units a month with full effort.
But 400 million energy units was a little tight for Su Xing, who was about to enter the Integration Realm.
"According to previous experience... entering the Integration Realm might require 1 billion energy units! And with my current methods, it would take two months!"
Su Xing shook his head slightly. He couldn't wait that long.
Nor could he not run any simulations for two months just to break through to the Integration Realm.
Rubbing his temples with a headache, Su Xing murmured:
"Looks like I need to find a way to obtain simulation energy again..."
"With my current strength, it's not difficult to obtain energy, the difficulty is not exposing myself!"
Su Xing thought carefully for a long time, then murmured:
"With my current methods, the ways to get energy..."
"First, find a way to kill high-level demon beasts and obtain their flesh and blood essence, which can undoubtedly obtain a large amount of simulation energy..."
"But this is also the most dangerous method..."
"Second, go to the Five Elements Sect ruins, maybe I can get some energy, but the amount of energy obtained is hard to predict, maybe not much?"
"As for the third point... that is to go to those top families and mooch off them!"
Speaking of this, Su Xing's eyes lit up.
He had previously gone to the Bai family as a mysterious person to sell longevity pills.
Just two pills had earned him 1 billion energy units!
Although other families may not have the same copy items as the Bai family, they should also have exotic metals, high-level equipment, and other items that can provide a large amount of energy.
"The most crucial thing is that with my current cultivation... except for that Emperor-level peak powerhouse, the rest of humanity should not be my opponent!"
"Plus the existence of the Heavenly Secrets Shielding Art... it shouldn't expose me too much!"
Su Xing felt a little restless.
If he remembered correctly, Jin Congxue's family seemed to have an elder who needed a longevity pill?
"However... I can't rush this, I can simulate it in the simulator first and then make a decision next time!"
Su Xing still decided to play it safe.
As for this week...
Su Xing didn't plan to continue staying in the Spirit Field Cave Heaven to refine pills, but instead planned to go to the Xianwu Era copy!
Thinking of this, Su Xing couldn't help but feel a little excited, murmuring:
"Finally... am I going to the Xianwu Era copy?"
"With my current strength, it should be risk-free... I just need to go to the Five Elements Sect ruins and kill the living dead True Person Five Elements!"
Su Xing was still confident. After all, he had tried many times during his previous simulations, and his current cultivation was indeed enough to crush True Person Five Elements.
Thinking of the Five Elements Formation and the Five Elements Interacting Art, Su Xing felt a little excited.
"Time is of the essence... I should leave immediately!"
Su Xing murmured.
Then, Su Xing began to disguise himself and conceal his aura, and then shielded his Heavenly Secrets.
Under the cover of night, Su Xing flew on his sword and quickly arrived outside the coordinates of the End of Dharma Era copy.
Su Xing cast a concealment formation on himself, then swaggered into the Xianwu Era copy.
...
Passing through a curtain of light, Su Xing's vision changed, and the next second, he appeared in a large mountain.
"This is the Xianwu Era copy..."
Su Xing nodded slightly and retracted his spiritual sense.
There were still cultivators in this Xianwu Era copy.
Although there were few, to be cautious, Su Xing decided to retract his spiritual sense.
Then, Su Xing took out a diary and took out a map that was sandwiched inside.
This map was recorded by Old Sect Dog, showing the location of the Five Elements Sect ruins.
"Old Sect Dog is quite thoughtful, saving me the trouble of searching..."
Su Xing's lips curled into a smile. After comparing the directions, he flew towards the Five Elements Sect on his sword.
In less than half a day, Su Xing found the entrance to the Five Elements Sect ruins.
The entrance was also a large stone, which looked quite old.
"Tsk tsk, these large sect ruins all like to set the entrance in a large stone, don't they?"
Su Xing chuckled lightly.
The formation was just a composite maze formation, a spatial pointing formation, and a concealment formation.
With Su Xing's current formation attainments, after a little effort, he successfully entered the formation.
Stepping into the formation, Su Xing's vision changed again.
The next second, he appeared in a dark space.
Narrow, damp... the surroundings were all stone walls, with faint glowing stones embedded in them.
"This is the ruins where True Person Five Elements is buried?"
Su Xing frowned slightly.
To be cautious, Su Xing activated his Protective Qi and Yuanli Armor.
With two layers of defense, Su Xing felt a little more at ease.
"There should only be True Person Five Elements in the Five Elements Sect ruins..."
Su Xing murmured, then confidently released his spiritual sense.
The spiritual sense surged out like a tide, quickly capturing the aura of True Person Five Elements.
True Person Five Elements was about 10 kilometers away from Su Xing, near the core area of the Five Elements Sect ruins.
Su Xing nodded slightly and murmured:
"Quick battle and quick resolution, with my current strength, True Person Five Elements shouldn't have any room to resist..."
Su Xing thought this, then took out the Ink Ice Sword, wrapping it in Yuanli.
To avoid damaging the Five Elements Sect ruins as much as possible, Su Xing decided to directly use the Ground Sword to quickly kill True Person Five Elements.
Thinking this, Su Xing shot towards True Person Five Elements like a drawn bowstring.
In just a few breaths, Su Xing arrived in front of True Person Five Elements.
With the help of the dim light, Su Xing saw True Person Five Elements' appearance.
He looked to be around 40 years old, with a well-proportioned physique.
The only attractive feature was his pair of intelligent eyes, which seemed to be extremely insightful.
