Chapter 298 – The Gold Talent Dragon Vein Geomancy, the True Luotian Legacy! [8k]

Dragon Vein Geomancy?

Su Xing was stunned for a moment. His first reaction was that this was a tomb-excavation type talent, or perhaps one that could locate Spirit Vein Dragons.

But when Su Xing saw the talent’s full description, his eyes immediately lit up.

【Dragon Vein Geomancy】: Gold talent. You are innately gifted with the ability to sense rare treasures, precious minerals, and extraordinary ore veins. You can locate precious ores buried underground — a veritable walking treasure-hunting machine!

“This talent… seems like an upgraded version of the previous Geological Expert!”

Su Xing rubbed his chin and muttered.

The Geological Expert talent had allowed Su Xing to sense exotic metals and spirit ore veins within a certain range.

This Dragon Vein Geomancy talent was clearly stronger than Geological Expert. The items it could sense weren’t limited to just ores — it could also detect all manner of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

“Whew… with this talent, exploring secret realms should become much easier, right?”

Su Xing pondered for a while, preparing to test the new talent’s effects.

Geological Expert had led Su Xing to discover the exotic metal ore veins of the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts, providing him with a massive amount of energy.

Unfortunately, exotic metals were ultimately finite. Su Xing estimated that the exotic metal ore veins in the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts would only last him another two or three months of mining before gradually becoming depleted.

Before then, Su Xing had to find new ore veins.

He wasn’t planning to explore the Blood Demon Cave world for now — after all, that was Old Dog Dragon’s lair, and mining there could easily cause trouble.

“The Dragon Vein Geomancy talent needs to be brought out… so this simulation should focus on raising my Body Tempering cultivation!”

Su Xing thought as his gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you realized you were in a simulation.】

【Ten days later, having accumulated one day of Great Wisdom state enhancement, you traveled to the Luotian Sect dungeon.】

“Use immersive simulation, duration one day.”

【Ding…】

As the simulation notification sounded, Su Xing’s vision shifted.

Appearing in the great hall of the Luotian Sect, Su Xing went through the familiar quest routine.

Then, Luo Qingniu brought Su Xing to the venue of the Luotian Assembly.

Just as Su Xing expected to be “plot-killed” and forcibly escorted out of the assembly, something different happened.

Luo Qingniu, standing beside him, suddenly sighed and said:

“Actually, I know you’re not Xiaochuan…”

“And all of us… have long since ceased to exist…”

Su Xing had been preparing to go read in the Scripture Pavilion. Hearing these words, he suddenly froze.

After forcing a smile, Su Xing instinctively said:

“Master… what are you saying? I don’t understand.”

Luo Qingniu took a deep breath, turned to look at Su Xing, and said earnestly:

“Child, I don’t know who you are or what era you come from… Can you tell me what the real world has become?”

“All of us… have been trapped in this single day for several cosmic cycles now!”

Hearing Luo Qingniu’s words, Su Xing’s heart trembled violently!

So… including Luo Qingniu and Ghost Granny… all the Luotian Sect cultivators knew?!

They had known from the very beginning that they no longer existed in the mortal world?

They had always known… that they were simply acting alongside him all this time?

“Wait… even if they know they’ve been repeating… this should still be the first time they’ve met me!”

“After all, for the Luotian dungeon, each simulation is my first entry!”

Su Xing quickly realized this.

Two years ago, he could enter the dungeon once every year, with three chances to enter the Luotian dungeon per simulation.

Over the past year or so, he only had two chances.

Su Xing estimated that before long, he would only be able to enter the Luotian dungeon once per simulation!

This meant he could enter the Luotian dungeon at most about sixty more times.

Before Luotian shut down completely, Su Xing had to thoroughly uncover all of Luotian’s secrets!

And now, with Su Xing’s cultivation having risen to the Earthly Immortal realm, the dungeon’s storyline had changed once again!

These “NPCs” in the dungeon clearly knew that they were forever stuck on this single day!

“So… what exactly is the Luotian Sect’s attitude toward me?”

