Chapter 18: Exploring The Simulation Of The Secret Realm
"Claim those rewards!"
[Congratulations!
You have received...
The Heavenly Flame: Bone Spirit Chilling Fire!
The First Supreme Lotus: Soul Warming Lotus!
The Second Supreme Lotus: Flawless Purifying Lotus!]
"Keep them in the inventory." Yan Shun immediately said.
He couldn't use them in this place since his cultivation would be sealed.
"Haa..."
"I can't believe this." Yan Shun threw himself on his bed.
The Two Supreme Lotus.
He didn't expect to receive something like this.
These two Lotus came directly from the Primordial Era.
The first one, Soul Warming Lotus, is a priceless treasure that constantly nourishes and protects your Divine Soul.
It can, over time, heal even the most egregious Divine Soul injuries.
It can allow one to absorb extremely massive amounts of energy that a cultivator otherwise would be unable to withstand.
It can keep the Divine Soul alive when the flesh body is destroyed.
And many more!
It's simply a heaven-defying treasure.
And then, there's the Flawless Purifying Lotus, which can heal and purify the flesh body as long as it is not completely destroyed.
Not only that, there's also the Bone Spirit Chilling Fire.
It's one of the Heavenly Flames, which, any of them are extremely rare.
Although Yan Shun doesn't really know about the Heavenly Flames Ranking, he's sure that since it came from the system, it should be extremely powerful.
However, that only makes Yan Shun more suspicious.
"Sigh. I better not try and pry my nose in things I shouldn't." He sighed softly.
If someone really is giving all of this to him, it's better for him not to pry onto it.
Although he somehow feels extremely comfortable with those treasures, he doesn't like that feeling too much.
Thinking about the Bone Spirit Chilling Fire, Yan Shun was thoughtful.
"Status."
[<<Status Window>>]
Host: Yan Shun (21)
Identity: Divine Sword Peak, Eldest Disciple.
Cultivation: Qi Gathering (1st-Layer)
Cultivation Technique: Primordial Lotus Scripture, Exalted Demon God Body Tempering Art (2nd Phase- 0%)
Special Physique: Chaotic Yin-Yang Body, Exalted Demon Sacred Body (1st-Phase), Heavenly Fragrance Charm Body.
Bloodline: Nine Nethers Underworld Phoenix
Talents: Top-Notch Sword Aptitude
— High-Grade Zither Aptitude + Zither Heart
(Body Talent Eliminated - Boundless (Chaotic Yin-Yang Physique)
Attributes: Yin-Yang (Ancient)
Martial Arts: Clear Sky Sword Art (Peak Spirit Grade), Mountain Breaking Palm (Low Spirit Grade)
Divine Arts: One Ancient Sword (???)
Treasures: Dawn Of The Night (Sword), Sinister Serenade (Zither), Bone Spirit Chilling Fire, Flawless Purifying Lotus, Soul Warming Lotus
Battle Prowess: 77.1 Times Stronger Than Average.
[<<End>>]
Looking at his status, Yan Shun suddenly remembered something.
"System, how are the System's Talent compared to the cultivation world?" He asked.
[Opening Talent's Evaluation...
Boundless - Strongest In The Whole Universe
Divine (Uncomparable)
Top-Notch - Divine Talent
High-Grade - Supreme Talent
Middle-Grade - High Talent
Low-Grade - Middle Talent
Mediocre - Low Talent]
"Huh...? Doesn't that mean that my Body Talent is the strongest!? Also, what do you mean that the Divine is incomparable?"
[The Divine Grade is basically incomparable, you can't compare it to the Cultivation World. Because it's the strongest ever attainable.]
"Huh, and what about the Boundless?"
[Boundless only exists because, in the Primordial Era, all of the gods had a talent compared to the Divine.]
[That's the only reason it exists.]
"Who are you?" Yan Shun asked at that moment, his curiosity was killing him already.
[...]
[I'm...]
[...]
Seeing this system response, Yan Shun bit his lip in frustration.
He wants to know more.
But, he's afraid of what will come to him if he really knows about it.
Putting his arm in front of his eyes, Yan Shun sighed softly.
His left fist clutched tightly...
"I'm still too weak."
He sighed once again.
Looking outside, Yan Shun found out that Gao Yue had somehow fallen asleep.
He looked at her, and just quietly brought her to her own abode.
He laid her on the bed and left.
Then, he made his way towards a further away place.
This simulation of a secret realm was quite special.
You could even see the night sky.
"Qiuyue..." He uttered softly.
He brought out his Zither.
And slowly, started playing the notes carefully.
For the second time, a breathtaking woman appeared.
Except this time, she had an extremely charming smile on her face.
Once again, she danced along to Yan Shun's melody.
Yan Shun smiled softly as he touched the strings of his Zither, the sense of familiarity was only growing.
He looked at the woman with a confused look while playing.
For him, all of this seemed familiar to him.
Like, he's been doing this for a few years.
