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Chapter 77 The Earthly Riverbed: A Worthwhile Trip

At dawn, the City God's Great Sun Spirit Realm opens.

Simply by holding a spirit seal token, one can enter the City God's Great Sun Spirit Realm after verifying their identity.

Su Ji didn't rush in, firstly because he wanted to absorb more of the spiritual energy of dawn, and secondly because he didn't want to attract attention.

As early as last night in the ghost market, Su Ji had seen the Firebird Ghost General of the Mountain God Temple.

The inner core of the Ghost General that Zhu Nanshan auctioned was bought by the Firebird Ghost General at a high price.

As Su Ji had predicted, the Firebird Ghost General chose the most expensive City God Temple Great Sun Spirit Realm.

Firebird Ghost General is a relative of the Day-roaming Spirit General of the Mountain God Temple, and was once tricked by Su Ji in the guise of a Day-roaming Spirit Soldier.

Back then, not only did the Firebird Ghost General fail to save the Monkey Demon King, but he also lost a Snake Demon Ghost General in the process...

According to Yan Tianchou's deduction, the Firebird Ghost General probably hated Su Ji for a long time. Even if the Great Sun Spirit Realm cannot kill people, the Firebird Ghost General can still do some tricks.

Although Su Ji was not afraid of the Firebird Spirit General, he did not want to cause any unnecessary trouble, so he entered the time at a different time...

"Are you so late?"

It was already 8:30, and the City God Temple's day-trip spirit soldier responsible for verifying identities was somewhat unhappy.

Most City God's Spirit Realms have limited entry times, and some are even open for three days and three nights at a time... Only the largest Bright Moon Spirit Realm and Great Sun Spirit Realm are special cases.

However, after the daytime spirit soldiers at the City God Temple verified Su Ji's identity, their expressions changed.

Last month, many major events occurred at the land temples in Dongsang and Xisang villages. Each event caused a great deal of discussion among the deities of the City God Temple, who were filled with admiration for the land god who was being visited during the night procession of the City God Temple.

The daytime spirit soldiers of the City God Temple couldn't help but smile: "Oh, so you are the daytime spirit soldiers from Dongsang and Xisang villages!"
"Besides you, two other day-roaming spirit soldiers have entered the Great Sun Spirit Realm together. If the demons and cultivators dare to bully you, you should go with them."

The City God's Spirit Realm is a unique space where outside identities are not necessarily useful. Gods may even turn against each other to fight for treasures.

Su Ji had chosen to travel alone in order to collect the puzzle pieces of Yang-type mystical arts for the [Resonance with Heaven and Earth] technique, but he still nodded and smiled, "Thank you for the reminder!"

Su Ji stepped out of the gate in front of him, and there were two completely different worlds in front of him.

The first thing that caught his eye was the bright light, as if he were in a mythical world where ten suns rose into the sky. The rich yang energy permeated the surroundings, making Su Ji's entire spiritual soul feel warm and cozy.

"Such intense yang energy must contain many profound mysteries of yang within the Great Sun Spirit Realm!"

The reason why Su Ji's cultivation speed was thirty times that of ordinary cultivators when he cultivated at high altitudes was because the yang energy there was pure, which allowed him to skip the process of removing impurities.

Although the yang energy in the City God's Great Sun Spirit Realm is not as pure as the yang energy in the high sky, its concentration is extremely high.

Yan Tianchou immediately analyzed, "The concentration of yang energy here is eighteen times that of the outside world. If we can find a place rich in yang energy, we can achieve the effect that the local earth god said, 'one day is comparable to one month.'"

"However, a cultivation speed of thirty times has already reached the upper limit of the Yin-Yang Small Heavenly Circuit. To increase the cultivation speed, one must first comprehend a Yang-type profound technique..."

Even if there is a lot of yang energy here, Su Ji's celestial soul and spirit cannot "digest" it. The real task is to find the mysteries of yang through [resonance].

As for Yan Tianchou, it does not possess a soul body, and its energy fluctuations do not reach the level of high cultivation, so it was not detected as abnormal by the portal at all.

Then, Yan Tianchou displayed a simple map: "According to the description of the Earth God, the Great Sun Spirit Realm is circular, with one half facing the outside world to absorb sunlight and yang energy, and the other half facing the City God's Yin Mansion Wusheng Hometown."

"Our main exploration area is part of the external area. There are many hills here. It may seem to be only ten miles in radius, but it is very complex and varied."

"Besides the well-known wonders, there are three places where the yang energy is most likely to remain: first, strange rocks exposed to sunlight; second, springs with yang energy; and third, riverbeds with yang energy."

"Many cultivators should have already gone to Qidi, and even if there were any conspicuous treasures, they should have been discovered by now. It should be put as the last priority."
"Most of the strange stones contain yang spiritual materials. Although they are hard to find, they can be used to collect information about this kind of thing. If someone takes away the spiritual materials and leaves the stone skin behind, you can still learn something from it."
"Yang Qi springs are extremely rare to find. Once discovered, they yield the most precious Yang Qi liquid. They are usually taken away by the City God Temple in advance, leaving behind at most some stones containing Yang Qi."

"The Earth Yang Riverbed is a remnant of a river of yang energy, a sight that is rare even once in a century. Even if the treasures have long been found, one can still glean profound insights from it. The two Earth Yang Riverbeds recorded on the map are our primary areas of exploration this time!"

Su Ji and Yan Tianchou had already done their homework and headed straight for the Diyang Riverbed on the map.

Along the way, Su Ji didn't encounter a single cultivator. It wasn't that their destination was too remote, but rather that the entrance fee to the Great Sun Spirit Realm was too expensive.

