Xu Ningying nodded.

She looked at Su Qing’s face, which reminded her of the pretty boys kept by the nobles in Shangjing.

Xu Ningying was skeptical.

"Xu Fairy? Are there really Immortals in this world?"

Su Qing asked casually as he walked over.

"How rude, Su Qiren!"

One of the Wang Family masters from a lesser branch snapped at Su Qing, his expression ugly. Su Qing was nothing compared to Xu Ningying.

Su Qing was just one person, whereas Xu Ningying was backed by a powerful force. More importantly, she was an Immortal.

"Of course there are Immortals."

Xu Ningying ignored the Wang Family master beside her.

She answered with a haughty expression. The moment she saw Su Qing, she knew he was just an ordinary person.

"I am an Immortal who practices Immortal Cultivation."

’Immortal Cultivation?’

The moment Su Qing heard that, he grew tense.

After all, the Realm his Synthesizer had given him always felt rather low-level.

"Fairy, I was wondering, could I practice Immortal Cultivation?"

Su Qing became nervous.

’Who knows how powerful this woman is? After all, Immortal Cultivators are supposed to be incredibly strong, right?’

"You? I don’t know. But Immortal Cultivators all have one-in-ten-thousand talent," Xu Ningying said nonchalantly, looking at Su Qing.

"I hear you can repel a Demon Fiend?"

Hearing this, Su Qing nodded in response. "Yes, Fairy, I can repel a Demon Fiend."

"How strong was the Demon Fiend?"

Xu Ningying’s main concern was just how powerful the Demon Fiend was.

"Quite powerful. It was impervious to blades. Only my fists seemed to be able to injure it."

"..."

"Impervious to blades?" After hearing this, Xu Ningying silently glanced at the Head of the Wang Family, Wang Ligui.

Wang Ligui broke out in a cold sweat.

"I heard that Su Qiren could repel the Demon Fiend with his fists, so I assumed it was impervious to blades," Wang Ligui said with a forced, fawning smile, though his eyes held a flicker of annoyance as he looked at Su Qing.

Su Qing saw it but didn’t care...

"A Demon Fiend impervious to blades... and you managed to repel it?"

Xu Ningying was stunned. She stared at Su Qing as a thought surfaced in her mind. ’This man’s Yang Qi is so potent?’

’Could it be that he has a pure Yang constitution?’

"Of course. I’m just a mortal who knows a few moves. It’s normal for my vitality to be a bit stronger," Su Qing said from the side.

Now that he knew the woman before him was an Immortal Cultivator...

...Su Qing was eager to get on her good side.

He especially wanted to get an Immortal Cultivation Technique from her.

’If only I could get one.’

"A Martial Artist with powerful vitality?" Xu Ningying couldn’t help but look at Su Qing.

Su Qing nodded. "I do indeed practice martial arts."

Xu Ningying had never seen a mortal rely on vitality alone to deal with such a Great Demon Fiend.

"You truly are an extraordinary person. Your talent for martial arts must be very high, right?"

Xu Ningying asked.

Su Qing fell silent and didn’t answer the question.

It was like someone asking you about your true strength.

Strength was like a trump card. If you didn’t reveal it, no one would know what you were truly capable of unless they fought you.

"It’s a secret."

Su Qing didn’t answer.

Xu Ningying lost interest. So what if this Su Qiren had a high talent for martial arts? What was the use?

He was still no match for an Immortal Cultivator like her.

The director of the Demon-Extermination Bureau could fly.

With a single Magical Treasure, any Great Demon Fiend would be reduced to ash.

How could she possibly have much interest in Su Qing?

"Patriarch of the Wang Family, show me to my resting place."

...

"Take care, Fairy."

Su Qing said with a smile, seeing her off.

He now knew that Immortal Cultivation really did exist in this world.

’In that case, if I just synthesize a Cultivation Technique, won’t becoming an Immortal and an ancestor be more than just a dream?’

Feeling a surge of excitement, he waited until everyone had left.

Then, he couldn’t help but start practicing the Cyan Snake Posture in the courtyard again.

He was close to a breakthrough with the Cyan Snake Posture.

How could Su Qing slack off now?

Especially since he had enough silver again and had just confirmed that Immortals truly existed.

Su Qing really wanted to run off to Shangjing to see for himself.

