Chapter 58: Investigation (Please Follow)

Ever since he learned that this place was the Cultivation World.

A massive ambition had been hidden in Su Ping's heart... He wanted to be carefree and Changsheng; if possible, he even wanted to transcend heaven and earth like in myths and become an eternally Undying holy being.

But before that, he still needed to follow the steps of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and forming a Golden Core, then become a Nascent Soul, enter Spirit Severing, and finally become an Immortal and ancestor to attain Changsheng in both worlds.

The arrival of the Fishing Game allowed Su Ping to see the possibility of his ambition succeeding.

After exploring his "golden finger" for this period, Su Ping also understood that, based on the resources currently provided by the Fishing Game.

It truly gave him the qualification to stand on the same platform as other heaven-gifted geniuses.

However, if he wanted to attain Changsheng, relying solely on the Fishing Game and the technological products of his hometown was clearly not enough.

The Purification Spirit Medicine only gave him the chance to fail at breakthroughs countless times and still start over.

Whether it was Foundation Establishment or the subsequent Golden Core formation, neither could lack key cultivation techniques.

Furthermore, the divine abilities and spells after advancing in cultivation, as well as the refining of his life-bound Dharma Artifact—which concerned his future Golden Core achievement—could not be separated from heaven and earth Spirit Objects and the support of various Secret Techniques.

All of these had to be obtained from the Cultivation World.

In the eyes of other cultivators, once they reached this step, they had to fight, snatch, and contend with heaven for their lives!

Thereby breaking through and extending their lifespan before their limit arrived! Compared to them, Su Ping had the safety net of Fishing, which undoubtedly allowed him to obtain a large amount of resources in advance to prepare for future needs.

With such an advantage, not utilizing it was not the behavior of an ambitious cultivator.

Cautious is cautious, but when one can get benefits at extremely low or even zero risk, one should still take them!

After all!

In the current Fishing Game, there are no items for extending lifespan.

Su Ping seeks Changsheng, but he is currently... not yet a body of Changsheng! Su Ping actually does not know how great the benefits of the Merit Ranking are, but this does not affect him taking precautions.

At least according to current intelligence, the Great Golden Light Temple is a major righteous sect no less than the Chiyuan Immortal Sect, and it is a ranking list facing the entire Cultivation World; would it be worthy of this hype without some good stuff?

At the Dharma Assembly in the suburbs of Jinque City, that Great Monk at Qi Refining Perfection chanted sutras repeatedly for an hour, then said "Amitabha," declined the invitations from representatives of various cultivation families, and hurriedly rose on clouds again to leave the Dharma Assembly site.

There was no help for it; there were too many sessions, and if time was wasted, he would be late for the next one.

And after the Great Monk left, the standard of the monks who took over dropped significantly, and only those believers continued to listen, enthralled.

Most of the others were not even shallow believers; many were forced by their heads of household to come and make up the numbers.

However, having been planted with psychological suggestions by that scripture as if hypnotized, as long as they hadn't been cheated and didn't have an instinctive resentment toward Fomen in their hearts.

When following the monks in chanting, they would uncontrollably have thoughts of faith to eradicate Evil Spirits, which were then absorbed and converted by the Array and injected into the Dharma Artifacts.

Su Ping was also able to see those Dharma Artifacts that sealed Evil Spirits.

The styles differed because of the different Immortal Sects, but they were all exquisite and small.

The small ones were the size of an adult's tooth, and the large ones were at most the size of an ordinary person's little finger.

After Evil Spirits lost their Evil Qi, only a tiny bit of crystalline particulate matter invisible to the naked eye would remain.

It would be a waste of materials to make the Sealed Dharma Artifacts large.

Moreover, no one has discovered the use of these Evil Spirit crystal particles to this day.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have so generously released these Sealed Dharma Artifacts after realizing that this stuff could trigger an Evil Qi Tide.

And the possibility of Evil Cultivators seizing and destroying the Sealed Dharma Artifacts is actually extremely rare.

These crystal particles are useless to cultivators, and equally useless to Evil Cultivators.

Evil Spirits have never been a unified whole.

The relationship between them is like being heretics to one another; their hatred is even greater than that toward infidels.

Evil Cultivators influenced by the subconscious of Evil Spirits are doing well enough if they can restrain themselves from infighting; how could they go to rescue their competitors?

As for the grand pattern of the struggle between the Heavenly Demon world and the Cultivation World... to these Evil Cultivators, it is truly too far away.

