Chapter 121: Daoist Master, I Have Succeeded! (Two-in-One, Please Subscribe)

Although the plan to head to the Beidou Seven Star Sect Ruins had been set in his mind.

Su Ping did not set off immediately.

Instead, he first summoned the manager of the Jiuye Mountain Market, gave him a Wooden Tablet containing his own Divine Sense aura and a portion of Spirit Stones, and told him to go to the Yunshan Market to wait.

When the merchant caravan from the Western Wasteland came by again.

Su Ping told this manager that he could appropriately purchase some cat-girls, rabbit-girls, or snake-girls and other such demon-girls to bring back.

On one hand, Su Ping did indeed have a little bit of curiosity about these demon-girls.

On the other hand, these demon-girls lacked a Divine Soul, so they could be used to add a bit of life to the place, and there was no need to worry about any problems arising when he was away.

As for whether these demon-girls might have any hidden agendas.

If it were the kind of very special demon-girl, or even one with a Natural Spirit Body that would make a Golden Core cultivator covet her, Su Ping would have to be a bit more careful.

But for this kind of mass-market commodity aimed at the vast number of Qi Refining cultivators, the cost-effectiveness of setting up so many hidden traps that wouldn't be discovered and ruin their reputation had to be considered.

After Su Ping had finished arranging all the various matters and left the Jiuye Mountain Market, he flew toward the direction of Xuangui Island.

Being familiar with the route, this flight was about one-tenth faster than the last time.

Only when he arrived at Xuangui Island.

Su Ping discovered that this island was unexpectedly deserted.

Not only were the people of the Dongli Family gone, but even the villagers from the fishing village that was originally here had all disappeared.

"I warned them last time; could it be that they were still counter-killed by Evil Cultivators just like that?"

Su Ping muttered to himself, not landing directly on Xuangui Island, but instead taking out the Memory Scepter.

The next second, the white-haired youth Yun Kong descended from the sky once again, appearing on Xuangui Island.

Relying on his Divine Sense to sweep over the abandoned port and the newly built residential area.

Su Ping did not find any traces of battle.

It looked like the residents on the island had evacuated safely.

In that case... to be able to make a branch of an Immortal Sect family choose to evacuate, and even help take the villagers away while they were at it.

That would mean that an event had occurred on the island that made those people feel it was unsuitable to continue living there, but it was not yet dangerous in the short term?

Hmm... that would mean some kind of Evil Spirit with a fixed range of activity had been born?

Su Ping controlled Yun Kong to leap to the highest point of the Dongli Family's manor, looking out into the distance, and sure enough, he discovered a large amount of Evil Qi appearing in a certain house.

"An Evil Spirit; if left alone, one can only wait for a High Monk or an expert from an Immortal Sect to come."

"But given the current environment in the territory of the Chiyuan Immortal Sect, I'm afraid not many people have the time to come to the Overseas Islands, right?"

"Unless this Evil Spirit undergoes a low-probability mutation, increasing its priority for handling!"

"But if that were the case, I'm afraid the Fishing spot on Xuangui Island would also be affected?"

"So, this time, handling the Evil Spirit can only rely on myself?"

If Su Ping did not have the Memory Illusion, he would definitely still choose to keep his distance when facing an Evil Spirit.

But now that he had the Memory Illusion, his courage had gradually grown.

The white-haired youth Yun Kong appeared in the place where the Evil Qi was permeating.

Looking at the layout, it should be a warehouse located in the backyard of the manor.

Looking again at the traces that hadn't been cleared away in the surroundings.

Su Ping, who was well-read and had served as a helper for twenty years, could see that a Dharma Array similar to one for exorcism should have been held in the courtyard nearby.

And then it seemed someone was identified as an Evil Cultivator.

After being killed or tied up, they were thrown into this warehouse.

It looked like they were going to clean it up and burn it down.

It was just that for some reason, the Evil Cultivator in the warehouse underwent a mutation, forming an Evil Spirit.

