First Spirit Stones, Embarking on the Immortal Path!

Jin Congxue hesitated for a moment. She told you that Demon Suppressing Pass was the lifeline of humanity, that humanity faced immensely powerful enemies, and that the situation at Demon Suppressing Pass was far from optimistic.

You wanted to ask more, but Jin Congxue refused to say anything further.

The next day, you saw Jin Congxue off to Demon Suppressing Pass.

A month later, you attended Jin Congxue's funeral. You felt neither joy nor sorrow; all you wanted was to improve your strength as much as possible.

You chose to sell off all your assets, obtaining more than fifty billion in cash.

You used the money to purchase a large number of tools for tempering the physique. You wanted to break through to the second layer of Body Tempering Cultivators: the Bone Forging Stage.

Three years passed. Your body tempering cultivation steadily improved, yet you always felt that you were just a thread away from the Bone Forging Stage. But for some unknown reason, you could never break through.

At last, the day you knew so well from your memories arrived.

A giant beast that blotted out the sky and covered the earth appeared above Great Xia.

Countless citizens across Great Xia were terrified. Several golden figures soared into the sky and besieged the giant beast!

They failed. The Sky-Shrouding Giant Beast swallowed the entirety of Great Xia in a single bite.

Before you were swallowed, you widened your eyes and raised your middle finger at the giant beast in the sky.

You died at the age of thirty-six!

You activated the Talent Die With Grievance!

You were swallowed into the giant beast's belly, where you discovered that not everyone had died immediately.

The giant beast's stomach was extraordinarily vast, like a world of its own.

The ground began to tremble without end. An indescribable energy began corroding every living thing and substance around you...

Your eyes were digested and became part of the giant beast. The Die With Grievance Talent failed!

Ding! This simulation has ended!

You may choose one of the following rewards: I Went Bald, But Didn't Get Stronger (Talent), Half-Step Bone Forging Stage (Cultivation), Qi Refinement Stage Layer Two (Cultivation), Two and a Half Spirit Stones (Item)

It was here! He had successfully brought out Spirit Stones!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Su Xing checked the cost of these rewards.

I Went Bald, But Didn't Get Stronger: White Talent, price 1,000 Energy.

Half-Step Bone Forging Stage: Cultivation, price 500 Energy.

Qi Refinement Stage Layer Two: Cultivation, price 100 Energy.

Two and a Half Spirit Stones: Item, price 2,500 Energy.

Su Xing touched his thick hair and did not even spare that scammy Talent a glance.

Instead, the Half-Step Bone Forging Stage cultivation made Su Xing look at it a few more times.

Judging from the Simulator's description, during that simulation, he had truly been just a tiny step away from breaking through to the Bone Forging Stage, yet he simply could not make the breakthrough.

Perhaps his aptitude was insufficient. Or perhaps he lacked a body tempering secret art, or suitable medicinal ingredients for body tempering?

Su Xing did not know, but the Spirit Stones he craved most were now right before his eyes.

"Cheaper than I expected..."

Su Xing raised a brow. He understood that Spirit Stones might not be particularly precious, merely extremely scarce in the Real World.

"Exchange for two and a half Spirit Stones!"

Ding! You chose to bring Spirit Stones back from the simulation. 2,500 Energy consumed. Remaining Energy: 18,940.

Three thumb-sized Spirit Stones appeared in Su Xing's hand.

The Spirit Stones were crystal-clear from end to end, warm and lustrous like jade. Merely bringing them near the body made one feel refreshed.

Two of the Spirit Stones were the size of a thumb, while the other was only the size of a pinky finger. It had probably been partially digested in the simulation.

"By that calculation... one Spirit Stone should be worth around a thousand Energy..."

Su Xing began studying the Spirit Stones in his hand.

First, he asked the Simulator about the recycling price of a Spirit Stone.

Ding! One Low-Grade Spirit Stone detected. Recycling price: 100 Energy. Recycle?

Su Xing: ???

What the hell?!

It cost 1,000 Energy to bring one out, but the recycling price was only 100 Energy? This Simulator was way too shady!

"Damn it, may there be no secondhand recyclers left in the world to pocket the difference!"

Su Xing grumbled.

Then Su Xing placed the half Spirit Stone in his palm, sat down cross-legged, and began circulating the Evergreen Cultivation Technique.

Threads of warm, gentle energy flowed from the Spirit Stone, passing through his palm and spreading into his limbs and bones. It made him feel invigorated and utterly refreshed.

"Hiss—so this is what it feels like to absorb spiritual energy?"

Su Xing's eyes widened. Once the spiritual energy entered his body, he could clearly feel subtle changes occurring within it.

Su Xing cultivated continuously for an hour before he felt that the meridians in his body could no longer absorb spiritual energy.

At the same time, the Spirit Stone in his hand had shrunk by roughly one-twentieth.

"As expected, one Spirit Stone should be enough for me to cultivate for half a month, right?"

Longing filled Su Xing's eyes, but he did not choose to continue absorbing it.

Because the Spirit Stones in his hand had an even greater use!

Over the next week, Su Xing continued power-leveling and farming equipment as usual, saving up more than five hundred thousand again in just one week.

Yet during that time, Su Xing did not choose to continue absorbing Spirit Stones for cultivation.

That day, the Simulator's cooldown refreshed once more.

Su Xing took a deep breath and gripped the Spirit Stone in his hand. He wanted to verify an idea in his heart.

"Start Simulation!"

Simulation consumes 600 Energy. Remaining Energy: 18,340. Remaining Simulation Count: None.

Simulation Starts!

Drawing a White Talent costs 100 Energy. Drawing a Green Talent costs 1,000 Energy. Draw?

"Draw a White Talent!"

Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the White Talent: Fitness Expert

Fitness Expert: You have greater talent than ordinary people when it comes to tempering the physique.

Su Xing froze when he saw this Talent, then came to his senses and muttered:

"Could it be... this Fitness Expert is a Talent geared toward body tempering?"

This sudden Talent disrupted Su Xing's plans, but he still decided to simulate first and see what happened.

You were in your dormitory, staring blankly at the two and a half Spirit Stones in your hand.

You began absorbing the spiritual energy within the Spirit Stones. Spiritual energy entered your body, and your Qi Cultivation improved slightly.

Over the next month, you spent your days taking new female freshmen Dungeon Crawling to level up and earn money, while using your spare time to absorb Spirit Stones and convert them into cultivation.

Because you possessed a decent qi cultivation technique and sufficient Spirit Stones, your Qi Cultivation advanced at a rapid pace.

In just one month, your cultivation rose to Qi Refinement Stage Layer Four.

November 10th, 2023, New Era. On this day, you left Kyoto Vocational University and bought a High-Speed Rail Ticket to Jinling City.

The following evening, you successfully arrived in Jinling City.

You searched outside West of Jinling City for a week, hoping to find the Dungeon Jin Congxue had once mentioned.

But you found nothing. You did not find the Dungeon known as "Azure Cloud Spirit Field."

You did not give up and continued searching.

A few more days passed. Outside West City of Jinling, you encountered a woman. She was exceptionally beautiful, but she seemed very cold and aloof.

A premonition arose in your heart. This woman was most likely Jin Congxue!