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

Chapter 414: The Gamble Between Su Yuan and Su Qian

Su Yuan (Abyss) brought Ye Fan into the buildings on the island and immediately spotted the figures of two other people.

With a single step, Su Yuan (Abyss) transported himself and Ye Fan into the midst of the architectural complex.

At that moment, Su Qian was instructing Zhou Hao in his cultivation.

He also sensed Su Yuan (Abyss)'s arrival, stopped speaking, and looked over.

The two figures appeared starkly opposed. Su Qian was dressed entirely in white, white clothes and white hair, while Su Yuan (Abyss) was clad entirely in black, black clothes and black hair, his face even obscured in shadow.

Their auras were completely different.

This made both Zhou Hao and Ye Fan unable to suppress their nervousness.

They were both speculating whether there was some conflict between these two.

However, in reality, they were overthinking it.

"Not long, just arrived," Su Qian replied indifferently.

Su Yuan (Abyss) sized up Zhou Hao, whose cultivation was merely at the Earth Immortal Stage. This surprised even Su Yuan (Abyss).

"This is also the Dominator's disciple?"

"Correct!"

Zhou Hao was somewhat afraid to meet Su Yuan (Abyss)'s gaze.

Su Yuan (Abyss) shook his head. "I can't see any particularly special potential in these two, especially this kid. His cultivation is far too low."

Su Qian gave a faint smile. "Want to make a bet? See who can first cultivate the Patriarch's disciple to the Wuji Realm?"

"What's the wager?" Su Yuan (Abyss) asked.

"How about a Near Imperial-level Supreme Treasure?" Su Qian said casually.

"Agreed!" Su Yuan (Abyss) nodded.

Just like that, the two casually established a bet.

Afterwards, Su Yuan (Abyss) took Ye Fan and left.

Zhou Hao swallowed hard and asked, "Brother Qian, is that Near Imperial-level Supreme Treasure you two betted on very precious?"

"It's not that it's rare, but it's not exactly common either. It's hard to come by, yet not impossible to find," Su Qian said.

"Could you explain it to me?" Zhou Hao couldn't resist his curiosity.

"You're only at the Human Immortal stage, kid. Knowing too much isn't good for you!" Su Qian shook his head.

"Brother Qian, please tell me. Otherwise, I'll feel very uneasy, afraid I might cause you to suffer a loss!"

Su Qian thought for a moment and still said, "Do you know what the highest cultivation realm is?"

Zhou Hao said, "I know that in the Immortal Realm, there are Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Xuan Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Great Luo Golden Immortal, Quasi-Saint, and Saint Realm! Saints are already legends in the Immortal Realm. I hear they reside at the pinnacle of the world."

Su Qian's mouth twitched. "Your perspective is far too narrow. If this got out, I'm afraid Su Yuan (Abyss) would laugh himself to death at me! Let me explain it to you!"

Zhou Hao was curious and expectant.

"The Saint Realm is actually the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. In some minor places, those who reach this realm are called Saints."

"Minor places..." Zhou Hao mumbled, his lips moving, but he didn't refute it immediately.

"Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal is divided into Initial, Middle, Late, and Peak/Perfection stages. After breaking through, one can prove the Dao and become a Hunyuan Taiji Great Luo Golden Immortal, comparable to the Heavenly Dao. Hunyuan Taiji Great Luo Golden Immortal is also divided into four stages like Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal. After breaking through and proving the Dao, one can become a Hunyuan Wuji Great Luo Golden Immortal, comparable to the Great Dao!"

Zhou Hao was still bewildered, having no real concept of the realms Su Qian described.

Su Qian was speechless. "Do you know about the God Realm Sea?"

"The God Realm Sea?"

Zhou Hao's eyes lit up. "I know! The convergence of countless worlds across infinite time and space is called the God Realm Sea!"

"That makes it easier to explain. Above Wuji is the Wuji King Realm. Kings have the opportunity to open up a section of the God Realm Sea. And above Kings is the Imperial-level Realm. A Near Imperial-level Supreme Treasure refers to a Chaos Supreme Treasure that is close to the Imperial-level!"

Zhou Hao didn't fully understand but sensed it was profound.

