My Synthesizer Has Talent

Chapter 169: Chapter 167: Enlightenment Tree Seed

The next day.

The Array connecting the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect and the Celestial Sea Realm was reactivated, and Liu Linlin returned.

After checking on everyone on Cold Extremity Peak, she buried herself in her Cultivation.

Seeing how diligent she was, Su Qing rewarded her with a specially-made Nourishing Yuan Pill that boosted Cultivation Talent by ten times.

He also mentioned that, like the Land Expansion Pill, this Elixir could only be taken once per person.

Her strength was the lowest on all of Cold Extremity Peak.

Su Qing’s last comment was really just to stop Liu Linlin from asking him for more Elixirs in the future.

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’The appearance of a Nourishing Yuan Pill? Why would Junior Brother give me a Nourishing Yuan Pill?’

Liu Linlin was puzzled. This time, unlike before, she didn’t throw the Elixir away.

Instead, she consumed it.

As it reached her abdomen and she began to refine it, she was utterly astonished.

’This isn’t a Nourishing Yuan Pill!’ Liu Linlin could feel that this Elixir was even more powerful than when a Spirit Fruit cleansed her body.

She already had a single-element Fire Spirit Root, so her Cultivation had always progressed quickly.

But after taking this pill, she could feel her Cultivation speed was at least nine times faster than before.

She had eaten many Spirit Fruits in the past, but none had boosted her Cultivation Talent as rapidly as this single Elixir.

...

...

Qinghe Hall.

"Sect Lord, you were looking for me?" Su Qing asked with a bow.

Ji Qianqiu nodded. "Su Qing, you are blessed with great fortune."

"Among the younger generation, only you and your junior sister have broken through to the Golden Core Realm in such a short time."

"This is your Enlightenment Tea."

Ji Qianqiu took out a Purple Jade Box. Su Qing glanced at it and saw that there were no fewer than one hundred leaves of Enlightenment Tea inside.

"Thank you, Sect Lord." Su Qing took the box and put it into his Storage Ring.

"Don’t be hasty. Here are the Golden Core Elder Tokens for you and your junior sister."

One Token was engraved with "Su Qing," and the other with "Luo Lanxin."

"And a Sound Transmission Jade Talisman."

"It can only be used to send messages to me." After taking everything out, Ji Qianqiu watched Su Qing accept the items.

He said, "The Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect has suffered a calamity, and the traitors Within the Sect are now gone."

"Tell me, if you were the Sect Lord, how would you develop the Sect?"

Su Qing was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head. "Sect Lord, such matters seem too distant for me. I am only in the Golden Core Realm."

Hearing this, Ji Qianqiu laughed. "The Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect follows the Evil Dao. We are neither Demon nor Immortal."

"Don’t be afraid. I simply want some advice from a member of the younger generation. I will be the one to judge whether your suggestions are good or not."

Su Qing fell silent for a moment after hearing this. He didn’t have any long-term vision.

"Sect Lord, I believe we should regulate the Demon Cultivators and Loose Cultivators of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect."

"Then, following the model of the Zhengxuan Sect, we should focus on perfecting a single craft to its absolute limit."

"..."

Ji Qianqiu waited for Su Qing to continue, but Su Qing simply looked at him without saying more. Their eyes met, and Ji Qianqiu smiled. "Is that all?"

"That’s all. I don’t know the specific actions to take."

"However, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect’s Secret Techniques seem very special. At the very least, they can restrain some Demon Cultivators, allowing them to practice their Cultivation without having to kill."

This time, Su Qing really had nothing more to say.

Ji Qianqiu was silent for a moment, then smiled. "Su Qing, you may go for now. I need some quiet."

"Yes, Sect Lord."

Su Qing left.

Ji Qianqiu’s brow furrowed slightly as he continued to ponder.

He sat thinking in the cold, empty hall.

He recalled an unintentional act by Su Qing that had ended up helping the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.

...

A few days after the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect’s disaster, many members of the Immortal Alliance came to help.

But what help could they offer?

At most, they just brought some mortals over.

Construction? Cultivators generally don’t do construction themselves.

Not unless Spirit Stones were involved.

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After Su Qing gave the Token and the Sound Transmission Talisman to his junior sister, he went to the disaster-stricken areas of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.

He continuously cleared out Demon Fiends.

「Five days later.」

An unusual resentful energy appeared in an area several miles wide.

The resentful energy shot straight into the sky.

Su Qing saw it from a great distance.

A Demon Fiend had been born here.

In terms of strength, Su Qing estimated it could contend with someone at the Golden Core Realm.

