ALL NOVEL Chapter 13 – Abundant rewards, hard to choose
[Year Four: You prepare to leave the Evergreen Mountain Range.]
[You remember that in one simulation, the shadowy figure with a sword killed you here in the eighth year.]
[It seemed that your inquiry into cultivators drew him to you.]
[You decide it's safer to leave the Evergreen Mountain Range earlier.]
[You hesitate for a long time about where to go next.]
[You understand that your danger comes not only from the shadowy figure with the sword but also from the one who attacked the Jiang Family with his palm.]
[In the end, you decide to stick to your original plan and head to the Desert of Death, where you think you can live by hiding for a longer time.]
[Although you have a Breath Concealing Talisman given by the woman in white, which can hide your cultivation, you still feel unsafe.]
[You remember that in one simulation, the shadowy figure who attacked the Jiang Family with his palm tracked you down.]
[At that time, you hadn't started cultivating yet, so you think he must have some portrait of you, making the Breath Concealing Talisman ineffective against him.]
[Year Five: You have ventured deep into the Desert of Death.]
[This time, unlike your previous simulation, you have a storage ring and have prepared plenty of food, so you won't suffer from hunger.]
[Your cultivation progress hasn't stopped either. You continue to practice the Unnamed Manual once a day, then circulate the "Heavenly Profound Art" for one cycle, and spend the remaining time on traveling.]
[With your diligent cultivation, your Martial Dao is still at the sixth level of body tempering, but your Qi Sea now contains several hundred strands of spiritual energy.]
[Year Six: The spiritual energy in your Qi Sea now occupies one-tenth of it.]
[According to the cultivation technique, the Qi Refining period is the process of filling up the Qi Sea.]
[The stages of the Qi Refining period are also divided based on the amount of spiritual energy in the Qi Sea.]
[So at this point, you have truly reached the first level of Qi Refining.]
Jiang Yifeng looked at the simulator's text and couldn't bear to look directly at it.
His talent for cultivation was truly poor. Even with the use of spirit stones, it took him several years to reach the first level of Qi Refining.
Although traveling must have wasted a lot of time, Jiang Yifeng felt that it was more a matter of talent.
Without spirit stones, Jiang Yifeng believed that with his cultivation talent, he might only reach the first or second level of Qi Refining in his lifetime.
Jiang Yifeng shook his head, thinking that this was reasonable.
It was said to be the weakest cultivation talent, so the efficiency of cultivation must be extremely poor.
Otherwise, if resources alone could easily boost one's cultivation, then those cultivation families and major sects with abundant resources would be invincible.
In the end, cultivation still mainly depends on talent!
It seems that to improve quickly, he still has to rely on the simulator to get good talents.
Jiang Yifeng continued to look at the simulator.
[Year Seven: You continue to walk deeper into the desert while cultivating, not daring to stop, fearing that if you don't go deep enough, the shadowy figure will find you.]
[Year Eight: The spiritual energy in your Qi Sea has increased significantly, but you still haven't broken through.]
[Year Nine: Your Martial Dao cultivation has reached the seventh level of body tempering.]
[The improvement in Martial Dao is much faster than in the previous simulation.]
[This is because you have started cultivating, and the spiritual energy has strengthened your body, promoting faster improvement in Martial Dao.]
[Year Ten: You have reached the second level of Qi Refining and can now use some minor spells.]
[Unfortunately, you don't have any techniques in this area.]
[Year Eleven: Everything is safe, and your cultivation steadily improves.]
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[Year Fourteen: This year, you have made great progress. Your Martial Dao has reached the eighth level of body tempering, and your Immortal Dao cultivation has reached the third level of Qi Refining.]
[Year Fifteen: You encounter a bit of trouble, facing a pack of wolves.]
[Hundreds of sand wolves make you cautious.]
[After several days of a tug-of-war, you finally turn them into your reserve food.]
[You suffer some injuries as a result.]
[You think you're safe after killing the wolf pack, but a few days later, you realize that this is just the beginning.]
[The strong smell of blood on you continuously attracts various creatures in the desert to attack.]
