Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 325 Spiritual Treasure Embryo, Ambushed Halfway
Leaving aside the Immortal Treasure-level flying swords for now, let's get four tenth-tier flying swords to make do for now.

With his Golden Core cultivation level, he has three flying sword slots. With the addition of the Golden Turtle Ring, he can now equip four flying swords at the same time. And with his current swordsmanship level, he can also activate all four flying swords simultaneously.

"No, I can equip even more."

Su Yu discovered that accessories that could increase the flying sword slot were extremely rare in Blue Mountain, though they were not extremely common here.

After browsing for a while, he spent 500 immortal coins to buy a tenth-grade Taibai Immortal Ring to replace the Golden Turtle Ring.

Taibai Sword Ring (Rank 10): Flying sword damage +10000, attack speed +5000, sword control speed +5000 km/h, sharpness +100,000, flying sword slots +2.

You can only equip two rings; the other one is the Exquisite Fairy Ring.

In this way, he can now equip up to five flying swords at the same time.

However, his plan remained unchanged: he would only purchase four level 10 flying swords.

After careful selection, four tenth-tier immortal swords were quickly chosen. They were all Heavenly Gang Immortal Swords, tenth-tier immortal treasures, and each was priced at 3000 immortal coins.

This Heavenly Gang Immortal Sword not only has the same name as the ninth-tier Heavenly Gang Immortal Sword in his hand, but its attributes are also almost identical, belonging to an advanced version of the same flying sword system.

Heavenly Divine Sword (Tenth Tier): Celestial Weapon, Celestial Treasure, Celestial Sword, Heavenly Divine Power to Subdue Demons and Monsters.

Attributes: Attack 20000-40000, Attack Speed ​​15000-20000, Sword Control Speed ​​15000-20000, Sword Technique Bonus 150%, Characteristics: Armor Penetration, Celestial Power, Spirit Connection.

Armor Break +10: Attacks ignore 100% of the target's defense.

Celestial Power: Activates the Celestial Power within the Immortal Sword, increasing attack power and attack speed by 300%, 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 attack when it senses that its master is in danger.

Equipped with all four flying swords, he reached out and grabbed, and a miniature flying sword appeared in his palm, weaving back and forth within the small space of his hand.

"good."

These four flying swords are made of high-quality materials and are full of spiritual energy. They are very flexible to wield, as easy as using one's own arm.

The key is that the materials used for all four-grade flying swords are of the same quality, making it easier and less resource-intensive to combine them, and allowing four flying swords to be combined simultaneously.

The combined power of four swords is far greater than that of two swords combined.

After practicing for a while and putting away the flying sword, Su Yu browsed the Immortal City Trading Platform again and quickly took a fancy to two Immortal Weapon embryos. They were both blade-shaped embryos and were named Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blades, exactly the same as the Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blades that had been destroyed before.

In fact, the two do share the same origin. Just as many alchemists use the same formula to refine the same pills, the Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade is also a common tenth-order divine weapon forging formula. However, due to differences in materials and forging methods compared to master forging masters, the quality varies.

At least the two new Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blades he bought are of much higher quality than the one he destroyed before.

Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade (Tenth Tier): A divine treasure, a divine weapon from the celestial realm, capable of destroying everything.

Attributes: 500 million physical attack power + 1000% magic damage bonus, attack range 200 kilometers, mana cost 10, additional characteristics: Heavenly Gang, Heavenly Gang Demon Slayer Blade.

Tian Gang: 100% chance to cut through flying swords and magic weapons below the seventh rank, with a certain probability of cutting through flying swords and magic weapons above the seventh rank.

Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade: Charges for ten seconds to unleash a devastating strike, dealing 10 times the maximum attack damage, increases armor penetration level by 1, costs 20 mana, and has a 24-hour cooldown.

Spirit +7: This treasure possesses a spirit. When the spirit's strength increases by 10, it will take shape and manifest in the world, becoming a celestial treasure.

The destroyed Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade was merely a rare item, while these two were divine treasures. Not only had they already condensed weapon spirits, but their weapon spirit strengths were also +7 and +6 respectively. Once they were upgraded to +10, they could transform into immortal-grade divine weapons.

