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Chapter 442

Where there are cultivators, there are Jianghu, there are games, it has always been this way, without distinguishing right from wrong.

But there are also different levels of games, differing based on individuals’ understanding of the rules of society.

They can generally be divided into three categories.

The first mentality can be described as “I must be right, you must be wrong; I must win, you must lose,” filled with an atmosphere of defeating the enemy, a life-and-death struggle.

The second can be described as “no matter what, I must win, whether you win or lose is irrelevant to me,” this level of game is self-oriented, ignoring other factors.

The third can be described as “not only do I want to win, you also must win, if only I win, I would rather not win,” this is the level of win-win game thinking.

Of course, this classification is not absolute and varies depending on different occasions and events.

As an individual, Su Hao first considers his own goals. Before achieving them, there won’t be too much other thinking, so he can be categorized as the second level. However, while achieving his goals, he is very willing to achieve a win-win situation with others or, in other words, to achieve a win-win situation with the world.

Under certain conditions, Su Hao touches upon a hint of the third level, but it’s just a touch, far from ‘if only I win, I would rather not win’…

Su Hao estimates that he won’t reach this level!

After all, he is different from ordinary people. If his life were only a hundred years, perhaps he would pursue the absolute ‘win-win’ of the third level, but unfortunately, he isn’t. Creating a win-win situation is extremely pleasing to him, but ultimately it’s not his purpose.

Another two months later, Su Hao opened his eyes from cultivation.

At this point, although the spiritual power in his body has not been completely refined into the naturally compliant Nascent Soul spiritual power, it has already completed the initial transformation and reached a usable level.

In a few days, it will be time to report the progress to Feng Qianye as agreed upon. Before that, Su Hao needs to find a place to test the quality of his current spiritual power.

With a thought, Su Hao remembered that he had buried a positioning stone in Lingsha Continent before. Now, more than two years have passed, and the positioning ability of that stone has weakened slightly. It is estimated that it will be completely ineffective in another six or seven years.

Previously, Su Hao made a batch of new positioning stones with longer lifespan. Since he remembered Lingsha Continent now, it’s a good time to replace the old positioning stone.

Su Hao stood up and moved his limbs, swiftly transforming into the “Child of Fate,” wearing a majestic golden armor. Then, he constructed the ‘Absolute Defense’ formation within the armor, and a thin layer of blue light began to flicker, emitting a unique dark red color exclusive to the Nascent Soul realm, very cool.

Su Hao extended his right hand, and a long sword extended from it, beginning to inscribe various patterns and formations. In the blink of an eye, it took shape, infused with Nascent Soul spiritual power.

“Hum~”

After a hum, the long sword was engulfed by a faint red light. Su Hao waved it casually, and it was extremely handy.

This is to teleport to Lingsha Continent, where there are many high-level cultivators, and it’s unknown what the situation is. Be prepared for any eventuality.

If I were to teleport over without any preparation, just in time to block the spells of the Unity Realm cultivators, and without enough time to generate the ‘counter-space barrier,’ wouldn’t that be terrible?

Anything is possible, right!

Preparations complete, Su Hao activated the positioning stone.

‘Teleport’!

The next moment, Su Hao disappeared from his original location and appeared in a valley in Lingsha Continent, which was very distant from Yunzhong Wangyue Valley, where Su Hao had previously buried the positioning stone.

The moment Su Hao appeared, he quickly activated the core perception runes with spiritual power. In the next moment, Su Hao’s perception range reached one hundred thousand meters, and the lifeblood and spiritual reactions within a hundred thousand meters were all included in his perception.

“Twenty thousand meters away, there are Nascent Soul cultivators fighting, and there are others hidden observing four thousand meters away. There are scattered cultivators in other places, but overall, they pose little threat to me!”

After confirming safety, Su Hao immediately noticed changes in his radar perception.

“My perception range has reached one hundred thousand meters! This amplification is declining; perhaps it will soon reach the limit distance of the perception runes! After completing the spiritual thought cultivation, the calling of spiritual power becomes more natural and effortless, and the speed of activating the runes has increased significantly.”

With confidence in his perception ability, Su Hao decided to try the amplification effect of spiritual power on his spells.

