In a single life simulation, the amount of low-grade immortal jade required to reach the Celestial Immortal realm has reached 100,000.
The amount of low-grade immortal jade required for the Golden Immortal realm will increase a hundredfold, amounting to ten million low-grade immortal jades.
Even with 100,000 low-grade immortal jades a year away from the desolate city, it would still take Han Feng a very long time to break through to the Golden Immortal realm.
Not to mention that once Han Feng reaches the Golden Immortal realm, he would have to wait forever to break through the desolate city.
"Master!"
"Something terrible has happened!"
Hu Qiqing barged in.
"How have I always taught you to stay calm when things happen?"
Leng Hanmei frowned slightly.
"I'd like to, but things are really urgent."
Hu Qiqing was breathing heavily.
"Speak, what is it?"
Seeing the urgency of the situation, Leng Hanmei did not continue to blame him.
"People from the nearby cities of Tianyu and Huangyuan have come again, demanding protection money from us, claiming that the beast tide of the Great Wilderness is coming soon."
"As the two largest immortal cities in the vicinity, they have suffered the most damage. We must give them immortal jade so that they can better protect us."
"What kind of logic is this? It's their business that their immortal city is large. They haven't given us any protection, yet they're asking us to hand over our immortal jade to them."
Hu Qiqing couldn't help but get angry.
"How much do they want? If it's too little, we'll give it to them. Right now, our foundation in the desolate city is unstable."
Since Leng Hanmei stopped practicing the Severing Emotions Technique, her emotional intelligence has increased significantly.
"Each of the two immortal cities costs 50,000 immortal jades, totaling 100,000 immortal jades."
"This is exactly the immortal jade we've been away from the desolate city for a year. It seems this isn't the first time."
The two immortal cities demanding 100,000 low-grade immortal jades is beyond the control of the two individuals.
"You two can stall for time. There's still some time before the beast tide. You two should get your defenses ready."
"We will also temporarily relocate some ordinary people from the outer city to the inner city to avoid major casualties."
Han Feng was unaware of the details of the two immortal cities and had not yet made a decision.
"Yes, Master."
Leng Hanmei and Hu Qiqing withdrew one after the other.
"Now I understand why so few people want to be the city lord of this desolate city," Han Feng sighed.
He used to think that the position of Lord of the Immortal City was a highly coveted prize.
But things weren't as good as they seemed after I took office, especially in a "dangerous city" like the desolate city.
Externally, it is exploited by powerful immortal cities, and internally, it is controlled by various large families.
Leng Hanmei completely controlled a desolate city, and her annual earnings were only 100,000 low-grade immortal jades.
The Heavenly Desolate Daoist controls less than one-tenth of the total, and might only have ten thousand low-grade immortal jades a year.
After being exploited by the outer immortal city, Tianhuang Daoist was left with almost nothing.
He was said to be the city lord of the desolate city, and on the surface, he was incredibly powerful and respected by thousands.
In reality, he was even worse off than a rogue cultivator; after all the deductions, he probably didn't have much immortal jade left.
It's very likely that Tianhuang Daoren was oppressed for so long that he chose to cultivate the Starving Ghost Scroll of the Undying Netherworld Technique.
The Undying Netherworld Technique allows him to rapidly increase his cultivation level, but it also turns him into a non-human monster.
When Tianhuang Daoren first obtained it, he still retained a shred of human conscience and did not cultivate this Undying Netherworld Art.
However, his mindset has changed greatly over the years he has spent away from the desolate city.
"If this Daoist Tianhuang were to write a book about how I've survived all these years, it would definitely become a huge hit."
Han Feng couldn't help but sigh.
His situation is much better than that of Daoist Tianhuang; at least there is only one voice in the entire Immortal City.
Most importantly, Leng Hanmei's appointment has been finalized, and the Tianxuan Immortal Kingdom has acknowledged the ownership of the Immortal City.
Located next to the desolate wilderness, the city offers little opportunity for profit.
The Tianxuan Immortal Kingdom didn't even send an inspector before making the appointment.
If this were any other immortal city, it certainly wouldn't have been so smooth and easy.
"I still need to do a life simulation. The information I have is all in the files, and I don't actually know much about it."
Han Feng also wanted to see the severity of this beast tide and how much damage it would cause to the desolate city.
[Consuming 100,000 low-grade immortal jades allows for one cultivation simulation.]
A month later, you instructed Leng Hanmei to refuse the unreasonable demands of the two immortal cities, which enraged the envoys of the two immortal cities.
Hidden within their ranks is a Celestial-level expert who intends to force them into submission.
You simply released your aura, and the two of them gave up their attempt to force the issue.
Three months later, you shut down the teleportation array to Lihuang City, sealing off the entire city.
The first wave of beasts arrived in quick succession, and Leng Hanmei personally supervised the defense of the city.
The various families within the city also did their best to defend it, and the beast tide quickly passed.
After the beast tide ends, you have people take all the corpses back to the city, and the flesh can be eaten.
Its fur, fangs, and other parts can be used as materials for crafting weapons.
Three months later, after this period of arduous training, your cultivation has greatly improved.
Five months later, the second wave of beasts arrived. This wave consisted of a pack of wind wolves, led by a wind wolf with a cultivation level at the late stage of the Celestial Immortal realm.
Six months later, the second wave of beast tide ended, and the city of Lihuang retreated to the inner city.
Your decision to have everyone dispose of the wind wolf's carcass was an unexpected bonus.
A year later, the surrounding immortal cities suffered many waves of beast tides, all of which resulted in significant losses.
After that wave, the desolate city returned to a brief period of calm, and even made a fortune thanks to the corpse of the wind wolf.
A year and a half later, just when you thought the beast tide was about to end, two more waves of beast tides suddenly headed in your direction.
The strongest of these two waves of beast tides possessed the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal, and there were also many Celestial Immortals among them.
Faced with such a powerful beast tide, Lihuang City was unable to defend itself, ultimately leading to the city's fall.
Many families have already colluded with the two great immortal cities, and they will settle scores with you after the city falls.
Suddenly, everyone around you turns against you, and you can only trust two people.
Helpless, you leave with Leng Hanmei and Hu Qiqing, only to be attacked by two beast kings amidst the beast tide.
These two beast kings were at the mid-stage of the Golden Immortal realm, and you escaped with serious injuries.
Before you could escape very far, you were ambushed by Golden Immortal experts from Tianyu City and Huangyuan City, and ultimately, you were no match for them and were killed.
[You can save your options after the simulation is complete]
[Option 1: Retain all learned knowledge, skills, and combat experience.]
[Option 2: Retain cultivation level]
[Option 3: Maintain blood circulation and physical condition.]
Option 4: Keep the items that appear.
Han Feng kept option 1, and many detailed events from the life simulation entered his mind.
Ultimately, what led to the fall of Desolate City were these two immortal cities that couldn't get any money.
Now he can understand why the Heavenly Desolate Daoist would give immortal jade to avert disaster when faced with extortion from the two immortal cities.
These two immortal cities can easily transfer their beast tides, and no other nearby immortal city can withstand it.
According to the life simulation, Han Feng should hand over the Immortal Jade to the two Immortal Cities to ensure his safety.
Han Feng has entered another vortex, and one wrong move could mean certain death.
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