Free Web NovelChapter 342: Chapter 338: Tallying the Gains, God Seed Upgrade
SWOOSH.
Under the cover of night.
An Escape Light streaked through the sky.
After slaying the avatar of the God of Rock Ridge and ensuring the area was secure,
the Nanyaoguang Corporation cultivators who had previously retreated were swiftly recalled by Su Ye via Communication Talisman.
Their mission was to enter Giant Stone City and take control of the city-state.
Before this, these cultivators had all been trained in the language of the Divine Continent. With the memory of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it was safe to say each one was fluent, so language barriers were not a concern.
Thus,
it only took them four hours
for the Yaoguang cultivators to establish preliminary order.
They brought the native city-state under the rule of the Nanyaoguang Corporation with remarkable ease!
They encountered negligible resistance.
After all, the native upper echelons of Giant Stone City had already been completely slaughtered.
Even the divine avatar created by the God of Rock Ridge had been slain by Su Ye, despite using a trump card like the body of a Titan!
The deterrent effect of such absolute power was unstoppable!
Moreover, Giant Stone City was a theocratic slave state where slaves comprised up to sixty percent of the population. These people had no desire to resist a change in rulers.
After all, as slaves of the lowest possible status, did it really matter who was cracking the whip?
It was hardly conceivable that these destitute, starving slaves—who were so subservient to Giant Stone City’s own royalty and nobility—would suddenly bare their teeth at outsiders and fight to the death, was it?
Nature would have a hard time producing such a bizarre species.
In fact,
the main obstacle the Yaoguang cultivators faced when taking over Giant Stone City
came from the earthquake caused by the Titan Giant’s earlier rampage... Many buildings within the city had collapsed in the quake, creating chaos.
It was pacifying the populace and restoring order that took four hours.
...
Soon,
as the long night ended and dawn broke,
peace was completely restored to Giant Stone City.
Then, Su Ye began to take stock of his spoils.
’Giant Stone City’s royal vault contains 4,260,000 Spirit Stones, most of which are mid- and high-grade.’
’And there are as many as seven supreme-grade Spirit Stones among them!’
’On top of that, the vault is filled with a rich collection of Spiritual Objects... Though they haven’t all been appraised, based on what we’ve seen so far, their total value won’t be less than five million Spirit Stones!’
’Among these Spiritual Objects are many that can help break through cultivation bottlenecks. There are even six portions of crystal-type Spiritual Objects that can help a Foundation Establishment cultivator reach the Crystal Realm!’
’And there was a pleasant surprise.’
One of the confiscated crystal-type Spiritual Objects was listed in the illustrated guide as a local specialty of Giant Stone City.
According to the Alchemists’ assessment, the medicinal properties of this Spiritual Object were seventy percent similar to the key ingredient of the Crystal Condensing Elixir... an ingredient classified as a strategic resource under strict control.
One had to understand:
the Crystal Condensing Elixir could increase a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s chance of advancing to the Crystal Realm by a full thirty percent!
Combined with a Crystal Realm Secret Technique and the base probability, it was safe to say that with the aid of a Crystal Condensing Elixir, the difficulty of a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s advancement would plummet!
Consequently, the main ingredient for this elixir was naturally under strict control. This was compounded by the fact that it was already quite rare, with very low yields.
As a result, it was nearly impossible to purchase in the Yaoguang Outer Sea without special connections!
Nanyaoguang Corporation had tried to acquire it several times, all to no avail.
The alchemy for the Crystal Condensing Elixir had thus come to a halt. Su Ye had already given up hope on the matter.
After all, even the two great Golden Core sects, Spirit and Cyan Profound, were limited by the lack of materials and couldn’t produce the Crystal Condensing Elixir for their disciples attempting to reach the Crystal Realm.
It was highly unlikely that Nanyaoguang Corporation could have overcome such a strict blockade in just a few short years.
But now,
this local Spiritual Object made refining the Crystal Condensing Elixir a real possibility!
"Experiment boldly. Don’t worry about the cost."
Overjoyed, Su Ye jotted down his approval.
