173: Chapter 173 Zhu Zhuqing's Changes, High Priest, Beware

Zhu Zhuqing's Fusion of the Spirit of the Void took three days to complete. As the ghostly light dissipated, Zhu Zhuqing slowly descended.

Su Ling checked Zhu Zhuqing's Goddess Comprehensive Value again; it had risen to 99 points, comparable to Qian Renxue.

Looking at her figure, after fusing with the Spirit of the Void, it had become even more slender and upright, flawless.

Even Su Ling couldn't help but swallow hard; despite his vast experience, he was still captivated by Zhu Zhuqing at this moment.

Moreover, at this moment, Zhu Zhuqing was still wearing light clothing, making her even more seductive.

"Brother Su, we..."

Su Ling didn't say a word, proceeding directly to action, feeling the new changes Zhu Zhuqing brought.

... (It seems ten thousand words disappeared here)

[Ding... Host had intimate interaction with Zhu Zhuqing, obtained reward: Super Treasure Chest * 1]

"What the f*ck."

Su Ling couldn't help but blurt out. Zhu Zhuqing didn't understand what Su Ling said, so she asked: "Brother Su, f*ck what?"

"It's nothing, Zhuqing, you rest first."

A Super Treasure Chest! Su Ling was very excited!

Interacting with a goddess had a one-in-a-thousand chance of obtaining one.

That meant it took a thousand times to have a chance to get one; if one's luck was bad, it might not be possible even after ten thousand times.

But with Zhu Zhuqing, she came with a halo, a luck bonus.

After being excited for a while, Su Ling calmed down and didn't rush to open it, instead asking Zhu Zhuqing, "Zhuqing, how is the improvement after using the Spirit of the Void?"

"Brother Su, I thought you had forgotten, you finally remembered."

"How could I forget? It's just that you, Zhuqing, are too... Alright, let's not talk about that, tell me about your physical changes first," Su Ling said.

Zhu Zhuqing said: "First is my Soul Power, which increased directly from Rank 73 to Rank 78, an increase of five Ranks at once."

Reaching Rank 78, Zhu Zhuqing was now very satisfied; although she still couldn't compare to Ning Rongrong, at least the gap was closing.

"Anything else?" Su Ling continued.

"My cultivation speed is at least 50% faster than before."

"Also, my Spirit, the Hell Civet, seems to have evolved."

Saying this, Zhu Zhuqing got out of bed, went to the middle of the room, released her Spirit, and spirit rings surrounded her.

Her Spirit was still a cat, but it was a bit different from before; tails appeared one by one behind her.

"Brother Su, my Spirit is now called the Nine-Tailed Hell Civet."

"In my normal state, there is one tail. Every time I release an additional tail, I can increase all my physical attributes by 5%. If I release all nine tails, I can increase them by 40%."

It seemed like 40% wasn't much, but one had to know this wasn't a Spirit Ability; it was inherent to the Spirit.

And it increased all physical attributes.

Increasing a single attribute by 40% would be low, but increasing all attributes by 40% was terrifying.

It could be said that this Spirit of the Void allowed Zhu Zhuqing to complete a true metamorphosis.

"Brother Su, thank you!" Zhu Zhuqing came over and wrapped herself around Su Ling again.

Thus, another great battle began, but it was a pity that interacting with one goddess per day only yielded one treasure chest.

With Zhu Zhuqing being so proactive, how could Su Ling refuse?

...

A long time later, Su Ling's door opened, but he found that all the goddesses were guarding outside.

This scene made the newly initiated Zhu Zhuqing blush, and she didn't dare to look up.

Everyone saw Zhu Zhuqing's changes and could roughly guess what had happened.

"Um, Brother Su helped me improve once, what... what are these expressions you have?" Zhu Zhuqing said.

Ning Rongrong immediately came up and pulled Zhu Zhuqing, saying: "It's obvious that Brother Su helped you improve a lot, and your physical changes are quite significant too."

"Yes, that's just how it is," Zhu Zhuqing said.

Su Ling looked around and didn't see Hu Liena, so he asked: "Where is Nana? Has she finished absorbing the spirit ring?"

"It's finished, she should still be cultivating right now," Ah Yin replied.

"Then call everyone together now, we are going to this assessment's location," Su Ling said.

...

Half an hour later, beside the Ring Sea.

Su Ling brought the goddesses to the destination of this assessment.

But as soon as they arrived, Xiao Bai appeared too.

Regarding Xiao Bai, there was favorability with Su Ling, which had been prompted when Su Ling first arrived.

So when Xiao Bai came, Su Ling also took a look at the System page.

[Special Goddess: Xiao Bai (100,000-Year Spirit Beast form)]

[Goddess Comprehensive Value: 93]

[Binding Requirement: Favorability reaches 60 or above]

[Favorability: 1]

Xiao Bai's Goddess Comprehensive Value in her 100,000-Year Spirit Beast form wasn't high; her daughter Bai Xiuxiu, who appeared later, might be higher.

