With Cultivation Simulator in a Chaotic World-Chapter 74: Golden Core Seed
[All the Elders have started to notice you. Seizing this opportunity, you propose the conquest of the Southern Dynasty and, using this as a mission, join the Foreign Affairs Hall. The Elders are somewhat surprised, but eventually agree to your request.]
The conquest of the Jinn Dynasty in the previous life was done thirty-one years later. At this time, the Cyan Cloud Sect had only just begun to entertain the idea of conquering the Southern Dynasty, and Zhu Chen took the initiative to volunteer.
A few Elders are quite appreciative of Jiang Ming, including the Foundation Establishment Elder from the other faction of the Foreign Affairs Hall with whom Jiang Ming had conflicts in his past life.
[Daqi Calendar Year 1702, you followed the method and successfully conquered the Jinn Dynasty, bringing several Spirit Root disciples and even a Four Spirit Root disciple according to your memory, earning great merit.]
[You successfully joined the Foreign Affairs Hall.]
The Foreign Affairs Hall is a department dedicated to external matters, responsible for hunting bounties on loose cultivators, exterminating powerful monsters, investigating strange cases, and even capturing spies from external sects.
The tasks exclusive to members within the Foreign Affairs Hall have the highest difficulty and rewards, and its disciples are generally elite fighters from the sect.
[Daqi Calendar Year 1703, you completed numerous tasks, rising to fame within the Foreign Affairs Hall, but you could feel your cultivation progress beginning to slow down.] 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
The first three layers were rapidly advanced through the Celestial Demon Heart Devouring Technique and various early opportunities, but the Mid-Stage Qi Refining is not so easy.
[Daqi Calendar Year 1704, cultivation, out on missions, cultivation, a year without incident.]
[Daqi Calendar Year 1705, cultivation, missions, a year without incident.]
[Daqi Calendar Year 1706, you successfully broke through to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer]
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1711, after fierce battles, you defeated several Qi Refining Sixth Layer senior brothers, becoming the first in the current Outer Sect’s competition, and obtained thirty bottles of Qi Gathering Pills, thirty Low-grade Spirit Stones, a custom High-Tier Magical Artifact, a celestial Thunder Roaring Talisman, and a Blast Pill for Qi Refining battle explosion.]
Jiang Ming sighed as he looked at the words on the scroll.
Zhu Chen, in his second life, though still unstoppable like bamboo, was already showing signs of fatigue. This fatigue wasn’t because of Zhu Chen himself, but because the potential, once covered by various opportunities, was being revealed.
Zhu Chen neither possessed a divine-level physique capable of devouring all to transform into cultivation nor did he have a small green bottle that could accelerate the growth of Spirit Plants. Minor fortunes may speed up cultivation, but they aren’t everywhere.
The time Zhu Chen spent breaking through from Qi Refining Fourth Layer to Fifth Layer was beginning to resemble that of his previous life.
In his past life, it took nine years to break through the Fifth Layer to Sixth Layer, and eleven years to go from Sixth Layer to Seventh Layer, fourteen years to reach the Eighth Layer.
A life is only a few decades long.
Moreover, even with constant missions bringing resources, it’s perhaps only comparable to those wealthiest alchemists among others of the same level.
The breakthrough from Seventh Layer to Eighth Layer was even aided by the war’s benefits; otherwise, Zhu Chen would have needed at least seven or eight years to break through to Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
Such is the difficulty of the Qi Refining levels, let alone the Foundation Establishment of the future.
Qi Refining is just the first step in cultivating!
What about the subsequent Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, even the Nascent Soul Stage!
"Still need to accumulate Spirit Points to exchange for powerful talents..." Jiang Ming murmured.
Reality is reality. Without great opportunities or strong talents, how could one succeed?
It’s not that there haven’t been Five Spirit Root cultivators who became Great Cultivators, but they often have secrets hidden within them.
"However, my goal is simply to break through to Foundation Establishment..."
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1715, you successfully broke through to Qi Refining Sixth Layer.]
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1717, you slew the Demon Beast King in the Red Sea Forest.]
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1720, you went to the Five Elements Temple to exchange knowledge on Fire Technique, gaining a lot.]
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1724, at the Dragon Gate Conference held every thirty years, a new batch of Mortal Martial Artists was recruited as menial laborers, among them some familiar faces, making you feel a slight growth in your state of mind in your trance.]
[Daqi Calendar Year 1725, you successfully broke through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer and unexpectedly befriended a female disciple from the Ice Flame Sect. After a series of twists and turns, both cooperated to slay the Demon King of the Blue and White Twin Serpent, which was as powerful as Qi Refining Ninth Layer. She fell for you, but you refused to indulge in romance, decisively leaving.]
[That same year, you encountered her multiple times and, seeing through her schemes, directly made it clear your heart is given to the Immortal Dao, not her.]
[The following year, the Grand Elder of the Ice Flame Sect visited the Cyan Cloud Sect.]
[Daqi Calendar Year 1727, you became Dao Companion to Bing Ling’er, the only daughter of the Ice Flame Sect’s Grand Elder.]
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1729, you secretly learned several core inheritances from the Ice Flame Sect and integrated them into your body.]
[That same year, you had an epiphany and gained a profound understanding of the Dao of Yin Yang, combining the Ice Flame Technique and Blazing Fire Technique to train both together.]
[You asked Master Fuyang, who didn’t reprimand you for stealing the Ice Flame Sect’s ultimate skill, but rather advised you to hide it well from the sect and expressed surprise at your simultaneous cultivation of both techniques.]
[Master Fuyang confirmed that your actions were beneficial and not harmful, so you continued to openly cultivate the Cyan Cloud Sect’s Fire Attribute Technique during the day, while at night you discussed the mysteries of the Ice Flame Sect’s ultimate skills with Bing Ling’er.]
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1737, you attempted a breakthrough to Qi Refining Eighth Layer but failed unexpectedly.]
[Daqi Calendar Year 1738, you attempted another breakthrough to Qi Refining Eighth Layer and succeeded.]
[This year, you were only fifty-eight years old. Just halfway through the lifespan of a Qi Refining Cultivator yet your cultivation reached the second to last layer of the Qi Refining Realm. You were full of hope for the future.]
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1742, you went north and stationed at a certain northern branch.]
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1748, you attempted to locate the so-called Golden Core Seed, searching according to the clues in your memory but found no trace at all.]
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[Daqi Calendar Year 1752, the spy hidden in the Blood Sea Sect by the Changfeng Pavilion sent intelligence claiming the Blood Sea Sect possessed a Golden Core Seed.]
[Changfeng Pavilion, Five Elements Temple, Ice Flame Sect, Cyan Cloud Sect—the four sects convened a secret meeting to confirm the intelligence.]
[Due to your deep cultivation and astonishing combat power, you participated in this operation.]
[Daqi Calendar Year 1753, using the advantage of memories from your past life, you anticipated things ahead of others and successfully investigated the opponent’s details.]
