Chapter 82: Energy Value is critical, reality takes action
Looking at the end prompt from the simulator, Jiang Yifeng was a bit stunned.
He had originally thought that this simulation would last much longer!
After all, he had joined the Immortal Arrival Sect and managed to avoid the most dangerous Heavenly Thunder.
But this ended way too abruptly!
However, this simulation had indeed brought many new questions to Jiang Yifeng.
But right now, he wasn't thinking about those.
Instead, he focused on the simulation rewards.
This time, the rewards were indeed quite good.
However, the eighth-grade Formation Master could be eliminated first.
Jiang Yifeng already possessed the theoretical knowledge of an eighth-grade Formation Master.
The only reason he couldn't set up an eighth-grade formation was due to insufficient spiritual energy.
As long as his cultivation improved, he believed he could immediately become an eighth-grade Formation Master in reality.
As for the last reward, the Immortal Arrival Sect jade talisman.
Seeing this reward, Jiang Yifeng just let out a cold laugh.
This simulator really didn't leave any loopholes!
A mere decoration, naturally, he didn't need it.
In the end, it came down to Absolute Rationality (Talent), Divine Dao Cultivation, and Immortal Dao inheritance.
Among these three, Divine Dao Cultivation was a must for Jiang Yifeng.
After all, strength was the foundation of everything, and this simulation had significantly boosted his strength.
Next was the choice between Immortal Dao inheritance and Absolute Rationality (Talent).
In fact, Jiang Yifeng was more inclined to exchange for the Absolute Rationality talent.
As for the Immortal Dao inheritance, he could get it in the next simulation!
Moreover, he thought he might be able to obtain it through a deep simulation.
Judging by this simulation, the Immortal Dao inheritance seemed to be a kind of memory, and there was a high probability of obtaining it through a deep simulation.
This could also save a lot of energy value.
As for why there was no deep simulation this time, Jiang Yifeng thought it was probably because his simulated self hadn't confirmed what the inheritance was, so it didn't do it.
Therefore, choosing Absolute Rationality was the most cost-effective option.
However, Jiang Yifeng was a bit worried about its side effects.
The side effects were too cold and ruthless, and he couldn't accept that.
Although the simulator had a talent pool.
But that required putting his own talents into the talent pool.
This meant Absolute Rationality would still appear on him for a while.
Jiang Yifeng was worried that after exchanging, he might be immediately affected by Absolute Rationality and not put the talent into the pool. What would he do then?
Perhaps sensing Jiang Yifeng's concern, the simulator's electronic voice timely sounded.
[Ding, reminding the host, you can directly put the exchanged talent into the talent pool by paying an additional 1 billion energy value.]
"WTF, taking advantage of the situation!"
Hearing the simulator's electronic voice, Jiang Yifeng couldn't help but curse.
He suddenly felt that this simulator was really money-hungry.
But despite the cursing, since the simulator could directly put the talent into the talent pool, it indeed solved Jiang Yifeng's dilemma.
So Jiang Yifeng no longer hesitated.
He made his choice for the simulation reward and softly muttered.
"Simulator, exchange Absolute Rationality (Talent) and put it into the talent pool."
[Ding, Absolute Rationality (Talent) has been placed into the talent pool, deducting 1 billion 100 million energy value, remaining energy value 8 billion…]
After exchanging Absolute Rationality into the talent pool, Jiang Yifeng didn't immediately make a second choice.
Because the Divine Dao Cultivation he intended to exchange for, although much cheaper than the Immortal Dao inheritance, still required 10 billion energy value.
And he currently only had over 8 billion energy value left, which wasn't enough.
Fortunately, the simulator didn't require immediate exchange; he could do it anytime before the next simulation.
Jiang Yifeng still had a few days to gather the energy value.
So, he immediately went to find the butler, Jiang Dafu, hoping to gather a large amount of gold, silver, jewels, and tens of thousands of tons of ore within seven days.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yifeng was disappointed.
Butler Jiang Dafu didn't directly agree to his request.
Instead, he informed Jiang Yifeng that most of the nearby mined ores had already been purchased earlier.
They were still being urgently mined, and there wasn't much stock left.
As for gold, silver, and jewels, it was similar; they had already been mostly purchased from the surrounding cities under Jiang Yifeng's orders.
Others didn't have much surplus either.
In the end, Jiang Yifeng didn't make things difficult for the butler and returned to his courtyard in low spirits.
He knew he had indeed consumed a lot recently; he also understood the butler's difficulties. There was no point in forcing it if there was no stock in the market.
Back in his room, Jiang Yifeng lay on his soft bed, muttering to himself.
"What should I do?"
"Should I take the risk to get energy value myself?"
