Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 256 - 166: The Elderly Demon Cultivator in Seclusion, Jaw-Dropping Profits

Chapter 256: Chapter 166: The Elderly Demon Cultivator in Seclusion, Jaw-Dropping Profits

Another thing that surprised Su Yu was that this guy obviously showed that he was at the end of his lifespan, yet the Destiny Reincarnation Sword’s threefold lifespan reduction didn’t completely cut him down.

Normally, the Supreme Sword Formulas only increase lifespan loss by 100%, so with a 100% talent boost, a normal five-year lifespan becoming 200% is just 15 years.

It can only be said that his lifespan was indeed nearing its end, but what’s left was just above fifteen years.

After all, for a Loose Immortal with a lifespan of several hundred years, having 15 years left or 20 years left both mean nearing the end.

The drops were quite good, probably because Blood Shadow Elder Zhang Shiqi was nearing his life’s end, and generally wouldn’t go out for leveling anymore, having cleared out junk from himself, leaving only good stuff.

However, for Su Yu, other than the millennium blood ginseng which could be left as a main ingredient for the Primordial Infinite Elixir, the rest were things to sell for money.

The Blood Shadow Divine Saber is a Tier Seven Treasure, worth about 1000 gold.

The Sixth-grade bracers are worth about 50 gold.

The Blood Evil Elixir is an explosive elixir used by demon cultivators, useless to him, with a market price of 15 gold per pill, 7 pills totaling 105 gold.

The Blood Transformation Flight Skill is a Demon Escape Skill, requiring the Demon Heart Skill to support it, which he surely couldn’t switch to, so it’s only for sale, valued at about 150 gold.

The millennium blood ginseng has the same value as the millennium vermilion fruit, worth 500 gold.

The Blood Essence Stone is used by demon cultivators to replenish Qi and Blood for healing and practicing Blood Skills, valued at 10 gold each, 32 of them worth 320 gold.

All added up, the total value is 2125 gold, deducting the millennium blood ginseng, can earn about 1625 gold.

"Indeed, players are more valuable than bosses."

Su Yu smacked his lips, put away the items, and was considering whether to leave the stone chamber or to pry the door open to leave when he suddenly sensed something that made him turn sharply, seeing bits of flowing light converging in the center of the stone chamber, quickly forming the figure of Blood Shadow Elder Zhang Shiqi.

"His resurrection point is here?"

The newly resurrected Zhang Shiqi looked even older, with corpse spots appearing on his face, seeming like he could keel over at any moment.

His eyes seemed to stir as if about to awaken, but being too old even hindered his reactions.

Su Yu reflexively pointed his finger:

"Hundred Eyes Divine Light!"

A giant spider’s phantom with fully opened eyes appeared above his head, its pupils opened wide, and a hundred multicolored divine lights blasted out, instantly putting Zhang Shiqi into a stunned state.

The next moment, a purplish-blue sword light swept across, and a head flew up.

In an instant, countless light streams gathered, forming a blood-colored cocoon flying towards him.

"Prompt: You killed the target, the Destiny Reincarnation Sword severed 15 points of the target’s lifespan, the target is completely dead."

"Prompt: Completely killed the target, acquired 558.24 million slaying experience, 1158 Daoist Points, and 92 Merit Points."

Su Yu’s eyes lit up, unable to help but click his tongue at the thought.

"The reward for completely killing the target is so generous?"

Although the slaying experience dropped doesn’t match the slaying experience gained in his entire life, it’s still far beyond his current level, more than that gained from defeating a level 200 super boss.

Though it seemed unbelievable, the rules were indeed like that.

After all, normally, completely killing a Loose Immortal level player is definitely harder than killing a super boss.

A top sect like the Blood God Guild Alliance could pay a huge price to defeat a super boss, but it’s nearly impossible to completely kill a Loose Immortal player.

A magical treasure capable of trapping and refining a player alive is extremely rare, at least Su Yu had only seen Chu Xinyue owning one so far.

Even his own Sea-Suppressing Pearl couldn’t do it.

