One Trait Draw Per Year Even Simulations Count

[You still remember that the Great Demon once said he had the ability to directly open the heavens and enter the Real Realm, but every time, he was forced back by some mysterious power.]

[At first, he thought it was the Heavenly Tribulation, but later he determined that someone else was interfering with him.]

[Based on this, after entering the Real Realm, you didn't go around proclaiming yourself a transcendent from the Void Realm.]

[Now it seems your caution was justified.]

["Anyone who can enter the Real Realm from the Void Realm is no ordinary person. No wonder Fellow Chen, at such a young age and with a not-so-remarkable immortal root, has already knocked on the door of Core Formation.

Precisely because of this, people like you will inevitably become thorns in the eyes of certain Alien Races.

Now, I'm not saying all Alien Races are bad. Some don't care where you came from or how much potential you have.

But there are countless Alien Races out there. Even if just a tiny fraction of them still harbor prejudice against us, it's enough to leave you surrounded by danger.

So, remember this well..."]

[You, however, were quite baffled by humanity's situation in the Real Realm.]

["Why are the Alien Races so hostile towards us humans? With so many intelligent races out there, why do they all seem to automatically assume humans are the easiest to bully, and that we deserve to be bullied?"]

[Shen Yifeng shook his head.]

["I don't know. It's been this way since ancient times. The situation on Blazing Star is already considered good. I've heard that on some planets, humans are born as slaves to the Alien Races, living a life worse than a dog's. That's true suffering."]

[You smiled awkwardly.]

[What a coincidence. You happened to be from that kind of planet.]

[For a moment, you thought of Liu Ying and the others again.]

[The images of the Rebel Army's brave warriors' faces and voices were still vivid before your eyes.]

[Your Dao Heart grew even firmer.]

[Suppress humanity?]

[Bully humanity?]

[Wait until I trample over all of you, then we'll see who's oppressing who!]

[Time to cultivate!]

[Year forty-one, age sixty-five.]

[You devoted yourself to studying the method of pill condensation, training diligently in the Qi Refining Arts to refine your True Qi.]

[Year forty-two, age sixty-six.]

[Just as Shen Yifeng had said, you could feel a significant improvement in your pill condensation progress, but it was very time-consuming.]

[With over a thousand years of lifespan now, you weren't particularly anxious.]

[Still, breaking through sooner would be better.]

["Great Void Return Core Pill..."]

[Year forty-three, age sixty-seven.]

[You temporarily left the Firewood Sect for a while and came to Moxu Mountain.]

[You had heard that a second-grade alchemist was living in seclusion here and wanted to seek his advice.]

[Finding him wasn't difficult.]

[He was a dwarf, named Taige, living alone, tending to a herb garden covering half the hillside.]

[Occasionally, he would practice medicine in the surrounding area, so the locals knew him. It was easy to find him with a simple inquiry.]

[Dwarves look exactly like humans. The only difference is their extremely short stature. Under normal circumstances, the tallest dwarf doesn't even reach one meter in height.]

[Like other Alien Races, dwarves naturally look down on humans through a biased lens, even though they themselves look rather ridiculous.]

["A human? Hmph! Since when do humans know how to refine pills, and reach fourth-grade? What nonsense! Get lost! I don't want to see you!"]

[Taige was also at the Core Formation realm, and as an alchemist not skilled in combat, if you truly made a move, it would be a sure win.]

[But you had come to seek some alchemy knowledge, so you held back for now.]

[Taige was stubborn and completely ignored you.]

[After some thought, you remembered someone.]

["Chen Five, is All-Knowing still following?"]

[Through the clone local network, Chen Five, who was who knows how far away but definitely still on Blazing Star, replied.]

["Yep, still following. This guy's just touring around, so it's no trouble to tail him."]

["Show yourself. Ask him if he knows Taige and if he can put in a good word."]

[You recalled that when you first met All-Knowing, he had boasted about having a vast network of connections and many friends on Blazing Star.]

[Maybe it was worth a shot?]

[After a while.]

["He says he knows him. Says he and Taige are sworn brothers, blood brothers for life."]

["Great, great, great! Bring him here!"]

[A few months later.]

[On Moxu Mountain, the moment All-Knowing appeared, Taige picked up his alchemy furnace and hurled it at him.]

["You scoundrel! You dare come here again?! What did you steal this time?! Hand it over!"]

[All-Knowing was chased all over the mountain by Taige, fleeing in panic with his head in his hands, looking utterly miserable.]

["Master Taige! I didn't steal any of your spirit herbs this time! I don't even have a storage pouch anymore! If you don't believe me, search me!"]

[You were speechless at this green-skinned simpleton who was all brawn and no brains.]

[So he was just blowing hot air.]

[All-Knowing was caught by Taige.]

[Seeing that there was no hope of discussing alchemy with Taige, you had no choice but to leave.]

[Just as you were about to grab some spirit herbs from his garden to take with you, Taige suddenly came over and spoke.]

["Human, since you brought this thief to me, I'll give you a chance to prove yourself."]

[You quickly put down the herb you had halfway picked.]

["Please speak, Master Taige!"]

["Refine one Snow Maple Pill. If you do, I'll believe you're a fourth-grade alchemist. Then we can talk about exchange."]

["No problem!"]

["By the way, what were you doing?"]

["I saw that your spirit herbs here were lacking water, so I was going to water them."]

["Not bad. You have a decent eye, at least."]

[Taige's place was fully equipped, and all the materials were available.]

[Without much effort, you successfully refined the Snow Maple Pill he requested.]

["I didn't expect there to be a human on Blazing Star who actually understands alchemy, and with a not-so-shallow level of skill at that."]

[You and Taige had now made each other's acquaintance.]

[You two interacted as peers, without any formal master-disciple relationship.]

[Not that you would have minded; after all, the goal was to learn the barbarian's skills to control the barbarians!]

[But Taige had no interest in taking on disciples. He only said that exchanging insights would be enough. He was of a higher grade, but that didn't mean he couldn't learn anything from the exchange.]

[Poor All-Knowing was detained.]

[He was only at the Qi Transformation realm, so how could he possibly defeat Taige at the Core Formation realm?]

[As punishment, Taige ordered him to work as a gardener in the herb garden until he had cultivated ten new batches of all the spirit herbs he had stolen.]

["Master Taige! Have mercy on me! Ten batches?! It takes hundreds of years for your herbs to mature in a single batch!"]

[This time, you had completely screwed All-Knowing over.]

[But honestly, he had only himself to blame. Who told him to brag so shamelessly?]

[Year forty-four, age sixty-eight.]

[Your alchemy skills had already improved while you were on the Star Ship.]

[Now, after exchanging knowledge and learning from a second-grade alchemist, you naturally advanced to the third-grade level.]

[Afterward, you asked Taige where you could get the materials for the Great Void Return Core Pill, then left Moxu Mountain.]

[At that moment, All-Knowing was still weeding on the mountain.]

["Senior! Please, keep your eyes on me! Come and ransom me when you have time!"]

[Taige, standing behind him, jabbed him with a pestle.]

["Get back to work! Stop your yapping!"]

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