Chapter 226

226.Chapter 221: Undercover Adventist Cult Again, Aiming to Become the Leader of the Villains! (5k)
Chapter 221 - Undercover Adventist Cult again, aiming to become the leader of the villains! (5k)

[You didn't reveal your own alchemy talent, but instead joined the Advent Cult under a new identity.]

[With your strength nowadays, you are almost an existence that crushes the three faction lords, but you didn't reveal your own true strength, and only showed the peak of a Martial Emperor, barely becoming a protector of the Advent Sect.]

[In the year that followed, you cooperated with Luo Shujing and pocketed most of the medicinal herbs in the Advent Sect's treasury.]

[You refined pills daily, preparing to keep them to gift to the Grand Xia military in the future.]

[In the second year, you once again travelled to a copy of the Luo Heavenly Assembly, hoping to enhance your own comprehension of the Way of the Puppet.]]

In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly when he saw this and murmured:

‘Use Immersion Simulation ......’

[Ding, you have successfully used Immersive ...... remaining energy of 3,016,630,000 points...]

Soon, the time for one Immersion Simulation ended, and Su Xing reentered the real world.

‘Not bad, with Granny Ghost's guidance, my comprehension of the Way of the Puppet can be said to have grown by leaps and bounds ......’

‘Although I haven't stepped into the minor achievement level yet, but initially transforming and driving those puppets shouldn't be too much of a problem ......’

The corner of Su Xing's mouth rose slightly.

With his current attainments in the puppet path, which was only at the entry level, it was not too realistic to create puppets that could refine pills.

But fortunately, Su Xing had eight existing puppets that only needed to be slightly modified, and might be able to come in handy for Su Xing in a short period of time.

‘But unfortunately, as time continues to pass, the Luo Heavenly Assembly dungeon is only two years away from closing ...... This means that for every simulation in the future, I'll only be able to enter twice more at most ...... ‘

Su Xing sighed.

He had always had a premonition in his heart that there was definitely some sort of shocking secret hidden in the Luo Heavenly Assembly dungeon, and Su Xing had to explore as much as he could in the next limited amount of time to find out where this secret was.

‘But right now, it's better to muddle through the waters in the Advent Sect first, if we can become the faction leader, perhaps we can obtain greater secrets and learn the identity of that mysterious person?’

Thinking so, Su Xing's gaze looked towards the simulation panel.

[After coming out from the copy of Luo Tian Assembly, you rejoined the Advent Sect and continued to be your own protector.]

[You performed bravely when carrying out missions, and in your daily life, you acted as if you cared for your subordinates.]

Within a short period of one year, you have close to 20,000 fans in the Adventist Church.

There are even Adventists who are secretly encouraging you to create a new faction, and they are willing to join your faction.

[But in order to avoid being suspected by the two faction leaders of Adventism and Old Dog Long, you did not choose to do so.]

[Rather, you continued to stay in Adventism, playing the part of a loyal cadre.]

[In private, you secretly concocted pills and continued to study the way of talismans.]

[In a year's time, the number of spirit carp that died at your hands was enough for thousands.]

But at the same time, you've mastered several types of talismans, which you can use to great effect.

For example, the second-ranked talisman that can increase speed, the Wind Talisman, can be used by master-level professionals to double their speed within an incense burner's time, and can also increase the speed of master-level professionals by 50 per cent!

[For example, the 1st rank talisman, the Ox Talisman, when used, can increase a professional's strength by one to nine oxen, which is a great boost to the strength of low ranked professionals.]]

[In addition to that, the Golden Blade Talisman that activates the Golden Blade, the Vajra Talisman that activates the Shield, and so on.]

[In the third year, your understanding of the way of talismans has been thoroughly initiated.]

[This is due to the talisman expert talent bonus you possess, coupled with your amazing divine soul talent, and divine sense of the subtle realm.]

[The way of the talisman has extremely high requirements for spiritual power, i.e., divine sense. If a low-ranked cultivator makes a slight mistake, even if it's just a millimetre off, it will cause a talisman to break.] [But your divine sense at the subtle realm has already been thoroughly introduced.

[But you enter the subtle realm of divine sense, able to make the talisman formula in the mind complete seal engraving out, all that is needed is to continue to practice and the grasp of the details, the use of spiritual energy ......]

[This year, you are still at the introductory level for the way of talismans, but you have already been able to seal carve dozens of first and second order talismans, and even third order talismans, you have mastered several of them.]]

In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly when he saw this and said:
‘Indeed, thick and thin!’

‘The way of talismans, all that is needed is the strength of divine sense, the mastery of spiritual power ......’

