Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Disciple Promotion Reward, Battle Simulation
Today’s three simulation opportunities were used up, and Lu Changsheng shook his head helplessly.
Although Mo Huazhi possessed the rare Body of the Literary Sage, she was also plagued by misfortune, making her cultivation path extremely perilous, requiring Lu Changsheng to change her fate against the heavens.
“Let it be, take one step at a time, there are plenty of opportunities for simulation.”
Lu Changsheng was not worried, with his cultivation level, he could totally protect Mo Huazhi until she became a saint.
With the third disciple joining, Qingyun Peak became even more popular, no longer the desolation of the past.
If one also counted Chen Yao of Mount Shu who frequently visited Qingyun Peak, then there were four juniors.
Elder brother Zhao Wuyan occasionally visited Qingyun Peak as well, discussing problems related to cultivation with Lu Changsheng.
One month later, on Mount Shu’s Bimoon Peak, an old woman was cultivating elixir herbs when suddenly a Flying Sword arrived, and a grand aura descended.
“Sister, you’ve worked hard guarding Mount Shu during this time.”
“You’re injured?”
” Just a minor injury. I didn’ t expect the new Demon Lord of Huang State to have reached such a level of cultivation, otherwise, I would have settled the old scores.”
The person who had arrived was none other than Taiyuan Real Person.
The old woman’s wrinkled face grew even more worried: “No good comes without bad intention; good does not come. With the level of your cultivation, even you were injured by the Demon Lord, his cultivation is advancing rapidly, which is terrifying.”
“Indeed.”
Taiyuan Real Person and the old woman looked towards the endless cloud sea to the south, their faces filled with worry.
At Qingyun Peak, Mo Huazhi was in meditation, cultivating her Talent Cultivation Skills, advancing further.
“The Qj Sea is opened, it’s done.”
Mo Huazhi opened her bright eyes.
With Lu Changsheng’s power-infusing initiation over the past month, plus Mo Huazhi’s extensive reading of poetry and books in the past, she cultivated the Talent Cultivation Skills naturally, quickly reaching the Qi Transformation Realm.
Inside the cave dwelling, Lu Changsheng’s thoughts moved.
When a disciple advanced a major realm, the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator also had rewards.
[Ding, your third disciple “Mo Huazhi” has advanced from the Foundation Establishment Realm to the Qi Transformation Realm, you have received a disciple realm advancement reward: 20 combat simulation opportunities. You may use these combat simulation opportunities at any time.]
Combat simulation?
Lu Changsheng was stunned.
There was such a reward?
The former Lu Changsheng had secluded himself on Qingyun Peak for a hundred years, rarely going out to gain experience, and after Lu Changsheng’s soul traversed, he only left the mountain three times.
The first was the trip to Huang State, encountering Black Tiger Daoist.
The second was to accompany his eldest disciple Lin Qingzhi down the mountain, to kill the Joyous Union Sect’s Huanxi Elder.
The third was the recent Six Paths Conference, where he faced off against Inquiry Immortal Pavilion Holy Maiden Xia Ningxue and Reincarnation Hall Elder Evil Sword.
Such meager combat experience was too little for a practitioner at the fifth level of the Dao Palace Realm.
Combat experience was also very important for cultivators; this was why Mount Shu disciples often went down the mountain for training, even Mount Shu elders would go out to gain Sect Contribution Points and accumulate experience.
Originally lacking combat experience, Lu Changsheng found that the rewards of combat simulations from the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator could perfectly make up for this shortcoming.
“Start the simulation.”
Lu Changsheng’s divine sense entered a simulated battle scene, as if he were actually there.
This was a gloomy mountainous area, crisscrossed with ravines and gullies. A Demon Sect Elder holding a blood-colored scythe stood atop one of the weathered peaks, with a cultivation level the same as Lu Changsheng, the fifth layer of the Dao Palace Realm.
The Demon Sect Elder simulated by the system didn’t waste any words; the blood-colored scythe was already slashing through the air towards him.
Lu Changsheng summoned the Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Sword in an attempt to block the blood-colored scythe.
