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

Chapter 354: A Deal with the Old God

Mount Lingluo.

A group of Lingluo Beasts still inhabited this place, with their population even growing to over a million.

Although it was very close to Gaoyu City, the city had not cleared out this Chaos Beast gathering point.

At the center of Mount Lingluo.

Inside a hidden cave dwelling, the Ancient Deity Bafeite was still recovering from his injuries.

The twelve Ancient Deity marks on his forehead had all been restored, and even the three shattered Ancient Deity marks had reformed, though his strength still hadn't reached its peak.

Suddenly.

Ancient Deity Bafeite frowned, opened his eyes, and the Ancient Deity power within his pupils spun wildly as he scanned in a certain direction.

There, a young man removed his disguise and looked at Ancient Deity Bafeite with a cheerful smile.

Ancient Deity Bafeite's hoarse voice sounded. His original memories of the Gaoyu Tribe's Third Elder had disappeared from his mind, but upon seeing Su Yuan, he directly deduced the parts of Su Yuan's information that hadn't been concealed.

"Long time no see, hehe. Now can I know your true name, friend of the Ancient Deity race?" Su Yuan looked toward Bafeite's forehead.

Bafeite responded with caution and surprise, "You actually revived?"

He could confirm that Su Yuan had previously completely perished;otherwise, his earlier memories of Su Yuan wouldn't have been affected and disappeared.

Now that he had forgotten everything about the other party, he found himself in an extremely passive position.

"Correct, I have mastered a resurrection technique and have now completely returned! I was also killed by enemies, but through the resurrection art, I have come back!"

Su Yuan stated solemnly.

"So that's how it is." Ancient Deity Bafeite pondered briefly before saying, "If you want to know my true name, you need to demonstrate your strength. Otherwise, I have no interest in speaking it."

Su Yuan chuckled and said, "I am also in a severely injured state. The strength I displayed earlier in the tribe was only at the ordinary Wuji Realm level—otherwise, why would I only be the Third Elder? Now that I've just revived, I'm already at the City-Destroying Level. Do you think I just recently advanced? I'm still rapidly recovering, but I need resources and time. My strength is also close to King-level."

The foundation of cooperation was both parties possessing powerful, equivalent strength.

In front of Ancient Deity Bafeite, Su Yuan directly consumed 500,000 Fame Points to enhance his cultivation.

The Wuji magical power that had just reached the City-Destroying Level quickly advanced by a small margin.

Ancient Deity Bafeite looked at him in astonishment, his fifteen Ancient Deity marks spinning wildly, with countless divine lights shining from his Ancient Deity eyes. He didn't detect any traces of concealment from Su Yuan—the strength had genuinely increased out of thin air. This kind of growth couldn't be from cultivation but could only be from recovering strength.

If it were some method of concealing strength, that would also be impossible unless the other party was a true King-level existence or possessed a heaven-shaking rare treasure.

"I acknowledge your strength. I am Bafeite, one of the members of the Ancient God Nation parliament, close to King-level!" Ancient Deity Bafeite's smile became much more sincere.

He paused for a moment before saying, "Your appearance this time obviously has some purpose, doesn't it?"

Su Yuan nodded, "I want to conduct a transaction."

"I'm willing to hear the details." Ancient Deity Bafeite said calmly.

"I will resurrect all the citizens of the Ancient God Nation who previously perished, in exchange for the Ancient God Nation's national rare treasure—the Ancient Deity Eye!"

Ancient Deity Bafeite's expression immediately darkened.

"That's impossible!"

He refused outright, his demeanor even showing strong hostility!

"The Ancient Deity Eye is the bloodline treasure of the Ancient Deity race, the supreme inheritance artifact, the strongest source of power! It cannot be traded away!"

Ancient Deity Bafeite's tone was extremely firm.

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan maintained a calm expression and said, "You should know about the special ability of the Great Commander of the Eternal Nation, right? The more territory he controls, the stronger he becomes. During this period, he has already digested the territories of the four ancient nations, and his strength is infinitely close to the true King-level."

"Once he occupies some more territory, he will completely step into the King-level. At that time, all you remaining Ancient Deities will be found and killed by him. If you don't resist now, the entire Ancient Deity race will cease to exist, let alone other treasures."

Su Yuan's tone remained calm, merely stating a fact.

Ancient Deity Bafeite's expression turned very unpleasant. Clearly, he had also noticed this situation, but the significance of the Ancient Deity Eye was...

"You can trade with him!"

A voice suddenly sounded in Ancient Deity Bafeite's mind.

"Teacher?!" Bafeite exclaimed in surprise, "But that's the Ancient Deity Eye!"

"The Ancient Deity Eye is just a rare treasure—its symbolic meaning is greater than its practical significance. The Ancient Deity race isn't called Ancient Deities because of the Ancient Deity Eye;rather, it was after the Ancient Deity race obtained that rare treasure that they named it the Ancient Deity Eye. Being able to exchange it for the resurrection of all our fallen clansmen would be the greatest value of the Ancient Deity Eye! As long as our clansmen exist, the Ancient Deity race exists! Otherwise, the Ancient Deity race would exist in name only, and keeping the Ancient Deity Eye would be meaningless!"

The voice in his mind spoke again.

Ancient Deity Bafeite fell silent. His teacher, Ancient Deity Benjamin, was also a near King-level Ancient Deity and one of the most ancient existences in the Ancient God Nation. The Ancient Deity Eye had been in Benjamin's possession since their escape.

After he recovered his strength earlier, he had contacted his teacher. He never expected that his teacher would now agree to this transaction.

Su Yuan stood in place, quietly waiting for Ancient Deity Bafeite's response. He wanted to cause trouble for Su Jin, so he intended to resurrect the people of the Ancient Deity race—the enemy of my enemy is my friend, after all.

Of course, it would also be nice to gain some benefits. Since he was seeking benefits, he naturally started with a big demand upfront. If they were unwilling, they could negotiate—he was open to discussion anyway. His bottom line was actually getting it for free!

Because even if it were free, he would still profit—he could earn Fame Points!

The fundamental principle of this resurrection technique was [Tempering Heart in Mortal Dust]. Through the [Wandering Poet] state, he could resurrect them.

This method only became possible after [Tempering Heart in Mortal Dust] became an Eternal Trait. The previous [Heart Thought Revival] was merely a variant of the [Mental Avatar] and didn't count as a true resurrection art.

Su Yuan thought to himself, "What's there to consider? Aren't you going to negotiate? Should I take the initiative to compromise? The conditions could be slightly more flexible."

Su Yuan muttered internally.

Just as Su Yuan was about to lower his conditions, Ancient Deity Bafeite finally spoke, "If you can resurrect all the fallen citizens of the Ancient God Nation, I can represent the Ancient Deity race and trade the Ancient Deity Eye to you!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yuan was greatly surprised inwardly. He never expected it to actually succeed. The Ancient Deity Eye was the ultimate treasure of the Ancient God Nation. Although he didn't know exactly why this treasure was so valuable, it was definitely an extremely powerful artifact. Being able to acquire it through trade was certainly a good thing!

Su Yuan gave a light laugh and said, "Excellent, let's sign a contract!"

Ancient Deity Bafeite looked deeply at Su Yuan and said, "I hope you can accomplish this incredible resurrection technique!"

Su Yuan also smiled and said, "I also hope you won't go back on your word!"