Chapter 522: Chapter 441: Three-Month Speedrun to Golden Core Peak!

As one batch after another of Golden Core cultivators were vaccinated, those shadows who had secretly replaced some of them were forced to reveal themselves and were harvested by Su Yuan.

When all the Golden Core cultivators of the Celestial Law World were vaccinated, Su Yuan’s realm advanced again, reaching the Golden Core Fourth Layer.

During this period, many shadows sensed something amiss in advance and tried to flee before reaching the Primordial Sect Headquarters, but were promptly executed by the Nascent Soul cultivators overseeing them.

However, these Golden Core cultivators were merely appetizers.

"Have branches of the Primordial Sect been established in the prefectures of the five continents?"

Su Yuan looked towards Chief Minister Zhang standing by his side.

Chief Minister Zhang quickly replied:

"In response to the Pope, they have all been set up, costing fifty million spirit coins..."

Su Yuan: "Hmm?"

Chief Minister Zhang hastily explained:

"Of course, the expense will certainly be covered by the Ministry of Revenue, and the Primordial Sect won’t spend a single spirit coin."

Su Yuan: "Hmm~"

He turned his head to Chen Nuoyi on the other side, smiling, and said:

"Vice Sect Leader, remember to get this expense reimbursed from Captain Zhang."

"How can you possibly get five billion reimbursed! And as the dignified Pope, do you really need to be so petty about money?"

Chen Nuoyi looked speechless.

Su Yuan said solemnly:

"That’s not the right way to say it. Even if I don’t need this money, we have so many mouths to feed under us."

"Nuoyi, you must understand the difficulties of being the leader."

Chen Nuoyi: "...Alright, I’ll try, but don’t get your hopes up."

Su Yuan: "If Captain Zhang disagrees, have Junior Sister An speak to him, and give her one hundred million if it works out."

Damn it, leveraging power to oppress others, you’re learning the ropes well.

And how dare you embezzle even the money of the Divinity Transformation Celestial Monarch! You earn four billion nine hundred million, while An Xingran only gets one hundred million; that’s scarier than the ninety-four percent tax you collected in Dragon City County.

Seeing the strange look on Chen Nuoyi’s face, Su Yuan lightly coughed and said:

"After all, Junior Sister An is just a high schooler; she can’t handle so much money. One hundred million is already plenty."

Heh, so now you admit she’s a high schooler?

And who was the one secretly pretending to be the youthful Thousand-Faced Celestial Monarch... If it weren’t Su Yuan, I’d surely go report to the Thousand-Faced Celestial Monarch.

After silently ranting, Chen Nuoyi went to contact Captain Zhang.

She wasn’t worried about getting Captain Zhang into trouble because he was merely an unfeeling report-writing machine after all.

No matter how outrageous Su Yuan’s requests, the headache belonged to those responsible for funding the Mai Gou plan...

Speaking of which, the overall person in charge of the Mai Gou plan is my teacher, isn’t it? Hopefully, Master won’t rush in to bash Su Yuan.

To the conversation between Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi, Chief Minister Zhang acted as if he didn’t hear it.

As the ruler of the Celestial Law World, he had enough wisdom to notice issues within the high echelons of the Primordial Sect and suspected that they likely didn’t originate from the Celestial Law World, but from beyond this world.

But what’s the point in knowing?

Even the sole Divinity Transformation combat power, the Saint Law Celestial Monarch, had already sided with the Primordial Sect, so what could he do?

He could only be like a powerless husband, watching helplessly as his wife flirted with his superior, even having to patiently wait downstairs some nights, only returning home once his superior left.

"Chief Minister Zhang, please ensure all the Foundation Establishment cultivators from each prefecture gather at the Primordial Sect’s branches following this schedule."

Su Yuan drew a jade scroll from his arms and handed it to Chief Minister Zhang.

The latter opened it and saw that it was a schedule for the Pope’s inspection around the world.

It listed which prefectures to visit tomorrow, which the day after, all clearly marked on the jade scroll.

He would spend a total of one month inspecting all branches of the Primordial Sect, purifying all Nascent Soul cultivators in each prefecture upon arrival.

"Pope, isn’t your schedule a bit too packed?"

Chief Minister Zhang asked with a concerned look.

"Would you like to add some rest days?"

