Chapter 12 – Using Your Best Bro as an ATM, Skyrocketing Energy!
by spirapira【Bone Forging Fifth Layer, strength of tens of thousands of jin — your power has increased dramatically!】
【You attempt to challenge a Silver-stage dungeon. Your strength crushes the Silver-stage boss, and you clear it with ease.】
Su Xing clenched his fists at the sight of this. Bone Forging Fifth Layer was already enough to crush a Silver-stage boss — this proved that the potential and combat ability of immortal cultivation far exceeded that of ordinary Class Users!
After all, it typically took a party of five ordinary Silver-stage Class Users — complete with a tank, warrior, mage, priest, and other roles — to barely defeat a Silver-stage boss.
Yet he alone could crush one effortlessly!
“So these are the benefits of dual cultivation in Body Tempering and Qi Refinement…”
Su Xing was quite satisfied. He continued reading.
【Your business grows ever larger, and your net worth surpasses one billion.】
【This year, Wang Qingxuan sought you out. She offered you the first half of the Eternal Spring Art. You refused and asked that she help you find the second half instead.】
【Two more years passed. Your younger sister died. You attended her funeral.】
【Three years later, your good brother Fatty Yu also died. You were equally powerless to prevent it.】
【In a market fluctuation the following year, you made an absolute killing, and your net worth surpassed ten billion.】
【You found Jin Congxue and tried to purchase those ten spirit stones from her.】
【Jin Congxue didn’t ask you for money. Instead, she made a request of you.】
【You took her first time, and the two of you were entangled for several months.】
【Jin Congxue was conscripted. A month later, news of her death arrived.】
【Four more years passed, and that sky-blotting colossal beast appeared once again.】
【You raised your middle finger at it. It swallowed the entire Great Xia in a single gulp.】
【You died at the age of thirty-six!】
【Your talent Die With Eyes Open activates!】
【You witnessed the human tragedy unfolding inside the belly of the beast.】
【Ding — this simulation has ended!】
【You may select one of the following rewards: Fitness Fanatic (talent), Bone Forging Fifth Layer (cultivation), Qi Refinement Fifth Layer (cultivation), Forty Spirit Stones (item)】
Su Xing took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement surging within him, and examined the rewards.
【Fitness Fanatic】: White talent. Price: 1,000 energy points.
【Bone Forging Fifth Layer】: Cultivation. Price: 4,000 energy points.
【Qi Refinement Fifth Layer】: Cultivation. Price: 400 energy points.
【Forty Spirit Stones】: Item. Price: 40,000 energy points.
Su Xing deliberated for a moment.
Fitness Fanatic was clearly a decent talent that could boost his Body Tempering potential, but it was of no immediate use to him.
Bone Forging Fifth Layer was a reward that could instantly elevate his strength — certainly tempting.
As for Qi Refinement Fifth Layer, Su Xing dismissed it outright.
What Su Xing truly wanted was those forty spirit stones!
Because with those forty spirit stones, he could use them in future simulations to rapidly break through to higher levels of power!
Most critically, the Azure Cloud Spirit Fields dungeon would close in less than a month.
If Su Xing didn’t extract the spirit stones now, there was no telling whether he’d ever be able to obtain them again…
Then his hopes of breaking through would truly be dashed.
But with forty stones, it was the same as having an infinite supply…
Because as long as he kept them unused, his starting spirit stone count in every simulation would be forty! Moreover, forty spirit stones might be enough for him to cultivate all the way to Qi Refinement Great Perfection, or even Foundation Establishment!
When the time came, he could simply extract his cultivation from the simulator. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
The only problem was that Su Xing didn’t have enough energy right now.
He currently had only 18,240 energy points. Even if he spent every last yuan he had on white equipment, he’d barely scrape together another 2,000 points.
That still left nearly half the total unaccounted for.
“Sigh, a single coin can defeat even the greatest hero… Looks like there’s only one way!”
Su Xing let out a sigh, then dialed Yu Yan’s phone number.
“Hey, Fatty, can you hear me?”
