[Simulation loading complete, protagonist: Chu Chen!]
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[You chose to resist and caused a disturbance in the imperial court.]
[You were cornered in Twin Moon City by several Foundation Establishment realm imperial guards. You fought back fiercely but were outnumbered.]
[You died.]
[Congratulations to the host for achieving the "Infamous for Ten Thousand Years" achievement. The initial person you met had an "aversion" level of favorability.]
[Achievement unlocked, reward: ten thousand points.]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining ten points.]
[Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the life simulation. You can choose one of the following three rewards:]
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[Simulation loading complete, protagonist: Chu Chen!]
[You chose to feign death due to a sudden illness, gaining the sympathy of Princess Xin Yue, who desperately pleaded for you.]
[More than half of the court officials pleaded for you.]
[The Empress, considering your past merits and the death-exemption token, spared your life but confiscated the token and crippled your cultivation, severing your "root of trouble."]
[You returned to Qing Ming Palace, becoming a true eunuch.]
[Devastated, you harbored hatred for the Empress and lost your will to live.]
[The following year, while Princess Xin Yue was away, you were assassinated in Qing Ming Palace.]
[You died.]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining twenty points. Current points: ten thousand eight hundred.]
[Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the life simulation. You can choose one of the following three rewards:]
[God-tier Charm: Significantly increases the host's favorability with females.]
[Purple-tier Pure Heart: While maintaining innate yang essence, moderately enhances the host's mental resilience, soul, and willpower. Possessing this talent also moderately boosts cultivation speed.]
[Green-tier Underwater Breathing: Allows the host to hold their breath underwater for half an hour.]
"Damn it, I've simulated life three times now. Whether I begged, fought back, or feigned death, none of it worked. It all led to the same end."
"The third time was slightly better, I lived for a year, but then I was assassinated by someone. Who was it?"
"Don't let me find out who these assassins are!"
Chu Chen was furious, but his gaze turned to the three rewards offered by the third life simulation.
The rewards from the first two simulations were garbage. Chu Chen glanced at them and had no desire to choose. Only this time's rewards offered him a glimmer of hope for survival.
"Another god-tier talent! And it looks like it can save my life. This is great!"
"System, you're awesome!"
Chu Chen was overjoyed and, without a second thought, chose God-tier Charm.
"With this God-tier Charm talent, coupled with the Empress and all the court officials not seeing me for the first time, I won't be affected by the negative status of being infamous for ten thousand years."
Chu Chen rejoiced, his anxiety finally easing. He thought, "With this skill, the Empress and Princess Xin Yue's favorability towards me will greatly increase. Combined with the pleas of more than half the temporary officials, this time I'm definitely safe."
Feeling at ease, Chu Chen realized he had earned over ten thousand points from completing an achievement.
He felt an urge to try his luck with the lottery. He mused, "I don't need any good talents from the exchange shop right now, so why not try a few draws?"
As for the purple-tier talent, Pure Heart, Chu Chen thought, "Did I not suffer enough as a single dog in my previous life?"
Although this talent boosted cultivation speed and other aspects, Chu Chen really didn't want to be a single dog in this life too.
He glanced at Princess Xin Yue, who was still asleep. Chu Chen confidently opened the system's lottery function.
A semi-transparent roulette, similar to the gacha functions in those unscrupulous mobile games from his past life, appeared before Chu Chen.
Looking at the items on the roulette, Chu Chen wished he could rob the system and take everything for himself.
"System, start the draw," Chu Chen silently commanded. Following his will, the pointer on the roulette spun rapidly.
"Stop."
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a bottle of Foundation Establishment realm spiritual energy pills. Nine pills in total. Each pill can fully restore Foundation Establishment realm spiritual energy.]
"Damn it, keep drawing."
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Qi Transformation realm magical artifact, the Lingyun Immortal Robe. This artifact comes with self-cleaning and automatic protection functions. Self-cleaning: Inputting a very small amount of spiritual energy can instantly clean the artifact. Automatic protection: When detecting a Foundation Establishment realm attack, it reduces the effect of Foundation Establishment realm attacks by ninety percent and Qi Transformation realm attacks by twenty percent.]
"This is good stuff!" Chu Chen's eyes lit up.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining one hundred ancient martial realm pills. Each pill can enable a mortal to achieve the ancient martial realm in one day.]
"Not bad. I can give these to my soldiers and form an ancient martial realm personal guard."
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Qi Transformation realm magical artifact, the Zongyun Boots. This artifact comes with self-cleaning and cloud-walking functions. Cloud-walking: Continuously inputting a small amount of spiritual energy allows the host to fly within a hundred meters.]
"I have the shoes, are pants and helmets far behind?"
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining ten thousand taels of silver.]
"Damn, I don't lack this much money!"
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a magical lollipop. Using this lollipop can immediately pacify someone, preventing them from getting angry or crying.]
"It seems there's no age limit? I wonder if it would work if Princess Xin Yue ate it when she's angry someday."
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Qi Transformation realm magical artifact, the Baiyun Pants. This artifact comes with self-cleaning and swiftness functions. Swiftness: Increases Qi Transformation realm movement speed by thirty percent, and Foundation Establishment realm movement speed by one hundred percent.]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a Qi Transformation realm magical artifact, the Chaotian Crown. This artifact comes with self-cleaning and spirit gathering functions. Spirit gathering: Increases Qi Transformation realm spiritual energy recovery speed by twenty percent, and Foundation Establishment realm spiritual energy recovery speed by sixty percent.]
"Holy crap, the system is amazing! It directly gave me a full set of equipment. I just need a belt, and it would be perfect."
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a god-tier martial art, Bajiquan. This technique can utilize both spiritual energy and vital energy. Its power is related to the host's realm, the amount of spiritual energy input, and physical fitness.]
"A metaphysical version of Bajiquan? Awesome!"
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a god-tier cultivation technique, "Transmission of Power." When used by the host on someone below their own realm, it allows for the wondrous effect of transmitting power and energy. As long as spiritual energy or vital energy is sufficient, it can guide others to cultivate rapidly, ignoring realm bottlenecks and talent.]
"666, System, you're incredibly powerful! This is simply a divine technique for building a faction!"
Chu Chen's excitement never ceased. This ten-pull draw was incredibly generous. Not only did it provide a full set of equipment, but it also gave him much-needed items.
With the god-tier Bajiquan that scales with his realm, he no longer needed to use spiritual energy to activate martial arts.
"This is a great start, a good omen! Is the system hinting that everything will be fine from now on?"
Chu Chen excitedly retrieved these items from the system, put on the equipment immediately, and stored the rest in his Qiankun Ring.