It's just a simulation game, how did the fairy become real?

Besides working, what you do most every day is try your best to memorize more things.

Finally, thanks to your tireless efforts, you were freed from your menial duties. You were fifteen years old that year.

You excitedly receive your new token, imagining the scene of walking out of the mountain gate.

But the first lesson the Taoist school teaches you is not as wonderful as your companions describe.

Danger lurks everywhere outside the mountain gate.

Even in areas under the jurisdiction of the Taoist sects, numerous demons and evil spirits still roam.

[An ordinary person like you, with nothing to rely on, yet bearing the identity of a Taoist, is most likely to become a target of revenge from those evil spirits.]

To successfully leave the mountain and see the outside world, you still need to overcome one more hurdle.

The Daoist sect doesn't have high requirements for people like you who rose through the ranks from menial tasks.

[Once you can pass through the bronze statue formation of the Taoist sect, you can leave the mountain and undertake some relatively easy tasks.]

To the Taoist priests, this bronze statue formation was nothing more than a child's toy; with a little effort, they could easily pass through it.

After all, the bronze statue formations that those Taoist priests faced were far more difficult than this.

[You made considerable preparations before venturing into the Bronze Men Formation. You also pulled many strings, inquiring with the servants who had previously conquered it.]

You thought everything was ready, except for the final push.

The bronze statue formation was merely something he whipped up effortlessly.

But after only a few breaths of breaking in, reality shatters your illusion.

[Your physical condition isn't very good; for many years you've only known how to memorize texts and have never thought about exercising.]

The price for forcing your way through the Bronze Men Formation was that you spent a full two weeks in bed.

When you got out of bed again, besides feeling resentful, you had a lot more thoughts on your mind.

【Your choice:】

[1. Request a Taoist priest's help. (This option is highly likely to fail, but choosing an auspicious day might increase the chances of success.)]

2. Ask your colleagues for help. (This option will grant you some experience points.)

3. Steal martial arts skills. (This option may result in your expulsion from the sect.)

4. Try again. (This option will most likely put you back in bed.)

[5. Personal intervention, 3 attempt remaining.]

"Finally, the options are displayed..."

Su Chen thought that with these two talents in his grasp, he might have a bad start, but that would only be a temporary problem.

He never expected that the first option to appear would be fifteen years.

Logically speaking, possessing such a keen insight should not require such a long time for the Taoist examinations.

Having entered the Taoist sect for five whole years, and still unable to leave the mountain gate, is already quite a problem.

"If there's nothing wrong with his talent, could it be a problem with the plot?"

Did the character not have an epiphany?

Su Chen carefully examined the options in front of him.

This era is indeed as Su Chen predicted, with powerful individuals as numerous as carp crossing a river.

Most importantly, the upper limit of the universe exceeds the Nascent Soul stage.

If he remembers correctly, the strongest person in the current era should be at the peak of the Integration Stage.

The strongest member of the Taoist sect he belongs to seems to be only at the Nascent Soul stage.

As for whether there are any reclusive ancestors, that's not information that a lowly servant like him could possibly find out.

"Let's ask our colleagues; that seems to have a better chance of success."

Choose 2!

The first thing you did after recovering was to visit your colleagues again. This time, you brought up the questions you had about your ordeal and asked them in detail.

Through constant reflection, your understanding of the Bronze Men Formation becomes more thorough.

【Your choice:】

[1. Request a Taoist priest's help. (This option is highly likely to fail, but choosing an auspicious day might increase the chances of success.)]

2. Steal martial arts skills. (This option may result in your expulsion from the sect.)

3. Try again. (This option will most likely put you back in bed.)

[4. Personal intervention, 3 attempt remaining.]

"The options have reappeared?"

It seems we have too little knowledge at this stage, leaving us with no other option.

Su Chen hadn't expected that the talent he had chosen would not work.

Even the character's inherent talents are rendered useless.

After all, the atmosphere within the Taoist sect is quite good.

No one was oppressing him at all.

The only oppression they've faced in the past decade or so has perhaps been from that bronze statue formation.

Choose 1!

After bidding farewell to your colleagues, you chose a Taoist priest with whom you had a good relationship. Taking advantage of his good mood, you approached him and asked him your questions, weaving them into a list of other inquiries.

The other person knows what you're thinking, but they don't mind sharing some information with you.

From the other party, you learned some tips and tricks for clearing the Bronze Men Formation.

However, all of this must be based on possessing a certain level of martial arts skill.

These are exactly what you're lacking.

The Taoist priest was kind-hearted; he gave you a basic martial arts manual and also gave you pointers on how to use medicine.

For the Taoist priest, this was merely a casual act.

But for you, this one step is enough to change your destiny.

You sincerely thanked the other person, but the Taoist priest didn't seem to care much.

[You've made up your mind that if you ever achieve great success in the future, you will do everything in your power to repay this Taoist priest.]

For a skinny handyman, learning martial arts from scratch is no easy task.

Amidst your heavy workload, you must find time to learn martial arts.

[Many times, you can't even practice a few times before you find it hard to keep going.]

You harbor a deep resentment; you yearn to leave the mountain gates, escape the rule of the Taoist sect, and see the outside world.

[You have been injured time and time again during your cultivation, and then you have tried your best to heal yourself, and this cycle repeats itself without interruption.]

The servants around you all think you've gone mad. It's just a bronze statue formation; if you can't get past it, why make things difficult for yourself?

You ignore the opinions of others. Only you know what you truly want.

What no one expected was that through repeated trials and tribulations, you became increasingly resilient.

From the moment you truly entered the realm of martial arts, it's as if your Ren and Du meridians have been opened, and your world begins to change completely.

The basic martial arts techniques aren't too advanced, so mastering these moves shouldn't be too difficult for you.

[During this time, you also sought out fellow laborers and sparred with them a few times.]

Although they don't understand martial arts, they possess immense strength, and they always have unexpected solutions to your moves.

[After more than a month, when you are truly able to deal with any servant within three moves.]

[You finally mustered the courage again to venture into the bronze statue formation.]

However, what you didn't expect was that the bronze statue formation on this day was somewhat different from usual.

【…】

Outside the Taoist gate, outside the bronze statue formation.

"Senior brother is playing with these things again?"

Outside the formation, two young Taoist priests were leisurely lounging around.

The bronze formation that those menial laborers broke into didn't even have one ten-thousandth of the functions of a real formation.

This bronze formation, when fully unleashed, can even block beings at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

Even they, every time they came in, dared not unleash the full power of the formation.

"Hey, if my senior likes it, let him play with it."

Who told him to be the master's favorite?

"That's true, but is this thing really useful?"

My senior brother often comes over to practice his control over spiritual energy.

"Whether it works or not, why don't you go in and try it yourself and see?"

"Then forget it."

Instead of wasting time on this, why not think about what to eat later?

"Hahaha, kindred spirits!"

The two never imagined that while they were chatting, a figure quietly entered the formation along a corner passage...

Chapter 167 Xuanmingzi

"That's strange, why aren't those Taoist priests inside today?"

If I clear the Bronze Men Formation, does it count or not?