Cultivation towards immortality, starting from being a fisherman

Chapter 146: Chapter 113: The Young Mysterious Turtle

Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop saw a Foundation Establishment Cultivator take over as the new Workshop Master.

This news startled the officials and nobles of Golden Sparrow City three times a day, all fearing they’d wake up to a changed world!

If they encountered one with particularly unsavory appetites, it wouldn’t be a simple matter of bleeding money to get through the trouble.

Luckily, as the news fermented, Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop regained its popularity, and the most important point was!

Including gifts from the surrounding cities and Frost Moon Villa, not only did the other party accept everything, but they also sent acknowledgments in return.

The message written on the letter was a strong and energetic “Everything As Usual”!

These four characters inclined people to believe that this was a reasonable and upright Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator!

They all breathed a sigh of relief.

No one thought the other party was deliberately lulling them into a false sense of security.

After all, they knew their own weight; their interests probably weren’t significant enough for a Foundation Establishment to break their word and grow fat on!

Especially since they had learned another piece of news: this Foundation Establishment intended to consolidate their cultivation for a few years first, and then would start accepting disciples and establishing a sect on Nine Leaf Mountain for the sake of passing down the Dharma Vein!

Although the master was only at Foundation Establishment, it was obvious that the highest they could achieve was leading a small sect.

But for many families of the common mortal world, if their children could be selected, even with Low Grade Spirit Roots…

The gap between an Outer Sect disciple of the Immortal Sect with no access to resources and a direct disciple of a Foundation Establishment was considerable.

The former mostly stopped at middle-period Qi Cultivation, but the latter had a high probability of advancing further, and the chance to be valued and specially cultivated by a Foundation Establishment!

Some large families within Nine Leaf Mountain’s sphere of influence, who had children capable of Qi Refining entry with at least Low Grade Spirit Roots.

Were already considering whether to wait a bit, and then, if the opportunity arose, they’d send some disciples to Nine Leaf Mountain to seek apprenticeship.

White Crane True Man’s promise of maintaining the status quo steadied people’s hearts, and the decision to establish a school at this location was publicly made.

Those cultivators who heard about it, as long as they were not evil cultivators with issues upstairs, would give a Foundation Establishment some face; at least they wouldn’t recklessly fight and kill near Nine Leaf Mountain Workshop!

Golden Sparrow City also benefited from this, gaining a rare peace in the currently harsh environment.

Even some Loose Cultivators who had participated in the siege of Nine Leaf Mountain, who had borrowed resources from the wealthy families of Golden Sparrow City and then fled, now voluntarily returned to repay double the borrowed resources.

After that, they went to Nine Leaf Mountain to apologize and even hoped to be taken in by the Foundation Establishment power.

As for this, Su Ping didn’t bother to deal with it himself, leaving the manager to handle the situation.

In the eyes of his subordinates, aside from secluding himself for cultivation, he was known to leave for four or five days under the pretense of training.

After all, he was now the biggest authority on Nine Leaf Mountain.

No one could interfere with him acting as a hands-off shopkeeper.

As for the minor thefts among his subordinates… Su Ping had also arranged for a group of rats to monitor the key areas.

Minor pilfering and usual managerial issues were expected; having delegated authority, he had to accept these consequences, also considered normal attrition costs.

But if things went too far, Su Ping wouldn’t hesitate to make a big change.

And in this Immortal Cultivation World, with the identity of a Foundation Establishment, he could condemn people without evidence and deal with those corrupt by simply saying it out loud, and no one would consider it a frame-up or a case of killing the dog once the hunt was over.

No one would think a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator needed to fabricate a reason to deal with some subordinates!

…

At Frost Moon Lake, Su Ping finished fishing for the week and was lucky enough to catch another Green Spirit Fish.

After keeping it in the Pot Cave Heaven, the concentration of Spiritual Energy in the cave increased to:

[Current Pot Cave Heaven Spiritual Energy Concentration: Level 2 (40/200)]

Then, after practicing his Divine Skills, Su Ping made his first trip to Mysterious Turtle Island!

However, this time, he would descend upon those waters with the identity of a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator!

This time, there would be no ships daring to scout quietly; upon seeing a figure in the sky, they would prudently avoid or halt navigation.

After Foundation Establishment, one could fly through the air, and with Su Ping’s ability to ‘cheat’ by retreating to Pot Cave Heaven for meditation to recover Mana,

His travel speed was even faster than normal Foundation Establishments on a journey!

As he passed by Cloud Mountain Workshop, he saw Immortal Boats in the sky.

Su Ping had also considered whether to buy an Immortal Boat in the Immortal Realm for travel.

But after making some inquiries, Su Ping discovered that thing was a gold-guzzling beast!

In the current tumultuous state of the Immortal Cultivation World, prices of large Artifact Refining like Immortal Boats had skyrocketed.

And while most of their drive and defense systems could be activated with ordinary Spirit Stones,

The Middle-Upper Grade Spirit Stones required for their core Arrays had become strategic materials for major sects, and they were priceless.

No wonder aside from sects or large commercial corporations owning Immortal Boats and using them regularly,

Those Immortal Cultivation Families that come and go usually use carriages and ships as transportation.

Turns out even if you can buy it… it’s hard to keep it running!

After hurrying through the night without sparing Mana, Su Ping was able to fly to Mysterious Turtle Island.

He saw that several new small manors had been built on the island.

The original small fishing village had been converted into a mid-size port where Tower Ships of five or six hundred tons were docked.

Su Ping, in the guise of White Crane True Man, landed and was immediately received by the elder of the Dongli family branch on the island.

