Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 276 - 186: The Three Major Guilds Admit Defeat
This waiting lasted for half a month.
One day, half a month later, while Su Yu was cultivating inside the Sea Suppressing Realm with Qingchan, he suddenly received a message from Gu Zhiqiu:
"Big brother, members of the three major guilds have arrived."
"On my way."
He closed the communication, finished the last sip of his drink, and said to Qingchan:
"The three major guilds have arrived, let’s go take a look."
Canghai also stood up and softly asked:
"Do you need my help?"
"You focus on your cultivation."
Su Yu glanced at Canghai’s panel. At this moment, her Supreme Heart Skill, Innate Water Element Creation Celestial Book, had already been elevated to level ninety-six. Within one or two months, it should reach level one hundred, allowing her to establish the Dao Foundation without undergoing the Celestial Tribulation.
Su Yu had a realization—once she had this capability, she would further develop new abilities, and the Sea-Suppressing Pearl would undergo significant changes.
Exiting from the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, he saw that the canyon had already been transformed by craftsmen, with a city built using the canyon as its base.
However, it was just a crude framework, without any magical protection runes attached, and there was no trace of the City Defense Array.
Chu Xinyue had already arrived. About two or three dozen people were stationed a few hundred meters away, among whom were some familiar faces from the Celestial Gu Association, but he didn’t see any troops from the three major guilds.
At this moment, Su Yu heard his second brother’s voice in his ear:
"They’re here to determine whether your Dragon Transformation is a one-time or regular divine technique. If it’s confirmed that you can frequently use this move, perhaps they will withdraw without a fight."
"Understood."
Su Yu soared into the air to align with them, and instantly, all twenty-six pairs of eyes fell on him.
The three guild leaders stood side by side, exchanging glances. Standing in the middle, Yue Jingfeng, the leader of the Celestial Gu Association, spoke in a deep voice:
"I believe you already know our purpose here. No need for wasted words, let us see the reality of this move. If it’s true, our three major guilds will admit defeat and withdraw from Ten Thousand Poison Island within three months. If it’s false, hmph!"
Zeng Hongyu, the leader of the Ten Thousand Poison Association, beside him, snorted coldly:
"Directly share your panel for us to see. If you refuse, we’ll assume it’s false, and our three major guilds will immediately mobilize troops to expel you from Ten Thousand Poison Island."
Su Yu raised his eyebrows, feeling somewhat displeased, and stepped forward, saying:
"I’m pleased you are willing to back down, as it will reduce unnecessary casualties. However, I do not like the tone you use when speaking to me."
He said coldly:
"You need to be clear—it’s you who are anxious, it’s you who are afraid, not us. Whether or not to share the panel for you to see is my decision. Whether I agree or not does not affect the ownership of Ten Thousand Poison Island; it will inevitably be in my hands in the future."
He snorted coldly, scolding unceremoniously:
"If you lower your heads, do it properly. Don’t threaten while lowering your heads—it serves only to anger me and is utterly pointless."
Their anger visibly flared, with two people’s faces turning red, but no one dared make a move, and Su Yu knew they wouldn’t dare.
They had waited a month and a half to come, proving they lacked the courage to fight to the end.
They were scared—scared that he was real.
And indeed, he was real. He had enough confidence not to regard them seriously.
With the ability to transform into a true dragon once a month, he doubted any guild could withstand such a ferocious assault once a month.
Apart from the headquarters of the three major guilds, none of their branches or resource sites could withstand the attack of a super BOSS. Whenever he acted, at least one or two places would be destroyed.
Over time, no guild could endure this kind of punishment.
Don’t even mention hiring experts to attack him en masse; true, the Dragon Transformation only lasts a few minutes, and leading a group of dozens of Loose Immortals might be able to stall him until the transformation ends and then kill him.
But this only works once, and they can’t afford to hire such reinforcements repeatedly.
He wasn’t a BOSS who disappears after dying—he could resurrect. Dying once only meant losing a few years of lifespan, which they couldn’t afford to gamble against.
So, they could only bow down.
After reprimanding them and suppressing their morale, Su Yu finally opened the panel and shared this Great Divine Technique.
"Look closely. I won’t hide it from you. This divine technique can only be used once a month, but it’s enough to force you out of Ten Thousand Poison Island."
"If you’re unconvinced, you can continue to resist, but you’ll have to weigh the consequences yourself."
"You only get one chance; if you persist to the end, I won’t accept your surrender next time."
The panel-sharing Dragon Transformation Great Divine Technique’s attributes were laid out brightly before them, allowing everyone to see it clearly and fully understand.
The expressions on the faces of the three guild leaders changed constantly, showing both reluctance and relief.
Yue Jingfeng, the leader of the Celestial Gu Association, took a deep breath and cupped his fists:
"The Celestial Gu Association will withdraw from Ten Thousand Poison Island within three months."
Having said this, he turned and left, prompting Su Yu to immediately call out:
"You can retreat, but do not damage the resource sites."
He looked at the leaders of the Ten Thousand Poison Gang and Poison Dragon Gang and said:
"The same goes for you. You have three months to evacuate, and the resource sites must not be damaged."