“From what I can see, they should be on my side… Should I tell the truth or not?”

“Does my current identity count as a Luotian successor?”

In that moment, several thoughts flashed through Su Xing’s mind.

Just then, Luo Qingniu began explaining on his own.

“Child, regardless of who you are… or how much time has passed… we old relics of the Luotian Sect can only rely on you now!”

“You carry the Luotian Immortal Transformation Art, the Ruyi Visualization Method, the Great Shaman Body Forging Art… and even the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art has appeared on you!”

“I don’t know where you obtained these Luotian secret arts, but in truth, you already qualify as a Luotian successor!”

After a pause, Luo Qingniu continued:

“Before long — perhaps one year, perhaps two — we old relics will completely vanish!”

“Our deaths don’t matter… but the Luotian legacy must not be severed!”

“Though your cultivation is still relatively low at present… regardless, I must tell you everything now!”

As he spoke, Luo Qingniu pointed toward the center of the Luotian Assembly venue.

There, in the center of the vast celestial altar, a palm-sized, ancient mirror slowly rose.

The ancient mirror was engraved with a yin-yang diagram, yet different from the Eight Trigrams — it seemed to exist between reality and illusion…

As if transcending all of time and space, even time itself froze in that moment.

The unassuming yet extraordinary small mirror radiated multicolored light that swept over every person in the Luotian dungeon — except Su Xing…

Su Xing was utterly shocked. The moment this mirror appeared, his heart lurched violently.

Without a doubt, this mirror was a supreme treasure!

One that Su Xing had never seen before, surpassing all others… even far more precious than the Spirit Vein Dragon and the innate Fusang tree branch!

“This mirror… what on earth is it?!”

Su Xing’s heart trembled with shock.

And then, Luo Qingniu answered his question.

“This mirror is called the Luotian Mirror… It is one of three primordial chaos treasures born at the dawn of heaven and earth… transcending all of time, space, destiny, and karmic causality!”

“It could be called… an artifact that suppresses all of eternity!”

“And it is the greatest secret of our Luotian Sect!”

Luo Qingniu glanced at Su Xing and explained:

“Several cosmic cycles ago, after that great battle… our Luotian Sect rapidly crumbled, our strength far diminished from our peak!”

“To preserve the Luotian Sect’s legacy, we chose two plans!”

“The first: select a group of elite, reliable disciples to take some immortal seedlings to other lesser chiliocosms, where they would go into hiding… until the time was right and a powerful enough successor emerged to revive our Luotian Sect!”

“At that time, one hundred and eight disciples ranging from the Earthly Immortal to Golden Immortal realm took hundreds of thousands of immortal seedlings… and departed for different lesser chiliocosms, all to preserve the Luotian legacy!”

“But tens of thousands of years have passed… and not a single branch of Luotian successors has returned… So I think they must have failed!”

At this, a sorrowful look appeared in Luo Qingniu’s eyes.

Su Xing now understood as well. The sorrow he had seen in Luo Qingniu during the previous Luotian Assembly wasn’t merely because the Luotian Sect had suffered an invasion by foreign races and the Luotian Ancestor had fallen in battle…

It was also because the Luotian Sect’s legacy had been severed…

Listening to Luo Qingniu’s grief-stricken tone, Su Xing felt an inexplicable sadness in his own heart.

Luo Qingniu continued:

“The second plan was for all the disciples and elders remaining within the Luotian Sect to hold a Luotian Assembly… sacrificing their freedom to remain frozen on that single day forever!”

“This method used the supreme power of the Luotian Realm to allow the million cultivators within the Luotian Sect to enter it, enjoying eternal life… until the day the Luotian Realm finally lost all its power!”

“Through the Luotian Mirror, we old relics could exist within the mirror for several cosmic cycles… Though we lost our freedom, we preserved the legacy and hope!”

“If one day a Luotian Sect disciple were to return, having reached a realm of cultivation so profound that even the Ancestor never achieved it, perhaps they could bring us back into the world!”

