Others Level Up, but I Pursue Cultivation!
Chapter 10 - 10: Acquiring the First Spirit Stone, Embarking on the Path to Immortality!

Chapter 10: Acquiring the First Spirit Stone, Embarking on the Path to Immortality!

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[Jin Congxue hesitated for a moment, she told you that Demon-Subduing Pass is the lifeline of the Human Race, which possesses extremely powerful enemies, and the situation at the Demon-Subduing Pass was not optimistic at the moment.]

[You wanted to ask more, but Jin Congxue refused to continue.]

[The next day, you escorted Jin Congxue to Demon-Subduing Pass.]

[A month later, you attended Jin Congxue’s funeral, you felt neither joy nor sorrow, only a desire to improve your strength as much as possible.]

[You decided to sell all your assets, obtaining over fifty billion in cash.]

[You used this money to buy a large number of items for honing your physique, with the goal of breaking through to the second layer of the Body Refinement Cultivator: the Bone Forging Realm.]

[Three years had passed, and your Body Refinement Cultivation Level continually improved, but you always felt just a sliver away from the Bone Forging Realm and could not break through for some reason.]

[Finally, the day you remembered so well arrived.]

[A colossal beast that blotted out the sun appeared in the skies over Great Xia.]

[The countless citizens of Great Xia Country were terrified, and several golden figures flew high into the sky to attack the giant beast!]

[They failed, and the sky-covering giant beast swallowed the whole Great Xia Country.]

[Before being swallowed, you widened your eyes and raised your middle finger to the giant beast in the sky.]

[You died at the age of thirty-six!]

[You activated the talent “Unyielding Gaze in Death”!]

[You were swallowed into the belly of the beast, where you found that not all people died immediately.]

[The stomach of the beast was exceptionally spacious, like a world of its own.]

[The ground began to tremble continuously, and a strange energy started corroding all life and matter around it…]

[Your eyes were digested into a part of the beast, and your talent “Unyielding Gaze in Death” became ineffective!]

[Ding, this simulation has ended!]

[You can choose one of the following rewards: “I Went Bald, but Didn’t Get Stronger” (Talent), “Half-Step Bone Forging Realm” (Cultivation Level), “Qi Refining Second Layer” (Cultivation Level), “Two Half Spirit Stones” (Item)]

It worked! The Spirit Stones were successfully taken out!

Containing his excitement, Su Xing began to check the costs of these rewards.

[“I Went Bald, but Didn’t Get Stronger”]: A white talent, priced at 1000 energy.

[“Half-Step Bone Forging Realm”]: Cultivation level, priced at 500 energy.

[“Qi Refining Second Layer”]: Cultivation level, priced at 100 energy.

[“Two Half Spirit Stones”]: Item, priced at 2500 energy.

Su Xing touched his thick hair and didn’t even consider this crappy talent.

Instead, the “Half-Step Bone Forging Realm” cultivation level caught Su Xing’s attention for a few more moments.

According to the simulator’s description, he was indeed just a little short of breaking through to the Bone Forging Realm in this simulation, yet he couldn’t manage the breakthrough.

Perhaps it was due to insufficient aptitude, the lack of a Body Cultivation secret technique, or the right medicinal herbs for Body Cultivation?

Su Xing had no way of knowing, but what he most desired at the moment, the Spirit Stones, were right before his eyes.

“Unexpectedly cheap…”

Su Xing raised his eyebrows, understanding that these Spirit Stones might not be particularly precious, just extremely rare in the real world.

“Exchange for the two Half Spirit Stones!”

[Ding, you have chosen to take Spirit Stones from the simulation, expending 2500 energy points, leaving you with 18940 energy points.]

Three Spirit Stones the size of thumbs appeared in Su Xing’s hand.

The Spirit Stones were crystal-clear and smooth as jade, bringing a refreshingly clear sensation just by being near the body.

Two of the Spirit Stones were as big as a thumb, while one was only the size of a pinkie, probably digested during the simulation.

“So, by that logic… one Spirit Stone should be worth around one thousand energy points…”

Su Xing began to study the Spirit Stones in his hands.

He first asked the simulator about the price for recycling Spirit Stones.

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[Ding, a low-grade spirit stone has been detected, with a recycling price of 100 energy. Do you wish to recycle?]

Su Xing: ???

What the hell!

I brought it out for 1000 energy, and the recycling price is only 100 energy points? Isn’t this simulator robbing me blind?

“Damn it, I wish there were no second-hand merchants profiting from the spread!”

Su Xing complained.

Immediately after, Su Xing held the half spirit stone in the palm of his hand, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate the Changchun Technique.

Wisps of warm breath flowed out from the spirit stone and into Su Xing’s limbs and bones through his palm, making one feel invigorated and comfortable all over.

“Hss~ Is this what it feels like to absorb spiritual energy?”

Su Xing’s eyes widened. As the spiritual energy entered his body, he clearly felt slight changes occurring within.

Su Xing cultivated for an hour before he felt that the meridians in his body could no longer absorb spiritual energy.

At the same time, the spirit stone in his hand had shrunk by about one-twentieth of its original size.

“Indeed, a single spirit stone should be enough for my practice for half a month, right?”

Desire filled Su Xing’s eyes, but he chose not to continue absorbing the energy.

Because the few spirit stones he had in hand had an even greater use!

In the following week, Su Xing continued his usual practice of leveling up as a proxy and grinding for equipment. In just one week, he had amassed over five hundred thousand again.

However, during this period, Su Xing did not choose to continue absorbing energy from the spirit stones for cultivation.

That day, the cooldown time for Su Xing’s simulator refreshed again.

Su Xing took a deep breath, holding the spirit stone in his hand, he wanted to verify an idea in his mind.

“Start simulation!”

[Simulation consumes 600 energy points, remaining energy 18,340 points, unlimited simulation attempts remaining.]

[Simulation begins!]

[Drawing a white talent costs 100 energy points, a green talent costs 1,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?]

“Draw a white talent!”

[Ding, congratulations on obtaining the white talent: Fitness Enthusiast]

[Fitness Enthusiast]: You have more talent in physical training than the average person.

After seeing this talent, Su Xing paused for a moment, then realizing, he murmured:

“Could it be… that this Fitness Enthusiast is a talent for the Body Refinement direction?”

This sudden talent disrupted Su Xing’s plans, but he decided to give the simulation a try anyway.

[You are in your dormitory, looking at the two and a half spirit stones in your hand, feeling slightly stunned.]

[You begin to absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stones; as the spiritual energy enters your body, your Qi Refining Cultivation makes slight progress.]

[In the following month, you spend your days leading newbies in dungeons to level up and earn money, and in your free time, you absorb energy from the spirit stones to convert into cultivation level.]

[Thanks to possessing a decent Qi Refinement Cultivation Technique and enough spirit stones, your Qi Refining Cultivation level progresses rapidly.]

[In just one month, your cultivation level has advanced to the fourth level of Qi Refinement.]

[New Era 2023, November 10th, this day, you leave Kyoto Polytechnic and buy a high-speed rail ticket to Jinling City.]

[The next evening, you successfully arrive in Jinling City.]

[For a week, you search outside the west end of Jinling City, hoping to replace the dungeon that Jin Congxue once mentioned.]

[But you come up empty-handed and do not replace the dungeon known as “Qingyun Spirit Field.”]

[You do not give up and continue to search.]

[After a few more days, you encounter a woman on the outskirts of Jinling’s West City. This woman is extremely beautiful but seems quite aloof.]

[A premonition rises in your heart—this woman is probably Jin Congxue!]