Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 246 The Eight Great Immortal Sects, Entering the Wind God Tower (6K combined)

Canghai is currently refining elixirs. Over the past two hundred years, the radius of space within the Zhenhai Realm has exceeded 500 kilometers. The land has expanded significantly, providing ample spiritual land for cultivating spiritual herbs, which have already been bred in batches.

The sea divides the space within Zhenhai into two parts.

One part is the core cave area, where the flow of time is not fixed compared to the outside. Another part has a time flow of 1:10, while the third part has the same flow as the outside, making it convenient for outsiders to come and live.

The other part is the area for cultivating spiritual herbs, which occupies 90% of the space within Zhenhai Realm. The time flow here is 1 to 100; one year outside is equivalent to one hundred years inside. It is specifically used for cultivating various spiritual herbs.

Over the years, she has refined a large number of spirit puppets to manage spirit fields and medicinal gardens. Common spirit herbs such as Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, and ginseng have been cultivated on more than a million acres of land, all of which are hundreds of years old and ready for alchemy.

Each time a batch of thousand-year-old Zhuguo trees grows, five branches are split off from one tree and planted separately. After they mature, they are split off again. In just a few rounds of splitting, like fission, they become tens of thousands of thousand-year-old Zhuguo trees.

Top-grade timbers such as fine bamboo, iron boat wood, ancient wildwood, and star-patterned ancient wood have already formed forests.

Some rare spiritual materials have already grown to a near maturity and will soon become thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

Both common and rare medicinal herbs are stored away and sold in bulk once a certain quantity has been accumulated.

Only rare or extremely rare medicinal herbs are kept for alchemy.

Su Yu watched the two women play chess for a while and then asked:

"I've heard you say that the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect originated from the main island of Shenzhou. You are a true disciple of the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect. Do you know anything about the Supreme Divine Firmament Sect and the Wind God Palace?"

Xia Xiaoyue asked curiously:
"Aren't you on Blue Mountain Island? Why are you asking about the Wind God's Palace? It's only 300 million kilometers away from this island, but it's probably nearly a billion kilometers away from here."

Su Yu shrugged and said:
“I once obtained a Wind God Token. After activating it, I brought it to the Wind God Palace, only to find that the palace had become the Daoist temple of the Supreme Elder Guanxu Immortal Venerable of the Supreme Divine Firmament Sect. It just so happened that the Wind God Tower opened once every ten years, and the Immortal Venerable gave me a chance to enter. Do you know anything about the Wind God Tower?”

He recounted everything Li Hongfei had told him in detail and then asked:

Is this real or fake?

Xia Xiaoyue nodded and said:

"You've come to the right person. I've been inside this place before."

"The Wind God Palace was discovered 80,000 years ago. At that time, disciples from various sects often obtained the Wind God Token to enter the palace and have the opportunity to ascend the Wind God Tower. Originally, the Wind God Palace was just regarded as a place of opportunity. However, 10,000 years ago, the Horned Demon also discovered the Wind God Palace and often sent people into the Wind God Palace. There was even a Horned Demon who served in the Wind God Palace."

"Considering that the Wind God's Palace is too close to the human island, if the Horned Demons were to occupy the Wind God's Palace, it would pose a great threat to humanity. The headquarters military decisively launched an attack, gathering two-thirds of the island's top sects, including dozens of immortals, to jointly attack the Wind God's Palace."

"In the end, the ancient wind god died in battle, and the divine palace came into the possession of the military. Thousands of years ago, the Immortal Venerable Guanxu spent a lot of heavenly merit to exchange it for his own Daoist temple."

"Oh, I see."

"So what exactly is the situation inside this Wind God Tower, and what specific benefits does it offer?"

Xia Xiaoyue pressed down on the mischievous hand, adjusted her position in his arms to make herself more comfortable, and continued:

"This Wind God Tower is actually one of the Wind God's treasure troves, containing a large number of treasures that the Wind God once collected. There are indeed innate spiritual objects inside, but it is unclear whether they have been replaced by others."

"In addition, each sect participating in the Ascend the Wind God Tower will set aside a sum of resources for the participants to compete for. The rewards for the top ten are extremely generous, and the rewards for the top three are no less than the top treasures in the Wind God's Treasury."

Su Yu said with considerable surprise:
"Is it really that generous?"

"So you think that if the eight major sects unite and each contributes a little, the total will be quite substantial?"

At this moment, Cui Yunxian, who was sitting opposite, said with a smile:

"Since Immortal Venerable Guanxu has given his permission, my husband, there's no need to be polite. Strive to get first place."

Su Yu was somewhat restless:

Is this appropriate?

