Chapter 224: Chapter 223: Cultivating a Fake Core, Young Friend Safe and Sound

’Tier 3 combatants are a bit hard to find...’

’But I can just cultivate my own!’

Su Ye’s mind raced, filled with a torrent of ideas.

Cultivate Tier 3 combatants?

If anyone else heard this, they would surely think Su Ye had gone mad!

Any cultivator would know.

The cost of cultivating a Crystal Stage True Master was terrifying!

This cost wasn’t merely the expense of a Spiritual Object for the Crystal Stage breakthrough.

In fact, with Su Ye’s current financial resources, purchasing such a Spiritual Object wasn’t difficult.

He controlled the immortal city’s treasury!

He also possessed the corpses of several Demon Kings, worth millions of Spirit Stones!

But the problem was...

Even with a Spiritual Object in hand...

...there was no guarantee a cultivator would successfully reach the Crystal Stage!

Failure to break through.

Or even... death, their Dao dissipating!

The probability of this happening was not low!

Even if one was lucky enough to survive, like Jian Ziheng, they could suffer a cultivation regression and have their foundation severely damaged.

These were all very normal outcomes when attempting to reach the Crystal Stage.

It was for this very reason that, despite the wealth of Weiyuan Immortal City and the protection of Canghai,

in over two hundred years,

they had only just managed to cultivate a single successor, Sikong Xin!

This was a testament to how difficult it was to cultivate a Crystal Stage master!

However, after careful consideration, Su Ye remained full of confidence.

After all...

He smiled and muttered to himself.

"I just need Tier 3 combatants. I’m not insistent on them being Crystal Stage True Masters..."

"A Fake Core True Master is also a Tier 3 combatant!"

That was right.

Su Ye never intended to cultivate Crystal Stage masters at all!

He was thinking of cultivating Fake Core masters!

’Breaking through to the Crystal Stage is incredibly difficult...’

’But refining a Demon King’s Inner Core to become a Fake Core True Master is much easier!’

’Besides, even if one fails to refine a Demon King’s Inner Core, it won’t result in death...’

’And as for their combat strength... that can be compensated for with Blood Light Soul Splitting!’

’Perfect!’

The main difficulty in becoming a Fake Core True Master was killing a Demon King to obtain its Inner Core.

Hunting a Tier 3 Demon King was a troublesome task even for a Crystal Stage True Master.

But for Su Ye, this was no problem at all!

With a flicker of his Divine Sense, he took out a square jade box.

Inside it were stored the Demon King’s Inner Cores!

Four of them, no less!

The White Whale, the Evil Celestial Auk, the Thousand-legged Sea Demon, and the Rock-Crowned Crocodile Dragon!

A neat and tidy collection of four Demon King’s Inner Cores!

In theory, this was enough to create four Fake Core True Masters.

"Now, all I need are cultivators at Foundation Establishment Perfection."

Su Ye smiled, a profound look in his eyes.

After a moment of thought, an extremely suitable candidate came to mind!

Su Ye looked to the south.

’Returning malice with kindness... I, Mr. Su, am truly the moral compass of the modern Cultivation Realm!’

’If Mr. Qi finds out, he should feel quite touched, shouldn’t he?’

A smile appeared on Su Ye’s handsome face.

...

"I’m heading out for a bit. I’ll be back soon."

After leaving the others in Weiyuan Immortal City, Su Ye gave a few instructions, and then, with a flicker of his Divine Sense...

...the Ghostly Flood Dragon activated its Magnetic Reversal, and its hull lifted into the air!

VMM!

The hull of the Ghostly Flood Dragon glowed with a bloody sheen.

The hull came alive!

’This trip prioritizes speed, so I need to...’

As Su Ye thought, the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s hull transformed, its shape becoming even more aerodynamic!

In addition, its wide tail fins split and spread open as bone-like material extended, forming over a thousand vortex nozzles!

The entire spirit ship took on the appearance of a ’Sky Battleship’!

"What is that thing?"

On the street below, a Loose Cultivator who had just arrived in the immortal city to make his way was haggling with a merchant. He sensed the commotion, looked up, and his eyes widened in shock!!!

