My Synthesizer Has Talent
Chapter 74 - 72: First Encounter with a Tribulation Cultivator
"Do you need to purchase anything else?"
The middle-aged man asked again.
Su Qing shook his head.
"Nothing else."
The middle-aged man smiled. "Very well. Oh, and since you are now a guest of our tower, let me offer you a piece of advice: be careful after you leave."
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’Be careful after I leave?’
The moment Su Qing stepped outside, he felt many eyes spying on him.
But when he looked around, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
The place was crowded with people. Besides Cultivators, there were also many mortals living here.
A Spirit Root was the main factor in determining whether one could pursue Immortal Cultivation.
Even the offspring of Cultivators were not guaranteed to be born with a Spirit Root.
After glancing around a few more times, Su Qing retracted his gaze.
’There are quite a few watchers.’
Su Qing slowly walked away.
The small town wasn’t large, and it only took a short walk to leave it behind.
Su Qing could clearly sense the sounds of breathing and unnatural auras around him.
Su Qing continued walking toward his Flying Artifact.
He had now completely left the town.
Those people couldn’t hold back any longer.
SWISH!
The sound of something slicing through the air suddenly appeared, and Su Qing instantly tilted his head.
A small Flying Blade shot past his right side.
SWISH!
Another whoosh cut through the air.
Su Qing rolled to the side, dodging it.
That last move was a Wind Blade!
Su Qing looked back and saw two masked figures.
"Kid, if you know what’s good for you, hand over your Storage Ring," a hoarse voice said from one of the masked men.
’Oh?’
’The Storage Ring.’
’It seems I was being watched the moment I entered the Treasure Pavilion.’
Su Qing didn’t say a word.
Instead, he closed the distance and charged.
’This is a good chance to test just how strong my Five Qi God Demon Body is now.’
Su Qing exploded with speed.
The two masked men’s eyes went wide as they frantically searched for him.
All they saw was a small, deep crater where Su Qing had been standing.
In the next moment, Su Qing’s fist had already arrived.
BANG! BANG!
In a scene of brutal aesthetics, Su Qing obliterated one of the men with two punches.
Then, he turned to the other man.
The masked man was stunned. ’How was my partner just blown apart in an instant?’
His body was completely broken. Anyone would be dazed by such a sight.
But that moment of stupor was met with Su Qing’s fist, growing larger and larger in his vision.
Until it filled his entire view.
CRACK.
The sound of his own bones breaking.
His vision began to blur.
’How did we end up provoking this monster!’
This was the man’s final, unwilling thought before death.
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Su Qing lowered his fists.
He picked up some untainted dirt from the ground and wiped his hands with it.
There was nothing he could do about the bloodstains on his clothes.
He hadn’t brought a change of clothes with him, so he had nothing to change into.
Those two just now couldn’t keep up with his speed at all. A few punches and they were as dead as could be.
They were even weaker than that guy from the Zhengxuan Sect who ambushed him at night.
After a simple cleanup, Su Qing looted the two men’s bodies.
They both had Storage Rings on their hands, and more than one at that.
Two for each person.
However, they were all 0.5-cubic-meter Storage Rings.
They contained quite a few items.
Su Qing didn’t examine them closely. He just grabbed the Storage Rings and quickly left.
This was Su Qing’s first time encountering a robbery in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
But he considered himself lucky—lucky that he was now strong enough.
He didn’t need to fear these thieving Cultivators.
After all, this was near Zhengxuan City, and it was a gathering place for Loose Cultivators.
In this kind of environment, it seemed their strength wasn’t very high.
After sensing no other auras, Su Qing immediately broke into a run, moving at great speed.
He soon reached his parked Flying Magical Artifact.
There were no signs of it having been touched.
Su Qing brushed away the leaves and branches on top, fully revealing his Flying Magical Artifact.
Without hesitation, Su Qing hopped on and took off.
He was gone.
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"That direction... Zhengxuan City?"
"Why would a Loose Cultivator from Zhengxuan City come all the way out here?"
The middle-aged man from the Treasure Tower seemed to see through the building, watching Su Qing depart.
