I am the one running the game

Chapter 495: Saint Thief: Seeking the Way

"There is indeed a restriction, and it is a quite big one." Lu Xingshi randomly fumbled around in Gao Wu's soul and soon found the part of the memory that carried the "Great Sun Pure Yang Sutra".

This memory has been encrypted, and the encryption method is very rigorous.

It takes a lot of effort to unlock it.

But it doesn't matter. Lu Xingshi has plenty of time. The Great Red De Emperor has not yet won, and the Yan army has not yet collected all the extremely evil human fruits.

So Lu Xingshi had plenty of time to decrypt it.

However, as the decryption progressed, Lu Xingshi discovered that there was a deep-level fluctuation sealed in this memory that was spreading.

It seems to be some kind of existence similar to consciousness.

"I am Yuanshi Tianwang, who are you? How dare you destroy the soul of my disciple!"

A tremendous magical power emerged from it and transformed into a burly shadow. The shadow held a jade ruyi in his hand and wore a colorful robe, but his face could not be seen clearly.

In an instant, it turned into a powerful pressure that pressed towards Lu Xingshi. His majesty was like the power of heaven, and he wanted to put enough pressure on Lu Xingshi.

But in Lu Xingshi's eyes, it was just a gentle breeze on his face.

At this time, Lu Xingshi was no longer the Lu Xingshi who was chased by Gao Wu and ran away everywhere. With the modification of a large amount of gold coins, this fairy game villain has now graduated directly, and his strength is only one level lower than that of the Great Chide Emperor.

As long as he completely occupies this world, the villain in the fairy-hero game will be on the same level as the Great Red Deity Emperor.

What's missing is the world, not the game characters.

However, there are still many places that need to be modified. Lu Xingshi has not started yet because it is not suitable to modify them now.

“Yuanshi Tianwang? It’s a pity that he is just a projection created by magic power. If it were his real body, I would be a little afraid of him.” Lu Xingshi suppressed him directly, leaving him with no ability to resist at all.

This thing works very well against people below the level of saints, but against a cheating existence like Lu Xingshi and the world as the background, it can only become a showpiece, good looking but not practical.

Given his current situation, the Great Red De Emperor should be able to easily kill the four saints of the Qianyuan Realm by himself, but as a villain in the fairy-xia game, he probably can't do that. The best he can do is one-on-one, and he may not even win.

There is nothing wrong with the graduation account, but because this graduation account chose the wrong profession at the beginning, it is a bit water, and even its equipment and skills need a major update.

But the most important thing is that this graduation account is not a main combat account, but an auxiliary account, so there are not so many requirements for its fighting ability.

After some trouble, Lu Xingshi finally pulled out Gao Wu's "Great Sun Pure Yang Sutra".

After browsing, it was immediately confirmed that the Four Saints of Qianyuan Realm were just one person, and three of the saints were just the three corpses he beheaded.

Because of the influence of the superiors, the Qianyuan Realm is not actually like an orthodox immortal system. Instead, it is a bit like a unique Three Corpses system, and everything is based on the beheading of the Three Corpses.

Killing the Three Corpses is indeed a quasi-saint, but since the beginning of cultivation, one has essentially been preparing for killing the Three Corpses. Whether it is practicing Qi or building the foundation, it is all for this step.

It’s not true to say that they have gone astray. They have developed very well, but it’s just monopolized. Everyone can only seek the truth in the Tao.

There is an upper limit, but it does not only depend on themselves, but also on the Four Saints of Qianyuan. The higher the path they open up, the higher their upper limit will be.

It is already within the framework, and it is impossible to go beyond the framework.

Everyone's growth is confined to the known, and the unknown they come into contact with will not become an opportunity for them to break away from the framework, but will only turn this unknown into nourishment for the Four Saints of Qianyuan to broaden their paths.

And this is the meaning of the devil's test.

The Four Sages used some means to teleport him to another world, and in the name of the devil's test, the unknown was turned into the known.

The stronger the practitioners in the Qianyuan Realm become and the more they know, the Qianyuan Four Saints will be able to gain corresponding growth and expansion in their paths simultaneously.

I have to say that the other party is much better than me in terms of utilization rate.

"But there is an unavoidable drawback to doing this..."

"You have a serious lack of control. If you encounter a plot by other powerful beings, you will definitely be devastated, not to mention death."

The utilization rate of the Four Saints is indeed higher than Lu Xingshi, but the risk is also much higher.

Lu Xingshi supported himself with the country. Apart from him, the help of other people in the development was dispensable because they could not keep up with him. Their main role was to provide nutrients for his growth and help him deal with miscellaneous matters.

So the core focus from the beginning is yourself, not others.

However, the focus of the Four Saints of Qianyuan in nourishing themselves through Taoism is not themselves, but the many practitioners in the Qianyuan world.

After they reached their upper limit, there was no way for them to become stronger any further. They could only grow horizontally and rely on the practitioners in the Qianyuan Realm to provide them with the corresponding growth resources. Once they left the practitioners, they would not return to their original form, but they would make no progress for the rest of their lives.

This is equivalent to the Four Saints of Qianyuan losing the ability to gain experience and upgrade independently, and can only upgrade by plundering experience from others.

