Chapter 17: The Last Simulation, Foundation Establishment Level 9!
"I choose to bring out the talent, dual wood and fire spiritual roots!"
[Ding, you have chosen to bring the dual wood and fire spiritual roots (green talent) from the simulation, consuming 10,000 energy points, with 8,040 points remaining.]
[Ding, you have been detected to possess the same type of white talent spiritual root originally. The dual wood and fire spiritual roots talent will overwrite it.]
With the blessing of the dual wood and fire spiritual roots, Su Xing's five senses became even more acute.
Su Xing took out a Spirit Stone to cultivate, clearly able to feel the refreshing sensation as the Spiritual Energy entered his body.
"Whew... As expected of dual spiritual roots, the cultivation efficiency is much higher than before!"
Su Xing's lips curved slightly upwards. Having these dual spiritual roots meant that Su Xing could at least receive the special rewards from that mysterious elder.
A bag of spiritual seeds, and a technique—the "Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique."
The Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique, it was an immortal technique worth billions in energy points!
It should be known that the half of the "Changchun Technique" that Su Xing had obtained before only cost 3,000 energy points.
The value of this Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique was evident.
But at the same time, Su Xing fell into deep thought.
That elder's origins were mysterious and he possessed such a precious immortal technique. He was undoubtedly a powerful figure in the cultivation world. If Su Xing could become his disciple, he would definitely gain many benefits.
"That elder said I hadn't completed his task yet, and my cultivation started too late... he didn't outright refuse to take me as a disciple."
"This means I still have a chance to be accepted as his disciple!"
Su Xing raised his brows, a faint idea forming in his mind.
Now, Su Xing still had one simulation opportunity left; he could try again.
Before experimenting with this idea, Su Xing needed to accumulate more energy points to support it.
"Sigh, only a bit over 8,000 points left. If I want to bring back what I desire... I need to save up a few more thousand points at least."
Although Su Xing had a cheat, the future was uncertain, but right now, he was just a miserable brick mover.
After finishing his cultivation, Su Xing contacted a few juniors to prepare for another dungeon raid to level up.
Over the next week, it was another monotonous week of cultivation and dungeon grinding.
The good news was, after his Qi Refining Cultivation breakthrough, the speed of dungeon raiding for gear and power leveling had increased.
The bad news was, Su Xing almost missed the flight to Jinling City.
Fortunately, Su Xing barely managed to catch it.
On the afternoon of November 18, 2023, in the New Era, Su Xing boarded the flight to Jinling City.
Kyoto and Jinling City were thousands of miles apart; Su Xing had to stay on the plane for four to five hours.
Once on the plane, Su Xing closed his eyes to repose, but in reality, he was preparing for the last simulation before entering the "Qingyun Spirit Field" dungeon.
"Start the simulation!"
[Consuming 1,100 energy points, 13,780 points remaining, no more simulation chances left.]
[Simulation begins!]
[Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points. Do you want to draw?]
"Draw the white talent"
Su Xing chose the white talent. After all, his target for this simulation was already set—to bring out cultivation. Spending 1,000 energy points to draw a green talent would be a waste.
Energy points were extremely precious; Su Xing naturally had to be thrifty.
The mysterious elder had said that he started too late, clearly implying that Su Xing's cultivation level was too low. Perhaps if Su Xing's cultivation level were higher, he could pass the task assessment.
[Ding, congratulations! You have obtained the white talent: Resolute Face!]
[Resolute Face]: Others see you with a resolute face, looking like a righteous person, making it easier to gain their trust.
Su Xing nodded slightly upon seeing this talent. This talent was neither good nor bad, but it had its uses.
[On the plane, you realized you were in the simulation. You took a nap to relieve the fatigue from days of overnight power leveling.]
[That evening, you arrived at Jinling City. You found a place outside the city to cultivate for a night.]
[The next day, you started searching for Jin Congxue.]
[That evening, you met Jin Congxue, who was preparing to return to the city.]
[You told her you were lost. Jin Congxue saw your resolute face, looking like a good person, so she invited you to return to the city with her.]
[Jin Congxue took the small path she usually walked, and soon you both discovered the "Qingyun Spirit Field" dungeon.]
[You both entered the Qingyun Spirit Field dungeon.]
[You encountered the mysterious elder, who assigned you both the task of farming.]
[For the next week, you started farming, nurturing spirit grains with your Spiritual Power. Because your cultivation level was at the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, your Spiritual Power was relatively pure, and the spirit grains grew well.]
[In your spare time, you also helped Jin Congxue take care of the spirit field.]
[After a week, the mysterious elder gave you both rewards.]
[The mysterious elder gave Jin Congxue thirty Spirit Stones and thirty pounds of Spirit Rice, sending her out of the dungeon.]
[The elder took out a stone to test your aptitude. You tested as having dual wood and fire spiritual roots.]
[The elder nodded with a smile, rewarding you with a bag of spiritual seeds and the immortal technique "Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique."]
[You wanted to become the elder's disciple, but the elder refused.]
[Unwilling to give up, you asked him what the requirements were to become his disciple.]
[The elder sighed, saying your talent was acceptable, but your cultivation level was too low. If you were a Golden Core stage cultivator, perhaps he could consider taking you as a disciple.]
[You nodded, asking if you could exchange the Shennong Spiritual Nurturing Technique for Spirit Stone rewards.]
[The elder frowned slightly, feeling you didn't recognize the value, but still gave you a thousand Spirit Stones.]
Seeing this, Su Xing was delighted and murmured,
"Indeed, it's because my cultivation level is too low... As long as I show enough potential, maybe that mysterious elder will accept me as a disciple!"
Su Xing continued reading excitedly.
[You took the Spirit Stones and left the dungeon.]
[A few days later, you returned to Kyoto University and started cultivating day and night.]
[Due to having dual wood and fire spiritual roots, your cultivation level progressed quickly.]
[The next year, you successfully broke through to the first layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage, becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator.]
[In the third year, your cultivation level reached the second layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage, with 1,000 Spirit Stones remaining.]
[In the fifth year, you successfully broke through to the fourth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage, with only 700 Spirit Stones left.]
[In the seventh year, your cultivation level advanced steadily, reaching the sixth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage, with only 300 Spirit Stones remaining.]
[You realized that at this cultivation pace, your remaining Spirit Stones couldn't support you to the Golden Core stage.]
[So, you started to meticulously convert each Spirit Stone into Spiritual Energy for cultivation.]
[This year, you attended the funeral of your younger sister, Su Nianan.]
[In the eighth year, due to conserving Spirit Stones, your cultivation progress slowed, remaining stuck at the sixth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage.]
[In the ninth year, you broke through to the seventh layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage.]
[In the tenth year, you attended the funeral of your good brother, Yu Yan.]
[In the eleventh year, your cultivation level advanced to the eighth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage, with only 100 Spirit Stones left.]
[You remembered that Jin Congxue still had thirty Spirit Stones, but you had been too engrossed in cultivation to contact her over the years.]
[So, you spent half a year feverishly grinding dungeons for equipment and power leveling for money.]
[Due to your outstanding strength, Silver-level dungeons were a breeze. In just half a year, you earned two billion.]
[You found Jin Congxue, wanting to buy her Spirit Stones with the two billion.]
[Jin Congxue agreed, as the Spirit Stones weren't much use to her.]
[With the remaining 130 Spirit Stones, you continued cultivating day and night, meticulously converting the Spiritual Energy from each stone.]
[In the fifteenth year, two months before the arrival of the colossal beasts, you successfully broke through to the ninth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage!]