Jia Nan Academy's Richest Man

"Heh, the Dou Qi Continent really was dangerous. You could get kidnapped just walking down the road. That female Dou Emperor really was..."

Thinking of what that female Dou Emperor had done after capturing him in the simulator, Xiao Ming could not help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Logically speaking, after being captured, since she was a female Dou Emperor, staying with her should have generated some high-level entries no matter what—things like Grade Six Medicinal Pills, high-grade cultivation methods, or advanced medicinal herbs.

It could be said that getting captured was not entirely a bad thing. After all, it had only happened in the simulator and could not truly affect him. At the very least, it added a little value to the prize pool, right?

These things were common enough for a high-level Dou Emperor. Even if he did not obtain them, they could at least have been mentioned.

Besides, his simulated self could still be considered an advanced alchemist on the Northwest Continent. She should have found some use for him, no matter what, right? But look at what she had done!

During the hundreds of days he had been held captive, his Dou Qi had been sealed from beginning to end. The item that appeared most often was actually a Grade Two Medicinal Pill called the Vigorous Vitality Returning Pill. Other things, such as high-grade pills and cultivation methods, only appeared once or twice.

Damn it!

The only fortunate thing was that he had not drawn that damn Vigorous Vitality Returning Pill. It did not sound like a proper medicinal pill at all, and it was useless to him!

"Phew—" Xiao Ming let out a soft breath, calmed his emotions, and made his choice from the options provided by the simulator in his mind.

[Grade Three Medicinal Pill Marrow Cleansing Ice Spirit Liquid, 600,000 gold coins, Tier Two Wind Attribute Magical Core.]

The Tier Two Wind Attribute Magical Core was not worth considering. At most, it was worth ten thousand gold coins.

It could not compare with either the Marrow Cleansing Ice Spirit Liquid or 600,000 gold coins.

However, Elder Huo had found the pill formula for the Marrow Cleansing Ice Spirit Liquid specifically for him, intending to remove the fire poison inside his body.

It was of no use to him now. For a Grade Three Medicinal Pill like this, with 600,000 gold coins, he could buy plenty of medicinal herbs and refine several bottles himself whenever he wanted.

The choice was obvious.

"Didn't expect pure gold coins to be the best choice again this time."

Xiao Ming patted the four or five Na Rings strung together on a cord around his neck. Thinking back on all the draws he had made over the years, he sighed.

What he truly wanted were Heaven and Earth Strange Objects such as Heavenly Flames and Mysterious Water.

He had already lost track of exactly how many draws he had made over the years. He had never deliberately counted them, but after roughly tallying them now, there had probably been more than two hundred.

Whenever he drew an item, what appeared most often among the three options?

Gold coins, cultivation methods, Dou Skills, medicinal herbs, medicinal pills, and weapons—those six categories were by far the most common.

Because they were the most common, most needed, and most affordable things for the majority of warriors.

Of course, after becoming an alchemist, he dealt with many other alchemists as well, so pill formulas, precious medicinal herbs, and Magic Cores also began appearing more frequently.

Xiao Ming collectively called them the simulator's Eight Great Heavenly Kings.

If the items drawn from the simulator were treated as a prize pool, then the process of Life Simulation was equivalent to adding prizes into that pool.

Even without something like a drop rate, the more items there were of a certain type, the higher the chance of drawing that type.

With the Eight Great Heavenly Kings around, rare things like Heavenly Flames naturally had the lowest probability in a prize pool containing hundreds or thousands of items. Ever since he had first drawn Fallen Heart Flame, he had never drawn another one.

This showed that although simulations could indeed produce good things, drawing a specific item he wanted was truly somewhat difficult.

Fortunately, since the Eight Great Heavenly Kings were things everyone needed and encountered most often, there were genuinely quite a few good items among them.

For example, Xiao Ming had drawn tens of thousands of gold coins more than thirty times, just like before. Although it was not always 600,000 gold coins each time, the total had reached nearly eight million gold coins.

That was right, you heard correctly. He had obtained more than eight million gold coins from the simulator—equal to the Xiao Family's income over eighty years.

Many fairly powerful factions in the Black Corner Region could not come up with that much money.

Gold coins were only the smaller portion. The cultivation methods and Dou Skills he had obtained from the simulator were the real bulk: thirty-three Profound Tier Low Grade cultivation methods and Dou Skills, nineteen Mysterious Rank Middle Grade cultivation methods and Dou Skills, and ten Profound Tier High Grade cultivation methods and Dou Skills.

There were three Earth Tier Low Grade cultivation methods and Dou Skills: the Ice Attribute Cultivation Method "Cold Heaven Ice Ground," the Lightning Attribute Cultivation Method "Nine Revolutions Startling Thunder Technique," and the Fire Attribute Dou Skill "Vast Righteous Astral Flame Sword."

