87 – Paid Simulation! Blue Talent!

“It seems that relying on the Ancient Jade and the Scarlet Clan’s Essence Blood, I can indeed obtain a Sixth-Grade Fire-type Spiritual Item. Even though it will still consume a Rebirth Talisman, at least that’s a good piece of news.”

Wang Ping looked at the simulation content and smiled.

Although he could only watch helplessly as the Heaven-level Technique was destroyed, he eventually gained something.

Anyway, with his current strength, all he could do was just drool over the Heaven-level Technique.

“However, this Heaven-level Technique is called ‘Five Elements Fusion Technique’? What a great name, and with the name ‘Five Elements’, does it mean one can cultivate all five attributes?”

Wang Ping also recalled the name of the Heaven-level Technique, his eyes sparkling.

If it can truly let someone cultivate all five attributes, this technique is truly abnormal.

After all, the five elements complement and counteract each other; having one more attribute means having an additional means of adaptation, which can handle various situations.

“When I have enough middle-grade spirit stones to simulate, I must get this Heaven-level Technique. Even if I end up being killed, as long as I touch this technique or memorize it in my mind, I might be able to refresh and get the reward from it. That way, it will be like getting a free Heaven-level Technique.”

Wang Ping’s eyes gleamed, and his thoughts became lively.

If strength is insufficient and the technique can’t be seized, it’s fine.

If he can just touch it, he can still give it a try.

Anyway, experimenting a few times doesn’t cost many spirit stones. Compared to the value of a Heaven-level Technique, it’s completely insignificant.

After fantasizing for a while, Wang Ping restrained his thoughts and continued to stare at the screen, and the text appeared again.

【In the following days, you did not continue to seek opportunities but chose to play it safe, waiting for the Seventh Star Secret Realm to close. In the end, you successfully came out of the Seventh Star Secret Realm alive.】

【After returning to the Seven Star Palace, you began to cultivate in seclusion, wanting to quickly cultivate to the Great Perfection of the Spirit Sea Realm and then use the Sixth-Grade Fire-type Spiritual Item to break through the barrier and advance to the Spirit Embryo Realm.】

【In the blink of an eye, forty years passed. Because you did not especially focus on cultivating alchemy during these forty years, your cultivation progressed relatively quickly, successfully reaching the late stage of the Spirit Sea Realm.】

【In the blink of an eye, another sixty years passed. You successfully broke through to the Great Perfection of the Spirit Sea Realm and began preparing to assault the Spirit Embryo Realm. You made very thorough preparations and started a closed-door seclusion.】

【You crazily attacked the barrier and condensed the spiritual body. After spending half a year, you finally succeeded in breaking through to the Spirit Embryo Realm, successfully condensing the Fire Spiritual Body, your strength becoming extremely formidable.】

【As a practitioner of the Spirit Embryo Realm, you can be considered capable of truly standing your ground in the Seven Star Archipelago and are respected as a top powerhouse.】

【However, because of your diligent cultivation over these years, your alchemy progress is very slow, now only at the fifth grade. You are not particularly concerned about this.】

“I finally reached the Spirit Embryo Realm. Next, I’ll have to figure out how to avoid the conspiracy of the Seven Star Ancestor. Knowing what will happen, this should be simple.”

Wang Ping looked at the text on the screen, thinking secretly.

【Because you reached the Spirit Embryo Realm, you alarmed the Seven Star Palace. The palace master established a new mountain peak for you, making you the eleventh peak master and widely recruiting disciples, giving you a high status.】

【The news spread, causing unrest among many forces in the Seven Star Archipelago. After all, Spirit Embryo Realm powerhouses are rare, and the Seven Star Palace originally had ten Spirit Embryo Realm powerhouses. Now, there is one more, which is not good news for the other forces.】

【Especially the Blazing Fire Sect, they are quite depressed. In the Seventh Star Secret Realm, they lost a top powerhouse with Great Perfection of the Spirit Embryo Realm, and the position remains vacant to this day.】

