As expected, things unfolded just as Jiang Yifeng had anticipated.
After leaving the key to the study where the silver notes were kept with Jiang Yifeng, Jiang Fushan hurriedly departed, claiming he had business to attend to.
Watching him leave, Jiang Yifeng felt a sudden pang of sadness.
Jiang Fushan had always doted on him excessively. Whatever Jiang Yifeng wanted, as long as Jiang Fushan could provide it, he would find a way to get it for him.
Yet, ever since he transmigrated here, Jiang Yifeng had never really cared about this convenient father of his. He only knew that his father was often busy outside, but he never considered how exhausting it might be or whether he faced any dangers.
Previously, Jiang Yifeng might not have thought much about it, but after several simulations, he knew that the world outside was far from peaceful. In every simulation, he encountered mountain bandits as soon as he left Green Hills City.
So, could his father, who was out all year round, have never encountered them?
Thinking about this, Jiang Yifeng's eyes grew moist.
"Damn mountain bandits, they must be eradicated!"
Finally, Jiang Yifeng made a decision—to eliminate the bandits! He couldn't do much to help his father, but he could at least make it safer for him outside.
Although this decision was partly driven by personal grievances, it was mostly for his father's safety.
Yes, that's right, just like that!
Jiang Yifeng took the key Jiang Fushan had given him and retrieved a pile of silver notes from the study. Then, he headed straight to the Wu Family Martial Arts School.
He stated his purpose directly, hoping that Wu Youdao would lead the effort to eradicate the bandits. After all, he had witnessed Wu Youdao's strength in the simulator. As long as Wu Youdao took the lead and gathered some other skilled fighters, those mountain bandits wouldn't stand a chance.
Wu Youdao was about to refuse when Jiang Yifeng threw a large pile of silver notes at him. And just like that, the matter was settled.
From that day on, the Wu Family Martial Arts School posted notices, offering high salaries to recruit "experts" skilled in martial arts. In less than three days, Wu Youdao led a large group out of Green Hills City to eliminate the bandits.
Seeing this, Jiang Yifeng, who was secretly orchestrating everything, smiled and then swaggered into the Spring Blossom Pavilion to listen to music at the pleasure house.
Eradicating the bandits was necessary, but he couldn't do it himself. It didn't fit his playboy persona. If money could solve the problem, why should he get his hands dirty?
A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
The simulator's usage count had refreshed today. Jiang Yifeng closed his door early and muttered, "Start simulation."
[Simulation count used: 1, remaining: 0]
[Drawing Green Talent costs 1000 Energy Value, drawing Blue Talent costs 100,000 Energy Value. Please choose!]
"Draw Blue Talent."
[Ding, 100,000 Energy Value deducted. Drawing Blue Talent, remaining Energy Value...]
[Congratulations, you have obtained Blue Talent: Perfect Aim]
[Perfect Aim]: When engaging in intimate activities, your accuracy rate reaches an astonishing 100%.
Seeing this talent, Jiang Yifeng was stunned.
"System, simulator, come out! This is consumer fraud!"
Jiang Yifeng couldn't help but vent. He had hoped to draw a better talent, but this? Was this even a talent? A Blue Talent, no less. What use was it?
[Ding, please view the talent rationally. This talent is extremely useful for those unable to conceive offspring. Why shouldn't it be considered a Blue Talent?]
Just as Jiang Yifeng finished venting, a sudden electronic voice sounded, startling him. He hadn't expected the simulator to actually respond.
So, Jiang Yifeng quickly asked, "Simulator, can I draw talents multiple times? Deduct more Energy Value if needed!"
...
Whether the simulator had a specific way of speaking or simply didn't want to respond, it didn't reply again.
Seeing that the simulator really wasn't going to respond, Jiang Yifeng stopped talking and obediently looked at the simulation panel.
[Simulation 5 begins.]
[You stare at the space in front of you, not seeing any simulation subtitles, realizing you have entered the simulation.]
[In reality, you can always see the simulator's presence.]
[So, you begin to think about how to act in this simulation.]
[You realize this talent is useless, so you plan to follow your original plan and head to the Evergreen Mountain Range to obtain the cultivation technique.]
[You repeatedly remind yourself not to get distracted this time and to obtain the cultivation technique first.]
[On the first day, you quietly leave Green Hills City without alerting anyone.]
[On the second day, you travel several hundred kilometers.]
[Along the way, you see many places with traces of blood, indicating past battles.]
[On the third day, you hear the sounds of fighting from a distance.]
[You recognize it as a fight between ordinary people, posing no threat to you, so you don't avoid it.]
[As you get closer, you discover it's Wu Youdao's bandit-eradication team fighting the mountain bandits.]
[You observe the battle and see that with Wu Youdao present, the bandits have no chance of resisting.]
[So, you quietly leave without intervening.]
[On the eighth day, you arrive at the Evergreen Mountain Range and see the ruins.]
[During these days of travel, everything is normal, with no unexpected incidents or encounters with bandits.]
[You believe that the news of Wu Youdao's bandit eradication has made the other bandits more cautious.]
[On the tenth day, you reach the ruins in the Evergreen Mountain Range.]
[As usual, you bury all the skeletons in the ruins, creating a small graveyard nearby.]
[Of course, you also obtain the cultivation technique "Heavenly Profound Art" as you wished.]
[After finishing everything, you don't leave but build a small shed beside the ruins and settle down there.]
[You plan to wait and see who will build the future Heavenly Profound Temple here.]
[You think that whoever builds a new temple on these ruins is either a descendant or a friend of the sect.]
[You believe that the descendants or friends of a cultivation sect are likely to be cultivators.]
[By staying here, you might obtain some useful information.]
[Of course, you understand that this involves some risk.]
[After all, the cultivators in your previous simulations were not very friendly, and it's possible that all cultivators might attack those seeking information about cultivation.]
[You know this possibility is quite high.]
[But after careful consideration, you decide to take the risk, as you currently know too little about cultivators.]
[In the following days, you live a very routine life.]
[You practice the "Unnamed Manual" martial art every morning, hunt for food at noon, and then study the "Heavenly Profound Art" in the afternoon.]
[A month passes, and you finally sense the location of your Qi Sea.]
[According to the technique, once you sense the Qi Sea, you can start channeling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into it, marking the beginning of your cultivation journey.]
[You know this means the "door" to cultivation has opened for you, making you very excited. You eat an extra deer that day.]
[Unknowingly, a year passes. Your Martial Dao cultivation is still at the sixth level of body tempering, but you continue to practice the "Unnamed Manual" daily, making slow progress.]
[Your cultivation has also barely begun. After a year of effort, you finally manage to complete one cycle of the technique, successfully channeling a small wisp of spiritual energy into your Qi Sea.]