Chapter 46

【……After you transmitted the Pure Yang True Qi to Ling Ling, she began to seclude herself.】

【You lost all your cultivation and started to practice the "Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens," eventually advancing to the Ninth Rank.】

【Three months later, Ling Ling officially broke through to the Third Rank. After emerging from seclusion, she kept her promise and transmitted the world-renowned cultivation technique "Heavenly Yuan God-Slaying Technique" to you. From then on, you secluded yourself to practice diligently.】

【Five years later, you reached the peak of the Ninth Rank and initiated your first Nirvana. In the same year, Ling Ling advanced to the Second Rank.】

【Another five years passed, and you successfully entered the Eighth Rank. In the same year, Su Qingzhi advanced to the Third Rank.】

【Eight years later, you reached the peak of the Eighth Rank and underwent your second Nirvana. Su Qingzhi advanced to the Second Rank, and Ling Ling began to challenge the Divine Ability Realm. Several First Rank experts appeared and surrounded her to kill her. You were also affected and died on the spot, at the age of forty.】

After reading the results of this simulation, Gu Yang felt a sense of relief.

Ling Ling still had a conscience and did not betray him.

This simulation was relatively short, indicating that nothing major happened. With the protection of a Third Rank expert, he could naturally practice in peace.

However, this cultivation speed was too slow.

It took eighteen years to complete the second Nirvana.

Ling Ling had already begun to challenge the Divine Ability Realm, and even Su Qingzhi had reached the Second Rank.

If he calculated this way, it would probably take several hundred years to cultivate the "Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens" to the First Rank.

Indeed, without sufficient talent, forcing the cultivation of such a world-renowned technique was truly self-inflicted suffering.

【The simulation has ended. You can retain one of the following.】

【One, the martial realm at the age of forty.】

【Two, the martial experience at the age of forty.】

【Three, the wisdom of life at the age of forty.】

Gu Yang chose the second option.

Suddenly, a terrifying blade intent appeared in his mind, carrying the aura of destruction and slaughter.

The moment this blade intent appeared, his consciousness went blank, and he thought he had already died.

……

"This is—"

Outside the door, Ling Ling, who was already in a state of shock, was even more astonished. She sensed a terrifying blade intent descending, though it vanished instantly, it was no less formidable than the terrifying intent she had felt earlier.

"Another world-renowned technique?"

Her mind was numb.

What was his background, to be able to inherit two world-renowned techniques?

In the world, only the Ten Great Surnames, the Imperial Family, and a few major sects possessed such high-level techniques...

Moreover, she felt that the blade intent was somewhat familiar.

……

"Is this definitely not a demonic technique?"

Gu Yang, while organizing the "Heavenly Yuan God-Slaying Technique" he received from Ling Ling, couldn't help but have this doubt.

He had only received the first level.

This technique was even more sinister than the "Crimson Sun Technique." The method of cultivation was to sense the blade intent and cultivate it. The way to cultivate the blade intent was through killing.

Each person killed would provide their soul as fuel to nourish the blade intent.

The higher the cultivation of the person killed, the better the effect.

As the blade intent grew stronger, his own cultivation would naturally improve.

Without a doubt, this was a thoroughly ruthless blade technique. As long as he kept killing, he could continuously improve his strength.

Of course, cultivating this blade technique was more dangerous than the Crimson Sun Technique. A single mistake could lead to the blade intent corrupting his mind, turning him into a killing machine.

"This is too dangerous. It's best not to practice this technique if it can be avoided."

Gu Yang shook his head.

In comparison, the "Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens" was better. Although it took a lot of time, it was safer. Time was not a problem for him.

"Now that I have only one simulation left, I don't need to rush into changing my cultivation technique."

Once he switched to the "Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens," his strength would regress to the Ninth Rank, which was too weak and gave him no sense of security.

If he wanted to switch, he needed to save a large sum of money first. With money, he could use the Life Simulation Device to quickly pass through this weak period.

At least, he needed 100,000 taels of silver.

"Now, I need to deal with the trouble from the Qingxuan Sect."

Gu Yang quickly made up his mind and opened the Life Simulation Device again, using the last simulation.

【At the age of twenty-two, you were already a Fourth Rank martial artist. You brought Su Qingzhi and Ling Ling to Pingjun City. The Qingxuan Sect encountered trouble and sought your help. After you resolved the trouble, you obtained a treasure map of the Shadow Thief.】

【Next, you took Ling Ling and Su Qingzhi to the capital, joined the Tianxin Martial Hall, and became a direct disciple of Cheng Tianxin.】

【At the age of twenty-five, Guo Taiping, the seventh on the Genius List, challenged the hall. Cheng Tianxin was defeated.】

【That night, a mysterious Third Rank martial artist broke in and attacked Ling Ling. Cheng Tianxin, despite his severe injuries, repelled the attacker and later died from his injuries.】

【Afterward, Ling Ling left, and her whereabouts were unknown.】

【The next night, another mysterious expert broke in and was driven away by the hall's disciples.】

【Later, Cheng Qingyu succeeded as the hall master. A year later, she broke through to the Third Rank and stabilized the hall's decline.】

【Another year later, a delegation from the desert Hu people came to the capital and sent a Third Rank youth to set up a challenge. In half a month, he defeated seven Third Rank martial artists. Cheng Qingyu stepped up to the challenge, was defeated, and suffered severe injuries, cutting off her martial path.】

【That night, a mysterious Third Rank expert broke into your residence. After ten moves, you used a move that would result in mutual destruction, cutting off one of his fingers, and then died from exhaustion. You were twenty-six years old.】

"The waters in the capital are still too deep."

Gu Yang sighed. He was already a Fourth Rank martial artist, but this simulation ended almost the same as the previous one, with no significant impact on the overall situation.

Cheng Tianxin still died, and Cheng Qingyu was defeated by the Hu youth.

However, it wasn't without gains.

In the end, he faced a Third Rank expert and managed to injure him before being killed.

This proved that his blade technique had greatly improved compared to before.

He chose to join the Tianxin Martial Hall to have Cheng Tianxin guide his blade technique.

Although he had comprehended the blade intent at the Fifth Rank, after breaking through to the Fourth Rank, his blade technique had fallen behind.

Now, he had finally made up for this shortcoming.

【The simulation has ended. You can retain one of the following.】

【One, the martial realm at the age of twenty-six.】

【Two, the martial experience at the age of twenty-six.】

【Three, the wisdom of life at the age of twenty-six.】

Gu Yang, as expected, chose the second option.

Numerous blade techniques' secrets immediately appeared in his mind, and he absorbed four years of accumulated knowledge in an instant.

He opened his eyes, and a hint of fighting spirit emerged in them.

"Tomorrow, I can test my blade."

Gu Yang reached out to touch a blade beside him. This was a new hundred-refined steel blade he had bought after arriving in Pingjun City, worth one hundred taels of silver.

Tomorrow, he would go to find that Fourth Rank martial artist. In the end, a battle was inevitable, and it would be a good opportunity to test his current blade technique.

PS: This chapter makes up for yesterday's.