"Additionally, I advise you to relocate your new headquarters further away. Once I establish my Dao Foundation, I can transform for at least an hour, and no one below Earth Immortal can stop me. At that time, my territory will cover at least a radius of a million kilometers. I’m sure you wouldn’t want to relocate shortly after settling in."
The few of them gritted their teeth, suppressed their anger, and cupped their hands, saying:
"No need for your concern."
"I’m just kindly reminding you. After all, I’m a benevolent person who doesn’t wish to cause unnecessary bloodshed."
The remaining people twitched their mouths and bid farewell.
After they left, the second brother looked at him in surprise, up and down, and said:
"Not bad, you have that vibe."
After a pause, he squeezed out a sentence:
"Even my master can’t act as well as you."
Su Yu laughed heartily and said:
"Can’t compare to Master Mingsu."
Everyone joked around and returned, and soon, dozens of senior leaders above guild captain level gathered for a meeting.
Chu Xinyue briefly informed the guild leaders who hadn’t been present before of what had happened, raised her eyes to look at Su Yu, and gestured for him to take the floor:
"The three major guilds have already conceded. The remaining small and medium guilds on Ten Thousand Poison Island are no match for us. Next, we need to consider the guild’s development plan, and this will be fully overseen by Vice President Su Yu."
Su Yu accepted the task without hesitation, cupped his hands towards Chu Xinyue, and said:
"There are only three urgent tasks now. The first is to publicize this matter, then send a notice to all guilds on the island. Those unwilling to merge into our guild must leave within three months."
"The second is to assemble a team to go around Ten Thousand Poison Island to inventory the resource points of the major guilds. Be careful not to conflict with them; just inventory, so it’s easier to take over once they leave."
"The third is recruitment. Send people to the gathering points of players across the island to recruit guild members. The first batch is expected to recruit 100,000 people, prioritizing the young, with a maximum age of no more than 50."
"Additionally, if any small and medium guilds want to merge into our guild, they should be disbanded and integrated into various teams. I don’t want too many factions within the guild."
"That’s temporarily all. Does anyone have any additions? Feel free to speak."
As soon as he sat down, Chu Xiaoyu immediately raised her hand and asked:
"As far as I know, besides these guilds, there are also many bases established by various forces around the area that use the poisonous insects and resources of Ten Thousand Poison Island. These bases do not participate in local disputes. Should we notify them? Should everything remain the same, or be treated equally?"
Su Yu pursed his lips, looked at Chu Xinyue and second brother and sister-in-law individually, and asked:
"Second brother, do you know about these bases, and do you think we should expel them?"
Su Huan said solemnly:
"I think we can expel them. In the past, they occupied resource sites and established bases because the three major guilds balanced each other and couldn’t do anything about it. Now that Ten Thousand Poison Island is about to be unified, there’s no need to care about the face of those guilds."
Then the sister-in-law Meng Siyi also added:
"Driving them away has an advantage. We would monopolize Ten Thousand Poison Island, and all the poisonous insect resources of the East Sea would be in our hands. If these guilds need these resources, they will only be able to purchase them from us. This can be an extremely generous income."
"I previously investigated. If we can monopolize this business, just selling ordinary poisonous insects could bring in over 50,000 gold a month."
Su Yu’s eyes instantly lit up, and he waved his hand without hesitation:
"Then no need to consider, drive them all away."
Damn, 50,000 gold a month, 600,000 gold a year. Why even consider?
And they now have enough strength to suppress them, no need to consider giving face to those guilds.
Two hours later, the meeting ended, and one order after another was sent out from the canyon, and soon teams flew off in all directions, starting to spread the news of the surrender and impending unification of Ten Thousand Poison Island by the three major guilds.
The news shook the entire island.
Many big and small forces and individuals were incredulous and sought confirmation from the three major guilds.
The three major guilds didn’t respond, but the withdrawal of many members, the retreat of garrison troops at major resource points, and other actions showed that it was true.
The main reason these people left the three major guilds was their focus on Gu Dao. If they left Ten Thousand Poison Island, they would have no way to supplement their Gu insects regularly, so of course, they wouldn’t leave.
At this time, Thousand Star Hall’s recruitment teams arrived, and many members who had left the guilds applied to join Thousand Star Hall.
Thousand Star Hall treated these former guild members equally, accepting all who met the standards.
For these new recruits, they were all uniformly managed, and after a preliminary assessment of one month, they would be assigned to the three groups and other major teams.
After discussing with Chu Xinyue, the second brother, and sister-in-law, Su Yu adjusted the guild structure.
In the future, the guild will only have three main groups and will not add new main groups, and the number of members in the three main groups will be limited to 10% of the guild’s total membership. That is, if the guild has 100,000 official members, the upper limit for each main group is just 10,000 more.
If the guild later dominates Ten Thousand Poison Island, with members totaling 300,000, 500,000, the number of main group members corresponds to 30,000 and 50,000.
The remaining members will be organized into teams, each team having only 20% of the main group’s size.
If the main group has 10,000 people, a team will only have 2,000 people, and so on.
Also, the guild will have no independent teams. In the future, any force merging into the guild must be disbanded and integrated, with no independent teams allowed.
