Chapter 234: Cooperation for Mutual Benefit, Peerless Quality!

The Ten Directions Sect is a large sect with a long history that can be traced back to the ancient era.

Rumor has it that the Ten Directions Sect was once one of the ancient Immortal Sects, but it later declined due to various reasons, which is why it went to Nanhuang to settle in a corner.

Su Ping once visited the headquarters of the Ten Directions Sect and even packed up their place of inheritance and brought it back to his Pot Heaven.

Because of this, Su Ping personally feels he has some say regarding these rumors.

In his view, the inheritances on those stone walls seem to prove that the foundation of the Ten Directions Sect is indeed extremely profound; it might be an Immortal Sect lineage.

The Sect Leader of the Ten Directions Sect is also a long-renowned Nascent Soul Old Ancestor in the Cultivation World.

He holds a pivotal status and reputation throughout the entire Cultivation World.

Therefore, upon learning that such a big figure had come to pay a visit,

Su Ping thought for a moment and did not meet the other party in person; instead, he raised the Memory Scepter and summoned Fire Knight Alwin.

Afterwards, the Blood God Seal flew out and merged into the unresisting Fire Knight.

In an instant, blood light enveloped the Fire Knight's entire body, transforming into the phantom that Xueshen Laozu usually appeared as.

Su Ping took a look, then took out three Fox God Amulets and stuck them onto the other party.

Only then did he control the Fire Knight to meet the Sect Leader of the Ten Directions Sect in the identity of Xueshen Laozu.

In the ordinary reception hall.

Through the perspective of the Fire Knight, Su Ping saw the Sect Leader of the Ten Directions Sect walk in generously.

This Sect Leader took off his black robe, revealing an ordinary black and white robe.

He looked like a kind and approachable middle-aged uncle.

At first glance, he could only be considered not ugly in the Cultivation World, but the more one looked, the more he possessed a certain charming appeal.

Then, what caught one's attention were his eyes, which were extremely bright.

Perhaps others would not remember his appearance, but they would definitely remember these eyes.

While Su Ping was observing the other party,

this Sect Leader of the Ten Directions Sect was also secretly observing the Xueshen Laozu before him.

Out of caution and politeness, he naturally would not directly release his Divine Sense to penetrate that layer of blood light and discover the other party's true face.

However, by sensing the fluctuations outside the blood light,

this Sect Leader had already perceived many things.

Among them, the Blood God Power of the Nascent Soul Realm was something he actually did not care much about.

But the other power mixed within it made his heart stir, and he secretly sighed that this trip was not in vain.

As a high-level Cultivator who also understood the truth of the Cultivation World,

this Sect Leader was more inclined to believe that only power from outside the world could equally resist those invasions from outside the world.

Although he was unwilling to admit it in his heart,

judging from the various encounters over these past thousand years, the power level of their world was clearly in a position of being restrained, or even crushed, when facing these powers from outside the world!

Before coming, this Sect Leader had also been constantly updating the information on this Xueshen Laozu, and even learned that this Old Ancestor had raised many mortals in a large Secret Realm behind him.

Coupled with the fact that the mortals on this island were living quite well, and there were even specific rules restraining Cultivators from beating or scolding mortals,

the Sect Leader would not have any empathy for the mortals, but he knew deeply that this represented the attitude of that Old Ancestor and the forces behind him, which was at least inclined toward the righteous path, or rather, maintaining Order.

After some simple pleasantries,

Su Ping learned that this Sect Leader of the Ten Directions Sect was surnamed Dongfang, named Daotian.

He was originally from the Central Region, and later went to Nanhuang by chance.

Then he was favored by the Sect Leader of the Ten Directions Sect at that time and became his Personal Disciple.

Later, because those with higher seniority and better talent than him all died in a disaster involving an Avatar of an Evil God,

and after the old Sect Leader could no longer hold on,

this Sect Leader Dongfang became the twelfth Sect Leader of the Ten Directions Sect.

He shouldered the heavy responsibility of the life and death of the entire sect.

After introducing himself, this Sect Leader Dongfang got straight to the point:

"Daoist should already know that the starry sky of the Cultivation World is actually fake, right?"

Su Ping's eyes stirred upon hearing this, and then he controlled the Fire Knight to nod slightly:

"This... is naturally known long ago, and with Nanhuang being swallowed, such a strange sight appeared at the cross-section."

"I am afraid that in today's Cultivation World, any force with a bit of brains and strength has guessed something, right?"

Sect Leader Dongfang gave a bitter smile upon hearing this:

"Indeed, the matter that the Immortal Sects have been trying to downplay can no longer be hidden."

"In the past, those forces below the Golden Core knew about the Evil Qi invasion and knew that Spirit Herbs were poisonous, but they mostly thought this was a collision and confrontation between two different worlds."