Actually, Jiang Yifeng understood that if he was willing to take a slight risk of exposing his identity as a cultivator, energy value wouldn't be a problem for him.
After all, the simulator wasn't picky.
For example, even the mountains, flowers, and trees outside could be exchanged for energy value, although the amount was low.
But if the quantity was large, it would still be a considerable amount of energy value.
Jiang Yifeng was just worried that causing too much commotion might expose him to the Immortal Arrival Sect's Immortal Slaves.
Suddenly, Jiang Yifeng sat up from the bed and shouted.
"Damn it, just do it! What's there to fear from mere Immortal Slaves!"
He would never admit that he was out of options and forced to decide to gather energy himself.
Ready to act?
No, Jiang Yifeng thought that although he wasn't afraid of Immortal Slaves, he still needed to prepare.
For example, the Child of Fortune talent?
Better put it into the talent pool first; otherwise, it would surely bring a lot of trouble.
After that, Jiang Yifeng spent several days carving something on jade stones.
On the fourth day, he looked at the dozens of Teleportation Jade Plates in his hand, satisfied.
Indeed, with Jiang Yifeng's current level as a Formation Master, he could already carve Teleportation Jade Plates himself.
He just hadn't done it in reality before.
Although the Teleportation Jade Plates could only teleport a thousand miles, it was still faster than his current flying speed, and being random teleportation, it was harder for others to track his location.
Since he was going to cause some commotion in reality, he thought it was better to prepare more Teleportation Jade Plates for safety.
After finishing the Teleportation Jade Plates, Jiang Yifeng sneaked out of Green Hills City that night.
Three days later, two thousand kilometers away from Green Hills City, Bright Moon City was in an uproar.
The residents there all suspected they were dreaming. The city had been surrounded by mountains, so why was it now a flat plain?
The Immortal Slaves stationed in Bright Moon City by the Immortal Arrival Sect immediately reported the matter to their superiors.
As for Jiang Yifeng?
He had already returned to the Jiang Family Mansion.
Three days ago, after leaving Green Hills City, Jiang Yifeng headed towards Bright Moon City.
During his preparations, he had learned that Bright Moon City had the most mountains, and they were uninhabited, with some abandoned mines.
It was simply the best place for him to gather energy value.
Chapter 83: Simulator upgrade 5.0, Jiang Yifeng exclaimed about the dark secrets
Converting the mountains into energy values went much smoother than Jiang Yifeng had imagined.
The simulator converted all the mountains, flowers, and plants outside Bright Moon City into energy values without causing any commotion, as if they had vanished into thin air!
No one noticed, making the teleportation jade plates Jiang Yifeng had prepared completely unnecessary.
Jiang Yifeng didn't mind; the less they were needed, the better—it meant he was not in danger.
No commotion, no discovery—this was exactly what he wanted!
This operation also boosted Jiang Yifeng's confidence.
He felt that it would be hard to run out of energy values in the future, as long as using the simulator to convert them didn't cause much noise.
Occasionally using his cultivation to travel, as long as he wasn't too unlucky, the risk was quite low.
At this moment, Jiang Yifeng's energy value had reached an all-time high of over 120 billion!
In fact, just a few mountains wouldn't be worth that much energy value.
But Jiang Yifeng was lucky; in those mountains outside Bright Moon City, there were still many remnants in the abandoned mines.
This was how his energy value reached over 120 billion.
In his room, Jiang Yifeng immediately chose to redeem the simulation rewards he hadn't claimed last time!
"Redeem Divine Dao Cultivation!"
[Ding, Divine Dao Cultivation redeemed successfully, 10 billion energy values deducted, remaining energy value 119 billion…]
A few seconds later, Jiang Yifeng clearly felt his cultivation improve.
Just as he was immersed in the joy of his cultivation breakthrough, the simulator's electronic voice sounded again.
[Ding, detected that the host has met the conditions for upgrading the simulator. Would the host like to spend 100 billion energy values to complete the upgrade?]
"…"
Hearing that it would cost 100 billion energy values to upgrade, Jiang Yifeng's face turned dark.
He had just risked exposure to earn these energy values, and now the simulator was eyeing them again.
Annoyed as he was, the simulator still needed to be upgraded.
Jiang Yifeng knew that every upgrade of the simulator would bring significant improvements.
"Upgrade the simulator!"
[Ding, simulator upgraded to version 5.0, 100 billion energy values deducted, remaining energy value 19 billion…]
[Setting Modification 1: Energy values will be converted to higher-level origin values, with the original energy values converted at a ratio of 10,000 to 1!]
[Setting Modification 2: The host will receive an additional random one-time talent or ability at the start of each simulation; note: it cannot be redeemed at the end of the simulation.]
