Chapter 106: 090 Potent Liquor Daoist, Puppet Soul Strength (10K Subscriptions Requested)_l
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Several days later, Su Yu discreetly left his cave dwelling to go to the Inner
Market in the Great Moon Black Market, employing a calming talisman and an Invisibility Talisman for himself. The familiar three-story small building of the Heavenly Book Pavilion caught his attention at the center of the market.
Su Yu had visited this place a few times, and the shopkeeper was a chubby uncle.
The man’s temperament was similar to the old man in Yunshan Market – they both enjoyed sleeping and reading, leading an extremely comfortable life.
However, today, when Su Yu walked into the Heavenly Book Pavilion, he was startled to see another old man reading ancient books behind the counter. “Where has that chubby uncle gone?”, Su Yu thought.
“Wasn’t he in Yunshan Market? Why is he here?”
“Senior.”
With these thoughts tumbling in his mind, Su Yu stepped forward respectfully to greet him.
When he had left Yunshan Market long ago, a jade slip containing a second-order upper-quality talisman master’s inheritance had descended from the sky and landed on his head.
Although he hadn’t witnessed the inheritance himself, he knew that it must’ve been a gift from the old man.
This was something Su Yu had always remembered and was therefore deeply respectful toward the old man.
The old man seemed a bit dazed, as if just pulled away from his ancient book. His gaze finally fell on Su Yu, and after a moment he recognized him. “Oh, it’s you? Weren’t you supposed to be going to Bai Yue Immortal City? Why are you here in the Great Moon Black Market?”
Maintaining his respectful demeanor, Su Yu answered, “Junior had left Bai Yue
Immortal City eight years ago and temporarily came here to cultivate in the Great Moon Black Market.”
“Oh, I see.”
The old man nodded slightly, his gaze returning to the ancient book.
Seeing this, Su Yu quickly said, “You’re busy, senior. The younger generation will take my leave to go browse.”
The old man waved his hand without lifting his eyes from the book, “Go, go.”
It wasn’t until Su Yu went to the ancient book section to flip through the books that the old man raised his head to glance at Su Yu’s retreating figure, his eyes flashing with a surprised light.
The old man quietly muttered, “Second layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm? Even with such low-grade spiritual roots, his cultivation speed is not slow.”
“And also—I’
He subtly sniffed the air, picking up a faint scent of pill fragrance left behind by Su Yu.
He took a sharp intake of breath.
“Second-order, mid-grade Perfect Quality Open Yuan Pill!” “There’s also a variety of other pill fragrances of Perfect Quality!”
“What?!”
The old man couldn’t help but twitch his eyelids a few times, and he was baffled after rambling inwardly for a while.
How could someone’s alchemy talent be so monstrous?
Yet their spiritual roots are so poor?
Has the Heavenly Dao opened a backdoor for him but also shattered his path to ascension?
Remembering the hardships he had experienced when he was refining second-order pills, the old man sighed.
Su Yu’s talent in alchemy was very enticing to him, but talent in spiritual roots was predetermined by Heaven. Even if Su Yu was fortunate enough to achieve the Foundation Establishment Realm, the old man judged by his age that reaching the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment Realm before his lifespan runs out would already be a stroke of luck.
Core Formation was merely a lofty aspiration.
Such a gifted alchemist is regrettable, lamentable, and pitiful.
“Forget it, forget it. In the blink of an eye, a hundred years will pass. Without cultivation, he will ultimately vanish like a wisp of smoke,” the old man mused, suppressing the thought of taking on a disciple. This time he came to the Great Moon Black Market to recruit a star pupil with heavenly spiritual roots for the Heavenly Book Pavilion.
If only this boy also had heavenly spiritual roots, how wonderful would that be?
Meanwhile, Su Yu spent half a month in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, immersing himself in countless ancient books and jade slips. Just when he was about to lose hope, he stumbled upon an ancient book in one afternoon.
The book surprisingly contained the first thirty-six of the one hundred and eight moves inherent in the Crocodile Devil Body Refinement Realm, effectively doubling the eighteen moves of his current inheritance.
Seeing this book, Su Yu’s pupils shrank. On the surface, he looked nonchalant, but inside, he was ecstatic, finally having a breakthrough. “Thirty-six layers, does this mean I can cultivate to the level comparable to the Nascent Soul
Realm?”
The Nascent Soul Realm!
In the entire Great Moon Prefecture, only the overlord power of the Great Moon Palace had a Nascent Soul Realm powerhouse in charge. The other powers, such as Kaiyang Palace, Yunjian Sect and Bai Yue Immortal City, merely had Core Formation Realm powerhouses. They were all surviving under the shadow of the Great Moon Palace.
If he could master all thirty-six moves of the Crocodile Devil Body Refinement
Realm—
Unable to resist the thought, Su Yu wondered, “What’s the cultivation level of that Nascent Soul Realm in the Great Moon Palace?”
Unless they were in the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, wouldn’t he have the qualifications to challenge them if he reached thirty-six layers in his Body Refinement Realm?
Of course, if there was no resentment or grievance, Su Yu wouldn’t go looking for trouble. He was simply entertaining the thought.
If he could truly reach the thirty-sixth layer of the Body Refinement Realm, he would definitely become one of the top predators in the Great Moon Prefecture’s food chain.
He picked up the book and continued to browse for a while. Eventually, he found another ancient book about identifying ancient spirit plants and another about the history of the ancient cultivation world. He took them both.
This way, it wouldn’t seem too conspicuous.
“Senior, I want these three ancient books.” Su Yu went to the counter and respectfully handed over the three ancient books to the old shopkeeper in exchange for their unabridged versions. He spent three hundred lower-grade spirit stones and then left the Heavenly Book Pavilion to return to his cave dwelling.
But as he watched him leave, the old man behind the counter appeared lost in thought.
“Crocodile Devil’s One Hundred and Eight Body Refinement Techniques? This appears to be an ancient body refining technique. How can it be refined without a bloodline?”
He said he didn’t want to pay attention to Su Yu, yet he couldn’t help himself..