Chapter 126: Elder Dog's Diary, Who Writes Diaries Anyway? (Part 2)
"Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique?"
Su Xing was taken aback for a moment before realizing that this must be a cultivator's secret technique capable of calculating luck.
There's a saying in fortune-telling: Destiny, Luck, Feng Shui, Accumulated Virtues, Reading...
Could this Fortune-telling Technique truly calculate one's luck?
With this thought, Su Xing suddenly understood.
He finally grasped why Elder Dog always managed to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, escaping his ambushes multiple times.
This guy definitely sensed danger!
He even went as far as to hide in a remote mountain valley 100 kilometers outside the Advent Cult for several months. Such caution made even Su Xing feel inferior.
But this precisely proved that the Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique was truly effective!
Elder Dog had indeed relied on this secret technique to anticipate danger and escape from Su Xing's grasp in several simulations.
However, no matter how cautious a cultivator was, they still couldn't compare to Su Xing, who had a cheat. If Su Xing failed once, he'd try twice, and if twice failed, he'd try ten times!
With the ability to simulate, he finally managed to slay Elder Dog in the simulator.
"This Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique… seems like a perfect match for me?"
Su Xing muttered, stroking his chin. As the chosen one with the simulator, Su Xing needed stability and to avoid unnecessary risks.
The Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique aligned with this need perfectly. As long as Su Xing learned this secret technique, would he still fear any danger?
A faint smile appeared on Su Xing's lips, followed by a sigh:
"Although Elder Dog is an evil cultivator, I've truly learned quite a bit from him..."
"Cultivators strive against the heavens, seeking to attain immortality. They shouldn't be fixated on immediate gains... Only by being sufficiently steady (cautious) can one have the last laugh!"
Su Xing thought to himself. Compared to Elder Dog, he was still too young.
Thinking back, many of his previous actions had flaws. If someone with ill intentions discovered them, Su Xing might already be in danger.
For example, Su Xing's collaboration with Jin Congxue to establish the Tarot Chamber of Commerce, collecting equipment and items, and selling a large number of pills.
Although through simulations, Su Xing determined that Jin Congxue was trustworthy, the massive influx of these equipment and precious pills wasn't something that Su Xing, a mere Golden Core cultivator at the time, could protect.
"But it's different now... Divine Power Realm, comparable to the strength of a Martial Emperor, is indeed enough to protect a small Tarot Chamber of Commerce!"
Su Xing thought to himself.
"As for the matter of large-scale planting of spiritual rice, it can be delayed for a while. Firstly, I need to explore it in simulations and continuously find ways to maximize the cultivation of spiritual grains..."
"Secondly, my strength isn't strong enough yet. If the Advent Cult or even the foreign races discover clues about the spiritual grains, I'm afraid I'll face endless assassinations!"
Su Xing shuddered at the thought of the hundreds of assassinations he had encountered in the simulator.
He couldn't endure a life where he felt unsafe everywhere he went.
After careful consideration, Su Xing shifted his gaze back to the simulation panel.
[You excitedly picked up the Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique and started reading. As expected, this secret technique could indeed calculate luck and sense personal crises!]
[You skimmed through it and found that the content of the Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique wasn't complete. A small but crucial part, the latter part, had been erased when Elder Dog destroyed his storage bag earlier.]
[Thinking of this, rage surged within you. You used the Flame of Departure to scorch Elder Dog, causing him to scream in agony.]
[Afterwards, you searched the surroundings and gathered the remaining few damaged magical artifacts.]
[Having done all this, you used the Flame of Departure to threaten Elder Dog and spent several days finding the complete storage bag that he had thrown away earlier.]
[To your surprise, the seeds of the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng were actually in this storage bag. Besides the seeds, there were also a large number of diaries written by Elder Dog!]
Su Xing was stunned when he saw this, muttering:
"Damn, this Elder Dog really isn't a good guy... Who writes diaries anyway?"
"Hehe, but these diaries are amazing. If I can learn about the world of cultivation from them... This is precious information!"
With this thought, Su Xing's heart stirred. He silently said:
"Activate Immersive Simulation Mode, duration: two hours!"
[Ding, detected your use of Immersive Simulation Mode for 2 hours. Consuming 200,000 energy points, remaining energy: 25,931,234 points.]
The simulator's voice rang in Su Xing's ears.
Then, Su Xing's vision changed, and in the next second, he appeared in an unfamiliar environment.
It was a vast, endless mountain range, far beyond the borders of the Great Xia Realm.
Beside Su Xing stood a woman dressed in black, her face veiled. It was Luo Shuying.
There was also a strange black light in front of Su Xing. This was Elder Dog.
"Su Xing, we need to hurry... Killing this Protector took too long. I'm worried that if we delay, the Advent Cult will discover something amiss, and it won't be good if they chase after us!"
Luo Shuying frowned slightly and whispered to Su Xing.
Su Xing thought for a moment and said:
"Let's find a place to hide first. This place is not far from the Great Xia border, and it's located in the north. I'll notify Kyoto and have them send people over. With their help, we shouldn't be in any danger..."
Luo Shuying frowned slightly upon hearing this. Having been a traitor to the Advent Cult for decades, she inexplicably harbored some hostility towards the Great Xia authorities.
But when she looked at Su Xing beside her, Luo Shuying's frown gradually eased, and she said softly:
"Alright, I'll listen to you!"
Su Xing nodded slightly and quickly contacted Lu Yuanwu. After telling him his location, he found a cave with Luo Shuying and went inside.
Then, Su Xing excitedly began to sort out the gains from this interception of Elder Dog!
A small, blood-red flag with a faint traditional character for "Soul" on its surface, though the flag itself was damaged.
Su Xing channeled his spiritual energy and remotely explored the flag. Then, he shouted at Elder Dog's primordial spirit:
"Old dog, what's this thing for?"
Intimidated by the Flame of Departure in Su Xing's hand, Elder Dog could only mutter:
"This is the Soul-summoning Banner, a top-grade magical artifact. It can devour human souls, strengthen divine consciousness, and assist in cultivating the Black Fiend Hand technique..."
Su Xing raised his eyebrows upon hearing this. No wonder he sensed a lot of resentment from this flag. It must have devoured many human souls in Elder Dog's hands...
Su Xing asked again: "What is the Black Fiend Hand?"
Elder Dog hummed: "My left hand before cultivated the Black Fiend Hand technique. It can devour others' spiritual energy and transform it into evil energy. It's a minor divine ability..."
Su Xing immediately understood. This was the black energy that had caused him great trouble before. It could continuously devour spiritual energy, like a leech, and was indeed difficult to deal with!
Su Xing then took out the bone sword that Elder Dog had used before. It was Elder Dog's only intact magical artifact. He asked:
"What's the origin of this sword?"
Elder Dog paused for a moment and said:
"This is the Withered Bone Sword, a mid-grade treasure artifact..."
Su Xing raised his eyebrows and asked: "Withered Bone?"
Elder Dog chuckled and said: "It's made from human spines. By refining 1,296 spines, one can obtain this Withered Bone Sword..."
Su Xing gasped upon hearing this. The origin of this bone sword was so chilling...
Su Xing felt a chill inexplicably and threw the bone sword aside.
Then, Su Xing inquired about the function of each damaged magical artifact from Elder Dog.
From a half-purple pill to damaged talismans... and a half piece of spirit jade...
Unfortunately, these artifacts had all been destroyed by Elder Dog before. Even if they weren't completely damaged, Su Xing couldn't use them now.
What chilled Su Xing was that the origins of most of these artifacts were terrifying, and their effects were even more sinister.
As Su Xing had thought, this Elder Dog was truly an evil cultivator!
Su Xing then took out the secret manual that recorded the "Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique" and briefly skimmed through it.
The Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique was divided into two parts. The upper part could calculate the luck of a place, a country, or even a world, but it required supreme cultivation to support it. Su Xing estimated that with his current strength, cultivating the upper part was unlikely.
The lower part, on the other hand, calculated one's own luck. It could help one seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, providing a daily divination to predict one's safety and subtly enhance one's luck.
This secret technique was obviously much more normal, but it was very difficult to cultivate, often taking hundreds of years to master.
"It's a pity that the most crucial cultivation method of the lower part has been erased..."
Su Xing sighed and then asked Elder Dog:
"Recite the lower part's cultivation method to me!"
After hearing Su Xing's request, Elder Dog chuckled and said:
"Fellow Daoist, I'm not stupid either... This Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique is the most precious method I possess. If I tell you, will I still have a way to live?"
"Why don't you send me back to the Advent Cult? Once I reshape my physical body, I'll write down this secret technique for you word for word?"
