Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 229 Heavenly Divine Sword, Re-entering the Fire Domain

The military ranks were the same as in Su Yu's previous life: when you first joined, you were a reserve officer; after becoming a regular officer, you were a recruit; then you became a private, sergeant, lieutenant, field officer, general, and marshal.

Privates are divided into three classes, from lowest to highest: Private Second Class, Private First Class, and Private First Class.

Non-commissioned officers are divided into three ranks, which are junior officers, from lowest to highest: Corporal, Sergeant, and Staff Sergeant.

Company officers are divided into three ranks, considered mid-level officers, from lowest to highest: second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain.

Officers at the field level are divided into four ranks, which are considered senior officers. From lowest to highest, they are major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and senior colonel.

Generals are divided into five ranks, the highest level being officers who must possess the strength of an Earth Immortal or above to assume the position. They are responsible for managing affairs in their respective regions and wield immense power. From lowest to highest, they are Major General, Lieutenant General, General, Grand General, and Five-Star General.

There are two ranks of marshal: marshal and grand marshal.

The position of Marshal is not permanent. Normally, the highest level of the military is General or Five-Star General. The position is usually only established when a full-scale civilization war is waged with another civilization, and the Marshal is selected from among the Five-Star Generals.

Therefore, although Han Zhuofei is a major general, he is already at the high level of human civilization.

Su Yu was promoted to second lieutenant, thus entering the ranks of mid-level officers.

Of course, a newly promoted rookie like him has no real power and won't be allowed to lead any troops. Generally speaking, officers in peacetime don't have much power, only status and benefits.

Han Zhuofei is promoting him now for the benefits of a junior officer.

Second Lieutenant benefits include 5000 merit points and 1 minor merit point per year, which can be accumulated. If you don't have time to collect them this year, you can collect them together next year.

Lieutenant's benefits include 7000 merit points and 1 minor merit point per year.

Captain's benefits include 10000 merit points and 1 minor merit point per year.

In addition, there is a 20% discount redemption benefit once a year, which cannot be accumulated.

In addition, the rank of second lieutenant is elevated, their authority is increased, and the items they can exchange for are better than those of sergeants and privates.

After leveling up, Su Yu opened the exchange list again and could clearly feel the improvement in the quality of the exchange items.

Originally, there were only a few ninth-tier magic treasures, which were not quite suitable for him. Now, there are hundreds of ninth-tier magic treasures and flying swords available for exchange in front of him, including righteous, demonic, and Buddhist treasures and flying swords, covering almost every type.

After browsing through the items briefly, Su Yu quickly took a liking to a ninth-tier flying sword.

Heavenly Gang Immortal Sword (Ninth Tier): Immortal weapon, rare item, sword worn by immortals, using Heavenly Gang immortal power to subdue demons and monsters.

Attributes: Attack 5800-7000, Attack Speed ​​3600-4600, Sword Control Speed ​​3500-4500, Sword Technique Bonus 100%, Traits: Armor Penetration +8, Heavenly Divine Power, Spiritual Connection.

Armor Break +8: Attacks ignore 80% of the target's defense.

Celestial Power: Activates the Celestial Power within the Immortal Sword, increasing attack power and attack speed by 200%, dealing 100% extra damage to demons and monsters for 30 seconds, with a 24-hour cooldown.

Spiritual Connection: The flying sword possesses a spirit; it will issue a warning or automatically engage in combat when it senses danger to its master.

It requires 30000 merit points + 5 major merit points to redeem.

Su Yu decisively used the second lieutenant's annual 20% discount privilege, which only required 24000 merit points and 4 major merits to redeem.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Yu decided to keep the remaining 50,000 merit points, 3 minor merit points, and 4 major merit points for the time being.

He currently possesses two ninth-tier flying swords, one ninth-tier immortal banner, two eighth-tier magic treasures, and the Azure Cloud Canopy. These magic treasures are more than enough for him, and adding another ninth-tier one would not cause a qualitative change in his strength.

