Chapter 213 – Take One Risk, Earn Billions of Energy? (5k)
by spirapira“Hm? Holy shit!”
“Over three hundred million energy?”
Su Xing’s eyes went wide. He never would have imagined that the bronze stone coffin was worth this much.
This meant the bronze stone coffin was definitely not made of ordinary bronze, but rather some special metallic material containing an enormous amount of energy.
“Moreover… every True Master used this kind of bronze coffin. It should also have the effect of preserving the body, right?”
Su Xing pondered. Until he figured out the exact purpose of the bronze stone coffin, he decided not to convert it into energy for now.
What if keeping it turned out to be useful?
Su Xing placed the bronze stone coffin in the spirit field grotto-heaven for the time being, then began his daily pill refinement routine.
In the blink of an eye, another six days passed.
Su Xing had refined over six thousand Fasting Pills in total.
Today was the appointed day to meet Jin Congxue. Su Xing disguised his appearance and concealed his aura, then headed to the Villa.
Jin Congxue was wearing a black “stepmom dress” today, her body’s curves displayed to their fullest.
“Oh my, you’re here quite early today, Mr. Busy!”
Jin Congxue brewed a pot of tea for Su Xing and said cheerfully.
Su Xing smiled at her words. The two sat facing each other in pleasant conversation, occasionally sampling the fine dishes on the table.
They quickly got down to business.
Jin Congxue produced a Fasting Pill and said to Su Xing with a grave expression:
“Su Xing, this pill — did you refine it too?”
Su Xing gave a slight nod and said casually, “Of course. What, did you think it fell from the sky?”
Jin Congxue rolled her eyes at him:
“I’m not in the mood for jokes! I’m being serious here… Do you have any idea how important this pill is?”
Su Xing raised an eyebrow and took a sip of tea:
“It’s just an ordinary pill, isn’t it? We had the Beauty-Preserving Pill before — shouldn’t it be about the same?”
Jin Congxue’s voice instantly grew animated:
“How can they be the same? The Beauty-Preserving Pill is only useful for rich women who want to look young!”
“But this Fasting Pill — this is a pill that could change the tide of battle and even elevate humanity’s overall strength!”
Su Xing chuckled at this but said nothing more.
Jin Congxue, however, continued in dead earnest:
“Do you know what it would mean if Xia’s military found out you could refine this pill?”
“According to the appraisal results from the Jin Commerce Group’s Master Appraiser… this pill can sustain a Grandmaster-stage fighter’s stamina for three to six months, ensuring they won’t lose combat effectiveness due to hunger!”
“And for Heavenly King-stage fighters, it can sustain roughly a month’s worth of stamina!”
She paused, then continued:
“You know about Demon-Sealing Pass, right? Every year, food for the soldiers stationed at Demon-Sealing Pass is a massive expenditure!”
“Especially the higher-level Class Users — the more vigorous their blood qi, the more food they need to replenish!”
“And resupplying the front lines is an extremely difficult logistical challenge…”
“But with your pills, only a few hundred thousand per year would be needed to keep every soldier in Xia’s military at Demon-Sealing Pass at full combat readiness!”
“And that would prevent a great many casualties… Do you understand?”
Seeing Jin Congxue rattle off so much in one breath, Su Xing merely smiled and said:
“Of course I know all that. But you got one thing wrong…”
“A Grandmaster-stage Class User only needs one pill to cover six months of food supply!”
“A Master-stage Class User only needs half a pill to cover six months of food supply…”
“My pill’s effects might be even better than you imagined…”
Seeing Su Xing’s utterly nonchalant demeanor, Jin Congxue was momentarily stunned, then asked in bewilderment:
“Something this valuable — how can you just bring it out so casually?”
“Aren’t you afraid… that I’ll leak such a huge secret? You trust me that much?”
Su Xing simply smiled faintly. He naturally wouldn’t tell her that he had already simulated this scenario and there was no risk whatsoever.
Instead, he asked in return:
“Well then… would you betray me?”
Jin Congxue choked for a moment. After genuinely considering it, she shook her head:
“No. I can’t betray the trust you’ve placed in me!”
“Besides… it’s a good thing the appraiser I hired is trustworthy, or the secret would have gotten out already!”
“Don’t worry — as of now, the Fasting Pill’s existence is still secure!”
