I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[Over sixty years ago, when Ruan Hu was still a Qi Refining cultivator, he bought a Black Wind Eagle Egg containing the bloodline of a Dark Magic Eagle at a bargain price.]

[It was likely then that the Ouyang family first connected with Ruan Hu and established their relationship.]

[For this auction, the Ouyang family invited Ruan Hu to oversee the market specifically to handle the Foundation Establishment cultivators once they realized they had been played.]

[You gazed into the distance at the black shadow that occasionally revealed itself above the clouds.]

[It was a massive eagle of abyssal black. Its spread wings spanned at least six or seven zhang across. Wherever the bird passed, darkness spread and light retreated.]

[A middle-aged man stood with his hands behind his back atop the eagle's enormous head. It was Ruan Hu, a core Foundation Establishment cultivator from Beast Taming Mountain.]

[Swoosh!]

[The Dark Magic Eagle spread its wings. With extreme speed, it shot into the market in the blink of an eye.]

["My Dark Magic Eagle!"]

[As an avian spirit beast, the Dark Magic Eagle excelled at speed, making it a top-tier mount.]

[Although Foundation Establishment cultivators could physically fly using their spiritual power, their speed was lacking, and the toll on their reserves was substantial.]

[But a Dark Magic Eagle was a flying spirit pet by nature. Whether fleeing for your life or hunting down an enemy, it would be a massive asset.]

[The reason you took such an interest in the beast was simple: you had already marked it as a must-have for your next simulation.]

[You had already investigated the exact time and circumstances of Ruan Hu purchasing that Black Wind Eagle Egg containing the Dark Magic Eagle bloodline.]

[In the next simulation, barring any accidents, this Dark Magic Eagle would be yours.]

[The Wushan Market auction lasted for several days. The finale item, the Foundation Establishment Pill, was bought by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.]

[This outcome was within your expectations. Even with the right connections, it was incredibly difficult for a Qi Refining cultivator to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill.]

[First was a matter of wealth. A Qi Refining cultivator simply couldn't compare financially to someone at Foundation Establishment.]

[Second, even if a Qi Refining cultivator had enough spirit stones to buy it, successfully keeping and using the pill afterward was another problem entirely.]

[Murder and robbery were common in the cultivation world. Faced with such immense profit, even Foundation Establishment cultivators wouldn't mind hiding their identities to play the role of bandit cultivators.]

[Several months passed. You gradually learned what happened after the auction concluded.]

[Market Head Ouyang Shen, along with his heir Ouyang Qian and Beast Taming Mountain's Ruan Hu, invited certain Foundation Establishment cultivators for a private discussion.]

[The invited cultivators were all individuals who previously owned properties and shops in the market, such as the Foundation Establishment leader of the Alchemy Alliance.]

[During this meeting, Market Head Ouyang offered to return some other shops to them as compensation.]

[While the compensation didn't fully cover their losses, it was still something. Moreover, under the pressure of Ruan Hu's presence, those Foundation Establishment cultivators had no choice but to bow their heads.]

[Not only did Ruan Hu possess strength rivaling a late-stage Foundation Establishment expert, but he was also backed by Beast Taming Mountain.]

[Naturally, most Foundation Establishment cultivators wouldn't dare offend him.]

["The Ouyang family... is in the clear..."]

[You thought silently to yourself upon hearing the news.]

[From hosting the auction to revive the market's popularity, to publicly revealing the Foundation Establishment Pill to draw a crowd, to inviting Ruan Hu as a deterrent, and finally compensating the Foundation Establishment cultivators who suffered losses... the Ouyang family had basically wiped out decades of hidden dangers in one fell swoop.]

[As for the cultivators who lost everything? Without Foundation Establishment-level combat power, they posed no threat to the Ouyang family.]

[In fact, those cultivators didn't even know the Ouyang family was the true culprit behind it all. They would only blame themselves for failing to hold on and selling off their properties too early.]

["The market's popularity has mostly recovered, perhaps even surpassing what it used to be."]

[You reached this conclusion after spending the recent period observing the flow of cultivators through Wushan Market.]

[In the sixty-third year, you were seventy-eight years old and still hiding outside Wushan Market.]

[Your main focus was on cultivating the Shanhai Body Tempering Art, so you didn't care much about the spiritual energy environment.]

[In the sixty-fourth year, you were seventy-nine. You faintly sensed that your mastery over the Shanhai Body Tempering Art was about to break through to the third layer.]

