Free Web NovelChapter 207: Chapter 205: Researching Arrays, Ji Qianqiu’s Stratagem
Fortunately, his young maid was easy to appease.
After this incident, Su Qing’s life returned to normal.
Su Qing performed his monthly curse and his Inference without fail.
All to ensure his own safety.
He would then go out and set up Arrays for people, pretending to earn a few Spirit Stones.
「Half a year later.」
Numerous Flying Magical Artifacts had appeared on Profound Bright Island.
Su Qing acted as if he already knew what was happening.
Su Qing had bought one of these Magical Artifacts to study it.
They all contained a Spirit Storage Crystal.
More importantly, Su Qing was actually able to figure out how these Spirit Storage Crystals were made.
Countless minuscule runes formed a structure on its surface, allowing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to slowly flow into the Spirit Storage Crystal and be stored.
It bore traces of a Spirit Gathering Array and a Banishing Array, though the Banishing Array seemed to have been heavily modified.
It only possessed a sliver of its banishing power.
But this sliver of power was just enough to create the Spirit Storage Crystal.
Combined with the Spirit Gathering Array... it was a perfect combination.
However, Su Qing figured it would be too much trouble to make one himself.
Although Su Qing could study the Banishing Array, it was ultimately a hassle.
It was far more practical to just buy a new Flying Magical Artifact.
’Arrays... I feel like I should study them more deeply.’
’And the Divination Technique as well.’
Su Qing felt a powerful curiosity about Arrays.
An Array seemed to be a microcosm of the world, a microcosm of matter itself.
His curiosity piqued, he took action.
He began to purchase books on Arrays.
He even bought a few complete Arrays.
All for the sake of research.
Meanwhile, he continued to spend time each day synthesizing Elixirs to improve his aptitude.
Every month, he would also buy some Enlightenment Tea to synthesize via Standardization and increase his power.
「One year later.」
After cursing Ji Qianqiu once more, Su Qing performed another Inference.
Once he had again confirmed that the Profound Bright Islands were completely safe, he returned to studying Arrays.
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[Array: Tier Three (1,215/10,000)]
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For Tier Three Arrays, Su Qing had barely followed the pattern on the Synthesizer’s panel.
Instead, he focused on thoroughly understanding the fundamental logic and structural changes between each tier of Array.
Of course, this also went to show that Su Qing’s Comprehension and aptitude had once again improved by a large margin.
It was only his Cultivation Technique that was slowing down his progress.
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Realm: Divine Organ Realm [Immortal Palace Conceals Gods and Demons: First Immortal Palace (9.51/500)]
First-Layer Nascent Soul [God Demon Nourishing Immortal Infant Method: Entry Level (18.261/500)]
Fourth Layer of Dustless [God Demon Devouring Universe Map: Entry Level (206.124/500)]
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His progress across his various Cultivation paths was quite fast.
This was all from just one year of effort.
Every time Su Qing took an Elixir to improve his aptitude, it was to accelerate his progress.
At the same time, his body was constantly withstanding greater and greater Medicinal Power.
As a result, his aptitude was now improving at an ever-increasing rate.
In contrast, his Cultivation Technique progress was much slower.
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Within the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land.
Qinghe Hall.
After being cursed again, Ji Qianqiu’s face was grim.
’The Power of Curse is getting stronger and stronger.’
’The Curse Killing Power has reached the level of a full-powered soul strike from a Ninth-Layer Nascent Soul cultivator.’
It was also equivalent to a full-powered strike from a high-tier Dustless Realm Soul Cultivator using conventional methods.
How could Ji Qianqiu not be worried?
It had been two years.
Ji Qianqiu was on the verge of going insane.
This feeling of being unable to find his enemy was truly terrifying.
Ji Qianqiu came up with a plan.
He had to find Su Qing.
Find out where in the world Su Qing was hiding!
He had to see if that bastard would finally stop.
’I remember back in the Sect, Su Qing’s greatest pleasures were Enlightenment Tea and the Holy Book Pavilion.’
’Cultivation Techniques, and Comprehension...’
An idea sparked in Ji Qianqiu’s mind.
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「Half a month passed.」
As Su Qing constantly pored over his studies of Arrays, he set a good example for Luo Xingya.
Her learning speed was remarkable.
In just one short year, she had learned to read and write all the common words and understood the meaning of most of them.
"Sir, the Mistress has returned."
Su Qing was still studying Arrays when he heard the news.
