Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 223 Heart in Turmoil, Return to the Fallen Star Islands, Test
PS: Hehe, it's been a long time since I took the kids out to play. My two daughters, two sons, and wife dragged me out shopping, so I only have four thousand left.

The seabed is serene and crystal clear.

Two hours after Su Yu entered the sea, he found Chu Xinyue, who was leveling up underwater.

The beautiful woman stood in the sea, the Nine-Tier Landscape Painting transformed into a robe draped over her body, radiating a clear light that surrounded her. A level 162 giant octopus circled around her, constantly launching tentacles to attack and spitting out ink balls, but all of them were firmly blocked by the clear light.

She held a red banner, and each time she waved it, she could unleash dozens of red sword energies with tremendous power.

With his other hand, he held the Heavenly Sound Bell, shaking it from time to time to create invisible sound waves that made his opponent dizzy and disoriented.

In less than three minutes, the giant octopus was riddled with holes and fell into the sea.

"Sister Xinyue's sword energy is quite powerful."

Su Yu waited until she finished playing before going up to greet her and sending her a team-up request.

Chu Xinyue reached out and retrieved the spoils of war. She gently stroked the black hair beside her ear, and with a shake of the precious banner in her hand, dozens of sword energies flew out from the banner and shot into the distance. At the same time, their attributes were shared with Su Yu's eyes.

"Dust-Clearing Banner!"

This is a ninth-tier exquisite magic weapon that can unleash dust-spraying sword energy. The power of a single sword energy is no less than that of the Nine Heavens Purple Thunder Hammer, but unlike the Purple Thunder Hammer which only fires one energy at a time, this thing can unleash more than a dozen energy blasts at once, making its overall destructive power far exceed that of the Nine Heavens Purple Thunder Hammer.

Just then, the sword energy she had just unleashed reacted. The seawater in the distance exploded, and a giant sea eel of level 153 pounced over, its mouth wide open, revealing its cold fangs.

Chu Xinyue said:
"It's been a long time since we leveled up together. Let me see how strong you are!"

Su Yu laughed heartily, pointed to the top of his head, and auspicious clouds rose up, transforming into a protective canopy.

"Don't be surprised, Sister Xinyue!"

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled Ao Run out of the Zhenhai Pearl and threw him to protect him. Then, he took out the Nine Heavens Purple Thunder Hammer with his right hand and swung it. A bolt of lightning pierced the air and struck the giant sea eel, dealing more than 80,000 damage.

Immediately afterwards, he flipped his right hand and took out the Nine-Precept Immortal Banner, which he threw away. The banner quickly grew to a size of 100 meters and hung in front of him. He jumped onto the top of the banner and pressed down with his palm. The reliefs on the banner burned, and Vajra generals were summoned.

With a flick of his finger, numerous Vajra generals, resembling statues, rushed towards the giant loach, surrounding it and unleashing a brutal beating.

This divine general was nearly wiped out when he dealt with Lü Sheng, but he will be reborn in the Immortal Banner after 24 hours. However, his level will be restored to the initial state unless he can survive the second Great Heavenly Tribulation. In that case, his minimum level will be fixed at the level after the second Great Heavenly Tribulation, which is the initial level of 200.

But that's too difficult, almost impossible.

So there's no need to bother cultivating and upgrading these kinds of treasures; just use them as cannon fodder.

Unless you have the opportunity to obtain a legendary-level spirit or innate spiritual object and refine it into a legendary-level divine general, then it is not worth cultivating.

The vast majority of them are elite template Vajra Generals, only level 120, with 2 million HP, 20000 MP, and only 20,000 attack power. After deducting defense, they only deal a little over 10,000 damage.

However, their sheer number was overwhelming. The 111 Vajra Generals surrounded the over 400-meter-long giant sea eel and unleashed a barrage of powerful blows with their Vajra Palms.

With a wave of his hand, a golden palm five or six meters in size slammed down, each palm striking a person and causing millions of blood to be lost. Five consecutive palm strikes were enough to kill the sea eel, while the Vajra God General remained unharmed.

