The Simulator's True Use, a Mere Horse Slave's Comeback!

Not long after, When Lu Yu returned to his courtyard and pushed open the gate, an enticing aroma of food rushed toward him.

Inside the room, candlelight flickered. Little Fairy Doctor was setting the last plate of stir-fried seasonal vegetables on the table, steam curling in the candlelight.

"You're back?" Without raising her head, she gently stirred the medicinal meal in the clay pot with the wooden spoon in her hand. "Wash your hands and eat."

Several simple home-cooked dishes were laid out on the table: emerald-green stir-fried wild vegetables, refreshing cold Blue Silver Grass, fragrant Flame Rabbit meat, and a basin of golden, bright Mountain Chicken Soup.

Lu Yu looked at the sumptuous dinner before him and smiled. "It's rare for Miss Xian'er to cook personally."

Little Fairy Doctor glanced at him, then sat down and ate without a word.

"When do we start dual cultivation?" she suddenly asked.

"No rush." Lu Yu picked up a piece of rabbit meat with his chopsticks. "You've only just started the Great Pagoda Art. Wait until you break through to Dou Master first, in case something goes wrong."

Little Fairy Doctor nodded. The two chatted idly for a few more moments, then returned to their rooms to cultivate. The courtyard soon grew quiet again, with only the occasional "glug" from the medicine stove.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Lu Yu studied Roaring Lion's Chant by day and devoted himself to cultivating the Great Pagoda Art by night.

Little Fairy Doctor also stayed behind closed doors all day, focusing on studying the Great Pagoda Art and transforming the Poison Dou Qi within her body. Though the two lived in the same courtyard, they rarely saw each other.

Early that morning, Lu Yu was practicing Roaring Lion's Chant in the courtyard. He drew in a deep breath, a faint dark glow flowing in his throat, then let out a low shout—

"Roar!"

The sound wave condensed into substance, transforming into the majestic head of a golden lion. Wherever the sonic wave passed, the air twisted and trembled. The leaves and branches of the old tree in the courtyard rustled down, and the birds in the distant woods fell one after another like raindrops.

"Whew—" Lu Yu let out a long breath and gently stroked his throat with his fingertips. The cool sensation of the Ice Spirit Throat Protectant Liquid still lingered there. "I finally mastered it. If not for this spirit medicine protecting me, it probably would've taken another three months just to reach the entry level."

"No wonder alchemy was able to flourish so widely on the Dou Qi Continent. It really does have its reasons."

"But a month is up. It's time to simulate."

Lu Yu thought this over, then looked around and found that there was actually no one nearby.

Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao had gone to the Xiao Family Back Mountain to cultivate, while Little Fairy Doctor had gone out to the Xiao Family Market to buy daily necessities. It was the perfect time for him to simulate.

Lu Yu quickly returned to his room and shut the door behind him. The candle by the window was stirred by the airflow, swaying slightly. He sat cross-legged, took a deep breath, and with a slight movement of his mind—

A pale-blue screen slowly unfolded before his eyes like rippling water, condensing into lines of text.

Simulation attempts have refreshed. Current simulation attempts: one. Begin simulation?

"Begin!"

Ding! Drawing a simulation identity for the host—

Draw successful. Please choose one of the following three identities:

One, Northern Spirit Region Mercenary—you were born poor, the child of a pair of mercenaries in the Northern Spirit Region of the Hundred Spirits Continent. You were abandoned by your parents as a child and were fortunately taken in by a kind old man.

Two, Northern Spiritual Academy Student—you are a rare cultivation genius of the Northern Spirit Region. At eleven, you sensed spiritual energy and enrolled in the best academy in the Northern Spirit Region, the Northern Spiritual Academy, becoming a disciple of its East Courtyard.

Three, Liu Family Horse Slave—you are from the Liu Domain, one of the Nine Domains of the Northern Spirit Region. Because of an accident, you were sold into the Liu Family as a slave and raised Black Scale Horses for them.

Please make your choice—

"The identities this time are a lot worse. I was too lucky the first two times, so it's only natural my hand went bad for once."

Lu Yu looked at the three identities drawn for this simulation and shook his head helplessly. He also wanted a wonderful start with a Sovereign or even Earth Supreme background every single time.

Unfortunately, Sovereigns were also powerhouses in the Great Thousand World. A beautiful dream like that was probably not something he could often have.

