Jiang Yifeng already understood the function of the simulator upgrade, so he didn't dwell on it any further.
He looked at the remaining two simulation opportunities.
Without hesitation, he silently said, "Start simulation!"
[Consuming 1 simulation attempt. 1 attempt remaining.]
[Drawing blue talent costs 10 energy points. Drawing purple talent costs 100 energy points. Please choose a draw!]
"Huh?"
Jiang Yifeng noticed the energy consumption and felt it was much less than expected.
Initially, the energy required for drawing green and blue talents differed by a factor of a hundred.
But now, drawing purple talent only cost ten times more than blue talent.
This left Jiang Yifeng a bit confused, and he even began to worry whether the purple talent might not be powerful enough.
[Ding! The gap between green and blue talents is as vast as that between mortals and immortals. Green talents can only influence ordinary people, whereas blue talents can initiate immortal cultivation and affect practitioners. This explains the significant difference in energy value consumption.]
The simulator, sensing Jiang Yifeng's doubts, provided a direct explanation.
Hearing this, Jiang Yifeng felt reassured.
Without hesitation, he murmured, "Extract the purple talent."
[Ding! 100 energy points deducted. Extracting purple talent. Remaining energy: 11.5 billion...]
[Congratulations! You have obtained the purple talent: Thunder-Fire True Spiritual Root.]
[Thunder-Fire True Spiritual Root: A mutated, top-grade spiritual root with both thunder and fire attributes.]
[Ding! It has been detected that the host already possesses a Five-Element Pseudo-Spiritual Root. Replacing talent...]
[Replacement complete. With the Thunder-Fire True Spiritual Root, you are now a budding genius on the immortal path.]
"Yes! A perfect hit!"
Jiang Yifeng clenched his fists in excitement.
Looking at the Thunder-Fire True Spiritual Root talent he had acquired, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
This spiritual root was exactly what he needed most at this moment.
The previous Five-Element Pseudo-Spiritual Root was utterly useless, deserving of its title as the worst spiritual root, as marked by the simulator.
Previously, his cultivation on the immortal path had been agonizingly slow during simulations.
But now, with the Thunder-Fire Mutated True Spiritual Root, its potential was evident even from the introduction alone.
The simulator even emphasized that possessing this spiritual root would make him a genius of the immortal way. Jiang Yifeng was filled with anticipation.
He could hardly wait to see the effect of this talent in the simulator.
[The 9th simulation begins.]
[You were momentarily stunned as you realized you had entered the simulation state.]
[On the first day, you left Qingshan City under the cover of darkness.]
[On the third day, you arrived at the ruins of Tianxuan Temple in the Changqing Mountain Range.]
[After arriving, you cleaned up the ruins, buried all the remains, and built an exquisite tombstone.]
[At the same time, you acquired the immortal heart method, Tianxuan Gong.]
[Unable to contain your curiosity, you immediately began practicing Tianxuan Gong to test the effect of your new spiritual root talent.]
[You took out a spiritual stone from the storage ring, activated the heart method, and started cultivating.]
[In moments, you completed one cycle of the method, absorbing spiritual energy from the stone into your sea of qi.]
[In less than half an hour, the spiritual stone was reduced to ashes.]
[You stared at the powder in your hand, stunned.]
[You recalled that with your Five-Element Pseudo-Spiritual Root, it had taken two entire months to absorb a single spiritual stone.]
[Now, with the Thunder-Fire True Spiritual Root, it took only half an hour to absorb one.]
[In terms of absorption efficiency, the improvement was over a thousandfold.]
[This left you in awe, realizing how crucial talent is for cultivating immortals.]
[Even those protagonists in your past life who counterattacked from being "useless"—how many were truly useless?]
[Most were simply experiencing temporary setbacks.]
[With excellent spiritual roots, you knew you couldn't waste this opportunity. In the days that followed, you dedicated yourself to rigorous cultivation.]
[In one month, you progressed from the third level of Qi Refining to the peak of Qi Refining.]
[Your expanded sea of qi was the only reason this took so long.]
[Without the prior expansion, you would have reached the peak of Qi Refining in less than ten days.]
[Such progress, unimaginable in previous simulations, was astonishing.]
[In the second month, you compressed all the spiritual energy in your sea of qi into liquid form.]
[With your superior talent, the Foundation Establishment stage was no longer a bottleneck. In just one month, you successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage.]
[What puzzled you, however, was that the dragon qi in your sea of qi did not merge with your spiritual qi, nor could you control it—it remained separate.]
[Since it didn't hinder your breakthrough, you didn't dwell on it.]
[By the third month, you noticed that advancing further after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage became more challenging.]
[In one month, you managed to break through a minor realm, reaching the second level of Foundation Establishment, though the third level still seemed distant.]
[You also encountered a significant issue—insufficient spirit stones.]
[Your improved talent allowed for faster cultivation, but it also consumed resources at an alarming rate.]
[In just three months, you had exhausted 1,800 spirit stones, leaving only 200 remaining.]
[With no alternative, you continued cultivating.]
[Ten days later, your spirit stones were entirely depleted, and your immortal cultivation stalled at the third level of Foundation Establishment.]
[Without spirit stones, your cultivation speed slowed considerably.]
[Nine months passed quickly. One year into the simulation, you reached the fourth level of Foundation Establishment.]
[You realized yet again the critical importance of cultivation resources.]
[Previously, with adequate spirit stones, you could break through a minor realm in just one month. Without them, it took several times longer.]
[In the second year, your cultivation slowed further. It took an entire year to reach the fifth level of Foundation Establishment.]
[By the third year, you prepared in advance, hiding the teleportation jade plate, storage ring, and breath-suppressing talisman.]
[With the lessons from the previous simulation, you worried these items might prevent you from taking advantage of the woman in white.]
[Two months later, she appeared at the ruins once more.]
[Excitement surged within you as you anticipated replenishing your spirit stones.]
[However, you feigned indifference, pretending not to notice her.]
[The woman in white glanced at you. Her expression changed suddenly, and in an instant, she vanished from her original position and reappeared before you.]
[Before you could react, her hand clamped around your neck.]
[The sudden turn of events left you stunned.]
[You couldn't understand why, in this simulation, she acted so aggressively. In the previous simulation, although she tested your cultivation method, she never directly attacked.]
[You were utterly baffled by the change in her behavior.]