Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 81 - 39: News from the Immortal Estate and Listening to the Dao (2)
And Ao Run also seemed to be in a great mood, turning his head and diving into the water, his massive body disappearing in a few movements.
Less than two minutes later, Su Yu opened the panel and saw a notification —
"Tip: Your spirit pet flood dragon has slain a level 66 grass carp spirit (worthless), you gained 126 slaughter experience points."
"Tip: Unknown factor affected, you actually gained 252 slaughter experience points."
"Tip: Your spirit pet..."
He slightly curled the corner of his mouth.
He stretched out his hand and summoned the Cover Sun Finger, and the flying sword traversed several kilometers of water, sweeping up a distant group of carp spirits, the sword qi crisscrossing, quickly dyeing the water with blood.
Immediately afterward, he extended his left hand, the temperature in his palm plummeting, as the Ice Soul Sword condensed into shape in his palm.
He multitasked, controlling the Ice Soul Sword to shuttle back and forth in front of him.
The Golden Turtle Ring comes with an additional flying sword slot, allowing him to equip two flying swords at the same time.
But Su Yu had never tried controlling two flying swords simultaneously before and needed to start practicing from scratch.
However, he felt the difficulty wasn’t high. In the secret realm before, the swordsmanship level of a person named Lan Feiyu from the Sword Spirit Pavilion was lower than his, yet he could easily control two flying swords. Su Yu certainly wouldn’t have a problem.
Even without a tutor, Su Yu knew how to practice.
The first step was multitasking, first simultaneously activating two flying swords.
This wasn’t a big deal, as he had long been able to multitask, even controlling two or three flying swords simultaneously.
Then he had to slowly practice activating two flying swords simultaneously. This was a grinding process and could only be gradually mastered.
But Su Yu was very confident he could master it.
Because the Golden Finger has a hidden function: as long as you practice, there will definitely be progress. Every bit of progress will solidify, keeping him in the best state and constantly improving.
In less than an hour, he was able to activate the Cover Sun Sword in battle while also flexibly deploying sword moves with the Ice Soul Sword.
Three hours later, he mastered all sword moves completely.
By the fifth hour, he was able to activate the Ice Soul Sword in battle, cooperating with the Cover Sun Sword.
By the eighth hour, he could activate both flying swords simultaneously in combat, greatly enhancing his damage efficiency.
From then on, it was about gradually improving proficiency in actual combat until both flying swords were at the same level.
After practicing until the evening, Su Yu left the green flood dragon in the Chensha River and returned alone.
The green flood dragon’s strength was not inferior to a level 150 terrifying template boss, ranking at the top in Chensha River. As long as it didn’t go provoking the River God or a few other major bosses, it was basically safe.
After a few days of practice, Su Yu applied to the guild to listen to sermons, intending to use up those sermon slots.
After carefully reviewing the basic information and schedules of several guild offerings, he chose to listen to a sermon by a senior loose immortal named Li Zhuoran.
Submitting the application, he received a response the next morning:
"Please arrive at the 5th Dao Listening Pavilion at 9:00 AM on August 16th, 20th, and 28th. Latecomers will not be accommodated. If unable to attend due to important matters, please inform an hour in advance to cancel the slot."
"That’s the day after tomorrow."
Closing the communication, he continued on to the Chensha River.
Two days passed quickly. On the 16th, he did not go out, leaving for the Dao Listening Pavilion at 8:30.
After checking the ticket, he entered a hall resembling a classroom. There was a high platform with a meditation mat for the lecturer, below which were rows of bright yellow mats, twelve in total. The room carried a faint incense aroma, making one feel serene and joyful.
Su Yu didn’t arrive too early; a few people were already chatting inside. He found a spot in the back row and sat down.
After a while, those coming to listen gradually arrived, all present before 9:00.
At the precise time, a crisp bell rang, and a figure silently appeared, sitting cross-legged on the upper mat.
Su Yu looked up. It was an old Taoist in a moon-white robe holding a duster, with white hair and a beard, a face like spirit jade, and a fan of spiritual light suspended behind his head, looking very much like an immortal.
This old Taoist is one of the guild offerings, named Li Zhuoran, a seasoned loose immortal at level 132.
Though he looks very old, his true age is just over two hundred. However, he failed a tribulation before becoming a loose immortal, greatly reducing his lifespan, hence his aged appearance before the tribulation.