After a cordial exchange, Su Ping smoothly went to Heavenly Pond for fishing.

Seeing that the Second Tier Fishing Point on Mysterious Turtle Island had accumulated 200 fishing attempts, Su Ping washed his hands, released his Divine Sense to prevent prying and simultaneously,

he took out the Thunder Light Fox Talisman from his sleeve to prepare, and then began to fish.

And by the seashore, a few Dongli Clan scouts who had felt the divine sense wisely retreated.

The elder, upon learning that the other party had really started fishing, was unimpressed:

“No matter, I’ve had someone find out where he comes from. He’s an outsider cultivator who was lucky enough to establish his foundation in the workshop.”

“I’ve seen plenty of such cultivators, thinking that their good fortune in Immortal cultivation will always look after them? There are many who come to this place to fish, some even deliberately soak in the lake for a month feeding the fish!”

“Is there any fortune left here? If there was, it was long taken by the ancestors of our Chi Yuan Immortal Sect!”

The branch elder reassured the people whose hearts were unsettled due to the recent success in foundation establishment.

Meanwhile, Su Ping could hardly contain his joy and almost laughed out loud!

[+1 Fishing Experience]

[Current Fishing Level: 5 (11/5000)]

[+1 Juvenile Mysterious Turtle]

He hadn’t expected that after waiting so long to fish again, he’d hardly started before he successfully caught a special fish from this place!

Su Ping quickly checked the description of his catch:

[Juvenile Mysterious Turtle, Quality: Rare, can be contracted as a summoning Spiritual Beast, upgradable, slowly increases experience value when raised in Pot Cave Heaven!]

“What a pity, no bonus for consumption. Eating it wouldn’t be of much benefit.”

After reading the description and shaking his head slightly, Su Ping summoned the juvenile Mysterious Turtle.

He then discovered a small, palm-sized dark red turtle, appearing in front of him and looking up at him curiously.

Su Ping chose to contract it as a summoning Spiritual Beast, and immediately new information appeared:

[Juvenile Mysterious Turtle (Unnamed), Quality: Rare, Current Level: 1, Combat Power Assessment: 0]

“Zero combat power? That’s quite something.”

“Looking at you, you’re at least of rare quality, so I’ll name you Ba Xia!”

“I hope you don’t turn out worse than that Chi Wen… Otherwise, if you get bullied, I won’t help you!”

After naming the juvenile Mysterious Turtle, Su Ping placed it in his sleeve and continued to fish.

After using up all his attempts at this second-tier fishing point, Su Ping stood up and made his way to the harbor.

As he bade farewell to the Dongli Clan branch elder, Su Ping quietly added a few coded words.

After which, he unhesitatingly flew through the air and left Mysterious Turtle Island.

But the elder, after watching him leave, quickly returned to the manor and immediately gathered all the clan members on Mysterious Turtle Island.

Then the elder gave a direct answer:

“You all should know that not long ago there was a foundation cultivator who was curious about the ancient remains on our island.”

“He told me when he was leaving.”

“An evil cultivator has emerged among us!”

“I do believe that a foundation cultivator would not be so bored as to deceive our Dongli Clan!”

“So… everyone must enter the Demon Suppression Array and recite the Evil Exorcism Spell!”

Upon hearing the elder’s command, everyone grew solemn!

Some began to feel grateful for the foundation cultivator, who had spotted the evil Qi and warned them.

Once the elders, all late-stage Qi cultivation cultivators, had left,

The remaining clan members feared they might have become sacrifices for the evil cultivators!

After detecting the presence of evil Qi, Su Ping had warned the Dongli Clan before departing from Mysterious Turtle Island.

On his way, he dived to the bottom of the sea and entered Pot Cave Heaven to recover his mana, and casually placed the newly named Ba Xia into the large Spirit Light Fish Pond.

The turtle was happy to enter the Spirit Light Fish Pond, feeling as comfortable as if returning home.

The Big Black Fish Chi Wen curiously approached the new companion but was startled by a jet of water fired from the turtle’s mouth that hit it in the eye, causing it to yelp and hide to one side.

After a while, realizing that the newcomer wasn’t much of a threat, it was about to retaliate.

But as malicious intent surged from within,

The juvenile Mysterious Turtle suddenly trembled and retracted into its shell.

Simultaneously issuing a plea for help to Su Ping, making the distant Big Black Fish, aware of its master’s divine sense, go rigid on the spot!

Its thoughts of revenge evaporated, and it made the decision not to fight with the turtle!

In Pot Cave Heaven, the juvenile Mysterious Turtle began to slowly increase its experience, and Su Ping found that eating could also slightly speed up this process.

Therefore, hundreds of pounds of demon beast meat and various meats from Water Blue Star were placed by Su Ping on the side.

Allowing both the juvenile Mysterious Turtle and Big Black to choose at will.

Big Black Chi Wen suddenly found the arrival of the new companion to be quite beneficial, gaining quite a few advantages.

Sailing smoothly, Su Ping returned to Golden Sparrow City, and after revealing his presence to stabilize minds in both identities,

He activated the Town Return Talisman and returned once again to his hometown.

After foundation establishment, Su Ping felt that the effect of his homeland’s environment on him wasn’t as significant anymore.

The flow of mana and spiritual liquid was no longer slowed by any sensation of sluggishness.

The only regret was that he still couldn’t restore mana in his hometown’s environment and had to use potions or return to Pot Cave Heaven!

However, thanks to the mana and spiritual liquid, even in his hometown, Su Ping’s transcendent endurance was considerably extended!

This undoubtedly greatly increased Su Ping’s sense of security.