I Have a Cultivation Simulator

[A few days later, you left Biyue Immortal City under the pretext of purchasing spiritual materials.]

[Over the past twenty years, you frequently traveled to other immortal cities to buy necessary supplies.]

[Biyue Immortal City was merely the largest gathering place for rogue cultivators in the Taiyuan Region. There were many other immortal cities equal in scale.]

[By the time you returned to Biyue Immortal City, you had completely changed your appearance.]

[Taking out your cave dwelling token, you smoothly entered the cave where the Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng was stored.]

[You retrieved the Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng without incident and left the cave.]

[Half a month later, you returned to Biyue Immortal City, resuming your identity as Alchemist Wang Lin.]

[Sitting cross-legged on the second floor of the alchemy pavilion, you took out the Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng and examined it carefully.]

[This Core Formation Spiritual Item exuded a breathtakingly icy aura.]

[You sighed softly. The Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng was a third-tier high-grade item, making it one of the highest-quality treasures you had encountered in this simulation.]

["I wonder how Ye Feng is doing. Is he even still alive?"]

[You put away the Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng as your thoughts turned to Ye Feng.]

[During your transaction, you had left yourself a contingency plan by secretly securing a drop of Ye Feng's essence blood.]

[With that drop of essence blood, you could determine his approximate location and whether he was dead or alive.]

[You had no intention of doing so at the moment, however, worried he might notice and trace it back to you.]

[You didn't even carry that drop of essence blood on your person; instead, you had hidden it in a secure location.]

[If Ye Feng had been possessed by a Core Formation Master, any spell you cast using that essence blood would be immediately detected.]

[The methods of a Core Formation Master were vast and unpredictable. You had only kept the essence blood as a precaution in case there was a problem with the Nine-Turn Cold Spirit Ginseng.]

[Now that the ginseng was safely in your hands, you naturally wouldn't risk using that essence blood just to satisfy your curiosity.]

[Whether Ye Feng lived or died no longer had anything to do with you.]

...

[Year 55. You were 71 years old.]

[Ruan Ci of Beast Taming Mountain arrived at your door with over a dozen female eagles, intending to have them breed with the Dark Magic Eagle.]

[In the courtyard, Ruan Ci's beautiful eyes gleamed as she looked at the giant black eagle, whose size and aura had drastically changed.]

[This was her first time bringing her eagles for breeding since the Dark Magic Eagle advanced to Tier Two.]

["A Tier Two Dark Magic Eagle... It seems Alchemist Wang's spiritual pet possesses a remarkably dense bloodline..."]

[Ruan Ci spoke softly, though this time she didn't reach out to stroke the Dark Magic Eagle.]

[Having advanced to Tier Two, the Dark Magic Eagle's size had exploded. Even if she reached out, she wouldn't be able to reach much of it.]

["Just good luck," you said with a smile.]

["In that case, Alchemist Wang, shall we begin?" Ruan Ci asked.]

["You must be joking, Fellow Daoist Ruan... The price for breeding when Xiao Hei was at the first tier is naturally different from his price now at Tier Two."]

[You looked at Ruan Ci with a faint, knowing smile.]

[The implication was clear: you were raising the price.]

[It was a perfectly reasonable demand. How could breeding with a first-tier spiritual pet cost the same as a Tier Two one?]

["Alchemist Wang is truly a shrewd businessman..." Ruan Ci sighed before suddenly adding, "I wonder if you could lower your requirements a bit. If you weren't asking for a Core Formation Spiritual Item, my Beast Taming Mountain would gladly buy this spiritual pet..."]

["Xiao Hei and I have been together for decades. He is like family to me," you said, shaking your head slightly. "I won't sell him for anything less than a Core Formation Spiritual Item."]

["..." Ruan Ci was left rather speechless, but she didn't press the matter.]

[Beast Taming Mountain already bred demonic beasts with earth-grade bloodlines. Their desire for the Dark Magic Eagle wasn't desperate enough to warrant trading a Core Formation Spiritual Item for it.]