Su Yu held the divine weapon and poured his magic power into refining it. He clearly felt that the Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade, with its +7 weapon spirit, still needed 15 points of Heavenly Dao power to upgrade its weapon spirit to +10.

器灵+6这口要20点天道之力，相当于器灵每提升1点需要5点天道之力，或者5000点法则之力。

If the power of the Heavenly Dao is unavailable, the power of the laws can be used as a substitute.

This is because the essence of the power of Heaven is actually the essence of the power of laws, and every 1000 points of the power of laws is equivalent to 1 point of the power of Heaven.

The Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade with +6 spirit cost him 15 Immortal Coins, and the Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade with +7 spirit cost him 18 Immortal Coins.

A total of 33 Immortal Coins
He didn't have enough money right now, so he took out a full 60000 Heavenly Origin Immortal Fruits from the Zhenhai Pearl and sold them for 30 Immortal Coins.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Origin Immortal Fruit is the main ingredient for refining the Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pill. This kind of pill that enhances cultivation is in high demand and short supply, and any quantity can be easily sold.

They don't need to be sold separately; any large chamber of commerce can handle them all on its own.

The two immortal artifact prototypes cost 33 immortal coins, the four flying swords cost a total of 12000 immortal coins, and the 108 Heavenly Gang Essences cost 21600 immortal coins.

The total cost for this trip was 363600 Immortal Coins, leaving me with 10572 Immortal Coins remaining.

"Money doesn't last long, and even the power of Heaven isn't enough."

Su Yu rubbed her face vigorously, and couldn't help but sigh:
"A mere artifact embryo costs tens of thousands of immortal coins. No wonder so many people who have become immortals don't have a single immortal treasure for protection."

Having obtained the magical artifact, Su Yu stayed in the Immortal City for another half month until all 108 Heavenly Gang Essences offered for reward arrived.

In a cave dwelling within the Xuanqing Immortal City.

Su Yu entered the Zhenhai Realm, reached out and took out the Azure Cloud Canopy, which he held in front of him. With his right hand, he held a pure white Heavenly Gang Essence in his palm, which trembled violently as if struggling. He opened his mouth and spat out a burst of pill fire to refine the Heavenly Gang Essence, erased its consciousness, and then refined it into the Azure Cloud Canopy.

The flowing light entered the canopy and quickly merged into it, with a faint white light flowing within the blue clouds.

One Heavenly Gang Essence is worth 200 Immortal Coins. A typical tenth-tier magic weapon is worth at least 1000 Immortal Coins, while a demonic weapon is only worth 500 Immortal Coins. This means that two or three Heavenly Gang Essences are worth the price of one tenth-tier demonic weapon.

The 108 Heavenly Gang Essences are equivalent to refining forty or fifty tenth-tier magic treasures.

The pure Heavenly Gang power contained in the Heavenly Gang Essence can greatly enhance the basic foundation of the Azure Cloud Treasure Canopy, while the essence is used to strengthen the spirit of the Azure Cloud Treasure Canopy.

This is one of the few ways to strengthen a weapon spirit without incorporating the power of laws or the power of the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade that Su Yu purchased before was strengthened using this method.

Of course, it wasn't the Heavenly Essence that was used; it was just a material similar to that used to enhance the spirit of a weapon.

With dozens of tenth-tier magic treasures integrated into one, the quality of the Azure Cloud Canopy is visibly improving, its defensive power and characteristics are also constantly increasing, and even the strength of its spirit is continuously improving.

It wasn't until he integrated all 108 Heavenly Gang Essences into it in one go that the spirit strength of the Azure Cloud Canopy increased to +1.

"This is absolutely outrageous."

These 108 Heavenly Gang Essences only barely raised the weapon spirit's strength to +1. This is because the Azure Cloud Canopy had previously fused with a considerable amount of Law Power and Heavenly Dao Power, and thus had a certain amount of accumulation. Without this accumulation, it would probably take nearly two hundred Heavenly Gang Essences to raise the weapon spirit's strength by +1.

In other words, it takes about 200 Heavenly Gang Essences to increase the weapon spirit strength by 1 point, and 1800 more are needed to upgrade it to +10.

