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When they learned that you had voluntarily left Baoguo Temple, many monks were very happy, because in their view, after you left, there would be one less strong contender for the future abbot position of Baoguo Temple.

When you arrived at Bai Jiao Jiao's home, Bai Jiao Jiao was startled, completely not expecting that you would return to secular life to find her.

Her first reaction was to send you back; she didn't want to gain a reputation for seducing a monk.

Bai Jiao Jiao's father, however, was very satisfied with you as a monk son-in-law. In their eyes, monks held a high status, and even if they returned to secular life, they could bring honor and good fortune to the Family.

You got your wish and married Bai Jiao Jiao, becoming a live-in son-in-law in the butcher's home.

However, when your father-in-law slaughtered pigs, you seemed a bit out of place, often chanting rebirth mantras to help these pigs find peace.

Your father-in-law didn't say much about your actions, because by doing so, you were also helping him reduce his Karma.

You and Bai Jiao Jiao spent a year as husband and wife. This year was the happiest time of your life.

After a year, you felt your heart begin to calm, and you no longer had the same passionate feelings for Bai Jiao Jiao as before.

And at this time, the world began to descend into chaos.

Many heroes and valiant figures rose in rebellion, and you could see many people being conscripted.

At such a time, you felt that the peaceful days left for the common people would not be many.

So you chose to bid farewell to Bai Jiao Jiao and returned to Baoguo Temple.

Although Bai Jiao Jiao was reluctant, she respected your decision. Having abandoned the 'love affair life' character, you have now Heaven-Defyingly changed your fate, and your evaluation has risen.

When you returned to Baoguo Temple, many monks became wary of you. They never expected you to come back.

Your Master, Elder Kongzhi, was very happy, because he understood that you had experienced the true meaning of Buddhism: only after having something can one choose to let it go.

Thereafter, your reputation grew, and you often left your opponents speechless during debates on Buddhist scriptures.

Emperor Yuan, hearing of your profound understanding of Buddhist Dharma, sent someone to invite you to the imperial court to expound on Buddhist teachings.

You realized this was an opportunity, so you diligently showcased yourself at the imperial court.

Many of your principles earned applause from the crowd, and Emperor Yuan was also very satisfied with your performance, even wanting to appoint you as the Imperial Preceptor.

You chose to refuse the temptation of becoming the Imperial Preceptor and instead requested to lead troops to quell the rebellions in all directions. In your view, the common people were neither right nor wrong; it was those powerful Families and clans who incited the common people to rebel, which was the root cause of the unrest.

Upon hearing of your ambition, Emperor Yuan was also very happy, as he was currently troubled by how to quell the rebellion.

Your willingness to volunteer made him appreciate you even more.

Given that you had no experience leading troops in battle, Emperor Yuan appointed you as the Grand Marshal of Soldiers and Horses, while also assigning you two Generals skilled in warfare.

When the leaders of the various rebel armies heard that you, a monk, had become the Grand Marshal of Soldiers and Horses, they all looked down on you, believing you to be easily defeated.

Your learning ability was very strong. After only leading troops in a few battles, you matured completely. In your opinion, leading troops in battle was no different from comprehending Buddhist scriptures.

Under your leadership, after more than ten years, all twenty-odd anti-Yuan forces were suppressed. (As a Buddhist Disciple, you became a Grand General of the Empire, Heaven-Defyingly changing the fate of the Yuan Dynasty, and your evaluation greatly increased.)

News of your triumphant victories quickly reached the capital. Emperor Yuan personally stood outside the city gates to welcome your arrival.

And among the crowd of common people welcoming you, you saw the shadow of Bai Jiao Jiao.

Although you no longer had such passionate feelings for her, a single day as husband and wife creates a hundred days of kindness. All you could do was protect her safety, and all she could do was watch you from afar.

After the celebration banquet, Emperor Yuan decided to execute all the common people you had captured who participated in the uprising.

But you did not agree with his actions, and you had a fierce conflict with Emperor Yuan.

You had been fighting in all directions for more than ten years, and Emperor Yuan had long been wary of you. So he made a demand: if you committed suicide here, he would spare those captives.

To save countless lives, you agreed to Emperor Yuan's request.

You chose to commit suicide in court. You died.

Emperor Yuan kept his promise and spared these common people.

After your death, only Bai Jiao Jiao collected your body and kept vigil for you for a lifetime.

Your life was full of ups and downs. Although you were just an abandoned infant, you achieved astonishing Karma, and ultimately sacrificed your life for the common people.

Countless common people were grateful to you and would forever remember you, the great virtuous monk, in their hearts.

Evaluation: Immeasurable Karma.

Please do not leave, rewards are being settled…

…

Rewards exploded!

After reading the life experience, Su Mo's eyes were excited.

This time, the talent was the purple Buddha-Hearted Sword Bone. If it were given to him, that would be fantastic.

