Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 308 First Hearing of the Three Teachings: These Three Immortals Are Not the Same as Those Three Immortals (6K)

"I never imagined that the Heavenly Court would recruit people."

"And it involves summoning heavenly soldiers and generals, as well as local earth gods and mountain spirits."

Su Yu pinched her chin, feeling extremely strange.

"Let me see what the conditions are for recruiting heavenly soldiers and generals."

With a light touch of his finger, information about the Heavenly Court unfolded and appeared before him.

"Hmm, you need to be at least level 200. Sorry to bother you."

Whether it's a celestial soldier or a mountain god or land deity, the minimum requirement is level 200 or above, and even earth immortals generally cannot meet the requirement.

The requirements for potential are not high; even a mid-grade Golden Core is acceptable. However, the requirements for personal combat strength are very high. After all, whether they are heavenly soldiers or local deities, they all represent the Heavenly Court. If their strength is too weak, they will be bullied by local demons and monsters, which will be a disgrace to the Heavenly Court.

"Honey, this sect looks pretty good."

Qingchan came closer and pointed to a sect displayed on her panel.

Su Yu glanced over, raised an eyebrow slightly, and nodded, saying:
"This sect is indeed quite good."

The Supreme Spirit Void Sect is one of the top Daoist lineages in the Azure Immortal Realm. Legend has it that its lineage was passed down from the ancient Human Religion, and its founder was a disciple of the Grand Master Xuandu.

"I wonder how much of this legend is true or false."

The name "Grand Master Xuandu" was extremely well-known to Su Yu.

He was the eldest and only disciple of the legendary sage, Taishang Daode Tianzun.

"So, what time is it now?"

"Now we are in the era of the Four Continents, which means the war between the Lich King and the Demon King is definitely over, but I don't know if the war of the Investiture of the Gods is over."

"I heard from Brother Ping that a woman named Li Shixuan became a disciple of a female immortal on the Three Immortals Island, which is a million kilometers away. Is this Three Immortals Island the legendary Three Immortals Island? Is that female immortal the Three Immortal Maidens?"

"It doesn't feel like it."

"The Three Immortals were originally formed from primordial clouds during the primordial era. With their foundation, once they took human form, their cultivation would be more than just that of a Celestial Immortal. Moreover, they were disciples of the Sage Tongtian Jiaozhu, so their cultivation was at least at the Golden Immortal level."

"In terms of strength, they don't match up."

"Perhaps this Three Immortal Islands is just a coincidence of names, and there just happens to be three immortals on it, one of whom happens to be a female immortal."

Pulling her mind back to the present, Su Yu continued to examine these sects and soon made new discoveries.

"Qingxu Temple inherits the Daoist lineage of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Ancient Chan Sect, Qingxu Daode Tianzun."

The following information details that the founder of Qingxu Temple was a formal disciple of Qingxu Daode Tianzun, and it is said that he still maintains connections with the direct lineage of Qingxu Daode Tianzun in Dongsheng Shenzhou.

The Chiqing Immortal Sect inherits the Daoist lineage of Chijingzi, one of the twelve Golden Immortals of the ancient Chan Sect. Its founder was a disciple of Chijingzi.

"Wow, these names are truly legendary."

Su Yu smacked her lips and examined the object with curiosity.

These sects do not have minimum requirements for recruiting disciples. They will recruit even newcomers who have no cultivation experience or who have passed their first Heavenly Tribulation. The upper limit is below Earth Immortal. Once someone has passed the Earth Immortal Tribulation, they will no longer be recruited.

When Ping Lingze and others first arrived, some had already passed the Earth Immortal Tribulation, while others had not.

Those who have already overcome this hurdle can't be helped; they basically can't join any sect anymore.

"If you want a longer future, it's best to join one of the top religious or sectarian traditions."

At least those ancient masters have inherited their lineage, even if it's just a side branch, they can still be connected. In the future, their cultivation will be able to reach a higher level, such as Heavenly Immortal or True Immortal. Some less powerful sects can't even provide a way to advance further. Ancient great sects don't have this problem.

