Chapter 41: Azure Talent!
Awakening, Su Xing gazed upon the bottles of Beauty-Preserving Pills before him, feeling an indescribable sense of contentment.
After refining the Beauty-Preserving Pills, Su Xing adeptly drew water from the well's spiritual spring.
Drinking a generous gulp of the sweet and crisp spiritual spring water, he exclaimed inwardly, finding it more delicious than any beverage in the real world.
As the spiritual spring water entered his stomach, Su Xing not only felt invigorated but also witnessed an accelerated recovery of his consumed spiritual energy.
After quenching his thirst with the spiritual spring water, Su Xing spent an hour tending to the fields.
First, he irrigated the Spirit Grains in the spirit fields, then tended to the medicinal fields he had previously planted.
The medicinal herbs in the field had started to sprout. Su Xing had sown over an acre of medicinal herbs, even though these spirit medicines would take several years, perhaps even a decade, to fully mature and be useful in the simulator.
Upon finishing the care of the spirit fields, Su Xing cultivated a small section of new spirit fields and planted some new spirit species.
Most of these spirit species originated from seeds left behind by Qingyunzi, many of which Su Xing did not recognize. However, that didn't deter him from planting them first and learning about them later.
Another portion of the seeds was meticulously selected by Su Xing from the herb market. These spirit species were often more spiritual; planting them in the spirit fields could yield usable spirit medicines within a year or two.
Though not as effective as those left by Qingyunzi, these species excelled in rapid cultivation and greater quantity.
After toiling for two hours, Su Xing felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction. Instead of immediately resting, he proceeded to his self-constructed chicken coop.
Dozens of spiritual chickens, having multiplied over a month, had become increasingly plump. Some of the spiritual chickens were already hatching eggs, and the second generation of spiritual chickens was about to emerge.
Skillfully retrieving a few eggs, Su Xing gathered some wild vegetables from outside the spirit fields and prepared a large plate of stir-fried vegetables with spiritual chicken eggs.
He then fetched the spiritual spring water and cooked a pot of spirit rice.
The aroma of the rice steamed from the spiritual spring and the plate of vegetables filled the air, arousing a voracious appetite.
Su Xing indulged in the spirit rice, savoring a mouthful, complemented by a taste of the chicken eggs and vegetables, feeling increasingly content.
Burp
After the meal, Su Xing comfortably burped, murmuring to himself, "Ah, if only life could perpetually remain so simple and serene..."
Su Xing shook his head slightly. Although he yearned for days spent lazily farming, tending to the chickens, and leading a tranquil life, the impending calamity over a decade later loomed like the sword of Damocles, rendering his peace restless.
Having pressured himself with these daily reminders, Su Xing once again found renewed determination and began a new round of pill refining.
"Hmm, refining more Beauty-Preserving Pills will also accumulate more wealth... then I'll have more energy points!"
Su Xing mused as such.
In the blink of an eye, several days had passed.
Su Xing handed over the prepared two hundred Beauty-Preserving Pills to the trusted envoy sent by Jin Congxue and received equipment worth 100 million Daxia coins, prepared in advance by Jin Congxue.
A total of one hundred and ten thousand pieces of white-grade equipment were absorbed by Su Xing through the simulator, converting into simulation energy.
With this, Su Xing's simulation energy peaked again, reaching a substantial eight hundred thousand points!
The surge in energy points provided Su Xing with immense reassurance.
New Year's Eve, December 31, 2023, of the new era.
On the last day of 2023, Su Xing initiated his seventeenth life simulation.
Within the Spiritual Fields Paradise, Su Xing took a bite of the cooked spiritual chicken egg, activating the simulator.
"Commence simulation!"
[Energy expenditure this time: 17,000 points; Remaining energy points: 803,000; No remaining simulation attempts.]
[Simulation initiation!]
[Extracting a green-grade talent costs 100 points, a blue-grade talent costs 10,000 points. Do you wish to extract?]
"Extract a green-grade talent... Oh, wait, why is there suddenly an option for a blue-grade talent?"
Initially leaning towards selecting a green-grade talent, Su Xing unexpectedly discovered an elevated tier of talents available for extraction.
Therefore, Su Xing inquired with puzzlement, "Why did the option for a blue-grade talent suddenly emerge? Why was it not available before?"
Su Xing casually asked, yet unexpectedly received a genuine response.
[Ding, because previously the host was exceedingly impoverished. Now, with sufficient energy, the activation of the next talent tier is feasible...]
Su Xing: ??? Damn, does even the system discriminate against the poor now?
Su Xing grumbled internally but proceeded to select the blue-grade talent.
"I choose the blue-grade talent."
[Ding, congratulations on acquiring the blue-grade talent, Sword Mastery Genius!]
[Sword Mastery Genius: A blue-grade talent. Your understanding of the sword surpasses the common, making your progress in swordsmanship ten times faster within the sword cultivation lineage!]
Upon seeing this talent, Su Xing paused momentarily. It seemed that he had previously obtained a green-grade talent named Sword Mastery Prodigy.
And now, this Sword Mastery Genius appeared to be an advanced version of the Sword Mastery Prodigy?
"Darn it, why does it seem like it wants me to become a swordsman! But I don't have any sword scriptures! How can I practice swordsmanship? Do I have to practice the Sunflower Manual?"
Su Xing glanced downwards, then shook his head immediately.
It's too big; removing it would cause excessive bleeding and death!
Su Xing felt somewhat helpless. He hadn't expected to draw such a "useless" talent on his first attempt at extracting a blue-grade talent.
Su Xing chose to continue simulating.
[Inside the Spiritual Fields Paradise, you are aware that you are in a simulation. In this instance, you decide to further interact with the Arrival Sect, seeking an opportunity to obtain the second half of the Eternal Spring Technique.]
[You refrain from acting recklessly, continuing daily alchemy practice and cultivation while occasionally keeping in touch with Wang Qingxuan.]
[Thus, more than half a year passed. One day, Wang Qingxuan sought you out.]
[Wang Qingxuan informed you of an invitation she received from a mysterious organization.]
[You understood immediately; the Arrival Sect had acted again. After one night, Wang Qingxuan dropped out of school.]
[You obtained Wang Qingxuan's contact information and continued your alchemical work.]
[Since you intend to engage with the Arrival Sect and reveal your abilities, there are two potential outcomes. First, they may turn you into an unfeeling alchemy machine. Second, they might regard you as a distinguished guest and may even grant you the second half of the Eternal Spring Technique.]
[You wait patiently, diligently enhancing your cultivation.]
[In the second year, your physical refining reached the Triple Forging Bone Realm while your Qi refining remained at the First Level of Golden Core Realm.]
[In the third year, your physical refining ascended to the Fifth Forging Bone Realm while your Qi refining continued to hover at the First Level of Golden Core Realm.]
[In the fourth year, your physical refining surged to the Seventh Forging Bone Realm, yet your Qi refining remained at the First Level of Golden Core Realm.]
[In the fifth year, your physical refining reached the Ninth Forging Bone Realm. Simultaneously, the Spirit-Enhancing Grass you previously planted had matured. After spending over a month, you refined a total of two hundred Spirit-Enhancing Pills, aiming to enhance the quality of your spiritual energy.]
[Six months later, your cultivation elevated to the Second Level of Golden Core Realm. Additionally, you sensed a substantial increase in the quality of your spiritual power within your body, with your inner mana becoming more abundant.]
[One day, Wang Qingxuan approached you...]
(End of this chapter)