Supreme Star Card Master

Chapter 981: Chapter 774: Leaving Seclusion

On Qingming Peak.

Su Yuan opened his eyes, his gaze brimming with a sharp light, and the aura around him had already reached an extreme limit!

”Several Sun Spirit Pills have finally pushed my realm to the limit of the Early Sun, saving decades of others’ hard cultivation. Is this the pleasure of ’in-app purchases’...”

Su Yuan contemplated the dazzling radiance of the great sun within him, which already hinted at a tendency to split apart.

Through the accumulation of previous Sun Spirit Pills, Su Yuan had now reached the pinnacle of the Early Sun Realm!

”However, while elixirs can save a lot of time, they can never completely replace cultivation.”

Su Yuan’s breakthrough to the Burning Sun was short-lived, and now, after aggressively advancing his cultivation with a large number of Sun Spirit Pills, his meridians and Star Sea were considerably swollen.

If it weren’t for his strong constitution and Star Power, an ordinary Burning Sun might have already burst!

Now there was still a significant amount of the Sun Spirit Pill’s effects within Su Yuan that hadn’t been resolved because he had already hit the Chongyang bottleneck.

The rapid advance over a short period cannot compare to ten years of diligently honing one’s foundation.

Haste makes waste, and cultivation is no different. The more one seeks shortcuts, the more unstable the foundation and thicker the bottleneck becomes.

Thus, after using Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures or spirit pills to quickly advance, cultivators usually need to settle for some time.

Unless they can use the stimulation of spirit pills to leap over the bottleneck in one fell swoop!

Although the Chongyang Realm isn’t a major bottleneck, it is indeed a bottleneck of the Burning Sun Level, and, at least, it cannot be resolved with just one Chongyang Sun Spirit Pill.

Because... Su Yuan had already tried.

The drug power that Su Yuan found difficult to absorb was mostly from that last Chongyang Sun Spirit Pill!

However, at this moment, Su Yuan was not disheartened; instead, his eyes shone brightly.

The cultivation at a bottleneck, the drug power hard to refine...

Compared to settling for years, Su Yuan realized what he needed more and was more suitable for—

”A vigorous battle!”

Mysteriously, Su Yuan could feel that with a full-force, vigorous battle, he could significantly increase his chances of fully resolving the drug power within and breaking through Chongyang in one go!

This was not only a mysterious intuition but also a profound control and understanding of his own powerful physique.

”And a foreseeable opponent at this time... Central Western Desert.”

Su Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered briefly, then stood up; with a flicker, he left the Qingming Realm.

In Zhao Yue City, the former Storm Alliance’s Zhao Yue division is now the Qingming Palace’s Zhao Yue City Administration Office.

Su Yuan walked out from a side hall deep inside and made his way to the main hall, where quite a few people in Abyss Black Robes were already working.

Li Su was there at the top, busily piling through numerous documents on the table.

Su Yuan did not disturb them, walking quietly while curiously observing the various affairs in the hall.

Field patrol dispatching, recent intelligence collation, elixir star device records—everyone performed their duties with considerable regulation.

Even though it was clearly the western desert coast, it felt as if returning to the Great Flame.

Although the regulations and professionalism were far from the Sky Patrol Department, they were as close to the administrative departments of secondary and tertiary cities.

Despite the fact that many people in the room still showed some of the personalities and even ferocity typical of Jianghu and gang members over the years.

But it could be seen that people here consciously restrained themselves.

”Ashley and Li Su are really managing things well...” Su Yuan nodded in approval.

At that moment, a burly man organizing materials nearby looked up to see Su Yuan leisurely standing and scanning back and forth, and couldn’t help but shout:

”Hey! Where did you come from, kid, how come you’re not wearing a uniform, and not doing any work!”

Su Yuan glanced down; indeed, having been in seclusion for too long, he hadn’t yet changed into the ”Abyss Eyes” uniform.