“After that day, the Luotian Mirror expended most of its power just to seal us within…”

At this point, Luo Qingniu sighed:

“What a pity. Several cosmic cycles have passed… The Luotian Mirror grows dimmer by the day, and the remaining energy is no longer sufficient to sustain this illusory world’s existence…”

“And we old relics will fade into oblivion along with the dissolution of the Luotian Realm, lost in the sorrows of time’s river…”

Hearing this, Su Xing’s eyes went wide.

At this moment, he finally understood what the Luotian dungeon truly was!

The Luotian dungeon, endlessly looping through the same day… In reality, every person within the dungeon — or at least some of the “NPCs” — knew that this day was repeating!

They had been sealed within the Luotian Mirror since that day, waiting all along for the appearance of a Luotian successor!

Unfortunately, tens of thousands of years had passed, and no Luotian successor had ever appeared.

And the Luotian Mirror’s power was gradually dissipating…

“So the true form of the Luotian dungeon is the Luotian Mirror!”

“And the Luotian Mirror is what Qingyunzi and the Advent Cult have been searching for all along?”

Su Xing vaguely grasped the full picture now.

As for how precious the Luotian Mirror was — that went without saying.

One of three primordial chaos treasures born at the dawn of heaven and earth, predating the creation of some worlds!

It was also the very foundation upon which the Luotian Sect had been established!

If he could obtain the Luotian Mirror, not only would it mean acquiring a primordial chaos treasure…

He would also inherit all of the Luotian Sect’s treasures and legacy!

These predecessors sealed within the Luotian Mirror… were an incomparably vast repository of knowledge!

At the same time, Su Xing noticed one crucial statement.

Luo Qingniu had said that the Luotian Mirror “possessed the supreme power to transform between the virtual and real”!

Didn’t that mean everything within the Luotian Sect… might actually exist in reality?

Could Su Xing inherit all those boundless treasures and riches?!

At this thought, Su Xing’s heart pounded furiously.

If that were truly the case, this treasure would tempt not just a Grand Luo Golden Immortal — even a living saint would be moved!

“But… how exactly can one inherit the Luotian Mirror?”

Su Xing’s heart burned with desire.

Luo Qingniu glanced at Su Xing and said:

“Over the course of several cosmic cycles, this mirror has encountered quite a few who descended into it… They stumbled into the Luotian Mirror by chance, but most of them had no cultivation!”

“Tens of thousands of years ago… there were some with cultivation who came here, but the highest was only at the Earthly Immortal realm!”

“They were far from meeting the standard to activate the Luotian Mirror…”

“In truth, I shouldn’t be telling you any of this right now!”

“But the Luotian Mirror’s power is almost depleted, and I have no other choice… Since you carry our Luotian Sect’s legacy, would you be willing to do something for us?”

Su Xing’s heart stirred at these words, and he quickly replied:

“This disciple is willing!”

Luo Qingniu nodded with relief, clearly treating this as a last-ditch effort, and said:

“Based on my calculations… the Luotian Mirror has approximately one year and one month before it completely dissipates… During that time, I hope you can find a cultivator at the True Immortal realm or above!”

“Because only a True Immortal realm cultivator… can inherit the Luotian Mirror, restore part of its energy, and extend the Luotian Realm’s existence…”

“As compensation, I am willing to tell you the locations of treasures our Luotian Sect has hidden across various lesser chiliocosms…”

“Though several cosmic cycles have passed and most of the treasures may have been buried in the river of time… surely a good number of them still remain!”

“And all you need to do is find a righteous cultivator at the True Immortal realm or above to become our Luotian Sect’s successor!”

Luo Qingniu first laid out the situation methodically, expressing his sincerity, then followed with incentives.

The treasures the Luotian Sect had hidden around the world were clearly akin to the “Spirit Clan ancestral grounds” — and if there were enough of them, they would be treasures that would tempt even Golden Immortals or Supreme Unity Golden Immortals!

After hearing Luo Qingniu’s words, Su Xing fell silent for a moment, calculating in his mind.