‘Blink’!

Su Hao appeared on top of a huge rock on the mountain peak. With a gesture, he pointed a finger towards a bald peak directly ahead.

‘Wind Bullet’!

A blue-red light flashed at Su Hao’s fingertip, disappearing in the blink of an eye, crossing a distance of two thousand meters and hitting the bald peak.

“Boom!”

The entire bald peak suddenly shook violently. Where the blast hit, rocks flew and dust scattered. Several seconds later, a loud bang echoed, like a massive amount of TNT explosives detonating.

“Not bad! The amplification of Nascent Soul spiritual power on the wind bullet is extremely strong. Then, let’s try the enhanced version of the wind bullet.”

Yes, this was just an ordinary wind bullet pointed out casually, with decent power.

Su Hao’s spiritual power surged out, his hand moved like a phantom, pointing towards the bald peak from afar.

‘Wind Bullet’!

The second wind bullet was faster than the first, almost as soon as Su Hao pointed his finger, the light flashed, and the attack penetrated into the mountain.

The bald peak trembled violently, swelling abruptly and bursting open, like a hand grenade exploding a watermelon, mud and rocks splattering everywhere.

Seemingly long, but actually just an instant, when he blinked again, the mountain peak was only left with lingering dust.

Su Hao swept his spiritual thought, taking in every detail of the scene on the mountain top.

At this moment, where is the proud posture the bald peak previously had? It’s like a dead volcano after an eruption, the once shining bald top is gone, replaced by a huge pit.

Maybe in the future, with more accumulated water, it could even become a mountaintop lake.

Su Hao chuckled lightly, “Not bad. Compared to the power during the Qi Induction Realm, it’s increased by who knows how much. Breaking through the shield of a Nascent Soul cultivator should be feasible. Next, let’s try the amplification data of other abilities!”

Su Hao flashed and appeared on another peak, testing the remaining two spells he had learned: ‘Wind Spirit Shield’ and ‘Wind Traveling Technique’.

Perhaps Su Hao is the first Nascent Soul cultivator in the cultivation world to master only three basic spells!

Afterward, Su Hao continued to test the amplification effect of Nascent Soul spiritual power on runes, followed by magical instruments, formations, and so on.

Three days later, Su Hao finally stopped and made a summary sentence: “Compared to the spiritual power quality of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it has increased by about three times. Acceptable!”

Then he turned his head to glance in a direction, feeling somewhat strange: “Not seen for two years, why has Lingsha Continent become so chaotic? Just staying here for three days, I’ve sensed more than ten times of cultivators fighting within my perception range, ranging from Foundation Establishment realm to Nascent Soul realm. Could something have happened?”

After some thought, Su Hao felt that no matter what happened, it seemed to have little to do with him.

Focus on cultivating well, enter a state of wholehearted research as soon as possible, and unraveling the mysteries of spiritual power is the right path.

As for the grievances and grievances on this land, they will all be mercilessly smoothed out in the face of new spiritual power technologies, sinking into the river of history.

With this in mind, Su Hao extinguished the thought of going to explore further.

Even if these cultivators are fighting over some treasures, Su Hao temporarily has no interest. He is not the type of miser who is driven by money.

Enough is enough, more is meaningless.

Su Hao took out a new positioning stone, casually inserted it into a mountain, looked around, then teleported away, returning to Yunzhong Wangyue Valley.

Su Hao plans to visit Feng Qianye tomorrow to see what she really wants to do.

Just hope that everything can be discussed calmly and rationally, and no one needs to resort to violence.

Because if things turn violent, the one who will suffer is definitely the other party.

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    Chapter 442

    Where there are cultivators, there is a jianghu.

    Where there is a jianghu, there are games.

    That has always been the case.

    The difference lies only in how deeply one understands the rules that govern society.

    Generally speaking, these games can be divided into three levels.

    The first is:

    "I must win, and you must lose."

    This way of thinking revolves around defeating one's opponent.

    Victory and defeat are absolute.

    Someone must fall for someone else to rise.

    The second is:

    "I must win. Whether you win or lose has nothing to do with me."

    This perspective is centered entirely on oneself.

