Cultivation towards immortality, starting from being a fisherman

Chapter 64: Chapter 64 Incoming Letters

Of course, even with the life-saving teleportation talisman.

Su Ping had no intention of deliberately seeking trouble.

After all, this is the Immortal Cultivation World!

There are so many bizarre things, who knows whether those Foundation Establishment Cultivators or Golden Core Great Powers have any special methods targeting him.

Even though Su Ping trusted the effects of the items produced by the Fishing System and had long suspected that these items were neither scientific nor related to Immortal Cultivation, but rather involved the power of rules.

Be it Soul-locking and Life-binding or various strange poisons and curses, he also owned the Stone Lions and Purification Potion, just in case.

But as it concerned his life and possessions, naturally, it was best not to gamble if unnecessary.

Zhou Xuan was busy with farming and alchemy, and the registered disciples in the Bone Burying Ground were secretly establishing a network and starting to mobilize their own powers to work for Rat Taoist.

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Su Ping also returned to the Immortal Cultivation World and continued his daily practice at his preferred pace.

Three days later.

Su Ping suddenly received a message.

Upon opening it, he found it was the Yun Family caravan preparing to dock at Golden Sparrow City for a brief resupply.

Su Ping quickly left the Frost Moon Manor and soon arrived at the official road outside the city, where he saw a rather large caravan.

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In addition to cattle, sheep, and horses, Su Ping noticed several lions, at least four or five meters tall, mingling in the caravan, pulling wagons full of supplies.

These lions were also Transcendent species, and judging by the dark slave marks emerging on their foreheads, they must be demon beasts subjugated by force.

This kind of enslavement of demon beasts was nothing compared to the Spiritual Beasts Su Ping had contracted in the Mortal Beast stage. Even the most proficient master could only drive them by commands or tokens like a Beast Tamer and couldn’t be as intuitive as Su Ping’s command.

Apart from an outlier like Su Ping, how many Cultivators are willing to contract and cultivate Mortal Beasts?

And those Spiritual Beasts that are not Mortal Beasts turned spiritual, even if they grew up from a young age, would often find it difficult to have their master’s contract brand deeply imprinted in their hearts due to their Transcendent instincts.

To achieve simple mutual understanding through thoughts and feelings was already very difficult.

“Taoist Friend, how have you been lately?”

A Great Cultivator flew out from the caravan, Yun Yuan, the Great Elder of the Yun Family who had presided over the auction.

This person had survived a great disaster by actively opening the barrier of the formation at the time, and after the incident was settled, he also came out to clean up the scene.

Finding no trace of Su Ping, he did not mind, assuming that Su Ping had good luck, leaving the Nine Leaf Mountain in the opposite direction of the Eagle-faced cultivator, thus moving away from the range of the follow-up clean-up by the Punishment Alliance.

“Not bad, feasting on demon beast meat, I’ve had quite a few insights,” Su Ping replied, greeting Yun Yuan and looking curiously at the caravan, “Great Elder, are you moving to the islands?”

“Yes, the elders in the family have made decisions; the earlier we leave, the better.”

Yun Yuan looked at Su Ping and vaguely sensed his Mid-Period Qi Cultivation level and the vigorous vitality brought by his Body Refining.

This vitality moved Yun Yuan.

He started to believe some of the rumors spreading from Golden Sparrow City about the Inspector possessing Body Cultivation talent and possibly related Spiritual Body.

Thus, he really hoped to be on good terms with Su Ping.

Hence, he spoke a few sincere words beyond mere pleasantries:

“There might be some things you are unaware of, Taoist Friend, but I can’t say much.”

“However, in the following period, the territories of the Immortal Sects may face imminent upheaval!”

“You need to plan ahead, and remember, when things are beyond your control, our Yun Family’s door is always open for you, Taoist Friend!”

As he said this, Yun Yuan presented a jade pendant as a token of fellowship.

Su Ping thanked him with a bow and made sure Golden Sparrow City provided as much convenience as possible for the Yun Family caravan.

It was already known that the Yun Family was leaving.

But their hasty departure, so decisive and urgent in timing, signaled something more.

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Could he really know some unspeakable information?

The islands… Speaking of which, Su Ping had yet to try sea fishing.

