Others Level Up, but I Pursue Cultivation!

His control over Origin Force had been elevated to the Entwining level, which directly doubled the enhancement of his physical strength by Origin Force!

Now that Su Xing’s pure physical strength reached 2.5 million catties, once he had entwined Origin Force around it, the explosive force would reach 5 million catties!

And this was merely the contribution of Origin Force to his strength.

Beyond enhancing strength, Su Xing could now twine Origin Force around any part of his body, such as his skin!

If he entwined it around the skin of his abdomen, Su Xing’s defensive power in that area could be doubled for a short time until the Origin Force was exhausted.

The same principle applied when entwined around the arms or back; the effect was the same.

It was just a pity that Su Xing had just stepped into the Entwining level and was not yet capable of full-body entwinement with Origin Force.

Once he achieved full-body entwinement, it would be as if Su Xing were wearing an invisible suit of heavy armor, significantly boosting his defense!

“Tsk, no wonder Origin Force is so highly valued; the reason why Body Refinement Cultivators are so powerful must be closely related to Origin Force!”

Su Xing murmured to himself slightly. He understood that a Body Refinement Cultivator with Origin Force was the complete form, able to truly unleash the power of Body Refinement!

“Entwining level Origin Force, something that a Cultivator in the Divine Strength Realm should possess, and yet, due to an unexpected turn of events, I’ve mastered it ahead of time. Really quite lucky!”

Su Xing’s mood brightened as he opened his professional panel for a look.

[Name: Su Xing]

[Age: 21]

[Profession: Cultivator (Unique Hidden Profession)]

[Cultivation Level: Nascent Soul Stage, 1st Layer; Origin Martial Realm, 7th Layer]

[Cultivation Technique: Changchun Technique, Pill Condensation Secret Technique]

[Talent: Epiphanic Insight, Big Eater, Wood-Fire Dual True Spiritual Root, Innate Divine Strength, Fortuitous Serendipity, Looks That Would Make Pan An Envious (omitted)…]

[Skills: Li Fire Technique (Minor Achievement), Alchemy (Minor Achievement), Spirit Explosion Technique (Minor Achievement), Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique (Beginner), Fifty-Zhang Divine Sense (Five Senses Realm), Origin Force Mastery (Entwining Level)]

As expected, Origin Force Mastery (Entwining Level) had been categorized as a skill on the panel.

Counting his arsenal, Su Xing now possessed not a few offensive methods. Li Fire Technique and Origin Force were both considered major killing tools, with only Spirit Explosion Technique, created by Su Xing himself, being slightly less powerful.

“Tsk, compared to Body Refinement Cultivation, my Qi Refining Cultivation of Nascent Soul Realm’s 1st Layer seems a bit lacking…”

Su Xing frowned slightly, his short-term goal being to cultivate both Body Refinement and Qi Refinement to the pinnacle of the current realms and then find a way to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm and Divine Strength Realm.

Once he did that, Su Xing’s dual cultivation in both Body Refinement and Qi Refinement would give him an edge when it was time to settle scores with that Damned Zong!

The moment he killed Damned Zong, he would inevitably inherit his legacy, and Su Xing’s strength would soar once again in a positive cycle!

“Sigh, although the goal is beautiful, I must still remain down-to-earth!”

With a sigh, Su Xing skillfully took out the Alchemy Furnace and began his Alchemy.

It was still the mundane life of pill making. Su Xing multi-tasked, concocting two batches of elixirs at the same time. In just a week, he had created over five thousand pills.

Even during his Alchemy breaks, he still found time to plant the Divine Strength vines.

The Divine Strength Vine, being the main ingredient for the mid-tier Divine Strength Pills, was not as energy-consuming to cultivate as the Gathering Spirit Flower.

In simple terms, as long as Su Xing watered it every few days, the plant would grow vigorously.

What troubled Su Xing, though, was the slow growth of the Divine Strength Vine; it required hundreds of years to mature, and even with the affinity for plants, it would still take twenty or thirty years.

Soon a week had passed, and Su Xing emerged from the Spirit Field Blessed Land, walking towards the familiar villa of the Tarot Society.

“Sigh, it’s been months of the same two-point routine life, every day spent either refining pills or simulating… When will this ever end?”

