I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[Year fifty-eight, you are seventy-four years old.]

[Your operation to harvest Wushan Market proceeded smoothly.]

[You continued to claim exactly half of its shops and businesses.]

[Exceeding that share would force the Ouyang family into an alternative choice.]

[Abandoning Wushan Market entirely.]

[That would leave your acquired properties with no one to take them over, rendering them impossible to sell at a good price.]

[Year fifty-nine, you are seventy-five years old.]

[You crafted four more tier-three puppets in succession.]

[Beyond stabilizing your realm as a tier-three puppet master, you were preparing a trump card.]

[Furthermore, puppets were much easier to unload than medicinal pills.]

[Even if you no longer needed them later, they could easily be sold for a high price.]

[Cultivators had always highly favored advanced puppets.]

[They offered the most direct way to increase combat power. For some factions, a single high-tier puppet served as their ultimate trump card and foundation.]

[For instance, if a Foundation Establishment Realm faction deployed a tier-three puppet at a critical moment, it could absolutely turn the tide.]

[Such factions might suffer generational gaps where they lacked Foundation Establishment Realm combat power, but as long as a tier-three puppet was properly maintained, it guaranteed their safety without issue.]

[Year sixty, you are seventy-six years old.]

[As usual, you received a transmission from True Person Blood Sea.]

[Because you controlled his Natal Ghost Jade, you were completely at ease with him, allowing him to oversee Xuanwang Island for extended periods.]

['Dongsha Chamber of Commerce? Master Dongsha?']

[You stroked your chin.]

[In his transmission, True Person Blood Sea mentioned this chamber of commerce, stating that they had recently been suppressing the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce Branch you had established on Xuanwang Island.]

[It wasn't exactly suppression; more accurately, they were stealing your business.]

[Your Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce Branch on Xuanwang Island primarily dealt in medicinal pills and talismans.]

[After decades of development, it had secured a considerable market share on the island.]

[However, the Dongsha Chamber of Commerce had begun heavily encroaching upon that share.]

[Specifically, they were squeezing your survival margin by slashing prices.]

[The Dongsha Chamber of Commerce was founded by none other than Master Dongsha.]

[And Master Dongsha... you had heard of this man during your third simulation. During the great regional war, he amassed a massive fortune from the conflict between the Taiyuan Region and the Jiuyou Domain, ultimately using that wealth to advance to the Golden Core Middle Stage.]

['Master Dongsha likely doesn't know that a great regional war will break out decades from now. By establishing a chamber of commerce on Xuanwang Island and mercilessly cutting prices to seize market share, he must be trying to boost his influence to secure the position of vice alliance leader in the Business Alliance...']

[You mused silently.]

[Although Xuanwang Island was ruled by the Wan Family and the Jiang Family, these two major clans typically did not interfere with the island's daily affairs.]

[The vast majority of the time, the numerous chambers of commerce on the island called the shots.]

[Because there were so many, all the commercial factions on Xuanwang Island had formed a Chamber of Commerce Alliance—the Business Alliance for short—to present a united front.]

[The alliance leader was a cultivator from either the Wan Family or the Jiang Family, while the vice alliance leader was chosen from among the many chambers of commerce.]

[The one actually managing affairs was the vice alliance leader. The alliance leader was merely a figurehead, serving to declare that the true rulers of Xuanwang Island were the Wan and Jiang families.]

[Over the years, you had secretly developed the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce Branch on Xuanwang Island precisely to secure the next vice alliance leader position.]

[Only by becoming the vice alliance leader could you dictate the business between the Taiyuan Region and the Jiuyou Domain in the upcoming great war.]

[This was also a compromise made by the various chambers, intentionally lowering their commodity prices to prevent malicious competition among peers.]

[The chambers of commerce on Xuanwang Island spoke with one voice—the voice of the Business Alliance. Individual chambers were required to follow the vice alliance leader's commands.]

[During normal times, the vice alliance leader didn't actually hold much real power. The cultivators entering and leaving Xuanwang Island traveled alone or in small groups, so their demand for various pills, talismans, and puppets wasn't particularly high.]

[The various chambers simply sold their own goods independently.]

[But during a war between two great domains, trading with an entire domain was not something a single chamber of commerce could swallow alone.]

[At that point, it would involve mobilizing the inventories of multiple chambers, infinitely magnifying the vice alliance leader's power.]

[Only by becoming the vice alliance leader of Xuanwang Island's Business Alliance could you reap the greatest benefits and profits.]

[The vice alliance leader changed every fifty years. However, during the great war, the interests involved would be so massive that the Wan and Jiang families—to prevent the island's chambers from fighting amongst themselves—would decide to extend the current vice alliance leader's term until the war ended.]

[This was intelligence you had only learned during your third simulation, when you personally visited Xuanwang Island with Dachun.]

[As this information flashed through your mind, you frowned.]

[Clearly, if you intended to continue competing for the vice alliance leader seat, you were bound to clash with Master Dongsha.]