At a price of 200 Immortal Coins per Heavenly Essence, 1800 essences would require 36 Immortal Coins.

Su Yu thought about how she had only earned so many immortal coins even with her cheat code, while others were working hard to earn money. After deducting other expenses, they probably wouldn't be able to save up this much money even in a thousand years.

However, although it is very expensive, after careful consideration, it is not too expensive compared to the upgrade costs of other immortal artifacts.

After all, the total of 2000 Heavenly Gang Essences only amount to 40 Immortal Coins.

The Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade I bought earlier cost 150,000 to 180,000. Upgrading its spirit to the maximum level will probably cost another 100,000 to 200,000. All things considered, it's comparable to the Azure Cloud Treasure Canopy.
"Alright, the Azure Cloud Canopy is a bit more expensive."

But that's normal; the attributes and potential of the Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade can't compare to the Azure Cloud Canopy.

Moreover, if the Azure Cloud Canopy were to incorporate 1800 Heavenly Gang Essences, not to mention the enhancement of the artifact spirit, incorporating so many Heavenly Gang Essences would significantly improve the Azure Cloud Canopy's fundamental foundation.

It turns out that the maximum enhancement of the foundation of a low-grade immortal artifact is achieved by fusing 108 Heavenly Gang Essences. If another 1800 Heavenly Gang Essences are fused, the foundation can be enhanced to a mid-grade immortal artifact.

If there is an opportunity in the future to obtain some kind of primordial chaos, various innate energies, or profound energies, it is possible to elevate one's foundation to the level of a superior immortal treasure.

Thinking about it this way, any amount of investment is worthwhile.

After the fusion is complete, the foundation is enhanced, and the attributes of the Azure Cloud Canopy are also improved.

Azure Cloud Canopy (Tenth Rank): A divine treasure and a supreme defensive treasure. When activated, it is surrounded by innate pure energy, protected by auspicious clouds, and immune to the five elements and all kinds of magic.

Attributes: 15000 million, damage reduction 75%, mana conversion rate 1200, +30000 defense strength, additional characteristics: innate pure qi, impervious to all spells, immovable as a mountain, auspicious cloud protection, true dragon scales.

Primordial Pure Qi: Primordial Pure Qi can isolate oneself from all acquired methods.

Invulnerable to All Laws: The power of Qingyun can isolate one from all worldly laws.

Immovable as a mountain: The magic weapon stands on your head and will not topple or fall.

True Dragon Scale: Grants defensive magic items an additional 15% damage reduction and 30000 defense points.

Auspicious Cloud Protection: Activate the Azure Cloud Canopy to protect the body, granting ten times the defensive power of a magic weapon, lasting for 5 minutes, with a 24-hour cooldown.

Spirit +1: This treasure possesses a spirit. When the spirit's strength increases by 10, it will take shape and manifest in the world, becoming a celestial treasure.

"Not bad."

Su Yu couldn't wait to re-equip herself, then left the Immortal City to return to her sect.

This is the end of the plan, mainly because he doesn't have enough money. Apart from the Heavenly Origin Immortal Fruits that Canghai has already used to refine pills, most of the remaining ones have been sold off, leaving him with very few.

If you want a large amount of in-game currency, you'll have to wait another three years for another batch to mature.

A thousand Heavenly Origin Immortal Fruit Trees can produce 36000 Heavenly Origin Immortal Fruits in three years, which can be sold for 18 Immortal Coins.

No rush. He has only just condensed his golden core. To become an immortal, he would need at least a hundred years of accumulation, and even a slower pace of two or three hundred years is acceptable. He can afford to wait.

After leaving Xuanqing Immortal City, Su Yu took out the Heavenly Escape Shuttle and flew towards Xuanqing Mountain.

"He's out."

Two figures were hidden in the void outside Xuanqing Immortal City. In front of them was a water mirror, on which was Su Yu's image.

"Let's go find a place ahead to intercept them."

"Just the two of us? We're top-grade Golden Core cultivators, after all."

