Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 335 Golden Core Grade Four, Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Ray, The Theory of the Dragon Prince

Upon returning to Dragon Fortress, Su Yu first sold all the massive amount of Xuanming Cold Iron he had plundered, earning a total of 28600 Immortal Coins.

Including previous income, I now have a total of 88172 cents.

Back at the dojo, he took out the Earth Longevity Fruit, tossed it into the air, pointed at it, and the Earth Longevity Fruit swayed and split in two.

One has a remaining lifespan of 77500 years, while the other can only increase its lifespan by 5000 years.

Then, following the same method, a total of five Earth Longevity Fruits, each 5000 years old, were separated in one go, with the largest Earth Longevity Fruit having a lifespan of 57500 years.

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Su Yu anonymously placed an order with an indigenous force called Tianji Pavilion to monitor the location of Yu Jun, a top expert of the Snake-Man civilization, on a long-term basis.

We won't act now. We'll figure out his habits first, and then find a suitable opportunity to make our move.

For now, he should stay in Dragon Castle and cultivate.

He spent a total of four great efforts to exchange a supreme-level Dao technique for Xia Xiaoyue, Yue Qingsi, Cui Yunxian, and Yan Qiubai within Dragon Castle—the Purple Mansion Star River Heavenly Scripture plus True Explanation—to replace their original Dao techniques.

It turns out that only Xia Xiaoyue cultivates the Supreme-level Myriad Laws Heavenly Book, while the other three women cultivate sect-level mental cultivation methods, and Yan Qiubai cultivates the Profound-level Five Elements True Scripture.

Originally, the plan was to use the power of the Heavenly Dao to elevate the Five Elements True Scripture to the Supreme level, but plans can't keep up with changes. Now that I think about it, I'd better give up and just create a Supreme Dao technique directly.

The repair process is simple. Dragon Fortress has a dedicated repair center, and Su Yu herself is capable of overseeing the formation to repair them.

After completing the transformation, Su Yu spent 40,000 Immortal Coins to equip each person with three 10th-tier magic treasures that were exceptional for them and had the potential to be upgraded to Immortal Treasures. In addition to the one each person originally had, each person held four 10th-tier magic treasures. Among them, Yue Qingsi had three 10th-tier magic treasures and two 10th-tier flying swords.

Next, they only need to consolidate their cultivation after the transformation and raise their level to 199 before they can begin preparing to undergo the second Heavenly Tribulation.

This won't take too long. They are already at level 190 or above, and if they cultivate within the Zhenhai Realm, they will reach perfection in about a year.

If you want to speed things up, just take the Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pill directly and quickly reach perfection.

While they were cultivating, Su Yu herself was not idle either, and began to cultivate in seclusion at Dragon Fort.

He didn't need to cultivate slowly; he directly absorbed and refined a large number of Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pills.

Each refined item grants a total of 1000 billion cultivation points or 1 points of Dao cultivation, with a double bonus of 2000 billion cultivation points or 2 points of Dao cultivation from the talent.

There are a total of 1000 Tianyuan Immortal Fruit Trees in Zhenhaizhu. They mature every three years, with each tree bearing 36 fruits, and the 1000 trees produce a total of 36000 fruits.

Two batches totaling 72000 pills had already matured, 60000 of which were sold, leaving 12000 pills. Canghai refined all of them into Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pills.

One batch of Zifu Tianyuan Pills requires 3 Tianyuan Immortal Fruits, and yields 3-9 pills per batch.

Canghai's alchemy skills were extremely high. Apart from occasional failures at the beginning, he gradually succeeded and became more and more proficient, producing five or six pills per batch until he finally stabilized at producing nine pills per batch. These 12000 Heavenly Origin Immortal Fruits were used to refine a total of 25420 Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pills.

Each pill costs 10 Immortal Coins, meaning that the total value of this batch of Heavenly Origin Immortal Fruits, which cost 6 Immortal Coins to produce, is 25 Immortal Coins after being refined into pills, representing a profit of more than four times.

When Canghai refines the next batch, he can guarantee a 100% success rate, which will result in a profit of up to six times the initial investment.

The next batch of Heavenly Origin Immortal Fruits will mature very quickly, with less than a year remaining.

"Next, I will cultivate. After a year, when the immortal fruit matures, I will refine it into pills. I will sell half of them to maximize profits and use the other half to improve my strength."

"During this time, see if there is an opportunity to catch Yu Jun when he is alone. If there is an opportunity, go for it decisively. If there is no opportunity, continue to cultivate. He will eventually come out."

"As long as we can seize the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl and refine it into my Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, Canghai can overcome the Heavenly Tribulation ahead of schedule."

