Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 297 Ancient Teleportation Array, Dragon Remains, Future Plans
"Such powerful illusion magic."

And it wasn't specifically targeted at him; it was merely a passive effect.

If one's willpower and senses are not strong enough, one might actually believe this is a celestial abode and rush over, only to dive headfirst into the snail demon's mouth without any reaction.

After Su Yu finished looking her over, she asked Qing Chan beside her:

"Should we kill him?"

Qingchan looked the snow-white conch demon over and shook her head, saying:
"Forget it, it's rare to see such a high-level snail demon, let's let it go."

Su Yu glanced at the snail demon's appearance; it was indeed very beautiful and would be popular with girls. She nodded and said:
"Alright, then let it go this time."

Anyway, there's not much else underwater, but there are plenty of monsters above level 200.

The two men and the dragon bypassed them from a distance and continued pushing forward.

Two hours later, the group crossed another underwater mountain range and came into view a super-large sea anemone that stretched for more than 30 kilometers at the bottom of the valley. Countless colorful tentacles, tens of meters thick and four or five kilometers long, stretched out in the water, resembling an underwater forest.

This thing is even higher level than the Snow White Conch Demon, at level 265, but it only has the terrifying template.

They were extremely ferocious; they were discovered as soon as they crossed the mountain, and countless tentacles danced and sprang out, instantly resembling a barrage of missiles.

Caught off guard, Ao Run was grabbed by hundreds of tentacles and forcibly pulled toward the center of the sea anemone. Its body, which was more than 30 kilometers in diameter, flipped open and enveloped the more than 10-kilometer-long Azure Dragon.

"Damn, kill him."

Su Yu's body swayed, revealing four heads and eight arms. He swung the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe and fell like a meteor. The thick body of the sea anemone was directly cleaved open by the divine axe. As it moved downwards, it dragged out a crack thousands of meters long. Through the crack, one could see the Azure Dragon being bitten by countless tentacles, the constantly exploding Gui Water Divine Thunder and the Midnight Cold Tide. The area inside was filled with frozen and broken tentacles and ice shards.

Qingchan urged two tenth-tier flying swords to swirl around the sea anemone. The sword light easily tore through the BOSS's incredibly tough muscles, quickly ripping the sea anemone's closed body into a tattered sack-like shape.

The two charged in, their axe flashes and sword energy crisscrossing as they severed the tentacles one by one.

Their flying sword magic weapon is too powerful. Sea anemones are just big in size, but their strength is not high.

Even without their help, this thing alone might not be able to do anything to Ao Run.

Two minutes later, Ao Run broke free and, in a fit of rage, activated the town-level forbidden technique—the Xuanming One Qi Formless Kunzai Thunder Net—gathering tens of thousands of Xuanming One Qi Formless Divine Thunders that exploded, instantly engulfing an area of ​​hundreds of kilometers in terrifying Xuanming cold air.

Seven minutes later, the chill dissipated, and the sea anemone was gone, leaving only a ground covered in frozen bits of flesh and undigested monster remains beneath the corpse.

In addition, there is a crack beneath this giant anemone corpse, through which lies a spiritual vein.

Qingchan glanced disdainfully at the spiritual vein entangled by tentacles and said:

"This spiritual power level shouldn't be even below level four, right?"

Su Yu nodded and said:
"Definitely not, otherwise it would be more than this level."

The so-called spiritual power level is a classification of spiritual vein spiritual power levels agreed upon by various forces, and it is equivalent to cultivation realm.

A first-order spiritual vein corresponds to the Qi Refining cultivation level.

The second-tier spiritual vein corresponds to the Foundation Establishment Loose Immortal cultivation level.

The third-tier spiritual vein corresponds to the cultivation level of a Golden Core Earth Immortal.

The fourth-order spiritual vein corresponds to the cultivation level of a Nascent Soul Celestial Immortal.

A fifth-order spiritual vein corresponds to the cultivation level of a True Immortal.

A sixth-order spiritual vein corresponds to the cultivation level of a Xuanxian (Mysterious Immortal).

Similarly, a seventh-order spiritual vein corresponds to the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal.

