Associate Degrees Are Associate Degrees, Bachelor's Degrees Are Bachelor's Degrees, Nascent Soul Is Nascent Soul, and Spirit Transformation Is Spirit Transformation
[You casually probed the Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace with your Divine Sense and took stock of the "Passive Income".]
[The daily automatic income has now increased to over 530. Just from this simulation alone, you've earned 380,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones for free!]
[Adding to the more than 70,000 spirit stones accumulated from the last simulation, the total of 450,000 self-produced Spirit Stones are piled up in a corner of Little Toad Grotto-Heaven, forming a small mountain. Just looking at it makes you feel at ease.]
[In this simulation, your net worth is already over 100 million.]
[The wealth stored in your Storage Ring is ultimately a simulation; only these 450,000 Spirit Stones are the true hard currency that will accompany you through lifetimes.]
As the saying goes, wealth is an external thing; you can't take it with you when you die.
[This money, however, is truly with you, so its significance is naturally different.]
[You used your mental arithmetic skills from kindergarten again.]
[If we can survive this simulation for another forty years, the Spirit Stones generated from Passive Income alone will be close to ten million!]
[Wow, from now on, you Lu, are truly saying goodbye to the word "poor wretch"!]
[The Flying Boat sped along, and you retrieved Flying Boat in Yi Wood City, then used the Teleportation Array to travel to Cangxuan City.]
After making your purchases in Cangxuan City, head south towards Demon-Severing Cliff.
[Standing on the deck, you mentally calculate the timeline to come.]
[Based on the memories from the last simulation, this current timeframe coincides with the day when Profound Beast Taming Sect Grand Elder the Zhu Wanshan, led the Demon-Catching Squad into the Myriad Demon Domain for the final handover of the "Bloodline Mark" from the Golden Crow Demon Emperor.]
[During the last simulation, you were unsure of the situation and your strength was only at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, so you had to disguise yourself as Zhao Kangquan to infiltrate the team. Only after you figured out the details did you launch a surprise attack in the cave, killing Zhu Wanshan and taking his place.]
[In this life, you've already reached the Early Spirit Transformation Stage, so you naturally don't need to take any detours.]
[A few days later, the towering black cliff appeared on the horizon.]
The Flying Boat landed on a stone platform thirty miles away from the Demon-Severing Cliff.
[You put away your Flying Boat and Nascent Soul puppet, and paused for a moment, gazing at the Demon-Suppressing Tower's Military Camp where a burst of light soared into the sky.]
[The question is, how should we meet Song Fuan this time?]
[Should I do what I did last time: go to the Third Medicine Camp to find Chen Zhao and exchange the improved Taiyi Guiyuan Pill formula for one of his "feathered dispatches"?]
[Last time, you were only at the Nascent Soul Nascent Soul, so you couldn't see the higher-ups and had to resort to the underhanded method of reporting directly to higher levels.]
[You've already reached the Spirit Transformation stage!]
Specialized knowledge is specialized knowledge, and bachelor's degree is bachelor's degree!
[Nascent Soul is Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation is Spirit Transformation.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Disguised as Rogue Cultivator, he infiltrates the Third Medicine Camp to find Chen Zhao, retracing his old path.]
[B: Restore the true identity of Lu Ping, the Supreme Elder of the Azure Cloud Sect Grand Supreme Elder, revealing his Early Spirit Transformation Stage cultivation, and proceed to the central headquarters of the Demon-Suppressing Tower to pay homage and request an audience.]
[C: You stand atop the Demon-Severing Cliff wall, unfurling a ten-mile-long red banner with white lettering: "Breaking News! The Untold Stories of the Body Integration Saint Venerable Song Fuan and the Demonic Cult Sect Leader. For details, please contact me via WeChat for 320,000 Spirit Stones!"]
Looking at Little C, Lu Ping's eyelids twitched.
What Demonic Cult Sect Leader! That's my own senior sister!
Little C, you've angered your host!! You're about to lose your host's attention!!
As for Little A and Little B, there's absolutely no need to hesitate.
Little B, this time, you get your Performance Assessment.
Lu Ping chose B.
[You chose B.]
[You shed your disguise, revealing a flowing golden Flowing Cloud Robe.]