So the manager of this branch of the Dongli Family immediately lost his nerve and chose the safest method... abandoning Xuangui Island and running away.

This was very "following one's heart," but Su Ping felt that if he put himself in their shoes, he would have acted the same way.

"Whoosh!"

His Divine Sense swept over the house.

After confirming that the source of the Evil Qi was inside.

Su Ping's heart stirred.

Instantly, a twenty-meter-long Ice Giant Sword crashed down with a boom!

Directly destroying the entire warehouse, while at the same time, the cold air erupted, turning most of the backyard into a world of ice and snow!

At the same time, without even looking at what exactly this Evil Spirit was, the white-haired youth Yun Kong had already pinched a sword finger and kept waving it, releasing Flying Swords of ice that swished and stabbed into it.

Awoo!

Under the cold air, accompanied by a miserable roar.

An ugly giant with a height of over five meters, gray skin covered in festering marks, and three incomplete heads crawled out from the collapsed warehouse.

This giant was very strange in that it had no lower body, as if its entire body was fixed to the muddy ground.

As it roared and waved, a large amount of Evil Qi sprayed out from its mouth and nose, forming invisible evil spirits that lunged toward the white-haired youth.

Hum!

A purple Mark from the Cheng'e Pixie Stone Lion appeared on the white-haired youth.

With a flash of purple light, it actually repelled all the evil spirits that attempted to invade.

"The blessing of the Stone Lion really can have a special effect on Evil Spirits!"

"This makes me not have to worry so much when facing Evil Spirits."

"Other cultivators are most afraid of being affected in their minds or even their cultivation by the various special attacks generated by Evil Qi, which is why they are extremely wary of Evil Spirits."

"It's just that in terms of offense, the Exorcist Mage's ice attacks aren't that effective!"

Su Ping analyzed the opponent while fighting.

After confirming that the opponent was an Evil Spirit similar to a land-bound spirit, Su Ping had Yun Kong pull away to create distance and began sniping it with a heavy sniper rifle.

Then, unsurprisingly, physical attacks were even less effective.

After the opponent's three heads were blown apart, it recovered in almost the blink of an eye, and its Evil Qi suffered almost no loss.

It was even worse than the ice attacks.

Clearly, the physical form itself had little impact on the Evil Spirit.

The key was to wear down the Evil Qi!

The white-haired youth put away the sniper rifle, then leaped high into the air to dodge the giant hand that had suddenly stretched out like modeling clay.

Then, the Mark on his forehead erupted with purple light.

A poignant, beautiful bolt of lightning from Fox-Faced Shrine Maiden Sakura appeared in mid-air and crashed down onto the Evil Spirit.

Instantly!

Accompanied by this lightning strike, the Evil Spirit let out a scream that could be heard across the entire island.

In Su Ping's Spirit Rat Vision.

The concentration of the Evil Spirit's Evil Qi dropped by a third in that instant!

"It really is Heavenly Thunder breaking the Evil Spirit."

Su Ping had successfully tested the weakness of these Evil Spirits.

Then, he threw out a Purple Light Fox Talisman.

Instantly, the Foundation Establishment-strength Purple Light Fox joined the battlefield.

This Evil Spirit suddenly appeared even more pathetic.

Several minutes later, following a cry from the Purple Light Fox, it summoned Heavenly Thunder.

With a loud Boom—

The Evil Qi was completely scattered and vanished.

Only a small amount of Mysterious Remains ash was left on the spot.

Su Ping was very familiar with these things; they were what was inside the Sealed Dharma Artifacts.

However, Su Ping remembered that other Cultivators would use Dharma Artifacts and Arrays to seal and wear down the main body of an Evil Spirit, then slowly rely on time to grind it into these remains.

He hadn't expected that by using the power of thunder, he could directly beat it into a state of remains; he wondered if, after wrapping them up and taking them to be purified, they could count as merit?