Even a Day-Wandering Spirit Soldier needs nine months of accumulated divine power to enter the Great Sun Spirit Realm for seven days of cultivation.

Most of the day-traveling spirit soldiers are ordinary, and after deducting daily consumption, it really takes several years to enter the Great Sun Spirit Realm.

The rogue cultivators were even poorer; those who could come to the Great Sun Spirit Realm were basically either rich or noble.

"call--"

Seeing a gust of wind full of yang energy blowing in, Yan Tianchou quickly warned, "The wind of earth yang, although it contains a lot of yang energy, is still a threat to even a Dongxuan mage. Please take shelter immediately!"

Su Ji didn't want to die before even starting his mission, so to avoid being caught up in it, he immediately landed. "Since that's the case, I'll fly close to the ground; that way, I can accumulate magical power along the way..."

Halfway there, Yan Tianchou received some good news: "A piece of low-grade positive spiritual material, Earth Yang Stone, has been discovered, estimated to be worth thirty strands of divine power."

When choosing spiritual materials, one should consider not only their quality but also their properties and size.

Su Ji didn't stop, but nodded and said, "Record the location of the Earth Yang Stone, we'll retrieve it on the way back..."

Such low-grade spiritual materials wouldn't attract any covetousness even if there were only one or two pieces.

Moreover, if there is no harvest after six or seven days, people will suspect that Su Ji is deliberately hiding treasure and waiting to take it away one day.

Rather than being suspected and targeted, it's better to show some "luck" and be a normal explorer of the spiritual realm...

Before long, Su Ji arrived at the first location on the map, the Diyang Riverbed.

Then, at the source of the riverbed rift, a massive tornado rose from the cave and merged into the vast expanse of earthly yang winds.

"A lone plume of smoke rises straight from the desert, the setting sun hangs round over the long river... The Great Sun Spirit Realm is barren of vegetation, and the sun reflected from the outside is all the more intense."

After a moment of reflection, Su Ji flew away and landed at the source of the riverbed.

There is a spring of yang energy here, but what gushes out is not the earth's yang spiritual water, but the earth's yang energy mixed with a huge amount of earth energy, which turns into a death tornado.

Let alone Su Ji, even a Dongxuan mage wouldn't dare say they could survive this deadly tornado.

"Just as the local deity said, this riverbed has been dry for seventy or eighty years, and no one has been able to find treasures here for a long time."

This place is dangerous and desolate, yet it still retains some mysterious and yang energy, making it a perfect place for Su Ji to cultivate.

As soon as the first [Deflection Mystery Realm] descended, Su Ji discovered a major problem.

Although the Earth Yang River is no longer here, it still contains a vast and complex amount of Earth Yang energy, almost completely repelling the already scarce Yin energy in the Great Sun Spirit Realm.

Fortunately, Su Ji had made all the necessary preparations and absorbed an extra hour of Yin energy yesterday.

Therefore, Su Ji infused the refined Yin energy into it, and thus successfully cast the first [Deflection Profound Realm].

"Om-"

In an instant, countless mysteries appeared around the cave, and with just a slight sense, five puzzle pieces were found!
Immediately, Yan Tianchou reminded him, "The cave at the source of the Di Yang River contains a large amount of Yang-related mysteries. Even if you cultivate a Yang-related mystical technique this time, you can still come here to collect other fragments of Yang-related mystical techniques in the future."

Before long, Su Jiduo's prepared Yin energy was exhausted, and he only obtained a Yang-type profound fragment.

Yan Tianchou then suggested, "We can leave for now and come back tomorrow after making more preparations. For now, it's best to start the [Heaven and Earth Resonance] from the end of the riverbed..."

The tail end of the riverbed is definitely a better place to use the [Deflection Mystic Realm]. Even if the gains are not as great as here, it's still better than wasting cultivation here.

"Okay—" So, Su Ji went down the river.

However, Su Ji had only gone one-fifth of the way when he suddenly stopped.

Yan Tianchou excitedly said, "This riverbed contains a medium-grade spiritual material, the Earth Yang Stone, which is about two inches in diameter and worth at least three hundred strands of divine power!"

For decades, countless people have searched for treasures in the riverbed, but they have only ever dug three feet into the ground.

The Heavenly Calculation Tool can detect objects within a radius of one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters). Within the secret realm, there are tangible but intangible objects, and even the riverbed can be detected to a depth of seven chi (approximately 3.3 meters).

Yan Tianchou deliberately had Su Ji fly close to the ground, which is how they discovered the treasure at a depth of six feet.

"It was worth the ticket price!" Su Ji was overjoyed.

Because the City God Temple's promised 150 strands of divine power could only be exchanged for treasures of a certain value, Su Ji actually spent 270 strands of divine power to obtain the token to enter the Great Sun Spirit Realm.

Now that we've found two treasures on the very first day, how can we not be happy?
Yan Tianchou further analyzed, "There must be other treasures left in the Diyang Riverbed. Perhaps this trip will yield great rewards in addition to the mysterious fragments!"

Divine power can be exchanged for silver, used to purchase spiritual materials and even spiritual artifacts, and can even be converted into computing power needed for the Heavenly Calculation in times of emergency.

If one can obtain many treasures during the trip to the Great Sun Spirit Realm, then the trip will not have been in vain.

Immediately, Su Ji made a decision: "Keep this for now. Once I've mastered the Yang-type Xuan Technique, I'll dig out all the treasures and take them with me!"

Unlike the previous strategy of discovering low-grade earth yang stones, this treasure is not only difficult to excavate, but also easily attracts covetous eyes. It would be best to take it in the last few days.

Then, Su Ji looked at the dry riverbed of Diyang River, his eyes filled with anticipation.

(End of this chapter)