It's not that ninth-tier magic weapons aren't powerful, but rather that his magical power is limited, and even adding another ninth-tier magic weapon wouldn't unleash its full potential.

In fact, the most suitable magic weapon for the Qi Refining level is the seventh rank. Except for people like Su Yu with abnormally high magic power, a normal peak Qi Refining level magic weapon can only exert the full power of a seventh rank magic weapon. Even a slightly better eighth rank magic weapon may not be able to exert its full power, not to mention a ninth rank magic weapon.

Just like Su Yu's Nine-Ring Immortal Banner, it requires at least 20000 mana to activate and 15 mana to unleash its maximum power. Who at the Qi Refining level has that much mana?
Therefore, it's best to use a suitable magic weapon; one ninth-tier magic weapon is enough.

As for the increase in magical power after establishing the foundation, that's something for later; it's not too late to exchange for it then.

Of course, for things like transcending tribulations, you'll definitely need to prepare a lot of cannon fodder magic items. You can buy ordinary quality ones directly from the market with money, or you can go back to the Thousand Star Palace and get them from the guild. As the guild leader, he has the authority to withdraw them. There's no need to spend a lot of merit to exchange for them, that would be too wasteful.

After redeeming the rewards, he completely replaced the Azure Gang and Purple Thunder Swords with two ninth-tier immortal swords. He left the base with a smile and went to test his swords in a huge spatial rift more than ten kilometers away from the base.

The Azure and Purple Thunder Twin Swords haven't been phased out; they can be kept as backups.

However, the first two sixth-tier flying swords, Thunderclap Sword and Myriad Pound Sword, have indeed been phased out and are no longer of use.

This spatial rift was teeming with fire-type monsters, and many people were leveling up there. Just as Su Yu reached the rift's entrance, he saw a flying boat emerge from it. As it passed him, it stopped, and several people on board waved to him.

"Lieutenant Su, are you here to level up too?"

Su Yu was taken aback. Are we that close?
But he nodded with a smile on his face:
"Yes, I just wanted to use it since I had nothing else to do for the time being."

They simply greeted each other and flew away. Su Yu was stunned for a while before she reacted, then stroked her chin and smiled:

"Have I become famous so quickly?!"

Upon entering the spatial rift, he immediately put the earlier incident aside, summoned his two ninth-tier flying swords, Xingxiang and Tiangang, pointed his finger, and with a swift movement, the two swords came together and pounced on the fire spirit not far away.

The two swords condensed into tiny sword energies that intertwined and twisted back and forth, instantly severing the level 80+ fire spirit at the waist.

Two thin sword lights pierced straight into the group of fire sprites. They were barely visible to the naked eye amidst the flames, yet countless sword lights floated up. No sword lights were seen; instead, the fire sprites were sliced ​​into pieces one by one.

"Awesome!" At this moment, Su Yu could already feel the exhilaration of Qing Chan leveling up with two ninth-tier flying swords.

It's unparalleled at mowing the grass; anyone who uses it knows how powerful it is.

He spent almost a week there, and people would come by every now and then to level up. When they saw him, they would either nod or say hello and chat for a few words, as if they all knew him.

It wasn't until a month later, after the military set up a large array above the fire zone and established a base, that he was notified that he could enter the fire zone to explore.

Before entering, Su Yu sent Cheng Shayu a message asking:
"Brother Cheng, are there any restrictions on the military's access to resources within this fire zone?"

Cheng Shayu responded quickly:
"You want to ask about the remains of those demon immortals within the Fire Domain, right?"

"um, yes."

"Don't worry, since the military has decided to open up the Fire Domain for you to explore, it means there will be no restrictions. You can kill these demon immortal remains as long as you are able to, collect the demon immortal essence blood inside, and kill the law monsters derived from the demon immortals inside. There will be no restrictions."

