Chapter 95: Establishment of the Su Yuan Literary Award

Zhuge Jian watched Su Yuan's retreating figure heading to the second floor and suddenly called out, "Elder, please wait! This disciple has something to ask!" Su Yuan turned back curiously, "What is it? Speak freely." With a solemn expression, Zhuge Jian said, "Elder Su, while studying your supreme techniques, I've found them profoundly difficult. Disciples with lower or medium-grade spiritual roots basically have no chance to comprehend these techniques - what a pity!" Su Yuan nodded, signaling him to continue. Zhuge Jian immediately added, "I frequently give lectures at Immortal Seed Valley and have considerable understanding of the nuances and characteristics of the Qi Refining Stage. I believe my comprehension is decent. I hope Elder Su would permit me, after completing your three Volume Nine supreme techniques..." "To use your scriptures as foundation, combine them with my years of study and teaching experience, to annotate Elder Su's techniques and derive some simpler versions!" "This would not only help me consolidate my own insights and comprehend the path to perfect Dao foundation, but also provide later cultivators with more accessible versions of your techniques, allowing those with lower and medium-grade spiritual roots to also grasp them." Zhuge Jian's words not only surprised Su Yuan but also drew sideways glances from all the disciples in the Scripture Pavilion. Su Yuan scanned the disciples in the pavilion, discerning their spiritual root qualities from their auras. Indeed, every one had at least high-grade spiritual roots - not a single medium-grade among them! This wasn't just because medium and low-grade spiritual root disciples had fewer contribution points - medium-grade roots truly struggled with his techniques. Su Yuan nodded approvingly, "Your proposal is excellent. My comprehension ability is relatively high, and the first volume already represents the limit of my simplification. I do lack in this aspect. If you can create more comprehensible versions to help more people learn, I fully support it!" Zhuge Jian exclaimed joyfully, "Thank you for your permission, Elder Su!" Su Yuan then glanced at the formation spirit and said, "Little Spirit, did you hear that? Help me establish a Su Yuan Literary Award. Anyone can annotate, expand upon, or derive works from my techniques. All such books can be collected in the Scripture Pavilion. Those reaching low-grade Yellow Rank scriptures will receive 1000 contribution points, mid-grade 2000, and so on. Deduct the points from my account." He paused before continuing, "You'll be responsible for evaluation. Repeats or worthless works won't be accepted. For valuable ones, you'll determine their rank." The formation spirit immediately responded, "Understood, Elder Su. The award has been established. For some books where I can't determine rank, may I delegate evaluation to other elders?" "Sure, handle it as you see fit. Have the sect leader select qualified elders." "Understood!" This exchange left everyone dumbfounded. Out of nowhere, a new way to earn contribution points had appeared! The Su Yuan Literary Award? The disciples looked thoughtful. Su Yuan encouraged Zhuge Jian, "You've done well. Keep it up!" Only then did Zhuge Jian snap out of his daze and say happily, "I'll work hard to summarize everything!" Su Yuan nodded indifferently. Contribution points were something he could never spend all of - every disciple studying his techniques provided him points, and the frequent usage meant substantial amounts. Exchanging these points for spirit stones seemed petty. It was more satisfying to convert them directly into reputation. Establishing awards was another way to build fame without requiring additional effort - a beneficial and cost-free method he was happy to employ. Taking from disciples to use for disciples - an endless cycle. Su Yuan completely ascended to the second floor. Zhuge Jian stood up, sighing, "Elder Su is truly magnanimous!" Nangong Huoyu agreed, "This way, most people will write down their insights to provide different perspectives for later learners. It's also an excellent way to gain understanding - organizing scriptures can bring greater rewards." She paused curiously, "How many books do you plan to write?" Zhuge Jian replied, "I've already planned - based on those three supreme techniques, I can expand them into three top-grade Yellow Rank scriptures, dozens of high-grade, hundreds of mid-grade, and about a thousand low-grade ones." Nangong Huoyu's eyes widened, "That many?" She asked nervously, "You're not trying to take advantage of the elder, are you?" Zhuge Jian waved his hand, "No, it's just that no one's started writing yet, so there's huge gaps in basic content. And this is just based on three techniques - if we consider all of them, the derived scriptures would be even more numerous!" Hearing this, Nangong Huoyu also began considering what she might write if expanding those techniques. To make them understandable for lower spiritual roots, they'd need to be detailed yet simple. Content that Elder Su's techniques glossed over could fill dozens of pages! Writing thousands of books suddenly seemed perfectly normal. "Hey, so I can earn contribution points without leaving the sect? I should hurry back and write a few while few people know about this!" "Haha, you? You can't even understand the first volume, yet you want to write books?" "Don't you get it? I've already comprehended one-tenth of the 'Seven Extremes Mystic Body Tempering Art'. Based on that, writing ten books is no problem!" "That makes sense!" "Come on, let's collaborate on a few, okay?" "Co-authoring? That's one approach!" Su Yuan paid no attention to the discussions below. Upon reaching the second floor, he saw numerous Golden Core elders also studying his techniques, along with some Nascent Soul elders. Seeing Su Yuan, these elders saluted him. Su Yuan's status as a vein-opening founder was no longer secret - his position in the sect now equaled that of Void Refining elders. Nangong Xianweng approached with a smile, radiating Foundation Establishment peak aura - several times stronger than ordinary Foundation Establishment peaks! This was Nangong Xianweng's re-cultivated main body with rebuilt foundations. Su Yuan looked at him in surprise, "You've already reached Venus stage peak?" Nangong Xianweng smiled, "Correct. These years I've studied the Seven Extremes techniques, integrating my own Dao insights. With my accumulated knowledge, I rapidly advanced. I've now learned up to volume seventeen and will soon finish eighteen. But..." He hesitated before asking, "I didn't perfectly cultivate volume nine - I still couldn't incorporate the natural formation restrictions, only using a simplified version. Now at Venus peak, I face the same problem. The techniques mention arranging nine Venus stars, but I only have one Venus star, two golden pearls, and four golden beans - seven cores total! No matter what, I can't increase quality or quantity." Su Yuan frowned, "How could this happen?" "Could you examine me?" Nangong Xianweng requested. Su Yuan nodded, sending his spiritual sense into Nangong Xianweng's body, who offered no resistance. After thoroughly inspecting his dantian, Su Yuan deduced, "I see. Your conceptual comprehension is insufficient to suppress repulsion between golden cores - something I hadn't considered." "You should comprehend a second concept to balance things. With three concepts, your dantian would stabilize, but you'd still max out at seven Venus stars. For nine, you'd need comprehension of stellar concepts!" Nangong Xianweng fell silent, exchanging glances with a nearby Divine Transformation elder. That elder shrugged as if to say, "You heard right." Nangong Xianweng asked, "Is there any solution for someone with only one concept?" "That's problematic," Su Yuan sighed. "You could first break through to Golden Core stage, then slowly make up deficiencies while at that stage. But you'd still need three concepts ideally. Otherwise, you're walking a dark path with one leg!" He admitted there was no easy solution. The Divine Transformation elder coughed, "Actually, one golden core is normal." Su Yuan sighed, "If that's the case, the volumes nineteen to twenty-seven I recently created will be hard to learn!" Nangong Xianweng started, exclaiming, "You've already organized Golden Core level techniques?" Su Yuan nodded. With a sleeve wave, 189 supreme technique volumes landed on the second floor. Another wave sent 936 volumes flying consecutively from his sleeve to the third-floor Scripture Pavilion. The massive quantity left all elders dumbstruck. Nangong Xianweng felt both joy and trepidation. He couldn't help asking, "After comprehending the Foundation Establishment chapters with my Divine Transformation insights, my accumulated knowledge is nearly exhausted. Quickly breaking through will be problematic!" He looked at Su Yuan as if seeking advice. After brief consideration, Su Yuan said, "You could focus on one branch. And you don't need to comprehend all 27 volumes - succeeding at volume 19 would let you continue with my later techniques, though more difficultly." Nangong Xianweng sighed, "It seems that's the only way!" Su Yuan patted his shoulder, "Don't lose heart. If you could master all 27 volumes, breaking through to Void Refining would be simpler! So don't force it." Nangong Xianweng's scalp tingled - the Golden Core chapter techniques were harder than he'd imagined. When the path forward was unclear, he'd been anxious. Now that it was clear, he was equally anxious.