I have a cultivation simulator

Chapter 16 The Secret Realm Reopens

"Sixth level of Qi Refining!"

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

In theory, for cultivators with low-grade spiritual roots, the sixth level of Qi Refining is already the limit.

Normally, cultivators with low-grade spiritual roots are close to seventy years old after reaching the sixth level of Qi Refining, and they will enter their later years at any time.

Once one enters old age, qi and blood decline, and the hope of advancing to the later stages of qi cultivation becomes infinitely slim.

A cultivator with a mid-grade spiritual root has the potential to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining before the age of seventy.

"Even if I'm unlucky this time, I should at least be able to cultivate to the late stage of Qi Refining."

"With a bit of luck, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage isn't out of the question."

Zhou Qing felt happy.

He is only twenty-eight years old now.

There are still 42 years until the critical age of seventy in old age.

In forty-two years, even a pig could reach the late stage of Qi Refining by consuming countless pills.

"Late stage of Qi Refining..."

Zhou Qing looked expectant.

Whether it's the Qi Refining stage, the Foundation Establishment stage, or the Core Formation stage.

The later stages of cultivation are also known as advanced cultivation at the same level.

For example, a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining is a major cultivator in the Qi Refining stage.

A cultivator in the late stage of Foundation Establishment is a cultivator in the advanced stage of Foundation Establishment.

The same applies to the Core Formation stage.

This division exists because of the reason for it.

This is because, compared to the early and middle stages, cultivators in the later stages experience a certain leap in combat power.

[You've reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, and you're in a great mood!]

[I plan to attempt to refine a batch of high-grade pills in order to break through to the level of a high-grade alchemist.]

[Several years ago, you reached the peak of the middle grade in the art of alchemy.]

Although you have no clue how to break through to the superior level, you want to take advantage of the momentum from reaching the sixth level of Qi Refining to make a breakthrough.

The batch of high-grade pills you refined is called Qi-Nourishing Pills. It's one of the easier high-grade pills to refine.

Your alchemy attempt failed, yielding only a batch of waste.

[Through this failure, you've calmed down.]

[Starting to seriously summarize]

Even for those with exceptional talent, it takes ten years or more to progress from a mid-grade alchemist to a high-grade alchemist.

[Master Yun Dan remained at the mid-grade alchemist level for nearly twenty years.]

[Master Yun Dan has a second-level alchemist as his teacher.]

[You have learned from your failures and gained valuable experience, bringing you one step closer to becoming a superior alchemist.]

[In the fourteenth year, at the age of twenty-nine, due to the continuous consumption of Qi-Nourishing Pills, you gradually developed a resistance to these pills.]

[A natural talent that counters alchemy, allowing you to ignore most alchemical poisons, but not to eliminate resistance to alchemical substances]

[Taking too much of any elixir will lead to resistance, and its effectiveness will decrease over time.]

[The fact that the Qi-Nourishing Pill, which is a daily remedy for mid-stage Qi Refining cultivation, has only now developed resistance to is already quite remarkable.]

[You have switched to a mid-grade elixir for your daily cultivation.]

[The effects are no different from those of the Qi-Nourishing Pill.]

There are simply too many kinds of daily pills suitable for mid-stage Qi Refining cultivation in the cultivation world.

[In the fifteenth year, you are thirty years old. You come to the courtyard of the cave dwelling and look at Da Chun, who is sitting cross-legged there.]

Having been in Wushanfang for fifteen years, you've also found Dachun's path.

Da Chun has no spiritual roots and cannot cultivate immortality, but he can refine his body.

You have found a technique for Da Chun called "Blazing Sun Body Refining Technique".

Compared to Qi cultivation, body refinement requires enduring much more pain; the physical body needs to undergo constant tempering and tempering to slowly improve.

Furthermore, Qi Refining cultivators possess a wide range of abilities, with countless magical treasures and supernatural powers.

Body tempering is much simpler; at least in the early stages, it doesn't offer any advantages other than survivability and close combat.

Between body cultivators and qi cultivators of the same level, the former can easily be kited to death by the latter.

"Young Master!"

When Da Chun saw you come out, he immediately stood up with a bright and excited expression.

"Young Master, I have cultivated that body-refining technique to the fourth level."

[Da Chun said excitedly]

"The fourth floor? So fast?"

You were quite surprised.

Based on your understanding, the fourth level of the "Blazing Sun Body Refining Technique" corresponds to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

[The great spring brings divine power, which already gives one a great advantage in body refinement, but you didn't expect your opponent to cultivate to the fourth level so quickly.]

"Try attacking me."

You spoke first.

【"good!"】

Da Chun immediately nodded.

Over the past few decades, you have often sparred with Da Chun.

[Da Chun's figure became blurry, your expression changed slightly, and a red protective shield appeared on your body.]

Immediately afterwards, Da Chun's fist slammed into the protective shield.

In an instant, the protective shield began to ignite, and Da Chun's fist retreated immediately upon contact.

"Young Master..."

[Da Chun looked at his slightly charred fist, a look of pain on his face.]

If he had retreated even a fraction of a second later, it wouldn't have been as simple as just a burnt fist.

"It's really good."

You nodded.

The speed and power that Da Chun just displayed would have been a huge loss for an ordinary Qi Refining Level 4 cultivator if they hadn't been prepared.

[You've also entered the sixth level of Qi Refining, and your magical power has greatly increased. If you were still only at the fifth level, you might be in a bit of a predicament.]

"Cultivate diligently."

You look at Da Chun, a smile appearing on your face.

Originally, you didn't have high hopes for Da Chun.

Given the loyalty Da Chun displayed in the first simulation, what difference would it make if we kept Da Chun in this simulation?

However, it seems that if Da Chun continues to cultivate his body-refining skills, he might be able to help you in the future.

[In the sixteenth year, you are thirty-one years old. There are still four years until the secret realm outside the market opens.]

You have begun to reduce the frequency of refining other types of pills and are starting to focus on refining healing and life-saving pills.

[Based on your experience in the last simulation, you know very well that after the secret realm appears, with a large number of cultivators entering, the demand for healing and life-saving pills will increase significantly.]

This will cause the price of these types of pills to rise by several percent.

What you are doing now is hoarding these kinds of pills so that you can make a fortune in four years.

As for why they didn't stockpile them earlier, pills have a limited shelf life; the effects of regular pills only last about four or five years.

Of course, some precious elixirs, such as the Foundation Building Pill, have more proper preservation methods to maintain their medicinal properties for decades or even centuries.

However, such preservation methods are extremely valuable, and using them on ordinary pills would be a waste.

[In the seventeenth year, at the age of thirty-two, you have mastered three tracking spells to perfection.]

In the eighteenth year, at the age of thirty-three, Master Yun Dan brought you another alchemy inheritance, which you greatly benefited from after studying it.

[In the nineteenth year, you are thirty-four years old. Under your observation, Ye Feng's timeline is no different from the first simulation. However, because he did not have your help, Ye Feng did not fare well as an apprentice under Master Yun.]

[In your twentieth year, at thirty-five, you look up in a direction beyond the market town.]

[The hidden realm has emerged.]