Chapter 96 – The Luotian Assembly!

Chapter 96 – The Luotian Assembly!

Su Xing felt a wave of dizziness wash over him, and by the time he regained his senses, he had already appeared in an unfamiliar environment.

“What are you standing around for? The sooner you go in, the sooner you come out! There’s a line of people behind you!”

A uniformed staff member behind him urged him along. Su Xing nodded and stepped into the dungeon teleportation formation before him.

His vision shifted once more, and soon Su Xing found himself in another space entirely.

“The air here is amazing~”

Su Xing gazed at the lush, verdant trees surrounding him. There were no steel jungles of the city here—the air was pure and fresh.

But then, Su Xing’s mind caught up, and he was utterly shocked.

“Holy crap, the spiritual energy in the air here is so dense it’s practically overflowing! Hss~ Could this be the immortal realm?”

Su Xing was shaken to the core, because even his own Blessed Spirit Field didn’t possess even one-tenth the spiritual energy concentration of this place.

“So this is where the Luotian Assembly dungeon is set. Am I currently in the territory of the Luotian Sect?”

Su Xing discovered that at some point, a string of memories had appeared in his mind—memories that established his identity within the Luotian Assembly dungeon.

“Luo Xiaochuan, inner disciple of the Luotian Sect, a young Nascent Soul stage cultivator with boundless potential… one of the 129,600 inner disciples participating in this Luotian Assembly?”

Su Xing thought to himself with some confusion: “Strange, didn’t the dungeon description say that Luo Xiaochuan was a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator?”

But he soon noticed something unusual.

This Luo Xiaochuan whose identity he had assumed—though different in appearance from Su Xing’s true body—had a cultivation level completely identical to his own! He was likewise a cultivator who had just entered the Nascent Soul stage, likewise at the Primordial Martial Realm, Second Layer! Even the Nine-Revolution Golden Core was exactly the same!

Su Xing quickly came to an understanding:

“So Luo Xiaochuan isn’t fixed at the Foundation Establishment stage—his cultivation matches that of whoever enters the dungeon!”

“It’s just that aside from me, no other Class Users can cultivate immortality, so when they enter this dungeon, it only displays the minimum Foundation Establishment stage cultivation?”

Su Xing was somewhat amazed, once again marveling at the mysteriousness of this Luotian Assembly dungeon.

“Right now, I seem to have a task—go to the rear mountain and call Junior Martial Uncle to participate in the Luotian Assembly?”

Su Xing absorbed the memories in his mind, then headed toward the rear mountain.

After passing through several bewildering maze formations, Su Xing arrived at the rear mountain of the Luotian Sect.

The moment he arrived, Su Xing was stunned. The ground was covered with all manner of spirit plants—from medicinal herbs and spirit flowers visible everywhere, to towering ancient trees—truly broadening his horizons.

“Good heavens, is that a Bone-Regrowth Flower? Legend says consuming one can regrow a severed limb—even Void Return ancestors covet them…”

“Is that a Dao-Enlightenment Tree? What the… hasn’t this species been extinct for hundreds of thousands of years? How does one still exist here? They say cultivating beneath a Dao-Enlightenment Tree, even a stupid pig could become Marshal Tianpeng!”

“And there’s Essence Nurturing Grass everywhere, practically treated as common weeds…”

“Holy crap, is that a Nine-Heavens Flower!? One of the legendary materials for refining a Nine-Revolution Golden Core that can supposedly grant immortality?”

Su Xing was shocked at every step along the way. The flowers, the grasses, even every single stone here looked extraordinary.

Su Xing even wanted to uproot every flower, every blade of grass, and every stone and take them all home.

“Damn, if only this weren’t a virtual dungeon instance!”

Su Xing nearly ground his teeth to dust. He knew that nothing from the Luotian Assembly dungeon could be taken out, which made him more miserable than swallowing a fly.

Su Xing had memorized all three hundred and sixty pill formulas from the Separation Fire Alchemy Art and also possessed the Shennong Spirit Cultivation Technique, so he was able to identify quite a few of the plants here.

But the problem was, he had only identified a small portion. There were far more spirit plants he couldn’t even name, which were likely even more mysterious and extraordinary in origin.

“Sigh, let me just focus on completing the task first. I can only feast my eyes on these spirit plants for now…”

Recalling the memory fragments that had appeared in his mind, Su Xing soon arrived before a thatched cottage on the rear mountain.

The cottage looked like the most ordinary rural farmhouse nestled among the hills, except for the two extraordinary ancient trees flanking the doorway, which Su Xing couldn’t tear his eyes from.

One was a Dao-Enlightenment Tree, and the other—was also a Dao-Enlightenment Tree!

“Holy crap, and the flowers by the door—they’re all Spirit-Gathering Flowers?”

Su Xing’s eyes went wide as he stared at the white flowers blanketing the hillside around the thatched cottage, unable to look away.

