Chapter 3: Simulation Again!
【Ding! Simulation time has cooled down.】
【Activate simulation now? Yes/No】
The Menial Court, inside Lu Qingyang's bedroom.
A crisp system notification rang in his ears.
"Yes!"
Without a shred of hesitation, Lu Qingyang chose to confirm.
After endless waiting, he had endured another month.
To have the simulation arrive again, naturally he was unwilling to wait even a moment longer!
In the next instant, he felt a flash of brilliance before his eyes, and his perspective shifted.
Scene after scene appeared before him.
【Age 0: Your parents are farmers. You were born in the countryside.】
【Age 1: This year the weather was favorable. You and your family passed a stable year.】
【Age 2: You spoke late. Your parents thought you weren't very bright.】
【......】
【Age 5: All the village children went to school. Naturally, you weren't left behind either.】
【Age 6: The teaching master looked at you, as if he had sensed something. He asked if you wanted to learn the Noble Righteous Qi.】
【Age 7: Because the master detected your Five Spirit Roots, he began teaching you the Confucian Path of Supreme Sagehood. But you seemed too stupid......】
【......】
【Age 10: You finally cultivated spiritual power, yet you hadn't even learned the simplest Noble Righteous Art.】
【Age 11: The master was ultimately helpless. He casually bestowed a pill bottle upon you, then left the village.】
【Age 12: Relying on your spiritual power, you began to lord over the village. Your family was the largest landlord in the village.】
【......】
【Age 18: Without a technique, you relied on the master's pills to forcibly cultivate to the second level of Qi Refinement, and took a wife and had children, showing signs of becoming a cultivation family.】
【Age 19: Your child was born, also with Five Spirit Roots. You felt somewhat listless, as if you wanted to recall the method of the Noble Righteous Art.】
【Age 20: The villagers all became your family's bondsmen. Once again you sank into worldly pleasures.】
【......】
【Age 21: Because you had no technique, you couldn't break through despite having precious pills. You grew more and more irritable.】
【Age 22: You determined that the immortal path was already cut off, so you completely indulged yourself in oppressing mortals.】
【Age 23: The tormented villagers could not bear it and called for the court's Immortal Masters. You were blasted to death with a single sword strike.】
【Ding! Simulation ended: You died.】
【This simulation lasted: 23 years.】
【Simulation settling. Please wait......】
【Settling complete.】
【Items obtainable this time: Memory of the Noble Righteous Art*1, Mysterious Pill Bottle*1, Hereditary Five Spirit Roots*1】
【Simulation points obtained this time: 3】
【Panel loading. Please wait......】
【Loading complete.】
【Name: Lu Qingyang】
【Bone Constitution: Tier 0+】
【Comprehension: Tier 0+】
【Fortune: Tier 0+】
【Family Background: Tier 1】
【Remaining Simulation Points: 3】
【Simulation cooling down: 29 days 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds】
"So...... it's over......"
Listening to that string of system notifications by his ear, Lu Qingyang slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes carried a trace of world-weariness and hostility.
"Though it was only a text simulation, it felt vividly real."
"But......"
Lu Qingyang raised his head and glanced out the window, a faint bitter smile appearing on his face.
Without comprehension and bone constitution bonuses, I really am too stupid.
Recalling the simulation process, Lu Qingyang felt rather emotional.
He had come to understand that in the simulation, bone constitution, comprehension, fortune, and family background — all four were indispensable!
Otherwise, it would be like him. Even if he encountered a treasure, he couldn't learn it.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang did not hesitate, and directly added all the simulation points he had just obtained.
【Ding! Simulation attribute upgrade successful!】
【Bone Constitution: Tier 1】
【Comprehension: Tier 1】
【Fortune: Tier 1】
【Family Background: Tier 1】
【Remaining Simulation Points: 0】
As the system notification rang out, the black plus signs on the attribute panel instantly vanished.
Lu Qingyang's simulation points were emptied once again.
