Chapter 144: Arrival at Golden Lion City
[Recharge successful.]
[Balance: 540,000 gold coins.]
[Would you like to use the Immortal Cultivation Simulator now? Each use costs 50,000 gold coins.]
"Use it!"
Li Changsheng's expression remained unchanged. The fact that the cost of advancing to the mid-stage Earth Immortal realm had increased tenfold was something he had anticipated.
[Simulation begins!]
[At 148 years old, you arrive in the Profound Yellow World through a teleportation array.]
[Outside the ruins of the Mixed Origin Sect, you encounter a battle between Moyan Mountain and Ruoshui Palace. Taking advantage of the situation, you kill members of both factions and rob everyone present.]
[Your reputation spreads throughout the Chaotic Star Domain, and you are revered as the Great Strength Ox Demon King!]
[You quietly arrive at Golden Lion Mountain, reveal your identity, and express your desire to join the sect.]
[You successfully become an outer sect protector of Golden Lion Mountain and receive focused cultivation from the sect.]
[At 150 years old, the Grand Elder of Golden Lion Mountain takes you to observe the remains of a powerful ox demon. You enter a state of enlightenment. After your enlightenment, the Grand Elder offers you some guidance, which greatly inspires you. You immediately enter seclusion.]
[At 154 years old, you emerge from seclusion, having successfully advanced the Great Strength Ox Demon Art to the fourth level.]
[At 155 years old, you emerge from seclusion. Moyan Mountain and Ruoshui Palace learn of your presence at Golden Lion Mountain. The two forces join hands to pressure Golden Lion Mountain. Both sides set up a擂台 in Golden Lion City, allowing members under 500 years old from both factions to spar, with no restrictions on life or death.]
[You step onto the擂台 and kill four young elites from Moyan Mountain and Ruoshui Palace in a row, greatly enhancing your reputation.]
[Gu Changfeng, the top young elite of Moyan Mountain, steps forward. You engage in a fierce battle with him, exchanging 197 moves. Both of you are injured, and the fight ends in a draw.]
[After this battle, you receive focused cultivation from Golden Lion Mountain.]
[At 229 years old, the young elites of Golden Lion Mountain invite you to enter the Broken Dragon Secret Realm. You decline, citing that you are on the verge of a breakthrough.]
[At 430 years old, you successfully advance to the late-stage Earth Immortal realm.]
[You continue to cultivate diligently at Golden Lion Mountain.]
[At 700 years old, you enter the Broken Dragon Secret Realm with the young elites of Golden Lion Mountain.]
[In the secret realm, you encounter the young elites of Moyan Mountain and Ruoshui Palace. A fierce battle breaks out. Even with the full power of the Great Strength Ox Demon Art, you can only barely hold your own against Gu Changfeng, who has already reached the Celestial Immortal realm. You are forced to use the Heavenly Vault Sword Scripture and successfully kill Gu Changfeng.]
[The commotion caused by your use of the Heavenly Vault Sword Scripture attracts the attention of Zuo Ziyu, a prodigy from the Immortal World. Three days later, Zuo Ziyu and six other prodigies from the Immortal World find you and attack you directly.]
[With your full strength and the help of the young elites of Golden Lion Mountain, you manage to escape the Broken Dragon Secret Realm.]
[One month later, a divine figure breaks through the barrier between the Immortal World and the Profound Yellow World, reaching out to capture you as you cultivate diligently at Golden Lion Mountain. The Golden Lion Mountain's ancestor, the Golden Lion, intervenes to block the attack, but the Golden Lion dies!]
[You are captured, and the figure performs a soul search on you. The simulator protects you, and he finds nothing. He crushes you to death!]
[You die!]
[Simulation ends!]
[Simulation complete. You may retain one of the following:]
[1. The cultivation level at 701 years old.]
[2. The combat experience at 701 years old.]
"As expected, the Profound Yellow World's upper limit is slightly higher than that of the Cangqing Realm."
Li Changsheng murmured to himself.
Even with the full power of the Great Strength Ox Demon Art, he was only able to fight on par with a late-stage Celestial Immortal. Without revealing the Heavenly Vault Sword Scripture, he couldn't defeat Gu Changfeng, the prodigy of Moyan Mountain.
Moreover, the consequences of revealing the Heavenly Vault Sword Scripture were more severe than he had imagined. Someone from the Immortal World actually descended to deal with him personally.
The ancestor of Golden Lion Mountain, a top-tier Mystic Immortal, couldn't even withstand a single hand from that figure. This showed just how powerful that person was.
"Choose option two."
He didn't choose the late-stage Earth Immortal cultivation level. A small increase in cultivation wouldn't significantly boost his combat power. Right now, the most important thing was to perfectly integrate into Golden Lion Mountain.
As Li Changsheng made his choice, countless insights into the Great Strength Ox Demon Art flooded his mind, and his physical body underwent subtle changes.
After a while, Li Changsheng activated the Great Strength Ox Demon Art!
Boom!
Black demonic energy blotted out the sky.
"Moo!"
The demonic ox phantom seemed to come to life, letting out a roar.
Li Changsheng stopped channeling his energy, and the demonic ox phantom slowly dissipated.
A satisfied expression appeared on his face.
After advancing the Great Strength Ox Demon Art to the fourth level and using the concealment techniques from the Heavenly Vault Sword Scripture, even a True Immortal wouldn't be able to see through his true nature.
"I'll hold off on simulating for now. I'll wait until I reach Golden Lion City."
...
Another seven days later.
Li Changsheng finally arrived at Golden Lion City, located at the foot of the Golden Lion Mountain Range.
Golden Lion City was the largest city in the Golden Lion Star Domain, spanning tens of thousands of kilometers. Even for cultivators, it would be impossible to explore the entire city in a single day.
The city walls were thousands of feet high, covered in formations. Li Changsheng even detected the presence of several immortal-grade formations.
The buildings in Golden Lion City were also towering, often reaching hundreds of feet in height.
The streets in the city were a hundred meters wide, allowing even those demons who preferred not to take human form to pass through comfortably.
Li Changsheng wandered aimlessly through the city.
For him, this was a novel experience. Various spiritual herbs that would be considered precious in the Cangqing Realm were openly displayed on the streets, with vendors constantly calling out to potential buyers.
On the streets, rabbit-eared girls and fox-tailed beauties, which he had only seen on television before, were not uncommon sights in the city.
'Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion!'
Li Changsheng looked at the majestic, thousand-foot-tall shop in front of him and walked straight in.
The interior of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion was lavishly decorated. Several immortal artifacts were displayed on the counters. These items, which could be considered sect treasures in the Cangqing Realm, were casually placed here as if they were mere spirit artifacts.
A rabbit-eared girl noticed Li Changsheng entering and quickly approached him.
"Senior, please come in!"
"What do you need, Senior? I can guide you."
The rabbit-eared girl, sensing the vast and profound aura emanating from Li Changsheng, spoke with great respect.
"I'm not here to buy. I'm here to sell."
Li Changsheng said indifferently.
"Senior, please come this way."
The rabbit-eared girl led Li Changsheng to a small private room, served him a cup of spiritual tea, and then left.
After a while, a deer demon with antlers, dressed as a shopkeeper, entered the room and bowed slightly to Li Changsheng.
"Fellow Daoist, what do you wish to sell?"
Li Changsheng didn't say much and simply tossed over a dozen storage bags to the deer demon.
"Take a look at these."
The deer demon took the storage bags, scanned them with his divine sense, and his body trembled slightly.
He looked at Li Changsheng with a serious expression and asked in a low voice:
"Fellow Daoist, are you the Great Strength Ox Demon King?"