After Xiao Bai appeared, Su Ling could clearly see dense groups of at least fifty Devil Spirit Great White Sharks on the sea, each over ten thousand years old.

With so many Devil Spirit Great White Sharks and other Spirit Beasts, hundreds of them, they had to cross this sea area of at least five hundred meters to the other side under great restrictions; the difficulty was immense.

Of course, the easiest way was for Su Ling to fuse with all the goddesses and cross over; that would be very simple.

He only needed to bring Ah Yin, whose favorability wasn't high, along.

If they crossed like this, they would definitely pass this test, and it would be easy, but in subsequent assessments, the Fusion path might become a permanent restriction.

Therefore, Fusion had to be used at the most critical moment; now was not the time.

"You finally came, I thought you wouldn't dare," Xiao Bai said, standing on the water.

Su Ling replied indifferently: "What's there to be afraid of? You didn't stop us before, and this time will be the same."

Su Ling had no feelings for Xiao Bai, and she needed to undergo transformation before doing that, and after transformation, it would take a long time to wait. In comparison, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress from the Far North were more enticing.

Xiao Bai's appearance was also good; in the anime, there were too many beast-form parts, but now it didn't seem like that much, and her appearance was worthy of a 93 Goddess Comprehensive Value.

Xiao Bai snorted and said: "Don't think about getting through this time. When do you start the assessment?"

Su Ling thought for a moment and said: "One year has only passed less than two months, Xiao Bai, you don't need to be so anxious. When it's time for the assessment, we will naturally notify you."

"Fine!" Xiao Bai nodded, then disappeared in front of everyone.

Su Ling turned back to the goddesses and said: "Everyone, prepare yourselves. From now on, we will all Cultivate here."

"Brother Su, did you offend her just now? When the time comes for the assessment, she will definitely try her best to stop us," Ning Rongrong said.

"Rongrong, do you think flattering her will make her go easy on us?"

Ning Rongrong shook her head and said: "Given Xiao Bai's identity, probably not."

In these few days, they had learned something about the content of this assessment and Xiao Bai's strength, which was why she asked Su Ling this.

Su Ling said: "Actually, the more she blocks us, the higher the difficulty of the assessment, which means we can improve more, right?"

"In the coming period, everyone must spend time cultivating here every day, and at the same time fight on the sea to adapt to the combat environment," Su Ling said.

"Of course, Soul Power cultivation cannot be neglected; this is the opportunity to pass the assessment."

"Xiangxiang, Yueer, you must work hard and reach Rank 70 to become Spirit Saints as soon as possible. With your Spirit Emperor cultivation, this assessment might barely pass, but the later assessments might not be certain."

"Especially Yueer, your Spirit is also very important in this assessment, you know?" Su Ling looked at Shui Yueer and said.

"Brother Su, I understand," Shui Yueer nodded, thinking that she must Cultivate well and not let down Su Ling's painstaking efforts.

"Good, let's start this stage of cultivation," Su Ling said.

They all settled down right by the seashore.

Xiao Bai was quite well-behaved; she didn't come to disturb Su Ling's party while they were cultivating on the sea.

One had to know that in the original work, Xiao Bai had helped Tang San and his group.

Perhaps because there was conflict when they arrived, Xiao Bai was determined to do her best to stop them from passing the assessment.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

In this month, many people made progress. First, Ah Yin's Soul Power reached Rank 80, and she could absorb the god-bestowed spirit ring from the Sea God.

Zhu Zhuxin's Soul Power increased by another Rank, reaching Rank 74; Shui Yueer and Bai Chenxiang reached Rank 65 under Su Ling's pills and their own cultivation; Yang Qingyu reached Rank 68.

Only they had improvements this month; the others basically stayed at their original Rank accumulation.

Of course, this month, Su Ling still focused on farming Ah Yin's favorability.

Now Ah Yin's favorability had increased to 76 points, not far from 80.

And this month, Su Ling worked hard every day, and the treasure chests accumulated quite a bit.

This day, night fell.

Su Ling reviewed the harvest of this month, mainly regarding the treasure chests.

[Remaining unopened treasure chests: White 345, Yellow 139, Purple 538, Black 118, Red 9, Gold 0, Super Treasure Chest 1]

[Remaining unopened special treasure chests: Low-tier Blue Treasure Chest * 3, Intermediate Blue Treasure Chest * 1, High-tier Blue Treasure Chest * 0]

In the last month, Su Ling hadn't opened many treasure chests; he even held back on the Super Treasure Chest.

Regarding the blue treasure chests, Xiao Bai contributed four, and her favorability increased by 4 points.

Su Ling's gaze turned to that single Super Treasure Chest.

"System, open the Super Treasure Chest."

[Ding... Opening Super Treasure Chest, congratulations on obtaining Tier 3 God Position Legacy Bead * 1]

What does this mean?

