Finally, under Mu Xingqi's persuasion and with the participation of a group of elders, the disciple grading system from the simulation was introduced without any unexpected hitches.
After getting that done, Mu Xingqi went to the Finance Hall once more to collect his spirit stones for the month.
At the end of last month—namely the end of February—he had collected one thousand spirit stones and was just preparing to start the next round of simulation when his infuriating system reminded him that his cultivation had already broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
The simulation point cost had increased directly to two thousand three!
The previous simulation had only required six hundred, and a breakthrough to a minor realm directly drove the cost up to two thousand three?!
Naturally, Mu Xingqi refused to take this lying down.
After a passionate exchange with the system lasting over an hour, it ended with Mu Xingqi's saliva run dry and his throat smoking.
It was not until the end of this month that he could collect another one thousand spirit stones, which, combined with the 326 simulation points left over from last time, was just enough for a single simulation.
The timing was so precise it almost made him suspect the system of keeping tabs on him.
As for why he didn't just ask the lineage directly for them and instead willingly waited out this month?
Actually, Mu Xingqi had his own reasoning. For one thing, he needed time to steady his own cultivation; his cultivation had advanced too rapidly recently, to the point where he couldn't properly control his own spiritual energy.
This kind of difficult-to-manage state was different from the floating, unstable spiritual energy experienced right after breaking through a realm.
His situation was more akin to someone suddenly putting