Wizards in the world of cultivation

Chapter 171 Reality and Light

For him, money is not important; being happy is the most important thing.

An Ling'er then selected another beautiful piece of jewelry, two emerald green bracelets carved with dragons and phoenixes.

Ling'er slipped the dragon-shaped bracelet onto Su You's left wrist, then handed him the phoenix-shaped bracelet, looking at him expectantly, "Brother Su, please put it on for me."

Su You looked at Ling'er with a doting expression, and then helped her put on the bracelet.

This kind of emotion, untouched by the world's taint, is the purest.

He has experienced too much and no longer has such a pure state of mind, but he also enjoys this pure emotion very much.

Moreover, his affection for Ling'er is no less.

Boo!
Ling'er tiptoed and suddenly kissed him on the cheek, then skipped away.

Su You chuckled softly, then quickly followed after him.

It seemed like he hadn't enjoyed such a carefree, purposeless life in a long time.

This may well be the last, purest time they ever had together.

He would then bring Ling'er into the cold and cruel world of cultivation!

Strolling along the bustling streets, Su You discovered that the immortal city in this vast world was indeed extraordinary.

Perhaps because the cultivation system is more widespread, this place has a more complete system in terms of material enjoyment and spiritual culture, just like the mortal world.

There are all kinds of spiritual food snacks here, such as jerky made from spiritual meat, candied hawthorn made from spiritual fruit, and even ordinary magical artifacts like the bracelet he wears, but because of their exquisite and gorgeous carvings, they are priced more than ten times higher.

In the Yun'an Realm, you wouldn't find so many different kinds of food. They would either make their own ordinary spiritual food or have it prepared at a spiritual food shop or by hiring a spiritual chef.

As for handicrafts like bracelets, they are even more impossible to find in the world of Yun'an.

The most important thing there is practicality. No matter how fancy or beautiful you make it, if it's not very useful, it won't sell for a high price.

This also demonstrates the prosperity of the cultivation world in the Lingbao Great Thousand World.

The cultivators here find it relatively easy to reach the peak of Qi Refining. Coupled with the abundance of basic resources, they have the time to refine their skills in various cultivation arts and crafts, creating even more innovative techniques.

The two strolled down the street, each holding a snack or treat in their hands.

At first glance, this place doesn't seem much different from the ordinary world.

In the face of absolute power, order is the easiest thing to create and destroy.

After spending a few days strolling around the streets with Ling'er, Su You finally got down to business.

After letting Ling'er rest in the courtyard, Su You changed his appearance and went to carry out his business.

One is to purchase various books, including cultivation manuals, manuals on various arts of cultivation, and manuals about this world.

Only by thoroughly understanding the information about this world can he do many things effectively.

He acquired numerous ancient books at exorbitant prices, especially those containing information about this world. Despite purchasing so many books at once, no one could discern his true purpose.

After getting the item, he drifted away without anyone following him.

It can only be said that the security of this immortal city is not bad, or perhaps, the wealth he is currently displaying is not enough to tempt others.

Returning to the spirit court of his cave dwelling with the books, Su You began to study the various texts. He also gave some to An Ling'er so that she could gain a basic understanding of this world.

After all, An Ling'er is currently in a state of complete ignorance; she has only learned cultivation and some spells, and has never even participated in a real battle.

Su You flipped through the pages of ancient books, his expression shifting between happiness and frustration.

Although An Ling'er was a little puzzled, she simply read quietly and did not disturb her.

After reading numerous books, Su You gained a basic understanding of this world.

First is the immortal city beneath his feet, called Haiguang City, located within the Chuanhai Spiritual Domain, and is a subordinate immortal city of the top-tier power Yunhai Tower.

The strongest being in the immortal city is a late-stage Void Refinement expert. Together with the city's seventh-order protective array, they are no weaker than seventh-order demonic beasts. They can easily withstand attacks from experts at the Integration level, making it the largest immortal city within a radius of billions of miles.

In addition, the Immortal City has a long-distance teleportation array, so if it encounters an irresistible force, Yunhai Tower can send experts over immediately.

