"Clap clap clap..."

Chen Yi couldn't help but applaud.

"This is what you call a guaranteed good start."

Although it was just a green-tier trait, it saved him the trouble with the Face-Preserving Pill, allowing him to forever maintain his youthful and handsome appearance.

Look at it from another angle.

Put it on and you're young, take it off and you're old.

Isn't that a form of face-changing?

One trait, two uses, quite cost-effective.

Of course, if it's just for good looks, that's something to equip only when there's plenty of slot space.

Also, it can be seen that the first year in the simulation is not age eighteen, but nineteen.

Because half a year has passed since the last simulation ended, crossing over a new year.

According to the Great Qian dynasty's reign title calendar, it is now the twenty-seventh year of Yongcheng.

[You chose No.]

[You slept until dawn.]

[You bid farewell to Chen Yun once more.]

[Chen Yun found this difficult to understand.]

["Why do you still need to travel far? Where are you going?"]

["To adventure, to gain experience, to reap rewards."]

[Chen Yun, annoyed, punched your chest.]

["Smooth talker! This time, can't you still tell your Third Sister what you're going out to do?"]

["I'm not talking nonsense, I really am just going out to gain experience everywhere. Third Sister, I can't stay in a small county town forever, can I? Going out to make my way, maybe I can even find Elder Brother and Second Sister."]

[Chen Yun smiled bitterly.]

["Elder Brother and Second Sister have been missing for ten years. If they are still alive in this world, they should have found their way home by now. They were already in their teens when they went missing..."]

["Where there's a will, there's a way. What if some miracle happens and our family can be reunited?"]

[Chen Yun sighed.]

["Third Sister knows she can't stop you. If you want to go, then go. I'll pack your luggage for you."]

[Third Sister tied up a bundle for you, packing lots of food and clothes.]

[As she packed, she kept muttering those same old, familiar reminders.]

[Beware of wild beasts, be careful of mountain bandits, spend money to avoid disaster, don't offend people, watch out for demons and monsters...]

[Actually, you didn't need any luggage. With the storage ring Li Chengqian gave you, you had long since packed everything you needed for the journey inside.]

[But "sewing densely before departure" was Third Sister's simple, motherly affection as the eldest sister present, and you didn't want to interrupt her.]

[You led Black Wind out the door.]

[Third Sister waved behind you.]

["Fourth Brother! You didn't come back for New Year's last year. Can you come back to eat the New Year's Eve dinner together this year?"]

[Last New Year's was precisely when you were in Qian Province searching for the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.]

[You suppressed the sourness in your nose, not daring to look back, leading the horse straight ahead, responding loudly.]

["Take good care of Shen Jia, remember what I said!"]

[Earlier this morning, you had told Third Sister that Shen Jia had high-grade bone structure. When she's a bit older, she should be sent to a martial arts sect to train.]

[It didn't matter which sect she was sent to. With her bone structure this good, wherever she went, someone would take her in.]

[The Ten Thousand Souls Banner clamored inside you.]

["Bro, you've finally seen the light! Go find an Earth Vein! Watch me help you break through your cultivation! Otherwise, with your bone structure, you'll only reach the Golden Body Realm at best before you die!"]

["Earth Veins can be looked for, but the first place I'm going is the Eastern Wastes, to find the Nine Provinces Cauldron!"]

[The Ten Thousand Souls Banner was shocked.]

["The Nine Provinces Cauldron? That Great Dao Immortal Artifact, the Nine Provinces Cauldron?"]

["What other spirit artifact would dare to bear a name with such heavy karma?"]

["Oho~~ Good, good, good! Bro's got some stuff! You actually know where the Nine Provinces Cauldron is? Damn it, I've been out here mixing for so many years, and I didn't even know!"]

["Watch carefully, learn well."]

["Hey! Praise you a couple of times and you start putting on airs?"]

[Having inherited memories from the last simulation, you now knew the specific location of the Nine Provinces Cauldron.]

[At the same time, you also knew that the Nine Provinces Cauldron was currently under a seal.]

[But after the Nine Provinces Cauldron was unearthed, you received its hint.]

[Da Chun!]

[You wanted to give it a try.]

[You came to the Yuelai Inn and asked the Proprietress to send the entire menu to Da Chun's room.]

["Da Chun, I'm going to a very far place. I'll need to cross mountains and ridges, ford rivers and streams, and might even encounter all sorts of demons, monsters, and ghosts. I'll be on the road constantly, with no fixed abode."]

[Da Chun sat before a table full of delicacies, eating until his mouth was shiny with grease.]

["Brother Yi, why do you want to go to such a far place? Isn't the food at the inn good?"]

[Chen Yi smiled bitterly.]

["It has nothing to do with the food... If I said I wanted you to come with me, would you prefer to stay at the inn enjoying comfort, or follow me?"]

[While eating, Da Chun answered almost without hesitation.]

["Brother Yi, I want to go with you."]

["You were busy eating just now, so you might not have heard. I said the place I'm going is very far, and there are many dangers along the way..."]

["They treat me well because Brother Yi gives them money. In this world, only Brother Yi genuinely treats me well. If Da Chun going with you is helpful, Da Chun must go!"]

[Da Chun spoke very earnestly, spraying food particles all over your face.]

[You silently wiped the grease from your face.]

["Good, let's go!"]

[Year Two, age twenty.]

[Drawing a trait...]

[Draw successful!]

[「Trait Slingshot」(Golden Legend):

You can launch purple, green, and white traits like firing a slingshot. Upon hitting a target, they will produce different effects based on the trait's nature.

After a trait is launched, it will disappear from your acquired traits, but it can be redrawn through trait draws.

Young man, still troubled because your trash traits have no use? Then use them! Tatakae!!]

[Adjust traits?]

[Yes/No]

The glow of the golden trait, even though it was just text in the simulation, was so dazzling it made Chen Yi's eyes hurt.

"This legendary trait is hitting the spot!"

With dozens of traits per simulation, Chen Yi's trait library now contained 186 traits.

Most of these were completely useless.

There were also some with overlapping effects, or ones that had superior replacements, making it impossible to waste a slot equipping them.

With the Trait Slingshot, even trash traits could be put to some final use.

"However, I can't use it recklessly. I must release it at a critical moment as a trump card no one could anticipate.

And I should use it sparingly. What if a certain trait might later combine with another to form a 'Martial Soul Fusion Skill'?

Just like 'You're Too Beautiful' and 'How Powerful Is Your Kun Ge'..."

[You replaced 「Serious Punch」 with 「Trait Slingshot」.]

["A new golden trait! Wonder how it performs in actual combat?"]

[Practice yields true knowledge. You randomly selected a white trait and activated 「Trait Slingshot」.]

[A golden, transparent slingshot appeared in your hand. On the slingshot's pouch was a clump of words.]

[Yes, a clump of words.]

[This jumbled-together clump of words was precisely the name of the trait you were about to launch, along with its effect description.]

[「Pointy Head」(White Common): Your head is pointy, seeming to contain infinite wisdom within.]

["Whoosh!!"]

[The clump of words transformed into a ball of white light and crashed into a tree not far away.]

["Rustle rustle..."]

[The white light scattered, like countless stars twinkling.]

["No effect at all..."]

[The next second, a sudden mutation occurred.]