Su Xing sneered after hearing Elder Dog's words. This old dog was quite delusional.
Did he think that with just his words, Su Xing would let him go?
Reshape his physical body and then write down the secret technique for Su Xing?
He was probably planning to bring the Advent Cult to kill Su Xing once he recovered!
Seeing that Su Xing remained unmoved, Elder Dog said:
"Fellow Daoist, we're all just seeking opportunities, it's enough to seek wealth... Why take a life? There aren't many cultivators in this world. It's fate that we've met!"
Su Xing remained silent upon hearing this, but suddenly asked:
"Oh? There aren't many cultivators? Have you met other cultivators?"
Elder Dog chuckled and said:
"Although since the Great Severance of Heaven and Earth, spiritual energy has dissipated, and cultivators have almost gone extinct... There are still a few old monsters... Scattered throughout various worlds..."
"Speaking of which, Fellow Daoist, which world do you come from?"
This Elder Dog, despite having only his primordial spirit left, with his life in Su Xing's hands, still acted as if he had nothing to fear, even making small talk with Su Xing.
Su Xing didn't answer, but suddenly asked:
"Other cultivators, like that Protector Dragon?"
Elder Dog was taken aback for a moment, then讪smiled:
"That old Dragon does have decent strength, and he guards the treasury. Let me tell you, there are many treasures in his treasury. You and this Shadow Protector could totally rob him..."
Su Xing interrupted halfway and finally said:
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
Elder Dog hurriedly said:
"Of course, it's the deal I mentioned to Fellow Daoist before. I swear by my Dao Primordial Spirit..."
Before Elder Dog could finish, Su Xing interrupted him directly.
"Since you have nothing else to say, then go to hell!"
With that said, Su Xing channeled the Flame of Departure in his hand and directly annihilated Elder Dog's primordial spirit.
Before his death, Elder Dog couldn't understand why Su Xing would kill him so decisively. Didn't Su Xing want the Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique?
He never imagined that Su Xing had plenty of opportunities to obtain this secret technique.
In this simulation, Elder Dog destroyed the secret technique, but in the future, when Su Xing's strength was sufficient, Elder Dog probably wouldn't even have the ability to destroy it.
Moreover, the secret technique recited by Elder Dog might not be accurate. If he played tricks within the secret technique, Su Xing would be in trouble.
Therefore, he might as well not have the secret technique and directly kill him. He could wait for future simulations to obtain the complete jade slip and then learn it.
"This time, the most important thing is the seeds of the Snow Valley Jade Ginseng!"
Su Xing's heart stirred. He took out another complete storage bag, and inside, a small bag of ice-blue seeds were the seeds of the Snow Valley Jade Ginseng!
Seeing that the seeds were intact, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as he obtained these seeds, Su Xing wouldn't be far from breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage!
"The Snow Bone Jade Ginseng has been found, and the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass is also being cultivated... The ingredients needed for the Nascent Soul Pill have been gathered. Next, as long as I refine it and successfully form a perfect Nascent Soul, I can break through to the Nascent Soul stage!"
Thinking of this, Su Xing's heart was filled with excitement!
Once he formed a perfect Nascent Soul and broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, Su Xing could be said to be one step closer to immortality!
"Besides the seeds of the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng, there are also many diaries of Elder Dog!"
Su Xing looked at the thick stack of diaries in the storage ring, which could probably reach a height of ten meters when piled up, and felt speechless.
"Damn, this old dog lived for a thousand years. Don't tell me he wrote diaries every day?"
Su Xing couldn't imagine that Elder Dog, a Nascent Soul cultivator, had such a hobby.
Su Xing casually flipped through a few diaries and was immediately shocked by Elder Dog's past deeds.
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2376, while farming, I encountered an old immortal and entered the immortal sect!"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2398, finally broke through to Foundation Establishment, immortality is in sight... Went to the neighboring mountain to find Fairy Flower and chatted for a long time."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2434, reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, went out to seek opportunities to break through to Golden Core. Before leaving, I looked for Fairy Flower and unexpectedly saw her having an affair with my second senior brother. Anger surged in my heart, so I poisoned them, stole their treasures, and betrayed the sect."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2436, on the run..."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2439, broke through to Golden Core, been chased for decades, are they really that persistent?"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2448, on the run..."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2513, formed a 6th-grade Golden Core, immortality is in sight!"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2673, on the run..."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2712, went into the city to buy wine and encountered a beautiful woman. My heart yearned for her, so I slaughtered her husband, killed her father, and enjoyed her for seven days."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2732, entered a remote city and accidentally obtained the Black Fiend Palm secret method. The heavens are helping me! So I slaughtered the entire city, condensed the top-grade magical artifact Soul-summoning Banner, and cultivated the Black Fiend Palm technique!"
Su Xing gasped upon seeing this.
"Damn, this Elder Dog really went all out... After being betrayed by Fairy Flower, he completely embarked on the path of darkness!"
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 127: Zong Paopao's Life, Spiritual Rice Experiment a Great Success!
"Slaughtering an entire city just to refine a treasure, this old dog is truly vicious..."
Su Xing cursed inwardly, feeling that killing Elder Dog directly was still too merciful.
He really should have used the Flame of Departure to torture him for seventy-seven forty-nine days before annihilating his primordial spirit.
Su Xing then took out Elder Dog's diary and continued reading.
However, there were too many of Elder Dog's diaries, and most of them recorded trivial matters. Su Xing's Immersive Simulation time was limited, so he could only skim through them, hoping to find useful information.
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2758, slaughtered a sect and accidentally obtained a Nascent Soul secret method, so I went into seclusion."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2769, finally formed a Nascent Soul!"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2778, being chased, on the run..."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2803, being chased, on the run..."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2930, reached Nascent Soul Great Perfection, so I sought the Nascent Soul Pill, wanting to form a top-grade Nascent Soul!"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2933, found an alchemy master who could refine the Nascent Soul Pill, killed him!"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2935, on the run..."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2940, broke through to Nascent Soul!"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 2963, returned to the sect, slaughtered everyone!"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 3338, reached Nascent Soul Great Perfection!"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 3339, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is becoming increasingly thin, and cultivators no longer have hope of immortality. So I took the Yellow Springs Pill and fell into a deep sleep, hoping to prolong my lifespan and seek other opportunities..."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 5077, I was accidentally awakened by a group of low-level body refining cultivators. Enraged, I slaughtered them!"
"Immortal Martial Calendar 5088, there is no longer spiritual energy in the world, and there is no hope of achieving the Dao, but I can still survive..."
"Immortal Martial Calendar 5168, I encountered an old Dragon and joined the Advent Cult! Seeking opportunities for immortality..."
Su Xing let out a long sigh and muttered:
"Elder Dog, this guy was actually a monster who lived for over two thousand years?"
"Although he prolonged his lifespan by taking the Yellow Springs Pill and falling into a deep sleep... Living for over two thousand years is indeed astonishing!"
Looking back at Elder Dog's life, he wasn't considered a peerlessly talented individual. Forming a Nascent Soul at over three hundred years old and reaching Nascent Soul stage at over five hundred, he must have consumed many life-prolonging elixirs to live so long.
"This Elder Dog committed countless evil deeds throughout his life, but he was extremely cautious. He started running from Foundation Establishment and continued to be cautious until he reached Nascent Soul stage. Then he returned to his sect and annihilated the entire sect... It truly fits the saying, 'A villain's revenge, even after five hundred years, is not too late...' "
Su Xing finally understood why Elder Dog was so cautious.
"However, Elder Dog's diary doesn't seem to mention anything about the Everlasting Spring Technique... Could it be that the sect he initially joined was the Everlasting Spring Sect?"
"Or... Did this old dog obtain this cultivation technique when he destroyed the sect?"
Su Xing was curious. The Everlasting Spring Technique was the cultivation technique he was currently practicing, but unfortunately, it could only be cultivated up to the Void Return stage.
After this, Su Xing would probably reach the Nascent Soul stage soon, and he wouldn't be far from reaching the peak of the Everlasting Spring Technique.
Therefore, Su Xing had to find a way to obtain a more advanced cultivation technique as soon as possible...
Su Xing suddenly thought of something. Looking at the date on the diary, he muttered:
"Immortal Martial Calendar... If I remember correctly, the Great Xia Kingdom should have a copy coordinates called Immortal Martial Era (End of Dharma Era), right? Perhaps Elder Dog is from that copy world?"
Su Xing pondered silently. Perhaps he could explore that End of Dharma Era copy in the future and maybe obtain some useful information.
Su Xing roughly flipped through Elder Dog's diary again.
Soon, the Immersive Simulation time ended, and Su Xing returned to the real world.
