Chapter 80

After Zhang Yuanxing and Xiong Bo left, the arrogance on Yuan Luoxi's face instantly vanished.

She gently pressed her rosy lips together, her brows furrowed with a hint of unease, and she lowered her head, not daring to look into Su Yi's eyes. "Master Immortal, you... aren't angry, are you?"

Cheng Wuyong also hurriedly clasped his fists and apologized, "We all know that with Master Immortal's abilities, it would be easy to kill Zhang Yuanxing and Xiong Lin. However, both Miss and I believe that since this matter was caused by us, it should be resolved by us, so Master Immortal wouldn't be implicated."

Yuan Luoxi quickly nodded, "That's right."

Seeing this scene, Fu Shan's heart churned.

Previously, when facing Zhang Yuanxing, Yuan Luoxi had been extremely arrogant and unafraid of offending the Zhang clan of Yunhe County.

But when facing Su Yi, this young lady, who was cherished like a pearl by the Yuan clan, seemed like a child who had made a mistake, feeling uneasy.

Cheng Wuyong, a peak Qi Gathering realm cultivator, who could be considered a top expert in Yunhe County, also showed the utmost respect.

The contrast was too great!

While pondering, he solemnly bowed and said, "Mr. Su, tonight I brought Miss Yuan and the others to visit, but we inadvertently stumbled upon this incident. If it has caused you any displeasure, I am willing to take responsibility."

Seeing this, the slight displeasure in Su Yi's heart dissipated, and he didn't bother to dwell on it. He waved his hand and said, "Let's put this matter to rest."

Yuan Luoxi, Cheng Wuyong, and Fu Shan all breathed a sigh of relief.

The more they understood Su Yi's incredible abilities, the more they revered him.

Facing him, it was as if they were not facing an ordinary young man, but rather a transcendent immortal standing at the pinnacle of the clouds.

The heart of an immortal is like the sea, not to be rashly speculated upon!

"What did you come to see me about tonight?"

Su Yi asked casually.

He clearly remembered that Yuan Luoxi had planned to leave in the morning, yet she had appeared here again.

Yuan Luoxi's voice was clear, "We heard from Mayor Fu that Master Immortal will soon leave Guangling City and head to Yunhe County. I thought I would come to pay my respects and ask about your travel schedule. If we could travel together, that... would be even better."

She finished with a look of anticipation.

Fu Shan quickly added, "Mr. Su, you may not know, but I just received news that a giant tower ship will arrive from the upper reaches of the Dacang River, 'Lincheng,' at noon tomorrow. It will make a brief stop in Guangling City."

"If you take this ship to Yunhe County, you can arrive in three days. The ship is extremely comfortable, with nine levels of buildings and twelve pavilions, capable of accommodating eight thousand people. It is a top-tier treasure ship in the Great Zhou Dynasty."

He paused and continued, "If you travel by horse, it will be tiring and the journey is long, requiring you to pass through multiple towns and mountains, taking at least five days to reach Yunhe County. Therefore, I thought that if you are leaving, it would be better to take this tower ship."

Su Yi was surprised, "Mayor Fu, you are thoughtful."

He hadn't expected that Fu Shan would still consider such a small matter for him.

"Master Immortal..."

Yuan Luoxi was about to speak when Su Yi interrupted, "I am just a mortal sword cultivator, far from being a Master Immortal. In the future, you can call me by my name or 'young master.'"

"Um, can I call you 'Mr.' like Mayor Fu?"

Yuan Luoxi hesitated.

To a martial artist, calling someone 'Mr.' means 'the wise come first,' a term of praise and respect.

"Sure."

Su Yi didn't care about such formalities.

The reason he didn't want to be called 'Master Immortal' was that in the secular world, most people with the title 'Master Immortal' were often frauds.

For example, street wandering Taoists, quacks, and practitioners of dark arts often gave themselves the title 'Master Immortal.'

Su Yi didn't want to be mistaken for such a lowlife.

As for Qing Wan's way of addressing him, it didn't matter.

After all, she was a ghost, not a human.

Yuan Luoxi and the others were different. They were martial artists in the secular world, and if they called him that and others heard, it might lead to speculation.

"Mr. Su, will you be taking the ship tomorrow?"

Yuan Luoxi's voice was soft, filled with hope.

"Speaking of which, it's quite a coincidence. I planned to leave Guangling City at dawn tomorrow. Since that's the case, traveling together is fine."

Su Yi smiled and nodded.

"Great!" Yuan Luoxi beamed with joy.

At that moment, she exuded a youthful and beautiful aura.

"I will arrange the accommodations on the ship with Mayor Fu in advance."

Cheng Wuyong also smiled.

In his view, traveling with Su Yi meant many opportunities to interact and build a closer relationship.

Fu Shan watched this scene with a smile, but in his heart, he thought, "Fortunately, we came tonight, otherwise, we might have missed Mr. Su's departure."

Not long after, Yuan Luoxi and the others took their leave.

Su Yi then went straight to the old locust tree, picked up a bottle of pear blossom wine from the stone table, and poured it onto the soil at the tree's roots.

"Although I don't value it much, it's still a bottle of spirit wine, so you can have it."

Pouring out the last of the wine, Su Yi looked up at the lush old locust tree and muttered, "If I return in the future and you are still here, I will grant you a karmic connection."

He smiled and turned to walk into the room.