Xia Xiaoyue smiled and said:
"These resources are meant to be rewards. If you don't take them, someone else will. If you're not skilled enough, you can't compete. And you'll have the nerve to turn your back on me afterwards."

"Moreover, being low-key and humble is not fashionable on the mainland of China. If you have the ability, you should show it. The more capable you are, the more respect you will earn from them."

Su Yu felt relieved, a surge of energy welled up within her, and she burst into laughter:

"Alright, let's see if my husband comes back with first place."

"By the way, can I borrow your Dust-Cleansing Banner later?"

Xia Xiaoyue immediately took out the dust-repelling banner.

"Yunxian, could you lend me your Soul-Shocking Bell as well?"

They retrieved the magical artifact, refined it slightly, and equipped it.

Su Yu found Cang Hai again, and after waiting for a while, a batch of pills was ready. Cang Hai came out and handed him a gourd.

Upon opening the gourd, a rich, fragrant aroma of cinnamon wafted out.

"This is the Hundred Beast Demon Immortal Pill, which I made by combining the essence blood of demon immortals with the essence blood of true dragons and the inner cores of hundreds of demon beasts. It removes the bloodline-stimulating properties of the essence blood of demon immortals and can only improve attributes."

Su Yu glanced at the gourd, which contained three dark gold pills the size of pigeon eggs.

Thousand Beast Demon Immortal Pill (Immortal Pill): A pill made by combining the essence and blood of demon immortals with the inner core of demon beasts. It can greatly enhance blood, physique, and strength. Limited to three pills per person.

Attributes: Health +20000, Constitution +2000, Strength +2000.

"not bad!"

Su Yu stepped forward, hugged Cang Hai, kissed him lightly, and praised him:

"Thanks a lot."

Canghai embraced him tenderly and said softly:

I'm glad I could help you.

All Su Yu could do was hold her tightly in his arms.

Unfortunately, she hasn't become an immortal yet, and taking her now would affect her future.

After cuddling with the beauty for a while, Su Yu returned to his immortal abode, took out the Thousand Beast Demon Immortal Pills, and consumed and refined them.

"Prompt: After consuming the Thousand Beast Demon Immortal Pill, your Health +40000, Physique +4000, and Strength +4000."

Three notifications in a row, adding a total of 12 Qi and Blood, 12000 Physique, and 12000 Strength.

His Qi and Blood were negligible compared to his more than five million Qi and Blood, but the increase of 12,000 in physique and strength was quite remarkable.

With the help of the Immortal Foundation, the Nine Extremes Pure Truth Technique, and numerous rare and precious materials, Su Yu's Qi and Blood had reached over five million, his Physique was 10.8, and his Strength was 14, making him extremely powerful.

After refining the elixir, Su Yu did not leave but continued to cultivate inside the Zhenhai Pearl.

With his physique greatly enhanced, now stronger than even a typical level 100 BOSS, he can now actively absorb and cultivate the primordial spiritual energy within the Zhenhai Pearl to a limited extent.

Besides the fact that Canghai can convert 100 million spiritual energy experiences into spiritual energy every day by dredging the spiritual energy inside Zhenhai Pearl, he can now actively absorb and refine nearly 100 million spiritual energy experiences every day by actively cultivating inside Zhenhai Pearl.

It's worth mentioning that the spiritual energy experience he actively refines every day is within the time frame of the Zhenhai Pearl.

The spiritual energy experience gained from the transformation of the Sea Realm through the dredging of the Canghai River and the spiritual energy experience accumulated in the Gathering Spirit Bottle are based on real time.

In other words, in reality, one day can generate 200 million spiritual energy experiences, but inside Zhenhai Pearl, the time flow rate is up to 100 times faster. One day outside is equivalent to 100 days inside, so 100 million a day would be 10 billion.

So while Su Yu was waiting, when she received Li Hongfei's notification, she had already refined 86 billion spiritual energy experience points in one go.

Unfortunately, it lacks cultivation; the Zhenhai Pearl cannot generate cultivation like the Xuanzhen Cave Heaven.

The Nine Extremes True Skill was upgraded from level 70 to level 80. Even after reducing the consumption of innate root bone, it still cost 80.7 billion spiritual energy experience and 10625 points of cultivation, and a new method, [Flesh and Blood Rebirth], was derived.

Regeneration of flesh and blood: severed limbs and internal organs can slowly regenerate.

Su Yu took out the Starry Sky Divine Sword and cut off one of her fingers. The wound healed quickly and stopped bleeding, but the regeneration of flesh and blood was extremely slow. It took almost ten minutes for the cut to begin to sprout.

