"Ding! Talent refresh successful. Congratulations, Host, you have successfully refreshed the White Talent: Business Genius; White Talent: Exceptional Aptitude."
White Talent: Business Genius: With this talent, your aptitude for business will be enhanced.
White Talent: Exceptional Aptitude: With this talent, the Host's cultivation aptitude will be improved to a certain extent, becoming somewhat better than that of ordinary people.
The system's voice rang out again, making Wang Ping's eyes light up slightly.
"System, I choose the White Talent: Exceptional Aptitude."
Wang Ping spoke in his heart.
In the simulation, it was only through consuming Essence Nurturing Grass to strengthen his foundation and nourish his vitality, thereby improving his aptitude somewhat, that he had gained the ability to practice martial arts.
But his original aptitude had been too poor, and he had started too late. Even after taking the Essence Nurturing Grass, his talent still could not compare to children like Chi Feng.
In the simulation, it had taken him seven and a half years just to cultivate to the Skin Training Realm Peak.
Therefore, Wang Ping attached particular importance to talents that could improve his innate aptitude.
"Ding! Talent selection successful. Life Simulation begins."
The system's voice sounded.
Immediately afterward, the pale blue virtual screen appeared before Wang Ping once more, and text began to emerge upon it.
March 10th, Great Xia Calendar Year 480: That evening, you ate meat to your heart's content and told Chi Feng the story of Dou Po.
March 11th: The Village Chief led people to successfully kill two Gale Leopards and harvest the Essence Nurturing Grass. After returning, the Village Chief held a grand feast in celebration and gave you one stalk of Essence Nurturing Grass.
At the same time, the Village Chief discovered that your cultivation had actually reached the Skin Training Realm Peak. He was immensely shocked and realized that you harbored a great secret. You did not know how to explain it.
However, the Village Chief ultimately did not make things difficult for you. He merely said that everyone had their own little secrets, but hoped you would remember that once you entered the outside world, you must never let others discover that your cultivation could suddenly soar.
You said that you would remember the Village Chief's teachings. At the same time, you felt deeply fortunate that the people of Chi Village truly had good character. Otherwise, you would have been in real danger.
August 5th: You successfully broke through to the Bone Tempering Realm Initial Stage, making Chi Feng feel a sense of urgency and cultivate even more diligently. After some thought, you revealed Li Huai's matter. The Village Chief was shocked out of his wits, but ultimately trusted you and decided to relocate the entire village.
August 7th: The people of Chi Village left Blackwind Forest, while you were forced to leave the group behind and remain in Blackwind Town.
Over the following days, you lived in Blackwind Town with great caution. You opened a breakfast stall selling steamed buns to conceal your identity.
March 5th, Great Xia Calendar Year 481: You successfully broke through to the Bone Tempering Realm Middle Stage.
December 7th, Great Xia Calendar Year 481: You successfully broke through to the Bone Tempering Realm Late Stage.
October 8th, Great Xia Calendar Year 482: You successfully broke through to the Bone Tempering Realm Peak.
May 5th, Great Xia Calendar Year 484: You successfully broke through to the Meridian Opening Realm Initial Stage. At this point, you could already be considered a minor expert in Blackwind Town, and you finally felt somewhat at ease.
July 1st, Great Xia Calendar Year 487: You successfully broke through to the Organ Training Realm Initial Stage. You were overjoyed, and to reward yourself, you went to a restaurant to feast and drink heartily. Along the way, you heard mercenaries excitedly discussing something. You listened in and learned the whole story.
It turned out that someone had discovered traces of a Seventh-Level Demon Beast, a Silver Moon Wolf, deep within Blackwind Forest. Moreover, this Seventh-Level Demon Beast, the Silver Moon Wolf King, seemed to be pregnant and about to give birth. If anyone could obtain a Silver Moon Wolf cub, they would soar to the heavens in a single step.
After hearing the mercenaries' words, you were greatly shocked. At the same time, you understood why a beast tide had suddenly erupted on August 1st, Great Xia Calendar Year 487. Some expert must have ventured deep into Blackwind Forest and stolen the Silver Moon Wolf's cubs, enraging the Silver Moon Wolf.