The night was as calm as water, and the old locust tree in the courtyard swayed in the wind, casting a dappled shadow on the ground.

Inside the room, the candlelight flickered.

Su Yi sat at his desk, pondered for a moment, laid out a piece of paper, and wrote a few words. He then rolled it into a scroll with a silk thread and put it into the black jade pendant.

"With my current cultivation, I should be able to start refining my soul."

Su Yi rubbed his temples, lost in thought.

Cultivation, spirit soul, and physical body are complementary and mutually reinforcing.

Cultivating Qi to strengthen the body, a strong body can nourish the spirit soul.

In the Great Wasteland Nine Provinces, any cultivator aspiring to reach the 'Imperial Realm' would focus on refining their spirit soul from the beginning of their cultivation.

A powerful spirit soul has many benefits, such as enhancing one's understanding of the Dao and making it easier to comprehend and master secret techniques and scriptures.

Of course, the most important benefit is in combat!

Refining the spirit soul is extremely demanding because once the spirit soul is injured, it is a severe Dao injury.

In the top forces of the Great Wasteland Nine Provinces, only when disciples have their bodies refined to the 'Furnace Cultivation Realm' and pass strict screening and tests, will they be taught the methods to refine their spirit soul by their elders.

In his previous life, when Su Yi guided his disciples, he also followed this approach.

Because the spirit soul is the essence of one's nature, there can be no room for error at the beginning of cultivation.

However, for Su Yi, these were not issues.

In this life, he had rebuilt his martial path using the Crane and Pine Body Cultivation Technique, and at every step of the Blood Circulation Realm, he had cultivated a much stronger foundation than in his previous life.

To put it bluntly, if he returned to the Great Wasteland Nine Provinces now, just in terms of his martial foundation, he could surpass all the great geniuses and peerless immortals in the world!

It was precisely because of this that Su Yi planned to start refining his spirit soul early.

This was not rash but based on his understanding of his own foundation.

"The reason I stopped at the 'Mystic Union Realm' in my previous life and could not advance further was not only due to insufficient fortune and opportunity, but also because my spirit soul foundation was not strong enough."

Su Yi began to reflect on his past experiences and lessons.

"Ultimately, it was because I didn't have a supreme spirit soul cultivation technique at the beginning, leading to a rather ordinary spirit soul foundation in my youth."

"Even after tens of thousands of years, when I searched the world for spirit soul cultivation techniques and collected countless divine medicines and treasures to nurture and enhance my spirit soul, I still couldn't change my initial spirit soul foundation..."

"This time, I cannot let such a thing happen again!"

Su Yi's eyes were calm, filled with a steadfast determination.

Only after suffering a great loss did he realize that at the beginning of the cultivation path, there could be no room for carelessness.

He must cultivate with great perseverance and courage, refining himself step by step, and must not rush the process.

"Among the various secret techniques I possess, there are countless methods for spirit soul cultivation, each with its own unique and profound aspects. However, the truly top-tier ones are few."

"In this life, I must cultivate a perfect and flawless spirit soul, not only surpassing my previous self at the same stage but also surpassing all my peers at the same realm. Therefore, I must carefully choose a spirit soul cultivation technique."

As Su Yi pondered, three spirit soul cultivation techniques came to mind.

"The Amitabha Sutra of the Ten Thousand Heavens, the supreme inheritance of the 'Little Western Heaven,' the first Zen cultivation holy land in the Great Wasteland. It cultivates a twenty-four-petaled lotus platform within the spirit soul, and when the lotus blooms, it illuminates the ten thousand heavens."

"Unfortunately, to cultivate this scripture, one must use Buddhist secret techniques to strengthen oneself, sit in the six paths of hell with great fearlessness, and meditate on life and death for eight thousand years to have a chance to form a perfect spirit soul lotus, thus achieving the profound truth of a spirit soul like a lotus, blooming to illuminate the ten thousand heavens."

After much thought, Su Yi abandoned this supreme Buddhist cultivation technique.

"The Heavenly Grotto Mystic Light Divine Court Scripture, one of the four supreme Daoist scriptures. When cultivated to the Imperial Realm, the spirit soul becomes a heavenly grotto world, opening a divine court within, containing mystic light. One's spirit soul becomes an immortal divine court, capable of eternal existence, transforming into three thousand mystic light spirits..."

After much silent contemplation, Su Yi finally sighed and gave up on this supreme Daoist scripture.

The reason was that cultivating this secret technique required even stricter conditions, necessitating the cultivation of another supreme Daoist scripture, the 'Supreme Purity Great Qi Scripture,' from the beginning.

Su Yi had his own supreme secret techniques to cultivate in the future and could not change his path to follow the Daoist cultivation method.

"Should I really cultivate the 'Heavenly Transformation Scripture'?"

Su Yi hesitated for a moment.

This spirit soul cultivation technique was a power of insight he had obtained from the ninth layer of the divine chain sealed within the 'Nine Prisons Sword' in his previous life.

Later, using this insight, he thoroughly comprehended it with his own wisdom and wrote this spirit soul cultivation secret technique.

Strictly speaking, this should be considered a spirit soul cultivation technique he created in his previous life, based on his 108,000 years of cultivation experience and wisdom, combined with the insight from the ninth layer of the Nine Prisons Sword.

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ps: There's no extra update today. I'm about to start the major plot of the second volume and need to finalize the outline and settings.