[You could choose to compete with him fairly, but Master Dongsha possessed a vast network of connections on Xuanwang Island, whereas you had only begun laying your groundwork there over the last few decades.]

[If it was strictly fair competition, you would most likely lose to the Dongsha Chamber of Commerce.]

[As for seeking help from the Jiang Family? The Jiangs weren't the sole rulers of Xuanwang Island; there was also the Wan Family.]

[If you sought the Jiang Family's aid, the situation would likely escalate, triggering even more unpredictable variables and accidents.]

['Since I can't beat you in a head-on competition, I'll just eliminate you!']

[A cold light surged in your eyes as you made up your mind.]

[Xuanwang Island was crucial to your major layout for this simulation.]

[Whether you could make a fortune from the war and pave your way to the Golden Core Late Stage depended entirely on this.]

[Unless absolutely forced, you would never give it up.]

[In fact, if the other chambers of commerce on Xuanwang Island knew about the impending great war decades in advance, they would absolutely go all out to compete for the vice alliance leader seat as well.]

[Fortunately, you were currently the only one who knew. For now, only the Dongsha Chamber of Commerce stood in your way, and you were confident you could handle it.]

[At this moment, the new Demon Lord of the Jiuyou Domain hadn't even emerged yet; the great war wasn't even a shadow on the horizon.]

['Master Dongsha...']

[You began using a tier-three low-grade hexagram to divine various pieces of information about Master Dongsha.]

[The Dongsha Chamber of Commerce actually had two Golden Core Masters: one was Master Dongsha himself, and the other was a Golden Core Master hired by the chamber.]

[To win the vice alliance leader position, you only needed to eliminate Master Dongsha. As long as he died, the hired Golden Core Master wouldn't entertain any thoughts of competing for the role.]

['Golden Core Early Stage strength...']

[You began performing continuous divinations, trying to find an opportunity to dispose of Master Dongsha.]

[Even if he only possessed Golden Core Early Stage strength, he wouldn't be easy to deal with. Even a late-stage Grand Master, who could kill a Golden Core Early Stage Master with absolute certainty, would have to prevent the target from transmitting critical information back before dying.]

[If the various chambers of commerce on Xuanwang Island learned that Master Dongsha's death was connected to you, the difficulty of your bid for vice alliance leader would undoubtedly skyrocket.]

['There's no rush for now...']

[After divining for the better part of a day, your expression calmed.]

[The divination results indicated that the next few years would not be a suitable time to strike.]

[You weren't anxious about this; the next vice alliance leader election was twenty years away.]

['Waiting until I cultivate to the Golden Core Middle Stage before attempting further divinations should be much safer...']

[You thought to yourself.]

[At the middle stage of a Flawless Golden Core, even if you couldn't defeat a late-stage Grand Master, dealing with an ordinary Golden Core Early Stage Master would be a sure thing.]

[Not to mention, you still held numerous trump cards.]

[Year fifty-nine, you are seventy-five years old.]

[Your talisman Dao attainments finally reached the tier-three mid-grade!]

[Inside your cave dwelling, you gazed at the resplendent tier-three mid-grade talisman you had just drawn, a satisfied smile on your face.]

[Having maintained your talisman skills at the tier-three low-grade for years, you had finally taken another step forward today, reaching the tier-three mid-grade.]

['This is good. Once I advance to the Golden Core Middle Stage and gain extra slots to nurture Dharma talismans, I won't have to start nurturing them from the tier-three low-grade all over again...']

[You thought to yourself.]

[With tier-three mid-grade talisman skills, you could draw tier-three mid-grade Dharma talismans, effectively raising the starting point for nurturing.]

[If you had to nurture a tier-three low-grade Dharma talisman up to the tier-three mid-grade, it would take an extra thirty years.]

[Year sixty, you are seventy-six years old.]

[Ten years had passed since Li Yan broke through to the Core Formation stage.]

[She had nurtured her first wisp of Core Formation-stage yin-essence qi, and it was fully formed.]

[That very night, you engaged in a profound Dao discussion with Li Yan, extracting that wisp of yin-essence qi she had nurtured for a decade.]

[A yin-essence physique nurtured yin-essence qi instinctively; taking it would not affect Li Yan's daily cultivation.]

[Lying on the bed, you closed your eyes, feeling that wisp of icy yin-essence qi deep within your dantian.]

[Compared to the yin-essence qi from her Foundation Establishment Realm days, this wisp was vastly denser. Ever since entering your dantian, it had continuously dispersed a cold aura that melded into your Flawless Golden Core.]

[A moment later, that wisp of yin-essence qi was thoroughly absorbed and refined.]

['Two and a half years of cultivation!']

[You opened your eyes, your face revealing joy.]

[The single wisp of yin-essence qi Li Yan nurtured over ten years after reaching the Core Formation stage had saved you two and a half years of bitter cultivation.]

