I have a cultivation simulator

Chapter 26 Qi Refining Perfection

Your idea has been taken seriously by Yun Shu, and the other high-ranking officials in the market also think it makes some sense.

Regarding whether Master Ouyang can cultivate a new Foundation Establishment stage successor, outsiders can only speculate, but the Ouyang family knows the details.

If the Ouyang family isn't making a move, why should they?

Furthermore, at this time, choosing to relocate the industrial base within the market would also result in significant losses for the Yun Clan's Pill Workshop.

"Uncle Wang is right."

Yun Shu nodded in agreement.

You did not add anything further.

In fact, your suggestion is entirely based on judging the process by the outcome.

The core industries controlled by the Ouyang family are not something they don't want to sell, but something they can't.

In this delicate situation, if the Ouyang family chooses to sell off their assets, then Wushan Market will face complete collapse in a short period of time.

At that time, prices in all businesses and shops in the market will plummet, and the Ouyang family won't be able to sell many spirit stones either.

Secondly, the Ouyang family has not reached the end of its rope; the head of the workshop, Ouyang Shen, is still trying to cultivate a new Foundation Establishment stage successor.

[In the forty-ninth year, you are sixty-four years old. The spirit of the Mountain and Sea Ring awakens once again to cleanse your marrow and strengthen your bones. You can sense that the spirit will pay a great price for doing this.]

Furthermore, you notice that the mountain and sea ring, which was originally sky blue, is now showing more and more streaks of red, which have now occupied one-twentieth of the entire ring's area.

[In the fiftieth year, you are sixty-five years old. The ward master, Ouyang Shen, still has not cultivated a Foundation Establishment stage successor, and the situation in the ward is becoming increasingly chaotic.]

Yun Shu has approached you multiple times, wanting to inquire about the future of the Pill Workshop.

[You bluntly stated that it's too late to relocate now; even if we sell our assets, we won't get many spirit stones. It's better to stick it out with the Ouyang family.]

Yun Shu sighed; there was nothing she could do.

[In the fifty-first year, you are sixty-six years old. With the help of the spirit of the Mountain and Sea Ring, who has repeatedly cleansed your marrow and tendons, you feel that you have completed most of the eighth level of Qi Refining.]

[In the fifty-second year, you are sixty-seven years old. The number of cultivators outside the market is increasing, leading to a decrease in the number of idle cultivators within the market.]

The business of Yun's Pill Workshop is getting worse and worse, and everyone in the workshop is in a state of confusion.

Yun Shu was also deeply affected; he hadn't expected this to happen so soon after he inherited the Pill Workshop.

You comforted Yunshu, telling him not to despair, that perhaps something unexpected would happen in a few years.

[In the fifty-second year, you are sixty-seven years old. Through your established network of connections, you learn that the Pill Alliance intends to sell the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.]

The Spirit Medicine Pavilion is the core industry of the Pill Alliance, located in the most prosperous part of the market.

However, as the market became increasingly unstable and fewer cultivators entered and exited, the Spirit Medicine Pavilion's business naturally couldn't continue.

You are lost in memories.

[During the first simulation, the Pill Alliance also sold off the Spirit Medicine Pavilion around this time, which was later bought by a mysterious cultivator.]

At this moment, you deduce that the mysterious cultivator is likely related to the Ouyang family.

You have found Vice Alliance Leader You Rou.

[She was in charge of selling off the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.]

"Master Wang, do you have designs on the Spirit Medicine Pavilion?"

[You Rou gazed at you with her clear blue eyes and asked softly.]

[She's been extremely stressed about this matter lately. Given the current situation in Wushan Market, who would dare take over the Spirit Medicine Pavilion?]

"How many spirit stones do you want?"

You asked calmly.

"Five thousand spirit stones."

[You Rou's gaze was deep and meaningful as she gave a price.]

"For Alliance Leader You to say that, there's not much sincerity involved."

