Chapter 257 - 255: Return to Qingsu Island and Secure the Foundation

Chapter 257: Chapter 255: Return to Qingsu Island and Secure the Foundation

"Sir, you really could have just told me. I would have delivered the message for you."

Su Qing said with a sigh of resignation. His Soul Cultivation was still intact.

Remembering a few words would have been no trouble at all.

But instead, the old man had gone and bought paper, a brush, and ink for Su Qing to write with.

’Aren’t there any scholars in this town?’

Su Qing fell silent.

"Sigh, I don’t know either."

"The scholar from the Zhang Family and the one from the Li Family both went to the city."

"I don’t know what’s been going on this year, but they all want to get out."

Su Qing had no idea what was going on either.

But since the items had already been purchased...

’What else can I do?’

He could only pick up the paper and brush and begin grinding the ink.

"Go ahead, sir. I’ll write as you speak."

"Wonderful," the old man said happily.

"..."

...

After writing the letter, Su Qing said his goodbyes.

The old man’s surname was Zhang, and it seemed the town was mostly populated by children and the elderly. Everyone else had apparently gone to the county seat or the city.

As Su Qing walked, he looked at the several Great Worlds and the Little Immortal Realm on his Synthesizer.

’What am I going to do about these?’

He couldn’t take them out right now.

’Taking them out would expose me.’

’Unless I go back one time and leave my Great Worlds there.’

’Back then, Xiaoqing must have realized something was wrong.’

But Su Qing hadn’t been able to react in time before the enemy was already upon him.

Xiaoqing was still inside one of the Great Worlds.

Halfway there, while Su Qing was lost in thought, a horse-drawn carriage approached and stopped right in front of him.

"Hm?" Su Qing looked over, puzzled.

Just as he looked, someone lifted the carriage’s curtain.

The person had the appearance of a scholar with exceptionally fair skin. They looked like a man, but were in fact a woman.

A woman disguised as a man.

"Where might you be headed, brother? This young master can give you a lift," a cheerful, androgynous voice said.

The woman in disguise was quite surprised. The man before her was remarkably clean-cut and handsome, with exceptionally fair and delicate skin.

Yet, his eyes held a uniquely steady and composed temperament.

Though he wore simple linen clothes, his aura was completely different.

"No, thank you. I wouldn’t want to trouble you," Su Qing said, shaking his head.

The interruption broke his train of thought.

"Very well. Xiao Zhang, let’s be off. Perhaps we’ll meet again."

"Mm," Su Qing nodded.

...

This loss of his Cultivation was entirely due to his own carelessness.

If only he had brought his Immortal Puppet with him, he at least wouldn’t have had so many problems.

The fact that his Array Plate had failed was a very serious problem. Su Qing had no idea why it had malfunctioned.

’If that guy could disable the Array Plate on my person, what about Qingsu Island?’

At that thought, Su Qing’s body began to levitate, carried by the power of his soul.

He quickly made his way to the county seat up ahead. Spreading out his soul’s perception, he immediately located Elder Zhang’s son.

After all, the resemblance was uncanny.

After leaving the envelope, Su Qing swiped a mask.

He had to hurry and check on Qingsu Island.

Flying with his soul’s power was far slower than using an Escape Technique.

Once he was in the air, Su Qing realized he was still within the Moon God Palace’s sphere of influence.

He rushed toward Qingsu Island.

The flight took him over a month.

As he neared the island, Su Qing could once again sense that his Array Plates were still active.

He instantly had the Mist Immortal Array generate its thickest fog, the kind that produced hallucinations.

The Illusion Array had to be activated as well.

Su Qing knew he had to do this.

’Maximum power.’

For thousands of miles around, every cultivator and mortal alike was caught within it, frozen in place and enveloped by the dense fog.

Su Qing walked into the mist.

He suddenly realized that while his opponent’s methods had been relatively crude, he had still fallen for the trick.

His Immortal Arrays were still powerful.

He had simply been too careless.

Su Qing cranked the defensive Immortal Array to maximum power.