Ever since he obtained this fishing system, he factually went to unvisited water sources along the way, both in his hometown and here, to try his luck.

However, without the guidance of the Fishing Compass, Su Ping never managed to trigger the blind cat finding a dead mouse kind of luck.

So much so that Su Ping began to doubt whether it was not really Frost Moon Lake being a fishing point, but rather that it became one due to his first time fishing there!

As for the reservoir back home, perhaps it was related to the guaranteed spawn of a fishing point near the starting area?

Otherwise… how could it be so coincidental that he found two fishing point resources in a short time!

Su Ping watched the caravan leave before returning to Frost Moon Villa, where he learned that there were replies to the letters he had sent to acquaintances in the Outer Sect.

An immortal crane from the Immortal Sect had come to deliver the response.

Su Ping summoned the Spiritual Rats, White and Grey, to confirm there were no abnormal auras on the letters before slowly opening them.

Upon opening one of the letters, its contents revealed a trace of surprise on Su Ping’s face.

This particular letter came from a senior brother Su Ping met while doing odd jobs in the Outer Sect, who as an Array Master twenty years his senior, often had Su Ping—who was a diligent and sensible flag-bearer—assist him.

The two became acquainted through their interactions.

Regrettably, this senior brother was money-hungry, calculating even for answering questions, and he agreed to send the message to Su Ping only after receiving Spirit Stones.

Fortunately, now that the Taoist had taken the money, he was truly willing to help, which was quite good compared to other acquaintances.

Moreover, being a seasoned Array Master, he had access to more information than many Outer Sect disciples.

Through his letter, Su Ping finally learned about the major recent events of the Immortal Sect.

The Punishment Alliance and the Merit and Demerit Hall had another fallout, reportedly due to grudges formed between the True Disciples backing them.

What’s odd is that this time, no elder or other True Disciples stepped forward to mediate.

Then there was the discovery of over a dozen ancient ruins and secret realms that had suddenly appeared in the Immortal Sect in recent times.

Some Foundation Establishment Cultivators speculated they might be related to the Evil Qi Tide. The spatial formations at those sites were already badly damaged, and after being hit by the Evil Qi Tide!

Isn’t that just the way they would appear in this world?

It sounded reasonable, but the number of cultivators exploring these ruins and secret realms who died or were injured was so high that several places were now under the supervision of the Immortal Sect, no longer open to others.

This, in turn, led to rampant speculation, with many cultivators privately discussing whether the Immortal Sect had elders or True Disciples who wanted to monopolize these discoveries!

At this point in the letter, the senior brother gave Su Ping his interpretation of these rumors: Bullshit!

Seeing this, Su Ping smiled, knowing that his senior brother was also reminding him that these ruins and secret realms were traps, not places for Low Tier cultivators!

However, the senior brother was overthinking it—as even if a secret realm opened up right beside him, he would still run as far away as possible!

Continuing to read, the senior brother mentioned the recent rapid inflation within the Immortal Sect and even harbored suspicions that the higher-ups might be dealing with more than just the Evil Qi Tide.

Finally, concerning the Sealing Evil Spirits Magical Artifact and the Merit List at the Great Golden Light Temple, which Su Ping was particularly interested in,

the senior brother suggested that Su Ping could directly visit a few big markets when he had a chance.

There, temples of the Great Golden Light Temple housed Merit Steles connected to the Merit List, allowing direct submission of purified Sealing Magic Artifacts for merit and on-site exchange of benefits.

This would avoid the loss inflicted by intermediaries like the Little Golden Light Temple and other lesser powers.

“There are Merit Steles in big markets? Can you directly exchange merit and Spiritual Objects by the steles?”

After finishing the letter, Su Ping felt that the Spirit Stones spent were well worth it.

He then held a tinge of reverence for the Merit List and Spiritual Treasure,

If it was as mentioned in the letter, this Spiritual Treasure probably possessed spatial powers as well!

Luckily, someone as insignificant as himself wouldn’t draw the attention of those noble people capable of wielding such a treasure.

As for exchanging merit, since there were others like the Little Golden Light Temple acting as second-hand dealers, what harm would one more do?

Even if there were a few more, they were probably just a somewhat capable second-hand dealer or a partnership among multiple parties, right?

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