It's important to understand that while top-tier Qi cultivation techniques can allow you to cultivate to the level of Celestial Immortal, True Immortal, or even Profound Immortal and Golden Immortal in one go, this is only in theory. In reality, without guidance from a master or the correct method, it's absolutely wishful thinking to reach that level with just one technique.

Just like Su Yu's cultivation of the Xuan Ting Treasure Manual was completed to the supreme level, theoretically the highest level he could reach was Golden Immortal.

But this is just theory. If one cultivates alone without guidance, the highest one can reach is the Celestial Immortal.

Cultivation at the Celestial Immortal level or above is not just about blindly improving one's Qi Refining Technique; it also involves cultivation of laws. Most importantly, once one reaches this level, without guidance from a master to raise the upper limit of one's Daoist abilities, relying solely on one's own cultivation requires consuming ten times the normal cultivation points and Daoist power to forcibly increase one's level.

Su Yu is currently at the Loose Immortal level, and the cultivation points and Dao cultivation required for advancement are already exaggerated. When he reaches the Celestial Immortal level, it will be even more exaggerated, increasing tenfold. Tsk tsk.

After carefully examining the situation of these sects, Su Yu circled a few of them with her finger and said:
"Qingchan, let's go to these sects then."

"Qingxu Temple, Taishang Lingxu Sect, and Chiqing Immortal Sect, are those the only three?"

"Prioritize these three; if we can't get into those, then we'll consider others."

"Okay, I'll go wherever you go."

Su Yu pulled his wife into his arms and smiled:

"Don't worry, with our qualifications, we're 100% guaranteed to get in."

This is not bragging; with their qualifications and abilities, they are absolutely certain to get in.

Although a top-grade Dao Foundation isn't particularly rare in a place like the Azure Immortal Realm, it's not exactly common either. Simply joining a sect is definitely not a problem, and there's even a chance to go further and become a disciple of an immortal within the sect.

Of course, this is just a future plan. For now, he has to stay here for a while and leave after things calm down.

In the days that followed, Su Yu and Qing Chan settled down in this place.

They stayed directly at the Chamber of Commerce, where Ping Lingze assigned them a residence. Through the spiritual energy supplied by the large array nodes throughout the city, they could gain 3000 million spiritual energy experience and 150 points of cultivation every day while cultivating in their residence.

Ping Lingze said with a grin:

"This is the basic benefit of the Chamber of Commerce. If you want more spiritual energy, you will need to spend money. The version with 5000 million spiritual energy and 300 points of cultivation will cost 2 immortal coins per month."

"If you want the version with 10000 million spiritual power and 500 points of cultivation, it will cost 4 immortal coins per month."

"If you want even higher levels, the Chamber of Commerce can't support you here. You'll need to rent a special cave dwelling in the center of the city. The highest you can get there is 10 billion spiritual energy experience and 1000 points of cultivation per day, but the monthly rent is as high as 10 immortal coins."

"By the way, you probably don't have any immortal coins here right now, do you?"

Su Yu quickly replied:

"There are 20. I sold some of the resources I brought from home before."

Ping Lingze's eyes lit up, and he asked:

"Any more? If so, you can sell them to the Chamber of Commerce. Although the price is the same as outside, you can get Chamber of Commerce contributions. If you accumulate enough Chamber of Commerce contributions and the level is higher, you can get priority assistance from the Chamber of Commerce in the future."

"of course can."

"Walk."

Ping Lingze pulled him to the front of the Chamber of Commerce and watched Su Yu take out various supplies for trading.

Su Yu didn't hide anything from his own people, taking out various spiritual herbs and minerals worth no less than fifty million gold coins and packing them into several large storage bags.

Ping Lingze glanced at it, his mouth slightly agape, then his face lit up with ecstasy:

"I didn't realize you were such a millionaire. This windfall is enough for me to meet next year's targets ahead of schedule."

