I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[Half a year later, True Person Blood Sea hurried back from Xuanwang Island.]

[Free from the shackles of a physical body, a ghost cultivator's flight speed far surpassed that of Golden Core masters at the same realm.]

[In that respect, he resembled a True Monarch—the Nascent Soul spirit body of a True Monarch also moved at unbelievable speed.]

[Outside the Purple Bamboo Forest Cave Abode, the hazy mist of a third-rank array swirled as True Person Blood Sea stepped through without a sound.]

[You had already been waiting inside for some time. Through your Natal Ghost Jade, you had remained crystal clear on his exact location.]

["I have intel on that Biyue witch."]

[You looked at True Person Blood Sea and spoke solemnly.]

["The Biyue witch!"]

[True Person Blood Sea's voice instantly dripped with resentment.]

["One of her subordinates is likely hiding in this area."]

[You brought out a map of the region around the Purple Bamboo Forest and pointed to a small, marked sector.]

[This was part of the intel you had gleaned after investing two years of lifespan into your divination. Had you tried to divine a False Core Master with no connection to you whatsoever, the difficulty would have been immense.]

[However, this False Core Master was lurking in the dark to spy on you. That established a direct link between you, making the divination far easier.]

[You even felt that once your hexagram art reached the peak of Tier Two High-Grade, you would be able to glean fragments of information about him without spending any lifespan at all.]

[The two years of lifespan you invested had gone primarily toward divining True Person Biyue herself.]

[The False Core Master spying on you was acting on her orders.]

[As a Core Formation Middle Stage master bearing the heavy karma of the demonic path, divining her was an arduous task.]

["Understood. I'll head out now."]

[True Person Blood Sea knew immediately what needed to be done.]

["Remember, try to take him alive."]

[You spoke up to remind him.]

[Since that False Core Master had been sent by True Person Biyue, there was bound to be a connection between them. He might even know more of her underlying secrets.]

[That was precisely why you had summoned True Person Blood Sea to capture him.]

[Rather than sitting back under passive surveillance, it was better to let True Person Blood Sea take the initiative, capture that False Core Master, and pry out more intel on True Person Biyue.]

[In the future, you were bound to clash with True Person Biyue over that Heavenly Infant Fruit. The more information you gathered on her beforehand, the more the scales would tip in your favor.]

[As for alerting the enemy? She had already sent someone to spy on you and was certainly on guard against you. What was there to fear about alerting her?]

["Alright."]

[True Person Blood Sea nodded, and his figure vanished from the spot.]

[He headed straight toward the sector you had indicated.]

[Watching True Person Blood Sea leave,]

[You attempted another divination.]

[You gained no useful information.]

[With your current Tier Two High-Grade divination art, anything involving a Core Formation Realm master—even a False Core—was like wading through mud.]

["I still have too few usable people under my command."]

[You thought to yourself.]

[More precisely, too few who were both capable and completely trustworthy.]

[There were trustworthy individuals among the cultivators of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce, but their cultivation levels fell short.]

[For instance, dealing with the False Core Master spying on you required at least Core Formation combat power to capture him alive.]

[Although the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce had expanded rapidly, it had been established too recently; its foundation was still too shallow.]

["Xiao Hei..."]

[You thought of that Earth-rank bloodline spirit beast.]

[If it could smoothly break through to the third rank, its usefulness would be no less than Fellow Daoist Blood Sea's.]

[Half an hour later,]

[True Person Blood Sea returned, carrying an unconscious figure in his hand.]

["It's actually him?"]

[Seeing the figure's appearance, you recognized him immediately.]

[It was none other than True Person Biyue's chief disciple, Master Huanglang.]

[Master Huanglang was a False Core Master who had been under True Person Biyue's tutelage for over two hundred years.]

[He was one of her core confidants.]

[During your third simulation, you had seen Master Huanglang from afar a few times.]

["This fellow's breath-concealing art is quite impressive. If not for your pointer, Fellow Daoist, I might have overlooked him."]

[True Person Blood Sea tossed Master Huanglang carelessly onto the ground and spoke.]

[True Person Blood Sea had been searching that specific sector with clear purpose under your direction.]

[Only then had he uncovered Master Huanglang.]

[Without that prior guidance, whether True Person Blood Sea could have spotted him... the odds were high that he wouldn't have.]

[A breath-concealing art capable of slipping past a Core Formation master's senses...]

[You didn't feel any surprise.]

[Since True Person Biyue had sent Master Huanglang to spy on you, she clearly had a certain level of confidence in him.]

