Smelling the Scent of a Priceless Treasure

[You replaced "Demonic Aura" with "Dragon Teasing the Phoenix".]

[You replaced "Spider-Sense" with "The Only True Prophet".]

Chen Yi made some adjustments to his traits in the simulation.

Spider-Sense was a highly cost-effective rare trait that could sense danger.

In theory, its functions encompassed those of "The Only True Prophet".

But Chen Yi wanted to see how the new trait actually functioned.

If it wasn't useful, he could just switch it back next year.

As for equipping "Dragon Teasing the Phoenix"...

"My simulated self, don't say your bro only knows how to slack off. Look at how much I'm looking out for you. How can you go save fallen maidens without solid professional skills? But it's just for this year; next year we have to get down to business."

Next year would be the seventeenth year, the time to obtain the Ten Thousand Soul Banner!

[You lived in Dongchi Town for a year.]

[You studied cultivation methods during the day and martial techniques at night, living a very fulfilling life.]

[Your external martial art has been replaced with the Crimson Heart Sect's high-tier external art, the Profound Heart Flame Art.]

[In the Crimson Heart Sect, the Heart Fire Art is a mid-tier external art meant for ordinary disciples, while the Profound Heart Flame Art is an enhanced version exclusively for elite disciples, higher-ups, and those who have made outstanding contributions.]

[Just like the Heart Fire Art, cultivating the Profound Heart Flame Art also causes your hair to turn red.]

[You have just grasped the basics, and a strand of your bangs has already turned red.]

[As a high-tier cultivation method, the Profound Heart Flame Art not only accelerates your blood vitality cultivation speed but also allows you to burn your blood vitality in battle, imbuing all your attacks with special fire properties.]

[When circulating the art, it also greatly increases your physical body's resistance to fire, high temperatures, burning, and other similar forms of damage.]

[Your internal martial art has been replaced with the high-tier internal art, the Profound Pure Yang Spirit-Guiding Art.]

[Your spiritual power cultivation speed has also increased significantly.]

[Moreover, cultivating this internal art infuses the practitioner's spiritual energy with the most unyielding and pure Yang essence.]

[Your entire being becomes like a tiger, brimming with immense Yang energy. It is to the point where if you were shirtless on the snow in the dead of winter, the ice and snow beneath you would melt.]

[This also makes you virtually immune to mundane illnesses.]

[Invisibly, it has the effect of prolonging your life.]

[However, this internal art also has a minor side effect.]

[Just like its positive effect—the heavy Yang energy requires Yin and Yang to be balanced; otherwise, your entire body will feel restless.]

[Otherwise, why would you spend all day going out to save fallen maidens? There is a reason for everything!]

[High-tier cultivation methods are much more obscure and profound. Relying solely on your own study, it is already quite a feat to grasp the basics of two manuals in a single year.]

[There are two other high-tier martial arts that you are still studying and have yet to master the basics of.]

[As for those mid-tier cultivation methods, you figure that unless absolutely necessary, you probably won't bother learning them in this lifetime.]

[A person's energy is limited. Rather than learning the basics of a whole bunch of cultivation methods, it is better to specialize in a few and raise their proficiency levels.]

[Night falls.]

[After a dull day of cultivation, you are going out to relax a bit.]

[Life, after all, is about striking a balance between work and rest.]

[With your body's Yang energy so vigorous now, doing it once a day is just a piece of cake.]

["Calculating the days, it's almost time for Old Liu to obtain the Ten Thousand Soul Banner..."]

[Suddenly, your nose twitched.]

["The scent of a supreme treasure!"]

[Compared to a treasure, the fallen maidens have to take a back seat!]

[You followed the source of the scent and tracked it down.]

["If the supreme treasure hasn't been unearthed yet, it's naturally mine. If it's on someone else, I'll just memorize the time and location, and once I'm stronger, I'll grab it in a newly started simulation..."]

[You are cautious as hell.]

[Soon, you arrived at the wilderness outside Dongchi Town.]

[The scent of the supreme treasure grew stronger and stronger.]

["Is the detection range really this large? Truly worthy of an epic trait!"]

[Your heart rate accelerated, and you grew increasingly excited.]

[Could it be the Ten Thousand Soul Banner?]

[Dongchi Town isn't far from Hongtong County, Old Liu's hometown.]

[Could it be that Old Liu has already obtained the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and started committing crimes everywhere?]

[Old Liu with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner in hand is quite formidable, and you don't want to repeat the mistake of living a short life like in your previous lifetime.]

[If that's really the case, you can only play it safe for now and go a bit earlier next time.]

[Following the scent, you tracked it for a while longer and entered a mountain forest.]

[The scent is incredibly thick now; the distance should be very close.]

["Mnn~~"]

[Suddenly, you faintly heard a moan.]

["Ah, this... Could it be a fellow horndog having some fun in the wild?"]

[Good heavens, how thrilling. I should go take a look...]

[Never mind, never mind, the supreme treasure is more important.]

[Coincidentally, the direction of this pleasant voice was identical to the source of the supreme treasure's scent.]

[Then I'll just have to kill two birds with one stone.]

[After taking a few steps, you saw two men in the woods ahead.]

[One was tall and thin, the other short and fat, and both wore light armor.]

[You stopped in your tracks.]

["It seems the supreme treasure is on these two. I can't act rashly. I'll remember the time and place and come back next time..."]

[You overheard their conversation.]

["Brother Gao, the princess has been afflicted with the Passion Flower Poison, what should we do? If the poison isn't cured tonight, her life will be in danger!"]

["Speaking of which, it's all your fault! Why didn't you keep a close eye on her!"]

["The princess is too clever, I accidentally let her trick me again! Let's not talk about this right now, curing the poison is what's important!"]

["To cure the Passion Flower Poison, 'Yang energy' must enter her body... Sigh! The two of us brothers watched the princess grow up and treat her like our own daughter. Even if you killed us, we couldn't do such a thing!"]

["There's a town nearby. I'll just go grab a man and bring him back!"]

["That's a solution, but the princess is on her way to a political marriage. If she loses her virginity, how will the two of us explain it?"]

["Look what time it is, isn't the princess's life the top priority?!"]

["Fair enough. It just so happens there's a man nearby. He's quite young and handsome, so it wouldn't be doing the princess a disservice."]

[You had already turned to leave, but you were stunned upon hearing this.]

["A man nearby? Could it be me?"]

[Looking up, those two men had already appeared five paces in front of you.]

[The tall man chuckled, "That's right, we're talking about you!"]

[The short man hoisted you up and carried you away with lightning speed. In the blink of an eye, you had been brought into a mountain cave.]

[Such incredible speed!]

[These were absolute experts, with cultivation realms even higher than the Patriarch of the Crimson Heart Sect!]

[You saw a woman inside the cave.]

[Her clothes were torn, and she was writhing on the ground. Her face was flushed red, and ambiguous sounds escaped her lips.]

[Although the woman looked a bit disheveled at the moment, one could still see her nation-toppling beauty and her devilishly hot figure.]

[With just one glance, you were captivated.]

[It was absolutely not because you were lustful, but because she was simply too beautiful.]

[It was the kind of exaggerated beauty that made it impossible for anyone to look away!]

[It was a beauty so stunning that even an eighty-year-old paralyzed man would experience a medical miracle upon seeing her!]

[An ordinary family could never raise someone with such looks.]

[Just who was she?]