[You began preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment.]

[Before that, however, the first thing you needed to do was sell off your properties in Wushan Market.]

[It was better to have the money safely in your pocket.]

[You had bought these properties at rock-bottom prices over the past few years. Now, after two years of development, Wushan Market was prosperous again, and property values had naturally bounced back.]

[You already had a target in mind for who to sell them to.]

[Half a month later, Tingyu Market.]

[Inside a private room at an inn, you sat across from a mature, charming female cultivator.]

["Alchemist Wang truly has impressive methods. Did you perhaps know some inside information ahead of time?"]

[This charming woman was You Rou, the deputy alliance leader of the Wushan Market Alchemy Alliance. You had previously purchased the Spirit Medicine Pavilion from her for three thousand spirit stones.]

[At the time, both she and her Foundation Establishment leader thought you were a total sucker. But after seeing how the past few years played out, they naturally realized the truth.]

["I wouldn't call it inside information. I just knew a little more than most."]

[You spoke in a calm tone.]

["Oh?"]

[You Rou stared at you intently. Even the alliance leader backing her had been played by the Ouyang family, yet you somehow knew in advance?]

[She was firmly convinced that you must also have a Foundation Establishment cultivator backing you.]

[You offered no explanation, which was exactly your goal.]

[A cultivator with a background and a cultivator without one were two entirely different kinds of people.]

["Why are you selling so many properties all at once, Fellow Daoist Wang?"]

[You Rou asked, her voice soft and gentle.]

["I plan to travel to Biyue Immortal City in a while to see Alchemist Zhao Kan. Keeping these properties will only be a hassle, so I might as well sell them all off."]

[You said.]

[Hearing this, You Rou was visibly moved.]

[As an alchemist herself, she naturally knew who Alchemist Zhao Kan was.]

[He was a Tier Two Mid-Grade alchemist in Biyue Immortal City, someone capable of independently refining Foundation Establishment Pills.]

[Whether in status, background, or anything else, he was a cut above the Alchemy Alliance leader.]

[You weren't lying. Your next step really was to head to Biyue Immortal City, and you genuinely intended to meet Alchemist Zhao Kan.]

[You Rou began negotiating the prices for the various properties with you.]

[Over the past few years, you had purchased a total of twelve properties at their absolute lowest prices. The most expensive among them, naturally, was the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.]

[In the end, you bundled them all up and sold them to You Rou at a ten percent discount off the market rate.]

[More accurately, you sold them to the Foundation Establishment leader behind her.]

[You Rou alone didn't have anywhere near that many spirit stones.]

["Alchemist Wang..."]

[With the official business concluded, You Rou gently leaned closer.]

["Alliance Leader You, I still have matters to attend to."]

[You rejected her advances. It wasn't that you were completely immune to temptation.]

[Rather, it was because You Rou wasn't any younger than you were.]

[She was nearing eighty years old.]

[Although she possessed the means to preserve her youth and still looked quite charming on the outside,]

[you still couldn't muster any interest.]

[By bundling and selling all the properties this time, you made a net profit of 68,000 spirit stones after deducting your initial costs.]

"What a pity..."

Outside the simulation, Zhou Qing felt a deep sense of regret.

Because he was only at the Qi Refining realm, Zhou Qing had played it safe and only dared to swallow up ten percent of the properties in Wushan Market.

If he had a Foundation Establishment cultivation base, he wouldn't have to worry about the Ouyang family turning hostile, and could easily have bought up thirty or forty percent of them.

He could even have split the market evenly with the Ouyang family.

That would have meant a profit of hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.

However, Zhou Qing's regret only lasted for a fleeting moment.

In this simulation, he only had a Qi Refining cultivation base, but it wouldn't be that way in the next one.

Based on his cultivation speed in the simulation, by the time he reached seventy or eighty years old next time, he should at least be at Foundation Establishment.

When that time came, Zhou Qing would be fully capable of showing the Ouyang family the true sinister nature of the cultivation world.

[In the sixty-fifth year, you were eighty years old.]

[Inside an inn in Tingyu Market, you sat cross-legged. A deafening roar, like the howling of mountains and seas, echoed from within your body.]

[You had cultivated the Shanhai Body Tempering Art to the third layer. Your physical body alone was now powerful enough to rival a Qi Refining Late Stage expert.]

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