Simulation Rewards

Upon learning that you were going to become Dao companions with Que Jinling, Sword Fairy Mu Bingyun arrived to attend the ceremony, bringing two of the Seven Elites of Bamboo Immortal Island with her.

"Daoist Jiang, let me introduce them. This is my junior brother Yan Tiecheng, and this is my junior sister Xia Lingbo."

Hearing Mu Bingyun's words, Jiang Chuan looked at the man and woman behind her.

The man wore green robes. A faintly mischievous smile hung on his fairly handsome face beneath his high nose bridge, giving him a frivolous air.

The woman wore a pale yellow dress and a white jade hairpin. Her features were delicate and lovely, but what drew the eye most was the large black-shelled turtle she held in her arms.

Noticing Jiang Chuan's gaze, the turtle in Xia Lingbo's arms turned to look at him.

"You've been staring at Lord Turtle. Have you been conquered by Lord Turtle's charm? Lord Turtle's charm is just that immense—I can draw bees and butterflies wherever I go."

Jiang Chuan: "."

How did you have the nerve to say that?

You were pitch-black all over. What part of you had even the slightest connection to being good-looking?

Xia Lingbo covered the turtle's mouth and looked apologetically at Jiang Chuan.

"This turtle is a beast pet given to me by an elder of my Household. It has been spoiled rotten all its life. Sorry for the trouble, Daoist Jiang."

"It's nothing."

Jiang Chuan was not about to fall out and start fighting over a single sentence from a turtle.

Yan Tiecheng casually walked over to Jiang Chuan and slung an arm around his shoulders.

"Daoist Jiang, there's still an hour before the auspicious time my junior sister chose. How about we play a couple rounds?"

As he spoke, Yan Tiecheng took out a dice cup.

"Junior Brother Yan!"

Mu Bingyun spoke each word slowly. Her icy gaze was like a divine sword drawn from its sheath, frightening Yan Tiecheng until he trembled all over.

"E-Eldest Senior Sister, I... I was wrong."

Mu Bingyun's fist was his answer.

Bang!

Yan Tiecheng was sent flying straight into the sky by Mu Bingyun's punch.

"Gambling with your junior brothers on the island is one thing. Gambling even when you go out? You're a disgrace." Mu Bingyun's voice was brimming with fury.

"It's a miracle Bamboo Immortal Island hasn't perished!"

Jiang Chuan forcibly swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

The Seven Elites of Bamboo Immortal Island.

Mu Bingyun was a forthright battle maniac.

Yan Tiecheng was obviously an unreliable gambler.

And then there was Xia Lingbo, who carried a turtle whenever she went out and looked anything but normal.

Jiang Chuan felt that the headmaster and elders of Bamboo Immortal Island must have worried themselves sick.

The ceremony for you and Que Jinling to become Dao companions was kept simple.

After enduring countless hardships, risking your life, becoming a Human Traitor, helping Que Jinling obtain the Bone Remolding Pill, and infiltrating Bamboo Immortal Island—

Under the gazes of Mu Bingyun, Xia Lingbo, and the bruised and swollen Yan Tiecheng, you and Que Jinling successfully became Dao companions.

This simulation had ended.

Then, a crisp voice rang out in Jiang Chuan's mind.

The figures of Mu Bingyun, Xia Lingbo, Que Jinling, and the others vanished before Jiang Chuan's eyes.

The tidy pavilion and the green mountains in the distance came into Jiang Chuan's view once more.

"To fall in love, I actually became a Human Traitor! Good thing that was only a simulation. Otherwise, I really would have become a Demon Race lackey cursed by countless humans."

Jiang Chuan complained, "It's all because of this Love Brain Simulator. Even if I died, I, Jiang, would never betray the human race. How could I possibly become a Demon Race lackey?"

Then Jiang Chuan began to look forward to it again.

"I wonder what reward I'll get for my first simulation?"

Ding! This simulation's reward: one Bone Remolding Pill.

As the crisp voice rang out again—

A blue gourd appeared out of thin air before Jiang Chuan.

The blue gourd looked as though it had been carved from blue crystal, translucent and gleaming.

A golden pill the size of a longan floated within the gourd.

