"Eighteen?"
Xu Guangwen fell silent. What was he doing at eighteen? It seemed he was battling wits and courage with a rat demon.
Upon hearing this age, everyone present, including Zhuge Jian and the other Disciples, instantly fell silent.
Su Yuan's power and composure almost made people think he was a senior generation expert, but in reality, he had only been in the Sect for just over two years.
"The position of Peak Lord suits you. It's you, don't mess around!" Su Yuan waved his hand.
"Regarding the ultimate techniques, could I ask Elder Su, Elder Su to accept some Disciples and teach them?" Xu Guangwen asked again.
"Regarding the ultimate techniques," Su Yuan pondered for a moment, "I'll set up a course. I'll lecture once a month, and Disciples who wish to learn can come and listen!"
Xu Guangwen breathed a sigh of relief: "I understand, I will arrange everything!"
He paused for a moment and glanced at Zhuge Jian and the other three.
Zhuge Jian and the others understood and immediately cupped their hands: "Senior Brother Su, we have matters to attend to, we will take our leave first!"
Su Yuan nodded: "You may leave on your own."
The four quickly walked away.
Along the way, Nangong Huoyu transmitted a message: "Do you want to learn Senior Brother Su's inheritance?"
Zhuge Jian quickly said: "Didn't you hear? From now on, call him Elder Su or Ancestor Su! Learn, of course, we have to learn!!"
Clearly, Zhuge Jian had also heard about the Opening Meridian Ancestral Teacher.
In the courtyard, Xu Guangwen continued: "Elder Su, Three Absolutes Peak is now officially open, and there are many matters. The most crucial one is the issue of industries."
"Oh? Tell me in detail." Su Yuan nodded.
"I learned from the Sect Leader that, according to tradition, whenever a new peak is opened, the other peaks will each allocate a portion of their industries to the new peak. These industries include market towns, shops, mines, forests, fisheries, cultivation cities, Mortal kingdoms, as well as guarding the Demon Sect checkpoints, border defense, immortal-demon battlefields, Secret Realm guarding and exploration, management of various affiliated forces within the territory, maintaining territorial order, developing territory, and many other matters. There are also matters such as cultivating new Disciples, training old Disciples, dispatching Elder missions, matters of various neutral associations, matters of various Alliances, negotiating with equivalent Sect forces, and liaising with higher-level Sects, all of which need to be handled."
A look of relief after surviving a disaster flashed in Su Yuan's eyes.
Thank goodness! Thank goodness!
Giving away this Peak Lord position was brilliant!
Don't even talk about doing these things, just listening to them gives me a headache!
Su Yuan's gaze towards Xu Guangwen changed. Good person, a truly good person! If anyone says Xu Guangwen gained his position improperly, he'll argue with them!
"Ahem, ahem, Peak Lord Xu, now that you are in the position of Peak Lord, all these matters are entrusted to you to handle! Just go ahead and do it!" Su Yuan waved his hand grandly, his eyes full of trust.
"But..." Xu Guangwen also had a headache at this point, "These industries are too numerous, and we don't have enough Golden Core Elders within our peak, and not a single Nascent Soul Elder. The Demon Sect's hostility towards our Sect has been very obvious recently. The industries will need more people to defend them next. Elder Su, perhaps you could think of a solution?"
Su Yuan rolled his eyes: "What solution do I have? I can't summon Nascent Soul Elders either! After those industries are handed over, will the Disciples from other peaks withdraw?"
"Yes, power is handed over, and responsibility is also handed over!"
"I'm very curious, how did those Opening Meridian Ancestral Teachers manage things after taking over in the past?" Su Yuan asked.