Furthermore, Su Ping also thought that Fox-Faced Shrine Maiden Sakura's thunder power shouldn't be as simple as ordinary lightning; being able to restrain the Evil Spirit so effectively might be related to it being lightning controlled by a Fox God, possessing a stronger power to restrain evil and delusion.

Su Ping had the Memory Illusion clean up the aftermath.

After confirming there was no danger, he flew to the Heavenly Pool, sat cross-legged by the pool, and began Fishing.

It was nowhere to be seen, but this time the Xuangui Island Second-tier Fishing Spot only refreshed 150 Fishing attempts.

Su Ping calmed his mind and cast his hook into the pool surface.

As the mini-game began.

The Fishing process started.

During this process, the multitasking Su Ping discovered that he could still control Yun Kong to patrol around the island just in case.

Come to think of it, he did discover a diary they hadn't had time to take with them from a small hut by the seaside.

It looked like it was written by a servant born into the Dongli Family.

Su Ping flipped through it casually and found that most of the content was not serious.

It was either discovering who had secretly gotten together with whom, or discovering who had a grudge against whom.

The only thing that caught Su Ping's attention was that this servant mentioned the Elder had specifically lectured them.

They were told that if they ever saw a white-haired youth in the future, regardless of the other party's status, they must be respectful and even more respectful!

"A white-haired youth?"

"To make the Dongli Family specifically warn even the branch servants, could this status be the beloved disciple of some hidden expert or a true disciple of a major Immortal Sect?"

"And it even has a connection to the Dongli Family?"

"In any case, it certainly wouldn't be me, this obscure Exorcist Mage, right?"

Su Ping muttered to himself, then put the diary back where it was.

He fished until the middle of the night.

Su Ping finally heard the notification that his Fishing attempts had been exhausted.

He looked at his current Fishing Experience:

【Current Fishing Level: Level 5 (350/5000)】

After reaching Level 5, only Second-tier Fishing Spots could provide experience; the road to leveling up for a fisherman is long and arduous!

However, he was no longer in a hurry to raise his Fishing level; instead, he was short on Fishing Coins to exchange for Experience Books, card draw opportunities, and Abundant Spirit Water.

And these resources could not be rushed; they could only be accumulated slowly over time.

There were no special catches this time.

After all, he had just caught the Juvenile Xuan Turtle, a rare catch with a promising future, last time; according to the law of conservation of luck, he estimated there would be a chance for good loot next time or the time after.

Su Ping enjoyed a simple late-night snack in the Pot Heaven.

It was just ten catties of Demon Beast meat and a little over a catty of Spirit Wine.

He also cooked about two catties of Spirit Rice porridge and shared it with his pet beasts.

Afterward, Su Ping went to the Large Spirit Light Fish Pond to check on the Juvenile Xuan Turtle and the Da Hei Yu Chiwen.

Chiwen hadn't changed much.

Under the feeding of the past month, the Juvenile Xuan Turtle still looks only the size of a palm.

However, in reality, this is merely its outward appearance.

As Su Ping moves his mind, the Juvenile Xuan Turtle can already grow in size in an instant.

The one that was previously palm-sized can now transform to the size of a millstone.

He discovered that eating Demon Beast meat is indeed helpful for its growth.

Su Ping has already considered whether to use a Memory Illusion to go to the battlefield near the Ten Thousand Mountains, secretly hunt a few large Demon Beasts, and bring them back to give the Xuan Turtle extra meals, so that it can grow early into a Baxia capable of carrying an entire massive mountain.

Eat well and drink well!

Su Ping opened the map he had drawn.

After confirming the direction of the Beidou Qixing Sect, he was not in a hurry.

Instead, he returned to Water Blue Star once more, waiting until the meteorological balloons ordered by the Registered Disciples arrived at the warehouse.

This was something Su Ping had Huang Zong and the other five order before he decided to leave.

Relying on the "pay-more-money" tactic, they directly intercepted the equipment that was supposed to be shipped to a certain university.

