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Watching the plot unfold on the screen, Su Mo also recalled something.

In previous simulations, he seemed to have never been able to get any woman pregnant.

Even when Daji sent him hundreds of beauties before, not a single woman became pregnant.

He wondered if it was a limitation of the System.

Or perhaps he was infertile.

But Su Mo believed it was the first reason—that his body was different in each simulation, so it was impossible for him to be infertile in every single one.

Thinking of this,

Su Mo concluded that the System wouldn't simulate the birth of children.

But it was better this way.

It saved him the trouble of annoying children.

He just didn't know how it would evolve next.

In the simulation, he had become the richest man in Qinglin County, transforming from a house servant to the wealthiest person there. This should count as Heaven-Defying his fate, right?

He wondered if the God of Cookery Talent talent would be given to him after this simulation ended.

Then,

Su Mo continued to watch the scenes in the simulation.

...

【On this day, you waited as usual for the little ghost sent by Tree Old Man to pick you up for the Yin Yang Market, but after a long wait, you didn't see the little ghost sent by Tree Old Man.】

【You vaguely felt a sense of unease.】

【After the third watch of the night, you returned to your room with Guo Lin and told Guo Lin about the matter.】

【Guo Lin also felt that something was amiss.】

【But Tree Old Man was, after all, a great Demon who had Cultivated for thousands of years; even if something happened, it was not something the two of you could interfere with.】

【Without waiting any longer, you held Guo Lin and fell asleep...】

【However, you hadn't slept for long when claps of thunder echoed through the clouds, and a large amount of lightning fell from the sky onto Qinglin County.】

【In a daze, you saw a large tree with a canopy piercing through the clouds under the lightning.

【You recognized it as Tree Old Man.】

【Tree Old Man was undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation.】

【But this Heavenly Tribulation seemed too fierce; boundless black clouds covered the sky, and Qinglin County plunged into unprecedented darkness.】

【Immediately after, strong winds rose, making a 'whooshing' sound in the air.】

【Like a prelude to the apocalypse, all the chickens and dogs in the entire county town began to cry out.】

【Guo Lin woke up at this moment, and after seeing the scene outside, she was terrified, not knowing what had happened.】

【You held Guo Lin tightly in your arms, constantly comforting her and reassuring her.】

【At this moment, the two of them clung tightly to each other, seeking each other's warmth.】

【You died.】

...

As the screen went dark, the simulation's end screen appeared before Su Mo.

Huh?

How did he just die?

Su Mo's eyes were filled with surprise.

How did he just die?

What killed him?

Just as Su Mo was racking his brain, unable to understand.

The simulation evaluation began to settle.

【You died from being affected by Tree Old Man's Heavenly Tribulation, and your love affair life character Guo Lin also went with you to the Yellow Springs.】

【The two of you died embracing each other tightly, and your deaths were not painful.】

【Your and Guo Lin's love was as real as it was ordinary.】

【System evaluation begins...】

【Your life was unremarkable. The greatest highlight of your life's deeds was achieving class ascension, becoming the richest man in Qinglin County.】

Upon seeing the evaluation stating that his life was unremarkable, Su Mo's heart sank.

Now,

he was very likely to miss out on the God of Cookery Talent talent.

【Because of your excellent cooking skills, Miss Guo appreciated you. To show off to outsiders that her family had such a good cook as you, Miss Guo often kept you by her side.】

【Miss Guo achieved her goal; all the Young Masters and Young Misses in Linjiang City envied her.】

【Through your cleverness, you made the bandits of Black Wind Stronghold accept you, and even two of the bandits considered you a worthy friend.】

【The bandits ate the most delicious meals of their lives, and you made their palates very picky.】

【You successfully banished all the bandits to the latrine using croton beans, and escaped with Guo Lin.】

【All the bandits wished they could pulverize you, but because the food you made was too delicious, what everyone thought was to capture you back and continue making them food.】

【You escaped with Guo Lin to a secluded paradise, where you conquered Guo Lin's body, mind, and stomach.】

【Guo Lin went from hating you to loving and hating you. Only after the night you possessed her body did she completely surrender her body and mind to you.】

Seeing this, Su Mo couldn't help but sigh, Zhang Ailing's words were right.

The closest path to a woman's heart is through her X-spot...