Su Xing nodded slightly, though he couldn’t help thinking:
Just Fasting Pills alone caused this much commotion?
If Su Xing were to mass-produce and bring out Essence Nurturing Pills, Organ Tempering Pills, and other such pills, how much bigger would the reaction be?
Seeing Su Xing remain silent, Jin Congxue continued:
“So how do you plan to trade this batch of pills with Xia’s military?”
Su Xing thought for a moment, then said:
“If I focus entirely on refining Fasting Pills for a month, I can produce roughly thirty thousand…”
“Fifty thousand Fasting Pills — do you think that would be enough to acquire the mining concession for a second-order exotic metal deposit at the auction?”
Jin Congxue considered this carefully, then said:
“Absolutely no problem!”
“At the auction, even the top trading companies can only offer batches of healing potions or mid-to-high tier equipment…”
“For Xia’s military, the value of those items is far less than the Fasting Pills you can provide!”
After a pause, Jin Congxue added:
“In fact, I could even try to open a green channel for you — skip the auction entirely and exchange fifty thousand pills directly for a second-order exotic metal mining concession!”
Su Xing wasn’t particularly surprised to hear this.
Jin Congxue’s grandfather was Lu Yuanwu, a Martial Sovereign of Great Xia, and he was responsible for logistics…
For Lu Yuanwu, the Fasting Pill was right in his area of expertise!
Jin Congxue thought it over and said:
“I’ll continue keeping your identity a secret. I can guarantee that your information will absolutely never leak from my end!”
“However… once the Fasting Pill enters the market, some people may investigate the Tarot Trading Company…”
“I’ve already erased any traces of our previous meetings. What you need to be careful about is not exposing yourself going forward…”
Su Xing nodded. On this matter, he still had full trust in Jin Congxue.
Finally, Jin Congxue said:
“If things go quickly, within a week; if slowly, within half a month — the exchange of Fasting Pills for the exotic metal mining concession will be finalized!”
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction. When it came to work efficiency, Jin Congxue had never let him down.
Soon, their transaction concluded.
Su Xing took the new week’s goods and returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven.
Converting the new week’s goods into simulation energy added another hundred million points of energy.
With this, Su Xing’s energy surged to one hundred and fifty million points.
November 25th, Year 2024 of the New Era — Su Xing opened a new round of simulation right on schedule.
“Begin simulation!”
【Ding! This simulation consumes 6,300 energy. Remaining energy: 150,730,000. Remaining simulations: unlimited.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a purple talent costs 100,000 energy. Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1,000,000 energy. Draw?】
Su Xing hesitated as he looked at the simulation text before him.
Barring any surprises, he would most likely draw a purple talent again this time.
And these purple talents weren’t particularly useful to Su Xing.
But currently, Su Xing did have a genuine need for certain purple talents he had drawn before.
“Dragonslayer… and the Formation Dao Prodigy talent — these are both talents I need right now!”
The Dragonslayer talent would greatly increase Su Xing’s odds of defeating Protector Dragon.
But there was no rush. Su Xing planned to attempt it after reaching Body Integration—combined with the Dragonslayer talent, perhaps he could slay Old Dog Dragon?
“And this Formation Dao Prodigy talent… it can help me comprehend the Five Elements Formation Dao much more rapidly! It’ll be extremely useful for improving the spirit-gathering formation!”
Su Xing’s heart stirred slightly.
Given the current grade of the spirit field grotto-heaven, it should be capable of producing medium-grade spirit liquid…
But within the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing had only set up a crude medium-grade compound spirit-gathering formation.
If he could refine the spirit-gathering formation further, even if it didn’t reach an advanced level, producing medium-grade spirit liquid would still be possible!
And the cultivation speed with medium-grade spirit liquid could be several times—even ten times—that of low-grade spirit liquid!
Although Su Xing hadn’t yet reached the Body Integration stage, he had to plan ahead for breakthroughs beyond it.
Therefore, the spirit-gathering formation still needed further improvement.
“Beyond that… this Five Elements Master truly deserves to be called a born genius with extraordinary comprehension!”
Su Xing couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration first.
Over the past few days, aside from refining pills, Su Xing had also found time to study the two jade slips obtained from the Five Elements Sect ruins.
The Five Elements Mutual Generation Formation, and the Five Elements Formation Dao!
