The Fifth Simulation Begins

A flurry of hurried footsteps rang out in the passageway.

Wang Kun appeared at the far end of the passageway.

When he saw Wang Yuanyi's miserable state, his eyes nearly split with rage.

"Yi'er!!"

Only then did Wang Kun notice He Yu standing calmly opposite him.

Wang Kun's eyelids twitched, and he roughly understood that He Yu had been the one to attack Wang Yuanyi.

But he had no time to figure out He Yu's strength, much less fight him to the death.

His eyes bloodshot, he directly used his movement technique to charge into the passageway, rapidly closing in on Wang Yuanyi.

Wang Kun rushed to Wang Yuanyi's side, grabbed him, and retreated into the secret chamber.

The heavy, hard stone walls on both sides of the passageway were still closing rapidly.

At the very last moment, Wang Kun retreated into the secret chamber with Wang Yuanyi.

The tension on the father and son's faces eased.

As long as they retreated into the secret chamber, they could leave through another route.

They felt that they were already safe.

Wang Yuanyi glared venomously at He Yu on the other end of the passageway.

"He Yu! I won't let you get away with this!!"

Wang Kun's face was as dark as water as he carefully sized up He Yu.

The stone walls on both sides of the passageway continued to close. Less than half a foot remained now; they were about to seal shut completely.

Wang Yuanyi gave a cold laugh, intending to throw out another threat.

Suddenly, he and Wang Kun both felt themselves being locked onto by a powerful aura!

The Wang father and son were both startled.

Before they could react, two streams of true qi, ghostly as phantoms, shot over from the other end of the passageway.

He Yu had been charging these two streams of true qi for a long time. Even Bone Tempering Peak Stage martial artists could not withstand them.

Much less Wang Kun, who was only in the Early Bone Tempering Realm.

The Wang father and son sensed the danger, but they had no time to dodge.

The next instant, both their heads exploded!

Red and white splattered everywhere.

Their bodies fell at the same time, twitched a few times, and were dead beyond all doubt.

The stone walls on both sides of the passageway completely closed, leaving not the slightest crack.

Their corpses were forever left behind the heavy stone walls.

"Villains die from talking too much. The old saying truly does not deceive me," He Yu said calmly.

After dealing with the Wang father and son, not a single living person remained in the Golden Saber Academy.

He Yu then took a lap around the Golden Saber Academy and stored every corpse in his spatial storage.

Corpses, being dead objects, could be stored in spatial storage. Living people could not.

He Yu cleaned away all traces from the scene.

Even if outsiders entered the Golden Saber Academy, they would only think that everyone there had vanished from the face of the earth.

They would not immediately suspect that the Golden Saber Academy had been exterminated.

He Yu still did not know the extent of Duan Qian's strength, so he needed to hide himself as much as possible.

With things handled this way, even if Duan Qian investigated, it would take time. He Yu could remain safe for the moment.

It would also buy him time for simulations.

After simulating several thousand or tens of thousands of times, he would possess enough strength.

When that time came, any schemes and tricks could be chopped to pieces with a single saber before absolute power!

"He Yu, I believe in you!" He Yu encouraged himself.

He Yu also carefully searched the entire Golden Saber Academy, hoping to find evidence of the human trafficking transactions conducted by Wang Kun and Zhang Hongwen.

But He Yu turned the Golden Saber Academy upside down several times and did not find even a single suspicious sheet of paper.

"Could Wang Kun have hidden it in the underground secret chamber beneath the Scripture Pavilion?"

He Yu felt that was very likely.

He Yu returned to the entrance of the secret chamber.

The heavy stone wall had been built from special materials and was exceptionally solid and thick.

There was no way to break it open easily.

He Yu could forcibly break it open, but the noise would be too great and would inevitably arouse suspicion.

He Yu thought for a moment.

Then he suddenly remembered that Wang Kun had retreated into the secret chamber rather than heading outside.

That meant there had to be another exit in the secret chamber, which also meant there was another entrance!

He Yu immediately searched the Golden Saber Academy again.

Sure enough, he found an entrance inside a dry well.

"Not bad. A cunning rabbit has three burrows!"

He Yu carefully entered the secret chamber.

Sure enough, he found the account books for the human trafficking transactions.

They recorded detailed information on the people delivered by the Golden Saber Academy, as well as their transaction prices.

He Yu also searched for his own name.

"Since there are no longer any records of my identity in the Golden Saber Academy, it will be impossible for Duan Qian to trace me."