Not to mention, every Sealed Dharma Artifact comes from the hands of a Golden Core Great Ability, and although they are mass-produced products.

They are still not something that existences below Foundation Establishment can destroy. And as for those above Foundation Establishment, if they were to expose their identity as a traitor to humanity because of this, it would actually be a good thing for the Cultivation World.

The Dharma Assembly dispersed, and Su Ping returned to Linyue Villa, transcribing all of the Great Monk's scriptures and the routine the monks used to guide the crowd in prayer.

Then he read it carefully several times, and the more he read, the more he discovered that much of the knowledge within involved the core of psychology.

Many things about these monks cannot be said to be exactly the same as their counterparts in his hometown, but they are very similar.

Many Daoist masters, High Monks, and priests can, in a sense, be considered excellent psychologists.

They might even be better and more professional than psychologists when facing devout believers.

"It has great reference value; when there is an opportunity in the future, I can make it more grounded and then give it to the High Monks of my hometown to memorize in full."

"As long as the sincerity is sufficient, adding some exorcism chapters to the High Monk's prayer and disaster-avoidance Dharma Assembly wouldn't be excessive!"

"As for the quality of the believers, there are a few too many shallow believers in my hometown, but the quality of believers in the Cultivation World isn't much higher either. Adding those believers who often become exceptionally devout after encountering great changes as the core, if the quality isn't enough, quantity can make up for it; theoretically, there shouldn't be much of a problem!"

Su Ping only drafted a plan in his heart.

It wasn't that he was prepared to go experiment immediately and then eradicate Evil Spirits on a large scale.

In Su Ping's view, this would be a long-term, steady business.

The best result, naturally, is to let it serve as a powerful supplement to the Fishing Game, allowing him to successfully reach Foundation Establishment and obtain support like techniques and Spirit Treasures, and to learn divine abilities suitable for himself.

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Water Blue Star, East King Temple.

Young Daoist Zhou Xuan drank bitter tea while looking at the books on cultivation techniques given by Su Ping.

For this, he turned down several blind dates arranged by his parents, causing his mother great dissatisfaction.

If it weren't for the cultivation insights he revealed some time ago, which his mentor greatly appreciated and took the initiative to appease his parents with.

I fear Zhou Xuan's family would have physically stormed this place to disturb his quiet cultivation.

Zhou Xuan felt the urgency and studied even harder.

Relying on Spirit Stones to supply Dharma Power, Zhou Xuan finished reading the books Su Ping gave him during this time, constantly reviewing the chapters within and conducting simulated imaginings in his mind.

Suddenly, Zhou Xuan became excited.

It was because he felt a summoning inquiry from the Yunlai Immortal Realm in his mind.

Zhou Xuan hurriedly put away the books, then closed his eyes to respond.

The next instant, after the familiar feeling washed over him.

Feeling a Spirit Qi concentration even more abundant than last time, Zhou Xuan almost let out a comfortable sigh.

Afterwards, Zhou Xuan opened his eyes and found himself in the backyard of that extremely elegant manor, only the familiar figure of the Daoist priest was still not before his eyes.

Instead, it was that White Crane Boy who had received him last time, floating in mid-air and curiously looking him over.

Zhou Xuan hurriedly bowed to the White Crane Boy.

Having achieved Entry in Qi Refining, he could even more clearly feel the vigorous aura on this immortal child, like a mountain or a sea, unfathomable! "Little Daoist, the Immortal Master asked me to pass on a message and ask you, have you been reading these past few days?"

"With the Immortal Master above, this disciple dares not speak falsely; this disciple has been reading diligently during this time and has already read through all the techniques..."

"It is just that whether I can apply what I have learned remains unknown."

Zhou Xuan hurriedly answered honestly.

Then he noticed that after the White Crane Boy before him heard this and nodded slightly, he stretched out a fair little hand to point in a direction and said:

"Since that is the case, then try operating in the field to see how your talent is."

Zhou Xuan looked in the direction the White Crane Boy was pointing.

He immediately discovered that beside the small bridge, flowing water, and rockery in the front courtyard, there were now two plots of land, a small workshop, and an alchemy furnace.

On the side, there were also some materials and tools piled up; it was clear they were going to test what he had learned on the spot! A new week has arrived again. This week is the book's third round of recommendations. It is very important for whether I can reach the fourth round or make it onto Sanjiang. Xiaobai begs everyone not to let the book sit in your library and to catch up to the latest chapter as much as possible! Thank you all!!! ▄██●▄██●▄██●

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