22 – Regime Change

Next, Wang Ping and Chi Feng returned to the house together.

Night had fallen, and Wang Ping had no intention of continuing his simulations, so he chose to sleep.

The next day, Wang Ping and Chi Feng woke up early as usual.

Chi Feng was still diligently cultivating.

Wang Ping, holding Chi Feng’s pet dog Ah Huang and stroking its head, silently said in his heart: “System, I want to do a new simulation.”

“Ding, this simulation will cost 8 pieces of low-grade spirit stones. Do you want to proceed?”

The system’s voice sounded.

“Proceed.” Wang Ping answered without hesitation.

As soon as he finished speaking, 8 pieces of low-grade spirit stones disappeared from Wang Ping’s storage ring, and the system’s voice sounded again.

“Ding, life simulation starts, refreshing talents…”

“Ding, talents refreshed successfully. Congratulations to the host for not refreshing any talents.”

Wang Ping: “???”

Wang Ping was truly speechless.

No talents were refreshed, and you still congratulate me? This is absurd.

【Ding, life simulation begins.】

The system ignored Wang Ping’s complaints as words began to appear on the virtual screen.

【March 11, 480th year of the Great Xia Calendar, you practice diligently. At dusk, the Village Chief and others return with two Primordial Strengthening Herbs and two Gale Leopard carcasses. The Village Chief asks if you want a Primordial Strengthening Herb, and you choose to take one. The Village Chief gives you one Primordial Strengthening Herb.】

【In the following period, your cultivation did not progress rapidly, leaving the Village Chief very puzzled and disappointed, but he did not say much, treating you as he always did and training you seriously.】

【August, 480th year of the Great Xia Calendar, Chi Village relocates as an entire clan, leaving you behind in Black Wind Town.】

【July 10, 487th year of the Great Xia Calendar, you flee to Bai Mu Village, two thousand miles away from Black Wind Town, and begin cultivating in secrecy, vowing never to reveal yourself.】

【October 8, 487th year of the Great Xia Calendar, you know Ye Xiaorou will be attacked but take no action. As a result, Ye Xiaorou dies.】

【January 5, 488th year of the Great Xia Calendar, you successfully break through to the peak of the Organ Refining Realm.】

【February 15, 488th year of the Great Xia Calendar, you feel it is time to break through to the Acquired Realm, so you go to Black Rock City, purchase an Acquired Pill, and breakthrough after taking it.】

“Hmm, the cultivation speed this time is notably quicker.”

Wang Ping looked at the simulation content and smiled slightly.
Having more than ten extra years of life experience indeed greatly benefits one’s social conduct and martial practice.

Immediately, Wang Ping once again focused on the screen, watching intently.

The text on the screen began to appear once more.

【On June 1st, 488th year of the Great Xia calendar, the Ye Family was tragically exterminated.】

【On November 5th, 488th year of the Great Xia calendar, you successfully broke through to the Acquired Realm. Due to the extermination of the Ye Family and the Zhao Family’s domination over Bai Mu Village, the villagers faced bullying and oppression, and you couldn’t escape it either. In response, you did not choose to endure silently but secretly took action and exterminated the Zhao Family.】

【With the Zhao Family’s demise, Bai Mu Village was shaken. Everyone was overjoyed and grateful to you. You, however, hid your merit and fame, continuing your secluded cultivation in hardship.】

【On July 1st, 489th year of the Great Xia calendar, thanks to the ample spiritual stones aiding your cultivation, your abilities improved to the third level of the Acquired Realm, progressing rapidly.】

【On this day, the fifteen-year-old Ye Chen returned to Bai Mu Village with surprisingly reached the Acquired Realm. He intended to seek revenge but was delighted and conflicted upon hearing of the Zhao Family’s extermination, as he hadn’t been able to personally avenge his enemies.】

【In 491st year of the Great Xia calendar, floods and droughts appeared across the Great Xia region, causing the people to live in hardship. Adding to this, the Emperor of Great Xia was incompetent, and corrupt officials dominated the court, leading to signs of major chaos in Great Xia. This year, your cultivation made further progress, successfully breaking through to the seventh level of the Acquired Realm.】