[If you hadn't studied the divination art and sensed the prying eyes from another perspective, you wouldn't have discovered Master Huanglang either.]

["Master Huanglang... having followed that Biyue witch for so long, he should know quite a few of her secrets."]

[In a good mood, you immediately brought Master Huanglang to the underground secret chamber of your cave abode for rigorous interrogation.]

[Several hours later,]

[Master Huanglang slowly woke from his unconsciousness. He found himself inside a secret chamber, surrounded by walls etched with array formations that completely severed his connection to the outside world.]

["Where is this..."]

[Master Huanglang looked bewildered. He realized his limbs were bound tight by chain-type magical treasures, making it difficult to even twitch.]

["Is it that True Person Qingyuan?"]

[Once awake, Master Huanglang immediately reacted.]

[He remembered that he had been monitoring True Person Qingyuan of the Purple Bamboo Forest Cave Abode.]

[Then a black-robed figure had suddenly appeared nearby and spotted him. Ghostly mist had surged, and after barely holding on for a brief moment, he had blacked out.]

[Clearly, that black-robed figure was also a Core Formation master—and did not seem like one from the righteous path.]

[The eerie, ghostly scene of his attack was not the work of any benevolent cultivator.]

["That True Person Qingyuan really has huge problems. No wonder Master sent me to watch him."]

[A thought flashed through Master Huanglang's mind.]

[His surveillance of the Purple Bamboo Forest Cave Abode had naturally been under True Person Biyue's orders.]

[The moment Master Huanglang tried to cycle his magical power and divine sense, agonizing pain flooded his mind.]

[Clearly, all his methods had been suppressed, and his magical treasures and Storage Bag were nowhere to be seen.]

["Master Huanglang, I wonder why you were lurking nearby spying on Wang?"]

[Your voice suddenly rang out. Master Huanglang struggled to lift his head and only then spotted the green-robed man standing not far away.]

["I was merely passing by."]

[Master Huanglang naturally wouldn't admit to it.]

["Passing by?"]

[You looked at Master Huanglang with amusement and shook your head. "Look at the state you're in—stop pretending. Out with it. Why did True Person Biyue order you to spy on me? And tell me every single detail you know about your master, True Person Biyue, without leaving anything out."]

[The moment those words left your mouth, Master Huanglang understood that you meant ill toward True Person Biyue. Why else would you demand everything about her?]

["Qingyuan, you junior, you want me to betray my master?"]

[Master Huanglang's gaze turned proud, his tone dripping with disdain. "You can kill that thought right now. Even if I die, I will never betray my master!"]

["You have no idea of the bond between my master and me! What does it matter even if I lay down my life for her?"]

[Master Huanglang spoke with impassioned righteousness, his tone even carrying an unusual affection for True Person Biyue.]

[After two hundred years together, Master Huanglang had naturally developed feelings for True Person Biyue that went beyond master and disciple. But True Person Biyue was a lofty Core Formation Middle Stage master while he was only a false core, so he could only bury that sliver of affection deep in his heart.]

[Now, it erupted.]

["What the hell?"]

[You were stunned for a moment, wondering if Master Huanglang's reaction was a bit exaggerated.]

[However, he was right about one thing—you really had no intention of sparing his life.]

[Seeing such diehard loyalty toward True Person Biyue now made sparing him even more impossible.]

[As for how to silence him, you had already figured out a method: knock him out and dump him in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.]

[That way, even if he carried some enemy-tracking method on him, it would only lock onto the demon beasts of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range in the end.]

[As for True Person Biyue's suspicions... suspicion was useless; she would need proof.]

[Besides, True Person Biyue was the one who had sent Master Huanglang to spy on you first—she certainly wouldn't dare make a public scene out of it.]

["Fellow Daoist Blood Sea, I leave this person to you."]

[You glanced at True Person Blood Sea standing beside you and spoke.]

[Before silencing him, you definitely needed to squeeze every last drop of value out of Master Huanglang.]

[Given the staunch attitude Master Huanglang was displaying right now, directly searching his soul probably wouldn't yield much information.]

[A False Core Master was still a Master; under fierce resistance, a forced soul search wouldn't yield much.]

[True Person Blood Sea had previously been sealed inside the Shanhai Ring for hundreds of years, weakened to his absolute limit—that was the only reason your forced soul search on him had worked.]

[But Master Huanglang? You naturally didn't have the time to seal him away for centuries and slowly weaken him before searching his soul.]

[However, just because you couldn't didn't mean True Person Blood Sea couldn't.]

[As a ghost cultivator, what he excelled at most were methods targeting the divine soul.]