【In the blink of an eye, another twenty years passed. Your cultivation progressed further, but you still couldn’t reach the mid-stage of the Spirit Embryo Realm. You sighed inwardly, realizing that without sufficient opportunities, the upper limit of your Green Talent: Excellent Foundation may be stuck at the Great Transcendence, making it difficult to break through to the Profound Elixir Realm.】

【Soon, the Sea Ape Clan attacked the island again. This time, you became one of the main combat forces and were specifically targeted by the Sea Ape Clan. Fortunately, you had more strong people on your side, so you didn’t face much danger.】

【After the battle, you obtained abundant resources and were very satisfied.】

【After that, you continued to cultivate diligently.】

【As time flew by, another thirty years passed. The Ancestor of the Seven Star Palace, Nangong Yun, faked his death. You knew this was his conspiracy, so you left the Seven Star Palace early and hid, planning to flee overseas if the situation went awry.】

【As expected, what you remembered happened. Nangong Yun activated the Blood Demon Formation, devouring many powerhouses. Sadly, breaking through to the Profound Elixir Realm was too difficult. Even by devouring many practitioners of the Great Transcendence using the Blood Demon Formation, he couldn’t spare even the powerful ones in the Seven Star Palace. However, he still failed to break through and advance to the Profound Elixir Realm due to lack of strength.】

【With the death of many powerhouses in the Seven Star Archipelago, the whole archipelago was in turmoil. Many forces were terrified of Nangong Yun’s methods, and those who didn’t attend the funeral were immensely relieved.】

【You heard the news and sighed. Ancestor Nangong Yun of the Seven Star Palace, in his quest to break through, abandoned everything, but ultimately failed. Such actions go against the natural order; without enough luck, his failure was perhaps destined.】

【With the fall of the Seven Star Palace, other forces came to their senses and colluded to wipe out the remaining forces of the Seven Star Palace. The powerful Seven Star Palace completely vanished and disappeared from history.】

【After destroying the remaining forces of the Seven Star Palace, the strong forces in the Seven Star Archipelago turned their attention to the Seven Star Island and the inheritance of the Seven Star Palace.】

【Many powerhouses are well aware that there must be a large amount of inheritance and treasures within the Seven Star Palace, and those storage rings of the refined powerhouses must also be there.】

【If they could break through the formation enveloping the Seven Star Palace, they would gain great benefits.】

【Thus, the powerhouses of the Seven Star Archipelago united to break the formation and seize the benefits. You also hid your identity and waited for an opportunity.】

【Finally, after three days and three nights of bombardment, all the powerhouses together managed to break through the formation of the Seven Star Palace and began frantically seizing treasures.】

【You participated, fighting others and seizing treasures. You successfully obtained over ten spiritual items of varying quality and heavenly materials and earthly treasures.】

【Eventually, as a practitioner of the Spirit Nurturing Realm discovered your identity and targeted you, you chose to retreat. That practitioner of the Spirit Nurturing Realm decided to let you go and continued to fight for treasures.】
【After you left, you didn’t go far and continued to observe the battle. At this moment, you discovered a mysterious young expert suddenly arriving, displaying extraordinary strength. With one move, he instantly killed a Spirit Nurturing Realm expert. His terrifying combat power was chilling.】

【Seeing this, you guessed that this young expert had definitely reached the Half-Step Profound Elixir Realm. Otherwise, he couldn’t have killed a Spirit Nurturing Realm expert so effortlessly, like squashing an ant.】

【In the end, this mysterious young expert successfully obtained the incomplete Profound Elixir left behind by Nangong Yun after his fall, and left gracefully.】

【You were astonished by the strength and identity of this young expert, guessing that he was probably not a local of the Seven Star Archipelago. Otherwise, with such strength, he couldn’t have remained unknown.】

【After the chaotic battle ended, there were heavy casualties among the strong on the Seven Star Archipelago. But those who survived were all smiling because the gains from this time could allow them to make further progress.】

【In the blink of an eye, twenty years passed. By leveraging the treasures obtained, you successfully broke through to the mid-stage Spirit Embryo Realm. During these twenty years, the powers of the Seven Star Archipelago had already been reshuffled. In the end, the Blazing Fire Sect, which had a late-stage Spirit Nurturing Realm expert left, took over the Seven Star Archipelago.】