Plus, after Su Ping reached Foundation Establishment, the congratulatory gifts he received included large-capacity Storage Bags.

Su Ping dismantled the meteorological balloon into multiple parts and successfully transported them over.

Afterward, he assembled it with the help of supernatural abilities and, with the aid of Spirit-Refining techniques, solved the welding problem that was most troublesome in the eyes of the Water Blue Star workers.

The white meteorological balloon carried Su Ping as it slowly ascended, and it soon reached an altitude of over 16,000 meters.

At this altitude, Su Ping also applied First Tier High Grade concealment talismans and illusion talismans.

Unless someone below had a "god's-eye view" and knew in advance that there was a flying object at high altitude.

Otherwise, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would not notice the existence of a meteorological balloon at this height.

After all, the Divine Sense of Foundation Establishment cultivators is mostly within a range of a few hundred meters, and even at its limit, it extends at most a thousand meters.

At the same time, the altitude of an Immortal Boat is generally around three to five thousand meters, and only in very rare cases would it fly to an altitude of ten thousand meters.

To them, an altitude above 16,000 meters is not that they cannot fly up there, but that there is no need to expend that much Dharma Power.

Plus, the meteorological balloon itself has no Dharma Power fluctuations and does not cause Spirit Qi abnormalities.

A normal Cultivator would never realize that there could be a flying object capable of staying steadily at that altitude for a long time without consuming Dharma Power.

Su Ping utilized exactly this blind spot, relying on riding this meteorological balloon to slowly approach the sea area near the island temporarily named Seven Star Island by the Cultivators.

"Not only am I not landing on the island, I am not even going near the surrounding sea, staying directly at an altitude of 16,000 meters far away from them."

"If I can still be affected even like this... the danger level of this ruin should be at the Golden Core or even Nascent Soul level, and it should have long since attracted the attention of those big shots to start clearing the area."

"Of course, if that is truly the case, I can only admit defeat, teleport away immediately, and then hide in the Pot Heaven."

Su Ping sat cross-legged in the balloon basket, looking down from a high vantage point; he did not look directly with his naked eye, but used a specially made telescope to look at the sea area below.

The interior of this telescope also has a multi-fold reflection structure, and at the same time, Su Ping silently recited the Heart-Calming Mantra to prevent himself from radiating excess emotions.

Complex as it may be, the key is to minimize the sensing of this by the Cultivators below.

The panoramic view of Seven Star Island was thus able to be seen in its entirety.

At this moment, above Seven Star Island, more than a dozen Immortal Boats of varying sizes were circling.

Judging by the flags, most of them are the foundations of different immortal cultivation families.

Only the largest one was flying the banner of the Artifact Heart Sect.

However, this is also within reason; after all, it was only after that Mu Zhenren went to this ruin that his Soul Lamp went out.

He was, after all, a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator who managed a large Market.

The Artifact Heart Sect should, by reason and sentiment, come to check the situation.

And on the island's shore, many Tall Ships and fishing boats were docked.

On the coast, there was already a formed camp, and there were even places where Arrays were set up to block Su Ping's observation.

As Su Ping began to observe.

On the Immortal Boats, a portion of the Foundation Establishment cultivators vaguely had an indescribable feeling.

However, they did not suspect that an unidentified flying object with no Dharma Power fluctuations had appeared in the high altitude.

Instead, they guessed that some strange changes might have occurred inside the ruin again.

After they arrived at this Seven Star Island, they immediately sensed that the sect ruin on this island was not simple.

Inside the ruin, there actually exists a Secret Realm.

In the Secret Realm, there is a faint aura that makes even them, these Foundation Establishment cultivators, feel tempted.

It is just that, because of the warning provided by Mu Zhenren's Soul Lamp going out.

These Foundation Establishment cultivators all very much cherished their lives and chose to "follow their hearts" (retreat).

After realizing where the problem lay, they retreated back to their Immortal Boats and acted as bystanders.

Watching those outside Cultivators who came running for Immortal Fate, going in and out near the ruin, and even those bold enough to head to the Secret Realm.

