Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 111 - 53: Ao Run Advances, Meridian Cold Tide_2

Chapter 111: Chapter 53: Ao Run Advances, Meridian Cold Tide_2

A week later, Chu Xinyue prepared to return to the guild, and he found Chu Xinyue and said:

"Captain, I’m not going with you. I’m planning to follow the Cangshui down to the Yuanjiang River, then return to the guild along the Yuanjiang River."

Chu Xinyue nodded:

"Be careful."

"I will be cautious."

After seeing them off, Su Yu plunged into the Cangshui to join Ao Run, heading downstream along the river, leveling up while traveling, without wasting a single day.

Ao Run, who had transformed into a formidable template, was much stronger than before. The Cangshui was merely a river about a hundred miles wide, and there were few great demons over level 200. They didn’t venture to the center of the river, so they rarely encountered any.

At each stop, the man and the flood dragon would cooperate to lure all the monsters within a few kilometers, then Ao Run would unleash a Meridian Cold Tide Ban, killing a large area instantly and harvesting hundreds of thousands of experience points, occasionally even scraping a few points of Taoism.

They spent most of the day at the riverbed, and for rest, they casually chose a shallow spot. With Ao Run lying there, no monsters dared to approach.

This way, although they didn’t cover much distance, they accumulated a lot of experience.

A few days later, after leaving the basin where the Chixiao Sword Vein was located, the riverbed narrowed, with mountains on both sides and treacherous terrain.

Occasionally surfacing, they would see some ape demons and monkey spirits passing on the mountains, sword light sweeping through the air, and occasionally, they would spot huge battleships gathering monsters for bombardment.

About a thousand miles past the warships, a tributary about ten miles wide appeared, with a city named Flame Dragon City standing on one side of the tributary. It was the headquarters of a guild called Flame Dragon.

Continuing past Flame Dragon City and heading down the river, after half a month, they completely entered a wilderness area, where human traces were rarely seen, and even the silhouettes of players traveling swiftly through the air became scarce.

Here, the river was compressed to a width of only over forty kilometers, with sheer cliffs on both sides extending into the depths of the thousand-meter-deep riverbed.

Few ventured here to level up, and the monsters in this stretch of the river were extremely dense and high-level, often reaching seventy to eighty levels.

But this was an advantage for Su Yu—he couldn’t get enough of the thrill of killing monsters along the way.

After another four consecutive days of slaughter, he accumulated nearly 25 million experience points, and Su Yu surfaced to catch his breath.

Just as he was coming to the surface, he noticed a tributary a few kilometers wide not far ahead, with a large ship precisely sailing out from the tributary.

To his surprise, the large ship was not manned by humans but by a group of white ape spirits dressed in human clothes, and even more surprisingly, these ape spirits were not hostile monsters but had green names.

The white apes on the ship had also spotted Su Yu hovering on the water. One of the white apes on the bow clasped his fists, greeting him.

White Ape Yuan Hao (Elite): Level 86, Ape Race.

Su Yu returned the greeting, looking rather puzzled as he watched the large ship cast a net to fish, their actions no different from ordinary people.

"Strange!"

He pinched his brow and flew up the tributary they emerged from, noticing a basin not far up the tributary’s shores. There were many buildings on both sides of the riverbanks, populated by standing white apes and a few humans, including quite a few players.

Curious, he flew over and greeted a player fishing by the shore:

"Brother, where is this place? Why are these ape demons all green-named?"

The person didn’t turn around and pointed behind him.

Su Yu followed the direction of the finger, seeing a mountainside where one face had been shaved off, inscribed with large words—White Ape Town.

"This is White Ape Town, a gathering place for the White Ape Race."

"The ancestors of the White Ape Race were once spiritual pets of an immortal from the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect. When their lifespan came to an end, they returned to their birthplace, gathered their tribe, and settled here. With the decree of the Immortal Sect, the descendants of the white apes were born with spirituality and were no longer mere monsters."

"Oh!"

Su Yu looked around. The White Ape Town was quite large, and he turned to ask:

"Brother, do you know what specialties are unique to White Ape Town? It’d be a shame to leave empty-handed on my first visit."

"Specialties?"

"Monkey Brew is one of them. A sip increases your mana cap by 10 points, up to a maximum of 10 effective sips."

"Where can I buy it?"

"Any tavern in town."

"Thanks."

Su Yu waved his hand in thanks and flew into the town.

After a few circles, he soon found a tavern where many white apes were drinking and chatting, along with a few human players mixing in and conversing animatedly with these white apes.

