Chapter 3: A Mid-Grade Spirit Field — “An Innocent Man Is Guilty Because of His Possession”

Xianxia: Establishing an Immortal Clan Through Simulation 

Chapter 3: A Mid-Grade Spirit Field — “An Innocent Man Is Guilty Because of His Possession”

【Lin Clan Chronology, Year 212, August: Your cultivation successfully broke through to the eighth level of the Acquired Realm. With the remaining ten low-grade spirit stones in hand, you happily returned to your residence to enter secluded cultivation.】

【Lin Clan Chronology, Year 212, September: After a month of arduous cultivation, you refined all ten low-grade spirit stones. Not only did you stabilize your eighth-level Acquired Realm cultivation, but you also pushed it to the peak of the eight level, leaving you only one step away from the ninth level of the Acquired Realm.】

【Lin Clan Chronology, Year 214, June 19: After nearly two years of accumulation, you finally broke through to the Innate Realm. More than a month later, the clan held a coming-of-age ceremony for you and the clan members who had reached the age of eighteen.】

【Having learned your lesson from last time, you deliberately concealed your strength during this coming-of-age challenge tournament. Although you still took first place, you did not display an overwhelming advantage, preventing your performance from causing a sensation outside the clan.】

【Lin Clan Chronology, Year 217, September 8: Your cultivation broke through to the second level of the Innate Realm.】

【Lin Clan Chronology, Year 222, June 19: Your cultivation advanced to the third level of the Innate Realm.】

【Realizing that your cultivation was advancing more slowly, you subsequently devoted most of your energy to martial skills.】

【Lin Clan Chronology, Year 224, December 25: After more than two years of arduous cultivation, you successfully cultivated the clan's inherited technique, the Raging Sea Wild Waves Sword Technique, to the Major Mastery stage. Your strength increased dramatically.】

【Lin Clan Chronology, Year 225, July 8: You sensed an abnormal concentration of spiritual energy deep within the Lin Clan, suggesting that a treasure might have been born.】

【Worried that your cultivation would be exposed, you did not go to investigate. That evening, your father told you the reason. It turned out that after being carefully cultivated by the clan elders, one of the clan's low-grade spirit fields had advanced into a mid-grade spirit field. You were overjoyed upon hearing the news...】

【Lin Clan Chronology, Year 227, September 9: With the mid-grade spirit field strengthening the Lin Clan's foundation, the clan's cultivation of spiritual herbs doubled in efficiency, greatly increasing its income. Even you, whose publicly revealed cultivation was only at the ninth level of the Acquired Realm, could now receive one low-grade spirit stone every month for cultivation. That same year, your cultivation broke through to the fourth level of the Innate Realm, and you took the opportunity to publicly reveal that you were at the first level of the Innate Realm.】

【Lin Clan Chronology, Year 228, March 15: There are no walls that can keep out every rumor. The Lin Clan's changes eventually attracted the covetous attention of other forces. They discovered the Lin Clan's secret. Led by the Zhao Clan, the Zhao Clan, Wang Clan, and Huang Clan suddenly launched a night raid on the Lin Clan. You fought desperately to resist them.】

【In order to protect the clan, you stopped concealing your strength. With overwhelming power, you slew a second-level Innate Realm martial artist with a single sword strike, shocking everyone present. However, this also enraged the experts of the three great clans. In the end, you fell beneath the combined assault of the crowd.】

【Because of your death, this simulation has ended.】

....

“It's the Wang Clan, Zhao Clan, and Huang Clan again. Why won't these three clans ever leave me alone?”

“And there's also the news that the clan had produced a mid-grade spirit field. The higher-ups should have kept this secret under tight wraps. How did those three clans discover it so easily?”

“Logically speaking, if those three clans could discover it, there's no reason the other major families couldn't have found out as well...”

Looking at the simulation record displayed by the system, Lin Zichen could not help but furrow his brows deeply. He felt that there was something wrong with the situation.

Unlike the intense internal struggles between clans often described in the novels he had read in his previous life, the Lin Clan was extremely united from top to bottom. They were also skilled at concealing their strength and always kept trump cards in reserve.

