My Life Can Be Simulated Infinitely – Chapter 15

Ch 15: Placing Oneself in a Deadly Situation to Live

Gu Yang spent a long time fully digesting those martial arts experiences.

Sixty years of accumulation was extremely vast. The saber techniques, sword techniques, and other martial skills he had mastered, both in terms of quality and quantity, exceeded the sum of all his previous simulations.

He looked outside the cave. The sky outside was already faintly bright.

A total of eight life simulations had actually taken up an entire night.

Gu Yang’s expression was a little solemn.

The system’s balance was only a little over a thousand, enough for two more simulations.

He had tried all sorts of methods, taken so many different paths in life, but still couldn’t break through to the sixth rank.

It was really too difficult.

“It seems that relying on ‘going with the flow’ to become a martial arts expert is impossible.”

In this world of martial arts, just practicing is not enough; one must also cultivate their state of mind, especially at the sixth-rank barrier.

The ninth to seventh ranks are the lower three ranks, belonging to third-rate martial artists.

The sixth to fourth ranks are the middle three ranks, considered second-rate experts.

Above the third rank are the upper three ranks, which are the first-rate experts.

The breakthroughs from the seventh to sixth rank and from the fourth to third rank are both barriers, and breaking through is not so easy.

“I can only take a risk.”

Gu Yang steeled his heart and began his ninth simulation.

【At twenty-two years old, you became a seventh-rank martial artist and left Liu Family Village. In Wang Family Gully, you saved Su Qingzhi of the Su family and agreed to escort her to Ping Prefecture.】

【The next day, the Liu family tracked you down. You, alone with your saber, instantly killed ten people. A sixth-rank martial artist from the Liu family immediately attacked. After ten moves, your chest was pierced by a sword, but at a critical moment, you avoided the fatal point. With a backhand saber strike, you injured your opponent.】

【At this moment, you finally broke through your inner demon and entered the sixth-rank realm. Unfortunately, you were too badly injured and still no match for your opponent. After five moves, you were pierced through the glabella by a sword and died at the age of twenty-two.】

Finally, sixth rank!

Gu Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

This time, it was a case of placing himself in a deadly situation to live, using his seventh-rank strength to face the Liu family’s sixth-rank martial artist who had left a psychological shadow on him.

This was no different from courting death.

If he had failed to break through, he would have wasted a simulation opportunity.

In that case, he would have to give up the thirty thousand taels reward and run away with Zhang Xiaohai.

He wouldn’t do something that was just throwing away his life.

【Simulation ended. You can retain one of the following.】

【One, the martial arts realm at twenty-two years old.】

【Two, the martial arts experience at twenty-two years old.】

【Three, the life wisdom at twenty-two years old.】

“I choose one.”

Instantly, the true qi within Gu Yang’s body exploded, as if it was burning, and it blasted open many acupoints one by one.

“Ouch—”

The little maidservant Zhixing, who was fast asleep, felt a burning sensation in her palm, woke up in shock, and instinctively withdrew her hand. She had just felt as if she was holding a red-hot piece of iron.

When she opened her eyes to look, there was nothing unusual.

Her young miss’s hand was still clasped with her benefactor’s hand, and her whole body was curled up against his side, sleeping soundly.

Looking at her benefactor, his eyes were also closed, as if he was sleeping.

“What’s wrong?”

It was Zhang Xiaohai, who was sleeping on the opposite side, who was awakened and asked vigilantly.

“N-nothing…”

The little maidservant said awkwardly, she thought it was just her illusion, “I… had a nightmare.”

“It’s good that you’re okay.”

Seeing that the sky outside was about to dawn, Zhang Xiaohai stood up and tiptoed outside.

Zhixing was worried about her young miss, so she sat back down beside her, looking at the two hands clasped together. She remembered last night, when her own hand had also been held by that large hand, and her face flushed slightly.

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She closed her eyes, not daring to think wildly, and even more afraid to put her hand back.

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“Huh?”

It was Gu Yang who was speaking. When he broke through, he couldn’t control the red yang true qi in his body. He had been channeling true qi into the two women beside him, and this time, the output of true qi was excessive.

The little maidservant was burned and retracted her hand.

But Su Qingzhi had no reaction.

Soon, Gu Yang noticed the anomaly. His true qi was actually passing through her hand and flowing into her body.

Then, a cool aura flowed back from her body, cool and refreshing, feeling unusually comfortable.

“This is—”

Although Gu Yang didn’t know what this cool aura was, his martial arts experience was extremely rich, and his intuition told him that it was not harmful to him.

On the contrary, it was a good thing.

It should be known that while the 《Red Yang Skill》 was extremely powerful, it also had great flaws.

The true qi cultivated by this technique was extremely yang.

As the saying goes, “isolated yang does not grow.” The higher the realm, the greater the damage to the body, especially when reaching the upper three ranks, where there was the danger of self-immolation.

Because of this, this technique was widely circulated, but no prominent family would cultivate it. They would only pass it on to their guards and subordinates.

It was said that only those with a special constitution could cultivate this technique to great success.

However, such people were extremely rare.

Even so, for people like Gu Yang, who had an ordinary background and no extraordinary talent, the 《Red Yang Skill》 was already the most likely advanced technique he could obtain.

In Great Zhou, the techniques that could be cultivated to the upper three ranks were monopolized by the major families and sects. They would not be passed on to non-core disciples.

It was harder for ordinary people to learn them than to ascend to the heavens.

Gu Yang had originally planned to solve this hidden danger after reaching the sixth rank.

Although changing cultivation techniques was very troublesome, as long as he had enough time, it wouldn’t be a problem.

What he lacked the least was time.

The difficulty was how to obtain an advanced technique with yang attributes.

Now, Gu Yang had unexpectedly triggered the cool aura within Su Qingzhi’s body, which could actually neutralize the most yang-dominant part of the red yang true qi, making his red yang true qi less domineering and more resilient.

After circulating his energy for several cycles, Gu Yang’s true qi had increased by nearly two times compared to before, and its purity was even more incomparable.

Gu Yang opened his eyes and looked at the woman beside him. She was still asleep, and her fair face had two faint circles of red, making her dazzlingly beautiful.

“Yin and yang harmonization?”

He could confirm that she didn’t have a single trace of true qi, and she definitely hadn’t practiced martial arts.

Then, there was only one possibility: she had a special constitution, and the yin qi in her body was congested. This should be the reason why she was born into a prominent family but had never practiced martial arts.

At this moment, Su Qingzhi’s long eyelashes fluttered, and she opened her eyes, her gaze meeting his.

Only then did she realize that she had actually fallen asleep leaning on this man, and her hand had been held by him for an entire night. She was immediately filled with shame and anger, and she jumped away, pulling her hand back as well.

“You—”

Su Qingzhi, her face flushed red, pointed at him, wanting to curse him, but saw him turn his head away and close his eyes again, actually ignoring her.

For a moment, she only felt full of grievances, and tears almost burst out.

He had taken all the advantages, but he acted as if nothing had happened.

The little maidservant, seeing that the situation was bad, quickly said, “Young miss, let me help you go out and wash your face.”

After speaking, she pulled her young miss out of the cave.