Chapter 76 – A Hundred Thousand Pills, A Grand Gesture!

Chapter 76 – A Hundred Thousand Pills, A Grand Gesture!

“Just like that… I’ve broken through to become a Nascent Soul stage cultivator?”

A flash of pleasant surprise crossed Su Xing’s eyes. In his last simulation, he had only just condensed his Nine-Revolution Golden Core, yet happiness had arrived so suddenly—he had directly achieved the Nascent Soul stage.

A Nascent Soul cultivator, even at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage, would likely multiply Su Xing’s strength several times over.

“Once this simulation ends and I can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage, I won’t even need to worry about ordinary Grandmaster-stage Class Users. Maybe then I can try exploring those dangerous dungeons?”

At that thought, a cold glint flashed through Su Xing’s eyes as he murmured:

“And that Old Dog Zong… I will kill him with my own hands!”

Su Xing took several deep breaths, steadying his mind once more.

“A confrontation with Old Dog Zong is inevitable. Setting aside the fact that he refined me into a Human Pill in the simulation, the cultivation world inheritance Old Dog Zong may have left behind alone would be an enormous fortune for me!”

What did Su Xing lack most right now? Spirit stones? Pills? Cultivation techniques?

None of those. Although Su Xing didn’t have many spirit stones or pills, he had never used them in the real world—only in simulations. And so far, his supplies had been sufficient for each simulation run.

In other words, as long as he could simulate infinitely, he effectively possessed limitless pills and spirit stones.

As for cultivation techniques, the Eternal Spring Art was more than sufficient for Su Xing at his current stage. That wasn’t something he needed to worry about.

What Su Xing needed most right now was experience—knowledge of common lore and secrets of the cultivation world, as well as powerful offensive spells.

As long as he killed Old Dog Zong, Su Xing was confident all of that would follow. After all, the man was an ancient monster who had lived for over a thousand years.

“But I still can’t take risks. I need absolute certainty before making a move… Old Dog Zong is likely a peak Spirit Transformation stage cultivator. Though aged and weakened, he’s not someone a mere Nascent Soul cultivator can challenge.”

“I’ll wait a bit longer… Once I’ve also cultivated to the Deity Transformation realm, perhaps then I can attempt to take that old dog’s life!”

Su Xing took a deep breath, calming his emotions.

“At critical moments, I need to play it steady… Besides, with the simulator on my side, the advantage is mine!”

Su Xing continued the simulation.

【After breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, your strength surged to unprecedented heights. The disturbance from your breakthrough attracted the attention of Protector Shadow nearby, who regarded you with a strange look.】

【You could only explain that everyone’s constitution is different, then asked Protector Shadow what her plans were going forward.】

【Protector Shadow seemed to have less vitality and energy than before. She shook her head slightly, saying that her world had been destroyed and that she simply wanted to survive from now on.】

【You asked Protector Shadow whether their previous alliance still held. She nodded in affirmation, stating that regardless of anything else, you had contributed to trying to save her homeland.】

【You told her that although her world might be gone, Earth still existed, and you wanted to save as many human lives on this world as possible.】

【Protector Shadow could understand your feelings, and so she agreed to continue the alliance—only this time, you shared a common goal: delay the alien beasts’ destruction of this world as long as possible.】

【Year Ten. You spent the entire year refining Essence Nurturing Pills and Organ Tempering Pills. Thanks to your dramatic increase in strength, your pill refinement speed was much faster than before. Within a single year, you refined fifty thousand Organ Tempering Pills.】

【Year Eleven. You didn’t stop there. Leveraging Protector Shadow’s position, you had spent the past few years emptying out the better half of the Advent Cult’s treasury. You then spent another year refining fifty thousand Essence Nurturing Pills.】

【Based on your experience from the previous simulation, you knew that the Demon-Sealing Pass Incident would occur next year. Once Demon-Sealing Pass fell, humanity would have no hope of recovery. You had to deliver the pills to the military’s high command before Demon-Sealing Pass was breached.】

【You possessed a full hundred thousand Essence Nurturing Pills and Organ Tempering Pills. Such a quantity could nearly double the number of Grandmaster-stage Class Users in Great Xia within half a year!】

【You had already made your plans. Once you delivered this batch of pills to Great Xia’s military, whether or not you were discovered, you would immediately leave the Advent Cult. You intended to spend the following period earnestly improving your cultivation.】

【Before departing, you sought out Protector Shadow. She seemed to have guessed the purpose of your journey and wished you good luck.】

【As you were about to part ways, Protector Shadow hesitated for a moment, then told you her name was Luo Shuying.】

Su Xing paused at this, murmuring, “Luo Shuying…”

【Through your own channels, you quickly located Lu Yuanwu. He appeared mentally exhausted, but his arm had not yet been severed. Demon-Sealing Pass must have been in dire straits, but the day of its fall had not yet come.】

【Lu Yuanwu asked why you had come. After a brief explanation, you handed the storage ring to Lu Yuanwu and told him how to use the two types of pills.】

【Lu Yuanwu could hardly believe what he heard. These few pills could actually raise a Class User’s physical constitution and mental attributes by an entire tier, thereby greatly increasing their chances of breaking through to Grandmaster-stage? But at this point he had no other choice—he could only try anything in desperation.】

【After handing over the pills, you slipped away before the Advent Cult noticed and secretly visited your parents. Worried about implicating them, you silently entered the Blessed Spirit Field.】

【Year Twelve. Free from worldly concerns, you could now devote much more time to cultivation.】

【Unfortunately, after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, you clearly felt that your cultivation speed had slowed dramatically. If advancing from Golden Core first level to Golden Core second level was like pouring water into a basin, then at the Nascent Soul stage, that basin had become a massive vat—you needed to fill the entire vat before you could break through a minor realm.】

【Before entering the Blessed Spirit Field, you had set aside several thousand Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Nurturing Pills, thinking this would be enough for your future cultivation.】

【But you discovered that the resources required for Nascent Soul stage cultivation far exceeded what you had anticipated. Even taking Essence Nurturing Pills like candy every day, the purification and amplification of your spiritual energy remained quite limited.】

【What did pleasantly surprise you was that the Spirit Nurturing Pills proved unexpectedly effective. You had taken Spirit Nurturing Pills during the Golden Core stage as well, and they had enhanced your intuition and spiritual sense.】

【Compared to the Golden Core stage, improving spiritual sense at the Nascent Soul stage was far more important. According to the records of the Eternal Spring Art, all Nascent Soul stage cultivators needed to thoroughly refine their spiritual sense.】

【A Golden Core cultivator’s spiritual sense could only reach one zhang around their body, while a Nascent Soul cultivator could extend their spiritual sense to ten or even dozens of zhang.】

【Year Thirteen. You divided your daily cultivation into two parts: the first dedicated to improving your spiritual energy cultivation, and the second to advancing your spiritual sense.】

【One day, you realized that after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, you had encountered a thorny problem. As your cultivation continued to rise, the spiritual energy in the Blessed Spirit Field seemed to be growing thinner and thinner…】