The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 71 - 67 Qi Yuan: I Am the Moral High Ground!_1

Chapter 71: Chapter 67 Qi Yuan: I Am the Moral High Ground!_1

As Qi Yuan thought, he looked towards the Heavenly General.

[Kill the Midday Ascension Gate’s Heavenly General on the Ascension Stage to gain the supreme control authority.]

It appears the NPCs haven’t lied.

"Alright, I accept the challenge!" Qi Yuan said, gripping Xiao Jia’s hand tightly.

He needed to bring Xiao Jia along, otherwise, she would stumble and fall again.

Last time, when he battled Zanghua without Xiao Jia, by the time he saw her, Xiao Jia had likely stumbled several times already. She was covered in dust and dirt. Her pitiful appearance was heart-wrenching.

The golden-armored Heavenly General looked towards Qi Yuan with a resonant voice: "Begin the battle, with no cease even upon death!"

With this voice, Qi Yuan saw that on the Ascension Stage, a stairway appeared.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Like the footsteps of a massive beast shaking the ground, the stairway extended incessantly, from the heavens down to the earth.

Approximately after a quarter-hour, the steps extended to Qi Yuan’s feet.

From the heavens to the earth, a stairway to the heavens appeared.

By count, it astonishingly matched up to 129,600 steps.

"Step up onto the stage, and the battle begins. If you win, proceed to the next step," the golden-armored man explained the rules.

Qi Yuan did not ascend immediately, instead, he asked: "Can I take intermediate rests?"

"Each victory lets you step down, but you cannot stay in the outside world for more than a day, or you will be forcibly summoned back!

Remember, each day on the stage is equivalent to a year in the outside world."

"Oh, that works." Qi Yuan was relieved.

Looking at Xiao Jia, with a smile on his face he said: "This time, we’re fighting side by side."

He added another sentence in his mind.

Together with everyone in the Five Elements Forbidden Zone and the Yin-Yang Forbidden Zone.

These 129,600 battles would be the perfect opportunity to hone his combat experience and truly grasp the battle experiences and perceptions of those 84 people.

From the battle with Zanghua, Qi Yuan had already gained quite a bit of understanding.

And this Ascension onto the Midday Ascension Stage is a great opportunity.

His lack of combat experience should be able to be refined, right?

Moreover, after experiencing these many fights and killing so many monsters, he should be able to gain quite a bit of experience, right?

With these considerations, Qi Yuan climbed the first step.

The landscape before him changed drastically.

He seemed to be standing on the Ascension Stage now.

Qi Yuan surveyed the surrounding.

He found that his current location appeared to be an arena.

Around the arena were tens of thousands of seats.

The seats were tiered, some high-class, some ordinary.

It seemed that in the past, people watched battles in this arena!

Now, it was empty without any spectators.

This made Qi Yuan, who had social anxiety, feel slightly better.

"Thankfully nobody is watching, otherwise it’d be embarrassing."

Then, the loud sound of a heartbeat echoed.

Qi Yuan saw a muscular, shirtless big man, reminiscent of a well-off nation’s sumo wrestler, charging towards him.

That was not a living creature but a residual image, or perhaps... an experiential monster!

"Xiao Jia!"

Qi Yuan merged with Xiao Jia.

Then, he closed his eyes.

At this moment, he was no longer himself, but Long Pan.

To gain an understanding of battle, he had to start with the strongest.

The memories and battle experiences of Long Pan surging into Qi Yuan’s mind like a spring.

He seemed to lose all his techniques at this moment.

He saw himself as Long Pan.

If he were Long Pan, how would he face this opponent?

Then, Qi Yuan moved.

He turned around, his back facing the burly man.

Then he reached back to grab the burly man’s neck.

With a toss!

Bang!

The burly man fell at the sound.

Blood splattered everywhere, staining the arena red.

Qi Yuan came out victorious in this battle.

Qi Yuan then opened his eyes, reflecting upon his gains and losses from the battle.

