My Synthesizer Has Talent

Out in the wilderness.

Su Qing sat on the Flying Artifact, looking at the map in his hand.

He mulled it over endlessly.

’This map... Is this all the territory the Zhengxuan Sect has?’

’To the south is the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain Range.’

’To the north, past the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range, there’s a Demonic Sect.’

Su Qing looked at the place marked with a purple symbol.

This Demonic Sect was called the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sect.

However, the territory it controlled was about the same size as the Zhengxuan Sect’s.

Su Qing was very hesitant about going.

After all, it was a Demonic Sect.

If some powerful Cultivator took a disliking to him and simply wiped him out, it would be a truly senseless death.

’Is being a Loose Cultivator really the wrong path?’

Su Qing sighed.

He had every right to hesitate; his life was on the line.

’No, wait. It’s a Sect the Treasure Tower has intel on. There’s no way it doesn’t have any mortals in its territory.’

’The Demon Dao... could it be that they raise mortals like pigs and dogs?’

The thought struck Su Qing as entirely possible.

After all, this truly was a world where the strong reigned supreme—a world where respect was earned through personal might.

The hierarchy was rigid and nearly impossible to transcend.

The high-level Cultivators in particular were exceedingly difficult to kill.

SIGH...

Su Qing let out another sigh.

He glanced at the map.

After weighing his options, he decided to go to the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range first.

This mountain range alone was as vast as the territories of two Sects combined. It stretched even further, cutting across the domains of several different powers.

’The Spiritual Qi in the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range should be a bit richer than here.’

Su Qing piloted the Flying Artifact and flew north.

The Flying Artifact flew on by itself.

Su Qing chose to synthesize the Earth Escape Technique.

He had replicated it earlier but hadn’t synthesized it yet.

’Synthesize.’

[Synthesis successful: Evolution Talent triggered]

[Earth Escape Technique +1: Based on the original Earth Escape Technique, Magical Power consumption is reduced by ninety percent, and you can travel swiftly through the earth’s ley lines.]

’This time the Evolution Talent was triggered, but it wasn’t a direct twenty-fold enhancement?’

’Maybe the speed of the Earth Escape Technique can’t be boosted?’

Although Su Qing didn’t understand, a Magic with a ninety percent reduction in Magical Power cost was still excellent.

’Extract.’

...

The Earth Escape Technique required contact with the ground to be cast.

Su Qing couldn’t use it yet.

After finishing the synthesis, Su Qing began cultivating the Five Elements Qi Cultivation Technique.

He frantically absorbed Spiritual Qi.

At the same time, he was also continuously refining his Magical Power.

His Dantian was only so large, so refining his Magical Power was the only way to make significant progress.

The progression from the First-Layer to the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation was described in Su Qing’s Five Elements Qi Cultivation Technique.

He needed to complete the refining of his Magical Power nine or more times before he could begin to establish his Dao Foundation.

This was why Qi Cultivation was divided into nine layers.

Each refinement made him significantly stronger.

At his current Cultivation pace, Su Qing felt that it would take him at least a month or more to complete one refinement.

And this was with the 200-times Cultivation speed bonus from his Five Qi God Demon Body.

If the Spiritual Qi was abundant, Su Qing felt he could reach the Second-Layer Qi Cultivation in just a few days.

This was why Su Qing wanted to find a place with abundant Spiritual Qi.

And Su Qing figured that any Sect, regardless of which one, wouldn’t be short on Spiritual Qi.

「The Flying Artifact flew for several days.」

Su Qing finally saw mountains.

An endless, rolling range stretched before him. Its highest peak was only faintly visible, and when the sun shone upon it,

he could vaguely make out a cyan glint.

’They’re unbelievably high!’

Su Qing looked at the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range; even the shortest peaks looked to be over a thousand meters tall.

’This Flying Magical Artifact is almost out of energy.’

’Why don’t I have a Storage Ring with more space?’

