"Sure enough, the Spiritual Vein Dragon also appears in the reward list...but at this price?"

"Damn it, it's just for my eyes, right?"

Su Xing complained crazily in his heart.

Five million energy sources...equivalent to five trillion simulated energies!

This price is even five times more expensive than the previous Fusang sacred tree branch! Of course, this does not mean that the spirit vein dragon is more precious than the Fusang sacred tree branch.

After all, the Fusang tree is an innate spiritual treasure nurtured by heaven and earth. Theoretically, its status is even higher than that of the spiritual dragon.

But what Su Xing got was just a branch, and it was burnt.

What is truly valuable is the great laws contained in the branches of the Fusang sacred tree.

But its value...is not as good as that of the Spiritual Vein Dragon.

"Tsk tsk, where exactly is this simulator from?"

"It turns out... even a treasure like the Spiritual Vein Dragon can be copied! Hiss... But just take a look at the price!"

Su Xing shook his head slightly.

Although he was extremely eager for this spiritual dragon, Su Xing could only sigh in despair because of the staggering price.

Su Xing looked at the Fusion Stage Cultivation Level option column, then his eyes showed surprise, and he murmured: "Fusion Stage Breakthrough, one realm only requires 500 million energy!?"

"This... is half less than what I thought!"

Su Xing was somewhat surprised.

Originally, in his expectation, a small realm in the fusion period should also be tenfold, that is, one billion energies should be increased for one realm.

Then, from the Great Perfection of Return to Void Stage to the Perfection of Combination Stage, the energy required is 10 billion! Including the breakthrough of Primordial Realm... that is 20 billion.

This caused Su Xing to suffer from energy anxiety for a long period of time. He was so worried that he dared not waste even a single bit of energy.

But now, one realm only needs 500 million energies, and to break through to the next realm of perfection in both body refining and qi refining, the total required is only 10 billion, which is reduced by half in an instant.

"That's right... If we continue calculating this way, the energy required for the breakthrough will be much less!"

"With the puppets producing the Bigu Pill and the acquisition of the exotic metal mining area... maybe within two or three months, the 5 billion needed to complete the fusion stage can be collected!"

Su Xing looked delighted.

"But...when I broke through in the previous simulation, it seemed that I was watched by the blood moon?"

"Although it didn't cause any disturbance, it's still better to be careful!"

Su Xing frowned slightly. Being targeted by any unknown existence was not what Su Xing wanted to see.

After Su Xing thought for a while, he began to disguise his appearance and conceal his breath, hiding his own secrets.

When it was getting dark, Su Xing flew on his sword and arrived at the Xianwu Era copy.

"Compared to Blue Star, perhaps a breakthrough in the Immortal Martial Era dungeon is more concealed?"

Su Xing murmured.

So far, he has not been to the Wanmu Sect ruins in reality, and has no plans to go there for the time being.

If you are short of spiritual stones and spiritual medicines, you can just get them in the simulation. It won’t waste much time.

After thinking for a moment, Su Xing entered the ruins of the Five Elements Sect.

When killing the Five Elements Immortal before, Su Xing deliberately did not destroy the formation here, leaving it as a hidden stronghold.

After all, outside the Five Elements Sect ruins formation, there is a back door that is specifically designed to block out auras, making it a natural hiding place for Su Xing.

After entering the ruins formation, Su Xing entered the Lingtian Cave Heaven.

With the double insurance, Su Xing felt much more at ease.

"No, it's not enough! Set up another formation to block the secrets of the sky!"

Su Xing muttered something, and then set up a "formation to shield the secrets of heaven" according to the records in the Eight Trigrams fortune-telling technique.

After doing all this, Su Xing told himself another fortune.

The hexagram was auspicious, so Su Xing felt relieved and said, "I choose the fusion stage cultivation and the micro-spirit gathering array perception!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the simulator's prompt sound came to his ears.

[You have successfully brought out the first level of the fusion period, spending 500 million energy points, and the remaining energy is 1.91263 billion points. ]

[You have successfully brought out the Micro Spirit Gathering Array (minor success), spending 300 million energy points, and the remaining energy points are 1.61263 billion points.]

