Chapter 11: Daoist Master is Above, Please Ferry Me Across!

"Daoist Master!"

Facing the wooden sword suspended in mid-air, Zhou Xuan stood stunned for several seconds before finally coming to his senses.

Then, this young Daoist Master knelt down before Su Ping, his voice trembling with a hint of tears as he said, "Many thanks, Daoist Master! To witness the true Dharma today has allowed this humble one to resolve a mental demon of many years!"

"It is just that... Daoist Master is above!"

"I implore you to ferry me across!"

"This humble one's Dao Heart is firm; in this life, I truly only wish to pursue the Great Dao!"

Su Ping looked at the genuinely emotional Zhou Xuan, his heart not surprised in the least.

The temptation of the extraordinary—how many in this world could resist it? Especially these cultivators who, unlike ordinary people, spent their days and nights pondering how to transcend? "To cultivate to become an Immortal, relying on a firm Dao Heart alone is not enough."

Su Ping retracted the wooden sword.

In this mundane world, one must save Dharma Power whenever possible.

Then, as he spoke, he gently reached out his right hand and grabbed the arm of Zhou Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground.

Zhou Xuan only felt an incredible, massive force surge from the hand opposite him.

He was lifted from the ground like a little chick, and then, in a daze, found himself seated on a chair.

This made Zhou Xuan admire Su Ping even more.

Su Ping looked thin and weak, but in reality, having exercised since childhood, he was mostly muscle beneath his Daoist robe! He still weighed nearly one hundred forty or fifty jin.

Yet he could be tossed around like this with one hand! Just this strength... was unlike anything Zhou Xuan had ever seen!

"You must be aware that cultivation requires wealth, companions, Dharma, and land."

"But in the mortal world today, compared to wealth and companions... it is Dharma and land that are the keys."

"Land is the key, could it be..."

Hearing this enlightened master before him offer guidance, Zhou Xuan combined it with his own cultivation experience and suddenly thought of a terrifying answer.

"As you suspect, and perhaps even more severe."

Su Ping looked at Zhou Xuan; as a cultivator, he did not speak falsehoods:

"In this mortal world, whether it be famous mountains and great rivers or so-called Cave Heaven and Blessed Lands."

"You... should all be unable to cultivate any divine abilities or Immortal arts!"

"After all, Spirit Qi does not exist in the mortal world!"

"And methods that attempt to cultivate to become an Immortal without Spirit Qi do not exist either!"

Having said this, Su Ping shook his head and ceased speaking.

In Zhou Xuan's view, he had filled in the blanks, thinking perhaps this enlightened master was unwilling to recall the painful events that caused all of this, which was why he acted this way.

"I have seen your determination to cultivate to become an Immortal."

"It just so happens that you have taken over East King Temple, which can be considered a fated connection with me; this is very good."

"I will first pass on to you the method of Qi Refining; you may practice it for now."

"Once you have achieved some success, there will naturally be a way to test your aptitude and bone structure."

"If you truly have Immortal Fate..."

Su Ping paused, painting a picture for Zhou Xuan that he could never give up: "I can make the decision to take you to my sect's Cave Heaven Secret Realm."

"To have that one-in-a-ten-thousand chance to defy the heavens and strive for that longevity!"

"However, even with Immortal Fate, is cultivating to become an Immortal and achieving longevity easy to speak of?"

"Since ancient times, those who could become Immortals and transcend are few and far between in the records; what I have seen are mostly those who achieved Foundation Establishment with a lifespan of 200 years, or Golden Core with a lifespan of 500 years."

The more Su Ping emphasized the difficulty of cultivating for longevity, the more Zhou Xuan believed his words.

And he was incredibly excited by the small goals revealed in Su Ping's words! Even if he couldn't achieve longevity, living two hundred years upon reaching Foundation Establishment was excellent! Having eaten the "big cake" Su Ping painted.

Zhou Xuan felt full of strength even without eating dinner.

His intelligence, having gone offline under the series of shocks, reoccupied his brain. He immediately straightened his posture and position, put away the gold bars Su Ping gave him, and respectfully and carefully asked what he should do and if there was anything he needed to pay attention to.

Su Ping was naturally satisfied with this.

Don't talk about acting mysterious like a riddle-maker; that was for outsiders.

Under normal circumstances, when treating one's own people, a superior would rather break down every detail and feed it to the other party, fearing they might act on their own initiative and do something wrong with good intentions.

Watching Zhou Xuan leave the room to follow orders and begin preparing supplies for him.

Su Ping sat on the chair, took out a tea set and snacks from his Storage Bag, and brewed a pot of good tea for himself.

He picked up the spare mobile phone that Zhou Xuan had brought from the table.

Before Su Ping transmigrated, smartphones had already begun to become popular.

He was no stranger to mobile phones, just feeling that they were thinner and more user-friendly.

Furthermore, this screen could be temporarily expanded, changing from phone size to tablet size to facilitate the user watching shows or reading.

Additionally, there were matching smart earphones equipped with air projection functions.

Su Ping played with the various functions for a while, but in the end, he focused his attention on searching for information.

First was the time! It appeared that twenty years had passed in both the Cultivation World and Water Blue Star; even if the flow of time between the two sides was not synchronized, it would not be too different.

Then, in these twenty years, Human Civilization on Water Blue Star had been generally stable.

In the process, there were various disputes and accidents from time to time, but it was still moving forward and developing through the bumps.

Although controlled nuclear fusion still required fifty years to be successfully commercialized.

Space technology, however, had seen significant development under the strong support and stimulation of the Eastern Ancient Kingdom.

Multiple super-large space stations had appeared in outer space.

Reusable outer space spacecraft had also been put into practical use.

Making the thought-provoking journey to outer space no longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy.

Furthermore, humanity finally established the first scientific research base on the moon with astronauts stationed there long-term.

Further development of the moon was also placed on the agenda.

In addition, Su Ping also noticed that recent news was hyping up the space elevator project, which would have seemed like science fiction twenty years ago! The material problems that were considered difficult to solve at the time actually already had semi-finished products at that point in time.

With twenty years of experimentation and effort, the semi-finished products were perfected.

This made the impossible world wonder become a possibility! Su Ping, who was actually a fan of wonders deep down, used Zhou Xuan's account to like the proposal for this project and cast a vote in favor.

Then, Su Ping's finger paused on the search bar.

For a moment, Su Ping wanted to search for information on old acquaintances.

However, he thought about what would happen if he were careless or had an accident and was targeted by a major power.

Then... all the operation information on this mobile phone would likely be analyzed thousands and thousands of times by professionals.

Su Ping felt a stir in his heart and erased this impulse.

As a transcendent being who possessed the Fishing System and an entire Cultivation World, he must never leave behind weaknesses for others to exploit before he had grown strong! Su Ping set his focus on historical current events and technological development, and continued to browse.

The sky gradually grew dark, and he did not know how much time had passed.

Su Ping suddenly let out an "eh," as it was the contracted spirit mice actively calling out to him.

Su Ping slowly closed his eyes to connect with the two spirit mice and learned of the situation.

It turned out that after Su Ping went to the East King Temple, Xiaobai and Xiaohui, the two spirit mice, had no new instructions and had snuck together into the sewer system of this small city.

Here, they were in their element, and in a short time, they had already gathered quite a few rats to follow them.

Then they gathered more and more, already forming the prototype of a rat tide!

(End of this chapter)