4: Golden Spirit, Blacksmith Tang Hammer

"Start simulation!"

[Ding! The current level of the Immortal Cultivation Simulator is LV2. You may choose any of the following green talents.]

[Alchemy Talent (Green): You possess the talent to become an Alchemist, greatly accelerating your learning of Alchemy skills.]

[Late Bloomer (Green): When you reach 60 years of age, your Spiritual Root will upgrade to Five Spiritual Roots; when you reach 100 years of age, your Spiritual Root will upgrade to Three Spiritual Roots.]

[Metal Spirit Body (Green): Low Grade spiritual body. Your Physical Body is strengthened, and your speed will be significantly increased when you Cultivate metal-attribute Cultivation Techniques.]

This strong?!

Su Xuan was startled.

It seemed his Spirit Stones from earlier hadn't been wasted. The talents that appeared in this simulation were like night and day compared to before.

To think there was actually something as Heaven-Defying as upgrading one's Spiritual Root.

However, the limitations were also very significant.

Only having Five Spiritual Roots at age 60, and Three Spiritual Roots at age 100.

This would be a good choice once his Realm went up, but right now, it really wasn't very practical.

As for the Alchemy Talent...

Although it was also strong, it indeed had no use whatsoever for the Secret Realm.

After all, if you have a cheat, you have to use it.

At this moment, Su Xuan had already made up his mind to "farm" Tang Chuan a few more times in this Secret Realm.

"Choose Metal Spirit Body!"

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the green talent, Metal Spirit Body!]

[Simulation begins!]

[You soon enter the Secret Realm with Xing Da and Xing Er.]

[Since you currently possess a cultivation of Rank One Body Refining, you decide to follow Xing Da's advice and enter the inner region of the Secret Realm.]

[On the second day, you gather many Spirit Medicines, but these are all unranked Spirit Medicines, with negligible effects for you at this point.]

[On the third day, you continue deeper into the Secret Realm. By now, there are already many Cultivators around you at the Late Stage of Qi Refining, or even in the Foundation Establishment Realm.]

[On the fourth day, you discover a Yao Beast lair, which actually contains a Rank Two Spirit Medicine, the Earthly Spiritual Root. However, many Cultivators have already gathered near the lair, including Foundation Establishment experts. After a moment of hesitation, you ultimately choose to give up.]

[On the fifth day, you continue to explore. Because you are in the inner region of the Secret Realm, you have scattered-ly collected a few Rank One Spirit Medicines over these days, and your Body Refining Realm has improved to some extent.]

[On the eighth day, your harvest grows smaller and smaller. By now, the Secret Realm has been almost completely explored by others.]

[On the twelfth day, you begin to make your way toward the liu wei di huang lian.]

[On the fifteenth day, just as you lead Xing Da and Xing Er to pick the liu wei di huang lian, you happen to see Tang Chuan returning. However, you have hidden your cultivation this time.]

["Put down the Spirit Medicine in your hand, otherwise you have already found your path to death!"]

[Hearing the familiar words, a strange smile appears at the corner of your mouth.]

["What? Brother Tang, you don't remember me?"]

[Faced with your questioning words, Tang Chuan remains silent, with only a cold sneer appearing on his lips.]

[Several sleeve arrows shoot toward you!]

[Clang! Clang! Clang!]

[You block the sleeve arrow attacks.]

[You shake your head in disdain. When you heard the System say this person possessed Luck, you thought he would have some hidden trump card, but it turns out he is only mediocre.]

["You, you actually?! Teacher, help me!"]

[The middle-aged man wants to step forward, but is directly blocked in place by Xing Da and Xing Er.]

[You engage in a fight with Tang Chuan.]

[Knowing that the opponent still has a backup plan, you are exceptionally careful this time.]

[Like a cat playing with a mouse, you trap him in place, making him unable to move.]

[Soon, Tang Chuan is exhausted.]

["Brother Su, I failed to recognize you earlier. These are the Spirit Medicines I gathered. Can you let me leave today?"]

[A cold sneer appears at the corner of your mouth.]

[Then, activating the Metal Spirit Body, you strike a palm directly toward Tang Chuan!]

[He is dead.]

[You turn around and look at the middle-aged man.]

[This time, you stop Xing Da and Xing Er and do not kill him, choosing instead to give him a chance.]

[As long as he explains his identity and his relationship with Tang Chuan, you will spare his life.]

[Finally, under your intimidation and enticement, the middle-aged man confesses the truth.]

[He claims to be Wang Gang, a scholar. Although he is only a Cultivator with a Pseudo Spiritual Root, he firmly believes that even a Pseudo Spiritual Root has a chance of Immortal Ascension.]

[Although Qi Refining is the Great Dao, there are also the Three Thousand Minor Daos in this world.]

[Although these minor Daos are much narrower, each of them holds the opportunity for Immortal Ascension, and compared to Qi Refining, the threshold for these minor Daos is much lower.]

[What he and Tang Chuan came to find this time was the Legacy of the Beast Taming Dao. As long as one signs a life-and-death contract with a powerful Yao Beast, even an immortal Cultivator with the poorest talent can break through Realms with the help of the Yao Beast.]

[The only requirement of this Dao is that it has high demands on the Yao Beast, requiring a major Realm Breakthrough before the end of the Cultivator's lifespan.]

"To think it's so miraculous?!"

This was also the first time he had heard of the concept of the Three Thousand Minor Daos.

Originally, he had thought that besides Qi Refining, there was only Body Refining in this world.

"Great Wilderness Secret Realm, Beast Taming Dao."

Su Xuan muttered to himself, firmly committing this name to memory.

[You and your companions take Wang Gang and continue to search for the Legacy of what he called the Beast Taming Dao.]

[Finally, on the twentieth day, you find some traces in a simple and ancient courtyard.]

[Although the courtyard is ancient, several books inside remain perfectly preserved.]

[You learn from the information inside that the Great Wilderness Secret Realm is actually the ruins left behind by the Desolate Beast Sect. The people of this Sect focused on Body Refining and Beast Taming.]

[The Spirit Medicines growing everywhere were also prepared for Cultivators' Body Refining and for raising the cultivation of Yao Beasts.]

[At the same time, sandwiched within the books is a Cultivation Technique called the Great Wilderness Body Refining Technique. Its Rank is not high, only Rank One High Grade, which is something every Desolate Beast Sect Disciple is qualified to Cultivate.]

[You begin to Cultivate the Great Wilderness Body Refining Technique.]

[You marvel that this technique is indeed worthy of being an ancient Body Refining technique; even though its Rank is not high, it still provides you with unimaginable help.]

[You continue on your way, but as the end of the Secret Realm approaches, you ultimately fail to obtain any other useful items.]

[The Secret Realm ends, and you leave the Great Wilderness Secret Realm.]

[However, just as you leave the Secret Realm, someone you never expected appears.]

[He has a tall and straight posture, but carries a trace of despondency.]

[At the very first glance of meeting him, you know his identity—the blacksmith of your village, Tang Chui.]

[He just stands there quietly watching you, his face filled with endless resentment.]

[You know that your killing of Tang Chuan has been discovered by him.]

[You want to escape, but you cannot escape at all.]