But True Person Five Elements' numb expression and pale face had lost all consciousness.
"This... is a living dead puppet?"
Su Xing took a deep breath. This was the first time he had seen a living dead puppet in the real world.
And as Su Xing noticed True Person Five Elements, True Person Five Elements also decisively attacked Su Xing.
Su Xing didn't dodge, he raised an eyebrow, and swung the Ground Sword towards True Person Five Elements.
"Too slow!"
Su Xing shook his head slightly.
Then, he applied the Speed Power to the Ink Ice Sword and slashed at True Person Five Elements' body.
With just one sword, Su Xing severed True Person Five Elements' left arm.
Black Qi instantly filled the air, and scarlet, slightly black blood flowed out, dripping onto the ground and forming a small pool of blood.
After being severed by Su Xing, True Person Five Elements' aura instantly weakened considerably.
The dark red blood, like venom, wriggled and frantically tried to repair the injury.
But how easy was it for a Void Shattering cultivator to repair a severed arm?
True Person Five Elements roared, and Five Elements spiritual energy flashed on his body.
Seeing this, Su Xing narrowed his eyes, knowing that True Person Five Elements was about to unleash the Five Elements Interacting Art.
But how could Su Xing give True Person Five Elements such a chance?
As True Person Five Elements accumulated spiritual energy, Su Xing took the initiative to attack.
He swung his sword again, with ultimate speed!
One sword, and he severed True Person Five Elements' other arm.
Then, Su Xing swung his sword four more times.
Severing True Person Five Elements' left and right thighs, his abdomen and dantian... and finally his head!
In just a few breaths, True Person Five Elements was dismembered by Su Xing.
Looking at the flicker of clarity and regret in True Person Five Elements' eyes before his death.
Su Xing murmured:
"What a pity... I originally wanted to keep the body intact, but I lost control..."
Su Xing sighed, then added:
"It seems I can only burn it into ashes after death and see if I can bury it in a geomantic treasure land..."
Su Xing collected True Person Five Elements' body and then went to the deepest part of the Five Elements Sect ruins.
Su Xing scanned the core area of the entire ruin with his spiritual sense, but he didn't find anything valuable.
Sighing, Su Xing came to the bronze ancient coffin and took out a storage artifact inside the coffin.
His spiritual sense entered it, and besides jade slips recording the Five Elements Interacting Art and Five Elements Formation Dao, Su Xing also found many useful formation materials.
"Why are these Five Elements Sect ruins so poor?"
"It's far worse than the Wan Mu Sect ruins!"
Su Xing licked his lips, thinking of the Spiritual Dragon in the Wan Mu Sect ruins, and the thousands of years' worth of spiritual herbs, and felt a longing for them.
Just as Su Xing was about to leave the Five Elements Sect ruins, he suddenly remembered something and looked at the bronze ancient coffin in front of him.
Su Xing's lips curled into a smile. Following the principle of a thief not leaving empty-handed and sweeping everything clean, Su Xing put the entire bronze ancient coffin into the Spirit Field Cave Heaven.
Then, Su Xing quickly left the Five Elements Sect ruins and returned to the Xianwu Era copy.
Without any lingering, after finishing his business, Su Xing walked towards the copy exit and returned to Blue Star.
The whole process, from arriving at the Five Elements Sect ruins, killing True Person Five Elements, and returning to Kyoto.
It took less than a day...
Back in the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, Su Xing's heart moved, and he looked at the bronze ancient coffin in front of him.
"Speaking of which... why does every True Person sleep in this bronze ancient coffin?"
"Could it be... that this coffin has something special about it?"
Su Xing felt a little curious.
Then, he tried to absorb the coffin and convert it into energy.
Such a tall coffin, if it was made of bronze, should be worth a little energy, right?
Unexpectedly, a surprised voice rang out in Su Xing's ears.
[Ding, a substance containing energy has been detected, with a total energy value of 370 million units. Do you want to absorb it?]
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 213: Taking a Risk to Earn Tens of Billions of Energy? (5k)
"Huh? What the heck?!"
"Over 300 million energy?"
Su Xing's eyes widened. He never expected this bronze coffin to be so valuable.
This meant that the bronze coffin was definitely not made of bronze, but a special metallic material that contained a large amount of energy.
"And... every True Person uses this coffin. It should also have the effect of preserving the body, right?"
Su Xing pondered. Before figuring out the specific use of this bronze coffin, he didn't plan to exchange it for energy for the time being.
What if it was useful later?
Su Xing temporarily placed the bronze coffin in the Spirit Field Cave Heaven and then began his daily pill refinement.
In the blink of an eye, another six days passed.
Su Xing refined over 6,000 Fasting Pills.
On the day he was supposed to meet with Jin Congxue, Su Xing disguised himself and concealed his aura before heading to the villa.
Jin Congxue was wearing a black "stepmother skirt" today, her curves accentuated perfectly.
"Oh, you're early today, busy bee!"
Jin Congxue poured Su Xing a cup of tea and said cheerfully.
Su Xing also smiled in response, and the two sat opposite each other, chatting and occasionally enjoying the food on the table.
They soon got down to business.
Jin Congxue took out a Fasting Pill and said to Su Xing with a serious expression:
"Su Xing, did you refine this pill too?"
Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this and said casually: "Of course, or did it fall from the sky?"
