44: Chapter 44 Insights into Formations

Now, it couldn't even compare to other small worlds, only able to linger on in the midst of war.

Through the descriptions given by Chen Dao and Chen Nian, Chen Yuan finally learned that the Spirit Ruins Realm of the past had produced generations of talents.

So much so that even the current Upper Realm still harbored wariness toward the Spirit Ruins Realm, which was why they sent people to organize the Great Competition of Ten Thousand Races.

They took the geniuses from the Spirit Ruins Realm to the Upper Realm to brainwash and control them.

As for the other native residents of the Spirit Ruins Realm, they were treated even more viciously; the status of Spirit Ruins Realm people in the Upper Realm was not even equal to that of ordinary commoners.

As for the other information, it was largely similar to what Chen Yuan had learned in the simulator.

"By the way, Big Brother, Second Brother, do you still have any Spirit Crystals in your hands?"

Chen Yuan asked his two brothers. The Spirit Crystals he had obtained from Daoist Sanguang's storage bag during the last simulation had already been completely consumed.

Only by using the simulator could Chen Yuan find a way to safely enter the Upper Realm.

And most importantly, how to gain a foothold in the Upper Realm and how to prevent his identity as someone from the Spirit Ruins Realm from being discovered by the Upper Realm inspectors.

"Spirit Crystals? Little Brother, is this what you are talking about?"

Chen Nian scratched his head, and a crystal stone appeared in his hand, its shape and appearance identical to the ones Chen Yuan had obtained from Daoist Sanguang.

"This item was given to us by Senior Hao Xitian. It's quite good for cultivation, but the spiritual energy here is dense, so I don't have many of these Spirit Crystals."

Chen Nian took out a storage bag and tossed it to Chen Yuan.

"Big Brother follows the path of body cultivation, so Senior Hao Xitian only gave me a little. Little Brother, if you want them, just take them."

Chen Dao also smiled sheepishly. He truly wanted to help Chen Yuan, but he had declined the ones Hao Xitian had offered him at the time.

After all, Hao Xitian had brought them here and had consistently provided them with so many precious resources for cultivation. Regardless of the relationship between Hao Xitian and their father, this was a debt of gratitude that could never be forgotten.

"Many thanks, Second Brother! This is enough!"

Chen Yuan roughly sensed the number of Spirit Crystals in the storage bag—over a hundred. It was completely enough for him to simulate reaching a higher realm.

"Little Brother, since you've come, just cultivate here! We'll celebrate properly once Senior Hao Xitian returns."

Chen Dao said. The bond of blood made him feel quite a bit of guilt toward his little brother, Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan had managed to break through to the Spirit Transformation stage in the Spirit Ruins Realm through his own efforts; it was hard to imagine what Chen Yuan had actually gone through.

"Alright!"

Chen Yuan certainly didn't know what his two brothers were thinking, but even if he did, he would only answer in his heart: I just simulated a few times, the simulator was the MVP!

"System, top up fifty Spirit Crystals for me!"

Chen Yuan was rich now, so he went on a wild spending spree.

He was at the Spirit Transformation stage now, and one simulation required ten Spirit Crystals. He hoped these few attempts would allow him to gain a foothold in the Upper Realm.

[Host has been detected entering the Spirit Transformation stage. The simulator will change the talent extraction method, consuming more Spirit Crystals to obtain higher-level talents.]

[Current probability of a four-star talent: 10%. Probability of a five-star talent: 1%. Do you wish to consume Spirit Crystals to increase the probability of drawing a five-star talent?]

"Yo, it can do that? Too bad I don't have much money right now. If I were rich, I'd set the five-star talent extraction probability to 100%."

Chen Yuan was secretly delighted. This would greatly increase his chances of drawing a five-star talent.

Although Chen Yuan hadn't yet felt what use the five-star talent 'Child of Destiny' had, he figured that if he got a few more five-star talents, let alone the Spirit Ruins Realm, he could just steamroll the Upper Realm.

"Do not consume."

Chen Yuan thought to himself. He should be a bit frugal for now; after all, he hadn't reached the Upper Realm yet, and these Spirit Crystals were all consumables.

[Extracting simulation talents for the host...]

[Extracted four-star talent, Spirit Plant Master: You have an innate affinity for spirit plants. The spirit plants you grow are natural materials for alchemy.]

"Huh? Why has it become automatic extraction?"

Chen Yuan scratched his head, but that was fine too; it saved him from having to agonize over choosing talents every time.

As long as he adjusted the probability of high-tier talents, no matter how it drew, it wouldn't be bad.

[Talent extraction successful. Simulation starting!]

[You are Chen Yuan, 20 years old, an unremarkable Spirit Transformation cultivator.]

"Spirit Transformation, and yet unremarkable? Interesting."

Chen Yuan outside the simulator twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling slightly insulted.

[You learned about your background from your two brothers, and you decided that you must go to the Upper Realm to strengthen yourself, protect the Spirit Ruins Realm, and save your parents.]

[Because you knew from the last simulation that Hao Xitian's plan to smuggle you into the Upper Realm under the cover of the Great Competition of Ten Thousand Races would be discovered by people from the Upper Realm, this time you decided to adopt other methods.]

[You racked your brain for a long time but couldn't think of how to get to the Upper Realm. At this moment, you thought of the Moyuan Forest in the Middle Pond.]

[The Moyuan Forest connects to various small worlds. Looking at it now, the Moyuan Forest must have been the portal used by people of the Spirit Ruins Realm to travel to various small worlds ten thousand years ago.]

[It was just destroyed because of the war in the Upper Realm, and now it has become an uncontrollable teleportation point, which is why it was gradually abandoned. Furthermore, the Upper Realm keeps a close watch on people from the Spirit Ruins Realm, so even if there were those who smuggled themselves into the Upper Realm from the Moyuan Forest, they were certainly captured by the Upper Realm.]

[If you could control the teleportation of the Moyuan Forest, perhaps you could use the Moyuan Forest to travel to other places in the Upper Realm.]

[You also asked Hao Xitian about this matter. He told you that the Moyuan Forest was indeed a teleportation array of the Spirit Ruins Realm during the ancient era. However, due to a certain war in the Upper Realm, the spatial laws here became chaotic, making the teleportation unstable.]

[He saw through your intentions and advised you that even the Array Masters in the Upper Realm might not be able to decipher the arrays left behind by the Spirit Ruins Realm from the ancient era. Moreover, the Moyuan Forest was quite dangerous. To make you give up, he also handed over a book of array insights from his own hands for you to study.]

[This book of array insights was obtained by him from the Upper Realm, and the author was a mighty figure who had stepped into the rank of a First-Tier Array Master.]

[An Array Master is a deeper realm for array mages. After stepping into the peak of a Tenth-Tier Array Mage, one needs to comprehend array talismans to have a chance of breaking through to become an Array Master.]

[Hao Xitian also told you that besides the Moyuan Forest, there was another teleportation array that could be used, but it was located within the Erosion Abyss, which ordinary cultivators could not enter at all.]

[You were overjoyed upon hearing this; you were familiar with the Erosion Abyss. As long as you found the Burning Heaven Alliance and exchanged for the cultivation method for death energy, you could walk within the Erosion Abyss.]

[However, before that, you needed to study this book of array insights in depth. You really wanted to see if you could break through to a Seventh-Tier or Eighth-Tier Array Mage while in Hao Xitian's small world.]