Uprising! Special Reward!

Great Xia Calendar 489, December 1st. You attempt to break through to the Postnatal Realm but fail. You know that following normal methods, it might take a very long time to succeed. And if you delay any longer, you may have no hope at all of reaching the Innate Realm.

In the end, you choose to take your remaining spirit stones to the nearest city, Black Rock City, hoping to find a pill that can help you break through to the Postnatal Realm.

Great Xia Calendar 489, December 2nd. On the road to Black Rock City, you are ambushed by Postnatal Realm bandits. But your White Talent Expert kicks in, greatly boosting the speed of your horse, and you manage to flee. You feel deeply relieved.

Great Xia Calendar 489, December 3rd. You arrive safely in Black Rock City and head to the largest pharmacy to inquire about pills. You learn of a pill called the Acquired Realm Pill, which can increase the chance of breaking through to the Postnatal Realm. You are overjoyed.

You ask the price and find it costs three Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Your heart aches, but you have no choice but to hand over your last three spirit stones. At this moment, you deeply regret not asking for more spirit stones when you parted ways with the people of Chi Village.

After purchasing the Acquired Realm Pill, you hole up in an inn to begin seclusion. In the end, you successfully break through to the Postnatal Realm, becoming a Postnatal Realm expert. Next, you decide to return to Whitewood Village and lie low, unwilling to walk the martial world.

Great Xia Calendar 490, New Year's Eve. Watching the villagers of Whitewood Village celebrate the new year, you feel deeply lonely. You consider starting a family and building a lineage—something to leave behind.

In the end, you choose to start a family. Throughout Great Xia Calendar 490, you set out to expand your bloodline. At the same time, you begin to reveal your cultivation, overpowering the other families in Whitewood Village and forcing them to bow to you.

Great Xia Calendar 491. Floods and droughts ravage the land of Great Xia, and the people are destitute. On top of that, the Great Xia Emperor is incompetent and the court is overrun with treacherous ministers. Signs of great chaos begin to emerge. You grow anxious—your cultivation is only at the second layer of the Postnatal Realm, far from enough to protect your wife and children in a chaotic world.

Great Xia Calendar 493, July 8th. Your cultivation reaches the fourth layer of the Postnatal Realm, and your family continues to grow. Around the same time, the Xia Kingdom descends into full chaos. Bandits run rampant, and heroes rise in rebellion. The unrest even reaches Whitewood Village. Someone invites you to join the Rebel Army. You refuse.

Seeing your refusal, the rebel demands that you hand over your money and grain as a contribution to the cause. You are furious—he's clearly trying to rob you of the wealth you've painstakingly built. But knowing you're no match for him, you comply. The rebel sneers, saying that daring to glare at him proves your heart is with the tyrant emperor. He arrogantly kills you.

Your death ends this simulation.

"That rebel is just as tyrannical as a bandit. What's the difference?"

Wang Ping frowns at the simulation's outcome, deeply displeased.

Killing someone and taking their property over a single disagreement—that's exactly what bandits do.

If anything, it's even more disgusting. Bandits at least come right out and say, "I'm a bad guy, I'm here to kill and rob."

But these rebels? They want to kill you for your wealth, and they still pin a label of injustice on you. Pure hypocrisy.

"Looks like lying low and developing quietly is still the best strategy. Starting a family and spreading your bloodline only brings disaster."

Wang Ping replays the simulation in his mind and shakes his head.

His simulated self really couldn't stand being alone. He'd already made it to the Postnatal Realm by lying low. If he'd kept at it, there might have been a sliver of hope to reach the Innate Realm.

But the moment he gained some strength, he wanted to start a family—and that got him noticed by the rebels. Straight to tragedy.

Maybe it's just an instinct for Chinese people—that stubborn attachment to settling down.

Still, if he hadn't revealed his strength and expanded his influence to earn cultivation resources, he probably wouldn't have even reached the fourth layer of the Postnatal Realm.

After all, without enough resources, the further you go in cultivation, the harder and slower it gets.

Just then, the system's voice rings out again, snapping Wang Ping back to reality.

"Ding. Reward generation successful. The host may choose two of the following rewards:

①. White Talent Expert.

②. White Talent Dao Genius.

③. Life Experience."

"I can pick two?"

Wang Ping is a little surprised, but looking at the three rewards, he's still torn.

He wants all three.

White Talent Dao Genius would boost his swordsmanship talent, so that after training with the sword, he wouldn't be killed by someone of a lower level.

White Talent Expert already proved its worth in the simulation—you can be weaker than your opponent, but you absolutely cannot be slower than them when running.

As for the third reward, it doesn't seem flashy at first glance, but thinking it over, it's incredibly valuable.

After all, it's like gaining over a decade of life experience out of nowhere.

It might not seem like much, but when you really consider it, the value is astonishing.

Rich life experience makes a person more mature.

At the same time, it might also include martial arts experience and the like, allowing him to improve faster in future simulations.

"System, I choose ① and ③."

After some hesitation, Wang Ping steels himself and picks the third reward.

"Ding. Selection successful. Rewards are being distributed."

The system's voice sounds.

Then, Wang Ping feels a flood of memories suddenly appear in his mind, pulling him deep into them.

The sensation is strange. Watching from a first-person perspective, it's as if he truly lived those ten-plus years. His mindset has improved significantly, and he's gained many new insights into life.

The cultivation experience he fumbled through on his own is especially intoxicating.

At the same time, there's a dizzying sense of time overlapping.

He doesn't know how long it takes before he finally snaps back to reality.

The feeling lingers, leaving him speechless for a long time.

"Choosing life experience was definitely the right call."

Wang Ping murmured softly.

Though his appearance seemed unchanged, his demeanor had shifted, giving off a composed steadiness, with none of the earlier obvious restlessness.

If he simulated again, as long as he stayed low and cultivated, Wang Ping believed he should have a chance to step into the Innate Realm.

"System, how many spirit stones does it take to simulate again?"

He then asked in his mind.

"Eight Low-Grade Spirit Stones," the system replied.

"Sure enough, it doubled," Wang Ping said helplessly.

Doubling each time, the spirit stones he'd need for future simulations would likely be astronomical.

Honestly, it was a bit frightening.

"Brother Wang Ping, time to eat."

Just then, Chi Feng walked in and spoke to Wang Ping.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he noticed something unusual about Wang Ping.