I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[Purple Bamboo Forest Cave Abode. You pinched your fingers to calculate, sensing that Zhou Hai had successfully joined the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.]

[With a Tier Two High-Grade divination skill, deducing the movements of an early Qi Refining cultivator and knowing when he would arrive at the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce was as easy as eating and drinking.]

[As for whether Zhou Hai would harbor any suspicions... at most, he might guess you had connections with the middle management of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce. He could never connect you with the guild's president.]

[You had divined this as well.]

[With just this level of nudging, outsiders would never associate you with Zhou Hai.]

[In truth, the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce now had thousands of members, if not a full ten thousand. Although most were peripheral, the addition of a single Zhou Hai was entirely inconspicuous.]

["The path of divination..."]

[You looked thoughtful, having gained a deeper understanding of the path of divination.]

[After a long while, you sighed.]

[A smile appeared on your face.]

[After that moment of sudden insight, your divination had officially reached the peak of Tier Two High-Grade.]

[You were only a hair's breadth away from a tier-three divination skill.]

["If I had a suitable medium now, I could even divine the fate of a False Core Master..."]

[You thought to yourself, immediately beginning a divination on Master Huanglang to deduce whether he would betray you.]

[You had a deep connection with Master Huanglang. Inside his golden core, you had planted dozens of restrictive secret arts.]

[Because of this, the difficulty of the divination was drastically reduced.]

[An hour later, you opened your eyes with an accurate reading.]

[Under the current circumstances, Master Huanglang would not betray you.]

["Little Huang is still afraid of death."]

[You nodded slightly, unsurprised.]

[The price of Master Huanglang betraying you was far too great.]

[Given his character, he wouldn't do something so contrary to his nature.]

[Year 44. You were 60 years old.]

[In the Purple Bamboo Forest Cave Abode, you sat cross-legged, gathering your focus into your dantian.]

[At the center of your dantian sat your golden core, radiating an aura of flawless perfection.]

[Floating around the golden core were fifteen talismans.]

[After over thirty years of nourishment, the power of these fifteen talismans had finally reached the tier-three mid-grade level.]

["Tier-three mid-grade spell talismans!"]

[Your eyes lit up, and your mood surged.]

[If you threw out fifteen tier-three mid-grade spell talismans all at once, even a Core Formation Late Stage grand cultivator would have to treat them seriously.]

[Compared to other talismans, spell talismans had another advantage.]

[When the cultivator who nourished them used a spell talisman, they only needed a single thought. They didn't need to expend mental energy to draw out its power.]

[Normally, when cultivators used talismans, they faced restrictions. They had to use their own mental energy to guide them.]

[If this weren't the case, couldn't a Qi Refining cultivator carrying a massive batch of tier-three talismans easily slaughter their way through Foundation Establishment cultivators?]

[In reality, a Qi Refining cultivator lacked the qualifications to even activate a tier-three talisman.]

[At the very least, one needed to be a mid-to-late Foundation Establishment cultivator to barely meet the mental energy threshold required to guide a tier-three talisman.]

[But spell talismans were different.]

[Even if you nourished a spell talisman to the fourth tier, you could still draw out its vast power with a single thought.]

[After all, the power within a spell talisman fundamentally originated from you.]

["It is said that ancient talisman cultivators would nourish a Natal Spiritual Talisman. A Natal Spiritual Talisman possesses unlimited upgradability and can be used multiple times..."]

[You thought silently to yourself.]

[The biggest flaw of spell talismans was that they were consumables. Once used, they were gone.]

[But the Natal Spiritual Talismans nourished by ancient talisman cultivators? They didn't have this restriction.]

[However, to nourish a Natal Spiritual Talisman, you would have to switch to being a talisman cultivator.]

[Talisman cultivators and spell cultivators focused on different things; they did not belong to the same system.]

[Year 45. You were 61 years old.]

[Li Yan successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer.]

["Yan'er is amazing."]

[You looked at Li Yan and praised her.]

[In just over forty years, Li Yan had cultivated from early Qi Refining to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer.]

[Aside from the effects of her own Yin-Essence Physique, it was also thanks to you.]

[Every time you dual cultivated with Li Yan, besides taking her yin-essence qi, she also received your nourishing feedback.]

[Your dual cultivation method with Li Yan leaned toward the orthodox path and benefited both parties.]

[If it leaned toward the demonic path, it would essentially be known as plucking.]

[Plucking methods pursued short-term gains and often inflicted irreversible damage on the partner.]

[Li Yan possessed the Yin-Essence Physique. If she cultivated to the Core Formation Realm, her help to you would skyrocket. Naturally, you wouldn't drain the pond to catch the fish by using plucking arts on her.]

[As for orthodox dual cultivation methods... although progress was slow, it also depended on who was cultivating with whom.]

[A Foundation Establishment cultivator dual cultivating with a Core Formation cultivator? Even if Li Yan didn't have the Yin-Essence Physique, she would undoubtedly be the one gaining the greater benefit.]

