Chapter 374 – Eight Million Origin Energy, Su Xing Strikes It Rich!
by spirapiraChapter 374 – Eight Million Origin Energy, Su Xing Strikes It Rich!
At this moment, counting the origin energy he had previously accumulated in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, the energy in Su Xing’s hands once again exceeded two million!
“Phew, the origin energy I have on hand is finally not so tight anymore…”
“Besides, apart from the Tarot Society, there’s still a large sum of energy that hasn’t been harvested… I need to go retrieve that energy as soon as possible!”
Before leaving Earth, Su Xing had made many arrangements.
Including the Tarot Society, the puppet organization’s trades across the Seven Kingdoms and Twelve Domains… and the trades with Xia’s military!
Over the past two-plus months, although Su Xing hadn’t been on Earth, these transactions had continued.
Especially the accumulation from Xia’s military.
Over two months’ time, Lu Yuanwu should have accumulated quite a stockpile of Exotic Metal Ore.
And Su Xing happened to have a new batch of pills obtained from the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm!
Among them, the Rebirth Pills that Su Xing had personally refined were the most valuable!
If Su Xing wished, he could even forcibly use Rebirth Pills to create a Body Tempering immortal!
Even if it were merely the lowest Human Immortal physique, it would still be far more powerful than an ordinary so-called “God-level Class User.”
“On Earth, humanity’s overall strength is still too weak… It really is time to elevate it further!”
“However, before trading with Lu Yuanwu, I need to make another trip to the Seven Kingdoms and Twelve Domains…”
Su Xing murmured, planning to first go to the Seven Kingdoms and Twelve Domains to retrieve all the goods that had been traded during this period.
Su Xing’s figure flickered and vanished from the spirit field grotto-heaven.
With a single step, Su Xing traversed ten thousand li (5,000 km), arriving at the Twelve Domains in the span of a breath.
Within the Twelve Domains, every puppet core bore a soul imprint planted by Su Xing.
With a single thought, Su Xing could command all the puppets to deliver every last bit of goods and resources.
In just half a day, Su Xing smoothly retrieved all the goods that the puppets across the Seven Kingdoms and Twelve Domains had accumulated over the past two-plus months.
These goods filled dozens of storage rings to the brim!
After retrieving these goods and resources, Su Xing took out some Talismans, pills, and other supplies to replenish the puppet organization, ensuring enough stock for the next half year of trading.
After finishing all this, Su Xing returned to Great Xia.
In the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing’s heart stirred, and the simulator’s Chime sounded in his ears.
【Ding, detected substances containing large amounts of energy, valued at 390,000 origin energy. Absorb?】
【Ding, detected… valued at 186,000 origin energy… Absorb?】
【Ding, detected…】
Over a dozen consecutive chimes rang out, and Su Xing looked at the skyrocketing energy on his panel, grinning from ear to ear.
As the string of chimes concluded, Su Xing’s origin energy surged to an unprecedented number!
4,763,654 points!
Nearly five million origin energy!
Looking at this explosive growth in origin energy, Su Xing felt an unprecedented sense of security.
“This origin energy is enough for me to break through to the Mystic Immortal realm in Qi Refinement cultivation, and even push further beyond that!”
“After Mystic Immortal, a single realm breakthrough will probably require a million origin energy… but this still isn’t enough for me to break through to Golden Immortal…”
Su Xing sighed. If he could push all the way to Golden Immortal in one go, his safety would be greatly assured!
After all, Supreme Unity Golden Immortals weren’t exactly common even in the Three Thousand Worlds…
And at Golden Immortal strength, the Red Moon wouldn’t be able to easily erase Su Xing either.
“Nearly five million origin energy… and there’s still a batch of exotic metals from Xia’s military that I haven’t collected. I wonder how much they’re worth…”
Su Xing felt a twinge of anticipation. He disguised his appearance and concealed his aura with breath-concealing, then prepared to go find Lu Yuanwu.
His divine sense swept out like a tide, covering the entire Capital City. Su Xing quickly located Lu Yuanwu’s figure in a certain room within the military district.
The next second, Su Xing appeared behind Lu Yuanwu.
“Who’s there!?”
Lu Yuanwu was startled by the figure that had suddenly appeared in the room.
But when he saw Su Xing’s appearance, Lu Yuanwu’s heart jolted with recognition. He hurried forward and said:
“Senior! You’ve finally come back… During the time you were away, I missed you terribly!”
Seeing Lu Yuanwu’s excited demeanor, Su Xing wasn’t surprised. He simply asked in a calm tone:
“While I was away, the military didn’t run into any problems, did it?”
Lu Yuanwu thought carefully for a moment, then shook his head:
“Nothing major…”
“With all the pills you provided us before, Senior, humanity’s overall strength compared to two years ago has multiplied several times over!”