Although the Sea-Suppressing Pearl is an Innate Spiritual Treasure, with its own internal space, as long as he cooperates with the Vast Sea to block space, it can trap a player from teleporting away, but it can’t stop them from reviving wherever after death.

This isn’t a matter of treasure level, but treasure characteristics.

Instantly gaining over 5 billion slaying experience, Su Yu now held a total of 2.36 billion in slaying experience and Spiritual Qi experience combined, and his Daoist Points reached 2358.

"Damn it, if I could completely kill Sikong Xiang, wouldn’t it be another big haul?"

Sikong Xiang isn’t someone like the old fart Blood Shadow Elder Zhang Shiqi who’s about to kick the bucket.

If described with templates, Zhang Shiqi is just an elite template, while Sikong Xiang is at least a legendary template.

Su Yu was quite expectant about this.

After reviewing the panel, Su Yu looked again at Blood Shadow Elder’s drops, and upon opening the blood-colored light sphere he saw for the first time, containing only four items, not many, but their value exceeded his expectations.

Blood Shadow Divine Miasma (Seventh Tier), still a fine product, valued at over 2000 gold.

A Profound Mysterious Blood Evil Skill of Demon Refining Qi Heart Skill, usable once, value indeterminate, he had never obtained it before, and hadn’t even figured out its price.

A page of Human Skin Daoist Scripture, inscribed with the All Heavens Five Desires Yin Demon Skill, containing many Demon Sect Secret Skills, including the Five Desires God-Demon Secret Skill, which uses five pairs of naked men and women to refine Five Desires Divine Demons, absorbing human essence, making people perish body and soul.

A jade slip, containing a Five Desires Yin Demon Thunder Skill, an exquisite-level Thunder Skill.

This seems to have blasted out even Blood Shadow Elder’s last underpants.

Along with the previous Blood Shadow Divine Saber and Blood Transformation Flight Skill, with some preparation, a demon sect expert could be immediately created.

Yet, unfortunately, they’re all Demon Sect Skills and Secret Skills, for which he had no use, only to sell for money.

"No, wait."

"On this trip, I might be able to directly gather the funds for repairing and upgrading the Demon Fire Golden Banner."

Originally feeling a bit regretful, Su Yu suddenly thought of this point, and felt not regretful anymore.

If he could gather the funds, that would be a Tier Nine Treasure, way better than obtaining a bunch of miscellaneous stuff.

After putting everything away and setting the corpse ablaze, Su Yu transformed back into a Celestial Ghost, turning into a wisp of smoke and darted toward the stone door, passing through it effortlessly.

The restriction on the stone chamber had been broken by him, leaving only an ordinary stone door that couldn’t possibly block the natural skills of a Celestial Ghost.

Outside the stone door was a passage, empty and deserted. The wisp of smoke wandered freely without fear of being discovered.

This area was a deep underground depth, several kilometers below the surface, where there was surely no guard.

There were many branching paths underground, each leading to a secluded stone chamber. Su Yu specifically chose those marked for closed seclusion and barged in. Inside were mostly aged Demon Cultivators of the Blood Evil Sect, who had no power to resist against him, a vigorous righteous cultivator.

In just half a day’s time, he easily eliminated five players whose levels were almost the same as Blood Shadow Elder.

Two of them had less than fifteen years of lifespan left and were instantly taken down.

Two had more than fifteen but less than thirty years of lifespan, requiring two attempts to fully eliminate them.

One had more than thirty years, needing three attempts to finally be taken down.

The total loot from these five old Demon Cultivators was 460 points of merit, 2.6 billion in slaughter experience, and 5,450 points of dao advancement.

Adding this to the previous total, he now instantly had 4.98 billion in slaughter experience and 7,808 points of dao advancement.

The spoils were equally valuable, including three Tier Seven Treasures—two ordinary and one exquisite, with a total value of four thousand in gold.

Additionally, there were five sets of Demon Heart Skills, one set of Profound Mysterious Blood Killing Skill, and four sets of Subtle Level Blood Shadow Demon Scripture.

