I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[Over the years, your family sent a letter every few months to report that they were safe and sound.]

[You occasionally wrote back as well.]

[Most of the letter you just received was filled with ordinary family chatter. Only at the very end did it mention that Zhou Wen's grandson, Zhou Hai, had been tested and found to possess a Mid-Grade Spirit Root.]

[Zhou Wen was your eldest brother. Your second brother was Zhou Wu.]

[Before leaving, you left behind a set of cultivation methods for the Zhou Family, along with a way to test for spirit roots.]

["A Mid-Grade Spirit Root!"]

[You fell into thought. The Zhou Family bloodline did carry an inherited talent for spirit roots—your own existence proved as much.]

["Zhou Hai..."]

[You had some impression of this name. He was your eldest brother Zhou Wen's favorite young grandson, frequently mentioned in their letters over the past few years.]

[As the first cultivator in the Zhou Family, you certainly had more experience than anyone else in the clan.]

[To this day, the Zhou Family remained unaware of your true circumstances. They had no idea that you were already a Foundation Establishment cultivator, a Guest Elder of the Alchemy Hall, and the president of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce...]

[In your past letters to the Zhou Family, you had only mentioned things like the cruel and competitive nature of the cultivation world.]

[You did this to protect the Zhou Family.]

[After all, in the simulation, you would undoubtedly prioritize yourself. You wouldn't overprotect the Zhou Family, nor would you leave them too much of an inheritance.]

[In your twilight years, you would definitely sell off all your treasures and resources in exchange for rare items to aid your breakthrough. At the very least, you would acquire various skill inheritances and cultivation methods to pass on to your main body.]

[You pondered for a while before writing a reply to the Zhou Family.]

[This time, the recipient of your letter was Zhou Hai, your eldest brother Zhou Wen's grandson.]

[You asked him if he was truly willing to embark on the path of cultivation.]

[A cultivator with a Mid-Grade Spirit Root had only a slim hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm.]

[In other words, ninety-five percent of cultivators with a Mid-Grade Spirit Root would ultimately stop short of Foundation Establishment, lingering in the Qi Refining Realm for their entire lives.]

[And compared to Mortals, Qi Refining cultivators did not enjoy much of an extension to their lifespans.]

[The cultivation world was ruthlessly competitive. Low-level Qi Refining cultivators were treated like mere fodder, liable to die at any moment.]

[From a certain perspective, a Qi Refining cultivator didn't necessarily live a better life than a Mortal.]

[This was also why many early and mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators returned to the mortal world to enjoy their lives.]

[If Zhou Wen's grandson, Zhou Hai, lacked a firm heart for seeking the Dao, you would advise him against entering the cultivation world.]

[Rather than bitterly cultivating for most of his life only to die before Foundation Establishment, it would be far more comfortable to live freely in the mortal world for decades.]

[Of course, if Zhou Hai's heart for the Dao was resolute, you wouldn't mind lending a helping hand.]

[You could secretly arrange a position for him in the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.]

[The Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce was a faction you had founded yourself, and you also planned to bundle it up and sell it off to cash out in your twilight years.]

[However, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, you could live for over two hundred years. If Zhou Hai failed to reach Foundation Establishment, he would likely die long before you reached old age.]

[If he could step into Foundation Establishment, he would have the capital to establish himself in the cultivation world even without the chamber's protection.]

[Arranging a position for Zhou Hai in the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce was merely a matter of convenience for you.]

...

[After sending the letter out, you stroked your chin.]

["Dachun... is still not dead..."]

[You brought out the drop of essence blood that Dachun had left behind. After casting a spell to sense it for a moment, a strange look crossed your face.]

[Thirty-four years ago, Dachun had disappeared into the depths of Youshan. You had ventured there multiple times, concluding that Dachun must have encountered a stroke of serendipity.]

[Since then, you would use the essence blood to determine Dachun's condition every few years.]