He wanted to see what Immortal Cultivation was all about.

But first, he had to strengthen his Cyan Snake Posture.

In truth, Su Qing was still terrified of how weak he was.

’Four days at most.’

Su Qing silently calculated the amount of silver and Great Replenishing Pills he had.

The Wang Family had been quite generous.

Su Qing still had thirty taels of silver left to spend.

That was enough silver to synthesize at least fifteen Great Replenishing Pills.

’I’ll replicate the Cyan Snake Posture again tonight.’

’After I break through with the Cyan Snake Posture, I’ll leave the Wang Family, go outside to pull weeds for synthesis, and grind the Synthesizer’s level.’

Su Qing looked at his Synthesizer’s level; it was simply too low.

——

Host: Su Qing.

Realm: Eighth Layer of Body Tempering [Second Layer Cyan Snake Posture (Evolution): Mastery (812/1000)]

Synthesis Level 3 (36/400) [Synthesis Success Rate +3%, Mutated +1%, Evolution +1%, Divinization +1%]

——

...

He had to grind to at least Level 10. By then, the Synthesis Success Rate would increase to 10%.

His plan was to get the Evolution Talent to 10% or higher.

Then he would make other plans.

As for those Talents that required multiple Talent Points to unlock...

...Su Qing didn’t even need to think about them.

They were too far off.

The Evolution Talent alone was enough for him for now.

The prerequisite was that after reaching Level 4, Su Qing needed to put another point into the Demonization Talent.

That way, he would have unlocked almost all the Talents that only required one Talent Point.

He just needed to focus on Evolution and leave the rest to their 1% trigger rates.

...

After finishing his Cultivation, Su Qing had a sudden thought. ’I was far too reckless today.’

’To think I used such an inquisitive tone with an Immortal Cultivator.’

Su Qing recalled the dog-eat-dog nature of the Immortal Cultivation Worlds from his past life.

He remembered plots where even members of the same Sect would backstab each other.

Su Qing felt he had been far too reckless today.

After gaining some power, Su Qing felt he had gotten a bit full of himself.

’Can’t get so full of myself like today, Su Qing, oh, Su Qing.’

Su Qing shook his head.

After washing up, he lay down on his bed.

"Replicate Second Layer Cyan Snake Posture."

Then, his head grew heavy, and he drifted off to sleep.

...

"Demon Fiend! Demon Fiend!"

Su Qing’s eyes snapped open.

The two words "Demon Fiend" jolted him awake.

He grabbed the blade by his bed.

Su Qing rushed out the door.

He leaped onto the three-meter-high courtyard wall and saw the glow of fire in the distance.

He headed over.

When Su Qing arrived, he saw the Demon Fiend that looked like a black mist—or rather, Wang Li.

The Fairy was currently fighting Wang Li.

Xu Ningying didn’t dare to be careless.

Her sword was wreathed in a fiery light, like an aurora clinging to the blade.

She raised her sword to block, then thrust it forward.

Sometimes an upward flick, sometimes a slash...

’This is an Immortal?’

Su Qing watched, having thought this Xu Fairy would be much stronger.

’In the end, she’s too weak. Her sword is too slow, her strikes are feeble. Only the fire on the blade has any real power.’

However, much of the black mist around the Demon Fiend had dissipated, a clear sign that it was injured.

Amidst the flickering firelight...

Xu Ningying’s face was pale. Her Spiritual Power was nearly depleted.

But the Demon Fiend facing her was a different story.

Xu Ningying desperately wanted to leave, but the Wang Family was behind her.

’What would they think if they saw me in this state?’

’Doubt? Suspicion?’

"Xu Fairy, I’ll help you."

When Su Qing’s voice rang out, it was like a sound from heaven to Xu Ningying’s ears.

She was just about to respond...

...when she saw Su Qing had already thrown a punch.

The Demon Fiend was sent flying in an instant.

Then, moving with a speed unlike before, Su Qing seemed to chase after the Demon Fiend in Xu Ningying’s eyes.

...

A moment later, Su Qing returned.

"The Demon Fiend got away again."

"Fighting with fists is such a pain. I hit it once, and it runs off."

Su Qing shook his head and said, his voice raised slightly.

Xu Ningying knew that his words were definitely not meant for her.