Every single one was a Spirit-Gathering Flower, and every single one was fully mature!

“No wonder the spiritual energy in this rear mountain is so abundant—there must be tens of thousands of Spirit-Gathering Flowers here, at least!”

Su Xing couldn’t help but murmur to himself.

Just as he was muttering away, a warm, gentle voice came from behind him.

“Junior Martial Nephew Luo is mistaken. My rear mountain contains exactly 129,600 Spirit-Gathering Flowers—the number of a full cosmic cycle…”

“The Spirit-Gathering Flowers in this rear mountain are also the very foundation upon which our Luotian Sect was established. It is precisely because we have this quantity of Spirit-Gathering Flowers, combined with our Luotian Sect’s Grand Spirit-Gathering Formation, that we possess such abundant spiritual energy—making cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.”

Su Xing hurriedly turned around, only to see a plain-looking young man dressed as a farmer standing behind him.

But Su Xing didn’t dare show the slightest disrespect, because this young man’s seniority was extremely high. He was a figure of patriarch-level status in the Luotian Sect—brilliantly talented and well-versed in alchemy and spirit cultivation arts, yet always dressed as a farmer, hidden away in this rear mountain.

“Greetings, Martial Uncle Shennong… My master sent me to invite you to attend the Luotian Assembly.”

Su Xing spoke according to the prompts in his memory.

This young man’s name was Shennong Youtian—a strange name, but one that suited him perfectly, as he was often found tending to the spirit fields.

Shennong Youtian nodded upon hearing this and said: “Very well then, Junior Martial Nephew Luo, please lead the way…”

Su Xing bowed respectfully and led Shennong Youtian toward the Luotian Assembly venue.

Along the way, Shennong Youtian chatted with Su Xing, as approachable as a friendly older brother from next door.

“Junior Martial Nephew Luo, your cultivation has advanced remarkably fast in recent years! Not yet a hundred years old, and already a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. Moreover, you cultivated a Nine-Revolution Golden Core, and you’ve also reached the Primordial Martial Realm on the path of Body Tempering—truly remarkable!”

“Among the hundred-thousand-plus inner disciples, I’d say you rank among the very best…”

Su Xing was even more astonished upon hearing this. With just a single glance, Shennong Youtian had seen through every detail of his cultivation. The man was truly unfathomable.

So Su Xing hastily replied: “You flatter me, Martial Uncle. This disciple still needs to work much harder in cultivation…”

Shennong Youtian nodded, then continued:

“Neither arrogant nor impatient—our Luotian Sect has worthy successors indeed! I wonder, apart from your main cultivation, do you have any supplementary disciplines, Martial Nephew?”

Supplementary disciplines referred to things like alchemy, artifact refining, spirit plant cultivation, formation arrays, and so on.

Su Xing thought for a moment, then said modestly: “This disciple is unworthy of much praise. Apart from main cultivation, I only have a rough understanding of alchemy and spirit cultivation…”

If this were the real world, Su Xing’s alchemy and spirit cultivation would absolutely be the best in the world—after all, he was the only cultivator on the entire planet who possessed these two skills.

But here in the Luotian Sect, where experts were as numerous as clouds, claiming he had a “rough understanding” was already puffing himself up.

Yet Su Xing had his reasons for doing so.

Sure enough, when Shennong Youtian heard Su Xing’s words, an expression of interest appeared on his face. “Oh? Junior Martial Nephew Luo’s supplementary disciplines are quite similar to mine! Let this martial uncle test you a bit…”

With that, Shennong Youtian asked Su Xing several common questions about alchemy and spirit cultivation.

Su Xing answered each one. While his answers couldn’t be called textbook-perfect, they showed genuine insight—after all, Su Xing had invested enormously in alchemy during his simulations over the years.

Shennong Youtian sometimes nodded, sometimes frowned. After a long while, he finally spoke:

“I didn’t expect that at such a young age, Junior Martial Nephew Luo would have such deep research into the path of alchemy. This level of insight rivals that of alchemists with centuries of experience… However, in the area of spirit cultivation, you still need more work!”

With that, Shennong Youtian adopted an expression that suggested he was willing to offer Su Xing some guidance.

Su Xing immediately seized the opportunity and said: “Martial Uncle, I have indeed recently encountered a difficult problem in spirit cultivation… Our Luotian Sect possesses such a vast number of Spirit-Gathering Flowers—where did they all come from? How were they cultivated?”

That’s right—this was Su Xing’s true objective!

Although Su Xing couldn’t bring physical objects from the dungeon back to the real world, he could bring back memories.

And this Shennong Youtian, despite his youthful appearance, had lived for more than a thousand years and was the most accomplished person in the Luotian Sect’s spirit cultivation lineage.

If Su Xing could receive Shennong Youtian’s guidance, he might truly learn the method for cultivating Spirit-Gathering Flowers.

