I only want to win over the fairy.

Just how much does this guy want hot springs? He remembered hearing Xiao Jinxuan mention it a year ago, but at the time he clearly stated that it was impossible.

Asking someone at the Qi Refining stage to build a hot spring for you on a mountain peak? You'd be better off flying to the heavens!

Besides, you're a Dao Integration Realm cultivator, you could just wave your hand and it would be there. Why do you insist on doing it yourself? If you really can't do it, why don't you spend some spirit stones and have someone else build it for you?

The only troublesome part is collecting spirit fish.

I really don't understand.

With the help of Master Xiao Jinxuan, you went together to Mount Dilu and found the dying Jiang Yuehan in the shortest time. Looking at the severely injured Jiang Yuehan, you couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, because if you hadn't suggested that she come to the forbidden zone of life to find a solution, she wouldn't have ended up in such a state.

It wasn't me who sent her to the forbidden zone...

Bai Yi was speechless. Sending someone who had lost all their cultivation to a forbidden zone of life was something no one would do unless they had a grudge against them.

Even if you, Emperor Ye, went to the forbidden zone of life, you would still have the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron and a ruthless Great Emperor of the Red Dust Immortal level watching over you. Does Jiang Yuehan have that kind of background?

Then no one knows.

Even if you're a chosen one, you still have to follow some basic rules. Foolishly rushing into a place where you were almost certain to die, and still surviving until your teammates came to your aid, you're already incredibly lucky.

Feeling guilty, you patiently cared for Jiang Yuehan. For some reason, your master didn't disturb you, nor did he force you to fulfill your agreement. You asked your junior sister, Su Qingyu, and learned that your master seemed to have acquired a decent weapon and was having a great time playing with it.

After two months of care, Jiang Yuehan's injuries had mostly healed. However, these injuries had completely depleted her spiritual power, causing her to lose even her Qi Refining Realm cultivation, effectively cutting her off from the path of cultivation.

[Upon learning that she had almost completely lost the possibility of cultivation, Jiang Yuehan's spirit was on the verge of collapse. This made you feel even more ashamed. In your view, if you hadn't sent her to the forbidden zone of life, she might have had a chance to rise again. Now, you had extinguished even that last sliver of hope.]

This can't be allowed to collapse. A cultivator's mindset is the most important thing. If you collapse so easily, you'll develop inner demons later.

Bai Yi could understand Jiang Yuehan's breakdown. After all, for cultivators, cultivation is everything, and those who cannot cultivate are undoubtedly useless. Who can accept becoming useless?

Fortunately, I know how to take action!

Bai Yi began to plan his daily actions. Apart from taking care of Jiang Yuehan and dealing with Xiao Jinxuan, he devoted most of his time to research and cultivation, which was a necessary process for his take-off.

Although scheduling so much work every day takes away from my happiness and health, it's not a problem.

This is the world of cultivation, where problems that can be solved with a pill are not problems at all!

Chapter 14 The True Colors Are Revealed

"It still doesn't work."

Jiang Yuehan felt desperate. As soon as she entered the inner part of Emperor Luo Mountain, she accidentally broke a large piece of top-grade spirit stone, which happened to contain an ancient ferocious beast.

She was severely injured by her opponent without any power to resist. If it weren't for the aura emanating from the imperial weapon in her hand that scared her opponent away, she would probably have become his first meal when he woke up, and the kind that was delivered to his door.

Fortunately, Bai appeared in time and brought him back from the dangerous forbidden zone.

However, what followed made her even more desperate. She even wanted to commit suicide to end this third simulation because her physical injuries were too severe. Her meridians and dantian were damaged, which made her, who was already unable to retain spiritual power, completely useless!

She also discovered that her happiness level in the simulation was reset to zero, and she was in a state of depression, rage, and despair every day, almost to the point of committing suicide.

But that wasn't all that made her despair.

[We're giving you a free Nourishing and Mind-Clearing Pill. What's your choice?]

[① Ignore the other party.]

[②, Throw it away on the spot and question the other person about whether they are insulting you.]

[③ Tell the other person to get lost. I don't want to see them right now, and I don't want to see anything related to cultivation.]

Seriously, she was contemplating suicide.

From her perspective, Bai rescued her from that dangerous place and took care of her every day, worrying about her every need. However, from her perspective in the simulation, she felt like she was already useless, and Bai was giving her things that she couldn't use at all.

If you break your leg and can no longer walk, and your friend gives you a pair of boots, most people would probably fly into a rage.

Reluctantly, she could only choose the mildest option, ①.

You ignored Bai, leaving the other person standing there awkwardly, and they eventually left dejectedly.

I always feel so sorry for the other person...

Sigh, once my happiness level is high enough to control the character, I must give the other person gifts every day to win back their affection!

[They offered you a Qi-Nourishing Pill for free, but you refused on the spot and cursed them viciously.]

[Bai invited you to Medicine King Valley, but you, believing seeing a doctor was useless, kicked him out of your room.]

[Bai handed you a specially written cultivation technique, but you didn't reply. Instead, you tore the technique to shreds right in front of him...]

Unable to tolerate the presence of this cultivator, you express your wish for him to get lost: "I don't have a friend like you. Your actions won't make me happy at all; they'll only make me hate you more!"

Jiang Yuehan: "???"

What have you done?!

Do you know just how incredibly stupid what you're doing right now is?

