Supreme Warrior in the City

Everything was just as Long Qiu had said, the Saint Venerable didn’t really care about the great battles among the Holy Beasts below.

As long as those Holy Beasts were loyal to it, it wouldn’t make any moves.

Su Yang and his companions had been cultivating peacefully on the Golden Dragon Lion’s territory for thirty years, but the situation was becoming increasingly troublesome for them. The Golden Dragon Lion’s spiritual source was starting to shrink more and more.

When Su Yang and the others first found this spiritual source, the crystal stones were about the size of a small hill. Now, these stones had diminished by half.

Moreover, the speed at which everyone was consuming spiritual energy was increasing. At this rate, the crystal stones would likely be exhausted in less than ten years.

”Will the spiritual source keep depleting like this?” Su Yang sought out Long Qiu and asked in surprise.

”Of course!” Long Qiu replied: ”As you can see, the spiritual source is just a crystal stone. Actually, it is the Xuan-level spiritual energy within the stone that is supporting your cultivation. Once the Xuan-level spiritual energy inside is completely used up, the crystal stone will be useless and will no longer be called a spiritual source.”

”Why would it be like this?” Su Yang asked in surprise: ”The spiritual sources in the Nine Realms don’t deplete completely!”

”Why wouldn’t the spiritual sources in the Nine Realms deplete?” Long Qiu said: ”Any spiritual source will eventually be exhausted. As the number of cultivators in the Nine Realms increases, the demand for spiritual energy increases, leading to greater depletion of the spiritual source. One day, the spiritual sources in the Nine Realms will be entirely used up, and by then the Nine Realms will become a wasteland!”

Su Yang frowned; he hadn’t known about this before. Does it mean that once the spiritual energy of the Nine Realms is completely exhausted, the Nine Realms would be finished?

”Every world has its limits. Excessive use will definitely overwhelm it!” Long Qiu said: ”The situation in the Nine Realms is a testament to this, it’s just that the strength of the Nine Realms is still too weak, so the spiritual energy has lasted this long. But look again in thousands of years, will you still think that the spiritual energy of the Nine Realms won’t be depleted?”

”Is there a way to replenish the spiritual source?” Su Yang asked.

”There is!” Long Qiu replied: ”The so-called spiritual source is just an object that holds spiritual energy. The spiritual energy inside can diffuse out, but it can also be replenished. If you just refill it with enough spiritual energy, you can replenish the spiritual source.”

Su Yang’s eyes lit up, that could indeed work. The Spirit Liquid inside the Spirit Liquid Lake of the Heavenly Sect flows endlessly. If Su Yang were to pour that Spirit Liquid into the spiritual source of the Nine Realms, wouldn’t it be replenished?

The spiritual source issue in the Nine Realms is easily solved, but the more troublesome part is this Xuan-level spiritual source.

”Isn’t the depletion rate of this spiritual source too fast?” Su Yang said: ”There are no more than twenty saints cultivating here at any one time. In just thirty years, half of it has been used up. Moreover, the rate of depletion will only increase. By this reckoning, how much spiritual source does one saint need to cultivate?”

”Brother, other Holy Beasts wouldn’t let so many people use the spiritual source to cultivate together. Other Holy Beasts carefully protect the spiritual energy inside their source, preventing it from leaking out. During cultivation, only one Holy Beast usually engages in it, and so the rate of depletion is very slow.” Long Qiu said: ”Moreover, as this spiritual source depletes, it also self-replenishes, allowing the depletion and replenishment to balance out, and ensuring long-term use.”

”But you guys, on the other hand, with a dozen people cultivating at once, absorbing a great amount of spiritual energy from the source, there is simply no time for it to replenish. This is just a small spiritual source, enough for a single Holy Beast to cultivate slowly, and not even one that’s too powerful. As a result of your actions, how can this spiritual source last?”

Su Yang was curious: ”Small spiritual source? Does that mean there are larger spiritual sources?”

”Of course!” Long Qiu nodded: ”With power levels, the spiritual sources one receives are different. This Golden Dragon Lion is only considered intermediate level among the Holy Beasts under Six Trigrams Saint Venerable’s command. How large a spiritual source could it receive? Those mighty Holy Beasts could obtain spiritual sources dozens of times larger than this one. Furthermore, did you really think that the spiritual source the Saint Venerable uses for cultivation is the same size as that used by the Holy Beast?”

Su Yang’s heart stirred, meaning that spiritual sources do indeed vary in size.

Thinking about it carefully, this is actually quite understandable. After all, one Intermediate World possesses enough Xuan-level Spiritual Energy; who knows how many Saint-level cultivators would need it to cultivate? Such a spiritual source could not possibly compare to this small one!

”Then it seems we should seize a larger spiritual source!” Su Yang said softly.

”Uh…” Long Qiu looked at Su Yang: ”The larger the spiritual source, the closer it is to the Saint Venerable. The closer you get to the Saint Venerable, the more easily you risk exposure. So, I would suggest that it’s best to keep your activities to the outskirts and not get too close to the Saint Venerable. Otherwise, if discovered, it could be very dangerous!”

Su Yang pondered for a while and nodded slowly. Long Qiu’s suggestion was indeed very crucial.

”If we are to mess around on the outskirts, we’ll have to grab several spiritual sources. Otherwise, it won’t be enough for cultivation.” Su Yang said.

”That’s for sure!” Long Qiu replied: ”Moreover, it would be best if you could cultivate several Holy Beasts. If possible, fostering a Saint Venerable among these Holy Beasts might allow you to kill the Six Trigrams Saint Venerable and take his place. Just like how you killed the Golden Dragon Lion before, killing the Six Trigrams Saint Venerable, as long as you pledge loyalty to the Saint King, the Saint King won’t care about this. To acquire larger spiritual sources, cultivating a Saint Venerable is the most secure approach!”

Su Yang nodded slowly. Cultivating a Saint Venerable amidst the Holy Beasts is indeed the most appropriate method. But the main issue is that nurturing a Saint Venerable here isn’t an easy task, is it?

Now, with so many Saints in the Nine Realms undergoing such cultivation, only Su Yang himself is approaching the threshold of becoming a Saint Venerable. The others are still far away from it. Based on this situation, fostering a Saint Venerable among these Holy Beasts is even more challenging!

”Let’s not concern ourselves with this now, let’s first secure one spiritual source!” Su Yang looked into the distance: ”There are a Moon Gazing Rhinoceros and a Three-winged Purple Ape near here, which one do you think we should target first?”

”It’s definitely the Moon Gazing Rhinoceros; it’s closer to our side and its strength is weaker, so it’s easier to deal with.” Long Qiu said: ”The Three-winged Purple Ape has two brothers, and if any trouble arises, those two brothers of his will come to help, making it harder to handle!”