Su Yu was surprised:

"What achievements?"

"Haha, brother, I'm the branch manager of the Chamber of Commerce in Canglan City, and I have to meet performance targets every year."

"I see. So, how much are these resources worth?"

"I'll do the math."

Ping Lingze examined it carefully for a while before saying:
"I've assessed it, and the total value is about 4860 Immortal Coins. In the Divine Continent, it's worth about 5000 million gold coins. The prices are different on the two sides."

"Yeah, I understand."

An hour later, Su Yu had 4860 coins in hand, instantly becoming a millionaire.

After completing the transaction, Ping Lingze clicked his tongue and said with some envy:
"Brother Su, your net worth has suddenly surpassed ours."

Su Yu was surprised:

"Isn't it?"

Ping Lingze chuckled and said:

"Nearly five thousand immortal coins, which is close to fifty million taels of gold in the Divine Continent. You should know how many people from there can come up with fifty million taels of gold?"

"Although the resources and strength of the Azure Immortal Realm are several levels higher than those of the Divine Continent, there are not many who can come up with 50 million gold. These 4860 immortal coins are enough for you two to cultivate lavishly all the way to the Earth Immortal realm with some left over."

"That's good."

With the money, Su Yu didn't spend a lot of money to rent a cave for cultivation.

They have the Zhenhai Pearl, which works just as well, so why waste money on this?

He spends his days cultivating diligently inside Zhenhai Pearl, occasionally venturing out to stroll around Canglan City.

The Canglan City is built on the seabed, and most of the creatures inside are intelligent, humanoid monsters. The buildings inside are also full of aquatic style, making it quite a scenic spot.

After only a few days of browsing, Su Yu discovered an unexpected delight.

Demonic artifacts, which are extremely rare in the Central Plains, are everywhere here, and they are 50% cheaper than the flying swords and magical treasures they use. You can buy them for half the price of a normal flying sword or magical treasure.

For example, a ninth-tier magic weapon costs between 100 and 300 immortal coins, while a demon weapon would only cost between 50 and 150 immortal coins.

In addition, weapon-type magical artifacts, which are rarely seen in China, are extremely common here, and their prices are the same as those of flying sword magical artifacts.

Qingchan browsed around with great interest for a while, then suddenly pointed to the goods hanging in a shop on the panel and said:
“My husband, look, these two magical treasures are perfect for you.”

Su Yu looked over and saw a pair of tenth-tier mandarin duck swords.

Azure Mandarin Duck Immortal Sword (Tenth Tier): Rare item, divine weapon of the immortal realm.

Attributes: 100 million physical attack power + 600% magic damage bonus, attack range 100 kilometers, mana cost 5, additional skills: armor penetration +10, divine blade, male and female unity.

Armor Penetration: Attacks ignore 100% of the target's defense.

Divine Edge: 100% chance to cut through flying swords and magic weapons below the seventh rank, a certain chance to cut through flying swords and magic weapons above the seventh rank, 100% chance to instantly kill enemies below level 100, and a certain chance to instantly kill enemies with a constitution below 10.

Male and female in one: The Azure Mandarin Duck Immortal Sword and the Purple Duck Immortal Sword combine into one sword, with a power of 300% of the combined power of the two swords.

Purple Duck Immortal Sword (Tenth Tier): Rare item, divine weapon of the immortal realm.

Attributes: 100 million physical attack power + 600% magic damage bonus, attack range 100 kilometers, mana cost 5, additional skills: armor penetration +10, divine blade, male and female unity.

Armor Penetration: Attacks ignore 100% of the target's defense.

Divine Edge: 100% chance to cut through flying swords and magic weapons below the seventh rank, a certain chance to cut through flying swords and magic weapons above the seventh rank, 100% chance to instantly kill enemies below level 100, and a certain chance to instantly kill enemies with a constitution below 10.

Male and female in one: The Azure Mandarin Duck Immortal Sword and the Purple Duck Immortal Sword combine into one sword, with a power of 300% of the combined power of the two swords.