Exhausted of potential after becoming a loose immortal, he chose to give up further advancement, becoming a guild offering dedicated to giving sermons.
Each sermon costs 3 gold, accommodating up to twelve people, equivalent to an income of 36 taels of gold.
gold income per day.
"Tsk tsk!"
Though it’s not possible to preach every day, as it consumes a lot of experience and cultivation. But giving a sermon weekly, four to five times a month, is nearly sixty times a year, equivalent to an income of nearly two thousand taels of gold.
If a loose immortal master gave up cultivation to make money wholeheartedly, they would be incredibly strong.
"Dong!"
With a crisp bell chime, the old Taoist flicked his duster, chanting a true saying:
"The great Tao is emotionless, giving birth to heaven and earth; the great Tao is emotionless, running the sun and moon; the great Tao is nameless, nurturing all things; I do not know its name, hence I call it Tao. The Tao is: clear and turbid, moving and still, heaven clear and earth turbid, heaven moving and earth still, man clear and woman turbid, man moving and woman still, descending to the essence and flowing to the end..."
The words of the saying turned into tadpole spiritual texts made of slaughter experience and cultivation over the old Taoist’s head.
When the first sermon was finished, countless tadpole spiritual writings had gathered into a spiritual cloud over his head.
As the old Taoist flicked the duster, the tadpole spiritual writings flew out, evenly dispersing over the twelve people below, rapidly merging into them.
Su Yu immediately opened the panel, displaying:
"Tip: You listened to the sermon of Loose Immortal Li Zhuoran, gaining enlightenment. The level cap of Purple Essence Qi Refining Skill +1."
"Tip: Unknown factor affected, your Purple Essence Qi Refining Skill level cap +2."
"So this is what listening to sermons is like."
Then Li Zhuoran began the second sermon, gathering a large number of tadpole symbols into a cloud again; with a flick of the duster, the tadpole symbols flew out and were absorbed by them, allowing Su Yu to increase his Qi Refining Heart Skill level cap by two more levels.
This back-and-forth continued for a full five times, after which Li Zhuoran stopped the sermon and announced:
"Today’s sermon is over. Those interested can sign up again next week."
Then, with a flick of the duster, he departed, leaving the crowd who just came to their senses.
Leaving the Dao Discussion Pavilion, Su Yu smacked his lips, jumped, and flew out of the city along the Chensha River, diving headfirst into the river over a thousand kilometers away.
He swiftly slew the aquatic spirit monsters wandering nearby, waiting for a while until a blue-scaled flood dragon swam over.
The person and the flood dragon roiled in the riverbed, crazily hunting aquatic spirit monsters below.
Days later, Su Yu again went to the Dao Discussion Pavilion, attending another class of Li Zhuoran’s.
According to the guild offering information, Li Zhuoran’s courses are the best among the many guild offerings, enhancing the Qi Refining Heart Skill level cap by 5 each time they listen to a sermon.
But they are also the most expensive; the prices of other offerings range from 150 to 200 taels of silver per class, while his is 3 gold.
If time didn’t matter, he wasn’t the most cost-effective, but Su Yu’s slots were guild rewards, so he didn’t need to spend any money, naturally choosing the most expensive.
After using up the three slots, his Purple Essence Qi Refining Skill level cap increased from the previous 75 layers to 100 layers.
The remaining two slots were temporarily kept, as he currently did not have other cultivation skills that required them.
The Taibai Sword Scripture could technically be improved, but the only loose immortal sword cultivator in the guild rarely gave sermons. That senior was still very young, pursuing higher realms, and rarely stayed in the guild, with no time to come for sermons.
Aside from that, skills like Jiezhi Concealment Skill, Invisibility Skill, Little All Heaven Cloud Forbidden Skill, etc., did not need level cap increases.
Their cap was five levels, unlike the Qi Refining Heart Skill which could increase to a hundred levels.
Besides the Sword Skill, the only others capable of reaching a hundred levels were various magic decodes, thunder skills, forbidden skills, etc., which he didn’t have now.
After listening to the sermon, Su Yu, having no other concerns, focused solely on leveling.
Every morning, he soaked in the Chensha River, wildly slaughtering with a flood dragon at the riverbed, rapidly advancing his cultivation and swordsmanship.
Over time, Su Yu was quite surprised to find that Ao Run was also a hardworking dragon, even more diligent than himself.