He Yu stored all the account books in his spatial storage and took them away.

He also stored the corpses of the Wang father and son in his spatial storage.

Once everything had been dealt with, He Yu left through the back door that night.

Under cover of darkness, He Yu found a patch of wasteland more than eighty li north of Xian'an City.

There was not a soul within more than ten li.

He Yu dug a large pit, threw in the corpses of everyone from the Golden Saber Academy, and set them ablaze!

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After everything had been carbonized, He Yu filled in the pit.

He Yu also dug up some topsoil from other places and spread it over the filled pit.

The surface of the pit became no different from ordinary wasteland.

"I'm crying, I'm just too steady!"

He Yu left the area.

He Yu found a nearby inn and rented an ordinary room.

Sitting in a chair, He Yu said, "It should be safe now. Time to probe Duan Qian's depths."

He Yu could not possibly charge in with his physical body. Instead, he chose to scout the way through a simulation.

In truth, the time spent in a simulation was only an instant in reality.

He Yu did not need to flee at all; he could have simulated directly inside the Golden Saber Academy.

But staying there gave He Yu no sense of security whatsoever.

He could die infinitely in simulations, but in reality, he could not afford a single mistake.

He had to be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious.

He Yu calmed his mind and began the fourth simulation.

You entered the simulation.

You left the inn and headed for Duan Qian's home.

One month later, you found Duan Qian's residence.

You observed Duan Qian continuously for three months.

You did not discover anything unusual about him.

You also did not find any martial artist stronger than you within his residence.

That day, you finally could not hold back any longer.

Late one night, you secretly infiltrated Duan Qian's residence.

You made your way onto the roof above Duan Qian's room.

You lay on the roof and observed for half an hour.

After confirming there was no danger, you slipped into Duan Qian's room through the window.

Duan Qian and his wife were sleeping soundly.

Your Soul Awakening Saber flashed, and you suddenly attacked.

You slashed out with a single saber strike.

But the scene you had imagined, of Duan Qian being cut into two on the spot, did not appear.

Instead, you felt your world spin around you.

You actually saw your own chest, then looked all the way downward, seeing your lower abdomen, knees, and shoes.

At last, you saw your headless corpse crash to the ground.

You vaguely heard a low voice say, "I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

The lights went out in your world.

You died.

This simulation has ended.

Back at the inn, He Yu, who was sitting in the chair, came back to his senses.

"So strong!!"

The aura of death still lingered in He Yu's heart.

In the simulation, He Yu had not even noticed who attacked before his body was split into two.

The attacker had been countless times stronger than He Yu.

He Yu had not expected that Duan Qian had someone under his command who could kill him in an instant.

He Yu was currently in the early Marrow Washing Realm, yet he could kill an early Essence Refinement Realm martial artist across realms.

Therefore, whoever could instantly kill He Yu had to be at least a Transformation Dragon Realm martial artist.

They might even be in the Grandmaster Realm or an Apex Grandmaster!

But was He Yu afraid?

He really was a little afraid...

After all, this was not a simulation now. If he died, he would truly be dead.

He Yu knew he had to raise his strength as quickly as possible.

Although he had erased all traces related to himself from the Golden Saber Academy.

Once Duan Qian discovered that everyone in the Golden Saber Academy had disappeared, he would definitely investigate thoroughly.

Perhaps Duan Qian would still trace it back to He Yu. If that happened, he would be completely screwed.

"Big Brother Duan Qian isn't someone I can afford to provoke. With an expert of that level protecting him, no one can kill him."

He Yu decided not to touch Duan Qian for the time being.

He would first conduct the fifth simulation.

Increasing his strength and gaining the ability to protect himself were the most urgent matters.

"Simulator, start again!!"

You entered the simulation.

You stayed at the inn for one month.

During that time, you cultivated the Heavenly Desire Formless Skill from the Bone Tempering Peak Stage to the early Marrow Washing Realm.

The two sect-defending cultivation arts you practiced, the Desolate Heaven Saber Art and the Heavenly Desire Formless Skill, both reached the early Marrow Washing Realm.

You discovered that Qi and Blood Pills no longer aided your cultivation.

You could only cultivate using Inner Divinity Pills.

But Inner Divinity Pills were unlike Qi and Blood Pills, which could be bought with money.

Inner Divinity Pills were scarce in supply and priceless on the market.

Even with money, there was nowhere to buy them.

Although you had quite a few Inner Divinity Pills on you, there would come a day when they were all used up.

You had to obtain more Inner Divinity Pills.