"nice one!"

Su Yu took a liking to it at first sight. Although its attributes were not as good as the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe, it was a set. The key was that it could be combined with a set of flying swords, just like the two swords in the set, which would greatly increase its power.

He glanced at the prices again, and his face fell. A single sword cost 3000 Immortal Coins, and two swords cost 6000 Immortal Coins.

"too expensive."

However, this price is indeed normal for a complete set of divine weapons.

Qingchan asked:

"Is the money not enough? Do you want more?"

Su Yu immediately reached out to stop him, waving her hand and saying:
"This is nice, but there's no need to spend so much money. Let's talk about it later."

The two shifted their gaze from the flying sword and magical artifact to other areas, and soon discovered a new world.

Ocean Spirit Pearl (Immortal Item): The essence of the ocean gathers and refines, which can transform into a lake. It can be used to cultivate water-based Taoist magic and supernatural powers, or it can be refined to obtain 2000 billion-5000 billion spiritual energy experience. Price: 15 Immortal Coins.

"This thing can actually be refined into at least 2000 billion spiritual energy experience points?"

"The price isn't expensive either."

Su Yu glanced at the sales quantity * 16 and estimated in her mind:
"With just 240 Immortal Coins, you can obtain a minimum of 3.2 trillion and a maximum of 6.4 trillion spiritual energy experience."

Without hesitation, Su Yu took out 240 Immortal Coins and bought the 16 Azure Ocean Spirit Pearls.

Compared to those two divine weapons, treasures that can directly improve cultivation are not a matter of whether they are worth it or not; if they exist, you should definitely buy them.

He continued browsing, buying anything that was useful, interesting, or that Qingchan liked.

Anyway, he has money. In addition to the more than 4,000 immortal coins he has, he also has at least 20,000 to 30,000 immortal coins worth of supplies stored in the Zhenhai Pearl.

Unfortunately, most of the resources he obtained from destroying the Flying Star Sect and occupying the Flying Star Main City were low- to mid-grade resources. He left most of these in the Thousand Star Palace and did not bring them out. There were not many high-grade resources, and all of them were probably only worth about 30,000 Immortal Coins.

Back at their lodgings, there were 16 pearls from the ocean and 8 cicadas.

Swallow the pearl into your mouth. Once inside your stomach, rich spiritual energy surges out from the pearl and, after some refining, transforms into spiritual experience.

After a full day of continuous refining, the Pearl of the Vast Ocean was completely refined. Su Yu opened her eyes, and her eyes lit up.

"It actually refined 3800 billion spiritual energy experience."

Turning to look at Qingchan, who had also completed the refining process, she pursed her lips and said:

"3600 billion spiritual energy experience."

"Not much difference."

Su Yu guessed that the experience gained from refining was determined by talent and cultivation method. If one had high talent, or possessed water-type root bones, or cultivated a water-type Qi refining cultivation method, the more spiritual energy experience one would gain from refining.

If it were replaced with the Ocean Refining Technique, it could definitely refine up to 5000 billion experience points.

After refining the eight Azure Ocean Pearls, I gained a total of 3.04 trillion spiritual energy experience points, which is enough to raise my Dao Foundation to the eighth rank with some left over.

However, he did not upgrade it, but instead stored it in the experience pool for later use.

Because once you join a sect, you will have to learn the sect's inherited mental techniques and the sect's corresponding true understanding. If you don't accumulate enough cultivation points and spiritual power, your progress will slow down. This will greatly affect the opinions of the elders in the sect and put you at a disadvantage when competing with others.

With the experience accumulated previously, Su Yu now has a total of 39600 trillion cultivation experience points and a cultivation level of 246 million points in his experience pool.

Having tasted success, Su Yu frequently browsed various chambers of commerce in Canglan City, specifically searching for rare and precious materials that could enhance cultivation, from the Pearl of the Azure Sea to various pills that could improve cultivation.

