Chapter 91: Late Stage of Body Tempering, Pot Heaven Upgrade!

The letter that arrived with the heavy rain included a reply from the Yun Family of the Overseas Islands.

After realizing there were too many refugees and not enough food, Su Ping began making preparations on two fronts.

On one hand, he sent people to the surrounding areas, especially the coastal regions less affected by the disaster, to purchase grain, and sent a letter to the Yun Family inquiring about the environment of the Overseas Islands and whether their food supply was abundant.

On the other hand, Su Ping planned to store a batch of grain on Water Blue Star as well.

On the current Water Blue Star, food was relatively abundant; especially in those large grain-producing areas, the price would be even lower if shipping costs were not a factor.

What Su Ping needed to consider instead was how to bring this batch of grain out in a way that seemed reasonable to so many eyes without raising suspicion.

If he could successfully purchase grain from outside, there would naturally be plenty of ways to slip it in.

However, these matters were actually just trifles that Su Ping could help with if he happened to be at it.

To Su Ping, only fishing, cultivating immortality, and seeking longevity were the most indispensable life goals for him at this time!

When the letter sent by the bird dispatched by the Yun Family arrived.

Su Ping was fishing in Linyue Hubo, facing the torrential rain.

Relying on his Water-Avoiding Robe, he ignored the wind and rain all around.

【Obtained Fishing Experience +1】

【Obtained Big Green Fish +1】

【Current Fishing Level: Level 4 (460/2000)】

After throwing the large grass carp caught this time into the fish bag and finishing the 120 total fishing attempts at the two fishing spots for this week.

Su Ping chanted the Small Water-Avoiding Spell trick and expanded a water shield to block the torrential rain.

Only then did Su Ping's heart stir as he looked at the letter floating in mid-air.

Most of the Yun Family members had already moved to a small island, and then, relying on larger and better sea vessels, as well as the help of Yun Family martial artists whose physical fitness was far higher than that of ordinary fishermen.

The Yun Family's fishing industry had achieved great results, especially in catching the large fish that coastal fishermen dared not touch.

Relying on a few Loose Cultivators cooperating with war weapons, they also had quite a harvest.

The letter mentioned that they had caught a green big fish over ten meters long.

The meat of this big fish could be used to make fish porridge, which was very filling.

If used only to keep refugees alive, one catty of fish meat cooked with ten catties of water every day could keep dozens of people from starving to death.

The fish oil and fish bones also had their own wonderful uses, which the wise men of the Yun Family were still researching and developing.

The Yun Family had already discussed selling these specialties outside the island; if Jinque City needed them, it was entirely open for negotiation.

After finishing these trivial matters involving mortals.

The Yun Family changed the subject and mentioned this torrential rain that had spread across nearly half of the Chiyuan Immortal Sect's territory.

According to the Yun Family.

This torrential rain was man-made!

It was one of the side effects brought about by a large-scale array held by several Elders of the Immortal Sect in order to open the barrier of an Ancient Relic!

At the same time, the new clan leader chosen by the Yun Family from the mortal world offered an olive branch again in the letter.

After reading the Yun Family's letter, Su Ping slowly stood up.

Looking at the torrential rain that continued to fall without stopping.

He felt a secret trepidation in his heart; if this rain continued like this, he feared another great flood would sweep across this territory.

But, what could he, a mere small Inspector, interfere with?

Would the Elders who wanted to open the Ancient Relic listen to his opinion?

Furthermore, this so-called Ancient Relic might just be an excuse.

Now that the Immortal Sect was in frequent chaos, who knew what the Elders were truly calculating in their hearts!

Su Ping had always worried that the contemporary Chiyuan Xianren, who had not appeared for a long time, would be a major variable for the Immortal Sect!

This was also a historical norm in the Cultivation World.

The rise and fall of a powerful Immortal Sect often hung in the hands of one person!

Once a top-tier combat power had a problem, it would be the prelude to a massive reshuffling sweeping across all regions!

Returning to Linyue Villa, he entered the Main Hall of the Floating Vanity Dream Temple within the Pot Heaven.

Facing the pressure of the illusions of the gods and demons of the heavens once again, Su Ping suddenly felt something and drank one bottle of Body Refining Spirit Liquid after another.

And then, at the very moment his whole body was scalding and filled with scorching energy!

Su Ping swung his right fist, not taking any medicine but relying solely on his own physique to condense white Qi and Fist Intent, and unleashed the Beidou Tanlang Fist toward the front!

Under the white Qi phantom, the roar of the Greedy Wolf instantly resounded through the Main Hall.

Under the Fist Intent, the air in the Main Hall paused, and all the illusions were shaken away and disappeared!

The heart demon trial was actually blasted flat by Su Ping with one punch!

It actually allowed Su Ping to find another useless little trick to close the array!

The moment this punch was finished, Su Ping bit through the capsule on his back molars.

Inside was stored one-tenth of a portion of Purification Spirit Medicine placed there in advance.

The capsule was bitten through, and as the liquid burst out, the spirit medicine took effect instantly!

