Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 283 - 193: Traveling Abroad, Venturing Overseas
PS: Brothers, at the end of the month, I’m asking for a wave of monthly tickets.
"Go out and travel!"
With Qingchan gone, Su Yu found himself seemingly without anything to do.
The guild has the cabinet handling things, so there’s no need to stay here every day. As the head, I just need to maintain strong power, there’s no fear of being sidelined.
The Demon Fire Golden Banner is under repair and will take at least a year to reforge.
The sect doesn’t need daily visits; the grand test for the Xuankong Seven Sons’ title is still more than half a year away, but it’s not mandatory, if I can’t make it this batch, I can wait for the next.
This title has an age limit of a hundred years, and I’m still young, there’s no need to be anxious.
The Immortal Bone materials are not a concern; I have money now.
As the head of the guild, the funds I can control far exceed imagination. With the current territory and income of the Thousand Star Hall, hundreds of thousands of gold are just small K.S.
In Su Yu’s current situation, his Daoist skills have all been perfected, there’s no need to practice anything deliberately. The next step is to grind monsters steadily, accumulate cultivation points and Dao achievement, until all cultivation skills reach perfection, all Immortal Bones are refined and the immortal body is built. Then, like Qingchan, I can start tribulation to establish the Dao Foundation.
This is estimated to take at least three years, at most five years.
But I don’t need to stay home leveling up daily; as a Loose Immortal, just staying at home is not a good choice, it’s still better to venture out.
Just like Qingchan, when she came to Blue Mountain Island, she had all the Divine Techniques and Dao skills prepared, only lacking accumulation. That’s why she traveled a long way to Blue Mountain Island. Now that the accumulation is complete, she went back to Divine Land to prepare for the tribulation.
"So, the only question now is where to travel?"
"Forget about Blue Mountain Island, there’s nothing to explore."
"There are indeed many places I haven’t been to in the East Sea, but now in the Feixing Islands waters, who doesn’t know me."
"Hmm, I can only go overseas."
"Oh, there’s a place worth checking out."
He suddenly remembered what his ancestor had said, northeast of Blue Mountain Island, over a billion kilometers away, there’s a large island where the Celestial Derivation Immortal Sect, who took the other half of the Profound Court Manual, is located.
"I can go there to take a look, just to make a preliminary visit and understand the situation of the Celestial Derivation Immortal Sect. Later, after establishing the Dao Foundation and becoming a Loose Immortal, I can go there to find a way to retrieve the other half of the Celestial Book."
Without delay, Su Yu began preparations.
First, he drew another two hundred thousand from the guild, returned to Xuanzhen Immortal City, and bought five pieces of Five Elements Divine Crystals and fifteen gourds of Yuan Magnetic Essence, spending a total of 150,000 gold.
With the materials in hand, as long as enough cultivation points and Dao achievement are gathered, Immortal Bones can be refined on the spot.
Then he went back to the sect to find his ancestor and asked for a Great Transposition Divine Talisman and an Earth Immortal Talisman for protection.
The Great Transposition Divine Talisman can teleport across billions of kilometers, allowing a return from anywhere.
After everything was arranged, he spent substantial funds to purchase some essential travel items.
Then he returned to Ten Thousand Poison Island to find Chu Xinyue, who was cultivating within the Golden Spirit Peak, took out the Five Elements Scripture and Little Five Elements Scripture, handed them to her, and said:
"I’m going out for training, not sure when I’ll be back. Please keep these for now."
Chu Xinyue slightly parted her red lips but didn’t know what to say for a moment; she smiled after a while:
"You haven’t yet experienced tribulation, so it indeed requires more practice."
"How long will you be gone this time? Where are you going to train?"
"To train overseas, duration is about a year and a half, maybe longer. I’ll return before the Foundation Establishment."
"I remember two of the Seven Sons of Xuankong Mountain are giving up their titles by the end of this year. Aren’t you going to compete?"