[This leaves you with no time for cultivation, and you spend every day in constant battle.]
[One day, after killing an attacking beast, you suddenly feel the desert churning.]
[You see a giant black python rushing towards you from afar.]
[Your heart skips a beat, and you start running.]
[But it's too late. The black python reaches you in an instant and swallows you whole.]
[You died at the age of 35.]
[This simulation has ended.]
[You can choose two rewards from this simulation: Perfect Aim (Talent), Martial Dao Cultivation (Eighth Layer of Body Tempering Realm), Immortal Dao Cultivation (Third Layer of Qi Refining), Heavenly Profound Art (Immortal Dao Mental Cultivation Method), Spirit Stones (912 pieces), Storage Ring (one), Breath Concealing Talisman (one).]
[Perfect Aim (Talent)]: Costs 100,000 Energy Value.
[Martial Dao Cultivation (Eighth Layer of Body Tempering Realm)]: Costs 80,000 Energy Value.
[Immortal Dao Cultivation (Third Layer of Qi Refining)]: Costs 30,000 Energy Value.
[Heavenly Profound Art (Immortal Dao Mental Cultivation Method)]: Costs 10,000,000 Energy Value.
[Spirit Stones (912 pieces)]: Costs 912,000 Energy Value; common cultivation resources.
[Storage Ring (one)]: Costs 500,000 Energy Value.
[Breath Concealing Talisman (one)]: Costs 1,000,000 Energy Value; a rune personally inscribed on you by a powerful figure, extracted by the simulator and turned into a jade talisman that can be worn at any time.
Jiang Yifeng didn't expect that the Desert of Death, where he had previously lived by hiding for decades, would be so dangerous this time, and he didn't survive as long as he did while hiding outside.
Clearly, the simulation where he survived for decades had an element of luck, as he happened to avoid the creatures in the desert during that time.
Judging by this simulation, the ordinary creatures in the Desert of Death aren't actually dangerous, but killing too many of them and the resulting smell of blood can attract danger.
It seems that in future simulations, he can't go to the Desert of Death casually. Even if he does, he must avoid creating a bloody scent.
Jiang Yifeng stopped thinking about it and looked at the rewards in the simulator.
This time, the rewards were abundant, making him dizzy with excitement.
Many of the rewards, such as spirit stones, storage rings, and Breath Concealing Talismans, were completely unexpected for Jiang Yifeng.
He had never thought that these could be brought out of the simulator.
Unfortunately, he could only choose two.
Apart from the Perfect Aim talent, Jiang Yifeng wanted everything else.
He was torn for a while.
After careful consideration, Jiang Yifeng made his choice.
"I choose the Breath Concealing Talisman and Immortal Dao Cultivation."
These two choices were actually complementary.
According to what the woman in white said in the simulation, cultivating would lead to certain death, so the Immortal Dao cultivation must not be exposed.
Therefore, the Breath Concealing Talisman was a must. After all, Jiang Yifeng knew that he was destined to cultivate.
As for the Immortal Dao cultivation, it took Jiang Yifeng a long time to decide.
After all, spirit stones, the Immortal Dao mental cultivation method, and even the storage ring wouldn't be worse than the Immortal Dao cultivation, and could be better in the long run.
What made Jiang Yifeng choose this was that the Immortal Dao mental cultivation method was in that ruin, and he could go find it in the next simulation.
As for the spirit stones and the storage ring, Jiang Yifeng felt that he needed to take both together; otherwise, just taking the spirit stones would be inconvenient to carry and might attract other cultivators.
So after choosing the Breath Concealing Talisman, he had to give up the others and wait for another opportunity to take advantage of the woman in white.
In the end, the choice was between Martial Dao and Immortal Dao.
The reason for choosing Immortal Dao was simply curiosity.
After all, Jiang Yifeng had never experienced the Immortal Dao and wanted to try it out.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the Breath Concealing Talisman (one), deducting 1,000,000 Energy Value, remaining Energy Value.]
[Ding, Immortal Dao Cultivation (Third Layer of Qi Refining) successfully extracted, deducting 30,000 Energy Value, remaining Energy Value.]