“One year and one month… In reality, that’s roughly just over a year, which is fewer than sixty simulations!”

“During that time, I must reach the True Immortal realm to fully obtain the Luotian Mirror and inherit the Luotian Sect’s legacy?”

“And one year and one month is still too risky… Ideally, I should reach the True Immortal realm within one year, or even half a year, to inherit the Luotian Mirror!”

Su Xing thought to himself.

He naturally wasn’t willing to hand over the Luotian Sect’s legacy to someone else, which meant he had to reach the True Immortal realm within one year!

Currently, Su Xing’s cultivation was at the early-stage Earthly Immortal realm — a full two major realms away from the True Immortal realm!

But Su Xing’s cultivation progressed extremely fast. He was quite confident he could reach the True Immortal realm within thirty to forty simulations!

With that thought, Su Xing didn’t hesitate at all and declared firmly:

“This disciple is willing to find a successor for the Luotian Sect within one year!”

Hearing Su Xing’s answer, Luo Qingniu let out a breath of relief and nodded with gratification. Then he extended a finger toward the center of Su Xing’s brow.

“Here — these are the locations of our Luotian Sect’s thirty-six hidden legacy caches in the outside world, along with the secret methods to open them… I entrust them all to you…”

“Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and I don’t know how much remains… but for you, it should still be a considerable fortune!”

Su Xing gently closed his eyes, digesting the information in his mind, then felt a surge of joy.

These thirty-six hidden caches each contained wealth no less than that of the Spirit Clan ancestral grounds — some even held treasures and legacies several times greater.

“It’s a shame that after hundreds of thousands of years, who knows how much of these treasures remain… but even if only a dozen or so caches survive, that should be enough for me to cultivate all the way to the Mystic Immortal realm, right?”

Su Xing was delighted.

Luo Qingniu then asked:

“Child, although your cultivation is still lacking… you now bear the title of successor to our Luotian Sect…”

“This old man wishes to ask you — what is the situation like in the outside world?”

After finishing his question, a searching look appeared in Luo Qingniu’s eyes.

Anyone trapped in a single realm for hundreds of thousands of years would naturally be curious about the outside world.

After hearing Luo Qingniu’s words, Su Xing pondered for a moment, then spoke at length:

“The Luotian Sect has indeed… vanished from the Three Thousand Worlds.”

“At least on the surface, the Luotian Sect no longer appears anywhere in the Three Thousand Worlds… as for whether it exists in hiding, I do not know…”

When Su Xing finished, Luo Qingniu let out a sigh, and the last shred of hope in his heart was extinguished.

“I once visited the Spirit Realm… It seems to be a place led by a Luotian Sect disciple, Luo Bing’er…”

As Su Xing said this, Ghost Granny suddenly appeared behind him, her voice trembling as she asked:

“Child… what… what did you just say?”

“Luo Bing’er, she… what happened to her?”

Seeing Ghost Granny’s anxious expression, Su Xing fell silent for a moment, then said:

“Luo Bing’er successfully led several thousand immortal seedlings in their escape to the Spirit Realm… but along the way, they were ambushed. She was gravely wounded and passed away not long after…”

“However, those immortal seedling disciples, under the guidance of puppets, still embarked on the path of cultivation…”

“It’s just that in the current world, spiritual energy is scarce. They were unable to practice Qi Refinement, and instead became spirit cultivators, surviving in the Spirit Realm. They renamed themselves the Spirit Clan.”

Hearing Su Xing’s words, Ghost Granny trembled unsteadily, nearly unable to stand.

But Su Xing continued:

“I once received one of the Luotian Sect’s legacies… Senior Sister Luo Bing’er, she said… she still wanted to hear you sing her a lullaby…”

When she heard Su Xing’s final words, Ghost Granny could no longer hold back. Tears streamed down her aged face.

“Bing’er… Bing’er did so well…”

Su Xing watched Ghost Granny weeping inconsolably, and he too was filled with emotion.