He spent 10 gold to buy 10 gourds of Fourth Grade Spirit Wine Monkey Brew.

One gourd equaled exactly ten sips, leaving 9 gourds to take back to Thousand Feather City and sell, which should fetch a profit.

With the talent in effect, the Monkey Brew provided him with a 200-point increase in mana cap.

Additionally, the Monkey Brew had the effect of restoring mana; one sip would restore 5000 points of Qi and Blood and mana, and over the next ten seconds, 500 points of Qi and Blood and mana would be restored per second.

Having bought the wine, he didn’t leave immediately but strolled through White Ape Town.

In such a special town, there were bound to be some unique opportunities.

After a lap and asking many white apes, he found the largest shop in White Ape Town and discovered many interesting items.

Winemaker (Spirit Ape): Life profession, can brew fine wine.

The winemaker is a profession, and Spirit Ape represents a faction. This faction is unique to the Spirit Ape Race. In addition to brewing normal wine, they can brew wine unique to the Spirit Ape Race.

For example, Monkey Brew is a wine unique to the Spirit Ape Race.

This life profession comes with seven spirit wines available for brewing, namely Sweet Potato Burn (First Grade), Lao Bai Gan (First Grade), Coconut Wine (First Grade), Yellow Wine (First Grade), Glutinous Rice Wine (First Grade), Hundred-Day Drunk (Second Grade), and Monkey Wine (Second Grade).

Among the seven spirit wines included in the profession, the Monkey Brew he just purchased was not in it; it is an advanced version of Monkey Wine, requiring advanced brewing skills to learn.

Moreover, the recipe was quite expensive. He glanced at it; it required 20 taels of gold, while the profession change to winemaker cost only 10 gold.

Having learned the profession, Su Yu left White Ape Town directly.

The early stage of this life profession was easy to level up, and he could spare some time to brew a few more times. The advanced level was for later; by then, he would certainly have plenty of time to slowly train up.

He re-entered the river to reunite with Ao Run and continued farming monsters.

This time, he encountered nothing unusual along the way, collecting some spiritual medicine and spiritual minerals while farming monsters, occasionally encountering minor bosses, which he swiftly defeated to harvest some Taoism and some spoils.

The grades weren’t high, mostly fourth or fifth grade. He equipped what was useful, stored what wasn’t for selling later.

After nearly a month, covering nearly 200,000 kilometers non-stop, he finally arrived at the lower reaches of the Cangshui, nearing the mouth of the Yuanjiang River.

Although the riverbanks were still mountainous and precipitous, the river was much wider.

Nearing the river mouth, players began to appear sporadically. Occasionally, he saw warships moored on the water, using Demon-Attracting Incense to draw in large numbers of monsters, with hundreds of Thunderfire Towers concentrating their firepower to bombard them relentlessly.

A man and a dragon passed over the warships from the waterbed. They hadn’t traveled far when Su Yu suddenly stopped:

"Someone is there."

Four or five kilometers away, at the riverbed, a large group of players was besieging a level 145 elite Black Water Profound Snake.

Before Ao Run could approach, a few people on the outskirts of their guard retreated in fright, and then a group of people jumped into the river, some deploying formation flags, others raising flying swords and magical treasures to attack.

"Goodness, have they mistaken Ao Run for another boss?"

Su Yu hurriedly flew to Ao Run’s head, waving vigorously:

"Stop, this is my spiritual pet."

"Stop!"

The leader, Lu Boxiao, gestured for the team to halt, looking Su Yu up and down, then glancing at the magnificent flood dragon beneath him, a trace of envy appearing on his face.

Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief and cupped his fists:

"I’m Su Yu of the Thousand Feather Association. I mean no offense, just passing through."

Someone by Lu Boxiao let out a soft ’huh’ and said:

"Thousand Feather Association, I’ve heard of it. An established guild downstream of the Yuanjiang River."

Listening to his subordinate, Lu Boxiao took another look at the blue flood dragon’s level and template under Su Yu’s feet and said in a deep voice:

"This is the Giant Boat Gang. I am Lu Boxiao, the twenty-second independent squad captain of the Giant Boat Gang. We were hunting a boss and mistook you for another boss. If there was any offense, please forgive us."

Su Yu smiled and said:

"It’s natural; I would think the same in your position."

Having cleared the air, Su Yu sighed with relief. Not wishing to linger, he cupped his fists again and said:

"Misunderstanding cleared, I must be on my way. Farewell!"

"Please!"