Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 14 Sword Fight and Shock

"Who's going to play next?"

The remaining three looked at each other. Finally, Gu Zhiqiu raised his hand and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Su Yu:

"Let me go!"

Everyone thought about it and nodded:
"Okay, victory or failure depends on this one shake!"

Zhuang Zhuo shook his head and said:
"Brother Su won't necessarily lose."

Su Yu smiled slightly, stepped out from the crowd, clasped his hands and bowed:
"Su Yu!"

Li Tianjie's expression became serious and he said:

"I remember you were in the second echelon."

"Luckily, I was one step faster."

Li Tianjie's face showed a fighting spirit, eager to try:

"I also want to see the strength of your second echelon. Please!"

With a thought, the red flame flying centipedes surrounding him spread out and pounced towards him.

Su Yu opened his mouth and a sword light flew out, quickly growing into a ten-meter sword rainbow that swept across the flying centipede.

The faint sound of wind and thunder was heard, and the people watching the show on the Fire Spirit Boat in the back were stunned. Many of them jumped up directly, with a look of surprise and uncertainty on their faces:

"Sword Qi Thunder Sound?"

"real or fake?"

The sword rainbow rushed into the group of flying centipedes like a dragon and fought back and forth twice, and then two red flame flying centipedes broke into two and fell down.

Su Yu combined his sword fingers and urged them back and forth. The flying sword shuttled back and forth among the flying centipedes like an elf, extremely agile.

In just a few seconds, eight of the flying centipedes died before they flew over. Li Tianjie was so scared that he hurriedly urged the flying centipedes to disperse, and then took out the black gourd and released a black line to spray over.

Su Yu opened his protective shield to block the black line coming towards him. All other spells and magic weapons were useless. He just mobilized his magic power. The Ice Soul Sword shook and the cold air spread out. The two red flame flying centipedes on the side slowed down. The sword light flexibly circled around the flying centipedes. At the same time, five damage jumped up, and the flying centipede directly broke into three parts and fell down.

"Damn, this swordsmanship!"

Shi Ning, Meng Chen and others were very surprised. Zhuang Zhuo said with a proud look:

"I told you guys a long time ago, Brother Su is very powerful."

"It's more than just powerful, it's a sword energy and thunder sound!"

"Nimma, it's only been a month and you've already reached the sword realm. Brother Su is going to take off in the future."

After a while, more than a dozen red flame flying centipedes died. Li Tianjie took back the remaining flying centipedes with a look of heartache and shouted loudly:

"I surrender!"

Su Yu reached out and took back the Ice Soul, then clasped his fists and bowed:
"Concession!"

Then he bowed to the Fire Spirit Boat behind him and asked:
"Who's next?"

Li Hai finally came back to his senses, a smile appeared on his face and he waved his hand:

"No need to compete, you won, this place belongs to you."

"Captain, we haven't..."

The other two newcomers were silenced by several senior experts before they could finish their words. Li Hai smiled and said to Su Yu:
"It's okay, we'll leave first."

The group boarded the boat and left quickly.

"Boss, why don't you let us go? We are both in the second tier. There is only one of them. Just beat him."

On the flying boat, one of the newcomers looked dissatisfied.

Li Hai glanced at him and shook his head:
"Don't be dissatisfied, you are definitely not his opponent."

"So what if you're good at swordsmanship? At this stage, everyone's cultivation is about the same, and their methods are nothing special. Why do you think we can't beat them?"

"Why? Hehe."

Li Hai glanced at his younger brother, who looked dissatisfied, and explained patiently:
"Do you know what it means to unlock the realm of swordsmanship now?"

"What does it mean?"

"This thing is also called the Sword Immortal's Foundation, the Immortal Gate Ticket, the Master Club Ticket, and the Guild High-Level Candidate List Ticket."

"A newcomer who can reach the realm of swordsmanship within three years of awakening, as long as he doesn't die midway, will at least become a famous master in the future. He can join a sect and hold a high position. If he develops well, he may even have the opportunity to survive the heavenly tribulation and become a wandering immortal, with a lifespan of hundreds of years, becoming the overlord of a region."

"Now that he hasn't gained any power, let's make a good relationship with him. If we offend him, we will suffer in the future."

"Is this true? Is it really that powerful?"

"More powerful than you think."

"After all, he has only awakened to the swordsmanship realm in just one month, so the probability of him being promoted to a Loose Immortal is quite high."

He didn't say the last sentence, but turned back to open the panel, saw that the friend request he had just sent was approved, and quickly sent a message:
"Brother Su, this time it's my fault. I owe you a favor. If you need any help in the future, just let me know."

A few people responded:
"Brother Li is serious."

"Don't be polite. You were indeed the first to discover this place. I was greedy."

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After closing the communication, Su Yu let out a breath.

