With Cultivation Simulator in a Chaotic World-Chapter 193 - 190: Qingling

The earth is ravaged, the originally desolate Lonely Pool is cold, gray, damp, never seeing the light of day.

Yet now, the ground around Lonely Pool is cracked and dry, with only distant streams attempting to restore the pool’s original appearance.

On the ground lay numerous broken limbs, their blood long scorched to a dark red by the high heat.

A broken sword is nailed to a nearby, evidently extraordinary, dead tree, and suspended on the tree is a piece of white cloth.

The dead tree is a thousand-year-old Tree Demon, and the white cloth is the vessel of the Wandering Soul King here.

As for the others, they are merely Little Demons.

The white clothes on Pei Min are stained with blood, losing their elegance.

One of Pei Min’s arms hangs limply, his forehead split open, blood soaking one of his eyes and half of his face.

Pei Min’s bones have suffered many fractures.

Yet Pei Min’s posture remains straight, his gaze unwavering.

"Why... why... you Sword Cultivators." A Little Monkey divided in two by Pei Min lies on the ground, its eyes void of spirit, only a sliver of Qi left.

Pei Min coughs out a mouthful of blood, "I recognize your cultivation is difficult, I initially gave you a chance to leave..."

"You killed my companions... why would I leave..."

The Mud Swamp Spirit Monkey possesses unusual bloodline, a dual life.

After mastering Divine Techniques with its Spiritual Monkey True Body, its future is boundless, able to escape with its True Body to preserve its life even in situations threatening its life.

This kind of Spirit Seed is quite rare to appear in the world.

Slaying it in such a manner is truly regretful...

"Therefore, I have slain you... You have no justification to object..." A glint of coldness appears in Pei Min’s eyes.

The Eye Sword cuts out, slicing away the last shred of Vitality from the Spirit Monkey.

As for the other Spirit Monsters and phantoms, they suddenly attacked Pei Min upon emerging, prompting Pei Min to cut them down.

These phantoms and Spirit Monsters are quite loyal to each other, choosing to fight to the death instead of fleeing.

Thus, Pei Min sent them on their way together.

Could he still empathize with them at this time?

"Great Demon? Foundation Establishment? No more than this..." Pei Min suddenly chuckled.

The movement stirred the pain in his body, yet Pei Min felt immensely relieved.

The feeling of testing the limits between life and death was very strange.

Even his previous battle with Yuu Dingshan wasn’t as clear-cut as it is now.

Pei Min’s body relaxes completely, he lets out a muffled groan, then waves his hand to collect the spoils into a storage pouch, sending the final surge of Sword Essence through the Flying Heaven Sword Talisman to fly towards a destination.

This time, Pei Min’s mission was merely to come to the Red Sword Dynasty to slay rebels; among the rebels exist suspected experts from the Broken Cocoon Alliance.

The boundless territory governed by Sword Mountain River is known as the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain Forest.

Sword Mountain River stands high above, yet the land below is not inhabited only by mortals.

Even within some dynasties, there exist Sword Cultivators, facilitating Sword Mountain River in acquiring earthly resources.

Only dynasties like these qualify to have the ’Sword’ character included in their names.

Furthermore, Sword Mountain River does not manipulate these dynasties recklessly, but instead assists them, as the presence of such Sword Dynasties can uphold Sword Mountain River.

[During the battle, you gained insights, heavily wounded, you steered a Sword Talisman out of there in your last moments of consciousness.]

[During your unconscious state, you sense subtle changes within your body, dream of a Sword Forest, where you practice Swordsmanship, and the Sword Forest responds to you.]

[When you awake, you find yourself lying in a small bamboo house beside the mountain stream.]

[What unfolds next is an incredibly clichéd tale: a young girl of tender age rescues you by the creek.]

[You feel slightly overwhelmed but are deeply grateful to her.]

[You spend a month recovering in the bamboo house, breaking through, with significant progress in Cyan Yuan Sword Technique, even sensing the budding presence of Cyan Yuan Sword Intent.]

[Within the Mud Swamp Spirit Monkey, you discover a Three Earths Moisture Spirit Technique book; surveying its earth element concepts, discarding others, while also understanding earth element techniques recorded within the Sword Essence, recalling your initial progress in Earth Sword Intent during the past battle.]

[Throughout this month of healing and cultivation, you learn the girl’s name—Qingling.]

[Qingling is very gentle to you; despite being complete strangers, you feel incredibly relaxed under her care.]

Qingling is a very gentle girl, extraordinarily kind; often by the bamboo house, there’s a chorus of small animals’ noises, causing Pei Min some annoyance.

Those are small creatures Qingling is caring for and rescuing, and each time Pei Min feels disturbed, Qingling intuitively whispers an apology.

In Qingling’s eyes, Pei Min and the small animals she’s rescued seem to differ little; she almost treats Pei Min like a little animal.

Qingling wears a plain blue garment, coarse and rugged, yet it exuberantly highlights the vitality of the girl, akin to the budding willow in early spring.

By the creek, the girl rolls up her sleeves, exposing two pure white arms like lotus roots, Pei Min emerging from cultivation, simply moves closer.

[With a mere two or three probing words, you learn Qingling has cultivated an alleged ’Immortal Technique’ she obtained from gathering herbs in the mountains, Qingling once consumed Spirit Fruit to cross the threshold, upon investigating, you find Qingling’s cultivation is only at Qi Refining Second Layer with Five Spirit Roots, without any other constitution, even without pill resources, she might reach Third-Layer Qi Refining at best.]

[Upon stating this, Qingling remains indifferent, merely sighing at the mountain’s beauty, contemplating life.]

[You tease her for being so young yet pondering life; Qingling seemingly forgets what she said before, plays around with you, you’re of similar age, feeling quite relaxed at this moment.]

[Your Pure Essence Sword Intent, Vast Sword Intent each achieve breakthroughs, you sense something dispersing in your heart, your mind clear, entering enlightenment.]

[You feel gratitude towards Qingling; she helps you achieve enlightenment in Sword Dao.]

[You sense your Sword Dao advancing rapidly, needing more Swordsmanship to deepen your foundation, to make your Sword Dao more profound.]

[You bid farewell to Qingling, steering the Flying Heaven Sword Talisman to return.]

This was a truly beautiful encounter.

However, Pei Min did not harbor any feelings towards Qingling; he merely thought she was a lovely little girl.

Pei Min transmitted parts of the Heartless Concealment Technique to Qingling, advising her to cultivate well and conceal her cultivation from others.]

[After being away for two months, you return to Sword Mountain River, back to the Battle Absolute Sword Institute.]

[You submit the spoils to the Sword Institute, upon handing over the Mud Swamp Spirit Monkey equivalent to Foundation Establishment Cultivation, everyone is astonished.]

[You do not pay it much mind, simply using it to exchange for an A-Class Earth Sword Technique.]