As the melody ended, the woman looked at Yan Shun.
She had the most beautiful smile he had ever seen.
His cheeks reddened a lot at his sight.
Slowly, she approached him, but this time, instead of kissing him or saying anything.
She caressed his cheeks.
Tears slowly fell down from her cheek...
And then, she tilted her head, giving him a last beautiful smile.
"Thank you."
She said, dissipating away for the second time.
Yan Shun tried to reach her, but he couldn't.
That only made him even more thoughtful.
'What things did I lose without even knowing...?'
— — —
"Where should we go now?" Wan Meixiang asked softly.
Today was the 2nd day of the simulation!
Many disciples probably chose to leave the simulation, but some would always stay.
Because, in this simulation, there still are a lot of treasures.
And the best here is probably the inheritance of one of the ancestors of the Sect.
Which, weirdly nobody actually found it.
And it's been here for more than 1.000 Years.
It's like it was waiting for a certain someone to actually receive it.
"How about we go north?" Gao Yue suggested.
She found herself in her own abode when she woke up, so she immediately thought that it was Yan Shun who had taken her there.
"Whatever." Yan Shun dismissed.
He didn't care about this simulation anymore, the only thing he actually wanted was the Dao Fruit.
But, since he couldn't get it because Ye Chen was simply stupid.
He didn't want anything at all.
Even if he actually found the ancestor's inheritance, he would probably refuse it.
The Ancestor is mediocre after all.
The whole Sect tells legends about him, like how he single-handed more than 100 people in the same realm.
How he dominated over the Human Dynasty and all.
But, for Yan Shun, he was mediocre.
The reason?
What kind of person that can beat 100 people in the same realm, dies because he couldn't simply ascend?
From what his Master told him, that same ancestor died because of an Inner Demon.
An Inner Demon that was created because he simply couldn't ascend.
"Senior Brother!" Wan Meixiang suddenly called out to him.
"Uhh? Do you need something?"
"It's just that... You seem a bit thoughtful." She uttered.
Hearing this, a faint smile appeared on his face.
He patted Little Mei's head and gave her a reassuring smile.
"It's nothing." He fickled his finger on her forehead.
"Ack!" She cutely held her forehead as he did that.
"Let's go!" He smiled.
"Hmm!"
With that, the three of them, including Gao Yue who had been forgotten by them started running towards the north.
However, amidst all of that, they started hearing loud battle noises.
Yan Shun jumped really high and immediately noticed two familiar figures in the battle.
Feng Xian and...Gu Youwei.
His expression instantly turned cold.
He even stopped in his tracks, gaining two confused gazes from Gao Yue and Wan Meixiang.
Both of them looked at the distance and immediately knew the reason his expression had changed.
"You both can go and help them. I'll take a trip somewhere else." He remarked, immediately sprinting towards another way.
"Senior Brother, wait!" Wan Meixiang tried to call him.
But, at that time he was already too far away.
Gao Yue sighed, a hint of disappointment in her eyes.
She thought that Yan Shun wouldn't be so cold to her, but he didn't even look at her a single time.
'I hope that we can at least get along...'
"Let's go." She said to Wan Meixiang.
She just nodded in response and both of them made their way towards the battle.
From the look of it, Gu Youwei and Feng Xian were somehow losing.
— — —
As they made their way towards the battlefield, Yan Shun hid himself in a place close to it.
He really was going to leave, but then, at the corner of his eyes, he noticed a hidden figure close to the battle.
He looked at the hidden figure, and from the look of it, he noticed that the figure was helping the others deal with his Junior Sisters.
The question was...
Who is it?
Slowly, he got closer and closer, but, just as Gao Yue and Wan Meixiang arrived, he saw a wide smirk appear on the figure's face.
And just as he looked at the battle, a huge array appeared, and it was suppressing 50% of his Junior Sister's power!
But this kind of array, was really rare, so even if Wan Meixaing followed instructions she probably wouldn't have enough power to destroy it.
Yan Shun saw his Junior Sisters being beaten!
But, he decided not to move.
He looked straight at the figure...
—Swoosh!
The figure suddenly sprinted towards the battlefield!
It was...Ye Chen.
'This guy...' Yan Shun sighed.
He really was using the worst methods to gain his Junior Sister's affection.
It was quite ridiculous at this point.
However, instead of doing something like stopping Ye Chen.
He stood there.
At this point, he didn't have enough confidence to deal with this situation.
He probably would be guilty as always.
As Ye Chen reached the battlefield, he righteously said, "Courting death! How dare you ants use this kind of array!?"
With just a swing of Ye Chen's sword, the array was completely destroyed.
The people looking had a bewildered expression.
Ye Chen swung his sword again and all of them were knocked down!
He didn't kill anyone.
Probably because his Junior Sisters were there.
He still needed to keep this righteous facade.
'I wonder how he would react if he saw one of them kissing me...' Yan Shun suddenly thought.
But that just gave him a mischievous idea...
'Kekeke~'
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