I Have a Cultivation Simulator

A Tier Two low-grade cave dwelling perfectly suited Zhou Qing's current status as an early Foundation Establishment cultivator.

As for his earlier detours to inspect the Tier Two Mid-Grade and Tier Two High-Grade cave dwellings, that was a very common occurrence.

Most Foundation Establishment cultivators arriving in Biyue Immortal City for the first time would experience the different tiers of cave dwellings before making a choice.

Even if they didn't rent them, they wanted to see the difference between the city's Tier Two Mid-Grade and High-Grade cave dwellings and those in other immortal cities and large markets.

"A Tier Two low-grade cave dwelling, rented for eight months. Four hundred and seventy spirit stones."

The female cultivator at reception smiled as she spoke.

In his second simulation, Zhou Qing had rented a Tier Two Mid-Grade cave dwelling in Biyue Immortal City for a month to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

The price back then had been one thousand spirit stones.

That was because he had rented the cave dwelling with the explicit goal of crossing a major realm boundary and breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

Moreover, a large portion of the price set by Biyue Immortal City served as a protection fee.

After all, if a cultivator attempted to reach Foundation Establishment within one of Biyue Immortal City's cave dwellings, their personal safety would be absolutely guaranteed by the city.

If they tried to break through outside, such as in a spirit vein cave dwelling in some ordinary market, there were no such guarantees.

Zhou Qing's decision to attempt his breakthrough in Biyue Immortal City back then had primarily been for that latter reason.

"Here are the spirit stones."

Zhou Qing patted his Storage Bag and took out the spirit stones.

When he returned to the mortal Zhou Estate from Wushan Market, Zhou Qing had relied on information from his simulation to wipe out a group of bandit cultivators.

He was currently not lacking in spirit stones.

After completing the rental procedures, Zhou Qing arrived inside his new Tier Two low-grade cave dwelling.

The cave dwelling was large, spanning fully two to three hundred square meters.

I won't bring Dachun over this time, Zhou Qing thought as he sat cross-legged in the spot with the densest spiritual qi.

Before coming to Biyue Immortal City, Zhou Qing had deliberately left Dachun with his parents.

The main purpose of this action, naturally, was to ensure his parents' safety.

As for the nine Qi Refining Late Stage bandit cultivators he had commandeered, Zhou Qing had already killed them to tie up loose ends.

Bandit cultivators had poor character, pillaging year-round with ruthless methods.

While Zhou Qing was still around, intimidating those bandit cultivators into obedience was no problem at all.

But once he left for the distant Biyue Immortal City, leaving bandit cultivators by his parents' side would never afford him any peace of mind.

Killing them was the best choice.

Of course, before leaving, Zhou Qing had also passed the Shanhai Body Tempering Art to Dachun and left behind a batch of resources for body tempering.

Cultivating a body tempering art didn't rely heavily on the spiritual qi environment; it merely required tempering the flesh over a long period.

Having Dachun stay by his parents' side was Zhou Qing's best option at the moment.

Dachun's original strength hadn't been weak to begin with, and with the addition of the body tempering art, he would be more than capable of protecting the Zhou Family.

Furthermore, since Zhou Shizhong dared to live in seclusion in Jiangnan of Lie Kingdom, he had definitely made numerous preparations. Having Dachun there was just a precaution against extreme circumstances.

Now, I just need to wait patiently...

Sitting cross-legged inside his cave dwelling, Zhou Qing closed his eyes and began to comprehend the art of alchemy.

Through the accumulations of his second simulation, Zhou Qing's attainments in the Dao of Alchemy had already reached the peak of the high-grade, capable of stepping into Tier Two at any time.

Once he became a Tier Two Alchemist, even if he couldn't refine Foundation Establishment Pills independently, his status would greatly increase. This was especially true in an environment like Biyue Immortal City, which boasted a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

A Tier Two Alchemist's position would be even higher there.

