I Really Am a Descendant of the Dragon

The third simulation ended.

Jiang Chen's divine sense returned to the Spirit Spring Inn.

Thinking back on the three simulations.

First, after absorbing the demonic qi from the grand formation, he went to see Senior Sister Liu one last time, obtained a Demon Core, and his cultivation soared to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer. Thousand-Faced Fox's stock rose sharply as well.

In the second, he saved both Senior Sister Liu and Reverend Guiqi, then traveled to Liyue with Chen Gongxing. He learned that Chen Gongxing was merely a Liyue intern who treated him as a lab rat and could not guarantee his safety. Chen Gongxing's stock plummeted.

In the third, he had intended to have the female demon replenish her demonic power, but by a twist of fate, he helped her shatter the Return-Form Formation and kill Reverend Guiqi. Tian Mingye then took him to the Heavenly Demon Sect, where he became the female demon's furnace. Before he could enjoy the pleasures of her four hands, he was instead enjoyed by the demonesses.

This simulation proved only three things:

First, the demons' constitution required them to eat humans to cultivate, determining that the hatred between humans and demons could never be resolved. There were occasionally tales of demons taking human form to repay kindness, but love between humans and demons could only be expressed through the digestive system.

Second, dual cultivation with a demoness was like dual cultivation with a demon woman. As long as his body and soul could withstand it, he could level up. However, the rate was not as fast as using the Demi-Immortal Method to perfectly fuse the power of humans, demons, and monsters.

Third, the female demon was not merely big-breasted and brainless. She was closer to the cruel and cunning figure of legend. Also, the female demon after returning to mortal form... was so soft.

Unfortunately, he had not been able to conduct a complete experiment.

In both the second and third outcomes, Jiang Chen had found powerful backers and had considerable potential to level up, but they also came with enormous risks. He might even become a lab rat and lose his freedom forever.

Jiang Chen ultimately chose the first outcome.

He could directly advance to the Qi Refining Sixth Layer while also progressing his relationship with Thousand-Faced Fox.

Thousand-Faced Fox was very interested in his true identity and his art of deduction. She might observe him in secret, but she would not, and dared not, harm him lightly.

This was the safest path!

[The first outcome is about to overwrite reality. You will be placed under control for twelve shichen, until the outcome is reached!]

His vision went black.

When he opened his eyes, Jiang Chen had not moved from where he stood, yet he felt a surging vortex in his sea of qi!

He hurriedly checked the system panel—

\n[Name]: Jiang Chen.

[Cultivation]: Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

[Money]: Low-grade spirit stones ×8.

[Items]:

Multipurpose Machete ×1 (Mortal-grade);

Azure Mist Sect Disciple Swords ×2 (Low Spirit);

Rapid Spirit-Healing Pellet ×5 (Low Spirit);

Heavenly Demon Sect Demon Shrine ×1 (Low Demon);

[Skills]:

Eight-Step Mad Blade: Minor Accomplishment.

Basic Spirit Control: Masterful.

Demi-Immortal's Book: Initial Glimpse.

[Main Storyline]: Three rounds of main storyline simulations completed. No new main storyline has been discovered yet.

[Butterfly Effect]: Three unread recordings.\n

Hmm... a major increase in cultivation was certainly nice, but unfortunately, his pills and spirit stone resources were nearly depleted.

Wait, three unread recordings?

Jiang Chen immediately checked them!

First entry: Chen Gongxing's assessment review.

A teleportation altar within a withered forest.

Chen Gongxing brought Reverend Guiqi's spine parasite to meet an old man in a black hooded robe, holding a withered wooden cane.

A Red Fire Ant crawled in and out of the crooked cane. Its ecosystem was quite well maintained.

Chen Gongxing greeted him with a torrent of flattery.

"A hundred years have passed. I never expected Lord Prefect to still be in office. You truly are full of vitality, your longevity rivaling mountains and seas, old yet—"

The old man's voice was hoarse, as though air leaked through it when he spoke.

"If you don't know how to flatter someone, then keep your mouth shut. Forcing yourself to imitate others will only have the opposite effect.

"A hundred years have passed, and someone has only just completed the assessment. How could this old man retire?

"Liyue has a history of only five hundred years, yet your assessment to become a Liyue Walker took up one hundred of them. After all that effort, I presume you have cultivated Myriad Phenomena Resonance."

