Muye Mountain was the territory of the Mu Family, a Foundation Establishment immortal cultivation lineage.
Inside a quaint side chamber, a white-robed youth lay on the bed with his limbs splayed out in the shape of the character "big".
Sigh! To think that I, a dignified transmigrator, have no golden finger to speak of, yet I am still a good-for-nothing with a Five Spirit Root?
The youth was named Mu Xingqi, and at this moment, his face was full of worry.
Ever since he tested positive for the Five Spirit Root yesterday, Mu Xingqi had felt that his future was pitch black.
In this world, immortal cultivation was no secret, and what concerned the path of cultivation was precisely the spirit root.
Spirit roots were dominated by the most common Five Elements spirit roots, and cultivation speeds from fastest to slowest were the Single Spiritual Root, Dual Spiritual Root, Triple Spiritual Root, Four Spirit Root, and finally the Five Spirit Root.
Unfortunately, his spirit root was the worst of them all: the Five Spirit Root. Without a fortuitous encounter in this lifetime, he was afraid he would have no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment.
According to memories from my past life, aren't all transmigrators supposed to come with a system?
He was not originally from this world, and an accident had caused him to transmigrate here with the memories of his past life.
That Old Demon Han had a Four Spirit Root and still possessed a small green vial, so how come I've waited for twelve years and haven't even seen a single hair of a system?
"System? Xiao Du? Xiao Ai?... Doubao?"
After trying to call out to them without any results, Mu Xingqi could only shake his head helplessly, as if he had accepted his lot.
Actually, being a second-generation cultivator is also pretty nice.
He thought of his identity in this lifetime. His father was the current head of the Mu Family, his mother was the lineage's sole alchemist, and his grandfather was even a Foundation Establishment Ancestor of the Mu Family.
With his status, he could at least walk sideways throughout the entire Mu Family; as for going outside the Mu Family, that was harder to say.
[Host detected, Life Simulator system activating...]
"What? A system?!"
"It's here!"
A trace of joy appeared on Mu Xingqi's delicate face, and his heart pounded wildly without stop.
Mu Xingqi, who the second before had been fantasizing about being a second-generation cultivator, was now smiling like a child and couldn't help shouting:
"I knew it! How could a transmigrator not have a system? The system might be late, but it will never be absent!"
Slapping his thigh, Mu Xingqi sat up and began to understand the simulator in his mind.
"Simulator?"
"No response?"
Just as Mu Xingqi was at his wits' end, a panel materialized before his eyes.
[Life Simulator LV1] [Host: Mu Xingqi] [Age: 12] [Cultivation: None] [Simulation Points: 0] [Functions: 1, Each simulation requires the consumption of simulation points to run.] [2, Sources of simulation points include, but are not limited to, spirit stones.] [3, At the end of each simulation, one reward may be chosen to bring back to reality.] [4, Each simulation allows drawing simulation talents; simulation talents are random and cannot be brought back to reality.] [5, Simulation talents can be moved into the talent slots to be locked. Remaining slots in the current talent bar: 1] [6, Simulation talents from lowest to highest are: White, Green, Blue, Purple, Gold, Red] [7, The host in the simulation is an independently generated entity, heavily influenced by simulation talents, and does not possess the advanced memories acquired by the real host from the simulation. Any attempts by the host to interfere with the existence of the simulation through reality will be nullified.]
After a moment of silence, Mu Xingqi took a deep breath. This is practically a cheat!
"Simulations require spirit stones. Just yesterday, after testing our spirit roots, the family distributed ten spirit stones to every disciple with spirit root aptitude."
With that, Mu Xingqi fished out ten stones of varying shapes and pale blue lusters from his drawer.
These were spirit stones, named as such because they contained pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
They were also the hard currency among cultivators.
"Simulator, boot up!" Mu Xingqi silently chanted as he charged all the spirit stones into the simulator.
[Simulation Points: 10]
Silently chanting, Mu Xingqi activated the simulator.
[Simulation starting]
[Deducting 10 simulation points]
[Randomly drawing simulation talents...]
[Drawn simulation talent: Love for the Male]
[Congratulations on acquiring the white simulation talent: Love for the Male]
[Love for the Male: You will unconsciously be attracted to males and enjoy spending time with them, commonly known as a "gay man".]
"Ah!?"
"This counts as a talent? System, are you playing with me?!" Mu Xingqi instantly bristled.
Then, he cursed angrily, "You're the damn gay man!"
The subtitles on the system panel began to scroll, completely ignoring Mu Xingqi's protests.
[Muye Mountain, Mu Family. After testing for the Five Spirit Root, you began to rot away in self-abandonment, because based on your understanding, with your Five Spirit Root aptitude, it would be impossible for you to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm even if you cultivated for a lifetime.]
[Your father is the current head of the Mu Family, your mother is the lineage's sole alchemist, and your grandfather is even a Foundation Establishment Ancestor of the Mu Family.]
[Possessing such an identity, you decide to just be a second-generation cultivator.]
[The next day, evening. Your father and mother call you to eat together. At the dinner table, your parents offer you a round of earnest encouragement.]
[They say: There are no useless spirit roots, only useless cultivators. They also say that Venerable Wang also had mediocre spirit root aptitude when his aptitude was tested back then, yet he still reached the pinnacle as a Nascent Soul Venerable.]
[You want to retort, but knowing that your parents are also doing this for your own good, you ultimately say nothing.]
[You know that your father is the family head and is usually busy with lineage affairs, while your mother is the lineage's sole alchemist and is busy refining pills every day. For them to specially carve out time to comfort you is no small feat.]
[After the meal, your parents give you a stash of cultivation resources.]
[You look at the storage bag in your hand, filled to the brim with spirit stones—probably close to a hundred of them.]
[You cannot help exclaiming: I've never fought such a wealthy battle! The advantage is mine!]
[You rekindle your passion for cultivation.]
[You decide to enter closed-door cultivation.]
[One month later, through your unremitting efforts and the spirit stones given by your parents, you successfully capture the stray spiritual energy between heaven and earth, achieve Qi Induction, and successfully break through to Qi Refining Layer One.]
[Yet you are not happy about this, because you hear that a Triple Spiritual Root Genius of your generation took less than a week to successfully achieve Qi Induction.]
[And you spent a full month, furthermore on the premise of having spent nearly half of the massive amount of spirit stones your parents gave you.]
[Upon comparison, you suddenly feel your future is pitch black.]
[You begin to indulge in self-abandonment once more.]
Is this Five Spirit Root really this trashy? Seeing this, Mu Xingqi could not help sighing with emotion.
He had always known that the Five Spirit Root was the most useless spirit root, but he never expected it could be useless to this extent.
It took a full month just to achieve Qi Induction, and that was with the spirit stones given by my parents...
Why even bother cultivating immortality at this rate?
[You begin loafing around the lineage all day long.]
[You unconsciously find yourself attracted to certain male disciples in the lineage, and you cannot help sneaking a few extra glances at them.]
[You frequently mingle with the male disciples of the lineage.]
[Under the pretext of seeking guidance, you interact with the male disciples of the lineage.]
[After a period of time, clothing belonging to the male disciples of the lineage begins to go missing.]
[Because you frequently seek guidance from the male disciples of the lineage, and often inexplicably make physical contact with them.]
[Furthermore, after interacting with you, the male disciples' clothing mysteriously vanishes.]
[The group of male disciples gradually keeps their distance from you, and the way they look at you becomes strange.]
"Damn it!" Mu Xingqi could not help dropping an oath. This simulation talent was truly a trap...
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