Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship

[Jiang Wenyuan, Golden Core Perfection, Daoist title: Long Rainbow Sword, a True Disciple of the previous generation from the Jade Void Sword Sect, with an outstanding combat record...]

[...Began cultivating at age six, entered the Sword Sect at fifteen, and was accepted as a disciple by the Nascent Soul True Monarch Fuyunzi, who taught him with great care...]

As his Divine Sense swept over it, the information within the jade slip piqued Su Ye’s interest.

"Hm?"

A strange light flickered in Su Ye’s eyes.

Immediately after, the corners of his lips curled into a cold, cruel smile.

’Fuyunzi’s disciple?’

’What a coincidence...’

Fuyunzi, that Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Sword Sect, had ambushed Su Ye in the Day Flame Sea Region not long ago as he was returning, leaving him slightly injured.

Because of this, Su Ye had been forced to reveal some of his secrets, making the Jade Void Sword Sect a looming threat.

The possibility of losing his peaceful environment for cultivation filled Su Ye with a sense of urgency.

Therefore, Su Ye harbored a deep resentment for the one who had started it all.

Fuyunzi, the Nascent Soul True Monarch, had been added to his kill list!

However, Fuyunzi was a Nascent Soul cultivator of immense power. Su Ye had originally thought he would have to wait several years, or even decades, before he could take his revenge.

But now...

He still couldn’t get his revenge.

’But it seems I can collect a little interest first?’

As Su Ye thought this, a dangerous glint appeared in his eyes.

His aura stirred, and a ripple of spiritual light emanated from his body, revealing a trace of ice silver.

HISS...

Nearby, the attendant Zhao Shao couldn’t help but shiver. The temperature in the cave residence seemed to have plummeted by a dozen degrees.

At that moment, Su Ye gave a slight nod and looked toward Zhao Shao.

"Good."

"You’ve been diligent... I have another task for you."

"Send a Communication Talisman to Fellow Daoist Lu Chen. Tell him I’ve succeeded in refining the Dragon Devil’s heart, but some residual Evil Qi remains, so I’ll need to enter seclusion for a few more days to stabilize myself."

"Save me a spot for the exploration of the ancient ruins."

Su Ye instructed.

"Yes."

Zhao Shao bowed respectfully.

Seeing this, Su Ye nodded slightly.

He was quite confident in Zhao Shao’s ability to handle things. The Crystallization realm cultivator’s combat power was unremarkable, but his meticulous and earnest approach to tasks was a definite advantage.

...

WHOOSH.

With a flick of his sleeve, Su Ye dismissed Zhao Shao and returned to his cave residence.

Refining the Evil Qi was just an excuse, but the injuries Fuyunzi had inflicted would indeed take a few days to heal completely.

’Hmph...’

’Fuyunzi, Jiang Wenyuan...’

After sealing his cave residence, Su Ye sat cross-legged to circulate his energy, snorting coldly in his mind.

Once inside the ruins, with his current strength and the cooperation of the Dream-keeper, making a Golden Core Perfection cultivator disappear would be all too easy.

As for the consequences, Su Ye wasn’t worried.

’The Star Casting Hall will probably send cultivators to compete for the ruins this time. I’ll just let them take the blame.’

’The power of the Dream-keeper exists within the ancient ruins, so the prohibitive spells of the Jade Void Sword Sect probably won’t even be triggered.’

Essentially all core members of a sect have a prohibitive spell on them, such as the Soul Chasing art, which marks the cultivator who kills them.

Other members of the same sect can then activate a Secret Technique when near the killer, causing them to sense the person’s crime and thus enact revenge.

This is why, even when cultivators from major sects act tyrannically and bully the innocent, few Loose Cultivators dare to assassinate them in secret.

’Of course, within the ancient ruins, this kind of prohibitive spell will be significantly weakened.’

’At the same time, with my current Divine Sense, I can easily find any ordinary prohibitive spell even if it attaches to me, and destroy it with a single thought...’

’Besides, even if I am exposed, so what?’

Su Ye sneered, completely unafraid.

After all, he was in for a penny, in for a pound.

What’s the big deal about killing a Golden Core Perfection cultivator?

If the truth were to be exposed, given the threat he posed, the Jade Void Sword Sect would see him as an enemy no matter what.

Unless he confessed everything, completely submitted to the Sword Sect, and was willing to become their lapdog.

But even then, there was a high probability he would be eliminated on the spot!

At the very least, he would have a soul-binding restriction placed on him, lose control over his own life and death, forfeit his freedom, and become a high-level enforcer for the Sword Sect!

This was a result Su Ye could never accept!

’Besides...’

’Entrusting my future and my life to the mercy of those in power? Utterly foolish!’

He didn’t even fully trust the True Treasure Pavilion, maintaining a degree of caution.

Let alone the more powerful and domineering Jade Void Sword Sect. Given Su Ye’s understanding of the Cultivation Realm, this was hardly paranoia; it was a logical deduction.

’Cultivators only negotiate and trade with beings of a similar level.’

’As for low-level cultivators, they’re nothing more than livestock, to be used and slaughtered at will.’

To have a say, to have a sense of security, he had to become stronger!

’This competition over the ruins is a good opportunity...’ Su Ye silently calculated as he healed his wounds.

’Replenish my experience points, fulfill the agreement, and refine the Dao Source.’

’Kill Golden Core cultivators, plunder their Golden Cores, and increase my Source Energy.’

’Excellent.’

With his plan set, Su Ye closed his eyes and regulated his breathing.

Fuyunzi’s Sword Intent was truly painful.

BUZZ.

In the darkness, the Ice Silver Spiritual Light flowed and shimmered with a hazy glow.

Occasional, muffled grunts of pain could be heard, bringing to mind a lone wolf holed up in its den, licking its wounds.

...

「Meanwhile.」

In the Day Flame Sea Region, on an unnamed, desolate island.

The island was quite small, no larger than a village or town.

When the tide rose, almost the entire island would be submerged beneath the sea.

Furthermore, it had no Spirit Vein.

Thus, the island had always remained uninhabited.

But at this moment, an old man could be seen on the island. He had white hair but a youthful complexion, his hair tied up with a jade Daoist pin. With the air of a transcendent immortal, he sat cross-legged with his eyes closed in meditation.