Dense medicinal aura drifted from the pill, manifesting all manner of visions: fo-ti taking human form, divine trees blossoming, and more.

"The Bone Remolding Pill?!"

Jiang Chuan was ecstatic. He had never expected the reward from his first simulation to be the Heaven-grade Supreme Pill, the Bone Remolding Pill, that he had longed for throughout the simulation.

"With this Bone Remolding Pill, my aptitude can transform until I stand shoulder to shoulder with the talented prodigies of every sect! But why does this Bone Remolding Pill feel like the one Que Jinling and I obtained in Lesser Red Heaven?"

Jiang Chuan stared unblinkingly at the Bone Remolding Pill in his hand, his brows slightly furrowed.

"Could it really be the one from Lesser Red Heaven? If it is, then is that Bone Remolding Pill in Lesser Red Heaven still there in reality?"

"If the Bone Remolding Pill in Lesser Red Heaven is gone, does that mean the Love Simulator's rewards can only be selected from treasures I obtained—or at least saw—in the simulation?"

Jiang Chuan's thoughts surged like rolling tides. One question after another surfaced in his heart, yet no matter how hard he pondered, he could not understand them.

"Forget it. Once I go to Lesser Red Heaven again and obtain a few more simulation rewards, I should know the answers. The urgent matter is getting through the current crisis."

"Judging by the timing in the simulation, Elder Jingyun and Elder Jinghou will find me in a month."

"In the simulation, I muddled through it by claiming reincarnation and even turned disaster into fortune, receiving the Future Star Sutra from the abbot."

"In reality, if I use that method, even if the abbot does not impart the Future Star Sutra to me, I'm afraid I still won't be able to get away from Bodhi Temple. In that case, only one method remains."

With that thought, Jiang Chuan formed a fist seal.

In an instant, Jiang Chuan felt as though his fists were connected to another vast and boundless world.

The next moment, Jiang Chuan's Divine Sense was dragged directly into it.

The golden treasure mountain, towering against the heavens and piercing the clouds, appeared before Jiang Chuan once more.

"What a magnificent sight!"

Even though he had seen the treasure mountain in the simulation, Jiang Chuan could not help but sigh in admiration.

He noticed the silver water vat flying toward him.

Jiang Chuan pressed his palms together. "Amitabha. This humble monk is Jiang Chuan of Bodhi Temple in the Qingyuan Realm. Greetings, Guide."

"Bodhi Temple in the Qingyuan Realm?"

A thoughtful look appeared on the water vat's oval face.

"I remember now. There is such a temple. It's just that none of you have entered the treasure mountain for so many years that I nearly thought Bodhi Temple had been destroyed by the demonic path."

Jiang Chuan: "."

What kind of way was that to speak?

Did it want a taste of Abbot Kong Ming's iron fist?

He took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the urge to beat up the Dao Artifact before him.

"This humble monk will proceed to the treasure mountain on his own, so I will not trouble the Guide."

"Fine, then go on by yourself."

Before its words had even faded, the silver water vat had already vanished from Jiang Chuan's sight.

Jiang Chuan drifted upward like a gentle breeze and flew toward the treasure mountain.

"Future Star Venerable Buddha is the future lord of the Buddhist sects, equivalent to a crown prince. Though Duobao Tathagata Venerable Buddha is powerful, his status certainly cannot compare to Future Star Venerable Buddha's."

"In the simulation, these Dao Artifacts chose contractors mainly based on talent and aptitude. If I reveal my identity as the Future Buddha Successor, could I attract some powerful Dao Artifacts to form contracts with me?"

The Ghost Rain Sword, merely a Low-grade Dao Artifact, had increased his strength by at least twenty percent.

If he could contract a high-grade Dao Artifact, or even a Legendary Dao Artifact—

How much more could his strength increase?

Fighting across two cultivation realms would probably no longer be a problem!

At that thought, a blazing light appeared in Jiang Chuan's eyes as he began circulating the Future Star Sutra.

Rumble!

It was like a vast ocean bursting through its banks, enormous waves sweeping the high heavens; like ten thousand primordial beasts trampling the earth. The tremendous sound shook the nine heavens.

Under Jiang Chuan's gaze, the sky above the treasure mountain suddenly split open.