【You kept a low profile, hiding on an offshore island of the Seven Star Archipelago to cultivate, feeling deeply about the current state of the archipelago. The current Seven Star Archipelago is much weaker than it was a century ago. Now, a late-stage Spirit Nurturing Realm expert can rule unchallenged. The number of Transcendent Realm experts has also plummeted from over a thousand to less than two hundred.】

【Under such circumstances, if the Sea Clan were to disregard the authority of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land and attack the Seven Star Archipelago again, the archipelago indeed faces the risk of destruction.】

【Another sixty years passed in a flash, and you successfully advanced to the late-stage Spirit Embryo Realm. You estimated that your remaining lifespan should suffice to support your breakthrough to the Spirit Nurturing Realm. Considering that Spirit Nurturing Realm cultivators can seize the bodies of their descendants and live another life, you still have a long lifespan ahead.】

【However, things took an unexpected turn. A deep-sea ancient beast, wandering the deep sea with its young, happened to pass by the Seven Star Archipelago. It sensed your aura and identified you as a ‘descendant of sinful blood.’】

【It chose to attack, reducing you to ashes while you were cultivating. The entire Seven Star Archipelago was affected and utterly destroyed, turning to dust and falling into the sea.】

【Because of your death, this simulation ends.】

“Is this considered bad luck, setting up a flag for myself…”

Wang Ping looked at the simulation content and fell silent.

He had just been considering his future prospects and lifespan, only to be killed by a passing ancient beast.

Furthermore, this time, the beast didn’t even bother to make its presence known, acting casually and domineering.

Besides, this was within the territory of the Heavenly Sword Holy Land, yet the beast didn’t care in the slightest, destroying the island without hesitation.

“Just how powerful are these deep-sea monsters…”

Wang Ping smiled wryly.

To act so casually, its cultivation was definitely beyond just the Profound Elixir Realm.

Wang Ping had a feeling that these monsters’ cultivation levels were several major realms above the Profound Elixir Realm.

Although he didn’t know what realm was above the Profound Elixir Realm, he had that instinct.

“Living as a ‘descendant of sinful blood’ is truly dangerous.”

Wang Ping felt a headache coming on and rubbed his temples.

Currently, he was hiding in the Seven Star Archipelago to cultivate, not provoking anyone, yet he was annihilated by a passing ancient beast.

If he went to the Eastern Wilderness, the probability of encountering those old fossils would greatly increase, and the level of danger would skyrocket.

The most crucial point is that he couldn’t avoid going to the Eastern Wilderness.

After all, the resources of the Seven Star Archipelago were likely inadequate to support the high-quality spiritual stones needed for his future simulations.

“Although it’s dangerous, it’s something I have to face. I can only rely on slow simulations to find a safe path for advancement, there’s no other way.”

Wang Ping shook his head, collecting his thoughts.

Then, Wang Ping slightly pondered before looking at the Soul Nurturing Ring in his palm, communicating with it using his spiritual power: “Senior, do you know where to obtain a large number of low-grade and even mid-grade spiritual stones? I want to leave the Profound Turtle Continent as soon as possible.”

“Your desire to leave the Profound Turtle Continent quickly is correct. After all, staying in such a place with thin spiritual energy and no resources is a waste of time. For a cultivator, cultivation is a battle against the heavens, and time cannot be wasted.”

Upon hearing this, Jianghuai, who was nurturing his soul, opened his eyes, his gaze flickering as he chuckled.

“Regarding spiritual stones, I know where there are spiritual stone mines. You can go mine them. If this hidden mine hasn’t been discovered, you should be able to obtain millions of low-grade spiritual stones, and even some mid-grade stones. As for high-grade ones, they are unlikely to appear.”

Pausing for a moment, Jianghuai continued.

For Jianghuai, leaving the Profound Turtle Continent quickly was also necessary.

Because in the Profound Turtle Continent, finding precious soul-nurturing treasures was too difficult.

Soul-nurturing treasures were known for their rarity; even a fourth-grade one was as valuable as other types of fifth-grade treasures.

Only by leaving the Profound Turtle Continent for the ‘Falling Star Archipelago’ could he easily find soul-nurturing treasures.

