I have a cultivation simulator

Chapter 15 Qi Refining Level 6

At this time, Ye Feng was not yet twenty years old, with a Qi Refining Level 1 cultivation, and he stood furtively in the corner of the entrance to the Yun Clan Pill Workshop.

[Ye Feng's spiritual root quality is mid-grade. In the first simulation, when you were still at the second level of Qi Refining, he had already stepped into the third level of Qi Refining.]

You glanced at Ye Feng without leaving a trace, then walked into the Yun Clan's Pill Workshop.

"Master Wang, you've arrived?"

The female cultivator at the alchemy workshop warmly welcomed you inside.

[Over the past ten years, everyone in the alchemy workshop knows of your close friendship with Master Yun.]

[Furthermore, you are a mid-grade alchemist, a highly respected craftsman in the market, so no one dares to disrespect you.]

Although you didn't continue observing Ye Feng, you could sense the envy and a hint of jealousy in his expression when he saw you being greeted by everyone in the pill shop.

You sighed.

[During the first simulation, you had very little experience, and you devoted most of your energy to alchemy, with the rest spent on cultivation, so you failed to see Ye Feng's ungrateful nature.]

You continued your conversation with Master Yun for a while, then returned to your cave.

When you left the alchemy workshop, you didn't find any trace of Ye Feng at the entrance.

[But you weren't worried, because you knew Ye Feng would come back sooner or later and become Master Yun's apprentice.]

Even if a butterfly effect occurs because of you, as long as Ye Feng is still in Wushan Market, you are confident you can find him.

[The connections of a mid-grade alchemist are no joke. As a member of the Alchemy Alliance, you not only know other alchemists in the market, but also craftsmen such as weapon makers and talisman makers, and you are familiar with them all.]

No matter whose apprentice Ye Feng becomes, he will never escape your grasp.

Back in your cave, you fall into a brief moment of contemplation.

The reason you pay so much attention to Ye Feng is because Ye Feng is related to your opportunities in this simulation, and even in the many simulations to come.

[If all goes as expected, the secret realm outside Wushan Market will be revealed in ten years.]

That secret realm once stirred up countless bloodshed in the first simulation, with countless Qi Refining cultivators perishing there, including many powerful late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

In this simulation, you still have no intention of entering that secret realm.

[Although your skills have improved significantly compared to the first simulation]

[But even late-stage Qi Refining cultivators risk perishing in that secret realm, let alone someone like you in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.]

However, not entering the secret realm does not mean you cannot obtain the opportunities within it.

Based on the information obtained from the first simulation, Ye Feng must have made a great gain in that secret realm.

[In just over thirty years, he has cultivated from the third level of Qi Refining to the ninth level of Qi Refining.]

This cultivation speed is no longer the normal cultivation speed for a mid-grade spiritual root.

A cultivator with a mid-grade spiritual root does indeed have a chance to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, but the time required will definitely far exceed thirty years.

[Ye Feng's cultivation speed can only be achieved by obtaining a great opportunity beyond the ordinary.]

In addition, Ye Feng visited Master Yun in the last simulation with the intention of using Master Yun's connections to visit Master Zhao and refine a Foundation Establishment Pill.

This means that Ye Feng has now collected all the main and auxiliary ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Foundation Establishment Pills are strategic-level pills for cultivators, and the main ingredients are basically monopolized by major powers.

Of course, the main and auxiliary ingredients of the Foundation Establishment Pill in Ye Feng's possession may not necessarily have been obtained from that secret realm.

Even without those, the opportunities you gain within the secret realm are enough for you to make a move against him.

[Your spiritual root is only of low quality. Even if you can't become a Foundation Establishment cultivator in this simulation, at least try to establish your foundation once and accumulate experience for the breakthrough.]

However, even attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage requires cultivating to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Theoretically, those with low-grade spiritual roots have no chance of cultivating to the late stage of Qi Refining.

Even with the foundation laid in the last simulation, starting at the fifth level of Qi Refining, one still needs to seize every possible opportunity to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Ye Feng is the opportunity you see.

Once he escapes from that secret realm, you can ambush and kill him to obtain the opportunity he gained there.

[From the last simulation, you gained some key information.]

For example, when Ye Feng escaped from that secret realm, he was severely injured.

[These are all things Ye Feng said himself when he was bragging to you.]

[Very authentic]

[In the eleventh year, you are twenty-six years old. Under your secret watchful eye, several months ago, Ye Feng became an apprentice under Master Yun Dan.]

This puts your mind at ease; in this simulation, your presence didn't cause a significant butterfly effect.

At least Ye Feng's timeline is exactly the same as in the first simulation.

[In the twelfth year, you are twenty-seven years old and have already cultivated to the peak of the fifth level of Qi Refining.]

[You secretly circulated your bloodline technique, and vaguely sensed that several of your closest relatives were still alive in the world.]

These close relatives are naturally your parents, eldest brother, and second eldest brother.

Twelve years ago, although you learned the truth about the Zhou family's extermination, you also alerted them.

Zhou Shizhong directly informed Emperor Qian of the Fourth Prince's rebellion, forcing Emperor Qian to take action ahead of schedule.

What happened next was exactly the same as the first simulation.

[Emperor Qian, using the fourth prince's name, launched a coordinated attack on the eldest prince, who was ultimately defeated and committed suicide.]

Ironically, whether in the first simulation or this one, Emperor Qian went to great lengths to eliminate the eldest prince and maintain his absolute power, but ultimately none of them lived long.

[He died of old age several years after the eldest prince's defeat and suicide.]

Then the fourth prince successfully ascended the throne.

The biggest winner in this series of events is the Fourth Prince.

However, the fourth prince completely stumbled upon the throne by chance.

The Zhou family's extermination was essentially a consequence of internal power struggles within the Qian Kingdom's royal family.

[Zhou Shizhong is too closely bound to the eldest prince, and with his control over the imperial guards, if Emperor Qian decides to take action against the eldest prince, the Zhou family will almost certainly not escape unscathed.]

[In the thirteenth year, at the age of twenty-eight, you feel that you have reached your peak condition and plan to attempt to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining.]

[You've prepared for this breakthrough for a long time; numerous auxiliary pills and calming spiritual items are neatly arranged around you.]

With these preparations, even if you fail to break through, you won't suffer much damage to your core essence. After recovering for a few years, you can try to break through again.

Many cultivators fail to break through their cultivation paths due to insufficient preparation. If they succeed, all is well, but if they fail, the backlash from the breakthrough can take up to ten years to recover, essentially ending their path to immortality.

Why are Foundation Establishment Pills so precious? Because they not only increase a cultivator's chances of successfully breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, but also protect the heart meridian, ensuring that even if the breakthrough fails, the cultivator won't die on the spot.

[You have begun your attempt to reach the sixth level of Qi Refining]

You have successfully advanced to the sixth level of Qi Refining.