After her emotions had calmed somewhat, Su Xing went on to brief Luo Qingniu about the current state of the Three Thousand Worlds.

From the geopolitical situation of the Three Thousand Worlds, to the alien invasion, to how the former Luotian Realm — now Earth and its surrounding instance worlds — was in imminent danger.

When he finished, Luo Qingniu sighed and said:

“When the lips are gone, the teeth grow cold… Such a simple principle, yet the powers of the Three Thousand Worlds fail to understand it. How truly laughable!”

“If the other factions had been willing to lend a hand back then… and coordinate with our Luotian Sect Ancestor, the alien races would have been driven out long ago!”

“Alas, all things between heaven and earth are governed by fate… This calamity is likely one that our Three Thousand Worlds cannot avoid.”

After speaking, Luo Qingniu raised his head to gaze at the sky, lost in thought.

Su Xing seized the opportunity to voice a question that had been weighing on his mind:

“Senior, this disciple wishes to ask… Qingyunzi, the ancestor of the Azure Cloud Sect, attempted the Reverse Severing of the Three Corpses but ultimately failed… This has caused him to fall into demonic corruption, his mind and temperament drastically altered…”

“Is there any way to restore Qingyunzi to his true self? After all, a half-saint is a pillar of our Three Thousand Worlds!”

Luo Qingniu sighed softly upon hearing this and said:

“The Reverse Severing of the Three Corpses, once begun, cannot be stopped…”

“Unless Qingyunzi himself realizes the problem. But with several cosmic cycles’ worth of cultivation effort rendered to nothing… his demonic corruption would only deepen further!”

“With this old man’s knowledge, I fear the outcome cannot be changed…”

Hearing that even Luo Qingniu said there was no solution, Su Xing felt somewhat helpless.

Unless absolutely necessary, having someone of Qingyunzi’s caliber standing on the opposing side was truly not a good thing.

But for now, there was nothing to be done…

“Alas, so be it… I’d better just stay as far away as possible!”

Su Xing shook his head slightly.

This trip to the Luotian Sect had already yielded abundant rewards, and he had no further extravagant wishes.

For the remainder of his time, Su Xing stayed within the Luotian Sect, continuing to study the art of puppetry while also filling in the gaps in his lower-level spell repertoire…

…

Soon, the immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to reality.

“Phew… The Luotian hidden caches really are treasures that would make anyone green with envy!”

“Next, just finding those lesser chiliocosm treasures will be enough for a massive haul!”

Su Xing rubbed his chin, recalling the coordinates of those treasures in his mind.

“Hm? It seems… one of the Luotian hidden caches is located in the Black Water Realm!”

Su Xing’s eyes lit up.

When the Luotian Sect disciples had fled, the various hidden caches were scattered at different distances, and very few were near the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm.

Apart from the Spirit Clan ancestral grounds cache that Su Xing had already obtained, the Black Water Realm was a world whose location he already knew.

“Excellent — I need to visit the Black Water Realm anyway to search for Origin-channeling Flowers. I can investigate while I’m there!”

Su Xing nodded slightly, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.

【After departing from the Luotian instance, your gains were substantial.】

【Over the following year, you successively crafted puppets and attempted to have them establish forces across the Seven Kingdoms and Twelve Domains.】

【The Twelve Domains were chaotic, but strength reigned supreme there. Your puppet organization quickly thrived, becoming a renowned organization within the Domains and bringing you a wealth of goods.】

【Meanwhile, on the Advent Cult’s side, with Luo Shuying’s cooperation, your puppet organization remained relatively concealed…】

【In the second year, you retrieved the previously prepared Origin-channeling Flowers and began attempting to refine the Earth Origin Pill…】

In the real world, Su Xing’s heart stirred at the sight of this. He silently intoned:

“Activate immersive simulation, duration two months!”

【Ding…】

The simulation’s notification chime sounded, and Su Xing’s figure appeared in the simulated world.

Taking out a Spirit Awakening Pill, Su Xing murmured:

“Although the Spirit Awakening Pill’s effects would be better seventy-seven years from now… my progress on the Great Shaman Body Forging Art can’t wait that long!”

