Chapter 73 - Chapter 73: 073 Peak of the Third Rank (1/2)
Chapter 73: 073 Peak of the Third Rank
Translator: 549690339
[ …Several months later, news swept through the world that the Chu and Qin families were forming an alliance by marriage.]
[One day, Chu Xiyue’s mother sought you out, asking you to leave her daughter and promising you the Chu family’s protection in return. After much deliberation, you agreed. Afterwards, you and Su Qingzhen retreated into the Chu family’s Forbidden Land to focus on your cultivation.]
[Seven years later, Chu Xiyue appeared unexpectedly before you, now at the peak of First Rank strength. Seeing you, she lashed out like an enemy, thrusting her sword towards you as you awaited death with eyes shut. Su Qingzhen stood in front of you, but the sword energy bypassed her and pierced your heart, killing you. You died at the age of thirty.]
Gu Yang, upon seeing the final outcome, felt a deep sigh well up within him.
Having betrayed his feelings once, he had gained at least ten years in return.
Who could have foreseen that the Chu family would form a marital alliance with the Qin family?
Xu Ruomei had told him that the Chu and Qin families were once sworn enemies, with the Qin family even seizing the priceless heirloom of the Chu family.
Yet, the Chu family willingly married their daughter into the Qin family. Their spinelessness was truly shocking.
Under such circumstances, had he refused to leave Chu Xiyue, he would have instantly turned both the Chu and Qin families into his enemies, leading to an even more horrifying fate.
This damned fate truly left him no path to live on.
In the end, being killed by Chu Xiyue’s sword was nothing much to protest. [Simulation complete, you may choose to retain one of the following:]
[Option 1: Your Martial Arts Realm at the age of thirty.] [Option 2: Your Martial Arts experience at the age of thirty.] [Option 3: The wisdom of life you achieved by the age of thirty.]
Gu Yang naturally chose the first option.
This time, his True Essence had noticeably surged, increasing by nearly fifty percent.
A hard-won achievement indeed.
“Again. ”
Having found a method to survive for seven years, Gu Yang didn’t hesitate and continued using the same approach for the simulations.
So Gu Yang continued simulating, over and over again.
[ …Five years later, you finally cultivated to the peak of Third Rank.]
[Two more years later, Chu Xiyue confronts you, kills you, and you die at age thirty.]
Finally, he had reached the peak of Third Rank.
On his fourteenth simulation, he finally saw the prompt indicating he had achieved the peak of Third Rank, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Roughly calculating, it had taken him nearly a hundred years to progress from Third Rank to the peak of Third Rank.
And this was with Su Qingzhen by his side. Without her, it would likely have taken even longer.
[Simulation complete, you may choose one of the following:]
Gu Yang chose the first option. The next moment, he could feel his internal True Essence reaching a limit. At any moment, he could undergo Nirvana, disperse his power, and start anew. Afterward, he could directly cultivate to Second Rank, with no further bottlenecks until then.
He supressed this urge.
Currently, his balance rested at 220,000, allowing him to simulate only eleven more times. If he started over, he wouldn’t even reach Third Rank, let alone Second Rank.
Therefore, he could not undergo Nirvana at this moment.
The most crucial task at present was to gather funds.
As for where to procure them, he already had a plan in mind.
Gu Yang carried out seventeen simulations in one go, alarming Xu Ruomei who had been watching by the side. Her gaze shifted from shock to horror.
At such close distance, she clearly felt Gu Yang’s True Essence surge after every while.
Moreover, this surge appeared over ten times consecutively.
This completely disrupted her understanding of things. She couldn’t understand what was happening to Gu Yang.