As she watched the rejection options appear on the screen, her heart felt like it was bleeding. She couldn't imagine that what she had just done would completely destroy any goodwill she had shown, especially since Bai's relationship with her didn't seem to be very good in this simulation.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, several more months passed in the simulator. The emotional states of [depression, rage, and despair] had ended, and she could finally control herself.

"Phew, I can finally move again. I need to hurry up and figure out a way to mend things."

Bai hasn't come to see me for half a month. If I don't make up for it quickly, we might really break off our friendship completely, or even become enemies.

She felt that no one could turn someone who could be a close friend into a stranger, or even an enemy.

He was overjoyed to see you recover your health. He invited you to a spring outing at Mount Zangwang and took the opportunity to present you with a silver-white mystic ring. He also expressed his feelings for you, hoping to become your Daoist partner.

"Eh..."

Jiang Yuehan was shocked, completely unprepared for this turn of events. She had always assumed the other person's kindness towards her stemmed from friendship...

Now that the other party has made their point clear, even if I'm slow to react, I should understand what's going on.

So Bai was just lusting after my body all along?!

"No! This is the only thing I can't accept!" The thought of becoming Daoist partners with him made Jiang Yuehan's face turn bright red, and her words became more intense: "I thought you were a friend I could entrust my life to, but I never expected... I never expected you to harbor such desires!"

No! We must refuse!

Without hesitation, she clicked "reject," and declared righteously that she was pursuing the supreme path and would never be swayed by such sentimental feelings, much less become his Daoist partner. So she advised him to give up on the idea. However, if Bai was willing to retract his previous words, the two could remain friends.

Upon receiving your answer, Bai didn't say much, simply smiled, and then chose to leave.

[After that, you never saw Bai again. Feeling something was wrong, you anxiously searched for him, but to no avail. You recalled the last time you met Bai; he looked extremely haggard and weak, but you hadn't noticed anything unusual about him at the time.]

You enter Bai's room and find an unnamed cultivation manual, a pale blue longsword, and a letter left for you. This sword was the weapon you carried when you were the Holy Maiden of the Xuan Tian Sect, the same weapon that was broken by the new Holy Maiden, Su Qingyu, during the Holy Maiden selection. Now, Bai has repaired it. This cultivation manual was specially written for you; it can solve your physical problems and give you the key to embarking on the path of cultivation again. The letter contains his apologies and farewells.

"I'm very sorry for all the trouble I've caused you. I hope these things can make up for the emotional damage I've caused you."

Three months later, the sect found Bai's body, and you, as the last person to have contact with him, were taken away for investigation. You also learned that Bai had been dead for exactly three months, meaning that after you rejected him, he chose to commit suicide.

Although you obtained a way to restore your strength, the guilt in your heart tore at your soul. Coupled with the gossip and advice from your sect disciples after learning of this, you became utterly despondent, ultimately choosing to commit suicide with your own sword.

【you are dead. 】

【本次模拟结束。】

If you had to sum up your life in one word, it would be regret. After losing your cultivation, your life plummeted. You had the chance to recover, but you squandered it on a moment of spite, even causing the death of the only person willing to help you in your time of need. In the end, you could only choose to end it all with your death, but death cannot erase the mistakes you made.

Please choose one of the following three rewards.

[①, All memories from this simulation]

【②, Moon Cold Sword】

【③, Peiyuan Dan】

In the third simulation, Jiang Yuehan succeeded and obtained a cultivation technique that could resolve her own hidden dangers, but her heart was filled with indescribable complex emotions.

She couldn't imagine how desperate Bai must have felt to choose suicide without hesitation, to be so desperate that he had no regrets and chose to end his life.

Did I do something wrong?

In the end, I was undoubtedly wrong. The person who cared about me the most died, and I was the one who caused that person's death.

After hesitating for a moment, she chose to absorb the memories of this simulation because she needed the cultivation technique that could solve her predicament.

After she absorbed the memories from this simulation, a layer of sadness and guilt inevitably appeared in her eyes, but the next moment, her eyes immediately became resolute.

"No, Bai is still alive. He must be somewhere in the Xuan Tian Sect. Although I can't remember what he looks like, I will definitely recognize him as soon as I see him!"

If you meet Bai quickly in the simulator, then you'll get to know him just like you do in real life.

not to mention...

Jiang Yuehan picked up the nameless imperial weapon and murmured, "You should be able to sense the location of your master, right?"

She has found a way to overcome her physical defects, and now she is very confident that she will not suffer a tragic end and will retain her position as a saint, so...

This time I will not make a mistake, and I will never let Bai die again!

Having just sensed its master's aura, the imperial weapon subconsciously responded to the woman who had used it for thousands of years, but immediately regretted it after responding.

shit!

You trashy woman, stay away from my master! Getting close to him will bring you misfortune!

If my master hadn't given me to you before he died, preventing me from killing you, I would have definitely chopped your head off and separated your body from your body!

Sensing the response from the imperial weapon in her hand, Jiang Yuehan couldn't help but smile. Now that she knew Bai was inside the sect, everything would be much easier.

This time, I will never let you die!

Chapter 15 Are all your idiots this twisted?

"Garbage Simulation, let's start another round!"

After his request to invite Jiang Yuehan to become his Daoist partner was rejected, Bai Yi decisively chose to quit and end the game. After all, his favorability was already maxed out, and he was still rejected when he tried to make a vow. What was the point of playing this game?

It seems my strategy was flawed; I'll try a different approach next time.

I wonder if Jiang Yuehan will feel guilty and regret it for the rest of her life after discovering that she is dead.

I'm really curious.