Free Web NovelChapter 216: Chapter 214: Time to Go Big
One of Su Qing’s clients was Shangguan Muling.
Shangguan Muling had sought out Su Qing a few times for Array Plates.
She even wanted to learn Su Qing’s Array Formation techniques.
However, she wasn’t sincere enough. She wanted to learn Su Qing’s Array techniques but wouldn’t pay the proper tuition.
She couldn’t even come up with 100,000 Spirit Stones.
So, of course, Su Qing had no intention of teaching her.
Besides, spending too much time with Shangguan Muling could easily expose his identity.
「One month later.」
Su Qing cursed Ji Qianqiu again.
This time, he used the Immortal-Suppressing Spell.
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"Damn it, it’s here again! Why is the Curse Power back?" Ji Qianqiu was extremely annoyed.
However, this time, it seemed weaker.
He could clearly feel the curse no longer had its former power.
It had weakened considerably.
He thought this was the limit of Su Qing’s curse.
He suddenly burst out laughing. ’So, this is all Su Qing amounts to.’
’He’s good at hiding, I’ll give him that.’
’But his Curse Technique is nothing special.’
What Ji Qianqiu didn’t know was that the fortune above his head had darkened slightly.
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「On the Profound Bright Islands.」
A few days into Su Qing’s peaceful interlude, it seemed life was treating Shangguan Muling, stationed on the Profound Bright Islands, quite well. She was even starting to get a bit of baby fat.
’Has she really changed that much?’
Su Qing was puzzled.
’It’s just a few more Spirit Stones, isn’t it?’
Su Qing didn’t get it.
Because just then, Shangguan Muling had come to find him.
"What can I do for you, Fellow Daoist Shangguan?"
"I’d like to ask Fellow Daoist Le to provide some Tier Two Array Plates. I need the Fire Dragon Array."
"How many can you provide within a week, Fellow Daoist Le?"
"’Array Plates? And within a week... I estimate I can only make about five.’" Su Qing mulled it over and gave her a very reasonable number.
The Fire Dragon Array was a Tier Two Upper Grade offensive array. It was powerful, capable of both trapping and attacking Cultivators.
It was quite formidable.
But its effectiveness was limited to Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Against a Golden Core Cultivator, it could at most inflict some superficial injuries.
"Five?"
"Fellow Daoist Le, is it the same price as before?"
Hearing this, Su Qing naturally raised the price. "Fellow Daoist Shangguan, as you know, 20,000 per Tier Two Array Plate isn’t expensive. But for me to work overtime and rush the order, it’ll be a total of 110,000 Spirit Stones."
"I don’t have any in stock right now, so to get you these Array Plates, I’ll have to put in a lot of personal effort."
"The extra ten thousand is for my trouble."
Shangguan Muling breathed a sigh of relief. The price was still acceptable.
"I’ll have to trouble you, then, Fellow Daoist. I’ll give you 30,000 Spirit Stones as a deposit." As she spoke, Shangguan Muling took the Spirit Stones from her Storage Ring.
Thirty thousand Spirit Stones appeared before Su Qing.
It was a lot, piled up high.
"Thank you for your understanding, Fellow Daoist Shangguan. Allow me to see you out," Su Qing said with a smile after seeing the Spirit Stones.
"No need, Fellow Daoist Le."
Shangguan Muling left.
After closing the door, Su Qing waved his hand, and all the Spirit Stones vanished into his Storage Ring.
’Why turn down free Spirit Stones?’
’Every little bit adds up.’
’Eventually, I’ll have a massive amount of Spirit Stones.’
They weren’t just Cultivation resources; they were currency.
As for the Spirit Stones he needed for his own Cultivation, Su Qing could just synthesize a few more, and that would be enough.
The key was that he didn’t really need them right now.
Su Qing usually synthesized Immortal Stones instead.
Su Qing casually crafted five Tier Two Fire Dragon Array Plates.
He could refine this kind of gadget with just a few random materials.
In Su Qing’s own words, it was child’s play.
「One week later.」
Shangguan Muling hurried over.
"Master Le, where are the Array Plates?"
Su Qing took out five Array Plates and handed them to her. "Right here. Fellow Daoist Shangguan, what about the remaining Spirit Stones?"
Shangguan Muling didn’t try to get them on credit; she directly gave Su Qing the remaining 80,000 Spirit Stones.
"Thank you." Without another word, Shangguan Muling left.
Su Qing gathered the Spirit Stones and stuffed them all into his Storage Ring.
「The next day.」
Many Cultivators arrived at the Profound Bright Islands, along with a massive Flying Magical Artifact.
It flew off in the direction of the Chongming Islands.
’Something’s odd.’
Su Qing took out Xiaoqing.
"Xiaoqing, run an Inference. Why is the Zhengxuan Sect sending so many Magical Artifacts over to the Chongming Islands?"
"Yes, Master."
Xiaoqing nodded.
Then, it began the Inference.
