Excitement, a Green Legend!

[In the second year, February, after a month of bitter cultivation, your cultivation remained utterly motionless.]

[However, you successfully cultivated the movement technique Water Flowing Steps to Entry Level.]

[Your father told you that mastery of techniques could be divided into five realms: Entry Level, Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, Perfected, and Divine Charm.]

[At Entry Level, one could unleash thirty percent of a technique's power; at Minor Accomplishment, sixty percent; and at Major Accomplishment, ninety percent.]

[Upon reaching the Perfected realm, not only could one wield the full power of a technique, but its casting and control would also become far more refined.]

[As for the Divine Charm realm, even your father had only read of it in books. Even those books were vague and ambiguous in their descriptions of the Divine Charm realm.]

[You knew that had to be an incredibly awesome realm.]

[Reaching Entry Level in one month made you feel that you might possess some talent in cultivating techniques.]

[You continued cultivating, preferring to devote your time to cultivating Water Flowing Steps.]

[Eight months later, in October, you heard your parents say that your grandfather had discovered a secret realm and was preparing to explore it.]

"Secret realm?" Mu Xingqi seemed to have grasped something.

He remembered that in the third year, his grandfather had returned gravely injured.

Afterward, the Wang Family had seized the opportunity to wipe out the Mu Family.

"Perhaps Grandfather's grave injuries were connected to this secret realm..." Mu Xingqi muttered.

He continued looking at the panel.

[In the second year, November, you sensed a breakthrough bottleneck.]

[Drawing upon nearly a year of accumulated progress, you successfully broke through the first bottleneck.]

[You knew full well that with your Five Spirit Root talent, breaking through to Qi Refining Fourth Layer would require smashing through five bottlenecks.]

[Yet a whole year of steady accumulation had only been enough to break through one bottleneck.]

[You once again complained that the heavens were unfair.]

[In the second year, December, the New Year approached.]

[You successfully cultivated Water Flowing Steps to Minor Accomplishment.]

[The New Year arrived. Your parents remained busy, and you ate the reunion dinner alone.]

[In the third year, January, you cultivated behind closed doors.]

[In the third year, February, your grandfather returned gravely injured, shocking the entire clan!]

[You felt that your parents had become even busier. You had not seen hide nor hair of them for the past two months.]

[You sensed turmoil within the clan.]

[In the second year, March, you successfully broke through the second bottleneck.]

[A few days later, the Wang Family Foundation Establishment Ancestor attacked Muye Mountain.]

[The Lineage gathered the strength of the entire clan to resist. Even your gravely injured grandfather had no choice but to face the Wang Family Ancestor.]

[Your grandfather died in battle!]

[The grand formation of Muye Mountain was broken!]

[The Wang Family charged onto Muye Mountain!]

[Your father bore the brunt of the attack. After fighting two Wang Family cultivators of the same realm to the death, he was slapped to death by the Wang Family Ancestor!]

[Your mother, protecting you, was besieged by several Late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators and ultimately died in battle!]

[Your mother gave your cheek one final caress, her voice bitter. "Qi'er, your father and I were unable to stay by your side when you were little. In the future, I'm afraid we... won't have the chance either..."]

[Watching his parents die before his very eyes, you clenched your fists in fury.]

[But Timid as a Mouse, you did not even have the courage to pick up a sword and resist.]

[A sharp sword followed close behind. With a single stroke, it severed your head.]

[Until your death, you never saw who had killed you.]

[You died.]

Mu Xingqi remained silent for a long while. Even if it had only been a simulation, watching his parents die and his clan be exterminated made him deeply feel his own helplessness.

"I must become stronger!" Mu Xingqi gritted his teeth.

[Simulation complete. You may choose one of the following rewards.]

[Qi Refining Third Layer cultivation: The result of your harsh cultivation over the past three years. You successfully broke through to Qi Refining Third Layer and shattered two bottlenecks.]

[Qi Gathering Pill (one bottle): Yellow Grade Low Rank Qi Gathering Pills. Highly effective for Early-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators. Personally refined by your mother and of superior quality.]

[Water Flowing Steps (Minor Accomplishment): A Yellow Grade High Rank movement technique. After two years of bitter cultivation, you successfully cultivated it to Minor Accomplishment, allowing you to unleash sixty percent of its power. This was already quite impressive.]

The rewards this time were clearly far better than those of the previous two simulations, leaving even Mu Xingqi somewhat hesitant.

"First, the Qi Gathering Pills can be ruled out."

"Though there are three in a bottle, given that I'm about to break through to Mid-stage Qi Refining, they can only be considered icing on the cake. They're not the best choice."

What truly made him hesitate was the Minor Accomplishment Water Flowing Steps and the Qi Refining Third Layer cultivation.

"For me right now, cultivation is still the most important thing."

Mu Xingqi ultimately chose the Qi Refining Third Layer cultivation. He could cultivate the Minor Accomplishment Water Flowing Steps again later.

But right now, his greatest priority was resolving the crisis of his clan's destruction three years from now.

As he made his choice, spiritual power surged around him before pouring directly into Mu Xingqi's body like flowing water.

In only a moment, his cultivation soared.

He successfully advanced to Qi Refining Third Layer!

Moreover, it was Qi Refining Third Layer after breaking through two bottlenecks. Only the final three bottlenecks remained before Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

Feeling strength he had never possessed before, a glimmer of light appeared in Mu Xingqi's eyes.

"Now, I can be considered a genius too!"

"I only need one more simulation to break through to Qi Refining Fourth Layer!"

"The advantage is mine!"

Mu Xingqi reopened the Simulator.

[Simulator starting]

[Detected that the Simulation Talent from the previous simulation has not been saved. Would you like to move the Simulation Talent "Timid as a Mouse (White)" into a Talent Slot?]

[Remaining Talent Slots: 1]

Mu Xingqi hesitated for a moment, then chose no.

Although the "Timid as a Mouse" talent was quite suitable for cultivation, that was its only benefit.

He clearly remembered that in the simulation, he had not even dared to pick up a sword and fight back against his enemies.

He had been so cowardly that even leaving the house required him to sneak and hide everywhere.

That completely did not fit his image, okay?

He did not provoke trouble, but neither did he fear it.

He returned his attention to the Simulator.

[10 Simulation Points deducted]

[Remaining Simulation Points: 70]

[Randomly drawing Simulation Talent...]

[Simulation Talent drawn: Spiritual Energy Affinity]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the Green Simulation Talent: Spiritual Energy Affinity]

[Spiritual Energy Affinity (Green): The spiritual energy between Heaven and Earth is instinctively drawn to you, allowing you to absorb and refine spiritual energy at twice the speed of ordinary people.]

"?!"

"It's green?!"

"A green legend?"

Mu Xingqi tilted his head and fired off three questions in a row.

This was the first time he had encountered a Green Simulation Talent.

"Spiritual Energy Affinity! Absorbing and refining spiritual energy at twice the speed of ordinary people!"

"Now that's more like it. Now this looks a little like a cheat."

"What the hell were those previous Simulation Talents?"

Mu Xingqi was so delighted that he nearly cried. He had finally made it through the hard times.

He even began to suspect that the garbage Simulation Talents from his previous three attempts had been deliberately rigged.

It had to be the capital behind the Simulator rigging things against him. It had to be.

Otherwise, how could he, Mu Xingqi, a dignified yellow-skinned man, possibly have worse luck than a black guy?

It was not as though he were some African tribal chief.

Simulator: ...

The capital behind the Simulator: ...

[The next day, the moment you woke up, you felt that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy around you was inexplicably close to you.]

[The moment you sat down to meditate, you discovered...]