Chapter 424 - 422: Bottleneck

Chapter 424: Chapter 422: Bottleneck

Su Qing didn’t regret his choice now.

Because Yu Hu was still alive.

That made it the best choice.

It had nothing to do with right or wrong.

It had nothing to do with fate.

If Yu Hu were to die in the future...

...it couldn’t be now.

In any case, Su Qing wouldn’t just stand by and watch him die.

Su Qing was only helping a little.

As for how Yu Hu knew Su Qing had helped... Su Qing couldn’t be bothered to care.

After all, no matter how subtle Su Qing’s actions were, they still left a trace.

Regarding the shoulder pat, besides Su Qing, both Bai Di and Zhu Yuan had done it too.

His intuition was quite good.

"I hope everything goes smoothly."

"I hope everything stays safe."

Su Qing murmured, looking at the Flower Sea. He could hear the voices of many of the flowers.

"Time to continue."

Su Qing picked up the synthesized fruits and began to eat them frantically.

This was all thanks to his Synthesizer.

He didn’t understand what Black Abyss had said at all.

But he didn’t want to understand either.

He just wanted to work hard and raise his strength.

At least until he reached his original limits.

...

...

「Twenty Taichu Eras later.」

A certain guide contacted Su Qing.

"Kade."

"What is it?"

Su Qing opened his eyes. He had been in the Visualization Map for so long that he truly felt as if he were looking down upon the world.

Having just returned, the look in his eyes had not yet shifted back.

Kade saw a gaze so calm it was terrifying, and he quickly said, "Sir, the two women you asked me to keep an eye on have already left the Taichu Daoist Palace."

"Additionally, the Star Fruit payment is only for another month. After that, my employment will be terminated."

"They left the Taichu Daoist Palace?"

"That’s fine. We’ll end it here, then. They’ve both grown up."

Su Qing nodded.

He had been the first to cut off contact, so Su Shang and Liu Ling’Er leaving the Taichu Daoist Palace was not a surprise to Su Qing at all.

’If it were me, I probably couldn’t have resisted going out to see the world either.’

But Su Qing himself was just a little bit short.

—

Host: Su Qing

Realm: Daoist Initial Realm (Miracle) [Daoist Initial Cultivation Method: Daoist Initial (5214/6000)]

[Cosmic Immortal Transformation Visualization Map: Mastery (389/1000)]

—

Among them, the Cosmic Immortal Visualization was progressing the slowest.

Of course, Su Qing himself was part of the reason.

After all, whichever one he synthesized more of and ate more of would be the one that progressed faster.

With the Devouring Dao Path, everything Su Qing devoured was distributed evenly between his physical body and his soul.

This was the essence of Dual Cultivation of Life and Spirit.

Therefore, Su Qing usually didn’t pay much mind to the Cosmic Immortal Transformation Visualization Map.

Instead, he just kept chugging Spirit Fruits.

Twenty years.

Enough time for seas to turn into mulberry fields.

Quantitative change had led to a qualitative one.

Su Qing’s aptitude was now improving very quickly.

Coupled with the power his body could withstand and his Star Immortal Body, which had already ignited its seventh Star Fire.

With five more to go, Su Qing’s strength would likely become even more formidable.

’I wonder about that guy, Bai Di.’

’Has he created any new moves that could give me a decent fight?’

Bai Di was very strong.

He had his own unique ideas.

He had also benefited Su Qing greatly.

It seemed that after their battle, Bai Di wanted to patch the final flaw in his Boundless Body.

Su Qing had patched his own as well.

In terms of strength within the Daoist Initial Realm, Bai Di’s Boundless Body was indeed excellent.

If he managed to perfect it, he would likely be invincible in every battle.

Realm and Magic were never equivalent.

Some were geniuses who created Immortal Techniques, while others were mediocre and, despite their best efforts, could only create a low-level Magic.

They were completely different.

But a genius can grow.

And a mediocre person can also grow into a genius.

However, the choice is theirs.

A genius can live a mediocre life and become a champion of mediocrity. A mediocre person can follow in the footsteps of a genius, stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them, and even surpass them.

This was the principle of "improve or fall behind."

