Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 265 - 175: Conspiracy, Profound Court Spiritual Light Escape Skill

Chapter 265: Chapter 175: Conspiracy, Profound Court Spiritual Light Escape Skill

At this moment, Su Yu suddenly changed the topic and said with a grin:

"Master Ancestor, your disciple’s grand-disciple has now accumulated quite a lot of cultivation experience and Dao practice, almost ready to condense the third Immortal Bone. I’d like to ask Master Ancestor to help me exchange for the materials needed for condensing the Immortal Bone."

Master Xuanwei raised an eyebrow:

"So soon?"

"Had some breakthroughs previously."

"Hmm, wait a moment."

"Alright."

Su Yu obediently started making tea. He thought the wait was for his Master Ancestor to help exchange within the sect, but unexpectedly, a while later, his master Jin Yinian rushed over.

As soon as he came in, his Master Ancestor asked:

"What are you doing now?"

Jin Yinian paused and replied:

"Disciple was just resting in his room."

"Resting?"

Master Xuanwei, with a face full of anger, scolded:

"Do you still have the mood to rest? Your disciple is working hard between tasks, and has already gathered the experience in slaughter and Dao practice to condense the third Immortal Bone so quickly. Your master, I am so old and still have to help you teach your disciples, yet you haven’t even gathered the materials for an exchange after being busy for so long, and you still have the mood to rest?"

"Ah...."

"Ah what, didn’t I tell you last time? Are my words just passing through your ears?"

Jin Yinian was stunned by the scolding, with a face full of grievances, he said:

"I can’t earn it, great and small achievements are not so easy to earn."

"Don’t make excuses, it’s because you are not working hard enough. Your disciple has that level of cultivation, and on his first task, he earned a great achievement, yet you as a master can’t manage that?"

"I...."

At this moment, Jin Yinian was so frustrated he felt like spitting blood, giving Su Yu a look full of resentment, while Su Yu at this moment was lowering his head gazing at his nose, contemplating inwardly.

"What are you looking at?"

Master Xuanwei, with a wave of his large sleeve, said:

"Why are you still standing here? Go and work harder!"

Jin Yinian straightened up suddenly, quickly made a respectful salute, and said:

"Disciple takes his leave."

Once Jin Yinian left, Master Ancestor’s face of anger instantly disappeared, changing into a completely different person from before. With a kindly face, he continued speaking to Su Yu:

"Since there is currently insufficient sect contribution and achievements, the condensation of the Immortal Bone will have to be delayed. The cultivation points and Dao practice you have accumulated now can be used to enhance your Dao skills or Sword skills, these are the key."

"Your disciple’s grand-disciple understands."

Master Xuanwei was very pleased with his obedient and well-behaved manner, and went on to share some cultivation considerations and suggestions with him.

After chatting for quite a while, when Master Xuanwei let him go, he mentioned again:

"You do not need to participate in the small competitions of last year and this year, but make sure to participate in next year’s grand competition. Our lineage’s Seven Floating Disciples have two disciples who have reached an age where they must leave, and in next year’s grand competition, two new disciples will be selected from among the younger ones to advance to become one of the new Seven Floating Disciples. You can give it a try."

"Your disciple’s grand-disciple understands."

"Hmm, go ahead."

"Your disciple’s grand-disciple takes his leave!"

Su Yu made a respectful gesture, and left Master Ancestor’s cave dwelling.

Master Xuanwei, with a smiling face, watched him leave until his figure completely disappeared, then with his hands behind his back, he swayed back into the house.

Returning to Fengyun Daoist School, his senior brothers and sisters were all present, but the master was not. He casually inquired:

"Where’s Master?"

The third senior brother said:

"Master just returned from Master Ancestor’s and left in a hurry."

Su Yu opened his mouth slightly, feeling a bit guilty.

Fortunately, the senior brother didn’t know what had happened and cheerfully pulled him aside, saying they should celebrate.