Then, his soul would strengthen, avoiding the risk of complete extinction.

“For now, these spiritual stones are enough.”

Wang Ping’s eyes brightened with excitement.

After discovering that there were no treasures inside Jianghuai’s Soul Nurturing Ring, Wang Ping had speculated that Jianghuai probably knew the locations of some spiritual stone mines.
Otherwise, how could Ye Chen, with his Innate Realm cultivation, possibly earn such a vast amount of spirit stones?

Now, Jianghuai’s response confirmed his suspicion.

However, he did not expect that there would even be mid-grade spirit stones.

If he had mid-grade spirit stones, he wouldn’t need to rush to the Seven Star Archipelago, a place teeming with powerful beings, to earn spirit stones. This would certainly reduce the risk significantly.

“I hope Senior can explain the location of the spirit stone mine.”

After calming his emotions, Wang Ping said seriously.

“Wind Valley,” Jianghuai answered, “I have set up a formation there to act as a barrier. Although it has been many years and the formation has eroded over time, the probability of someone discovering the spirit stone mine is still very low.”

“Worthy of a senior, you’ve long left behind such precautions.”

Wang Ping chuckled and praised.

Indeed, an old monster who has lived for nearly two thousand years is different. Even in this dire situation, he hasn’t forgotten to leave himself such precautions.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the precautions left by Jianghuai and various good things would mostly fall into the hands of Ye Chen, the child of fortune.

But now, it’s his gain.

Wang Ping, under the cover of night, transformed into a divine light and disappeared from the guest room of the Ye Family.

After all, the earlier he got his hands on the spirit stones, the sooner he could settle his mind.

Moreover, he had some ideas in his mind and wanted to simulate a few more times before morning, to decide how to handle Ye Chen, the child of fortune.

Wind Valley is quite a distance from Bai Mu Village.

However, with Wang Ping’s speed, it wouldn’t take him long to get there.

Late at night, when Wang Ping arrived at the depths of Wind Valley, the powerful beasts here, sensing the terrifying aura emanating from him, were all terrified to the extreme. They howled in anguish and prostrated on the ground.

Even eighth-grade beasts equivalent to the later stages of the Spirit Origin Realm were utterly filled with fear.

They had never expected that such a transcendent existence would emerge among humans.

Such beings could easily wipe them out.

“There indeed is a residual sense of a grand formation here, but it seems incomplete and can’t block the perception of a Spirit Sea Realm powerhouse.”

Wang Ping walked in the air, scanning the mountain range below. After carefully sensing, he spoke softly.

“This mineral vein was set up by me a thousand years ago. Given such a long time, it’s already quite good that it can still have some effect.”

Jianghuai’s voice echoed, a mix of pride and melancholy.

The past glory, after all, was like smoke in the wind.

“Oh? Senior returned to the Profound Turtle Continent a thousand years ago?”

Wang Ping’s thoughts became lively, and he asked.

He had presumed these were precautions set up by Jianghuai after escaping back to the Profound Turtle Continent. Unexpectedly, they were arranged a thousand years ago, making it quite surprising.

“Yes. A thousand years ago, as my life span was about to end, I specifically returned to the Profound Turtle Continent, left some precautions, and then chose to leave again, seizing the newborn body of a child to live a new life.”

Jianghuai said with mixed emotions.

“These precautions were to prevent such an occurrence, or perhaps for a fated person in the future, and it seems they indeed came in handy.”

“I see.”

Wang Ping’s eyes sparkled, and he nodded.

Old monsters are indeed old monsters, meticulous in their thoughts.

Wang Ping suspected that Jianghuai might have left other precautions on the Profound Turtle Continent or at the ‘Seven Star Archipelago’.

However, he certainly would not speak of them.

Wang Ping also dared not allow him to truly go to those places. If there were soul-nurturing treasures among them, Wang Ping would indeed be in some danger.

Doing so might waste some fortunes, but it was safer.

In a life simulation, there was once a scenario where Jianghuai seized him. In that simulation, Jianghuai’s soul power was extremely strong, easily killing three Spirit Embryo Realm experts of the Blazing Fire Sect.

