Chapter 35: Another Simulation
The Zhang family estate was completely silent.
Even Zhao San stood with his mouth slightly open, unable to believe what he had just witnessed. He couldn't utter a single word.
That was Qi Mingsi, the high elder of the Sunset Sect's inner circle! Someone he had never dared to even look at directly before. And now, he was dead, just like that!
The others were even more stunned. They had thought the cultivators behind the Qi Emperor were stronger, but Li Changsheng had emerged and, with a flick of his fingers, crushed two royal cultivators as if they were mere ants!
"Leader..."
Zhang Tian and the others stammered, trying to speak.
"Do you even deserve to call me leader?"
Li Changsheng frowned, his spiritual sense sweeping over the area. Most of those who had betrayed the Tiānxià Huì were gathered here.
Boom!
Li Changsheng formed a sword stance with his fingers, and dozens of sword qi shot out like meteors, cutting through the crowd in the training ground.
"Spare us!"
"We didn't want to oppose the Tiānxià Huì; we were forced into it!"
The martial artists in the training ground, seeing Li Changsheng about to attack, quickly begged for mercy.
Li Changsheng's expression didn't change. He allowed the sword qi to continue its path. These people had gathered here to oppose the Tiānxià Huì; there were no innocent among them.
Pfft!
Each swipe of the sword qi took dozens of lives. In no time, the training ground had turned into a hellish scene, with hundreds of corpses lying on the ground, their blood staining the entire area red.
Li Changsheng first collected the storage bags of the two Sunset Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators, then landed beside Qin Yi. "I'm going to the imperial palace. Take Qing'er and the remaining members of the Tiānxià Huì down the mountain. I'll return tomorrow."
"Yes!"
Qin Yi nodded.
Although he had some understanding of Li Changsheng's strength, today's events had still shocked him deeply. If he had been stronger, so many members of the Tiānxià Huì wouldn't have died.
"Zhao San, stay here and protect them. If anything happens to them, you know the consequences."
Li Changsheng spoke lightly:
"If you perform well, I'll help you find a Foundation Establishment Pill in the future to assist your breakthrough."
The art of ruling was simply a mix of punishment and reward. Since founding the Tiānxià Huì, Li Changsheng had become well-versed in this approach.
He believed that after spending time together in the secret realm, Zhao San had started to suspect his identity, possibly thinking he was a disciple of a sect even more powerful than the Sunset Sect.
"Yes!"
Zhao San's face lit up with joy. With his talent, without a Foundation Establishment Pill, he could only make a desperate attempt as his lifespan neared its end.
But now, Li Changsheng's words had given him new hope. Stepping into the Foundation Establishment stage would extend his lifespan by a hundred years. How could he not be tempted?
...
As Li Changsheng flew on his sword, he began inspecting the storage bags of Qi Mingsi and Lin Quan.
"Hiss!"
The moment Li Changsheng opened Qi Mingsi's storage bag, he was startled by its contents.
"As expected of the high elder of the Sunset Sect's inner circle!"
Qi Mingsi's storage bag contained a staggering seventy thousand spirit stones, not to mention the various materials and pills he had accumulated over the years, worth tens of thousands of spirit stones. There were also several jade slips containing cultivation techniques.
Among them was the sword light division technique Qi Mingsi had used during their battle. Li Changsheng took a look and found that this sword technique was even more powerful than he had imagined, not inferior to the sword moves recorded in the Star Sword Manual.
When fighting earlier, he hadn't dared to use the moves from the Star Sword Manual, relying instead on ordinary sword techniques infused with his true energy to avoid having the Medicine King Sect detect his identity. Now, with this sword light division technique, he had another powerful move to use in battle.
Lin Quan's storage bag wasn't as impressive, but it still contained several thousand spirit stones and various materials.
"Once I've settled things in the mortal world, I'll go to the Tunmen Market to sell these items. The spirit stones I get should be enough for me to make further improvements!"
Li Changsheng murmured to himself.
"But now that I have some resources, I'll try a few simulations first. If the Sunset Sect comes after me for killing Qi Mingsi, I'll be better prepared."
Although Li Changsheng wasn't afraid of the Sunset Sect, if they were truly connected to the Medicine King Sect, he wasn't yet a match for their powerful cultivators.
"Top up."
[Top-up successful. Current balance: 62,534 gold coins.]
[One simulation consumes 1,000 gold coins. Would you like to use the cultivation simulator now?]
"Use it."
[At age twenty-one, you killed Qi Mingsi, the high elder of the Sunset Sect's inner circle, at the Zhang family estate, shocking the Tiannan cultivation world.]
[You traveled overnight to the Qi Kingdom's imperial palace, killed the Qi Emperor, and left without a trace.]
[One day later, you returned to the Zhang family estate, reunited with the remnants of the Tiānxià Huì, and were approached by the mysterious woman from White Tower. You two held a secret discussion and reached a cooperation agreement.]
[Ten days later, after arranging the future of the Tiānxià Huì members, you took Bai Qing'er and a few others to the Tunmen Market.]
[Fifteen days later, the Tunmen Market's once-every-five-years auction began. At the auction, you purchased the inheritance of a second-tier alchemist and dozens of spiritual herbs.]
[After the auction, three Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Sunset Sect, three from the Wan family, and two rogue Foundation Establishment cultivators trapped you in the auction house's formation, intending to attack. You killed them all instead!]
[One month later, you replaced the Wan family and took control of the Misty Valley's spiritual vein.]
[In Misty Valley, you diligently cultivated the second-tier alchemy technique and the sword light division technique.]
[At age twenty-seven, you finally became a second-tier alchemist and achieved minor mastery in the sword light division technique.]
[At age thirty-one, thanks to your efforts, the Tunmen Market had expanded significantly. You obtained the inheritance of a second-tier formation master.]
[You went into seclusion to study formation techniques.]
[At age thirty-five, you successfully reached the first-tier formation master level.]
[At age thirty-six, the new leader of the Sunset Sect, Mo Xuan, stepped into the Golden Core stage and, along with two Foundation Establishment elders, attacked Misty Valley. You killed all three outside the valley!]
[One month later, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Sunset Sect arrived at Misty Valley with an Nascent Soul cultivator from the Medicine King Sect. The Nascent Soul cultivator attacked and killed you.]
[You died!]
[Simulation ended. You may retain one of the following.]
[1. The cultivation level at age thirty-six.]
[2. The combat experience at age thirty-six.]
'The Medicine King Sect's cultivator is only at the Nascent Soul stage?'
Li Changsheng frowned slightly. If the Medicine King Sect's cultivator was only at the Nascent Soul stage, he could hold his own against them after reaching the second stage of the Divine Demon Nine Transformations. It wasn't as terrifying as he had thought.
But he clearly remembered that at age one hundred and sixty, a powerful cultivator from the Medicine King Sect had shattered the formation of the Diamond Sect's secret realm with a single strike.
After all, Old Su was the spirit of the formation, and through their time together in the secret realm, Li Changsheng knew that Old Su's power was far beyond that of a Nascent Soul cultivator—it was at least at the Return to Void stage, if not higher.
Li Changsheng murmured under his breath:
"It seems I'll have to gather more information once the people from White Tower show up!"