I have a cultivation simulator

Chapter 53 Great Spring Opportunity

The eggshell cracked, and a black bird the size of a palm emerged.

This black bird, chubby and with its pair of bright black eyes, quickly locked onto you.

[For the past six months, you have been nourishing the carved egg with your own magic every day. The black bird is naturally very familiar with your aura and immediately rubs against you, its pair of undeveloped wings flapping.]

[You open your right hand, and a chubby black baby bird crawls into your palm, occasionally falling over, looking exceptionally adorable.]

"Indeed, it possesses far greater vitality than ordinary Black Wind Eagles."

You secretly observed with your divine sense and drew a conclusion.

The Black Wind Eagle is a wind-type demonic beast, while the Dark Demon Eagle is a dark and wind-type demonic beast with a bloodline of Earth-grade nobility.

[This black fledgling is newly born, and its specific bloodline cannot be discerned yet, but you can still feel the life force flowing within it.]

"Not bad, not bad."

[You are in a good mood. The Dark Eagle is a type of demonic beast with a short growth period. It only needs to be properly nurtured for several decades and its bloodline power tapped to naturally advance to maturity, which is the second-tier Foundation Establishment level.]

[The cultivation world is full of demonic beasts with extremely long growth periods, such as some turtle-type demonic beasts, whose growth period alone can take hundreds or even thousands of years. Although their potential is terrifying, their incredibly long growth period is enough to outlive a Nascent Soul True Monarch.]

You're not very interested in the latter; the payback period is too long, and there are too many unforeseen circumstances.

[There's a high chance of being "sent away" by a spirit pet.]

Next, you will begin training the Dark Eagle.

Compared to human cultivators, raising demonic beasts is much simpler, requiring no comprehension of various cultivation techniques or facing numerous bottlenecks.

All you need to do is eat and drink, and tap into the power of your bloodline.

[A demonic beast with an Earth-grade bloodline can easily grow to the second-tier Foundation Establishment level.]

.....

In the tenth year, at the age of twenty-six, you receive a letter from the mortal Zhou family.

[Besides reporting that he was safe as usual, the letter also mentioned Da Chun.]

In his letter, Zhou Shizhong wrote that Dachun had not returned for several months.

In recent years, Da Chun has occasionally entered Youshan, but he always returns after a maximum of two months each time.

It has been more than half a year since Da Chun last came back.

Zhou Shizhong was worried about Dachun's safety.

【Mount You is the foremost mountain range in the Lie Kingdom, stretching for thousands of miles. It is shrouded in miasma and is often inhabited by ferocious beasts, making it a forbidden area for mortals.】

Even after reading the letter, you still have doubts.

Given Da Chun's loyalty, it's impossible that he would deliberately go and never return.

You take out a transparent crystal containing a drop of Da Chun's essence blood.

[Through this drop of blood essence, you can cast a spell to find out if Da Chun is alive or dead, and even pinpoint his approximate location.]

[You used blood essence as a medium to conclude that Da Chun is not dead.]

You breathed a slight sigh of relief. No matter what the situation, as long as the person is alive, that's all that matters.

But Da Chun hasn't returned for so long, so he must have run into trouble.

After arranging many matters in the Immortal City, you set off for the mortal realm to see what trouble Da Chun had encountered.

A month later, you arrived at the foot of the secluded mountain, standing atop the clouds, overlooking this majestic mountain range.

[You used Da Chun's essence blood as collateral in an attempt to pinpoint his location, but you discovered that you were being mysteriously interfered with. You can only know that Da Chun is somewhere within the secluded mountains, but you cannot determine his exact location at all.]

As you enter the secluded mountain to begin your search, you discover that the entire mountain is subtly connected to the outside world.

[You realize that this secluded mountain is shrouded in a natural array, and if you continue to venture deeper, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator could get lost.]

After careful consideration, you withdrew from Youshan.

[You've circled half of You Mountain, continuously using Da Chun's essence blood to cast spells, and determined that Da Chun's current location should be isolated from the outside world.]

[You've thought of a secret realm amidst the sea of ​​clouds]

[In the second simulation, you planted three tracking techniques on Ye Feng, but when Ye Feng entered the Cloud Sea Secret Realm, all the tracking techniques lost their effect. You could only vaguely sense that Ye Feng was still there, but you had no way of knowing his exact location.]

Outside of the simulation, Zhou Qing stroked his chin, looking thoughtful.

"Could it be that Da Chun has stumbled upon some secret realm?"

Zhou Qing pondered to himself.