Although the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl belongs to Su Yu, the Canghai is the spirit and the Heavenly Dao of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, and both of them can fully unleash the power of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

A low-grade innate immortal treasure is equivalent to a mid-grade acquired immortal treasure. Combined with the Tribulation Crossing Platform and Canghai's strength, the success rate of overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation will be very high.

"Once Canghai survives the Heavenly Tribulation, we can build an ancient teleportation array here at Dragon Fortress to return to Blue Mountain."

"With my current strength, sweeping through the entire Blue Mountain region is absolutely no problem."

"With a solid rear, we can try to transfer a group of subordinates who have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage from Blue Mountain."

Blue Mountain is a small place, while the Azure Immortal Realm is far more advanced. It will definitely be dangerous for them to come here, but the opportunities will be greater.

"Phew, time for cultivation!"

With a single breath, a Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pill was swallowed and shattered, transforming into a surging medicinal power that was refined and converted into a full 2 points of cultivation.

"continue!"

With Su Yu's current physique, he can continuously refine pills, refining a full 240 pills a day. He needs to rest for one day after refining to remove the poison in his body. It took him nearly eight months to refine all 25240 Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pills.

About half, a total of 12000 coins, were converted into cultivation points, resulting in a total of 2200 trillion cultivation points.

13240 were converted into cultivation points, for a total of 23480 million cultivation points were obtained.

The cultivation points and Dao cultivation gained from normally refined Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pills should be far more than this. The reason why it is much less than expected is due to drug resistance.

Yes, after refining so much of it, they've developed drug resistance.

The number of cultivation points was 200 trillion less than expected, and the number of cultivation levels was 2000 million less than expected.

Based on this situation, Su Yu estimated that after taking about 50,000 more Zifu Tianyuan Pills, the medicinal effect would be reduced by half.

He estimated that after taking a maximum of 100,000 pills, drug resistance would reduce the efficacy to one-third, at which point he would have to switch to a higher-grade pill.

"No problem, it's enough to advance to the Celestial Immortal level. After becoming an Immortal, you can exchange it for a higher-grade pill."

Su Yu was not worried and turned to improve her cultivation.

With 14 trillion cultivation points and 1700 million points of Dao cultivation, one can advance to the first-grade Golden Core, which is level 210, and obtain 30 Golden Core essences.

A week later, after consuming another 28 trillion cultivation points and 3400 million points of Dao cultivation, he was promoted to the second-grade Golden Core and gained another 30 points of Golden Core essence.

Two weeks later, he consumed 42 trillion cultivation points and 5100 million points of Dao cultivation to upgrade to the third-grade Golden Core, along with 30 points of Golden Core essence.

One month later, after consuming another 70 trillion cultivation points and 6800 million points of Dao cultivation, he will be promoted to the fourth-grade Golden Core, which is level 240, and 30 points of Golden Core essence.

At this point, a total of 152 trillion cultivation points and 17000 million points of Dao cultivation have been consumed, leaving 2048 trillion cultivation points and 7480 million points of Dao cultivation, which is insufficient for another upgrade.

Immortal Golden Elixir of Time (Rank 4): Immune to attacks from primordial spirits below True Immortal level and possession by inner demons; immune to slowing, imprisonment, immobilization, and defense penetration from Celestial Immortal level and above; all spell damage and range increased by 300%; all resistances and damage reduction increased by 75%; all speed increased by 300%.

Health +9000 million, Mana +900 million, Physique +180 million, Strength +320 million, Spell Damage +500 million, Speed ​​+32 km/h, Health Recovery +7, Mana Recovery +3200 points.

Flying sword damage +50, attack speed +32, sword control speed +32 kilometers.

In addition, 120 points of Golden Elixir Essence were accumulated to improve the existing cultivation technique.

Su Yu's gaze swept across the panel, finally settling on the Immortal Body, the Heavenly Ghost Transformation, and the Unity of the Five Elements.

The highest priority is immortality, which can be upgraded by one level every 10 Heavenly Dao Powers or Golden Core Essence.

With his Undying Body at +4, Su Yu didn't hesitate to consume 60 Golden Core Essence to upgrade it to +10.

Immortality +10 (Limb Regeneration): Gain immortality, remove fatal physical wounds, and recover 1% of maximum health + 3000% of base health per second.

Su Yu's true form currently has 90 million HP. 1% is 9000, the base HP recovery is 7, and +3000% is 210 million, for a total HP regeneration rate of 300 million per second, which is extremely exaggerated.

The next level of limb regeneration is regeneration from a drop of blood, which requires the cultivation of a Celestial Immortal and cannot be improved at the moment.