Chen Gongxing sighed and spread his hands helplessly.

"I only learned a little of Myriad Phenomena Resonance. I came early for the assessment because I found a method that seems capable of fusing the powers of humans, demons, and monsters."

The hooded old man was taken aback and seemed slightly disappointed.

"Is that so?

"Back then, you successfully formed a nascent soul at just over two hundred years old. This old man found your talent passable, but not outstanding across the entire Ascending Dragon Continent. That was why I deliberately tricked you into searching for such an overly perfect—and thus impossible—method."

"My original intention was to make you settle down and cultivate instead of always wanting everything and trying to learn everything.

"Those of us with mediocre talent must take unconventional paths and specialize in a single method if we wish to possess the strength to fight above our level.

"For Liyue apostles, without the ability to fight above their level, many extreme missions would simply be impossible to complete.

"That was precisely why this old man gave you the simplified manual for the Myriad Phenomena Resonance cultivation method.

"Who would have thought that you had only grasped its surface, yet insisted on seeking an impossible method? In the end, you wasted a hundred years..."

Jiang Chen was dumbfounded. Chen Gongxing, a Spirit Severing powerhouse over three hundred years old, did not even have top-tier talent?

Chen Gongxing's expression froze. He wanted nothing more than to fight this old man on the spot.

"In that case, this method is useless!"

As he spoke, he took out a bamboo tube, intending to grind Reverend Guiqi's head and spine into ashes.

"Wait!"

The old man seemed to have noticed the spine's extraordinary nature.

"This little old fellow's talent is mediocre to the extreme. By all rights, even Foundation Establishment should have been difficult for him, yet he formed a nascent soul?"

Chen Gongxing was stunned and inexplicably felt wronged.

"Why else would I have observed him for over a hundred years? To see what method he used to cultivate, whether there were any aftereffects, and whether it could benefit cultivation of the resonance method?"

Without another word, the old man immediately gripped Reverend Guiqi's Baihui acupoint and performed a soul search.

"The Form-Returning Book... wonderful, absolutely wonderful! Who would have thought that such a bizarre and uncanny secret art existed in this world? The imagination of mediocre people truly cannot be underestimated!"

Jiang Chen suddenly felt as though he had suffered a ten-thousand-ton critical blow!

Chen Gongxing asked in confusion:

"But this method cannot perfectly fuse the powers of humans, demons, and monsters. What is so wonderful about it?"

The old man burst into laughter.

"Returning all things to their forms is precisely the necessary path for Liyue to achieve its goal. The importance of this path far exceeds perfectly fusing the powers of humans, demons, and monsters."

He then took out a Liyue uniform embroidered with crimson insects crawling around the moon, an apostle's sword, and an apostle's ring, handing them to Chen Gongxing.

"Chen Gongxing, from this day onward, you are officially a member of Liyue. Your rank shall be that of a one-star Liyue apostle."

For every apostle mission completed, one's rank could rise by one star. At three stars, one could take up a post at headquarters.

"Work hard, and this old man will soon be able to rise from Liyue Prefect to Liyue Protector... this old man thinks highly of you!"

Chen Gongxing accepted the Liyue apostle set he had dreamed of, though the prefect's words did not sit well with him.

"So, what is my next mission?"

"Rest assured, Liyue has no simple missions.

"Your daily mission is the same as that of the other apostles: travel to various places and search for the Dragon Bones of the Elder Dragon Clan.

"This old man found a Dragon Bone back then, which was how I obtained this position."

Chen Gongxing was somewhat surprised.

"So the Dragon Clan really did exist as spirit beasts? I never believed it."

The old man let out a long sigh.

"If I had not personally found one, I would not have believed in such bizarre beasts either."

"What was so different about them?"

"This continent is called the Ascending Dragon Continent because the Dragon Clan was the only kind of spirit beast in the cultivation world capable of ascending to the immortal realm without taking human form.

"More accurately, they were divine beasts.

"If there is any spirit body in the cultivation world capable of serving as a vessel to perfectly fuse the powers of humans, demons, and monsters, it can only be a dragon."

Jiang Chen froze, then suddenly understood. Wang Leehom had been right—

I really am a descendant of the dragon!