The simulator prompt sounded, and two mysterious forces fell into Su Xing's body.

The first thing that came was that Su Xing's aura continued to rise.

The movement of this realm breakthrough is bigger than any previous one!

Su Xing quickly closed his eyes and held his breath, focusing his mind and adjusting his breathing.

Then, Su Xing's aura began to surge! The spiritual power in his body, which was like a great river, began to gather and surge...

In just a few dozen breaths, the awakened spiritual power reached a critical point.

The next moment, he successfully broke through to the fusion stage!

The cultivation feedback brought by the simulator is so natural, without any sense of superficiality at all.

As Su Xing's momentum continued to rise, his cultivation successfully broke through to the fusion stage, and some strange phenomena began to appear in the sky above the entire Xianwu Era copy.

With the Five Elements Sect ruins as the center, within a radius of a hundred miles, thunder rumbled in the sky, and it seemed as if a dragon flashed through the dark clouds...

This is the vision that occurs when a powerful monk breaks through!

If an ordinary cultivator breaks through to the fusion stage, strange phenomena will definitely occur, and people within a thousand miles will be able to sense the location where the cultivator has broken through.

However, Su Xing's cultivation was obtained from the feedback of the simulator, which was isolated from most of the secrets and strange phenomena.

Coupled with the triple blessing of the ruins formation, the spiritual field cave, and the formation that shields the secrets of heaven, this strange phenomenon only lasts for a few breaths.

Soon the thunder in the sky slowly dissipated, and did not expose Su Xing's location at all.

After his cultivation level broke through to the fusion stage, Su Xing closed his eyes and rested for a quarter of an hour before slowly getting up.

"Is this... a cultivator in the Fusion Stage?"

Su Xing murmured, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

With a thought in his mind, a vortex of spiritual power appeared in Su Xing's hand.

In just a moment, the power of the Spirit Explosion Technique in Su Xing's hand exceeded the power limit of the previous Return to Void Stage.

Su Xing only made a brief attempt and the Spirit Explosion Technique slowly dissipated.

After a careful understanding, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, after the fusion stage, the total amount of spiritual power in the body has tripled again!"

"More importantly... it can mobilize the power of heaven and earth, thereby greatly enhancing the power of magic!"

Su Xing could feel that his understanding of the power of heaven and earth and the original power was far beyond before.

This is because after breaking through from the Return to Void Stage to the Fusion Stage, the cultivator will experience a baptism, thereby strengthening his comprehension of the power of heaven and earth and the origin of power.

If you want to improve further, you need to experience it carefully during the fusion period so that you can mobilize the power of heaven and earth to the maximum extent.

After sensing the improvement in his cultivation, Su Xing began to recall the memories of the miniature spirit gathering array in his mind.

After pondering for a long time, a strange look flashed in Su Xing's eyes.

"This Five Elements Master is truly a genius!"

"A miniature spirit gathering array that combines talismans, formations, spiritual energy, and the soul into one... It can be said to be unprecedented and will never be surpassed!"

Su Xing had no idea to what extent the Five Elements Immortal had researched the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array at that time.

However, based on Su Xing's current understanding of the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array, he could set up a fifth-order excellent quality micro-spirit gathering array, which would increase the speed of cultivation by more than half! This was half the speed of the mutant heavenly spirit root, which was terrifying!

"If I want, I can engrave a miniature spirit gathering array right now... but we can't stay in the Five Elements Sect ruins for long. We have to leave as soon as possible!"

Su Xing murmured, then flew on his sword and quickly left the Xianwu Era copy.

A few hours later, Su Xing reappeared in the dormitory of Kyoto Academy and entered Lingtian Cave.

"The faster the engraving of the miniature spirit gathering array is done, the better!"

"Now I can engrave it on my body..."

After Su Xing thought for a moment, he began to try to engrave the miniature spirit gathering array.

Spiritual pen, spiritual ink...

His mind felt the flow of his own spiritual energy, and then he quickly engraved a fifth-order, excellent quality miniature spirit gathering array on the skin of his dantian.

The whole process lasted for several hours.

After setting up the formation, Su Xing wiped the sweat from his forehead. As expected, it was successful.