The huge change before and after left him speechless.

However, this shows how extraordinary it is that he opened up the realm of swordsmanship so early.

No one disturbed them. The five of them had a brief discussion and started to clear the insects on the island from the east side.

There are no monsters on the island, only insects. Their levels are not very high, ranging from ten to thirty levels. However, there are many of them, often in groups.

If Su Yu was alone, it would be a bit troublesome. Although the flying sword is sharp, it would be troublesome if he encountered thousands of insects.

But Zhuang Zhuo and the others all majored in the art of witchcraft, each holding a banner of a hundred witches. The four of them together could gather hundreds of various kinds of witches, enough to hold off a group of monsters.

It took almost a whole day to clear the area from the east to the west of the island. During this time, we encountered people passing by twice, but when we saw that they had already started, we gave up and left.

The next day, the five of them gathered in front of the Spirit Eye in the center of the island. Shi Ning circled around the Spirit Eye and said in surprise:
"Hey, there should be a BOSS here."

The spirit eye is located in a large pit. The stone at the bottom of the pit has been polished to a shine by something, and there are some small scales at the bottom that look like snake scales.

"It must have been cleaned up before, and it hasn't been refreshed yet."

"Never mind him. Once we build a base, the boss won't spawn anymore."

Zhuang Zhuo walked around and came back and said:
"My plan is to build a small base first. I'll go back and hire a few craftsmen to build the base and then set up the Gu Refining Pit."

He glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice:

"I roughly calculated that the base material cost plus the craftsman's fee is about 10 taels of gold. Everyone should share 2 taels of gold each."

"Also, building a Gu refining pit requires blueprints. A small Gu refining pit blueprint costs 4 taels of gold, while a medium-sized one costs 12 taels of gold. We plan to build one medium-sized pit and two small ones, which will cost 20 taels of gold in total. Including materials and craftsman fees, the total will be around 25 taels of gold."

"The total investment is 35 taels of gold, divided equally among everyone. Each person needs to invest 7 taels of gold."

The five people looked at each other, and Shi Ning, Gu Zhiqiu and others nodded: "Okay!"

"I'm OK."

When it was Su Yu's turn, he said:
"I don't have that much cash, but I have over 300 guild contributions, which I can exchange for a small Gu Refining Pit blueprint and some materials. How about using cash for the rest?"

"Of course, I'll buy it anyway."

He breathed a sigh of relief and discussed with them which items would be contributed by the guild and which would be purchased with money.

After the discussion, the team left Zhuang Zhuo, Shi Ning and Gu Zhiqiu behind, while Su Yu and Meng Chen returned to the guild's base in the swamp to exchange materials.

After returning to the base, he spent 200 guild contribution points to directly exchange for a small Gu pit blueprint, and spent another 150 contribution points to exchange for materials for building the Gu pit. These will be deducted from 5 gold, and he only needs to pay 2 taels of gold himself.

After spending all this, he was left with only 62 taels of silver and 11 points of guild contribution, and instantly fell back into poverty.

After buying the things, the two returned with a large amount of materials and five hired craftsmen.

What followed was a vigorous construction project. Several people used magic to burn all the trees in the area marked out in the center of the island, and leveled the protruding ground. The craftsmen took out the materials and began hammering and pounding to build the base.

The materials were easily changed in the hands of the craftsmen through their unique spells. They used spells to level the ground, dig out the foundation, and shape the irregular stones into one-meter-long bluestones. Then they used the craftsmen's secret method to drive brilliant runes into the bluestones to strengthen the stone.

After all, the other side is a world of immortals and heroes, and the monsters are all demons and monsters with amazing power. Ordinary stone walls cannot stop them.

Only stone and wood that have been refined through secret methods can withstand the impact.

It took only two days to build a city wall about ten feet high and three feet wide.

It took another two days to lay thick stone slabs on the ground.

Then a site was selected to build the Gu pit. The medium-sized Gu pit was built above the central spirit eye, and two small ones were built next to it.

Residential buildings, warehouses, and a small square are built around it to facilitate the stay of outsiders.

Su Yu didn't stay here every day. The five of them took turns watching over the construction site, while others took turns going to the waters on the edge of the island to kill monsters and level up.

You must have a career, but you must never stop improving your abilities.

I go out early and come back late every day, and every time I come back I can see the huge changes in the base.

At noon on the seventh day, the base was officially completed.

After giving each craftsman a red envelope, the five people stood at the base excitedly.

"We will have our own foundation in the future."

"Hurry up, start refining some water first. I can't wait any longer."

Several people squeezed to the medium-sized Gu refining pit in the center of the base. There was a huge tripod embedded in the ground with a diameter of about 50 meters. The inner walls were made of high-strength metal, which was as strong as flying swords and magic weapons, ensuring that the Gu worms inside could not break through the wall and escape.