He had chosen balanced allocation, giving each attribute an equal share.
In the early stages of simulation, balanced development was definitely best.
Only in the mid-to-late stages would specialized upgrades be worthwhile, to start fastest and maximize benefits......
A moment later, Lu Qingyang's mood settled somewhat.
He turned his gaze to the obtainable items, where three items were displayed.
Memory of the Noble Righteous Art...... It must be because I failed to comprehend the Noble Righteous Art, so only a memory was brought back.
Lu Qingyang nodded thoughtfully. He did not plan to choose this one.
It was not the complete Noble Righteous Art.
Never mind whether Lu Qingyang could achieve sudden enlightenment from just a memory.
Even if he could comprehend the Noble Righteous Art, he didn't know what grade it was.
To be safe, he had best abandon this option.
As for the frequently appearing Five Spirit Roots, Lu Qingyang directly ignored it.
It seems only you can be chosen......
Lu Qingyang looked at the mysterious pill bottle option, some anticipation in his heart.
To let him cultivate to the second level of Qi Refinement in the simulation with only pills, not even using a technique.
These pills were definitely extraordinary.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang's anticipation grew, and he hesitated no more.
"Bring back, the Mysterious Pill Bottle!"
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, retrieval successful!】
【Item Name: Mysterious Pill Bottle】
【Item Origin: Bestowed by the Wandering Confucian Sage in the simulation】
【Item Analysis: This pill bottle contains ten Tier 3 Stainless Pills.】
【Item Prompt: Stainless Pill - Tier 3 pill, a secret Confucian pill, no pill toxin, can be consumed even during Qi Refinement.】
"Tier 3 pill!"
Even with Lu Qingyang's steady temperament, at this moment, strange lights flickered in the depths of his eyes, his face full of astonishment.
The preciousness of the Stainless Pill, he did not know.
But Tier 3 pills, he understood.
In the Prison Dragon Realm, cultivation was divided into nine realms, and treasures and artifacts were also divided into nine tiers.
Pills were the same.
Tier 1 pills were usually Qi Refinement level pills, considered ordinary goods.
Tier 2 pills were used by ordinary Foundation Establishment True Persons, already rare.
As for Tier 3 pills, they matched true Golden Core True Monarchs!
To any low-tier cultivator, a Tier 3 pill was absolutely a heaven-sent opportunity. Moreover, this was a secret Confucian pill, and it actually had no pill toxin, and could be consumed even during Qi Refinement!
Junior Brother Yang, I'm afraid I'll be breaking through before you.
Looking at the ten round pills poured from the pill bottle.
Lu Qingyang could not help but smile, and glanced at the sky.
No matter how much time passed in the simulation, time in reality did not flow.
At this moment, it was still early before dawn.
Without hesitation, Lu Qingyang pinched a pill and stuffed it into his mouth.
Then he closed his eyes, silently reciting and circulating the Five Elements Formula.
The pill entered his abdomen and transformed into a warm current, rapidly spreading along his meridians to his four limbs and hundreds of bones.
That warm current gradually gathered in his chest, forming a small vortex, and began to be continuously absorbed into his dantian.
The pill's effect was powerful.
In just the time it took to burn a stick of incense, Lu Qingyang felt as if his body was filled with an unending flow of power.
And at his dantian, at least half the medicinal power still remained!
Worthy of a Tier 3 pill... this single pill alone is worth at least several months of my bitter cultivation.
Lu Qingyang inwardly praised.
Without pausing, he mobilized all his power, frantically guiding the medicinal power in his chest toward his dantian.
"Boom~"
When Lu Qingyang circulated his technique and absorbed that half of the medicinal power clean, a muffled thunderous boom suddenly erupted within his body.
His muscles violently twitched.
Immediately after, an indescribable sensation rose from the surface of his body.
"Whoosh~"
Exhaling a long breath of turbid air, Lu Qingyang opened his eyes, and a wisp of sharp light shot from his pupils.
"The third level of Qi Refinement!"