"Now... they might have already realized it."

"Our world has no ability to resist at all; it was swallowed by the other side from the very beginning."

"So... Daoist..."

Sect Leader Dongfang suddenly stood up, bowed toward the Xueshen Laozu before him, and asked sincerely:

"I dare to ask a question."

"Is your action today because you have a way to take refuge from the Great Calamity!"

"A way to take refuge?"

Hearing this, Su Ping understood why someone of the other party's status would personally come for a secret meeting.

It's just that this guy actually thought so highly of him!

It shouldn't be because of some hidden Immortal Sect; a big figure of his level should be clear that hidden Immortal Sects are also unable to protect themselves in such matters!

"Not bad!"

"This seat does indeed have a way to take refuge under the Great Calamity."

Su Ping answered truthfully as well.

As a light of the righteous path, he generally does not tell lies.

If there is one, then there is indeed one.

But the specific details are naturally kept confidential.

"This method... is it truly feasible?"

Sect Leader Dongfang opened his bright eyes wide, staring at the blood-colored figure of Xueshen Laozu, and asked with a trace of tremor in his voice.

"Hehe!"

"This seat knows what you are worried about."

"This seat is not certain about blocking the Great Calamity, but I have full confidence in taking a portion of people to take refuge!"

"Daoist, are you able to take them and break free from the shackles of this world?"

Sect Leader Dongfang is a smart man and immediately guessed the greatest possibility.

Then he happily saw that figure nod, acknowledging his guess.

He could not help but have his heartbeat quicken, his thinking becoming even more active.

At the same time, after confirming with his own eyes that the other party truly possessed power from outside the world.

Regarding the point that since the other party could come, it was naturally more likely that they could leave, although he dared not believe it one hundred percent.

He at least believed it seven or eight tenths.

Thus, in the following conversation.

After Su Ping waved his hand, expressing that what he liked most was cooperation and mutual benefit.

This Sect Leader Dongfang of the Ten Directions Sect unexpectedly took out a Black Iron Ring and placed it in front of Xueshen Laozu.

And he indicated that the Ten Directions Sect was also willing to serve Xueshen Laozu in the time to come.

As for the reward, Sect Leader Dongfang tactfully did not make requests such as sharing the secret of the refuge method.

Instead, he only hoped that when the Great Calamity descended and it was time to take refuge, Xueshen Laozu could take away the inheritance seeds of their Ten Directions Sect.

And those people of the Ten Directions Sect acting as seeds would also come to seek refuge in the coming period under the identities of Loose Cultivators or small sects.

As for Sect Leader Dongfang himself and those elders within the sect.

Except for one Inheritance Elder who would follow the seeds and leave.

Other experts within the sect would go with Sect Leader Dongfang to the Great Golden Light Temple to assist that Holy Monk with the final plan.

According to Sect Leader Dongfang's self-deprecation before leaving.

He was born here and raised here after all; if he did not put up any resistance, he would never be reconciled for the rest of his life...

Watching Sect Leader Dongfang depart after saying goodbye.

Su Ping picked up the Black Iron Ring sent by the other party.

Then he discovered that this thing was a strange object similar to the Mark of the Blood God.

It contained a small Secret Realm inside.

It was just that compared to the Blood God Secret Realm, this small Secret Realm was more like a paradise, with a basin surrounded by mountains inside.

There was also a small lake in the basin.

Hidden within the lake was a First Tier Low Grade Spirit Vein.

Although the grade was low, it ensured that the entire small Secret Realm was filled with Spirit Qi.

"Is it because you knew I was embarking on large-scale construction in the Blood God Secret Realm that you specially sent me such a portable Secret Realm?"

Feeling the message left in the ring, Su Ping rubbed the ring a few times.

In the blink of an eye, this ring entered the Blood God Secret Realm.

As the spatial Mark inside the ring was manipulated and unlocked by Su Ping.

This small Secret Realm merged with the Blood God Secret Realm, causing the volume of the Blood God Secret Realm to grow by a circle.

And this land of paradise also merged into the floating mountain peaks that Su Ping had built.

Making the Cultivators who were working click their tongues in wonder.

Many of these Cultivators were seeing such a miracle-like scene appear for the first time.

It was not that Su Ping did not want to control another small Secret Realm.

It was that Su Ping discovered that even this small Secret Realm, which had been cast by a Great Ability and entrusted within the ring.

Already had traces of being invaded by Evil Qi.

Under the invasion of Evil Qi, this Secret Realm was no different from other Ancient Relics and primordial Secret Realms.

Both had signs of the space gradually becoming unstable.

Rather than constantly patching it up and being continuously eroded.