The Demon Fiend was an aggregate of resentful energy, taking the form of a member of the Demon Race, but it had not yet fully manifested.

when Su Qing purified it with a single sword strike.

Then, his Devouring Divine Techniques consumed it.

"An Enlightenment Tree Seed is really hard to come by!" Su Qing sighed.

He felt like his Sect Lord was just making empty promises. Chaos was rising, and there were already plenty of Demon Fiends.

Over the past few days, Su Qing had cleared out no less than a hundred Demon Fiends.

Su Qing didn’t even know how to describe the Life Force within his body anymore.

After suddenly discovering he had achieved Longevity, he took some time to adapt, but it didn’t seem to make much of a difference.

Since Su Qing was in the prime of his youth, he couldn’t even imagine himself growing old.

And as his Life Force grew stronger and stronger, Su Qing began to view his lifespan with indifference.

’The Enlightenment Tea... should I try synthesizing a five-hundred-fold version later?’

Without even moving his hand, a Flying Sword shot out from Su Qing’s Dantian and cut down a Demon Fiend.

「One month later.」

Su Qing was summoned back to Qinghe Hall.

It was once again filled with many people from the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realms.

After waiting for many of the Elders from Within the Sect to arrive, Ji Qianqiu spoke calmly, "Almost everyone is here."

"As for the remaining Elders who have not come, we need not pay them any mind."

"The Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect will be renamed the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land."

It was just a name change, so none of the Masters present paid it much heed.

They all tacitly agreed.

"The Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land follows the Evil Dao, where Immortal Cultivators and Demon Cultivators coexist."

"Immortal Cultivators are easy to handle, but what about Demon Cultivators?"

"We have the Blood Pool, the Five Viscera Temple, and other methods to restrain the disposition of some Demon Cultivators."

"I recently paid a visit to the Zhengxuan Sect, and their strength is not without reason." Ji Qianqiu paused for a moment.

He walked to the entrance of Qinghe Hall, stopping to gaze at the distant mountains.

"Since I took over as Sect Lord of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect, we have never suffered such a devastating lesson."

"Therefore, I want to make the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect stronger."

"We will accept all mortals of a suitable age to practice either Demon Cultivation or Immortal Cultivation."

"The first step: mortals must study the scriptures for over three years before they can have their Spirit Roots tested to determine whether they will practice Demon Cultivation or Immortal Cultivation!"

"Does anyone have any thoughts on this?"

Ji Qianqiu asked.

"This is improper, Sect Lord!" a Nascent Soul Master said. "We lack Spiritual Qi, Spirit Stones, Spirit Medicine, and Spirit Plants."

"Too many Cultivators at the First Realm are useless—useless to the Sect!"

"Master Wan Xue, I am aware of all this," Ji Qianqiu said, taking a deep breath.

He said faintly, "The Zhengxuan Sect’s Magical Artifacts are exceptionally powerful, especially those created by Master Ou Mingjie, who is only at the Golden Core Realm."

"Using cheap ores combined with Arrays and runes, he can easily create single-use Magical Artifacts comparable to a full-power strike from a Golden Core Realm expert. I even suspect the Zhengxuan Sect has versions that can threaten the Nascent Soul Realm."

"This kind of transformation... has been happening for several hundred years for them."

"I can easily sense that the Zhengxuan Sect could wipe out every Cultivator in the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect, with the exception of myself, the Grand Elder, and Elder Han."

"We must learn from them."

...

After the meeting ended, Sect Lord Ji Qianqiu was truly impressive. He actually wanted to reform the entire Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land, transforming it into a place with an atmosphere of learning and scholarship. He wanted to create an environment where everyone researched Cultivation Methods, making the techniques more suitable for practice. Su Qing couldn’t help but admire Ji Qianqiu’s vision, though he hoped it wasn’t just another empty promise, or it would all be for nothing.

...

Su Qing was asked to stay behind again.

"Su Qing, this is the seed you wanted. Enlightenment Tree Seeds aren’t rare, but those that can actually be nurtured to maturity are few and far between. Therefore, consuming it directly is the best option."

"For this next year, I must ask you to continue clearing out the Demon Fiends Within the Sect."

Su Qing hadn’t expected to be rewarded before the work was even done. ’If this were my past life, this guy would be hailed as a great philanthropist,’ he thought.

"Thank you, Sect Lord."

[Enlightenment Tree Seed: A seed produced by an Enlightenment Tree every ten years. Contains the Dao Essence and wisdom of the Enlightenment Tree. Consuming it doubles one’s base Comprehension for 32 hours.]

’Excellent. This seed.’

Su Qing would definitely try to synthesize it.

If for no other reason than its effect on Comprehension. If he could actually manage to grow it, that would be even better.

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