The other person turned around with a surprised look:

"So what if you're a top-grade Golden Core cultivator? You're only at level 200 after the Tribulation Transcending stage. We're both at the late Golden Core stage. We can crush you based on our cultivation level alone, and it's a two-on-one sneak attack. What are you afraid of?"

"Uh, I'm just doing this in case. These top geniuses can't be judged by ordinary standards."

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

The sound gradually faded, and the figure slowly disappeared.

On the Sky Shuttle, Su Yu was still planning for the future.

"The foundation of the magic weapon has been laid. The next step is to gradually accumulate and improve the weapon spirit and other advancements."

“Canghai is currently level 290. He can slow down his advancement speed a bit and wait about twenty years to prepare fully before undergoing the tribulation.” “Yes, the four women who are attached to the Zhenhai Pearl are also about to undergo their tribulations.”

Xia Xiaoyue, Yue Qingsi, Yan Qiubai, and Cui Yunxian were already at a higher level than Su Yu, and they had been cultivating in the Zhenhai Realm for a long time, so their level had already reached 195.

However, Su Yu was busy with her own tribulation and didn't have the time or resources to help them prepare, so they had been suppressing their levels and hadn't leveled up.

"Put Canghai behind them for now. Use the money from selling that batch of Tianyuan Immortal Fruits three years later to arm them first."

It's just the Golden Core Tribulation. With their strength and potential, they can only overcome the second-tier Heavenly Tribulation at most. Each of them should prepare two tenth-tier defensive magic treasures and a bunch of eighth- or ninth-tier cannon fodder, along with a few top-tier tribulation-crossing immortal pills and a tribulation-crossing platform. I believe that overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation will not be too difficult.

"Oh right, we also need to prepare a true explanation of the Daoist arts for each of them."

They also came from the heartland of humanity, where there is no true understanding of the Dao.

Without this thing, their magical power is 100% less than that of the elites of various races in the Azure Immortal Realm, and the gap will be even greater after they form their core.

"In addition, also..."

Just as he was pondering, a mountain-like blade of light suddenly appeared in the void and swept across, shattering the Sky Escape Shuttle in mid-air and interrupting Su Yu's thoughts.

Fortunately, the Star Shifting Technique was the strongest Heavenly Secret Technique. The moment the sword light appeared, he received a warning and summoned the Azure Cloud Canopy. The sword light cleaved through the Heavenly Escape Shuttle and shattered upon striking the Azure Cloud. A gentle breeze blew past the fragments, revealing Su Yu, who remained as immovable as a mountain.

"The person with the Heavenly Eye?"

A level 275 Heavenly Eye user appeared in front of him, while another level 270 Heavenly Eye user appeared behind him and cut off his escape route.

The man with the Heavenly Eye, carrying a tenth-tier divine sword slung over his shoulder, raised his chin and pointed at Su Yu, saying:
“I see you spend money like water in Xuanqing Immortal City, you seem to be very rich, lend us brothers 10 immortal coins to spend.”

Su Yu raised an eyebrow, grabbed the Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade with his right hand, twirled it, and laughed:

"I see you also belong to the Body Refinement School. Let's test our skills. If you can defeat me head-on, I'll offer you 10 Immortal Coins."

"You've got guts!"

The figure swayed and revealed a three-headed, six-armed form, four kilometers tall. The upper two hands held a knife, the middle two hands held a bow, the lower hand held a seal and the other held a shield. The three heads turned to look at Su Yu, the third eye between their eyebrows opened, and three beams of light of different colors flashed and blasted towards him.

"it is good!"

Su Yu's eyes lit up. He put away the Azure Cloud Canopy and in a flash, he appeared as a four-headed, eight-armed Dharma form, only one kilometer tall. Each of his four hands held a Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Blade, two hands held the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, and the other two hands held a Nine Heavens Purple Thunder Hammer and a Myriad Stars Doumu Cauldron.

Despite their vastly different sizes, they were in no way inferior in terms of imposing presence.

The three-headed Heavenly Eye shot out divine light and struck Su Yu in the blink of an eye. Its power was only a little over five million, which was not high and barely broke through his defenses. However, the three beams of light contained a peculiar power, but it was directly immune to the Battle Avatar's invulnerability to all laws, so it was unclear what kind of power it was.

