[Drawing lots...]
[Congratulations! You have obtained Blue Talents: Unexpected Joy, Life Guardian; Green Talent: Turbulent Fate; White Talents: Born Ugly, Martial Arts Genius.]
[Unexpected Joy: Randomly gain 1-2 attribute points.]
[Life Guardian: When Physique drops to 0, Physique +1.]
[Turbulent Fate: A life of wandering and hardships, yet also the possibility of finding fortuitous opportunities.]
[Born Ugly: Appearance will always remain at 0.]
[Martial Arts Genius: You have some talent in martial arts; Aptitude +1.]
[Please choose your talents...]
Seeing the talents on the simulator, Song Zhe was momentarily conflicted.
The first two Blue Talents were easy to decide; they definitely had to be chosen.
But "Turbulent Fate" and "Martial Arts Genius" made Song Zhe hesitate.
What he hated most were things that "might" grant opportunities; they could be great opportunities or minor ones.
It was completely unpredictable; if he took a gamble, he might turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.
Whereas the effect of "Martial Arts Genius" was clear: Aptitude +1 was a benefit visible from childhood.
However, that kind of opportunity provided no sense of Unexpected Joy.
"I'll choose Unexpected Joy, Life Guardian, and Turbulent Fate!"
For the current Song Zhe, he needed to increase his strength as quickly as possible, so he decided to take a gamble here.
[Please distribute attribute points freely. Current attribute points: 10 (can be increased later)]
[Appearance: 0]
[Physique: 0]
[intelligence: 0]
[family background: 0]
[Aptitude: 0]
Looking at the familiar point-allocation system, Song Zhe felt a bit helpless.
In the previous round, he had balanced his points, but he only lived to his thirties before dying young.
This time, Song Zhe planned to put more into Physique, hoping to live a bit longer.
"simulator, how do I increase attribute points?"
Looking at his pitiful 10 points, it wasn't even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth!
[Complete survival missions.]
Fine, that was as good as saying nothing; he couldn't complete any survival missions right now.
"Physique +4, Appearance +2, intelligence +2, family background +1, Aptitude +1."
Song Zhe quickly gave his answer.
This choice was entirely based on the "Turbulent Fate" talent.
Since it was clear he would be wandering and displaced, family background was practically useless.
However, based on his gaming habits from his past life, if he didn't put any points into family background, he might starve to death at a few years old.
To be safe, he still allocated one point to it.
[Past events, like a dream or illusion...]
[Year 1: You were born; it's a boy.]
[Year 2: You lived in the countryside since childhood.]
[Year 3: A famine struck the village; you went without food for three days but managed to pull through.]
[Year 4: You were bitten by a dog; fortunately, you did not get rabies.]
[Year 5...]
...[Year 11: Your parents passed away in an accident.]
[Year 12: You left the village and began a life of wandering.]
[Year 13: You lived a life of wandering.]
[Year 14: You joined the Sun Moon Holy Sect.]
[Year 15: You were a marginal figure; almost no one paid attention to you.]
[Year 16: You settled down in the Sun Moon Holy Sect, finally no longer having to drift around.]
[Year 17: Various major sects besieged Blackwood Cliff; you nearly died at the hands of the righteous factions.]
[Year 18: The cult leader, Head of Sun Moon Holy Cult, suffered a cultivation deviation while practicing the Star-Sucking Great Method and was secretly imprisoned by Invincible East.]
[Year 19: Invincible East took over the Sun Moon Holy Sect.]
[Year 20: You tripped on Blackwood Cliff and broke your leg.]
[Year 21: Your leg recovered.]
[Year 22: You met a benefactor in your life and became the General Manager of the Sun Moon Holy Sect.]
[Year 23: You fell in love with Invincible East.]
[Year 24: You wielded absolute power, and your word was law in the Sun Moon Holy Sect.]
[Year 25: You killed everyone who looked down on you.]
[Year 26: You saw the Sunflower Manual but did not study it.]
[Year 27: In the treasury of the Sun Moon Holy Sect, you found the Taiji Classic and took out the Zhenwu Sword.]
[Year 28: Head of Sun Moon Holy Cult joined forces with Linghu Chong to besiege Invincible East, and then you died.]
Looking at the glaring final words, Song Zhe felt like cursing out loud.
Damn it, this past life simulation loaded him into Yang Lianting's script!
Holy crap, falling in love with that transvestite Invincible East—just thinking about it was freaking intense.
If he remembered correctly, Invincible East was killed by Linghu Chong and Head of Sun Moon Holy Cult because he was constantly worried about Yang Lianting.
According to the simulator's pattern, the fatal situation from this simulation would appear in the next Survival Space.
When the time came, he would have to think carefully about how to survive smoothly under Invincible East's protection.
Even if he had to sacrifice Invincible East to save himself, Song Zhe wouldn't hesitate.
[Congratulations on completing the past life simulation. Please choose one of the following rewards.]
[Sunflower Manual] [Taiji Classic] [Zhenwu Sword]
Looking at the three excellent rewards on the simulator, Song Zhe felt quite excited.
Having been Invincible East's lover this time, the treasures he could access were indeed much better than last time.
Unfortunately, there was no direct internal energy reward, and he didn't know what Yang Lianting's cultivation level actually was.
Presumably, after wielding power in the Sun Moon Holy Sect for so many years, he must have gained quite a bit of internal energy from consuming pills.
"Sigh, I really want to practice the Sunflower Manual!"
Song Zhe let out a long sigh.
Compared to the Quanzhen Heart Method, the Sunflower Manual was undoubtedly more powerful and offered rapid progress, but it required self-castration first.
As a man, he wanted to live like a man, not some half-man, half-woman thing.
At worst, he could just live off Sister Donger.
"Give me the Taiji Classic!"
After thinking it over, Song Zhe chose the Taiji Classic; this was a martial art created by Zhang Sanfeng of Wudang.
It was not inferior to any Shaolin ultimate technique, and naturally, it was not inferior to the Quanzhen Sect's arts either.
As for that Zhenwu Sword, although it was a divine weapon, this was a World of Spirits.
[Infusing Taiji Classic...]
As the simulator's progress bar loaded, Song Zhe entered a state of divine enlightenment.
It was as if the old Taoist Zhang Sanfeng was performing a set of Tai Chi Fist in his mind.
This was a fist technique that used weakness to overcome strength and borrowed the opponent's force.
With Tai Chi Fist, he should be confident in surviving a bit longer when he entered the Survival Space again.
As the contents of the Taiji Classic were fully infused into Song Zhe's mind...
With the simulator's help, he had fundamentally learned Tai Chi Fist.
Immediately after, he walked into his courtyard and performed a set of Tai Chi Fist with great excitement.
As the heart method circulated, he could clearly sense the Yin and Yang energies rotating within his body.
That seemingly slow fist technique could erupt with enough power to shatter a small tree as thick as a bowl's rim.
Performing Tai Chi Fist for the first time made Song Zhe lose himself in it, as if his body were being cleansed.
These techniques obtained through the simulator only allowed him to just learn them.
To unleash their true power, he still needed time to practice and refine them.
Just as he was finishing his practice...
He suddenly noticed that a guest had arrived outside the courtyard at some unknown time.