“Especially Heavenly King-stage and above Class Users… this year alone, we’ll probably see several hundred newly born!”
Lu Yuanwu grew emotional as he spoke.
Heavenly King-stage Class Users, once rare and precious, were now surging in numbers, their status practically equivalent to what Grandmaster Class Users used to hold.
However, Lu Yuanwu’s own strength was firmly at the Legendary-stage, and he remained one of Earth’s human race’s top combatants.
Then Lu Yuanwu seemed to recall something. He hesitated for a moment before saying:
“Oh, right, Senior… if there’s one thing that has changed.”
“During the time you were away… the strength of the alien races in Demon-Sealing Pass seems to have increased again.”
“If humanity’s strength hadn’t improved so drastically during this period… the aliens might have actually broken through Demon-Sealing Pass…”
After hearing Lu Yuanwu’s words, Su Xing fell into thought for a moment.
The alien races growing stronger was a trend.
And the Red Moon still hadn’t even made its move yet… If the Red Moon decided to summon the red-eyed aliens in earnest, humanity on Earth would have absolutely no power to resist…
However, the Red Moon seemed to still be planning something, so there shouldn’t be any issues within the next few years.
Su Xing treated this as a normal increase in alien strength and shifted focus to the Advent Cult, asking:
“What about the Advent Cult… have there been any unexpected developments?”
Lu Yuanwu thought for a moment, then shook his head:
“The Advent Cult doesn’t seem to have made any major moves… but there have been some internal mishaps… I don’t know the specific details yet.”
Su Xing was momentarily stunned. Internal mishaps?
The first person Su Xing thought of was Luo Shuying.
Could something have gone wrong on Luo Shuying’s end?
But… everything had been fine before.
Su Xing suppressed the uneasy premonition in his heart for now and turned to Lu Yuanwu:
“During this time… Xia’s military should have accumulated quite a lot of exotic metals, right?”
“I happen to have some new goods on my end, very high quality… are you interested?”
Hearing Su Xing’s words, Lu Yuanwu broke into a sly, cunning smile, then said coyly:
“Senior~ you know how it is, our human race has been walking on thin ice all these years…”
“Those exotic metals are accumulations spanning thousands, even tens of thousands of years…”
Before he could finish, Su Xing rolled his eyes and said:
“Cut the act!”
Lu Yuanwu immediately straightened up and said seriously:
“Reporting to Senior, during this period I’ve requisitioned exotic metals from national reserves across Great Xia… and also spent a fortune purchasing from abroad… We’ve indeed obtained a considerable amount of exotic metals!”
At this point, Lu Yuanwu asked in a low voice:
“But may I ask, what exactly are these new goods that Senior mentioned?”
Su Xing wasn’t annoyed. He knew this old fox was the type who wouldn’t release his hawk until he saw the rabbit. If he wanted to get his hands on a large batch of exotic metals, he’d need to offer something enticing first.
So Su Xing took out three bottles of pills, handed them over, and said:
“These pills are called Rebirth Pills… they come in three grades of quality.”
“Sixth-order, seventh-order, and eighth-order, respectively.”
“A sixth-order Rebirth Pill can help a Martial Sovereign break through to Legendary; a seventh-order Rebirth Pill can help a Legendary-stage break through to Emperor level; an eighth-order Rebirth Pill can help an emperor-level class user break through to the Saint-stage!”
“With quality like this, are you satisfied?”
Hearing Su Xing’s words, Lu Yuanwu’s first reaction was to wonder if something was wrong with his ears.
The previous trades with Su Xing had been impressive, sure, but they’d never reached the level of Saint-stage…
Since when had Emperor and Saint-stage Class Users become so cheap? You could advance just by taking a few bottles of pills?
If anyone else had said this, Lu Yuanwu absolutely wouldn’t have believed it. But the person saying this was Su Xing, and he trusted him one hundred percent!
Lu Yuanwu swallowed hard, feeling like the pills in his hands were almost too hot to hold.
Pills capable of producing a Saint-stage—even selling himself wouldn’t be enough to pay for them!
“Senior… do these pills really work as miraculously as you say?” Lu Yuanwu’s voice trembled slightly.
Su Xing gave a slight nod and explained in detail:
“These pills do indeed work as described, but there are some restrictions and conditions for taking them…”
“The sixth-order Rebirth Pill is to be taken by Martial Sovereign-stage Class Users, one pill per month… After approximately two to three years, they’ll possess the strength of a power-type Martial Sovereign!”
“The seventh and eighth orders follow the same principle…”
“Besides the somewhat lengthy consumption period, the key point is that long-term use of these pills may cause Class Users to become irritable and lose control.”
