Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 222 The Fruit of Merit, One Million Merits
The Immortal Abode's treasure room is a spiritual pool spanning over a thousand square meters, filled with extremely concentrated, liquefied spiritual water. In the center of this spiritual pool stand twelve white jade bases, supported by flowing light, with cloud platforms shrouded in spiritual mist.

There are three large altars and nine small altars. The large altars are arranged in the center in a triangular pattern, while the nine small altars surround the four sides. Each altar contains a treasure, which is protected by a ring of inverted bowls.

Everyone immediately looked at the three large spiritual platforms, which each held a cauldron, a Taoist book, and a red jade gourd.

The cauldron was a ninth-tier rare treasure called the Myriad Transformations Mother Cauldron. Su Yu glanced at its attributes and it seemed to be even stronger than his Nine-Ring Immortal Banner.

The Taoist scripture is a supreme Taoist method, named the Qianqing Yiqi Taiyuan Zhenjing.

The Crimson Jade Gourd is a spatial artifact containing a gourd of elixirs. It's unclear what kind of elixirs they are, but being listed separately with these other items, they are certainly not ordinary pills.

These three treasures are the must-haves for the three true disciples. Su Yu saw the three of them gathered together, struggling to decide how to allocate them, and then turned his gaze to the treasures on the nine small cloud platforms.

There are nine in total, and he can choose two, and he can choose first.

The first cloud platform: twelve seventh-tier rare Yuan Chen Star Banners, a complete set of magic treasures. It only needs to occupy one magic treasure slot and can set up a powerful twelve Yuan Chen Star Array.

The second cloud platform: One gourd contains one unit of heavy water, which can be used to forge a powerful eighth-tier magic weapon.

The third cloud platform: a gourd of merit fruits, a treasure formed from accumulated merit, consisting of nine fruits, each of which can increase merit by 10.

The fourth cloud platform: a fallen star core, which is a remnant core left after a star fell, and can be used to refine high-level magic weapons.

The fifth cloud platform: a real dragon skeleton, eighteen kilometers long, which can be used to make the main keel of an eighth or ninth-tier warship.

The sixth cloud platform: an eighth-tier magic robe, a demon-repelling fairy garment, with extremely strong defensive capabilities.

The seventh cloud platform: a rare eighth-tier Red Dragon Scissors with extremely high attack power.

The eighth cloud platform: an eighth-tier rare item, the Heavenly Escape Shuttle, which is extremely fast.

The ninth cloud platform: a gourd of Nine-Turn Azure Spirit Pills, 36 pills in total, each pill can increase the maximum mana by 1000 points, and a maximum of 10 pills can be taken.

Su Yu glanced at it only once before immediately locking onto the gourd of merit fruit.

One of these can increase merit by 10, which is almost equal to the merit I have accumulated over many years of hard work. If all nine are refined, that's 90 merit, which is already incredibly extravagant.

As for the second treasure, after careful consideration, he chose the Heavenly Escape Shuttle.

Given his current wealth, he doesn't have much need for anything other than a ninth-tier magic weapon.

Aside from magic weapons, the rest are mostly materials and pills, which he doesn't need very much. Apart from the merit fruit, the most suitable thing on the nine cloud platforms is the Heavenly Escape Shuttle, which can be used to replace the Spirit Wing Flying Boat.

He already has a ninth-tier magic weapon; using a spirit-winged flying boat is no longer befitting his status.

Sky Shuttle (Tier 8): A rare item, a sky shuttle that can fly through the sky and traverse the earth, entering and exiting the azure sky.

Dimensions: 15 meters long, 3 meters in diameter, can carry 10 people.

Attributes: Durability 50, Defense 300, Damage Reduction 40%.

Attributes: Flight altitude 1000 km, flight speed 50000 km/h.

Special characteristic: Heavenly Escape, capable of traversing the five elements and shrinking the earth.