At this point, pressing the severed finger against the wound causes rapid granulation tissue to grow back together with the severed limb. The entire process was completed in just four or five minutes.

"It's useful, but not very useful at this stage."

At least at this stage, if your strength is not strong enough, you shouldn't expect to play a role in battle.

Once the severed limbs had completely healed, Su Yu walked out of Zhenhai Pearl, pushed open the door, and found many disciples from various sects already gathered outside.

There are eight teams in total, representing eight top factions from the mainland of China.

The Supreme Divine Firmament Sect is one of the Fourteen Supreme Sects.

Wuji Immortal Palace, one of the fourteen upper gates.

Taixu Xuanmen is one of the fourteen superior sects.

Xuantian Sword Sect: One of the fifty-eight lower sects.

The Starry Constellation Sect, one of the fifty-eight lower sects.

Xuanyuan Palace, one of the fifty-eight lower gates.

Maha Zen Monastery, one of the fifty-eight lower gates.

Tenryu-ji Temple, one of the fifty-eight lower gates.

The difference in strength between the upper and lower sects is enormous. There is no specific ranking among the upper sects, and each one is far stronger than the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect. Xia Xiaoyue's Wanfa Immortal Sect is also one of the upper sects, and its overall strength is stronger than the five top sects of Blue Mountain Island combined.

These disciples from major sects were all extremely arrogant. Su Yu keenly sensed that many people were looking at him, and their gazes were very similar.
The way city dwellers look at country folk.

Su Yu remained expressionless, pretending not to have seen it.

If this were placed on Blue Mountain Island, they would be shown what a true Daoist disciple of a celestial sect is all about.

But this is someone else's territory, so we should keep a low profile and take advantage of others in a high-profile manner.

The team quickly assembled and, guided by Li Hongfei, arrived at the back of the Wind God Palace, in front of a towering tower that occupied an entire floating platform and was surrounded by countless black currents.

From afar, it looked like a black current, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be countless incomparably sharp black divine winds that tore apart space wherever they went. Within a one-kilometer radius of the Wind God Tower, there were dense black divine winds and spatial rifts.

After everyone arrived, and after a short wait, Su Yu suddenly sensed something, looked up, and saw that Guanxu Immortal Venerable had arrived at some unknown time.

The Immortal Venerable, suspended in mid-air, waved his sleeve, and the black divine wind connecting the entrance to the Wind God Tower was parted by an invisible force, revealing a passage. The Immortal Venerable's booming voice rang in everyone's ears:

"The Wind God Tower is now open. Only nine people are allowed to enter at a time. Each faction shall decide the order of entry themselves."

After speaking, he turned and returned to the thatched hut. Immediately, disciples came forward to serve him tea, while elders from various sects surrounded him, chatting and laughing.

As soon as the Immortal Venerable left, the true disciples leading the various sects stepped forward and gathered with a dozen or so core members of their respective sects to discuss in hushed tones. Xia Yi, a true disciple of the Boundless Immortal Palace, spoke first:
"As the Immortal Venerable said, a maximum of nine people can enter the tower in one round. Each of our eight sects will send one disciple to enter the tower, and the ninth spot will be filled by one disciple from each sect in turn, as previously agreed. How about that?"

Ling Yu, the true disciple leading the Taixu Xuanmen team, chuckled lightly:
"No problem, but there's an outsider over there who's disrupted the order."

Everyone looked at Su Yu, then at Qian Qingyu, the leader of the Supreme Divine Firmament Sect, implying that as the hosts, they should make the decision. Qian Qingyu smiled and said:

"Since the Supreme Elder has given permission, how can we juniors have any objection? Therefore, when it is our sect's turn, he will take his place."

He looked at Li Hongfei beside him and said:

"Go and talk to him."

Li Hongfei nodded in agreement and relayed the situation to Su Yu telepathically, finally adding:

"Please let me know when you wish to go so I can make arrangements in advance."

"no problem."

Li Hongfei nodded, turned around and gave everyone an OK sign. Qian Qingyu nodded, turned back to the sect disciples and smiled:

"Fellow disciples, it's that time of year again when the Wind God Tower opens. I remember last year only three people made it to the seventh floor, and no one made it to the eighth. I wonder if any of you are confident that you can surpass last year's achievement?"

Ji Yunzhang, a true disciple of the Xuantian Sword Sect, laughed heartily:
"Last year, my senior brother reached the seventh level, and this year I am equally confident in reaching the seventh level."

Xia Yi, a true disciple of the Wuji Immortal Palace, said calmly:

"Seven floors are nothing, I'd really like to know who's confident enough to get to the eighth floor?"