[It was precisely because she periodically dual cultivated with you that Li Yan's cultivation speed was nearly on par with a Heavenly Spirit Root.]

["Master..."]

[Li Yan hugged you, her breath fragrant like orchids.]

[Half a day later.]

[You lay on the bed, while Li Yan had fallen asleep beside you.]

["Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer. It is time to consider matters regarding her Core Formation."]

[You thought to yourself.]

[Only when a Yin-Essence Physique cultivated to the Core Formation Realm would it produce true benefits for your own cultivation.]

[As for the yin-essence qi nourished during the Foundation Establishment Realm? That was merely a taste of sweetness.]

[Year 46. You were 62 years old.]

[In the Purple Bamboo Forest Cave Abode, you suddenly opened your eyes. Faintly, tadpole-sized silver seal scripts flashed deep within your pupils.]

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

[After forty to fifty years of comprehension, you finally figured out what that secret art from the Nether Realm Proving Ground was.]

[The Great Art of Divine Origin Crossing the Void—that was the name of this secret art.]

[The purpose of this secret art was to stabilize one's divine soul, allowing it to abandon the physical body and cross the void.]

[The Great Art of Divine Origin Crossing the Void had a total of six levels. The broken stone wall in the Nether Realm Proving Ground only recorded the first.]

[But even with just the first level, once cultivated, your divine sense would become incredibly stable. Even if you faced a soul search from a True Monarch, you would have the ability to resist.]

["Abandoning the physical body and crossing the void... isn't this the path taken by the top ancient spell cultivator True Monarchs?"]

[You suddenly realized.]

[The top spell cultivator True Monarchs of the ancient era all treated the physical body as dregs, roaming heaven and earth as Nascent Soul spirit bodies.]

[For a cultivator, the physical body was incredibly important. Without it, the divine soul simply couldn't unleash much power.]

[Moreover, in the real world, there were many methods specifically designed to counter Nascent Soul spirit bodies.]

[But the ancient spell cultivator True Monarchs were different. Their Nascent Souls were immortal. Relying solely on them, they could clash head-on with the indestructible golden bodies of body cultivator True Monarchs.]

[That was truly world-shaking power.]

["I have to cultivate this!"]

[You thought to yourself. Even without the rewards from the Nether Realm Proving Ground, you still needed to cultivate this secret art to gain an extra trump card.]

["With my current conditions, it will take about a hundred years to master this secret art..."]

[You suddenly fell into self-doubt. Was your divine soul talent less than ideal?]

[Or perhaps the requirements of this secret art were simply far too high, such that even Heavenly Spirit Root cultivators might not necessarily master it.]

["A hundred years is a hundred years! If I simulate it for a hundred years this time, I'll know it right from the start in the next simulation, and then I can just claim the reward!"]

[You composed yourself, unfazed by your divine soul talent.]

[Your greatest advantage wasn't a specific talent, but rather your nearly infinite time and chances to start over.]

[Year 47. You were 63 years old.]

[You received a letter sent back by True Person Blood Sea.]

[In the letter, True Person Blood Sea stated that the chamber of commerce was currently developing very well on Xuanwang Island. Whether in trade or other matters, the Jiang Family—the ruling family of Xuanwang Island—took very good care of them.]

[Looking at the letter's contents, you were quite speechless.]

[Didn't he consider the price you had paid? Ever since the green-skirted female cultivator returned to Xuanwang Island a few years ago, she had written to you at regular intervals, seeking pills.]

[As for what kind of pills, they were all similar to the Flower Moon Pill—pills that enhanced a female cultivator's appearance and temperament.]

[These kinds of pills had little practical effect, unlike healing and cultivation pills, which were absolute necessities. Therefore, not many alchemists were skilled at refining them.]

[After you refined the Flower Moon Pill, the green-skirted female cultivator heavily publicized the matter upon returning to the Jiang Family. As a result, the female cultivators of the Jiang Family all got your contact information from True Person Blood Sea and sought you out for pills.]

[You didn't refuse them.]

[Mainly because... it was far too profitable!]

[First, the payment for refining this kind of pill was thirty to fifty percent higher than the market rate.]

[Second, every time you refined a batch, you could secretly stash away one or two. You would then turn around and sell them to the female cultivators of the Taiyuan Domain. The female cultivators of Hundred Flowers Valley, in particular, were extremely interested in these kinds of pills.]

["Once the war between the two domains begins, the value of these pills will drastically plummet."]

[You thought to yourself.]

[Right now, the Taiyuan Domain was in a prosperous era of peace, like a blazing fire and boiling oil, which was why the value of certain pills exceeded their normal levels.]

[However, once chaotic times arrived, healing and life-saving pills would again dominate as absolute necessities.]

["Starting now, I should have the chamber of commerce keep an eye out for high-quality life-saving and healing pills, as well as various defensive and offensive talismans, and secretly transport them to Xuanwang Island..."]

[You thought to yourself.]

[During a great domain war, the prices of goods in the Taiyuan Domain would be regulated by Taiyuan Palace.]