The man with the Heavenly Eye let out a soft exclamation, and his enormous Dharma form vanished in a flash. The next instant, a blade slashed down in his face.

"clang!"

Sparks flew as the two swords clashed. One sword struck the shield, while the man with the Heavenly Eye made a hand seal and slammed it down. A bolt of lightning struck the man's forehead, and the next instant, he was struck by a large seal, causing his head to tilt to the side in anger. Immediately afterward, each of them fired an arrow that struck the other in the chest.

After a round of fighting, a series of muffled thuds echoed as both sides took several blows.

However, the result was that Su Yu lost 520 million HP, while the opponent lost 550 million HP, which was almost equal.

However, Su Yu has a base HP of 5000 million, a Dharma Aspect with all attributes increased by 300%, a total HP of 200 million, and an Immortal Body that restores 1% per second, or 2 million HP, plus a base life regeneration of 245 million, so he can be fully restored in three seconds.

His opponent also practiced body refinement and, after revealing his three-headed, six-armed form, also had over 100 million HP. However, without immortality, his HP regeneration was only around 800,000, far less than his opponent's.

Seeing this, the person with the "heavenly eye" looked utterly bewildered.
"Damn, are Immortal Golden Core cultivators really that powerful? They just formed their cores and their attributes are already higher than mine?"

Somewhat skeptical, he activated his body-refining technique, causing his qi and blood to surge and his attributes to increase by 50%.

However, Su Yu also activated his Qi and Blood Wolf Smoke, which directly increased his attributes by 100%. The gap not only did not narrow, but widened.

The two enormous Dharma images attacked relentlessly, swinging their weapons wildly, causing a series of ear-piercing explosions to resound from the mountain peaks.

"The laws of heaven and earth!"

"The laws of heaven and earth!"

Two colossal gods, each ten kilometers tall, quickly appeared between heaven and earth. Their weapons also grew larger, and with a casual slash, they cleaved a mountain in two, leaving behind ravines more than ten kilometers long and nearly a thousand meters deep crisscrossing the ground.

After less than two minutes of fighting, the man with the Heavenly Eye could no longer hold on.

"Damn it, I can't beat him."

The weapons were comparable; his sword was also a celestial treasure embryo, and after hundreds of years of nurturing, its spirit level had risen to +8, making it stronger than the two swords in Su Yu's hands.

His physique and strength are comparable to Su Yu's. Although his foundation is not as good, he is at least level 275, which he can make up for later.

However, the methods practiced by the two sides are too different.

This person with the Heavenly Eye controls the Law of Power, while Su Yu controls the Law of Time. To his dismay, he had cultivated for hundreds of years and reached level 275, yet his level in the Law of Power was still lower than that of Su Yu, who had just formed his Core.

The quality of the laws is inferior, and the level of the laws is also inferior; it suppresses the opponent in every aspect.

The power of the casual time-stopping move has been significantly enhanced after the Time Law is upgraded to +30. Now this move can be broken down, and like the Supreme Dragon Transformation, it can be used to freeze time for a total of 50 seconds per day.

He broke the power of time into multiple segments and hid them in his sword. Every now and then, he would slash down, freezing the person with the Heavenly Eye for two seconds, unable to move. When the person came to their senses, they had already been brutally slashed dozens of times, and their health points had instantly dropped by tens of millions.

After two such incidents, the person with the "Sky Eye" couldn't take it anymore.

At this moment, another person with the Heavenly Eye transmitted a message:

"I'll activate the formation; you lure him over here."

"No, let's retreat!"

"Damn it, this kid actually has mastered the law of time, and his mastery of the law is even higher than mine. The formation probably can't trap him."

"No, he's only just formed his core, how could he be this powerful? And what if the mission is cancelled?"

"Mission my ass! That bastard didn't even mention how powerful this guy is. I'll have to deal with him later."

"Okay, let's get ready to leave."