Everyone looked at Xia Yi, their faces filled with surprise and uncertainty:
"Don't tell me you want to go up to the eighth floor?"

Xia Yi smiled slightly and asked in return:
"Can't you?"

The crowd remained silent, but a few people raised their thumbs up:

"If you can reach the eighth floor, I will call you senior brother, and I will be completely convinced."

The other disciples nodded in agreement.

“Indeed, if you can reach the eighth level, you will be an outstanding one even among the true disciples, and you will deserve to be called senior brother.”

Xia Yi laughed heartily:
"I'm determined to be your senior brother."

"Wait and see."

While the disciples were chatting, some disciples had already lined up to enter the Wind God Tower.

Su Yu did not enter; he was currently checking the condition of the Wind God Tower.

When Immortal Venerable Guanxu activated the Wind God Tower, the Wind God Tower interface popped up on his panel, displaying all the rankings of the Wind God Tower, as well as various rewards, including rewards from the Wind God Treasure Vault itself, and rewards jointly funded by the eight major sects.

The ranking of the Wind God Tower is divided into two types: the overall historical ranking and the current ranking.

The new rankings were initially empty, but the historical rankings were already full.

Su Yu's gaze fell on the overall ranking, which contained a total of one hundred names. The vast majority of them came from various sects on the main island of Shenzhou. In addition to the eight major sects he could see now, there were many other sects. He even saw a few familiar sects and names among them.

Chu Feng from the Tai Xuan Immortal Sect, and Xia Changge from the Wan Fa Immortal Sect.

Su Yu had seen these two names on the Falling Star Islands Prodigy Ranking before; one was ranked twenty-seventh overall, and the other forty-third.

Yes, a contestant on the prestigious Prodigy Ranking didn't even make it into the top ten.

But this is quite normal. The Heavenly Pride Ranking selects the contemporary geniuses, while the Wind God Ranking lists all the contestants who have climbed the Wind God Tower over the past tens of thousands of years. Countless contestants from previous Heavenly Pride Rankings have climbed the Wind God Tower, probably dozens or even hundreds in total. It's normal that they are not ranked in the top ten.

It's worth mentioning that the Wind God Tower ranking list isn't entirely made up of humans. After browsing through it, Su Yu saw twenty-two super geniuses from the Horned Demon Clan, one super genius from the Six-Eared Clan, and one super genius from the Heavenly Eye Clan.

This was the fourth alien race Su Yu had heard of, besides the Horned Demons, the Fire Clan, and the Six-Eared Clan.

This means that near the borders of human civilization, besides the previous races, there is another player civilization called the Sky Eye Clan.

However, only one of the Sky Eye Clan is on the list, which means that although the Sky Eye Clan is not far from human civilization, they should not be on the same side as the Horned Demons, who are on the same side as humans and have been fighting for tens of thousands of years.

This player from the Sky Eye Clan ranks very high in the Tower of Wind Gods, at number two.

Su Yu didn't pay much attention to the leaderboard; she glanced at it casually and then shifted her gaze to the rewards.

The rewards from the Tower of Wind Gods are not visible until you have climbed the tower and obtained Wind God Power. You can then see what you can exchange for using Wind God Power, and the amount of Wind God Power you have determines how many items you can see.

However, the resources invested by the eight major sects can be seen immediately without climbing the tower. Su Yu directly looked at them from high to low value, and the first thing that caught his eye was a good item that appealed to him.

Five Virtues Star Stone (Tenth Tier) *1: A rare and precious material, containing the power of merit.

Five-Crystal Divine Iron (Ninth Rank) *5: Spirit Ore, an extremely hard divine iron.

5 Extinct Star Cores (Ninth Rank): Remnants of extinct star cores.

Solar Essence (Rank 8) *5: The residual essence after a meteor was melted by the true fire of the sun.

10 pieces of Fairy Blood Essence: No explanation needed, those who know, know.

Law Fragment *10: Contains a certain amount of law power.

True Dragon's Reverse Scale (Ninth Rank) *100.

The Eight Treasures Turtle, a Treasure of Ten Thousand Years.

Enlightenment Lotus Seeds *3
Eight Desolate Dragon Turtle Eggs.
The entire collection consisted of top-tier treasures, dazzling the eyes and making one's mouth water.

"As expected of a top-tier commodity, the quality of these resources is exceptionally high."

It's only because each of the eight sects has disciples participating that they're willing to invest so many resources. It all depends on which sect's disciples are the most competitive and come out on top, as they will get the biggest benefits.

Su Yu's gaze swept across the many treasures, and she quickly locked onto a few items.

