Thousand Herb Workshop

Xiao Jie left the Black-Seal Auction House with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin, then found an inn to stay at.

"Hai, let's stay here for now and wait for the people from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion to arrive."

"Hehe, I'll follow your lead, Xiao. I have no objections."

"Qing Lin, take the room in the middle. If you need anything, just speak up."

"Mm-hmm, understood, Young Master."

After hearing Hai Bodong's words, Xiao Jie turned back to settle Qing Lin's arrangements, then entered the room on the left to rest.

The next day, the speed at which Xiao Jie absorbed energy suddenly increased drastically, and faint ripples of energy spread around him.

Only after an hour did Xiao Jie stop cultivating. The ripples of energy around him gradually faded away as he opened his eyes, let out a long breath, and said,

"I've finally broken through to the Five-Star Dou Emperor level. It took more than four months to go from the peak of the Four-Star level to Five Stars. At this rate, the next breakthrough will probably take one or two years. Still too slow."

If anyone else heard that, they would probably be furious. A sixteen- or seventeen-year-old Five-Star Dou Emperor was actually saying his cultivation was too slow?

After saying that, he summoned the Simulator. After more than a month of traveling, the Simulator had accumulated six more chances.

Simulator, begin the life simulation.

Ding. You currently have six simulation attempts. Begin the life simulation?

Yes.

Ding. Life simulation begins.

Day 1: You cultivate in your room for the entire day.

Day 3: You head to the Black-Seal Auction House to attend an auction.

Day 79: Lv Man of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion arrives to find you alongside a Dou Zong. The Dou Zong remains by your side, while Lv Man takes Qing Lin away.

Day 520: You break through to the Six-Star Dou Emperor level. You consume an Emperor-Extreme Pill and advance to Seven Stars.

Day 774: You put five Sixth-grade pills up for auction, stirring up a bloody storm throughout the Black-Corner Region.

Day 920: Han Feng announces that he has broken through to become a Seventh-grade Alchemist and puts the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and Emperor-Extreme Pill up for auction.

Day 1,132: You successfully refine the Seventh-grade Intermediate Pill, the Yin-Yang Life Soul Pill. The Dou Zong at your side blocks the Pill Lightning for you.

Day 1,413: Han Feng gathers three Dou Zong-level combatants, four Dou Emperors, and eight Dou Wangs to besiege you.

Day 1,430: During Han Feng's siege, you kill him and the Gold and Silver Elders. Seeing this, the two Dou Zongs retreat. You obtain the Sea Heart Flame, Myriad Beast Cauldron, and Nether Sea Ring.

Day 1,482: You successfully refine the Sea Heart Flame and use it to break through to the One-Star Dou Zong level. Your cultivation method, the Burning Mantra, evolves into an Earth-Tier Intermediate cultivation method.

Day 1,985: You set out to search for the Mystic Yellow Flame and encounter a Soul Hall Protector. Because you killed Han Feng, he has had his eye on you for a long time. You activate the third transformation of the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation and reach the Seven-Star Dou Zong level. Unable to do anything to you, he retreats.

Day 2,175: You successfully refine the second Mystic Yellow Flame. Your cultivation reaches the Four-star Dou Zong level, and the Burning Mantra evolves into an Earth-tier High-grade Cultivation Method.

Day 2,863: You refine the Ancestor Origin Pill and reach the Seven-Star Dou Zong level. You plan to unify the Black-Corner Region.

Day 3,130: You bring all the factions of the Black-Corner Region under your command and establish the Burning Heaven Alliance.

Day 3,214: You invite three Dou Zongs. Together with the Burning Heaven Alliance under your command, you lead them to pressure Jia Nan Academy into handing over the Fallen Heart Flame.

Day 3,282: The battle at Jia Nan Academy ends with your victory and your acquisition of the Fallen Heart Flame. You refine the Fallen Heart Flame, reach the Peak Dou Zong level, and the Burning Mantra evolves into a Quasi-Heaven-Tier cultivation method.

Day 3,630: You travel to the Central Plains Continent to participate in the Alchemist Conference held in the Pill Region. You take second place.

Day 3,998: You fail to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame due to its violent rampage and are burned to death by it. You die.

Ding. This simulation has ended.

Available choices: Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, one million gold coins, Yin-Yang Life Soul Herb.

Please choose.

Choose the Yin-Yang Life Soul Herb.

Ding. Selection successful. Please claim your reward.

He casually stored the Yin-Yang Life Soul Herb in his Storage Ring, then frowned as he pondered the cause of his death.

He had not expected to die during the violent rampage while subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Did he need to seek out Zi Yan and obtain the Dragon Seal? He had never failed to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the previous simulations.

What variables had caused this failure? Or had the World Will deliberately arranged it this way?

Forget it. Since the World Will was targeting him so relentlessly, he would simply make every preparation flawless and reduce the danger to a controllable level.

But if he personally seized the Fallen Heart Flame by force as in the simulation, then given Zi Yan's relationship with Jia Nan Academy, she would never give him the Dragon Seal. It really was a headache.

Forget it. There were still several years left. He would improve his strength first; he still had time to slowly devise a foolproof plan.

He should collect some medicinal ingredients first. It ought to be easier to gather materials for Sixth-grade and Seventh-grade pills here.

Taking Qing Lin with him, he stepped onto the streets, where shouts, discussions, and curses rang out without end.

All kinds of shops lined both sides of the street, and business within them was bustling.

Tomorrow's auction was the grand auction event held in Black-Seal City once every three months. Numerous experts had flocked here in recent days, bringing enormous crowds and currency circulation to the city. As a result, the revenue of every shop had doubled over these few days, bringing Black-Seal City tremendous profits.

Xiao Jie held Qing Lin's small hand as they walked leisurely along the street, his gaze constantly sweeping around in search of what he needed.

Although they came across quite a few medicinal ingredient shops along the way, their scale was too small. Most dealt only in ingredients below the Fourth-grade.

What Xiao Jie needed were the primary and supplementary ingredients for Sixth-grade and even Seventh-grade pills. Naturally, those small medicinal shops did not have them.

Still, Xiao Jie entered each one to ask around, simply trying his luck. He did find three or four supplementary ingredients.

Xiao Jie did not feel much either way. After all, he did not currently plan to refine Seventh-grade pills; he was merely gathering ingredients in advance. It was good if he found them, but it did not matter if he did not.

After all, he was not looking for ordinary things. Supplementary ingredients might be easier to obtain, but there might not even be a few primary ingredients in all of Black-Seal City. Gathering a complete set would be very difficult.

But there was no rush. Once the Dou Zong from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion arrived, he could sell several high-grade pills and establish his reputation.

At that time, there would certainly be no shortage of people seeking pills. As long as there were enough people seeking pills, medicinal ingredients would not be scarce. Moreover, with favors owed to him, whether he asked someone to act or someone wanted to target him, they would have to think twice.

After visiting medicinal ingredient shops on several streets, Xiao Jie and Qing Lin finally stopped before an enormous pavilion.

On the plaque above the entrance were three large characters: "Thousand Herb Workshop."

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