’My mistress?’
’Has Su Hongshang come out of her seclusion?’
Just as Luo Xingya reached Su Qing, Su Hongshang appeared before him as well.
Her Concealing Technique now finally suppressed her cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
In particular, Su Hongshang’s Disguise no longer looked so jarring.
She looked like a woman who was attractive, but not overly so.
Her appearance was perfectly in line with what most female cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation Realm strove for.
"Fellow Daoist Le, long time no see."
"Fellow Daoist An, long time no see to you as well. You’ve come out of seclusion?" Su Qing asked with a smile.
Su Hongshang nodded. "When is our wedding?"
"Next month."
"Let’s arrange it for next month, how about it?" Su Qing didn’t want to delay either, walking over and wrapping his arm around Su Hongshang’s slender waist.
"Your little maid is getting jealous," Su Hongshang said with a smile, feeling his affectionate touch.
Su Qing glanced at Luo Xingya, who immediately jutted out her chin and puffed out her chest. ’What’s the big deal?’
’I belong to the Sir, too.’
’It’s just... seeing the Sir and his Dao Companion being so intimate felt... discordant, in a way she couldn’t quite describe.’
’Even though the Sir’s Dao Companion already looked very beautiful... there was a kind of Immortal Qi about her that didn’t match her face. And her Sir was even worse.’
’When her Sir was being serious and focused... an ethereal aura emanated from him that simply couldn’t be contained.’
’These two are so strange.’
After a moment of intimacy, Su Qing and Su Hongshang separated.
Su Hongshang said, "The courtyard here is too small. I should go back."
"It’s not that small. Why don’t you stay in my room?"
"No. We can talk about that after we’re married." Su Hongshang suddenly became demure.
Nevertheless, she still entered Su Qing’s room.
She went into the Pocket World, however.
After all, the Pocket World was much better than staying in the courtyard.
"Ahem, Xingya."
"Sir."
"You’ve more or less learned how to read and write."
"Do you want to cultivate?"
"I do!" Hearing this, Luo Xingya was ecstatic.
After all, Immortals and mortals weren’t completely separate in this world.
And besides feeling envy and jealousy, there was nothing mortals could do to affect Cultivators.
Trying to would be a death sentence.
Therefore, only through Immortal Cultivation could one truly advance.
She didn’t want to be old and gray in a few decades while her Sir remained as youthful as ever.
"Since you want to cultivate, I’ll go figure something out."
Su Qing went out again.
He headed to the Fang Family’s shop.
He went to ask if they had managed to acquire a Wind and Thunder Attribute Cultivation Technique yet.
Su Qing had already asked the Fang Family for just the Qi Cultivation Chapter several times.
Wind and Thunder Attribute Cultivation Techniques were rare.
If they couldn’t find one, Su Qing would have to create a rough version himself... and let his Synthesizer perfect it.
After all, Su Qing had also started from the Qi Cultivation Realm.
The Qi Cultivation Realm was actually quite simple to break through.
Wasn’t it just about tempering Magical Power?
Su Qing also had the Qi Cultivation Chapter of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body as a foundation.
He felt it would be quite simple.
Su Qing glanced at the notice board on the island.
Then Su Qing stopped.
Ji Qianqiu of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land admitted his mistake and hoped Su Qing would return. As compensation, he offered the complete Ten Thousand Tribulations Divine Body Cultivation Technique, a 120-year-old Enlightenment Tree, and several Tier Five Treasures.
Ji Qianqiu also added that there would be a reward for anyone who found Su Qing.
Hmph.
’Ji Qianqiu, is he trying to be funny?’
’So you’ve finally been brought to this. You sound so sincere on that notice, laying out all your terms, good and bad.’
’Does he really think he can buy me with that junk? He really underestimates me, doesn’t he?’
’He’s already sent a Divinity Transformation assassin after me.’
’And he still expects me to go back? Only a fool would return.’
’Is this him showing weakness?’
’Begging for mercy?’
Su Qing wasn’t falling for it. He had to hit Ji Qianqiu with a full one hundred curses.
For no other reason than revenge.
If one hundred curses don’t kill Ji Qianqiu...
...then sorry, but Su Qing would just have to synthesize his Curse Killing Technique again.
He was determined to kill him.
How could Su Qing possibly be satisfied until Ji Qianqiu was dead?
After casually scanning the other notices, Su Qing nonchalantly continued on his way to the Fang Family’s shop.
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