Unexpectedly, the blood-colored scythe circled back in the air, accompanied by the sound of clanking chains, and slashed at Lu Changsheng from the side.
The scythe carried an overwhelming bloody aura and ghostly wails that made one feel nauseated and sent shivers down one’s spine.
Taken aback, Lu Changsheng changed hand signs and manipulated the trajectory of the Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Sword to intercept the bloodcolored scythe.
The Nine Heavens Imperial Thunder Sword burst with lightning, and the vast Sword Qi repelled the blood-colored scythe, suppressing the bloody light.
Lu Changsheng’s True Qi was several times more robust than that of ordinary cultivators at the same realm. He was virtually invincible in his realm, and only Xia Ningxue, a prodigious talent seen once in a hundred thousand years, could match him at this level.
“Hehehe…”
However, this Demon Sect Elder, who wielded the blood-colored scythe as his magical treasure, wasn’t as simple as he appeared. Behind him materialized two identical figures, each also holding a scythe.
“A clone technique?”
Lu Changsheng had come across a record of this divine skill in the Mount Shu archives.
“Although the clone technique turns one into three, attacking the enemy from all sides, the True Qj is also divided into three parts, making both the original body and the clones weaker. Each person bears the realm of the fifth layer of the Dao Palace, but only the True Qi of the fourth layer.”
With limited combat experience, Lu Changsheng paid extra attention to studying various archives of Mount Shu to increase his knowledge.
After three cups of tea had passed, Lu Changsheng finally killed the Demon Sect Elder simulated by the system.
Though the clone technique had its weaknesses, it still took Lu Changsheng considerable effort to completely deal with the Demon Sect Elder.
[Ding, you have used 1 combat simulation opportunity. Remaining simulations: 19 times.]
“The system’s combat simulation is really impressive. This is indeed a rare opportunity for actual combat.”
Lu Changsheng realized the importance of this feature.
Even if he stayed within the confines of Qjngyun Peak in Mount Shu, without stepping outside, engaged in secluded cultivation, he could still gain precious combat experience without facing real danger to his life.
Could this be the legendary mental training method?
Lu Changsheng meditated and cultivated, digesting the insights from this battle.
Afterward, Lu Changsheng used another combat simulation opportunity.
This time, the opponent was a Great Demon at the sixth layer of the Dao Palace Realm, humanoid with an elephant’s head and robust limbs, each punch carrying the force of ten thousand catties.
It took Lu Changsheng two whole hours to slay the Great Demon, and in the simulation, he was gravely injured, hanging by a thread.
“It’s indeed extremely challenging to fight across different levels. However, this also shows that as long as I don’t encounter unparalleled geniuses like Li Changye or Xia Ningxue who are invincible within the same realm, I have the capability to fight across levels.”
“My combat experience is still lacking. If I were rich in actual combat experience, I should be able to easily slay an ordinary Great Demon of the sixth layer of the Dao Palace Realm.”
Lu Changsheng immediately absorbed the experience of fighting across different levels.
Opportunities to battle enemies one minor realm higher are rare.
“It’s time for the power-infusing initiation for the disciples again.”
Now with three disciples, as long as any one of them refined the Spiritual Energy infused by Lu Changsheng, he would continue the initiation process, operating like the Unlimited Merits Machine, keeping it in motion.
Lu Changsheng made a point every day to reward his disciples with Elixir Pills, Talismans, magical treasures, and Cultivation Techniques, especially consumables like Elixir Pills and Talismans. No matter whether used for himself or as gifts to obtain favors, one could never have too many.
“According to the simulation of Lian’s life, my disciple will step into the Nascent Soul Realm in three more years. By then, I will be able to reward her with even higher-grade Cultivation Techniques and Elixir Pills.”
Lu Changsheng felt somewhat impatient. Rewarding Profound Rank Cultivation Techniques had the chance of returning Heaven Rank techniques. Therefore, rewarding Earth Rank techniques might potentially bring back techniques even higher in grade than Heaven Rank ones.