“Tsk tsk, a miniature spirit gathering array. Although it is a formation, it is more like a talisman… It looks a bit like a tattoo…”

Su Xing chuckled and put on the clothes covering his dantian.

From the outside, there is no difference.

But Su Xing could sense that the flow of spiritual energy in his dantian was much faster than before.

Su Xing does not need to actively practice. The spiritual energy in the spiritual field cave will automatically penetrate into Su Xing's body and transform into pure cultivation.

The whole process went smoothly and Su Xing didn't need to do anything.

"Tsk tsk... Practicing while on AFK is comparable to the ascetic practice of a true spiritual root cultivator day and night..."

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

"If we need a more advanced micro-spirit gathering array later, we can use special means to erase it and rearrange it...it's quite convenient!"

After Su Xing sensed the changes in the spirit gathering array for a while, he began to busy himself with the tasks for the new week.

It is no longer about refining pills, but making puppets made of different metals.

In six and a half days, Su Xing once again created two puppets specifically for alchemy.

They were named Dan San and Dan Si respectively.

Now Su Xing has four puppets that specialize in refining elixirs, code-named Dan One to Dan Four.

On average, each puppet can refine an additional 500 fasting pills for Su Xing in a week.

Four puppets mean two thousand fasting pills.

The eight living dead puppets obtained from Zong Laogou before waking up were responsible for refining pills, nurturing spirits, and even teaching other puppets how to refine pills.

"Now, these puppets combined can refine nearly 4,000 Bigu Pills for me in a week!"

"This speed...is not much slower than when I refine the Bigu Pill myself!"

Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

As the number of Dan puppets increases, the number of Qigong pills that Su Xing can produce every week will also increase rapidly.

The rate is about two more puppets and one thousand more fasting pills can be refined every week.

"But unfortunately... these puppets are currently unable to refine higher-level elixirs... After they are modified in the future, perhaps elixirs such as the Yang Yuan Pill can also be refined by the puppets!"

Su Xing is very optimistic about the potential of puppetry.

After Su Xing finished his work, he prepared to set off for the villa area.

With his skilled skills of disguising himself and concealing his breath, Su Xing soon saw Jin Congxue.

Jin Congxue was dressed like an intellectual sister today, wearing a lavender sweater and a pair of frameless glasses, looking quite seductive.

The two sat opposite each other, eating and chatting.

Jin Congxue glanced at Su Xing and said in surprise:

"Su Xing, why do I feel... that you are a little different from the last time I saw you?"

After hearing Jin Congxue's words, Su Xing smiled slightly but did not answer.

The breakthrough from the Return to Void Stage to the Fusion Stage is a major breakthrough in realm.

Before reaching the immortal realm, every breakthrough is a process of shaving hair and cleansing the marrow, which can remove some impurities from the body.

After Su Xing had a major breakthrough, his temperament and aura naturally changed a little.

Only people who are extremely familiar with it can notice this subtle change.

This is a technique to block the secrets of heaven, and it is difficult to change.

Well... overall, it has become more charming!

Su Xing thought for a moment, then asked, "By the way, Sister Xue, how is the task I asked you to do going?"

As soon as Jin Congxue got down to business, his face straightened and he nodded, "Those people you asked me to take care of before?"

"Well, your good brother Yu Yan is still in the Demon Suppression Pass... I can't interfere in military affairs."

"However, I have been giving him a lot of help in the name of Jin's Company during this period...including the bottle of elixir you asked me to give him before, which I also gave to him."

"I think his current strength is probably considered a master within the Grandmaster level... In the next two or three years, he may be able to break through to the Heavenly King level!"

After hearing what Jin Congxue said, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.

Yu Yan had helped him a lot before, and the two were as close as brothers. Su Xing would naturally not forget the kindness.

But everyone has their own path.

All Su Xing could do was try to help him behind the scenes.

In the next few years, there will be no changes in the Demon-Suppressing Pass.

And Yu Yan was able to break through to the King level during this period, which made him considered a strong man with the ability to protect himself.

Just as Su Xing was thinking, Jin Congxue continued:

"And your little lover~ her name is Wang Qingxuan, right?"