He was already in the Late-stage Crystal Realm, so the Crystal Condensing Elixir was useless to him personally.
However, a strategic resource like this was of immense significance.
It could be bartered for high-tier resources.
Or it could be kept for internal use to cultivate a few more Crystal Realm experts. Either way, it was a major boon.
...
Aside from conventional resources like Spirit Stones and Spiritual Objects,
Su Ye had other gains as well.
First, there was the divinity!
[Detected ownerless Power of Rules]
[...Analyzing...]
[Analysis Successful]
[Rock Ridge Divinity (Tainted)]
[Compatibility: 52 (Medium)]
[The following options are available:]
[1. Purify (Consumes 4,528 EXP)]
[2. Decompose (Consumes 2,054 EXP)]
By killing the avatar of Rock Ridge and slaughtering the royal family of Giant Stone City,
Su Ye had harvested a batch of divinity.
It was a brilliant, crystalline yellow, gathering into a radiant sphere.
"Decompose."
The compatibility was mediocre.
In Su Ye’s eyes, this Rock Ridge divinity was rather plain.
It wasn’t worth purifying to become his sixth God Seed.
Therefore,
Su Ye consumed the EXP to decompose it, converting it into Creation Points.
[Creation Points: 203]
’Two hundred points?’
’That’s a lot less than what I got from the Eternal Hunter Incarnation...’
It was a good thing Su Ye had been so thorough.
He had killed almost the entire royal family of Giant Stone City; otherwise, the Creation Points from the Rock Ridge avatar alone probably wouldn’t have even reached two hundred.
’Oh well, two hundred Creation Points isn’t bad.’
’It’s just enough to raise two of my mid-stage God Seeds to the late stage!’
Su Ye shook his head.
He didn’t even have to think about which God Seeds to upgrade.
The Heart of the Vast Sea.
And the Monarch of Calamity.
BUZZ!
A golden light flashed!
With the consumption of his Creation Points,
the cultivation level of these two God Seeds instantly rose from the Mid-stage Crystal Realm to the Late-stage Crystal Realm!
Within his Dantian Qi Sea, the two God Seeds became even more crystalline and translucent. As they spun, they began to emit a magnificent, deep blue glow!
’With this, the power of the Sea of Deep Blue will surely reach a new level... Now I have a true trump card here in the Far South Continent!’
After the battle at Giant Stone City, Su Ye had revised his assessment of the Southern Deities.
Even a relatively unknown and unremarkable deity like the God of Rock Ridge had mastered a powerful technique like summoning the body of a Titan!
If not for his Sea of Deep Blue, a technique that was the perfect counter to the Southern Deities, he likely would have had no choice but to retreat...
’I can’t underestimate them.’
’These deities are beings above the fifth tier, after all... Even a run-down ship is held together by a few good nails.’
Su Ye grew more vigilant.
...
Next,
after accounting for the EXP spent decomposing the divinity,
Su Ye had gained nearly 20,000 experience points from the battle.
[Repelled a Pseudo-God. Pastor of the Sea EXP +12,357]
[Colonized Territory. Pastor of the Sea EXP +8,000]
[Class: Pastor of the Sea LV. 8 (67,943/80,000)]
And on top of all that,
after occupying Giant Stone City,
Su Ye’s Pioneer Certificate: Aino had changed.
[Proof of Exploration: Northern Territory]
[To chart the heavens and earth, to illuminate the four corners of the world.]
[Holding this Proof of Exploration grants 10 EXP per day.]
[Completion: 5%]
’The daily EXP gain went straight to 10 points.’
’Counting my other Pioneer Certificate, that’s... 20 EXP per day!’
’Not bad at all!’
Su Ye let out a whistle and closed the panel.
He was quite satisfied with the outcome of this battle.
’Next, I’ll head to the Spiritual Spring and speed up my cultivation...’
Just as Su Ye was pondering this after tallying his gains,
at that moment,
Jiaojiao suddenly spoke up.
She pointed at the remains of the Titan Giant and said urgently,
"Master, I think there’s something inside attracting me... It smells... so good!"
"Eh?"
