Cultivation towards immortality, starting from being a fisherman

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Qi Cultivation Level 6, Black Locust Tree!

Seeing Little Taoist Zhouxuan so spirited and taking such an active part in the alchemy business,

Su Ping felt quite gratified in his heart.

Afterward, during the following round of cultivation, it seemed as if the joy he had been feeling lately was the cause.

Su Ping only felt the mana within his body restless and eager to move, as if many ambiguous insights had suddenly emerged in his mind.

“Has the opportunity for a breakthrough come so quickly?”

“But this is also within expectations, as the concentration of spiritual energy in Pot Cave Heaven is not inferior to that of an Outer Sect cave mansion, and I supplement my diet daily with so many pills and demon beast meat… Even an Inner Sect Disciple might not have such treatment.”

Su Ping took a deep breath, calmed his heart, and then the speed of mana circulation in his body also sped up a bit more.

Since it was a natural opportunity rather than one forced by himself, it meant that his polishing at the Fifth Layer of Qi Cultivation had reached its limit.

There was no need to continue suppressing it and not break through!

Boom!

Su Ping circulated his mana continuously, and not knowing how much time had passed, he suddenly felt some kind of obstruction inside his body break through.

With his whole body trembling, Su Ping could feel that the upper limit of mana inside his body had increased by fifty percent compared to before.

With a casual wave of his hand casting the Object Manipulation Technique, a potted plant weighing dozens of kilograms in the room was suspended in mid-air.

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“At the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation, it’s not just that the mana is more profound, but also the casting feels much more effortless.”

“Among the Outer Sect Disciples, reaching the Sixth Layer of Qi Cultivation means surpassing the majority of them. I’m only one small realm away from being able to serve as a Deacon of the Outer Sect in the Late Period of Qi Cultivation!”

“Today is worth celebrating!”

“Hmm… Let’s start with a ten-pull lottery draw first!”

Su Ping lay on the bed, took a sip of Tiger Bone Wine, then exchanged twenty Big Bluefish for 100 Fishing Coins.

He immediately commenced the ten-pull lottery draw he had been reluctant to use last time!

Swish, swish, swish!

This time, the ten-pull draw yielded eight common items and two rare ones, which was slightly better than the previous minimum guarantee of one rare item.

[Black Locust Tree, Special Building, Quality: Rare, Pot Cave Heaven exclusive, slightly alters the surrounding terrain once placed, offers a tribute of fish every seven days in exchange for an unknown reward]

[Floating Illusion Dream Temple, Main Building, Quality: Rare, Pot Cave Heaven exclusive, slightly increases the output of spiritual energy once placed]

“Main Building? Isn’t that useless for now?”

“This Black Locust Tree seems to go well with the Bone Burying Ground in terms of style; they can keep each other company.”

Su Ping summoned the Black Locust Tree and found that it was a tree at least a hundred meters tall. On its bark, faces of old grandmothers with sorrowful expressions surfaced in all directions.

It made Su Ping strongly suspect that the prototype of this special building was the Tree Demon Granny from the tales of Liaozhai.

He also wondered what the unknown reward would be… Could it be an urn that calls forth various ghosts and demons?

If it turned out to be an urn capable of summoning powerful ghostly spirits, Su Ping wasn’t against accepting it.

Swish!

The hundred-meter-tall Black Locust Tree appeared next to the Bone Burying Ground, its towering and lush canopy overshadowing most of the hill of the burial ground.

At this moment, standing on that hill,

one would see a graveyard shrouded in eerie Yin Qi, and beyond it, the large Locust Tree with human faces that almost blocked the view.

Coupled with the mist surrounding it and the wails and howls of ghost fires and spirits,

the place looked exactly like the chilling, terrifying lair of a major villain.

Fortunately, Su Ping already had the perfect disguise in mind for such a setting.

The role of an old Evil Cultivator, Rat Taoist!

Compared to the pure and upright immortals associated with the East King Temple, Su Ping found the image of an Evil Cultivator to be more effective in making those wealthy tradesmen instinctively understand the rules, know when to advance or retreat, and grasp the essence of matters.