After returning to the real world, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[You examined the treasures and diaries left by Elder Dog, hoping to gain some useful information from them.]
[Through this information, you did learn more about the secrets of the cultivation world. Unfortunately, most of Elder Dog's magical artifacts have been destroyed.]
[You and Luo Shuying hid in the mountains for several days. During these days, you spent time together, and the relationship between you, a lonely man and a woman in a dark cave, deepened.]
[A few days later, Lu Yuanwu brought several Martial Emperors and legendary-level experts to meet you, and you safely arrived at the Great Xia capital.]
[After returning to the capital, you gave all the pills you had accumulated over the years to the Great Xia military, adding tens of thousands of Grandmaster-level experts to the Great Xia Kingdom.]
[The Great Xia military immediately attached great importance to this. You were hailed as a hero of humanity and successfully entered the upper echelons of Great Xia.]
[Facing fame and fortune, you weren't interested. You only used your authority to contract a 10,000-mu mountain in the suburbs of the capital and mobilized your subordinates to start developing the land.]
[Seventh year, you commanded the development of the wasteland while refining mid-grade pills such as Divine Power Pills, Dragon Spirit Pills, and Yuanwu Pills.]
[You kept a hundred top-grade Divine Power Pills for your own use and gave the rest to the Great Xia military, adding hundreds of Heavenly Kings and dozens of Martial Emperor-level experts to the Great Xia Kingdom!]
[As a result, your status in the Great Xia Kingdom and even the entire human race became increasingly high, but you focused on trying to cultivate spiritual grains.]
[You went to the 10,000-mu farmland and started thinking about how to set up a small-scale spirit gathering formation.]
[You improved the spirit gathering formation's eye, using a spirit stone and a Spirit Gathering Flower as the eye. The spirit stone released spiritual energy, while the Spirit Gathering Flower absorbed spiritual energy and released even more.]
[This cycle repeated, and a spirit stone and a Spirit Gathering Flower became like a perpetual motion machine of spiritual energy, continuously releasing spiritual energy outwards.]
[But you soon discovered that spiritual energy would also continuously dissipate and be consumed. If there were too many living beings within the spirit gathering formation, the supply of spiritual energy couldn't keep up with the consumption, and the spiritual energy would gradually decrease until it was exhausted.]
[You had to find a balance, making the consumption of spiritual energy slightly lower than the supply. You measured it a bit and found that the maximum coverage of a small spirit gathering formation was three mu of land.]
[So you set up three spirit gathering formations in the farmland in the suburbs of the capital and took out seeds, planting spiritual grains in nine mu of land.]
[For the next year, you cultivated while experimenting with the cultivation of spiritual grains.]
[In addition, you also planted Three-tailed Phoenix Grass and Snow Bone Jade Ginseng in the Spiritual Land Blessed Land every day.]
[The Three-tailed Phoenix Grass grew very well. In just seven years, it was about to grow its first phoenix tail. You were overjoyed, expecting it to mature in this simulation.]
[On the other hand, the cultivation of Snow Bone Jade Ginseng made you a little worried. Snow Bone Jade Ginseng grows in extremely cold environments and requires spiritual energy, but your Spiritual Land Blessed Land has a temperate climate throughout the year, which couldn't meet the needs of Snow Bone Jade Ginseng.]
[Helpless, you could only take Luo Shuying to the Arctic Region, one of the Seven Kingdoms and Twelve Regions. The Arctic Region is located in the extreme north, with temperatures below minus fifty degrees Celsius all year round. Ordinary life simply couldn't survive there.]
[However, as a Nascent Soul cultivator, you were already immune to cold and heat. You found a hidden place in the Arctic Region and planted the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng there. You also set up a small spirit gathering formation to specifically supply spiritual energy to the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng.]
[After confirming that the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng could survive, you returned to the Great Xia Kingdom.]
[Eighth year, your spiritual field experiment in the suburbs of the capital was completed. You compared the spiritual grains in the three spirit gathering formations and found that the spiritual energy in one of them had been exhausted, while the other two still had abundant spiritual energy.]
[You harvested the spiritual grains from the other two places and found that the yield per mu was about 5,000 kilograms. If it exceeded this amount, the spiritual energy supply would be insufficient.]
[At the same time, because the land in the real world wasn't as good as the Spiritual Land Blessed Land, it could only be harvested once a year.]
[Even so, you were extremely satisfied. A spirit stone and a Spirit Gathering Flower could cultivate three mu of spiritual fields, which was 15,000 kilograms! And this small spirit gathering formation could operate for a long time, lasting for hundreds of years without any problems!]
[You still had a thousand spirit stones in your hand, and an annual output of 15 million kilograms wasn't a problem!]
[The problem was that you didn't have enough Spirit Gathering Flowers. To cultivate a thousand mu of land, you needed at least three hundred Spirit Gathering Flowers.]
[But your goal had been achieved. This spiritual grain could be popularized for all humanity, a century-long plan, not something to be rushed. You just wanted to see if it could be cultivated in the real world this time.]
[Over the years, the five hundred mu of wasteland in your Spiritual Land Blessed Land had long been planted with spiritual grains. After six or seven years, you already had 30 million kilograms of spiritual grains in your hands!]
[You took out this spiritual grain and selected ten thousand talented young people under the age of eighteen from across the country!]
[These ten thousand people hadn't awakened their professions yet and were just ordinary people, but you would supply each of them with one hundred kilograms of spiritual rice every year. You wanted to conduct a large-scale experiment to see how much this spiritual rice could help ordinary people.]
[You kept a portion of the remaining spiritual rice for your own consumption and handed the rest to the Tarot Chamber of Commerce for sale.]
[You sold the spiritual rice at a price of 100,000 yuan per kilogram. This price wasn't expensive, almost like giving it away for free.]
[But you had a requirement: the buyers must consume the spiritual rice themselves, and they must have reached the limit of their current level, unable to advance, before they could buy it. Moreover, they could only buy a maximum of twenty kilograms at a time.]
[Even though you set strict rules, the nearly 20 million kilograms of spiritual rice were still sold out in less than a month.]
[Most of the buyers were Bronze-peak professionals who had no hope of breaking through to Silver level.]
[There were also many Silver-peak professionals who had no hope of breaking through to Gold.]
[20 million kilograms of spiritual rice were sold to a million professionals. You asked the Tarot Chamber of Commerce to collect statistics on these people's information and planned to follow up in a few months to investigate their results and whether they had successfully advanced.]
[This was a huge project, but you had enough resources, and the authorities also actively cooperated with you, knowing that this was a great event that would benefit all humanity.]
[The first results came from the million professionals who were stuck at a bottleneck and had bought the spiritual rice.]
[In just half a year, your subordinates collected all the data on these million people and handed it to you.]
[Among them, out of the 600,000 Bronze-level professionals, 300,000 broke through to Silver level within a month after consuming ten kilograms of spiritual rice, and 295,000 broke through within half a year...]
[The overall success rate of breaking through was over 99%!]
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 128: Divine Consciousness Limit, the Hope of the Rising Human Race! (Part 1)
Su Xing was overjoyed when he saw this.
As expected, spiritual rice had an excellent effect on the promotion of low-level professionals!
After all, ordinary Bronze-level professionals didn't have high strength or speed. Their physical fitness was probably only about ten times that of ordinary people.
But long-term consumption of spiritual rice could completely increase their strength by hundreds or even thousands of kilograms...
This was enough for them to complete promotion tasks and successfully advance to Silver level!
"The effect of spiritual rice on Bronze-level professionals is within expectations, but I wonder how it will affect Silver-level professionals..."
Su Xing continued reading.
[There were 350,000 Silver-level professionals who consumed spiritual rice. Among them, 150,000 broke through and advanced to Gold level within three months, and another 50,000 broke through to Gold level within half a year, totaling 200,000 successfully advancing to Gold level!]
[The overall success rate of breaking through was 57%!]
[There were 50,000 Gold-level professionals who consumed spiritual rice. Among them, 10,000 broke through to Master level within three months, and another 10,000 broke through within half a year...]
[The overall success rate of breaking through was 40%!]
Su Xing was a little excited when he saw this.
The effect of spiritual rice on Silver-level professionals was only a little over half, which was about what Su Xing had expected.
But what he didn't expect was that the effect of spiritual rice on Gold-level professionals was also so significant that it could allow nearly 40% of them to break through!
"This is just the data within half a year... If they consume it for a year or two, the promotion rate might be even higher!"
Su Xing clenched his fists. Through experiments with a large number of samples, Su Xing finally confirmed that spiritual rice definitely had an excellent effect on low-level professionals!
As for Master level and above...
Su Xing shook his head slightly. Master level and even Grandmaster level were already considered the backbone of the human race. These professionals had considerable strength.
