Inside the coffin.
"Let's exchange for cultivation and the eight limit-breaking spells."
Su Yang had made his decision.
The other options were certainly not bad.
But he had already obtained the most important identity through a voucher.
With the identity, the talent naturally came with it.
Simulated memories were of little use, and there was nothing he absolutely had to know.
Most of the remaining options could be obtained after going to the Tianjian Sect.
Only the opportunity to improve his state of mind was relatively precious.
But he did not have enough Simulation Points, so he could only painfully give it up.
"System, exchange for Option Two's Foundation Establishment Layer 3 cultivation and the eight first-tier limit-breaking spells from Option Six."
[Exchanging.] [600 Simulation Points deducted. Exchange successful.]
In an instant, the efforts Simulated Su Yang had poured in over thousands of days and nights began unfolding in Su Yang's mind.
From the excitement of receiving guidance after taking a master and obtaining eight first-tier sword arts.
To the hardship of slowly tempering himself, comprehending, and practicing sword arts over a long period of time.
And finally, the joy of successfully breaking the limits of one sword art after another.
"Condense for me!"
Su Yang seemed to hear Simulated Su Yang's voice.
Immediately afterward, eight different Spell Seeds appeared one after another in his dantian. They echoed with the first seed already there, forming a perfect cycle.
"With nine different sword arts, they can continuously coordinate and evolve with one another, developing into a sword art that could be called the strongest of the first tier.
"They can also transform into thousands, even tens of thousands, of sword arts. Though I do not understand other first-tier sword arts, as long as I see how they are performed, I can use this to unleash the power of minor accomplishment or even major accomplishment.
"This is the perfect foundation normally attainable in the Qi Refining Realm."
Su Yang felt the flawless harmony within his dantian. With the coordination of the nine Spell Seeds, one portion of his mana could rival three portions from ordinary cultivators of the same realm.
Combined with his spell attainments, he did not even know how far beyond ordinary cultivators he now stood.
I'm probably the strongest Qi Refining Layer 3 cultivator since Qixia Island came into being, Su Yang thought.
He estimated that even Tianjian Sect Sword Child-level figures could not possibly cultivate nine Spell Seeds at Qi Refining Layer 3 and complete the foundation for Perfect Foundation Establishment at Qi Refining Layer 12.
"However, what a pity. This achievement will forever remain unknown."
Su Yang could already feel the mana within his body surging as his cultivation rose.
Under the operation of the nine Spell Seeds, countless strands of spiritual qi that appeared from thin air were absorbed and refined by Su Yang, then transformed into cultivation.
In the blink of an eye.
Qi Refining Layer 4, Qi Refining Layer 5, Qi Refining Layer 6...
Very quickly, he rose to Qi Refining Layer 10, Layer 11, and Layer 12, then accumulated power until he reached the peak.
With a boom, he broke through to Foundation Establishment!
Then he continued rising through Foundation Establishment Layer 1 and Foundation Establishment Layer 2.
Only upon reaching Foundation Establishment Layer 3 did he finally stop.
Su Yang felt the endlessly surging mana within his body.
"Now, my strength..."
Su Yang looked at the coffin lid.
If a flick of his finger at Qi Refining Layer 3 had been enough to blast open the coffin lid, then now, his gaze alone was enough.
So... a person's gaze truly contained power.
There was no need to use mana. Spiritual power released through his eyes alone was enough to accomplish it.
Su Yang reckoned that, due to his Outstanding Perception talent, his spiritual power—or divine sense—should be somewhat stronger than that of others at the same level.
It should now rival Foundation Establishment Layer 5 or perhaps Layer 6.
As for his true combat strength, if equipment was not counted, he should be even stronger than his peak state in the simulation.
Because his original Qi Refining Layer 3 cultivation had not disappeared. Instead, it had stacked with his Foundation Establishment Layer 3 cultivation.
"It's time to get out!"
Su Yang had already spent more than ten minutes conducting three simulations inside this coffin.
Now that his simulation attempts had run out, there was no need to remain here any longer.
His gaze turned toward the top of the coffin lid, and his divine sense appeared along with his line of sight.