"No wonder the essence of Qianyuan Realm is fighting."

"If there is no competition, even saints cannot make any progress." In Lu Xingshi's opinion, this is a statement of high emotional intelligence, while a lower emotional intelligence statement would be plundering.

The saying "If you obey, you will perish, but if you disobey, you will become an immortal" and non-competition do not conform to the mainstream of the Four Saints of Qianyuan, so they were naturally rejected.

Only sufficient competition can produce the resources they need for growth.

"No wonder Gao Wu is much stronger than the immortals and gods in the Xianxia world in terms of magic power. He claims to be practicing, but in fact he just plundered it from the heaven and earth."

"One is to rob banks directly, and not just once, but every day."

"The other is to maintain the balance of heaven and earth. Even if you work hard to earn money, you won't make much money in your lifetime. How can your magic power be comparable to that?"

However, Gao Wu did not expect that, although the immortals and gods did receive salaries, they were the sons of God with a stable job, and their magic spells and magical powers were much stronger than those of the other party.

What's more, they are partial to each other. How can an outsider like you compare to their own son?

If Lu Xingshi were given a choice, he would choose the immortal world without the five turbidities and evil times without a second thought. This friendly environment is simply heaven.

Who wouldn’t want to become stronger safely in such an environment without having to worry about becoming a saint after reaching a high position?

Lu Xingshi extracted Gao Wu's genetic sample and kept it to see if he could clone one.

"The next step is to create a debt body." Lu Xingshi began to separate his spiritual root of heaven and earth, the Fusang tree.

The debt body Gao Wu wants to bear the entire world's debt, but he certainly can't do it alone, so he has to ask Lu Xingshi for help.

Therefore, Lu Xingshi planned to use his spiritual root of heaven and earth, the Fusang tree, as the material to transform Gao Wu into a debtor body.

It’s mainly about recycling waste. He wants to change the hibiscus tree into an ancient Bodhi tree, so naturally he has to get rid of the hibiscus tree first.

“Hiss!!!” Lu Xingshi took a breath of cold air: “It’s so scary… No, it really hurts.”

"It's like taking my brain out of my head, deep-frying it in oil until it's half done, then blending it in a blender and applying ice to it."

Lu Xingshi accurately described the feeling of forcibly peeling off the hibiscus tree.

In addition, he also felt that his cultivation and magic power were being lost madly.

This is within expectations. The beginning of spiritual practice comes from spiritual roots, and the foundation of becoming an immortal is based on spiritual roots.

"I feel sorry for the gold coins..." Lu Xingshi felt his body gradually becoming weaker, and he didn't react much, but his stingy nature came out.

The reason why we don't choose to change the spiritual roots of heaven and earth first and then modify the full level is the cost issue. Directly modifying and converting at a full level will cause damage to one's own foundation. In other words, the attribute growth will be greatly reduced.

It is possible to modify it directly or even save the mana and cultivation level for modification, but the amount of gold coins required will cost a lot more than modifying the full level and then modifying it again, and there is also a lot of uncertainty.

After all, magic power and cultivation are born from the Fusang tree, the spiritual root of heaven and earth. Whether it can be compatible and adaptable if it is replaced by the ancient Bodhi tree is another matter.

If it is not compatible, then you will have to spend another amount of gold coins to make modifications. In this way, the expenditure of gold coins will be one more expense than re-building it after reaching the maximum level, so it will become two expenses.

It is better to follow the plan, which has fewer variables and is safer, but the process may be more painful.

As the Fusang tree, the spiritual root of heaven and earth, was pulled out of Lu Xingshi's body, all the Taoist fruits fell down, and even the demon-summoning flag became dim, as if it would turn into ashes at any time.

However, this is just a small problem for Lu Xingshi. He has the data anyway, so he can just copy and paste it later.

He is not a serious person.

The only drawback is that the fruit of the five turbidities and evil worlds began to crack after falling.

It seemed as if it was trying to escape, and then the Great Citadel Emperor came from afar with a fire of virtue and directly controlled the Five Turbidities and Evil Worlds.

It was precisely because of the protection of the great Great Red Deity Emperor that Lu Xingshi had nothing to fear and could just rush over.

The data of the ancient Bodhi tree was imported into the body of the character in the fairy-tale game. The number of gold coins dropped again, and then sprouts and branches appeared, and a towering giant tree took root.

The ancient Bodhi tree, the spiritual root of heaven and earth, directly replaced the Fusang tree when the gold coins arrived.

The next step was to graft the Dao fruit back onto the tree. The whole process was uneventful.

Afterwards, Lu Xingshi's cultivation level and magic power quickly grew back to the graduation level at the rate of one change per second.

"The Dao Fruit is fine, but the cultivation of Dao needs to be nurtured for a while longer."

"It's just that the Soul-Calling Banner seems to be seriously damaged. It needs to be repaired." Lu Xingshi took a look at the Soul-Calling Banner. This thing is his companion magic... cough, companion spirit treasure, which is an equipment. What is damaged is the durability.

But it doesn’t matter. With the Dao Fruit of the Five Turbidities and Evil Worlds, it is not very difficult to repair. It is just a little troublesome.

(End of this chapter)