[Physical torture was nothing; pain inflicted directly upon the soul was what one would never forget for a lifetime.]

[True Person Blood Sea would torment Master Huanglang on the level of the divine soul, forcing him to spill everything he knew.]

["Rest assured."]

[A cruel smile surfaced on True Person Blood Sea's face.]

[He couldn't deal with True Person Biyue right now, but dealing with her chief disciple was more than within his capabilities.]

[The deeper the emotional bond between Master Huanglang and True Person Biyue, the more refreshing it would be to torture him.]

["Mm."]

[You turned and left the underground secret chamber.]

[However, barely a few breaths had passed,]

[When True Person Blood Sea followed you right up.]

["What's wrong?"]

[You asked in confusion.]

[Could it be that Master Huanglang had vowed death over submission and threatened suicide?]

[You immediately swept your divine sense across the underground secret chamber and, finding Master Huanglang still alive, let out a slight breath of relief.]

["That Master Huanglang... said he's willing to talk..."]

[True Person Blood Sea's expression was odd.]

["Willing to talk?"]

[You were dumbfounded.]

[The image of that iron-boned, unyielding Master Huanglang who had just vowed to die for True Person Biyue flashed in your mind.]

["I haven't even really applied any effort yet, and he said he'd confess everything..."]

[True Person Blood Sea added.]

[You thought for a moment and walked back into the underground secret chamber.]

[Seeing you enter, Master Huanglang immediately dropped to his knees with a thud, his eyes red as he said, "Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, I spoke too loudly just now! Whatever you want to ask, just ask directly..."]

[You looked at Master Huanglang, marveling in your heart.]

[Back on Blue Star in your past life, you had heard of people who shouted slogans louder than anyone, only to drop to their knees the moment trouble hit and they suffered a little torture.]

[Now it seemed Master Huanglang was exactly that kind of person.]

["Wang still prefers the rebellious and untamed way you looked just now."]

[You cast a sideways glance at Master Huanglang. A moment ago, you had actually believed he was unswervingly loyal to True Person Biyue.]

[Now it seemed you had overthought it.]

[True Person Biyue simply hadn't put much effort into teaching her disciples.]

[Even if she had, it probably wouldn't have been any kind of positive guidance—after all, True Person Biyue herself was a demonic cultivator.]

["If you like it, Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, I can pretend to go back to that..." Master Huanglang offered immediately.]

["Cut the crap. Since that's how it is, drop your resistance and let me search your soul."]

[You couldn't be bothered to question him item by item; a direct soul search was the simplest way, and the answers you got would be the most truthful.]

["Alright..." Master Huanglang steadied his nerves and finally mustered the courage to say, "Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, are you truly going to act against my master?"]

["Putting on an act again?" You looked at Master Huanglang with amusement.]

["How could this be an act..."]

[Master Huanglang's tone was low, his voice hoarse. "That... that is my master after all!"]

["The master who took me into her sect, taught me cultivation, and guided my path..."]

[Facing Master Huanglang's final struggle, your tone remained calm: "If True Person Biyue dies, who will inherit the massive Biyue Immortal City?"]

["...Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, please search my soul thoroughly!"]

[Master Huanglang immediately squeezed his eyes shut, looking completely open and ready.]

[True Person Blood Sea, standing to the side, watched in stunned silence.]

[You didn't hesitate, directly extending your Core Formation divine sense to begin the soul search.]

[The first half of Master Huanglang's life was actually quite simple. After being accepted into True Person Biyue's sect, years or even a decade would often pass before he received a single pointer from her.]

[Deep down, Master Huanglang held resentment toward True Person Biyue. If she had put her full support behind him, how could he have only formed a false core?]

[Yet at the same time, Master Huanglang genuinely harbored an almost twisted, strange affection for her...]

[That was normal enough—True Person Biyue hailed from a demonic cult, and her methods for seducing male cultivators were second nature.]

[This time, Master Huanglang's surveillance of the Purple Bamboo Forest was indeed ordered by True Person Biyue.]

[However, you gleaned from his memories that it had merely been a casual order from True Person Biyue; she didn't attach much importance to you at all.]

["So that's how it is."]

[Half an hour later, you ended the soul search, your expression sinking into brief contemplation.]

[Through this soul search, your understanding of True Person Biyue had grown by a large chunk—mainly because Master Huanglang harbored his own little desires and had been secretly observing her all along...]

[Right at that moment, Master Huanglang woke up again and instantly realized that his moment of life or death had arrived.]

["Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, I am definitely more useful alive than dead!"]

[Master Huanglang knelt on the floor begging for mercy, weeping bitter tears.]

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