Su Qing had already guessed part of it: they intended to occupy the Chongming Islands, just as they had the Profound Bright Islands.
"Master, the Inference is complete."
"They are going to fight for territory on Chongming Island."
"Against the local Nascent Soul Families there?"
Su Qing asked.
He knew there were two Nascent Soul Families in that area.
Their strength was not to be underestimated.
"No. They are going to claim sovereignty and contest that right with the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land," Xiaoqing reported after running the Inference.
"The Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land?" Su Qing suddenly started to laugh.
’The Nascent Soul Families are not to be underestimated, but with two major powers heading over there...’
’...the local families will probably either resist, try to stir up trouble between them, or just retreat.’
"Calculate this: what would happen if I were to place an ordinary Immortal Stone over there? Would it throw the whole situation into chaos?"
"And what would the reactions of the Zhengxuan Sect and the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land be after they fought over the Immortal Stone?"
"Yes, Master."
Xiaoqing began another detailed Inference.
Su Qing, for his part, wanted to blow this situation wide open.
He wanted to mess with the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land.
Especially Ji Qianqiu.
"If one of Master’s ordinary Immortal Stones is introduced into this conflict, all three factions will fight over it."
"If the Zhengxuan Sect seizes it, they will likely be targeted by even stronger powers. The same is true if the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land seizes it."
"Another possible outcome is that a Nascent Soul Master from one of the local families seizes it, abandons all their other Cultivators, and flees immediately."
"..."
Xiaoqing listed more than a dozen possible scenarios, all of which were highly likely to occur.
Su Qing secretly compared the outcomes.
No matter which scenario played out, conflict would erupt between the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land and the Zhengxuan Sect.
All Su Qing had to do was intensify that conflict.
Or, Su Qing could simply ensure, from the shadows, that someone from the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land got the Immortal Stone.
He just had to see if they would fall for the bait.
However, there was one risk: Su Qing himself might be exposed.
But it was a small one.
Su Qing was quite confident in his Immortal Transformation Technique; it was nearly impossible for anyone beneath the level of an Immortal to see through it.
’And are there really any Immortals in this world?’
’Even if there were reincarnated Immortals, they would not have matured yet.’
’Nothing for me to worry about.’
What was important was that Su Qing was about to get involved.
After casually synthesizing an Immortal Stone,
Su Qing began looking for the perfect opportunity.
「Nightfall.」
After telling Luo Xingya he was going into seclusion,
Su Qing secretly left the Profound Bright Islands.
In less than twenty minutes, Su Qing arrived at the Chongming Islands.
’What a lively scene.’
The entire archipelago was surrounded, layer after layer.
He could sense the auras of several Nascent Soul Realm experts.
There were also plenty of cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Realm and Golden Core Realm.
All of them were here to fight over this territory.
"Let’s bring a little misfortune upon the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land," Su Qing mused with a smile.
After spotting the emblem of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land,
and seeing that it was nighttime,
he decided he had to make a big scene.
’How big?’
’Little Immortal Realm, manifest!’
Suddenly, an incomparably magnificent aura pressed down from above. An ethereal presence, like an echo from the Primordial Chaos, blotted out the sky.
The Immortal Realm had suddenly unfurled.
With it came the overwhelming aura of a mighty Divinity Transformation Cultivator.
Then, from within Su Qing’s Immortal Realm, an Immortal Stone shot out, flying toward the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land’s encampment.
"A Divinity Transformation Realm expert?"
"Ridiculous!" Su Qing boomed. "I, Su Qing, hereby bestow an Immortal Stone upon the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land! Whoever obtains it..."
"...will have their lifespan extended by ten thousand years!" Su Qing bellowed this last sentence with his Magical Power.
Terrifying sonic booms erupted around him.
Immediately after, his figure vanished and his aura retracted completely.
The Little Immortal Realm also faded from the sky.
All that remained was the Immortal Stone, hovering in the night air where it had appeared.
Su Qing had already used the God Demon Ascending Immortal Step to leave.
He vanished into the sea.
Who could possibly know?
Suddenly, across the Celestial Sea Realm, numerous Divinity Transformation Cultivators sensed the disturbance and began rushing over.
"Since it was given to the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land, then pardon me, but I’ll be taking it first!" A giant hand, conjured by a Nascent Soul High Tier Cultivator, suddenly appeared and shot straight for the Immortal Stone.
All of a sudden, a magical artifact resembling a full moon appeared, smashing the giant hand to pieces. It then attempted to sweep away the Immortal Stone for itself.
"It belongs to the fated one, Fellow Daoist." One by one, the Nascent Soul Realm experts entered the fray.
For now, no Divinity Transformation Cultivators had appeared on the scene.
Even the closest one would take a long time to arrive.
A Divinity Transformation Cultivator that Su Qing could sense was already searching for his presence.
’Compared to an Immortal Stone, an Immortal Realm...’
How could a Divinity Transformation Cultivator not know which was more important?
But to this Divinity Transformation Cultivator’s senses, it was as if Su Qing had never even been there at all.
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