32: The third official simulation, Ji Wuchen

Qinglan Holy Land ushered in a major reform.

Yin Qiyue ordered a jade statue of Qin Wangchuan to be carved, but secretly inscribed her own name at the base of the statue.

During the reforms, she implemented extreme measures in Qin Wangchuan's name—

“The Dao Seeking Palace only needs one voice—” Yin Qiyue caressed the tongxuan mirror and softly said to the Disciples kneeling across the plaza, “That is Young Master's voice!”

No questioning was allowed; if there was any, severe punishment would surely follow.

Later, she even personally hung an Elder who questioned Qin Wangchuan in front of the palace gates, shouting:

“This is the consequence of questioning Young Master!”

That night, Yin Qiyue stood alone on the mountaintop.

With the tongxuan mirror in her left hand and a cyan jade bottle in her right, she gazed blankly in the direction Young Master Qin had departed, her cheek pressed against the cold supreme treasure as she murmured Stupid:

“If not for you, I would not be who I am today.”

“Young Master, how great you are...”

Yin Qiyue’s distorted face was reflected in the mirror.

As a supreme treasure transcending this realm, the tongxuan mirror naturally needed no further explanation, but what was most unbelievable were the Medicinal Pills in the cyan jade bottle.

These were immortal medicines she had never seen before; simply smelling their fragrance could slowly increase one's Cultivation!

Yin Qiyue suddenly laughed foolishly, pressing the mirror surface to her lips as if kissing someone's reflection.

“What is the Dao Seeking Palace?” she whispered softly, as if murmuring to a non-existent person.

“I will climb to the very top, step by step, making everyone prostrate and tremble...”

“Then, I will personally offer it to you.”

“My savior, my god...”

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At this moment, within the Wangchuan Pavilion of the Qin Family.

Qin Wangchuan sat by the bed, his fingertips lightly tapping the windowsill, a hint of indifference flashing in his eyes.

Giving Yin Qiyue those two items was naturally not because he valued her, but for another fundamental reason—

“In the future, any Lower Realm tasks can be given to her to do, so I won't have to arrange people.”

“It will save a lot of trouble.”

Who wouldn't love a perfect task tool?

Looking down, Ye Jianwei, in a white dress, was playing the zither in the courtyard. As her slender fingers plucked the strings, clear and melodious zither music flowed out like water, creating ripples in the morning mist.

Four years had passed, and the former little beggar had also begun to take shape, becoming even more pleasing to the eye.

On the other side, far away, many people throughout the Qin Family became busy.

That was because Qin Wangchuan's tenth birthday banquet was approaching.

Its scale was so grand that preparations needed to begin a year in advance.

After all, as one of the Ten Leaders of the Three Heavens, this banquet was not only about face but also an important occasion to display their heritage to various forces.

Servants bustled between pavilions and towers, and even the palace lanterns hanging in the covered corridors were fitted with newly made mermaid gauze shades.

But Qin Wangchuan, as the guest of honor, appeared exceptionally composed.

“Sign in.”

Qin Wangchuan mentally called out.

【Congratulations to the Host, you have received a Half-Stage Reward: Low-Grade Spirit Stone X100!】

“Even half-stage rewards are here now? The damn System isn't even trying to hide it, is it?”

He looked at the prompt on the panel and for a moment even wondered if he had been set up by the System.

The first sign-in was a ninth-stage reward, and with a bang, it directly gave him a Heaven-Defying Physique.

Anyone who saw it would have to exclaim:

“Damn! That damn System has something!”

Just when you thought this was just the beginning and fantasized about more Heaven-Defying rewards to come—

Reality slapped you backhanded, telling you to dream on!

For several years of sign-ins, the most he got was a first-stage reward, occasionally a second-stage.

And now, even half-stage rewards were appearing.

Absurd!

“Forget it.” Qin Wangchuan sighed lightly, and after glancing at his last simulation attempt, he decisively clicked the 'start simulation' button.

【Third simulation, consuming lifespan: 80 years.】

【Simulation begins.】

【Year 0】

You are born into the Ji Family Family, a member of the Ten Directions Immortal Court's Tai Xu Emperor Clan.

