Chapter 591 - 502: Golden Core Perfection
’I wonder if they’d cough up blood if they knew the truth?’
Of course.
None of this had anything to do with Su Ye.
At this moment, he was on his way to the Drunken Moon Sect at Qin Yun’s invitation.
BUZZ.
An Escape Light came to a stop.
Su Ye’s figure materialized, a faint fluctuation of a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s Magical Power emanating from him.
Qin Yun was waiting outside the main gate. His cultivation was still at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and upon sensing Su Ye’s Foundation Establishment fluctuations, a hint of envy appeared on his face.
Qin Yun bowed and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Li, on your advancement to Foundation Establishment. May your path to immortality be everlasting."
Su Ye laughed heartily. "There’s no need for such formalities, Mr. Qin. I have you to thank for helping me advance to Foundation Establishment."
Qin Yun’s eyes flickered. His thoughts raced, and he immediately thought of the Dragon Beard Grass. "Could it be that your Foundation Establishment Elixir was...?"
Su Ye nodded with a smile. "That’s right. I refined it myself."
"Mr. Li’s Alchemy skills are truly magnificent!"
Qin Yun exclaimed in amazement.
Anyone who could refine a Foundation Establishment Elixir was unequivocally a Tier Two Alchemist, and could even be called an Alchemy Master!
’With this identity, I have an explanation for my advancement to Foundation Establishment. Plus, being an Alchemy Master will spare me from a great deal of unnecessary conflict.’
Almost no one would willingly offend an Alchemy Master.
’This way, I can cultivate in peace, only setting aside a little time to perform Alchemy,’ Su Ye mused to himself.
According to his estimates, it would take at least ten years to advance from the Late-stage Golden Core to Golden Core Perfection.
He didn’t want any complications. He just wanted to quietly leech off the Spirit Vein and cultivate until he reached Golden Core Perfection.
"Mr. Li, please follow me."
"My master wishes to see you."
Qin Yun bowed slightly and led the way for Su Ye.
...
The Spiritual Qi was rich, and the path was paved with bluestone.
It was a cultivator’s abode, its surrounding walls inlaid with Luminous Pearls.
"Mr. Li, you truly are young and promising!"
"This old man is overjoyed that you are willing to join our Drunken Moon Sect!"
The white-haired Foundation Establishment elder, who had neat teeth and sharp, bright eyes, said with an enthusiastic smile.
A Loose Cultivator at Foundation Establishment might not be a huge deal to the Drunken Moon Sect, but an Alchemy Master carried significant weight.
"Mr. Li, rest assured."
"I will definitely apply for the best conditions for you!"
The elder, Mr. Xu, patted his chest and guaranteed with conviction.
"Thank you, Mr. Xu."
Su Ye said with a gentle smile, raising his tea as if it were wine.
Just as he expected, after he revealed his attainments as an Alchemy Master, the process of joining the Drunken Moon Sect went off without a hitch.
After completing the necessary procedures, Su Ye moved into the Drunken Moon Sect and became a Consecrated Elder of the Elixir Hall. His assigned sect tasks were also quite relaxed—all he had to do was perform Alchemy.
For Su Ye, refining these Tier Two elixirs truly took no effort at all.
A task that would take an ordinary Tier Two Alchemist ten to fifteen days was something Su Ye could finish in less than two hours.
Thanks to this efficiency, his life was quite leisurely and carefree.
’Slacking off is the best!’
At the same time, since he didn’t need resources, Su Ye was also uninvolved in the power struggles within the Drunken Moon Sect.
On the contrary, as an Alchemy Master with boundless prospects, he could remain completely detached from it all, sitting high above the fray.
Thus, he was able to cultivate in peace. With his Tier Five Divine Sense and the concealment abilities granted by his Netherworld Skill, he could absorb the Spiritual Qi from the Tier Four Spirit Vein without a trace, steadily advancing his cultivation!
Performing Alchemy, cultivating, and playing with his little mermaid sister.
His life was endlessly pleasant, comfortable, and free.
In the blink of an eye, ten years passed like this.
...
His Abode.
The environment was elegant, and the Spiritual Qi was abundant.
Dense arrays of runes were inscribed into the walls.
They appeared to be only Tier Two Arrays, but in reality, they concealed several nested Tier Four Arrays. Even a Golden Core cultivator who trespassed would be skinned alive!
Su Ye exhaled a long stream of pure qi, an icy silver light flashing through his eyes.
He focused his senses inward. A swelling sensation came from his Dantian Qi Sea; his Magical Power had reached a point where it could not advance any further!
’Golden Core Perfection. I’ve made it.’