    Others are neither enemies nor partners.

    They are simply irrelevant to one's own objective.

    The third is:

    "I must win, and you must win as well. If only I succeed, then I would rather not succeed."

    This is true win-win thinking.

    Naturally, these categories are not absolute.

    Different people may adopt different mindsets depending upon the situation.


    ---

    Su Hao had always belonged mostly to the second category.

    His first priority was always accomplishing his own objective.

    Before reaching that objective, everything else naturally became secondary.

    However...

    While pursuing his own goals, he was also perfectly willing to allow others to benefit alongside him.

    Or rather—

    He was happy to let the entire world benefit together.

    In that sense...

    He occasionally brushed against the third level of thinking.

    Only...

    Just barely.

    He doubted he would ever truly reach the point of believing,

    "If only I succeed, then I would rather not succeed."

    After all...

    He was fundamentally different from ordinary people.

    If his life lasted merely a century...

    Perhaps he really would pursue complete mutual prosperity.

    Unfortunately...

    His lifespan extended far beyond that.

    Creating win-win outcomes pleased him.

    But it was never his ultimate purpose.


    ---

    Another two months passed.

    Su Hao slowly opened his eyes.

    Although every strand of spiritual power within his body had not yet been completely refined into naturally obedient Nascent Soul spiritual power, the initial transformation was already complete.

    Its quality had reached a fully usable level.

    The remaining refinement merely required time.


    ---

    In several days, he would honor his agreement with Feng Qianye and report his cultivation progress.

    Before meeting her...

    He wanted to thoroughly evaluate the strength of his current spiritual power.


    ---

    As he considered where to perform his tests, another thought surfaced.

    Years ago...

    He had buried a positioning stone on Spirit Mountain Continent.

    More than two years had passed since then.

    Its power had gradually begun to weaken.

    Within another six or seven years, it would likely become completely unusable.

    Fortunately...

    He had already manufactured a new generation of positioning stones with much longer lifespans.

    Since he happened to remember it now...

    He might as well replace the old one.


    ---

    Su Hao rose to his feet.

    Golden Armament surged across his body.

    In an instant...

    He transformed into his Life Bearer form.

    Magnificent golden armor completely enveloped him.

    Immediately afterward...

    He activated the Absolute Defense formation.

    A thin blue barrier appeared across the surface of the armor.

    Within the blue radiance flowed faint crimson light—

    The unique color produced by Nascent Soul spiritual power.

    It looked exceptionally striking.


    ---

    Su Hao extended his right hand.

    Golden Armament flowed outward.

    A long sword rapidly took shape.

    Countless rune patterns appeared across its surface before quickly stabilizing.

    Finally...

    He infused it with Nascent Soul spiritual power.

    Hum—

    The blade released a soft vibration.

    A faint crimson aura wrapped around the sword.

    Su Hao casually swung it once.

    Perfect balance.


    ---

    This journey was to Spirit Mountain Continent.

    The continent was filled with powerful cultivators.

    No one knew what unexpected situations might arise.

    Preparation was essential.

    If he were unfortunate enough to teleport directly into the middle of a battle involving Unity Realm experts...

    Without enough time to deploy a Counter-Space Barrier...

    That would be troublesome indeed.

    Anything was possible.

    Being cautious never hurt anyone.


    ---

    Preparations complete...

    Su Hao activated the positioning stone.

    Blink.

    The next instant...

    His figure disappeared from Moonwatch Valley.

    Moments later, he appeared inside a secluded valley on Spirit Mountain Continent, exactly where he had buried the positioning stone years before.

    The instant he arrived...

    His Core Perception Rune activated automatically.

    Nascent Soul spiritual power surged through the rune.

    Immediately...

    His perception expanded to a radius of one hundred thousand meters.

    Every living being.

    Every fluctuation of spiritual power.

    Everything within that enormous range appeared inside his consciousness.


    ---

    "Twenty thousand meters away..."

    "Two Nascent Soul cultivators are fighting."

    "Four thousand meters from them, several others are secretly observing."

    "There are scattered cultivators elsewhere."

    "No immediate threat."

    After confirming the surrounding situation, Su Hao noticed another pleasant surprise.