[He was dressed as the Grand Supreme Elder the Azure Cloud Sect.]
Compared to the robes of ordinary elders, this robe with Flowing Cloud Robe has two additional bands of subtle gold thread patterns along its hem, making it appear even more noble.
[You walk with your hands behind your back, stepping into the air, towards the gate of the Demon-Suppressing Tower.]
A group of Sword Cultivators from the Demon-Suppressing Tower, who were patrolling near the stone platform ahead, immediately became alert upon seeing you approaching.
[The one leading the team was still General Li was at the Nascent Soul Early Stage.]
General Li's expression shifted, and he bowed to you.
"Li Jingshi, the deputy patrol officer at the front of the Demon-Suppressing Tower, greets you, senior! May I ask which deity you are and what brings you here?"
[On several demon-hunting flying Flying Boats that had just returned from the Myriad Demon Domain and were queuing to pay taxes, many cultivators from the Central Region peered out.]
[When you see even the usually Nascent Soul generals of the Demon-Suppressing Tower behaving respectfully before you, the entire stone platform area immediately falls silent.]
"Whose Spirit Transformation ancestor is that? He looks so young!"
"Judging from the golden cloud and water patterns on his body, could he be the legendary Patriarch Lu of the Azure Cloud Sect, who has reportedly just broken through to the next realm?!"
[On the side of another Flying Boat vessel, an elderly man in a black robe spoke.]
"No mistake! Two hidden golden lines—this is the standard of the Azure Cloud Sect Grand Supreme Elder!"
"I heard that two years ago, after the Azure Cloud Sect promoted this new Divine Lord, it put immense pressure on the major sects of the surrounding Central Regions. Now, the Azure Cloud Sect has become the top sect in our nine Central Regions. I never expected to actually see him alive today!"
["Rumor has it that this Lord Lu is extremely young, and that he alone is enough to revive the Azure Cloud Sect for thousands of years. I originally thought this was just hearsay..."]
Beside the old man in black robes, a young female cultivator leaned against the ship's railing, her eyes fixed on the figure striding through the air.
"Now it seems the rumors were true."
She murmured something under her breath, her ears turning a barely perceptible red, then couldn't help but add half of it in a low voice.
["... The letter only says he has extraordinary abilities, but why doesn't anyone mention that this ancestor is so handsome and good-looking..."]
"Watch your words! Do not be disrespectful to the Divine Lord!"
The old man in the black robe's expression changed slightly. He quickly pulled her back half a step and scolded her in a low voice.
"A powerful being at this level can sense every falling leaf within a hundred miles. Are you out of your mind?!"
[The Azure Dragon Domain comprises nine major Central Region, teeming with sects of all sizes, yet each Central Region has only one dominant sect. That makes a total of nine major sects.]
[Most people are naturally familiar with the dress codes of these nine sects.]
[You stood there with your hands behind your back, scanning the surrounding cultivators with your Divine Sense, and silently sighed in your heart.]
[That old fox Shen Yaoxin has really squeezed every last drop of oil out of your reputation.]
[You don't even have a physical presence in the sect; just your name alone has already earned the Azure Cloud Sect the title of hegemon in the Nine Central Regions and garnered them immense prestige.]
[You even felt a little guilty about using the Azure Cloud Sect to boost your system KPIs, so before leaving you insisted on giving a five-day sermon at Red Cloud Peak, effectively settling this score.]
[In the world of old silver coins, you're still far too inexperienced compared to Sect Master.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Gently nods, and, in his capacity as the Grand Supreme Elder the Azure Cloud Sect, requests an audience with Song Fuan, the Master of the Demon-Suppressing Tower.]
[B: Even a mere Nascent Soul dares to block my way! I immediately unleashed "I’ll Make Three Points" followed by "Star River Myriad Blades," and swept all the way to the Demon-Suppressing Tower Suppression Tower!]
[C: You pull out a stack of "Azure Cloud Sect VIP Card Application Guides" and stuff them into Li Jingshi's arms: "Little Li, seeing your extraordinary talent, you can become an honorary Outer Sect Disciple of our sect by recharging 3.2 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones now, and receive a protective talisman personally signed by the Grand Supreme Elder. You won't regret it!"]