Su Qing cursed his poverty. Otherwise, he would’ve bought a better Storage Ring from the Treasure Tower long ago.

A single Storage Ring cost five hundred Spirit Stones.

And that was for a small one like his, with only 0.5 cubic meters of space.

Su Qing really wanted to stow his Flying Magical Artifact and cultivate the Earth Escape Technique on the ground.

But he just couldn’t bear to part with the Flying Artifact.

It was more advanced than an airplane and could even hover high in the sky. Su Qing couldn’t bring himself to abandon such a Top Grade item unless he absolutely had to.

...

’I’ve reached the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range.’

’The Spiritual Qi here seems to have gotten richer.’

After a short period of Cultivation, Su Qing looked at the surrounding forest, and then at the mountain range.

’I’ll leave the Flying Artifact here.’

Su Qing looked at the surrounding terrain.

The edge of the forest.

It seemed like a good place to land the Flying Magical Artifact.

Because this was the north, there were large gaps between the trees in the forest.

Once Su Qing landed,

he took out the exquisite Demon Sword.

This was the spare Demon Sword from before.

He began to frantically dig at the dirt.

Once he had dug a hole just large enough to bury the Flying Magical Artifact, Su Qing placed it inside.

He covered it with dirt.

Then, he moved several huge boulders and placed them beside it.

After setting the markers,

only then did Su Qing leave.

"Earth Escape Technique."

Without hesitation, Su Qing used his Magical Power to cast the Earth Escape Technique.

Su Qing felt as if he had merged into a new perspective.

The earth seemed like water, yet it was completely different. He could pass into the ground in an instant.

Once inside, Su Qing could clearly sense every part of the earth, as if he had become one with it.

’What a powerful escape Magic.’

’Let’s see how far I can go in one go.’

Skill Level +10

Skill Level +10

Every minute that passed, Su Qing could see the Skill Level for his Earth Escape Technique increase on his panel.

Meanwhile, his Magical Power felt like it was only being consumed at a rate of one percent per minute.

The consumption rate felt very comfortable.

Once he was familiar with it, Su Qing traveled via Earth Escape toward the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range.

"Damn it!"

As soon as he reached the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range,

Su Qing discovered that he couldn’t pass through stone; he could only go around it.

The closer he got to the Thousand Marrow Mountain Range, the more stony the ground became.

Su Qing had originally been traveling fifty meters underground.

But as he got closer, he could only barely manage to travel at a depth of twenty meters.

He couldn’t go any deeper.

After using up thirty percent of his Magical Power,

Su Qing finally emerged from the ground.

[Earth Escape Technique +1: Entry Level (310/500)]

—

’The Earth Escape Technique is pretty fast, and it’s great for evading enemies.’

Su Qing looked back toward the forest where he’d started and estimated he had traveled about ten li.

Ten li in half an hour was still very fast.

Considering he hadn’t been moving in a straight line while using the Escape Technique, this speed was already quite fast for him.

’Now, as long as I have enough Magical Power, reaching Great Success with the Earth Escape Technique should be easy.’

Su Qing only had seventy percent of his Magical Power left; he had to save it.

He couldn’t use too much more.

Magical Power recovery also took time.

If he circulated his Cultivation Technique, his Magical Power would recover even faster.

This was why it was important to convert all the Spiritual Qi in one’s body into Magical Power.

Once converted, Magical Power was largely a personal, self-regenerating resource.

But in a place with no Spiritual Qi, Magical Power recovery would likely be very slow, or might even stop completely.

—

’Finally, some meat.’

Su Qing smiled with satisfaction; the wild rabbit in his hand was already dead.

’Good thing I bought plenty of spices before I left. Now I finally don’t have to subsist on Great Replenishing Pills every day.’

After dressing the rabbit, Su Qing set it up to roast.

As night fell, a cool breeze began to blow.

The weather was pleasant. The moon hung high in the sky, and the river of stars stretched across it.

He shivered.

’If only there wasn’t this Yin Qi.’

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