Returning to his small courtyard, Su Qing saw Su Hongshang.

He paused for a moment, then smiled. He paid her no mind, as Su Hongshang should still be trapped within the Illusion Realm.

Her hair was fiery red, and she radiated the aura of the Divinity Transformation realm.

’Not bad at all.’ He stroked her hair, then gently pinched the cheek of Luo Xingya, who stood beside her.

The teapot still contained Enlightenment Tea.

Su Qing smiled and shook his head.

Then, high above Qingsu Island, he released three Great Worlds!

As the Great Worlds unfurled, their reflections instantly filled the entire sky above Qingsu Island and the surrounding seas.

Inside were Tier Nine and Tier Eight Spirit Medicines, along with incomparably dense Spiritual Qi.

The entrance to the Little Immortal Realm could be controlled.

It was, in essence, a Pocket World.

But once he released it, he wouldn’t have the power to take it back again.

Su Qing placed the entrance to the Little Immortal Realm next to his Spirit Vein Small World.

All of those problems were now solved!

Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

He flew up into one of the worlds to find Xiaoqing.

He also retrieved his numerous Array Plates.

"Master!"

"Danger!" Xiaoqing was still stuck in the moment of Su Qing’s apparent death, having been stored in the Synthesizer.

"The danger has passed," Su Qing sighed.

He began synthesizing the Array Plates as he said to Xiaoqing, "Tell me what happened!"

"Master, the Spiritual Sense of your Array Plate was too low. It misjudged that the leaf wouldn’t harm you. When the leaf flew over, it blocked the Spiritual Sense, preventing the Array Plate from activating."

"No wonder," Su Qing said, grinding his teeth. "What’s the name of the bastard who killed me?"

"Ye Sheng," said Xiaoqing.

"Ye Sheng!" Su Qing committed the name to memory.

The Immortal Array’s Spiritual Sense was indeed not very high because Su Qing had only put it through Spiritualization synthesis once. It was normal that its awareness was limited.

But he never expected that man would actually know the secret of his Array Plates.

’How could an Eighth Realm Cultivator know that?’

Su Qing finished synthesizing the Immortal Arrays.

He placed an array in each of the three Great Worlds, powering them with Immortal Stones.

They were to stand guard, preventing anyone from entering.

A single Immortal Stone was enough to keep these Array Plates running for a century.

Su Qing left with Xiaoqing.

Xiaoqing was extremely useful.

"Master, I’ve detected it. A Split Soul from that man is inside the Illusion Array."

Xiaoqing darted off in a particular direction.

Su Qing had noticed it as well.

’Of course I did.’

Su Qing saw a figure that looked like an ordinary person standing there, with Xiaoqing circling above it.

"No rush on this. When the mist ends, I’ll have Xiao Sha eliminate this soul."

Su Qing needed to take his Immortal Puppets with him.

Su Qing went to a corner of his courtyard and replaced the Immortal Stones in several more Array Plates.

It was enough to power them at full capacity for a century.

"You lot, guard my island. If anyone I haven’t approved approaches the residence, kill them on sight. Understood?"

After giving his instructions, Su Qing donned the mask.

He also took a large supply of Spirit Medicines and Spirit Fruits with him.

He had just been about to write a letter.

But he stopped his hand.

His allies didn’t know if he was dead or alive.

This way, the outside powers would remain suspicious and uncertain.

He sat quietly in the small hut he had built.

He remained silent for a long time.

He went into the Little Immortal Realm and took out a few Enlightenment Leaves.

He steeped them in water to make tea.

He looked closely at the stunning, crimson-clad Su Hongshang and couldn’t help but toy with her fiery red hair for a moment.

"You really have gotten much more beautiful. Sigh."

’My Dao Companion broke through to Divinity Transformation, while I’ve been sent right back to the very bottom of cultivation.’

’Do my Cultivation Techniques stop operating on their own just because I’m ’dead’?’

’The Immortal Transformation Technique...’ Su Qing recalled that excellent Transformation Technique.

Su Qing sighed.

’Time to synthesize again.’

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