Besides improving the Five Elements Mutual Generation Formation, Five Elements Master had also made tremendous improvements to the Five Elements Formation Dao.
Among them, what shocked Su Xing the most was Five Elements Master’s improvements to the spirit-gathering formation!
Su Xing had initially assumed that Five Elements Master possessed a Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Root—after all, only that could explain how someone achieved Void Return Perfection in merely a few centuries during an era of depleted spiritual energy.
But what Su Xing hadn’t expected was that Five Elements Master had merely possessed a Five Elements True Spirit Root…
And even among True Spirit Roots, it wasn’t considered an outstanding one.
For a generational prodigy, such a spirit root was honestly rather lacking—one might even say unqualified.
Yet despite this disadvantage in spirit roots, Five Elements Master was actually the earliest among the three True Masters to reach Void Return Great Perfection!
The reason behind this was that Five Elements Master had developed an astonishing formation!
The micro spirit-gathering formation!
Unlike ordinary spirit-gathering formations, the micro spirit-gathering formation wasn’t laid out on the ground—it was inscribed on a person’s body!
As long as one had a micro spirit-gathering formation inscribed on their body, a cultivator could automatically absorb spiritual energy around the clock, day and night without pause, converting it into pure spiritual energy and cultivation!
In layman’s terms:
This was purely idle-mode cultivation!
Even a pig left idle-cultivating for ten thousand years could become Marshal Tianpeng, right?
It was precisely this micro spirit-gathering formation that ignited Su Xing’s intense interest!
“If I could inscribe a micro spirit-gathering formation on my own body, my cultivation speed would definitely increase rapidly!”
“It would be equivalent to gaining idle-cultivation benefits on top of my own active cultivation!”
For Su Xing, who already possessed the simulator, this was undoubtedly activating yet another cheat.
“After Void Return Great Perfection comes the Body Integration stage… then the Mahayana stage, and even higher immortal realms!”
“On the path of cultivation, the further one progresses, the slower the advancement…”
“Therefore, improving aptitude and cultivation speed becomes ever more critical for me! After all… each simulation has a limited duration, so increasing cultivation speed is essentially the same as extending simulation time!”
Su Xing pondered carefully.
Then he silently chanted:
“I want to draw from the talent pool…”
Soon, a tiger-shaped gacha machine filled with purple orbs appeared before Su Xing.
Among them, Su Xing spotted the orb marked as Formation Dao Prodigy.
“May the Mysterious Yellow Heavenly Venerable bless me… begin the draw!”
This time, Su Xing’s luck wasn’t too terrible.
He spent only two million energy before drawing the Formation Dao Prodigy talent he wanted.
After obtaining the talent, Su Xing smiled with satisfaction and murmured:
“Then let’s… officially begin the simulation!”
Su Xing carefully reviewed his plan for this simulation one more time, then turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【In the spirit field grotto-heaven, you became aware that you were in a simulation.】
【After disguising yourself and concealing your aura, you shielded your own heavenly secrets, then prepared to take care of something.】
【Disguised and concealed, you quickly arrived at the headquarters of the Jin Commerce Group in Jinling City.】
【Your divine sense enveloped all of Jinling City, and you quickly located the Jin family’s estate.】
【You entered the estate and, without much effort, found the Jin family elder who was on the verge of death.】
【This was a Heavenly King-stage powerhouse who appeared to have lived over five hundred years. In terms of seniority, he was Jin Congxue’s second great-uncle!】
【You had investigated beforehand—this second great-uncle represented a significant branch of the Jin family. Though he didn’t hold power over the Jin Commerce Group like Jin Congxue’s father, he still commanded considerable resources.】
【Under the cover of night, you silently entered this second great-uncle’s room and saw the old man lying on the bed, barely clinging to life, along with a maidservant attending to him.】
【Upon seeing you, the second great-uncle was immediately seized with terror and tried to call out.】
【But you directly suppressed him with your powerful divine sense, rendering him unable to move… as for the maidservant beside him, she had long since fainted from fright.】
【You produced a Life-Sustaining Pill and calmly explained its effects.】
【Upon hearing that this single pill could extend his life by five years, the second great-uncle’s breathing became ragged.】
【The longer one lives, the more one fears death—let alone this second great-uncle who had lived over five hundred years and held wealth and power in his hands. How could he bear to die?】
【Looking at the old man’s longing, pleading eyes, you nodded with satisfaction.】
【Then you stated your terms: two Life-Sustaining Pills for ten years of extended life, in exchange for fifty tons of fourth-order exotic metal.】
【The second great-uncle immediately showed a troubled expression. He asked whether he could substitute with second or third-order exotic metal ore instead, since fourth-order exotic metal was simply too precious.】
【In the end, after some haggling, the second great-uncle offered 3,000 tons of second-order exotic metal and 200 tons of third-order exotic metal in exchange for the two pills!】
In the Real World, Su Xing nodded slightly at this, then chuckled:
“Heh, this second great-uncle’s courage is far inferior to that of Baili Tu!”