He had originally intended to order from the Shenzhou Chamber of Commerce, but upon inquiring, he learned that the Chamber did not have any. Ping Lingze smiled and said:

"We don't even have enough of these rare and precious materials and pills that can improve cultivation. The Chamber of Commerce has been using them internally, and there's no way we'd put them on the market."

Su Yu was surprised:

"Have you tried to buy them on the market? I previously acquired 16 'Pearls of the Sea,' which are quite good."

Ping Lingze asked:
"At what price did you acquire it?"

"15 cents each."

"The normal price is 10 cents each."

Su Yu
"Ok."

Despite the high price, Su Yu felt it wasn't unacceptable, considering the time saved from such a large amount of spiritual energy experience could be measured in years.

However, even though the price was acceptable, he slowed down the pace of acquisitions and stopped blindly buying. He had to check the price first, and if it was too expensive, he would give up.

Even so, by the time Su Yu was ready to leave two years later, the cultivation points accumulated in the experience pool had exceeded 115600 trillion, and her cultivation level had reached 463 million.

To obtain such a large amount of cultivation points and Taoist cultivation, the price paid is as high as 2440 Immortal Coins.

After deducting other miscellaneous items purchased, there are now 2130 Immortal Coins remaining.

"It's enough for now. After I become an apprentice, I'll find a great immortal city and sell all the supplies I have to get money."

In a small place like Canglan City, the market is limited. A few thousand immortal coins is considered a big deal, and tens of thousands of immortal coins is a super transaction that is hard to come by for many years. It is too eye-catching.

In fact, the sale of nearly 5,000 Immortal Coins to the Shenzhou Chamber of Commerce was already a big deal that caused a sensation in Canglan City. Fortunately, it was a transaction with our own people. If it had been a transaction with other chambers of commerce, there would probably be no peace now.

"call!"

Inside the Zhenhai Realm, Su Yu exhaled a light breath to end his cultivation, and Qing Chan opposite him also opened his eyes.

He reached out and pulled his wife into his arms, saying:

"It's been two years; it's time to move on."

Qingchan nodded and said:
"I can't wait to go to the Azure Immortal Realm and see how its scenery differs from that of the Divine Continent."

Su Yu kissed the beauty and laughed heartily:

"Then get ready to go."

"First, I'd like to say goodbye to all my elder brothers and sisters."

In the past two years, he has gotten to know all his fellow clansmen active in the area, including Li Shixuan, who has become a disciple of the Three Immortals Island.

It is worth mentioning that when Su Yu met Li Shixuan a year and a half ago, she specifically asked about the Three Immortal Islands and confirmed that this Three Immortal Islands was not the same as the Three Immortal Islands. It was just a name that was the same and had nothing to do with the legendary Three Immortals.

The three immortals on the island are three human immortals who have sworn brotherhood and sisterhood. The eldest and second eldest are true immortals, while the youngest is a female immortal whose cultivation level is that of a celestial immortal.

According to Li Shixuan, the three immortals on the island also accept disciples, and if they are willing, they can go to become their disciples, and she can introduce them.

However, Su Yu refused; the two of them wanted to try their luck with the major sects in the Azure Immortal Realm.

Canglan City, West Gate.

Ping Lingze, Meng Feng, Liang Shiwu, Bai Cong, and Zhuo Baopu saw him off here.

"Parting and reunion are inevitable, but so is the time to meet again!"

Ping Lingze clasped his hands in greeting to Su Yu and Qing Chan and said:
"Now that you've gone to land, I don't know when we'll meet again. I wish Brother Su and Sister Qingchan a safe journey and a bright future!"

Su Yu returned the greetings one by one with clasped hands:

"Su Yu thanks all of you for your care. If I have time in the future, I will definitely come back to visit you all."

Bai Cong laughed:

"You two are exceptionally talented. Joining a sect shouldn't be a problem. I imagine you'll have achieved something by the time we meet again."

"Thank you for your kind words, Brother Bai."

After bidding farewell to everyone, Su Yu took Qing Chan and flew out of Canglan City through the Heavenly Escape Shuttle, plunging into the sea and disappearing from sight.