"The mercenary definitely can't be chosen. If I pick it, I'll be completely in the dark and might just die in some random backwater corner. The Liu Family should be that small clan that opposed Mu Chen. They're proper villains, so they can't be chosen either. That leaves only the second."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yu was just about to choose the identity of Northern Spiritual Academy Student when a thought suddenly stirred in his mind. His eyes narrowed slightly as he calculated inwardly. "Wait, that's not right. Judging from the results of the first two simulations, the me in the simulation should carry all of my memories from reality. Otherwise, it would've been impossible for me to risk my life to obtain the Great Pagoda Art Yang Scroll and Yin Scroll."

"In that case, whatever I know, he should know too. Forget a special Dou Technique like the Purple Cloud Wings, but as for things like Roaring Lion's Chant, Guardian Trigram Palm, and alchemy, he probably has mastered them as well."

When Lu Yu thought of this, even his breathing quickened a little. If that was the case, then although cultivation couldn't be shared, shared memories meant that the more things he mastered in reality, the stronger his simulated self would be!

And the stronger his simulated self was, the greater the gains he could bring back to his real self.

In that way, the two would help and promote each other. Even if he drew a slightly worse identity every simulation, he could still defy fate and change his destiny!

"So this is the simulator's true use..."

Excitement sparked in Lu Yu's eyes. He examined the three options again, and his gaze finally landed on Liu Family Horse Slave.

"If I'm going to play, then I'll play big." He laughed softly. "Let's start with the Liu Family."

"I hope the me in the simulation doesn't disappoint me..."

Choice successful! Loading identity...

Simulation begins—

First year: a rare Beast Tide erupted in Liu Domain. Your parents died defending the city. Your eldest uncle seized your family property and sold you into the Liu Family as a slave.

Second year: you were assigned to the stables to raise the low-level Spirit Beast, Black Scale Horse. Unwilling to accept your fate, you secretly began cultivating the High-grade Spirit Tier Cultivation Method, the Flame Manipulation Art, attempting to defy fate and change your destiny.

Third year: your cultivation broke through to the Spirit Movement Stage. It happened that Liu Yang, the Liu Domain's second young master, returned from the Northern Spiritual Academy and was preparing to choose attendants. Because you were still young and your talent was outstanding, the eldest young master, Liu Mu Bai, arranged for you to stay by Liu Yang's side and enter the Northern Spiritual Academy together.

Fourth year: relying on the Northern Spiritual Academy's Spirit Gathering Array, your cultivation broke through to the late Spirit Movement Stage one step ahead of Liu Yang. In the Earth Tier Students' courtyard examination, you stunned everyone with Guardian Trigram Palm and Roaring Lion's Chant, reaching the top among Earth Tier Students and becoming famous throughout the Northern Spiritual Academy!

After that, those two High-grade Spirit Tier Spirit Arts of unknown origin drew the Liu Family's suspicion.

One had to know that in the Great Thousand World, below the Sovereign level, the arts people cultivated were divided into three tiers: Mortal, Spirit, and Divine. Each tier was further divided into high, middle, and low grades, and a single High-grade Spirit Tier Spirit Art was worth several million Spirit Coins. Even the Liu Family Clan-guarding Art was only at that level!

However, because you had already become a Heaven Tier Student, the Liu Family did not act rashly.

In the second month, Northern Spiritual Academy arranged for the Heaven Tier Students to head to the Northern Spiritual Plains for training. The Liu Family's eldest young master, Liu Mu Bai, demanded that you stay by his side, but you refused, which left him extremely displeased.

In the third month, while hunting Spirit Beasts on the Northern Spiritual Plains, you encountered an assassination attempt by the Blood Slaughter Mercenary Group. Although they did not reveal their identities, with your memories from your previous life, you knew they were one of the Liu Family's trained attack dogs.

After that, you no longer deliberately suppressed your cultivation. You broke through to the Spirit Wheel Stage, counter-killed the Blood Slaughter Mercenary Group, and found the map to the Nine Nether Sparrow's hiding place on Blood Slaughter, intercepting this opportunity one step ahead of time.

In the fourth month, Liu Mu Bai led men to surround and kill you in an attempt to take back the map to the Nine Nether Sparrow's hiding place. You killed him in public and seized the Storage Spirit Artifact on his body—the Mustard Seed Bracelet.