Chapter 24: Inheritance, Formation, Simulation Again
【This simulation has ended.】
【You have obtained Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer Great Perfection cultivation.】
【You have obtained Golden Core stage physical body power.】
【You have obtained one Immortal-Rank Defective Broken Sword.】
【You have obtained a Profound-Rank Low-Grade Azure Luan Sword, a Profound-Rank Mid-Grade Azure Steel Sword, a Profound-Rank Mid-Grade Illusion Light Mirror…】
【You have obtained the complete Immortal-Rank technique, the Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art.】
【You have obtained the Heaven-Rank Upper-Grade Technique, the Endless Vitality Art.】
【You have obtained Grandmaster Realm mastery of Jinghong, the Blood Escape Art, the Palm Strike from the Heavens, the Breath-Concealing Art, and the Art of Burning Longevity.】
【You have obtained one Body-Refining Sect inner sect disciple token.】
【You have obtained one map of the northern part of the Heaven Mystery Continent.】
【You have obtained four thousand mid-grade spirit stones.】
【You have obtained one storage bag belonging to Elder Qing.】
【You have obtained forty years of cultivation insights.】
【You have obtained forty years of memories.】
…
【Do you wish to inherit?】
“Inherit!” Ye Xiao stared at the Simulator Panel before him, his heart surging with excitement.
In the next instant, Ye Xiao’s cultivation began to climb steadily, his dantian expanding without pause.
Ten zhang, twenty zhang, thirty zhang…
Soon it expanded to ninety-nine zhang, reaching the limit a Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer cultivator could attain!
The spiritual qi pressure of Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer began to spread uncontrollably. And it did not end there.
Ye Xiao’s body underwent a tremendous change as well!
The Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art circulated on its own within him, activating the potential throughout his entire body. A force surged from deep within his flesh, shattering his blood and sinew before reassembling them once more.
A strange power appeared within his body, strengthening Ye Xiao’s five organs and six viscera, his eight extraordinary meridians, his four limbs and entire body.
Time seemed to have passed for a very long while, yet also seemed to have lasted only a single instant.
When everything finally ended, Ye Xiao’s Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art had reached the second layer. His physical body could now rival that of a Golden Core cultivator!
Cultivators below the Golden Core stage could no longer break through Ye Xiao’s physical defense!
After fully absorbing forty years of cultivation and combat insights, Ye Xiao had completely mastered his current strength.
He steadied his breathing, then used the Breath-Concealing Art to hide his cultivation down to Qi Refinement First Layer. Unless a cultivator was at Nascent Soul stage or above, they simply could not see through Ye Xiao’s true cultivation.
Once the inheritance was complete, Ye Xiao immediately took out the Broken Sword, studying it in his hand.
The System actually says this worn, broken sword is an Immortal-Rank artifact!
But no matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like one!
Ye Xiao was utterly baffled. A mere inner sect disciple of a small sect, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had actually obtained an Immortal-Rank artifact.
Who would believe it if word got out?
Next simulation, I have to make a trip to Su Family Village and see if I can get another one!
Ye Xiao swore inwardly, and noted down the time when Su Family Village was annihilated.
Then, something occurred to him, and he took out Elder Qing’s storage bag.
The Secret Tome of Five-Element Formations that Qingfeng had obtained in the Trial Battlefield. Ye Xiao had seen with his own eyes Elder Qing place it into his storage bag.
Opening the storage bag, Ye Xiao saw the Secret Tome of Five-Element Formations.
Sure enough, it’s inside!
Ye Xiao’s face lit up with joy. The power of formations had already been demonstrated in the Simulator.
With merely Foundation Establishment cultivation, someone had used a grand formation to trap the remnant soul of a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator!
Ye Xiao impatiently opened the Secret Tome of Five-Element Formations and studied it intently for a while, then gave up.
I can’t understand any of this. Why is it all technical terms?
Ye Xiao, who had no experience in setting up formations, looked at the Secret Tome of Five-Element Formations as if it were a heavenly book. He was completely lost.
Helpless, he could only temporarily give up on studying formations.
Aside from the Secret Tome of Five-Element Formations, Ye Xiao also found quite a few good items in Elder Qing’s storage bag.
As a Golden Core stage Elder, the storage bag contained five thousand mid-grade spirit stones, a book of insights on formation cultivation, a Body-Refining Sect inner sect Elder token, and a formation disc.
As for artifacts, they had been shattered by Heavenly Lightning during the tribulation resistance!
After looking through everything, Ye Xiao was greatly disappointed. A dignified Golden Core cultivator, and this was all the wealth he had? Truly pitiful!
I wonder, with my Golden Core stage physical body power, can I beat that old bastard True Person Zidan to death?
Ye Xiao murmured to himself.
Thinking of True Person Zidan, Ye Xiao wished he could peel off his skin and pull out his tendons! Make him suffer every torment of hell!
But to be safe, Ye Xiao did not act immediately.
With my current physical body that can rival a Golden Core cultivator, self-preservation against True Person Zidan should have no problem. But whether I can beat him, I still don’t know!
Ye Xiao thought it over carefully. Though he burned for revenge, for his own safety, he decided it was better to simulate once more first.
After all, in the Simulator he could die countless times, but reality only gave him one chance!
The Azure Cloud Sect had Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Even if he could kill True Person Zidan, whether he could escape from a Nascent Soul cultivator was still unknown!
Looking at the Simulator, which still had a one-day cooldown before it could be opened again, Ye Xiao took out Elder Qing’s insights on formation cultivation and began to study.
Formations were difficult, but learning them would surely be of great use!
As for that Heaven-Rank technique, Ye Xiao did not immediately choose to switch cultivation.
After all, switching cultivation was not something that could be completed in a short while.
Moreover, that Tribulation Transcendence remnant soul had said the Longevity Art had been expurgated!
What if the complete version of the Longevity Art was even stronger than this Heaven-Rank technique?
And a technique that could increase lifespan was exceedingly rare!
How many great cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation world had paid any price for the sake of lifespan!
A day passed quickly. Ye Xiao put away the insights on formation cultivation and slowly exhaled.
After a day of study, Ye Xiao had grasped a preliminary understanding of the meaning of formations and how to set them up.
But actually setting up a formation was still far too early.
“Open System Panel,” Ye Xiao recited inwardly.
Host: Ye Xiao
Age: 18 years old
Lifespan: 552 years
Spiritual Root: Wood Spiritual Root
Realm: Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer Great Perfection
Items: Azure Cloud Sect Elder Token, Profound-Rank Low-Grade Artifact Azure Luan Sword, Profound-Rank Mid-Grade Illusion Light Mirror, nine thousand mid-grade spirit stones……
Techniques: Longevity Art (Profound-Rank Mid-Grade Technique), Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art (Immortal-Rank Technique)……
Simulation Count: 0 (Consume 50 years of lifespan to simulate once)
I never imagined that after my physical body power reached Golden Core stage, my lifespan would increase along with it. But the lifespan consumed by simulation increased as well!
Looking at the System Panel, Ye Xiao felt somewhat helpless, but in the end, he had no choice but to accept it.
It’s only fifty years of lifespan, isn’t it? Begin simulation!
【Simulation begins!】
【Simulation Day One. You suppress your cultivation to Qi Refinement First Layer and arrive at True Person Zidan’s cave residence, intending to first probe True Person Zidan’s cultivation.】
【You enter very smoothly, and within the cave residence, you see your three Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, as well as True Person Zidan!】
【Sensing the aura emanating from True Person Zidan, you confirm his cultivation: Golden Core Third Layer!】