Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 153 - 76: Refusal and Persuasion to Quit (Part 2)

Chapter 153: Chapter 76: Refusal and Persuasion to Quit (Part 2)

The rich spiritual waters were teeming with Five-Colored Spirit Fish, and Ao Run was happily swimming among them, chasing the Five-Colored Spirit Fish.

Su Yu routinely communicated with the innate water spirit to cultivate their relationship, and then headed to the waterless base he had previously established.

Outside, a day passes, but within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, it spans ten days; in just over a month, a year had already passed inside here, and the ecosystem within the base had gradually taken shape.

Many spirit grasses had long rooted and sprouted, growing vigorously.

The growth was pleasing, and the speed far exceeded his expectations.

Clearly, only a year had passed within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, but the growth stage of these spiritual medicines already seemed to be five or six years.

Su Yu knew the reason, it was because the Sea-Suppressing Pearl contained innate origin, which continuously emitted innate qi, a great supplement for postnatal spiritual medicine, causing the ones planted inside to grow far faster than normal.

Currently, the growth increment was over five times, nearing six times.

In other words, in one year, they had grown to nearly six years in efficacy.

Moreover, this wasn’t the limit; as the internal space of the Sea-Suppressing Pearl continued to expand, the origin continuously being activated by the Innate Divine Maiden, this increment would increase.

With the Sea-Suppressing Pearl’s own one to ten times time flow, one year was equivalent to fifty or sixty years.

In just about a month and a half, even the hardest to grow Millennium Vermilion Fruit Tree had started to root and sprout, its branches turning into a fruit tree.

Though it hadn’t yet produced fruit, it had just become a tree, and had not yet fully grown.

Once the branches fully turned into a fruit tree, they would flower and bear fruit.

Su Yu estimated in his heart, guessing that in another few months of real time, it would fully mature, and then flower and bear fruit.

The Millennium Vermilion Fruit Tree flowers every thirty-three years, bears fruit every thirty-three years, and matures every thirty-three years, obtaining 36 Millennium Vermilion Fruits in less than a hundred years.

Switched to the time within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, nourished by the innate qi, it might only take two years.

If the amount of innate origin increases later, further enhancing the growth speed, the time would be even shorter.

Imagine harvesting 36 Millennium Vermilion Fruits each year, with a +1 innate root bone, mana limit +500, lifespan limit +10, this is an extremely enticing asset.

Sell it for money, each Millennium Vermilion Fruit is worth 500 taels of gold, 36 fruits total 18,000 taels of gold.

It can also be given as a gift, exchanged for resources, or used to win people over; no one can refuse such Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that can enhance innate attributes.

After checking the spiritual fields, Su Yu went to the living area of the waterless base, summoned a flying sword to cut down half-height weeds at the roots, and with a flick of his large sleeve, burned them away with a fire.

He came to the wooden house he built before, quickly cleaned away the dust, opened the wine cellar, and took out a bottle of coconut wine to drink.

This wine was casually brewed, occasionally brewing some wine when he had nothing to do to drink himself.

Of the several fine wines his brewing skill came with, he liked coconut wine the most; it was sweet, refreshing, and not overwhelming.

Of course, this wasn’t considered fine wine; he couldn’t brew more sophisticated ones, as he was just practicing and had only just started, and without good wine recipes, he couldn’t brew them.

For this life profession, Su Yu used it as a way to pass the time in his spare moments.

He wouldn’t normally brew, only doing so when he entered the Sea-Suppressing Pearl to relax.

Luckily, the Sea-Suppressing Pearl had a ten times time flow rate compared to outside; a free day outside meant he could stay for ten days here, allowing him a decent chance to practice a bit.

Notably, the time flow within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl didn’t affect Su Yu; even staying a hundred years inside it would only cost him ten years of lifespan.

Moreover, as the owner of the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, he could freely decide who was affected and who was not.

Like Ao Run, who had this exemption; no matter how long she stayed inside here, it wouldn’t affect her lifespan, though considering the long lifespan of a dragon, a few thousand years, she wouldn’t care about this.

Su Yu was busy inside the Sea-Suppressing Pearl for nearly a week, brewing a large batch of wine stored in the wine cellar, only then taking a jug of coconut wine and heading out.

Only half a day had passed in reality.

In the ensuing days, Su Yu had accepted reality and did not endeavor to test his luck on Lingxiu Peak’s summit anymore, instead, just staying at his residence waiting for word from the Wandering Dragon Ancestor.

