The matter of exchanging mountains for energy values went much more smoothly than Jiang Yifeng had imagined.
The simulator converted all the mountains and flowers outside Mingyue City into energy values without any noise, as if they disappeared into thin air!
No one discovered anything at all, which meant the transmission jade plates that Jiang Yifeng had prepared beforehand served no purpose.
Jiang Yifeng didn't mind thisâ€"it was better that they weren't needed, proving he wasn't in danger.
Not causing a disturbance and avoiding detection was exactly what he wanted!
This success also made Jiang Yifeng feel more confident.
He felt that lacking energy values wouldn't be a problem in the future. After all, as long as he used the simulator to exchange for energy values, there would be no significant disturbance.
Occasionally using cultivation to speed things up, if he wasn't too unlucky, the risk factor remained very low.
At this point, Jiang Yifeng's energy value reached its highest everâ€"more than 120 billion!
In truth, just a few mountains weren't worth so much energy value.
But Jiang Yifeng had been lucky. There were still many residual ores in the abandoned mines in the mountains outside Mingyue City.
This was what pushed his energy value beyond 120 billion.
In his room, Jiang Yifeng immediately chose to redeem the simulation rewards he hadn't claimed last time!
"Redeem for Shinto cultivation!"
[Ding, Shinto cultivation exchange successful, deducting 1 billion energy value, remaining energy value is 119 billion...]
A few seconds later, Jiang Yifeng clearly felt his cultivation improving.
Just as he was still reveling in the joy of his improved cultivation, the simulator's electronic voice sounded again.
[Ding, the host has met the simulator upgrade conditions. Would the host like to spend 100 billion energy value to complete the upgrade?]
"..."
Upon hearing that he had to spend 100 billion energy value for the upgrade, Jiang Yifeng's face immediately darkened.
The energy value he had just earned at the risk of exposure was being targeted by the simulator again.
Although he was unhappy, the simulator still needed to be upgraded.
Jiang Yifeng knew that every simulator upgrade would inevitably bring different improvements.
"Simulator upgrade!"
[Ding, simulator upgraded to version 5.0, 100 billion energy value deducted, remaining energy value is 19 billion...]
[Setting modification 1: Energy value will be changed to a higher-level source value, with original energy value converting to source value at a ratio of 10,000 to 1!]
[Setting modification 2: At the beginning of each simulation, the host can randomly obtain an additional one-time talent or ability; Note: It cannot be exchanged at the end of the simulation.]
[Setting modification 3: The source value consumed by exchange rewards after simulation end will be greatly reduced.]
[Tip: Source value cannot be exchanged with ordinary mortal objects; (Please do not harm flowers and plants again).]
[Note: Host is detected to have more than 11.9 billion energy values remaining, which will convert to 119 source values.]
Seeing the setting modifications after the simulator upgrade, Jiang Yifeng couldn't help but shout: "Scam!"
Jiang Yifeng felt deceived by the simulator.
Was this really an upgrade?
He suspected he was being suppressed by the simulator.
He had just discovered how to exchange mountains for large amounts of energy value, which were so abundant.
But after upgrading the simulator, this method became unusable.
Wasn't this actually a downgrade in disguise?
"Simulator, come out and explain yourself."
Jiang Yifeng demanded of the simulator.
[Ding: Host has passed the novice period, and the simulator is revoking novice benefits, which is reasonable; please don't yell!]
After that, Jiang Yifeng raised many questions.
Unfortunately, it was uselessâ€"the simulator refused to acknowledge him.
In the end, Jiang Yifeng had no choice but to accept it.
He could only hope that after this upgrade, the one-time talent or ability would be more powerful.
If it wasn't powerful, this simulator upgrade would definitely be a major loss.
"Ah!"
Jiang Yifeng sighed and stopped dwelling on the problems caused by the simulation upgrade.
What's done was done, and he couldn't change it!
At this time, there was still a little while before the number of simulations refreshed.
Jiang Yifeng began to contemplate what to do in the simulation.
He felt that improving strength was constantâ€"it had to be done in every simulation.
But beyond this, Jiang Yifeng felt he also needed to resolve the doubts that had accumulated in his heart through the simulations.
After nearly half a year of simulations, Jiang Yifeng now had many questions in his heart.
What secrets did his father have, and why could he practice so quickly?
Xianlinmen had been established for nearly a million years. Was their strongest cultivator really just Shen Wuyou, who had crossed the fifth level of tribulation? Was someone stronger hiding?
From the previous simulation, it was clear the white tiger and black tortoise guarding the forbidden formation weren't there voluntarily, so were the demon dragon and demon phoenix voluntary?
Was there any connection between these beasts?
Also, who controlled that giant hand that covered the sky when his father became an immortal? Xuangui said the forbidden land was planned by powerful forces of the immortal world and they wouldn't act privately.
Why did the giant hand that covered the sky suddenly appear? Was it because his father became an immortal? Did it break the balance?
Or would the balance break as long as anyone in the Southern Region became an immortal?
Was it targeting everyone in the Southern Region, or just his father?
Also, since immortals would be attacked by the giant hand that covered the sky, did the two predecessors Mo Jingtian and Lu Wuya who lived millions of years ago really escape?
Or did they fall?
...
Several doubts lingered in Jiang Yifeng's mind, waiting for him to solve them one by one.
[Ding: Number of simulations has been refreshed!]
Jiang Yifeng stopped his train of thought.
Without hesitation, he said silently.
"Start simulation!"
[Consuming 1 simulation, 0 remaining times]
[Extracting purple talents consumes 100 origin points, extracting orange talents with probability consumes 1000 origin points. Please choose extraction type!]
"Choose the probabilistic orange talent extraction."
[Ding, deducting 1000 origin value, talent being randomly extracted, remaining 119 origin value...]
[Congratulations to host for obtaining orange talent: Late Bloomer.]
[Late Bloomer]: The older you are, the faster you practice. (Note: From age 100, practice speed doubles every 10 years, up to 10 times.)
[Ding, obtained one-time talent: Unethical Navigation.]
[Unethical Navigation]: It can take you to the most dangerous place! (Note: Passive talent, no need to actively use, so there is no one-time use limit, only it cannot be exchanged.)
[Prompt: Do you choose to carry one of the talents in the talent pool?]
Jiang Yifeng looked at the talents he received.
He thought they were quite good.
Late Bloomer, at first glance, was a top-grade talent for practice, but it had to start from age 100.
Now he was only 20 years old, which meant he would need to wait 80 years from the start of the simulation.
This meant he would still have to join the Xianlinmen for this simulation.
As for Unethical Navigation, it wasn't actually bad. Although it would take you to the most dangerous place, as long as you didn't follow its route, you could avoid the most dangerous path.
Since he would be joining the Xianlinmen in this simulation, Jiang Yifeng didn't hesitate and directly chose to take out the Absolute Rationality talent from the talent pool.
[Ding: Host obtains Absolute Rationality talent from talent pool.]
After completing everything, Jiang Yifeng looked at the simulator.
[The 23rd simulation begins!]