Chapter 332: Chapter 330: Rampant Insect Tide
’History books are pretty good.’
’The Great Tide Era... Don’t tell me that’s the era I’m in right now?’
Su Qing took another look.
He found that it was indeed the case.
And it had been recording for nearly a hundred thousand years.
It even had a record of Su Qing.
A few particularly incredible geniuses had also appeared within its pages.
Su Qing was counted as one of them.
It made Su Qing smile in embarrassment.
The record stated:
In the year 96643 of the Great Tide Era, an Immortal Realm manifested in the Nether Sea.
It was possessed by the Cultivator Su Qing. Though his strength was only at the Nascent Soul Realm, he battled a Divinity Transformation expert. The moment his Immortal Realm appeared, he was victorious.
’That must have been five or six years ago.’
’Maybe even seven or eight years ago.’
Ever since he started his Cultivation, Su Qing rarely kept track of time.
He only paid attention to his Cultivation.
’I can’t believe I’m in the history books too.’
The following passages were all about Su Qing luring Cultivators with Immortal Stones. No matter how neutrally it was written, it seemed to paint Su Qing as a villain.
Every time the Immortal Stones were brought up, the text would mention the widespread death and destruction that followed.
Was Su Qing really that cruel?
Absolutely not.
It was the other Cultivators who did it.
’This history book is so long, and there’s so much of it.’
Su Qing shook his head and put the book away. He had been reading for a long time.
A full day had already passed.
Xiaoqing had already returned.
That meant the mission was complete.
Su Qing had to get back to consuming Spirit Fruits.
He had to wear down the Earth Great Immortal.
And then, consume more Spirit Fruits.
...
「On the Celestial Saint Continent.」
There were still many members of the Demon Race, holding white insect eggs and, fighting through their discomfort, tossing them toward the Celestial Sea Realm.
They were letting the eggs reproduce wildly.
...
This time, when Xiaoqing came to find Su Qing again,
Su Qing couldn’t be bothered to deal with it.
He said to Xiaoqing, "It’s a losing battle. You can’t stamp them out. We don’t even know where these bugs came from."
"Come find me next month and perform an Inference to figure out how these bugs got into the Spirit Realm."
"Don’t bother me again. I’m a Fifth Realm Cultivator; I can’t be bothered with this."
Su Qing sighed.
He sent Xiaoqing away. He needed to focus on his Cultivation.
This world wasn’t his, after all.
If worst came to worst, Su Qing could just ignore it and continue cultivating.
Besides, these bugs didn’t have high Spiritual Wisdom.
Su Qing could just activate the Illusionary Array Plate to keep the bugs away from his island.
These things were always trying to interrupt his Cultivation.
Why would Su Qing want to meddle in pointless affairs? The Spirit Realm had plenty of other powerful experts.
...
...
"Qing Yang."
"Teacher, what is it?"
"The bugs! Those bugs! We have to destroy them quickly! Their karma is tied to the Demon Realm."
"Bugs?" Qing Yang had just finished a short Cultivation session and didn’t know what was happening outside.
"Come with me, quickly! Those bugs have already devoured most of the Spiritual Qi in the Spirit Realm."
"Only a Dao Principle can kill them instantly."
"Is it that serious?" Qing Yang followed the Shangyang Taoist through a spatial rift, arriving at a location in the Nether Sea.
He never expected that as soon as they emerged, they would see a sky-blotting swarm of bugs.
"Three Kills Sword!"
Qing Yang gripped his sword, and instantly, three powerful beams of sword light killed a number of the beetles, which fell to the ground. But against a massive swarm of bugs, this kind of attack was clearly not enough.
"Use a Dao Principle. Don’t underestimate them."
"Nine Dragon Departing Fire!"
A terrifying fire-based Dao Principle filled the sky. It swept past, and a huge swath of bugs was annihilated, not even leaving corpses behind.
Qing Yang looked down and saw that the bugs he had sliced in half—the ones whose Greed Realm seeds were unharmed—were slowly piecing themselves back together, as if they were regenerating.
Qing Yang couldn’t help but be astonished.
"Teacher, these bugs are just too ridiculous."
"What did you expect? I told you only a Dao Principle could kill them."
"These bugs appeared once before, a long time ago. Back then, eighty percent of all life in the Spirit Realm was wiped out."
"The two of us need to do our best to eliminate them now. Otherwise, I’m afraid the Spirit Realm’s Spiritual Qi will be completely devoured, and it’ll become like the last era, where it was difficult to even reach the Divinity Transformation Realm."