Sure enough, after pondering for a moment, Shennong Youtian said:

“You’ve asked the right person, Martial Nephew. Regarding Spirit-Gathering Flowers, most people truly couldn’t answer. But I happen to have read about the breeding method for Spirit-Gathering Flowers in an ancient text. Though I haven’t tried it myself, I believe it should be viable…”

“The Spirit-Gathering Flower is a gift from the heavens, exceedingly delicate. Under normal circumstances, it takes ten years to cultivate a Spirit-Gathering Flower from seed to maturity, and during the growing process, water and sunlight must be carefully monitored…”

“As for breeding Spirit-Gathering Flowers—legend has it they come in male and female varieties. Female Spirit-Gathering Flowers have a yellow dot in the pistil, while male ones do not. To artificially breed them, one must pollinate a male plant with a female plant on the exact day they happen to reach maturity…”

Shennong Youtian stopped mid-explanation and extended his finger, pointing its tip at the space between Su Xing’s eyebrows.

In an instant, a stream of memories flooded into Su Xing’s mind—the complete method for breeding Spirit-Gathering Flowers.

“Hss~ Just like that, I’ve obtained the method for breeding Spirit-Gathering Flowers?”

Su Xing felt as if he were in a dream. He had long been troubled by his lack of spiritual energy. Although he had three Spirit-Gathering Flowers providing spiritual energy to his Blessed Spirit Field, it was ultimately a drop in the bucket.

But if the number of Spirit-Gathering Flowers increased to thirty, or even three hundred, all dedicated to supplying Su Xing alone with cultivation energy—then he wouldn’t need to worry about insufficient spiritual energy at all!

Su Xing never would have imagined that the spiritual energy shortage that had plagued him for so long would be resolved so effortlessly.

In that moment, Su Xing realized just how important the Luotian Assembly dungeon was to him.

This Luotian Assembly dungeon didn’t allow any physical objects to be taken out—only memories.

For ordinary Class Users, this was indeed unhelpful.

But for Su Xing, it was the perfect opportunity for zero-distance contact with the immortal cultivation world!

As long as Su Xing used it wisely, he could absolutely learn more common knowledge and secrets of the cultivation world from the Luotian Assembly.

Today he had been taught the method for cultivating Spirit-Gathering Flowers; next time it might be a pill formula, or even a divine ability or cultivation technique!

As long as Su Xing invested enough effort to visit this Luotian Assembly dungeon multiple times, his knowledge of the cultivation world would skyrocket!

“Hss… This dungeon is absolutely a treasure trove!”

Su Xing’s heart surged with excitement.

Although the Luotian Assembly dungeon would only exist for three years, Su Xing could visit it multiple times through the simulator, extracting enough knowledge to arm himself.

“Junior Martial Nephew Luo, what are you standing there dazed for? Keep up.”

After transmitting the knowledge with a single touch, Shennong Youtian called out to Su Xing.

Su Xing hurried to catch up, wanting to ask Shennong Youtian about other spirit cultivation methods.

But Shennong Youtian merely shook his head slightly and said: “Martial Nephew, you should know the principle that biting off more than you can chew leads to poor digestion…”

Su Xing sighed inwardly, knowing it wasn’t realistic to keep squeezing more out of this Martial Uncle Shennong. Still, the Spirit-Gathering Flower breeding method was absolutely an unexpected windfall.

Moreover, in his next simulation, Su Xing could use the immersive simulation again and try some different approaches!

Su Xing soon led Shennong Youtian to the Luotian Assembly venue.

By now, the Luotian Assembly had just begun. The entire venue was packed with people—a sea of humanity, a dense dark mass stretching as far as the eye could see, impossible to count. All of them were disciples and Elders of the Luotian Sect.

One had to know that just to qualify for the Luotian Assembly, one needed to be at least an inner disciple.

As for the millions of Luotian Sect outer disciples, along with disciples sent from smaller sects as observers, they could only watch from outside the sect gates. They couldn’t be present within the Luotian Assembly venue like Su Xing.

Su Xing looked around with wide-eyed curiosity—left, right, everywhere. After all, every disciple around him was a cultivator. Su Xing had always cultivated alone, and this was the first time he had seen so many cultivators gathered together.

Su Xing soon spotted his master—an ordinary Elder with a long beard and aged features known as Elder Che. Though his strength wasn’t among the top-tier of Elders, his seniority was considerable—he was of the same generation as Shennong Youtian, a fellow senior martial brother.

Seeing Su Xing return, Elder Che gave him a nod, then resumed chatting idly with Shennong Youtian.

Seeing that there was nothing else for him to do, Su Xing’s mind stirred. He decided to take this opportunity to familiarize himself with the Luotian Sect, this pinnacle of the immortal cultivation world.

Just then, the simulator’s notification chimed in Su Xing’s ears.

【Ding, the current immersive simulation is about to end…】