Only one god was bitten and torn apart by the giant sea eel, but it had 200 million health points and couldn't be killed in just a few seconds.

"As expected, there is strength in numbers. If we could gather 10,000 guardian deities, we could probably overwhelm and kill a level 200 boss!"

It depends on how well the guild can help and when they can gather the necessary funds.

But one thing is certain: it would take more than a decade for one person to raise the funds.

After defeating several bosses in a row, Chu Xinyue nodded with satisfaction and admiration.

"I never imagined that a newcomer from a few years ago would catch up with me so quickly, both in terms of cultivation and combat strength. With your accumulation, you have a good chance of reaching the upper-grade Dao Foundation stage."

Su Yu looked at her seriously and said:

"No matter what, Su Yu will always keep Sister Xin Yue in her heart. If Sister Xin Yue needs her, Su Yu will come immediately, no matter when."

"It's good that you have the intention."

Chu Xinyue nodded with satisfaction.

However, she quickly sensed something was wrong. The young man's gaze seemed unusually intense, and besides gratitude, there seemed to be other emotions within it.

Her first reaction was that she must have seen wrong, but upon closer inspection, she was certain it was real.

Surprisingly, she found herself not feeling the anger and repulsion she had expected. Even now, let alone in the past, she would be unhappy if another man stared at her so rudely.
She was a little flustered.

"That's impossible. I like Qingli, how could it be?"

At this moment, two level 130 experience monsters from the seabed passed by and swam over after spotting the two of them. Ao Run roared and charged at them.

The battle startled Chu Xinyue and Su Yu awake. He suddenly reached up and pressed his hand to his chest, recalling his thoughts just now and immediately becoming alert, reacting instantly.

"The Blood God's Curse?"

Although this thing was suppressed by the immortal bone, it was not driven away and has always been there. It is just hidden very well and does not usually show itself, but it is indeed influencing him in a subtle way.

Recalling his previous ruthless attack on Lü Sheng, his lust for the four beauties in the Eight Beauties' Harmony Painting, and the change in his gratitude towards Chu Xinyue, he would never have been so frivolous or lustful in the past.

“There’s something wrong!”

"But this isn't a big problem."

After all, the premise of having such thoughts is that one truly has this desire in one's heart; the Blood God Curse merely amplified that desire.

"We still need to find a way to purify this thing."

The first great heavenly tribulation was manageable, but the second great heavenly tribulation, also known as the Earth Immortal Tribulation, would involve a demonic tribulation. If he didn't find a way to resolve it, the demonic tribulation might explode, far more terrifying than a normal demonic tribulation, and he might not be able to withstand it.

Immortal bones are only immune to inner demons, but not to heavenly tribulations.

Of course, there was no rush. The Earth Immortal Tribulation was still at least several decades or even hundreds of years away from him, giving him ample time to prepare. Su Yu quickly put it out of his mind and began to enjoy this rare moment of leisure.

They then wandered around the seabed. He released Ao Run, who was specifically tasked with finding and killing various bosses on the seabed.

With Ao Run's help, their efficiency increased significantly, and their cultivation level increased rapidly.

Su Yu did not suppress her desires. Instead, she followed her heart and released the power of the Blood God's curse according to her thoughts, so that the power of the curse would not slowly accumulate.

The consequence of him following his heart was that Chu Xinyue's heart was thrown into turmoil.

The two spent more than half a month leveling up alone, which meant he flirted with her from time to time for more than half a month. The key was that she herself did not reject it, which was the main reason why she was confused.

So after more than half a month, she couldn't bear it any longer and left Su Yu behind to go back first.

Su Yu smiled slightly, glanced at the time, and realized that there was still about a month left before the sword duel between the human military of Falling Star Islands and the Heavenly Evolution Sect of the Horned Demons.

But he didn't rush back; instead, he stayed there to continue his spiritual practice.