While repairing the side effects Su Ping suffered from throwing the punch, it also repaired the hidden bodily injuries brought about by taking the Body Refining Spirit Liquid in a short time.

The brand-new Su Ping, following this feeling of seeming rebirth, suddenly felt as if he had pierced through the limit of a certain thin film!

In an instant, he felt that his perception of the surrounding environment had deepened significantly.

His degree of fine control over his body had also deepened significantly.

In his mind, Su Ping felt that every inch of his body's meridians and every slightly larger cellular tissue had emerged and formed some kind of unspeakable connection with his consciousness.

Slowly closing his eyes, he could even vaguely sense the general shape and position of objects existing in the surroundings.

Although it was still blurry, it was a bit like a low-resolution image covered in pixels.

Su Ping, with a flash of realization, raised his fist again, and as he swung it lightly—

A wisp of white Qi was imbued onto his fist, causing this punch to ring out with a loud boom.

"My five senses have greatly increased, at least by thirty percent compared to before, and they are still slowly improving."

"After reaching the Body Tempering Late Stage, I feel that my Divine Soul has also been significantly enhanced. As expected, Body Tempering and Qi Refining lead to the same destination; both strengthen the Divine Soul in the late stages!"

"This is also normal, after all, a major characteristic of Foundation Establishment is the Divine Sense that comes after the qualitative transformation of the Divine Soul!"

"My physical reflexes are also rapidly improving, and my insight into the Beidou Tanlang Fist seems to have broken through to a small realm as well."

"Besides the increase in power, I can now control the amount of white Qi produced; I don't have to risk my life with every punch like before, or else I'd have to take medicine to recover."

"It's just that, if I don't exert my full strength, it seems I won't trigger an increase in the proficiency of the Greedy Wolf Chapter."

"However, I should be considered a relatively fast cultivator, right? After all, no matter how powerful the physique of a genius Body Cultivator in the Qi Refining stage is, they can't be faster than me constantly drinking medicine to recover, right?"

Su Ping stretched his long arms, which had become even whiter and more powerful, feeling that he had truly stepped into the Body Tempering Late Stage.

Su Ping felt that he now had a one hundred percent certainty of killing that late-stage Qi Refining giant ape with his fists alone!

Su Ping could feel that, despite both being in the late stage of Qi Refining, that giant ape could take on several demon wolves or mountain demons at once.

And yet, he could now kill that giant ape!

In other words, having just entered the late stage of Body Tempering at the seventh level, could he already match those Body Cultivators at the eighth or even ninth level of Body Tempering?

No, considering that the physique of a Demon Beast is generally stronger than that of an average Body Cultivator, he might be even stronger than he guessed!

Having a Saint Body is just too great!

This was also good news for Su Ping.

Compared to cultivators of the same realm, his faster reaction speed and greater physical strength would allow him to make more effective use of modern weapons.

As long as he was faster than his opponent, he wouldn't have to worry about his bullets missing the target!

Furthermore, the physical fitness and the strengthening of the Divine Soul brought by the Body Tempering Late Stage were also prerequisites for learning divine abilities!

And divine abilities are the broad road leading to Foundation Establishment!

Time passed day by day.

Just as Su Ping had fully adapted to the various miraculous changes of the Body Tempering Late Stage.

Su Ping received another notification from the Immortal Sect.

It was a recruitment order issued by the Immortal Sect to all regions.

The reason given was righteous and aboveboard: under the backdrop of the Evil Qi Tide, the territory of the Immortal Sect was suffering from constant natural and man-made disasters.

To curb the worsening situation, the Immortal Sect was willing to recruit all Loose Cultivators in the world who were willing to contribute to the cause of exorcism to enter the Outer Sect and become Registered Disciples.

The Immortal Sect would provide Registered Disciples with matching cultivation techniques, basic resources, and open up multiple locations with Second-Tier Spiritual Veins for the Loose Cultivators to practice.

It also opened up the authority for outsiders to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills and related techniques at the Merit Hall.

Correspondingly, Registered Disciples would need to take over the work of the original Outer Sect Disciples for the Immortal Sect, and those with strong combat capabilities could even be organized into the Exorcism Battalion to go to the front lines and kill the enemy.

"This is... they've run out of low-level cannon fodder and have started looking for cultivators from other sects to fill the front lines?"

This was Su Ping's first thought after reading the recruitment order.

And he also knew clearly that while the recruitment order seemed aimed at Loose Cultivators, in reality, those Loose Cultivators with inferior Spirit Roots who actually went to the Outer Sect would just be filler.

The Immortal Sect's target was likely those families or low-level cultivators like himself who had semi-retired but regretted it and still wanted to progress, as well as the various large and small immortal cultivation families and sect disciples in regions outside the Immortal Sect.

These cultivators were likely the primary targets!

Among them, there was no lack of those in the mid-stage or even late-stage of Qi Refining, who were currently in a period of training and accumulation due to failed competition or a lack of resources and techniques.