One Fire Attribute Earth Tier Middle Grade Dou Technique, "Three Flame Ethereal Seal."

One Di Rank Advanced Attribute-less Cultivation Method, "Spirit Nourishing Technique."

Besides those, there were medicinal pills.

The medicinal pills he had obtained from the simulator included two bottles of Grade Two Medicinal Pill Essence Cultivating Pill, five bottles of Ice Heart Pill, one Ice Spirit Pill, one bottle of Spirit Nourishing Pill, one Ice Muscle Jade Bone, two bottles of Bone Generating Pill, and one Qi Nourishing Powder.

Grade Three Medicinal Pills: Wind Walking Pill, Qi Returning Pill, Spirit Awakening Pill, Swift Wind Spirit Pill... ten bottles in total.

Grade Four Medicinal Pills: one bottle of Qi Nourishing Powder, two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills, one Foundation Strengthening Pill, two bottles of Beast Strength Pill, two Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills, and one Spirit Raising Pill.

Grade Five Medicinal Pills: one each of King Breaking Pill, Blood Lotus Pill, and Qi Cultivation Pill.

Low-grade Grade Six Medicinal Pills: one each of Emperor Breaking Pill and Vitality Pill.

Peak Grade Six Medicinal Pills: one each of Azure Nether Longevity Pill and Qi Burning Pill.

Grade Seven and above medicinal pills: one each of Life Devouring Pill and Life Returning Pill.

Whenever the Life Simulator gave medicinal pills, it gave either one pill or one bottle. A bottle held three pills by standard.

There were quite a few weapons as well, but the best one Xiao Ming had drawn was a sword containing a Tier Five Fire Attribute Magical Core, which he obtained on the way to Jia Nan Academy. He had sold all the other weapons, earning around one million gold coins.

Six or seven precious medicinal herbs, a Tier Five Wood Attribute Magical Beast Flame, one Peach Blossom Flame, four medicine cauldrons, and a Tier Five Ice Attribute Magical Core.

Two Grade Two Medicinal Pill formulas, one Grade Three Medicinal Pill Soul Scroll that restored Dou Qi, and one Grade Six Medicinal Pill Soul Scroll that increased physical constitution.

Great mastery cultivation experience for "Three Flame Ethereal Seal," refining experience for the Grade Three Medicinal Pill Swift Wind Spirit Pill...

Five Na Rings, including one fiery red Intermediate Storage Ring. The rest were all Low-grade Storage Rings.

Thanks to those Na Rings, Xiao Ming had been able to store so many gold coins. One must know that all the gold coins given by the Life Simulator were cash.

Other than those, the rest were just some worthless little trinkets.

After thinking carefully, Xiao Ming realized that he had truly obtained quite a few good things from the draws.

If he sold all of those things, Xiao Ming felt that he could compete for the title of Jia Nan Academy's richest man.

After all, aside from the things he had obtained from the Life Simulator, Xiao Ming had also refined quite a few medicinal pills himself.

There were also the cultivation methods, Dou Skills, medicinal pills, and pill formulas given to him by his teacher, Elder Huo.

Together, those made up Xiao Ming's entire fortune.

Competing for the title of Jia Nan Academy's richest man was not excessive, was it?

Of course, Xiao Ming had no plans to sell these things now. After all, he already possessed a powerful cash flow.

Therefore, Xiao Ming planned to keep these cultivation methods and Dou Skills for himself, then bring them back to the Xiao Family later to add a little to its foundation.

After all, the Xiao Family had treated him quite well. Xiao Ming was not someone who forgot his roots, and he would help however he could.

Sometimes, when Xiao Ming thought about how the Xiao Family had once been one of the Eight Ancient Clans, only to decline to the point where its highest Fire Attribute Cultivation Method was merely Yellow Tier High Grade and its highest-level Dou Skill was only Mysterious Rank Middle Grade—and even those could only be practiced by the Clan Leader and elders—he felt embarrassed for them.

Of course, he also knew why the Xiao Clan had declined so badly. Aside from the Xiao Family itself failing to live up to expectations, the Ancient Clan should bear some responsibility as well. Some of the Xiao Family's former Dou Skills had definitely wandered into the Ancient Clan.

Gu Yuan had once promised Xiao Xuan that he would take care of the Xiao Family. Yet it had ended up like this, and Gu Yuan had even sent Gu Xun'er to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Xiao Ming truly felt that Gu Yuan ought to change his name to Gu Buqun.

Unfortunately, the cultivation world was simply survival of the fittest.

Xiao Ming had no way to deal with Gu Yuan now. He could only strengthen the Xiao Family's foundation himself.

Thanks to Qing Feng Ming Yue for the monthly pass.

Come to think of it, the protagonist's more than two hundred draws were not all that unlucky, were they?