”Elder Su... Palace Master Su!” At this moment, Li Su exclaimed, quickly stepping up in surprise, hastily bowing in salute, ”Palace Master, you’ve come out of seclusion!”

Su Yuan smacked his lips, thinking about how Bing Tong and Ashley chose ”Palace” as the Qingming suffix.

Palace Master...?

It just felt a little odd!

”Quickly salute, this is our Qingming Palace Master!”

”Greetings to the Palace Master!”

The crowd in the hall understood, quickly ceased their work, and bowed in greeting with surprise.

The burly man who had rebuked Su Yuan just now turned pale, panickedly dropping to one knee on the ground.

”This humble one did not recognize Mount Tai, didn’t know it was the esteemed Palace Master, many... many offenses!”

The crowd had indeed heard that the Qingming Palace Master had supposedly been in seclusion somewhere in Zhao Yue City but none had seen him throughout the year.

Previously, the burly man was eager to meet their mysterious Palace Master in Zhao Yue City, but never imagined it would happen this way!

To open one’s mouth and offend someone at first sight.

To think, this was the man who single-handedly broke into the Fierce Battle Gang and killed Yu Feng, then proceeded to unify the coast; not one to be trifled with...

”Everyone rise.” Su Yuan said.

The people in the room immediately stood up straight, then curiously and excitedly studied Su Yuan in secret.

Only the burly man in front remained kneeling, not daring to rise.

Su Yuan’s voice took on a slight chill: ”Get up.”

”Yes!”

The burly man’s heart skipped a beat, quickly standing upright, only keeping his head down, daring not to look at Su Yuan.

Over two meters tall and rough, the man was now nervously rubbing his hands...

To Su Yuan, it was quite amusing.

”Alright, don’t just stand there.” Su Yuan patted him on the shoulder, ”Those who are unaware should be forgiven, continue with your work.”

”Yes... yes, Palace Master!”

The burly man was taken aback by the honor, quickly bowing again and then continued to prepare the supplies.

Yet Su Yuan could sense that his hand holding the list of supplies was still trembling continuously.

Am I really that terrifying...

Su Yuan secretly shook his head and then asked, ”Li Su, where is Ashley?”

Li Su respectfully replied, ”Ashley is on her routine patrol, expected to return in the afternoon.”

Su Yuan nodded, suddenly sensing something as he looked toward the door, only to see Ashley, also clad in the Abyss Eyes black robe, walking in.

However, Ashley’s black robe had a purple pupil in the large eye on the back.

”Boss, congratulations on exiting seclusion.” Ashley stopped in front of Su Yuan.

”Weren’t you on patrol?”

Ashley calmly replied, ”I had a premonition you were coming out.”

Su Yuan nodded, briefly sensing, ”The others... seem to be on the western side?”

”Yes, they’re all on Yuantong Island. Now, Yuantong Island is basically ready.”

Su Yuan felt quite expectant, and with a light smile, said, ”Great, let’s go take a look.”

Su Yuan raised his hand, and amidst the blossoming silver light, a massive Space Gate instantly opened before him.

”Li Su, come along too.” Su Yuan called out.

”Yes!” Li Su quickly responded, following from behind.

With a flash of silver light, Su Yuan vanished through the Space Gate with Ashley and Li Su, leaving behind a room full of astonished gang members...

Some time later, on the sea region, a Space Gate opened, and Su Yuan and the others had arrived before Yuantong Island.

Seeing the greatly altered Yuantong Island ahead, even Su Yuan couldn’t help but show a hint of surprise in his eyes.

The previously giant barren island overgrown with plants was now filled with intricate halls and lofty towers.

Artifact Hall, Alchemy Hall, Array Hall, Talisman Hall...

Cultivation Field, Martial Arts Hall, Preaching Platform...

A series of large structures primarily made of wood and stone rose up, similar in style to the buildings of Demon Capital.

Massive trees and spirit plants interspersed among them, people moving about the island, with a large array covering the entire isle externally!