[The two of you renegotiated the price, and then the breeding began.]

...

[Year 55. You were 72 years old.]

[The immortal city's mid-sized auction, which you had been waiting for, finally took place.]

[You naturally entered the venue early and waited for the auction to begin.]

[On the elevated stage, the auction was hosted by an aloof Foundation Establishment female cultivator.]

["Fellow Daoists, the first item up for auction is a Foundation Establishment Pill."]

["I don't need to elaborate on the uses of a Foundation Establishment Pill. The bidding begins now..."]

[The appearance of the Foundation Establishment Pill ignited the atmosphere in the venue as cultivators began calling out their bids one after another.]

[You, however, remained entirely unfazed, as the pill being auctioned was one you had submitted.]

[Several years ago, Alchemist Zhao Kan had successfully refined two batches of Foundation Establishment Pills. Because you had supplied the main materials and auxiliary herbs, all seven pills from those two batches had ended up in your hands.]

[Over the past few years, you had been gradually selling off these seven Foundation Establishment Pills through various auctions.]

[Soon, the auction entered its second half.]

["This next item is exceedingly unique. It is a divine soul mystic treasure capable of stabilizing our souls... The bidding starts now!"]

["The starting price is 10,000 spirit stones!"]

[As soon as the aloof Foundation Establishment female cultivator finished speaking, another Foundation Establishment cultivator called out, "11,000 spirit stones!"]

[Your main objective in attending this auction was precisely to acquire this divine soul mystic treasure.]

[However, you didn't place a bid immediately. Instead, you waited quietly.]

[As time passed, the price of the mystic treasure reached 18,000 spirit stones.]

[Fewer and fewer Foundation Establishment cultivators were bidding.]

[To a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the effects of a divine soul mystic treasure weren't actually that significant.]

[The only reason it could fetch ten or twenty thousand spirit stones was because such treasures were exceedingly rare.]

["20,000 spirit stones," you suddenly called out, instantly raising the bid by 2,000.]

[The other two bidding Foundation Establishment cultivators hesitated for a moment before deciding not to follow up.]

['I got it!']

[Your heart finally settled.]

[Having acquired the divine soul mystic treasure you wanted, you initially thought about leaving.]

[However, the very next item up for auction caught your attention.]

["A divination inheritance..."]

[A strange look crossed your face.]

[Divination was also one of the hundred arts of cultivation.]

[However, it was an incredibly obscure art. The path of divination was far too difficult to enter; even the famously complex and esoteric art of formations couldn't compare to it.]

[Furthermore, delving into the secrets of heaven through divination tended to shorten one's lifespan.]

[As a result, there were fewer and fewer cultivators who mastered this type of inheritance.]

[After some thought, you bid 3,000 spirit stones and bought the inheritance.]

[To you, various skill inheritances, cultivation techniques, and secret arts held far more value than physical treasures.]

[After all, you could memorize them, pass them back to your main body, and use them in all your future simulations.]

[Even if they weren't useful in this simulation, there might come a day when you would need them. In any case, it all served to deepen your foundation, and you could never have too much of that.]

...

[Before sunset, you returned to the alchemy pavilion.]

[You took out the divine soul mystic treasure you had just won. It was a stunningly beautiful purple pendant.]

[You observed the treasure for a moment before immediately beginning to refine it.]

[Refining a divine soul mystic treasure didn't require much active effort; it only needed to be nurtured with your divine sense.]

[While doing so, you decided to refine some pills on the side.]

[As the Pill Furnace spun and the earth fire roared, countless concepts of the alchemy Dao began to clash and intertwine within your mind.]

[Subconsciously, you began refining Tier Two Mid-Grade pills.]

[An unknown amount of time passed before the Pill Furnace ground to a halt, producing three perfectly round Tier Two Mid-Grade pills.]

[A rich medicinal fragrance filled the air.]

['I actually succeeded?']

[You froze for a moment, then realized you had just entered a kind of epiphany.]

[Through this epiphany, your alchemy skills broke through to Tier Two Mid-Grade in one fell swoop.]

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