"Oh."

Su Yu nodded, still somewhat puzzled, and asked:

"These remains of a demon immortal still possess self-awareness, indicating that the demon immortal inside is not entirely dead. Doesn't it have any value? Does the general have no need for this?"

Cheng Shayu shook her head and said:

"That's just a newly derived wisp of consciousness from the demon immortal. The true demon immortal's primordial spirit has long since collapsed. After so many years of sealing and the erosion of the realm's power, half of the demon immortal's remains have been completely obliterated. Even if the remaining half were all gathered together, it wouldn't be enough to reunite the demon immortal's primordial spirit. It's of little use to the general."

"Oh!"

"If you have the ability to kill the remnant of a demon immortal, you can at least condense twenty or thirty points or even more of the power of law, which will be of great use to you."

Su Yu immediately asked:

"How many fragments of demon immortal remains are left inside?"

"There are only four left."

"Oh!"

Cheng Shayu smiled and said:
"You don't need to worry. With your dragon transformation power, you can almost handle one on your own, and you can completely monopolize the remains of a demon immortal."

"One body?"

Cheng Shayu raised an eyebrow:
"You don't necessarily want two portions, do you? That's almost impossible."

"Although the remains of that demon immortal are dangerous, your group is quite strong. Twenty or thirty elite loose immortals working together can easily kill them. Fifty loose immortals will be divided into two groups, and fifty Qi Refining cultivators will be in one group, which will be just enough for you and me to each get one share."

"Well"

He knew this made sense, but if there was only the remains of a demon immortal...
But he had no choice; there were only four remains of the demon immortal, and no one else would give up on them.

If they can't do anything about it, that's fine, but the problem is they can definitely kill them by force.

"no way."

Others also have the ability; it's impossible to monopolize everything.

You can only kill one remnant of a demon immortal, then farm more law monsters to try and collect more law power.

After shutting down communications, Su Yu flew out of the base and headed straight for the entrance to the Fire Domain.

Many people were already waiting there. As soon as he flew to the entrance, a group of people flew over. In the center was Shi Qing. He nodded to Su Yu and pointed to the other side, saying:
"can we talk?"

Su Yu nodded and walked to the other side, whereupon she heard Shi Qing say:

"I think you should know the situation under this Fire Domain. The most valuable thing here is the remnant of the Demon Immortal, but there are only four left, which means most people will not be able to obtain it. We have discussed it here. Fifty Qi Refining cultivators will be divided into groups to deal with one, and fifty Foundation Establishment cultivators will be divided into two groups to deal with one. Since you can transform into a True Dragon of more than two hundred levels, you are qualified to obtain one remnant of the Demon Immortal."

Well.
Just like Cheng Shayu said, that's how it was allocated.

He possesses the Dragon Transformation Divine Power and can enjoy it all by himself; frankly, that's quite a concession. Su Yu had nothing to say and nodded.
"No problem, you can do it whenever you want."

"By the way, what if the Qi Refining group can't deal with these remnants of a demon immortal?"

Shi Qing thought for a moment and said:

"Then let's all rely on our own abilities to kill them together, and distribute the spoils according to luck."

"Row."

After reaching an agreement, Shi Qing returned and discussed the matter with the others. The forty-nine rogue immortals split into two teams, and once the staff opened the entrance to the Fire Domain, everyone rushed in.

Su Yu entered last and immediately felt the familiar heat rushing towards her.

After quickly determining the direction, he headed straight for the remains of the demon immortal he had discovered last time.

These remains of a demon immortal are the most valuable treasure in the Fire Domain. Now that the Dragon Transformation Divine Power has cooled down, I'll just do it first, lest someone steal them while I'm wandering around.

That's entirely possible. After all, it's just an agreement. If he's not around, and someone else steals it in a short time, and a group of dozens of loose immortals divide the spoils equally, how could he possibly get it back?

(End of this chapter)