Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 198 - 109: The Sword Duel Agreement

"What nerve, what are you doing?"

The experts from the Ten Thousand Poison Gang, who had gone out to train, finally returned.

Seeing from afar the giant flying shuttle emitting a terrifying aura, a dozen of them circled over to interrupt Luo Qingchan.

Su Yu and the others, already prepared, immediately met them, and Zhang Chao raised his magical treasure, creating a light screen to protect everyone.

"This is the resource point of the Ten Thousand Poison Gang. What are you doing? You are opposing our Ten Thousand Poison Gang."

Su Yu chuckled softly, saying:

"I recall your Ten Thousand Poison Gang developing in the south of the island. Now you’re running to the northernmost part of Ten Thousand Poison Island to seize territory. Isn’t it you who crossed the boundary?"

The leader of the Seventeenth Independent Squad of the Ten Thousand Poison Gang, Captain Wang Gong, had a gloomy face and said coldly:

"I don’t know about crossing any boundaries. This is Ten Thousand Poison Gang’s territory. Stop immediately, or don’t blame me for being rude."

Su Yu looked as if he had an epiphany and said:

"I get it, running to the island’s north to seize territory is an act by your independent squad, not the Ten Thousand Poison Gang, right?"

No wonder there are so few people building; it turns out it’s not an act of the Ten Thousand Poison Gang.

Within the guild, each independent squad had significant autonomy, making it common for them to run to distant guild lands to seize resource points.

Meaning that Gu Abyss wasn’t taken by the Ten Thousand Poison Gang but by one of its independent squads, so they only needed to deal with one independent squad from the Ten Thousand Poison Gang.

If this is the case, whether to destroy or seize Gu Abyss, it wouldn’t provoke a massive revenge from the Ten Thousand Poison Gang, except for the Seventeenth Squad or Ten Thousand Poison Gang teams invited through their personal relations.

"If that’s the case...."

Su Yu looked at his companions and said:

"Then there’s no need to destroy Gu Abyss. It’s too wasteful. Just drive them away and take it."

Zhang Chao nodded:

"I think that’ll work too. Let’s take it in the name of the Divine Wind Gang."

"I’ll contact Leader Lin Qingfeng."

"Okay."

Su Yu then raised his head and continued:

"Let’s not beat around the bush. We’re from the Divine Wind Gang, and your independent squad has crossed the boundary by forcefully seizing a resource point from the south to the north of the island. Let’s follow guild rules and have a sword fight."

"Whether it’s a group battle or a duel, you decide, and we’ll accept it all."

Wang Gong frowned. He didn’t believe for a second that these people were from the Divine Wind Gang. That small gang had always faltered at the slightest threat; clearly, these people were hired by the Divine Wind Gang.

If they’re not afraid of the Ten Thousand Poison Gang, then it’s hard to deal with them.

He contemplated for a moment, then turned around to discuss with a few trusted subordinates.

By this time, Zhang Chao had finished talking and said to Su Yu and the others:

"I’ve already talked with Leader Lin Qingfeng; he’s bringing people over."

"That’s good, once we help the Divine Wind Gang drive away this squad from the Ten Thousand Poison Gang and take over Gu Abyss, we’ll have a thousand taels of gold in our hands."

"Not just a thousand, Leader Lin Qingfeng said if we help them take it, each of us will get three hundred gold."

"That’s not bad."

In the meantime, Wang Gong had already made his decision and announced loudly:

"One week from now, at this time, we’ll have a sword duel here, each side sending ten people for a duel."

Zhang Chao asked loudly:

"What are the rules?"

"Round-robin, no using elixirs or one-time use items. The side whose ten people are all defeated loses."

"No problem."

The agreement was set, and Wang Gong glanced up at the sky. The massive shuttle had stopped moving, with its surface densely covered in dim runes, and he waved his hand, leading his men away.

This thing takes time to activate and some time to retract.

When she had retracted the flying shuttle, Su Yu stepped forward and explained their plan in full detail, and she nodded:

"Count me in."

After a while, Leader Lin Qingfeng of the Divine Wind Gang came over with four to five hundred people.

Upon arrival, he immediately shook hands with Su Yu, Zhang Chao, and the others gratefully:

"Rest assured, brothers. If you can seize Gu Abyss for us, each will receive three hundred taels of gold. Besides, if you ever need to refine Gu, feel free to use Gu Abyss without any cost."

Su Yu took out his Hundred Gu Banner and laughed heartily:

"Then I won’t be polite. I happen to have some Golden-winged Flying Centipedes to refine."

Lin Qingfeng asked with a smile:

"Is my young brother practicing the Gu Dao Stream?"

"Not really. I used to practice it, but later I refined my Qi and supplemented it with Sword Dao."

"Oh."

Then everyone gathered together to discuss the sword duel for the following week. Lin Qingfeng stated that there were already candidates for the remaining four, and they would pick four from the Divine Wind Association, making it exactly ten people along with their six.

After the discussion, Lin Qingfeng summoned his craftsmen to build a temporary residence next to Gu Abyss.

Su Yu was about to return to the Divine Wind Gang’s station to borrow their Gu pool to refine another batch of Golden-winged Flying Centipedes, when Li Qin ran over and asked:

"Since we have some free time now, should we go leveling?"

"Who else is coming?"

"Just us."

Su Yu looked over with quite a surprise. The young girl shyly lowered her head, supported by thin limbs, with two plump fruits below, wobbling in a mesmerizing manner.

He considered declining, but felt it would be too intentional, so he nodded and said:

"Alright."