After hurriedly finishing your meal, you went straight home to pack your things, intending to flee Blackwind Town and get as far away from it as possible. Otherwise, you would surely be eaten by demon beasts.
"So that's what happened."
Looking at the words on the screen, Wang Ping finally came to a sudden realization.
He had been wondering why Blackwind Forest had suddenly erupted in such a terrifying beast tide. It turned out that someone might have stolen a Seventh-Level Demon Beast's cub.
A Sixth-Level Demon Beast was already a monster equivalent to a human at the Innate Realm Seventh Level or above.
A Seventh-Level Demon Beast was equivalent to a Spirit Origin Realm expert above the Innate Realm. It was hard to imagine just how terrifying such an existence would be.
"Still, my cultivation progress in this simulation has been quite remarkable. After seven years, I directly reached the Organ Training Realm. It seems this White Talent, Exceptional Aptitude, improved my aptitude rather well. At the very least, it's much better than that of ordinary people."
Wang Ping thought of his cultivation again and could not help chuckling.
Then, Wang Ping continued staring intently at the screen.
Only under Wang Ping's gaze did more words continue to emerge on the screen. The simulator was remarkably considerate.
You fled Blackwind Town with your belongings. This time, you were extremely careful, and with your Organ Training Realm cultivation, you finally avoided being caught and killed by bandits.
July 10th, Great Xia Calendar Year 487: You fled to Whitewood Village, two thousand li away from Blackwind Town. You discovered that Whitewood Village had a population of only two thousand, with two major lineages in the village: the Ye Family and the Zhao Family. The strongest members of those two families were only at the Organ Training Realm, which put you greatly at ease. You believed that with your current cultivation, even if the Ye Family and Zhao Family attacked you, you could still escape calmly.
However, because you had read too many webnovels, you were deeply wary of the Ye Family. After all, Ye was a protagonist's surname. They were simply not to be provoked.
In the days that followed, you did not reveal your cultivation. You bought a steamed bun shop in Whitewood Village and continued selling steamed buns, hiding yourself as you wanted to keep a low profile and cultivate. Because your steamed buns were delicious, the Ye Family's eldest young lady, Ye Xiaorou, often came to buy them from you, and the two of you gradually became acquainted.
August 7th, Great Xia Calendar Year 487: You learned from Ye Xiaorou about the demon beast tide in Blackwind Forest. A beast tide had erupted in Blackwind Forest on August 1st, affecting a vast number of nearby villages and towns and leaving over a hundred thousand dead or injured. In the end, under the Silver Moon Wolf's leadership, the beast tide attacked Clearwind City.
The martial artists of Clearwind City held the city walls to the death, but in the end they could not withstand the beast tide and nearly had the city breached, with a million people about to perish beneath beast fangs. At the critical moment, a young swordsman stepped forward, killed the Silver Moon Wolf, and drove back the beast tide. His dominance was utterly unparalleled.
You were greatly shocked upon hearing the news. A young swordsman had actually been capable of slaying a Seventh-Level Demon Beast, the Silver Moon Wolf. That was truly monstrous. Driven by curiosity, you pressed for details about the young swordsman. Ye Xiaorou greatly admired him and told you about him.
It turned out that he was Bai Tianhong, hailed as a Sword Dao Prodigy seen only once in a century in Great Xia. At merely twenty-five years old, his cultivation had already reached the Half-Step Spirit Origin Realm, and he had even comprehended the legendary Sword Intent. Only then had he been able to kill the weakened Silver Moon Wolf after its birth by crossing realms, though at the cost of severe injuries.
After hearing of Bai Tianhong's deeds, you could not help sighing at how vast the gap between people could be. Ye Xiaorou wholeheartedly agreed. She was already eighteen and only at the Bone Tempering Realm; at most, her future would reach the Postnatal Realm. Yet Bai Tianhong had already become an unparalleled expert at twenty-five.
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