First and foremost is the unique tenth-tier material, the Five Virtues Star Stone. This thing is a star core containing the power of merit, and it can serve as the main core material for a tenth-tier magic weapon. Then, by combining it with some ninth-tier materials, a tenth-tier supreme treasure can be forged.

If one is willing to spend the money, consuming several strands of innate primordial power, along with other top-tier materials, it is possible to forge a celestial treasure.

Then there are law fragments that can be exchanged for a few pieces; the more of these versatile items, the better.

If there are no other options, you won't lose any fragments from the other select all rule.

After looking around, Su Yu was surprised to find that some contestants had already come out of the Wind God Tower. Judging from their long faces, they probably hadn't climbed many floors.

"This thing is a bit difficult, but it's a good thing."

"If there's no challenge, how can we beat them and win the best reward?"

Su Yu's lips curled slightly, feeling no pressure at all, but rather full of drive.

Having survived the heavenly tribulation and established his immortal foundation, he has passed the novice stage. His weakest and most dangerous period has passed, and the era of his soaring to great heights and becoming famous throughout the world is about to begin.

If you have the ability, status, and position, you don't need to worry about whether others will be angry or resentful if you win. Just keep your head down and keep pushing forward.

As time passed, disciples from various factions emerged from the tower, some joyful and some sorrowful.

After everyone had entered, the second group of disciples followed.

Su Yu did not enter immediately. The disciples who had entered were surrounded by the contestants who had not yet entered and asked them about the situation inside. He listened attentively.

Being fearless isn't reckless; it's better to understand the situation before coming up. With preparation, you might even get a higher ranking.

It's important to understand that his goal wasn't just to surpass the disciples of the eight major sects and take first place; that would be easy for him.

His goal is the overall leaderboard; he wants to climb the leaderboard and see if he can get the extra rewards for it.

If you can rank in the top 100 of the overall leaderboard, you will receive additional rewards from the Wind God Tower. The higher the ranking, the richer the rewards. If you can enter the top ten, the rewards will be even higher than those from the Eight Sects.

Their casual conversation was not kept secret, and Su Yu heard it all clearly.

After several rounds of selections and exiting the Wind God Tower, Su Yu verified their answers against each other to confirm their accuracy, and she had a clear understanding of the situation.

The challenges of the Tower of Winds are both difficult and easy. They are easy in that the mode is simple, just a very ordinary level-up mode. Each floor of the tower will present an opponent based on your personal level. You must defeat the opponent within the time limit to pass the level.

The difficulty lies in the strength of the opponents, as they are basically mirror images of past contestants, replicating their abilities and methods; they are all elites from various schools.

To put it simply, it's like they're all PK'ing with elite masters from other sects.

The higher you go, the more powerful you become. By the seventh level, you should be on par with the true disciples of the major sects. Being able to defeat them means your strength surpasses that of most true disciples.

The eighth level is equivalent to the level between the top true disciples and the disciples of various schools.

The ninth level consists of at least a Daoist disciple who has established a foundation for immortality, or a contemporary prodigy.

"I am already a Dao Child, and I must ascend to the ninth level to prove my strength."

Su Yu extended her hand in a gesture of shaking hands and sent a message to Li Hongfei:

"Senior Brother Li, I'll go next round."

Li Hongfei glanced at it and replied casually:
"Everything has already been decided, we'll wait for the eighth round."

"can."

After turning off the communication, Su Yu closed her eyes to rest.

As time went on, rounds of contestants entered and exited, only to be replaced by another group that entered and then exited again shortly afterward.

Results vary, some are good and some are bad, some are happy and some are sad.

Until one moment, Su Yu heard someone shout:

"Preparations for the eighth round."

Li Hongfei's voice also reached my ears:
"You can go now."

He opened his eyes and saw that eight contestants had already flown towards the Wind God Tower. He immediately leaped over and flew in last place, attracting the attention of many people who glanced at him but then looked away.

"Enter the tower!"

The nine people passed through the invisible passage and arrived in front of the Wind God Tower. Soon it was Su Yu's turn. He looked up at the tower, which was made of an unknown material, and the shimmering light gate, and stepped into it.

The space shifted in the next second, and they appeared directly on an enormous void platform, surrounded by a transparent wind wall above and around them.

Su Yu stood at one end of the ring, a ten-second countdown appearing before her eyes, along with a fifteen-minute time limit, meaning that if she failed to defeat her opponent within fifteen minutes, she would lose.

He casually summoned the Azure Cloud Canopy, and two sword lights flew out and circled around him.

Ten seconds later, a beam of light descended from the sky and struck the other end of the platform. As the light shattered, a tall, level 112 horned demon was revealed.

(End of this chapter)