[Even today, thirty-four years later, Dachun was still alive.]

[You were well aware of Dachun's personality. If he had regained his freedom, he definitely would have returned to the Zhou Family to deliver a message.]

[The fact that he remained nowhere to be seen could only mean that he was still trapped.]

["I wonder how Dachun's cultivation of the Shanhai Body Tempering Art has progressed after all these years..."]

[You were quite curious. The Shanhai Sect's Shanhai Body Tempering Art leaned toward the lineage of ancient body cultivators, providing comprehensive tempering of the physical body.]

[It was extremely difficult to cultivate.]

[Once one reached the level of Foundation Establishment, every breakthrough required facing the trial of a heavenly tribulation.]

[This was also the root cause of the decline of the ancient body cultivator lineage.]

[In the Qi Refining system, one would only face a heart demon tribulation when breaking through from Core Formation to Nascent Soul.]

[However, ancient body cultivators had to face the trials of heavenly tribulations starting from Foundation Establishment. The leap from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation, in particular... the vast majority of ancient body cultivators died trying to cross it.]

[In the current cultivation world, pure ancient body cultivators were exceedingly rare. The vast majority were like you, cultivating both body and qi concurrently.]

["My Shanhai Body Tempering Art... should be on the verge of stepping into the fourth layer..."]

[You examined yourself.]

[The first to third layers of the Shanhai Body Tempering Art corresponded to the early, mid, and late stages of Qi Refining.]

[The fourth layer, on the other hand, was on par with a Foundation Establishment cultivator.]

[At the fourth layer of the art, one's physical body alone would be enough to rival an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.]

[In this simulation, your starting point had been the third layer of the Shanhai Body Tempering Art.]

[Now, forty or fifty years had passed, and you were still stuck at the third layer.]

[One could only imagine the immense difficulty of cultivating the ancient body cultivator lineage.]

...

[Half a month later, you stood in the courtyard, carefully observing the Dark Magic Eagle.]

[At this moment, the Dark Magic Eagle spread its wings, boasting a wingspan of over a zhang. Its pitch-black feathers faintly absorbed the light from all directions.]

[While the Black Wind Eagle was a wind-attribute demonic beast, the Dark Magic Eagle possessed both darkness and wind attributes.]

[Darkness-attribute demonic beasts were most adept at hiding, and the Dark Magic Eagle was especially so. A fully matured Dark Magic Eagle could not only distort the surrounding light but even distort divine sense.]

["Peak of the First-Rank High-Grade. It will step into Tier Two in just a few years..."]

[You pondered inwardly.]

[You planned to continue raising it for another sixty years before selling the Dark Magic Eagle.]

[In sixty years, given its growth rate, the Dark Magic Eagle would reach Tier Two High-Grade, rivaling a Foundation Establishment Late Stage grand cultivator.]

[By then, it would be at its absolute peak.]

[With an Earth-grade bloodline and Tier Two High-Grade strength, its value would also be at its highest.]

["Xiao Hei, whether your master can reach Core Formation all depends on you..." you thought to yourself as you looked at the Dark Magic Eagle.]

[If a Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator wanted to attempt the breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm and guarantee a higher success rate, they naturally needed the aid of Core Formation Spiritual Items.]

[However, most Core Formation Spiritual Items on the market today couldn't be bought with spirit stones; they were entirely acquired through bartering.]

[For instance, over a decade ago, you had used a precious physique like Ye Feng's to exchange for a primary Core Formation spiritual herb.]

[Now, your expectations for the Dark Magic Eagle were the same.]

[You hoped to use a peak-state Earth-grade bloodline demonic beast to exchange for a Core Formation Spiritual Item.]

["Master..."]

[Right at that moment, the maidservant Chunhua walked in. "The cultivators from Beast Taming Mountain wish to pay you a visit..."]

["Beast Taming Mountain?"]

[You shifted your gaze away from the Dark Magic Eagle, your heart stirring slightly.]

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