Su Qian sighed. "You'll come to understand it yourself in time. For now, focus on improving your cultivation."

Su Qian grabbed Zhou Hao and entered a spacetime channel.

Su Yuan watched the immature performances of his two disciples. Even he couldn't see any future potential for them to possess the bearing of a Dao Lord.

However, that wasn't important. Time, to him, wasn't particularly valuable either. He could afford to wait.

With keen interest, he continued watching the grand spectacle unfolding in the Seven Stars Realm Sea.

Outside the Seven Stars Realm Sea.

In the main hall of the Star Han Kingdom's capital.

Elder Tie Xin glanced at the projection behind the map. Seeing that the canyon area had turned gray, he nodded with satisfaction.

It seemed a reminder was still necessary. That Tie He fellow had been a bit lax lately, not very proactive in completing missions.

The other elders also glimpsed that location, none showing much reaction.

The Star Han King opened his eyes and checked the advancement progress.

The Star Han capital had already reached the 350th ring layer. The vanguard auxiliary city had reached the 400th layer. The advancement progress was good.

However, when he checked the advancement situations of the other kingdoms, he discovered that the Star Han Kingdom's advancement speed was actually middling to low. The fastest, the Eternal Nation, had already advanced to the 800th layer, exceeding his progress by double.

The slowest kingdom was the Divine Artisan Kingdom, only at the 300th layer. But the Divine Artisan Kingdom provided numerous spiritual treasures and supreme treasures, belonging to the logistics-support category of kingdoms, so they couldn't really be compared.

"Increase the advancement speed! All elders, accelerate the elimination rate and deploy the Formation Flags faster!" the Star Han King commanded.

"Yes!"

All the elders acknowledged the order and began instructing their subordinates to accelerate the advance.

Elder Tie Xin started assigning tasks from the First Large Squad. When he reached the Seventh Large Squad, a problem arose.

The message he sent down received no response from Tie He.

Elder Tie Xin immediately descended upon Tie He's garrison location. It was empty inside, with only a small squad stationed there.

"We pay our respects to the Elder!" The garrison personnel bowed their heads in trepidation!

"Where is Tie He? Where has he gone?" Tie Xin asked.

"The Commander went to complete the mission you previously assigned, Elder. He has not yet returned!"

"Hmm? Wasn't that already resolved? Contact Tie He immediately."

Elder Tie Xin waved his hand.

The squad immediately complied. However, their attempt to establish contact naturally failed.

"What's going on?"

A bad premonition arose in him. He extended his consciousness into the garrison's interior, locating the Spirit Lamp Hall. Inside, the True Spirit lamps of over a thousand formal squad members had all been extinguished. Including Tie He, they had all perished!

Wait, no. There was still one City Lord-level Medium Squad Commander's True Spirit dimly flickering, clearly severely injured.

He immediately contacted Wang Shan Gong individually.

Wang Shan Gong, who was gloomily returning to Tie Xin City, was startled when he saw it was a communication from Elder Tie Xin. He immediately accepted.

An old man materialized before Wang Shan Gong and asked, "How did Tie He and the others perish?"

"What? The Large Squad Commander and the others perished?" Wang Shan Gong was dumbfounded.

"You didn't know? What exactly happened? Report to me in detail!" Elder Tie Xin said immediately.

Wang Shan Gong hurriedly recounted everything that had happened earlier to Elder Tie Xin. As for what happened afterwards, he didn't know.

"Su Ba Yuan?" Elder Tie Xin forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "You immediately return and investigate what exactly happened!"

Wang Shan Gong's face turned bitter, but he steeled himself and said, "I guarantee I will complete the mission!"

After ending the communication, Wang Shan Gong was dumbstruck.

He never imagined that Commander Tie He and the others had actually perished!

This was too absurd!

Now, being ordered to go back... this was sending him to his death!

But there was no choice. Military orders were as unyielding as a mountain.

Wang Shan Gong quickly turned his ship around.

When he returned to the vicinity of that canyon, he saw the nearby terrain had undergone obvious changes. The Chaos energy currents bore the clear signs of a recent major battle.

He cautiously employed a time-reversal technique.

The scene before him rewound to several hundred breaths earlier.