44: Chapter 44 Golden Legend? Red Collection!

Chu Sheng stared at the simulator interface and took a deep breath.

"This time, I'm going big."

He clicked on the prize pool upgrade option.

[Upgrade prize pool to Lv.3: Consumes 800 simulation points. Confirm upgrade?]

[Current simulation points: 1022 points.]

Chu Sheng gritted his teeth and clicked confirm.

[Consumed 800 simulation points, prize pool upgrade successful!]

[Lv.3 Prize Pool Probability Update:]

[White Common: 25%]

[Green Rare: 36%]

[Blue Excellent: 25.5%]

[Purple Epic: 10%]

[Golden Legend: 3%]

[Red Collection: 0.5%]

Chu Sheng looked at that 3% gold and 0.5% red, his heart racing.

"10% purple, 3% gold... This time I should finally get something good, right?"

He glanced at his balance: 222 points.

"Four refresh opportunities... Let's gamble, a bicycle can turn into a motorcycle!"

[Starting first trait draw...]

The light spheres spun: White, White, Blue, Blue, Blue.

[Draw Results: Chicken Blood (White), Showy But Impractical (White), Rogue Face (Blue), Great Strength (Blue), Dexterous (Blue).]

Chu Sheng's mouth twitched.

"Two whites and three blues... A bad start."

He looked at the blue trait called [Rogue Face].

[Rogue Face (Blue): Your temperament naturally carries a hint of roguishness, slightly increasing your attraction to specific groups. It provides a certain bonus in negotiations, bluffing, and other situations. Initial favorability from females of the same age increases, but initial favorability from elders/serious characters decreases.]

Chu Sheng: "...Is this trait trying to make me take the hoodlum route?"

He shook his head and continued looking at the other blue ones.

Great Strength and Dexterous were old acquaintances, nothing new.

"That's it for the first time. Continue!"

[Consumed 50 simulation points, performing second trait refresh...]

The light spheres spun again: Purple! Green! Green! White! White!

[Draw Results: Sword Saint (Purple), Fortitude (Green), Short Stature (White), Tall Stature (White), Shrewd (Green).]

Chu Sheng's eyes lit up!

"Sword Saint? Purple!"

[Sword Saint (Purple): You are exceptionally gifted in the Dao of the Sword. Your speed in practicing sword techniques is tripled, the probability of comprehending Sword Intent is greatly increased, and the power of sword moves is doubled. When wielding a sword, your overall combat power increases by one minor realm.]

Chu Sheng gasped.

"Sword Intent comprehension greatly increased? Sword move power doubled? Combat power increases by a minor realm when wielding a sword?"

He looked at the qing feng sword by his side; that Yellow Grade Low-Rank dharma sword seemed to be glowing at this moment.

"This... this is telling me to be a sword cultivator!"

But he quickly calmed down.

Sword Saint was strong, but the Pill Dao Physique wasn't bad either.

Moreover, the reason he could thrive in this simulation was because of alchemy.

"What should I do? Which one to choose?"

He suddenly remembered the function he had unlocked earlier.

[Spare Trait Slot (Unlocked): You can preset a spare trait before the simulation starts. When encountering a major choice during the simulation, you can replace any current trait.]

Chu Sheng's eyes brightened.

"Right! I can put Pill Dao Physique in the spare slot! I'll enjoy being a Sword Saint normally, and when I need to refine pills, I'll switch back!"

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

"Anyway, for this simulation, I originally wanted to try the sword cultivator route. I bought a sword and learned sword techniques; it's the perfect time to experience the feeling of 'one sword breaking ten thousand laws'."

He grinned.

"Why make others feel good when I can make myself feel good?"

[Continue refreshing? Remaining attempts: 2.]

Chu Sheng looked at the refresh button, his heart itching.

"There's still a chance... should I take a gamble?"

He hesitated for three seconds.

"Gamble! What if a gold comes out?"

[Consumed 50 simulation points, performing third trait refresh...]

The light spheres spun rapidly!

White, Green, Blue...

Chu Sheng's heart sank halfway.

And then—

A brilliant, eye-piercing red light exploded from the center of the light sphere!

[Congratulations! Triggered the 0.5% probability! A Red Collection Trait has appeared!]

[Draw Result: Duobao Heavenly Venerable (Red)!]

Chu Sheng was completely stunned.

"Red... Red?!"

[Duobao Heavenly Venerable (Red): You are a natural darling of dharma treasures. Wherever your luck reaches, treasures naturally return to you.]

[Effect 1: Companion Supreme Treasure]

[At the start of each simulation, you are guaranteed a companion dharma treasure two realms higher than your current cultivation, or two dharma treasures one realm higher. (Example: If the Qi Induction stage corresponds to Yellow Grade, you will have one Earth Grade dharma treasure or two Black Grade dharma treasures.)]

[Effect 2: All Things Spiritual]

[When you refine a dharma treasure, you automatically master it to the Small Success stage. If a dharma treasure has an owner, your speed of comprehending others' life-bound dharma treasures is tripled, allowing you to quickly perceive their characteristics and weaknesses.]

[Effect 3: Treasure Master Affinity]

[The speed of refining and claiming ownership of dharma treasures is doubled, and a portion of the treasure's spirituality can be preserved during refinement.]

[Effect 4: Wealth Can Communicate with Gods (Hidden effect to be unlocked)]

Chu Sheng stared at the dense effect descriptions, his mind going blank.

"I... I've become a lucky dog?"

He rubbed his eyes hard to make sure he hadn't seen wrong.

Red Collection! 0.5% probability! It really appeared!

He looked at the Companion Supreme Treasure effect, his heart beating like a drum.

"A dharma treasure two realms higher than me... I am currently at Qi Induction Fourth Grade, which corresponds to Yellow Grade. Two realms higher, that would be..."

Earth Grade!

An Earth Grade dharma treasure!

In the entire Qingshi Town, the most high-end items were only Black Grade Low-Rank!

Earth Grade?

That was something only Condensing True Essence peak or even Spirit Sea Realm big shots could possess!

"What will it be? A sword? A saber? Armor? Or some strange gadget?"

He was so excited his hands were shaking.

But the simulator interface suddenly dimmed.

[Detected that the host has refreshed three consecutive times; this round of drawing has ended.]

[Please choose up to 2 traits (remaining slots) from this draw to carry into the simulation.]

[The remaining traits will be stored in the Trait Library.]

[Currently available traits: Rogue Face (Blue), Sword Saint (Purple), Duobao Heavenly Venerable (Red)...]

[Remaining slots: 2]

Chu Sheng looked at those three traits, falling into a happy dilemma.

He definitely didn't want Rogue Face.

It was just a blue trait, not worth taking up a slot.

The problem was Sword Saint and Heavenly Venerable...

Sword Saint was purple, with maxed-out combat power.

Heavenly Venerable was red, with heaven-defying utility.

There were also Strong Luck and Pill Dao.

But there were only two slots—though he still had a spare slot!

What should he choose?