    "My perception radius has reached one hundred thousand meters."

    "The amplification has become weaker now."

    "It seems the Core Perception Rune itself is approaching its design limit."

    "After cultivating Spiritual Intent, spiritual power responds much more naturally."

    "Even rune activation has become noticeably faster."


    ---

    Satisfied, Su Hao decided to begin testing.

    Blink.

    He appeared atop a towering mountain.

    Ahead stood a barren rocky peak nearly two thousand meters away.

    He raised one finger.

    Wind Bullet.

    A crimson-blue flash erupted from his fingertip.

    The projectile instantly crossed two thousand meters.

    Boom!

    The distant mountain shook violently.

    Rocks exploded into the sky.

    Dust surged outward.

    Several seconds later...

    The thunderous explosion echoed throughout the mountains like countless explosives detonating simultaneously.


    ---

    "Not bad."

    "The amplification provided by Nascent Soul spiritual power is remarkable."

    "Now..."

    "Let's test a strengthened version."

    Spiritual power surged.

    His fingers blurred.

    Another Wind Bullet shot forward.

    This time...

    The projectile struck almost the instant it was released.

    Boom!

    The entire summit bulged outward before exploding apart.

    It resembled a watermelon shattered by an enormous explosive.

    Countless rocks and debris erupted into the sky.

    By the time Su Hao Blinked again...

    Only drifting dust remained.


    ---

    Using Spiritual Intent, Su Hao carefully examined the result.

    The once-proud barren summit had completely disappeared.

    Only an enormous crater remained.

    Given enough rainfall...

    Perhaps it would eventually become a mountaintop lake.

    He nodded with satisfaction.

    "Very good."

    "The increase compared to the Qi Induction Realm is enormous."

    "Breaking a Nascent Soul cultivator's defensive barrier shouldn't be difficult."

    "Now..."

    "Let's test everything else."


    ---

    Over the next three days...

    Su Hao systematically evaluated every technique available to him.

    Wind Bullet.

    Wind Spirit Shield.

    Wind Escape Technique.

    He even found the situation rather amusing.

    He was probably the only Nascent Soul cultivator in the entire cultivation world who had mastered only three basic techniques.

    Afterward...

    He continued testing the enhancement provided by Nascent Soul spiritual power to runes...

    Artifacts...

    Formations...

    And every other ability at his disposal.


    ---

    Three days later...

    Su Hao finally stopped.

    After reviewing all the collected data, he reached a conclusion.

    "Compared with Foundation Establishment spiritual power..."

    "The overall increase in performance is roughly threefold."

    "Acceptable."


    ---

    Just then...

    He looked toward a distant direction.

    A trace of curiosity appeared on his face.

    "Strange."

    "I haven't visited Spirit Mountain Continent for only two years."

    "Why has it become so chaotic?"

    During only three days of testing...

    He had detected more than ten separate battles within his perception range.

    Participants ranged from Foundation Establishment cultivators all the way to Nascent Soul experts.

    Something had clearly happened.


    ---

    After thinking for a moment...

    Su Hao simply shook his head.

    Whatever had occurred...

    It had nothing to do with him.

    His priority remained unchanged.

    Cultivate.

    Research.

    Completely unravel the mysteries of spiritual power.

    As for the conflicts, grudges, and struggles spreading across this continent...

    Eventually they would all be buried beneath the advance of new spiritual power technologies.

    History had never cared about old disputes.


    ---

    Having reached that conclusion...

    Su Hao abandoned any thought of investigating further.

    Even if priceless treasures were being fought over...

    He had no interest.

    He had never been the sort of person driven solely by wealth.

    Once enough was enough...

    Anything beyond that simply lost its meaning.


    ---

    Taking out a newly forged positioning stone...

    Su Hao casually embedded it deep within a mountainside.

    After confirming its stability...

    He activated Blink once more.

    His figure vanished.

    Moments later...

    He returned to Moonwatch Valley.

    Tomorrow...

    He would pay Feng Qianye another visit.

    He genuinely hoped everything could be discussed calmly and rationally.

    There was no need for violence.

    After all...

    If matters truly came to blows...

    The one who suffered would almost certainly be the other party.
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