As the most outstanding direct Bloodline of the Ji Family Family in this generation, nine Phoenixes arrived at your birth, and purple Qi flowed from the east for thirty thousand miles.

The Old Ancestor personally bestowed upon you the name: Ji Wuchen, meaning “unrestrained and without dust.”

【Year 1】

You are born with the Primordial Sacred Physique, a purple Dao pattern appearing between your brows, and all your meridians are unblocked.

At just one year old, you could already stir the Dao rhyme of heaven and earth, shocking the entire Ji Family Family.

【Year 3】

You begin to systematically Cultivate the “Tai Xu Emperor Scripture”, entering meditation in three days and reaching the first realm in seven days.

The Ji Family Family Old Ancestor stroked his beard and praised, “This child has the demeanor of a Heavenly Emperor!”

You pretended not to understand what he meant, but secretly rejoiced in your heart, “No one should be more Heaven-Defying than me, right?”

【Year 5】

In the clan's grand competition, you, at five years old and in the third realm, defeated your ten-year-old cousin.

It should have been a scene of great joy, but you looked back.

You saw your father conversing with someone on the viewing platform.

“With Wuchen's talent, he should have few rivals among his peers, right?”

“Although good, among his peers, that one from the Qin Family possesses the Eternal Life Immortal Body...”

This was the first time you heard the word Qin.

【Year 7】

You accompanied the Old Ancestor in secluded Cultivation to comprehend the “Void Seal”.

When you left the seventh palm print on the stone wall, your heart was filled with joy; comprehending seven palms in a few months, this Comprehension Ability was truly Heaven-Defying.

However, the long-awaited praise did not come. The Old Ancestor stroked your head and sighed:

“If only you had half the Comprehension Ability and courage of that little grandson from the Qin Family...”

It was as if an unknown fire exploded in your mind.

You looked at your trembling hands and for the first time experienced a burning sensation in your lungs.

Those were emotions that should not appear in you, emotions named jealousy and anger.

【Year 8】

You secretly began to investigate who the Qin Family's little grandson was.

Very little intelligence was found.

Only one thing you came to know: his name was Qin Wangchuan.

He was three years younger than you.

There was also something the Qin Family did not hide.

Qin Wangchuan was a Qilin Child, created by the Qin Family over a hundred years with countless supreme treasures, possessing the Eternal Life Immortal Body, and destined for Immortal Ascension in the future.

“Immortal Ascension?” You scoffed at this, feeling it wasn't all that impressive.

【Year 10】

You swept through your peers at your tenth birthday banquet.

As the crowd cheered, you stared intently at the seats on the east side—that was the Qin Family's location.

“He didn't come?”

“Right, he's only seven years old this year.” You were disappointed but also breathed a sigh of relief.

No one knew that you both wanted to meet this Qilin Child, but also feared being shocked by his Heaven-Defying talent if you saw him with your own eyes.

Yes, you were afraid.

Afraid of being outdone, afraid of disappointing your clansmen's expectations.

【Year 11】

You began to frequently dream of a blurry figure.

He stood at the peak of a high mountain and chuckled as he looked back: “You can't even see my back.”

“Qin Wangchuan!!” You woke up from the dream, calling out that name.

【Year 12】

The Old Ancestor bestowed upon you your innate divine weapon, the “Tai Xu Halberd”.

Everyone held the highest expectations for you, but during a trial.

When the tip of your halberd pierced the eighteenth trial Puppet, you suddenly went mad and shattered the entire training ground.

“My mind is in disarray.”

“Why did I suddenly think of him?!” You hid in the shadows, clutching your head and asking yourself, but no one answered you.

【Year 13】

The Qin Family sent an invitation, inviting the Ji Family Family to observe their “Tenth Birthday Banquet”.

You held the invitation in your hand and stared at it for three days and three nights.

【Simulation paused.】

“Hold on.”

“He wouldn't have taken me as a Heart Demon, would he?” Qin Wangchuan pondered slightly, and the more he thought, the more he felt this was possible.

“What kind of normal person would stare at an invitation for three days and three nights?”