Cultivating Iron Vine Grass

"That should be enough now."

Han Han stopped in his tracks and looked around; there were only the Three Illusion Tree, which stood like mountain barriers. The distance he had ventured into this time was at least twice as far as the last.

Fortunately, those Supervisors did not care where you went to gather, as long as you handed in enough Three Illusion Leaf on time.

[Simulation count: 0]

[Life simulation begins]

[22 years old, you have slightly adapted to life in the Thousand Tree District. Although your cultivation progress is slow, it is far freer than in the Central High Tower.]

[You head to the Three Illusion Tree Valley.]

[You arrive at the extreme depths, seemingly wanting to avoid the detection of various instruments. Although you do not understand the reason for doing so, you are already in the depths, so you choose to gather Three Illusion Leaf here.]

[You did not completely avoid the instruments. After all, Thousand Leaf Planet is a slave planet connected to the universe, but as long as you do not cause too much of a commotion, you will not be detected.]

"That will do."

Han Han was delighted; this was the information he wanted.

Too much of a commotion?

He had merely released an Iron Vine Grass seedling and provided it with Locke Divine Water and Inferior Purple Light Dew.

[At sunset, having finished gathering the Three Illusion Leaf, you return to your treehouse to cultivate with focus.]

[23 years old, you successfully break through to the eighth stage of the Apprentice Rank.]

[You originally thought that, given you had stood together through thick and thin, even if Pansy refused you, she would not kill you. Unfortunately, you guessed wrong; Pansy never viewed you as a friend.]

[You died.]

[This simulation has ended.]

[Evaluation...]

"Sigh~"

After reading the simulation text, Han Han could not help but let out a sigh. "If only I could influence the choices in the simulation, then I wouldn't keep getting killed by Pansy."

In the simulation, he knew his own talent; without opportunities, he would only ever reach the Planetary Rank in his lifetime.

Suspecting that Pansy possessed a treasure, how could he not ask?

"Select Locke Divine Water and Cuilang Coin."

Han Han still chose these two items. Two rays of light flashed in the system space, and then the two items appeared within it.

"Let's begin."

"Whoosh!"

His consciousness enveloped the Iron Vine Grass seedling. With a thought, a flash of emerald green appeared before him. At this moment, the Iron Vine Grass was not even at the Apprentice Rank, and two vines carefully reached out toward Han Han.

Because of the system, it automatically recognized him as its master.

Han Han could clearly feel the connection between himself and the Iron Vine Grass. Those two vines carefully touched his fingers, conveying a sense of affection.

"Want to eat?"

Han Han understood the Iron Vine Grass's emotions. "The things used for the first cultivation of a plant lifeform also influence the potential of the plant lifeform to a certain extent."

"Locke Divine Water should be the highest grade, right?"

With a thought, all the Locke Divine Water in the system space was poured onto the Iron Vine Grass.

"Rustle~"

The two vines trembled, and soon, the Iron Vine Grass began to greedily absorb the incredibly rich life force within.

"These are for you too." Han Han took out all the Inferior Purple Light Dew he had obtained earlier. "Absorb them slowly and improve your strength as quickly as possible."

Although Inferior Purple Light Dew damages life force, this minor side effect could be completely ignored in the face of the Locke Divine Water.

"Alright."

"If I don't go gather Three Illusion Leaf again, I'll have to resort to robbery."

Han Han considered his own morals to be average, but he hadn't reached the point where he would choose to rob others when he could do it himself, especially since the goal of this trip had already been achieved.

"The next simulation will be a new situation!"

"Whoosh!"

Han Han flew toward the Three Illusion Tree to gather leaves.

At the same time.

The Iron Vine Grass began to grow rapidly. Each vine of the seedling was only a little over a meter long, but at this moment, it was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Central High Tower was a full hundred kilometers tall, but an Iron Vine Grass at the ninth stage of the Planetary Rank could wrap around most of it.

Returning to the treehouse, Han Han sat cross-legged to cultivate.

"Sigh~"

"Once I leave, I should be able to improve my talent."

Cosmic energy was slowly absorbed into his body, then devoured by every one of his cells and converted into strength; the Apprentice Rank was essentially a process of constant physical reinforcement.

In the primordial universe, many races were born with bodies that were already incredibly powerful, so they were born at the Planetary Rank or even higher.

Han Han speculated.

Locke Divine Water must have the effect of improving one's physical talent, or perhaps even inducing a certain transformation of the soul; otherwise, how could Pansy have possibly broken through to become a World Lord!

One had to know that for a Universe Rank to break through to a Domain Lord, one condition was the mandatory possession of a domain.

For a Domain Lord to break through to a World Lord, one had to cross the threshold of the laws.

If Locke Divine Water didn't have this effect, Pansy would have hit her limit at the ninth stage of the Universe Rank.

Three days passed.

During this period, Han Han did not go to the location of the Iron Vine Grass to avoid any accidents caused by prying eyes; regardless, he had already performed the master-binding and could sense its general status.

For instance.

Three days later, the Iron Vine Grass had already surpassed him, possessing the strength of the ninth stage of the Apprentice Rank, and was not far from breaking through to the Planetary Rank.

[Simulation Count: 0-1]

"Start simulation."

Watching the simulation count change from 0 to 1, Han Han immediately chanted silently in his heart.

[Life simulation begins]

[At 22 years old, you suddenly possess an Iron Vine Grass seedling and a batch of cultivation resources. You have no memory of this, but it seems they belonged to you all along.]

[You are very happy because the strength of the Iron Vine Grass has already surpassed yours, reaching the ninth stage of the Apprentice Rank.]

[The next morning, you are startled awake from your cultivation because you sense that the Iron Vine Grass has actually broken through to the Planetary Rank so quickly. You decide to head to the Three Illusion Tree Valley immediately.]

[You arrive at the Three Illusion Tree Valley.]

[Unfortunately, just as you intend to enter the Three Illusion Tree Valley as usual, you are stopped by the Supervisor. He says that there is no need to collect Three Illusion Leaf today and orders you to leave immediately, or he will kill you on the spot.]

[You are forced to return to the treehouse.]

[Vaguely, you sense that something is wrong. This situation had not occurred for over a hundred years, and for it to happen just as your Iron Vine Grass broke through to the Planetary Rank—your intuition tells you that they are targeting the Iron Vine Grass.]

[And that is indeed the case.]

[The detection equipment in the area where the Iron Vine Grass is located is weak, but not so poor that it cannot detect the energy fluctuations of a ninth-stage Apprentice Rank breaking through to the Planetary Rank. As soon as the Iron Vine Grass broke through, it was detected by the equipment and reported to the Central High Tower.]

[You feel that the Iron Vine Grass is fighting, but as a seventh-stage Apprentice Rank, you are helpless.]

[One day later, the Iron Vine Grass dies.]

[You are very sad because you know that the Iron Vine Grass was perhaps your only hope of escaping the Qianye Star, but now that hope has perished due to your own negligence.]

[On the third day, the Central High Tower issues a summons. Every slave must immediately gather in front of the Central High Tower; anyone found not going will be killed instantly. You sense something ominous, but you must go.]

[You arrive at the Central High Tower.]

[You see countless Qianye Star People, but they are all slaves just like you. Surrounding you, Silver-Armored Guards stand floating in the air.]

[You see Hua Chuan, but he is currently standing behind an old man. That old man radiates an incredibly terrifying aura just by standing there.]

"It should be coming to an end."

Han Han watched the simulation; this was indeed his negligence in underestimating the detection equipment of the Three Illusion Tree Valley. If it couldn't even detect Planetary Rank fluctuations, the place would have likely been destroyed by riots long ago.