Chapter 351: Just Ask For It! (1)
"Alright, let's stop talking about all that. You still owe me around 4,000 merit points. I told you to gather some blood essence for me. Have you done so?"
"I did. I got you 100 drops of late-stage Infinite Strength mountainbreak bull blood essence for 2,000 merit points. I also got you 500 drops of Great Strength soul devouring bug blood essence for 1,500 merit points. With the remaining 500 merit points, I got you 10 drops of fire elemental blood essence."
Just like that, all the money he had earned through Xia Huyou was gone. Su Yu was feeling rather helpless. This fatty was truly quite efficient in helping him spend his money. Each time, this fellow would buy just enough for him to finish spending all his money. Just like that, his pocket was emptied yet again.
"Are the mountainbreak bulls in the battlefield not going crazy from all the blood essence we are gathering?"
Xia Huyou smiled, "What are you thinking? It's only some blood essence. We haven't even killed that many of them. The mountainbreak bull is only a top 100 race. Don't overestimate them. The human race is a top 10 race yet we still have so many people dying each year. The lives of the mountainbreak bulls are definitely not comparable to the lives of humans.
"In truth, there aren't a lot of mountainbreak bulls in the battlefield. But they are born at the Great Strength Realm. In the early stages, they are stronger than the human race. After all, we still need to go through the Source Opening Realm. In fact, many of the stronger races do not need to even go through the Source Opening Realm."
Su Yu did not have anything to say about that. He only knew that he had finished spending the money he had recently earned.
After thinking about it, he said, "My teacher told me that at the Skysoar Realm, I can cultivate the Myriad Text Sutra and start opening my soul apertures. But by absorbing willpower, my apertures will be filled with impurities like what would happen to my acupoints after consuming blood essence. Since you know so much, do you know of a way to purify willpower?"
"You asked the right person!" Xia Huyou smiled, "There are a lot of ways you can purify your willpower."
"Firstly, pills. The pillmaking faction has a special pill capable of purifying willpower called the Soul Congealing Pill. It is split into several grades. The second grade corresponds to the Skysoar Realm, but it is very expensive at 100 merit points per pill. Its effect is decent as you can purify around three to five apertures with one pill.
"Secondly, talismans. The talisman faction has a type of purification talisman. These talismans are one-off talismans that can be used to cleanse your apertures. Its price is similar to the Soul Congealing Pill.
"Thirdly, cleansing your willpower with a different willpower of high purity.
"Fourthly, some rare natural treasures can also be used to purify your willpower.
"Fifthly, cultivation methods..."
"Cultivation methods?" This was what Su Yu have been waiting for, "There are actually cultivation methods capable of solving this issue as well?"
"Yes." Xia Huyou said, "Naturally, I don't have this cultivation method. And I can't even get my hands on one. But I'm sure that something like this exists out there. It is rumored that the Great Ming King has one such cultivation method. Those from the main branch of Great Ming's Zhu Family are probably all taught this cultivation method. Those from their family are known for their pure apertures."
Great Ming King...Su Yu decided to forget about it. This was the cultivation method of a family with an Invincible expert. There was no way this cultivation method would leak.
"How about the myriad races? Are there such cultivation methods among the myriad races?"
"There probably are some out there, but I'm really not sure. Some of those races specializing in willpower probably have these cultivation methods. Maybe the five elemental race has one such cultivation method. I don't know..."
Su Yu himself was not too sure. He only knew the foundation cultural art and racial ability of the five elemental race. But that didn't mean that he knew everything about the five elemental race.
After all, he could only activate the foundation cultural art and racial abilities with blood essence. The other cultivation methods and techniques they cultivated would not be activated. The book in his head would be way too scary if it was capable of activating even the additional methods and techniques cultivated by the myriad races.
Su Yu did not ask further. He would try to look for more information himself or check with Bai Feng later. He was in no rush. Even though he might accumulate impurities in his apertures, he was still nowhere near breakthrough so that wasn't something he needed to worry about for now.
After thinking for a bit, Su Yu said, "Huyou, if I want to enter the Infinite Strength Realm, what do you think can help increase the speed of my advancement?"
"You're preparing to enter the Infinite Strength Realm already?"
Xia Huyou was astonished. But his surprise did not last long. Since Su Yu was already at the ninth-stage Great Strength Realm, it wasn't too surprising that he would start planning for his breakthrough.
"You're already aware of this. The advancement into the Infinite Strength Realm is essentially the process of acupoint fusion. But only if you fuse 10 or more acupoints would you be considered a true Infinite Strength cultivator. The number of acupoints fused will have a very big effect on your combat strength.
"The best option is to fuse the maximum number of acupoints required by your cultivation method. For example, the War God Art allows you to fuse up to 12 acupoints for the first stage. It would definitely be much better if you can do so. That way, when you're attacking, your source qi will flow smoothly. Things like clogged source qi circulation will not happen."