With a sigh, Su Xing, although a Cultivator, still retained his humanity and felt monotony and boredom.

This weekly routine even reminded him of his senior high school days in his past life.

“Alas, it’s all because my strength is still too low! Perhaps once I become stronger, I can explore various instances…”

Su Xing shook his head slightly, once again encouraging himself.

Upon reaching the familiar villa and entering his private room,

Jin Congxue had been waiting for a long time. Today she was dressed in yoga attire, the snug outfit accentuating her shapely figure.

Su Xing’s eyes lit up at the sight, and the weekly meal with Jin Congxue was one of his rare relaxation times.

The meal was quickly finished, and the two got down to business.

Jin Congxue took out a storage ring and said,

“This comprises the equipment produced by the Tarot Commerce Association last week, as well as the accumulated instance trash… By the way, what do you need so much instance trash for?”

Receiving the ring, Su Xing chuckled and said,

“Of course, it’s to dig out treasures from the trash items! Aren’t all those trash lords dreaming of such luck?”

Jin Congxue couldn’t help but laugh at Su Xing’s comment, “Is that so? I thought you were buying them to eat!”

Su Xing rolled his eyes and then handed over the elixirs he had refined that week to Jin Congxue.

Suddenly, Su Xing thought of something and asked,

“Sister Xue, what if we contracted a few instances specifically for mining exotic metals, do you think we could do it?”

Jin Congxue was surprised and teased him,

“Wow! Acquiring mining instance rights, our big boss sure has grand ambitions! You’ve just finished taking over the Lingyun Commerce Guild, and now you want to acquire mining instances. Are you planning to take down the Jin Merchant Guild and become a top commerce association within a few years?”

Su Xing felt a bit sheepish upon hearing this; after all, the woman before him was the heiress to the Jin Merchant Guild.

Replacing the Jin Merchant Guild and becoming a top commerce association was something to ponder in private and definitely not to voice out loud.

“Cough cough, just tell me if it’s possible, eh? The main reason I need to mine the exotic metals myself is for personal use, we can keep it within our own operation…”

After hearing Su Xing’s words, Jin Congxue pondered for a moment before saying,

“It’s not entirely impossible; exotic metals are controlled items, and aside from official parties, very few commerce associations dare to mine them.”

“However, every year there is a batch of secondary exotic metal mining instances that do get released. These can produce first-tier exotic metals and a small amount of second-tier metals…”

“But the application process is quite cumbersome. Our Tarot Commerce Association is a first-tier association, so we barely qualify, but it still requires approval from the Great Xia government!”

Su Xing nodded after hearing this. He knew that Jin Congxue’s grandfather was none other than Lu Yuanwu, the famous Martial Emperor of the Great Xia Military. With such a background, Jin Congxue was bound to become a big shot in both the military and business worlds!

“Sister Xue, just tell me if it’s possible or not. There’s nothing in this world that my Sister Xue can’t handle!”

Su Xing blinked his eyes, pleading.

After hearing this, Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and said,

“You’re as sweet-talking as if you’ve smeared honey on your lips! Let’s make it clear in advance, I can’t guarantee this will work out. I do have some resources on hand that can gain access to the mining simulator…”

“But, the review process for the simulator is quite troublesome; it would take at least three to five months to fully contract the simulator and start mining.”

“Moreover, contracting a mining area simulator isn’t a small figure, it would require at least a few hundred billion to be sufficient…”

Upon hearing this, Su Xing patted his chest confidently and said,

“Don’t worry, leave the money matters to me! Sister Xue, you just go ahead and use your connections!”

After hearing this, Jin Congxue nodded her head, signifying her agreement.

After the meal, Su Xing returned to school and, finding himself alone, entered into the Spirit Field Blessed Land.

He took out the storage ring Jin Congxue had given him and with a thought, turned the white equipment and simulator junk inside into energy.

After the transactions with Lingyun Commerce Guild were completed, Su Xing’s energy didn’t surge by tens of millions like before, but it was a stable and steady flow.

Forty thousand pieces of white-quality equipment brought Su Xing a total of 2.2 million energy points. Coupled with the simulator junk he acquired, Su Xing’s energy increased by another 6 million points!

