Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

“You’ve acquired the unification characteristics of the Wuji Realm ahead of time!”

Demon Subduing Venerable praised.

Su Yuan nodded, as he had also sensed it. He had unified all the rules and principles he had comprehended under the framework of the Star Rule ahead of schedule, and only at this moment could his cultivation path truly be called the Starry Dao Road!

This was the path he would follow from now on, very clearly defined.

“Excellent, let’s spar once more!”

Demon Subduing Venerable said.

“Please grant me your guidance, Demon Sovereign!”

The two engaged again, and after just a few moves, Demon Subduing Venerable became serious, even drawing his weapon for combat.

They exchanged thousands of moves back and forth, appearing evenly matched.

But Su Yuan also knew that Demon Sovereign was feeding him techniques and certainly wasn’t using his full strength.

Even so, being able to genuinely spar with Demon Subduing Venerable was already a massive improvement compared to the beginning.

Naturally, Demon Subduing Venerable grew increasingly astonished as they fought. In his eyes, Su Yuan’s techniques were visibly improving, their power growing greater and greater, until they reached the normal combat capability expected of the Wuji Realm, after which the rate of improvement diminished.

“You’re incredibly skilled! I can barely tell you’re actually at the Tai Chi Realm!” Demon Subduing Venerable marveled.

The others also nodded repeatedly.

“Indeed, I’m now starting to suspect that Su Yuan was merely hiding his cultivation level earlier to conceal his true abilities!” White Emperor sighed.

“Truly remarkable!” Green Emperor also nodded.

After exchanging tens of thousands more moves, Su Yuan felt his growth rate had declined to an extremely minimal level and wisely stopped.

“Thank you for your assistance, Demon Sovereign! Without your help, achieving my current combat power would have required considerable hardship, possibly even life-and-death trials to accomplish. I’m truly grateful! Currently, I don’t have anything worthy to offer, but when I can forge Wuji Supreme Treasures in the future, I’ll definitely craft a complete set of equipment tailored for you! Well, you’ll only need to cover material costs and processing fees!” Su Yuan expressed his gratitude.

Demon Subduing Venerable chuckled wryly and waved his hand dismissively. “It’s nothing, don’t mention it!”

He didn’t believe Su Yuan could become a Wuji artifact forger. Hadn’t they seen how even Flame Emperor, after all these years, could only forge Tai Chi Supreme Treasures with six layers of Tai Chi Restrictions?

Forging Wuji Supreme Treasures was simply too difficult.

Su Yuan simply smiled in response.

He then asked, “Now that I’m joining the Gaoyu Tribe, there shouldn’t be any problem with me becoming an elder, right?”

“Theoretically, there’s no issue!” Demon Subduing Venerable looked toward Dao Immortal Human Emperor.

Dao Immortal Human Emperor continued, “But the tribe doesn’t casually allow Wuji Realm cultivators to directly join the upper ranks. Usually, certain contributions are required to achieve that. When we first arrived in the tribe, we also made numerous contributions before becoming elders. Actually, the contributions themselves aren’t as important as being able to eliminate infiltrators and spies, while simultaneously accomplishing things that earn recognition from other tribe members. Becoming an elder in a short time might be difficult, but over the long term, it’s certainly achievable.”

Nine Nethers Human Emperor seemed to recall something and said, “The tribe has detected that a beast tide is approaching! This beast tide qualifies as a large-scale one, potentially involving one or two Wuji Realm Chaos Beasts invading. If you can take action and drive them away, that should provide sufficient contribution. Combined with our guarantees, it shouldn’t be a problem!”

Demon Subduing Venerable coughed lightly. “Actually, it’s better if we don’t provide guarantees. The other elders are already quite wary of the three of us!”

Such matters weren’t appropriate to discuss with outsiders, but Su Yuan understood Demon Subduing Venerable’s meaning.

After chatting for a while longer, the other Human Emperors departed.

But before White Emperor left, Su Yuan stopped him.

“Senior White Emperor!” Su Yuan greeted.

“Don’t call me senior, call me Brother Bai!” White Emperor laughed.

