My Synthesizer Has Talent

Chapter 184: Chapter 182: Encountering a Dragon, Heading to the Nether Sea

「Three months later.」

Su Qing was still on Spirit Bamboo Island.

Just now, he had once again consumed an elixir.

This was an unknown version of the Nourishing Yuan Pill, with Standardization as a guaranteed effect.

It increased one’s Cultivation Talent by a thousandfold.

Su Qing swallowed it in one gulp.

After refining it, the Standardization directly increased Su Qing’s talent.

Over the past three months, Su Qing had spent a great deal of time and Spirit Stones to synthesize this third elixir.

After all, getting something with Standardization depended on luck.

He had to be lucky for the Standardization to actually apply to the talent-increasing effect.

After all, the effects of Standardization were bizarre and varied.

「By the sea.」

Su Qing enjoyed walking around this port.

It was a small port with little traffic, so there were usually many mortals walking about.

The mortals living here generally didn’t have to worry about food or drink.

They usually didn’t have fixed jobs.

Here, just raising some livestock was enough for a mortal to live a comfortable life.

They enjoyed themselves, feeling the sea breeze.

’How can I get my hands on a Divinity Transformation Secret Technique?’

The first thing Su Qing thought of was the Sect.

There were definitely Divinity Transformation cultivation techniques within the Sect.

But it was impossible to buy these techniques.

Even the Treasure Tower wouldn’t necessarily have them.

As Su Qing was enjoying the sea breeze, a dragon’s head suddenly shot out of the water, followed by its entire body.

It sent water splashing everywhere.

A Fourth Realm Dragon.

A True Dragon.

It had cyan dragon scales and emanated a powerful Long Wei.

The mortals couldn’t get out of the way in time and got their clothes soaked.

The hundred-meter-long Dragon instantly transformed into a human figure.

It was a woman. Water clung to her body, obscuring most of her fine figure. She then put on some clothes. She had a pair of fair, smooth, jade-like legs, slender hands, a face like white jade, and almond-shaped eyes as warm as spring.

She still had dragon horns on her head.

"Everyone, my apologies for the disturbance."

"No disturbance at all. My Li Family naturally welcomes a member of the Dragon Race." A Golden Core cultivator suddenly appeared, bowing to the dragon with reverence.

"Mm, you must be the Li Family’s Golden Core, then?"

"Come with me. We have matters to discuss."

"My lord, please follow me." The Li Family’s Golden Core was an elderly-looking man. He simply hadn’t taken a Beauty Pill.

Alternatively, it could be that he truly didn’t have much lifespan left, causing his face to become withered.

Su Qing watched the dragon and the Li Family’s Golden Core Master leave.

He couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled.

’Aren’t the Dragon Race supposed to be incredibly proud? Why was this one being so polite to a family with just a Golden Core cultivator?’

Among those of the same realm, the only ones who could defeat a member of the Dragon Race were almost always the chosen prodigies of the sects, those who had received deep inheritances.

Yet now, this Dragon with a Fourth Realm cultivation was being so courteous.

’What could they be discussing?’

Su Qing didn’t dwell on it.

The current situation was unstable. Su Qing hadn’t returned to the Continent to check, so he didn’t know if there were any new developments with the Demon Court.

Of course, Su Qing didn’t want to concern himself with it anymore.

’I’m disheartened, so disheartened. Ji Qianqiu of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land seems to have gone mad.’

’What can I even say?’

"I wonder if the Dragon Race has Divinity Transformation cultivation techniques."

Su Qing rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

"Forget it. I’ll worry about it when my Nascent Soul Technique is closer to Perfection."

Su Qing knew that at his current cultivation pace, he probably wouldn’t reach Perfection for another hundred years.

Therefore, he had to synthesize more elixirs that increased his talent with a fixed boost from Standardization.

"The Immortal Enlightenment Tree King is growing too slowly."

Su Qing looked into his Little Immortal Realm and couldn’t help but sigh. The Immortal Enlightenment Tree King was just not pulling its weight. After sprouting, it had remained in the same state.

It wasn’t growing at all.

Su Qing had already comprehended all the Dao Essence it could offer.

If only the Immortal Enlightenment Tree would grow more leaves, Su Qing could start synthesizing.

「The next day.」

In the early morning, a voice spread across Spirit Bamboo Island.