There were Power-type professionals with strength of ten thousand kilograms or even tens of thousands of kilograms... As for Magic-type professionals, the power of their spells was also much higher than TNT.
For mid-level professionals, the effect of spiritual rice was no longer significant.
At that time, Su Xing would need to provide more pills to help them improve.
But it was foreseeable that if spiritual rice was truly promoted, the number of Silver and Gold-level professionals nationwide would definitely double or even increase several times within the next ten or twenty years!
A larger base of professionals also meant that more Grandmaster and Heavenly King-level professionals would emerge!
This would be a terrifying boost to the overall strength of the human race!
"If this period is extended to a hundred years... Perhaps the overall strength of the human race will be more than ten times higher than it is now..."
Su Xing sighed slightly. Unfortunately, the foreign races would arrive in more than twenty years, and the human race simply didn't have that much time to develop.
But even so, a two or three-fold increase in overall strength within twenty years would still be enormous!
"It seems that the implementation of the spiritual rice plan is indeed feasible... But the risks are also great. Perhaps we need to plan carefully..."
Su Xing muttered, looking at the simulation panel.
[You collected the samples and were very pleased, believing that spiritual rice had great potential. Perhaps the strength of the human race wouldn't increase much in the short term, but in the long run, the improvement would definitely be explosive!]
[So in the following days, you cultivated, cultivated Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, and studied the Divine Farmer's Spirit Nurturing Technique, hoping to find better ways to cultivate spiritual rice.]
[Every once in a while, you would go to the Arctic Region to take care of the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng you planted.]
[Fortunately, the Arctic Region's environment was very compatible with Snow Bone Jade Ginseng. Coupled with sufficient spiritual energy, the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng grew very well.]
[Ninth year, you still managed the spiritual grains in the Spiritual Land Blessed Land every day, hoping to find a way to increase the yield of spiritual rice from the Divine Farmer's Spirit Nurturing Technique.]
[But at the same time, you also set aside some time for cultivation every day, consuming the essence of Demon King and Demon Emperor-level flesh and blood, further improving your cultivation!]
[Tenth year, you took out various natural treasures and medicinal herbs from the Great Xia treasury and refined them into pills, distributing them to the Great Xia military. The Great Xia military gained another batch of experts above the Grandmaster level.]
[In the same year, you refined the Soul Condensation Wood from the treasury into Soul Condensation Pills, trying to see if your divine consciousness could be further strengthened.]
[Eleventh year, after a year of consuming pills, your divine consciousness grew to 930 zhang. You felt that your divine consciousness still had room to grow, so you put more effort into cultivating it.]
Su Xing nodded slightly and muttered:
"That's right, the cultivation of divine consciousness is also extremely important. If my divine consciousness hadn't been strong back then, I might have fainted directly under Elder Dog's black energy attack..."
"Nascent Soul cultivators' divine consciousness can reach a maximum of 500 zhang, and ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators only have two or three hundred zhang... But my divine consciousness, because of consuming Soul Condensation Pills, is much stronger than that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, even comparable to Nascent Soul stage cultivators..."
"Before breaking through to Nascent Soul stage, I should try to increase the strength of my divine consciousness as much as possible. This way, after breaking through to Nascent Soul stage and finding a divine consciousness cultivation technique, my divine consciousness might surge..."
Su Xing was no longer a newbie who had just entered the world of cultivation. Through various channels, Su Xing understood the importance of the primordial spirit.
The so-called cultivator, refining pills externally and cultivating the primordial spirit internally, was the principle.
With this in mind, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel.
[Twelfth year, your divine consciousness further grew, and its range reached 950 zhang, but you were still in the Five Senses Realm. You didn't know much about the division of divine consciousness.]
[Thirteenth year, this year, you started to collect statistics on the children who had consumed spiritual rice before the age of eighteen. Five years have passed, and you wanted to know how strong they were now.]
[To your surprise, the weakest among those ten thousand children were now close to the peak of Silver level. Among them, sixty thousand had broken through to Gold level, there were also thousands of Master-level professionals, and even dozens of amazingly talented individuals had reached Grandmaster level!]
Su Xing was slightly surprised when he saw this. He didn't expect spiritual rice to have such a good effect on children who hadn't awakened yet.
One should know that in Kyoto Academy, among the graduating seniors, there were only a dozen or so Grandmaster-level experts and a few hundred Master-level experts each year...
And those who could be admitted to Kyoto Academy were all geniuses selected from thousands or even tens of thousands!
But in Su Xing's experiment, he only selected children with some talent, and their results after five years were even better than the graduates of Jiangnan Vocational University!
"Hiss... The spiritual rice plan should be implemented as soon as possible!"
Su Xing took a deep breath. The effect of spiritual rice wasn't only to enhance the physical fitness of professionals, but it could even stimulate the potential of unawakened children. Its effect was truly remarkable!
Su Xing pondered for a moment and looked at the simulation panel again.
[After thoroughly understanding the use of spiritual rice, you no longer focused on promoting it, but instead focused on increasing the yield of spiritual rice and improving your own cultivation.]
[Because you knew that promoting spiritual rice wasn't something that could be done overnight, and you didn't have that many Spirit Gathering Flowers and spirit stones.]
[Fourteenth year, to your surprise, as you consumed Demon Emperor flesh and blood every day over the years, even though you cultivated very little, your body refining cultivation still broke through to the second level of the Divine Power Realm!]
[One should know that the Divine Power Realm was comparable to Nascent Soul stage. If one wanted
to break through, it would often require decades of painstaking cultivation. But you were exceptionally talented, and even with a little slack in cultivation, with enough flesh and blood essence, your strength still broke through!]
[Fifteenth year, you took the time to visit the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng in the Arctic Region. The Snow Bone Jade Ginseng was still growing vigorously. According to your estimation, it might take another thirty years to mature.]
[In the same year, your divine consciousness range increased to 950 zhang. As your divine consciousness range expanded, you felt that you had encountered a bottleneck and it was difficult to break through further.]
[Fortunately, there were still quite a few Soul Condensation Pills. You felt that your divine consciousness range could still be pushed further!]
[Sixteenth year, your divine consciousness was still steadily improving. Although it only increased by a few zhang each year, you were still very satisfied.]
[You experimented with the spiritual rice cultivation methods you had thought of over the years, but found that due to the limitations of spiritual energy and soil quality in the real world, the yield of spiritual rice couldn't be increased.]
[So you turned your attention to the Earth Dragon Technique. The spirit earthworm you raised had grown to the size of a python after more than ten years. It fertilized the soil in the Spiritual Land Blessed Land every day, making your spiritual plants grow faster, and you even saved a lot of time on farming and plowing.]
[You tried placing the spirit earthworm in the soil of the real world, hoping to improve the soil quality of the real world through the Earth Dragon Technique.]
[Seventeenth year, after the spirit earthworm's diligent cultivation, the soil quality of the real world had greatly improved, starting to transform from ordinary soil to spiritual fields.]
[What excited you even more was the growth of the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass. The tip of the third phoenix tail had emerged. At this rate, it would fully mature in a few years.]
[Eighteenth year, the situation at the Demon Suppression Pass of the human race remained the same. Although they were being suppressed by the foreign races, they could still hold on. You knew that time was precious, so you worked harder to seize the time to develop.]
[In the same year, your divine consciousness range increased to 970 zhang!]
[Nineteenth year, because you consumed more Demon Emperor flesh and blood essence every day, your body was full of energy. On a sunny morning, you successfully broke through to the third level of the Divine Power Realm!]
[Twentieth year, your divine consciousness range increased to 990 zhang!]
[Twenty-first year, you went to the Arctic Region again to check on the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng. The Snow Bone Jade Ginseng was growing well and might mature soon!]
[In the same year, your divine consciousness range increased by another three zhang, reaching 993 zhang. You had a feeling that perhaps 1,000 zhang of divine consciousness was your limit. If you wanted to break through further, you would have to reach the Nascent Soul stage.]
[Twenty-second year, your divine consciousness increased by another three zhang, not far from 1,000 zhang.]
[Twenty-third year, the situation at the Demon Suppression Pass deteriorated sharply. The annual death toll of the human race increased. You knew that the moment the hundreds of legendary giant beasts arrived would be the day the Demon Suppression Pass fell.]
[In the same year, the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass finally matured, and your divine consciousness also reached 999 zhang.]
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 129: Another Path to Wealth, Life-prolonging Elixir! (Part 2)
Su Xing nodded slightly. Everything was going according to his expectations.
The Three-tailed Phoenix Grass had matured, and his divine consciousness had greatly increased...