[If ordinary cultivators wanted to profit from the war by buying low and selling high, they would first have to taste the iron fist of Taiyuan Palace.]

[But on Xuanwang Island, there were no such restrictions.]

[Everything depended entirely on the demands of both parties.]

[Since the Taiyuan Domain had a high demand for various pills, talismans, puppets, and weapons of war, they naturally had to buy them at original price or even a high price.]

[If the Taiyuan Domain didn't buy them, the Jiuyou Domain would.]

[During the third simulation, this was exactly how the numerous merchant guilds on Xuanwang Island made a massive fortune off the war, leaving both the Taiyuan Domain and the Jiuyou Domain completely helpless to stop them.]

[At present, there were no signs of war, so the Taiyuan Domain didn't exercise much control over these matters.]

[Therefore, you wouldn't face any obstacles secretly transporting large quantities of cultivation resources.]

["The Beast King slumbering deep within Xuanwang Lake is a tier-four profound turtle..."]

[You continued looking at the intelligence True Person Blood Sea had sent.]

["A tier-four profound turtle?"]

[You weren't surprised. In fact, you had already guessed earlier that the Tier 4 Beast King might be a turtle-type demonic beast.]

[After all, a Beast King capable of living for several millennia was extremely rare and could only belong to one of those few long-lived races.]

["A profound turtle..."]

[You thought of the art of divination.]

[The art of divination could lower the difficulty of a reading through the use of certain wondrous divination items.]

[Currently, the wondrous divination items you used were a few ancient copper coins, and their effects were merely average.]

[Among the many wondrous divination items were the shell fragments of turtle-type demonic beasts.]

[The longer a turtle demon lived, the greater the assistance its shell would provide for divination.]

[A turtle demon that had endured the vicissitudes of time would possess a certain special accumulation within its shell.]

["A shell fragment from a Turtle King that has lived for thousands of years..."]

[Your heart fluttered. How much would that help with divination?]

["Forget it."]

[You shook your head slightly, no longer dwelling on it.]

[This wasn't something you could pull off.]

[Turtle-type demonic beasts were inherently skilled at defense. A tier-four Turtle King? Even several True Monarchs joining forces would probably be utterly helpless against it.]

[You were currently only in the Core Formation Realm. Even if that tier-four Turtle King just stood there and let you attack, you probably wouldn't even be able to break its defense.]

[Year 48. You were 64 years old.]

[You looked at an intelligence report placed in front of you.]

[Information on the various masters of the Jiuyou Domain was in the report.]

[The number of core formation masters in the Jiuyou Domain couldn't compare to the Taiyuan Domain.]

[But in terms of individual strength, they surpassed the core formation masters of the Taiyuan Domain by more than just a notch.]

[Who among the Masters capable of surviving in a place like the Jiuyou Domain and breaking through to the Core Formation Realm was easy to deal with?]

[You focused on browsing the intelligence regarding "True Monarch Qi Sha"... or more accurately, "Master Qi Sha".]

[Currently, Master Qi Sha was still in the Core Formation Realm, so he couldn't be called a True Monarch.]

[But you knew that in the near future, Master Qi Sha would emerge as the final victor and ascend to become a True Monarch of the demonic path.]

["This Master Qi Sha was only at the Core Formation Middle Stage ten years ago?"]

[Looking at Master Qi Sha's intelligence report, you marveled inwardly.]

[That meant True Monarch Qi Sha hadn't reached the absolute limit of the Core Formation Late Stage, yet he was still able to win out in the tragic and fierce competition within the demonic path's secret realm.]

[Year 49. You were 65 years old.]

[Your attainments in the Dao of Formations finally stepped into the third tier.]

[You became a rare tier-three formation master.]

["The laws of heaven and earth's operation..."]

[After becoming a tier-three formation master, you looked at heaven and earth again and experienced a different feeling.]

[In your eyes, the entirety of heaven and earth was also a formation—an unprecedented grand formation enveloping all living beings.]

[And every formation master, whether high-tier or low-tier, spent their entire life researching this grand formation named "Heaven and Earth".]

[Year 50. You were 66 years old.]

[Li Yan broke through to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, reaching the absolute end of the Foundation Establishment Realm.]

[You immediately began preparing for Li Yan's attempt to break through to Core Formation.]

[To prevent the worst-case scenario, you and Li Yan deliberately went crazy for a night before she attempted Core Formation.]

[You took the yin-essence qi that Li Yan had nourished for years to prevent her from perishing if her breakthrough attempt failed.]

[Of course, this possibility was very low.]

[With the aptitude of a Yin-Essence Physique, along with your support,]

[Li Yan had at least a sixty percent certainty of stepping into the Core Formation Realm, if not eighty to ninety percent.]

[At the very worst, she would still be able to form a false core.]

[Half a year later, Li Yan successfully broke through to the Core Formation Realm, condensing an Upper-Grade Golden Core.]

[You gained your first partner at the golden core level.]

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