Initially, Wang Ping had thought they were merely ordinary Spirit Embryo Realm experts, but through the last simulation, he realized the leader of the Blazing Fire Sect was at the peak of the Spirit Embryo Realm. The other two experts, capable of battling alongside, must not be simple either.

Yet Jianghuai could easily suppress and kill all three, indicating his soul power at that time was at least at the top-tier level of the Spirit Nurturing Realm; otherwise, such feats would not be possible.

And to restore one’s soul power to that extent, ordinary soul-nurturing herbs would be insufficient…
Back then, with his limited cultivation level, the probability of acquiring such a treasure herb was very low.

It wasn’t just a matter of strength—the rarity of such heavenly materials and earthly treasures also played a role. They aren’t something you can find just by wanting to.

Wang Ping didn’t say anything more. He flashed to the front of the formation, gently touched the light screen formed by the array, and felt the repellent force.

Although this force was strong, it was nothing to Wang Ping.

The power within him surged out, easily tearing open a gap and barging in.

Then, Wang Ping’s Spiritual Sense sensed a huge number of spirit stones underground.

This made Wang Ping’s eyes light up. He used his methods to churn up the earth and began mining.

After several hours, Wang Ping had mined more than half of the spirit stone mine.

There were over a million low-grade spirit stones.

Besides that, there were also two thousand mid-grade spirit stones, which was quite a generous harvest.

“The remaining spirit stone mine can’t be fully excavated. Leaving these veins will allow them to continue producing spirit stones. If we dig it all, it would destroy the mine, depriving future generations of its benefits.”

Wang Ping stopped and muttered to himself. He then flew into the sky and headed towards Bai Mu Village.

“This kid does have a broad mind.”

Wang Ping’s actions were observed by Jianghuai, who quietly remarked.

There’s an unwritten rule in the cultivation world: when encountering heavenly materials and earthly treasures, if they are renewable types, one must leave a root and cannot exhaust everything.

Of course, although such an unwritten rule exists, many find it hard to restrain their greed and take all the treasures they find.

“Maybe I can trust him a little, let him help me find some soul-nourishing herb when we reach the ‘Falling Star Archipelago’…”

Jianghuai pondered on many things.

When Wang Ping returned to the Ye Family, the rooster had started to crow, and it wasn’t long until daybreak.

Regarding this, Wang Ping didn’t dilly-dally. He continued to seal Jianghuai’s senses in the Soul Nourishment Ring, took out a thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and silently said in his heart: “System, I want to perform a paid simulation.”

“Ding, a paid simulation requires a thousand mid-grade spirit stones. Do you want to proceed?”

The System’s voice rang out.

“Proceed.”

Wang Ping said, eyes full of anticipation.

This was truly a long-awaited paid simulation.

Although consuming a thousand mid-grade spirit stones that were hard-earned at once was indeed heartbreaking.

“Ding, payment successful, Life Simulator activated, refreshing talents…

The System’s voice rang out again.

“Ding, talents refreshed successfully. Congratulations to the host for refreshing to Blue Talent: Berserker; Green Talent: Moonlit Wolf; White Talent: Business Genius.”

Blue Talent: Berserker: When facing a strong enemy, it can activate a berserk state, making most curses and binding-type negative effects ineffective. Meanwhile, the host’s power will increase exponentially.

The berserk state lasts only ten minutes, with a cooldown of one month.

However, if the enemy’s cultivation far surpasses the host’s, some negative effects might still appear and cannot be entirely nullified.

Moreover, once the berserk state is triggered, cognitive abilities significantly decrease.

Green Talent: Moonlit Wolf: Under the night, the host can transform into a wolf-type demon beast, with all attributes gaining a certain boost.

White Talent: Business Genius: Grants a certain talent in business.

“!!!”

“Blue Talent!”

Wang Ping looked at the talents refreshed this time, showing a look of amazement.

My goodness, this long-awaited paid simulation really brought out something amazing.

Unexpectedly, it refreshed a blue talent.

Is this the guarantee after not refreshing a strong talent for a long time?

Or is it that after so much bad luck, he finally had a stroke of good luck…?