I cultivate immortality through The Sims.

"Have you heard?" Zhang Erdan glanced around mysteriously, then whispered to Yang Mu.

"What do you know?" Yang Mu didn't take it seriously and continued doing the work he was supposed to do as a handyman disciple: cleaning.

"You don't know?" Zhang Erdan's tone suddenly rose a few notches, then he quickly covered his mouth, looked around in horror, and then looked at Yang Mu in surprise.

Yang Mu ignored him and continued cleaning the main hall.

"The Five Sects Alliance will convene in three years," Zhang Erdan said mysteriously, following closely behind Yang Mu.

"The day the Five Factions Alliance convenes will be the day our Thousand Clouds Sect is wiped out."

"At that time, we will both die without a burial place!"

So that's the news.

How could Yang Mu not know such big news?

Yang Mu's sect is called the Thousand Clouds Sect.

The original Thousand Clouds Sect had two Golden Core experts in charge.

However, recently, news has been circulating that two Golden Core experts and one Golden Core patriarch of the Thousand Cloud Sect have been ambushed and killed, and the sect leader, who is also a Golden Core expert, has been seriously injured.

If the rumors are true.

The strongest remaining member of that sect is the Holy Maiden, but she is only at the tenth level of Foundation Establishment and has no hope of reaching the Golden Core stage within three years.

The other four sects all have Golden Core experts in charge.

For hundreds of years, relying on two Golden Core experts, the Thousand Cloud Sect has always been the leader of the five sects, wantonly bullying the other four sects.

Therefore, there are rumors that at the Five Sects Alliance Meeting, the other four sects will join forces to attack the Thousand Cloud Sect.

They will expel the Thousand Clouds Sect from the list of successful candidates and then divide it up among themselves.

There are even rumors that, in order to prevent any possible revenge, the other four sects will slaughter the entire Thousand Cloud Sect.

They even dug up the earthworms in the ground one by one and castrated them.

As a time traveler, Yang Mu highly values ​​intelligence and information.

Yang Mu naturally knew about such big news.

But what's the use of knowing this?

Now the entire sect is only allowed to enter but not leave. Can you really break out with just your Qi Refining stage cultivation?

Or will they be able to survive the encirclement and suppression by the four factions in the future?

Thinking of this, Yang Mu couldn't help but sigh inwardly: Damn it, I've only been in the sect for half a year!

He hasn't even held the female cultivator's hand yet; he's still an unopened virgin!

Such a situation is tantamount to certain death.

Now, Yang Mu's only hope lies in the countdown that only he can see.

"Time remaining until start: 00:05:23:41"

Yang Mu didn't know what the start was; he only knew that when he first transmigrated, the countdown was exactly 180 days.

The countdown ends at exactly 12:00 tonight.

...

It wasn't until around 10 p.m. that Yang Mu finally returned to his dilapidated house, exhausted.

That's one good thing about the Thousand Cloud Sect.

Even the menial disciples lived in single rooms, though they only provided shelter from the wind and rain.

After a quick wash, Yang Mu began his cultivation.

This is a habit that Yang Mu has maintained for the past six months since joining the sect.

Unfortunately, Yang Mu possessed five spiritual roots.

In this world, the five spiritual roots are the most useless physical attributes, only better than those who have no spiritual roots and can never cultivate in their entire lives.

For someone with a spiritual root like Yang Mu, it's better than nothing.

The most extraordinary is a single spiritual root.

A single spiritual root, also known as a celestial spiritual root, is a spiritual root with a single attribute among the five elements.

People with this kind of spiritual root can make rapid progress when practicing cultivation techniques of the same attribute as their spiritual root.

Dual spiritual roots are called earth spiritual roots. They have two attributes among the five elements, and their cultivation speed is only slower than that of heaven spiritual roots.

The saintess belongs to this kind of spiritual root.

Moreover, the Holy Maiden is the only genius with an earth spiritual root in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Thousand Clouds Sect.

As it approached midnight, Yang Mu opened his eyes from his cultivation.

As usual, Yang Mu would continue cultivating until two or three in the morning.

However, tonight is the time when the countdown will reach zero.

Whether Yang Mu can change his predicament may depend on tonight.

So Yang Mu quietly watched time pass by.

"Time remaining until start: 00:00:00:00"

As the countdown ended, an information panel resembling a computer screen immediately appeared in front of Yang Mu's eyes:

Name: Yang Mu

Age: 18 years old.

"Spiritual Roots: Five Spiritual Roots"

"Cultivation Technique: Thousand Clouds Technique (Qi Refining Stage)."

"Cultivation level: Qi Refining stage, level 1"

"Reinforcements: None".

"Number of simulations remaining: 1".

Brother Tongzi?

The moment the thought crossed Yang Mu's mind, a flood of information rushed in.

It took Yang Mu about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before he could process the information.

"A simulator?" Yang Mu couldn't help but murmur.

This term was not unfamiliar to Yang Mu.

Yang Mu played quite a few simulator games and read one or two novels about simulators in the 21st century.

Yang Mu never expected that one day he would be able to simulate it.

According to the information provided by the simulator, Yang Mu can perform the simulation when the countdown reaches zero.

Starting from the present, simulate your future life.

Once the simulation begins, Yang Mu can either quit the simulation voluntarily, or die during the simulation, at which point the simulation will automatically end.

After each simulation, Yang Mu can selectively inherit the results of the simulation.

It could be all of Yang Mu's cultivation, a treasure, or a person's goodwill towards him.

The simulator will perfectly replicate Yang Mu's real situation based on factors such as his current personality.

However, at key points, the simulator will provide Yang Mu with several options to choose from.

Moreover, after each simulation, the simulator will take into account Yang Mu's performance and provide improvements for him.

The degree of reinforcement can be divided into several levels: fine, excellent, superior, medium and inferior.

Upon seeing this, Yang Mu's face lit up with joy: a glimmer of hope had appeared.

Simulate until death?

Yang Mu muttered to himself.

Even if we start counting from now until the day the Five Sects Alliance meets, when I die in the encirclement, it will still be three years.

If I choose to inherit the cultivation, then the simulated three years will also be the time I spend cultivating.

The cultivation effect is doubled!

Even if I didn't survive three years in the simulation, it means I encountered a life-or-death crisis during those three years.

In reality, I can then pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages.

This is equivalent to me having a chance to try and fail, it's equivalent to me having two lives!

What else could this be but cheating?

Thinking of this, Yang Mu suppressed his excitement, pondered for a moment, and then murmured:

The essence of simulation is to survive as long as possible and obtain as much information as possible.

The longer one lives, the higher one's level of cultivation may be.

The more information you get, the more opportunities you have.

But what does it mean to inherit someone's goodwill?

I have cultivation but I won't inherit it, I have treasures but I won't inherit them, why would I inherit someone's goodwill?

When you lack ability, others will disdain to be your support.

When you are capable, others will vie to have you as their backer.

Unless someone's completely out of their mind, they wouldn't choose to inherit someone's goodwill.

Thinking of this, Yang Mu thought to himself: No matter what, I must not choose to inherit someone's goodwill towards me.

As Yang Mu was thinking, the simulator notification sounded.

"Start simulation?"