The two of them bid farewell to the others and left the temporary base. At the entrance, they saw Luo Qingchan, and on a whim, extended an invitation:

"We’re going to level up, do you want to join?"

She nodded and followed along.

Su Yu and Li Qin both blinked and kept their heads down as they hurried on.

Yao Chenfeng at the entrance watched the trio until they disappeared, then smacked his lips and said to Zhang Chao next to him:

"I didn’t realize Mr. Su was quite popular!"

"Also, wasn’t it Li Qin who invited him just now?"

"Yes, indeed."

"That’s quite rare, a lot of people in the gang have tried inviting her without success."

Zhang Chao shrugged and said:

"Mr. Su is so outstanding, it’s only natural that girls would like him."

Yao Chenfeng nodded:

"That’s true, being the younger brother of Elder Su Huan, he joined the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect on his own merit. His talent is exceptional, personal strength strong, and the future looks bright. Little Qin is smart to make the first move..."

He paused suddenly, as if a thought struck him, then turned his head, chuckling:

"By the way, what about Qingchan..."

Zhang Chao didn’t answer, just laughed heartily:

"Let the young ones figure it out themselves."

"Indeed!"

The young people they were talking about were currently leveling up silently in a mountain shrouded by poisonous mist.

Li Qin wasn’t upset by Luo Qingchan’s sudden inclusion, and even went out of her way to chat with her.

Su Yu was content with the situation, summoning two Flying Swords to corral the Gu bugs across the entire mountain, slaughtering them ceaselessly.

It turned out that leveling up was indeed more efficient with two Flying Swords.

Agile, quick, explosive, and crucially, low mana consumption. With his current mana recovery rate, as long as he didn’t use big moves, he could keep going indefinitely.

Though Magical Treasures were powerful and highly effective for group attacks, particularly the newly acquired Wind and Fire Fan, the mana consumption was too high. After a few waves, he needed to recover.

While he was enthusiastically clearing the area, the two beauties were having a lively conversation elsewhere.

Despite her usual aloof appearance, Luo Qingchan wasn’t truly cold. Her demeanor was merely a facade to avoid trouble,

Now, with just the two of them, with someone initiating the conversation, she quickly engaged in a lively chat.

Who knows what they chatted about, but as Su Yu leveled up, he heard their laughter like silver bells from time to time. Occasionally, he would deliberately listen in, and Luo Qingchan, with her keen senses, would notice, prompting him to touch his nose and look away.

After chatting for a while, the two women also joined in the battle, and the nearby monsters weren’t enough for all of them.

Su Yu opened the map for a moment and said to them:

"There’s a monster respawn point over a thousand kilometers away. Should we go there to grind?"

Both women nodded:

"Sure."

Su Yu summoned the Spiritual Wing Flying Ship, inviting them to hop on, and the ship flew toward the southwest.

Half an hour later, the ship appeared over a mountain basin. In the distance, they saw a massive peak over ten thousand meters high, with a crater-like summit spewing colorful toxic mist like a volcano, reaching tens of thousands of meters into the sky.

Swarming Gu bugs and poisonous creatures poured from the crater, spreading in all directions.

Much like the Water Gaze Demon Cave, this was a monster respawn point, only here it spawned various toxic mist Gu bugs.

Around this monster respawn point were numerous teams of varying sizes, each occupying their own spot. Some were aggressively intercepting the toxic Gu bugs pouring out, while others used various Magical Treasures to collect them.

Circling once in the sky, Su Yu found an unoccupied mountaintop and landed.

"I’ll go first!"

Li Qin took out eight All Heaven Fiery Golden Pillars, all of them sixth-grade rare Magical Treasures, and activated them. They flew to eight directions, transforming into All Heaven Fiery Pillars that enveloped the entire mountaintop, forming the All Heaven Fiery Array. Flames continuously surged, covering the entire mountaintop.

When a continuous stream of toxic Gu bugs rushed in through the open array gate, the flames crackled and exploded on the toxic Gu bugs.

Su Yu glanced at the volcanic crater spewing toxic Gu bugs, occasionally mixed with some high-level, large-sized Gu creatures. Thinking it prudent, he reached into the Sea-Suppressing Pearl to pull out Ao Run, then heard Li Qin’s surprised voice from behind:

"Wow, what a beautiful dragon!"

Next to him, Luo Qingchan’s eyes also lit up, as if she’d seen something wonderful.

It seems all girls can’t resist the allure of beautiful things.

"Let me see quickly."

Li Qin, eyes sparkling, came closer, looking like she wanted to touch but didn’t dare. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Is this your spiritual pet?"

"Yes, her name is Ao Run."

Su Yu pushed Ao Run towards them. Li Qin cautiously reached out, and when Ao Run tried to resist, Su Yu held her down, causing Ao Run to writhe angrily, shouting:

"Don’t touch me, let go."

"Wow, it’s so pretty!"

"It can even talk."

"Cool and smooth, so nice, Qingchan, you should touch it too."

At this moment, several gigantic Poisonous Toads burrowed into the array. The flames couldn’t kill them outright, so Su Yu had to use his twin swords to confront them, leaving the two women circling the dragon.

Most of the toxic Gu bugs were low-level and numerous. As they entered the array, they were easily incinerated down to ashes. But occasionally, a high-level, large-sized Gu creature wouldn’t burn to death immediately, requiring him to step in and pick them off one by one.

The pressure wasn’t too great, as most of the Gu creatures were below level fifty and wouldn’t need his intervention. Those that did were manageable for him.

And they didn’t handle the dragon endlessly. When Ao Run couldn’t take the handling anymore, she transformed into her true form and leapt out, eliciting cheers from Li Qin.