Su Yu's Sea-Suppressing Pearl currently has a spiritual energy concentration of level six, corresponding to the cultivation level of a Profound Immortal. This means that the current Sea-Suppressing Realm can accommodate a Profound Immortal cultivating within it, which also implies that the Sea-Suppressing Pearl's potential will also...
No, to be precise, the potential of the Zhenhai Pearl should exceed the sixth rank, because the Zhenhai Pearl is not yet in its complete state at this time.

Su Yu jumped into the spiritual vein and circled around; it was empty and there was nothing there.

"Let's go."

They continued on their journey, occasionally encountering super bosses perched atop the spiritual veins. Their strength varied greatly, with the weakest at only level 220 or 230 and the strongest reaching level 280 or 290, their size spanning tens of kilometers, resembling a plateau.

After traveling for more than half a month and covering a distance of no less than two million kilometers, we finally arrived at a huge artificial platform on the seabed.

The platform is hundreds of kilometers in diameter and ten kilometers high. It is carved from a single piece of mountain rock and surrounded by nine towering stone pillars with diameters of over a thousand meters. On this enormous platform lies the remains of a true dragon, more than thirty kilometers long and of a legendary level 294.

The two people and the dragon hovered above the teleportation platform. Su Yu's gaze swept over the enormous true dragon, the platform, and the densely packed remains of demonic beasts around it. In particular, he noticed that the dragon's skeleton, which was over thirty kilometers long, was completely broken. His face showed horror.
"The enemy actually followed us along the teleportation array?"

He seemed to have thought of something and turned around to ask:
Are these your parents?

Ao Run shook his head and said:
"These are not my parents, but members of the Dragon Palace who guard this teleportation array."

"Moreover, these demonic beasts were not enemies, but subordinates of this clan. They were simply killed by an enemy's attack from a distance."

"A kill from a distance?"

Su Yu was shocked:

"Even a Celestial Immortal couldn't do that, right? It would require at least a True Immortal. Given the Dragon Clan's strength and the vast distance between them, even a True Immortal would probably find it difficult to accomplish."

Su Yu looked at the enormous ancient teleportation array, couldn't help but click her tongue, and asked:

"How long has it been since the Dragon Palace was destroyed?"

Ao Run recalled for a moment and said:
"It's been seventeen years." "Hmm, so long, are the enemies who destroyed the Azure Dragon Palace still around?"

"I do not know."

Su Yu thought for a moment, then reached out and opened the Zhenhai Realm Gate, summoning Canghai. Pointing to the ancient teleportation array on the massive platform, he asked:

"Do you have a way to activate this formation?"

Upon seeing such a grand formation, Canghai immediately became interested. With a wave of his sleeve, he swept the dragon skeleton aside and continuously sent beams of light into the formation. Soon, the thick array patterns began to light up.

After spending nearly half an hour checking the ancient teleportation array, Canghai nodded and said:
"The formation is still usable, and I can activate it, but it consumes a lot of spiritual energy."

"However, I found that the other end of the formation seems a bit unstable. If I teleport there, there is a chance that I will drift into a spatial rift."

"That probably means the large formation on the other end was destroyed."

Su Yu stroked her chin and thought for a moment, then said to Ao Run in a deep voice:
"No need to rush. Our strength is not very strong yet. Let's wait a few more years and see. By then, we will be stronger, and Canghai's strength will have improved further, which should increase our stability."

Ao Run nodded and said:
"Since the Dragon Palace has already been destroyed, it's better to go there when we are stronger."

"Well, let's go."

Su Yu marked the location on the map and then returned with Qingchan and Ao Run.

They changed direction and continued leveling up while fighting their way back.

One year and two months later, Su Yu returned to Wan Du Island after spending several months at the bottom of the sea. He immediately convened an internal meeting of the guild's senior management and formulated a five-year development plan.

The plan has only one objective: to start expanding the guild from this moment forward.

Plan 1: Starting now, both the headquarters on Wandu Island and the branch in the Endless Forest will begin to expand and recruit people, with a plan to recruit 1 million new people every year, and the total number of members in the guild will be more than 6 million in five years.

Plan Two: Invest resources to quickly cultivate skilled rogue cultivators belonging to the guild.

Yes, Su Yu doesn't like recruiting outside cultivators. Not only are their strengths uneven, but they also like to put on airs.