Yunhai Tower is a top-tier power with a Tribulation Transcending Realm expert in charge. Although it is not as powerful as those super powers with immortals guarding the mortal world, it can still be considered among the top 100 in the Spirit Treasure Great World.

wrong!

This vast world is no longer called the Lingbao Great World; it has been renamed the Canghai Great World.

As the name suggests, the entire world is now completely surrounded by the ocean, according to information provided in the books that Su You purchased.

The current Canghai Great World is completely different from the original Lingbao Great World. The great war back then was indeed too terrifying. The entire Great Thousand World was even pierced through, and countless continents were destroyed.

Even now, terrifying immortal supernatural powers still remain in various regions.

These immortal and divine powers have not yet been completely expelled, dividing the entire world into regions. To cross to another region, one must overcome these immortal and divine powers. Only those who have reached the Tribulation Transcending Realm can barely ignore these powers.

As for things like spatial teleportation, any attempt to cross these areas would be blocked by supernatural powers, making cross-domain teleportation impossible.

The only good news is that there doesn't seem to be a very strong and unified force in this world. These forces either come from other major worlds or developed later.

The force that destroyed everything in the Lingbao Sect seemed to have vanished without a trace after destroying the sect, and did not even attempt to occupy such a vast world.

In other words, Su You will not have to confront such a terrifying force for the time being.

There's also good news: the Lingbao Sect still exists in this world, along with many ruins left by its affiliated sects. For example, the floating warships Su You saw while traveling were excavated from these ruins. Furthermore, many advanced weapon-refining techniques have even been passed down from these ruins.

This is indeed good news for Su You, as there is still a chance to find the Lingbao Sect's related inheritance in the future.

He wasn't greedy; he only needed the subsequent cultivation techniques and the complete illustrated guide to spiritual treasures.

Although his current natal magic weapon is quite well-crafted, it is mostly based on the basic magic weapon encyclopedia, and there is still much room for improvement. He has also reserved a lot of room for improvement.

However, he only possessed a few hundred high-level magic weapon illustrations, which was just a drop in the ocean compared to the hundreds of thousands or even millions of magic weapon illustrations within the Lingbao Sect.

Su You still hopes to integrate the strengths of various schools of thought, combining the ways of immortals and wizards, to create a magical artifact that is unique to him. This is where his advantage lies.

According to ancient texts, forces such as Yunhai Tower originated from other worlds or even other realms.

Once upon a time, a powerful immortal from another realm passed through the Lingbao Great World to visit a friend. He discovered that the Lingbao Sect's forces within the entire Lingbao Great World had been completely destroyed. Terrified, he fled and spread the relevant information.

It should be noted that the Lingbao Sect's trade network spanned hundreds of worlds and over a hundred realms, with many having business relationships with them and even customizing ninth-tier magic weapons from them. Yet, they were wiped out after their breakthrough, and all their previous investments went down the drain.

A few daring rogue cultivators who had just completed their tribulation directly entered the Spirit Treasure Great World and claimed territory as their own, since it was already completely deserted.

Hundreds of years later, the independent cultivators in the Lingbao Great World remained safe and sound, which aroused the interest of forces from other great worlds, all of whom sent their own forces to settle there.

In particular, there are still many relics remaining in the Lingbao Great World. If they could unearth some of the Lingbao Sect's heritage, that would be a real treasure for them.

This is also why it is now renamed the Canghai Great World, where there are many powerful forces. Even Yunhai Tower, which has a Tribulation Transcending Realm expert, can only barely rank in the top 100.

"Perhaps some of those forces have already found the Lingbao Sect's inheritance, but they're just keeping it a secret," Su You speculated in his heart.

Millions of years have passed, and these forces are all extremely powerful. Even though the Canghai Great World still retains terrifying Dao essence, it shouldn't be a difficult task for those forces.

"This is really a huge mess!" Su You shook his head helplessly.

The Great Thousand Worlds are vast in area, hundreds of millions of times larger than the Middle Thousand Worlds.

