While Others are Leveling Up, I Alone Will Cultivate Until Mahayana Before Making My Move 81

“Three Spirit Gathering Flowers, better than nothing!”

Su Xing sighed softly.

Although the three Spirit Gathering Flowers were insufficient for his Nascent Soul Stage cultivation needs, they were more than enough for his daily elixir refining and replenishing his spiritual energy.

Ever since Su Xing realized the limited nature of the spiritual energy in the Spirit Field Paradise, he had become more cautious with its usage. He didn’t dare to cultivate at all, and he would practically split a unit of spiritual energy into two just to conserve it. He was afraid that if he depleted his spiritual energy, he wouldn’t even be able to refine elixirs.

“But maybe these three Spirit Gathering Flowers can replenish the spiritual energy I need for my daily elixir refining?”

Su Xing felt a glimmer of desire for the Spirit Gathering Flowers.

“Let’s continue the simulation for now…”

[In the same year, you became the eighteenth elder of the Descent Sect, with the code name “Medicine Elder.”]

[The next day, the Shadow Guardian contacted you, requesting you to refine a batch of Vitality Nourishing Pills for her, a total of five thousand pills.]

[She provided you with enough medicinal herbs, and you nodded, agreeing to deliver the pills in two months.]

[The Shadow Guardian was astonished when she heard your response. She initially assumed it would take you a year to refine five thousand pills, but you told her it could be done in two months.]

[The Shadow Guardian expressed her confusion. She questioned why you weren’t wholeheartedly refining pills for the Descent Sect.]

[You chuckled and said that you were only concealing your abilities. There were ulterior motives for your actions.]

[You also proposed a partnership: You would provide the Shadow Guardian with two thousand Vitality Nourishing Pills every month, and in exchange, she would need to provide you with one thousand spirit herbs every month.]

[Although the Shadow Guardian was filled with suspicion, the immense temptation led her to accept your proposal.]

[Four years later, you and the Shadow Guardian had been cooperating for more than a year. The Shadow Guardian provided you with a large amount of spirit herbs every month, and you provided her with two thousand Vitality Nourishing Pills each month.]

[Over the year of your cooperation, you had embezzled over ten thousand spirit herbs from the Descent Sect’s treasury. This had drawn the attention of some sect members, but due to the protection of the Shadow Guardian, you faced no obstacles.]

[One day, the Shadow Guardian found you. After more than a year of collaboration, she was certain that you held a great secret and thus asked you about your true identity.]

[Thanks to your previous simulation experience, you didn’t conceal anything and directly revealed that you were an undercover agent sent by the human race.]

[The Shadow Guardian was stunned. She couldn’t believe you had so easily revealed this.]

[She asked if you weren’t afraid of her reporting you. You smiled slightly and said that you knew she was also an undercover agent from another world.]

[Upon hearing your words, a glint of killing intent flashed in the Shadow Guardian’s eyes. It was her greatest secret since joining the Descent Sect decades ago, and now you knew it.]

[But you weren’t anxious. You knew that to obtain more elixirs, the Shadow Guardian wouldn’t dare kill you.]

[As expected, the Shadow Guardian fell silent for a while and then said that this secret could only be known to the two of you and could never be revealed to others.]

[You nodded in agreement. Knowing each other’s secrets made your bond stronger and your alliance more robust.]

[In the fifth year, you continued your secret elixir business with the Shadow Guardian. Your accumulation of elixirs grew, and you now possessed nearly fifty thousand Vitality Nourishing Pills and fifty thousand Internal Refining Pills.]

[As your cooperation with the Shadow Guardian became more trustworthy over the past two years, she revealed some information to you. She told you about the secrets of her world.]

[The Shadow Guardian said that she envied your world, where everyone could enhance their strength by killing monsters. In her world, the only way to become stronger was through cultivation.]

[You asked her if she practiced cultivation, but she shook her head. She said that the power system in her world was based on “斗气” (Dou Qi, literally “Battle Qi”) and magic, similar to the attack methods and professions of cultivators, but not as profound as cultivation.]

[You felt a tinge of disappointment but still learned about the power structure of the Shadow Guardian’s world.]

[Compared to Earth, the human beings in the Shadow Guardian’s world were weaker. The Shadow Guardian was already among the most powerful individuals in her world. However, many in her world possessed strength comparable to Gold and Grandmaster-level professionals. Therefore, their strength increased significantly after consuming the Vitality Nourishing Pills.]

[The Shadow Guardian also informed you that the alien invasion in her world was weaker than on Earth, but they were still an insurmountable force.]

[You were even more shocked by the strength of the aliens, but your determination remained firm. Your belief that you could resist the alien invasion was unwavering.]

[In the sixth year, your accumulated elixir quantity increased further. You now had close to eighty thousand Vitality Nourishing Pills and seventy thousand Internal Refining Pills.]

[In the seventh year, your elixir count surpassed two hundred thousand for the first time. This was enough to create forty thousand Grandmaster-level professionals, giving you unprecedented confidence in resisting the beast invasion.]

[But as you and the Shadow Guardian continued to collude and collaborate, the number of spirit herbs in the Descent Sect’s treasury had been significantly reduced, causing some elders and guardians to voice their complaints.]

[With no other option, you had to claim that your alchemy skills had advanced and you could now provide the sect with one thousand elixirs per month. Consequently, the amount of herbs you received each month increased.]

[In the eighth year, your cultivation continued to progress, and you were nearing the Nascent Soul Stage, Second Level.]

[One bright, sunny morning, you successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, Second Level, after years of accumulating strength.]

[It took you eight years to advance from the Nascent Soul Stage, First Level, to the Second Level. Although this included the time you spent refining elixirs, you estimated that even if you dedicated yourself solely to cultivation, it would still take four to five years to break through a level in the Nascent Soul Stage. And it would become progressively harder with each subsequent breakthrough.]

Su Xing frowned slightly as he read this. It took him eight years to advance from the Nascent Soul Stage, First Level, to the Second Level. Considering the cultivation time from the previous simulation, it took over a decade to advance from the First to the Second Level.

Furthermore, cultivation naturally became more challenging at higher levels. Based on this, wouldn’t it take two to three hundred years to reach the Divine Transformation Realm, Great Perfection?

Although this speed was considered incredibly fast for ordinary cultivators, Su Xing was still unsatisfied.

Two to three hundred years, even with the simulator, would require ten or more simulations to achieve.

This was only possible if Su Xing extracted his cultivation level each time. What if he obtained some cultivation techniques or secret manuals? Wouldn’t his cultivation progress be impeded?

Su Xing stroked his chin and pondered:

“To quickly enhance my cultivation, there seem to be two methods. The first is to improve my innate talent quality. If I obtain a purple-quality spiritual root, maybe I could break through to the Divine Transformation Stage cultivator in just a hundred years…”

“The second is, of course, to refine an elixir that can enhance the cultivation of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators!”

Su Xing mumbled to himself:

“I remember the Fire Control Alchemy Technique contains a record of a pill called the Dragon Spirit Pill. It can enhance the cultivation of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators?”

(End of Chapter)

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