‘The talismans left behind by previous generations are like mathematical formulas ...... possessing their own characteristics, and with my strong spiritual power, I'm naturally able to memorise those talismanic imprints in their entirety, which is something that lower-ranked cultivators can't possibly compare to.’

‘Refining third-order talismans is roughly equivalent to the strength of a master ...... If you reach the fourth-order then it is equivalent to the Grandmaster level and the fifth-order Heavenly King level ...... Refining the sixth-order talismans will be able to allow ordinary professionals to, in a short period of time, have the ability to threaten Martial Emperor strength of a strong person!’

Su Xing nodded in satisfaction at this.

Unlike the Dao of alchemy and weapon refining, the growth of a cultivator's strength was cumulative over time, and it was impossible to allow a gold ranked professional to possess the strength of a Heavenly King in a short period of time.

However, the talisman path was different, even if a gold ranked professional, as long as they possessed a sixth ranked offensive talisman, as long as they were used properly, they even had the ability to kill a Heavenly King ranked professional!

However, the disadvantage was also very obvious, the talisman was almost disposable, even if it was a high-grade talisman, it could only be used a few times.

‘Once this talisman is released, I'm afraid that the price on the market won't be low ...... or even more profitable than pills!’

‘But this simulation is just a test, on the talisman one only need to be shallow, after that then try the cultivation of the gathering spirit formation, five elements formation road it ......’

Su Xing thought so, his eyes looking towards the simulation panel.

[In the fourth year, you will count all the pills you have accumulated over the years, totalling about two hundred and fifty thousand pills].

[After that, you disguised yourself and restrained your breath to shield your own heavenly chances, and went to find Lu Yuanwu, and gave all these pills to him, hoping to strengthen the Great Xia military, as well as the strength of the human race in the Demon Zhen Pass.]

[After doing all of this, you rejoined the Advent Sect.]

[On the days of hibernation over the years, you observed the power of thunder each time, hoping to comprehend a hint of the Origin of Force from the Thunder Avenue.]

[With several attempts, you vaguely touched some of the fur of the Origin of Force ......]

You are a little happy about this, but you are still not proud or impatient, and you keep comprehending the Origin of Force every year on the Day of the Sting, while practicing the Way of the Talisman on weekdays.

In the fifth year, as your understanding of the way of talisman became more and more profound, you were already able to make fourth-order talismans.

[You have successfully raised the refining of the second-order talisman, the Spirit Gathering Talisman, to the point of great accomplishment.]

[The Spirit Gathering Talisman is a talisman that can quickly gather spiritual energy and restore a cultivator's own spiritual energy.]

[You found that the principle of the Spirit Gathering Talisman is somewhat similar to that of setting up a miniature Spirit Gathering Formation, perhaps the Five Elements Realist was inspired by this talisman in the first place.]

[At the same time, during the time you have been lurking in the Adventist Sect, you have also made friends with the various Elders and Protectors, and you call on them to eat meat and drink wine every day.]

[In the process of communicating with these Elders and Protectors, you also gradually understood the hierarchy within the Adventist Church, which is stricter than you imagined.]

From the ordinary congregation to the Elder Protectors, they are only able to collect tasks and earn contribution points, except for the Elder Protectors who are relatively free.

[But both the ordinary congregation and the Protectors know very little about why they are doing this mission and the reason behind it.] [This also means that even the Protectors know very little.

[This also means that even the Protector knows nothing about the Advent Cult's most central secrets.]

Knowing this, a plan has risen in your mind.

That is, to find a way to get to the top, that is, to become a faction leader of the Adventist Church.

Because only by becoming a faction leader, can you really get in touch with the core secrets of the Adventist Church.

The thing that bothers you is that the positions of the three main faction leaders are already filled, and the only leader of the conservative faction that you suspect has always been the Dragon Guardian is the head of the Goddess of Mercy.

[And want to be among the faction leaders, there is only one way ...... that is to find a way to kill one of the leaders!

[In this regard, you know that you can not be in a hurry, you must quietly wait for the opportunity, otherwise once you reveal the cloven foot. The only way to do this is to find a way to take out one of the leaders.

So, in the quiet waiting, another two years have passed.

[In the seventh year, your study of the way of talismans has advanced even further, and you have been able to refine fifth-rank talismans.]

[A Clan Master ranked professional, after activating a fifth rank talisman, will be able to even battle a Heavenly King ranked professional in a short period of time.]]

[Successfully refining fifth-order talismans, but your study of the way of talismans is still at the introductory level, but not far from minor success.]]

[You have a suspicion in your mind that successfully refining a sixth-order talisman might be enough to bring your understanding of the Way of the Talisman to the level of minor accomplishment!

