I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

Chapter 678 Obtaining the Water-Repelling Pearl

It was precisely because the demons had cast a huge psychological shadow on the cultivation world of Suzhou, especially among the upper echelons of the cultivation world, that the upper-level cultivators who knew the inside story panicked when the seal showed signs of loosening.

After all, only a little over a thousand years have passed. Some of those who experienced the demon invasion are still alive, while the cultivators who survived because they were not powerful enough to participate in the sacrifice have grown to a level where they are ready to sacrifice themselves.

Back then, it took the deaths of hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators to seal off the passage that was gradually expanding and had already begun to be invaded by the Demon Emperor.

The losses suffered by the cultivation world of Suzhou were considerable.

Now, if the major sects were to select their remaining powerful figures to reinforce the seal, not only would the powerful figures themselves be unwilling, but the sects themselves would also be unwilling.

Because when you give away your backer, you can't be sure if others have done the same. You should know that the peak of human cultivators in Suzhou is the Nascent Soul realm. Many Nascent Soul ancestors don't show their faces for years, and they won't talk about whether someone is still alive or not.

What if you do it yourself but others don't? Well, then your backer is sacrificed, and in return, the seal on Suzhou is temporarily delayed from being broken by the demons, but your backer is gone.

How will we live for the next thousand years? What situation will we face? The sect will be downgraded, resources will be reduced, and the safety of disciples going out for training cannot be guaranteed...

Is the thousand-plus years gained at the cost of another batch of powerful beings enough for their sect to cultivate another batch of people to be sacrificed?

If other cultivators knew about this, and knew that after they worked hard to cultivate and reached the Nascent Soul stage, they would either have to face the Demon Emperor or make sacrifices, would anyone still be motivated to work hard?

Since neither outcome would be good for the sect, many people have stopped talking about it and decided to do nothing and let nature take its course.

If they were to face the demons again, they knew that with their strength they could always protect themselves and their sects. As for what would happen to the others in the lower and middle classes of Suzhou, they were powerless to do anything about it.

Just when everything seemed peaceful in Suzhou, but undercurrents were brewing at the top, an unknown rogue cultivator stepped forward and said she had a way to strengthen the seal.

This was an excellent opportunity for all the upper-level cultivators to make a stepping stone. Everyone accepted the other party's explanation with pleasure and was willing to cooperate in making preparations.

This is how Fairy Ni Chang entered the upper echelons of the cultivation world in Su Zhou and gained substantial support from various sects.

As her status was elevated, Fairy Ni Chang indeed fulfilled her promise, successfully reinforcing the seal that had shown signs of weakening.

On a grander scale, this saved the lives of countless beings in Suzhou, and from then on, Fairy Ni Chang held an extraordinary position in Suzhou.

Yuan Qi sighed at this point, no longer wanting to talk about this person.

After all, in the eyes of the other cultivators in Suzhou, his unpleasantness with Fairy Ni Chang was his fault. Fairy Ni Chang gave you a chance to do things for her, and you were unwilling to do so. How could that be allowed?

Without the Fairy of Rainbow Robes reinforcing the seal, would you still have the peace and quiet to study your alchemy?

Yuan Qi shook his head and steered the conversation back to analyzing the situation with Su Mo.

The Demon Race and the Zerg Race have so many similarities.

Both are invading alien races, but low-level monsters are like the low-level insectoids on Earth now. The native races can handle them, but the monsters reproduce rapidly and are numerous, giving the impression that they are impossible to kill.

Comparing these two situations, it's clear that there must be a more advanced entity controlling everything behind the Zerg.

The creatures that Su Mo crushed were just low-level insectoids. Back then, when cultivators above the Golden Core stage in Suzhou encountered low-level demon soldiers, they could wipe them out with a wave of their hands, right?

However, encountering a mid-level demon general is not so easy, and if the Demon Emperor were to descend, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So, does an even stronger Zerg race already exist on Earth?

Yuan Qi couldn't make a judgment, but he had to remind his apprentice.

If a stronger insectoid race exists on Earth, then it's almost certain that they are hiding in the sea, since Su Mo has already cleared out the land.

Yuan Qi, who had been rambling on and on, hesitated again.

He originally felt that Blue Star had little to do with him, and that letting Su Mo deal with it on his own would be a kind of experience, so he didn't want to accompany him.

But as he spoke, he began to worry about Su Mo's safety.

Su Mo, who had been listening quietly to Yuan Qi's narration, saw through the other's thoughts and said, "Don't worry, Master, I can do it."

“There are some things that Master doesn’t know. Actually, we already know where the Zerg’s lair is. You’re right. The Zerg that were sent to Earth are just low-level ones. The stronger ones should still be in their lair and haven’t been mobilized yet.”

"Those that were sent here with these low-level Zerg, even if they are stronger, they can't be that much more powerful. I think I can handle them."

Su Mo basically listened to what Yuan Qi said as information about Su Zhou, because Blue Star already knew a lot about it.

However, due to the information asymmetry, Yuan Qi was unaware that the probes sent out by the Xia Kingdom's government back then had already reached the vicinity of the Zerg's lair and transmitted a lot of valuable intelligence back to the Xia Kingdom.

He was simply explaining to Su Mo based on his own understanding.

Su Mo was unaware of many secrets; she only learned some superficial information from Jiang Qizhang, but that was enough to make a judgment.

Su Mo felt that he should have no problem entering the sea.

Seeing that his apprentice seemed confident after hearing his words, Yuan Qi said no more.

Experience is also a necessary part of growth.

Yuan Qi took out the water-repelling pearl from his storage magic artifact.

In the blink of an eye, a bead the size of a ping-pong ball with a faint blue luster appeared in Yuan Qi's hand. The surface of the blue bead was covered with intricate patterns outlined in dark gold, and as the blue light flowed inside the bead, the dark gold patterns appeared and disappeared.

"Just keep that in mind. If you can't handle it, come back immediately and let me know."

"Here, this is a water-repelling bead."

Su Mo took the water-repelling bead and, as soon as he held it in his hand, habitually probed it with his spiritual energy.

The next moment, Su Mo froze, her pupils instantly turning blue as a surge of water element rushed towards her.

The spiritual energy she probed into the water-repelling bead seemed to be pulled and tugged by something, and the spiritual energy stored in the spiritual energy core in her sea of ​​consciousness was being consumed frantically.

Yuan Qi hadn't expected this sudden and unexpected situation.

However, his reaction was extremely fast. He intervened the moment Su Mo acted abnormally. His divine sense transformed into a sharp blade, arriving in an instant to sever the connection between Su Mo and the Water-Avoiding Pearl.

Su Mo's body swayed slightly, and the blue light in his pupils dissipated.