Overnight Riches, Earning a Wild 300,000 Spirit Stones! (5k)

Ten billion becoming twenty billion — even Buffett didn’t make money like that!

Thinking of this, Su Xing grew somewhat excited.

“But if I could refine all of it and convert it into simulation energy, that would naturally be best… I just don’t know if there’s enough time?”

After all, Su Xing still had simulation rewards waiting to be redeemed…

So Su Xing went on to ask Jin Congxue whether now was convenient for her.

But Jin Congxue indicated she wasn’t currently in the Capital City, and if they wanted to meet, it might take a few days.

Hearing this, Su Xing thought briefly and shook his head:

“If we wait a few more days, I might not have enough time and would miss this chance to select simulation rewards…”

“It seems I’ll have to absorb a batch of Exotic Metal Ore first…”

So Su Xing set a time with Jin Congxue, planning to hand over ten billion energy worth of exotic metal to her for purification and refinement when the time came.

For now, Su Xing prepared to absorb one-third of the exotic metal before him and convert it into simulation energy for use over the coming period.

The simulator very considerately selected one-third of the energy-containing materials.

【Ding — energy-containing materials detected, valued at 500 million energy. Absorb?】

“Yes!”

Su Xing affirmed silently.

Soon, the mountain of Exotic Metal Ore piled before him decreased by a third, and Su Xing packed up the remaining ore, preparing to set it aside for Jin Congxue’s use.

“Skipping the refinement time means losing half the energy, but it saves so much time!”

“Perhaps I should make a trip to the Tarot Society’s mining dungeon afterward and try absorbing unprocessed Exotic Metal Ore directly… maybe I’d get even more simulation energy!”

Su Xing mused thoughtfully.

With his simulation energy replenished, Su Xing prepared to select the rewards from his previous simulation.

“I’ll choose to bring out the spirit stones and the Spring Dew Purified Water…”

As his words fell, the simulator’s notification sounded in his ears.

【You have successfully brought out 220,000 low-grade spirit stones, 5,000 mid-grade spirit stones, and 300 high-grade spirit stones. Cost: 300 million energy. Remaining energy: 347,560,000 points.】

【You have successfully brought out 240 drops of Spring Dew Purified Water. Cost: 24 million energy. Remaining energy: 323,560,000 points.】

As the simulator’s notification ended, Su Xing nodded slightly and murmured:

“Still over 300 million energy left… that should be enough for my next two weeks of simulations!”

Immediately, a massive pile of spirit stones appeared on the open ground in front of the thatched cottage.

The spirit stones varied in size, and beside the pile sat a small jade bottle.

Su Xing hurried forward to pick up the jade bottle and nodded:

“Not bad — Spring Dew Purified Water… With this stuff, the Void-Refining Pills can finally be concocted!”

After putting away the jade bottle, Su Xing looked at the small mountain of spirit stones piled before him, his eyes practically glowing!

A full 220,000-plus low-grade spirit stones, several thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and several hundred high-grade spirit stones!

“Converted, that’s equivalent to over 300,000 spirit stones in total!”

“Damn, this young master has been penny-pinching and scrounging until now, and barely had a thousand spirit stones… and just like that, the amount multiplied over three hundred times!”

Looking at the spirit stones before him, Su Xing suddenly felt the urge to grin like an idiot.

“With this many spirit stones… cultivation in the Void Return stage shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Su Xing was full of anticipation.

One must understand that on the path of cultivation, the further one progresses, the harder it becomes. For a Void Return stage cultivator, spending decades in secluded cultivation just to break through a single minor realm was considered perfectly normal.

But if Su Xing had sufficient resources, he could shorten that time by several fold — even tenfold!

Su Xing carefully put the spirit stones away. He couldn’t bear to spend even a single one.

Using them during simulations was the way to go!

“Phew… next up, I still need to work toward breaking through to the Void Return stage!”

“Pill refining — still gotta keep at it!”

Su Xing muttered. Although he could now be considered a minor rich man in the cultivation world, he still maintained an ordinary mindset… honestly farming, steadily developing!

And so, over the next six days, Su Xing spent his time refining pills, tending his fields, and collecting spirit liquid.

In between, Su Xing took a trip to see Jin Congxue and handed over his six hundred-plus cubic meters of Exotic Metal Ore to her.

This gave Jin Congxue quite a shock.

These weren’t the common First or Second Rank exotic metals found on the market.

They were high-grade Third and Fourth Rank exotic metals!

Although Jin Congxue didn’t know how Su Xing had gotten his hands on them, she kept his secret.

She even put out word that she was looking to purchase high-rank Exotic Metal Ore and fabricated a batch of orders.

With that, the source of Su Xing’s Exotic Metal Ore became legitimate.

