Pay to Cultivate Immortality? My Sect is Completely Free - Chapter 88

Chapter 88: Counting the Spoils of War, Major Upgrade of the Floating Island

“The amount of gold and silver is so enormous that it can’t even be measured in pounds; even tons would be an astronomical figure—there are five million tons of gold and eighty million tons of silver!”

“There are three hundred thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones, tens of thousands of Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones, and over ten High Grade Spirit Stones.”

“Two High Grade Spirit Artifacts, thirty-eight Intermediate Grade Spirit Artifacts, and over a thousand Lower Grade Spirit Artifacts, with tens of thousands of precious weapons for Qi Refining realm cultivators, as well as countless ordinary weapons for mortals.”

“Thousands of medicinal pills, hundreds of tons of Spirit Grass, and over ten thousand tons of precious ores.”

“The territory of the Lingxiao Sect extends one thousand two hundred miles from north to south and one thousand five hundred miles from east to west, with thirty-eight mines, thirty cities, and a population of over fifty million.”

“Plus those two Lower Grade Spirit Veins, hundreds of Storage Rings, and tens of thousands of Storage Bags.”

“Goodness, the Lingxiao Sect’s foundation after a thousand years is truly profound; no wonder it’s one of the Immortal Alliance Top 500!”

As Su Bai gazed at the counted spoils, he clicked his tongue in amazement.

This fortune was accumulated by the Lingxiao Sect over a millennium, and being one of the three hegemons of the empire, its annual income was almost equivalent to a third of the entire empire’s revenue!

Even after deducting what was submitted to the Immortal Alliance and the consumption over these years, these resources equaled nearly a century’s total value of the entire empire!

“With such a massive amount of resources, it’s baffling that they would rather let them rot in the treasury than improve the cultivation conditions for their disciples or enhance the livelihood of the common people.”

Su Bai shook his head, murmuring to himself, but then thought about it and felt relieved.

After all, they were exalted cultivators. No matter how wealthy they were, why would they share it with ordinary people, whom they viewed as ants?

Even if they lost it, it could never be given to regular folks!

Another reason was that they feared someone might surpass them in cultivation and threaten their dominant position!

“Even the greatest of powers come from ordinary people.”

“Statistically speaking, the vast majority of geniuses are born from ordinary backgrounds; it’s just that most of them are buried and go unrecognized—it’s a pity.”

“I may not have the ability to ensure that all ordinary people have food to eat, but at least in the Heavenly Dao Sect’s territory, no one will be without a path to cultivation.”

“No one’s talents will be buried!

“Moreover, there will never be anyone… starving to death!”

Su Bai murmured, as the grand vision for the future gradually unfolded in his mind.

[Host]

Name: Su Bai

Age: 18

Realm: Golden Core Sixth Layer

Items: Supreme Grade Spirit Stones: 300, High Grade Spirit Stones: 30,000+, Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones: 1,000,000+, Lower Grade Spirit Stones: 100,000,000+, Gold: 5 million tons+, Silver: 80 million tons+…

The High Grade Spirit Vein had been nurtured underground for many years, allowing for direct mining of a year’s worth of Spirit Stones. Now, Su Bai’s Spirit Stone reserves had reached an extremely high figure. Even the Lingxiao Sect’s thousand-year foundation was far less than one-tenth of it!

“I almost forgot about another big thing.”

After counting the assets, Su Bai blinked and appeared on the Floating Island in the sky.

This Floating Island was also seized from the Lingxiao Sect.

The reason the Floating Island could fly was that a Floating Stone was embedded at the bottom, which was also the core material for the Flying Boat!

However, manufacturing a Flying Boat required extremely powerful artifact refinement techniques and a massive amount of precious materials, along with the additional high fees for refining, making it a costly endeavor.

Naturally, the Lingxiao Sect could not afford such a price— even if they could make an Intermediate Grade Flying Boat, they couldn’t maintain it!

As a result, they resorted to the simplest and most primitive crafting methods, refining a mountain as a foundation and embedding the Floating Stone within it.

This way, a “weakened version” of the Flying Boat was successfully created, inscribed with formation runes, giving it a certain level of defensive capability.