Jin Congxue rolled her eyes after hearing this and said:
"No time to joke with you! I'm talking about serious business... Do you know how important this pill is?"
Su Xing raised an eyebrow after hearing this, took a sip of tea and said:
"It's just an ordinary pill, right? Didn't we have the Beauty Pill before, it should be about the same?"
Jin Congxue's tone instantly became excited after hearing this, and she said:
"How can they be the same? The Beauty Pill... is only useful for those rich and wealthy women!"
"But this Fasting Pill can change the situation and even enhance the strength of humanity!"
Su Xing chuckled in response, without saying much.
But Jin Congxue said seriously:
"Do you know what it would mean if the Daxia military knew that you could refine this pill?"
"According to the appraisal results of the appraisal masters of the Jin Chamber of Commerce... this pill can ensure a certain level of physical strength for Grandmaster-level powerhouses for three to six months, and won't affect their combat effectiveness due to hunger!"
"And Heavenly King-level powerhouses can also ensure their physical strength for about a month!"
Pausing, Jin Congxue continued:
"You know about Zhenyao Pass, right? Every year, the food for the soldiers at Zhenyao Pass is a huge expense!"
"Especially the higher the level of the practitioner, the more vigorous their Qi and Blood, and the more food they need to replenish!"
"And replenishing supplies on the front lines is a very troublesome thing..."
"But if you have this pill, you only need hundreds of thousands of them a year to ensure that the Daxia military soldiers in Zhenyao Pass maintain full combat effectiveness!"
"And this can prevent many casualties... Do you understand?"
Seeing that Jin Congxue had said so much in one breath, Su Xing just smiled and said:
"Of course, I know, but you got one thing wrong..."
"A Grandmaster-level practitioner, taking one, can guarantee six months' worth of food replenishment!"
"A Master-level practitioner only needs to eat half a pill to guarantee six months of food replenishment..."
"The effect of this pill might be even better than you imagine..."
Seeing Su Xing's calm and composed appearance, Jin Congxue was also stunned for a moment and asked in confusion:
"Such a precious thing, how can you casually take it out?"
"Aren't you afraid that... I will reveal such a big secret? You trust me so much?"
Su Xing just smiled slightly after hearing this. He naturally wouldn't say that he had already run simulations and there was no risk.
Instead, he asked back:
"Then... will you betray me?"
Jin Congxue was choked for a moment after hearing this. After careful consideration, she shook her head and said:
"No, I can't betray your trust!"
"Moreover... it's fortunate that the appraisal master I hired is reliable, otherwise, it would have been revealed!"
"Don't worry, so far, the Fasting Pill is safe!"
Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this, but couldn't help but think:
Just the Fasting Pill caused such a stir?
What if Su Xing took out the Nourishing Yuan Pill, Refining Internal Organs Pill, and other pills in batches, what would happen then?
Seeing that Su Xing was silent, Jin Congxue continued to ask:
"So, how do you plan to trade these pills with the Daxia military?"
Su Xing thought for a moment and said:
"This Fasting Pill, if I refine it with full effort every month, I can refine about 30,000 pills..."
"50,000 Fasting Pills, do you think it's enough to get the right to mine a second-order exotic metal mine from the auction?"
Jin Congxue thought about it carefully after hearing this and said:
"Absolutely no problem!"
"At the auction, the top chambers of commerce can only take out a batch of healing potions and mid-to-high-level equipment..."
"For the Daxia military, the value of these items is far less than the Fasting Pills you can provide!"
Pausing, Jin Congxue continued:
"I can even try to see if I can get you a green channel, without attending the auction, 50,000 pills can directly exchange for the right to mine a second-order exotic metal mine!"
Su Xing wasn't too surprised after hearing this.
Jin Congxue's grandfather was Lu Yuanwu, a Daxia Martial Emperor, who was in charge of logistics...
And this Fasting Pill was right up Lu Yuanwu's alley!
Jin Congxue thought for a moment and said:
"I will continue to keep your identity a secret, I can guarantee that your information will never be leaked from me!"
"However... once the Fasting Pill appears, some people may investigate the Tarot Chamber of Commerce..."
"I've erased all traces of our previous encounters, all you need to pay attention to is not to expose yourself in the future..."
Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this, he trusted Jin Congxue in this aspect.
Finally, Jin Congxue said:
"It will be settled in a week at the earliest, or half a month at the latest, this matter of exchanging the Fasting Pill for the exotic metal mine."
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction after hearing this. Jin Congxue had never disappointed him in terms of work efficiency.
Soon, their transaction ended.
Su Xing brought the new week's goods back to the Spirit Field Cave Heaven.
Exchanging the new week's goods for simulation energy added another 100 million energy units.
Thus, Su Xing's energy surged to 150 million points.
On November 25, 2024, in the New Era, Su Xing started a new round of simulation on time.
"Start simulation!"
[Ding! This simulation will cost 6,300 energy units, remaining energy 150,730,000 points, remaining simulation times: none.]
[Simulation begins!]
[Spending 100,000 energy units to draw a purple talent, spending 1 million energy units to draw a golden legendary talent. Do you want to draw?]
Su Xing hesitated after seeing the simulation text in front of him.
As expected, Su Xing would probably draw a purple talent again this time.
And these purple talents weren't very useful to Su Xing.
But currently, Su Xing did have a need for some purple talents he had drawn before.
"Dragon Slayer... and Formation Dao Prodigy, these two talents are what I need most right now!"