All Su Xing had to do now was wait two to three weeks. Once the exotic metal was refined and purified, he would possess a full twenty billion energy!

“Tsk tsk… twenty billion energy!”

“What should I even do with it? Time to get that Void Return Stage, Grand Perfection cultivation sorted out…”

“And learn a few more techniques to boost this young master’s combat ability…”

Su Xing was already imagining future uses for his simulation energy.

After finishing the new week’s batch of pills, Su Xing made a trip to the villa.

Jin Congxue wasn’t around this week. To ensure the Exotic Metal Ore was absolutely safe, she had gone to the dungeon personally to oversee things.

So after Su Xing picked up his goods and dropped off the pills, he returned to the dormitory and entered the spirit field blessed land.

Converting the new week’s goods into simulation energy, Su Xing’s energy instantly climbed back above 400 million — a proper little tycoon.

On the afternoon of September 16th, New Era 2024, Su Xing punctually activated a new round of simulation.

But before simulating, Su Xing first opened the talent lottery pool, preparing to draw out the “Self-Help Guru” talent.

With a thought, Su Xing opened the talent lottery pool function.

Before Su Xing appeared a retro-styled slot machine.

【Ding — welcome to the Simulator Talent Lottery Pool. Please select the quality of talent to draw. White talent: 100 energy points… Purple talent: 100,000 energy points.】

Su Xing’s target was the purple talent “Self-Help Guru,” so naturally he chose the purple talent pool.

“I choose the purple talent pool!”

As Su Xing’s words fell, several purple balls appeared in the slot machine before him.

Characters were inscribed on each purple ball.

Talisman Master, Formation Dao Master, The Cold-Faced Emperor, I’m Background Extra A…

There were roughly a dozen or so purple balls in total, all talents Su Xing had experienced before but never brought out.

【Please pay 100,000 energy points to proceed with the random draw…】

The simulator’s notification sounded in his ears. With a thought, Su Xing paid the 100,000 energy points.

“Hmph, a mere 100,000 energy points? Who do you think you’re looking down on?”

“Damn it, this young master has several hundred million. With just a dozen or so balls, you think that’s going to stump me?”

Su Xing snorted coldly and said silently:

“Pay!”

As Su Xing spoke, the transparent slot machine interface began shaking rapidly.

Su Xing watched as the ball marked “Self-Help Guru” tumbled back and forth, nearly getting drawn out several times.

But each time it narrowly slipped away…

Under Su Xing’s gaze, a purple ball marked “I’m Background Extra A” slowly rolled out.

“What the f—”

Su Xing nearly let out an expletive. The simulator’s notification reached his ears.

【Ding — you have drawn the purple talent I’m Background Extra A. Do you wish to select this talent?】

Su Xing was absolutely furious, muttering:

“No, no, no! Give me another draw!”

And so began Su Xing’s merciless lottery session.

【Ding — congratulations, you have obtained the purple talent Talisman Master…】

【Ding — congratulations, you have obtained the purple talent The Cold-Faced Emperor…】

【Ding…】

After drawing over thirty times in a row, Su Xing’s eyes were bloodshot and his mind was growing hazy.

“No… this can’t be possible? There are only a dozen or so talents total… I’ve drawn over thirty times, how have I still not gotten it?!”

Su Xing began to question his very existence. He started recalling the terror of being dominated by a certain penguin company’s gacha rates in his previous life.

But the Self-Help Guru talent was critically important — Su Xing had no choice but to draw it.

“Draw! Keep drawing!”

Su Xing spoke through gritted teeth, like a certain Genshin player addicted to pulling for SSRs.

And so, after another twenty-plus draws, Su Xing finally heard that sweet notification.

【Ding — congratulations, you have obtained the purple talent Self-Help Guru. Do you wish to select it?】

“Keep going — wait, that’s it! That’s the one!”

Su Xing had nearly gone numb from drawing. Out of just a dozen or so talent balls, it had taken him over sixty draws to get the one he wanted.

Those odds were truly something else.

“Over six million simulation energy… that’s not much for me, but the real issue is that this damn lottery is an absolute mental torture!”

Su Xing grumbled irritably.

Looking at the coveted talent before him, Su Xing said with some relief:

“Let’s begin the simulation!”

【Ding! This simulation consumed 5,300 energy points. Remaining energy: 317,060,000 points. Remaining simulations: none.】

【Detected that you have chosen to carry the talent “Self-Help Guru.” Simulation officially begins!】

Su Xing turned his gaze toward the simulation panel.