With a clang.
The coffin lid shattered.
Immediately afterward.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
Like thunder exploding, the burial mound outside burst apart in all directions.
Specks of moonlight filtered through the gaps between the leaves and fell across Su Yang's face.
He rose to his feet and took a single step out of the grave.
Just as he was about to head to Qingye Market to settle his grudges.
His chest suddenly became scorching hot.
"What is this?"
Su Yang's expression changed slightly as he reached out and took out the culprit behind the heat.
"The Tianjian Sect True Disciple token? Why has it suddenly become so hot? There was no such change in the simulation!"
As Su Yang was puzzling over it.
The True Disciple token suddenly broke free from his palm, floated into the air, and actually melted into a lump of bluish-white liquid.
Then the liquid began to take shape, becoming a sword-shaped token before falling down.
Su Yang caught it.
He discovered that the token's material seemed to have become more refined, and the words on it had also changed. The front still bore the two characters Tianjian, but on the back, the six characters True Disciple Su Yang had vanished, replaced by... Sword Child Su Yang!
"I became a Sword Child?"
Su Yang was utterly bewildered.
He recalled the information he had obtained in the previous simulation.
There were two ways for Tianjian Sect disciples to become Sword Children.
The first was to pass the Heavenly Sword Path at the same realm. The second was to achieve Perfect Foundation Establishment before the age of twenty, or attain a first-grade Golden Core before the age of fifty.
This year, he seemed to be... only sixteen years old, and his cultivation was Perfect Foundation Establishment Layer 3.
He perfectly met the second condition.
"I thought that even after fulfilling the requirements, I would still need to go to the Tianjian Sect for verification. I never expected the True Disciple token to sense it on its own and change by itself."
"I just wonder whether the Tianjian Sect's side will update my identity."
"But whether they update it or not, it merely means getting verified after arriving, or not needing verification at all."
"Hahaha... I actually became a Tianjian Sect Sword Child directly."
Unable to contain the excitement in his heart, Su Yang let out a long howl. Mana surged through him as he sped toward Qingye Market.
The ferocious beasts and demonic beasts along the way all trembled at the aura of a human Foundation Establishment cultivator, not daring to move in the slightest.
Could someone tell them why a human powerhouse at Foundation Establishment had appeared in the outskirts of Yellow Wind Ridge?
Along the way.
Su Yang sensed a change in the system panel and looked toward the identity section.
The text that surfaced there read:
[Detected that your identity has changed: Tianjian Sect True Disciple (deep green) has changed to Tianjian Sect Sword Child (light blue).]
The smile on Su Yang's lips became even harder to suppress. Even the simulation system had acknowledged it.
This identity was absolutely foolproof now.
At the same time.
At the Tianjian Sect by Qijian Lake.
Outside the Ancestral Hall.
Two disciples guarded the Ancestral Hall.
One was dozing off in utter boredom.
The other was thinking about what gift he should give his master's newly accepted junior sister after his shift ended.
"Junior Sister's sweet and pretty appearance is truly delightful.
"Unfortunately, Eldest Senior Brother stole the limelight yesterday by giving her a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill first. Now I do not even know what to give her. I could only pretend to be in seclusion. How humiliating!"
"I've got it. My insights on cultivating the Splitting Light Sword Art—every stroke and every line on it is the crystallization of my wisdom and sweat. Junior Sister will definitely like it."
"She might even cultivate the Splitting Light Sword Art because of it. Then perhaps I'll have a chance to give her personal guidance, hehe!"
The disciple seemed to have imagined some wonderful scene, and his face nearly split from smiling.
At that moment, suddenly.
Golden light burst forth from within the Ancestral Hall.
The Heavenly Sword Record, which had hung at the highest point without moving an inch for nearly a century, slowly rose.
It flew outside the Ancestral Hall.
"This... this is?"
The dozing disciple immediately woke up.
"The Heavenly Sword Record moved."
The disciple lost in fantasy also turned solemn.
"When the Heavenly Sword moves, Spirit Transformation falls; the Sect Master changes, and the Sword Child emerges."
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