Su Yu laughed:
"It’s okay, I’ll wait for the next batch, at most just a few years later."
"Indeed."
Chu Xinyue reached out and took the two original Scriptures, put them away, and smiled:
"It’s fortunate that I can cultivate here in the Grotto Heaven without wandering around."
Su Yu nodded and said:
"It’s indeed a good place. I hope that when I return, Sister Xinyue’s cultivation will have greatly improved."
They chatted for a while; Su Yu said goodbye, then greeted his second brother and sister-in-law and arranged some work before leaving Ten Thousand Poison Island alone with Ao Run, flying towards the northeast.
"The spring river’s tide connects with the sea, the moon on the sea rises with the tide, glittering and following the waves for thousands of miles...."
The Flying Ship flew over the sea, the cold moonlight scattering over the sea, with emerald waves rising and falling.
Su Yu sat on the deck drinking fine wine, Ao Run lay beside him with his round belly up, holding a jar of fine wine in one paw, chugging it down, occasionally spilling wine that slid down the sapphire-like scales.
"I haven’t felt this relaxed in a long time."
Su Yu reflected on this journey of cultivation, with event after event, almost continuously.
This time he didn’t rush on his journey, leisurely defeating monsters during the day and singing with wine at night, quite carefree and comfortable.
Unfortunately, Qingchan wasn’t there, only Ao Run was with him.
As he was deep in thought, a cool sensation interrupted his thoughts, and looking back, he saw the drunken Ao Run crawling over, shaking a jar of wine and slurring:
"Master, another jar."
"Damn, how did you drink so fast?"
"You’ve drunk all my wine."
It’s quite speechless, and who knows when a dragon turned into a big drunkard, finishing off a hundred-pound jar of wine in just a few gulps, faster than him.
There was definitely no wine left, letting her drink freely would mean he couldn’t brew it fast enough.
He picked her up and stuffed her into the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, while Su Yu lay on the deck to rest, letting the Flying Ship move forward on its own.
They traveled onward, unaware of the passage of time.
A month and a half later, Su Yu was far away from Ten Thousand Poison Island, venturing deep into the ocean.
The deeper into the ocean he went, the rarer human presence became, and it was a long time before he saw any players, those who ventured this deep were almost all elite teams or experts, and occasionally there were fleeting flashes of flight high in the sky, which were causally passing Loose Immortal experts.
Similarly, the deeper into the sea he went, the fewer the islands became, often he had to fly for a long time before occasionally spotting one.
Most islands were uninhabited, many were quite large with numerous spirit monsters, but there were few people on them.
Su Yu understood that this was because the spirit monster levels were too high in the depths of the ocean, unsuitable for ordinary players to level up on, guilds wouldn’t choose such places to establish headquarters either.
In these places, the spirit monsters were densely packed and numerous, and as no players had killed them, they crowded and killed each other, leading to very high levels among them.
Every time Su Yu arrived somewhere, he would stop and accompanied by Ao Run, go through and clear the area.
Nowadays, his strength was already very powerful, even without transforming into a dragon, his combat power was enough to surpass the average Loose Immortal.
A single innate water thunder strike could basically annihilate almost all enemies, only bosses could withstand it.
Even ordinary bosses were no match for Ao Run, making it almost effortless.
He didn’t gain much from the slaughter experience, but accumulated a good deal of Dao cultivation.
It’s worth mentioning that Ao Run’s level was already very high, a year ago it was level 160, and afterward, it was dispatched to the guild to help people train every day, and now its level has reached 168.
As the levels go higher, it naturally becomes difficult to advance, the remaining 32 levels would ordinarily take around ten years to max out.
Even with the Sea-Suppressing Pearl providing a huge amount of Spiritual Qi, it could only cut the time in half, still taking at least five years to reach level 199.
And reaching level 199 was just the beginning, afterward preparations for the tribulation crossing would still be required. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Dragon Race tribulation crossing.....
