Cultivation: But Not a Game

Su Yu’s gaze fell upon the light screen, with a total of ten treasures.

Wind God Golden Ship (Ninth-grade): A top-tier flying ship, capable of traversing the heavens and earth, spanning across the realms.

Three Flavors Divine Wind (Great Divine Techniques): Wind-type Great Divine Techniques, capable of refining Three Flavors Divine Wind.

Innate Wind Escape (Great Divine Techniques): Innate Escape Skill.

Innate Purple Mansion Spirit Fruit*1: Innate Spirit Fruit, consuming it can condense a Leakless Immortal Body, gaining ten thousand years of life.

One-Origin Heavy Water*3000: Essence of water, one drop weighs Wan Jun.

Nine Heavens Earth*3: Earth-element divine object, endlessly growing and regenerating, one drop of earth can transform into a world.

Innate Clear Qi*9: Born at the separation of chaos, when clear and turbid are divided, possessing the effect of nurturing a treasure’s spirit and enhancing its quality.

Nine Heavens Divine Mud: Immortal family’s treasure, can rapidly induce a treasure’s spirit to enhance its quality, and can also quickly unlock a treasure’s seal.

True Meaning Spirit Fruit (Wind)*3: Contains Spirit Fruit of the Wind’s Dao Laws, absorbing it can grasp or enhance the Power of Law corresponding to the fruit.

Merit Fruit*36: A treasure condensed from merit.

There is only one finished treasure, the rest are all top-tier materials or special treasures.

The materials are all more than one piece, as long as you choose, you can take away all of one kind.

For example, choose Merit Fruit; you can take all 36 Merit Fruits.

Sweeping his gaze over the multitude of treasures, Su Yu appeared conflicted.

There is no way around it, they’re all good things, whichever you choose will leave some regret.

But you can only choose one, having to use the method of elimination to decide.

The flying ship isn’t necessary; he already has an eighth-grade Heaven’s Escape Shuttle.

These two Great Divine Techniques aren’t needed either; there are substitutes for them.

The Purple Mansion Spirit Fruit is the same; Su Yu already possesses the Nine Heavens Battle Immortal Body.

Exclude the Merit Fruit as well; 36 pieces can’t create a qualitative change.

Nine Heavens Earth isn’t needed either; it’s already there in the Sea-Suppressing Pearl.

The remaining treasures are One-Origin Heavy Water, Innate Clear Qi, Nine Heavens Divine Mud, and True Meaning Spirit Fruit.

"One-Origin Heavy Water isn’t needed either."

Its greatest use is in refining a treasure; 3000 drops are sufficient to create a ninth-grade treasure and have some leftover, but it’s still not very useful.

Remaining are three treasures; True Meaning Spirit Fruit (Wind) can also be excluded, as his main Dao cultivation is time, adding a wind-related Dao is purely redundant.

The last remaining are Innate Clear Qi and Nine Heavens Divine Mud.

Innate Clear Qi can nurture and enhance the quality of a treasure, Nine Heavens Divine Mud can quickly induce a treasure’s spirit and unlock a treasure’s seal.

"Hmm..."

Seeing this, there’s nothing to be conflicted about.

Nine Innate Clear Qi can elevate a ninth-grade treasure to tenth-grade, with quite good quality, and Nine Heavens Divine Mud can unlock more seals of the Sea-Suppressing Pearl.

This requires no consideration; definitely choose to unlock the Sea-Suppressing Pearl.

"Nine Heavens Divine Mud!"

Su Yu lightly touched with a finger, and the Wind God Origin avatar reached out with a gesture. A stream of light flew towards him.

Reaching out to take it, it appeared to be a piece of golden clay, soft and malleable to shape.

His gaze fell upon it, with attributes indeed showing it was Nine Heavens Divine Mud.

Su Yu stored the treasure safely, and the Wind God Origin avatar waved his sleeve. The light screen before his eyes retracted and then unfurled again, displaying treasures once more, becoming even more abundant, and each one had a requirement for exchange listed behind it.

Wind God Golden Ship (Ninth-grade): Exchange requirement 300 counts of Wind God’s Divine Power.

One-Origin Heavy Water: Exchange of 10 drops for one count of Wind God’s Divine Power.

True Meaning Spirit Fruit: Exchange 100 counts of Wind God’s Divine Power for one fruit.