His eyes seemed to be using some kind of Pupil Technique.
Fortunately, the middle-aged man withdrew his gaze. His curiosity about such weaklings only went so far.
After all, under the observation of his Pupil Technique, Su Qing appeared to be at the Ninth-Layer of Gathering Spirit at most.
Su Qing didn’t know it, but his Divine Concealment Technique had just saved his life.
Otherwise, if the sight of his Sea-like Dantian and his Qi and Blood Like a Dragon had been discovered, he probably wouldn’t have even made it out of the Treasure Tower.
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「Back at Xu Ningying’s house.」
The first thing Su Qing did was rush to take a bath.
The thick stench of blood on him was deeply unpleasant.
’I can’t believe I went out once and ended up killing two Cultivators.’
Perhaps he had grown accustomed to such bloody scenes, because Su Qing didn’t have much of a reaction after finishing them off.
He’d had his share of life-and-death experiences.
Like that time with the so-called Immortal Master from the Zhengxuan Sect.
It was after that incident that Su Qing learned that even in a Righteous Dao Sect, not all its disciples walk the righteous path.
’It’s just like any group. The collective will always praise itself. Who would ever admit they’re the bad guys?’
In reality, though, the Zhengxuan Sect seemed to be quite good.
It was undeniable that Zhengxuan City was the masterpiece of the Zhengxuan Sect.
The common people who lived and worked there in peace were a testament to the Zhengxuan Sect’s efforts.
Even if their motive was simply to have people procreate and produce offspring with Spirit Roots, the people still lived well, and that alone made it a good Sect.
After cleaning himself up, Su Qing finally began to seriously inspect the contents of the four Storage Rings.
"Clothes, food."
"Oh? Spirit Stones! So many Spirit Stones!"
Su Qing was overjoyed. In one Storage Ring, there were over forty Spirit Stones and several bottles of Elixirs.
A bottle of Qi Nourishing Pills, a bottle of... Aphrodisiac... and a bottle of Cold Pills?
Su Qing stared at the labels on the bottles, confused.
He then moved on to the other rings.
Su Qing discovered that the other three rings were all filled with Elixirs, talisman paper, Magical Artifacts, and Spirit Stones.
The Spirit Stones totaled one hundred thirty-nine.
There were eight bottles of Elixirs.
There were six sheets of talisman paper.
There were two Magical Artifacts.
A small flying knife and a thin needle.
As for the talisman paper, Su Qing had no idea what effects they had, nor could he understand the drawings on them.
’This is going to be tricky.’
Still, this haul was more than enough for Su Qing to recoup his initial costs.
"Ahhh~"
Su Qing couldn’t help but let out a cry of satisfaction.
’As expected, the fastest way to get rich is to kill and plunder. I finally understand why those two loved robbing people so much,’ Su Qing thought. He wouldn’t dare say something like that out loud in Zhengxuan City.
’There’s a Golden Core old monster who achieved mechanical ascension in this city. I’m not that reckless, okay?’
Looking at the small flying knife and the thin needle, Su Qing considered synthesizing them.
But they were Magical Artifacts, after all.
Su Qing hesitated, wondering whether he should exchange them for some Spirit Stones or try to synthesize something new.
’I already have the Five Elements Qi Cultivation Technique, as well as techniques for escaping and fighting,’ Su Qing mused.
It seemed everything was developing in a good direction again.
’Xu Ningying is still cultivating at the Zhengxuan Sect.’
’But cultivating inside Zhengxuan City isn’t a long-term solution.’
Su Qing was afraid that the stronger his cultivation became, the weaker the effect of his Divine Concealment Technique would be.
Moreover, Su Qing still didn’t know how he could replicate even stronger Cultivation Techniques.
That was the problem.
For example, he didn’t even dare to try replicating the Five Elements Qi Cultivation Technique +3, a Cultivation Technique from his Third Layer Evolution Talent.
Because his brain might just short-circuit.
’Whatever. I’ll just focus on cultivating the Five Elements Qi Cultivation Technique for now.’