Jiang Yifeng started the simulation without further thought.
"Start simulation!"
[Consumption of simulation times: 1, remaining times: 0]
[Extracting green talent consumes 1,000 energy value, blue talent consumes 100,000 energy value. Please choose which to extract!]
The increase was significant, but for Jiang Yifeng, it was merely a drop in the bucket.
"Extract blue talent."
[Ding, deducting 100,000 energy value, remaining energy value: 85,165,000; blue talent extraction in progress.]
[Congratulations on obtaining blue talent: Five Elements Pseudo Spiritual Root]
[Five Elements Pseudo Spiritual Root: Incomplete five-attribute spiritual roots of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Can be cultivated, but the speed is extremely slow. (Note: Among pseudo spiritual roots, this is the worst!)]
Jiang Yifeng's face lit up upon seeing this.
The talent for cultivating immortality had arrived.
Even though it was introduced as the worst talent, he didn't mind much.
Having spiritual roots was better than having none at all.
Without overthinking, Jiang Yifeng eagerly looked at the simulation panel.
[The 4th simulation begins.]
[You realize you are already in the simulation.]
[After thinking for a moment, you feel it's difficult to improve your martial arts now.]
[Now that you have spiritual roots, you should first obtain the Tianxuan Gong, then attempt to cultivate immortality.]
[You set off immediately, preparing to go to the Changqing Mountains.]
[As soon as you walk out the door, you meet your father, Jiang Fushan.]
[He asks you what happened during this period, why you started buying gold, silver, and jewelry in large quantities.]
[You are speechless for a moment, unable to directly answer that you needed energy; so you lie and say you have a new hobby.]
[Hearing this, your father Jiang Fushan doesn't press further, but asks if you have enough money.]
[You touch the silver notes that only amount to a few million taels left, nod, and say you are indeed a little short on money.]
[Hearing your words, your father Jiang Fushan smiles and takes out a key to hand to you.]
[He says this is the key to his study, and if you need money, you can help yourself.]
[You are somewhat touched, and say with tears in your eyes: "Alright, I will definitely get it."]
[After your father leaves, you depart Qingshan City without delay.]
[This time you still choose to run forward.]
[It's not because you want to exercise, as running can no longer make you stronger.]
[It's just because you still can't ride a horse.]
[On the first day, even though you set out at noon, by evening, you have already reached 200 miles from Qingshan City.]
[This is all because you are now at the sixth level of body tempering in martial arts cultivation.]
[Running at full speed, your speed matches that of an ordinary fast horse.]
[On the second day, you quicken your pace and continue rushing forward, with nothing special occurring.]
[On the third day, you rush for a day and spend the night in an unknown ruined temple.]
[On the fourth day, you rush at full speed and nothing happens.]
[On the fifth day, you encounter bandits during your rest period.]
[Seeing the groups of bandits, you are not only unafraid but even somewhat excited.]
[You shout "rid the people of harm" and charge forward.]
[Even with hundreds of these ordinary bandits, they are no match for you.]
[In just a few minutes, most of the bandits have been killed, with only one bandit leader still fleeing on a good horse.]
[But you are relentless and chase them, determined to eliminate them completely.]
[You shout "rid the people of harm," but in truth, you're thinking about how the bandits robbed you several times in previous simulations.]
[Now that you have the strength, you must take revenge.]
[The bandits ahead are fleeing on horseback, and you're running fast behind them, matching their speed.]
[Two hours later, you've been running at full speed and are already out of breath.]
[Although your speed nearly matches the fast horse, your endurance is clearly lacking.]
[But thinking of revenge for the bandits' robberies, you don't give up and continue the chase.]
[A day later, you kill the bandit leader's fast horse, and he dies under your fist.]
[You feel that revenge for the robbery in the simulator has been achieved, and you laugh heartily.]
[After laughing for a while, you exhale and lie down on the spot, your body completely sore.]
[Running at full speed for a whole day has exhausted you.]
[As soon as you lie down, you fall asleep quickly, not caring at all that you're in the wilderness.]
Jiang Yifeng was speechless seeing this.
Am I really so petty?
Wasn't it just twice that I was robbed by bandits in the simulator?
One of those robberies was unsuccessful.
The key is that it's unclear whether these bandits are even the same group.
To avenge something that hasn't even happened in reality, I had to kill their horse even as they fled?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Jiang Yifeng felt that his simulated self must have wanted to eliminate harm for the people's sake.
[Fortunately, you are lucky. The next day, you wake up intact, having encountered no wild beasts.]
[Upon waking, you look at your surroundings and feel confused for a moment.]
[Your current location has long deviated from your planned route.]
[Suddenly you remember that you chased the bandit leader at full speed for an entire day yesterday, possibly covering nearly a thousand kilometers.]
[It's normal to have deviated from the route.]
[You quickly take out the coordinate map of Tianxuan Temple for comparison.]
[After a few minutes, you stand there with lifeless eyes, with only three words in your mind: Where am I?]
[The coordinate map of Tianxuan Temple is just a regional route map from Qingshan City to Tianxuan Temple.]
[Your current location is beyond the map's bounds, and you can't determine your position at all.]
[You want to retrace yesterday's route from chasing the bandits, but unfortunately, you were so focused on the chase that you didn't memorize the path.]
[After being confused for a while, you look into the distance, spot the largest mountain range, and head in that direction.]
[You remember that the Changqing Mountains are a mountain range spanning several countries.]
[You think that choosing the largest mountain range and heading toward it should be a good choice.]
[A day later, you've walked hundreds of kilometers without encountering a single person, and the surrounding environment has become increasingly desolate.]
[The largest mountain range you saw before is still very large and far away.]
[At this moment, you realize you are completely lost.]
[Another two days pass, and you still haven't encountered a single person. You have no idea where you are!]
[Normally, no matter how remote, you should have encountered a few villages after walking one or two thousand kilometers over the past few days.]
[At this time, you look at your few remaining pieces of dry food and begin to feel anxious.]
[Three days pass in a flash, and you lie in the desert with lifeless eyes. You've lost hope in life.]
[Not only are you lost and have walked into an unknown desert, but you haven't eaten or drunk anything for two days.]
[You think you might starve to death here.]