Ten years of bitter cultivation, combined with his Nine-Method Golden Core and the cultivation acceleration from the Ghostly Flood Dragon, had allowed Su Ye’s cultivation to smoothly reach Golden Core Perfection.
Of the three conditions required to advance to the Nascent Soul realm, he had now met the first.
’Next is to capture a Nascent Soul, which will allow the Ghostly Flood Dragon to advance to Tier Five.’
Over the past ten years, Su Ye had already formulated a plan for this condition.
’Time to begin.’
Su Ye’s gaze was profound. He stood up and walked out of his abode.
His figure was gradually enveloped in shadows as he walked with light steps toward the core of the Drunken Moon Sect.
The restrictive Arrays and elite guard cultivators along the way were like players who had gone AFK. They completely ignored Su Ye, a Consecrated Elder, as he trespassed into the sect’s restricted grounds.
Over the past seventeen years, Su Ye had gained an even deeper understanding of his own Law of Rules.
The effects produced by activating this Law of Rules were even more bizarre, unpredictable, and utterly terrifying.
Like a ghost that didn’t exist in reality, he followed the Spiritual Energy Concentration to a cultivator’s abode.
’Tier Four Middle Grade Spiritual Energy Concentration.’
’The abode of the Drunken Moon Sect’s Golden Core Ancestor...’
A flicker in his eyes, Su Ye’s form drifted forward.
The Array enveloping the abode had no effect on him whatsoever.
BUZZ.
He passed through the Array’s barrier.
Su Ye entered the abode and walked forward. After a few breaths’ time, he saw a Lotus Dao Platform.
A female cultivator, who appeared to be in her late twenties and wore a moon-white magical robe, was sitting cross-legged in meditation on the Lotus Dao Platform. She had a delicate figure, with brows like distant mountains and eyes like autumn pools.
It was the Golden Core Ancestor of the Drunken Moon Sect—Fairy Miaoyue.
"Heh..."
Su Ye let out a soft chuckle and walked toward the Lotus Dao Platform, stopping right in front of Fairy Miaoyue.
Only then did her spiritual sense, befitting a Golden Core cultivator, finally kick in.
"Hm?!"
Fairy Miaoyue’s mind trembled, and she snapped her eyes open.
Seeing the figure before her, her face filled with horror and her heart with shock. "Who are you?"
’Who on earth is this person?’
’How did he sneak into my abode so silently?’
Her Arrays and all her other measures had been rendered completely useless. One could only imagine the sheer terror Fairy Miaoyue felt at this moment.
And so, on pure instinct, a jade bracelet on her wrist flew out, spinning rapidly!
"Die!"
A viridian light surged from the jade bracelet, emitting powerful fluctuations of energy. It was actually a Spiritual Treasure!
"Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot."
Su Ye’s expression was devoid of joy or sorrow, his gaze calm.
Fairy Miaoyue’s jade bracelet passed through his body, but it was like passing through an illusion; it failed to cause him the slightest harm.
Then, Su Ye took a step forward, his fingertip striking like lightning as he tapped the center of Fairy Miaoyue’s brow.
"Urk?"
The light immediately drained from Fairy Miaoyue’s eyes, and her body went rigid.
From within Su Ye’s shadow, a dozen or so shadowy tendrils emerged and bored into Fairy Miaoyue’s mind.
Instantly.
Fairy Miaoyue’s graceful and delicate body began to convulse as if she were being electrocuted.
Her eyes rolled back, her tongue lolled out, and her expression was one of extreme struggle, as if she were enduring immense pain!
Su Ye stood beside the Lotus Dao Platform, his expression impassive and his arms crossed, calmly watching the scene unfold.
Finally.
After more than ten breaths.
Fairy Miaoyue’s struggles gradually subsided.
She lifted her head, revealing eyes that were completely black, filled with shadow, with no whites to be seen.
A moment later, the shadows slowly receded, and her eyes returned to normal.
And now, Fairy Miaoyue looked at Su Ye, bent her knees, and lowered her beautiful head, prostrating herself before him in a deep bow.
Despite being a Golden Core Ancestor of an entire sect, there wasn’t the slightest trace of resistance in Fairy Miaoyue’s expression as she performed such a humiliating act.
On the contrary.
It was filled with yearning and adoration!
"Thank you, Your Reverence, for granting Miaoyue enlightenment."
Fairy Miaoyue’s eyes were filled with fanaticism.
"Very good."
Su Ye smiled and gave his instructions.
"I need you to do two things. First, contact the Jade Void Sword Sect..."
"Second, using the Drunken Moon Sect’s influence, within Linyue Immortal City..."