"Master, shouldn’t we call those few Elder Dragons and the families from the Abyss Sea?"
"They surely know already. They’re different from us; they have their own families and clans."
"They started dealing with this long ago."
Eventually, a High Tier Cultivator discovered that as long as a certain organ inside the bug was destroyed, it would truly die for good.
...
...
"We can’t even leave now," Song Zhining said, annoyed.
The sea level around them had already dropped by a meter.
Countless bugs outside were constantly devouring everything.
He appeared to be fishing, but he was actually cultivating. Only the naive girl next to him was truly there to keep Song Zhining company while he fished.
"Sosso, you should go back and cultivate. I’m cultivating out here too."
"There aren’t any fish left now."
"No way. I’m determined to catch a fish," Zhao Sosso said, staring intently at the water. She really did want to catch one.
The great army of bugs outside would charge toward the island each time, but they would quickly skirt around it and fly off elsewhere.
It wasn’t that Song Zhining hadn’t tested the bugs’ power.
His Soul Attacks clearly killed the bugs, yet they could still chomp away madly.
Moreover, Song Zhining couldn’t even break through the defense of their carapaces.
...
"Sigh..."
"I just came out of seclusion. How did I end up trapped on Qingsu Island?" Ouyang Mingming said helplessly.
This was Su Qing’s residence.
But Su Hongshang and Luo Xingya were both in the middle of their Cultivation.
You Yanhan smiled. "At least it’s safe here for now. There are many Great Cultivators outside clearing out these bugs."
Meanwhile, Liu Linlin was in Su Qing’s kitchen preparing ingredients for hot pot.
Only the three of them had come out to take a look after finishing their Cultivation.
They hadn’t expected to see a scene like this.
"Are you going back into seclusion later?"
"Of course. Who knows where that kid Su Qing has gone off to. Besides, I’m at the Golden Core Limit. I’m definitely going to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm during this seclusion!"
"That’s great. Once you break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, you’ll get to live a bit longer, you Fox Spirit," You Yanhan said with a sincere smile.
"Hmph, of course," Ouyang Mingming replied with a proud little smile.
...
「About ten days passed.」
Su Qing did not come out of seclusion.
Instead, he continuously consumed Spirit Fruits to raise his Cultivation.
He was now gaining 23 points of Skill Level per day.
His Cultivation Technique had also reached the level of Great Success.
Because of the bugs and the actions of that Ninth Realm expert, Su Qing realized just how insignificant he was. He didn’t even want to take a single day off.
Only by cultivating to the Sixth Realm might he feel even a sliver of security.
—
Host: Su Qing
Realm: Purple Viscera Realm: Jade Sea Realm Limit [Primordial Immortal Body: Minor Achievement (1676/2000)]
Divinity Transformation Realm: Yang Realm Perfection [Primordial Immortal Body: Minor Achievement (1676/2000)]
—
’The Divinity Transformation Yang Realm is already at Perfection. All that’s left is for the Cultivation Technique to reach Perfection.’
Su Qing smiled.
But his Purple Viscera Realm hadn’t reached Perfection yet.
It seemed he was still missing the Jiaoyang Realm.
’I still need over 3,400 more Skill Level points to reach Perfection.’
’If I do nothing, it’ll take six months to reach Perfection. But if I keep consuming Spirit Fruits, I estimate I can do it in about three months!’
’What’s more, this improved aptitude will continue to benefit me even when I reach the Void Realm.’
Su Qing chuckled. No matter what, it was a win-win situation.
’The Sixth Realm... I’ll have to break through when the time comes.’
’I can’t be bothered with the bugs outside.’
Now that he had a relatively safe environment, Su Qing couldn’t be bothered to deal with the bugs outside. In any case, they wouldn’t affect his existence.
The Spirit Realm?
It wasn’t his Spirit Realm, so Su Qing couldn’t be bothered to care. It wouldn’t be good if he had to step in for everything.
Demonic Qi could be sold, but the bugs... they were impossible to kill completely.
"Xiaoqing."
Su Qing called for Xiaoqing.
He needed to perform a proper Inference.
"Master."
Xiaoqing quickly flew over.
"Perform an Inference. How did the Greed Realm bugs get into the Spirit Realm?"
"Yes, Master."
Xiaoqing immediately began the Inference.
"The Greed Realm bugs came to the Spirit Realm by the hands of the Demon Realm. It seems to be the work of a Ninth Realm expert from the Demon Realm."
"I knew it," Su Qing said, exasperated.
"You can go. I need to continue my Cultivation."
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