With 60 points of Golden Core Essence remaining, Su Yu considered for a moment and then allocated them to the Five Elements Unity skill.

The Five Elements were originally +3, but he tried to raise it to +10 in one go. He sensed something in the darkness, reached out and made a gesture. A golden light appeared in his palm, followed by a blue light representing water, a red light representing fire, and a yellow light representing earth, which merged into a ball of colorful light in his palm.

"not enough."

The Five Elements Unity +10 only allows him to combine the power of the five elements into one without mutual repulsion; it is far from true Five Elements Unity.

"continue!"

Consume another 20 points of Golden Elixir Essence to upgrade the Five Elements Unity to +20.

When the power of the five elements is re-condensed, it can be clearly felt that the power of the five elements no longer repels each other under his control, but can be intertwined together without repulsion.

"Under these circumstances, it is possible to barely unite the five elements and transform the five elemental prohibitions into the five elemental divine light."

"But it's still too much of a stretch."

He glanced at the remaining 33 points of Golden Core Essence and continued to improve without hesitation.

Consuming 30 points of Golden Core Essence in one go, I upgraded the Five Elements Unity to level 30.

As the level increases, the last trace of subtle repulsion between the five elements, which were originally incompatible, completely disappears, and they merge into one as if they were of the same origin.

Golden light, cyan light, blue light, red light, yellow light—the five elements and five colors merged into one, transforming into a chaotic gray light that swirled pulsating in Su Yu's palm.

With a flick of his finger, a flash of chaotic light struck the large array's light screen not far away.

"boom!"

The light screen shook violently, and 1250 million of its hundreds of millions of defensive capabilities vanished instantly.

"After deducting damage reduction, the actual damage is 2500 million."

His spell damage is currently 500 million, and the power of this divine ray is spell damage * 500%.

Su Yu reached out again, and five-colored light converged and merged into one, instantly forming hundreds of Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Rays that circled in his palm.

Without needing to cultivate corresponding Taoist techniques, once the Five Elements are unified to +30, one automatically masters the supreme forbidden technique, the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Ray.

"Another powerful forbidden technique has been added."

Moreover, he had a clear understanding that when the Five Elements Unity upgrade reached +50 in the future, he could completely merge the Five Elements into one, return to the origin and create the Acquired Chaos Divine Thunder, which could also be called the Lesser Chaos Divine Thunder, and its power was extremely strong.

After closing the panel, Su Yu smiled.

"Now I'm level 240. Based on the production and resistance of Tianyuan Pills, I can refine about two more batches of Zifu Tianyuan Pills and put most of them into my cultivation. I might be able to directly boost my level to 299 in one go. It will probably take at most ten years."

"Improving my cultivation level isn't a big problem for me; what I lack is a method to transcend tribulations."

"Once the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl advances further, and the Azure Cloud Canopy is also upgraded to a Celestial Treasure, and another batch of cannon fodder is prepared, then we can almost prepare to face the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Man."

As soon as he emerged from seclusion, Ao Run sensed him and flew over to him, throwing herself into his arms.

"Young master, you've finally emerged from seclusion. I've missed you so much."

Su Yu gently stroked her dark hair, kissed her smooth forehead, and sat down in the main seat with her in his arms, asking:
Has anything significant happened in the last six months or so?

The beautiful young woman nestled in his arms and said with a smile:
"There is indeed something important that I should tell you, young master. Not long after you went into seclusion, a true dragon from Beiming Dragon City in Beihai sent a letter saying that he was a former subordinate of my father and wanted to visit you."

"Oh?" Su Yu asked, somewhat surprised.
"Does your father still have men? Where are they now, and what brings them here?"

"I told them you were in seclusion, and they told me to wait until you come out before contacting them. There are teleportation arrays between Beiming Dragon City and Dragon Fortress, so you can come anytime. Do you want to see them now?"

Su Yu pinched her chin and nodded slightly, saying:
"Let's meet him; after all, he's your father's subordinate."

"By the way, do you know why they came to visit?"

Ao Run hesitated for a moment, then said:

"I'm not really sure. Maybe it's because I was recently recognized as a dragon princess by the Dragon King, and they wanted to see me after they found out."

"Just a brief meeting? Surely not."

Su Yu stroked her beardless chin, lost in thought.

A moment later, he suddenly opened the panel and asked:
Do you know the names of your two uncles?

Ao Run immediately replied:

“Ao Qing, Xie Zi Lei.”

Su Yu nodded and sent a message in the regional channel:

"A reward of 50 Immortal Coins is offered for information on Ao Qing and Xie Zilei, who are based in the North Sea."