God Position Legacy!

Su Ling looked at the explanation again.

[Tier 3 God Position Legacy Bead: A God Position lost from the Divine-Grade. When Soul Power reaches Rank 99, one can merge with the Legacy Bead to obtain the God Position. Current Tier 3 Legacy Bead God Position: God of Weak Water. Water-attribute Spirit Masters can inherit it.]

A Super Treasure Chest can pass on a God Position?

A God lost from the Divine Realm; that must be a dead god whose God Position lost its Legacy and no one inherited it. The System actually condensed a Legacy Bead automatically.

Water-attribute can inherit it?

How many water-attribute people are there among this group of goddesses?

Shui Yueer?

These sisters could suddenly get two God Positions.

Although a Tier 3 God Position is the lowest, it is still a God Position.

The Super Treasure Chest did not disappoint Su Ling.

Looking at the treasure chests in the System, Su Ling didn't continue opening them, but looked at the goddess skill brought by Shui Yueer.

Perfect water affinity, of course, goes without saying; it's useful.

However, for this assessment, the binding skill two seems more useful.

Fish Transformation, this is an active skill. By taking the essence blood of various fish-type Spirit Beasts, the host can transform into a fish and possess its abilities. In addition, after transforming into a fish, one can only exert the combat power that one's own Soul Power should have; even if it is a very high-year Spirit Beast, it will not strengthen the host's combat power.

This skill is similar to Oscar's sixth Spirit Ability in the novel.

Looking at the vast ocean, this second assessment might be able to use this skill.

So Su Ling decided to go out to sea to find suitable Spirit Beast blood.

Thinking of this, Su Ling found Zhu Zhuxin.

"Zhu Xin, I'm going to the ocean to find something, you guys continue to Cultivate here," Su Ling said.

"Brother Su, how long will you be gone?" Zhu Zhuxin said.

Su Ling said: "I will definitely be back before the assessment. Tell everyone to just continue cultivating."

"Alright then!" Zhu Zhuxin nodded.

Telling just one person was enough; there was no need for more, otherwise leaving would be troublesome.

Su Ling controlled his Soul Power, and his body slowly rose into the air; at his Soul Power Rank, aerial flight was no problem at all.

However, aerial flight consumed some Soul Power; compared to the Void Wind-Thunder Wings, the cost-effectiveness was not high.

If measured by numbers, the Soul Power used to fly one hundred kilometers could allow him to fly more than three hundred kilometers with the Void Wind-Thunder Wings, and the speed would be much faster.

With a pair of wings opened, Su Ling flew outward rapidly.

However, just as he was about to leave Sea God Island, the ocean suddenly had an abnormality, and seawater rose rapidly to over a hundred meters, blocking Su Ling.

"Su Ling, during the assessment, you cannot leave Sea God Island." In this wave of seawater, Bo Saixi walked out.

Su Ling said: "Grand Priest, I'm just going out for a stroll, it won't affect the assessment, and this is not a rule of the assessment, just a rule of Sea God Island, right?"

"You are right, it is a rule of Sea God Island," Bo Saixi said.

"Then can the Grand Priest make an exception and let me go out for a trip?" Su Ling said.

"This rule was set by me, so I'm sorry, I cannot break my own rules." Bo Saixi directly refused Su Ling.

Su Ling frowned slightly. What did Bo Saixi mean by this?

She didn't give him any Face at all.

"Then Grand Priest, since that's the case, I will break this rule," Su Ling said.

"Oh?"

"Are you going to challenge me?" A rare smile appeared on Bo Saixi's Face; it had been many years, and she hadn't made a move for a long time.

Su Ling said: "Then why don't we make a bet? Let's see if you can stop me. If you can stop me from leaving, I have nothing to say. If you can't stop me, then this rule will no longer restrict me and the people who came with me. How about that?"

"Good!" Bo Saixi nodded, and then continued: "What if I stop you?"

Su Ling said: "I will give you this ten-thousand-year medicinal herb."

Ten-thousand-year medicinal herbs were actually very common for Su Ling, but for others, they were rare and hard to find, including Bo Saixi.

And this ten-thousand-year medicinal herb of Su Ling's came from the sea, which was even more tempting.

"Ten-thousand-year Purple Jade Coral Ganoderma?" Bo Saixi took a look; this thing was definitely a good item, even she was a bit tempted.

"Good!"

"Okay!"

"Come on!" Bo Saixi knew that Su Ling was not simple, and his Soul Power was very strong, so she released her Spirit, Sea God Poseidon, as soon as she started.

At this moment, the entire ocean seemed to be under her control.

Originally, Su Ling could use Teleportation, but since he had the opportunity to spar with Bo Saixi, he was willing to play along, and by the way, test his current abilities.

Su Ling stood in the air, released his Spirit, the Primordial War Bow appeared, and in an instant, an arrow condensed.

"Grand Priest, you must be careful, I'm going to shoot..."