And then, no one was ever able to return.

This made these Foundation Establishment cultivators increasingly wary of that Secret Realm, while also hesitating whether to give up this opportunity and choose to report this matter to their respective sects.

"I am not reconciled."

On the deck of the Artifact Heart Sect's Immortal Boat, the Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator who also shares the surname Mu—the nephew of that same Mu Zhenren—stared at the Seven Star Sect ruin built against the mountain in the center of the island, his eyes carrying a trace of longing.

For the past few days, he has been able to feel a longing in the depths of his soul for something inside the Secret Realm.

It seems that it is a divine object that could allow him, a Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage cultivator, to immediately become a Golden Core!

And this is not just his own illusion.

The other few Foundation Establishment cultivators also have similar feelings.

It is just that none of them have any intention of being a pawn for the others.

Suddenly, the Foundation Establishment cultivators noticed a white-haired youth stepping across the ice on the horizon of the distant sea.

The youth was stepping on an Ice Giant Sword, rapidly freezing the surrounding seawater to glide forward during his advance.

Before long, this white-haired youth arrived at the coast.

"An outsider Cultivator who came alone?"

"White hair? That is somewhat rare, but his strength is only at the Qi Refining Late Stage? One cannot rule out the possibility of a hidden Dharma Artifact!"

A Foundation Establishment cultivator picked up a Copper Mirror to inspect, discovering the true strength of Exorcist Mage Yunkong, yet he dared not be certain.

After all, in the current environment of the Cultivation World, there are more and more people playing the pig to eat the tiger.

Being a little careful is never a mistake.

No new orders came down from the Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After the white-haired youth Yunkong, controlled by Su Ping, went ashore, there were no ripples along the way.

Nor did any Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators jump out to say stupid things like this ruin was reserved by them.

The white-haired youth walked quickly and soon saw where the ruins were located.

The mountain gate of the Beidou Qixing Sect was built no worse than the Outer Sect of the Chiyuan Immortal Sect.

It was just that in Su Ping's view, this island had no Spirit Vein, and he did not know what it relied on to keep the ruin's Array still running.

However, this Array now only had a portion of its concealment and masking capabilities left.

Su Ping did not use any Token; he simply stepped into the mountain gate and was able to see the continuous buildings on the mountainside and the summit.

The architectural style was primarily bold, and many stone carvings were extremely grand.

There were large stone statues over ten meters high everywhere.

Especially on the large plaza on the mountainside, there stood a Giant Wolf Stone Statue nearly a hundred meters high.

This giant wolf was lifelike, especially its eyes, which were extremely vivid.

At first glance, one would almost think it could come alive.

"This was carved after the image of the Greedy Wolf phantom, right?"

Su Ping looked at this giant wolf, lingered around it for a while, and completely imprinted the other's charm into his heart.

Only then did he continue forward.

Su Ping did not spend time on the houses encountered along the way.

After all, he had already arrived at this place a while late.

The surrounding houses that could be looted had long been looted who knows how many times.

Picking up scraps or something, it's better to just think about it.

Arriving at the summit Main Hall.

Su Ping could be considered to have seen other Cultivators.

They were all gathered in this Main Hall, and upon seeing the white-haired youth appear, only a few people nodded slightly to show goodwill.

"This is!"

Su Ping saw that in the Main Hall, there stood a Bronze Gate over ten meters high right in front!

This Bronze Gate was half-open, with faint white mist emerging from within.

"It is a Secret Realm gate!"

"This island actually contains a Secret Realm; the Array should also exist with the help of the Secret Realm!"

"No wonder Foundation Establishment cultivators fell here; the inside of a Secret Realm is much more dangerous than the ruins!"

Then, under the gazes of surprise and confusion from the various Cultivators on the scene.

The white-haired youth Cultivator who had just walked in, in their eyes, actually walked straight toward the Bronze Gate.

Then his figure disappeared into the gate in an instant!

