Chapter 462 – The Dao-Enlightenment Tea Duplication Plan, Flattery from Foreign Race Emissaries
by spirapiraChapter 462 – The Dao-Enlightenment Tea Duplication Plan, Flattery from Foreign Race Emissaries
In the Real World, Su Xing’s heart stirred when he saw this.
“The second-generation Red Moon? The current Chief God of Slaughter… why would he seek me out?”
Narrowing his eyes, Su Xing thought of a possibility.
“Tsk tsk, it seems this lesser demon deity identity really is quite popular!”
“Two opposing chief gods — looks like they’re going to take turns trying to recruit me…”
To verify his thoughts, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Year Twenty: The current Chief God of Slaughter — the second-generation Red Moon — contacted you.】
【Just as you had predicted, the Chief God of Slaughter’s purpose in contacting you was simple: merely to ask you not to interfere in the struggle between him and the first-generation Red Moon.】
【For this, the second-generation Red Moon was willing to gift you three hundred thousand catties of third-rank deity blood essence as compensation.】
【You were naturally more than happy to oblige.】
【And so, you played both sides, accepting the second-generation Red Moon’s payment.】
【To prevent the matter from being exposed, after playing both sides, you found an excuse to leave the foreign race’s base camp and headed to an uninhabited stretch of the void.】
【Reverting to your true form, you traveled to the Azure Cloud Sect…】
Su Xing smacked his lips and said:
“Tsk tsk, the current Clan Leader of the Red-Eye race really is generous!”
“Three hundred thousand catties of third-rank deity blood essence… that’s three billion origin energy!”
“Although it’s quite far off — twenty years away — I should note it down for now!”
After a pause, Su Xing continued:
“Now then, it’s time to proceed with the simulation of my true body!”
“Although cultivation will be hard to raise in the short term, I can’t waste the opportunity for immersive comprehension…”
Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【After arriving at the Azure Cloud Sect, you carried on as usual — trading with Qingyunzi, teaching Fairy Ziling the art of spirit cultivation…】
【Year Fifty: After taking all of the Luo Tian legacy, you arrived at the White Cloud Realm.】
【Over the next fifty years, you entered the Luotian Realm within the White Cloud Realm, activated the thirty-times internal-external time flow rate, and began studying the Dao of alchemy.】
【Year One Hundred: At this point, the Late Bloomer talent successfully triggered, and you prepared to begin comprehending the Great Dao.】
“Use immersive simulation… duration one hundred years!”
【Ding… remaining origin energy: 20,008,492 points…】
…
Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing’s consciousness returned to reality.
“A hundred years of immersive simulation… gone in the snap of a finger!”
Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, feeling somewhat unsatisfied.
That sensation of Great Dao comprehension rapidly advancing was as wonderful as ever.
“But it’s a shame… the Great Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny still remains at the fifth realm Minor Mastery level…”
Su Xing pondered briefly. The rate at which his Dao comprehension was advancing had become somewhat too slow.
“Starting the simulation as a lesser demon means I can’t enjoy the boost from Plus One, which cuts my comprehension efficiency by more than half. No wonder it’s like this…”
“However, it’s not as though there’s no way to accelerate Dao comprehension!”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, thinking of the supreme treasure he possessed — the Luotian Mirror!
Beyond controlling the time flow rate within the Luotian Realm, the Luotian Mirror had another important ability: duplication!
Su Xing had tried before — duplicating a single leaf of Dao-Enlightenment Tea took approximately fifty to one hundred years!
Thus, as long as Su Xing dedicated one simulation specifically to duplicating Dao-Enlightenment Tea, he could produce several dozen additional leaves.
These Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves would be enough to grant Su Xing another hundred years’ worth of immersive simulation!
When the time came, Su Xing’s speed of comprehending the Great Dao would increase by seventy to eighty percent.
“In the next simulation, I won’t use the Dao-Enlightenment Tea — I’ll duplicate it first, then bring it back to reality… that will maximize efficiency!”
“Unfortu’nahtely, the simulator only allows the same item to be brought out once, otherwise I could duplicate infinitely…”
Su Xing murmured.
“As for the remaining time in this simulation… I’ll work on improving the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation a bit!”
