I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[Yun Shu took your idea seriously, and the rest of the market's higher-ups also felt it made some sense.]

[As for whether Market Head Ouyang could nurture a new Foundation Establishment Realm successor, outsiders could only guess, but the Ouyang family knew the truth.]

[If the Ouyang family wasn't making a move, why should they?]

[Besides, choosing to transfer their properties and foundations out of the market at this time would mean suffering massive losses for the Yun Family Alchemy Shop.]

["Uncle Wang is right."]

[Yun Shu nodded in agreement.]

[You didn't add anything further.]

[In truth, your suggestion was based entirely on working backward from the outcome.]

[It wasn't that the Ouyang family didn't want to sell off their core properties, but rather that they couldn't.]

[By then, the prices of every property and shop in the market would plummet, and the Ouyang family wouldn't be able to sell them for many spirit stones anyway.]

[Furthermore, the Ouyang family hadn't been driven to a dead end. Market Head Ouyang Shen was still trying to nurture a new Foundation Establishment Realm successor.]

[Year forty-nine. You were sixty-four years old. The artifact spirit of the Shanhai Ring awakened once again to cleanse your marrow and temper your tendons. You could feel that doing this cost the artifact spirit dearly.]

[Additionally, you noticed that more and more threads of crimson were appearing on the originally sky-blue Shanhai Ring. They now covered a twentieth of its surface.]

[Year fifty. You were sixty-five years old. Market Head Ouyang Shen still hadn't nurtured a Foundation Establishment Realm successor, and the situation in the market was growing increasingly chaotic.]

[Yun Shu sought you out multiple times, wanting to ask about the alchemy shop's future.]

[You told him bluntly that it was already too late to relocate. Even if they sold their properties, they wouldn't get many spirit stones. It was better to grit their teeth and endure alongside the Ouyang family.]

[Yun Shu sighed. There was no other choice.]

[Year fifty-one. You were sixty-six years old. With the artifact spirit's repeated help in cleansing your marrow, you felt you had already progressed through the majority of the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.]

[Year fifty-two. You were sixty-seven years old. Bandit cultivators outside the market were growing in number, which led to a steady decline in the number of independent cultivators inside.]

[Business at the Yun Family Alchemy Shop worsened by the day, leaving everyone there feeling lost.]

[Yun Shu took a heavy blow as well. He hadn't expected to face such a situation right after inheriting the shop.]

[You comforted Yun Shu, telling him not to despair and that there might be unexpected variables in a few years.]

[Year fifty-two. You were sixty-seven years old. Through your own network of connections, you learned that the Alchemy Alliance wanted to sell off the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.]

[The Spirit Medicine Pavilion was a core property of the Alchemy Alliance, located in the most prosperous part of the market.]

[However, with the market becoming increasingly unstable and fewer cultivators coming and going, the Spirit Medicine Pavilion naturally couldn't sustain its business either.]

[You fell into your memories.]

[During your first simulation, the Alchemy Alliance had also sold the Spirit Medicine Pavilion around this time, and it was later bought by a mysterious cultivator.]

[You now suspected that this mysterious cultivator must have been connected to the Ouyang family.]

[You sought out Vice Alliance Leader You Rou.]

[She was the one in charge of selling the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.]

["Alchemist Wang, are you interested in the Spirit Medicine Pavilion?"]

[You Rou asked softly, her green eyes fixed on you.]

[She had been overwhelmed by this matter lately. Given the current situation in Wushan Market, who would dare take over the pavilion?]

["Tell me, how many spirit stones?"]

[You asked, your expression calm.]

["Five thousand spirit stones."]

[You Rou gave the price, her gaze unreadable.]

["That offer lacks sincerity, Alliance Leader You."]

[You shook your head slightly. If this were decades ago, forget five thousand spirit stones—it would have sold for twenty or thirty thousand.]

[But now? There were hardly any cultivators left in the market. Even if someone bought it, what use would it be?]

