I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[Half a month later, the auction commenced smoothly.]

[This medium-scale auction was held every three years in Biyue Immortal City. Aside from the precious Biyue Pool quotas, numerous treasures, pills, rare materials, and artifacts were also up for bid.]

[You and Alchemist Zhao Kan had agreed to attend together.]

[Buying a Biyue Pool quota was nothing shameful, so there was no need to hide your identity.]

[It was not uncommon in the cultivation world for cultivators with Mid-Grade Spirit Roots to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm.]

[Nearly all the auction participants were Foundation Establishment cultivators.]

[The few Qi Refining cultivators present had mostly been brought along by their elders to broaden their horizons.]

[The threshold for Biyue Immortal City's medium-scale auction was incredibly high. Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators had no way to gain entry, even if they wanted to.]

[Naturally, the auction items started at Tier Two. Even near the end of the first half, a Foundation Establishment Pill went up for bid.]

[The effect had been obvious.]

[Yet in the immortal city's medium-scale auction, a Foundation Establishment Pill merely appeared in the first half.]

[You didn't make a move during the first half. You wanted to save your spirit stones for the Biyue Pool quota later.]

[Alchemist Zhao Kan, on the other hand, bid several times and won the spiritual materials and treasures he wanted.]

[The auction soon moved into its second half, which proved far more heated than the first.]

[A myriad of precious resources emerged one after another.]

["Alright, up next are the quotas for the Biyue Pool. There are ten in total."]

["The starting price for each quota will be no lower than 10,000 spirit stones."]

["I am sure you fellow Daoists are well aware of the Biyue Pool's uses. Even if you do not need it yourselves, it would be an excellent purchase for a favored junior."]

[The moment the host cultivator on the high stage finished speaking, Foundation Establishment cultivators immediately began bidding.]

["12,000 spirit stones!"]

["14,000 spirit stones!"]

["18,000 spirit stones!"]

...

[The price of the first Biyue Pool quota quickly soared past 20,000 spirit stones.]

[You did not join the bidding. There were ten quotas in total for this auction.]

[The first one usually fetched the highest price, while the subsequent ones would be lower.]

[Soon, it was time to auction the seventh quota.]

[You tried bidding 16,000 spirit stones, but your offer was quickly drowned out by the other Foundation Establishment cultivators.]

[You sighed and did not continue bidding.]

[The price of the eighth quota also rapidly soared past 18,000 spirit stones.]

[You fell silent, not very optimistic about the remaining two.]

[Sure enough, the auction prices for the ninth and tenth quotas also rose sharply, exceeding your budget.]

["Forget it."]

[You had miscalculated just how popular the Biyue Pool quotas would be.]

[After news spread over the previous three auctions, even more cultivators had likely come specifically for the quotas.]

[Estimating the current prices based on past auctions was simply inaccurate.]

[You had already given up on the quotas from this auction.]

[You planned to set your sights on the next auction, or the next simulation.]

[Compared to other cultivators, you had far more opportunities. There was no absolute need to secure a Biyue Pool quota right now.]

[Just then, Alchemist Zhao Kan, who was sitting beside you, cast a surprised look your way and asked, "Alchemist Wang, are you interested in a Biyue Pool quota? Is it for your own use, or to give to someone else?"]

["I am indeed interested, and I want it for my own use. Unfortunately..."]

[You shook your head.]

["If it's for your own use, why not go through the Alchemy Hall's channels?"]

[Alchemist Zhao Kan seemed to realize something. "Ah, I forgot. You just joined the Alchemy Hall, Alchemist Wang, so you wouldn't be aware..."]

["Our Alchemy Hall receives five Biyue Pool quotas every ten years. Guest Elders can apply for them without spending any spirit stones."]

["Not many people know about this, and the Guest Elders aren't too interested either. The hall's quotas can only be used by the Guest Elders themselves; they cannot be gifted to others. Furthermore, there aren't many Guest Elders in the Alchemy Hall with Mid-Grade Spirit Roots. Those who could apply did so long ago..."]

[Alchemist Zhao Kan explained.]

[To become a Guest Elder of the Alchemy Hall, one first needed a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation base, and second, their alchemy skills had to reach Tier Two.]

[With a Mid-Grade Spirit Root, stepping into the Foundation Establishment Realm already required one's full effort. How could they juggle Tier Two alchemy skills on top of that?]

[Refining pills also took a massive amount of time and energy, which was why most of the Guest Elders in the Alchemy Hall possessed high-grade spirit roots.]

[The small fraction of Guest Elders with Mid-Grade Spirit Roots had already applied for their Biyue Pool quotas over the past few decades.]

[Most importantly, the Alchemy Hall's Biyue Pool quotas were strictly for the Guest Elders' personal use, whereas the auction quotas were highly sought after because they could be given to others.]

["Oh?"]

[You were slightly taken aback.]

[Joy immediately swelled within you.]

[You had originally intended to give up competing for a quota this time.]

[You never expected such a turn of events, where another avenue to obtain a Biyue Pool quota would present itself.]

["You should ask Elder Wu about this. He knows the details best."]

[Zhao Kan said.]

[The auction ended.]

[You immediately sought out Elder Wu.]

["You want to apply for a Biyue Pool quota?"]

[Elder Wu gave you a surprised look.]

[Applying for a Biyue Pool quota meant one's innate talent was only a Mid-Grade Spirit Root.]

[The Biyue Pool could only enhance a Mid-Grade Spirit Root at best.]

["Yes."]

[You nodded.]

[In truth, your talent was only a Low-Grade Spirit Root.]

[However, you naturally couldn't voice this fact. Alchemy Hall Guest Elders with Mid-Grade Spirit Roots were merely uncommon, but a Guest Elder with a Low-Grade Spirit Root had likely never appeared since the hall's establishment.]

[As for how a cultivator's spirit root aptitude was tested... the one being examined needed to completely drop all defenses, allowing the examiner's magical power to probe their body.]

[Dropping all defenses... for any cultivator, that was an extremely humiliating and dangerous act. Because of this, you weren't worried about Elder Wu checking your spirit root.]

[No Foundation Establishment cultivator would ever accept such an examination.]

["Alright, I understand."]

[Elder Wu didn't ask any further questions.]

[In the third year, at nineteen years old, you finally grasped the basics of the Dao of Formations amidst your cultivation and pill refinement, becoming a low-grade array master.]

[Within your dantian, you successfully condensed your seventeenth drop of liquid Mountain and Sea magical power, advancing your strength.]

[That same year, you received notice that your Biyue Pool application had been approved.]

[Under Elder Wu's guidance, you arrived before a palace hall in the core region of the immortal city.]

["Go on in."]

[Elder Wu looked at you with a smile as he spoke.]

[You entered the hall and arrived before a pool several dozen meters long.]

[Inside the pool, a thick, emerald-green liquid rippled, radiating dense vitality.]

[You removed your clothes and immersed yourself in the viscous liquid.]

[You could feel an extremely gentle power sinking into your body through your pores, slowly nourishing a certain foundation within your flesh.]

[Several days later, you opened your eyes and stepped out of the pool.]

[You felt that your sensitivity to the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth had sharply increased, and your efficiency in refining it had also grown.]

[Your spirit root aptitude had been enhanced, reaching the level of a Mid-Grade Spirit Root.]

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