If the Immortal Sect's treatment was generous enough, these cultivators surely wouldn't mind moonlighting as Loose Cultivators to serve them.

When Su Ping saw the recruitment order, he also received a message from the manager of the Jiuye Mountain Market.

The master behind that Jiuye Mountain Market seemed to think quite highly of him.

She hinted that if Su Ping intended to return to the Immortal Sect, she could help him recover his status and position, and have him assigned to her squad.

Regarding this, Su Ping felt that the Inner Sect senior sister must be overthinking things.

He, Su Ping, would never go back to the Immortal Sect to be cannon fodder!

Relying on an Inner Sect senior sister as a backer? Heh heh heh, in the current situation, even Inner Sect Disciples are just large-sized cannon fodder.

Although he had made up his mind not to respond to the recruitment order, this series of actions by the Immortal Sect still made Su Ping feel a sense of urgency.

Thus, Su Ping chose to switch the Floating Vanity Dream Temple back to the Zhaoyue Tingfeng Pavilion within the Pot Heaven.

He would make good use of the bonus effects of this rare building so that he could quickly reach the late stage of Qi Refining and become a great expert of the Outer Sect who had mastered both magic and physical cultivation!

Su Ping looked at the catch he had accumulated in the warehouse over this period.

After thinking for a moment, he set aside a portion to eat or to exchange for Spirit Herbs to drink.

Su Ping exchanged all the other catches for Fishing Coins in one go and started the gacha mode!

A ten-pull!

He got one Teleportation Talisman and nine common items.

Another ten-pull!

This time there was still only one purple item, but it was a special building he could use:

【Evil-Warding Punish-Evil Stone Saint Statue, special building, quality: Rare, exclusive to Pot Heaven, placing it can slightly increase the production of Spirit Qi in the Dongtian】

"Finally, a special building I can use!"

"With this special building, the Pot Heaven can finally be upgraded!"

Su Ping felt a surge of joy, paused the gacha, and summoned the Evil-Warding Punish-Evil Stone Saint Statue to place it.

Suddenly!

A purple stone giant elephant, slightly taller than the Evil-Warding and Evil-Punishing Stone Lion, appeared in mid-air.

As Su Ping mobilized them, this Evil-Warding Punish-Evil Stone Saint Statue and the Stone Lion appeared together on both sides of the main gate of Zhaoyue Tingfeng Pavilion.

They looked like two guardian beasts standing watch.

A burst of pleasant Immortal music suddenly rang out in the Pot Heaven.

Accompanied by the sea of clouds rolling all around.

Su Ping discovered that a floating mountain peak, no less impressive than the current floating mountain, emerged from the Void to his front left, solidifying from an illusory state to become a new plot of land where Su Ping could arrange buildings.

Su Ping hurriedly relocated the Floating Vanity Dream Temple, the Burial Ground, and the Human-Faced Locust Tree over there.

Immediately, the main peak was once again filled with an Immortal aura, and the aesthetic style was unified once more.

It was truly something to be happy and celebrate!

At the same time, with the appearance of the new main structure, the Spirit Qi increased once again.

The concentration of Spirit Qi in the Pot Heaven had already exceeded Su Ping's experience; he could only roughly guess that it should be no worse than the core Cave Abodes used by those Inner Sect Disciples.

Perhaps it was even better than the cultivation residences where some Foundation Establishment Great Abilities stationed abroad stayed!

At the same time, the Pot Heaven experience had also changed:

【Pot Heaven: Yunlai Immortal Realm】

【Current Pot Heaven Level: Level 2 (10/200)】

【Upgradeable Task: Travel Shop has appeared】

"Fortunately, leveling up from Level 1 to Level 2 did not require extra requirements or tasks to obtain new actual usable area."

"And the upgrade task, Travel Shop, has also appeared."

"The Travel Shop will irregularly refresh strange traveling merchants; you can sell the trash obtained from card draws to it to recover a portion of coins, and besides, they sometimes sell useful things that can be bought by spending Fishing Coins."

"This is a feature that is better enjoyed sooner!"

"This task must be done; it must be prioritized!"

Su Ping opened the task interface to check the instructions.

He discovered that to open the Travel Shop, in addition to needing 100 Small Green Fish and 50 Big Green Fish.

He also needed to go to fifty scenic spots and historical sites to check in using a travel camera.

"The scenic spots and historical sites in the game are mostly beautiful natural landscapes or historical cultural buildings, and places with historical myths and legends."

"These places are not common in the mortal realms of the Cultivation World, and the non-mortal realms are a bit dangerous, but there are quite a few suspected locations on Water Blue Star."

"I'll go to Water Blue Star first to see if it can provide completion progress."

Su Ping thought for a moment and then made his plan.

After choosing to accept the task.

A task item, a small brown camera, emerged from the Void and landed in Su Ping's hand.

Su Ping returned to Linyue Villa, raised the camera, and looked toward Linyue Lake.

He discovered that Linyue Lake was not recognized by the camera.

However, this was not unexpected.

Linyue Lake's fame was only known a little bit around Jinque City, after all.