My Life Can Be Simulated Infinitely – Chapter 8

Ch 8: Life is So Difficult

Soon, Old Gao and the others left with the mules, leaving only Zhang Xiaohai following behind Gu Yang.

Gu Yang ignored him, found a clean stone, sat down cross-legged, and first recharged his funds.

Instantly, the system’s balance became 105.

【Do you want to use the Life Simulator? Using it once consumes 50 gold. 】

“Yes.”

【At twenty-two years old, you become an Eighth-Rank Martial Artist and leave Liu Family Village with a merchant caravan. On the road, you encounter a group of bandits. You take action to eliminate them and learn that their lair is in Wang Family Gully. You change your route and no longer go to Wang Family Gully. 】

【Two months later, you go to Tianshui City in Xiang Prefecture and use the bandits’ heads to collect a bounty from the government. You refuse the County Magistrate’s offer to join his ranks. With 800 taels as capital, you open a fur shop and start doing business. 】

【At twenty-eight years old, your business grows bigger and bigger, and you become the richest person in Tianshui City. Your wealth makes some people envious, and you suffer various forms of suppression. In order to protect yourself, you marry the daughter of Dong Xuan, a well-known Sixth-Rank expert in Tianshui City. 】

【You dare not continue to expand your business and maintain the status quo, focusing on martial arts. 】

【At twenty-nine years old, because Zhang Xiaohai has been loyal and diligent, you take him as your apprentice. 】

【At thirty years old, you learn that Liu Family Village was massacred. However, you already have a wife and children, and the enemy is powerful, so you dare not think of revenge. 】

【At thirty-five years old, you master three styles of the Nameless Saber Technique from half a book you obtained from the bandits, and your strength greatly increases. 】

【At thirty-six years old, your trading company encounters a crisis, and you have to take action to resolve it, revealing your saber technique. 】

【At thirty-seven years old, just when you feel a breakthrough is imminent, you discover you have been poisoned. The poison was administered by your father-in-law in order to force you to reveal the origin of the three saber styles. 】

【After giving him the half book, he still cripples your meridians. From then on, you become a cripple, and your trading company is taken over by your father-in-law’s apprentice. 】

【Your direct subordinates in the trading company are purged. A month later, Zhang Xiaohai disappears. 】

【Eight years later, you become depressed and bedridden with a serious illness. On your deathbed, Zhang Xiaohai appears before you, carrying Dong Xuan’s head, and says, “Master, I have avenged you,” before coughing up blood and dying. 】

【You die at the age of forty-five. 】

“……”

After Gu Yang finished reading the ending of this simulated life, he didn’t know what to say for a moment.

It’s more tragic each time.

He was actually backstabbed by his father-in-law, and in the end, his martial arts were crippled, and he died so incredibly aggrieved.

And the reason his father-in-law did this was merely for those three saber styles.

In a previous simulated life, there was also an experience of being backstabbed by the County Magistrate who had appreciated him.

In this world, it is really too difficult to live well.

If you want to learn profound martial arts, you have to sell your life to others, and even then, you can be discarded at any time.

If you do business, just when you have some success, you will attract the covetousness of others. You finally find a suitable person to ally with, but because of a few saber styles, even your own father-in-law can plot against you and take over all of your assets.

It’s truly a path full of thorns. A slight carelessness will lead to falling into an abyss.

However, this simulated life is not completely without gains.

Gu Yang glanced at Zhang Xiaohai, who was standing not far away, somewhat timid, and felt a warmth in his heart. It was really unexpected that this kid was so loyal.

Moreover, his talent is also very good, far surpassing his own.

His father-in-law, Dong Xuan, is a Sixth-Rank expert. Twenty-three years later, Zhang Xiaohai was able to kill Dong Xuan, so he must have reached at least the Sixth-Rank Realm himself.

You must know that Gu Yang has conducted so many simulations, spanning over a hundred years, and he hasn’t even touched the edge of the Seventh-Rank.

It’s really… heartbreaking.

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

【One, your martial arts realm at thirty-seven years old. 】

【Two, your martial arts experience at thirty-seven years old. 】

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【Three, your life wisdom at thirty-seven years old. 】

Gu Yang became somewhat conflicted when he saw these three choices.

At thirty-seven years old, it was the peak of this simulated life, only one step away from the Seventh-Rank.

However, he learned those three styles of the Nameless Saber Technique, which could make a Sixth-Rank martial artist like Dong Xuan covet them so much that he would use such despicable means against his own son-in-law. They are definitely not ordinary.

With these three saber styles, killing Over the Mountain Wind would definitely not be difficult.

After thinking for a moment, he said, “I choose one.”

As the saying goes, the realm is the foundation.

As long as he can break through to the Seventh-Rank, a small Over the Mountain Wind is not a problem at all.

Instantly, the True Qi in his body began to increase, more than doubling.

Gu Yang felt as if he had touched a barrier. His True Qi had reached the limit of this realm and could not increase even a little bit more.

He was only short of a trigger to break through to the next realm.

However, this trigger was not so easy to come across. In this simulated life, he spent nearly ten years to find one.

If Dong Xuan hadn’t suddenly poisoned him, he should have already broken through.

“With my current strength, defeating Over the Mountain Wind should not be a problem.”

Gu Yang thought in his heart.

His True Qi had doubled, which was a huge boost to his strength. Before, he and Over the Mountain Wind were evenly matched, but now, he was at least seven to three in his favor.

“One more time.”

For safety’s sake, Gu Yang still used the last chance.

【At twenty-two years old, you become an Eighth-Rank Martial Artist and leave Liu Family Village with a merchant caravan. On the road, you encounter a group of bandits. You take action to eliminate them and learn that their lair is in Wang Family Gully. You change your route and no longer go to Wang Family Gully. 】

【Two months later, you go to Tianshui City in Xiang Prefecture and use the bandits’ heads to collect a bounty from the government. Later, with your outstanding strength, you gain the appreciation of the Zheng Family. You decide to join the Zheng Family and receive focused training. 】

【At twenty-five years old, you break through to the Seventh-Rank. 】

【At thirty-five years old, you are unable to break through to the Sixth-Rank and are questioned by the Zheng Family. You are gradually marginalized and later exiled to Tianshui City, becoming a steward. 】

【At thirty-eight years old, a member of the Zheng Family passes through Tianshui City and, because he harasses Cao Yiyi, who is ranked tenth on the Red Beauty List, he causes a great disaster. One of Cao Yiyi’s followers comes to the door, and with one person and one sword, kills everyone from the Zheng Family in Tianshui City. You only manage to block one sword before being pierced through the throat by the second sword and die. You die at the age of thirty-eight. 】

Another way to die.

Why is it so difficult to live a peaceful life?

After Gu Yang finished reading this short life, he sighed in his heart. Even if he joined a prominent family, this path was not easy.

In the end, it was because of that incompetent disciple of the prominent family, who dared to harass even someone on the Red Beauty List. It was one thing for him to seek his own death, but he also implicated him, causing him to suffer such an unwarranted disaster.

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

【One, your martial arts realm at thirty-eight years old. 】

【Two, your martial arts experience at thirty-eight years old. 】

【Three, your life wisdom at thirty years old. 】

Without any hesitation, Gu Yang said, “Choose one.”