Choosing Rewards

"Having destroyed the bloodline, the Li family will definitely fly into a rage. I wonder if I can escape with my life."

Wang Ping looked at the Screen again and muttered to himself.

Just as Wang Ping looked over, words appeared on the Screen once more.

Next, you escaped the Li family, shrank your bones to become shorter, altered your appearance, and hid yourself, hoping to evade the Li family's pursuit.

Before long, what you had done was exposed. The Li Family Old Ancestor, who had been in seclusion for many years, flew into a towering rage upon hearing the news. Your wife, Li Yan, also fainted, unable to believe that you would commit such a frenzied and heartless act.

Next, the Li Family Old Ancestor offered an astronomical bounty and issued a Warrant to the entire world, intending to either kill or capture you alive. Great Xia was shaken. Everyone clicked their tongues in astonishment, never expecting that you, a Fourth Grade Alchemist, would betray the Li family.

Over the following period, your name even spread to Chu Kingdom and Zhao Kingdom. It could be said that throughout the Central Plains, everyone knew your name. You did not care about this and continued to conceal yourself, developing quietly and keeping a low profile, intending to reemerge only after becoming strong enough.

Because you were proficient in alchemy and could alter your physique and appearance, no one discovered you as you kept a low profile.

At the end of Great Xia Calendar Year 495, the Great Xia Royal Family's Spirit Origin Realm ancestor Ascended. The feudal lords could no longer hold themselves back and began courting various factions, declaring themselves kings and eyeing the imperial throne.

Among them, the Li family also began choosing sides, supporting Liu Yu, the northern feudal lord.

Not long afterward, the imperial court flew into a rage and wished to dispatch a great army to suppress the feudal lords. However, the feudal lords had grown too powerful and were difficult to suppress. Chaos erupted across Xia Kingdom, while you continued to develop quietly and wisely kept yourself out of danger. With Innate Realm Seventh Level cultivation, you were not worried about dying in Great Xia's internal unrest as long as your identity was not exposed.

In Great Xia Calendar Year 497, you broke through to the Innate Realm Eighth Level. That year, Great Xia's internal turmoil became even more horrifying. Both the Imperial Army and the feudal lords suffered grievous losses, corpses littered the land, and the nation became a living hell. Chu Kingdom, which bordered Xia Kingdom, wished to send troops to conquer Xia Kingdom and swallow it whole.

However, Zhao Kingdom, which bordered Chu Kingdom, did not want Chu Kingdom to annex Xia Kingdom and grow stronger. Thus, it sent heavy troops to station at the border, leaving Chu Kingdom no choice but to abandon its plans and likewise deploy troops to its border cities to guard against a sudden Zhao Kingdom invasion.

At the end of Great Xia Calendar Year 499, your cultivation advanced another step, reaching the Innate Realm Ninth Level. That same year, the Great Xia Royal Family was overthrown, and the feudal lords began a civil war to seize the imperial throne. Every side waged war against the others, and the people suffered miserably.

In Great Xia Calendar Year 500, Bai Tianhong, whose cultivation had broken through to Spirit Origin Realm Seventh Level, could no longer stand by and watch the people of Xia Kingdom suffer so terribly. He chose to step in, helping the feudal lord Liu Yu defeat the other feudal lords and ascend the imperial throne.

After the feudal lord Liu Yu ascended the throne, he changed the nation's name to Great Shu, bestowed upon Bai Tianhong the title of Shu Country Sword Saint, and named his sect, the Sword Spirit Sect, as the great sect that protected the nation. From then on, the realm was at peace, and order gradually returned.

The peace of the realm had nothing to do with you. You continued to live in seclusion and cultivate bitterly. In the end, on May 7th of Great Shu Calendar Year 1, you successfully comprehended Sword Intent and became an unparalleled swordsman of Great Shu.

After comprehending Sword Intent, you were brimming with confidence, believing that once you broke through to the Spirit Origin Realm, you could go anywhere under heaven.