Thinking so, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Year Two Hundred: The immersive simulation ended. Within the White Cloud Realm, you began delving into the Dao of alchemy.】
【Year Three Hundred: The Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s Celestial Vessel descended.】
【Year Three Hundred Twenty: The Celestial Vessel defense battle erupted…】
【Year Three Hundred Thirty: After arriving at the Celestial Secrets Realm, you prepared to enter the Mirror of The Void.】
“Use immersive simulation…”
【Ding…】
…
Soon, the one-year immersive simulation ended.
Su Xing slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the panel.
“Even with the Mirror of The Void boosting me, the Dao of Cause and Effect and Destiny is still at the fifth realm Minor Mastery? It seems my talent in this Dao truly is mediocre!”
“Though it doesn’t seem too far from fifth realm Major Mastery…”
After a pause, Su Xing continued:
“Moreover, from the Celestial Secrets Pavilion Master, I obtained intelligence regarding blood-and-flesh type heavenly treasures…”
“Future simulations can pinpoint their locations, and I can go harvest them when needed!”
“The Heavenly Secrets Domain rewards have been achieved. The only remaining objective now is to explore the location of the Celestial Sun Grass…”
Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【Year Three Hundred Thirty-One: You departed the Heavenly Secrets Domain, preparing to head for the Celestial Demon Domain.】
【Year Three Hundred Seventy: You arrived at the Celestial Demon Domain.】
【From then on, you simultaneously promoted the Rebirth Pill and searched for the location of the Celestial Sun Grass, studying the Dao of alchemy in your spare time.】
【Thus, a thousand years quietly passed…】
【Year One Thousand Four Hundred: You finished exploring three regions, all without finding any trace of the Celestial Sun Grass.】
【You did not lose heart and began exploring a fourth region…】
【Year One Thousand Six Hundred: Chaos erupted across the Celestial Demon Domain.】
【The Celestial Demon General fought one against two, unable to spare attention for you.】
【You died under the combined assault of two first-tier deities…】
【Ding — this simulation has ended!】
As the Chime fell silent, Su Xing’s final simulation opportunity was also used up.
“Phew… a simulation of one thousand six hundred years?”
“For my upcoming plans, that’s actually quite decent…”
“Though what’s truly valuable is just each immersive simulation session, plus whatever intelligence I gathered!”
Su Xing did some quick calculations. A hundred years of immersive simulation cost only thirty to forty thousand origin energy.
Even after Su Xing obtained more Dao-Enlightenment Tea, it would only amount to two hundred years of immersive simulation.
On average, each simulation cost no more than a hundred thousand origin energy.
But Su Xing’s strength was steadily increasing!
“When there’s no way to advance in cultivation rank… this is indeed the best method for increasing strength!”
Su Xing murmured.
“For the next half year, I’ll need to play along with the foreign races, biding my time until at least Red Moon’s payment arrives… accumulating enough origin energy to break through to Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!”
“And during this period, it’s the perfect time to deepen my Dao comprehension and build up my foundations!”
Su Xing stroked his chin. His foundations were currently insufficient, so he could only lie low for a while.
The moment an opportunity arose, Su Xing would advance to Supreme Unity and stun the world…
“Moreover, there’s only a year and a half left until Red Moon fully revives… I must find a way to kill him before then!”
“Otherwise, all of Earth will be in danger…”
Su Xing took a deep breath, his thoughts churning continuously.
In the end, his gaze settled on this simulation’s rewards.
“Let me claim the rewards first…”
【Heaven and Earth as Formation】: Red talent. Cost: 100 origin energy.
【Alchemy Insight】: One thousand years of alchemy insight. Cost: 1,000,000 origin energy.
Glancing at the reward list, the alchemy insight was decent, but the price tag of one million origin energy was still too steep.
That was enough for Su Xing’s next ten-plus or even more immersive simulations. Directly extracting the alchemy insight was certainly not worth it.
“Phew… in that case, I’ll choose to extract the Heaven and Earth as Formation talent…”
As his words fell, the simulator’s Chime sounded in his ears.
【Ding — congratulations on extracting the red talent Heaven and Earth as Formation… remaining origin energy: 20,008,027 points…】
Glancing at the simulation panel, there were still five days until the next simulation cooldown ended.
“Now, all I have to do is quietly wait for those two emissaries to arrive…”
Su Xing gently closed his eyes, gradually concealing his aura within the void.
…
In the blink of an eye, five days passed.
In a sudden moment, Su Xing — who had been resting with his eyes closed — abruptly opened them. A glimmer of light flashed through his ink-black pupils.
“They’re here…”
Su Xing noted silently to himself.