The alchemist organization in Biyue Immortal City is called the Alchemy Hall... though I have no need to join it in reality.

Zhou Qing thought as he comprehended the alchemy inheritance.

Every cultivator gathering spot had an organization where alchemists congregated. The alchemist organization in Wushan Market was called the Alchemy Alliance, and the one in Biyue Immortal City was called the Alchemy Hall.

Zhou Qing planned to join Biyue Immortal City's Alchemy Hall in a future simulation.

The only reason he had previously joined Wushan Market's Alchemy Alliance in reality was because he'd had no other choice; he had been in desperate need of starting spirit stones.

Of course, he had only done so after conducting various investigations in his first simulation to ensure that joining the Alchemy Alliance would pose no problems.

Now that he lacked nothing, there was naturally no need to cause unnecessary ripples in reality.

...

Because of his Low-Grade Spirit Root aptitude, Zhou Qing had absolutely no intention of cultivating in reality.

The efficiency was simply too poor. After reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, without consuming pills, he could barely feel a hint of progress in his cultivation.

And as for consuming pills?

Zhou Qing would only choose to do that inside a simulation.

Consuming pills in reality was too disadvantageous because it would affect all subsequent simulations.

Even though Zhou Qing possessed the Pill Toxin Nemesis talent, he still couldn't entirely ignore all pill toxicity. Furthermore, taking pills wouldn't just accumulate pill toxicity; it would also build up a medicinal resistance to that specific pill.

Taking pills in a simulation completely eliminated these hidden dangers.

Once a simulation ended, the cultivation base Zhou Qing inherited would be perfectly pure. As for the various negative effects—the pill toxicity, the medicinal resistances, and the like—none of them would carry over.

...

In addition to comprehending the Dao of Alchemy, Zhou Qing naturally couldn't avoid actually practicing his pill refinement.

And the numerous materials required for refining pills naturally had to be purchased.

The time he spent leaving the cave dwelling to buy raw alchemical materials was very short, so its impact on the simulation's cooldown period was negligible.

Inside a rather large-scale Spirit Medicine Pavilion, Zhou Qing purchased several kinds of spirit herbs.

Right at that moment, the voices of a few cultivators chatting nearby reached Zhou Qing's ears.

"Are you ready? The spots for the immortal city's once-a-decade Biyue Pool are about to be released."

"How could rogue cultivators like us ever hope to touch such an opportunity?"

"Sigh, it's said that soaking in the Biyue Pool can improve our spirit root aptitudes to a certain extent..."

The several Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators conversed among themselves, their tones brimming with desire.

Improve spirit root aptitude?

Zhou Qing blanked slightly, then quietly left the Spirit Medicine Pavilion without changing his expression.

Several days later, Zhou Qing managed to gather some information regarding the Biyue Pool.

The Biyue Pool was a pond of precious medicinal liquid specially refined by True Person Biyue out of pity for rogue cultivators.

Cultivators with aptitudes below the Earth Spiritual Root could slightly improve their natural talent by soaking in the Biyue Pool.

Of course, every cultivator only had one chance in their lifetime to soak in the Biyue Pool. Only the first soak was effective; even if they managed to obtain another spot later on, soaking again would have no effect whatsoever.

So far, the Biyue Pool had been opened three times, once every ten years.

This matter...

Zhou Qing felt a surge of surprise. In his second simulation, he had never heard of the Biyue Pool.

If the Biyue Pool truly had such effects, he should have at least heard some rumors about it.

Unless the openings of the Biyue Pool hadn't continued for long. Perhaps this current opening would be its last, which was why his future self from decades later had been completely ignorant of it.

After all, during his second simulation, he hadn't specifically looked into this sort of information. Coupled with how busy he had been attempting to reach Foundation Establishment, it wasn't strange that he wouldn't know about an event that had occurred decades prior.

The next time the Biyue Pool opens is in two years... I could try to fight for it in a simulation...

Zhou Qing stroked his chin, a decision forming in his mind.

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