Chapter 1012: Chapter 980: Journey to the Ten Thousand Star Seas

The item is a good one, and not cheap either—ten thousand Reputation Points.

Lu Ping spent ten thousand Reputation Points to exchange for this item, the [Seven-Star – Eight Desolates Sacred Fire Talisman].

The second thing that caught Lu Ping’s interest was also a Seven-Star Item.

[Seven-Star – Ice Sea Power]

Judging from the literal name of this Seven-Star Item, Lu Ping couldn’t tell its specific effect for the moment. He tapped it open to check, and the details appeared.

[Ice Sea Power – Seven-Star]

[Effect: Allows you to unleash Cold Ice Power, turning a radius of ten thousand miles into a Cold Ice Region, ten thousand miles frozen over. Comparable to a full-power strike from an Early-stage Divinity Transformation Cultivator, a Large-scale Slaughter Technique—use with discretion.]

[Reputation: 11000]

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"A Large-scale Slaughter Technique, an Ice Attribute Magic."

Lu Ping thought for a moment, then exchanged for this one as well. Eleven thousand Reputation Points—honestly, that was indeed a bit expensive, but this wasn’t something he could skimp on.

Aside from these two Seven-Star Items, there were also two Six-Star Items.

[Sect’s Fortune – Six-Star]

[Effect: The path of fortune is mysterious and profound. After use, it can increase the Sect’s Fortune, with a 50% chance of triggering a great fortune opportunity.]

[Reputation: 10020]

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[Alchemy Assistance – Six-Star]

[Effect: After use, the pill success rate of all Alchemists in the sect increases by thirty percent, and it will randomly trigger one Alchemist to gain an Alchemy insight, rapidly increasing by one Alchemy Minor Tier.]

[Reputation: 9900]

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The effects of these two Six-Star Items also greatly tempted Lu Ping; together they came to 19920 Reputation Points.

A few other items were also pretty good, but since he didn’t have many Reputation Points, Lu Ping temporarily only exchanged for [Six-Star – Sect’s Fortune].

After finishing the item exchanges, Lu Ping spent the remaining few thousand Reputation Points on Doorway Affairs exploration, adding over thirty new sect missions for the sect.

Once these missions were completed one by one, he could just sit back and collect the Reputation Points.

He triggered [Six-Star – Sect’s Fortune], and its effect began to bless the sect, lasting for ten years.

In these ten years, how the Cyan Mountain Sect’s fortune would fare, and whether a single activation of fortune would trigger a Qi Fortune Blessing, was something to just wait and see.

After staying in the Cyan Mountain Sect for a while longer, half a year passed in a flash. Once everything was properly prepared, Lu Ping set out, flying toward the Outer Sea.

Drifting about on the sea, riding Treasure Ships to cross the waters, Lu Ping arrived at the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars a year later.

Compared to the Qingli Sea, the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars had a multitude of Spirit Islands, islands scattered like stars, with cultivation flourishing especially strongly. It was also known as the sea’s Central Ancestral Realm.

Guarding this sea region were sixteen Nascent Soul True Monarchs. As for Lu Ping, this outsider cultivator, since he didn’t release any trace of his cultivation aura when entering the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars, he did not draw much attention.

Following the guidance of the Void Celestial Extreme Saint’s clone, the very first thing Lu Ping did upon stepping into the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars was head straight for Fire Sun Island.

Fire Sun Island ranked second among the islands in the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars. It had three Tier Five Spiritual Veins and over a dozen small Spiritual Veins.

The mountain gate of the Profound Yang Sect was located here, and the more than three hundred large and small Spirit Islands surrounding Fire Sun Island were all under the Profound Yang Sect’s rule.

Lu Ping set down on a Spirit Island called Thunder Peng Island in the Eastern Sea Region near Fire Sun Island. There was a large Cultivation Market here where all kinds of information and intelligence could be bought.

To enter the Market, one had to pay a single Spirit Stone for daily maintenance and management. Small amounts accumulated into much; all cultivators had to abide by this rule.

Lu Ping paid a Spirit Stone and entered the Market, then found an inn called Great Immortal Residence to stay in.