“I need to advance the Great Shaman Body Forging Art to the second layer at Perfection as soon as possible… And before that, my refinement technique for the Earth Origin Pill still needs improvement!”

Prior to this, Su Xing’s Earth Origin Pill refinement technique was at the Minor Mastery level, still some distance from Major Mastery.

But only at the Mastery-level could he refine supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills, which would also accelerate his body tempering speed.

Therefore, Su Xing decided to first improve his Earth Origin Pill refinement technique.

After consuming the Spirit Awakening Pill, Su Xing spent the next month in a frenzy of pill refinement.

Refining two batches of Earth Origin Pills per day, in just one month, Su Xing had refined a full sixty batches.

With a success rate of around eighty percent, Su Xing harvested fifty successful batches, totaling one hundred and fifty pills.

“What a shame… still just short of Major Mastery…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly. With one month of immersive simulation time remaining, he continued refining.

Finally, in the last few days of the immersive simulation, Su Xing successfully refined his first batch of supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills!

The effect of supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills was at least double that of ordinary ones!

This meant Su Xing’s refinement skill for the Earth Origin Pill had successfully reached Mastery-level!

…

The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

“Not bad… my pill refinement success rate is roughly ninety percent!”

“And the probability of producing supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills is around ten percent…”

Su Xing estimated that his remaining hundred-and-eighty-plus Earth Origin Pill herbs were enough to refine over five hundred Earth Origin Pills — sufficient for nearly fifty years of cultivation!

“Before the Black Water Realm hidden cache opens, I can afford to stay on Earth for a few more years and train in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art!”

With this thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【Over the following period, you spent half a year refining a total of one hundred and eighty batches of Earth Origin Pills, yielding 470 pills and fifty supreme-grade Earth Origin Pills.】

【You began consuming Earth Origin Pills to assist your Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation!】

【The second layer of the Great Shaman Body Forging Art refines the essence, blood, and physical body, further cultivating the primordial energy within!】

【Without consuming Earth Origin Pills, you could still cultivate, but the speed would be extremely slow — progress nearly imperceptible.】

【But after taking the Earth Origin Pills, you could clearly feel your body tempering speed increase several-fold.】

【One Earth Origin Pill per month yielded cultivation progress equivalent to half a year of ordinary training!】

【And so, eight years passed.】

【In the tenth year, you sensed slight progress in your Great Shaman Body Forging Art. The primordial energy flower within your body had bloomed slightly further.】

【The primordial energy within you flowed ceaselessly, and even your physical strength had increased by roughly ten percent compared to before.】

【Delighted, you continued your Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation.】

【And so, another ten years passed.】

【During these ten years, aside from cultivation, you occasionally made time to explore instance worlds near Earth, hoping to find large-scale exotic metal mineral veins within them.】

【But after exploring dozens of instance worlds, you only discovered a few first and second-order exotic metal veins — hardly enough to pique your interest.】

【Your Dragon Vein Geomancy talent granted you an innate sensitivity, allowing you to detect traces of exotic metals and rare natural treasures within a ten-li (5 km) radius.】

【The higher the quality of ores and treasures, the stronger the sensation…】

【Over ten years, you traversed all those instance worlds but found nothing significant, confirming that those instances truly contained no high-grade exotic metal mineral veins…】

In the real world, Su Xing felt somewhat helpless at this.

“Within Great Xia’s borders, over ninety percent of the exotic metal instances have probably already been seized by Great Xia… After thousands of years of accumulation, acquiring large quantities of exotic metals still requires going through them!”

“Still… this Dragon Vein Geomancy talent is quite remarkable. The previous Geological Expert had a range of only one li (500 m), but now it’s been expanded to ten li (5 km) — that’s a hundredfold increase in search efficiency!”

Su Xing was quite satisfied with this, though it was unfortunate that exotic metals in Earth’s instances were limited.