After spending more than half a month battling bosses in the deep sea with Ao Run, they finally stopped just before their time was up.

He should first go back to Wan Du Island, where Gu Zhi Qiu had collected 360 spirit essences that met his standards, including 3 spirit essences of big BOSSes above level 170.

After a moment's thought, he refined all the essences of these major bosses into Vajra Divine Generals. After refining them from level 170 to Divine Generals, he was left with only level 140, two terrifying templates, and one peerless template.

The remaining essence was used to refine more than one hundred into Vajra God Generals, and the remaining two hundred and ten into Gui Water God Generals.

After refining the essence, he also took 20 taels of gold from the guild and kept it on him for future use. He now had a total of 47 taels of gold, which he could use to buy anything he found on the Falling Star Islands.

Then he returned to his sect and spent sect contribution points to exchange for a Great Heavenly Cloud Restriction, which he combined with the existing Lesser Heavenly Cloud Restriction to form the Great and Lesser Heavenly Cloud Restriction. This was a complete restriction technique that included most of the restrictions in the world.

After being merged into one, the number of layers in the Cloud Forbidden Zone decreased from four to two.

Then Su Yu decisively consumed 116 billion cultivation points and 13500 points of Dao cultivation to upgrade the Great and Small Heavenly Cloud Restriction Technique to the fifth level in one go, reaching perfection.

The Five-Layered Great Cloud Restriction Technique can refine most materials in the world, so I won't have to worry about finding any treasures anymore.

After completing all this, with guidance from his master, Su Yu exchanged for a Soul Devouring and Spirit Fusion Technique.

This isn't for my own cultivation, but for the red dragon I've transformed into to cultivate.

Having made all the preparations, Su Yu took out the Great Teleportation Talisman and activated it. A violent change occurred in space, and he had already traveled hundreds of millions of kilometers to appear in Dragon Bay City on the Falling Star Islands.

With a light breath, Su Yu opened the Taixu Divine Network to check the regional channels and immediately saw that the most discussed topic in the area was the upcoming battle of magic.

However, upon reviewing the rules of the duel, he discovered some differences from before.

It turns out that successful applicants are rewarded with 1000 merit points. In the sword duel, each opponent defeated is rewarded with 1000 merit points. There are additional small merit points for winning three, five, or seven consecutive matches, and additional large merit points for winning ten or twenty consecutive matches, as well as granting access to the Fire Domain.

The system has now been changed to offer 1000 merit points upon entry. In sword duels, defeating an opponent will reward you with 1000 merit points. Instead of consecutive wins, you will accumulate three, five, or seven victories, each rewarding you with one small merit point. Accumulating ten or twenty victories will reward you with one large merit point, and you will also gain access to explore the Fire Domain.

The rewards are the same; the only difference is that you no longer need a winning streak, you just need to accumulate a full number of wins.

Su Yu went to the military branch immediately to apply for the position.

"You're only registering now that the deadline is almost here?"

The officer at the registration point shook his head, waved his hand, and teleported Su Yu to one of the arenas. He pointed to the man standing opposite him and said:

"Registration is simple. Just defeat him according to the normal arena rules. The faster you are, the higher your ranking will be."

Su Yu nodded, glanced at the countdown, took out the Nine-Ring Immortal Banner and threw it into the air, quickly summoning all the more than a thousand guardian deities inside the banner.

"Ok?"

A surprised voice echoed from the void:
"A ninth-tier magic weapon?"

The man opposite him was probably a real person used specifically for testing. Upon seeing Su Yu make a move, he immediately summoned an eighth-order treasure bell and suspended it above his head. He then waved his hand and eighteen fiery red flags flew out to form a large array. He also held an eighth-order flame treasure fan in his hand. All of them were high-quality eighth-order magic treasures.

Su Yu didn't know the person's exact strength. Considering that only 50 Qi cultivators would be selected for the sword-fighting competition, and there were hundreds of millions of Qi cultivators on the Falling Star Islands, with tens of thousands of people signing up, it must be very harsh to choose only 50 people out of so many. He didn't dare to hold back at all and went all out from the start.