The other Heavenly Eye Clan member who hadn't made a move yet took out a Celestial Talisman, and a Heavenly Eye Clan immortal rose up, his brow radiating great light. The dazzling Heavenly Eye divine light crashed down, and one of Su Yu's hands transformed into the Great Wilderness Ancestral Dragon Claw, pressing down on the divine light.

"boom!"

A violent shockwave exploded, blasting the four-headed, eight-armed Dharma form several kilometers away, and shattering the Great Wilderness Ancestral Dragon's claws.

But the people with clairvoyance nearby were more alarmed than pleased:

"Damn, he can even withstand the power of a sage head-on, that's insane."

The two immediately rode their escape light into the sky. By the time Su Yu had exhausted the power of the immortal talisman after withstanding three blows, the two Heavenly Eyes had already disappeared.

"You guys run fast."

Su Yu hadn't even used his trump card yet. Not to mention the Supreme Dragon Transformation, he only used the Time Stop move in the Law of Time. Moreover, he didn't go all out because he was testing the moves. Otherwise, he would have been killed long ago if he had been imprisoned for a few dozen seconds.

Reverting to her true form, Su Yu transformed into a stream of magnetic light that soared into the sky and quickly disappeared into the horizon.

"Next, I should focus on improving my cultivation."

"By combining traditional leveling methods with spiritual energy refining, plus taking medicine, the cultivation speed should be very fast."

"As for leveling up, let's go overseas."

"My senior brothers in the sect can't stand to see me doing well, and they will definitely continue to put a bounty on me on the black market. Going overseas can help me avoid that, and I can also see if I can repair the ancient teleportation array on my way back. If I can, I can also go back to Blue Mountain."

Although the two men were pretending to be robbing people, Su Yu had already guessed that they were most likely hired by her senior brothers to set up a bounty.

However, without evidence, there's nothing we can do about them. We can only avoid them for now and deal with them later when we're stronger or become true disciples or even Dao children of our sect.

Yes, the major sects in the Azure Immortal Realm also have the status of Dao Child, but the conditions for becoming a Dao Child here are much more stringent than those for humans.

In the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, he only needed to establish a super-grade immortal foundation to directly become a Dao Child.

However, at Xuanqing Shangzong, no sects reacted much to his construction of a super-grade Golden Core. Only members of his own faction came to congratulate him, while other factions seemed to know nothing about it.

Not to mention the Daoist disciples, even the true disciples have to wait until they are stronger before they can apply for it themselves and then go through assessments and trials.

Needless to say, the conditions for becoming a Daoist disciple of the Xuanqing Upper Sect are exceptional.
The conditions are quite simple; there are only two.

One prerequisite is that the applicant must be a true disciple under the age of 100.

Secondly, the conditions for becoming a Dao Child are: one must defeat all the true disciples of the sect, obtain the approval of at least four of the five hall masters of the sect, and obtain the approval of the sect leader and all the supreme elders before one can become a Dao Child.

This is outrageous.

Human hearts are unpredictable. Daozi is of noble status and high position, even above the Five Palace Masters. To gain their complete approval is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

As far as Su Yu knew, the Xuanqing Upper Sect had not produced a Dao Child for tens of thousands of years.

Therefore, Su Yu did not expect to become a Daoist here. His goal was to become a true disciple and have the same opportunity to go to the Taoyuan Cave of the Nine Immortals Mountain in Dongsheng Shenzhou, where Guangchengzi's Daoist temple is located.

The Yuan Magnetic Flowing Light Escape technique was extremely fast, and it quickly returned to the sect.

After resting for two days, he consulted his master and prepared to go out and gain experience on his own.

Ye Lingfeng nodded and said:

"Now that you have formed your core, it's difficult to make much progress by simply cultivating diligently. It would be good for you to go out and gain some experience. Have you chosen a good place yet?"

"This disciple has already chosen a place to go overseas."

"The East China Sea?"

"Yes."

"The East Sea is fine, but it's in a bit of a mess right now. The remnants of the Azure Dragon Clan have brought reinforcements from the Dragon Palace of Dongsheng Divine Continent, and they're currently engaged in a great battle with the Sea Serpent Clan. You can cultivate overseas, but don't get involved."

"Disciple knows."

"Go."

"The disciple retire."

(End of this chapter)