“But these side effects will disappear once they stop taking the pills…”
“Even so, it’s best to select Class Users with firm mental fortitude for consumption, and you should also arrange for psychologists to provide regular counseling for these Class Users…”
Hearing Su Xing’s words, Lu Yuanwu breathed a sigh of relief.
Good—pills this overpowered having no side effects would have been too good to be true!
Besides, compared to the enormous gains… these minor side effects were nothing!
Now, the only question was…
Lu Yuanwu fidgeted at this thought and asked:
“Senior… these sixth-order pills are still too high-grade. Do you have fifth-order pills that could help Heavenly King-stage Class Users advance to Martial Sovereign?”
Su Xing nodded and tossed over another bottle of pills:
“These are fifth-order Rebirth Pills, ten per bottle. Ten months of use will help a Heavenly King advance to Martial Sovereign…”
“I thought you’d be asking for higher-grade pills… but you only want fifth-order ones.”
Su Xing sighed.
Lu Yuanwu gave an awkward laugh and was about to speak when something suddenly occurred to him. He swallowed and said:
“Senior… are you saying there are even higher-grade pills!?”
Lu Yuanwu swore that all the shocks he’d experienced in his entire life didn’t add up to this single day!
Eighth-order pills could produce a Saint-stage… so what about even higher ninth-order pills?
Lu Yuanwu already had a premonition in his heart.
Su Xing casually tossed over yet another bottle of pills and said:
“These are ninth-order Rebirth Pills. They can help a Saint-stage advance to a demigod-level class user…”
Upon receiving Su Xing’s confirmation, Lu Yuanwu was so shocked he nearly fell on his backside, barely managing to keep hold of the batch of ninth-order Rebirth Pills in his hands.
“These are pills that can produce a demigod-level class user!”
Lu Yuanwu’s very heart was trembling.
“How long has it been… since humanity last produced a god-level class user?”
“Eight thousand years… or ten thousand?”
“Since when did Emperor-level Class Users become the ceiling for the human race…”
Thinking of this, Lu Yuanwu’s eyes actually grew misty with tears.
“And now… a single small bottle of pills can allow humanity to produce a demigod-level class user—an existence that crushes everything!”
Lu Yuanwu looked at the batch of pills in his hands as if seeing the hope of the human race.
As if seeing the future of humanity!
Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Yuanwu declared:
“Senior! These pills… no matter what the cost, please sell them to our human race!”
“These aren’t just pills—they’re the future of humanity!”
Su Xing, however, found it hard to share the sentiment. From Lu Yuanwu’s perspective—or rather, from the perspective of Earth’s human race—God-level was perhaps the highest they could envision…
But only by leaving this corner of the world and venturing into the vast beyond… would one understand.
God-level Class Users were nothing more than ants…
But as a businessman, Su Xing naturally wouldn’t say any of this. Instead, he said:
“Name your price… If I think it’s fair, I’ll sell them to you.”
“These pills—I have… plenty!”
Rebirth Pills were practically worthless to Su Xing.
If he wanted to, he could spend a single simulation opportunity and bring out hundreds of thousands, even millions of them!
Therefore, Su Xing was essentially giving them away at half price.
While acquiring origin energy was important… strengthening the human race was equally critical.
With Su Xing’s current level of power and status, these pills were nothing more than dust slipping through the cracks of his fingernails.
Though Su Xing spoke lightly of it, Lu Yuanwu didn’t take it lightly at all. He said:
“Senior, during this period, I’ve collected a total of one hundred thousand tons of fourth-order exotic metal… five hundred thousand tons of third-order exotic metal… and nearly three million tons of second-order exotic metal.”
“With my authority, I can now make the decision to trade all of these exotic metals with Senior. I’m not sure how many pills that would get us?”
Su Xing was taken aback when he heard this.
Good heavens, that was no small quantity of exotic metals!
Given the depth of Great Xia’s human reserves, this batch of exotic metals was truly the bottom of the barrel.
After this trade, it would probably be difficult to produce large quantities again for some time…
Su Xing did a quick mental calculation.
One hundred thousand tons of fourth-order exotic metal was worth 2,000,000 origin energy… five hundred thousand tons of third-order was worth 1,000,000 origin energy.
Three million tons of second-order exotic metal… was worth 600,000 origin energy.
The total trade value came to 3,600,000 origin energy!
That was indeed a substantial figure.
But for Earth’s human race, Rebirth Pills were essentially priceless treasures.
However, considering that humanity’s own development would also make them a crucial fighting force against the alien races in the future, the price shouldn’t be set too high.
After some thought, Su Xing said:
“How about this—I’ll give you one hundred bottles of fifth-order Rebirth Pills, fifty bottles of sixth-order… thirty bottles of seventh-order, ten bottles of eighth-order pills…”
“As for this one bottle of ninth-order Rebirth Pills, consider it a gift. How does that sound?”