"Why were my back swings the only successful ones?"

"Does it mean to turn one’s back on the world?"

"Pretty impressive."

"Ah, no. It’s because his face turned red!"

Qi Yuan abruptly realized the key point.

After his first victory, the second battle began.

Qi Yuan took a step, seemingly entering the second stair.

The enemy appeared again, this time, it was a ferocious beast resembling a crocodile.

Again, Qi Yuan closed his eyes.

...

Seven days later, Qi Yuan exited the game.

He went out for a breather and upon seeing Jiang Lingsu, he couldn’t help blurting out,

"Junior Sister, you’ve turned green."

At this point, Jiang Lingsu wore a simplistic bluish-green dress, her spritely aura drawing all attention. Most noteworthy, however, was the "ramen green leaf" on her head.

Her hair had turned into ramen but it all turned into green leaves.

Bushy, thriving.

Qi Yuan even saw a little bird in her lush, thriving green leaves.

Jiang Lingsu glared at him fiercely, "You’re the one who turned green! These are the essences of wood, they’re valuable!"

On this day, another turmoil ensued in Shen Guang Sect!

That’s because many cultivators began sprouting green shoots and leaves not only on their heads, but other parts of their bodies too.

Initially, complete chaos consumed the Sect and some believed they were secretly besieged by mystic arts cast by someone.

However, the Sect Master stepped forward, revealing that a precious treasure of Wood had possibly appeared in the world, causing this spectacle.

The whole God Light Sect was relieved.

Many were searching for the precious treasure of Wood, several also discovered that the green leaves and grass growing on their bodies and heads were pure essence of Wood, extremely beneficial for their cultivation.

As a result, many people started to sell the essence of Wood that had grown on them, while some cultivators absorbed it directly.

Among them, the beautiful female cultivators who had the Wood essence growing on their bodies were especially popular, selling for astronomical prices.

This situation filled Qi Yuan with envy, he wanted to grit his teeth in rage.

They were earning fortunes from the Wood essence he had created, which was flourishing on their bodies.

He had even contemplated knocking them unconscious stealthily and cleanly scraping off their body hair along with the Wood essence.

But after a moment of thought, he knew he was just jealous. His integrity was still intact.

So, he couldn’t bear to do it.

If he went ahead, he would just be creating a bunch of bald Azure Dragons and Tigers, Monks and Nuns.

Would he be able to stay in this Sect then?

"Junior sister, would you be willing to give me some of the Wood essence from your body?" Qi Yuan looked at his junior sister and tentatively asked.

Jiang Lingsu instantly blushed, "No!"

"Junior sister, I see that many people outside are selling..." Qi Yuan had not finished speaking when Jiang Lingsu cut him off.

"Get lost!"

The Wood essence was connected to her body, in a way it was an extension of her body. How could she possibly give it to someone, especially a man?

However, after taking a glance at Qi Yuan, a deep confusion flashed across her eyes: "Senior brother, the smell of blood on you has become stronger recently."

"Huh?" Qi Yuan thought about the many creatures he had killed in the game while he had been conquering the Ascension Platform in broad daylight.

Not only that, each step was not just a single enemy, but possibly a group of enemies.

Could it be that the murderous and bloody aura in the game could be brought to reality?

"Does it smell that strongly?" Qi Yuan anxiously asked.

Jiang Lingsu nodded: "If you weren’t always hiding on Seven-Color peak, I would have suspected that you had secretly massacred an entire clan."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan’s eyes turned bloodshot, "How can you make baseless accusations, I did not destroy the Heishan Sect!"

Jiang Lingsu laughed: "Who knows? Maybe you secretly snuck out one night with your vegetable knife and slaughtered everyone from the Heishan Sect."

Qi Yuan’s gaze instantly turned cold, "Junior sister, you know too much!"

For some unknown reason, Jiang Lingsu felt a chill run down her spine.

