Seeking Longevity

Su Jingbang explained his main purpose in seeking out Su Yu. "The family needs a batch of pills and Talismans. The pills you refine are of excellent quality, and you can also produce mid-grade Rank 1 Talismans. With this support, the family will be more confident in dealing with the Maple City Bai Family."

"For the next half year, the family will supply you with materials at full capacity. Refine as much as you can."

Su Yu nodded in agreement. "No problem."

After a pause, Su Yu lowered his voice. "As for materials, prepare some high-grade Rank 1 beast-hide Talisman Paper and essence blood. I'll see if I can refine some high-grade Talismans."

Su Jingbang looked at Su Yu in surprise. "You've become a High-grade Rank 1 Talisman Master?"

Su Yu pondered for a moment before nodding. "More or less. But the success rate probably won't look very good. I'll need more practice."

"Hahaha, this is tremendous news!"

Su Jingbang clapped his hands excitedly and laughed heartily, his joy beyond words. Even in Cloud Mountain Market, a High-grade Rank 1 Talisman Master was already quite respectable.

Not to mention a youth barely in his twenties.

He had only studied Talisman crafting for two years!

Such talent left Su Jingbang overwhelmed with excitement.

Perhaps in a few more years, their Su Family would produce a Second-rank Alchemist and Talisman Master!

After Su Jingbang left, Su Yun looked at Su Yu and said, "I'll refine the high-grade Rank 1 pills. With your current Qi Refining Stage Five cultivation, refining high-grade Rank 1 pills is still a bit of a stretch."

"As for high-grade Rank 1 Talismans... don't force yourself. You can try making some, but focus mainly on mid-grade and low-grade Rank 1 Talismans."

Su Yu quickly replied, "I understand. Don't worry, Master."

Su Yun hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your talent is excellent. As long as you have the legacy, becoming a Second-rank Alchemist won't be difficult. But your cultivation is still a little low, so there is still time. During that time, I'll see whether I can find you a Second-rank Alchemist Legacy."

Second-rank legacies were not easy to obtain.

Even Cloud Mountain Auction had rarely seen them throughout its history, whether they were legacies of alchemists, Talisman Masters, formation masters, or others.

And families possessing such legacies would never readily pass them on to outsiders.

Previously, Su Yun had held no expectations for a Second-rank Alchemist Legacy, much less considered seeking one out.

He was already old. Even if he found such a legacy, he might not necessarily become a Second-rank Alchemist.

Unless he could break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

But breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage was itself a chasm that reached the heavens.

Thus, the legacy of a high-grade Rank 1 alchemist was already enough for Su Yun.

But Su Yu was different.

After only two or three years of studying alchemy and Talisman crafting, he had already reached the high-grade Rank 1 level.

If his cultivation rose further and he obtained a second-rank legacy...

Su Yun absolutely believed that he could become a Second-rank Alchemist and Talisman Master.

It was time to start considering the matter of his legacy.

In his room.

Name: Su Yu.

Cultivation: Qi Refining Stage Five.

Lifespan: 24/118.

Cultivation Arts: Azure Wood Age Wheel Art (First Cycle Fifth Turn, Proficiency 1.64%), Crocodile Demon's 108 Forms Body Refining Technique (Sixth Layer, Proficiency 37.87%), Blood Whale Swallowing Moon Art (First Realm, Proficiency 0.01%).

Spells: Wood Vine Technique (Perfected), Spirit Nurturing Art (Perfected), Spirit Spear Art (Perfected), Spirit Infusion Art (Perfected), Myriad Wood Vine Technique (Perfected), Spirit Devouring Art (Perfected).

"Eight years."

Looking at the Proficiency Panel, Su Yu murmured softly.

Eight years had passed since he had been eliminated from the Cloud Sword Sect novice disciples' entrance examination.

And in eight years, he had risen from Qi Refining Stage One to Qi Refining Stage Five. In Su Yu's eyes, that speed was not actually slow.

It was already about on par with an ordinary Medium-grade Spirit Root.

Although he could not compare with Su Qingyi and Su Zhi, Su Yu felt that it was acceptable.