[But you don't intend to further study talismans, because at this point your talisman attainments are already sufficient, and you intend to start experimenting with miniature Spirit Gathering Arrays.] [In the eighth year, you continue to be quiet.
[In the eighth year, you continued to quietly wait for an opportunity, not only enlisting a large number of loyal fanboys in the Advent Sect, but also attempting to raise your status and power within the Advent Sect.]]

[You provided Luo Shujing with more elixirs such as the Concentration Elixir, hoping to enhance Luo Shujing's strength.]

[And Luo Shujing lived up to her name, cultivating diligently every day, and with your help, in just eight years, she stepped into the mid-Legend stage.]

[In this year, your comprehension of the Origin of Force was further advanced.]

[In the ninth year, you began to read through the Five Elements Sect's Five Elements Formation Dao.]

[You discovered that the Five Element Formation Dao was different from the Basic Formation Dao that you had learnt before, and that its comprehension of the Formation Dao was more inclined towards the rational use of the Five Elemental Auras.]

[Because you already had a certain foundation in the Dao of Formation, you made rapid progress when cultivating the Five Elemental Formation Dao.] [As such, another two years passed by.

[As such, another two years passed.]

[In the eleventh year, you have also long been initiated into the cultivation of the Five Element Formation Dao, and are able to set up some composite Five Element Formations.] [At this point, your knowledge of talismans and talismans has been improved.

[At this time, you have comprehended the way of talismans, the way of formations, and the way of spiritual qi, and have reached the basic conditions for learning the miniature Spirit Gathering Formation.]]

[And so, you intend to formally begin seal-engraving miniature Spirit Gathering Formations.]

You enter the Spirit Field Cave, and take out a large carp from the pond, as well as the ink and brush needed to carve the miniature Spirit Gathering Formation.

[Holding the carp in your hands, you pacify it with your spiritual energy, and then carefully experience the flow of spiritual qi within the carp.] [After a few minutes, you enter the Spiritual Field Cave Heaven.

After a few minutes, you know the route of every ounce of spiritual qi in the carp's body like the back of your hand. ...... Then, you slowly open your eyes!

[After that, the divine sense of the pen and the pen in a single breath ...... into the subtle realm is perfectly utilised at this moment.]

[You carefully and cautiously catalysed your spiritual energy, and carved a small formation on the body of the spirit carp.]

[But when the formation was halfway through the arrangement, you finally made a slight mistake, coupled with the spirit carp's chaotic movements, resulting in an unstable aura ...... This tail of spirit carp burst open in your palm.]

[Another failure in setting up a miniature Spirit Gathering Formation, but you are not surprised by this.]

Compared to before, your seal engraving of the miniature Spirit Gathering Formation has matured a lot, and you just need to keep trying, and you will eventually succeed.

[So, you seal the miniature Spirit Gathering Formation on top of the Spirit Carp every day, and another year passes].

In the real world, Su Xing nodded slightly when he saw this and sighed:

‘Indeed, the Miniature Spirit Gathering Formation, although it is nominally a formation, in reality, it is a collection of the Dao of Formation, Talisman, and the Dao of Spirit Qi, and it is necessary to unite the three paths in order to be able to seal seal a good enough Spirit Gathering Formation ah!’

Su Xing was looking forward to the future development of the Spirit Gathering Formation.

‘There is also the Way of the Puppet as well ...... so looking at cultivating the three paths at the same time, it seems to be not bad, and will be able to play a role in many directions in the future!’

After a pause, Su Xing thought with some headache again:

‘However, the volume of this Advent Sect is still a bit more than I expected ...... Wanting to become a faction leader, I'm afraid that I still need to secretly push the envelope a bit!’

Eyes looked towards the simulation panel.

[In the twelfth year, you have finally succeeded in laying out a miniature Spirit Gathering Formation on the Spirit Carp.]

[According to the division of the Ten Thousand Wood Realist, this miniature Spirit Gathering Formation is only the lowest rank of the first rank, and is a basic formation.]

[You hold the Spirit Carp that has successfully inscribed the miniature Spirit Gathering Formation in your hands, and after careful observation, you realise that the speed at which this aura gathers is not very fast, roughly equivalent to the speed at which a cultivator with the first five elemental miscellaneous spirit roots would cultivate, and is not even considered to be strong amongst the five elemental miscellaneous spirit roots].

[Based on your constant measurements, you cite a vivid analogy.]

[The base cultivation speed of you who possesses a wood and fire dual system Mutant Heavenly Spirit Root, plus a Mutant Thunder Spirit Root, is around one hundred and fifty ranks.]

[While the cultivation speed of an ordinary Heavenly Spirit Root cultivator is one hundred ranks.]

[True Spirit Root is fifty ranks! Dual, triple, and quadruple lineage miscellaneous spirit roots in decreasing order ......]

