Chapter 9: Cultivation Side Quest, Qingyun Spirit Field

Su Xing took a deep breath; he had this premonition earlier.

At this moment, he was ninety percent sure that the simulator version of him would indeed act according to his thoughts in reality.

Su Xing continued the simulation.

[This year, you were delayed in graduating because of your low cultivation level.]

[You anticipated this and focused all your energy on making money.]

[You borrowed a large sum of money from your good brother Yu Yan and opened an equipment store in Kyoto, specializing in selling gear to low-rank profession users.]

[Due to your minor fame in school and high credibility, many freshmen were willing to buy your equipment.]

[While helping freshmen level up in dungeons, you resold low-rank equipment, making a huge profit in just three years.]

[In the fifth year, your net worth surpassed ten billion, and your equipment business was no longer confined to Kyoto. You founded the Tarot Society and opened stores across the Great Xia Country, focusing particularly on Jinling City in Jiangnan Province.]

[You instructed your subordinates to search for information about spirit stones, but they found nothing.]

[One day, Wang Qingxuan found you.]

[She brought you half of the Changchun Technique. You told her you didn't need half of the technique and hoped she could find the other half for you.]

[Though puzzled, Wang Qingxuan agreed.]

[The next night, Wang Qingxuan disappeared again. You did not inquire further and continued to grow your business.]

[Due to your benevolent appearance and reputable business practices, you secured several large contracts, quickly doubling your net worth.]

[You were expelled from Kyoto Vocational University, but you were not upset, focusing wholeheartedly on developing your business.]

[In the seventh year, you sensed that your sister would go to the Demon-Subduing Pass dungeon.]

[Knowing you couldn't stop this from happening, you chose to return home and spend a month carefully accompanying your parents and Su Nianan.]

[A month later, you attended Su Nianan's funeral, feeling sorrowful.]

[After the funeral, you returned to Kyoto City and continued running your business.]

[One day, you received news that a grandmaster in Jinling City possessed a rare item called a spirit stone.]

It was here!

Su Xing became excited upon seeing this. This spirit stone was crucial for his ability to cultivate!

[You rushed to Jinling City overnight to meet the grandmaster.]

[The grandmaster was a Buddhist and took a liking to you, wishing to engage in deeper conversations.]

[You glanced at her face; despite being nearly forty, she maintained her appearance well, looking only around thirty, still charming.]

[You stayed in Jinling City for seven days and became very close friends with her. You learned her name was Jin Congxue.]

[You discovered she had three spirit stones. You decided to offer three hundred million to buy them.]

[But she shook her head, saying you were friends and offered them at a friendly price of thirty million.]

[You obtained the spirit stones from Jin Congxue. Excitedly, you returned to your residence, preparing to absorb the spirit stones using your cultivation technique.]

[You successfully absorbed a trace of spiritual energy from the spirit stone, feeling overjoyed. This proved you could truly cultivate.]

[Over the next three days, you absorbed half of one spirit stone, breaking through to the second layer of the Qi Refinement stage!]

[Suppressing your desire, you decided to save the remaining two and a half spirit stones instead of continuing to cultivate.]

Su Xing clenched his fists in excitement upon seeing the simulation results.

Success! Now he had spiritual roots, spirit stones, and a cultivation technique; he could finally cultivate successfully!

Su Xing couldn't wait to bring the spirit stones out of the simulation, but he patiently chose to continue simulating.

[Ecstatic about your cultivation progress, you sought out Jin Congxue again and asked her how she obtained the spirit stones.]

[Jin Congxue did not hide anything from you. She told you that she got the spirit stones six years ago from a dungeon called "Qingyun Spirit Field".]

[She had entered the dungeon and helped an old man farm for a week, receiving a bag of spirit rice and three spirit stones in return.]

Spirit field, spirit rice, spirit stones…

Su Xing's eyes widened. There was no doubt that the dungeon Jin Congxue had entered was related to cultivation.

"A dungeon related to cultivation… It's all starting to make sense!"

Su Xing finally understood where the cultivation technique and spirit stones came from; they were from those cultivation dungeons!

However, these cultivation-themed dungeons must be of a very high level, something he couldn't access yet.

Su Xing patiently continued reading.

[Realizing the importance of this dungeon to you, you excitedly asked Jin Congxue for its location.]

[Jin Congxue slightly shook her head, saying that the Qingyun Spirit Field dungeon had long closed and she was the only profession user to have entered it.]

[Jin Congxue said the dungeon's NPC old man told her she lacked the talent for cultivation, otherwise she would have received further opportunities.]

[Upon hearing this, you became excited and asked Jin Congxue precisely when and where she entered the dungeon!]

[Jin Congxue thought for a moment and said she stumbled upon the dungeon outside Jinling City's west gate in mid-November of New Era 2023, and the dungeon only lasted for seven days.]

Su Xing was stunned upon seeing this; he glanced at the time on his phone.

New Era 2023, October 7, 2:31 PM.

"Hiss~"

Su Xing took a deep breath; this meant that in the real world, the dungeon called "Qingyun Spirit Field" had not opened yet, and he still had a chance to enter that cultivation dungeon!

"No rush… There is still over a month until that dungeon opens; improving my strength during this period is most important!"

Through Jin Congxue, Su Xing learned that to gain more opportunities in that dungeon, he must have cultivation talent, also known as spiritual roots.

What a coincidence!

Su Xing had the talent called "Spiritual Root Holder"!

Therefore, Su Xing only needed to head to Jinling City in mid-November!

[You continued trading equipment as usual and established the Tarot Society's second base in Jinling City.]

[While running the store, you did not stop your investigation into the whereabouts of more spirit stones.]

[Unfortunately, you did not get more information on spirit stones. However, through Jin Congxue's connections, you gained more network resources, and your equipment store business flourished.]

[Three years later, you became a well-known wealthy person in Jinling City. Thanks to Jin Congxue, even grandmaster-level profession users treated you politely.]

[That year, Fatty Yu died, and you attended his funeral.]

[Another year passed, and by anticipating the market fluctuations early, you stockpiled a large quantity of potion-like items and made a huge profit, raising your net worth to fifty billion.]

[One day, Jin Congxue found you, looking somewhat unsettled.]

[Jin Congxue told you she had been summoned, as the pressure on the front line was increasing, and she had to go to the Demon-Subduing Pass.]

Su Xing was completely stunned when he saw this. The Demon-Subduing Pass again!

This Demon-Subduing Pass seemed like a curse.

Little sister Su Nianan, good brother Yu Yan… Now even Jin Congxue had to go to the Demon-Subduing Pass?

[You didn't want her to go to the Demon-Subduing Pass. She told you she had to go, as it was the duty of every grandmaster-level profession user.]

[You then asked her for information about the Demon-Subduing Pass.]