You shook your head slightly. Decades ago, let alone five thousand spirit stones, even twenty thousand or thirty thousand spirit stones would have been enough to sell it.

[But now? There aren't many cultivators left in the market. What use would it be even if we bought it?]

【"Why......"】

You Rou sighed softly, "How many spirit stones is Master Wang willing to offer?"

"Two thousand spirit stones."

[You said it directly]

"Impossible!"

[You Rou's eyes widened. "Even if I agree, the Alliance Leader would never agree..."]

"Master Wang, add a little more..."

[She pleaded softly]

"Two thousand five hundred spirit stones."

You intentionally showed hesitation.

"Two thousand five hundred spirit stones..."

[You Rou lifted her skirt, her delicate body moving closer to you. Her soft, rounded buttocks gently sat on your lap, her slender arms draped over your neck. She said softly, "Master Wang, could you add a little more...?"]

【"Add more?"】

You stand up, embrace You Rou, and lift her up, feeling her full curves. A smile appears on your face. "Then it's up to you how you do."

This time, Yu Rou did not refuse.

[Half an hour later]

Beside the bed, some of the female cultivator's undergarments were scattered.

White silk stockings, an exquisite bodice, embroidered shoes and a dress...

On the bed, You Rou opened her blue eyes and looked at you beside her with a hint of resentment, "I didn't expect Master Wang to be so virile in this area..."

You remained silent, savoring the momentary comfort.

Since you cultivate the "Mountain and Sea Body Refining Technique," there's naturally no doubt about this aspect.

"Master Wang, how about you buy that herb pavilion for three thousand spirit stones..." You Rou leaned against your chest, her voice filled with resentment.

"Three thousand spirit stones...okay."

You glanced at You Rou, not because you thought this fleeting encounter was worth five hundred spirit stones, but because you realized that the Pill Alliance Leader's bottom line for You Rou was selling the Spirit Medicine Pavilion for three thousand spirit stones.

Even without this fleeting romance, you would still need to spend three thousand spirit stones to buy the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

You Rou will not sell for less than three thousand spirit stones.

After confirming your agreement, You Rou immediately stood up, and the land deed that had been prepared beforehand was transferred to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

[In the fifty-third year, you are sixty-eight years old, still a little short of the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining.]

[A worry arises in your heart: will you be unable to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining before the age of seventy?]

[In the fifty-fourth year, you are sixty-nine years old and still haven't reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. Despair has begun to creep into your heart.]

The spirit of the Mountain and Sea Ring has remained dormant for the past few years and has not yet awakened.

[In the fifty-fifth year, you are seventy years old, and have already given up the idea of ​​reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining and attempting to break through to Foundation Establishment.]

However, the old age that should have arrived this year did not appear; your vitality has not declined and you remain at your peak.

In the fifty-sixth year, at seventy-one years old, you still had no so-called old age.

This year, you finally reached the peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

[In the fifty-seventh year, you were seventy-two years old. Your later years had been long overdue, but you did not hesitate and immediately began your attempt to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.]

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

Several months later, the spirit of the Mountain and Sea Ring awoke and, upon realizing that you had already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

[The spirit of the Mountain and Sea Ring needs to continuously expend its own essence to perform the Yi Jin Xi Sui (a ritual to cleanse and transform one's tendons and marrow) on you, and the price is undeniably heavy.]

Seeing you reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, the spirit of the Mountain and Sea Ring is finally certain that its efforts were not in vain.

The ninth level of Qi Refining, also known as the Perfection of Qi Refining, allows one to attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage at any time.

You then voiced your doubts: "At seventy-two years old, why haven't I reached my later years yet?"

The ancient voice of the Mountain and Sea Ring spirit carried a hint of smugness, "Boy, do you really think the Mountain and Sea Manual is an ordinary cultivation technique? The Mountain and Sea Manual is very difficult to cultivate, but it has many benefits..."

"One of these is delaying the arrival of old age..."