In less than a minute, a celestial-level player named Jiao Wenyu accepted the bounty:
"Ao Qing is a Celestial Immortal of the eighth rank, a Azure Dragon, and Xie Zilei is a Celestial Immortal of the fifth rank, a Broken Star Golden Turtle Crab. The two were once subordinates of the Sixth Prince of the Azure Dragon Palace. After the Sixth Prince's death, they took his remains and settled in the North Sea."

"Over the years, all the dragon king's sons and grandsons have tried to recruit the remnants of the sixth prince's forces, but none of them have succeeded."

"I've sent you detailed information on the remnants of the Sixth Prince's forces. You can take a closer look, and feel free to ask me anything you don't understand."

An attached document was sent over. Su Yu reviewed it and nodded, saying:
"no problem."

He then sent 50 cents.

After closing the communication, Su Yu carefully reviewed the information again.

Half an hour later, he had a clear understanding of the situation of the remnants of the Sixth Prince's forces.

The title of Dragon Prince is a special one among dragons, and only the most outstanding sons and grandsons of dragons are qualified to receive it. Their status in the dragon race is second only to the Dragon King, and each of them possesses great strength and a vast subordinate force.

The Azure Dragon King lived for hundreds of thousands of years, during which he had millions of sons and grandsons born. Among them, several hundred were able to ascend to the celestial realm.

However, only eight people held the title of Crown Prince, and Ao Run's father ranked sixth among them.

It is worth mentioning that these eight were accumulated over the years, and only three are still alive now: the Third Prince, the Fifth Prince, and the Eighth Prince, all of whom are true immortal-level dragons.

The reason Ao Ying was so enthusiastic towards Su Yu was that he wanted to recruit him to expand his power and compete for the title of Dragon Prince.

Although Ao Run's father, the Sixth Prince of the Dragon, has perished, his power has not completely disappeared. A portion of his remaining forces have left the Dragon Palace and are now stationed in the North Sea, and there is no new master yet.

It's not that the Sixth Prince of the Dragon Clan has no descendants. The Dragon Clan has lived for so many years and has many descendants. Not to mention Ao Run, who was born as a Jiaolong, there are even many true dragon descendants. It's just that so far, no descendant has been born who has been recognized by the Sixth Prince of the Dragon Clan's subordinates.

He guessed that their visit to Su Yu might be because they knew about Ao Run, the dragon girl who had suddenly appeared and been recognized by the Dragon King, and wanted to know if Ao Run had any potential.

It's not just about whether she has potential, but also whether Su Yu has potential.

After all, when Su Yu first met the Dragon King, he referred to himself and Ao Ying as Ao Run's Daoist partner.

If they believe the two have enough potential, they will have the opportunity to inherit the power left behind by the Sixth Prince of the Dragon.

"potential."

"It seems difficult to operate right now."

The ability to best showcase one's potential is the Ancient Dragon Primordial Spirit Dharma Form granted by the Ancient Dragon bloodline, but this move has a cooldown period of up to a year. The last time it was used was eight months ago, when it was forced to cool down by activating the Time-Traveling Technique, and the cooldown is still not over.

"Or should we wait six months before showcasing it?"

Su Yu pursed her lips, deciding to wait until they arrived before making a decision.

More than ten hours later, Su Yu met with two of Ao Run's father's former subordinates.

A middle-aged man wearing a green robe, whose true form is a level 385 mythical template azure dragon.

A tall, burly man clad in purple-gold armor, whose true form was a level 352 Shattered Star Golden Claw Crab, entered the main hall one after the other. Su Yu immediately stood up and clasped his hands in a salute.
"Welcome, both of you!"

The dragon and the crab returned the greeting with clasped hands, and Ao Qing said in a deep voice:

“Let’s be frank. We’ve come here today not only to meet the descendants of the Crown Prince, but also to see if you have any potential.”

Su Yu's expression was serious as she asked in a deep voice:
"So, what do you all think of her potential?"

Ao Qing and Xie Zilei's gazes swept over Ao Run, then landed on Su Yu, and they said in a deep voice:

"The Dragon Girl has some potential. I need to see your bloodline. Please reveal your true form."

Su Yu's figure flickered, transforming into a crimson dragon only a dozen meters long, hovering inside the hall. He unleashed his power, dragon might, and the power of life and fire laws mixed together to form a powerful pressure that filled the entire hall.

Ao Qing and Xie Zilei's eyes lit up, and they nodded:
“Your bloodline is excellent; in my opinion, it is no less than that of the Crown Prince.”

As the crimson dragon transformed back into human form, Su Yu's lips curled slightly as she continued to ask:
"So what is your decision?"