Perhaps afterward, Su Xing could explore instance worlds in other countries, or go directly into the Three Thousand Worlds to search?

“No rush for now… but after twenty years, it’s about time I head to the Three Thousand Worlds!”

With this thought, Su Xing turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【In the twentieth year, your Great Shaman Body Forging Art improved further, though your search for exotic metal mineral veins yielded nothing.】

【You decided to set out for the Three Thousand Worlds to seek the Luotian hidden caches…】

【You informed Great Xia’s leadership about the aliens’ future large-scale invasion, but convincing them to abandon their homeland was a tall order. Even with your best efforts at persuasion, you could only help preserve Great Xia’s seed of survival.】

【Fortunately, your family and friends were willing to accompany you to the Three Thousand Worlds to seek refuge…】

【After passing through the spatial rift, you arrived at the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!】

【After settling your family and close ones in White Emperor City, you went to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion to sell intelligence, acquiring a large batch of resources in the process.】

【That same year, you piloted the Flowing Cloud Golden Light Vessel and departed for the Black Water Realm!】

【Upon arriving in the Black Water Realm, you immediately headed to the location Luo Qingniu had told you about.】

【But despite scouring the area and leveraging the full power of your Dragon Vein Geomancy… you found no trace of the Luotian Sect’s hidden cache.】

【You speculated that perhaps the Luotian Sect cultivators had been intercepted and killed en route… or perhaps the Luotian hidden cache had already been discovered by other cultivators and was no longer here…】

【But you were not about to give up. Instead, you remained in the Black Water Realm, using your Dragon Vein Geomancy talent to search for any possible treasures.】

【The vast majority of the Black Water Realm was covered in ocean, with very little land, but it did host one cultivation sect — the Black Water Sect!】

【Disguised and with your aura concealed, you infiltrated the Black Water Sect to investigate…】

【To your surprise, your investigation did reveal a trace of the Luotian hidden cache…】

【Ancient texts within the Black Water Sect recorded that they were not native cultivators of the Black Water Realm, but had migrated from another realm hundreds of thousands of years ago.】

【Their ancestors had even produced cultivators of the Heavenly Immortal realm!】

【But over the endless passage of time, the original cultivators had fractured and scattered, taking portions of the legacy with them. They had also lost the Black Water Sect’s most precious inherited treasure — the Blackwater Banner!】

【Legend held that this banner was a supreme post-celestial treasure, capable of commanding the formidable weak water to devour all things in existence…】

【Learning that the Luotian hidden cache scattered in the Black Water Realm had already been claimed, you felt some disappointment, but still conducted a thorough investigation.】

【You discovered that several cultivators in the Black Water Realm bore traces of having practiced the Blood Immortal Scripture. This confirmed that the Advent Cult had already deeply infiltrated the Black Water Realm…】

In the real world, Su Xing frowned slightly at this.

“The Blackwater Banner… a supreme post-celestial treasure?”

If Su Xing recalled correctly, he had once encountered a taciturn cultivator within the Advent Cult who had wielded a powerful offensive technique that seemed remarkably similar to this Blackwater Banner.

“Could it be that the Luotian hidden cache, along with the Blackwater Banner, was obtained by that cultivator?”

Su Xing furrowed his brow and calculated the timeline.

“At this point in time… that cultivator should still be in the Black Water Realm. Perhaps the Luotian hidden cache is on his person right now?”

Su Xing’s eyes lit up, and he turned his gaze to the simulation panel.

【The Blackwater Banner undoubtedly piqued your interest. You began searching the Black Water Realm for traces of the taciturn cultivator you had previously encountered.】

【It didn’t take long before you located the taciturn cultivator’s position.】

【To avoid alerting the Advent Cult, you waited patiently for the right moment.】

【Soon, three years passed…】

【In the twenty-third year, one day the taciturn cultivator left the Black Water Sect and headed out over the endless ocean, finally stopping above a certain stretch of sea before diving headfirst into the water.】

【Mildly puzzled, you concealed your aura and followed at a great distance, monitoring his movements with your divine sense…】