After all, there are always those who can’t help but think that a gentleman can be easily deceived and might point a gun at an honest person.

Yet, when faced with evildoers who dared to physically assault someone without asking right from wrong, they would choose to proactively show goodwill and learn to stand in their shoes to make excuses for them.

Su Ping put on a white mask painted with black ink depicting a rat, and activated the illusion technique jade pendant at his waist to change his appearance.

In the blink of an eye, a decrepit Rat Taoist, wearing a mask with a rat pattern that covered his entire face, leaning on a cane, seemingly frail with old age, yet exuding a cold and chilling aura that was fearsome to behold, was born in the master bedroom of the Moonlight Listening Wind Pavilion.

Su Ping examined his new image and, after modifying some details, nodded slightly:

“The jade pendant of illusion technique is a bit low-grade, it can only deceive Loose Cultivators of the first and second Qi Cultivation layer and ordinary people; those with higher cultivation will realize I’m disguising.”

“But it’s enough for use on Water Blue Star. Even if I were captured on surveillance video or by satellite, my true form wouldn’t be recognized.”

“They will only be searching for a seemingly dying Evil Cultivator Rat Taoist who is desperately looking for a successor!”

“Hehehe!”

Having tried out the signature evil laugh of his villain persona, Su Ping, now in the guise of the Rat Taoist, contentedly headed towards the Bone Burying Ground.

The energy accumulated at the Bone Burying Ground was already sufficient to summon a ghost.

Driven by curiosity, Su Ping chose to perform the summoning, and then saw a blue ghost fire slowly emerge from the black soil at his feet.

The ghost fire continued to expand and deformed, eventually taking on the shape of a semi-transparent blue ghost resembling a genie.

This ghost appeared like a hanged specter with a long tongue hanging out, its facial features blurred and gender indiscernible, wearing a shroud over its upper body, with its lower half comprising a trail of ghost fire that rolled and burned continuously.

“Its strength is about that of an ordinary person, no special abilities other than its appearance, and it can even be dispersed by physical attacks…”

“So, aside from being a utility being, it’s just an object of display?”

“But after all, it’s just a bonus from a rare building, and the cost is so low, it’s understandable.”

Su Ping turned his gaze to the Black Locust Tree.

In comparison to the bonus from the Bone Burying Ground, the special gift from this unique building seemed more promising.

However… he didn’t have any rare fish to spare, and even if he did, he wouldn’t lavish them on exchanging for a gift.

So, could he still hope that the Big Bluefish would be traded for something good?

As the level increased, the output rate of the Big Bluefish had significantly risen, and Su Ping didn’t mind losing one or two of them.

The Black Locust Tree required only one fish each time.

Unable to outmatch quality with quantity, Su Ping had no choice but to offer one Big Bluefish to the Black Locust Tree.

Plop!

The human face at the very center of the Black Locust Tree opened its mouth slightly and spewed out several pitch-black branches that wrapped around the Big Bluefish still hovering in midair, quickly dragging it back into its mouth.

After a teeth-grinding sound.

A seed was spat out, slowly floating toward Su Ping.

[Strange Tree Species, a one-time consumable, range: ten meters, upon use it ignores target’s protection below third tier and instantly grows bizarre vines inside the target’s body. The vines randomly produce one of three negative effects: deadly poison, bloodsucking, or paralysis, continuing until cleared or the target’s life value drops to zero]

“This thing is interesting!”

After reading the description, Su Ping’s eyes lit up.

Combined with his own strength as a Body Cultivator, if he got close enough to an opponent, even if the tree species was weak, it would still disrupt the enemy’s rhythm in an instant.

In a life-and-death fight, such a momentary lapse could allow a Body Cultivator to land dozens of punches or slashes.

Not to mention, if he encountered special circumstances, such as facing a powerhouse controlling a formation and launching a big move.

If he threw one of these at the enemy at the right moment, wouldn’t it cause them to be immediately injured by the backlash from their own big move?