This “weakened version” of the Flying Boat, besides being cheap to manufacture, had another advantage: it significantly increased the passenger capacity, easily accommodating millions!

In terms of momentum, it indeed had a more impressive impact than the Flying Boat!

However, it also had a fatal weakness. Its speed was far slower than that of the same-tier Flying Boats!

“Is it really a Fourth-Order Floating Stone?”

“But it only uses a Third-Order defensive formation, only able to defend against Golden Core level attacks?”

“No, it’s only equipped with a Second-Order speed formation; it’s so poor that it can’t even spare Intermediate Grade Spirit Stones?”

“What a waste of resources!”

As Su Bai looked at the core embedded with a Fourth-Order Floating Stone, he couldn’t help but complain.

A Fourth-Order Floating Stone, a Third-Order defensive formation, and a Second-Order speed formation—what kind of ridiculous configuration is this?

A Graphics Card playing Plants vs. Zombies?

An Anti-Aircraft Gun hitting a mosquito?

A Nascent Soul expert could easily shatter the entire Floating Island!

Even a Golden Core Daoist would have no way to escape; they would struggle to catch up even for a moment.

And a Fourth-Order Floating Stone could completely create a High Grade Flying Boat; in front of such a vessel, a Nascent Soul expert would be like a child being casually led around!

The disparity was simply hard to bear!

If the Old Ancestor of the Lingxiao Sect were to come back to life and hear Su Bai’s complaints, he would surely shout: “You have wealth, you are lofty, you are impressive!”

Su Bai raised his hand and completely dismantled the Floating Island.

He needed to rebuild it!

To increase its speed, the strength of the materials couldn’t be low; otherwise, the structure would collapse before even picking up speed.

Fortunately, the Lingxiao Sect’s treasury had yielded a significant amount of precious ores, which Su Bai gathered all at once. He melted these ores down and molded an entirely new Floating Island.

Unlike the previous rocky foundation, this new Floating Island shone with a metallic luster, its hardness increased by who knows how many times!

“System, exchange for a Fifth-Level Defense Formation, a Fifth-Level Speed Formation, and a Fifth-Level Attack Formation!” After making all the preparations, Su Bai instructed the system.

“Ding! Deducting thirty thousand points, exchange successful!”

Su Bai waved his hand, setting up all three Fifth-Level formations on the Floating Island.

To unleash the full power of the Fifth-Level formations, a large number of Supreme Grade Spirit Stones would be needed; however, to exert Fourth-Level capabilities, High-Grade Spirit Stones would suffice!

The reason for opting for Five-Level formations instead of Four-Level ones was naturally to guard against the future! It’s something that’s not necessary, but cannot be absent!

With a Fourth-Level Floating Stone and all Five-Level formations, that would create a solid configuration!

Most importantly, it was the speed formation that was crucial!

The speed of Floating Islands of the same tier is far lower than that of Flying Boats. If a High-Grade Flying Boat were crafted from a Fourth-Level Floating Island, its speed limit would reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

For a Floating Island of the same tier, reaching the initial stage of the Nascent Soul was already impressive!

However, the limit speed of a Fourth-Level Floating Stone could reach the peak of the Nascent Soul!

Therefore, a Fourth-Level speed formation could not fully unleash its power; only a Fifth-Level formation could!

Without a doubt, as long as one is willing to spend Spirit Stones, the transformed Floating Island would exceed the cap of a High-Grade Flying Boat!

A few Supreme Grade Spirit Stones would be enough to destroy the Lingxiao Sect!

Of course, even if the Lingxiao Sect were sold, it wouldn’t even be worth a few Supreme Grade Spirit Stones, as those are the hard currency of the Divine Transformation Realm!

Supreme Grade Spirit Stones can only appear where there are High-Grade Spirit Veins; throughout the Immortal Alliance, the number of factions possessing High-Grade Spirit Veins is minimal.

One Supreme Grade Spirit Stone is worth far more than a hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones, and just one can buy a very good High-Grade Spirit Artifact!

In the hands of the Lingxiao Sect, the Floating Island was merely a flying vehicle to transport disciples, lacking any practicality—purely for show.

However, in Su Bai’s hands, it had already transformed into a massive, super-fast moving aerial fortress!