The Dragon Slayer talent could greatly increase Su Xing's chances of fighting against Dragon Protector.
But this wasn't urgent, Su Xing planned to reach Integration and then use the Dragon Slayer talent, perhaps he could kill Old Dragon Dog?
"And this Formation Dao Prodigy talent... can allow me to understand the Five Elements Formation Dao more quickly! It will be very useful for improving the Gathering Spirit Formation!"
Su Xing's heart moved slightly.
With the current grade of the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, it should be able to produce mid-grade spiritual liquid...
But in the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, Su Xing had only set up a simple mid-grade composite Gathering Spirit Formation.
If he could make the Gathering Spirit Formation more perfect, even if he couldn't reach high-grade, it might be possible to produce mid-grade spiritual liquid!
And the cultivation speed of mid-grade spiritual liquid might be several times, or even ten times, faster than low-grade spiritual liquid!
Su Xing hadn't reached the Integration Realm yet, but he had to plan for the breakthrough after reaching the Integration Realm.
Therefore, this Gathering Spirit Formation needed further improvement.
"Besides... True Person Five Elements is truly a natural genius with extraordinary insight!"
Su Xing couldn't help but admire him.
These past few days, besides refining pills, Su Xing had also taken some time to look at the two jade slips he got from the Five Elements Sect ruins.
The Five Elements Interacting Formation and the Five Elements Formation Dao!
Besides improving the Five Elements Interacting Formation, True Person Five Elements had also made great improvements to the Five Elements Formation Dao.
Among them, what shocked Su Xing the most was True Person Five Elements' improvement to the Gathering Spirit Formation!
Su Xing initially thought that True Person Five Elements was a Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root, after all, only in this way could he achieve the Void Return Realm peak in just a few hundred years during the End of Dharma Era.
But to Su Xing's surprise, True Person Five Elements was only a Five Elements True Spiritual Root...
And even among True Spiritual Roots, he wasn't considered outstanding.
For a generation of geniuses, this spiritual root was really not that good, it was almost unqualified.
But despite the disadvantage of his spiritual root, True Person Five Elements was the first among the three True Persons to reach the Void Return Realm peak!
The reason behind this was because True Person Five Elements had developed an amazing formation!
Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation!
Unlike ordinary Gathering Spirit Formations, Miniature Gathering Spirit Formations weren't set up on the ground but on a person's body!
As long as a Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation was set up on one's body, a cultivator could automatically absorb spiritual energy day and night, converting it into pure spiritual energy and cultivation!
In simpler terms:
This guy was purely using an AFK cultivation method!
Even if a pig AFK cultivated for ten thousand years, it could become Marshal Tianpeng, right?
It was this Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation that aroused Su Xing's strong interest!
"If I can set up a Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation on myself, my cultivation speed will definitely increase rapidly!"
"It's like, besides cultivating myself, I have the added benefit of AFK cultivation!"
This was undoubtedly another cheat for Su Xing, who had the simulator.
"After reaching the Void Return Realm peak, it's the Integration Realm... then the Great Ascension Realm, and even higher Immortal realms!"
"The path of cultivation, the slower the speed of increasing cultivation becomes the further you go..."
"Therefore, improving aptitude and cultivation speed is becoming increasingly crucial for me! After all... the time of each simulation is limited, and improving cultivation speed is equivalent to increasing the simulation time!"
Su Xing pondered carefully in his heart.
Then he silently said:
"I want to perform a talent pool lottery..."
Soon, a lottery machine filled with purple spheres appeared in front of Su Xing.
Among them, Su Xing saw the sphere marked with Formation Dao Prodigy.
"May the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable bless me... draw!"
Su Xing's luck wasn't too bad this time.
He drew the Formation Dao Prodigy talent he wanted with only two million energy units.
After drawing the talent, Su Xing smiled with satisfaction and murmured:
"Then, let's officially start the simulation!"
Su Xing carefully reviewed the plan for this simulation in his mind and looked at the simulation panel.
[In the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, you realize you are in a simulation.]
[After disguising yourself and concealing your aura, you shield your Heavenly Secrets and prepare to do something.]
[You disguise yourself and quickly arrive at Jinling City, the headquarters of the Jin Chamber of Commerce.]
[You cover the entire Jinling City with your spiritual sense and quickly find the location of the Jin family's mansion.]
[You enter the mansion and, without much effort, find the dying elder of the Jin family.]
[This is a Heavenly King-level powerhouse who seems to have lived for over 500 years. In terms of seniority, he is Jin Congxue's second great-grandfather!]
[You have investigated beforehand that this second great-grandfather is a relatively large branch of the Jin family. Although he doesn't hold the power of the Jin Chamber of Commerce like Jin Congxue's father, he still has a lot of resources under his command.]
[Under the cover of night, you silently enter the second great-grandfather's room and see the dying old man lying on the bed and the maidservant attending to him.]
[Upon seeing you, the second great-grandfather is instantly terrified and tries to call for help.]
[But you directly suppress him with your powerful spiritual sense, preventing him from moving... As for the maidservant beside him, she has already fainted from fear.]
[You take out a Life Extension Pill and calmly explain the effect of the pill.]
[Upon hearing that this pill can extend his life by five years, the second great-grandfather's breathing quickens.]
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[Upon hearing that this pill can extend his life by five years, the second great-grandfather's breathing quickens.]