Spell: Azure Sky, increases flight speed by 300% for 60 seconds, with a one-day cooldown.

While he was making his choice, the three disciples had already distributed the treasures: Wan Yu took the Myriad Laws Mother Cauldron, Chi Jianxin took the Daoist arts, and Monk Yuanjue took the elixir from the gourd.

Then the three of them looked at Su Yu and asked:
Have you made your choice?

He immediately pointed to those two things:

"I want the Merit Fruit and the Heavenly Escape Shuttle."

Wan Yu glanced at the two cloud platforms and nodded:

"You have good taste; both of these suit you very well."

With a wave of his hand, the treasures on the two cloud platforms flew towards Su Yu, who caught them and put them away.

Then the remaining four people also chose what they needed, and finally the three true disciples each chose one of the three remaining items, and the treasures of the immortal mansion were distributed.

After distributing the treasures, Su Yu did not leave. Instead, she asked Wan Yu for a secluded cultivation room to begin refining the treasures.

Wan Yu directly assigned him a spiritual vein node, which allows him to refine 8000 million spiritual energy experience points every day. There are a total of nine such spiritual vein nodes in the Immortal Mansion.

It can't compare to the Thousand Star Cave, but it's better than nothing. It can quickly cultivate elite experts.

Inside the secret chamber, Su Yu decisively took out the golden Merit Fruit and held it in her palm. This thing looked like a real fruit, but it was actually illusory and required magical power to support it, so mortals could not touch it.

After a quick glance, he tossed the merit fruit into his mouth, where it melted rapidly.

The next second, the phantom of the golden wheel of merit suddenly appeared behind his head, and dazzling golden light of merit surged out and poured into the phantom wheel.

"Notification: You have refined the Merit Fruit, your merit points have increased by 20."

"Notification: You have refined the Merit Fruit, your merit points have increased by 20."

As expected, his talent took effect again. Normally, the Merit Fruit would only increase merit by 10, but after refining it, he gained 20 merit.

He refined nine merit fruits in one go, each worth 20, instantly gaining 180 million merits.

What was originally just a blurry phantom of the Golden Wheel of Merit quickly transformed into a real outline as 1.8 million merits were poured in. When a full 10 million merits are collected, it will transform into a complete Golden Wheel of Merit, possessing miraculous effects.

With a thought, Su Yu retrieved the Golden Wheel of Merit, then took out the Heavenly Escape Shuttle to refine it before putting it away.

There aren't enough magic item slots left; all five slots currently equipped with necessary magic items, making it inconvenient to remove them. However, this isn't a major issue. The flying boat is only useful for long journeys; it doesn't need to be equipped normally. We can replace them when needed without any problems.

Su Yu stayed there for a day before taking her leave.

Wan Yu did not try to stop him; he was currently busy organizing the Immortal Abode and distributing its resources to the other two disciples.

Emerging from the Western Sea, Su Yu transformed into a beam of light and soared into the sky, disappearing into the horizon.

Three days later, he returned to the Hanging Mountain and immediately visited his master, telling him about his experience.

After he finished speaking, Daoist Xuanwei stroked his beard and nodded, saying:

"You handled it very well. That Yin-Yang Divine Mirror was indeed too hot to handle. It would be ideal if you could exchange it for a suitable ninth-tier flying sword."

"As for the possible retaliation from the Yin Yang Demon Sect, it is unavoidable, but there is no need to worry too much. You are not an ordinary disciple. If they want to retaliate, they can only do so through their disciples. If the elders take action, it will be breaking the rules, and no one can bear the consequences. You just need to be careful when you go out."

"Yes, your grand-disciple knows."

Su Yu nodded, pushed the brewed tea in front of her grandmaster, and then asked:
"May I ask, Grandmaster, in this situation, is it truly impossible to take away such a treasure passed down through generations of the sect?"

"of course not."