Besides these, there were no other spoils since complete death only drops primary treasures and cultivation skills, not trivial items.

This harvest was below expectations but understandable—after all, they were nearing death. If they had disciples or relatives, it would be normal to distribute treasures to them before closing for good.

Though Demon Cultivators are selfish, when near death, their thoughts are not much different from ordinary people.

Having eliminated these five, there were no more targets in this cavern.

While other caverns still had people in seclusion, they were not in a deadly seclusion, indicating the cultivators inside were still young and vigorous. Their revival point would not be here if they died, and news would definitely spread, which wouldn’t be fun.

A few minutes later, Su Yu stood at the cave entrance.

After a moment’s hesitation, the wisp of smoke drifted toward the gate.

Easily passing through the stone door, there was no guard outside, but looking up, one could see the sky filled with people clashing with players from the guild alliance outside the Sect Defense Array’s barrier.

The wisp of smoke floated out, circling the entrance and quickly observing the surroundings, and cross-referencing with the map he had purchased before, he immediately knew his current position.

Located at the Blood Evil Sect’s back mountain, a place designated for cultivators’ seclusion.

He carefully recalled the map in his memory and soon developed a three-dimensional map in his mind.

"Back mountain...."

"Nothing good around here."

The Blood Evil Sect’s layout was traditional, with the sect treasury and important places all in the center, while each branch guarded the periphery. To gain benefits, one must go to the sect’s center.

Correspondingly, the sect’s experts, including the Earth Immortal Supreme Elder, were mostly concentrated in the center.

"No, I can’t go now, I’ll definitely be discovered."

"Either wait for the Blood God Guild Alliance to launch a full-scale attack, or I add fuel to the fire."

The Celestial Ghost’s face twisted into a sinister smile and retreated underground again.

His purpose in coming was to provoke an early decisive battle between the two sides. Since everyone had arrived, why wait any longer?

After burrowing back underground, the Celestial Ghost carved out a space, reverted to his true form, and curled up inside, Su Yu pondered the tactics for later.

He needed to plan the timing of his actions and what to do after breaking the barrier.

Step one, take a nap.

Because he had to wait for the cooldown of his Void-Splitting Great Divine Skill.

Step two, upon waking, find a place where he could advance or retreat to break the Sect Defense Array’s barrier. Once broken, he could immediately dive underground to take refuge.

Step three, once the Sect Defense Array falls, the guild alliance would surely launch a full-scale attack. At that time, the two sides would enter a fierce battle. Sikong Xiang, being a true inheritor with great strength, would surely be responsible for holding off Blood Evil Sect’s Earth Immortal. Even with a Tier Nine Treasure, he would be hard-pressed, and that would naturally present an opportunity.

"The plan is good."

Su Yu carefully reviewed these steps, confirmed there were no problems, and continued drilling into the ground, burrowing two to three kilometers below before carving out a new hole, reverting to his true form, opening a light gate, and entering the Sea-Suppressing Pearl to rest.

As soon as he entered, Vast Sea greeted him, her voice as gentle as spring water, refreshing and soothing:

"Is there anything you need my help with?"

Su Yu glanced at her current level; her Innate Water Element Creation Celestial Book had reached the fifty-fifth layer. Smiling and waving his hand, he said:

"Wait until you’re a bit stronger."

Under normal circumstances, letting her out for some fresh air from the other shore would be nice, but there was an Earth Immortal outside this time. If she went out and got caught, there’d be no way to rescue her.

Twisting a jade-green gourd within the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, he noticed that it had grown slightly larger, now with a radius of 15 kilometers.

As her power gradually increased, the expansion speed of the Sea Suppressing Realm also increased accordingly.

"This Spirit Field Space is growing smaller and smaller, I’ll need to acquire some soil soon to create more land."

"I wonder if there’s any within the sect."

He took a swig of wine and nodded, saying:

"I’ll ask my sect elder when I get back. If available, I’ll exchange for it, as long as I can complete the mission this time, earning significant sect contribution and a major merit, which should be enough for the exchange."