Is that... a spirit ship?

It’s flying?!

’I’m not seeing things, am I?’

"Don’t make a fuss over nothing."

"That’s our acting City Lord Mr. Su’s vessel, the Ghostly Flood Dragon... Impressive, huh!"

The stall owner boasted with an air of nonchalant pride.

Then, he looked at the Loose Cultivator with some impatience.

"Alright, alright, are you buying this Fasting Pill or not? You’ve been haggling over two Spirit Stones for this long..."

"I’ll knock off two spirit sands for you. Buying it or not?"

"Yes! Yes, I’ll buy it!"

"Thank you, sir."

The Loose Cultivator snapped back to reality and quickly put on an eager, pleasing smile.

*Phew.*

Tucking the Fasting Pill into his robes, he felt a little more at ease and looked up again.

SWOOSH!

Bloody flames erupted from the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s vortex nozzles!

Generating immense thrust!

FWOOSH!

The entire spirit ship transformed into a streak of bloody light and shot southward!

In the sky, a trail of crimson clouds lingered for a long time.

Watching this scene, a look of yearning appeared in the Loose Cultivator’s eyes.

"So powerful..."

...

「Liuli Island.」

The main base of Liuli the Qi Clan.

In a courtyard where peach blossoms drifted down, two cultivators were enjoying tea.

One of them was the Qi Family’s Grand Ancestor, Qi Chengjian.

The other was Qi Zisheng.

This Foundation Establishment cultivator had been quite lucky.

During the fall of the White Iron Island Marketplace, he had managed a lucky escape and survived.

After enduring many hardships and finally returning to his family, he was stationed on Liuli Island to guard their ancestral lands.

But this turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as it allowed him to avoid the great Beast Tide!

At this moment, the topic of conversation between the two cultivators was precisely this great Beast Tide.

Qi Zisheng wore a solemn expression as he reported, "Ancestor, the great Beast Tide is gradually subsiding..."

"From the signs, it seems Weiyuan Immortal City’s side has achieved the final victory... Hmm, communications should be restored in half a month at most. We’ll have confirmed news then!" he added.

Qi Chengjian nodded slightly.

He took a sip of Spirit Wine and continued to ask, "In your opinion, what should the family do now?"

"Push west!" Qi Zisheng replied without hesitation.

"The Luo Family made a foolish move this time, abandoning Donglong Island and fleeing with their entire clan!"

"Now that the Beast Tide has receded, Donglong Island is ownerless territory!"

"Our clan can send people to occupy it before the Luo Family returns... establishing de facto control!"

"Even if we can’t take all of Donglong Island in the end, we can use this to haggle and secure a satisfactory share of the benefits!"

Qi Zisheng spoke fluently. He had clearly rehearsed this speech in his mind for a long time.

Hearing his words, a look of approval appeared in Qi Chengjian’s eyes.

He nodded and said, "Go ahead and do it."

"As for Su Ye... just leave him to me."

"Yes!" Qi Zisheng said joyfully.

With his ancestor’s guarantee, he could rest assured...

Eh?

’Why has the sky gone dark?’

He abruptly looked up.

BOOM!

Only to see a massive, pitch-black spirit ship blotting out the sun!

The Island Protection Array didn’t even last a second before shattering with a loud crash!

"What is this?!"

The two Foundation Establishment cultivators present wore looks of horror.

And then, a figure descended from the spirit ship!

VMM!

From his body, the unmistakable Magical Power fluctuations of the Crystal Stage erupted!

An overwhelming aura, like a blazing sun, descended upon the mortal world!

The Crystal Stage?!

"This junior pays his respects to the True Master!"

The two Qi Family Foundation Establishment cultivators’ knees went weak, and they knelt on the ground.

Feeling the terrifying spiritual pressure of a Crystal Stage master, they didn’t even dare to raise their heads!

Nor did they dare to release their Divine Sense in the slightest!

*Huuu.*

Time seemed to slow down countlessfold.

Every second felt as long as a century!

And just then, in Qi Zisheng’s ear, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly rang out.

"Mr. Qi, have you been well?"