At least prepare a few Defense Treasures for her, and enhance her Dragon Race bloodline.
Treasures were not too important, beasts and mythological creatures mainly relied on their physical bodies to withstand the tribulation, and their physique depends on their bloodline. If the great Divine Techniques, Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture, could be advanced by two more layers to the seventh layer before the tribulation crossing, the template could be advanced to the legendary level.
A legendary template true dragon is far stronger than a same-type mythical creature, with at least a ninety percent chance of successfully crossing the tribulation.
The premise is not to be too unlucky to encounter the strongest types of heavenly tribulations....
The methods to upgrade the true dragon template include refining a higher-level True Dragon Bloodline, obtaining the Power of Heavenly Dao infusion, or succeeding in crossing the tribulation to upgrade the template.
An unparalleled template true dragon crossing the second heavenly tribulation is guaranteed to advance to the legendary template.
While a legendary template true dragon crossing the second heavenly tribulation has a chance to advance to the mythological template.
Forget the heavenly tribulation, once the heavenly tribulation is crossed, there’s no point in discussing it.
Heavenly Dao power infusion is tough to come by, where can one find a way to obtain the infusion of the Power of Heavenly Dao?
The most reliable method remains acquiring a higher-level True Dragon Bloodline.
However, Ao Run has a fourth option, which is to enhance the great Divine Techniques Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture, refining the True Dragon Bloodline.
Thinking of this, Su Yu beckoned for Ao Run, the arm-thick emerald-blue small dragon obediently curled in his lap as he stroked it, the cool touch still so comfortable.
"From now on, half of all your cultivation and Dao cultivation gains should be allocated to the Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture."
Ao Run raised its head, its gaze clear, only knowing to nod.
Two months later, Su Yu had left the sea region of Blue Mountain Island, arriving at the vast ocean where it connected with other regions.
They were now more than 30 million kilometers away from Blue Mountain Island, having flown so far that there was no sign of human activity. It had been over ten days since the last sighting of a stray Loose Immortal expert.
The sea here was so deep that it was black, and so deep that it was daunting, the spirit monsters exposed above the water’s surface were already above level 100, and gigantic beasts would often emerge from the water.
Here, over two-hundred-level giant monsters, seldom seen nearer to the shore, were everywhere, and occasionally, there were super-giant beasts as large as islands surpassing level 300.
Su Yu no longer dared to train at sea here, even with Ao Run present, he didn’t dare to, choosing to focus on traveling.
He didn’t dare to use the Innate Water Escape Skill, as that speed was too fast and could easily cause a deviation in direction.
To accelerate, Su Yu expended cultivation points and Dao cultivation, raising the Profound Court Spiritual Light Escape Skill to the third layer.
Ascending to the second layer required 2 billion experience and 2000 Dao cultivation points.
Ascending to the third layer required 10 billion experience and 10,000 Dao cultivation points, and could increase his spiritual flight speed by 500%.
His current base spiritual flight speed was 7000 kilometers per hour; 500% was 35,000 kilometers per hour. Flying non-stop would be 840,000 kilometers a day, 25,000,000 kilometers in a month.
According to his master’s ancestor, the place in question was over a hundred million kilometers from Blue Mountain Island.
"Hmm, even at full speed, it would take three to four months to reach."
However, this was only theoretical, as there was no way he could travel nonstop day and night for months.
Su Yu wasn’t in a hurry, running about twenty hours a day, spending the remaining time returning to the Sea-Suppressing Pearl to rest, make wine, practice Swordsmanship, and enjoy tender moments with Vast Sea, turning a should-be tedious journey into something akin to a divine experience, finding no dullness in it whatsoever.
A spiritual light cut across the void, racing at lightning speed.
Suddenly, at a certain moment, the light paused, revealing a figure; it was Su Yu, staring in surprise at the dark sea below, where a familiar giant wooden divine ship was gathering monsters to train.
"Have we already arrived at the place?"