In a situation without lifespan limits, this situation became even more extreme.

"Just a little bit more. Time to pop more ’pills’."

Su Qing looked at his status panel, which showed he was still more than seven hundred Skill Level points away.

He couldn’t help but continue to frantically consume the fruits.

His consciousness sank back into the Visualization Map.

...

...

「Two years later.」

Host: Su Qing

Realm: Daoist Initial Realm (Miracle) [Daoist Initial Cultivation Method: Daoist Initial]

—

"Another bottleneck."

"This time, the bottleneck is even more obvious."

Su Qing opened his eyes.

He had felt it many times.

Forget about a flower bud blooming... right now, Su Qing didn’t even have a flower bud.

How could it possibly bloom?

The Dao Flower Realm felt like an insurmountable chasm.

Impossible to cross.

"This won’t do. I have to go to the Taichu Book Land again," Su Qing said, growing impatient.

He immediately set off for the Taichu Book Land.

He searched for books about the Dao Flower Realm and the Daoist Initial Realm.

But after searching for half a day, Su Qing still couldn’t figure out why his Dao Flower Realm hadn’t produced a flower bud.

It was incredibly frustrating.

’What on earth is going on?’

Thoroughly confused, Su Qing headed for another location.

Unfortunately, it was not open to him.

This place was the Taichu Dao Map.

The Taichu Dao Map was similar to the Taichu Book Land.

It contained countless Dao Path Cultivation Techniques.

Having hit a bottleneck, Su Qing wanted to see if he could learn from them.

But he couldn’t get in.

He was restricted.

In the end, Su Qing returned to the Taichu Book Land.

He found the Ancient Tree of the Taichu.

"Sir, I’ve encountered a bottleneck. How should I break through it?" Su Qing asked out of desperation.

He had no choice but to ask the Ancient Tree.

The Ancient Tree of the Taichu did not respond.

Su Qing sighed.

’It seems... I’ll have to go out and travel for a bit.’

Hitting a bottleneck was really frustrating.

...

"Wait a minute, why can Yu Hu go to both places?"

Su Qing was utterly baffled.

’Why is that?’

Overcome with curiosity, Su Qing sought out Yu Hu’s residence.

"Su Qing?"

"Come in."

"Thank you."

Su Qing once again arrived at Yu Hu’s mountain peak.

"Yu Hu, there’s something I wanted to ask you."

"What is it? If it’s within my power, I’ll help."

"It’s about how you can go to both the Dao Map and the Book Land."

"How can I get access to both as well?"

Yu Hu chuckled.

"You’re asking about that?"

"It seems you’ve been too engrossed in your Cultivation. In the plaza of the Taichu Daoist Palace, there’s a mission office. One of the missions available there is to receive new students."

"You can accept it once every Star Sea Era, and it lasts for one Star Sea Era."

"That would be the most convenient way for you."

"I was assigned directly to reception duty."

"Every Daoist Palace student can be assigned to receive new students. This Star Sea Era, it’s my turn to be assigned to receive students for the Taichu Daoist Palace."

Yu Hu explained.

"So, you’re saying I can go accept this mission right now?"

"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, yes."

"And it would also share my workload."

This was why Yu Hu wasn’t in true seclusion.

He needed to receive new students.

"But you should think it over carefully. If you accept this mission, you’ll be on call to receive students for the entire Star Sea Era."

"Receiving students... some of them aren’t very well-behaved."

"And some students have terrible tempers. If one of them provokes you and you kill them, the Daoist Palace will confiscate your Taichu Seal, and you’ll no longer be a member of the Taichu Daoist Palace."

"Is that so?" Su Qing pondered for a moment.

He nodded. "I’ll go to the plaza and take a look first, then."

"Hold on, I have something for you."

"Lehua Brew, a special wine from the Desolate Upper World. Here’s ten thousand jin for you to try." A small mustard seed appeared in Yu Hu’s hand.

It was filled with wine jars.

"This wine is quite special. After you get drunk on it, you can hear beautiful music. Take it and give it a try."

"Thanks," Su Qing accepted it without hesitation.

He smiled and left Yu Hu’s world.

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