I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[In a transaction involving a Core Formation Spiritual Item—especially one capable of serving as the main ingredient for a Crystal Condensation Pill—extreme caution was naturally required.]

[Even with a black market guarantee, absolute safety was impossible. Whether the black market itself was truly reliable remained to be seen.]

[After your inspection, the medicinal properties of that Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng were indeed perfectly fine.]

[However, no one could guarantee whether some tracking method had been left on it.]

[That was exactly why you specifically rented a cave dwelling just to store this main Core Formation ingredient.]

[This way, even if there really was a tracking method, the person behind the scenes could only confirm that the Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng was in some cave dwelling within Biyue Immortal City.]

[Biyue Immortal City was enveloped by a third-tier grand formation. Every inn and cave dwelling was under its protection; not even an expert as powerful as a Master could sneak in silently.]

[To enter a specific cave dwelling, only the corresponding token was recognized.]

[You planned to leave the Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng there for eight or ten years first.]

[Any tracking art had a "time limit."]

[As for why you placed it in a rented cave dwelling instead of your own pill pavilion, it was naturally to hide your identity.]

[Afterward, you traveled in and out of the immortal city a few more times. Only after several days did you return to the pill pavilion under the identity of Alchemist Wang Lin.]

["Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng..."]

[You glanced at the cave dwelling district in the distance. The cave dwelling you chose to store the ginseng wasn't far from the pill pavilion, allowing you to observe its situation at any time.]

["I've finally obtained a Core Formation Spiritual Item..."]

[You sighed with emotion. Even with connections, many high-end resources couldn't be bought with just spirit stones; they required bartering.]

[...]

[The thirty-fourth year. At fifty years old, you attempted to draw a Second-Tier Talisman.]

[Although it ultimately failed, you felt that your talisman crafting skills were very close to Tier Two.]

[Two months later, Alchemist Zhao Kan came to visit, his expression brimming with excitement.]

["Brother Wang, I did it! I did it!" Alchemist Zhao Kan's tone was ecstatic, so much so that he was practically dancing with joy.]

["Oh? You did it? Did what?"]

[You already had a guess, but you deliberately asked with a confused tone.]

["Look."]

[Alchemist Zhao Kan slapped his Storage Bag, and seven round pills appeared before you.]

[A rich medicinal fragrance instantly filled the air.]

["Are these... Foundation Establishment Pills? Seven of them?"]

[You showed a timely trace of shock on your face.]

[This made Alchemist Zhao Kan feel extremely satisfied.]

["That's right, seven Foundation Establishment Pills. Two of them are authentic grade, while the rest are of standard quality."]

[Alchemist Zhao Kan immediately said, "Brother Wang, out of the four sets of main and auxiliary Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients you gave me, I successfully refined two batches..."]

["Congratulations, Brother Zhao," you immediately congratulated him.]

[Four sets of ingredients yielding two successful batches meant a fifty percent success rate. This was by no means low.]

[More importantly, with this experience, Alchemist Zhao Kan had essentially grasped the key to refining Foundation Establishment Pills. His status and position would see a significant rise from now on.]

["Between you and me, what is there to congratulate?"]

[Zhao Kan waved his hand. "If it weren't for the four sets of ingredients you provided, Brother Wang, when would I have ever managed to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill? God knows how long it would have taken."]

[Alchemist Zhao Kan spoke these words straight from the bottom of his heart.]

[It had always been easy to add flowers to brocade, but truly difficult to deliver charcoal in a snowstorm.]

[The more critical the moment, the more clearly you could see a person's true colors.]

[Back then, Zhao Kan had failed multiple times trying to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, yet not a single alchemist was willing to lend a helping hand.]

[Plenty had offered sarcastic remarks instead.]

[Only you had immediately provided four sets of ingredients without a second word.]

[Alchemist Zhao Kan naturally remembered this favor.]

[That was why he came to find you the very moment his refinement succeeded.]

["These seven Foundation Establishment Pills are yours, Brother Wang," Alchemist Zhao Kan said earnestly.]

["Alright." You didn't hesitate and directly accepted the seven Foundation Establishment Pills.]

[With this, the four sets of ingredients you had gifted Alchemist Zhao Kan several years ago yielded a rich return.]