Xia Huyou did not elaborate too much as Su Yu himself was already aware of all that. After the short introduction, Xia Huyou continued, "The best item to help someone enter the Infinite Strength Realm is something called the lapis fruit."
"Lapis fruit?"
Su Yu couldn't recall hearing about this fruit before. Compared to those from the major families, he still knew too little. It was simply impossible for him to know everything from reading alone.
"Yes. It is a fruit that can make your body as pure as a precious stone. After consuming this fruit, your acupoints will undergo a certain level of materialization. During this period of time, the repelling force between your acupoints will be at its weakest, making it the best opportunity for you to fuse your acupoints."
"Reducing the repelling force between acupoints..." With a pensive look, Su Yu said, "When fusing acupoints, the acupoints will repel each other. Is it possible to replace the lapis fruit with Divine Characters or other methods capable of weakening the repelling force to help with the fusion?"
"Yeah." Xia Huyou nodded, "If you have a Divine Character with such an ability, you can naturally use it to help with your breakthrough. The issue is more on actually obtaining such a Divine Character."
"I understand." Su Yu did not say anything else. When he saw that the sun was going to rise soon, he said, "I won't be taking the blood essence from you right now. Just deliver it to the research center for me. Too many people are paying close attention to me recently so I need to take precautions against robbery."
"Sure."
Xia Huyou readily agreed. He was in a good mood after finalizing yet another deal with Su Yu. And as far as he was aware, Su Yu still had a decent amount of money left. Thus, he would be able to do even more business with Su Yu.
After Su Yu left, Xia Huyou muttered to himself.
"Infinite Strength Realm..."
This fellow was clearly a cultural researcher yet he was cultivating his physical body like he was a warrior. Was he not afraid of affecting his willpower cultivation by focusing too much on his physical cultivation?
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As dawn arrived, Su Yu slowly walked through the academy.
Xia Huyou was most likely Xia Longwu's son. He wouldn't have possessed a cultural art usable at the Mental Tempering Stage otherwise. Of course, there was always the possibility that Xia Huyou was already a Skysoar cultivator. If that was really the case, then Su Yu would really have nothing to say about it.
But if Xia Huyou was really a Skysoar cultivator, then he was a freak among freaks. That would make it even likelier that he was Xia Longwu's son.
"Sure enough, those from the big families are all very good at hiding themselves."
Regardless of Xia Huyou's cultivation level, the true strength of his willpower was definitely higher than what he had displayed. Su Yu had no way of determining Xia Huyou's actual strength. Perhaps Xia Huyou was even stronger than Wan Mingze. Su Yu even wondered if he was actually Xia Huyou's match.
"Just what are all these people doing? Why are all of them hiding their strength?"
Su Yu started grumbling about all these mysterious students. There were a few other students in his class who were just as mysterious. He had no way of accurately judging their strength. Those people hadn't even participated in the top 100 challenges. Su Yu really couldn't understand why they were insisting on hiding their strength.
But when he thought about it, he decided to stop worrying about the secrets of others. After all, he was hiding plenty of secrets himself. For example, nobody knew that he had actually opened 20 soul apertures. After roaming randomly in the academy, the sky was finally bright. Su Yu started heading toward Zhao Li's research center.
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"Ahhh, what a rare visitor you are."
Zhao Li teased with a smile when he saw Su Yu visiting.
Su Yu looked awkward. it was true that he would only be here when he was in need of help. He might be minoring in the Weaponsmithing Faculty, but in truth, he hadn't even been attending their basic classes.
"Teacher, I..."
"It's fine." Zhao Li did not mind, "If you still have time to attend our classes, then I'll have no choice but to admire you. You need to cultivate, form Divine Characters, grow your willpower, and even challenge the top 100. And you have only been in the academy for two months."
He was really fine with Su Yu's absence. Everyone would understand how busy Su Yu was. That was especially true now that Su Yu had also been participating in some research projects. With how busy he was, it was already very impressive that he could continue progressing his cultivation at such a rapid pace.
If Su Yu could also find some time to focus on weaponsmithing on top of all that, then he would be more than a human. He would be a deity.
Zhao Li shut the door and walked while asking, "So why are you here today? Do you need to reforge your cultural weapon? There is no rush. You have probably only formed a few Divine Characters, right? After our previous forging session, your weapon should be good enough until you have more than 10 Divine Characters."
"Teacher..." Su Yu hesitated slightly and said, "I'm here to ask you about a way to enter the Source Qi Secret Grotto without enough total earned merit."
"You have enough total earned merit, right?" Zhao Li asked in astonishment, "Even I am aware of that. Kid, are you trying to enter for free?"
Su Yu smiled bashfully, "Well, if you can really help me enter for free, I'll gladly accept your help."