In addition, the Gu pit has an extra-large metal cover.

The lid is nearly a meter thick and has many hollow holes and grooves, which are where the materials for refining poison are placed.

Gu Zhiqiu rubbed his hands excitedly and said:
"What should I refine first? I have a batch of blood-whiskered mosquito eggs. Do you want to practice with them?"

"Okay, this is cheap, and I won't feel bad if I fail."

"Then I'll do it."

He took out a gourd and opened it, and countless bean-like insect eggs fell through the hole in the lid.

Then he took out other materials, such as the essence and blood of various monsters, various medicinal herbs, etc., and poured them into the holes on the different lids of the cauldron. Then he pressed his palm on the lid of the cauldron and injected magic power. The cauldron lit up slightly and sprayed out a faint blood-colored light.

If it is a normal Gu pit, it will only spray out the medicinal materials or blood mist placed in advance.

But there is a spiritual eye at the bottom of their poison pit, which can draw out spiritual energy and mix it with medicinal herbs to enhance the efficacy of the medicine.

The next step was to wait. Every once in a while, Gu Zhiqiu would take out a portion of the monster's blood and pour it into the groove on the lid of the cauldron. After it was transformed by the cauldron, it would be sprayed into the cauldron.

The eggs inside quickly hatch into insects under the catalysis of the Gu Refining Device and then grow.

When they grew to a certain size, Gu Zhiqiu activated the secret method of refining poison to make the blood-whiskered mosquitoes inside start to kill each other.

Through the function of the Gu refining device, every time the Gu insect inside kills a member of the same species, it will completely absorb the essence of the same species and become stronger.

The so-called Gu refining is a fight between thousands of Gu to determine the one with the strongest strength and destiny.

After one stick of incense, Gu Zhiqiu suddenly showed a look of joy:
"It's done!"

He quickly made hand gestures to start the Gu Refining Cauldron to finish its work, slightly opened the lid, took out a black bowl and shone it on the lid. A blood-whispering mosquito as big as a fist and with a strong bloody glow flew out of the cauldron and disappeared into the bowl.

"let me see."

Several people gathered around to check it out, and Shi Ning also showed a happy expression:
"Sure, you'll start at level 13."

"I remember that normal Blood Mosquitoes only start at level 10."

"It's my turn this time."

Shi Ning came to the Gu Ding, took out a bag, poured out what seemed to be hundreds of red snakes as thick as fingers and threw them into the bag.

The same procedure was followed, and after one stick of incense, the cauldron opened, and a three-meter-long red-refined snake of level 24 was taken out.

"Yes, we're about to take off."

After Zhuang Zhuo and Meng Chen tried them one by one, the five of them returned to the main building lobby and chatted for a while, working out the rules of the base and the distribution of the Gu pits.

It’s very simple, just take turns, whether it’s the main pit or the two secondary pits.

There are 30 days in a month, and five people use 6 days each.

Among them, Su Yu had not learned the method of refining Gu, so he could not use it for the time being. After discussing it, everyone decided to give him an extra subsidy after the Gu they needed were refined and the Gu pit started to make a profit.

However, although he did not learn the method of refining poison, he could not do nothing, so he went back to the guild headquarters, bought a few things, and learned a life profession by the way - collecting herbs.

Collecting herbs: When you encounter spiritual herbs while leveling up outside, you can collect them directly, which is also a source of income.

What I bought was a Gu bag, which can be used to collect Gu worms.

There is no way to collect insects with levels, so you can only collect larvae without levels to make Gu.

From the beginning of its construction to the ninth day, their small base finally got on track.

Zhuang Zhuo and others stayed in the base every day to refine Gu, preparing to replenish their Hundred Gu Banners before considering making money.

Su Yu didn't need to refine the Gu, so he discussed with them and decided to go out alone to level up.

When everyone heard this, they nodded:

"Of course you can. The quiz will start in a month. You are the strongest in our team. We will have to rely on you to hold the fort in the future."

After a few people discussed it, Su Yu left the base.

He found a shallow area in the nearby waters, dived into the water, and disappeared.

As soon as he entered the water, the black water pearl on his body lit up, creating a waterless space with a diameter of about three meters, wrapping him up and sinking him into the water.

The swamp water is quite clear and you can see very far away.

The poisonous fog swamp is only a shallow water area that is dirty and messy, with poisonous creatures rampant. The water quality in some deep water areas is still very clean, and there are also a large number of aquatic monsters in it.

Less than 20 meters after diving into the water, he saw a group of black fish spirits of about level 40 swimming in front of him. He immediately stretched out his hand and pointed, and Bingpo, dragging fine ice spikes, pierced through the lake water and followed the last black fish spirit, circling around it twice, and immediately a long string of damage soared.

(End of this chapter)