Chapter 41 – Blue Talent!
by spirapiraSu Xing gazed at the bottles of Beauty-Preserving Pills before him, feeling an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
After finishing the pills, Su Xing deftly scooped out a ladle of spirit spring water from the well.
He took a big gulp of the sweet, crisp spirit spring water, mentally exclaiming in delight. This spirit spring water was even more delicious than the best beverages in the real world.
With a ladle of spirit spring water in his belly, Su Xing not only felt invigorated, but even his depleted spiritual energy began recovering at an accelerated rate.
After quenching his thirst with the spirit spring water, Su Xing spent another hour farming.
First, he watered the spirit grain in the spirit field, then tended to the medicinal herb plots he had planted earlier.
The herbs in the medicinal field had already begun to sprout. Su Xing had planted over a full mu of medicinal herbs. Although these spirit herbs would need several years, even up to a decade, before they could be put to use, they were absolutely essential in the simulator.
After tending to the spirit field, Su Xing cleared a small new plot and planted some new spirit seeds.
The vast majority of these spirit seeds came from the collection Qingyunzi had left behind. Su Xing didn’t recognize many of them, but that didn’t stop him from planting them first and figuring things out later.
The other portion of seeds had been carefully selected by Su Xing from the medicinal herb market. These spirit seeds tended to have greater spiritual potency, and when planted in a spirit field, could become usable spirit herbs in just a year or two.
Though their effects weren’t as good as those Qingyunzi had left behind, their advantage lay in quick cultivation and abundant quantity.
After two hours of hard work, Su Xing felt an indescribable sense of fulfillment. But he didn’t rush to rest — instead, he headed to the chicken coop he had built.
After more than a month of breeding, the dozens of spirit chickens had grown increasingly plump.
Several spirit chickens were already sitting on eggs, and the second generation of spirit chickens would soon be born.
Su Xing deftly collected a few eggs, picked some wild vegetables from outside the spirit field, and made a large plate of stir-fried spirit chicken eggs with wild greens.
He also drew some spirit spring water and cooked a pot of spirit rice.
The rice steamed with spirit spring water and the stir-fried dish both smelled incredibly fragrant, whetting the appetite.
Su Xing ate big mouthfuls of spirit rice, took bites of egg and wild vegetables, feeling ever more satisfied.
“Burp~”
After finishing his meal, Su Xing let out a comfortable belch and murmured:
“Ah, if only life could go on this simply and peacefully forever…”
Su Xing shook his head slightly. Although he too wished he could slack off every day, farming and raising chickens, the catastrophe looming more than a decade away hung over him like the Sword of Damocles, ready to fall at any moment, leaving him unable to eat or sleep in peace.
After his routine session of self-imposed pressure and mental motivation, Su Xing was once again brimming with drive and began a new round of pill refinement.
“Right, if I refine more Beauty-Preserving Pills, I can save up more money… and that means more energy points!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
In the blink of an eye, several more days passed.
Su Xing handed over the two hundred Beauty-Preserving Pills he had prepared in advance to the trusted aide sent by Jin Congxue, and in return received the white-grade equipment Jin Congxue had prepared for him, worth one hundred million yuan.
A full one hundred and ten thousand pieces of white equipment were absorbed by Su Xing through the simulator, converted into simulation energy.
With this, Su Xing’s simulation energy reached a new peak — a whopping 800,000 points!
The surge in energy points gave Su Xing an immense sense of security.
New Era, December 31, 2023.
On the last day of 2023, Su Xing initiated his seventeenth life simulation.
Inside the Blessed Spirit Field, Su Xing took a bite of a boiled spirit chicken egg and activated the simulator.
“Begin simulation!”
【Energy consumed this session: 1,700 points. Remaining energy: 803,000 points. Remaining simulations: unlimited.】【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?】
“Draw a green talent… wait, hold on, why is there a blue-quality talent now?”
Su Xing had instinctively been about to choose a green talent, but was surprised to discover that the available talent tier had gone up another level.
So Su Xing asked in confusion:
“Why is there suddenly a blue talent? How come there wasn’t one before?”
Su Xing had only asked offhandedly, but to his surprise, he actually received an answer.
【Ding. Because the host was simply too poor before. Now that you have sufficient energy, the next tier of talents has naturally been unlocked…】
Su Xing: ???
Damn it, even the system discriminates against the poor these days?
Su Xing was quite displeased, but still chose the blue talent.
“I want to choose a blue talent.”
【Ding. Congratulations, you have obtained the blue talent: Sword Dao Genius!】
【Sword Dao Genius】: Blue talent. Your comprehension of the sword surpasses ordinary people. Your cultivation speed in the sword dao is ten times that of a normal person!
Su Xing was stunned for a moment when he saw this talent. He seemed to recall drawing a green talent called Sword Dao Prodigy before.
And this Sword Dao Genius before him seemed to be the upgraded version of Sword Dao Prodigy?
“Damn it, why does it keep trying to make me a sword cultivator! But I don’t even have a sword manual! How am I supposed to practice swordsmanship? What, am I supposed to train in the Sunflower Sword Manual?”
Su Xing glanced down at himself, then shook his head.
That big — cutting the whole thing off would cause death by blood loss!
Su Xing felt rather helpless. He hadn’t expected that his first blue talent draw would yield such a “useless” talent.
Su Xing chose to continue the simulation.
【Inside the Blessed Spirit Field, you realize you are in a simulation. In this run, you decide to make further contact with the Advent Cult and search for an opportunity to obtain the second half of the Eternal Spring Art.】
【You don’t act rashly, continuing your daily routine of pill refinement and cultivation, occasionally keeping in touch with Wang Qingxuan.】
【More than half a year passes like this. One day, Wang Qingxuan comes to find you.】
【Wang Qingxuan tells you that a mysterious organization has invited her to join.】
【You understand immediately, knowing the Advent Cult has made its move again. After one night, Wang Qingxuan withdraws from school.】
【You ask Wang Qingxuan for her contact information and continue refining pills.】
【Since you plan to make contact with the Advent Cult, you need to demonstrate your value.】
【You know that making contact with the Advent Cult and exposing your abilities will lead to one of two extremes. The first possibility: they might turn you into a soulless pill-refining machine. The second possibility: they would treat you as an honored guest, and might even give you the second half of the Eternal Spring Art.】
【You wait patiently, diligently improving your cultivation.】
【In the second year, your Body Tempering cultivation advances to Bone Forging, Third Layer. Your Qi Refinement cultivation shows no improvement.】
【In the third year, your Body Tempering cultivation advances to Bone Forging, Fifth Layer. Your Qi Refinement cultivation remains stuck at Golden Core stage, First Layer.】
【In the fourth year, your Body Tempering cultivation breaks through to Bone Forging, Seventh Layer. Your Qi Refinement cultivation remains at Golden Core stage, First Layer.】
【In the fifth year, your Body Tempering cultivation advances to Bone Forging, Ninth Layer. At the same time, the Essence Nurturing Grass you planted earlier has matured. You spend over a month refining a full two hundred Essence Nurturing Pills, and begin working to improve the quality of your spiritual energy.】
【Half a year later, your cultivation advances to Golden Core stage, Second Layer. At the same time, you feel the quality of spiritual power within your body improve dramatically, your inner mana becoming far more potent.】
【One day, Wang Qingxuan comes to find you…】