Master Xuanwei took a sip of tea and then answered his question:
“Generally speaking, it is difficult to take it away. Such treasures that protect the sect have a spirit. Once the master perishes, they will immediately return to the sect. If they cannot escape and are taken away, once someone refines them, the internal restrictions of the treasure will automatically self-destruct. It is almost impossible for outside sects to take it away.”

"To seize these treasures, one must either be too far away, too far to sense the sect."

"Either in other territories, or the boundary membrane makes it difficult to return."

"Or it might be taken away by an immortal, whose power is more than enough to suppress the spirit of the magic weapon."

"Of course, if there is a sealing talisman from an immortal, the spirit of a magical artifact can also be sealed for a short time."

"The above are some possible situations. In addition, there are some other unexpected factors that may lead to the loss of the treasure."

"Oh I see."

In summary, the core principle is that one must possess the abilities of a celestial being to forcibly seize another's treasure.

He didn't have it. The Celestial Talisman that Qingchan gave him was offensive; it could kill, but it didn't have the ability to seal magical artifacts.

"wrong."

Su Yu suddenly thought of the Zhenhai Pearl.

"The Zhenhai Pearl is a world unto itself. Could it be brought into the Zhenhai Pearl to be suppressed?"

He pinched the bridge of his nose, unsure of what to say.

I didn't think of this when I first got the Yin-Yang Divine Mirror, but now that I have, I don't have the treasure to try it out.

"Try it again if you encounter this situation again."

When the Zhenhai Pearl is unsealed, its power will be even greater and its effects will be stronger.

Returning to the topic, the master and his disciples chatted for a while longer before Xuanwei Daoist suddenly changed the subject and asked:
"I see you've reached level ninety in your Qi Refining Technique. When do you plan to undergo tribulation and establish your Dao foundation?"

Su Yu, who was brewing tea, paused for a moment and replied:
"It will take two or three years at the fastest, and no more than five years at the slowest."

"Ok!"

Xuanwei Daoist stroked his beard and said:
"It's best to return to your sect after your tribulation."

"In addition, once you have survived the Heavenly Tribulation, you can begin to prepare for the true inheritance of our sect. Once you become a true inheritor of our sect, you will have the opportunity to enter the sect's inner treasury to search for treasures and have the opportunity to gain the recognition of our sect's supreme treasures."

“My grand-disciple understands.”

As his strength grew, Xuanwei Daoist began to consciously tell him some knowledge that ordinary people inside and outside the sect did not know.

Su Yu listened with great interest, and often heard things she didn't understand before, which made her suddenly realize their meaning.

He stayed at the sect for two days before returning to Wan Du Island. He wanted to chat with Chu Xinyue, but found that she was not there. He asked Chu Xiaoyu and learned that she had gone to the depths of the overseas sea to fight BOSS.

She cultivates within the cave, accumulating 20000 million spiritual energy experiences daily. She has no shortage of cultivation points; what she lacks is cultivation level.

However, at her current level, she generally doesn't gain any cultivation points from level 100 mini-bosses. She can only gain cultivation points by going deep into the ocean to fight level 150 and above bosses.

Su Yu was quite curious about how rogue immortals leveled up, so she sent her a message:

Where are you leveling up? Is it convenient for me to come over?

She sent a coordinate after a while. It was located several thousand kilometers northeast of Wan Du Island. It wasn't very far, but it was deep in the ocean, and most people wouldn't go that deep.

Before Su Yu left, she sent Gu Zhi Qiu a message:

"From now on, the guild will be buying monster spirits on a long-term basis, at least level 130 or above, elite templates."

Gu Zhi Qiu responded immediately:
"no problem."

When he left, a top-pinned acquisition notice had already appeared in the guild channel.

It would take an individual a very long time to collect 10000 of these, but with the help of a guild, it's much faster. The Thousand Star Palace dominates Ten Thousand Poison Island and the surrounding tens of thousands of kilometers of sea, and the resources they can collect are beyond individual imagination.

(End of this chapter)