Chapter 13 – Simulating Again, Stockpiling Spirit Stones!
by spirapira【Live to a Hundred】: Green talent. You live a life free of illness and pain, able to live to one hundred years old.
Su Xing: “…”
After seeing this newly drawn green talent, Su Xing instantly felt like he’d gotten completely screwed.
Live to a freaking hundred?
He was a cultivator — living to only a hundred would practically count as dying young!
Besides, the apocalypse was coming in fifteen years. Even if he could live to a hundred, what good would that do?
Su Xing let out a sigh.
His original goal had been to try his luck and see if he could draw a green-quality spiritual root talent.
After all, in the last simulation, that old man had personally told him his talent was lacking — merely a five-element mixed spiritual root.
If Su Xing’s talent could be further improved, he might be able to obtain better rewards.
“Sigh, what a waste. A thousand energy points down the drain…”
Su Xing felt the sting, but still chose to continue the simulation.
【You received an order from a freshman girl. You head out to power-level.】
【Over the next month, you diligently power-level every day, cultivating in your spare time.】
【Your Qi Refinement cultivation has advanced to the fourth layer of Qi Refinement.】
【November 18th, New Era 2023. You departed for Jinling City.】
【The next day, you staged a chance encounter with Jin Congxue outside the city.】
【You used the same trick as before, asking Jin Congxue about Buddhist teachings, and earned the opportunity to travel with her.】
【You took a shortcut back to the city via a small path and stumbled upon the Azure Cloud Spirit Fields dungeon.】
【You entered the “Azure Cloud Spirit Fields” dungeon.】
【You accepted the old man’s quest inside the dungeon, and you began farming.】
【Because you diligently studied farming knowledge beforehand, the spirit grain in your spirit field grew better than last time.】
【In your spare time, you worked hard to improve your cultivation, taught Jin Congxue farming knowledge, and also channeled wood-attribute spiritual energy to help Jin Congxue with her farming.】
【Jin Congxue’s favorability toward you increased greatly. You became good friends.】
【On the day of quest submission, the old man gave Jin Congxue fifteen spirit stones, plus a reward of ten jin of spirit rice.】
【The old man had you place your hand on a transparent stone. After testing, your talent was still a five-element mixed spiritual root.】
【The old man sighed and gave you thirty-five spirit stones, along with thirty jin of spirit rice.】
【Unwilling to give up, you tried to take the old man as your master.】
【The old man gently shook his head and told you bluntly that your aptitude was too poor and you had no hope of immortality. You were escorted out of the dungeon.】
【You stayed in Jinling City for over ten days and became bosom friends with Jin Congxue.】
【You returned to Capital City and resumed selling equipment.】
【Several months later, Wang Qingxuan found you. You used the same trick as before.】
【Five years passed. Your business grew larger and larger, and your net worth reached one billion.】
【You kept the newly obtained thirty-five spirit stones and set aside ten jin of spirit rice.】
【Over five years, your Qi Refinement cultivation advanced to the Great Perfection of Qi Refinement, and your Body Tempering cultivation advanced to the first layer of Bone Forging.】
【Wang Qingxuan found you again and brought you the first half of the Eternal Spring Art. You refused to accept it and asked her to find the second half for you.】
【In the seventh year, your sister Su Nian’an died. You attended her funeral.】
【In the tenth year, your good brother Yu Yan died. You attended his funeral.】
【In the eleventh year, the market fluctuated, and your net worth multiplied tenfold.】
【You found Jin Congxue. Over these years, you had never lost contact with her. You asked her for those fifteen spirit stones, and she gave them to you free of charge.】
【In the fifteenth year, the colossal beast descended.】
【You raised your middle finger at the colossal beast.】
【The colossal beast swallowed all of Great Xia in a single gulp. You died at the age of thirty-six!】
【You activated the talent Die With Eyes Open…】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
【You may select one of the following rewards: Live to a Hundred (talent), Bone Forging second layer (cultivation), Qi Refinement Great Perfection (cultivation), fifty spirit stones (item), ten jin of spirit rice (item)】
Su Xing took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and looked over the rewards.
【Live to a Hundred】: Green talent. Sell price: 10,000 energy points.
【Bone Forging Second Layer】: Cultivation. Sell price: 2,000 energy points.
【Qi Refinement Great Perfection】: Cultivation. Sell price: 900 energy points.
【Fifty Spirit Stones】: Item. Sell price: 50,000 energy points.
【Ten Jin of Spirit Rice】: Item. Sell price: 10,000 energy points.
Su Xing chose the fifty spirit stones without hesitation. Although spending 50,000 energy points pained him, he was determined to have those spirit stones.
Then Su Xing looked at the description of the spirit rice.
【Spirit Rice】: Rice nourished by spiritual energy and spirit springs. Fragrant and delicious. Long-term consumption can improve one’s constitution, strengthen the body, and extend one’s lifespan.
After reading the spirit rice description, Su Xing wore an expression that said “just as I thought.”
The root reason he had been able to break through to Bone Forging was precisely because of this spirit rice.
It was just that in this simulation, he had lost the fitness fanatic talent, so his simulated realm wasn’t as high as before.
“Looks like I’ll need to adjust my plans. It’s not just spirit stones — I need to stockpile spirit rice too…”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself.
“Ring ring ring~”
Just then, Su Xing’s phone rang.
“Hello, Senior Su, do you have any appointments this afternoon? I’d like to hire you to power-level us!”
Su Xing nodded and said:
“Sure. Bring Wang Qingxuan along too — I’ll level her up with the group!”
“Okay, Senior!”
Su Xing packed up and headed out.
Before long, at the agreed meeting spot, he saw six or seven junior girls dressed to the nines.
And hiding behind the group, looking somewhat self-conscious, was Wang Qingxuan.
Wang Qingxuan stood in the farthest corner, sneaking glances at Su Xing from time to time, her pretty face slightly flushed.
Su Xing pretended not to notice and continued grinding monsters as usual.
During this period, whenever Su Xing went to power-level in dungeons, he would occasionally invite Wang Qingxuan along, even allowing her to pay on credit and settle up later.
His purpose was naturally to maintain a good relationship with Wang Qingxuan. After all, Wang Qingxuan’s connection to the mysterious organization was a crucial lead, one that involved the second half of the Eternal Spring Art. It was just that Su Xing didn’t have time to pursue it yet.
Based on Su Xing’s findings, Wang Qingxuan probably hadn’t made contact with the mysterious organization yet. The time she would actually encounter them should be about ten months from now.
But that didn’t stop Su Xing from farming favorability! It would come in handy eventually.
Time flew by, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Xing’s income for the week was still just under 500,000, all of which he converted into simulation energy.
October 28th, New Era 2023. Su Xing prepared to simulate in his dormitory.
“Begin simulation!”
【800 energy points consumed. Remaining energy: 200,870 points. Remaining simulation attempts: 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.”
Su Xing still wanted to try his luck, since a green-quality spiritual root talent was very important to him.
【Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the green talent: Sword Dao Genius!】
(Author’s note: A brief explanation — in the information Su Xing has obtained, the Azure Cloud Spirit Fields dungeon is a time-limited dungeon that will disappear after one month. After the dungeon disappears, from Su Xing’s perspective, there are no other channels to obtain spirit stones or spirit rice, which is why it’s an extremely high priority.)