The group watched as the Sky Shuttle disappeared, exchanged glances, and Ping Lingze said with a smile:

"With Brother Su gone, it feels a bit deserted. Now that everyone's here, why don't we go back and have a few drinks?"

Meng Feng laughed heartily:

"Very good!"

"go!"

The group returned, chatting and laughing, and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

In the deep sea, the Sky Shuttle quickly rose to the surface after leaving Canglan City.

There were patrol teams from Canglan City, and not a single monster was seen in the vicinity.

They dived thousands of kilometers deep in one go and finally saw the light of day.

"call out!"

The Sky Shuttle broke through the seawater and rushed to the surface, revealing a clear blue sky.

With the shuttles flying smoothly, Su Yu stood at the window and looked out. Outside was a vast, dark ocean. A strong wind blew, and huge waves hundreds of meters high surged in all directions. From time to time, she could see huge aquatic creatures swimming with the waves.

They are in the deep sea, far from the coast, and the level of the monsters on the sea surface alone is over 150 or 160.

After flying the shuttle to calibrate its direction for less than 10,000 kilometers, it saw three massive dragon whales, each over ten kilometers long and incredibly thick, swimming on the surface of the sea, so huge they resembled moving islands.

"What a huge dragon whale!"

These dragon whales, two large and one small, were probably a family. The strongest one was seventeen or eighteen kilometers long and had a level 290 legendary template. Its robust physique was unmatched by snakes, and its blood and qi were incredibly abundant, with a blood volume exceeding 800 million, even more exaggerated than Su Yu's Supreme Dragon Transformation.

His Supreme Dragon Transformation is a mythical template, with a level of 298 and only 6.5 million HP, which is not as high as this dragon whale.

"hold head high!"

With a long, whistling sound like a steam whistle, the two large dragon whales opened their mouths and inhaled, drawing seawater from hundreds of kilometers around them. Numerous monsters, each hundreds of meters long, were pulled by gravity and slid into the abyss's gaping maw. No matter how much they struggled, they could not escape and disappeared directly into the dragon whales' mouths.

Su Yu and Qing Chan stood in the air for a while, watching until the dragon whale family had eaten and drunk their fill and sank into the sea and disappeared. Only then did the two continue on their way.

Instead of using the escape light to fly, the two traveled slowly on the Sky Escape Shuttle.

Of course, the Sky Shuttle's flight speed is as high as 5, which is not slow, but it is still slower than the Escape Light. They can travel at a decent speed while enjoying the scenery along the way.

"call out!"

A streak of light flashed and disappeared from the horizon. Su Yu turned her head instinctively and saw only a distant point of light gradually disappearing.

"So fast."

Four days later, the Sky Shuttle passed through a sea area and witnessed a colossal object rise from the seabed, transforming into an island that was seven or eight hundred kilometers long and four or five hundred kilometers wide, with thirteen mountain peaks on it.

Overturning Sea Dragon Turtle (Mythical): Level 390, Ancient Wild Beast
A dozen days later, a golden-winged divine bird with a wingspan of at least three hundred kilometers flew in from afar and plunged into the sea. Its enormous size and super-high speed created a violent hurricane that caused the Sky Shuttle to tumble and roll in the air.

Minutes later, the seawater surged and burst open, and the Golden-Winged Divine Bird, with its claws twisting a sea serpent more than 30 kilometers long and a level 287 mythical template, burst out of the sea.

In less than ten seconds, the seawater exploded, and hundreds of sea snakes, each over two hundred in size, led by a super sea snake nearly a thousand kilometers long, rushed out of the sea to hunt down the divine bird.

Su Yu immediately activated the Heavenly Escape Shuttle to create distance, and watched a thrilling battle from afar.

The final result was that more than a dozen sea serpents were eaten by the golden-winged bird, which then flapped its wings and ran away unharmed, leaving only the sea serpent clan roaring helplessly.

(End of this chapter)