It was better to just throw it into the Blood God Secret Realm; while strengthening the Blood God Secret Realm, it also avoided the possibility of the items within this Secret Realm being eroded and destroyed.

Seeing that the Secret Realm fusion was very smooth, Su Ping set his mind at ease and took out the Inheritance Jade Slip given by that Sect Leader Dongfang.

After thinking about it, the cautious Su Ping decided to read it only after returning to the Pot Heaven.

This way, if trouble appeared, it would not be impossible to handle.

Pot Heaven.

In the Zhaoyue Tingfeng Pavilion, Su Ping read the information in the Inheritance Jade Slip and discovered that what was recorded inside was the Ten Directions Sect's intelligence analysis of the current situation in the Cultivation World, as well as some invaluable secret news.

It was also from this intelligence from a top-level perspective.

Su Ping learned that in the current Cultivation World, besides the Nanhuang that had been swallowed.

The other regions also frequently suffer from strange occurrences; not to mention the people being unable to make a living, in many places, there is simply not a single cock crowing for a thousand miles.

Don't look at the Central Region as having snow disasters one moment, evil gods running rampant the next, and the Demonic Path appearing after that.

At the very least, when things blow up here, there are top-tier experts who step out to handle the aftermath.

In other regions, there is no such treatment.

The few remaining experts, compared to dealing with those endless strange changes,

are more inclined to preserve their strength so they can contribute to the upcoming major events involving the future of the entire Cultivation World.

Furthermore, even the Ten Directions Sect knows very little about what exactly happened at the Chiyuan Immortal Sect Main Peak.

They only know that the Golden Core disciples of this undisputed number one Immortal Sect in the Cultivation World are now all concentrated at the Main Peak!

There are rumors that Chiyuan Xianren has already fallen into the Demonic Path, and her Personal Disciples are gathering the entire strength of the Immortal Sect to seal her.

There are also rumors that Chiyuan Xianren is carrying out a heaven-shaking plan that must not go wrong, which is why she has sealed the mountain gate and forbidden any middle or high-level members from descending.

Regarding this, the Ten Directions Sect's evaluation is limited to the word "wait-and-see."

As for the plan of the Great Golden Light Temple, the Ten Directions Sect, as a leader in the Incense Divine Path,

is also one of the allies chosen by the other party; not only do they know quite a bit, but they have also put in great effort to perfect its details.

Naturally, the Jade Slip shown to Su Ping does not contain the detailed specifics of the plan.

It only reveals that the Great Golden Light Temple intends to create a Worldly Buddha Venerable, and then rely on the great power of this Buddha Venerable to resist the invasion of the evil gods.

According to what Sect Leader Dongfang said, if the power of the Buddha Venerable cannot manage to take a portion of the people away from this world,

then they can also take advantage of the time when the Buddha Venerable's power is still present to purge the sealed evil god Avatars throughout the Cultivation World, thereby buying more time for the Cultivation World.

Unless it is the very last moment, the high-level figures of the Cultivation World will still not give up hope for survival.

Finally, there is a message in the Jade Slip that Sect Leader Dongfang added at the last minute.

It is a map of Mu Zi Yu.

Su Ping has actually been to Mu Zi Yu, after it turned into a land of Evil Spirits because of the descent of an evil god Avatar.

At that time, Su Ping mainly relied on the Knight of Fire not fearing the erosion of Evil Qi, so he went to scavenge and give those ownerless items a warm home.

The map shows that there is an ancient Secret Realm in Mu Zi Yu that only appeared recently.

That is a Secret Realm left behind by the Ten Directions Sect during the ancient period.

According to records, inside, besides various inheritance records, Spirit Herbs, and Spirit Objects,

the most critical thing is that there are at least one or two Secret Treasure-level Spirit Treasures similar to the Black Iron Ring stored inside.

Seeing this, Su Ping was enlightened for a moment, secretly guessing that Sect Leader Dongfang might have misunderstood something because of his own massive construction in the Blood God Secret Realm.

Does he think that the success rate of his refuge and the number of people he can take away are determined by the size and strength of the Secret Realm?

Therefore, he gave him this opportunity to collect similar Secret Treasures and then make the Blood God Secret Realm bigger and stronger?

Additionally, this opportunity might also be a test from the Ten Directions Sect for him?

After all, if he, this Old Ancestor, cannot even break through an ancient Secret Realm located in the Evil Domain,

then the success rate of taking refuge under some great catastrophe... I am afraid it would have to be marked with a big question mark.

After all, no matter how real the power from outside the world is, it needs to prove the reliability of its strength to convince enough people to accept it.

Su Ping did not intend to rush to that ancient Secret Realm.

For him now, digesting the foundation of the Artifact Heart Sect is more important.

This time, besides saving a group of people and making those sects owe him a favor,

the Immortal Palace of the Artifact Heart Sect became Su Ping's possession.

