Chapter 12: Shocking Everyone, Changes

Xianxia: Establishing an Immortal Clan Through Simulation 

Chapter 12: Shocking Everyone, Changes

“Sixteen years old and already at the second level of the Acquired Realm…”

Feeling the aura emanating from Lin Zichen, the Lin Clan’s younger-generation geniuses, including Lin Zitao, fell silent.

When they had first heard Lin Zichen’s words, they had thought he was being extremely arrogant.

Now they realized that it was not arrogance. He genuinely possessed the strength to back it up.

“I never expected Cousin Zichen’s cultivation to have reached such a level. This is truly a blessing for our Lin Clan.”

“However, I still want to see just how large the gap between myself and a second level Acquired Realm cultivator is.”

With that, Lin Zitao took the lead and stepped onto the arena.

Seeing this, the remaining young geniuses of the Lin Clan exchanged glances before walking onto the arena together.

Their thoughts differed, but they all shared one thing in common.

The passion of youth.

The pride of being among the top ten members of the Lin Clan’s younger generation.

To retreat without fighting was the behavior of a coward.

They disdained such an act, and they would not do it.

Before long, all of the Lin Clan’s top ten geniuses under the age of eighteen, except Lin Ziqing, had stepped onto the arena.

“You people have no chance against the Young Master.”

Looking at the group of peers surrounding Lin Zichen on the arena, Lin Ziqing could not help but recall how completely he had been dominated by Lin Zichen earlier. He could not help shivering.

At the same cultivation level, he had been utterly defeated.

The gap had been simply too large and too obvious.

“Attack!”

Facing Lin Zichen, whose cultivation had reached the second level of the Acquired Realm, these Lin Clan geniuses did not dare to be careless in the slightest. They all unleashed their strongest martial techniques and charged toward him.

Lin Zichen remained completely composed.

His gaze was calm and unwavering.

The difference between the Acquired Realm and the Body Refining Realm was enormous.

Generally speaking, a First-Level Acquired Realm martial artist was capable of sweeping aside ten Ninth-Layer Body Refining Realm martial artists working together, let alone someone like Lin Zichen, who had revealed cultivation at the Second Level of the Acquired Realm.

He did not even need to use a martial technique.

Circulating his true qi, Lin Zichen moved like a ghost, constantly weaving through Lin Zitao and the others.

His movements were graceful, his footwork light and agile, and his every motion was incredibly effortless. The sight caused many of the younger female clan members watching from the sidelines to stare at him with shining eyes, their faces filled with admiration.

Before long, only Lin Zichen remained standing in the arena.

The other Lin Clan geniuses were lying scattered across the ground, clutching their chests as they stared at the white-clothed youth on the arena in shock. A trace of awe flashed through their eyes.

For a moment, the enormous martial arena fell completely silent.

“Cultivate diligently. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can come find me.”

At some point, Lin Zichen had already stepped down from the arena and approached the group of geniuses. He patted Lin Zitao on the shoulder, left them with a few words of encouragement, and then turned around and walked toward the courtyard where he lived.

He still needed to test whether the Immortal Clan Simulator truly worked the way he imagined. He had no time to waste here.

It was only when Lin Zichen’s figure was almost disappearing from their sight that the young Lin Clan geniuses finally came back to their senses.

“We thank the Young Master for his guidance!”

Although they had yet to actually receive any guidance from Lin Zichen, every one of them was beaming with joy.

Even the other young clan members watching from the sidelines looked at them with faint traces of envy.

Although Lin Zichen was currently only at the Second Level of the Acquired Realm, and that might not seem particularly impressive within the Lin Clan—many older-generation experts were stronger than him—one had to understand that the reason geniuses were called geniuses was because they possessed an understanding of cultivation and a perceptiveness far beyond that of ordinary people.

Deficiencies that many older-generation experts might fail to notice could perhaps be completely obvious in the eyes of a genius.

It could be said that receiving guidance from a genius could sometimes be more effective than receiving guidance from a powerful expert.

Of course, that was only true when the “expert” was not overwhelmingly stronger while the “genius” was exceptionally talented.

Otherwise, the advantage of having a higher cultivation level when giving guidance to someone of a lower cultivation level was still extremely significant.

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“Second Level of the Acquired Realm?”

“I never expected Zichen to be even more cautious than we imagined. This level of cultivation is enough to attract the attention of those three major forces, yet it is still far from posing a threat to them. At the same time, it enhances the reputation of our Lin Clan. It truly accomplishes several things at once.”

Deep within the Lin Clan, inside the main council hall, the various Lin Clan higher-ups who had received the news immediately could not help but nod in satisfaction.

