Chapter 264: Chapter 263: Absorbing Creation, the Royal Secret Treasury
The arena.
Su Ye, draped in a magnificent black robe with his long hair falling over his shoulders, sat upon a throne of cloud qi.
His gaze fell upon the arena below.
At that moment, several bloody massacres—oh, no... *hiring tests* were underway.
Many of Aino City’s upper echelons were slaughtering each other without mercy, fighting for a chance to survive.
SHING!
A sharp blade flashed.
A member of the royal family was beheaded by a sword, dying instantly.
A faint, yellowish-green Divinity, like a firefly’s glow, rose from his body. With a thought, Su Ye’s Divine Sense seized it, broke it down, and converted it into Creation Points.
BZZT.
Su Ye glanced at the virtual panel.
[Creation Points +1]
[Creation Points: 50]
The royal family members who had died during the hiring tests had provided him with a total of 4 Creation Points!
This brought his reserve of Creation Points to the 50-point threshold.
In other words: enough Creation Points to upgrade an initial-stage Divine Seed to the mid-stage!
’The only problem is...’
’...extracting Divinity from low-tier Scions... the efficiency is lackluster at best.’
Su Ye toyed with a strand of his hair, his eyes shifting as he pondered.
The Divinity within Tier 1 and Tier 2 Scions was incredibly faint.
The Creation Points they provided usually started with a zero, followed by a decimal point...
Based on his observations, he needed to kill at least a Tier 3 Scion for the Creation Points converted from their Divinity to be considered substantial.
’Though, the best targets are actually beings like the Fertile Divine Abomination—those who were once Tier 4 but have fallen to Tier 3...’
’Unfortunately, beings like that are, by definition, extremely rare...’
Su Ye thought to himself.
Then, another thought crossed his mind.
’Or... I could try killing a Crystallization Realm Master to see if I can seize their Divine Seed and convert it into Creation Points?’
Su Ye wondered.
However, he wasn’t optimistic about this theory.
After all, while Divinity and Divine Seeds were two sides of the same coin,
it was just like how the Spiritual Qi of the Yaoguang Islands and the Spiritual Qi of the Far South Continent were both Spiritual Qi, yet possessed fundamentally different properties.
There was a clear difference between Divine Seeds and Divinity!
’According to my senses, the nature of Divinity is similar to the Spiritual Qi of the Far South Continent. It’s more condensed and can manifest physically!’
’But a Divine Seed exists somewhere between the corporeal and the ethereal. It’s only visible to the individual Cultivator, and external forces can hardly affect it...’
Su Ye murmured thoughtfully.
The Fertility Divinity had given Su Ye the feeling that, even without his panel, he could have refined it as long as he wasn’t afraid of its corruption!
But refining another person’s Divine Seed?
Even with all of Su Ye’s current experience, he had never heard of such a thing!
At the Foundation Establishment level, one could use special methods to plunder a Cultivator’s Dao Foundation and use it as raw material for a Divine Seed.
But at the Crystallization Realm...
There were truly no precedents or even rumors of it ever being done...
This was why Su Ye didn’t have high hopes for it.
’Of course, if the opportunity arises, there’s no harm in trying, is there?’
Su Ye thought to himself.
...
He was lost in thought.
WHOOSH.
The sounds of slaughter in the arena gradually died down.
The hiring tests were over!
Ignoring the Tier 1s, Su Ye focused his attention on the Tier 2 Cultivators in the arena.
Besides Marina and Genvieve, there were five other Tier 2s.
In the melee, each had personally killed a fellow Cultivator of the same tier, emerging as victors of the hiring test!
As for the losers?
They had naturally returned to dust, becoming fresh rations for Jiaojiao.
If they were members of the royal family, Su Ye would also intercept their Divinity and extract it for Creation Points!
"Congratulations, everyone, on successfully passing your onboarding."
Su Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly as he clapped his hands and smiled.
"We serve the Master!"
Marina shouted, leading the way.
The others quickly followed, their pledges of loyalty echoing endlessly.
Su Ye paid them no mind and said nonchalantly,
"To celebrate your new positions, I’ve prepared some ’small gifts’ for you."
From high above on the Ghostly Flood Dragon, a beam of blood-red light descended. Su Ye made a slight gesture with his hand.
In mid-air, the blood-red light split into several dozen streams, which were then wrapped in Spiritual Qi Clouds, forming a sugar-like coating and taking the shape of pills.
They were iridescent and shimmered with spiritual light, looking just like Immortal Pills or Spirit Medicines!
"Please, take these ’Immortal Pills’..."
Su Ye said with a grin.
Faced with the ’Immortal Pills,’ the expressions of everyone present changed, revealing hesitation, doubt, and revulsion...
The people of the Far South Continent might not understand Alchemy, but they were no fools!
Immortal Pills?
Heh...
It was most likely some sort of control measure!
And the truth was exactly as they suspected!
These so-called ’Immortal Pills’ were, in fact, the Blood Light Soul Splitting technique!
Su Ye’s mind was perfectly clear.
He didn’t believe for a second that he could rely on some ’Kingly Aura’ or ’personal charisma’ to make these subordinates, whose loyalty was practically zero, submit to him wholeheartedly.
Therefore, control seals were far more trustworthy!
Besides the Blood Light Soul Splitting,
Su Ye had also incorporated some of the other control techniques he had researched and mastered.
Multiple layers of seals, interlinked and reinforcing one another.
For these Tier 1 and Tier 2 Cultivators,
there was no way they could ever break free from such seals. The possibility of resistance was nonexistent!
The former Aino elites held the ’Immortal Pills’ as if they were red-hot coals, their faces grim.
Su Ye wore a gentle smile, preparing to patiently persuade them.
However, just then,
"Thank you for your gift, Master!"
Genvieve smiled and, without the slightest hesitation, swallowed the Immortal Pill, setting an example!
Furthermore, she began persuading the others to take their Immortal Pills as well.
Soon, thanks to her persuasion, all the former Aino elites who had surrendered had taken the ’Immortal Pills’ within a few minutes!
Su Ye watched this scene with an amused expression, making no comment.
...
Immediately after,
Su Ye made some simple adjustments to Aino City’s power structure.
He didn’t enact any sweeping reforms, keeping the basic framework intact: the Royal Family and the Temple!
The former would be led by Genvieve; Su Ye had kept his promise.
The latter would be led by Marina, with Nais and Muer serving as the temporary Bishop and Captain of the Temple Warriors, respectively.
After completing these personnel changes,
Su Ye issued his orders, demanding that everyone present stabilize the situation in Aino City, suppress the chaos, and restore order as quickly as possible.
He dismissed the assembly, then called out Genvieve’s name, asking her to stay behind.
"Genvieve."
"Master, what are your orders?"
A bright, gentle, and brilliant smile appeared on Genvieve’s exquisite face.
Not a trace of anger or hatred could be seen in her expression; it was gentle and clear.
It was as if... as if Su Ye, the man standing before her, wasn’t the mortal enemy who had killed her son and husband, but a dear friend?
"Heh..." Su Ye’s eyes narrowed as he chuckled, then said,
"Lead the way. I’m going to the royal palace."
"As you command, Your Highness the Son of God... Please, allow me to escort you to the palace so that I may entertain you properly!"
Genvieve clasped her hands together, her expression sincere and earnest, a captivating blush rising on her cheeks.
"Entertain me, you say?"
Su Ye smiled, quite interested in the Aino Queen’s enthusiastic offer...
But...
Business first!
"First, take me to the royal treasury."
Su Ye said calmly.