Looking at Qi Yuan, a trace of fear surfaced in her heart, "Senior brother, I don’t know why you have such a strong murderous aura on you.

However, you’d better dispel this aura, or at least hide it.

Otherwise, it will not be good for your cultivation, as it could give rise to Heart Demons.

More importantly, if you ever run into some peculiar major cultivators, they might take it upon themselves to remove you in the name of justice."

Thinking about something, a hint of fear and reluctance flashed through Jiang Lingsu’s heart.

She knew of such cultivators.

These cultivators belonged to an organization.

The people within this organization loathed evil, yet they have an infamous reputation.

They proclaimed themselves as messengers of justice, however, their actions were extremely overbearing.

Once, a cultivator had flattened a bandit stronghold, but encountered people from this organization who killed him on the grounds of his strong smell of blood.

After all, the justice they defined was the ultimate justice.

If they claimed someone had committed too many killings, without asking for the reason, then that person deserved to die.

"What? There are people like this, who want to demonize me?" Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan almost lost his footing.

Jiang Lingsu was speechless.

She really couldn’t understand why her senior brother, who had a questionable mindset, had such a strong smell of blood on him.

Could it be because playing too much in the game even affected reality?

"Yes, there are indeed such people, and not just one. They belong to an organization.

What, senior brother, do you want to go and eradicate all of them?

They are not as weak as the Heishan Sect. They have several cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage." Jiang Lingsu laughed.

Hearing this, Qi Yuan was so shocked that he sat down on the ground: "I’m so useless, so powerless, I can’t even kill all these despicable people in the dead of night."

But upon thinking about something, Qi Yuan said, "I should join forces with the righteous people and eliminate them!"

As for her senior brother’s peculiar way of thinking, Jiang Lingsu had gotten used to it. She also enjoyed teasing her senior brother: "The righteous people won’t work, they supposedly represent justice. They often do evil things under the banner of righteousness."

"Do they operate from a moral high ground?" Qi Yuan asked.

Jiang Lingsu thought for a moment and understood Qi Yuan’s meaning: "Yes."

"Damn, how dare they imitate me, only I can hold the moral high ground!

Those who learn from me will live, those who resemble me will die. This organization, if I’m not the leader, they’re finished!

Even if I become the leader, I will dismiss the evildoers and the rebels from their duties!"

Dismiss their duties?

Jiang Lingsu was stumped: "Senior brother, you’re cruel!"

"By the way, what is the name of this organization?"

"Palace of Light."

"Palace of Light? Why don’t they call it the Light Association?" Qi Yuan muttered, then said, "I’ve remembered them, they’d better not let me bump into them, otherwise they will be sorry."

After saying this, Qi Yuan seemed worried. He lowered his voice and leaned closely to the luscious ears of Jiang Lingsu, "Junior sister, their sect doesn’t have pre-celestial saints who can sense that I just mentioned them, right?"

"...No."

Qi Yuan sighed in relief.

That’s good.

But he was still worried: "They won’t suddenly come to Seven-Color Peak, will they?"

"No." Jiang Lingsu felt that she shouldn’t have told her senior brother, she had scared him.

Upon hearing her words, Qi Yuan was relieved, "Ah, you’re right, I should get rid of the smell of blood on me."

However, Jiang Lingsu spoke softly: "But I heard that a person from the Palace of Light has arrived in the Great Market, and seems to want to get involved in the dragon seizing contest."

"What?" Qi Yuan was shocked.

"It’s nothing, his cultivation isn’t strong, he’s just at the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Isn’t anyone else coming?"

"No."

At night, Qi Yuan returned to his room, unable to sleep.

Nevertheless, remembering that he hadn’t yet completed the game, he decided to temporarily set this matter aside.

After all, he stays on the Seven-Color peak every day. What are the chances of running into meddling affairs?

Moreover, he had no grudges with the Palace of Light, he hadn’t even seen them before, he felt embarrassed to claim the moral high ground.

But it wasn’t the same with the Heishan Sect.

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