["Sigh..."]

[You Rou let out a soft sigh. "How many spirit stones is Alchemist Wang willing to pay?"]

["Two thousand spirit stones."]

[You answered bluntly.]

["Impossible!"]

[You Rou's eyes went wide. "Even if I agreed, the Alliance Leader never would..."]

["Alchemist Wang, please add a little more..."]

[You Rou pleaded softly.]

["Two thousand five hundred spirit stones."]

[You deliberately revealed a look of hesitation.]

["Two thousand five hundred spirit stones..."]

[Lifting her skirt, You Rou moved her delicate body closer and gently sat her soft, round bottom onto your lap. Draping her slender arms around your neck, she whispered, "Alchemist Wang, just a little more..."]

["A little more?"]

[You stood up and wrapped your arms around You Rou, picking her up. Feeling the beauty's lush curves, a smile surfaced on your face. "That depends on your performance."]

[This time, You Rou didn't refuse.]

[Half a shichen later.]

[A female cultivator's intimate clothing lay scattered beside the bed.]

[White silk socks, an exquisite dudou, embroidered shoes, and a dress...]

[On the bed, You Rou opened her green eyes and looked at you with a hint of grievance. "I didn't expect Alchemist Wang to be so fierce in this regard..."]

[You didn't speak, simply savoring the brief pleasure.]

[Having cultivated the Shanhai Body Tempering Art, your stamina in this area naturally went without saying.]

["Alchemist Wang, how about you buy the Spirit Medicine Pavilion for three thousand spirit stones..." You Rou leaned against your chest, her tone aggrieved.]

["Three thousand spirit stones... fine."]

[You glanced at You Rou. It wasn't that this brief fling was worth five hundred spirit stones, but you had realized that the Alliance Leader's bottom line for selling the pavilion was exactly three thousand.]

[Even without this fling, you still would have had to spend three thousand spirit stones to buy it.]

[She never would have sold it for less than three thousand.]

[Once she confirmed your agreement, You Rou immediately got up. Taking out the property deed she had prepared long ago, she finalized the transfer of the Spirit Medicine Pavilion to you.]

[Year fifty-three. You were sixty-eight years old. You were still slightly short of the peak of the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.]

[Worry welled up in your heart. Would you be unable to break through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer before the seventy-year-old threshold?]

[Year fifty-four. You were sixty-nine years old. You still hadn't reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, and despair had begun to take root in your mind.]

[The artifact spirit of the Shanhai Ring remained deep in slumber over the past few years and hadn't woken up.]

[Year fifty-five. You were seventy years old. You had already given up on the idea of breaking through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer and attempting to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm.]

[However, your twilight years—which should have arrived this year—didn't appear. Your vitality hadn't decayed, and you remained at your peak state.]

[Year fifty-six. You were seventy-one years old. There was still no sign of your twilight years.]

[This year, you finally cultivated to the peak of the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.]

[Year fifty-seven. You were seventy-two years old. With your twilight years still nowhere in sight, you didn't hesitate and immediately began attempting to break through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.]

[You smoothly advanced to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.]

[Several months later, the artifact spirit of the Shanhai Ring woke up. Upon noticing you had reached the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, it finally let out a sigh of relief.]

[Continuously cleansing your marrow and tempering your tendons had required the artifact spirit to constantly expend its own origin. The price couldn't be called anything but heavy.]

[Now that it saw you had ascended to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, the spirit finally confirmed that its efforts hadn't been in vain.]

[The Qi Refining Ninth Layer was also known as Qi Refining Perfection. You could attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm at any time.]

[Taking the opportunity, you asked about your doubts. You were already seventy-two years old—why hadn't your twilight years arrived yet?]

[The artifact spirit's aged voice carried a hint of pride. "Brat, did you really think the Shanhai Art was an ordinary cultivation method? The Shanhai Art is incredibly difficult to cultivate, but the benefits are numerous..."]

["Among them is the delay of your twilight years..."]

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