"I can't make a decision right now; I need to go back and discuss it with my colleagues."

Su Yu nodded:

"Of course."

"However, don't be too happy yet. Although you have good potential, you are not a descendant of the Crown Prince. If you want to inherit the Crown Prince's legacy, you not only need to defeat other competitors with an absolute advantage, but you also need to have many offspring with the Dragon Girl."

"And you must also swear to the First Emperor that the future successor must be chosen from your descendants."

"Uh"

Su Yu turned around and saw Ao Run's pretty face, which held a hint of expectation. She nodded and said:

"This is no problem."

"Then, wait for our news."

At this moment, Crab Purple Thunder, who hadn't spoken since entering, hummed:
“Your bloodline is no less than that of the Crown Prince, and your previous achievements are also very impressive. We need a new leader to prevent the power from collapsing. All of the Crown Prince’s direct descendants have died out, and now there are only two Celestial Immortal-level descendants, but their potential is limited. Your chances are great.”

Su Yu nodded:

"I look forward to working with you."

As the dragon and crab were about to leave, Su Yu waved his sleeve to close the palace door, turned back to look at Ao Run beside him, and asked in a low voice:

"I wish to help you gain the power left by your father. Are you willing?"

The girl nodded shyly:

"I also can."

Su Yu said with a serious expression:

"Not all of them are acceptable. You need to inherit the power left by your father in order to be qualified to compete for the position of Azure Dragon King in the future."

She said earnestly:
"If I become the Azure Dragon King, can I help you, young master?"

"Yes."

If she can become the Azure Dragon King in the future, or even just become the new Dragon Prince, she will have the power to wage war against other countries. When humans and other player civilizations go to war, they can borrow the power of the Azure Dragon Palace to help them.

Once the Azure Dragon Palace defeats the Sea Serpent Clan and unifies the four seas of the Azure Immortal Realm, it will be no problem to produce one or two Profound Immortals, a dozen True Immortals, and hundreds of Celestial Immortals. This will be a powerful force capable of changing the entire course of the war of civilizations.

In a war of civilizations, it is permissible to borrow external forces, as long as you can.

Ao Run quickly understood this and nodded seriously, saying:

"I will do my best to help you, young master."

Su Yu gently stroked her hair and carefully examined her incomparably beautiful face. Ao Run, after transforming, was incomparably beautiful. Among the beauties he had ever seen, she was second only to Cang Hai and Qing Chan Yi Si. She was a bewitching beauty.

Su Yu recalled that when he first subdued her, she was still a dragon. At that time, she was wild and untamed, always going against him, and he had beaten her up many times.

But as her strength increased and she grew, her wildness gradually disappeared, and she is now a stunningly beautiful dragon girl with both the majesty and nobility of the dragon race.

Having been together for so long, she held a position of importance in Su Yu's heart second only to Canghai and Qingchan.

With this thought in mind, Su Yu waved her hand, and a layer of spiritual light surrounded her, blocking her vision. Under the light, a strong figure could be vaguely seen pressing down on another petite and delicate figure in the semi-transparent cocoon.

The wind rises, and a sudden rain falls.

After a long while, accompanied by a loud dragon roar, the two figures transformed into two dragon shadows, one large and one small, intertwined together. Invisible streams of light flew out from the cocoon of light and condensed into clouds above the hall, and a torrential rain poured down.

Three months later, another batch of Tianyuan Immortal Fruits ripened, totaling 36000.

None of them were sold this time; they were all kept by Canghai to refine into Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pills and stored away.

After the four women have completed their tribulations, they can take medicine to quickly improve their cultivation.

Four months later, Yu Jun received a message from the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion that he had left Youchao City.

Unfortunately, it wasn't a mission but a journey to Snake Fortress, and there wasn't enough time to intercept them.

Six months later, I received a message from Ao Ying:

"Brother Su, I've invited a group of people to do something big. Are you interested in joining us?"

"What major event is it? Is it still the attack on Caizhu City?"

"No, it's been less than a year since the Battle of Pearl City, and the Sea Serpent Clan is still on high alert. It would be too risky to fight them now. I've received word that a previously neutral demon city in the North Sea has been persuaded by the Sea Serpent Clan to join their forces. I've already received a mission from my father to lead an army to destroy that demon city and deter other neutral forces."

"What is the name of that demon city, and how powerful is it?"

"That demon city is called Shenxingyuan. It has five demon immortals who are skilled at taming wild beasts in the sea. It is said that there are more than twenty fourth-order wild beasts."

Su Yu was surprised:
"so much?"

(End of this chapter)