Wind God’s Robe (Ninth-grade): Exchange requires 180 counts of Wind God’s Divine Power.

Merit Fruit: Exchange requires.....

Su Yu carefully surveyed, the previous nine remaining rewards were all still there, in addition to a large number of other rewards added, with qualities ranging from high to low.

He completed the ninth-layer clearance, now possessing 511 counts of Wind God’s Divine Power and points. If he chooses the topmost treasure, he can only choose one, plus one inferior.

He contemplated briefly, spending 270 counts of Wind God’s Divine Power to exchange for nine Innate Clear Qi, intending to use them for upgrading treasures.

Remaining with 241 counts of Wind God’s Divine Power, he chose to exchange them for 24 Merit Fruits.

Finally, with one count left, it wasn’t enough to exchange for anything.

Selection complete, having obtained the treasures, the Wind God avatar waved his sleeve, causing the surrounding space to transform, his feet became light and firmly grounded, already leaving Wind God Tower and appearing in a grand hall, greeted by a smiling Guan Xu Immortal.

"Immortal!"

Su Yu hastily bowed down.

Guan Xu Immortal stroked his beard with a smile, praised:

"You are quite remarkable, managing to survive under the attack of Immortal Power and securing second place on the Wind God overall ranking."

He humbly responded:

"Fortunate!"

"If he hadn’t been durable, one more strike and this junior wouldn’t have held up."

Guan Xu Immortal laughed heartily, saying:

"Indeed some good fortune, though it’s because Wind God Tower only replicated part of his power; were it genuine, you would be undoubtedly doomed."

Su Yu understood Guan Xu Immortal’s implicit meaning, that Wind God Tower replicated only the methods they used within it; anything unused wouldn’t be replicated, implying that a real Celestial Eye People’s activation of Immortal Power wouldn’t be limited like Wind God Tower, and in reality, he wouldn’t stand a chance.

But Su Yu didn’t feel the same internally.

If it were real life, he could transform into a dragon, holding the 279-level mythic template of a true dragon; what would Immortal Power count as? It’s not even a real immortal.

Interestingly, after Su Yu ascended to the ninth floor of the Wind God Tower, the tower would replicate a copy of him as the guardian of the ninth floor, but it would only copy his attributes and the abilities he had displayed; the mirror image inside the tower could not use what he hadn’t employed.

At this moment, the Celestial Immortal Guan Xu gestured with his hand, and a familiar light screen flared up in front of him, he chuckled and said:

"You have already passed the trial, the other disciples cannot match you, at this moment you hold 511 points and can choose to exchange for treasures in advance, selecting anything within the points range."

"I won’t stand on ceremony."

He immediately reviewed the light screen, at first glance he looked toward the most expensive treasure at the top, yet as he gazed, he was stunned, surprised to look up at the Celestial Immortal Guan Xu and inquire:

"Immortal, I remember that the finest was the Five Virtues Fallen Star Stone, how come...."

On the light screen, the Five Virtues Fallen Star Stone was indeed still there, needing 200 points to exchange, but it was no longer the highest value treasure. Before it, there appeared a highly fitting top-tier treasure for him.

Essence Fruit of Time*3: Contains the Dadao rules of time, after absorption, one can grasp or elevate the corresponding force of law contained within the fruit, each requires 100 points.

"Well, seems this was calculated carefully."

The Five Virtues Fallen Star Stone for 200 points, three Essence Fruits of Time totaling 300 points, summed to 500 points, leaving the remaining 11 points exchangeable for nothing.

This requires no hesitation; decisively acquired.

The Celestial Immortal Guan Xu gestured with his hand to retrieve these two items and handed them to him, saying:

"Little friend, your potential is outstanding, you are an excellent reserve power for the Human Race. These three Essence Fruits of Time are my treasured collection, I hope you will achieve your cultivation someday and help safeguard the Human Race as a Celestial Immortal."

Su Yu bowed down sincerely and said:

"Senior’s loving care, I keep it in my heart. If I can become an immortal in the future, I surely will live up to senior’s expectations."

The Celestial Immortal Guan Xu stroked his beard:

"I’ll be watching attentively!"

It can be seen that the Celestial Immortal Guan Xu greatly appreciated Su Yu, not only preparing the Essence Fruit of Time specifically for him but also casually chatting for a while explaining some cultivation attentions and some secrets about the human military department, also sharing his map with him.