Over the next month, Lu Ping restrained his aura and disguised himself as a Sect Elder, roaming the Market to gather information, looking for places where Tier Six Great Demons had appeared.

The Sea of Ten Thousand Stars was teeming with Demon Beasts. Even though the Profound Yang Sect frequently sent people out to clear and purge the seas, as time passed, plenty of Demon Beasts would still flood in from all directions.

Over time, the profession of Demon Hunter emerged—mostly Loose Cultivators and family cultivators who would form teams to go out to sea and slay Demon Beasts in order to obtain Spirit Stones.

You could say that, when it came to Demon Beast intelligence, this was the best place to inquire.

Lu Ping paused in front of a commerce association.

This commerce association was called the Hongfu Commerce Association, one of the Seven Great Commerce Associations in the Profound Sun Sea. Its business scope included Cultivation Resources, sea navigation, Demon Hunting, Artifact Refining and Pill Refining, etc.

Due to the special geographical environment, Demon Beasts were never in short supply and needed to be regularly culled. Under the leadership of the Profound Yang Sect, the Seven Great Commerce Associations jointly established a Demon Hunting List.

This Demon Hunting List recorded the number of Demon Beasts slain for the Seven Great Commerce Associations by cultivators from all sides. The stronger the Demon Beasts and the more that were slain, the higher one’s ranking on the list.

Within the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars, some Great Demons that needed to be cleared would be recorded and posted as bounty missions for cultivators from all sides to kill and purge.

As long as the mission was completed, one could earn Merit, and with that Merit, one could exchange for Cultivation Resources at the Seven Great Commerce Associations.

Generally speaking, ten points of Merit were equal to ten Spirit Stones.

However, Merit was more flexible and more valuable; it could be exchanged for resources that Spirit Stones alone couldn’t buy. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

This was also one of the main sources from which cultivators in the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars obtained Cultivation Resources.

Lu Ping entered the Hongfu Commerce Association. All around, many cultivators were coming and going; it was bustling with noise and excitement, and there was no shortage of cultivators carrying Demon Beast materials who had come to claim their rewards.

The Demon Hunting trend here was flourishing; almost every cultivator had experience fighting to the death with Demon Beasts.

Compared to cultivators of the inland, cultivators of the Sea of Ten Thousand Stars had richer battle experience and tended to be straightforward and bold in personality. Many of them were the type to come and go directly, not adept at playing any schemes or tricks.

Lu Ping restrained his aura so that others couldn’t see through his depth, and he stopped in front of one of the counters.

The one in charge of reception was an old man with an oily, shiny face, looking high-spirited and full of energy.

"Fellow Daoist, here to exchange, or are you here for information?"

The old man asked with a smiling tone, warmly treating his guest.

Lu Ping’s expression remained indifferent as he glanced at the old man. He could tell the old man’s cultivation was at Mid-stage Crystalization, only a single bottleneck charge away from the Late Stage.

Behind the old man were rows upon rows of cabinets. The cabinets were partitioned into many small compartments, filled with Jade Scrolls, Storage Bags, and so on.

"I want some information."

Lu Ping said.

"Alrighty."

The old man smiled and nodded, then asked in detail, "Fellow Daoist, what Tier of Demon Beast information are you looking for? Please state your requirements clearly so this old man can provide it for you."

Lu Ping didn’t hide anything and directly specified whether there was any information on Tier Six Demon Beasts.

As soon as those words left his mouth, the old man’s expression froze, his face showing surprise as he couldn’t help but size Lu Ping up a few more times.

"H-how many?"

"T-tier Six Demon Beast information, Fellow Daoist, you aren’t joking, are you?"

Since he’d taken up the post of Deacon, this was the first time he’d ever heard someone open their mouth asking straightaway about Tier Six Demon Beast information.

On normal days, the highest Level he’d dealt with was only Tier Four Golden Core Stage Demon Beasts, and that was something he’d only run into once every ten-plus years—altogether barely three times.

A Tier Six Demon Beast was equivalent to the Divinity Transformation Stage!