txolops Chapter 9 Settlement and Talent
Chapter 9 Settlement and Talent
The virtual font flashed by quickly.
Finally, the simulation ends with the line "[This simulation has ended]".
Zhou Qing stared blankly, lost in thought.
This simulation spanned sixty-two years, from his youth to old age, almost equivalent to a complete lifetime.
Especially in old age, when qi and blood decline, coupled with the torment of erysipelas.
Outside of the simulation, Zhou Qing might only see a few lines of text.
But within the simulation, it is a real, authentic life.
Just as Zhou Qing was deep in thought.
The illusory font, which had been stagnant, began to change again.
Please select one of the following inheritance options.
[Part 1: Peak cultivation level, realm, skills, techniques, and memories during the simulation]
[Part Two: A Treasure That Belongs to You in the Simulation]
Zhou Qing didn't hesitate much, her gaze falling on the first option.
In the simulation, he used all the spirit stones he earned to buy various cultivation resources. He didn't have any precious treasures, except for that pill furnace which was worth a little over a hundred spirit stones.
It is far inferior to the first option.
"His cultivation level at its peak..."
As cultivators enter their later years, all aspects of their lives decline.
For example, cultivation level? For example, skills?
Both were cultivators at the fifth level of Qi Refining, one was forty years old, in the prime of his life.
He was eighty years old, very old.
The former is definitely better than the latter.
Therefore, the peak period in the options refers to Zhou Qing's strongest moment in the simulation.
"Choose option one."
Zhou Qing stared for a moment, then immediately made a choice.
Splash!
In an instant, Zhou Qing felt that "qi" was condensing out of thin air within his dantian and was rapidly growing stronger.
Level 1 of Qi Refining.
Qi Refining Level 2.
Qi Refining Level 3.
......
at the same time.
Sixty-two years of memories from the simulation surged into my mind like a tidal wave.
Although a large number of memories appeared in his mind, they did not have any impact on Zhou Qing's emotions.
All the memories flashed by like a movie.
Zhou Qing can remember every detail, but she doesn't immerse herself in it.
What he inherited was merely memory, without any emotion.
After several dozen breaths.
Zhou Qing finally opened her eyes.
A wisp of spiritual pressure gathered on his body.
"Is this what it feels like to reach the fifth level of Qi Refining?"
Zhou Qing felt happy.
In the simulation, he entered his later years not long after reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining.
Qi and blood decline.
But now?
Zhou Qing was only sixteen years old.
Sixteen years old is the time when one's energy and blood are at their peak.
A sixteen-year-old at the fifth level of Qi Refining?
In addition to his cultivation level, Zhou Qing also inherited all of his skills and experience in alchemy.
At this moment, Zhou Qing was not only a Qi Refining Level 5 cultivator, but also a mid-grade alchemist.
The latter's social status is much higher than the former's.
Even with a low-grade spiritual root, reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining is achievable with decades of diligent cultivation.
But for a mid-level alchemist? Without a teacher's guidance, it's very difficult to reach that level.
In the simulation, if Zhou Qing hadn't followed Master Yun Dan for decades, it would have been a different story.
In the end, Master Yun would not pass on his alchemy insights to Zhou Qing.
Without that alchemy manual, Zhou Qing would never have become a mid-grade alchemist.
......
Cultivation and skills were not all that Zhou Qing gained.
In fact, there was another gain that was no less than either of these two, and even surpassed them.
That is memory.
To be precise, it is a precise grasp of the major events that will occur in the next 62 years.
For example, twenty years from now, a secret realm will emerge not far from Wushan Market.
This secret realm has attracted numerous cultivators in the Qi Refining stage to fight over it, including some late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.
That Ye Feng benefited from this secret realm, and in just over thirty years, he went from the third level of Qi Refining to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
In the simulation, Zhou Qing was weak and had no powerful backing.
Anyone who dares to covet that secret realm is courting death.
However, Zhou Qing can make arrangements in advance for the next simulation.
More than forty years later, Wushan Market will be plagued by rumors due to the lack of a successor Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Finally, a large number of cultivators fled the market, selling off various assets within it at bargain prices.
In the last two years of the simulation, Zhou Qing was tormented by erysipelas almost every moment, feeling like he was living a life worse than death.
The reason they stubbornly refused to die was not because they were afraid of dying, but because they wanted to know the final outcome of Wushan Market.
Just as the rumors said, Ouyang Shen, the shopkeeper, really did not cultivate any Foundation Establishment cultivators. After his lifespan ended, the market vanished.
Or did other unexpected changes occur in the end?
Zhou Qing fell into deep thought, the key information he had obtained in the simulation flashing through his mind.
Ouyang, the shopkeeper, appeared, accompanied by a newly promoted female Foundation Establishment cultivator whom he had never seen before, and they swept away the Tribulation Cultivators around the market.
It is easy to conclude that the unfamiliar newly promoted Foundation Establishment female cultivator is the successor cultivated by Master Ouyang.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have had to lead the other side to clear out the bandits around the market.
Pacifying the treacherous cultivators means rebuilding the order of the market, and only by cultivating new Foundation Establishment successors will Lord Ouyang do this.
With a Foundation Establishment female cultivator as her successor, even if Master Ouyang were to pass away the next moment, Wushan Market would stabilize again.
This intelligence information is of particular importance.
......
The virtual font began to change rapidly again.
[Settling your simulation experience...]
You've spent most of your life dealing with elixirs.
Ultimately, he died from erysipelas invading his lungs and internal organs.
[You have awakened a white talent—Erysipelas Buster]
[Erysipelas Buster: Your body will develop resistance to erysipelas, and most of the toxins will not be able to accumulate in your body]
"White talent?"
Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow.
So-called talent... After each simulation ends, a talent will be calculated based on the simulation experience.
Talents are categorized into white, green, purple, gold, and rainbow.
The further you progress, the stronger your talent becomes, and the more challenging the simulation experiences required to acquire it.
"The bane of erysipelas..."
After a moment's thought, Zhou Qing realized the importance of this talent.
As everyone knows, cultivators cannot do without elixirs.
However, all medicines have some degree of toxicity. Even the finest elixirs only contain less toxicity.
Taking too much will still lead to the accumulation of erysipelas.
When erysipelas accumulates, it will lead to the scene in the simulation where Zhou Qing enters his later years.
Not only was his lifespan shortened by more than ten years, but he also suffered from erysipelas, making his life worse than death.
However, with this talent, this situation can be largely avoided.
In other words, in future simulations, as long as Zhou Qing doesn't do anything reckless, even if he continues to take the useless pills, he won't end up suffering from the pill poison to that extent.
Of course, as a mid-grade alchemist, Zhou Qing would not consume a useless pill.
Waste pills not only contain a large amount of erysipelas, but also have very poor efficacy.
The reason for using the waste pill in the simulation is because there is no other choice.
"If even white-grade talents have such uses, then what kind of heaven-defying abilities will the green, purple, and even gold and multicolored talents possess...?"
Zhou Qing felt a slight surge of excitement.