Next, as long as he brought these rewards out, reaching the Nascent Soul stage was just around the corner!
"Calculating the time, the apocalypse is about to arrive, right..."
Su Xing thought to himself, looking at the simulation panel.
[When you returned to the capital, you heard about the fall of the Demon Suppression Pass a month ago. The entire human race's upper echelon was in a state of panic.]
[You, however, remained calm, having long anticipated this day. You knew that your mission was complete, so you enjoyed the remaining time peacefully.]
[For the next three months, you resigned from all your duties and started spending time with your family and friends...]
[One day, giant beasts that blotted out the sky descended upon the Blue Planet, swallowing the entire Great Xia Kingdom in one gulp.]
[Before dying, you gave the giant beast the middle finger.]
[Ding, you are dead!]
[Your talent "Die with Unclosed Eyes" activated...]
[In the giant beast's stomach, you saw the surrounding mountains and oceans being continuously digested and devoured. The giant beast's stomach was like a terrifying black hole, digesting everything...]
[Ding, this simulation has ended!]
Su Xing finished watching the simulation and nodded slightly.
Although he still died in the simulation, his plan had been achieved.
"However, this time, "Die with Unclosed Eyes" seemed to bring back some information... Just the giant beast's stomach possesses such terrifying power?"
Su Xing was amazed and gained a deeper understanding of the terror of the foreign races.
"Forget it, these are too far away from me. Let's take care of the matters at hand first... Choose the rewards!"
Su Xing turned his attention to the rewards of this simulation.
[Many Descendants]: Purple talent, priced at 1 million energy points.
[25 Years of Alchemy Experience]: Alchemy insights, including some alchemy comprehension, priced at 600,000 energy points.
[Divine Power Realm Level 3]: Body Refining cultivation, priced at 20 million energy points!
[Divine Farmer's Spirit Nurturing Technique Experience]: Farming and nurturing insights, priced at 1 million energy points.
[Ten Three-tailed Phoenix Grass]: 300-year-old, mature Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, priced at 15 million energy points.
[Thirty Snow Bone Jade Ginseng]: Mature Snow Bone Jade Ginseng, with the medicinal property of breaking and then standing, priced at 15 million energy points.
[1,000 Zhang Divine Consciousness (Five Senses Realm)]: Possessing 1,000 zhang of divine consciousness, able to sense the slightest movements within a radius of 1,000 zhang, priced at 9.5 million energy points.
[Withered Bone Sword (Mid-grade Treasure Artifact)]: A treasure artifact forged by grinding human bones and condensing countless resentments. It deals soul-devouring damage when attacking, priced at 30 million energy points.
[Half a Yellow Springs Pill]: Take a walk on the Yellow Springs Bridge, consuming it can induce deep sleep and prolong lifespan. However, only half a pill remains, and consuming it has a chance of causing eternal sleep. Priced at 500,000 energy points.
[Soul-summoning Banner]: Top-grade magical artifact, can summon vengeful spirits, priced at 8 million energy points.
[Eight Trigrams Fortune-telling Technique (Incomplete)]: Heaven-grade secret technique, can predict good and bad fortune, priced at 70 million energy points.
Su Xing paused slightly after seeing the rewards. The reward choices for this simulation were undeniably abundant.
Most of them were obtained from Elder Dog, indicating his considerable wealth. Unfortunately, most of them were damaged, and it would be useless for Su Xing to choose them.
Su Xing looked at the reward options and thought for a moment.
"Talents go without saying, I definitely won't choose them... I wonder how this broken "Many Descendants" can be considered a purple talent?"
"As for alchemy experience and cultivation, there's no rush..."
"Elder Dog's magical artifacts and secret techniques, except for that sword, are all incomplete. It's useless to choose them... And they're too expensive!"
Su Xing paused slightly and looked at the introduction of the Withered Bone Sword.
"It's actually a mid-grade treasure artifact... Priced at 30 million energy points, even more expensive than the Ink Ice Sword. So, the Ink Ice Sword is probably only equivalent to a low-grade treasure artifact?"
As far as Su Xing knew, the grades of cultivators' magical artifacts, from low to high, could be divided into:
Talisman Artifact, Magical Artifact, Treasure Artifact, Spirit Artifact...
As for what was above Spirit Artifact, it was the legendary Immortal Artifact!
And the grade of this Withered Bone Sword was obviously not low. A low-grade treasure artifact was probably equivalent to a top-grade legendary weapon in the real world.
"But the origin of this Withered Bone Sword is too immoral. Using it would be against the principles of heaven..."
Su Xing shook his head slightly and looked at the other options.
After hesitating for a while, Su Xing was torn between three reward choices.
1,000 zhang divine consciousness, Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, and Snow Bone Jade Ginseng.
"This Snow Bone Jade Ginseng is a must-choose. If I don't choose it, I might have to fight Elder Dog again in the next simulation, which would be a bit of a loss..."
"As for the 1,000 zhang divine consciousness and the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass..."
After hesitating for a while, Su Xing decided to choose the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass.
After all, with the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng and the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, Su Xing could try refining the Nascent Soul Pill, which was obviously more crucial to him.
As for divine consciousness, if there was an opportunity in the next simulation, it wouldn't be difficult to cultivate it to 1,000 zhang again.
With that in mind, Su Xing said silently:
"I choose to bring out the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng and the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass..."
[Ding, your energy is insufficient. Please collect enough simulation energy before redeeming...]
The simulator's prompt sounded in Su Xing's ears.
Su Xing checked his remaining energy and found that he only had less than 26 million left, with a shortfall of 4 million energy points!
"Damn, I didn't expect to run out of energy so quickly... Sigh, it seems I can only wait for now. After the goods are delivered this week, it should be enough..."
Su Xing felt a little frustrated. Since he started earning money by refining pills, he had never been short of money.
But now, as he was about to enter the Nascent Soul stage, energy was becoming tight again.
Not to mention, just bringing out the Nascent Soul Great Perfection and Divine Power Realm Great Perfection cultivation would require tens of millions of energy points...
"Sigh, I still have to find a way to make money!"
"The Tarot Chamber of Commerce only provides 10 million energy points a week. At this rate, it will take two months to break through to Nascent Soul Great Perfection... This is too slow!"
As the saying goes, it's impossible to save your way to wealth. Only by increasing your income can you barely maintain a decent lifestyle.
"Once the mining area copy is approved, the energy obtained should increase significantly..."
"But for now, I can only urge Jin Congxue to help me get more copy items!"
Su Xing sighed, first sending a few text messages to Jin Congxue, urging her to help him get more copy items. Then, he took out the alchemy furnace and prepared to refine pills.
The life of an alchemist was very boring and mentally taxing.
Even for alchemy masters, if they couldn't grasp the subtle heat and timing, an entire batch of pills could be ruined.
However, Su Xing was already experienced in alchemy.
In just a week, Su Xing refined six thousand pills.
On this day, Su Xing put away the refined pills and went to the villa to meet Jin Congxue.
Today, Jin Congxue was wearing a nightgown and had faint dark circles around her eyes, looking like she hadn't slept well.
Su Xing handed her the pills and teased:
"What's wrong? Did you go thieving last night? You look like you haven't slept well."
Jin Congxue rolled her eyes and snorted:
"Humph, it's all because of you! Didn't you ask me to help you acquire a large number of copy items?"
"These past few days, I've run all over Jin Clan's dozens of branches and hundreds of warehouses in Jiangnan Province, collecting all sorts of strange copy items for you... Take a look for yourself!"
With that, Jin Congxue handed over a few storage rings.
Su Xing opened the storage rings and saw, as expected, that the rings were filled with mountains of copy items.
Su Xing's heart stirred as he checked the energy of these items one by one.
[Ding, detected some energy-containing substances, worth a total of 16.42 million energy points. Do you want to convert them?]
[Ding, detected some energy-containing substances, worth a total of 9.76 million energy points. Do you want to convert them?]
[Ding...]
Several prompts sounded in Su Xing's mind. Su Xing quickly calculated.
Good heavens, the copy items in these four storage rings were worth a total of nearly 50 million simulation energy points!
Su Xing was shocked and asked:
"How does your Jin Clan have so many copy items?"
Jin Congxue replied:
"They were all sold by professionals! Every day, many professionals come to sell copy items. Over time, naturally, there are quite a few..."
"Jin Clan's business scope is very wide. Occasionally, we also acquire a small number of copy items and sell them, making a small profit."
After a pause, Jin Congxue added:
"However, there aren't many copy items in Jin Clan, and they are scattered, so it's not easy to find them..."
"If you're interested in these items, you can contact the Hundred Li Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong Province."
Su Xing was puzzled upon hearing this: "Hundred Li Chamber of Commerce?"