After those words fell, roughly a quarter of an hour passed.
A passage tore open in the void near Su Xing.
Two alien figures emerged from the passage.
One was short and monkey-like in stature, its claws gleaming with terrifying radiance—this was a Shadow Deity, skilled in spatial laws.
The other was also humanoid, but its head was disproportionately large, like a bushel basket, taking up roughly half its body volume… This was a Tu’nah Deity, a race among the alien tribes skilled in the Laws of Destiny.
“Just as the simulation said—both of them are first-tier deities!”
Su Xing drew a deep breath, suppressing the unease in his heart.
With just his true body’s strength, if these two alien deities discovered his identity, the odds would be stacked heavily against him.
“Don’t panic… As long as I act exactly as I did in the simulation, there won’t be any problems… and I’ll swindle a massive amount of origin energy out of them!”
Su Xing murmured to himself.
After Su Xing spotted the two emissaries, they also noticed him.
“That must be him, right? The newly ascended deity of the lesser demon race!”
“The key compatriot our lord mentioned…”
The two emissaries exchanged a glance, whispered a few words to each other, then rapidly approached Su Xing.
But when they drew close to him, both froze in unison.
“This… this aura!”
“A first-tier deity!??”
In Su Xing’s line of sight, both alien emissaries displayed unmistakably human-like expressions of shock.
Then, the way they looked at Su Xing grew increasingly gentle and respectful.
“Hello… My name is Batu, and this is…”
The two emissaries spoke in the alien tongue, but Su Xing, having taken on the form of a lesser demon, naturally understood every word.
With Su Xing’s masterful acting, he revealed just the right hint of wariness on his face.
What followed was Su Xing’s time to shine with his performance.
Through conversation with the two emissaries, Su Xing gleaned some intelligence.
Before long, he had also earned the trust of both emissaries.
Afterward, the two emissaries proceeded as expected to take Su Xing to the Void Realm.
At the same time, just as in the simulation, they gave Su Xing a sum of blood essence.
Su Xing pretended to store the blood essence in his personal space, but in reality converted it directly into origin energy.
With that, the origin energy at Su Xing’s disposal reached 40,008,027 points!
In just a brief conversation, Su Xing had gained a full twenty million origin energy!
“Tsk tsk, there’s truly never been a moment as wonderful as this!”
“All I have to do is move my lips, and the origin energy rolls right in!”
“Looks like the origin energy needed for advancing to Peak Supreme Unity Golden Immortal is well within reach now!”
Elation surged in Su Xing’s heart as he quickly followed the two emissaries, preparing to head for the Void Realm.
But Su Xing knew that before long, the Red Moon would intercept them midway.
With no great pressure weighing on his mind, and with the Shadow Deity’s assistance, the three entered a miniature black vessel and fled through the void.
…
Half a day later, Su Xing sat inside the black vessel with his eyes closed, resting.
The two emissaries piloted the black vessel as it continued sailing through the void.
Each teleportation carried them across vast stretches of emptiness.
This black vessel’s speed was even faster than Su Xing’s own!
“Tsk tsk, the alien races really do have quite a few tricks up their sleeves…”
Su Xing thought to himself.
He casually glanced at the simulation panel—a new round of simulation chances had already refreshed.
“This simulation is solely for bringing out the Dao-Enlightenment Tea!”
“So there’s no need for an immersive simulation…”
Su Xing silently recited:
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #173 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 40,008,027 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 0.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a talent costs 1 origin energy point. Draw?】
“Yes!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn the gold talent Twin-Souled Body. Next draw gold talent probability: 80%, red talent probability: 20%…】
【Twin-Souled Body】: Gold talent. Your body houses two souls, granting extraordinary talent and cognitive ability beyond ordinary people… However, under the dual-soul condition, severe side effects may occasionally occur.
Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly.
“Twin-Souled Body… two souls in one body?”
“Its effects probably surpass an ordinary gold talent… but the side effects are too obvious…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly, turning his gaze directly to the simulation panel.
