Chapter 494 - 492: Taichu Farce

Chapter 494: Chapter 492: Taichu Farce

Taichu was truly curious about that sprouting seed.

The power within it.

It was almost on par with Taichu’s own power.

But it felt completely different.

It was a power that seemed to contain everything.

Unfortunately.

Taichu couldn’t take it.

Taking it would be tantamount to making an enemy of Su Qing.

Making an enemy of a Twelfth Realm Artifact Refiner, one who could even forge a Tier Thirteen Dao Artifact.

If she couldn’t eliminate him completely in one go, it would only lead to her own destruction.

So, Taichu would not take that gamble.

Most importantly, this guy was far more significant to the Black Abyss than he appeared on the surface.

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「Three years later.」

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Host: Su Qing

Realm: Dao Fruit Realm [Great Dao Cultivation Method: Dao Fruit (5,153/360,000)]

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’Wait a minute.’

’Why is my world under attack?’

’What’s going on with the Taichu Daoist Palace?’

As Su Qing puzzled over this,

He had already appeared outside his personal world.

He arrived within the Taichu Daoist Palace.

This time, Su Qing saw a great number of beasts attacking the place.

They were Clumsy-Headed Beasts.

’The Clumsy Head Palace again?’

’But there aren’t any Cultivators on the Dao Path this time.’

The most powerful Clumsy-Headed Beast was only at the Ninth Realm.

Pathetic.

There were just a lot of them.

Just now, what Su Qing had sensed was a Clumsy-Headed Beast, equivalent to the Eighth Realm, gnawing on his world.

This time,

There was no need for Su Qing to act.

These Clumsy-Headed Beasts were attacking the Taichu Daoist Palace with almost no intelligence.

The strongest among them was only comparable to a Ninth Realm Cultivator.

Never mind the Tenth Realm Cultivators,

Even a Ninth Realm Cultivator like Bai Di

could annihilate this horde of mindless beasts.

The Clumsy-Headed Beast that had just been gnawing on Su Qing’s world was merely one that had slipped through the net.

Su Qing killed it with a wave of his hand.

’For these beasts to appear inside the Taichu Daoist Palace means that the outer defenses have suffered heavy losses.’

’Did Taichu go to the Western Realm again? To fight a Thirteenth Realm expert?’

’That makes sense. Now that she has a Dao Artifact,’

’She’d probably want to test its power.’

’It’s just that the Taichu Daoist Palace...’

Su Qing looked on, speechless.

The Clumsy Head Palace specialized in dirty tricks.

The lack of Cultivators probably meant they were afraid to come to the Taichu Daoist Palace themselves.

Su Qing spotted Bai Di’s figure.

He had already broken through to the Tenth Realm.

At this moment, Bai Di was guarding a corner of the Taichu Daoist Palace.

There were many other Tenth Realm experts around him.

None of them had made a move.

They were merely guarding the Daoist Palace; the ones fighting the Clumsy-Headed Beasts outside were mostly Low Tier Cultivators.

With a single stride, Su Qing appeared beside Bai Di.

Bai Di looked up in surprise as he got a clear look at Su Qing.

He suddenly broke into a smile. "Long time no see."

"It’s been decades, hasn’t it?"

"Long time no see, Bai Di."

"Where’s Yu Hu?"

"That guy? He said a quick hello to me and then went back to guard his Desolate Upper World."

"His wife and kids are all in that world. Of course he’d run back to protect them, right?"

Bai Di said with a smile.

Su Qing smiled along with him.

Since they didn’t have Dao Companions or partners, they were freer and didn’t have to worry too much about others.

Most importantly, with Yu Hu’s strength, he was more than capable of protecting his home during this disaster facing the Taichu Daoist Palace.

Su Qing and Bai Di had nothing to worry about.

"Lord Taichu isn’t in the Daoist Palace again."

"She must be fighting with the Western Realm again."

"The Clumsy Head Palace of the Western Realm is so shameless."

"We in the Eastern Domain haven’t even gone over there to fight them, yet they’ve sent creatures to attack our Taichu Daoist Palace twice."

Bai Di was filled with righteous indignation. He was also sick of this situation.

Every time, it was up to people like them to fend off the invaders.

"Yeah, I’m getting a bit tired of it too."

"Unfortunately, we’re not the players who decide the conflict."