[The longer one lives, the more afraid one is of death. What's more, this second great-grandfather has lived for over 500 years, and has wealth and power, how could he be willing to die?]
[Seeing the old man's eager and pleading eyes, you nod with satisfaction.]
[Then, you put forward your conditions: two Life Extension Pills to extend his life by ten years in exchange for 50 tons of fourth-order exotic metal.]
[The second great-grandfather immediately shows a look of difficulty, he asks if he can use second- and third-order exotic metal ores as a substitute, after all, fourth-order exotic metal is too precious.]
[Finally, after some haggling, the second great-grandfather agrees to use 3,000 tons of second-order exotic metal and 200 tons of third-order exotic metal to exchange for the two pills!]
In the real world, Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, then chuckled lightly:
"Hehe, this second great-grandfather's courage is far less than that of Bai Tu!"
Faced with the temptation of the Life Extension Pill, Jin Congxue's second great-grandfather appears rather obsequious.
Bai Tu, on the other hand, had a lot more courage and even sought a chance to break through to the Martial Emperor level after extending his lifespan.
In contrast, this second great-grandfather will probably just be clinging to life for another ten or so years...
"However, 50 tons of fourth-order exotic metal is worth about 1 billion energy units..."
"Replacing it with second- and third-order exotic metal doesn't make a substantial difference to me, after all, the contained simulation energy is the same..."
Su Xing thought this, his gaze fixed on the simulation panel.
[You agree to the second great-grandfather's trade and retract your spiritual sense.]
[Soon, the second great-grandfather notifies his subordinates, and a Martial Emperor-level powerhouse delivers two storage rings.]
[You glance at the Martial Emperor-level powerhouse indifferently, then release your spiritual sense pressure. Just a single glance is enough to render the powerhouse immobile.]
[Cold sweat beads on the Martial Emperor's forehead, a look of terror flashes in his eyes.]
[You casually take the two storage rings, remove any tracking devices within the rings, and with a flick of your finger, two pills land in the second great-grandfather's hand.]
[After doing all this, you glance at the surrounding people indifferently, then swagger out of the Jin Chamber of Commerce.]
[After leaving the Jin Chamber of Commerce, you conceal your aura and shield your Heavenly Secrets all the way, flying on your sword for less than an hour before reaching several thousand miles away...]
[Then you change your appearance and reverse direction, preparing to make another trip to the Mingzhu Chamber of Commerce in Mingzhu City.]
Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, murmuring:
"Sure enough, I made some preparations, but with my absolute strength crushing them... this second great-grandfather probably won't dare to be presumptuous anymore. In their eyes, I should be a peak Legendary-level powerhouse, right?"
"Since I've already started, I need to get more energy in a short period of time! In that case, visiting several more chambers of commerce is the best choice!"
Su Xing did a quick calculation. He still had over ten top-grade Life Extension Pills. If he exchanged them all at this price, getting tens of billions of energy units wouldn't be a problem!
Next, it was time to choose which chambers of commerce to target!
"In Daxia, besides the Bai Chamber of Commerce, the Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and the Jin Chamber of Commerce, there are also chambers of commerce representing the military... I'll temporarily refrain from trading with these few."
"That leaves the Mingzhu Chamber of Commerce, the Daqing Chamber of Commerce, and the Beiyuan Chamber of Commerce in the north..."
Regardless, these chambers of commerce should all need Life Extension Pills.
Su Xing planned to go all out and complete all the transactions at once, obtaining a massive amount of simulation energy!
"This time, I should be able to get tens of billions of simulation energy, right?"
Su Xing felt a little excited, his gaze fixed on the simulation panel.
[You arrive at the Mingzhu Chamber of Commerce in Mingzhu City and repeat the trick... using two Life Extension Pills to obtain a large batch of exotic metal from the Mingzhu Chamber of Commerce, with a total value of around 900 million simulation energy units.]
[Then, you travel to the Daqing Chamber of Commerce in Southwest Province and the DB Province's Beiyuan Chamber of Commerce, respectively, exchanging materials worth about 2 billion energy units from these two chambers of commerce.]
[Along the way, you are cautious, and it takes less than three days to visit these few chambers of commerce.]
[Although you feel that Martial Emperor-level powerhouses have noticed you, with your speed and concealment techniques, you easily escape.]
[After finishing all this, you take a detour and finally return to Kyoto University, transforming back into the unremarkable repeat student.]
[Staying hidden in the school, you continue to refine pills as usual, but quietly wait to see if any problems arise...]
(End of Chapter)
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Chapter 214: Ultimate Power? Primordial Power, the Foundation of the Great Dao Laws! (5k)
[For two consecutive weeks, you refine pills within the Spirit Field Cave Heaven.]
[Occasionally, you go to the real world to observe with your spiritual sense whether anyone is following you.]
[Fortunately, with your powerful concealment abilities, no one discovers your whereabouts.]
[You successfully deliver the pills to Jin Congxue and obtain the right to mine a second-order exotic metal mine copy from the Daxia military.]
[You secretly observe for some time and find that you haven't been exposed, which puts your mind at ease.]
[One day, after accumulating enough for a day's Great Wisdom state bonus, you set off to the Luotien Assembly copy.]
Su Xing saw this and nodded slightly, silently saying:
"Use the immersive simulation function, duration 24 hours!"
[Ding, congratulations on using the immersive simulation function. Consuming 2,400,000 energy units, remaining energy 146,330,000 points.]