With the Lin Clan’s foundation and strength, protecting a genius at the Second Level of the Acquired Realm was still well within their capabilities.

If Lin Zichen had revealed cultivation at the Third Level of the Acquired Realm or above, however, the situation would have been different.

After all, the cultivation of the Three Young Masters of Gentle Breeze City was only at the Second Level of the Acquired Realm.

“After this battle, there shouldn’t be any objections within the Lin Clan to Zichen becoming our Young Master. From now on, our focus should be on acquiring mid-grade spiritual herb seeds and cultivating spiritual herbs.”

Hearing this, Lin Clan First Elder Lin Shouchang nodded in agreement and offered his own suggestion.

“Indeed. Acquiring mid-grade spiritual herb seeds is urgent. However, to be safe, I suggest that we avoid purchasing seeds of this level in Gentle Breeze City. We should secretly send Lin Clan experts to other cities to purchase them discreetly.”

“Also, during this period, the Mid-Grade Spirit Field shouldn’t be left idle. We can cultivate some of the low-grade spiritual herbs that our Lin Clan urgently needs and maximize its benefits as quickly as possible.”

“I agree.”

“Good.”

“Very well. Everyone, follow this plan and take responsibility for your respective tasks. Go make the necessary arrangements.”

In the end, Lin Shoucheng, the Lin Clan Leader, made the final decision and established the direction of the Lin Clan’s development from this point forward.

For a time, the Lin Clan, which had been passed down for more than two hundred years, began operating at tremendous speed like a precisely engineered machine.

………

Lin Zichen knew nothing about the actions of the clan’s higher-ups.

Of course, if he wanted to know, his status as the Lin Clan Young Master would allow him to obtain such information with ease.

However, after sweeping through the younger generation of the Lin Clan, Lin Zichen returned to his small courtyard.

Before long, he controlled the Immortal Clan Simulator in his mind and began another simulation.

【Lin Clan Chronology 212, August 19: Through the unanimous decision of the Lin Clan’s higher-ups, you became the Lin Clan Young Master. You then swept through the younger generation with overwhelming strength, firmly establishing your position as Young Master.】

【Lin Clan Chronology 212, August 21: Your achievements spread throughout Gentle Breeze City, and your reputation soared. For a time, your fame even surpassed that of the Wang Clan Young Master, Wang Jinglun, leaving him extremely displeased. However, you remained inside the clan, giving him no opportunity to provoke you. Frustrated, he ordered his people to spread rumors throughout the city claiming that you, the Lin Clan Young Master, were unworthy of your position.】

【You knew nothing about this and continued cultivating diligently in your small courtyard with the help of spirit stones.】

【Lin Clan Chronology 212, November 10: Relying on the Master-Reaching Pills you had contributed, your Great-Grandfather and Second Great-Grandfather successively broke through into the Master Realm. They immediately summoned you and gave you all 169 low-grade spirit stones they had left after their cultivation.】

【Lin Clan Chronology 213, February 1: After nearly half a year of arduous cultivation and with an ample supply of low-grade spirit stones, you not only broke through to the Ninth Level of the Acquired Realm but also stepped into the Innate Realm in one leap. Only a small portion of your spirit stones was consumed.】

【Lin Clan Chronology 214, February 26: You exhausted all the resources in your possession and pushed your cultivation to the peak of the Second Level of the Innate Realm.】

【Lin Clan Chronology 214, July 19: Your cultivation broke through to the Third Level of the Innate Realm. Half a month later, the clan held a coming-of-age ceremony for you and the clan members who had reached eighteen years of age.】

………

“Hm?”

Aside from the difference at the beginning, when he had revealed his strength to firmly establish himself as the Lin Clan Young Master, the overall course of the simulation had once again returned to roughly the same storyline as before.

The only difference was that his cultivation was now considerably higher than in the previous simulation.

“Can changing a minor event not affect the overall course of events?”

“Or is it simply because I haven't changed enough minor events?”

Looking at the simulated text displayed on the Immortal Clan Simulator’s screen, Lin Zichen could not help falling into deep thought.

However, he did not dwell on it for long.

Instead, he became even more curious about what would happen next.

Surely the future could not really remain completely unchanged?

With that thought, Lin Zichen continued staring intently at the screen.

Soon, line after line of text appeared before his eyes.

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Note:

Cultivation Realm:

1, Body Refining Realm

2, Acquired Realm (Lin Zichen is here, at the eight level, in chapter 1 he’s in the third level)

3, Innate Realm

4, Master Realm

5, Master Realm

6, Deva Realm

7, Origin Return Realm

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