[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship":3,"chapter-grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-123":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1358113,1796,"Chapter 123: Beholding the Earth Key, the Pioneer Certificate","grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-123",123,"\u003Cp>Weiyuan Immortal City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dressed in black robes with fluttering sleeves, Su Ye arrived at the museum as scheduled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he stepped into the museum, a look of surprise involuntarily crossed Su Ye’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his head and looked at the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The museum floor wasn’t made of the usual stone slabs or wooden planks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it was a deliberately raised floor of transparent glass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the glass floor, thousands of colorful flags were laid out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These flags, rich with indigenous culture, were mostly ancient and tattered, many stained with dark patches of blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Su Ye’s keen spiritual perception,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could feel the aura of clashing armies and a sea of blood just by gazing at the stains upon the flags!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’These are... the indigenous flags captured by the Immortal City... so many of them?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Pioneering War, Weiyuan Immortal City, as a key strategic point, saw battle almost every day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both the Yaoguang cultivators and the indigenous islanders shed rivers of blood upon the lands of this towering immortal city!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, the Yaoguang cultivators proved superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weiyuan Immortal City stood tall and magnificent, never falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the indigenous tribes that attacked it, most were slaughtered to the last, their people exterminated...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even their flags, symbols of honor, were captured in countless numbers, laid out on the ground for all to trample.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The weak are prey to the strong...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye’s gaze darkened as he lamented inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cultivation Realm’s own age of exploration was every bit as brutal as the one from his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye shook his head, clearing his mind of stray thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ventured deeper into the museum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re Su Ye, right? Miss Bai already informed me. Please, come with me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man guarding the museum was a middle-aged cultivator in a brocade robe, at the Early-stage Foundation Establishment Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carried himself well and his skin was well-maintained, likely because he had taken a Youthful Appearance Elixir or a similar pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, with a slight probe of his Divine Sense, Su Ye could still perceive the aura of decay and twilight that clung to the man, a scent of passing years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the man was much older than he appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than half his lifespan was gone, yet he was still stuck at the Early-stage Foundation Establishment. His future was bleak, so he had been sent away to guard the museum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The collection in here is protected by restrictive formations. Please don’t touch anything, or you’ll have to bear the consequences.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man’s expression was impassive as he spoke in a strictly businesslike tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye could keenly sense that this man seemed to harbor some resentment toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But that’s to be expected.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Old-timers with no future always get like this when they see a young talent with a boundless path ahead of them...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye shrugged, unconcerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was quite tolerant of failures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Su Ye was here under Bai Xiuying’s auspices. Even if the man was resentful, he wouldn’t dare to act on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, under the middle-aged man’s guidance, Su Ye entered the museum’s collection room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The Key of Earth is in here!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Su Ye didn’t rush, lest he arouse suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ambled through the collection, pausing here and there, and eventually approached the Key of Earth as if by chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye retracted his Divine Sense to avoid triggering the restrictive formations and examined the ’Key of Earth’ with his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So this is one of the three keys? It looks completely unremarkable...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at that very moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a pale blue panel suddenly materialized before Su Ye’s eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...Detecting special item...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pioneer Certificate: Cloud Mountain]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Chart the heavens and weave the earth, illuminating all four corners.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Holding this Pioneer Certificate increases daily EXP gain by 10.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye’s gaze remained calm as he feigned disinterest and walked away from the Key of Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A Pioneer Certificate?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s... an item that can directly increase my EXP?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And at no cost! I just have to hold it to get a steady, unending stream of experience points?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ten points a day is 3,650 a year...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this EXP didn’t require Su Ye to spend any time on it, unlike his other methods. All he had to do was possess the ’Key of Earth’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was especially important to Su Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once cultivators on the immortal path reached the higher realms, a single session of deep seclusion could last for years, or even decades!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the Foundation Establishment Stage, Su Ye could still manage to increase both his EXP and his cultivation base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as his cultivation level rose, he would inevitably have to choose between the two...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the appearance of the [Pioneer Certificate] seemed to offer a solution that gave him the best of both worlds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I have to get my hands on this thing!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But I’ll need to plan this out carefully...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flew by. Several months passed in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full year had now passed since Su Ye’s arrival in Weiyuan Immortal City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, a Communication Talisman flew to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a message from the Artifact Refining master, Minghuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spiritual Artifact Su Ye had commissioned was nearly complete!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Liaoyuan Workshop.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main ingredient, the South Frost Ice Crystal, along with numerous auxiliary materials, had been fused into one under Minghuo’s hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They formed a silver spear, ten feet long, that gleamed with a sharp, cold light!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Su Ye’s instructions, Minghuo had left many blank spaces within the Spiritual Artifact’s formation patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final step, inscribing the formation patterns, was left for Luo Xiyin to complete, turning it into a ’Talisman Artifact’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you would, Luo...\" Su Ye said gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Xiyin stepped forward, her expression solemn, and formed a hand seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Magical Power intertwined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the air before her, it coalesced, sketching out numerous runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The runes gathered together, transforming into several profound and mysterious silver formation patterns!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like fluttering butterflies, the silver patterns drifted down onto the spear and seeped deep within, engraving themselves into its core!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>HUM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A minute later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a profound luster flashed across the silver spear’s surface, giving it an aura of unparalleled sharpness—elegant and cruel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A quasi-Third Order Talisman Artifact, complete!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye caressed the silver spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured his Divine Sense and Magical Power into it, branding the Talisman Artifact with his own mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A feeling of affinity washed over him, as if the weapon were an extension of his own arm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the power of the Talisman Artifact’s restrictive formations and the sharpness of its material, a satisfied expression appeared on Su Ye’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist. It’s like giving wings to a tiger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With your talent for combat, wielding this Talisman Artifact will be enough for you to dominate the Foundation Establishment Realm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minghuo said with a congratulatory cupped-fist salute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve troubled you, Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye smiled and nodded, handing over a Storage Pouch to pay the remaining balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Xiyin’s eyes sparkled as she sidled up to Su Ye and tugged on the corner of his sleeve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyelashes fluttered, as if to say, ’What about me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Su Ye couldn’t help but laugh as he placated the silver-haired beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, Xiying worked hard too...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s a reward for Xiying, too. I’ll give it to you when we get back...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having gotten his promise, Luo Xiyin turned away with a beaming smile, humming a little tune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, I don’t believe I’ve asked what you’ll be naming this spear, Fellow Daoist,\" Minghuo asked curiously after counting the Spirit Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A name...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Ye pondered for a moment. Then, as if he’d thought of something, his expression shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This spear... will still be called the Frost Thorn Spear!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Second Generation Frost Thorn Spear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1308,"2026-06-05T21:02:39.312Z",1,"novelbin.me","b681f0f930c9e6bf5802fe808ea7f41ece2a59d0cf1fa0b776fba8839f876a4a","grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-124","grinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-chapter-122",236,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrinding-exp-from-a-demon-hunting-ship-cover.jpg"]