Just as Su Mo was lost in thought, a reward notification appeared.

Congratulations, you have received the reward: 'Buddha-Hearted Sword Bone' in this simulation.

Buddha-Hearted Sword Bone: Those with this talent possess a compassionate heart. Their speed of comprehension for Buddhist scriptures and the Dao of the sword will exceed that of ordinary people by a hundredfold. However, due to extreme wisdom leading to injury, there is a sign of early death. One must accumulate more Karma to Heaven-Defyingly change their fate.

Because your Karma was immeasurable in this simulation, the 'compassionate heart' and 'early death' side effects of the Buddha-Hearted Sword Bone have been removed.

Reward settlement complete. Wishing the player a pleasant life.

Seeing the two side effects removed from the Buddha-Hearted Sword Bone, Su Mo felt a sense of relief.

Now there are no more worries.

Although this simulation only gave him one reward, it was still very good.

After all, it was a purple talent with side effects removed; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a half-step golden talent.

Just then.

The sarira in Su Mo's chest suddenly glowed brightly. Seeing this, his heart skipped a beat. What happened?

Immediately, he reached into his shirt, but to his surprise, the sarira had disappeared.

Unbeknownst to him, many insights into Buddhist scriptures he had inadvertently read on Earth now filled Su Mo's mind.

This made him Can't help but indulge in it, and at this moment, he felt as if he had been enlightened, and many principles he had not understood before suddenly became clear.

After a long time, Su Mo opened his eyes. He had gained many insights.

Buddha-Hearted Sword Bone.

So that's what it meant.

He just wondered what it would be like to practice the sword.

Thinking of this, Su Mo couldn't help but want to grab a stick and practice sword techniques, but for him, who had never learned sword techniques, he had no foundation for practicing the sword at all.

Although his simulated self had also learned the sword before, for him, practicing the sword was too boring, so he always switched perspectives to peek at the female Family members of the Su Estate or something.

He just didn't expect the boomerang to come back so quickly.

This made him start to regret it.

But then he thought.

Su Mo remembered Xu Miaoyin.

Isn't there a ready-made sword Master?

Wouldn't it be fine to ask Xu Miaoyin to teach him sword techniques after he wakes up tomorrow?

Then Su Mo relaxed a lot.

He also found that the Haoran Righteousness in his chest had grown several times larger.

He wondered if it was a change brought by the sarira.

Feeling the change in the Haoran Righteousness, Su Mo couldn't help but want to try if his writing would deter Demons.

This Haoran Righteousness was about three times larger.

With three times the Haoran Righteousness, ordinary Demons should not dare to act presumptuously.

There were pens, ink, paper, and inkstones at the front desk, brought by Guo Lin specifically for accounting.

Tomorrow, he could try it out.

It's just that his handwriting was a bit ugly, and he wondered if the quality of the handwriting had any effect…

He daydreamed for a while.

Su Mo opened 'love affair life'.

Next, it was naturally time to continue the simulation!

Let's see if there will be a good start this time.

…

Do you want to start the simulation?

"Start!"

Randomizing birth location.

Your birth location for this simulation is Nanjing Prefecture of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Has it reached the Great Ming Dynasty?

He carefully recalled the previous simulation; it seemed that the current Great Ming Dynasty was still during Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's reign.

…

Randomizing 'love affair life' character.

Your randomly bound 'love affair life' character for this time is the peasant girl "Chen Huniu."

When he saw that it was a peasant girl, Su Mo's heart sank.

This time, the start wouldn't be good…

Randomizing identity.

Your randomly selected identity this time is the son of a farmer.

Randomizing talent.

As a white light flashed, the talent for this simulation appeared before Su Mo.

Your randomly selected talent for this time is "Longevity."

Longevity: From a young age, your body was better than others'. Even if you didn't eat enough or dress warmly, you could live to be a hundred years old.

…

Seeing that it was indeed such a beginning, Su Mo lost the mood to continue watching.

This start was a bit poor.

The Great Ming Dynasty had very strict restrictions on farmers; if you were born a farmer, you would be a farmer for life.

He could almost foresee how he would spend this life.

It would be nothing more than farming, marrying, farming, having children, farming…

And this talent wasn't good either.

Live to be a hundred years old.

If he could live to be a hundred years old, then he would probably have to wait two days for the next simulation.

Unless something unexpected happened to his simulated self.

Immediately, Su Mo clicked 'idle'.

After putting away 'love affair life', he lay on the bed with anticipation and fell into a deep sleep.

Su Mo woke up very early the next day.

He checked the idle interface; his simulated self had already lived to be 34 years old.

Perhaps by the time he woke up tomorrow, this simulation would also be over.

After a simple wash, he eagerly went to the front desk and took out all the pens, ink, paper, and inkstones.

Because they were all brought by Guo Lin.

The quality of the pens, ink, paper, and inkstones was all very good.