As the prompt sound faded, Su Xing's vision changed, and he reappeared in the Luotien Assembly copy.
Su Xing found himself in a grand hall, with his cheap master in the copy, Luo Ying, standing before him.
"Good disciple, go to the back mountain and invite Senior Brother Shennong over..."
Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this, but didn't rush to leave. Instead, he asked the question on his mind.
"Master, my disciple's cultivation has now reached the Void Return Realm peak, and I want to break through to the Integration Realm..."
"But I'm still a little unclear about the Heavenly Dao power... the laws of the world. I wonder if Master can enlighten me?"
Luo Ying, the Luotien Sect Master, heard Su Xing's words and nodded slightly, praising him first:
"Your disciple's talent is truly extraordinary! In the future, you may also have the hope of attaining eternal life by following the orthodox path of immortality!"
After saying this, Luo Ying carefully examined Su Xing and exclaimed in surprise:
"Good disciple, it seems you have already grasped Ultimate Speed?"
"Ultimate Speed is a type of Ultimate Power... and Ultimate Power is also known as Primordial Power!"
"It's a part of the Great Dao Laws... Normally, as long as a cultivator grasps one Ultimate Power and cultivates it to a high level, they can find a place with abundant spiritual energy, stimulate their dantian with Ultimate Power..."
"Of course, they also need to use incantations and cultivation methods..."
After saying this, Luo Ying pointed at Su Xing's forehead.
Suddenly, a large number of memories flooded Su Xing's mind.
These memories were about precautions for breaking through from the Void Return Realm to the Integration Realm, as well as a short incantation.
Among them, the information about the flow of spiritual energy was of great help to Su Xing, allowing him to save time in his exploration.
After receiving these memories, Su Xing was overjoyed and quickly said:
"Thank you, Master, for your enlightenment!"
Luo Ying nodded slightly after hearing this but still reminded him:
"Good disciple, you are exceptionally talented. While you are in the Void Return Realm, try to push your spiritual sense to the limit. Once you reach the Integration Realm, your spiritual sense will undergo further transformation!"
"Besides that... it's about the Ultimate Speed you've grasped!"
"You have an innate Thunder Body and are skilled in swordsmanship... This master believes that the first Great Dao you will grasp after becoming an immortal will probably be the Dao of Thunder or the Dao of Sword..."
"But no matter which Dao it is, it requires Ultimate Speed and Ultimate Power!"
"If you can grasp these two during the Void Return Realm, it will be twice the result with half the effort when exploring the Dao of Thunder and the Dao of Sword, which will be very beneficial!"
Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing Luo Ying's words.
These were the teachings of his predecessors, and Su Xing naturally kept them in mind.
Then, Su Xing asked his second question of the journey.
"Master, regarding the breakthrough to the Primordial Realm after the Void Shattering Realm... I wonder if you can also guide your disciple in this matter?"
Upon hearing Su Xing's question, Luo Ying replied:
"Actually, the core of breaking through in the body refinement path... has always been just one thing: breaking the limit!"
"Break the limit of your body and unleash your full potential!"
"So, whether it's the Primordial, Great Accomplishment Body... or even the Immortal Body, all you need to do is constantly break your limits!"
"Like before, find a place with extreme conditions and you can maximize the improvement of your physical strength, thereby breaking through the limit and achieving the Primordial Realm!"
Su Xing nodded slightly after hearing this and asked again:
"Master, have you ever heard of the Spiritual Vein Dragon?"
Su Xing had finally come to the Luotien Assembly copy, naturally wanting to ask some long-accumulated questions.
Hearing Su Xing's words, Luo Ying jokingly said:
"Good disciple, you seem to have too many questions today?"
"Why don't you invite your senior brother over first... Master will enlighten you again when we have time later?"
Su Xing sighed inwardly after hearing this, realizing he had asked too many questions.
It seemed he couldn't keep exploiting loopholes in this copy. It would be fine to ask again during the next simulation.
Therefore, Su Xing first went to find Senior Brother Shennong Youtian.
After completing a set of task procedures, Su Xing immersed himself in the Sutra Pavilion, continuing to learn some common sense about the world of cultivation.
Soon, the immersive simulation time ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world.
Back in the real world, Su Xing murmured:
"The breakthrough after Void Shattering, Void Return... now has a direction..."
"Next, I'll continue to improve my spiritual sense... and what about the cultivation of Ultimate Power?"
Su Xing pondered for a moment. His Ultimate Speed was triggered when he grasped swordsmanship.
But how could he obtain Ultimate Power if he wanted it?
Su Xing was a little puzzled for a moment.
"Let's take things one step at a time... If I really can't obtain Ultimate Power, I can directly break through to the Integration Realm, and it won't be too late to make up for it later..."
Thinking this, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[After leaving the Luotien Assembly copy, you immediately begin to study the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation.]
[You buy some fish fry from the market, dig a pond in the Spirit Field Cave Heaven, introduce spiritual springs, and lavishly add a batch of spiritual liquid.]
[Then, you release these fish fry into the pond, preparing to try engraving the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation on the carp in the future.]
[On the day you meet with Luo Shuying, you bring her Spirit Condensing Pills.]
[At the same time, you join the Descending Church with Luo Shuying.]
[After joining the Descending Church, you quickly gain a large number of female fans.]