[Setting Modification 3: The origin values required to redeem rewards after the simulation will be significantly reduced.]
[Note: Origin values cannot be exchanged for ordinary mundane items; (please host, stop harming flowers and plants).]
[Note: Detected remaining energy value of 119 billion, converted to 1.19 million origin values.]
Seeing the setting modifications after the simulator upgrade, Jiang Yifeng couldn't help but shout, "This is a scam!"
Jiang Yifeng felt he had been tricked by the simulator.
Was this really an upgrade?
He suspected the simulator was suppressing him.
He had just tried converting large quantities of mountains into energy values, and now, after the upgrade, it was no longer possible.
Wasn't this a disguised downgrade?
"Simulator, come out and give me an explanation."
Jiang Yifeng questioned the simulator.
[Ding: The host has passed the novice period, and the simulator has retracted the novice benefits, which is very reasonable; please host, stop shouting!]
Afterwards, Jiang Yifeng raised multiple objections.
Unfortunately, it was useless; the simulator refused to respond.
In the end, Jiang Yifeng could only accept it.
He could only hope that the one-time talent or ability from this upgrade would be powerful.
If not, this simulator upgrade would be a huge loss.
"Sigh!"
Jiang Yifeng sighed and stopped dwelling on the issues brought by the simulator upgrade.
The event had already happened, and he was powerless to change it!
At this moment, there was still some time before the simulation count refreshed.
Jiang Yifeng began to think about what to do in the simulation.
He felt that improving his strength was a constant goal, something he must do in every simulation.
But besides that, Jiang Yifeng thought he should also use the simulations to uncover the mysteries that had been piling up in his heart.
After nearly half a year of simulations, Jiang Yifeng had accumulated a lot of questions.
What secrets did his father have that allowed him to cultivate so quickly?
The Immortal Arrival Sect, established nearly a million years ago, was Shen Wuyou really the strongest with a Tribulation Crossing of the fifth level? Or were there stronger individuals hidden?
The fierce beasts guarding the sealing formation, from previous simulations, it seemed the White Tiger and Mystic Turtle were not there voluntarily. Were the Demonic Dragon and Demonic Phoenix there willingly?
Was there any connection between these fierce beasts?
And who was the giant hand that covered the sky when his father ascended to immortality? The Mystic Turtle said the sealed land was a layout by various powerful beings from the Immortal Realm, and they wouldn't act personally.
Why did the giant hand suddenly appear? Was it because his father ascended to immortality and broke the balance?
Or would anyone in the Southern Regions who ascended to immortality break this balance?
Was it targeting everyone in the Southern Regions, or just his father?
And since ascending to immortality would be attacked by the giant hand, did the predecessors Mo Jingtian and Lu Wuya from hundreds of thousands of years ago really escape?
Or had they already fallen?
…
Several questions swirled in Jiang Yifeng's mind, waiting for him to unravel them one by one.
[Ding: Simulation count refreshed!]
Jiang Yifeng stopped his thoughts.
He didn't hesitate and silently commanded.
"Start simulation!"
[Simulation count consumed: 1, remaining count: 0]
[Drawing purple talent consumes 100 origin values, drawing orange talent with a chance consumes 1000 origin values, please choose!]
"Choose to draw orange talent with a chance."
[Ding, 1000 origin values deducted, talent randomly drawing, remaining 1.19 million origin values…]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the orange talent: Late Bloomer.]
[Late Bloomer]: The older you get, the faster your cultivation speed. (Note: Starting from age 100, your cultivation speed doubles every 10 years, up to a maximum of 10 times.)
[Ding, obtained one-time talent: Wicked Navigation.]
[Wicked Navigation]: It will lead you to the most dangerous places! (Note: Passive talent, no need for active use, hence no one-time use limit, but cannot be redeemed.)
[Prompt: Would you like to carry one of the talents from the talent pool?]
Jiang Yifeng looked at the talents he had obtained.
He felt they were quite good.
Late Bloomer was clearly an excellent cultivation talent, though it started from age 100.
He was only 20 years old now, so it would be the 80th year of the simulation before it took effect.
With this in mind, he would still need to join the Immortal Arrival Sect in this simulation.
As for Wicked Navigation, it was actually not bad. Although it led to the most dangerous places, as long as he didn't follow its route, he could avoid the most dangerous paths.
Since this simulation required joining the Immortal Arrival Sect again, Jiang Yifeng didn't hesitate and chose to retrieve Absolute Rationality (Talent) from the talent pool.
[Ding: The host has obtained Absolute Rationality (Talent) from the talent pool.]
After completing everything, Jiang Yifeng looked at the simulator.
[The 23rd simulation begins!]