Changing the Future!

Ding, Life Simulation begins.

Great Xia Calendar, March 2, 480. You trained diligently. After finishing your training, you told Chi Hu about the Essence Nurturing Grass and the Gale Leopards. Chi Hu was greatly surprised and asked how you knew. You made up a lie, saying that this was why all your guards had been wiped out.

Chi Hu believed you and said he would have the Hunting Team stay alert. However, Chi Hu asked whether you knew where the Essence Nurturing Grass was. Helpless, you could only say that you had lost your way while fleeing.

Hearing your answer, Chi Hu found it somewhat regrettable.

March 3. You cultivated diligently.

March 10. The hunting party found the Essence Nurturing Grass. However, remembering what you had said, they did not act rashly. The hunters gathered the entire Hunting Team and returned to the Village Chief to discuss a strategy.

In the end, the Village Chief chose to personally take action. After devising a detailed plan, he prepared to deal with the Gale Leopards.

March 11. Once everything was ready, the Village Chief led the Hunting Team into action. They successfully killed the two Gale Leopards and harvested the Essence Nurturing Grass.

After returning, the Village Chief and the others were deeply grateful to you. They gave you one stalk of Essence Nurturing Grass to strengthen your foundation, nourish your origin, and improve your aptitude. You were overjoyed and chose to swallow it. Your aptitude improved, and your depleted innate foundation was restored.

March 12. You cultivated diligently and discovered that your cultivation efficiency had improved considerably.

March 20. With the Demon Cores of the two demon beasts and the Essence Nurturing Grass, Chi Hu successfully broke through to the Innate Realm, becoming Chi Village's sixth Innate Realm expert. The entire clan celebrated.

April 10. You broke through to the Flesh Training Initial Stage. You were extremely happy!

July 1. You broke through to the Flesh Training Middle Stage.

August 20. You successfully broke through to the Flesh Training Late Stage. At this time, you remembered that enemies would attack today. You found an excuse to tell the Hunting Team not to go hunting, saying it would be dangerous.

The men of Chi Village were quite puzzled, but considering the favor you had done for Chi Village, they still chose to believe you.

In the afternoon, Innate Realm expert Li Huai found Chi Village. Without another word, he attacked. The entire Chi Village was enraged and faced the enemy together.

However, Li Huai was incredibly powerful. Although Chi Village had six Innate Realm experts, and the Village Chief was even an Innate Realm Seventh Level expert, they were still no match for Li Huai and were killed one by one. Immediately afterward, all the adult men of Chi Village were massacred.

Because of your death, this simulation has ended.

"This..."

Wang Ping stared at the simulation results in stunned disbelief.

He had never expected that, even after avoiding the Hunting Team's deaths and allowing Chi Hu to break through to the Innate Realm with the two Sixth-Level Demon Beast corpses and the Essence Nurturing Grass, Chi Village would still be slaughtered.

Was that Li Huai really that powerful?

"According to the simulation's description, the Village Chief was an Innate Realm Seventh Level expert. To fight one against six and kill the Village Chief and the others... could Li Huai have been at Innate Realm Great Perfection?"

Wang Ping furrowed his brow, his heart restless and unsettled.

Moreover, judging from the first simulation, Chi Village undoubtedly had a mortal enemy.

That was also why Chi Village had hidden within Blackwind Forest.

Li Huai was most likely Chi Village's enemy.

That was why, after finding Chi Village, he had slaughtered it without the slightest hesitation.

"This is troublesome."

Wang Ping propped his thumb against his chin and sank into thought.

Chi Village had shown him great kindness. He did not want Chi Village to be destroyed.

Besides, if he left Chi Village, going out into the wider world would be far too dangerous. One careless step, and he could die.

Furthermore, without Chi Village, he would no longer have such good cultivation resources.

Therefore, he had to find a way to save Chi Village.

However, he had already used today's simulation attempt. With no ideas for the moment, he could only sigh helplessly.

Next, Wang Ping went with Chi Feng to the Training Field and continued practicing martial arts.

"Uncle Chi Hu, there's something I want to tell you."

After Wang Ping finished his training for the day, he found Chi Hu and spoke with a solemn expression.

"What is it?" Chi Hu asked in surprise.

"Actually, the reason I got lost in Blackwind Forest was because my guards found two stalks of Essence Nurturing Grass. But they never expected that the two stalks would be guarded by two Sixth-Level Demon Beast Gale Leopards." Wang Ping deliberately put on a lingeringly frightened expression.

"Essence Nurturing Grass!?" Chi Hu's eyes widened.

Essence Nurturing Grass was a rare precious herb. It could improve one's aptitude and strengthen one's foundation while nourishing one's origin. It was also beneficial for breaking through to the Innate Realm, making it extraordinarily valuable.

"You mean your guards were all killed by the Gale Leopards while harvesting the Essence Nurturing Grass, and only you managed to escape by luck?"

Chi Hu spoke again.

"Yes." Wang Ping nodded and deliberately said with relief, "Luckily, those Gale Leopards had no interest in flesh like mine, or I would have died too. But I fled in too much of a panic and completely lost my way."

"The reason I'm telling you this is because I don't want you, Uncle, and the others to rush over and harvest it the moment you see the Essence Nurturing Grass. That would definitely cost lives."

After a pause, Wang Ping spoke with utter seriousness.

"I see. I understand. I'll have the brothers of the Hunting Team keep watch for it." Chi Hu nodded, patted Wang Ping's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Your information is very useful. If we find the Essence Nurturing Grass, you'll get a share of the benefits too."

"Mm." Wang Ping smiled and nodded.

Through the simulation, he knew that the people of Chi Village were all kind and generous. After finding the Essence Nurturing Grass, they had actually chosen to give him one stalk as thanks.

He had read fantasy novels before. Which one did not have people turning their backs the moment they found a precious herb, wanting to keep it all for themselves, even killing the protagonist to silence him forever?

Next, Wang Ping returned to his room and began soaking in medicinal water to ease his body's fatigue while absorbing the herbs' qi and blood to strengthen his physique.

While soaking in the medicinal water, Wang Ping could not help opening the Chat Group. Yet he found that no one had spoken, leaving him somewhat helpless.

No one had spoken yesterday either.

Wang Ping also knew that, aside from when newcomers joined the group or group members died, these people would only come out to chat when something major happened. At other times, they rarely chatted in the group.

After all, everyone had their own matters to attend to. Who had so much time to idle away in the group?

The next day, Wang Ping simulated once more.

Ding, simulation begins.

Great Xia Calendar, March 3, 480. You cultivated diligently.

March 10. The Hunting Team successfully found the Essence Nurturing Grass and discovered the Gale Leopards.

March 11. After making thorough preparations, the Village Chief led the Hunting Team's experts to kill the two Gale Leopards and successfully harvested the Essence Nurturing Grass. You received one stalk of Essence Nurturing Grass and chose to swallow it.

July 1. You broke through to the Flesh Training Middle Stage. You were extremely happy! However, you remembered once again that a powerful enemy would attack on August 20, and you could not help feeling deeply worried.