【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you became aware that you are in a simulation.】

【You stayed in the Capital City for three weeks, during which you received the refined exotic metal that Jin Congxue prepared for you.】

【Three weeks later, you traveled to Shuangqing City, preparing to kill Old Dog Zong!】

【After disguising your appearance, concealing your aura, and shielding your heavenly secrets, you released your divine sense, hoping to lure out Old Dog Zong.】

【Sure enough, Old Dog Zong was quickly drawn to you.】

Seeing this, Su Xing nodded slightly and said:

“Good enough. I’ll kill Old Dog Zong one more time — a rehearsal in advance!”

“Activate the immersive simulation function. Duration: one hour.”

【You have successfully activated the immersive simulation function, spending 100,000 energy points. Remaining energy: 316,960,000 points.】

As the notification faded, Su Xing’s vision shifted and transformed, and he found himself in an unfamiliar environment.

“Senior!”

Before Su Xing, Old Dog Zong’s voice rang out, his demeanor exceedingly respectful.

Seeing this, the corner of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward ever so slightly.

The next second, a force of millions of tons came crashing down, slamming directly into Old Dog Zong.

Old Dog Zong didn’t even have time to react before he was blasted into slag.

Then Old Dog Zong’s soul fled his body, but Su Xing didn’t hesitate in the slightest — he crushed the soul directly.

Su Xing seemed to catch a glimpse of Old Dog Zong’s disbelief in the instant before death.

And so he put on a lonely, wistful expression and murmured:

“You seem puzzled as to why I’m so skilled at this?”

“No special reason… it’s simply a matter of practice!”

Su Xing picked up Old Dog Zong’s storage bag. Killing him this time was merely something done in passing.

What came next was Su Xing’s true purpose.

He wanted to test whether his Self-Help Guru talent could win Luo Shuying’s trust without exposing his true identity.

Su Xing’s divine sense blanketed the surroundings, and he faintly noticed someone observing him.

But rather than reveal this, he simply took to sword flight and headed off in the opposite direction.

In Su Xing’s divine sense, that figure continued following at a great distance behind him.

Half an hour later, Su Xing stopped in a mountainous area. He produced a stone table and two stone stools.

Then, putting on an elaborate show, he brewed two cups of tea and called out loudly:

“Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar!”

“Why not show yourself, friend?”

Having said his piece, Su Xing casually sipped his tea, seeming not to care about anyone else’s presence.

Before long, Luo Shuying’s figure appeared not far from Su Xing. She watched him with some wariness and asked:

“Who are you? Why did you kill Grand Protector Zong?”

Hearing this, Su Xing gave a faint smile and countered:

“A traitor to humanity, a fiend of the Advent Cult — what reason would one need to kill such a person?”

After hearing Su Xing’s words, Luo Shuying fell silent for a moment, then drew two daggers and said coldly:

“In that case, let’s fight!”

Hearing this, Su Xing maintained his calm, breezy demeanor and said:

“Heh heh. You are no traitor to humanity — why would I raise a hand against you?”

“If I’m not mistaken… you are someone from the Spirit Clan’s world, an undercover agent planted within the Advent Cult, yes?”

Luo Shuying’s heart lurched at these words, as if she could scarcely believe Su Xing knew this.

But Su Xing wore an expression of unfathomable depth as he continued:

“This poor Daoist has wandered through countless minor worlds and has naturally visited the Spirit Clan’s world… As for Grand Protector Zong, he was nothing more than the scum of cultivators!”

“As for the Spirit Clan… this poor Daoist has had some dealings with them in the past, which is how I recognized your identity…”

Under the enhancement of the Self-Help Guru talent, everything Su Xing said was well-reasoned and convincing, and Luo Shuying harbored not the slightest doubt.

Seeing the uncertainty flickering in Luo Shuying’s eyes, sensing she was beginning to believe, Su Xing seized the moment to press on with his persuasion.

“I can see you’re not far from the Legendary realm. In the Advent Cult’s treasury, there is a rare natural treasure called Condensing Wood.”

“If you bring it to me, I can help you break through to Legendary-stage!”

Upon hearing Su Xing’s words, Luo Shuying’s eyes immediately lit up, a longing stirring within her heart.

She had been stuck at the peak of Martial Emperor-stage for several years now, still unable to achieve a breakthrough. If she could break through to Legendary-stage, her strength would undoubtedly reach entirely new heights.

Under the effect of the Self-Help Guru talent, Luo Shuying’s trust in Su Xing grew ever deeper.

Yet Luo Shuying still asked with some puzzlement:

“Senior, why are you being so good to me?”

Hearing this, Su Xing smiled gently and said:

“We are both fighting against the foreign races to protect our homelands, are we not?”

“Follow me, and I will lead you to drive out the foreign races and restore our homes!”

Hearing Su Xing’s words, Luo Shuying finally believed completely. She hurriedly said:

“Senior, what do you need me to do?”