"From Qi Refining Stage Four to Stage Five, my lifespan increased by a full nine years." Seeing this, Su Yu's eyes gleamed faintly.

For ordinary Qi Refining cultivators, even those at Qi Refining Stage Nine might only live to around one hundred and twenty after taking two high-grade Rank 1 Longevity Pills.

The Su Family's Wutong Greenwood Art had the effect of extending one's lifespan. At the limit of Qi Refining Stage Nine, one might live to one hundred thirty or forty years old.

But the Azure Wood Age Wheel Art he cultivated now was clearly far better than the Wutong Greenwood Art at extending one's lifespan.

Upon reaching Qi Refining Stage Nine, he might live to one hundred fifty or sixty.

That was a full forty years longer than ordinary people!

Looking at it this way, his cultivation speed was not slow at all. After all, even at the Qi Refining stage, he could live several decades longer than others.

"Next, I need to find a few more suitable spells to cultivate."

Su Yu settled down in the Alchemy Pavilion, refining pills and drawing Talismans. Mid-grade Rank 1 pills and Talismans accounted for about half, low-grade Rank 1 items accounted for forty percent, and the rest were all high-grade Rank 1.

Cultivating, refining pills, drawing Talismans.

Every day was arranged properly, without the slightest delay to his own cultivation.

Since the family was preparing to intervene in the conflict between the Chen Family and the Maple City Bai Family, Su Yu had raised his pill-refining and Talisman-drawing success rates a little during this period, to around fifty percent.

This success rate was already extraordinarily frightening. The family gathered a large quantity of materials for mid-grade and low-grade Rank 1 pills and Talismans.

Half of those materials were turned into pills and Talismans by Su Yu.

Large batches of mid-grade and low-grade Rank 1 Talismans—Divine Movement Talismans, Golden Light Talismans, Frost Talismans, Fireball Talismans, Wood Vine Talismans, and more—had all gained a slight increase in power after Su Yu's minor improvements.

Most importantly, there was the new high-grade Rank 1 Talisman Su Yu had learned by drawing from other sources: the Fire Cloud Arrow Talisman.

The family prepared fifty sets of materials, and he successfully drew twenty-one Fire Cloud Arrow Talismans, raising the Fire Cloud Arrow Talisman's proficiency to 25%.

He kept seven for himself and gave fourteen Fire Cloud Arrow Talismans to the family.

Fourteen finished high-grade Rank 1 Talismans matched the success rate of an ordinary High-grade Rank 1 Talisman Master. Any more than that would not be good.

Half a year later.

Su Qingyi came to Cloud Mountain Market with Su Jingbang. Aside from accompanying Su Jingbang to collect the pills and Talismans, he had also brought wedding banquet invitations for Su Yu and Su Zhi.

"The wedding is set for a month from now. You have to come back then." There was an additional small scar on Su Qingyi's face. The youthful innocence of the past could no longer be seen on him; in its place were maturity and a faint trace of ruthlessness.

Su Yu could sense a faint bloody baleful aura from Su Qingyi.

That meant Su Qingyi's hands had been stained with quite a lot of blood.

Looking at his former childhood companion, Su Yu sighed inwardly and nodded heavily. "I definitely will."

After Su Qingyi delivered Su Zhi's invitation and left with Su Jingbang, Su Yun looked at Su Yu and said, "How about I arrange a marriage for you?"

"Wealth, companions, cultivation arts, and land. You don't lack resources now, so it's time for you to consider a Dao companion as well."

Su Yu shook his head with a bitter smile. "Master, it's still too early. Right now, I only want to devote myself to cultivation."

Su Yun hesitated before saying, "Then wait a few more years. You can't learn from me, so you still need a Dao companion. Otherwise, how will the family carry on?"

Su Yu did not argue. He was a junior and a disciple; he had to listen when an elder spoke. But for the time being, he would not consider it.

His cultivation had no bottlenecks. As long as his proficiency reached the required level, he could break through. If he sought a Dao companion now, what if that person could not keep up with his cultivation in the future?

He did not want to pour his emotions into someone, only to go through the pain of life and death.

Cultivating for longevity was his foremost pursuit now.