[In the next two years, you refine pills every day, and the fish fry from before also grow rapidly, becoming carp with nascent spiritual intelligence...]
[You accumulate two months of Great Wisdom state.]
[In the third year, seeing the opportunity, you betray the Descending Church.]
[After betraying the Descending Church, you are hunted down.]
[You take the opportunity to kill all the Martial Emperor-level protectors and eliminate the two faction leaders as well.]
[Then, your disciple fanboys are tricked by you into Zhenyao Pass to fight the enemy.]
[You begin to try engraving the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation.]
[Engraving the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation has extremely high spiritual sense requirements, at least reaching the Insight Realm spiritual sense, so that you can observe the subtle changes of the Gathering Spirit Formation.]
[For this, you happen to meet the requirements.]
[Also, engraving the Gathering Spirit Formation is different from ordinary formations. Besides needing spirit stones, it requires special tools, a spiritual brush and spiritual ink, to be engraved onto the target.]
[And these tools and formation materials are all in True Person Five Elements' storage ring.]
[But the difficulty of this Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation is that... it must follow the characteristics of the Gathering Spirit Formation, and conform to the flow of spiritual energy and Heavenly Dao power, only then can it be engraved...]
[The whole process isn't like engraving a Gathering Spirit Formation, it's more like drawing a talisman...]
[Although you have outstanding talent in formations, you are not proficient in the Dao of Talismans, so it's difficult to get started with engraving the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation.]
[Fortunately, you have accumulated two months of the Great Wisdom state bonus. With your enhanced insight, you take out the spiritual ink and spiritual brush and try engraving it on a spiritual carp.]
[Insight Realm spiritual sense radiates out, and you can feel the subtle flow of spiritual energy within the spiritual carp...]
[Then, using the spiritual brush as a medium and spiritual ink as energy, you write with ease and in one go!]
[Boom! A crisp sound, and the spiritual carp, unsurprisingly, explodes into a cloud of blood mist.]
[Not even a corpse is left behind, your dream of having tofu carp soup tonight is stillborn...]
[You helplessly look at the remaining spiritual carp in the pond...]
[The carp with nascent spiritual intelligence tremble with fear.]
In the real world, Su Xing couldn't help but laugh and cry after seeing this scene.
The Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation, in essence, is about combining the flow of one's own spiritual energy with the spiritual energy in the world.
Using the form of a formation to draw the spiritual energy of the world into the body and automatically circulate it, achieving the effect of passive cultivation.
But the details are exceptionally crucial.
If it's an ordinary formation, failure is failure, you can just try again.
But if you're engraving a Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation on a living creature's skin, there's a great risk.
If there's even a slight mistake in a stroke, it will cause an imbalance of spiritual energy within the creature, easily leading to a spiritual energy surge and causing the creature to explode and die.
Therefore, besides the requirements for formations and spiritual sense, as well as talisman requirements... you also need to be extremely sensitive to the flow of spiritual energy.
After understanding this, Su Xing sighed and said:
"Truly, one can't underestimate the heroes of the world!"
"True Person Five Elements, not only has extraordinary insight, is proficient in formations and talismans... but also has a lot of research on spiritual energy and spiritual sense!"
"Only then could he develop such a delicate Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation, right?"
Su Xing couldn't help but admire this genius cultivator from thousands of years ago for a moment.
"However, the more so, the more it shows the excellence of the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation!"
"If successfully engraved, not only will the cultivation speed increase significantly, but the understanding of Gathering Spirit Formations and formations will also greatly improve, right?"
This time, Su Xing only made a slight attempt to see if he could learn the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation.
He found that this thing was even more difficult than he imagined.
But Su Xing didn't intend to give up. At least after reaching the Integration Realm, Su Xing would still need to grasp this Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation so that his cultivation could increase as quickly as possible!
"However, it will probably be difficult to learn how to engrave the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation this time..."
"But I can try it first, and continue to cultivate my spiritual sense, pushing it as far as possible!"
Su Xing thought this, his gaze fixed on the simulation panel.
[In the following months, you capture a few spiritual carp every day to try engraving the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation.]
[Every day, a few fewer carp remain in the pond.]
[Although the grasp of the Miniature Gathering Spirit Formation is minimal, it doesn't waste much time.]
[One day, you set off for the Blood Demon Cave copy, wanting to see what will happen if you slaughter the Blood Demon Realm.]
[You infiltrate the Blood Demon Realm and, after investigating for a long time, confirm that Dragon Protector isn't in this realm.]
[Then, you quickly rush to the Blood Demon Sect, break through the protective sect formation, and storm the Blood Demon Sect's forbidden area!]
[You destroy all the blood pools in the Blood Demon Sect and collect all the Blood Spirit Liquid, Blood Spirit Stones, and Blood Condensation Pills into your storage ring.]
[You take the opportunity to slaughter everyone in the Blood Demon Sect.]
[Then you return to the real world, ready to observe Dragon Protector's reaction...]
[Every day, besides wandering in the Void Realm, you begin to observe the external situation.]
[Until one month later... you hear about a horrific blood sacrifice incident on the Daxia southern border.]
[An entire town, tens of thousands of civilians, thousands of practitioners... all brutally sacrificed.]
[You personally go to the border town to observe, and everywhere you look, there are countless corpses and blood pools... You are very sure that this is Dragon Protector's doing!]
In the real world, Su Xing frowned after seeing this and murmured:
"Sure enough, Dragon Protector can't find me with the Heavenly Secrets Shielding Art..."