"This girl has good talent and potential... She just happened to submit her resume to the Tarot Chamber of Commerce, so I recruited her into the Tarot Chamber of Commerce's dungeon gold farming team. Now she is also a team leader."

"Although she's not rich, she's safe. I've asked someone to look after her..."

"And the treatment in the gold-farming team is also good, enough for her to grow steadily for a long time in the future."

After hearing Jin Congxue's words, Su Xing nodded slightly.

He and Wang Qingxuan did not have much interaction in real life. As the gap in strength grew, the two rarely met.

It’s great to be able to stay safe under Su Xing’s nose and live a good life.

"And what you asked me to find out about before... um, your sister..."

Speaking of this, a strange look appeared on Jin Congxue's face.

"Your sister seems to have a special identity... She was specially recruited by the Daxia military into a certain unit. This unit is responsible for logistics and is extremely confidential. Even I can't find out..."

After a pause, Jin Congxue said, "It seems that your sister... has also awakened a hidden profession, right? But the specific profession... I can't seem to find out."

After hearing what Jin Congxue said, Su Xing looked puzzled.

In the early simulations, Su Xing's sister was also a master-level existence, and it seemed that she was indeed said to be some kind of specially recruited genius of the country.

But Su Xing was always busy improving himself, so he didn't care too much about it.

After thinking it over carefully, Su Xing said uncertainly:

"This girl never told me her specific occupation... She was hesitant every time I asked her..."

"But, I remember her profession seemed to have something to do with swords?"

Su Xing scratched his head, preparing to wait until he had time to figure out Su Xiaomei's development through simulation.

In the previous simulation, all Su Xing could guarantee was that his family, including Su Nian'an and Su Xing's parents, were safe.

But facing the terrifying alien races, cults... or giant beasts.

Su Xing's family, and even the entire human race, can only provide very little help to Su Xing...

Unknowingly, Su Xing has already reached the forefront in the fight against aliens!

It seems that he is the only one he can rely on...

Soon, Su Xing and Jin Congxue's meeting ended.

Su Xing returned to Lingtian Cave Heaven with the new week's goods.

The simulated energy is still more than 150 million points, and the total simulated energy awakened is 1.76763 billion points.

On December 30, 2024, the new era, Su Xing started a new round of simulation on time.

"Start simulation!"

[Ding! This simulation consumed 6,800 energy points, the remaining energy is 1,767,630,000 points, and there are no simulation times left.]

[Simulation starts! ]

[It costs 100,000 energy points to extract purple talent, and 1 million energy points to extract golden legendary talent. Do you want to extract? ]

Su Xing looked at the simulated text in front of him and murmured, "Now that I have broken through to the fusion stage, I should be able to fight against Long Laogou!"

"But to be on the safe side, it would be most reliable to bring out the dragon slayer talent!"

Su Xing thought so, and then his heart moved, calling up the talent lottery pool interface.

The familiar purple slot machine with many balls rolling in it.

Su Xing didn't hesitate and directly spent 100,000 energy to draw the lottery.

[Ding, you drew the purple talent Cold-Faced Emperor... Do you want to select this talent for simulation? ]

"no……"

[Ding, you drew the purple talent, I am just a passerby...]

【bite……】

A series of prompt sounds appeared in Su Xing's ears.

After trying dozens of times, Su Xing finally achieved his goal, the purple talent, Dragon Slayer! [Dragon Slayer]: You are born to be the nemesis of dragons. All creatures with dragon blood will be involuntarily afraid of you when they see you. All damage you cause to dragon creatures is increased by 50%!

"Fifty percent damage bonus... combined with my fusion stage cultivation, I'm afraid even a late fusion stage cultivator may not be my opponent!"

Su Xing touched his chin.

According to the information obtained from the previous simulation, Long Laogou's realm strength should be the middle stage of Hunyuan Realm. Relying on the power of the dragon's true body, he should be comparable to a cultivator in the late stage of fusion.

"However... in that simulation, there was a big gap between my strength and that of Old Dog Long, so I may not have used all of his strength..."

"If Long Laogou still has a trump card... the outcome is hard to say..."

(End of this chapter)