['Excellent, excellent! There is hope for the Great Dao!']

[You were overjoyed.]

[What did this mean?]

[It meant you weren't cultivating alone.]

[You had Li Yan aiding your cultivation, helping you shave off two and a half years of progress every decade.]

[The boost to your cultivation from the yin-essence qi carried no hidden dangers and wouldn't result in an unstable foundation.]

['With the help of this wisp of yin-essence qi, I should be able to cross into the Golden Core Middle Stage in two or three years!']

[You looked satisfied.]

[This cultivation speed allowed you to slightly surpass the pace of some normal Flawless Golden Core cultivators.]

[If all external factors were removed, your natural cultivation speed would rank in the lower-middle tier among Flawless Golden Core cultivators.]

[After all, your spiritual root quality was too low, merely at the high grade.]

[Meanwhile, most Flawless Golden Core cultivators not only had a core quality on par with yours, but their spiritual roots reached the Heavenly Spiritual Root grade, or at the very least, the Earth Spiritual Root.]

[However, you had the blessing of the Pill Toxin Nemesis talent, allowing you to consume pills at a high frequency, single-handedly pushing your cultivation speed to the middle tier among Flawless Golden Core cultivators.]

[Now, with the added assistance of a Core Formation-stage yin-essence physique, your cultivation speed had reached the upper-middle tier among them.]

[In theory, it was only a matter of time before every Flawless Golden Core cultivator reached the Golden Core Late Stage.]

[But reaching it a year earlier meant an extra point of advantage, giving you greater strength to vie for crucial opportunities when they arose.]

[One step ahead meant staying ahead every step of the way.]

[Not to mention, you still had True Person Biyue to deal with. Every bit of strength you gained increased your confidence in handling them in the future.]

[Year sixty-one, you are seventy-seven years old.]

[You walked out of your cave dwelling and looked up at Xiao Hei soaring through the sky.]

[Half a year ago, under your nurturing, Xiao Hei advanced to the Tier Two late stage.]

[Compared to your third simulation, Xiao Hei's breakthrough to the Tier Two late stage happened ten to twenty years earlier this time.]

[The Tier Three Spiritual Vein environment, coupled with the casual nurturing you provided after reaching the Core Formation stage, made Xiao Hei's cultivation speed far exceed that of the third simulation.]

['Assaulting the third tier...']

[You performed a divination for Xiao Hei. Divining those with treasure physiques or Dao physiques using a tier-three low-grade hexagram carried great resistance.]

[But divining Xiao Hei? Xiao Hei possessed a mere earth-grade bloodline; divining them wasn't difficult at all.]

['The optimal date is today. If I miss today, I'll have to wait another thirty years?']

[You arrived at this divination result.]

['Then let's assault the third tier today.']

[With a slight shift of your thoughts, Xiao Hei, who was roaming high in the sky, immediately descended and landed in front of you.]

['Let's go.']

[You stored Xiao Hei inside your spirit beast bag.]

[In this simulation, you planned to raise Xiao Hei as a trump card, minimizing their public appearances as much as possible.]

[As for selling them? You still had a long lifespan ahead of you, so there was no need to consider that for now.]

[If you truly reached your twilight years, given the rarity of a tier-three flying spirit pet, there would be no shortage of buyers.]

[Half a day later.]

[You quietly arrived outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.]

[The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range was the breakthrough location chosen for Xiao Hei.]

[First, the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range was desolate and sparsely populated by cultivators, making it unlikely for you to be disturbed.]

[Second, Xiao Hei was a demonic beast. The worldly phenomena triggered by a demonic beast breaking through to the third tier were distinctly different from those caused by a human cultivator breaking through to Core Formation.]

[Assaulting the realm of a Tier 3 Great Demon within the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range meant that even if nearby cultivators noticed, they would most likely assume it was simply a resident beast of the mountain range breaking through.]

[Finally, and most importantly, during the third simulation, Hundred Flowers Valley had also chosen the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range as Xiao Hei's breakthrough location.]

[The spiritual energy environment of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range provided a definite benefit for demonic beasts breaking through their bottlenecks.]

['Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range...']

[You were rather wary of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. After all, according to the Profound Venerable of Xuanwang Island, there was already a Beast King with an awakened True Spirit bloodline residing in its deepest reaches.]

[If Hundred Flowers Valley hadn't chosen this place for Xiao Hei's breakthrough in the past, you would have preferred breaking through in a safer location.]

['Go. Go break through at the location I told you.']

[You released Xiao Hei and handed over all the supportive items you had prepared for their assault on the third tier.]

[You didn't plan to personally enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range; instead, you were ready to control your four tier-three puppets to act as Dao protectors for Xiao Hei's breakthrough.]

[Under your control, the combined combat power of the four tier-three puppets exceeded that of an ordinary Golden Core Early Stage cultivator, which was more than enough to protect Xiao Hei.]

[As for yourself? You would hide outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, prioritizing your own safety.]

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