When you wake up again, you find yourself in an ancient and austere hall.
Not far from you, your father, Jiang Fushan, is sitting cross-legged.
Above his head, a ball of light is halfway merged into his body.
Seeing this, you instinctively think it's a possession attempt and rush forward to stop it.
Unfortunately, as you approach, a light barrier blocks your way.
Three days pass in the blink of an eye, and your father, Jiang Fushan, finally wakes up slowly.
Just as you are about to ask what happened, a shadowy figure suddenly appears.
You hear the shadowy figure shout, "How dare you seek the Immortal Dao inheritance!"
Then you see him strike a palm towards your father.
At that moment, the light barrier that had blocked you flickers, and your father looks at you anxiously, as if wanting to say something.
Before he can speak, he vanishes in an instant, teleported away!
Immediately after, you hear the shadowy figure shout angrily, "You can't escape, I will find you!"
Seeing your father, Jiang Fushan, teleported away, the shadowy figure doesn't hesitate and strikes a palm at you.
You could have used the Teleportation Jade Plate left by the white-robed woman to escape, but you didn't.
The Teleportation Jade Plate can only be used three times, and you plan to take it out of the simulator, fearing that using it in the simulation would reduce its usage count outside.
This time, you have already obtained the answers you wanted from the simulation.
So, you watch as the shadowy figure's palm shadow shatters you.
The Human Bomb talent activates, and the terrifying explosion permanently blackens the shadowy figure's skin.
You died at the age of 32.
This simulation ends.
You can choose two rewards from this simulation: Human Bomb (Talent), Heavenly Profound Art (Immortal Dao Mental Cultivation Method), Storage Ring (One), Spirit Stone (1000 pieces), Teleportation Jade Plate (Damaged).
Human Bomb (Talent): Price 1 million Energy Value.
Heavenly Profound Art (Immortal Dao Mental Cultivation Method): Price 10 million Energy Value.
Storage Ring (One): Price 500,000 Energy Value.
Spirit Stone (1000 pieces): Price 10 million Energy Value.
Teleportation Jade Plate (Damaged): Price 2 million Energy Value; a damaged teleportation array plate, can be used three times.
This time, Jiang Yifeng's goal in the simulation was to investigate, so he didn't focus much on cultivation.
He managed to gather a lot of information as he wished.
Now, Jiang Yifeng thinks he might have been wrong before.
In this simulation, he witnessed his father obtaining the Immortal Dao inheritance twelve years later.
Judging by the situation, this inheritance doesn't seem weak, so did his father really die in the first simulation where he himself died?
Back then, the text he saw in the simulator said that the Jiang Family mansion was destroyed with a single palm strike, and he was killed by falling bricks.
Thinking back now, it didn't say that everyone in the Jiang Family died.
In the subsequent simulations, he was only killed by the shadowy figure once.
At that time, the shadowy figure called him a leftover faction of the Jiang Family. Was he really deliberately searching for him?
He was just an ordinary person who had just entered the Martial Dao. Was he worth the effort for a cultivator to search for?
If his father escaped after obtaining the Immortal Dao inheritance, the shadowy figure might have been investigating and searching for him.
During this process, he learned that Jiang Yifeng was Jiang Fushan's son, and by bad luck, Jiang Yifeng encountered the shadowy figure and was killed.
Thinking this way, it seems more reasonable.
As for why his father didn't tell him to run the first time but did in a later simulation, it's the same reasoning as before. In the first simulation, he was just a playboy and wouldn't have survived if he ran away.
Staying in the Jiang Family, his father might have had a glimmer of hope, thinking the shadowy figure might not find him, or even if he did, he could escape with Jiang Yifeng.
But his father underestimated the shadowy figure's strength and overestimated Jiang Yifeng's luck, so he was killed by falling bricks in an instant.
In a later simulation, Jiang Yifeng had started cultivating Martial Dao, so his father, Jiang Fushan, thought it was better for him to leave early to avoid the shadowy figure and increase his chances of survival.
The only question now is why it took the shadowy figure a year to find the Jiang Family in the first simulation. Jiang Fushan was quite a notable figure in the Great Abyssal Kingdom.
Either the shadowy figure didn't see his father's face clearly at the time, or the inheritance his father obtained had some way to hide him.
Jiang Yifeng feels he has understood the truth of the matter, and his current deduction must be correct.
He is now thinking that if he can stop his father from going to that business meeting in the eleventh year, his father won't get the Immortal Dao inheritance, and everything might be avoided.
Jiang Yifeng thinks he can try this in future simulations.
As for reality, there's no need. He has the simulator and has already started cultivating. In ten years, if he still fears that shadowy figure, wouldn't that be too pathetic?
After finishing his reasoning, Jiang Yifeng looks at the rewards from this simulation.
This time, there's no Breath Concealing Talisman as a reward.
He doesn't know if it's because the same item can only appear once, or if the simulator thinks one is enough for him and doesn't include it in the reward list anymore.
But it doesn't matter; Jiang Yifeng didn't plan to exchange for it this time anyway.
Before starting the simulation, Jiang Yifeng planned to bring out the Storage Ring and Spirit Stones.
He mainly wanted the Spirit Stones. The more Spirit Stones he has in reality, the less he'll lack cultivation resources in future simulations if he gets a good cultivation talent.
But taking only the Spirit Stones seems dangerous to Jiang Yifeng.
Spirit Stones have a unique aura that can be easily sensed by cultivators.
So Jiang Yifeng thinks he must have the Storage Ring to block the aura before taking the Spirit Stones.
Unfortunately, plans can't keep up with changes.
This time, there's another life-saving item, the Teleportation Jade Plate (Damaged).
He definitely has to take this. It can save his life in reality and might be very useful in future simulations when he wants to cultivate safely.
Jiang Yifeng quickly makes his choice.
"I choose the Storage Ring and the Teleportation Jade Plate (Damaged)."
He can only choose two rewards each time.
Jiang Yifeng estimates that the simulator might upgrade again soon, and then he might have to choose talents from the simulation rewards.
And he will also need to take cultivation levels, making it hard to bring out both the Storage Ring and Spirit Stones together.
So he can only take the Storage Ring first.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a Storage Ring (One), deducting 500,000 Energy Value, remaining Energy Value: 7.9 billion..."
"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the Teleportation Jade Plate (Damaged), deducting 2 million Energy Value, remaining Energy Value: 7.8 billion..."
An ancient ring and an octagonal jade plate appear in Jiang Yifeng's hand.
First, Jiang Yifeng keeps the Teleportation Jade Plate close to him.
He doesn't plan to put it in the Storage Ring, fearing that in a real crisis, he won't have time to take it out and use it.
After that, Jiang Yifeng starts playing with the Storage Ring.
He puts everything in his room into the Storage Ring and then takes it all out again, enjoying himself immensely.
Clearly, it's his first time encountering a storage item in reality, and he's a bit overly excited.
It takes him a full half hour to stop.