Until returning at night, after parting with the senior brother, his face flushed red as he returned to his room, immediately entering the Sea-Suppressing Pearl and shouted:

"Vast Sea!"

He raised his gaze and saw the waiting figure who had been there for a while, reaching out to embrace her into his arms, her delicate body entering his embrace, instantly a coolness flowed into his body, gradually quelling the boiling heart fire within.

At that moment, Vast Sea, obediently nestled in his arms, suddenly said:

"Your curse seems to have become stronger."

Su Yu opened his clothes to check the curse on his chest, seeing that blood-red color becoming more and more enchanting, recalling how lately the intervals of the heart fire’s eruptions were getting shorter, he nodded and confirmed:

"Indeed, it is gradually getting stronger."

"It seems the next Immortal Bone must be the Celestial Might Star Bone."

Otherwise, it will be difficult to suppress the increasingly stronger heart fire.

After a moment of embrace, once the heart fire within had completely subsided, Su Yu released Vast Sea, but did not let go, continuing to hold her in his arms.

With their eyes meeting, he reached out to gently caress her extraordinarily beautiful face, feeling the cool smoothness like jade. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The bond of their hearts connected them in spirit, allowing them to understand each other’s thoughts with just a look.

Without a trace of hesitation, Vast Sea nestled against his chest and softly said:

"You and I are one, and I am willing!"

Su Yu cupped her flawless face with both hands and gently kissed her.

...

In Xuanzhen Immortal City, in a secluded small courtyard.

A silhouette silently entered the courtyard, and a middle-aged man who had been waiting there immediately stepped forward to ask:

"Xi Yi, what’s the urgency in finding us?"

The figure lowered the hood, revealing Ye Xiyi’s face, and said coldly:

"Uncle, I need a favor."

"Go ahead."

"Help me cripple someone."

"?????"

The middle-aged man, who bore a slight resemblance to Ye Xiyi, asked:

"Who do you want to cripple?"

"Su Yu."

"Who is Su Yu?"

"He advanced to Core Disciple with me in this trial, and is the disciple of Fengyunzi, Jin Yinian."

"Why do you want to cripple him?"

Ye Tiandu asked in confusion:

"If it’s simply because he outranked you to get first place, uncle advises against being impulsive. The road ahead is long, and a momentary failure is nothing. With our support, in a few years, you can..."

"My master plans to adopt him into the Wandering Dragon Lineage to inherit the mantle!"

Ye Xiyi recalled when he learned of this from Master Zhou Yue, he was stunned, followed by shock and anger.

Although Master Zhou Yue said it was just her speculation based on the master’s recent behavior, there’s no smoke without fire; there must be a reason for this claim.

He couldn’t accept or allow this to happen.

Ye Tiandu remained silent for a while before asking:

"Are you sure it’s true?"

"It’s highly likely."

"Very well."

Ye Tiandu nodded, sternly stating:

"The Wandering Dragon Ancestor’s mantle must be yours. If anyone dares to take it, they will be crippled."

"Don’t be hasty. I’ll first send people to gather information on him and then decide what to do."

"During this time, carry on as usual. Do not show any abnormalities, and don’t seek me out to inquire about developments. It’s best if you take on a task and go out for a bit."

"Okay."

The two had a brief private discussion before parting ways.

Su Yu was unaware of any of this, as he was currently in the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, enjoying tender moments with Canghai.

However, they had not dual-cultivated, not because they couldn’t but because the time wasn’t right.

The primordial yin of innate spirits is extraordinary, offering great benefits, and it’d be wasteful to claim it now.

First nurture it; the effect will be stronger when she’s more powerful.

After opening their hearts, their relationship became more intimate and natural. Su Yu deliberately spent more time with her, chatting and building their abode, as well as developing a new medicine garden together.

Since using the Nine Heavens Earth to transform the interior of the Sea Suppressing Realm, the internal landscape had changed significantly.