For example, on the surface, Lin Shoucheng, the Clan Leader of the Lin Clan, only displayed the cultivation of the fifth level of the Innate Realm.

In reality, however, his cultivation had long since reached the seventh level of the Innate Realm.

Lin Zichen knew this very well.

And Lin Shoucheng was not the only one.

The other Innate Realm martial artists of the Lin Clan were the same. To varying degrees, each of them had concealed some of their true strength.

It could be said that if one were to judge the Lin Clan's overall foundation, it would certainly not rank merely seventh among the ten great families of Gentle Breeze City. At the very least, it would be among the top five, or even the top three.

Ding!

【Congratulations, host, on successfully completing the simulation. The following rewards have been generated. You may choose one.】

【1. 10 low-grade spirit stones.】

【2. Raging Sea Wild Waves Sword Technique, Major Mastery.】

【3. 1 mid-grade spirit field.】

Just as countless thoughts were running through Lin Zichen's mind, a cold and mechanical notification suddenly sounded in his head.

The reward options generated by this simulation had appeared.

“Hmm? There isn't a cultivation reward option this time?”

When Lin Zichen's gaze swept across the three options before him, his expression froze slightly.

However, he quickly understood.

If he remembered correctly, during his first simulation, the system had seemingly mentioned that the value of the rewards generated from the first simulation would be greatly increased...

“That explains it.”

“What a pity. If I could choose a cultivation reward, I would definitely have a place on the Qianyuan Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, and I'd probably be ranked quite highly.”

Lin Zichen shook his head, a trace of regret appearing on his face.

The more precious a treasure was, the lower the probability that the system would extract it as a reward after a simulation ended.

And in a high-martial world, cultivation would always be the most valuable option among rewards of the same level.

If there had been an option for fourth-level Innate Realm cultivation, he would have chosen it without hesitation.

But now, he had to think carefully...

“Of the three options, I can eliminate the first one immediately. Between the Raging Sea Wild Waves Sword Technique at the Major Mastery stage and the mid-grade spirit field, the latter is definitely far more valuable. However, choosing the mid-grade spirit field also carries risks. After all, what happened in the previous simulation...”

At this thought, Lin Zichen's expression became conflicted.

As the saying went, “A common man is innocent; but possessing a treasure makes him guilty.”

Although the Lin Clan was one of the ten great families of Gentle Breeze City, the strongest member of the clan was only a ninth-level Innate Realm martial artist. There was no Master Realm expert overseeing the clan.

And that was precisely why the Lin Clan could possess multiple low-grade spirit fields but could not protect a mid-grade spirit field.

Low-grade spirit fields could accelerate the cultivation of spiritual herbs that were only effective for Innate Realm martial artists.

But mid-grade spirit fields could accelerate the cultivation of mid-grade spiritual herbs suitable for Master Realm martial artists.

Although there was only a single-grade difference between them, their values were worlds apart.

“Damn it. If I'm afraid to choose a good reward because I'm worried about this and that, then I might as well not have transmigrated in the first place.”

“System, I choose three.”

In the end, Lin Zichen hardened his heart and made his choice.

As long as he was careful, the existence of the mid-grade spirit field might not be discovered by others immediately.

As long as he could buy himself two or three years, with the Immortal Clan Simulator in his possession, he would have more than enough time to completely transform the Lin Clan.

By then, it would be hard to say who would be the hunter and who would be the prey.

Ding!

【Congratulations, host, your selection was successful.】

As soon as the system's mechanical notification sounded, a spirit field measuring a full ten mu and radiating dense spiritual energy appeared inside the system space.

Mid-Grade Spirit Field: Occupying an area of ten mu, it can accelerate the growth of low-grade spiritual herbs by 100–200 times and mid-grade spiritual herbs by 10–30 times. It provides no growth bonus for high-grade spiritual herbs, and the quantity of spiritual herbs that can be cultivated will be greatly reduced.

It was a very simple description, but its effects were extraordinarily powerful.

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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, Grandmaster Realm

6, Deva Realm

7, Origin Return Realm