Su Yuan shook his head:

"Resting one more day would result in more people getting infected, and besides the Celestial Law World, those subordinate worlds also need to be cleaned up one by one—time is tight for me."

"The Pope’s dedication to the nation and people is admirable, but you must still take care of your health."

Chief Minister Zhang said earnestly, then respectfully withdrew.

The next day.

With Vice Sect Leader Chen Nuoyi, Saintess Qi Hanyan, and Motis accompanying, the Pope began his tour of the prefectures.

During the prior period, when Su Yuan was decisively purifying all high-ranking cultivators of Golden Core stage and above in the Celestial Law World, the Abyssal Shadows were not idle either.

Hundreds of thousands of Abyssal Shadows infiltrated the grassroots, embedding themselves in the vast numbers of Foundation Establishment cultivators and even Qi Cultivation cultivators.

Every prefecture harbored thousands, if not several thousands of Abyssal Shadows.

This resulted in Su Yuan’s journey through a prefecture causing thousands of families to lose loved ones and friends.

To this, Su Yuan could only accelerate his pace, exceeding his set targets each day, making each additional prefecture count.

Each prefecture had a population of over ten million, and within that mass, a few thousand families seemed not much; yet, so many ’tragedies’ occurring in one day still caused a stir throughout the prefecture.

And after all, the Primordial Sect was a new sect, and the orders of Saint Law Celestial Monarch and the Central Hub seemed too remote for the grassroots cultivation forces in each prefecture.

Thus, as the Pope traversed a prefecture, tales about him and the Primordial Sect would spread.

Of course, these legends weren’t flattering.

Tales about the Pope bullying men and women, embezzling funds, being lascivious, and delighting in murder within dreams—either artistically crafted or outright fabricated—were spread to countless households.

Even Dragon City County had such tales...After all, apart from the high-level Immortal Officials of the Central Hub, the grassroots had no idea Su Yuan was actually Su Youlin.

In fact, the legends in Dragon City County were even more outrageous, saying the Pope kidnapped local young women, taking the wife of County Magistrate Su.

Thus, an image of Su the Thief, a lover of married women, was widely disseminated.

Recognized as the number one great sect of the Celestial Law World by officials, the Primordial Sect appeared to the ordinary citizens as the epitome of wickedness, akin to a Demon Sect.

The entire Primordial Sect seemed to be sprinting towards the image of the Bright Church from certain novels.

To this, Su Yuan could only express his immense difficulty.

Even as he poured out all his strength to do good acts, his reputation had become so tarnished, leaving him quite helpless.

But so be it, he’d already gotten used to being a demon.

Demon or not, heroes were often accustomed to solitude.

What was meant to be a month of inspection wrapped up in just twenty days.

By then, Su Yuan had eliminated over five hundred thousand Abyssal Shadows, the confiscated and refined Primordial Essence ensuring he wouldn’t need to worry at all until the Golden Core Peak.

If it were someone else, even with sufficient Primordial Essence, they’d need to spend a lot of time advancing their cultivation.

But not Su Yuan—armored with the Crown of Corruption and exploiting all Foundation Establishment stage and above cultivators of the Celestial Law World, he easily reached the Golden Core Peak.

The Outer Pill cultivation also reached the Golden Core Eighth Layer.

Since forming the Outer Pill until now, it had barely been three months.

If he didn’t have such rapid leveling with an Immortal Treasure, something would be amiss, provoking doubts of either not knowing how to use an Immortal Treasure or intentionally suppressing combat prowess.

It could only be said that the Decaying Celestial Monarch’s Immortal Treasure was truly nurturing!

Of course, even though Su Yuan surged to the Golden Core Peak, the power within the Crown of Corruption remained far from exhausted.

He wasn’t stingy, sharing a part of its power with the Primordial Sect’s cadres.

Recently breaking through to the Golden Core stage, Qi Hanyan, Motis, Leng Qianliu, Zhu Tianqing, Xuan Haoran, and others from the Primordial Sect enjoyed its benefits.

Already not lacking in Essence of the Great Dao suited for them, their cultivation rocketed forward.

Of course, the biggest improvement belonged to Chen Nuoyi, with Inner Pill cultivation reaching the Golden Core Fifth Layer and Outer Pill cultivation at the Golden Core Sixth Layer.

Qi Hanyan exclaimed favoritism!