This Immortal Palace is a top-tier Spirit Treasure of the Artifact Heart Sect, and it even had a process of evolving toward a Dharma Treasure.

The entire Immortal Palace is comparable to a super-large Immortal Boat, and it can move at high speeds to ascend to the heavens or enter the sea.

Moreover, the Arrays in various areas within the Immortal Palace cooperate with each other, often achieving a result where one plus one is greater than two.

The internal space is even much larger than it looks from the outside, and one can be self-sufficient inside by cultivating Spirit Herbs, planting Spirit Rice, and producing artifacts.

It is just that this top-tier Spirit Treasure is in a damaged state, possessing only the floating characteristic, while other functions like offense, defense, and gathering Qi have all failed.

And to repair such a behemoth,

none of Su Ping's current subordinates have such ability.

The Artifact Heart Sect's artifact refining techniques are complete, and there is even an inheritance for Dharma Treasures above Spirit Treasures.

However, after Su Ping looked at a few of them, he knew that if he wanted to develop in the way of artifact refining, he would still have to rely on the help of the Spirit Light Misty Fish.

Otherwise, with his current comprehension, he could actually learn it if he tried.

It is just that he could make Dharma Artifacts within ten years, and only after a hundred years could he attempt to make Spirit Tools...

Su Ping shook his head and swallowed a Spirit Herb that came from the Artifact Heart Sect, which he had then increased by several hundred years of age using Abundant Spirit Water.

Feeling the Dharma Power in his body rising rapidly, his Golden Core glowed happily.

Su Ping exhaled comfortably, secretly thinking that this is the cultivation method most suitable for him!

Afterwards, Su Ping looked at the Fishing Coins in his warehouse.

During this period, he cultivated quite a few Spirit Herbs, and the Fishing Coins finally fell back to four digits, with only nine thousand-plus left.

However, there are still enough unused Spirit Herbs over five hundred years old in the warehouse to take twelve more times.

There are even more than twenty types of hundred-year-old Spirit Herbs, which can be used to refine seventy or eighty furnaces of Spirit Pills to increase the cultivation of Golden Core cultivators!

Feeling that the stock of Spirit Herbs was about enough,

Su Ping specifically ran over to the Fox God Palace to pay his respects.

He washed his face and hands again, and only then did he start the long-lost ten-consecutive draw!

The first wave of ten-consecutive draws did not improve in luck just because Su Ping had become a "hoarder."

Except for a Teleportation Talisman, the rest were all ordinary decorations.

Su Ping clicked his tongue, then simply closed his eyes and performed ten consecutive draws ten times.

After opening his eyes, Su Ping saw twelve purple lights surrounding a single Golden Light.

He opened the purple lights first, and Su Ping immediately gained two Spirit Light Fish Ponds and some special buildings resembling Stone Lions.

In addition, there was a rare-grade cat-eared chef doll similar to the White Crane Boy.

Unlike the White Crane Boy, who leans toward doing odd jobs, the cat-eared chef specializes in cooking; as long as ingredients and recipes are provided, it can produce authentic meals.

"A cooking doll?"

"That's quite practical; this batch wasn't a loss!"

Su Ping muttered, then turned his gaze toward the Golden Light.

Then, Su Ping's eyes lit up.

He discovered that this Golden Light was actually Valkyrie Kong!

This made Su Ping's Valkyrie Kong directly become an official Valkyrie!

Her quality also transformed from rare to peerless!

This gave Su Ping his first peerless-quality partner!

Valkyrie Kong also gained an additional innate skill: Queen of the Void.

When transformed into the Queen of the Void, Valkyrie Kong's innate abilities will be greatly enhanced, and she will master the ability to summon Void Creatures to assist in battle.

Note: The level of the summoned Void Creatures is closely related to Valkyrie Kong's strength and the medium used.

Note: The longer the Void Creatures remain, the greater the damage caused to Valkyrie Kong, and it will produce various side effects that are difficult to recover from!

"Void Creatures?"

Su Ping was stunned for a moment, thinking of the Worm Egg that was already his spoils of war and had been called a Void Demon Worm by the Evil God.

If he used that thing as a medium, would it be possible to summon an adult Void Demon Worm?

As for side effects or whatever, not to mention the Purification Potion, since they are just Memory Illusions, would they even be afraid of that?

After reading the introduction, Su Ping stopped drawing cards and went straight to the Travel Shop to buy out all the Experience Books inside.

He then took out the remaining Experience Books in his warehouse and dumped them all onto Valkyrie Kong.

He pulled Valkyrie Kong's level directly to Tier 2 Late Stage.

Once the Travel Shop's Experience Books refresh next time, Valkyrie Kong will have the possibility of a breakthrough.