Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

”Junior Brother Chen, Senior Brother Liu is a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. Should we still go over? With him there, we can’t win,” Wang Chen said worriedly.

To be honest, in this combat evaluation, he only hoped to make it into the top twenty. He had no thoughts of obtaining the Holy Medicine whatsoever.

Now that he’s already within the top twenty, he should just hold his ground. There’s no need to take risks.

”Alright, we really shouldn’t go any further.”

Chen Mo’s figure suddenly halted as well. He leaped onto a large tree, gaining a wide field of vision. Under the scrutiny of his Divine Sense and Ancient Heavy Pupils, Chen Mo vaguely detected a faint True Qi pressure emanating from the water in the depression.

There must be a Demon Beast lurking in that water.

When Liu Ruoyun was about to enter, he also noticed this and quickly stopped, carefully observing the water.

Behind a giant rock.

”Elder Qiao, why have they stopped?” Song Jun asked in confusion.

”They must have sensed the hidden danger in the water and dare not approach,” Elder Qiao replied.

”What do we do then? If they don’t approach, won’t the plan fall through?” Song Jun said with a grave expression.

”Not necessarily, just wait.”

”Wait?”

”Yes, wait. As more people come, tempted by the Holy Medicine, someone will eventually take action. When chaos ensues, seize the Holy Medicine and leave.”

”What about the points?”

”After you seize the Holy Medicine, someone will naturally pursue you.”

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Chen Mo could see both sides ahead were holding back, clearly not wanting to be the first to act and benefit others.

”This place is about to get lively,” Chen Mo murmured softly, gazing up at the light filtering through the layers of leaves.

Seeing that Chen Mo wasn’t leaving, Wang Chen seemed a bit anxious but decided to stay as well.

Wang Chen wasn’t the only one who knew about the Holy Medicine in the depression deep in the forest.

As time passed, more and more people rushed towards the forest depths.

With more arrivals, word quickly spread.

”It’s said the Holy Medicine is in a depression deep in the forest.”

”That’s right, I’ve heard there isn’t just one Holy Medicine, and those unripe ones are also there.”

”I saw Senior Brother Xuan Cheng heading over there, so it must be true. Let’s hurry over. Where there’s Holy Medicine, there are sure to be many Treasure Medicines nearby. Even if we can’t get the Holy Medicine, gathering some Treasure Medicines will be worth it.”

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As more people surged towards the forest depths.

The battles erupted more frequently.

Some capable disciples who didn’t make it into the top two didn’t have to look for opponents all over the forest as before. They targeted disciples with lower cultivation than themselves and pounced on them.

The rankings of the top twenty shifted significantly after several broadcasts, except for the unchanged first place Xuan Cheng and second place Chen Mo.

The disciple ranked at the bottom of the top twenty was even pushed out.

Wang Chen’s ranking was also precarious, having been squeezed down to sixteenth place.

However, no disciple dared to attack Wang Chen.

Because they saw Chen Mo was by Wang Chen’s side.

Judging by Chen Mo’s points, his strength was clearly outstanding, so anyone wanting to seize their points had to seriously consider whether they were up to the task.

There were over eight thousand disciples participating in the combat evaluation, and even if some were eliminated or died along the way, there were still six to seven thousand left.

In the span of just one hour, hundreds of people likely flooded into this part of the forest’s depths.

Because of the golden lines on Level Five disciples, they couldn’t hide. There were over a hundred confirmed disciples at the Golden Dao Perfection stage. If they joined forces, even Nascent Soul Realm experts would have to retreat.

But these people weren’t fools; none of them ventured into the depression first to be a scapegoat.

”With such a commotion, if there’s a Guardian Demon Beast in the water, it should have awakened by now.”

A hopeful smile appeared on Chen Mo’s handsome face.

He loved to fish in troubled waters.

”Gulp.” Wang Chen swallowed his saliva, marveling, ”If it erupts into a fight, it would be quite a spectacle.”

”Junior Brother Chen, are we really not leaving?”

Chen Mo shook his head. He still hadn’t used his trump cards, and the Holy Medicine was definitely worth competing for; there was no rush to leave.

”Time to use the old stock,” Wang Chen said, pulling out a thick stack of Talisman Paper from his space ornaments, easily one or two hundred sheets.

”The show is about to begin,” Elder Qiao’s voice rang in Wang Chen’s mind.

The waiting didn’t last too long.

More and more people gathered here.

The Demon Beast slumbering in the water finally awakened.

Yet, it didn’t emerge from the water. It could sense the hundreds of auras around, but no one dared approach; its mission was to guard the Holy Medicine inside, and as long as no one tried to harvest it, it wouldn’t appear.

”It’s awake,” Elder Qiao said.

”Then what do we do?”

”Go harvest the Holy Medicine.”

”Ah?” Song Jun was startled, exclaiming, ”Elder Qiao, with so many people around, going to harvest the Holy Medicine now is tantamount to suicide!”

”With my Secret Technique, the Demon Beast won’t be able to detect you. If you don’t go, none of the disciples will dare either. When they see you harvesting without trouble, they’ll let their guard down, and when they come over, the Demon Beast in the water will take action,” Elder Qiao explained.

Song Jun understood.

He stepped out from behind the giant rock.

”It’s Song Jun.”

”It’s Junior Brother Song, it’s him.”

Several disciples recognized Song Jun.

Song Jun quickly walked towards the center of the depression.

In the water there grew a stalk of White Bamboo, as if carved from white jade, crystalline and translucent.

Holy Medicine, Jade Maiden Bamboo.

On the grass beside the Jade Maiden Bamboo, a few bamboo shoots could be seen, which were Jade Maiden Bamboo Shoots, top-grade Treasure Medicine.

Not far from the Jade Maiden Bamboo, on a stone, a few unbloomed flowers had even grown, surrounded by holy radiance.

These were the immature Holy Medicines, Nirvana Flowers!

Song Jun directly headed toward the Nirvana Flowers, carefully picking one, securing it in a special jade bottle, and placing it in his space ornaments.

The surrounding disciples saw that nothing happened when Song Jun picked a Nirvana Flower, and they all erupted with excitement.

”Nothing’s happened, it’s certain the Guardian Demon Beast isn’t here.”

”Charge, the Jade Maiden Bamboo is mine.”

A group of disciples immediately emerged from the forest, rushing toward the depression.

Song Jun, meanwhile, quickly retreated to hide behind the giant rock again.

The Demon Beast in the water sensed that some auras had just stepped into its territory, its eyes filled with ferocity and anger.

”Roar!”

A thunderous roar resounded, and the water surface exploded as a massive creature burst forth, turning some of the hasty disciples into meals in its maw.

It was a beautiful Demon Beast, about thirty feet long. Its body was snake-like, its scales pure white. On its forehead was a golden gemstone, and there were two protruding horns on its head.