After leaving Lingyun City for some distance, True Monarch Mingyang took the initiative to stop with Su Yang.
"Brother Su, this is the compensation that belongs to you!"
True Monarch Yangming tossed Su Yang a storage bracelet containing 3,000 Medium-grade Spirit Stones.
"Brother Yangming, you got this compensation for me, so perhaps you should keep it."
Su Yang made a token verbal refusal, but showed no intention of returning the bracelet in his hand.
Seeing Su Yang's little gesture, True Monarch Mingyang smiled knowingly.
This Brother Su of his was truly interesting.
So he deliberately played along and said:
"Haha, don't stand on ceremony with me. Three million Spirit Stones is a huge sum for you. Even if you returned to the Tianjian Sect, due to your cultivation realm, it would be impossible for you to obtain such a vast fortune in one go. But to me, it is nothing worth mentioning."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you."
Su Yang swiftly put the bracelet on, ecstatic beyond measure.
Three million Spirit Stones—enough for him to simulate many times this month.
If he adopted an extremely cost-effective method of simulation, it would even be enough for dozens more simulations in the future.
But that would be no fun.
After all, he would have to keep his cultivation realm stuck without advancing.
How could that do?
In the world of cultivation, the weak were prey to the strong. If his cultivation never improved, he might one day die in some unforeseen accident.
Even with the simulator, which allowed him to foresee the future—
as long as the present changed even slightly, the future might not develop as it had in the simulation.
That was precisely what had happened with the status of True Disciple in the simulation becoming Sword Child in reality.
If True Monarch Mingyang had not arrived in time, he would already have been locked in a battle of wits and courage with Qingye Market's Foundation Establishment cultivators.
With even the slightest carelessness, he might already have met a violent death.
Seeing Su Yang put away the storage bracelet, True Monarch Mingyang continued, "Your matter with Qingye Market can be considered settled. Once the Chuyun Kingdom has completely dealt with everything, the outcome will naturally be sent to the Tianjian Sect. Do you have anything else here that needs handling?"
"Brother Mingyang, I don't."
Su Yang shook his head.
At heart, he was merely a transmigrator who had just arrived in this world. He had not yet built enough connections here and had no ties or attachments.
Besides, this body had long since lost any relatives or friends.
"Then let us return to the Tianjian Sect as soon as possible. The Sect Master, along with a few fellows about my level, are all waiting for you, the Sword Child, to return."
A trace of amusement appeared in Mingyang's eyes.
When the other peak masters, the Grand Elder, the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, and the others saw Su Yang calling him big brother, it would certainly be quite amusing.
"I'll follow Brother Mingyang's arrangements in all things. Besides, I have long wanted to see just how magnificent the foremost sect of the Qixia Continent truly is," Su Yang said.
Upon hearing this, True Monarch Mingyang raised a hand and released an eagle-shaped flying boat, which came to a stop in midair.
"Brother, this is my mount. Your cultivation is too low to withstand consecutive teleportations at the Nascent Soul Realm, so let us return aboard this flying boat artifact. It may be slower, but it is comfortable!"
When True Monarch Mingyang had come here from the Tianjian Sect, he had naturally relied on a Nascent Soul powerhouse's teleportation ability.
Anywhere his divine sense could cover, he could instantly reach through teleportation. Then, after releasing his divine sense once more, he could activate teleportation again.
That was how he had crossed several million kilometers in just over an hour and arrived within the borders of the Chuyun Kingdom.
But he could not do the same while bringing Su Yang back.
One or two teleportations would be fine, but after too many of them, Su Yang's cultivation was too low. He might very well become contaminated by too much spatial power during the process and be assimilated by space while passing through it, permanently becoming a spatial lifeform, never to return to the material world again.
"Perfect. I've never ridden a flying boat before!"
Su Yang looked with great interest at the flying boat before him, which was about the size of a small passenger jet from his previous life.
"Brother, please enter."
With a thought from True Monarch Mingyang, the flying boat's door immediately opened.
Su Yang flew inside.
He discovered that the space within the flying boat was entirely different from what it appeared outside, more than ten thousand times larger.
Vitality permeated the place. It did not resemble the interior of a flying boat or a magical artifact at all.
It was more like a vacation retreat blessed with pastoral scenery.
There were flowers, grass, trees, rivers, and ponds.
An elegant little courtyard stood halfway up a verdant mountain.
Outside its door was a bamboo grove, while a river ran behind the courtyard.
A bamboo chair and a fishing rod rested beside the river, seemingly awaiting their master's favor.
"Brother, what do you think of the interior style of my flying boat? Do you like it?"
True Monarch Mingyang walked in at this moment as well.
"It's beautiful beyond compare! It's a wonderful place to relax," Su Yang praised.
"That is what I thought as well. Sometimes I come here to fish and cultivate my sentiments!"
True Monarch Mingyang continued, "You can take a stroll here, or pick any room in the courtyard to rest in. We should reach the Tianjian Sect in about half a day."
"Then I'll rest for a while first."
Su Yang had no interest in wandering around. Now that he had Spirit Stones, he naturally needed to convert them into Energy Points and find a suitable place to simulate.
Su Yang entered the courtyard, found a room that looked agreeable, walked in, dropped into a chair, and opened the simulation panel.
Name: Su Yang Age: 16 years, 0 months Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Layer 3 Identity: Tianjian Sect Sword Child (light blue) Talents: Genuine Yang Spiritual Root (true green), Clear Sword Heart (true green), Outstanding Perception (true white) Abilities: None Spells: Blazing Sword Technique (limit-breaking), Flowing Water Sword Technique (limit-breaking), Golden Stone Sword Technique (limit-breaking), Verdant Wood Sword Technique (limit-breaking), Earth-Sundering Sword Technique (limit-breaking)... Remaining Simulations: 0 Energy: 87 Simulation Points: 39 Simulator Level: 0 Other: None
Su Yang checked the Spirit Stones he currently possessed once more.
Aside from the 3,000 Medium-grade Spirit Stones in the storage bracelet, there were also the storage bags he had conveniently taken after killing the Medicine Gang and Gao Xin's group.
There were not many Spirit Stones inside. Altogether, there were only a little over 3,600.
Su Yang first converted those 3,600-odd Spirit Stones into Energy, giving him over 3,700 Energy Points.
Then he took out another twenty-seven Medium-grade Spirit Stones and converted them into Energy as well.
This brought his Energy to over 30,700 points, more than enough to exchange for one simulation opportunity.
"Exchange for a simulation attempt," Su Yang said inwardly.
[Exchanging.] [Exchange successful. You now have 1 simulation attempt.]
"I can simulate again. This time, compared to the last simulation, I have nearly three million more Spirit Stones to my name, and the Sword Child identity as a safeguard. The beginning will definitely go much more smoothly."
Su Yang silently calculated, then said:
"Begin the simulation."
[Simulation begins.] [Please choose one of the following three identities. You may also choose not to select one and simulate while retaining only your real identity.] [Identity One: Moon God Descendant (true green)]
Before you continue