Although the core remained beneath the Central Continent, where she resided, after relocating the spirit fields there, she spent a lot of time above, caring for the newly planted five millennium-old vermillion fruit trees, and other spiritual flowers and fruits. Thus, she constructed an abode on the Central Continent.

Currently, only a framework had been built, sufficient for their temporary residence. Expansion would certainly be necessary in the future.

Upon understanding this, Su Yu immediately traveled to Xuanzhen Immortal City and spent a thousand gold to purchase vast amounts of building materials, sufficient to construct a giant palace complex stretching dozens of miles.

He spent another two thousand gold on a multitude of spiritual flowers, exotic herbs, and spirit fruit seeds or seedlings, including common Spirit Ginseng, Reishi, He Shou Wu, Xiyan fruit trees for crafting the Youthful Appearance Elixir, Golden Sun Fruit, Refined Wind Bamboo, Immortal Tears Mica, Bright Light Divine Leaf, Star Pattern Divine Wood, Iron Boat Wood, and Ancient Vast Wood, which could be used to make advanced flying ships and warships.

If these Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were mature, their prices would surely be astronomical.

The high price of many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures primarily lies in their growth environment and age, often requiring high-level spiritual lands and thousands, if not tens of thousands, of years to grow.

But if only purchasing seeds or seedlings, not only are they inexpensive, but the variety is also complete.

He only bought seeds and seedlings, quickly amassing over a hundred types of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, among which were some extremely high-grade ones.

Such as Star Pattern Divine Wood, Celestial Essence Fruit, Ten Thousand Wheels Fruit, Enlightenment Immortal Lotus, and others.

The growth period for these items is over ten thousand years, and even in the Sea Suppressing Realm, they require several hundred years to mature.

They are not yet usable, but time is abundant. With his strength and potential, becoming an Earth Immortal is not an issue, granting thousands of years of lifespan, more than enough to harvest several cycles.

And this is under normal circumstances. In the future, when the Sea-Suppressing Pearl’s seal is lifted, the internal time flow will accelerate.

If the time flow ratio can reach a hundred to one, it would only take a few decades to harvest a cycle, making it immensely beneficial.

Therefore, there’s no need to worry, just plant them now regardless.

At the heart of the Sea Suppressing Realm, Canghai was researching alchemy while Su Yu prepared for cultivation.

Opening the panel, he scanned his various Dao techniques, ultimately deciding to first enhance the Profound Court Manual.

The Profound Court Manual required 5.4 billion cultivation points and 4500 cultivation stages to elevate from the sixtieth to the seventieth level, but with his innate root bone of 51 points, which reduces cultivation experience requirements by 20%, it amounted to 4.32 billion cultivation points, saving over a billion points.

"How satisfying!"

With the improvement of the Heart Skill, the power of many derived Dao techniques also increased, resulting in the successful derivation of an Escape Skill.

Profound Court Spiritual Light Escape Skill (School Mastery): In a flash of spiritual light, travel a thousand miles instantly, composed of five layers.

First layer attribute: Transform into a spiritual light and fly swiftly. Base escape light speed is 300% of one’s flying speed, with each layer adding 100% flying speed, and a mana consumption of 300 points per second.

This Escape Skill upgrades differently from other derived Dao techniques. It does not progress automatically with Qi Refining Heart Skill, requiring separate advancement.

After upgrading the Qi Refining Heart Skill, Su Yu looked at the experience pool, which still contained 34.8 billion battle experience and 9308 Dao stages, enough for another ten levels; however, the battle experience was insufficient.

Su Yu checked the panel once again. From the seventieth to the eightieth level of the Profound Court Manual, even with the innate root bone reducing it by 20%, required a staggering 9.2 billion battle experience and 7500 Dao stages, nearly as much as condensing an Immortal Bone.

"But that’s not a big deal. I’m still very young, with plenty of time to improve gradually."

Not to mention that if necessary, I could pay to boost my levels. A hundred billion Spiritual Qi experience is just ten thousand gold, and even if I don’t spend money, leveling up on my own won’t be too slow.

"Well then, let’s start training now."