To accidentally stumble into a secret realm is a great opportunity in the world of cultivation.

The secret realm is a small world independent of the outside world, containing the appearance and environment of ancient times, rich in spiritual energy and abundant resources.

In the world of cultivation, there are many unknown rogue cultivators who accidentally enter a secret realm and emerge decades later with greatly improved cultivation, potentially becoming true immortals.

"What luck..."

Zhou Qing felt envious. He had painstakingly prepared for three simulations, but the results were probably not as good as what Da Chun had gained from entering the secret realm this time.

Of course, accidentally entering a secret realm is just one possibility Zhou Qing speculated on. There are many other possibilities, such as falling into some kind of dangerous place.

However, the possibility is slim.

Given Da Chun's strength in the simulation, if he really fell into a dangerous place where even you couldn't pinpoint his location, he wouldn't have survived for so long.

"Secluded Mountain..."

Zhou Qing made a mental note of this place, intending to focus on it during the next simulation.

In the eleventh year, at the age of twenty-seven, you returned to the Immortal City and resumed your arduous cultivation.

Every month, you use your life essence to perform a ritual to determine whether Da Chun is still alive.

[In the twelfth year, you are twenty-eight years old. Alchemist Zhao Kan has become a mid-grade second-level alchemist. You go to congratulate him.]

[Alchemist Zhao Kan has not looked down on you. Over the years, you have gotten along quite well with him. As fellow guest elders of the Alchemy Hall and fellow second-tier alchemists, even though Alchemist Zhao Kan was ahead of you, your status is not that much different from his.]

[In the thirteenth year, you are twenty-nine years old. Three years have passed since Da Chun disappeared in Youshan. During these three years, you have often used Da Chun's blood essence to perform magic, confirming that Da Chun is still alive.]

You spent several more months traveling to the secluded mountains of the mortal realm, but still found nothing.

[In the fourteenth year, you are thirty years old. Your alchemy skills have reached the peak of the second-tier lower grade, but you have hit a bottleneck and are unable to break through.]

[In the fifteenth year, you are thirty-one years old. You have devoted most of your energy to the Dao of Talismans, and your Dao of Talismans has successfully entered the first-tier high-grade.]

In the second half of the year, a dignified female cultivator arrived in Azure Moon Immortal City.

This dignified female cultivator is none other than You Rou. Her purpose in coming to Immortal City is to report on the Chamber of Commerce's situation and submit its profits to you.

"I request to see Master Wang Dan..."

[You Rou arrived in front of a pill-making pavilion, told a young female cultivator her purpose, and then waited patiently.]

While waiting, You Rou also saw many cultivators queuing outside the Pill Tower.

These cultivators came to see "Master Wang the Alchemist" naturally to request elixirs.

"President Wang..."

[You Rou was lost in thought, but in her mind she referred to him as "Chairman Wang" instead of "Alchemist Wang".]

In You Rou's heart, after five or six years of getting along, she has completely and utterly admired you.

[You established the Chamber of Commerce and opened up the trade route from Biyue Immortal City to Wushan Market. You Rou had originally prepared to painstakingly manage it for ten or twenty years.]

After all, keeping a chamber of commerce running and profitable is no easy task. The Foundation Establishment cultivators of Azure Moon Immortal City aren't fools. If it were truly so easy to earn spirit stones, would they just stand by and watch?

However, thanks to your reminders, the Chamber of Commerce always manages to seize fleeting opportunities at crucial junctures in its operations. For example, in the first year of the Chamber's establishment, you had You Rou stockpile life-saving talismans in advance.

[Shortly afterward, the largest talisman shop in Wushan Market encountered supply problems with its life-saving talismans, leading to a shortage of such talismans in the market.]

Although other shops quickly reacted and rushed to bring in life-saving talismans from other places, it was enough for You Rou to make a profit and stabilize the operation of the chamber of commerce.

In the years that followed, with your advance guidance, You Rou always stockpiled the right resources at crucial moments, enabling the newly established chamber of commerce to quickly stabilize and achieve overall profitability.

In You Rou's opinion, without your crucial guidance, even with a Foundation Establishment cultivator and a background as a guest elder of the Pill Hall, survival would not have been easy for the Chamber of Commerce.

A short while later, the young female cultivator who had gone in to report came out and smiled at You Rou, saying, "Come in."

[You Rou immediately followed, entered the Danlou, passed through the courtyard, and arrived at the second floor, where You Rou finally saw you.]

"Greetings, Chairman."

Yu Rou bows respectfully.