Seeing that Luo Shuying had finally placed her full trust in him, Su Xing pondered for a moment before saying:

“From now on, come to this place on the 8th of every month. If I am here, we shall meet… If I am not, you may leave on your own!”

Luo Shuying nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Su Xing drained the last of his tea in one gulp, then departed from this place.

The immersive simulation ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world.

Back in reality, Su Xing stroked his chin and said:

“Tsk tsk, the effect of that Self-Help Guru talent is truly incredible!”

“I just sweet-talked Luo Shuying — a powerhouse approaching Legendary-stage — into trusting me completely, just like that…”

Su Xing was very satisfied with the Self-Help Guru’s performance.

In truth, everything Su Xing had said to Luo Shuying had been carefully thought through.

“In the real world, it wouldn’t be wise to reveal my identity to Luo Shuying directly… At least not at this stage…”

“But I still need Luo Shuying’s introduction to continue exploiting the Advent Cult in simulations…”

“What’s more, if I’m going to raid the Advent Cult’s treasury later, I’ll need Luo Shuying’s help!”

“And by having Luo Shuying visit that location once a month, I won’t expose myself. Plus, neither of us will have any direct means of contact — it couldn’t be safer!”

Su Xing stroked his chin, murmuring to himself.

He could afford to be reckless in the simulator, but in the real world, Su Xing was always cautious.

As for having Luo Shuying bring him the Condensing Wood, that was naturally to help her break through to Legendary-stage sooner, so she could better coordinate with him.

“I wonder… is there any risk of this plan being exposed?”

Su Xing decided to run through it one more time in the simulation.

His gaze turned to the simulation panel.

【After killing Old Dog Zong, you met with Luo Shuying.】

【With your silver tongue, you won Luo Shuying’s trust.】

【You waited quietly in the Capital City for one month, during which you continuously attempted to refine pills and cultivate the Separation Fire Technique.】

【One month later, you found Luo Shuying on schedule and, following her lead, joined the Advent Cult.】

【After joining the Advent Cult, you began refining pills as part of your daily routine.】

【You refined some Mind-Condensing Pills for Luo Shuying and helped her break through to become a Legendary-stage powerhouse.】

【Over the next two years, you remained within the Advent Cult. Using the Self-Help Guru talent, you beguiled a large number of devoted followers.】

【They regarded you as the future guide of the Advent Cult, their spiritual anchor in this world.】

【During these two years, you refined vast quantities of pills and accumulated sixty days’ worth of “Great Wisdom” state bonuses.】

【At the same time, on the day of the Awakening of Insects in each of those two years, you obtained twenty drops of Spring Dew Purified Water.】

【In the third year, you took Luo Shuying and defected from the Advent Cult, heading to the Capital City.】

【When over twenty thousand Advent Cult followers learned of this, they flocked to the Capital City of Great Xia to confront you.】

【You unleashed the full power of your Self-Help Guru talent and devised the “Fourth Path to Salvation,” beguiling every last one of them into entering Demon-Sealing Pass and forming a suicide corps.】

【These former Advent Cult followers became warriors worth ten men each at Demon-Sealing Pass.】

【After completing all of this, you formally began refining the Void-Refining Pill.】

【You now had one section of Condensing Wood three zhang long and another section one zhang long — more than enough of this ingredient.】

【However, you only had two hundred and sixty drops of Spring Dew Purified Water, with each drop sufficient for only a single furnace of Void-Refining Pills.】

【And so, you cherished every single attempt at refining the Void-Refining Pill.】

【You activated the Great Wisdom state and pushed your divine sense to its absolute limit, carefully observing every detail of the herbs condensing and transforming within the pill furnace.】

【Spiritual energy enveloped the Spring Dew Purified Water as you fed it into the pill furnace…】

【Your first attempt at refining the Void-Refining Pill took two shichen.】

【Without question, you failed — but you began summarizing your experience from the failure.】

【In the first month, you attempted to refine twenty furnaces of Void-Refining Pills. Unsurprisingly, every single batch was ruined.】

【Refining the Void-Refining Pill proved even more difficult than you had imagined, but under the “Great Wisdom” state, you made slight progress in your understanding of its refinement.】

【In the second month, you refined twenty more furnaces of Void-Refining Pills. All failed. Your comprehension of the Void-Refining Pill improved slightly…】

【The third month… the fourth month…】

【And so, half a year passed. You had refined a total of one hundred and twenty furnaces of Void-Refining Pills. Though every single attempt had failed, your mastery of the refinement details had improved severalfold compared to before.】

【The Great Wisdom state’s bonus meant that with each refinace attempt, you absorbed several times more technical experience than normal.】

【You understood clearly in your heart — once you successfully refined the Void-Refining Pill, the Void Return realm would not be far away!】