“Yeah, I hear you! I was just about to head into a dungeon, damn it! You scared the crap out of me… What do you need?”
“So, uh, bro’s a little tight on cash lately. Lend me some money!”
“How much?”
Su Xing went big: “Uh, a hundred million! You got that much?”
From the other end of the phone came Fatty Yu’s roar: “You think I’m a goddamn ATM?! A hundred million — why don’t you go dream about it?!”
Su Xing: “…”
“Then how much can you do?”
“Fifty million, max! Not a cent more!”
“Deal. Transfer it right now!”
“Beep beep beep—”
The line went dead.
Ten minutes later, Su Xing’s bank account received a transfer of fifty million.
Looking at the massive sum that had appeared in his account, Su Xing felt a wave of genuine emotion.
Including the five million Yu Yan had lent him before, the total now came to fifty-five million!
Although Yu Yan was a prodigy, his family background was ordinary. His money mainly came from school rewards and from selling equipment he’d farmed in dungeons.
After subtracting his own expenses on equipment and power upgrades, fifty million was probably the absolute most Yu Yan could scrape together.
After all, Yu Yan likely hadn’t reached Grandmaster-stage yet.
With fifty million in hand, Su Xing didn’t hesitate. He immediately headed to the largest low-tier Class User equipment market in Capital City and placed a massive order.
Su Xing ordered a batch of fifty thousand pieces of white-quality equipment.
This was absolutely a major order, so the market’s boss personally received him and offered the lowest price of one thousand yuan per piece.
However, due to the sheer quantity, the boss said he’d need a week to source and deliver the goods.
So after paying the deposit, Su Xing initially received only ten thousand pieces of white equipment.
Su Xing converted every last piece into energy.
His energy surged — from eighteen thousand points all the way to a full seventy thousand!
“Good thing I can claim rewards at any time before my next simulation… Otherwise, I really wouldn’t have been able to save up this much energy in one go.”
Without a moment’s hesitation, Su Xing spent 40,000 energy points to extract the forty spirit stones.
With forty spirit stones in hand, Su Xing felt a deep sense of security wash over him.
These spirit stones were the foundation for his rise to wealth and power!
But forty spirit stones were still far from enough!
Su Xing narrowed his eyes. He planned to select spirit stones as his reward in the next several simulations, steadily building up his initial capital.
After all, as far as Su Xing knew, this dungeon was the only source of spirit stones.
And this dungeon would officially open in one month.
Therefore, Su Xing had to stockpile as many spirit stones as possible before the Azure Cloud Spirit Fields dungeon officially opened.
“Soon… With enough spirit stones and the simulator’s help, my cultivation will skyrocket!”
Su Xing’s heart pounded with anticipation.
But then he caught himself and muttered:
“No… I still can’t let it go to my head! In the future, even Grandmaster-stage powerhouses are nothing but cannon fodder… The apocalypse comes in fifteen years. To change all of that, I’m still far, far too weak!”
Su Xing’s mental state grew ever more steady and grounded.
Soon, a week had passed, and the day arrived for Su Xing’s next simulation.
During this week, Su Xing had continued his diligent routine of taking junior students through dungeons to level up and farm equipment.
However, the newer students’ levels had been climbing steadily, so fewer and fewer of them needed Su Xing to carry them.
In an entire week, Su Xing had earned less than five hundred thousand.
Fortunately, the equipment market boss delivered the remaining forty thousand pieces on time.
Su Xing’s energy points surged once more, reaching a staggering 250,000!
For the time being, Su Xing had no worries about running short on energy.
Su Xing glanced at the date: October 21st, New Era Year 2023.
At most, there was exactly one month until the Azure Cloud Spirit Fields dungeon opened.
With everything prepared, Su Xing chose to simulate.
“Begin simulation!”
【700 energy points consumed. Remaining energy: 251,070 points. Remaining simulations: unlimited.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points. Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?】
“Draw a green talent.”
【Ding — congratulations, you have obtained the green talent: live to a hundred.】