“I’ll just call you White Emperor (younger brother) then!” Su Yuan joked.

“Haha, suit yourself!” White Emperor, being someone who enjoyed fun, immediately understood Su Yuan’s meaning.

“I’ve heard that Brother Bai is a puppeteer? Was that puppet of Green Emperor’s your masterpiece?”

“Correct!” White Emperor nodded. “My puppet techniques are quite excellent, though puppets have significant limitations above the Tai Chi Realm level. They’re good for home and city defense, and quite effective during beast tides, but in genuine combat, puppets aren’t very useful!”

Su Yuan nodded understandingly. When entering the tribe, he had indeed seen some puppets positioned on the outer walls. Puppets were quite effective in positional warfare, serving important functions, and puppeteers held very high status within the tribe. However, in individual combat, skirmishes, and similar situations, the usefulness of puppets diminished dramatically.

“Are there Wuji Realm puppets?” Su Yuan asked curiously.

White Emperor rolled his eyes. “The highest I’ve forged are peak Tai Chi Realm puppets, and I only have two of those!”

Hearing this, Su Yuan said regretfully, “That’s truly a pity! I thought it might be possible to forge Wuji Realm puppets!”

“It’s certainly possible!” White Emperor said excitedly. “The Chaos Crystal Cores of Chaos Beasts are perfect core materials for puppets. If you kill a Wuji Realm Chaos Beast and use its core to forge a puppet, there’s at least a ten percent probability of successfully creating a Wuji Realm puppet!”

“Ten percent?” Su Yuan gave a strange smile. “How did you arrive at that conclusion?”

White Emperor said calmly, “The tribe possesses one Wuji Realm puppet, forged by the Great Elder of the tribe. He consumed nine Chaos Crystal Cores in total before successfully creating one. Doesn’t that make the success rate ten percent?”

Hearing this, Su Yuan’s eyes lit up. “Does the tribe still have Chaos Crystal Cores available?”

“Yes!”

“I understand!” Su Yuan nodded with a smile. “Could you pass on the puppeteering legacy to me? In the future, I can craft a complete set of Wuji Realm Supreme Treasures tailored for you. You’ll only need to cover material costs and processing fees!”

White Emperor looked speechless and handed a gem to Su Yuan.

“Here, take it. If you’re interested, study it yourself!”

White Emperor vanished.

Only Demon Subduing Venerable remained.

“I’ll arrange your identity based on being a third-tier forging master, meaning one capable of forging treasures with three Tai Chi Restrictions. Is that acceptable?” Demon Subduing Venerable asked.

Su Yuan thought for a moment and said, “After my recent enlightenment, I feel my forging abilities will see significant improvement. To be conservative, why don’t you register me as a sixth-tier forging master instead!”

“Oh? No wonder you dared to make such bold claims! Haha, no problem!” Demon Subduing Venerable laughed.

Su Yuan nodded, then said, “Could I ask Demon Sovereign for a favor?”

“You want Wuji Realm crystal cores, right?”

“Exactly!”

“I can only try to arrange this. I’ll discuss it with Dao Immortal and Nine Nethers later. We should be able to exchange for three cores. What do you need them for? If it’s not necessary, better not request them—the cost is quite significant!” Demon Subduing Venerable said bluntly.

Su Yuan said seriously, “This is very important to me. Three Wuji Realm Chaos Beast crystal cores would be quite useful for my purposes!”

“Alright! Since you’ve just arrived in the tribe, we seniors were wondering what welcome gift to give you anyway. Wait for it, we’ll get them exchanged for you soon!”

Demon Subduing Venerable nodded.

Su Yuan said gratefully, “Then I thank Demon Subduing Venerable!”

He examined White Emperor’s puppeteering legacy and indeed found the content he was looking for. If a puppeteer’s forging failed, it could easily cause the Chaos Beast to resurrect, and after resurrection, the original crystal core would shatter. If the Chaos Beast was killed again, there wouldn’t even be a crystal core left!

But for Su Yuan, regardless of success or failure, one Chaos Crystal Core meant one combat power enhancement!