Converting the mountains into energy values went much smoother than Jiang Yifeng had imagined.
The simulator converted all the mountains, flowers, and plants outside Bright Moon City into energy values without causing any commotion, as if they had vanished into thin air!
No one noticed, making the teleportation jade plates Jiang Yifeng had prepared completely unnecessary.
Jiang Yifeng didn't mind; the less they were needed, the better—it meant he was not in danger.
No commotion, no discovery—this was exactly what he wanted!
This operation also boosted Jiang Yifeng's confidence.
He felt that it would be hard to run out of energy values in the future, as long as using the simulator to convert them didn't cause much noise.
Occasionally using his cultivation to travel, as long as he wasn't too unlucky, the risk was quite low.
At this moment, Jiang Yifeng's energy value had reached an all-time high of over 120 billion!
But Jiang Yifeng was lucky; in those mountains outside Bright Moon City, there were still many remnants in the abandoned mines.
This was how his energy value reached over 120 billion.
In his room, Jiang Yifeng immediately chose to redeem the simulation rewards he hadn't claimed last time!
"Redeem Divine Dao Cultivation!"
[Ding, Divine Dao Cultivation redeemed successfully, 10 billion energy values deducted, remaining energy value 119 billion…]
A few seconds later, Jiang Yifeng clearly felt his cultivation improve.
Just as he was immersed in the joy of his cultivation breakthrough, the simulator's electronic voice sounded again.
[Ding, detected that the host has met the conditions for upgrading the simulator. Would the host like to spend 100 billion energy values to complete the upgrade?]
Hearing that it would cost 100 billion energy values to upgrade, Jiang Yifeng's face turned dark.
He had just risked exposure to earn these energy values, and now the simulator was eyeing them again.
Annoyed as he was, the simulator still needed to be upgraded.
Jiang Yifeng knew that every upgrade of the simulator would bring significant improvements.
"Upgrade the simulator!"
[Ding, simulator upgraded to version 5.0, 100 billion energy values deducted, remaining energy value 19 billion…]
[Setting Modification 1: Energy values will be converted to higher-level origin values, with the original energy values converted at a ratio of 10,000 to 1!]
[Setting Modification 2: The host will receive an additional random one-time talent or ability at the start of each simulation; note: it cannot be redeemed at the end of the simulation.]
[Setting Modification 3: The origin values required to redeem rewards after the simulation will be significantly reduced.]
[Note: Origin values cannot be exchanged for ordinary mundane items; (please host, stop harming flowers and plants).]
[Note: Detected remaining energy value of 119 billion, converted to 1.19 million origin values.]
Seeing the setting modifications after the simulator upgrade, Jiang Yifeng couldn't help but shout, "This is a scam!"
Jiang Yifeng felt he had been tricked by the simulator.
Was this really an upgrade?
He suspected the simulator was suppressing him.
He had just tried converting large quantities of mountains into energy values, and now, after the upgrade, it was no longer possible.
Wasn't this a disguised downgrade?
"Simulator, come out and give me an explanation."
Jiang Yifeng questioned the simulator.
[Ding: The host has passed the novice period, and the simulator has retracted the novice benefits, which is very reasonable; please host, stop shouting!]
Afterwards, Jiang Yifeng raised multiple objections.
Unfortunately, it was useless; the simulator refused to respond.
In the end, Jiang Yifeng could only accept it.
He could only hope that the one-time talent or ability from this upgrade would be powerful.
If not, this simulator upgrade would be a huge loss.
Jiang Yifeng sighed and stopped dwelling on the issues brought by the simulator upgrade.
The event had already happened, and he was powerless to change it!
At this moment, there was still some time before the simulation count refreshed.
Jiang Yifeng began to think about what to do in the simulation.
He felt that improving his strength was a constant goal, something he must do in every simulation.
But besides that, Jiang Yifeng thought he should also use the simulations to uncover the mysteries that had been piling up in his heart.
After nearly half a year of simulations, Jiang Yifeng had accumulated a lot of questions.
What secrets did his father have that allowed him to cultivate so quickly?
The Immortal Arrival Sect, established nearly a million years ago, was Shen Wuyou really the strongest with a Tribulation Crossing of the fifth level? Or were there stronger individuals hidden?
The fierce beasts guarding the sealing formation, from previous simulations, it seemed the White Tiger and Mystic Turtle were not there voluntarily. Were the Demonic Dragon and Demonic Phoenix there willingly?
Was there any connection between these fierce beasts?
And who was the giant hand that covered the sky when his father ascended to immortality? The Mystic Turtle said the sealed land was a layout by various powerful beings from the Immortal Realm, and they wouldn't act personally.
Why did the giant hand suddenly appear? Was it because his father ascended to immortality and broke the balance?
Or would anyone in the Southern Regions who ascended to immortality break this balance?
Was it targeting everyone in the Southern Regions, or just his father?
And since ascending to immortality would be attacked by the giant hand, did the predecessors Mo Jingtian and Lu Wuya from hundreds of thousands of years ago really escape?
Or had they already fallen?
Several questions swirled in Jiang Yifeng's mind, waiting for him to unravel them one by one.
[Ding: Simulation count refreshed!]
Jiang Yifeng stopped his thoughts.
He didn't hesitate and silently commanded.
[Simulation count consumed: 1, remaining count: 0]
[Drawing purple talent consumes 100 origin values, drawing orange talent with a chance consumes 1000 origin values, please choose!]
"Choose to draw orange talent with a chance."
[Ding, 1000 origin values deducted, talent randomly drawing, remaining 1.19 million origin values…]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the orange talent: Late Bloomer.]
[Late Bloomer]: The older you get, the faster your cultivation speed. (Note: Starting from age 100, your cultivation speed doubles every 10 years, up to a maximum of 10 times.)
[Ding, obtained one-time talent: Wicked Navigation.]
[Wicked Navigation]: It will lead you to the most dangerous places! (Note: Passive talent, no need for active use, hence no one-time use limit, but cannot be redeemed.)
[Prompt: Would you like to carry one of the talents from the talent pool?]
Jiang Yifeng looked at the talents he had obtained.
He felt they were quite good.
Late Bloomer was clearly an excellent cultivation talent, though it started from age 100.
He was only 20 years old now, so it would be the 80th year of the simulation before it took effect.
With this in mind, he would still need to join the Immortal Arrival Sect in this simulation.
As for Wicked Navigation, it was actually not bad. Although it led to the most dangerous places, as long as he didn't follow its route, he could avoid the most dangerous paths.
Since this simulation required joining the Immortal Arrival Sect again, Jiang Yifeng didn't hesitate and chose to retrieve Absolute Rationality (Talent) from the talent pool.
[Ding: The host has obtained Absolute Rationality (Talent) from the talent pool.]
After completing everything, Jiang Yifeng looked at the simulator.
[The 23rd simulation begins!]