Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship

Thunder Prison Island.

A third-rank, top-grade island in the Day Flame Sea Region.

Perpetual rain and gloom, shrouded in arcs of silver lightning, with thunder constantly booming.

Immensely dense Thunder Spiritual Qi and hundreds of thunder-attribute Spiritual Objects.

This uniquely blessed environment made the third-rank island even more attractive to thunder cultivators than a fourth-rank Spirit Vein!

At this moment, two streaks of Escape Light shot through the thunderclouds, treating the myriad bolts of lightning as if they were nothing!

In a matter of moments, they pierced the clouds and descended toward a cliff face at the very center of Thunder Prison Island, situated amidst the mountains and above the core of the Spirit Vein!

BZZZT.

Su Ye swept the area with his Divine Sense.

He saw that several complex Arrays had been set up on the cliff, forming an Orbit. Su Ye could easily tell it had functions like attracting lightning, gathering qi, and storing energy.

At the core of the Orbit was a hexagonal, jet-black reservoir covering several hundred square meters.

However, what had collected in this reservoir was not clear water.

It was lightning!

Lightning, condensed to its absolute limit!

Dense silver lightning flowed and flickered within the black rock pool, emitting terrifying fluctuations!

"The Shenxiao Thunder Pool."

"This is the device I’ve wanted to build for the past one hundred and forty years. Now, thanks to your help, Mr. Su, my wish has finally been fulfilled!"

As she said this, a faint smile graced Lin Yinxiu’s cold, beautiful face.

The Shenxiao Thunder Pool was an auxiliary device described in her Cultivation Technique, similar to the Moon Instrument.

But unlike the Moon Instrument, the construction of the Shenxiao Thunder Pool had special requirements for its location.

The best location would be a fourth-rank Thunder Spirit Vein. Unfortunately, no such place existed in the entire Day Flame Sea Region.

Thus, Shenxiao had no choice but to settle for the next best thing: Thunder Prison Island.

Unfortunately, even this second choice had been difficult to attain.

Because, before this, the third-rank thunder-attribute island had been in the hands of the Chu Family!

Given the long-standing grievances between Shenxiao and the Chu Family, obtaining this island to build the Shenxiao Thunder Pool... was incredibly difficult, almost impossible.

Because of this, Lin Yinxiu’s progress had been stifled for over a hundred years, and her cultivation advanced slowly.

But now, Chu Wunian had been executed, and the Chu Family was destroyed.

This Thunder Prison Island had finally fallen into her hands!

"With the Thunder Pool complete, I wish you a smooth immortal path, Shenxiao."

Su Ye offered his congratulations.

"I’ll take you up on those auspicious words."

Lin Yinxiu smiled charmingly. With a wish she had held for many years finally fulfilled, she was in a very good mood.

...

Soon, the two streaks of Escape Light landed on the cliff.

Near the Thunder Pool, three Crystallization Realm cultivators were seated in a triangular formation, guarding the Orbit.

The leader, an elderly Daoist nun, rose and bowed when she saw the two Golden Core cultivators arrive.

"Pavilion Master!"

The Shenxiao Pavilion.

This was the faction Lin Yinxiu had formed after reaching the Golden Core realm.

These three Crystallization Realm cultivators were all members of the Shenxiao Pavilion. However... Su Ye glanced at them and saw that these Crystallization cultivators of Shenxiao Pavilion were all old and frail, with little potential left.

’It seems Shenxiao hasn’t put much effort into managing her faction,’ Su Ye thought. ’After all, with her status, even if she didn’t want to cultivate her own bloodline, she could have easily taken a few outstanding disciples and nurtured them. Helping one or two reach the Crystallization Realm wouldn’t be difficult.’

’Those would be considered her true inner circle!’

’As for these three...’

’They’re purely here because their own lifespans are short and their potential is exhausted.’

’They only pledged allegiance to Lin Yinxiu for the sake of their descendants and families. They’re useful, but not for important tasks.’

However, none of this had anything to do with him.

The thought flashed through his mind and was gone. Su Ye dismissed it and looked toward the Thunder Pool.

As he drew closer, a faint sense of connection rose in his heart.

"Is my Spiritual Treasure inside?"

"Yes." Lin Yinxiu nodded.

"Yehai, please wait a moment."

Yehai.

Su Ye’s Golden Core Dao name.

Lin Yinxiu formed a hand seal and chanted an incantation. Within the Thunder Pool, a Moon Blade Halberd rose and hovered vertically!

Compared to before, the Moonfall Halberd had now been completely reforged.

All the damage it had sustained during the Ninefold Thunder Tribulation had been fully repaired.

Moreover, it had been broken down and rebuilt, rising to an even higher level!

Its quality had now smoothly reached the realm of a fourth-rank Spiritual Treasure.

It was even considered a fine piece among fourth-rank Spiritual Treasures, which pleased Su Ye greatly!

Admittedly, the power of a high-rank magical treasure primarily depended on the cultivator themselves—how long they nurtured it and how much Magical Power they invested. But a fine Spiritual Treasure like this!

Such a high-quality foundation would surely make Su Ye’s nurturing process twice as effective with half the effort!

"Your skills are exquisite, truly rivaling the work of heavens!" Su Ye praised.

"You flatter me."

"Your magical treasure, Yehai, was already made of outstanding materials, at a quasi-fourth-rank level."

"Besides, you provided so many rare auxiliary materials for the Artifact Refining. Reforging it wasn’t that difficult to begin with..." Lin Yinxiu waved her hand dismissively and smiled.

Of course, anyone with a normal level of intelligence could see that she was just being humble.

Her transcendent attainments in Artifact Refining had played a role in this reforging process that could not be ignored, no matter what.

’A fourth-rank Artifact Refining Grandmaster... This is a connection worth maintaining long-term,’ Su Ye thought to himself.

...

Then, the Thunder Pool began to boil. The Moonfall Halberd’s energy storage reached its peak!

Spiritual light pulsed and shimmered on the halberd’s shaft, and its spirituality began to awaken!

"Now is the time!"

"Yehai, your essence blood! Quickly!"

Following Lin Yinxiu’s instructions, Su Ye raised his hand and sliced a cut across his palm.

Essence blood the color of icy silver, like liquid mercury, flew out, looking quite conspicuous.

Of course, Lin Yinxiu didn’t say much. It was well-known that Su Ye possessed a special constitution; there was no need to make a fuss.

Moreover, after reaching the Golden Core realm, it was a perfectly normal phenomenon for cultivators to come into contact with the Power of Rules and gradually become less human, their physical bodies undergoing transformations.

HUMMM.

The essence blood flew into the Thunder Pool.

It made contact with the Moonfall Halberd and seeped inside!