Jin Congxue nodded slightly and said:
"The Hundred Li Chamber of Commerce is located in Guangdong Province, the southernmost part of Great Xia. It's one of the top chambers of commerce. The young master of this chamber of commerce, Bai Liqi, loves to collect these strange copy items. After decades of collecting, the amount of these things he has might be enough to pile up several mountains..."
Su Xing's eyes lit up when he heard this. Good heavens, copy items collected for decades, if he could really get them, how much simulation energy would they be worth?
So Su Xing hurriedly asked:
"How can I contact this Bai Liqi? I want to buy all the copy items from him!"
Jin Congxue looked a little troubled and said:
"Bai Liqi has an eccentric personality and doesn't like to see people. Moreover, my Jin Clan doesn't have a close relationship with him..."
"But I heard that Bai Liqi's father, Bai Litu, seems to be nearing the end of his lifespan and is looking for life-prolonging items produced in copies. If you can help him prolong his life, you might be able to exchange for those copy items..."
Su Xing's heart stirred upon hearing this.
Life-prolonging items were extremely valuable in copies, something that countless top experts fought for but couldn't obtain.
After all, the bosses behind these chambers of commerce might not have much time to improve their strength because they needed to manage their businesses. Therefore, they might only be able to barely reach the Heavenly King level by relying on various items.
And Heavenly Kings only had a lifespan of three to five hundred years. If they wanted to live longer, they had to break through to the Martial Emperor level.
"Life-prolonging medicine... I'll think of a way. When I refine a life-prolonging pill, you can help me contact the Hundred Li Chamber of Commerce."
Su Xing said.
Jin Congxue was stunned and exclaimed:
"You can refine life-prolonging pills?"
Seeing Jin Congxue's surprise, Su Xing was also a little puzzled, but he still explained:
"I'm not sure yet, but I can try. I should have a 50% chance of success..."
According to Su Xing's knowledge, there were at least seven or eight types of life-prolonging pills recorded in the Flame of Departure Alchemy Technique.
After all, wasn't this what cultivators pursued?
Cultivators refining life-prolonging pills could be said to be a perfect match.
From the non-graded Body Nourishing Pill to the low-grade Life-sustaining Pill and Longevity Pill, the mid-grade Longevity Pill, and the top-grade Azure Sky Pill...
Their effects ranged from extending lifespan by one or two years to five, ten... or even decades.
However, life-prolonging pills all had drug resistance. After taking one or two pills, taking the same type of pill again would have no effect.
Su Xing was in his prime and naturally hadn't thought about refining life-prolonging pills before.
But now, it seemed that life-prolonging pills might be the real profitable pills!
Jin Congxue was even more surprised after hearing that Su Xing had a 50% chance of success. She said in disbelief:
"Do you know how precious life-prolonging items are? A life-prolonging item produced in a copy is worth as much as a legendary-grade equipment, or even more rare!"
"If you announce that you can refine life-prolonging pills, I'm afraid that not only will the major forces treat you as a distinguished guest, but even the elderly high-ranking officials of the Great Xia Kingdom will have to ask for your help!"
Seeing Jin Congxue's surprise, Su Xing's expression also became serious. He had just thought about the huge profits that life-prolonging pills could bring, but he hadn't considered the huge risks behind these pills!
After pondering for a moment, Su Xing said:
"I'm not sure about the life-prolonging pills yet... So please keep it a secret and don't spread it around."
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 130: Talent: Living Buddha, What's Called Having a Karmic Connection with Buddha? (Part 3)
Jin Congxue nodded slightly and said:
"Don't worry, since I've heard about it, I won't tell anyone without your permission."
With Jin Congxue's vision, she naturally knew the importance of this matter.
Su Xing nodded. He trusted Jin Congxue very much.
But thinking about the huge profits that life-prolonging pills could bring, he asked again:
"If I really come up with a pill that can extend lifespan by three to five years, and I let you auction it, how much do you think you can sell it for?"
Jin Congxue thought for a moment and shook her head slightly:
"This kind of thing can no longer be measured by money. If you have to use Great Xia currency to calculate it, a single pill, for some people, is worth tens of billions!"
"If you barter, legendary treasures, fourth-grade exotic metals... or even other rare treasures can be exchanged for it!"
Su Xing roughly understood the influence of life-prolonging pills in this world.
Immortality had always been the ultimate dream of mankind.
Even for those powerful experts who could move mountains and fill seas, it was the same.
Especially in this world, there were true experts who could defeat ten thousand enemies. This small group of people controlled most of the social wealth.
These chamber of commerce bosses would definitely spare no expense to extend their lifespan!
After some thought, Su Xing said to Jin Congxue:
"I'll give you a list. Go and collect the medicinal herbs on the list. The more, the better!"
"Ginseng over eight hundred years old, the older the better..."
"Polygonum multiflorum over a thousand years old, also the older the better..."
"And Ganoderma lucidum, Chinese yam, Rhodiola rosea..."
Su Xing took out a piece of paper and wrote down the medicinal herbs on the list. Jin Congxue took it seriously.
After bidding farewell to Jin Congxue, Su Xing returned to the Spiritual Land Blessed Land with this week's goods.
Su Xing first converted the large number of copy items he had acquired this week into simulation energy.
As a result, Su Xing's simulation energy surged to nearly 75 million points!
"Redeem the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass and Snow Bone Jade Ginseng!"
Su Xing said silently in his heart.
[You have successfully brought out ten Three-tailed Phoenix Grass (300-year-old), consuming 15 million energy points. Remaining energy: 60,333,600 points.]
[You have successfully brought out thirty Snow Bone Jade Ginseng (mature), consuming 15 million energy points. Remaining energy: 45,333,600 points.]
The simulator's prompt ended, and dozens of medicinal herbs appeared beside Su Xing.
The Three-tailed Phoenix Grass, a spiritual herb with three phoenix tail-shaped petals.
The Snow Bone Jade Ginseng, as white as jade, but with red threads at its roots.
These two were extremely precious medicinal herbs. Su Xing took a light sniff and felt a refreshing fragrance enter his nose.
Carefully taking out a jade box, Su Xing placed the Snow Bone Jade Ginseng inside. This herb could only survive in extremely cold climates, so Su Xing could only put it in a jade box to prevent the medicinal properties from dissipating.
Then, he went to the spiritual field and found a place with abundant spiritual energy. Su Xing planted the Three-tailed Phoenix Grass there.
After doing all this, Su Xing didn't rush to start the simulation. Instead, he stroked his chin and pondered.
"This life-prolonging pill is indeed a great way to make money, but it also comes with certain risks!"
"Even though I now have the strength of a Martial Emperor, if I don't handle it properly, I might still attract a lot of trouble and worries..."
With Su Xing's current strength, relying on martial prowess, he naturally wasn't afraid of those chamber of commerce bosses.
But the problem was that if martial prowess wasn't strong enough to a certain extent, it couldn't solve all problems.
If those chambers of commerce asked Su Xing for life-prolonging pills, and Su Xing couldn't provide them, they might secretly resort to tricks and sabotage him.
In addition, he also had to be wary of some old monsters who were nearing the end of their lifespans. They might do crazy things for the life-prolonging pills...
Moreover, apart from the major human forces, if the Advent Cult knew that Su Xing could refine life-prolonging pills, Su Xing would be in trouble.
After thinking for a while, Su Xing came up with a compromise.
"I can release the life-prolonging pills, but I can't say that I refined them myself. I can say that they came from a copy and that the quantity is limited... This way, I can avoid a lot of trouble!"
Su Xing nodded slightly.
Before he possessed absolute strength, Su Xing didn't want to make life-prolonging pills his main source of income because the risks were too great!
Life-prolonging pills were different from Beauty Pills.
Most of the buyers of Beauty Pills were wealthy ladies or even playthings in the hands of powerful figures.
These people had money but no power and couldn't threaten Su Xing.
But life-prolonging pills would really attract those powerful figures with immense power.
Once exposed, although Su Xing wasn't afraid of being captured and forced to become a pill-making machine, trouble would be inevitable.
This didn't fit Su Xing's cautious personality.
"Besides, refining life-prolonging pills isn't as simple as I imagined!"
Su Xing sighed.
According to the pill formula, life-prolonging pills required mostly precious spiritual herbs that were extremely old.
Although life-prolonging pills weren't difficult to refine, the spiritual herbs were hard to come by.
Su Xing didn't have these medicinal herbs in his hands.
But the lowest-grade Body Nourishing Pill and Life-sustaining Pill required more common medicinal herbs. Some old traditional Chinese medicines could be used to refine them.