With Su You's current strength, it would be extremely difficult for him to travel through even a middle-thousand world, let alone a great-thousand world.

Moreover, in this vast world, different regions are not interconnected, and teleportation arrays cannot be used, making it even more difficult.

Su You glanced at An Ling'er, who was engrossed in reading beside him, and asked, "Could it be that you're really going to be living off a woman?"

A nurturing female immortal?

Shaking his head, Su You cleared his mind of distractions.

It's better to take it one step at a time. First, make good use of his ability to teleport items and make use of the resources of the different worlds.

In any case, Su You had a backup plan. If his cultivation progress stalled, he could prioritize cultivating the wizard system. He had complete teleportation for this, so he didn't need to worry about the subsequent content.

Of course, there is a limit to the inheritance. Although Su You cannot see the whole picture now, there is definitely a limit.

After reading the records about this world, Su You sent the other records over in batches.

"I wonder when this spatial transmission capability can be improved again. This kind of slow, incremental transmission is just too slow," Su You said with some helplessness.

The main problem is that it cannot teleport items with special internal spaces; otherwise, it could easily teleport even large quantities of items.

Fortunately, although spatial teleportation consumes his mental energy, his current recovery rate allows him to teleport quite a few times a day.

His decades of seclusion were not just a simple retreat; the work of spatial transmission never stopped, and spirit stones were continuously being transmitted from the other side.

Ling'er's conch shell world currently contains trillions of low-grade spirit stones. These spirit stones need to be exchanged for higher-quality spirit stones before they can be used, at least high-grade spirit stones.

At his current level, only high-grade spirit stones are considered universal currency. In high-level auctions, bids are not based on low-grade spirit stones, but on high-grade spirit stones, and some even require the use of top-grade spirit stones.

After all, those at the Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation realms generally use high-grade spirit stones, while those at the Void Refining and Body Integration realms use top-grade spirit stones.

As for a better currency than top-grade spirit stones, that would be spirit crystals. These are considered rare and precious materials, worth a hundred times more than top-grade spirit stones, and can even be used by experts at the Tribulation Transcending Realm.

"Ling'er, let's go. I'll take you to see the real world of cultivation." Su You said earnestly to An Ling'er.

An Ling'er had always lived under his protection, and had very little contact with the mortal world or even the world of cultivation, which gave her a pure and kind heart.

However, the world of cultivation is cruel. Sometimes kindness is met with bad results, just like Su Dongpo and the wolf, or the farmer and the snake. Saving the other party may result in them biting you back.

It's not wrong to maintain one's original intentions on the path of cultivation, but one must also ensure one's own safety and interests before saving others.

Of course, the world of cultivation is not all cold-hearted people. There are cultivators who sacrifice themselves to protect countless mortals, and there are cultivators who selflessly dedicate themselves to their families.

The main problem is that power can easily lead to moral decay, so it is important to maintain one's true self and to understand the outside world.

When Su You took An Ling'er to visit Haiguang City, it was a peaceful and orderly place. However, there was an absolute powerful figure suppressing the city and many cultivators maintaining order, which is why it was in such a state.

Now, Su You is going to take An Ling'er to see another side of the cultivation world and gradually understand the real cultivation world.

Only in this way can we maintain our true selves while remaining vigilant about the outside world.

"The most important thing in the world of cultivation is safety, so we'll change our appearance before leaving this time," Su You instructed carefully.

This time, he went to exchange for spirit stones—trillions of spirit stones. Most Void Refinement experts probably don't have that kind of wealth. He was able to earn such a huge fortune by relying on his legion, the Immortal Cultivation Academy, and the Qionghua Cauldron.

How could a lone cultivator possibly have such an enterprise and subordinates to help him operate it?

If Su You were to fight alone, he could probably accumulate over 10 billion spirit stones, which would be incredibly impressive.

However, it was the bloodline legion's continuous plundering of treasures from other worlds, the cultivation academy's constant processing of these treasures into finished products, and the large amount of pills stored within the Qionghua Cauldron that allowed Su You to amass such a substantial fortune.

(End of this chapter)