"I just read the biography. It says that after the Opening Meridian Ancestral Teacher took over Reserve Peak, it was also a tangled mess with a thousand loose ends, and arranging industries was a struggle. Furthermore, there were always external enemies harassing them. The Ancestors all took swift action. In the process of dealing with industry issues, the Ancestors' strength advanced by leaps and bounds, and they continuously encountered fortuitous opportunities. They comprehended secret techniques in battle, and even when Nascent Soul enemies appeared, they fought against the odds! They won battle after battle, finally breaking free like a butterfly from its cocoon through continuous tempering, reaching Spirit Transformation and Refining Emptiness, and leaving leisurely."
Su Yuan was silent for a moment, then said: "Let me see!"
Xu Guangwen quickly took out a copy of 'Biographies of Past Ancestors' from his storage ring and handed it to Su Yuan to read.
Su Yuan quickly flipped through it.
He rolled his eyes repeatedly and laughed angrily: "The person who recorded this is simply exaggerating! Is it really that exaggerated? Golden Core fighting Nascent Soul, Nascent Soul fighting Spirit Transformation, and even fighting five at once, winning battle after battle! This must be cheating! It's definitely glorified. How can this be human? The last generation of Ancestors was nine thousand years ago! This record is still a version that has been revised multiple times! It's definitely wrong!"
Su Yuan complained wildly.
"Your Breakthrough speed and progress in comprehending Heavenly Principles seem to corroborate the records here!" Xu Guangwen said.
"I'm bloody..." Su Yuan swallowed the rest of his sentence. He was cheating, little brother. Did he think these Ancestors all had a System with entries?
That's right, Su Yuan believed that these Ancestors eventually broke through to the Refining Emptiness Realm and indeed went to higher-level places to explore. They might have indeed fought beyond their Realm, but the Realm they crossed was probably only a minor Realm!
It's just glorification by later generations.
Su Yuan said: "Here's what you do. Tell the other peaks that allocating fewer industries to us is fine, we don't need that many."
"It's already allocated!" Xu Guangwen whispered.
"That fast?" Su Yuan's eyes widened.
"Uh, perhaps they wanted to establish a relationship with Ancestor Su as soon as possible, so before I even said anything, they had already handed over all the industries, just waiting for us to send Disciples to receive them!"
Su Yuan shook his head and said: "I'm not the Peak Lord anymore!"
Xu Guangwen became anxious and quickly bowed deeply: "Ancestor, you can't just ignore this! You also have a share in the output of those industries!"
Hearing this, Su Yuan's expression shifted, and he asked: "How much?"
Xu Guangwen was startled, then quickly understood. He quickly calculated with his fingers and said: "Our Seven Absolutes Sect has extremely numerous industries. I estimate roughly that the industries allocated from the various peaks can produce three hundred seventy billion Spirit Stones annually. After deducting various expenses, contributions to the Sect, supporting Disciples, etc., there is usually a surplus of ten billion Spirit Stones to be allocated by the Peak Lord. Usually, these Spirit Stones are still needed by the peak, but if the Opening Meridian Ancestor needs them, they can be directly given to you, Ancestor."
"Ten billion? Are you sure you didn't mispeak? Is there really that much?" Su Yuan's tone became a little hurried.
"That's right, ten billion Spirit Stones may seem like a lot, but it's actually just one hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones. For those below Golden Core, it's a huge sum, but for Nascent Soul Cultivators, it's only considered a decent income!"
"These are not the main source of the Sect's wealth. I've heard that Nascent Soul Cultivators guard some even more valuable industries, and the output from there is astonishing."
Su Yuan understood and fell into contemplation.
He glanced at the Big Dipper Formation diagram in the Spiritual Field and fell into deep thought.
Xu Guangwen also looked towards the Spiritual Field direction in confusion. He saw that many sprouts of spiritual plants had already emerged on it. Using his Divine Sense, he also saw that there seemed to be Formation patterns on the surface of the soil, looking extremely profound.
"How to reduce long-distance consumption?" Su Yuan muttered to himself.
Suddenly, his gaze fell upon the mark of a jade pot on his palm again. He looked at the Formation patterns on the ground, and thoughts immediately arose in his mind.