Two days later, Su Yu received a message from Ding Lingyu:

"I have successfully apprenticed under a master, a mentor from the Transparent Lineage."

"Congratulations!"

"I will enter the sect first and see you later."

"Yes, see you then."

Closing the communication, Su Yu smiled and turned, delving back into the Sea-Suppressing Pearl to continue brewing wine.

With ten days in the Pearl for a single day outside, combined with the talent solidification effect, his profession skills were leveling up quite swiftly.

Unknowingly, another two days passed, and Su Yu suddenly received a strange message, prompting him immediately to come out from the Sea-Suppressing Pearl:

"I am Zhou Yue, a disciple of the Wandering Dragon Ancestor, acting under the Ancestor’s orders, inviting Thousand Feather Guild candidate Su Yu to go to the top of Lingxiu Peak for a Dragon Ship assembly."

Su Yu responded immediately:

"On my way."

Closing the communication, he quickly gathered his belongings and flew up towards the peak.

Upon reaching the summit’s garden, his eyes first landed on the peculiar dragon-shaped flying ship suspended at the platform’s edge, guessing it was the Dragon Ship.

He swiftly flew over, noticing two men and one woman standing on the deck, dressed in exquisite robes and exuding an extraordinary aura, the woman among them especially beautiful and dignified, holding a jade scroll and reading it intently.

Beside the three, a group of equally imposing young talents gathered, presumably the top talents from various guilds and families like him.

He drew near the Flying Ship, immediately attracting numerous glances his way.

Su Yu landed on the deck, cupping his fists in a salute towards the woman centered between the two men:

"Su Yu from the Thousand Feather Guild, greets Senior Sister Zhou and my senior brethren."

The woman’s gaze flickered over the jade scroll briefly, nodding:

"Su Yu from the Thousand Feather Guild, your name is indeed on the list, please wait aside."

"Yes."

He bowed and stepped aside to wait.

After waiting a while longer, more people gradually arrived, and about a quarter-hour later, when the last person arrived, Senior Sister Zhou closed the jade scroll in her hands, her gaze turning towards them, she spoke solemnly:

"Before setting off, there’s something I need to inform you all; not long ago, the Master had already selected several top talents and personally brought them under his tutelage."

Su Yu’s heart sank, feeling somewhat speechless.

"Damn, are they going to just disband us without even entering the door?"

Most others wore expressions of surprise, faces showing unease.

Senior Sister Zhou’s gaze swept over the crowd, taking in their expressions, and continued speaking amidst their unease:

"Now, you have two choices; one, accept 500 taels of gold as compensation and seek a mentor elsewhere."

"The other option is to continue joining the Wandering Dragon Lineage, competing for opportunities, but let me be blunt, the ones the Master chose have exceptionally outstanding talents, one of whom even possesses a top-grade Spirit Root; you essentially have no chance, entering the sect now would only be wasting time."

"Furthermore, the Master is advanced in age, lacking the energy to personally instruct all; after entering, you will be apprenticed under the Master’s senior disciples."

"Make your decision now, you have a quarter-hour to consider, choose option one, and you can receive the money and leave the ship immediately."

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Su Yu could no longer find words to complain. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Are they kidding? If the selections were predetermined, there’s no need to make such a fuss.

At this point, he had lost all hope, deciding not to join the Wandering Dragon Lineage anymore.

Even though joining might still give a chance to compete for inheritance, Su Yu believed that his talents, just like what he did in the Thousand Feather Guild, would eventually surpass those so-called geniuses and seize the top.

But since they are not valued, why make a fool of oneself by trying?

Isn’t it disgraceful?

Being overlooked wasn’t his loss, rather it was a loss for the Wandering Dragon Ancestor.

Understanding this, his mind felt widened.

Su Yu directly stepped forward, saying:

"Senior Sister Zhou, I choose to seek another mentor."

Zhou Yue nodded, gesturing for a man behind her to step forward and complete the transaction with Su Yu, the 500 taels of gold handed over.

"Farewell!"

He said, then turned decisively away.

Zhou Yue’s gaze followed his carefree departure, and perhaps it was an illusion, she felt as though something was lost.

However, thinking of this man’s extremely low innate attributes, with innate comprehension and six senses barely in the teens, such a low aptitude would be a waste of resources to cultivate.

At least one should have over thirty points in several innate attributes or a Spirit Root to justify the investment in cultivation.

Understanding this, she quickly put him out of mind, considering how to gradually persuade more to quit.