Faced with the same temptation of Life-Sustaining Pills, Jin Congxue’s second great-uncle appeared somewhat servile and groveling.
Baili Tu, on the other hand, had shown far more backbone—even after extending his life, he still had the courage to seek a breakthrough to the Martial Sovereign-stage.
As for this second great-uncle, he would probably just cling to life for another decade or so…
“However, fifty tons of fourth-order exotic metal has a total energy value of around one billion…”
“Substituting with second-order and third-order exotic metal makes no real difference to me, since the simulation energy they contain is the same…”
Su Xing thought this, then turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【You agreed to this second great-uncle’s trade and withdrew your divine sense.】
【Soon, the second great-uncle notified his subordinate—a Martial Sovereign-stage powerhouse—who delivered two storage rings.】
【You gave the Martial Sovereign powerhouse a casual glance, then released your divine sense pressure. With just a single look, the Martial Sovereign powerhouse was rendered immobile.】
【Cold sweat appeared on the Martial Sovereign powerhouse’s forehead, a flash of terror in his eyes.】
【You casually took the two storage rings, removed the traps hidden inside them, then flicked two pills into the second great-uncle’s hands.】
【Having done all this, you gave a casual glance at the people around you, then swaggered out of the Jin Commerce Group.】
【After leaving the Jin Commerce Group, you concealed your aura the entire way, shielded your heavenly secrets, and with sword flight, reached thousands of li away in less than an hour…】
【After that, you changed your appearance, reversed direction, and prepared to make another trip to the Pearl Trading Company in Pearl City.】
Su Xing nodded slightly at this and murmured:
“As expected, they planted some traps—but with my overwhelming strength… this second great-uncle probably wouldn’t dare act up again. In their eyes, I must appear to be a Peak Legendary powerhouse, right?”
“Since I’ve already made my move, I need to gather as much energy as possible in a short time! So visiting multiple trading companies is the best approach!”
Su Xing did some quick calculations. He still had over ten supreme-grade Life-Extending Pills on hand. If all were traded at similar prices, obtaining several billion in energy shouldn’t be a problem!
So next came the selection of trading company targets!
“Among Great Xia’s top trading companies, aside from the Baili Trading Company, Black Dragon Trading Company, and Jin Commerce Group… there’s also the military-affiliated trading company. I’ll avoid further transactions with these for now!”
“That leaves three: the Pearl Trading Company, the Daqing Trading Company, and the Northern Yuan Trading Company up north…”
Regardless, all these trading companies should have need for Life-Sustaining Pills.
Su Xing decided to go all in—completing all transactions at once to obtain a massive amount of simulation energy!
“This round of deals should net me several billion in simulation energy, right?”
Su Xing felt a surge of excitement as he turned his gaze to the simulation panel.
【You arrived at the Pearl Trading Company in Pearl City and employed the same tactics… trading two Life-Sustaining Pills to obtain a large batch of exotic metal from the Pearl Trading Company, totaling approximately 900 million in simulation energy.】
【Afterward, you traveled to the Daqing Trading Company in Southwest Province and the Northern Yuan Trading Company in DB Province, acquiring roughly two billion energy worth of materials from these two companies.】
【Throughout the journey, you remained cautious and careful. Visiting all these trading companies took less than three days in total.】
【Though you sensed Martial Sovereign-stage powerhouses taking notice of you, with your speed and concealment techniques, you shook them off with ease.】
【After completing all of this, you took a long, roundabout route before finally returning to Capital Academy, transforming back into that unremarkable student who’d been held back a year.】
【Lying low at the academy, you continued refining pills as usual, while quietly waiting to see if any problems would arise afterward…】