24: C24 Fourth Simulation,
Turning his back to rest away from Dugu Yan,
Fang Yuan had already confirmed Dugu Yan’s stance.
He felt a twinge of regret.
In the simulation, Dugu Yan had treated the simulated version of himself quite well—giving him immortal herbs and even rescuing him.
Why had she changed now?
So…
He still had to escape.
With this thought, Fang Yuan’s gaze once again fell upon the simulation panel before him.
Eight destiny points, to be allocated among aptitude, comprehension, and family background.
No matter how he distributed them, the starting conditions wouldn’t be good.
Aptitude issues could be compensated for with immortal herbs and other things.
As for comprehension, if he didn’t want to be a fool again, he’d need to allocate at least three destiny points.
Finally, family background—which Fang Yuan had previously dismissed—had taught him a harsh lesson in the second simulation.
If he didn’t want to be killed at the start, he’d need to leave at least one point there.
After clarifying the allocation requirements, Fang Yuan reached a conclusion:
Aptitude +4, Comprehension +3, Family Background +1.
This seemed like the best option available.
But Fang Yuan’s expression remained blank.
He didn’t like this feeling—gambling every time, losing, and then gambling again…
Staring at the translucent panel before him, Fang Yuan suddenly had a crazy thought.
What if…
What if comprehension was zero and family background was zero?
What kind of starting conditions would he have?
Go all in—pull aptitude up to eight.
Could it really be worse than last time, when he only cultivated to Soul Ancestor, was imprisoned the entire time, and died the moment he left the secret chamber?
To be honest, with that allocation, Fang Yuan could already foresee the outcome.
It would be the same old story: Fang Yuan attracts bad romantic entanglements, Fang Yuan is powerless to resist and gets imprisoned, and finally dies.
Having made up his mind, he hesitated no longer.
Fang Yuan directly allocated all his destiny points to aptitude.
Then…
Simulation Start
Host has drawn the life pattern: Shattered Jade and Sunken Pearl
Damn it.
Fang Yuan cursed inwardly at this life pattern—another one of those ominous ones.
Originally, you were just a Blue Silver Grass seed that fell in the Star Dou Forest, took root, sprouted, and slowly grew into a Blue Silver Grass plant.
He had actually become Blue Silver Grass.
But wait—that matched his zero comprehension and zero family background.
What about his aptitude though?
With eight points in aptitude, how could he be just ordinary Blue Silver Grass?
You grew in an excellent spot—on a cliff deep within the Star Dou Forest.
Most herbivorous soul beasts couldn’t climb up, and flying birds didn’t particularly eat Blue Silver Grass, so you managed to grow safely without incident.
You followed your instincts, swaying in the sunlight, your roots absorbing nutrients from the ground, stretching freely.
Unfortunately, as Blue Silver Grass, you possessed no real intelligence—you only knew to follow instinctual growth.
However, you were different from other Blue Silver Grass.
Your bloodline seemed special—your leaves were longer and tougher than ordinary Blue Silver Grass, and your entire body was a noble blue-gold.
Sunrise and sunset, sunset and sunrise.
You didn’t know how much time had passed, but centered around you, the entire cliff had become covered in Blue Silver Grass.
From a distance, it looked like a blue ocean, even spreading down to the base and over the top of the cliff.
Some herbivorous soul beasts began gathering nearby.
To them, this was a well-stocked buffet—and the Blue Silver Grass was tender and sweet.
More and more Blue Silver Grass was being eaten.
You began to develop consciousness.
Finally, you understood—you were the Blue Silver King.
Outside the simulation, Fang Yuan got the answer he had expected and understood.
Zero comprehension and zero family background could actually result in a soul beast identity.
But that made sense.
Apart from being a complete idiot, only a soul beast that hadn’t awakened its intelligence could have zero comprehension.
You began to call out to the Blue Silver Grass around you, communicating with them.
As they awakened, specks of silver-blue light began to emerge from them, floating in the air, then surging into your body.
Faint golden patterns began to appear on you—though not yet complete.
Though you had gained some intelligence, it wasn’t much.
Most of the time, you still relied on instinct to cultivate.
When your cultivation approached a hundred thousand years, you had developed considerable intelligence.
You sensed that the king above your bloodline had fallen.
Unable to move in the forest, you pieced together the timeline based on this information.
The Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin had entered the human world, fallen in love with Tang Hao, and become pregnant.
Ultimately, the Spirit Hall discovered her soul beast identity, and to protect her husband and son, she chose to sacrifice herself.
Tang San had now been born.
There were still fifteen years before he would follow the original storyline and evolve his Blue Silver Grass martial soul into the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul—meaning you still had fifteen years to develop.
To become the Blue Silver Emperor, one had to be a direct descendant of the Blue Silver Emperor.
But the very first Blue Silver Emperor on the Douluo Continent certainly didn’t have any so-called “royal bloodline.” It must have started as an ordinary Blue Silver Grass, and through heaven-defying opportunities and countless years of cultivation, broke through the limits of its race to evolve into an “Emperor.”
Without Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, you naturally couldn’t use Tang San’s method to evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor.
You had to use unconventional methods to break through.
The first thing that came to mind were the immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
But as a plant-type martial soul, not yet transformed, you couldn’t move at all—let alone travel across mountains and rivers to find them.
Just then, crisis arrived.
Two Soft Bone Charming Rabbits discovered this cliff covered in Blue Silver Grass.
You were already approaching a hundred thousand years.
Ordinary soul beasts naturally didn’t concern you.
But unfortunately, one of these two Soft Bone Charming Rabbits had already surpassed a hundred thousand years and taken human form, while the other was also nearing a hundred thousand years.
Seeing so much Blue Silver Grass, the two rabbits began feasting greedily.
You watched in anguish.
These Blue Silver Grass were your subjects—they not only assisted your cultivation but could also sustain you and heal your wounds in battle, like portable “power banks.”
You knew who these two rabbits were—Xiao Wu and her mother.
If it were just these two rabbits, you might have tried a surprise attack.
But behind Xiao Wu were also the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python—not only had they received favors from Xiao Wu’s mother, but they were also very close to Xiao Wu.
If you attracted those two, the cost would outweigh the gain.
After weighing the pros and cons, you decided to let these two rabbits go.
Then suddenly, Xiao Wu pointed at the cliff, toward you, and shouted, “Mom, that Blue Silver Grass is so beautiful!”
Your blue-gold body stood out strikingly among the sea of Blue Silver Grass.
Outside the simulation, Fang Yuan: “…”
“I want to eat spicy rabbit head today.”