With that, Su Xing now had about 30 million energy points left in his simulator.

On March 25, 2024 of the New Era, Su Xing promptly started a new round of simulation.

“Begin simulation!”

[Ding! This simulation will consume 2,900 energy points, leaving you with 30,031,550 energy points remaining, with an unlimited number of simulation attempts remaining.]

[The simulation has started!]

[Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?]

“Do I even need to think about it? Of course, I pick the purple talent! Who do you think you’re looking down on?”

As soon as Su Xing said this, a notification sounded in his ear.

[Ding, congratulations on obtaining the purple talent, Dragon Slayer!]

[Dragon Slayer]: You are naturally the bane of all dragonkind. All creatures with dragon blood that see you will involuntarily feel fear, and you deal an additional 50% damage to all dragon-type creatures!

“Hmm? Dragon Slayer talent? This seems to be a buff-type talent!”

Su Xing read the description of the Dragon Slayer talent carefully, realizing it was straightforward and specifically targeted at dragon-kind.

“But the problem is… damn it, I’ve never seen a dragon! It’s not even certain whether there are dragons in this world. What do I need this talent for?”

Su Xing ranted internally.

“Perhaps I’ll encounter dragons after entering the Cultivation World, but isn’t that too far off from now?”

Su Xing made a swift decision that he could keep this talent for now, depositing it in the talent pool to be chosen later when needed.

“Looking at it this way, I shouldn’t have chosen a talent reward for this simulation… Perhaps I should set a simulation plan first.”

After pondering, Su Xing felt the immediate priorities were two-fold: find a way to break through to the Divine Strength Realm, and increase the reserve of spiritual energy in the Spirit Field Blessed Land.

With these two points in mind, Su Xing already had a preliminary plan for this simulation.

[In the Spirit Field Blessed Land, you realize that you are simulating.]

[First week, nothing special happens while you routinely refine elixirs and cultivate spirit plants.]

[Second week, you went to the Luotian Meeting Instance and were fortunate to gain entry.]

[You enter the Luotian Meeting Instance…]

Upon seeing this, Su Xing was moved and immediately said,

“Activate immersive simulation feature, duration two hours!”

[Ding, you have successfully activated immersive simulation, consuming 200,000 energy points, simulation time is 2 hours, remaining energy is 29,731,550 points.]

As his vision shifted,

Su Xing found himself in the Luotian Meeting Instance.

It was the same familiar task process; Su Xing went to the rear mountain and saw his Shennong uncle at Shennong Youtian.

“Su nephew, you’re here!”

Shennong Youtian was as cordial as ever, chatting casually with Su Xing.

Su Xing also listened quietly, and when the timing was right, he couldn’t help asking,

“Uncle Shennong, I have a question to ask you… The Divine Strength Vine, a spirit plant that grows slowly and requires a hundred years before it can be used as medicine. Do you know how to accelerate the maturation of the Divine Strength Vine?”

Indeed, this was why Su Xing was using the immersive simulation.

While it’s nice to read books in the Scripture Pavilion, the prices are truly exorbitant.

Su Xing simply treated the Luotian Meeting as a place to solve his doubts. As long as he grasped the right timing and rhythm, he could get the answers he sought from Shennong uncle.

For instance, the previous cultivation of the Gathering Spirit Flower or the current issue at hand.

Hearing Su Xing’s question, Shennong uncle smiled and asked,

“Nephew, are you about to break through to the Divine Strength Realm and wish to refine the Divine Strength Pill, so you’re asking me about cultivating the Divine Strength Vine?”

Su Xing nodded, as that was indeed his intention.

Shennong Youtian thought for a moment and answered,

“There are many ways to mature spirit plants quickly. The common method is to accelerate its growth with wood attribute spiritual energy… With continuous impartation of wood attribute spiritual energy, even Divine Strength Vines can mature quickly…”

“Additionally, the Divine Strength Vine prefers sunlight and dislikes shade, and it thrives in dry conditions rather than damp ones. The correct cultivation method can also make the Divine Strength Vine mature faster!”

After pausing for a moment, Shennong Youtian added,

“However, I have heard of a special trait that, when cultivating spirit plants, can increase the speed of the plants’ maturation several times over!”