He raised the Nine Precepts Immortal Banner and threw it, which quickly expanded and transformed into a mountain that crashed down.

The opponent immediately prepared to fight, and in addition to defensive magic weapons, they also activated eighteen large flags to spread out, with flames forming a continuous curtain.

The towering Nine-Precept Immortal Banner, over a thousand meters high, fell, pressing down on the curtain of fire.

"It's now!"

Su Yu drew out the ninth-order Star Divine Sword and activated the Sky-Splitting Divine Power, unleashing three hundred-meter-long sword beams in succession.

The first spatial sword aura swept across, tearing apart the fire curtain that even the Nine-Ring Immortal Canopy could hold up.

As the second spatial sword energy swept past, his protective bell emitted a loud clang and trembled violently.

The third spatial sword aura swept past, causing his protective bell to tilt and fall.

Immediately afterwards, the celestial banners fell, the curtain of fire shattered, and the eighteen large flags were smashed away.

"what?"

The officer above said with considerable surprise:
"Space magic?"

Su Yu's opponent was even more surprised. He tried to dodge the Immortal Canopy, but a circle of divine wind appeared above his head and bound him. The Immortal Canopy crashed down with a loud 'boom,' instantly trapping him and his treasure inside the Nine-Ring Immortal Canopy.

Su Yu flashed into the Immortal Pavilion and swung his sword, unleashing three more strikes.

The Sky-Splitting Great Divine Power is not a one-time ultimate move, but an ultimate move that lasts for ten seconds, with each sword strike containing the power of spatial laws that tear everything apart.

The fourth spatial sword energy swept past, breaking through his protective aura.

As the fifth spatial sword aura swept past, a layer of spiritual light appeared on his body, and he disappeared in a flash. The sixth spatial sword aura swept away the void.

Su Yu was wondering if her opponent also possessed spatial abilities to escape when a loud voice rang in her ears:

"You've won, stop now."

Su Yu immediately put away the magic weapon. A spatial fluctuation swept by, and in a flash, she was back in the previous place.

Cheng Shayu, one of the top officers of the Longwan City military headquarters, looked Su Yu up and down and asked:

"Where are you from? What sect or school do you belong to? I've never seen you before."

Su Yu quickly clasped his hands in a salute:
"Su Yu, from Blue Mountain Island, is a core disciple of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect."

Blue Mountain Island?

Cheng Shayu thought for a moment before realizing what was happening and said:
"It's quite rare for a genius like you to come from such a small place."

He flipped his hand and took out a token, which he tossed over. Su Yu quickly caught it and heard Cheng Shayu say:

"You've made it. Don't wander around these next few days. Come to the branch office the day after tomorrow, and we'll head to the Fire Domain together."

"By the way, that wasn't your full strength just now, was it?"

Su Yu thought for a moment and answered seriously:
"I am actually skilled in swordsmanship, water magic, and transformation techniques."

Cheng Shayu raised an eyebrow, asking with considerable surprise:
"So you mean you didn't unleash your true strength just now?"

"Yes."

"How well did you perform?"

Su Yu thought for a moment, then held up three fingers:

"I have two more techniques that utilize spatial power, like the one I just used, and each one is stronger than the last."

"Ok?"

"You have the ability?"

Cheng Shayu's pupils suddenly glowed, as if she were using some kind of eye technique to look him up and down, becoming more and more surprised the more she looked.

He slightly withdrew his pupil technique, his expression visibly softening, and said:
"I never expected that a small place like Blue Mountain Island could produce someone like you. Very impressive. With your accumulated knowledge, you have at least a first-grade Dao Foundation, and there's a certain probability that you can condense a super-grade Immortal Foundation. Do you have any such thoughts?"

Su Yu replied:

"I have this idea and am working hard to accumulate experience for it."

"That's good, you should work hard for it."

(End of this chapter)