Instead of spending money to hire a bunch of old men, it's better to train your own people.

Inspired by the experience gained from training family members, a group of elite elders can be selected from the guild and made to swear an oath of loyalty to him. After that, they can receive a standard resource pack to enhance their strength.

This includes a profound Five Elements True Scripture, a Purple Mansion Immortal Spirit Fruit, a mouthful of fine wine, a large number of low- to mid-level natural treasures to enhance attributes, three seventh-tier magic weapons, and twenty sixth-tier cannon fodder items. Then, he will spend two years in seclusion within the Zhenhai Realm accumulating cultivation points and Daoist power.

One program is held annually, with 100-300 people carefully selected and trained each time.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan, Su Yu used the two sources of primordial power accumulated last year and this year on the thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit Tree, and used the same method to transform two new Purple Mansion Immortal Spirit Fruit Trees.

Following the meeting, the Thousand Star Palace expanded rapidly and quietly.

After finalizing his plan, Su Yu continued to keep a low profile, taking his wife to the underground world to level up through a frenzy of killing.

A large number of high-level monsters can provide a lot of cultivation points and Taoist cultivation, while many level 200+ BOSSes can provide a lot of high-level loot, and occasionally, if you are lucky, you can get some top-quality items.

Every six months, they would go back to their guild base, and each trip back would be the time when a large number of guild members would undergo tribulation.

Time flies, and years pass quickly.

Two years later, all three Purple Mansion Immortal Fruits ripened again, producing a total of 108 fruits, enough for 108 elite members.

After taking the pills, they underwent tribulations one by one. Only 14 unlucky ones encountered the second level of tribulation and failed. The remaining 94 people successfully passed the tribulation, all of them reaching the sixth grade of Dao Foundation, barely reaching the middle grade of Dao Foundation.

Three years later, all the primal power that Zhenhai Pearl had gathered over the years was used to upgrade the Millennium Vermilion Fruit, resulting in the birth of nine Purple Mansion Immortal Spirit Fruits.

Six trees successively produced a total of 216 Purple Mansion Immortal Fruits, giving birth to 185 new Loose Immortals.

With the addition of the guild's existing independent cultivators, by the end of the first five-year plan, the Thousand Star Palace had a total of over five hundred independent cultivators.

Nearly half of the success rate is achieved by guild members who have accumulated enough experience attempting the tribulation on their own. The success rate is quite high because the guild provides benefits, and all those attempting the tribulation receive a tribulation gift pack, which includes a seventh-tier magic weapon, ten sixth-tier cannon fodder items, and a large number of rare and precious materials to enhance their attributes.

Besides the Purple Mansion Immortal Fruit and the Jade Elixir, everything else is available.

Therefore, the success rate is not as high as that of carefully cultivated cultivators, but it is definitely much higher than that of independent cultivators. Once a low-grade Dao Foundation is formed, one is still a loose immortal, and their status and treatment will be significantly improved.

It is worth mentioning that, in addition to ordinary members undergoing tribulations one after another, many key members of the guild also underwent tribulations in the past five years. Brothers such as Gu Zhi Qiu, Chu Xiao Yu, Shi Ning, Zhuang Zhuo, and Meng Chen all successfully passed the Heavenly Tribulation.

All of them are mid-grade Dao foundations; there are no high-grade Dao foundations.

Even Gu Zhi Qiu, who had the deepest foundation, was only at the fourth rank of Dao Foundation, as was Chu Xiao Yu, whose other brothers were all at the fifth rank.

Apart from Gu Zhi Qiu having some regrets, everyone else was very satisfied.

The first five-year plan has come to an end. In addition to the emergence of many experts, the number of guild members has exceeded five million, which is less than expected.

Su Yu then convened another internal meeting to begin formulating the second five-year plan.

The second five-year plan no longer focuses solely on development; it allows for outward expansion.

The first step is to conquer all major guild forces within a 500 million kilometer radius of Wan Du Island, excluding Jin Jiao Island.

The second step, after eliminating any worries about the surrounding area, is to launch a war against the two major guild alliances of the Flying Star Islands. He aims to defeat both guild alliances in one fell swoop and become the undisputed overlord of the entire East China Sea in the Blue Mountain Islands.

(End of this chapter)