【However, what troubled you was that the spiritual stones were completely depleted, making it impossible to continue improving your cultivation quickly.】

【In the 493rd year of the Great Xia calendar, chaos engulfed the Xia Kingdom as mountain bandits roamed freely, and heroes began to revolt, affecting Bai Mu Village as well. A rebel army passing through Bai Mu Village caused a commotion, where many villagers were robbed of their grain, including yourself.】

【You knew well the nature of this rebel army, so you did not conflict with them and chose to hand over your money and grain.】

【In the 494th year of the Great Xia calendar, your cultivation broke through to the eighth level of the Acquired Realm. That same year, the court dispatched troops to suppress the rebel army. Upon hearing this, you clapped your hands in joy, believing these oppressive rebels deserved to be wiped out.】

【At the end of the 495th year of the Great Xia calendar, your cultivation broke through to the ninth level of the Acquired Realm. That same year, the invincible Spirit Origin Realm Patriarch of the Great Xia royal family passed away. Fed-up princes could no longer hold back and began rallying various forces, declaring themselves kings and eyeing the throne.】

【The court was enraged and intended to deploy an army to suppress the princes. However, the princes held significant power, making it difficult to suppress them, and chaos frequently erupted within Xia Kingdom, causing Bai Mu Village to also suffer. A large number of villagers became refugees. Knowing that staying here would make it impossible to continue peaceful cultivation, you decided to find a safer mountainous area, clearing the land to cultivate and planned to retreat from society for hardship cultivation.】

【In the 497th year of the Great Xia calendar, you successfully broke through to the tenth level of the Acquired Realm. That same year, the domestic turmoil of Great Xia became increasingly terrifying, with the court army and princes suffering heavy losses, and dead bodies littering the countryside, making it hell on earth. The Chu Kingdom, bordering the Xia Kingdom, sought to invade and conquer Xia Kingdom.】

【However, the Zhao Kingdom, also bordering the Chu Kingdom, did not want the Chu Kingdom to grow stronger by conquering Xia Kingdom, thus dispatching heavy troops to the border, forcing Chu Kingdom to abandon their plans and likewise stationing troops at the border cities to prevent a sudden invasion by the Zhao Kingdom.】

【In the 499th year of the Great Xia calendar, the Great Xia royal family was overthrown, and the princes started a civil war, vying for the throne. All sides fought each other, causing the people to suffer terribly. Despite this, you continued to stay secluded, aiming to break through to the Innate Realm but repeatedly failing. You could only sigh at how difficult it was to break through to the Innate Realm, which explained why there were only a few Innate Realm experts in the Chi Village.】

【In the 500th year of the Great Xia calendar, Bai Tianhong, who had broken through to the seventh level of the Spirit Origin Realm, could no longer ignore the plight of the Xia Kingdom people and decided to intervene, aiding Duke Liu Yu in defeating other princes and ascending the throne.】

【After Duke Liu Yu ascended the throne, he changed the country’s name to Great Shu. Peace was restored, and order gradually returned.】

【Knowing that peace had returned to the world, you decided to emerge again, intending to find a way to break through to the Innate Realm. You knew that you were already forty-five years old and if you didn’t find another method soon, the chances of breaking through to the Innate Realm would only decrease, and you would end up dying of old age in the Acquired Realm.】

【Ultimately, you traveled the world and learned of a pill called the Innate Pill, which, like the Acquired Pill, could cleanse and refine one’s body, enhancing the chance of an Acquired Realm martial artist breaking through to the Innate Realm. However, the Innate Pill was extremely precious, and you, being penniless, couldn’t afford it.】

【Thus, you chose to hunt demon beasts to earn spiritual stones. However, your comprehension was average, and you weren’t very proficient in martial arts, making your combat strength weaker than others in the same realm. Although you were extremely cautious and only targeted demon beasts of a lower realm, fate is unpredictable… Two months later, you accidentally encountered a level six demon beast and died a tragic death.】

【Due to your death, this simulation ends.】