"Do you have a blank Formation Plate?" Su Yuan asked.
"Uh, yes!"
Xu Guangwen immediately took out a blank Formation Plate.
Su Yuan beckoned and took it. Then, he activated his True Essence and quickly imprinted it.
Soon, a Big Dipper Formation diagram appeared inside the Formation Plate.
Slightly activating the Formation Plate, a faint ray of starlight descended from the Big Dipper high in the sky.
This ray of starlight was extremely faint, seemingly not very effective, but it was an excellent spatial positioning and transmission path!
Su Yuan handed it to Xu Guangwen.
"Take this Formation Plate and leave the Sect first. The farther the better. Then, when you feel you are far enough, activate this Formation Plate and call out my name at the same time! I'm going to make an attempt," Su Yuan said.
Xu Guangwen was very curious about what Su Yuan planned to do, but he still followed instructions.
"I understand, I'll go do it now!"
Xu Guangwen flew out of Su Yuan's cave dwelling and fled towards the outside of the Sect.
Meanwhile, Su Yuan set up a seven stars ritual altar at the top of the cave dwelling mountain.
And this time, what he used to set up the Formation eye was not just the Nine Stars Linked Beads Sword.
He summoned the jade pot and placed it in the position of Yuheng Star. Yuheng Star is the brightest star, and its response speed is also the fastest.
The moment the sixth-tier spiritual treasure was placed on the ritual altar, the rank of this seven stars ritual altar instantly climbed several major Realms, directly reaching the level of the fifth tier!
Through this ritual altar, Su Yuan felt the Big Dipper was clearer than ever before! Even clearer than during the "Work-Rest Balance" cultivation state!
"I didn't expect the effect to be this obvious!"
Su Yuan hadn't thought of this point before either!
This is just the effect of one spiritual treasure. If there were seven spiritual treasures, the effect would definitely be even more obvious!
But the rank of the sixth-tier spiritual treasure was high enough. He had a premonition that the effect would also be astonishingly sufficient!
He began to wait.
After a full two hours, a Mind Echo came from a distance within the Sect!
The call was extremely obvious.
Su Yuan immediately activated the [Mind Echo].
In an instant, a part of his consciousness crossed a large distance and arrived at a desolate mountaintop.
At this moment, Xu Guangwen was chanting "Ancestor" and also activating the Formation Plate in his hand.
Although he was chanting "Ancestor", his mental focus was indeed on Su Yuan, so Su Yuan could sense it directly. The name or code name wasn't important; what mattered was that it could point to Su Yuan.
Su Yuan saw that Xu Guangwen's Formation Plate was indeed drawing down a ray of starlight from the Big Dipper. Although it was faint and basically ineffective, it pointed the direction and transmission path for Su Yuan!
Su Yuan's main body stood before the ritual altar and immediately released his intent towards the Big Dipper, transmitting his attacks and techniques through the spiritual treasure, through the Formation, towards the Big Dipper!
In an instant, the ritual altar erupted with powerful might, and a pillar of starlight carrying his power shot up into the sky.
The Spirit Stones Su Yuan prepared were only slightly consumed. Solely relying on the inherent rank of the sixth-tier spiritual treasure, his power was transmitted to the Big Dipper without loss!
[Seven Stars Shining Brightly] was highlighted!
The Big Dipper was responding to his request!
In the distance, Xu Guangwen only saw the Big Dipper in the sky suddenly light up.
Then seven rays of sword light, carrying majestic heavenly might, descended from the sky!
Xu Guangwen was greatly startled and quickly dodged, then realized he had panicked too much. The attack landed on the adjacent mountaintop.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A small mountain turned into ruins under the bombardment of the star swords.
Xu Guangwen watched this scene with wide eyes, looked at the sky, then at the Formation Plate in his hand, and finally towards the direction of the Sect.
He muttered: "The description in 'Biographies of Past Ancestors' was still too conservative!"
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