"He went in all by himself? Has he not heard that even Great Cultivator Foundation Establishment experts have fallen inside?"

Several Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators whispered with shocked expressions.

Afterward, it seemed that some Cultivators were infected by Yunkong's fearlessness, or perhaps they had already been preparing, and even without Yunkong appearing, they would have chosen to give it a try!

More than a dozen Cultivators who were clearly together, led by an old Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivator, bowed to the surrounding Cultivators and then rushed into the Bronze Gate together.

Inside the Secret Realm.

As soon as Su Ping came in, he knew there was a problem with this Secret Realm.

The surroundings were deathly silent, with withered mountain forests and piles of foul-smelling silt everywhere.

Coupled with the sky that seemed to be forever dim yellow.

And the Evil Qi that was almost everywhere, as well as a concentration of Spirit Qi even more scarce than the Overseas Islands.

Even his Divine Sense, in this Evil Qi environment, was suppressed to less than one-tenth of its clear-sighted range.

Su Ping was very clear that in this environment, any Cultivator would realize they were being targeted.

Thus, they would choose to retreat first before considering anything else.

Only!

The exit disappeared simultaneously after entering.

It is no wonder that not a single Cultivator who entered successfully returned.

Fortunately, what Su Ping entered with was only a Memory Illusion, so he was not afraid of not being able to return!

Su Ping, who had no danger of death, relaxed his mood and began to visit the strange phenomena around him.

Then, not even a minute later.

Yunkong, controlled by Su Ping, encountered more than a dozen waves of Evil Qi group attacks from all directions.

Fortunately, relying on the Evil-Warding Blessing of the Stone Lion, these Evil Qi groups were basically bounced away and dissipated before they could get close.

That saved a lot of effort.

It also allowed Su Ping to pass through the withered mountain forest,

and see a mountainous area filled with steles.

In this mountainous area, Su Ping noticed the traces of other Cultivators.

They were staring fanatically at the Immortal scripts on the steles, muttering to themselves incessantly.

After moving closer, Su Ping saw a Cultivator as thin as a stick laughing "hehehe," with words spilling from his mouth:

"I, this Daoist master, have succeeded!"

"I am about to become an Immortal!"

"Hehehe! I, this Daoist master, am going to become an Immortal!"

After Su Ping understood, he took a step back to put some distance between them, and then looked at the stele the other person was watching.

He discovered those Immortal scripts... seemed to be the content regarding the Qi Refining chapter from the Big Dipper Greedy Wolf Chapter.

"These steles... could they all be Transmission Steles of the Beidou Qixing Sect?"

Su Ping was startled in his heart; he scanned his surroundings, bypassed those Cultivators with abnormal expressions, looked at the content of the steles, and the answer flashed through his mind.

"However, why would these Cultivators be so frantic?"

"Can cultivating the Big Dipper Scripture of Death actually drive people mad?"

"Or perhaps, is it because of these clusters of Evil Qi?"

He watched as another cluster of Evil Qi emerged from the ground and smashed toward him, only to return without success.

After moving closer, Su Ping used his Divine Sense to notice that the Essence Spirit and Qi of these frantic Cultivators were all being drained away and flowing into the ground.

Deep underground.

There seemed to be some kind of great terror hidden, yet it was an existence full of temptation.

Su Ping stopped his footsteps, not intending to follow that temptation and continue forward.

Instead, since he was already here, he might as well copy down all the Immortal scripts on these steles first.

Even if he couldn't get out.

Relying on memory synchronization, Su Ping, who was on the Meteorological Balloon, could still take out materials and copy down the content he had seen.

Although the Immortal scripts copied this way lacked much of their charm and did not have the function of assisting cultivation.

It was still better than having nothing, wasn't it?

Moreover, given the environment of this Secret Realm, it was hard to judge whether this auxiliary function was ultimately good or bad.

It would be better to look slowly and learn slowly, relying on practicing slowly without fear of aftereffects... he could always find the correct path!

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