[When cultivators sought Foundation Establishment Pills, they not only had to provide the main and auxiliary ingredients themselves but also pay an alchemy fee.]

[In addition, you sensed that your relationship with Alchemist Zhao Kan had grown a layer deeper.]

[In the future, if you ever needed Alchemist Zhao Kan's help with anything, he would not refuse unless it was truly impossible.]

[Simply put, Alchemist Zhao Kan owed you a massive favor.]

[...]

[The news of Alchemist Zhao Kan refining a Foundation Establishment Pill quickly spread through the Alchemy Hall.]

[To mark the occasion, Elder Wu of the Alchemy Hall specifically hosted a banquet to celebrate Alchemist Zhao Kan's success.]

[The majority of the alchemists from the Alchemy Hall attended the banquet.]

[Being able to refine Foundation Establishment Pills meant controlling a pathway for advancement from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.]

[Throughout the entire Alchemy Hall, only a handful of alchemists were capable of refining Foundation Establishment Pills.]

[You and Shen Lingxiu attended the banquet together.]

[Shen Lingxiu wasn't an alchemist of the Alchemy Hall; she attended under the guise of being a close friend to you and Alchemist Zhao Kan.]

["Alchemist Wang has rather good foresight." Shen Lingxiu looked at you with eyes as clear as spring water.]

[Back then, she had watched with her own eyes as you took out four sets of Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients for Alchemist Zhao Kan to practice with.]

[Originally, Shen Lingxiu only thought you were a reliable person willing to give for a friend. She had never expected Alchemist Zhao Kan to actually succeed in refining the Foundation Establishment Pills.]

[You smiled without a word.]

[After the banquet ended, you and Shen Lingxiu left together.]

["Xiuxiu!" An outstanding-looking male Foundation Establishment cultivator walked over, looked at Shen Lingxiu, and pleaded, "Come back with me."]

["Lin Yu, there is already nothing between us."]

[Shen Lingxiu's face immediately turned cold.]

["Lin Yu..." You also looked at the male Foundation Establishment cultivator.]

[Having been friends with Shen Lingxiu for many years, you naturally knew who this Lin Yu was.]

[Lin Yu's parents and Shen Lingxiu's parents used to be the best of friends.]

[The two families had even arranged a childhood betrothal, planning for Lin Yu and Shen Lingxiu to become Dao companions once they grew up.]

[However, an unexpected tragedy struck. During an exploration of a secret realm, Shen Lingxiu's parents went missing, never to return.]

[Faced with this situation, Lin Yu's parents hadn't helped Shen Lingxiu at all. Instead, they had used their status as close friends to embezzle the properties left behind by her parents.]

[As for Lin Yu, he didn't express any objections to this. On the contrary, he felt that Shen Lingxiu's status was no longer worthy of him, and he began pursuing other female cultivators.]

[What the Lin family hadn't expected was that Shen Lingxiu's parents had long prepared a way out for their daughter. Relying on the backup plan left by her parents, Shen Lingxiu not only smoothly reached Foundation Establishment but also became a Tier Two Formation Master and joined the immortal city's Formation Hall.]

[Over the following decades, Lin Yu's parents passed away one after another due to failed breakthroughs. Although Lin Yu barely managed to reach Foundation Establishment, he lacked any presentable craft. Combined with his poor management, the family's fortunes began to decline.]

[It was at this time that Lin Yu finally remembered Shen Lingxiu. She was a Guest Elder of the Formation Hall with a wide network of friends. If she were willing to help him with all her might, Lin Yu believed he could turn his situation around.]

[Thus, the scene of Lin Yu once again pursuing Shen Lingxiu played out...]

[Shen Lingxiu coldly flicked her sleeve and walked away, leaving behind a dejected Lin Yu.]

["Alchemist Wang..." Lin Yu sighed, walked up to you, and said in a low voice, "I hope you can help me keep an eye on Xiuxiu day-to-day. She and I are childhood sweethearts; sooner or later, she will change her mind."]

["If any other male cultivators approach Xiuxiu with ulterior motives, Alchemist Wang, you must tell me."]

[Lin Yu took out a few mid-grade spirit stones and handed them to you as compensation.]

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