"But, having lost his main source of blood sacrifice and cultivation resources, Dragon Protector has turned his target to Daxia! Instead of staying in the copy..."
Thinking of this, Su Xing's brow furrowed even more.
If Dragon Protector was sacrificing Blood Demon Sect cultivators, it would be far from Su Xing, and he wouldn't care.
But if he sacrificed Daxia citizens, Su Xing couldn't just sit idly by!
"More importantly, those citizens died indirectly because of me... This is truly not good!"
Su Xing's gaze became solemn.
"So, before destroying the Blood Demon Sect, I still need to deal with Dragon Protector first!"
"Otherwise, all the citizens of Daxia will be in danger of being sacrificed..."
Su Xing sighed softly, his gaze fixed on the simulation panel.
[Although you want to kill Dragon Protector, you lack the strength and can only endure for now.]
[You choose to cultivate harder, wandering in the Vast Emptiness every day, diligently increasing your spiritual sense!]
[In the third year, you devour three Yellow-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirits, and your spiritual sense increases to 113,000 meters.]
[Every day, besides wandering in the Vast Emptiness, you also take the time to visit Zhenyao Pass, spending several months slaughtering all the Legendary-level demon beasts in Zhenyao Pass!]
[Seeing that the situation in Zhenyao Pass is stable, you feel more at ease to cultivate. Several years pass...]
[In the sixth year, your spiritual sense grows to 125,000 meters.]
[In the Void Realm, by devouring Vast Emptiness Spirits, your spiritual sense increases rapidly.]
[One day, you encounter Old Dragon Dog in the Void Realm. Dragon Protector doesn't recognize you at this time.]
[So, he prepares to take you to find a Xuan-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirit.]
[You engage in idle chatter with him and successfully kill the Vast Emptiness Spirit.]
[Then, you strike first, using your powerful spiritual sense and the Wishful Golden Cauldron technique to kill Dragon Protector in the Void Realm!]
[However, death in the Void Realm doesn't truly kill Dragon Protector, it only severely damages his soul, and he will inevitably need to close himself off to heal his injuries.]
[Then, you devour the Xuan-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirit, and your spiritual sense increases to 128,000 meters.]
[In the seventh year, you suddenly receive news that an entire city on the Daxia southern border, with hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of practitioners, has been completely slaughtered.]
[Your heart tightens, knowing that this is Dragon Protector's doing. He sacrifices an entire city's people, definitely wanting to quickly recover from his injuries...]
[You somewhat regret your previous rash actions.]
[Dragon Protector is inhuman. Although injured, he still uses ordinary people as sacrifices to improve himself... The future consequences are endless!]
[You understand that you must kill Dragon Protector in one go, otherwise, this insane dragon will always have the potential to slaughter cities and perform blood sacrifices!]
In the real world, Su Xing saw the text in front of him and a cold look appeared on his face.
"Sure enough, Dragon Protector needs to be eliminated as soon as possible!"
"But before I have absolute strength, I still can't provoke him, otherwise, the consequences will be endless!"
Su Xing sighed softly, his gaze fixed on the simulation panel.
[In the eighth year, you wander in the Vast Emptiness every day, diligently devouring Vast Emptiness Spirits to increase your spiritual sense.]
[Another three years pass. During these three years, you devour eleven Yellow-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirits and three Xuan-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirits.]
[Your spiritual sense surges to 150,000 meters!]
[In the eleventh year, you take some time to visit the Beast Taming Realm's Slaughter Battlefield.]
[Relying on your terrifying cultivation strength to suppress them, within a short year, you kill hundreds of Legendary-level demon beasts.]
[After killing these demon beasts, you know that this simulation can be extended for another three years.]
[Then, you continue to wander in the Vast Emptiness.]
[Another three years pass...]
[In the fifteenth year, over the past three years, you devour ten Yellow-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirits and two Xuan-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirits.]
[Your spiritual sense surges to 166,000 meters!]
[As your spiritual sense continues to increase, you also feel the limit of your spiritual sense...]
[According to your estimate, when you reach the Void Return Realm peak, your spiritual sense range can reach a maximum of 200,000 meters.]
[This is about the same as your previous estimate, almost double that of other Void Return Realm peak cultivators of the same level, plus a little more.]
[You continue to enhance your spiritual sense, preparing for the future breakthrough to the Integration Realm.]
[In this way, another three years pass...]
[In the eighteenth year, over the past three years, you devour 10 Yellow-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirits and three Xuan-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirits.]
[Your spiritual sense range increases to a full 185,000 meters, only about 15,000 meters away from the final peak of the realm's spiritual sense.]
[During the continuous increase of your spiritual sense, you discover the benefits of Vast Emptiness Spirits.]
[When using pills or cultivating spiritual sense techniques, you encounter bottlenecks at certain stages and need to break through those bottlenecks to continue cultivating.]
[However, the existence of Vast Emptiness Spirits makes spiritual sense growth almost free of small bottlenecks, directly piling up to the peak of the current realm!]
[But to your disappointment, over so many years, you have been exploring the Void Realm, but haven't found a single Earth-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirit.]
[Spiritual Sense Offensive techniques can only be encountered on Earth-Rank Vast Emptiness Spirits!]
[In this way, in the day-to-day wandering in the Vast Emptiness, another three years pass...]
(End of Chapter)