"We’re just pawns."

Su Qing lamented. Beneath the Thirteenth Realm,

All were like ants.

Su Qing could feel that the gap between himself and the Thirteenth Realm was immense.

"But we could also leave the Taichu Daoist Palace."

"It’s not that we can only be pawns. We’re *willing* to be pawns, Su Qing."

Bai Di was quick-witted and immediately found the flaw in Su Qing’s words.

"Then are you willing to leave the Taichu Daoist Palace?"

Su Qing questioned him with a sidelong glance.

Bai Di was instantly speechless. Who would be willing to leave the Taichu Daoist Palace?

The difference between the Taichu Daoist Palace and the outside world was like that between heaven and earth.

It was abundant in resources, vast in wealth, and held countless Cultivation Methods, techniques, and secret lore.

Anyone who was willing to leave the Taichu Daoist Palace was either a complete fool,

or they possessed powerful means that could rival the environment of the Taichu Daoist Palace.

One had to know, the Taichu Daoist Palace was basically free of danger.

It was an environment provided solely for cultivation.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a Sacred Land for Cultivators.

"That’s why we’re pawns."

"No one is willing to leave the Taichu Daoist Palace."

"A Taichu Daoist Palace under the protection of a Thirteenth Realm expert is the only *true* Taichu Daoist Palace."

Su Qing said with a faint smile.

The number of Clumsy-Headed Beasts inside the Taichu Daoist Palace

had already dwindled significantly.

But there had been casualties, which was a very normal thing.

This was because after killing a Clumsy-Headed Beast, its corpse essentially belonged to you.

A single Fifth Realm Clumsy-Headed Beast could sell for over 50,000 Taichu Coins.

For Low Tier Cultivators,

Taichu Coins were very precious.

That’s why some of the lower-realm Cultivators in the Taichu Daoist Palace were willing to hunt the Clumsy-Headed Beasts.

"I’m heading back. I doubt anything else major will happen."

Su Qing said, preparing to leave.

Bai Di asked from the side, "Have you seen Zhu Yuan? I haven’t seen her in many years."

"Zhu Yuan?"

"I haven’t seen her in the last few years, but not long ago, I had to save that Dragon’s life."

As Su Qing spoke, he raised his palm, his fingers moving.

He was performing an Inference to find Zhu Yuan’s whereabouts.

"Oh?"

"Zhu Yuan was injured?"

"Her Talent is so great, and she reached the Tenth Realm even before me. How could she have faced life-threatening danger?"

"Well, she did. She ran into someone with a strange ability who can reflect injuries back onto his enemies."

"Zhu Yuan fell for it."

"Oh? That strange?"

"Looks like I’ll have to be on my guard."

Su Qing’s Inference also yielded a result. "Zhu Yuan is over by the Star Sea Tree right now. I don’t think she’ll be back for a while."

Bai Di wasn’t too surprised.

He had already guessed this was a possibility.

"Sigh~"

"I really envy the beings born in the Star Sea. They can all go to the Star Sea Tree to gain enlightenment and Cultivate."

"Unlike us, who can only rely on our own cultivation."

Bai Di sighed with emotion.

Su Qing chuckled softly. "Cultivating on your own is fine too. I might not be used to having someone’s help."

"There’s a saying from my hometown: a master can lead you to the door, but cultivation is up to the individual."

Su Qing vanished, but his voice lingered in Bai Di’s ear.

Bai Di muttered to himself, "Cultivation is up to the individual... There’s a lot of truth in that."

He suddenly let out a small laugh.

Thinking of his own experiences, Bai Di’s smile lingered even longer.

"Cultivation is up to the individual..."

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Back in his own world,

Su Qing was in his Micro Acupoint World.

Because Withered Wood Revives in Spring had the opposite effect on the Withered Snake Vine,

in the end, Su Qing

chose to replicate the original Withered Wood Revives in Spring Immortal Technique.

He wanted to synthesize it into a Standardization.

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[Unknown Technique: Allows all vegetation in the world to feel the presence of Life Force... (Sprout seeds) (Rapidly mature plants)]

[Synthesis available]

’Extract,’

Su Qing thought.

Just these two Standardizations

had cost Su Qing several months of his time.

The two he had filtered out.

These two Standardizations happened to fulfill the true essence required by Withered Wood Revives in Spring.

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