Simulator: Starting as a Green Snake and Transforming into a Dragon

He found a comfortable spot and lay down. This time, he wasn't lying on the ground. When he killed the bee-keeping cultivators in the bee forest, he found some nice pieces of cloth. After some simple refining, he created a soft little nest. He washed his tail and even lit an incense stick. That's how it should be; you can only draw cards after bathing and burning incense.

[Congratulations, host, on activating the twelfth simulation. We will now begin drawing talents.]

[Ring ring, ring ring, the alarm clock is ringing, reminding the host to wash their hands before drawing the card.]

This time, he didn't need any reminders from the system. He had already washed himself and even burned incense. He had a premonition that he would definitely gain something, although there was no basis for it, but that's what he believed.

[White Talent: Scale Enhancement; White Talent: Swiftness; Purple Talent: Treasure Hunter (Able to better sense the location of rare treasures and opportunities.)]

He jumped up from his bed with joy. He knew he was a lucky little snake; this was a purple talent! He only had one purple talent right now, and that was for treasure hunting. You see, the most important thing in cultivation is resources. Without resources, even if you have extraordinary talent, you can't achieve much. Take Foundation Establishment for example. Even if you have a heavenly spiritual root or the bloodline of a strange beast, if you don't have the Qi of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, you can only become a Purple Mansion Dao Foundation.

Of course, if you have good aptitude, you'll usually have a powerful family or sect that can help you with these things, but Gu Yuchuan doesn't have that. His talent as a treasure hunter is enough to make up for that. He couldn't wait to start the simulation.

On the first day, after giving instructions to Bai Li and Bai Ming at home and leaving them some resources for cultivation, you embarked on your treasure hunt.

[On the second day, you did not venture deeper into the Cloud Sea Marsh. You knew that under the leadership of the Demon Clan Venerable, the Cloud Sea Marsh was essentially a rigid hierarchy, and no matter how good the things there were, they were beyond your reach. Therefore, you headed towards the human territory.]

On the third day, you arrived at the border between the human and demon races. Your innate ability reminded you that there was a spiritual spring nearby. After finding it, you extracted the spring water and refined it into a piece of jade. Carrying it allows you to cultivate at any time, making it a very good treasure.

[On the fourth day, you have already sensed the presence of humans, but you have been carefully avoiding it. You know that if your cultivation level were exposed, there would be serious problems.]

On the fifth day, as the saying goes, "He who walks by the river will eventually get his shoes wet." You encountered a human cultivator, but fortunately, he was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and you easily killed him. From him, you learned that there was a secret realm nearby, the Heavenly Profound Secret Realm, which was about to open, and only cultivators below the Foundation Establishment level could enter.

[On the sixth day, you hunted down three cultivators to investigate the Heavenly Profound Realm. You confirmed its authenticity, but their cultivation levels were all very low. They only knew that there were Foundation Establishment level spiritual objects in the Heavenly Profound Realm, but they didn't know what those objects were. However, your talent tells you that there must be Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Qi within it.]

On the seventh day, you hid around the manual, ready to venture into the secret realm.

On the eighth day, you hid around the secret realm, daring not to cultivate or make any rash moves, for fear of being discovered.

[The ninth day, and it remains the same.]

On the tenth day, the secret realm opened. While everyone was still observing it, you jumped inside. However, quite a few cultivators noticed your uninvited arrival. Once inside, thanks to your talent, you obtained numerous treasures, and your wealth quickly surpassed that of a newly established Foundation Establishment expert.

[On the eleventh day, you continued your search within the secret realm, finding numerous treasures and slaying many cultivators, absorbing their essence. However, after reaching the late stage of Qi Refining, your cultivation progress slowed down, and you remained at the eighth level of Qi Refining.]

On the twelfth day, you found many treasures, but still had no clue about the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Qi. You deduced that such a valuable item was not something an ordinary rogue cultivator could know about. You risked killing an inner disciple of the Xuan Yin Sect at the eighth level of Qi Refining and learned that there was supposedly a space in the center of the secret realm where, after undergoing trials, there was a chance to obtain the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Qi.

On the thirteenth day, you arrived near the trial space and found many cultivators there, including quite a few at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. They were all very wary. You had just entered the trial space within fifty meters when the portal emitted a beam of blue light, revealing your figure. Several human cultivators attacked you simultaneously, and you were severely injured before managing to escape.

[On the fourteenth day, you killed six cultivators and absorbed their essence, which improved your injuries. You also know that to enter the trial space, you need to fulfill a prerequisite: killing ten cultivators of the same level. You have only killed six so far.]

[On the fifteenth day, you began a frenzied killing spree of cultivators of the same level. Today, you killed three.]

On the sixteenth day, you finally obtained the token to enter the Trial Space and went there again. This time, you finally entered. In the first trial, you easily passed by killing one cultivator of the same level. In the second trial, you again passed by facing two cultivators of the same level. In the third trial, you barely passed by facing four cultivators of the same level, despite using all your skills. In the fourth trial, you chose to give up, facing eight cultivators of the same level, and received a Foundation Establishment Pill as a reward.

[On the seventeenth day, you had just emerged from the trial space when you were killed by a beautiful woman at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. She gave you the feeling of a viper, as if the Heavenly Qi and Earthly Qi had entered her body, and she was ready to establish her foundation at any moment. Before you died, you learned that her name was Fairy Ningzhi.]

[This simulation has ended. Survival time: 17 days. Cultivation level: Qi Refining Level 8. Evaluation: A decisive and ruthless snake, but lacking a clear understanding of its own position. Confidence is good, but never underestimate the heroes of the world. Achievement achieved: Confronted a prodigy. Reward: 135 Divine Dragon Points. (85 points for surviving for 17 days, and 50 points for achieving the achievement.)]

He let out a long breath and first jotted down the four characters "Fairy Ningzhi" in his notebook. Although he couldn't defeat her in the short term, there would always be a chance. Although he hadn't obtained the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Qi in the secret realm, he learned something from Ningzhi: the rewards for this trial space did indeed include Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Qi, and Ningzhi's must have come from the trial space. It seemed he had no choice but to go to the Heavenly Profound Secret Realm. However, his current cultivation and methods were insufficient; he needed greater strength to scheme for what he wanted.