Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 181 - 94: Sect Protection, Preparing to Set Sail_2
"What did you encounter on this outdoor practice trip? I see your talents seem to have had quite a change?"
Su Yu smiled and said:
"During this trip, I stopped the Celestial God Association from destroying a demon lair. By sheer luck, I completed a Heavenly Dao mission and earned 1000 merit points, 1 point of Heavenly Heart, and several points of the Power of Law. I used this Power of Law to cultivate a series of Divine Techniques, refining an Immortal Bone, thereby enhancing my innate aptitude and acquired attributes."
Jin Yinian’s eyes lit up:
"Divine Techniques? What kind of Divine Techniques? The kind capable of refining Immortal Bones must be formidable. Where did you acquire them?"
He chuckled:
"You might have heard of the Nameless Daoist Scripture, master?"
Su Yu directly shared his property panel, displaying the attributes of the Nine Heavens Body Forging Skill in front of Jin Yinian, including the already refined Supreme Dragon Transformation Immortal Bone.
He then watched his master’s expression change rapidly, from shock to stunned disbelief.
"Are you serious? Your Nameless Daoist Scripture could actually reveal Supreme Divine Techniques?"
"Have you ever drawn one before, Master?"
Jin Yinian grumbled:
"Isn’t that obvious? Who hasn’t drawn a prize?"
"What did you get, Master?"
Jin Yinian was speechless for a while before spitting out a few words:
"A middle-level basic sword formula of the demonic sect, which I discarded."
"That’s quite low..."
Jin Yinian, feeling frustrated, waved his hand:
"Let’s not talk about this anymore. I didn’t expect you to have such luck, drawing the Supreme Divine Techniques; that’s impressive."
"Five top-grade Immortal Bones, all refined, enhancing every innate attribute by 25 points. Coupled with your current root bone comprehension, your innate aptitude won’t lose out to those top talents. Plus, with the attributes and Divine Techniques bestowed by the Immortal Bones, tsk..."
Jin Yinian placed his hand on Su Yu’s shoulder, his eyes shining with astonishing light:
"Do you understand what this means?"
"Does it mean a chance to become a Loose Immortal?"
"Think bigger!"
"Earth Immortal?"
"Correct!"
"A chance to become an Earth Immortal!"
"Combining five Immortal Bones can be refined into a Nine Heavens Battle Immortal Body. Our sect’s heritage spans hundreds of thousands of years, with generations of Immortal Bodies. As long as one doesn’t fall midway, the minimum development is as an Earth Immortal. With luck, there can be further advancement."
"Of course, advancing further is unlikely, but the chance of ascending to Earth Immortal is indeed very high."
"Really... truly!"
Su Yu was both amazed and delighted. He had only considered that refining the Immortal Body would make him strong, not that it almost guaranteed ascension to Earth Immortal.
If what the Master said was true, the value of this Supreme Divine Technique far exceeded his imagination.
At this moment, Jin Yinian had already recovered from the excitement and said solemnly:
"I’ll inform your grandmaster about this later, but don’t tell anyone for now, not even your third senior brother or fifth senior sister. Your cultivation isn’t complete yet, so keep a low profile and don’t inform anyone until after you undergo your first Celestial Tribulation."
"Understood, Master."
"Oh, by the way, your focus in cultivation moving forward should be on this Supreme Divine Technique, aiming to refine all five Immortal Bones as soon as possible."
"Uh, how soon?"
Jin Yinian raised his eyebrows and chuckled:
"Once you’ve refined the five Immortal Bones, I’ll ask your grandmaster to pass on our Xuankong Lineage’s Sect-level heritage. Then, the grandmaster will apply for the True Inheritor trial, letting you rise directly to become a True Inheritor of our sect."
"So, whenever you complete the refinement of the five Immortal Bones, that’s when you can receive the sect’s Sect-level heritage."
"I’ll do it as quickly as I can!"
There’s no debate here; in the face of Sect-level heritage, one must strive.
After finishing their chat, the Master went out that very evening, presumably to find the grandmaster.
The next morning, Jin Yinian specially lectured to increase the limit of Su Yu’s Dao techniques.
The upper limits of the Cave Profound Spiritual Inspiration Scripture were only at sixty levels, and the Taibai Sword Formulas were just seventy levels, already at the limit.
He continuously lectured for three days, then pulled Su Yu to attend the grandmaster’s lecture, raising the limit of the Dao techniques up to a full hundred levels.
Next, he took Su Yu to the Seven Sword Lineage, using connections and favors to allow Su Yu to attend the lectures of several Loose Immortal Sword Immortals, similarly raising the limit of the Taibai Sword Scripture to a full hundred levels.