The Body Nourishing Pill couldn't increase lifespan through a single consumption. Instead, it needed to be taken monthly to nourish the body's essence and blood.
Generally speaking, as long as an elderly person was free from illness, they could take a maximum of twenty-four Body Nourishing Pills, which could extend their lifespan by two years.
Compared to the Body Nourishing Pill, the Life-sustaining Pill was more straightforward and powerful!
Taking a single pill could extend the lifespan of someone nearing the end of their life by three years!
The specific effect was: even if you were about to die in the afternoon with little lifespan left, if you took a pill at noon, you could live for another three years.
Using the two pills together could extend lifespan by five years!
But Su Xing didn't plan to refine the Body Nourishing Pill. Instead, he wanted to refine the Life-sustaining Pill.
After all, it was still easy to explain that he obtained a few Life-sustaining Pills from a copy.
But if he took out hundreds of Body Nourishing Pills, it wouldn't be easy to explain...
"Let's see for now. This life-prolonging pill can be used as a way to make quick money. If I'm short of energy, I can sell one or two."
Su Xing had a plan in mind.
At this time, the simulation cooldown time was over. Su Xing softly called out the simulation panel.
On May 13, 2024, Su Xing began his 36th simulation.
"Start simulation!"
Su Xing said silently.
[Ding! This simulation consumes 3,600 energy points. Remaining energy: 45.33 million points. Remaining simulation attempts: None.]
[Simulation begins!]
[It costs 1,000 energy points to draw a green talent, 10,000 energy points to draw a blue talent, and 100,000 energy points to draw a purple talent. Do you want to draw?]
"Draw a purple talent!"
[Congratulations, you have obtained the purple talent: Living Buddha.]
[Living Buddha]: Your every move exudes the brilliance of Buddha nature. You have an innate understanding of Buddhist scriptures and sayings that surpasses ordinary people. You are like a reincarnated Living Buddha, often able to comprehend Buddhist teachings. If you devote yourself to spreading Buddhism, you will gain countless loyal followers.
Su Xing gritted his teeth when he saw the new talent.
"Damn it, how many times has this happened? Damn it... I'm just destined to have a karmic connection with Buddha, right?"
"I, Su Xing, swear that even if I starve to death, even if I jump off the Demon Suppression Pass... I will never convert to Buddhism!"
Su Xing snorted coldly. He really had no interest in becoming a bald monk!
Wasn't it better to be a handsome young man honestly?
Although the talent he drew wasn't good, Su Xing still had high expectations for this simulation.
[In the Spiritual Land Blessed Land, you realized that you were in a simulation.]
[You touched your head and a few strands of hair fell out.]
[You started refining pills with a blank expression, patiently waiting for the right moment.]
[Soon, a month passed. Jin Congxue found many of the medicinal herbs you mentioned before: thousand-year-old ginseng, polygonum multiflorum, ganoderma lucidum...]
[With these medicinal herbs, you could try refining the Life-sustaining Pill.]
[You followed the pill formula to refine. The refining of the Life-sustaining Pill wasn't complicated, and you mastered it in just a month.]
[But you weren't satisfied with this. Entry-level alchemy skills could only guarantee a 30% success rate.]
[So you continued to ask Jin Congxue to collect these medicinal herbs for you, but Jin Congxue said that these medicinal herbs were too precious and it would take a lot of time to collect them.]
[Helplessly, you could only give up temporarily and handed the few Life-sustaining Pills you had refined to Jin Congxue.]
[Jin Congxue was shocked when she learned about the effects of the Life-sustaining Pill, but you told her nonchalantly to take a pill and see if she could arrange a meeting with Bai Liqi.]
[Jin Congxue followed your instructions. Three days later, you met the exhausted Bai Liqi and the dying head of the Hundred Li Chamber of Commerce, Bai Litu.]
[After Bai Litu heard that you had a life-prolonging elixir, he personally came from thousands of miles away. Bai Liqi even said that as long as you were willing to give him the Life-sustaining Pill, you could make any request and would forever be a benefactor of the Bai Li family.]
[You took the opportunity to ask for the copy items that Bai Liqi had collected.]
[Unexpectedly, Bai Liqi, who had just patted his chest to guarantee it, seemed a little hesitant. He asked if you could change your request, saying that those copy items were his lifeblood!]
[You looked at Old Master Bai Litu. The old man was furious and hit Bai Liqi on the head with his cane several times.]
[Bai Liqi still gritted his teeth, seemingly valuing the copy items very much. He said that his father had lived for over five hundred years and had already made his money back, but if he didn't have those copy items, he would lose his faith in the second half of his life!]
[You were very curious about this. Why would Bai Liqi rather let his father die than give up those "useless" copy items? Could it be that these items hid some shocking secret?]
[Later, you discovered that the copy items were indeed ordinary. It was just that Bai Liqi's greatest wish in life was to collect all the strange objects in the world... which were the copy items.]
[It was precisely because of this that Bai Liqi was so reluctant to part with them. He had already treated the copy items as his spiritual sustenance.]
Su Xing was speechless when he saw this. He didn't expect the young master of the Hundred Li Chamber of Commerce to have such a strange hobby. He was simply a senior "hoarder"...
This reminded Su Xing of some otaku from his previous life who treated plastic figurines as their lives.
He looked at the simulation panel.
[Seeing Bai Liqi's stubbornness, you could only negotiate with him. In the end, Bai Liqi was willing to pay one-third of his "collection" in exchange for this Life-sustaining Pill!]
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 131: Various Chambers of Commerce Go Crazy, Su Xing Takes Action to Deter! (Part 1)
[Under Bai Liqi's guidance, you successfully saw his collection.]
[As expected, these were just ordinary copy items, but the quantity was a bit too much...]
[Just one-third of the quantity was more than five times what Jin Clan had given you!]
[Bai Liqi proudly introduced each copy item as if they were his treasured possessions, but you were not interested and just casually put these copy items into your storage ring.]
Su Xing was a little excited when he saw this.
"Wow, just one-third is more than five times the amount from Jin Clan? Doesn't this mean... this batch of copy items is worth at least two or three hundred million simulation energy points?"
Su Xing was excited for a moment.
If there were really so many, then Su Xing would have enough energy to break through to the Nascent Soul stage and Divine Power Realm Great Perfection!
"However, the premise is that I have to refine the Life-sustaining Pill!"
Su Xing sighed, wishing he could start refining immediately!
With this in mind, Su Xing looked at the simulation panel expectantly.
[When you traded with the Hundred Li Chamber of Commerce, you pretended to casually mention that you obtained this pill from a copy and that there was only one. You also told Old Master Bai Li to keep it a secret.]
[You originally thought that this way, you could avoid a lot of trouble, but you didn't expect that trouble would still come knocking.]
[There are no secrets in this world. The news of your trade of the life-prolonging elixir with Old Master Bai Li was quickly learned by the major forces.]
[In an instant, you became the center of the storm!]
[Dozens of first-rate chambers of commerce and more than ten top chambers of commerce in the Great Xia Kingdom started contacting you, saying that as long as you were willing to hand over the life-prolonging pills, they could meet any of your demands.]
[But you knew that once you handed it over, you would only face more trouble, so you insisted that the pill was obtained from a copy.]
[Unexpectedly, various forces had already investigated your background thoroughly during these days, from your school and identity to your family and friends, as well as the Tarot Chamber of Commerce you established with Jin Congxue.]
[Through clues like the Beauty Pills and Healing Pills you refined before, they quickly determined that there was a more than 50% chance that you refined this pill!]
[This made you even more at the center of the storm.]
[But considering your relationship with Jin Clan, many chambers of commerce were polite to you on the surface. They started inviting you to various high-society gatherings and openly and secretly helped the Tarot Chamber of Commerce gain more market resources.]
[For a time, the entire Tarot Chamber of Commerce became extremely popular, vaguely showing signs of becoming a top chamber of commerce.]
[But you knew that all of this was just because they wanted to get information about the life-prolonging pill in your hands.]
[Soon, various important figures wanted to trade with you. Legendary equipment, fourth-grade or fifth-grade exotic metals, or even beauties who could topple nations... as long as you were willing to give them a life-prolonging pill, these things would all be yours!]
[Of course, some forces also started threatening you secretly. Some even said they wanted to give your parents and sister a better life, or even told you that your friends could be promoted quickly, as long as you were willing to hand over the life-prolonging pill.]
Su Xing frowned when he saw this.
These people mentioned Su Xing's parents and friends, seemingly wanting to make a deal with him, but in fact, they were using these people as hostages, right?
The implied meaning was: We know all about you. If you don't want your family and friends to suffer, hand over the life-prolonging elixir quickly!
"But what if I directly supply them with life-prolonging pills...?"
