Cultivation: But Not a Game

"The heavenly tribulation has been crossed, the Dao Foundation has been established, status and position have been fulfilled, and I have women. What should I do next?"

That night, after Su Yu finished with Xia Xiaoyue and was taking a break, he suddenly felt that he might have been too indulgent recently.

Relying on his incredibly strong physique and pure yang body, he had been indulging in nightly revelries and multi-female escapades, neglecting everything else.

Over time, his body wasn’t the problem, but he felt his willpower had greatly diminished.

"I can’t go on like this, I need to find something to do."

After a moment of contemplation, he rubbed his chin, flipped his hand to take out the Wind God’s Order, and talked to himself:

"Now that I have built the Immortal Foundation, my strength is several times what it was before. It’s time to visit the Wind God Palace and see if I can acquire some good items."

"After coming back from the Wind God Palace, I’ll take a trip to the Fallen Star Islands, kill some aliens to earn merit, and when I’ve accumulated enough, I’ll visit Zhongyuan Mountain in the Divine Land to propose to Qingchan."

But before leaving, I need to equip the four beauties with some magic treasures.

The women trapped in the Eight Beauties Reunion Painting have cultivation but no magic treasures; I need to provide them with some so they can be effective.

This investment is necessary; after all, they are top-grade Dao Foundations, and their main Heart Skills are at least at the sect-master level, with one being a top True Disciple of an Immortal Sect. With the right magic treasures, they would be formidable forces easily carried with me.

Having made up his mind, Su Yu immediately transported back to the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, spending 5 major merits to exchange for a Ninth-grade Treasure for the strongest True Disciple of the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Sect, Xia Xiaoyue.

If you want to nurture them, you obviously can’t be stingy.

Nine Heavens Cloud Pouch (Tier Nine): A treasure made by mixing Nine Heavens Astral Qi with underground Fiendish Qi, condensed into silk and then woven into a pouch that can change size at will and appear or disappear at will, with strong defense.

Attributes: Defense power 4,000,000, damage reduction 50%, Mana conversion rate 1000, features: size adaptability, appearance control, flexibility.

Size Adaptability: The treasure can change size at will, with a maximum coverage diameter of 30 kilometers.

Appearance Control: The treasure can hide in the void.

Flexibility: The condensed astral fiendish qi is extremely flexible, adding 5000 to defensive strength.

Additionally, Su Yu used the remaining three merits to exchange for a Ninth-grade Fine Dust Banner identical to the one Chu Xinyue held.

Plus Su Yu gave her the unused Eighth-grade Fine Wind and Fire Fan; two Ninth-grade treasures plus one Eighth-grade treasure were more than sufficient.

For their level, they had surpassed the stage of piling up treasures; having one or two good treasures was enough.

Next, Su Yu equipped Yue Qingsi, the core disciple of the Nine Heavens Sword Sect and a Sword Cultivator, with the leftover Eighth-grade defense treasure. He also spent 20,000 gold to buy her a pair of Seventh-grade Treasure Flying Swords.

It’s not that he couldn’t get Eighth-grade flying swords, but there were no good sets of Eighth-grade flying swords; relatively, this set of Seventh-grade treasures was definitely more practical than ordinary Eighth-grade flying swords.

Then there’s Cui Yunxian, also a core disciple of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, whom Su Yu invested the most in.

He specially made a trip to Feixing Island to spend 22,000 gold at the Heaven-Reaching Commerce Association to buy an Eighth-grade fine defensive treasure, and then spent 72,000 gold to purchase a set of 36 all Seventh-grade Subduing Demon Flags that could collectively form the Eight Desolations Subduing Demon Formation.

He also spent 3,000 gold on a Seventh-grade Treasure Nine Curves Golden Light Mirror, which can hold targets in place.

At the price of 45,000 gold on Feixing Island, he purchased an Eighth-grade Fine Soul Shaking Bell, which, when activated, emitted a ringing sound that could stun surrounding enemies.

Most of the treasures he equipped her with were auxiliary type, with the main task being support from the side.

Lastly, for Yan Qiubai from the Yin Yang Demon Sect, Su Yu equipped her with just an Eighth-grade Fine defensive treasure and that was it.

Mainly because she was from the Yin Yang Demon Sect, only demon treasures could bring out her strongest combat capability, and Su Yu couldn’t immediately find a suitable demon treasure for her.

After spending 162,000 gold to arm them, Su Yu immediately returned to the guild.

He took out the Wind God’s Order and activated the teleport, and then a surge of divine wind erupted from the Wind God’s Order, enveloping him and turning into a stream of clear light shooting into the sky.

"Isn’t this teleportation but Wind Escape?"

Moreover, it’s the Divine Wind Power hidden within the Wind God’s Order, uncontrollable and unstoppable.

"So, this thing claimed to be teleportation, but it’s really not..."

However, seeing the rapidly passing sea outside through the semi-transparent divine wind, it flickered faster than his own Primordial Magnet Radiant Escape, barely differing from actual teleportation.

In no time, he had crossed an unknown distance deep into the sea.

Until...

Su Yu saw in the distance a wind column thousands of kilometers in diameter, its height unseeable, standing in the sea, drawing endless seawater up into the sky, then pouring down as torrential rain.

In this howling wind and rain, several familiar overseas spirit birds were flitting back and forth, patrolling around this towering wind column.

A gigantic flying ship, several kilometers long, was moored near the wind column, seemingly preparing to enter it.

Before Su Yu could even take a closer look at that flying ship, he transformed into a stream of light and shot into the wind column.

His vision darkened and then brightened, and when he could see again, he was on solid ground, standing on a divine palace plaza floating in the eye of the storm.

The divine palace, stretching for hundreds of kilometers, floated within the eye of the wind; looking down over the corridor’s edge revealed endless void, and the howling winds emitted a chilling noise.

The plaza was suspended on three sides, with a tall archway gate on one side adorned with mysterious wind patterns. Atop it were the large characters "Wind God Palace," and at the gate stood two rows of 24 spirit puppet guards, level 180, surrounded by rings of gentle wind.

Through the archway, you could see the pavilions and towers inside, occasionally glimpsing player figures passing through.

Indeed, Su Yu’s eyesight had improved significantly, and he was sure he wasn’t mistaken.

"Is this the Wind God Palace?"

"Why are there players here?"

Just as he was lost in thought, someone suddenly flew out from inside the palace archway and landed in front of him. It was a young man with Qi cultivation but a strong foundation, definitely a genius outside, who regarded Su Yu with amazement and cupped his fists in inquiry:

"This is the Wind God Palace, the Dao ground of the Supreme Elder Guangxu Immortal Venerable of the Tai Shang Shen Xiao Sect. May I ask how you entered the Wind God Palace?"