33 – Choosing Rewards
by spirapira“Destroyed the bloodline, the Li family must be furious… I wonder if I can escape with my life…”
Wang Ping looked at the screen again, muttering to himself.
As soon as Wang Ping looked over, the text on the screen appeared again.
【Next, you escaped from the Li family, shrinking your bones and changing your appearance to hide, intending to avoid their pursuit.】
【Soon, your actions were exposed. The Li family’s elder, who had been in seclusion for many years, was enraged to the extreme upon hearing the news. Your wife, Li Yan, also fainted from shock, unbelieving that you would do such a heinous thing.】
【Following that, the Li family’s elder issued a massive bounty, releasing a global kill order seeking to kill or capture you alive. For a time, Great Xia was shaken, and everyone was astonished that you, a fourth-grade alchemist, would betray the Li family.】
【In the following period, your reputation even spread to the Chu Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom. You were known far and wide. However, you did not care, continuing to hide and develop yourself, planning to re-emerge once you had gained enough strength.】
【Because you were proficient in alchemy and could change your physique and appearance, your low-key actions went undetected.】
【At the end of Great Xia Calendar 495, the Spirit Origin Realm elder of the Great Xia imperial family passed away. The feudal lords could no longer hold back, and they began to recruit various forces, declaring themselves kings, and eyeing the throne.】
【Among them, the Li family also took sides, supporting the northern feudal lord, Liu Yu.】
【Shortly after, the court was shocked and angered, planning to dispatch a large army to suppress the feudal lords. However, the feudal lords’ strength made it difficult to suppress them, causing frequent chaos in the Xia Kingdom. You continued to develop quietly, staying out of trouble. With the cultivation of Innate Realm seventh level, as long as you did not expose yourself, you were not worried about dying in the chaos of Great Xia.】
【In Great Xia Calendar 497, you broke through to the Innate Realm eighth level. This year, the internal chaos of Great Xia became even more terrifying. Both the court’s army and the feudal lords suffered heavy losses, with corpses strewn across the country, making it hell on earth. The neighboring Chu Kingdom intended to send troops to conquer Great Xia, trying to annex it.】
【However, the Zhao Kingdom, bordering the Chu Kingdom, did not want the Chu Kingdom to annex Great Xia and grow stronger. Therefore, they dispatched heavy troops to station at the border, forcing the Chu Kingdom to abandon its plans and also station troops at the border cities to prevent a sudden invasion from Zhao Kingdom.】
【At the end of Great Xia Calendar 499, your cultivation advanced further to the Innate Realm ninth level. In the same year, the Great Xia imperial family was overthrown, and the feudal lords started a civil war, vying for the throne, causing immense suffering to the people.】
【In Great Xia Calendar 500, Bai Tianhong, who had broken through to the seventh level of the Spirit Origin Realm, could no longer sit back and watch the people of Great Xia suffer. He intervened, helping feudal lord Liu Yu defeat other feudal lords and ascend to the throne.】
【After feudal lord Liu Yu ascended to the throne, he renamed the country to Great Shu, appointing Bai Tianhong as the Sword Saint of Shu, and designating his sect, the Sword Spirit Sect, as the protector of the nation. With that, peace was restored, and order was gradually re-established.】
【The peace of the world had nothing to do with you, and you continued to hide and cultivate. Finally, on May 7th of Great Shu Calendar year 1, you successfully comprehended Sword Intent, becoming an unparalleled swordsman in Great Shu.】
【After comprehending Sword Intent, you were extremely confident and believed that once you broke through to the Spirit Origin Realm, you could travel anywhere in the world.】
【However, the weather is unpredictable. The elder of the Li family, somehow, found you. You fought a fierce battle with him, but due to the vast gap in cultivation levels, even with your comprehension of Sword Intent, you were powerless to resist and were easily killed by him.】
【Because of your death, this simulation ends here.】
“How did that old guy find me?”
Wang Ping looked at the final simulation content, frowning in confusion.
Since he had successfully hidden for five to six years, he shouldn’t have been found so dramatically.
However, the final information revealed was too little. No matter how much Wang Ping thought about it, it was to no avail, so he had to give up pondering over it.
If he couldn’t find the answer through thinking, he could only learn it through the simulation.
“Ding, the rewards have been generated successfully. The host can choose two from the following rewards:
- Innate Realm ninth-level cultivation.
- All alchemy experiences.
- Comprehended Sword Intent.”
④ Supreme-Level Superior Sword Art: Spirit Refining Sword Manual.
⑤ White Talent: Benevolent and Kind.
⑥ White Talent: I Desire to Become a Demon.
⑦ Superior-Level Middle Grade Cultivation Method: Fire Spirit Art.
“There are so many reward options this time. And I can choose two rewards… This is a big surprise!”
Wang Ping was somewhat astonished.
Immediately, Wang Ping started to ponder.
The two white talents could be excluded.
Next, there were the Spirit Refining Sword Manual and the Fire Spirit Art.
These two, since they are listed as rewards, should presumably provide him with all the experience for cultivation.
Even something like the Fire Spirit Art might come fully mastered.
The strength of an ordinary cultivator essentially comes from three aspects.
Cultivation base, cultivation method, and martial arts.
Naturally, there’s no need to say more about the cultivation base; the difference in grade of the cultivation method brings a huge difference in combat power.
For the same fire-type cultivation method, the quality of innate true energy cultivated from a superior lower-grade method and a superior middle-grade method is vastly different, and the power exerted using the same martial art is worlds apart.
Similarly, absorption of spiritual energy, conversion efficiency, and true energy recovery speed also show significant differences.
Therefore, the importance of cultivation methods to a cultivator cannot be overstated.
Besides, cultivation methods also have different layers, and the power varies greatly depending on the layer reached.
Fire Spirit Art has six layers in total, each breakthrough enhancing both the quality and quantity of true energy, making it even hotter.
“Although the Spirit Refining Sword Manual is good, it cannot compare to the importance of a cultivation method. If I choose the cultivation method, I won’t have to continue delving into it in the future, directly maximizing cultivation efficiency.”
Wang Ping analyzed.
“However, the time saved by fully mastering the Fire Spirit Art is still not as valuable as directly choosing the Acquired Realm Ninth Level cultivation. After all, this is a realm my simulated self reached after twenty years of cultivation starting from the Acquired Realm Tenth Level pinnacle.”
Wang Ping looked at the first option again.
If the Fire Spirit Art were an Earth-Level method, he would certainly prioritize it over cultivation, but as it is only a superior middle-grade, it is still too low.
Moreover, the Sword Intent was also tempting for Wang Ping.
After all, this was something he comprehended after practicing the sword for twenty years.
Clearly, his focus in this simulation was on alchemy to gain the Li family’s trust and importance, otherwise, both his cultivation and Sword Intent would have progressed faster.
“Besides, a Fourth-Grade Alchemist is very tempting. After all, the remaining spirit stones I have are insufficient to support a few more simulations, so I will definitely need to earn a large amount of spirit stones next. Probably, only alchemy can fulfill my requirements.”
Wang Ping looked at the second option and murmured to himself.