Indeed, although the Celestial Immortal Guan Xu is an immortal, he’s also a player, capable of map sharing.

Though it’s only a part of the map, it includes most realms of human civilization.

Including Mainland of Divine Land, surrounding large islands, Fallen Star Islands was among them too.

Blue Mountain Island wasn’t included; this place has only been developed for a few hundred years, Celestial Immortal Guan Xu has retreated for several thousand years, never been there.

His noble elder’s care deeply moved Su Yu, quietly keeping it in his heart.

Half an hour later, Su Yu said his farewells and left the Wind God Palace.

Not long after he departed, the Wind God Tower lit up again with Wind God Runes, gentle wind surrounding, signaling someone defeated the seventh opponent and ascended to the eighth floor of the Wind God Tower.

A flickering glow flew out and landed in the plaza, forming a silhouette swiftly issuing a cry:

"Holy crap, ascended to the ninth floor? Ranked second on the overall chart?"

"That’s ridiculously abnormal."

....

Above the boundless sea, a Sky Escape Shuttle transit swiftly at ten thousand meters high above the sea level.

Su Yu sat cross-legged inside the flying shuttle, one hand gripping the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, the other unfolding the Nine Heavens Earth, placing the pearl inside the earth, molding it into a sphere, mana infused activating it, the earth emitting a faint immortal light.

"It requires three days to complete the unlocking."

He casually put away the earth, then took out several other treasures.

Nine strands of innate essence converge forming a cluster of clear light, he pondered over the magic treasures he holds, showing some dilemma.

Nine strands of innate essence can elevate a Tier Nine flying sword to Tier Ten, at least extraordinary level, if the treasure’s foundation is good enough, rising to transcendental treasure, even divine treasure is possible.

Among all the flying sword treasures Su Yu owns, many have elevated value.

The two Tier Nine flying swords definitely have elevated value, the Cyan Cloud Cover too, Nine Heavens Purple Thunder Hammer is doable, Nine Regulations Immortal Banner, a ninth-grade treasure, holds value too.

Even the Heaven Splitting Divine Axe could upgrade one level, presently being a celestial-style extraordinary treasure, thus a transcendental treasure, elevating one level to divine treasure with greater power.

Many can be enhanced, yet the innate essence is limited, only one can be chosen for maximum effect.

"Then let’s go with the Cyan Cloud Cover!"

Actually, selecting just one leaves not much room for hesitation, prioritizing defense upgrade is more crucial.

Left hand holding nine strands of innate essence, right hand Cyan Cloud Cover, a convergence, the nine strands of innate essence merging within the cover, Cyan Cloud rapidly expanded, within moments transforming into a cluster of ever-moving clouds, swirling segments of Qingyun tumbling forth.

"Hm, still missing one thing."

A spark of inspiration lit in Su Yu’s mind, he reached out to take three innate origin extracted from the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, directly throwing it into the surging Cyan Cloud.

"Since we’re doing it, let’s go big, reach the limit all in one go."

As for the Five Virtues Fallen Star Stone, that can be addressed later, anyway it condenses a strand of innate origin power every year, refine the artifact embryo first, when the artifact embryo is finished the power would be just about ready.

As time progresses, the surging Cyan Cloud gradually undergoes peculiar changes, whether Cyan Cloud or Qingyun, both colors faintly transform from cyan into transparency, forming a pure light, myriad immortal light runes within, congregating into blossoms emitting immortal light Qingyun.

Its aura is visibly rising continually, rapidly surpassing the Tier Eight treasure limit, hardly pausing, continuing to elevate.

Ninth-grade Treasure.

Ninth-grade Treasure.

Ninth-grade Extraordinary.

Without a hitch, progressing naturally into Tier Ten treasure.

Yet this marks not a conclusion but the commencement.

Tenth-grade Treasure.

Tenth-grade Treasure.

Tenth-grade Extraordinary.

Tenth-grade Celestial Treasure.

Tenth-grade Divine Treasure.

At this moment the Cyan Cloud Cover already transformed into a crystal-clear, transparent light-form canopy, above ornamented with shimmering patterns of dragon scales, flanked by crystal-clear Qingyun, silver strands hanging down, wonderfully indescribable.