Free Web NovelChapter 178: Chapter 176: One Year Later
Finally.
The banquet was over, and Su Qing was mentally exhausted.
He even suspected the old woman had taken a liking to him.
She had kept asking him all sorts of questions.
Especially that little brat, who kept staring at Su Qing, giving him the chills.
’I have a bad feeling about this. I think I need to leave this island.’
Su Qing was starting to regret it. If he’d known, he would have made an excuse to skip the banquet.
Curiosity killed the cat.
When Su Qing had looked at the little brat, he hadn’t realized that the little brat was the Nine-Turned Gourd Immortal.
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’I can’t stay on Spirit Gourd Island any longer.’
’I should buy some Spirit Plant and Spirit Medicine seeds to take with me.’
’I’ll buy some seeds from the Mortal Realm, too.’
’Then I’ll get out of here.’
His Acupoint Worlds were massive. The only downside was that he couldn’t actually enter them.
He could manifest them, but he couldn’t go inside.
At most, he could just put things inside and control everything within his Great Worlds.
On Spirit Gourd Island, Su Qing bought a pile of seeds.
He made sure to buy seeds for Spiritual Gourds as well.
He planted them all within his Great Worlds.
They were filled with incomparably dense Spiritual Qi. Su Qing refused to believe that not a single plant would sprout from an entire bag of seeds.
Even after planting everything, it only took up a tiny area in one of his Great Worlds.
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Su Qing looked around the small courtyard.
He glanced at the green plants climbing the walls, sighed, and dismantled the Array.
’Sigh! I’ll go check out the next island.’
’I’ll learn some Artifact Refining techniques when I get the chance.’
Su Qing was done with just basking in the sun.
After getting rid of some furniture, Su Qing left the island.
He used Heaven-Soaring God and Demon to quickly fly away.
The Celestial Sea Realm was vast, and Su Qing flew in a random direction.
He flew until he reached a massive island.
It was huge, large enough to have a city built on it.
Many Cultivators were flying above it.
’What island is this? The Spiritual Qi is surprisingly abundant.’
Su Qing found an old fisherman. "Excuse me, old sir, what is the name of this island?"
"This island? I think it’s called Celestial Fragrance Island." The fisherman thought for a moment, then laughed. "I’ve lived here for so long, but I’m not even sure if that’s the right name."
"No one’s ever asked me what this island is called before."
"Alright, thank you for your time."
’Celestial Fragrance Island.’
Su Qing turned and left silently, a small smile playing on his lips as he watched the Cultivators in the sky riding various Magical Artifacts.
’A big island is pretty good, too.’
’At least as a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator, I won’t draw any attention.’
Once again, he simply rented a residence.
Su Qing was smarter this time; renting a place for a year only cost 800 Spirit Stones.
For Su Qing, that was nothing.
He readily paid a year’s worth of Spirit Stones.
And just like that, he settled down in the city.
At the same time, Su Qing learned that this island was also home to a family—one with Nascent Soul Realm experts.
This family had three Nascent Soul cultivators: one specialized in Talismans, one in Alchemy, and one possessed powerful Attacking Means.
It was almost unimaginable that a power of this caliber hadn’t expanded into other sea regions.
’Is it because they don’t have a Teleportation Array?’
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"Beauty, where are the new seeds?" Su Qing asked in a flirtatious tone, speaking to the beautiful female cultivator before him.
"Let me see."
"What brings Eldest Young Master Su to visit little me? I almost thought you were here to take liberties with me." The Female Cultivator’s beautiful eyes crinkled in a smile, and she quickly took out the newly arrived seeds.
Su Qing had been collecting seeds recently, and this shop was the largest Spirit Seed store on Celestial Fragrance Island.
The corner of Su Qing’s mouth quirked up as he picked up the seeds, exuding a roguishly handsome charm.
"Not bad. Is this a Spirit Plant that grows in the sea? A Tier One Spirit Plant? Are you looking down on me?"
"Hurry up and bring out the good Spirit Plant Seeds."
"This is the only new seed we’ve gotten recently. You’ve already bought all the others once and didn’t want them again." The Female Cultivator gave him a reproachful look, as if gazing upon a fickle young lover.
Su Qing put the seeds away. "How many Spirit Stones? I’ll take it."
"This big bag is quite expensive—1,200 Spirit Stones."
"Done." After tossing over the Spirit Stones, Su Qing left immediately.
Without another wasted motion.
This Female Cultivator had a good personality; there was none of that lustful intent in the way she looked at Su Qing.
