Looking at the rewards displayed on the simulator, Su Ming suddenly had a bold idea.
"I choose the talent I Want It All!"
[You have obtained the purple talent: I Want It All!]
[Other rewards have been detected. Activate I Want It All?]
As expected!
When he saw this prompt, Su Ming finally let out a sigh of relief.
After obtaining this talent, the simulator's rewards would no longer be limited to choosing only one. Instead, he could obtain all of them.
The downside was that this talent was best used only when selecting simulation rewards.
If it were used elsewhere and triggered some unexpected change like in the simulation, the loss might outweigh the gain.
"Activate the talent!"
In an instant, Su Ming's cultivation broke through to the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment. His alchemy realm also advanced to that of a Third-Grade Alchemist.
All the knowledge of the Azure Emperor Longevity Art was completely mastered.
The trace of lightning true intent within his Soul Sea could now be freely mobilized.
In the next moment, Su Ming suddenly sensed an unknown force rushing toward his primordial spirit.
His expression immediately changed drastically. He had not expected that even without using a Foundation Establishment Pill, the Bizarre Insect would still appear.
Without time to think further, Su Ming immediately mobilized the lightning true intent within his Soul Sea and attacked the Bizarre Insect.
A miserable scream echoed in Su Ming's ears, and the strange aura vanished.
"How could this happen?"
Su Ming stared at the changes happening within his body in disbelief.
If he remembered correctly, the root of the problem should have originated from the Foundation Establishment Pill. Yet his breakthrough through the simulator had not involved taking one.
"Could it be that since I consumed the Foundation Establishment Pill in the simulation, it still counts as having taken it in reality?"
"No… that does not make sense!"
After thinking it over repeatedly, Su Ming felt that the matter was far deeper than he had imagined.
What Ye Chuxue had told him was not entirely correct. There were also many things she did not know.
"So in this era, even if the Foundation Establishment Pill itself is not the problem, breaking through to Foundation Establishment will still result in being devoured by the Bizarre Insect?"
"Then how exactly do these Bizarre Insects enter our bodies?"
In the end, Su Ming could only sigh helplessly and turn his gaze back to the simulator.
[Simulation cooldown: 12 hours]
Hm?
When Su Ming looked at the simulator again, he noticed that the cooldown time had changed from one hour to twelve hours.
"It seems that this is because I broke through to Foundation Establishment."
While waiting for the simulator to finish cooling down, Su Ming decided to familiarize himself with his new power. The strength within his body still felt somewhat unfamiliar.
When Su Ming opened his eyes again, it was already deep into the night.
"Start the simulation!"
[Simulation begins!]
[Character: Su Ming]
[Cultivation: Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment]
[Drawing a random talent!]
[Congratulations! You have obtained the white talent: Business Genius!]
[Business Genius: Reduces the amount of Spirit Stones you spend when purchasing anything by twenty percent.]
"…Uh…"
"Seriously? A white talent?"
Looking at the white talent on the simulator screen, Su Ming immediately felt speechless.
What use was this thing to him?
Could it be that he was now paying back the fortune he had previously drawn with the Young Supreme talent?
[After stabilizing your Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment cultivation, you decided to go find Ye Chuxue ahead of time.]
[Based on your calculations, Ye Chuxue should break through to Foundation Establishment in one or two years. At this moment, she should still be an Outer Disciple.]
[The next day, you searched among the Outer Sect disciples of the Qingyun Sect for a long time before finally spotting Ye Chuxue.]
[At this moment, Ye Chuxue was only at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.]
[After concealing your cultivation and approaching her, you whispered three words into her ear: Awakener.]
[However, you discovered that Ye Chuxue looked at you with a confused expression, clearly not understanding what you meant.]
[You did not explain further and simply turned around and left.]
[After returning to your Cave Dwelling, you began thinking about Ye Chuxue's identity.]
[From the brief test just now, you could confirm that she had not awakened during the Qi Refining stage.]
[Since she had not awakened during Qi Refining, how could she have known so many secrets when she had just awakened upon breaking through to Foundation Establishment?]
[You concluded that Ye Chuxue's identity must be extremely special. You decided to keep observing her and wait for the day she broke through to Foundation Establishment.]
[Year Two. You noticed that Ye Chuxue's cultivation had grown even deeper. She would soon break through to Foundation Establishment.]
[During this year, aside from keeping an eye on Ye Chuxue, you continued deducing Cultivation Techniques within the Scripture Pavilion.]
[Through the technique Blazing Sun Finger, you successfully deduced the fragment of the Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Finger.]
[Every full-moon night, you paid special attention to Ye Chuxue's movements. As expected, on the full-moon night of the eighth month, you saw her heading toward the Back Mountain.]
[Seeing this, you quickly followed her. When you arrived at the Back Mountain, you saw her take out a Foundation Establishment Pill and prepare for her final breakthrough.]
[Not long afterward, Ye Chuxue's aura began to surge, and she successfully broke through to Foundation Establishment.]
[Immediately afterward, you saw three different forces appear within her body. One belonged to her, one belonged to the Bizarre Insect, and the last was an extremely cold aura.]
[Ye Chuxue forcibly suppressed the Bizarre Insect inside her body using the power of the Taiyin.]
[When she opened her eyes, a mouthful of blood spurted from her mouth.]
[At that moment, you noticed that her gaze had changed. It had become far more ancient and weathered, as though she had instantly learned the truth of everything.]
[Seeing this, you felt extremely puzzled.]
[Why did everyone else appear completely confused when they awakened, while Ye Chuxue seemed to understand everything the moment she awakened?]
[You slowly stepped out from the darkness.]
[Ye Chuxue sensed the movement and looked at you with vigilance.]
["Who is it?"]
[When your face appeared before her eyes, she immediately remembered who you were.]
["It is you? So you are also an Awakener?"]
["Yes, it is me. I already knew a year ago that you would awaken."]
[Hearing your explanation, Ye Chuxue was somewhat shocked.]
["How did you know that I would definitely awaken?"]
[Facing Ye Chuxue's questioning, you did not explain much. You simply told her that you had noticed she possessed the Taiyin Body, and people with this physique were almost guaranteed to awaken.]
[After hearing your explanation, Ye Chuxue nodded and did not say anything further.]
[Seeing that she did not ask you about the Bizarre Insect, you instead asked why she was not surprised.]
[After hesitating for a moment, Ye Chuxue explained that when she broke through to Foundation Establishment, her Taiyin Body awakened and she saw some memories.]
[Those memories belonged to the previous owner of the Taiyin Body, and they contained information entirely about the Bizarre Insects.]
"So that is how it is!"
After seeing Ye Chuxue's explanation in the simulator, Su Ming nodded in sudden realization.
"No wonder a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator with no backing could know so many secrets."
"The Taiyin Body… interesting."
From this perspective, there were probably quite a few special physiques in the cultivation world.
Could it be that everyone with a special physique could awaken?
Or was it that only certain unique physiques could achieve a guaranteed Awakening?
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