"To all cultivators and mortals on the island, you have seven days, starting today, to leave Spirit Bamboo Island."

"My clan will arrange for one or two ships. One will head to the Ring Vine Islands in the Nether Sea, and the other will go to an island under the jurisdiction of the Zhengxuan Sect."

"In seven days, the ships will leave Spirit Bamboo Island. Please make your own arrangements."

It seemed to be the voice of the Golden Core Master from last night.

But the content of the message was explosive. The Li Family was actually abandoning this island.

’Could it be that the dragon gave them some kind of benefit?’

Telling everyone to leave Spirit Bamboo Island.

And it seemed they were even paying to arrange for two ships.

’What a grand gesture. Aren’t they being a little too conscientious?’

Su Qing felt a little unaccustomed to such a conscientious island owner.

But the Nether Sea...

The name made Su Qing remember that the Nether Sea was supposedly even more dangerous. The Ring Vine Islands sounded like a place teeming with cultivators.

Su Qing thought about it for a moment and decided to go check out the Nether Sea.

「Seven days later.」

Su Qing boarded one of the large ships.

It was a real ship, not a Flying Magical Artifact like those from the Zhengxuan Sect.

The rocking sensation truly displeased Su Qing at first.

But once he got used to it, Su Qing calmed down.

He leaned against the deck railing, staring blankly at the vast expanse of the ocean.

"Fellow Daoist, is this your first time traveling to the Nether Sea?" an aged voice asked.

Su Qing tilted his head and saw an old man.

His cultivation was at the Qi Cultivation Realm.

Su Qing was wearing a cloak, revealing only the lower half of his face at most.

"I suppose you could say it’s my first time going to the Nether Sea."

"Hahaha, the Nether Sea is a wonderful place! The Spiritual Qi there is several times more abundant than in the Celestial Sea Realm. As long as a cultivator has a Spirit Root, cultivating there is much better than in the sects on the Continent."

"Grandpa!" A little girl grabbed a piece of the old man’s clothes and started shaking it.

The old man said, "Be good, sweetie. Grandpa is talking to someone."

"Okay."

The girl’s eyes were quite spirited. At her young age, she already seemed to be absorbing Spiritual Qi.

"This is my granddaughter. The heavens have blessed me; my granddaughter was born with a Spirit Root, so I’m taking her to the Nether Sea Realm to cultivate."

The old man smiled happily. Su Qing’s apparent cultivation was only at the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer; otherwise, the old man wouldn’t have dared to strike up a conversation.

"Indeed. Your granddaughter seems to have a Spirit Root. Her future achievements should not be low," Su Qing said lightly.

"The Nether Sea is very safe. While there are more Demon Beasts in the sea, they generally don’t attack ships. We’ll reach the Nether Sea in less than a hundred days!"

’A hundred days.’

’It actually takes that long!’

This ship was clearly quite fast, yet it still took that long. Su Qing couldn’t help but complain internally.

The ship didn’t belong to the Li Family. It was truly massive, over four hundred meters long and a hundred meters wide. The Li Family had simply paid a fee to have the ship dock at Spirit Bamboo Island for seven days.

"Safe or not, it all comes down to luck, doesn’t it?" Su Qing said. "If our luck is bad, cultivators like us will just end up as a meal for a Demon Beast."

"Sigh, look what you’re saying. I’m reminding you, it’s best not to stand by the edge of the deck. Otherwise, one lurch of the ship and even a small Demon Beast could drag you into the sea."

"Thank you for the reminder, but I don’t think that will happen."

"You... sigh!" The old man wanted to say more, but after looking at his granddaughter, he just picked her up and returned to the ship’s cabins.

The old man didn’t say any more. He wanted to save Su Qing’s life, but unfortunately, Su Qing wouldn’t listen to him.

Not long ago, while in the Celestial Sea Realm, his ship had run into a thunderstorm, and one unlucky fellow was snatched away by a Sea Beast in an instant.

He had probably been turned into Sea Beast droppings by now.

Su Qing couldn’t help but smile. He paid it no mind and looked out at the great sea.

The boundless ocean could indeed easily inspire awe and fear.

At the same time, there were also many cultivators who liked to stand on deck and look at what was below the waves.

Some even dived directly into the sea, as if searching for something.

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