Returning to Fengyun Daoist School, Jin Yinian said:
"You’re still lacking a good basic sword formula, but our Xuankong Lineage doesn’t specialize in Swordsmanship. The best we have is merely a master-level Swordsmanship, and switching to it wouldn’t add much to your current ability. I have an idea for you to consider."
"Master, please advise."
"One way is to exchange contributions. Our sect’s vault has a Sect-level Sword Formulas, which each lineage can exchange for, but it requires 500,000 sect contribution points plus 10 major merits, or 1 immortal merit."
Su Yu opened his mouth, stunned by the price.
The contribution points of Xuanzhen Immortal Sect are quite valuable; when converted based on the value of exchange items, one contribution point is approximately worth 1 tael of gold.
500,000 sect contribution points are equivalent to 500,000 taels of gold.
But that isn’t the main issue; what’s important is the requirement of 10 major merits or 1 immortal merit, which is quite extreme.
The merits in Xuanzhen Immortal Sect range from small to large in three tiers: small merits, major merits, and immortal merits. Ten small merits are equivalent to one major merit, and ten major merits are equivalent to one immortal merit.
Major merits can be divided into small merits, but small merits cannot be combined into major merits.
Small merits are difficult to obtain, and major merits even more so. Needing ten major merits is simply outrageous.
So, this option is essentially off the table.
"Another way is at the extreme depths of the East Sea, where there is a Sword Palace open to all sects. Anyone holding a Sword Talisman can enter for trials, and if successful, they can be granted the Sword techniques."
"The Sword Palace houses thousands of sword manuals. As long as you’re outstanding enough and meet the conditions, you can be granted these techniques. The better you are, the more refined the Sword techniques you will receive. Here, you have a chance to attain exquisite-level or sect-level heritage."
Su Yu immediately asked:
"Are there Supreme Tier Sword Skills?"
Jin Yinian gave him a peculiar look and nodded:
"Yes, more than one."
"That’s fantastic then."
Jin Yinian opened his mouth, inclined to advise his apprentice against aiming too high, but after some thought, considered that young people having drive is good, and decided not to discourage him further.
"If you decide to go to the Sword Palace, I’ll acquire a Sword Talisman from your grandmaster for you."
"Thank you, Master."
From then on, Su Yu wasn’t bound to attend lectures and took time to visit Xuanzhen Immortal City to organize and sell the many gains from the Celestial God Association and the battle loot accumulated over the past two months.
After pondering seriously, he decided to keep the three Tier Seven Four Symbols Thunder God Pillars and the array setup materials intact. The Celestial God Association had nearly completed the preparations, with the whole framework built, just lacking the placement of the final Four Symbols Thunder God Pillar.
All that remains is purchasing one more Four Symbols Thunder God Pillar to set up a Four Symbols Thunder God Array.
With four Seven-tier Magical Treasures as the array’s core, this array wields substantial power, enough to suppress a level 200 boss monster.
However, it’s important to note that this is limited to levels around 200 and below the terrifying template of grand demons.
Too high a level won’t work, boss templates won’t work, those who practice Dao techniques among demons won’t work, and humanoid NPCs won’t work either.
Yet, despite many restrictions, this array remains a highly powerful asset.
From another perspective, while above level 200 may be challenging to control, those below level 200 can be easily suppressed.
Monsters above level 200 are extremely rare in the zone, and for guilds, most bosses are below level 200. A boss above level 150 is already considered a major threat, and having this asset allows easy suppression.
Su Yu sold all miscellaneous materials and battle loot, collecting a total of 1426 gold.
He then spent 1500 gold purchasing one Four Symbols Thunder God Pillar, leaving 956 gold remaining.
Given that one Four Symbols Thunder God Pillar costs 1500 gold, the ultimate value of the entire Four Symbols Thunder God Array used by the Celestial God Association exceeds 8000 gold, a truly significant loss.
Three days later, Su Yu received the Sword Palace Sword Talisman from Jin Yinian. He left the sect alone, using a sect transport portal to directly transport to Blue Sea City at the Yuanjiang River estuary.
Blue Sea City is one of the three main cities on the Blue Mountain Archipelago, and also one of the landing points for those coming from the ancestral Divine Land Archipelago. Su Yu originally landed here after arriving from the Divine Land Archipelago.
Returning to the city after years brought Su Yu a sense of nostalgia.
"Let’s buy some supplies first."
Su Yu opened the city’s regional channel for a while, found a merchant, and ordered a batch of pills and various essential tools for sea voyages, along with a detailed map.
Loading the map, the region of the East Sea was instantly illuminated.