However, the winds and clouds of fate were unpredictable. The Li Family Old Ancestor found you by some unknown method. You fought him fiercely, but the gap in cultivation was too great. Even though you had comprehended Sword Intent, you had no power to resist and were easily slain by him.

Because of your death, this simulation has ended.

"How did that old bastard find me?"

Wang Ping frowned as he looked at the final simulation results, utterly baffled.

Since he had successfully hidden for five or six years, he should not have been found in such a dramatic fashion.

However, the information revealed at the end was far too scarce. No matter how much Wang Ping thought about it, it was useless, so he could only give up.

If he could not think his way to an answer, then he could only learn it through simulations.

Ding! Rewards generated successfully. The host may choose two rewards from the following:

①. Innate Realm Ninth Level cultivation.

②. All alchemy experience.

③. Comprehended Sword Intent.

④. Profound Top-Grade Sword Art · Spirit Refining Sword Canon.

⑤. White Talent · Kind-Looking.

⑥. White Talent · I Desire to Become a Demon.

⑦. Profound Middle-Grade Cultivation Method · Fire Spirit Art.

"There are really so many reward options this time. And I can choose two rewards too—what a pleasant surprise!"

Wang Ping was somewhat surprised.

Then, Wang Ping began to deliberate.

The two White Talents could be ruled out.

Next were the Spirit Refining Sword Canon and the Fire Spirit Art.

Since they had been listed as rewards, they should probably allow him to gain all the experience from cultivating them as well.

For something like the Fire Spirit Art, he might even obtain it directly at maximum level.

An ordinary cultivator's strength basically came from three aspects.

Cultivation, cultivation methods, and martial arts.

Cultivation went without saying. Different grades of cultivation methods created enormous disparities in combat strength.

Even among fire-element cultivation methods, the Innate True Qi cultivated through a Profound Low-Grade method differed vastly in quality from that cultivated through a Profound Middle-Grade method. Using the same martial art, the power they could unleash would also be worlds apart.

At the same time, there were also huge differences in the efficiency of absorbing Spiritual Qi and converting it, as well as the speed of recovering True Qi.

Thus, the importance of cultivation methods to cultivators was self-evident.

Furthermore, cultivation methods also had different levels. Their power at different levels could not be mentioned in the same breath.

The Fire Spirit Art had six levels in total. Each time one broke through to a higher level, both the quality and quantity of True Qi would increase greatly, and it would become even more scorching.

"Although the Spirit Refining Sword Canon is good, it still cannot compare to the importance of a cultivation method. If I choose the cultivation method, I won't need to keep studying cultivation methods in the future—I can directly max out my cultivation efficiency."

Wang Ping analyzed.

"Still, the time saved by directly maxing out the Fire Spirit Art ultimately can't compare to simply choosing the cultivation of the Innate Realm Ninth Level. After all, this was a realm my simulated self only reached after cultivating for a full twenty years on the foundation of the Acquired Realm Tenth Level Peak."

Wang Ping looked at the first option again.

If the Fire Spirit Art had been an Earth Grade Cultivation Method, he would definitely have considered it a higher priority than cultivation. But it was merely Profound Rank Middle Grade—ultimately far too low.

Besides that, Sword Intent also made Wang Ping's heart itch.

After all, this was likewise something he had only comprehended after practicing the sword for twenty years.

Of course, in this simulation, in order to earn the Li Family's trust and esteem, he had undoubtedly focused all his efforts on alchemy. Otherwise, whether it was his cultivation or his Sword Intent, his progress would certainly have been faster.

"Besides, becoming a Fourth Grade Alchemist is also very tempting. After all, my remaining Spirit Stones aren't enough to support many more simulations. Next, I'll definitely need to earn a large number of Spirit Stones. I suppose only alchemy can meet my needs."

Wang Ping looked at the second option and muttered to himself.