【You accumulated your first pot of gold by collecting medicinal herbs and hunting wild beasts.】

【The medicinal herb shop owner got rich because of you and soon moved out of Qinglin County.】

【You opened your first restaurant and developed the special wine recipe Immortals Intoxication. Your restaurant flourished under your management.】

【Nearby restaurants and inns were all squeezed out by you and changed to other businesses.】

【You latched onto Dou Qianli, and through him, you met the great Demon Tree Old Man.】

【Through Dou Qianli and Tree Old Man's resources, you successfully became the richest man in Qinglin County.】

【You and Guo Lin always wanted children but couldn't have them. Guo Lin always believed it was her own fault and even wanted to get concubines for you.】

【Hidden hint: To avoid affecting destiny, you will not give birth to any offspring during the love affair life simulation.】

【Tree Old Man was discovered by the heavens for sending female ghosts to extract the Lifespan of Mortals, and a Nine Heavens Heavenly Tribulation, more powerful than a Three Nines Heavenly Tribulation, was unleashed. Tree Old Man was struck into ashes.】

【If Tree Old Man had not met with an accident, you would have gained greater power and wealth.】

【You and Guo Lin were affected by the Nine Heavens Heavenly Tribulation and died in your own home.】

【You lived for a total of three years, spending a life like an ant.】

【Although you were just a house servant, you possessed extremely high aspirations. It was precisely because of this aspiration that you became the richest man in Qinglin County, but due to contact with Demons, you over-exhausted your blessings prematurely.】

【Evaluation: A life of humble submission.】

【You did not receive any rewards for this simulation.】

Seeing that he didn't receive any rewards, Su Mo felt it was somewhat expected.

How could he possibly achieve a high enough evaluation score by only surviving for three years?

Just as Su Mo was about to close the love affair life.

A prompt suddenly appeared.

...

【It is detected that this simulation was a designated love affair character simulation.】

【Hidden hint: Any designated love affair character simulation, regardless of evaluation, will receive a corresponding talent!】

Su Mo: ???

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Chapter 47: Settlement, the Inevitable God of Cookery Talent Talent

This was truly a case of 'a new village after passing dark willows and bright flowers'.

Su Mo's eyes sparkled with excitement.

He hadn't expected such a benefit for designated love affair characters.

He wondered how many more hidden settings this love affair life had that he hadn't discovered.

It was getting more and more interesting.

At this moment, the System panel continued to refresh.

...

【You have obtained the "God of Cookery Talent" talent.】

【This simulation has ended. We wish you a pleasant game!】

...

Closing the love affair life System.

Su Mo suddenly felt as if his body had undergone some wonderful change.

Unlike the Ox-Like Strength he had gained before, the change wasn't as drastic; instead, it was a subtle, imperceptible transformation.

First, his sense of smell—what used to be a jumbled, indistinguishable mix of scents, making it hard to pinpoint where a specific smell originated.

But now, a dramatic change had occurred. Scents could self-categorize in his nasal cavity, each distinct and clear, allowing him to effortlessly differentiate all the smells in his surroundings.

Su Mo was excited.

Now that his sense of smell had changed,

he wondered about his sense of taste.

Thinking of this,

he took a piece of the mung bean pastry Xiao Wang had given him earlier and put it into his mouth.

However, what was once delicious mung bean pastry now felt full of flaws the moment it entered his mouth.

Firstly, the particles were too large, and it wasn't delicate to eat; it was like chewing a lump of raw flour mixed with sand.

The internal structure wasn't compact enough, which indicated that the mung beans weren't properly processed during grinding and hadn't been filtered through a fine mesh cloth.

Looking at the broken edge of the bitten mung bean pastry,

Su Mo saw several tiny air holes at the break, indicating that the heat control was insufficient during the steaming of the mung bean pastry, leading to an undesirable appearance.

After a slight taste, Su Mo felt the sweetness was too strong.

The cloying sweetness was mixed with a raw bean taste, and there was even a hint of sourness.

Such a taste meant that the roasting before grinding was insufficient, the raw Materials used were not good mung beans, and even the hygiene during preparation was not very good.

Finally, Su Mo couldn't help himself.

He spat the mung bean pastry directly into the spittoon.

"That's it!"

Su Mo's eyes were filled with helplessness.

After gaining the God of Cookery Talent talent, he probably could only eat his own cooking.