That was why Su Qing dared to be so bold and flirt with her. After all, he quite enjoyed the verbal sparring.
He had been living here for over a year.
Naturally, he had run into some minor troubles and small conflicts.
The person he was on the best terms with was this shopkeeper.
Besides, the shopkeeper was at the Golden Core Realm.
At first, Su Qing had spoken very cautiously, but later, the Female Cultivator started teasing him.
She never got physical, so gradually, Su Qing grew bolder.
’At first, I acted timidly to hide myself. Later, I was just reverting to my true nature. I’m a Golden Core too, so what was there to be afraid of?’
Su Qing wouldn’t even be afraid of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
After leaving the shop.
Su Qing thought, ’Another Spirit Plant from the sea. I’ll put it in the Great World with the Standardized Water Spirit Stone.’
Su Qing had already filled that Great World with a large amount of seawater.
Fortunately, the Celestial Sea Realm had plenty of water. Su Qing had taken quite a lot, but it didn’t seem to lower the sea level.
Su Qing put all the marine Spirit Plants into this Great World.
By now, Su Qing’s Great Worlds were looking much better. He had planted some beautiful flowers.
In a year, many ordinary mortal items had evolved to Spirit Grade.
He hadn’t actually wanted to plant them.
It was the shopkeeper. At the beginning, she had given Su Qing a Dragon Pearl Fragment, knowing that he would recognize it as a treasure.
She asked Su Qing to help her cultivate a certain Spirit Flower, promising him the Dragon Pearl Fragment upon success.
At the time, Su Qing had wanted nothing more than to snatch it from her and pin her down right then and there.
Fortunately, Su Qing was more level-headed and reluctantly agreed to help her cultivate the Spirit Flower.
And so, the Dragon Pearl Fragment was his.
His Blade of Wholeness...
...had been synthesized by Su Qing once during the past year.
He had synthesized it with Sea-covering Master’s Sea Control Pearl and this Dragon Pearl Fragment.
[Immortal Transformation Ten Thousand Blades: Tier Four Magical Treasure? Immortal Artifact? An Immortal Sword that has gained Spiritual Wisdom. Contains the power of Immortal, God, Demon, Dragon, and True Yang. Capable of shattering defenses. The blade can transform into ten thousand Immortal Blades, controlled at will. Can be bound by a drop of blood.]
The Magical Treasure’s name had changed. The Immortal Transformation Ten Thousand Blades now appeared completely snow-white, and it was even slightly reflective.
It looked incredibly impressive and high-class.
Su Qing had, of course, also synthesized his Treasure Sacrifice Technique.
’How could the old Great Sun Sacrificial Treasure Technique possibly be worthy of this sword?’
He had used Immortal Transformation Synthesis several times.
Its Spiritualization was now over eighty percent complete.
After applying Standardization, the words "operates automatically" appeared quite easily.
[Star Sacrifice Treasure Method: Requires Energy for the Sacrificial Refinement of a Magical Treasure, granting it the power to shatter Stars. Operates automatically.]
This was much more Advanced. At first, it was an Immortal Transformation that required Immortal Essence for Sacrificial Refinement.
Where would Su Qing get that? So he used God Demon Transformation twice to remove the Immortal Essence requirement, changing it so that it only needed Energy to sacrificially refine a Magical Treasure.
Now, his Immortal Transformation Ten Thousand Blades was being sacrificially refined by this Star Sacrifice Treasure Method. As for why it was a "Star" method, it was because there was a decent Treasure Sacrifice Technique available in this city.
Su Qing had used it for synthesis to create the final version.
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At the same time, Su Qing was now a Tier Two Refiner.
A Tier Two level acknowledged by his own Synthesizer.
[Artifact Refining: Tier Two (89/10,000)]
Only by refining Tier Two Artifacts could he increase this Skill Level.
Therefore, Su Qing couldn’t just grind his Skill Level, as Tier Two Artifacts were quite difficult to make.
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Host: Su Qing
Realm: Acupoint Realm Limit [God Demon Micro Acupoint Opening Method: 11,563 Micro Acupoints]
Golden Core Limit [God Demon Quenching Pill Technique +3: 15,411 Pill Patterns]
Spirit Platform Limit [God Demon Devouring Universe Map: Entry Level (36.799/500)]
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The Quenching Pill Technique was already halfway done. Su Qing felt that it would only take another two years to complete it.
The Micro Acupoints, however, were more difficult, as they would take a very long time.
There was nothing Su Qing could do about it, but fortunately, the opening process could run automatically.
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