"If these people really want to trade, life-prolonging pills can be exchanged for more resources for me. This is not impossible..."
Su Xing's heart stirred, and he decided to give it a try.
He looked at the simulation panel.
[Although you disdained this, you knew that these chamber of commerce forces were deeply rooted. Even though you had the strength of a Martial Emperor, there was no benefit in falling out with them, so you could only temporarily play along.]
[You spread the news that you did have some life-prolonging pills in your hands, and therefore, the Tarot Chamber of Commerce would hold a small auction. Anyone or any force who wanted to obtain this pill could participate in the auction two months later.]
[As expected, after you spread the news, your family and friends were no longer threatened, and your Tarot Chamber of Commerce received many invitations in a short period of time. For a time, you became a sought-after figure in the entire Great Xia Kingdom.]
[One day, Jin Congxue came to you. She seemed a little hesitant and embarrassed. You asked her what happened.]
[Jin Congxue said awkwardly that an elder of her clan, an uncle, was nearing the end of his lifespan and had asked Jin Congxue's father for help. Then, Jin Congxue's father personally asked her if she could obtain a life-prolonging elixir.]
[Helplessly, Jin Congxue could only come and ask for your opinion.]
[Of course, Jin Congxue also said that if you found it difficult, she would naturally refuse. If you had any extra life-prolonging pills, you could give her one, and Jin Clan would buy it.]
[You had known Jin Congxue for a long time, and she had taken care of you a lot, so you naturally couldn't refuse. You had to give her a Life-sustaining Pill.]
[Afterwards, Jin Clan also sent treasures that matched the value of the Life-sustaining Pill.]
Su Xing sighed when he saw this:
"Sigh, even Jin Congxue can't help herself, huh? Jin Clan is a large family with a huge business. Naturally, there are some elders who are nearing the end of their lifespans. It's indeed difficult to refuse under such circumstances..."
Su Xing felt a little helpless. The interests involved in life-prolonging pills were too great. Even Martial Emperors might not be able to stay out of it.
"If
the life-prolonging pills are really made public, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble!"
Su Xing sighed, wanting to see how far this matter of the life-prolonging pills would develop.
[There are no impenetrable walls. The fact that you gave a life-prolonging pill to Jin Clan quickly caused another uproar!]
[For a time, all the powerful figures and forces in the Great Xia Kingdom knew that you had taken out two life-prolonging pills in a row. And if there were two, there could be a third!]
[This meant that you really had the ability to refine pills!]
[In an instant, countless powerful figures personally visited you, wanting to obtain a life-prolonging pill. But you insisted that the pill would be auctioned off at the auction next month.]
[However, there were also some people who were close to you and you couldn't refuse.]
[One day, your good friend Yu Yan came to you. He told you that his teacher, a Heavenly King-level professional, was nearing the end of his lifespan. After learning about Yu Yan's relationship with you, he also wanted to buy a life-prolonging pill from you.]
[You were very helpless about this. Yu Yan had helped you a lot and was your best friend during university. And his teacher had always been very good to him. Yu Yan couldn't refuse at all.]
[Helplessly, you took out the third Life-sustaining Pill and gave it to Yu Yan.]
[Soon, the news spread again, to the point that later, not only your friends but even your parents and sister were asked by others to see if they could get a life-prolonging pill.]
[You felt helpless in your heart, knowing that matters of human relationships were the most difficult to handle. You could only pick and choose, rejecting most of the requests and only agreeing to a small number of requests that you really couldn't refuse.]
[Even so, you still sold five or six Life-sustaining Pills because of favors in just a month.]
[Fortunately, you still had a few Life-sustaining Pills that you refined before, and Jin Congxue used her connections to get you some thousand-year-old medicinal herbs.]
[You started refining pills, and you had about ten Life-sustaining Pills left.]
[Soon, the day of the scheduled auction arrived. You released the news in advance that eight Life-sustaining Pills would be sold at this auction.]
[For a time, the major forces in the entire Great Xia Kingdom were in an uproar. The bosses behind the major chambers of commerce, the leaders of the top professional guilds... even the Great Xia government sent people to participate in the auction!]
[The auction proceeded smoothly. You obtained an unimaginable amount of wealth with the eight Life-sustaining Pills. This wealth was enough to directly elevate the Tarot Chamber of Commerce to the ranks of top chambers of commerce.]
[But what you never expected was that just as the auction was about to end, an accident happened.]
[Four or five masked men broke into the auction, attempting to kill and steal the treasures, taking away all the Life-sustaining Pills!]
[You were shocked. Someone actually dared to kill and steal treasures in front of so many big shots?]
[These big shots quickly sent their Heavenly King-level bodyguards to fight back, and even the Martial Emperors from the Great Xia military personally took action.]
[But what surprised you even more was that these masked men were unbelievably strong. Each of them exuded an aura comparable to a Martial Emperor!]
[Seeing that they were no match, these big shots were horrified and wanted to escape.]
[Seeing the chaos at the auction, you naturally wouldn't stand idly by. So you chose to take action, exposing your strength!]
[With your Divine Power Realm cultivation, you were fully capable of fighting a Martial Emperor. In a short period of time, you could even hold back two Martial Emperors!]
[With your help, the auction managed to hold on until reinforcements from the Great Xia military arrived. The masked men had no choice but to retreat!]
[From this, the elders of all forces were incredulous. You were so young, yet you already had the strength of a Martial Emperor. You were simply the number one genius of the human race in thousands of years!]
[Even the Great Xia military extended an olive branch to you, hoping that you would become an honorary general of the military.]
[You weren't interested in these things because you knew that there were more important things waiting for you.]
[You were going to join the Advent Cult in two months and obtain enough medicinal herbs from it. This was your capital for extending the simulation time!]
[So you declined to meet any guests and focused on trying to figure out how to refine the Nascent Soul Pill.]
[The two most important main ingredients of the Nascent Soul Pill had already been gathered. You needed to obtain the remaining medicinal herbs from the Advent Cult's treasury.]
[For the next period of time, you devoted yourself to studying pills.]
[You originally thought that the uproar caused by the life-prolonging pills would soon pass, but unexpectedly, less than half a month later, your parents were threatened again.]
[Although your Martial Emperor-level strength was powerful enough, you couldn't guard against some secret attacks.]
[The most crucial thing was that human desires were endless. After learning that you could really refine life-prolonging pills, someone actually set their sights on the pill formula of your Life-sustaining Pill!]
[They wanted to threaten your parents to obtain the pill formula of the Life-sustaining Pill!]
[And this... completely angered you! So you secretly investigated and finally found the chamber of commerce that threatened you.]
[This chamber of commerce was called the Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce. It was a top chamber of commerce that had rapidly expanded in recent decades, growing from a first-rate chamber of commerce to a top chamber of commerce in just a few decades.]
[According to your investigation, this chamber of commerce actually had a Martial Emperor-level expert as a retainer, which was also the reason for their arrogance.]
[But you weren't afraid at all. The constant troubles had already made you want to make an example of someone.]
[So you directly attacked the Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce. After a fierce battle with the Martial Emperor retainer, you emerged victorious and then killed all the high-ranking members of the chamber of commerce who threatened you!]
[This action instantly triggered strong dissatisfaction from the major chambers of commerce and forces in the Great Xia Kingdom!]
[Except for Jin Clan, Hundred Li Chamber of Commerce, and the Great Xia government, who had good relations with you, many chambers of commerce condemned you, saying that you were too lawless.]
[But you disdained them and announced that you would stop supplying Life-sustaining Pills to these chambers of commerce!]
[This made them even more furious, and they started slandering and denouncing you in various ways. But you knew that what they really wanted was the pill formula of the Life-sustaining Pill!]
[You completely ignored them and focused on refining pills every day.]
[Unexpectedly, one day, someone you didn't expect came to you.]
[This person was none other than Protector Zong of the Advent Cult!]
[You were stunned when you saw Protector Zong, and then subconsciously became alert. Although you had the strength of a Martial Emperor, you were still no match for him. If he wanted to harm you, you could only choose to run.]
[Protector Zong smiled and greeted you friendly, then whispered if you had mastered the art of soul possession, and was this young man the person you possessed?]
Su Xing frowned slightly and muttered:
"What does Elder Dog mean? Is he saying that I possessed myself?"
But then Su Xing realized.
It must be because Su Xing's strength was too strong, Nascent Soul Great Perfection plus Divine Power Realm... Even the most talented cultivator couldn't reach this level in their early twenties.
Therefore, Elder Dog must have thought that he possessed himself, right?
"What is this old dog trying to do?"
Su Xing was a little curious and continued to look at the simulation panel.
(End of Chapter)