【Inside the black vessel, you realize you are in a simulation.】
【One month later, you successfully form an alliance with the Red Moon.】
【Over the next ten years, you continuously receive large quantities of blood essence gifted by the alien races…】
【Year twenty: You are courted by the second-generation Red Moon. You promise to remain neutral, aiding neither side.】
【After receiving the promised blood essence, you assume human form.】
【You travel to the Azure Cloud Sect and successfully negotiate a trade with Qingyunzi.】
【Afterward, you leave the Azure Cloud Sect, cross the Endless Sea, and arrive at the Canglang Realm.】
【Based on your intelligence, the Canglang Realm faces no risk of destruction within a thousand years, so you safely enter the Luotian Realm.】
【You produce the Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves you prepared in advance and begin continuously infusing them with spiritual power.】
【As Peak Golden Immortal spiritual power flows in without cease, a Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaf identical to the original gradually takes shape…】
【The entire process takes a full sixty years before you successfully copy the first Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaf.】
【During these sixty years, you infuse spiritual power daily. Were it not for your ample supply of immortal liquid, you would have been drained dry long ago.】
【You then rest for approximately ten years before beginning the second copy.】
【Simulation year one hundred and ten: You begin copying the second Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaf.】
【But after several attempts, you discover that no matter how you infuse spiritual power, the Dao-Enlightenment Tea can no longer be copied.】
【Alarmed and bewildered, you try taking out a different, as-yet-uncopied Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaf…】
【Strangely, this uncopied leaf can still be successfully duplicated.】
【You hurriedly consult the Artifact Spirit. This contradicts what it previously stated about unlimited copying… Each type of heavenly treasure can only be copied once by the Luotian Mirror!】
【The Luotian Mirror’s Artifact Spirit doesn’t know why this is the case either, and can only explain that perhaps because it hasn’t been fully restored, its capabilities are diminished compared to before.】
【Though somewhat regretful upon hearing this, you say nothing more and continue copying the Dao-Enlightenment Tea…】
In the real world, Su Xing furrowed his brow slightly upon seeing this.
“The Luotian Mirror can only copy each one once…”
“In that case, the amount of Dao-Enlightenment Tea I can bring out is considerably less!”
Su Xing did the math. He currently held three Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves.
This meant that of the twelve leaves Qingyunzi had given him in the simulation, three had already been copied.
Therefore, Su Xing could only copy nine more.
Bringing out nine Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves, plus the three already in his hands, would make twelve!
“If I can trade with Qingyunzi in every simulation… that would be a total of twenty-four Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves…”
“Meaning the total number of Dao-Enlightenment Tea servings would be nine cups!”
“At eighteen years per cup for full absorption, digesting all nine cups would take a total of 144 years!”
“And if I factor in the additional forty-nine used Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves, that comes to…”
“Three extra cups of Dao-Enlightenment Tea, plus forty-nine Dao-Hearing Pills…”
“But I can’t calculate it entirely that way… Qingyunzi’s nine leaves can also be copied one more time!”
After a brief calculation, Su Xing murmured:
“By this reckoning, spending over two hundred years in immersive simulation… the gains from each session of Great Dao comprehension will be nearly double what they were before…”
“That meets expectations!”
With the calculations done, Su Xing decided not to dwell on it further and turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.
【Year one hundred and seventy: The second Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaf is successfully copied.】
【You proceed at a pace of one leaf every seventy years, spending over six hundred years in total to copy all remaining Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves.】
【Year eight hundred: You now hold twenty-four Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves in total.】
【You begin attempting to copy the forty-nine used Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves that Qingyunzi traded to you.】
【Because the used tea leaves have greatly diminished potency, each copy takes only ten years…】
【Year one thousand three hundred: You successfully copy all forty-nine used Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves.】
【Having achieved your objective, your heart is free of burden, and you decide to explore the Heavenly Secrets Domain.】
【But by now, the situation in the Heavenly Secrets Domain has become dire.】
【After only a hundred years, you encounter a hunt led by Blood Two.】
【You died!】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
Though the simulation lasted only one thousand four hundred years, Su Xing felt no disappointment whatsoever. Instead, he eagerly turned his gaze to the simulation rewards.
【Twin-Souled Body】: Gold talent. Sale price: 10 origin energy points.
【Dao-Enlightenment Tea, 21 leaves (intact), 98 leaves (used)】: Tea leaves produced by the Dao-Enlightenment Tree, a Prenatal-grade sacred tree. Possesses the effect of enhancing wisdom and inducing enlightenment. When brewed and consumed as tea, one can easily enter a state of heightened comprehension, with no diminishing returns from multiple uses. Steeped Dao-Enlightenment Tea leaves also retain certain efficacy and serve as a key ingredient in refining certain enlightenment-boosting pills. Sale price: 6,160,000 origin energy points.