[For the lowest five lineage miscellaneous spirit roots, the cultivation speed fluctuates between about 0.8 and 1.5 ranks.]

[And this miniature Spirit Gathering Array is able to increase a cultivator's cultivation speed by about 0.5 levels as long as it is successfully sealed.]]

[For this speed, you were not very satisfied, because such a weak increase would be almost useless to you.]

[So, you decided to further study the seal engraving of the miniature Spirit Gathering Formation.]

In the thirteenth year, you further expanded the size of the spirit carp in the pond, and the number of spirit carp in the pond was nearly about ten thousand.

[You attempted to carve miniature spirit gathering formations every day, and your success rate gradually increased from 10% to about 50%.] [In the 14th year, you further expanded the size of the spirit carp in the pond.

In the 14th year, there were already more than 6,000 spirit carp in the pond with miniature spirit gathering formations engraved on them].

On this day, you felt that the number of Spirit Carp was already sufficient, so you decided to further experiment with the arrangement of the Miniature Spirit Gathering Formation.

You took out one of the carp and placed it in your palm, carefully observing the operation of the spiritual qi therein.

After that, you took out a spirit brush and dipped it in spirit ink, so you modified the palm-sized miniature Spirit Gathering Formation on the back of the carp, wanting to further enhance the power of the miniature Spirit Gathering Formation.

[Boom! A few minutes later, unsurprisingly, you failed, and this Spirit Carp in your hand was blown up into a braised carp.]

[You were not discouraged, but instead took out another Spirit Carp and prepared to try again.]]

Months passed, and the number of dead carp in your hands was nearly a thousand.

One day, you were so blessed that you began to make changes to the Spirit Gathering Formation on the back of the carp.

A quarter of an hour later, you stopped writing, and the formation behind the carp had already changed dramatically.

[It's still at the level of a first-order miniature Spirit Gathering Formation, but compared to before, this formation has been improved too much!

[You experiment with its efficiency in absorbing Spirit Qi, and are surprised to find that the speed at which the Miniature Spirit Gathering Formation operates has nearly doubled.]]

[From the original 0.5 ranks, it has directly increased to one rank.]

[This is almost equivalent to the efficiency of an ordinary Five Elements Heterogeneous Spirit Root cultivator who cultivates 24 hours a day without stopping!

When Su Xing saw this, he couldn't help but feel joy in his eyes and muttered:
‘Finally, it worked!’

‘A mere first-order miniature Spirit Gathering Array is equivalent to the cultivation speed of a five-element Heterogeneous Spirit Root cultivator....... Wouldn't this be awesome if it reached a high order?’

What made Su Xing feel most concerned.

It was actually that this Miniature Spirit Gathering Array was activated 24 hours a day, as long as there was aura around, the Miniature Spirit Gathering Array could automatically cultivate.

This was the equivalent of gaining hanging experience, the kind that could iterate buffs!
‘Not bad, after that, it's time to try out some more advanced Miniature Spirit Gathering Array crafting ......’

Thinking so, Su Xing's gaze looked towards the simulation panel.

[In the next few months, you transform all of the first-order miniature Spirit Gathering Arrays on these Spirit Carps].

[Several months later, you obtained 5000 Spirit Carp with excellent first-order miniature Spirit Gathering Arrays engraved on their backs.]

In the fifteenth year, you were ready to try your hand at second-order miniature Spirit Gathering Formations.

After several months, the number of spirit carp that died in your hands was already more than a thousand.

And after your continuous attempts, you finally succeeded in sealing the first second-order miniature spirit gathering array.

According to your measurements, a second-order miniature Spirit Gathering Formation is equivalent to three cultivation levels.

[In other words, the second stage miniature Spirit Gathering Formation engraved on a cultivator's body can allow him to passively have a cultivation speed close to that of a cultivator with a four lineage Spirit Root. ......]

[At the same time, you also found that between the grades of each order of miniature Spirit Gathering Formation, there are two grades, ordinary and excellent.]]

[According to your speculation, the second stage miniature spirit gathering array, if further perfected, would be able to reach the second stage excellent grade, and the speed of aura would reach close to five grades! This is almost the pinnacle of the qualifications of a four lineage miscellaneous spirit root cultivator.]]

[One day, just as you were about to continue researching the path of advancement for the Miniature Spirit Gathering Array, you suddenly received an important task.]]

[The specific requirements of the mission, that is to go to the Zhen Demon Pass to assassinate a Legendary Professional ......]

[And the people travelling with you on this mission not only include the current leader of the Nature Faction, a peak Legendary powerhouse, but also four Legendary-level Protectors, including you and Luo Shufeng]]

[Upon receiving this mission, you instantly realised that an excellent opportunity to get rid of the leader of the Nature Faction has come!]]

(End of chapter)

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