The scale of this far surpasses the coastal Sea Gang cities like Storm City and Hundred Battle Sand City, even ranking as top-tier among Burning Sun level forces!

And in the higher central core area of Yuantong Island, several grand halls were situated.

Among them, a spacious and open bluestone hall was prepared especially for Su Yuan, the Qingming Palace Master—it’s the Qingming Hall!

Besides, near Qingming Hall, other halls were distributed—White Snow Palace, Youhai Hall, Mo Lin Hall.

Though all three halls are slightly smaller than Qingming Hall, each possesses its unique style.

”Boss, that is your Qingming Hall.” Ashley said.

Su Yuan gazed further afield, unable to help himself from speaking out in praise: ”In just a year, you’ve managed to build Yuantong Island like this, Ashley, you’ve done excellently.”

Ashley gracefully bowed: ”It’s my duty as your subordinate.”

”Let’s go!”

Su Yuan’s figure swayed as he led Ashley and Li Su into the island.

Upon entering the island, Su Yuan was immediately detected by the island’s protective barrier.

Of course, even without such a means, Luo Bingtong, Ruan Ruan, and Mo Fei, as guardian beasts, could all sense Su Yuan’s presence.

Entering Qingming Palace, Su Yuan changed into the Abyss Black Robe left by Ashley in Qingming Hall.

But different from others, the Abyss Eyes on Su Yuan’s black robe were bright red.

Ashley communicated, and shortly after, Ruan Ruan, Mo Fei, Yang Aoshan... the main members of Qingming Palace were all gathered in Qingming Hall.

”Master! Master!” Ruan Ruan excitedly transformed back into a slime, instantly jumping onto Su Yuan’s shoulder and affectionately rubbing against him, ”Congratulations, Master, your strength has improved again!”

Yang Aoshan smiled, ”Su Yuan, you’ve finally come out of seclusion.”

With Su Yuan emerging from seclusion, everyone was delighted.

Meanwhile, Luo Bingtong politely sat at the side, quietly watching Su Yuan.

Su Yuan said, ”Over the past year, Qingming Palace’s development has relied on everyone, especially Ao Shan and Master Bai, coming over and taking on Qingming Palace’s responsibilities.”

On the way, Ashley had already briefed Su Yuan on the current situation of Qingming Palace.

With the involvement of Yang Aoshan and Master Bai, Qingming Palace’s construction could be thoroughly anchored.

Under their leadership, the production and output of ’丹器阵符’ greatly boosted the strength across the coast and strengthened the bonds between Qingming Palace and its affiliated Sea King Gang and others.

Yang Aoshan, hearing that Su Yuan hadn’t mixed up names this time, couldn’t help but smile: ”It is quite tiring, more so than teaching students.”

The academy students are clever, and the array knowledge taught is relatively basic.

Meanwhile, array masters here in Western Desert can’t compare in talent to top academy students, and many hold misconceptions about certain array knowledge, making corrections difficult...

Throughout this year, Yang Aoshan’s well-proportioned body had even slimmed down somewhat, demonstrating her true effort and dedication.

Situ Bai laughed: ”That’s because you’re too nice and courteous, Yang Teacher. With people from Jianghu, you have to reprimand them more, then they’ll listen!”

”Grandpa, don’t instigate shouting!” Situ Qingyin immediately frowned looking at Situ Bai, ”Last time, Master Yao Xu and others were goaded into silence by you. I told you not to be so harsh next time.”

Situ Bai shook his head with a smile: ”Alright, alright, I’ll be careful next time~ ”

Currently, Situ Bai was in good spirits because Antonios and Ruan Ruan had successfully treated the flesh of Situ Hao and his wife.

Under the revival of vitality, apart from still being unable to awaken, Situ Hao and his wife, externally, looked almost no different from someone innocuously asleep and didn’t need to rely on ice coffins anymore.

Su Yuan chuckled: ”In any case, thank you both.”