Simulated Lives: The Sorrow of the Sword Maiden-Chapter 22 – I don't value money at all

Ding—
After returning home, Xu Xi had just put away his umbrella when a crisp notification sound rang in his ear.
It wasn't from the Simulator, but from his phone.
[Your debit card account 9527 has received 300,000.00 yuan today. Available balance: 323,333.00 yuan.]
"So fast?"
He took out his phone to check.
Xu Xi raised an eyebrow, surprised at how quickly the Bureau of Transcendent Affairs acted.
But on second thought, 300,000 yuan is nothing compared to a Golden Core Cultivator, so it's normal for the Bureau to be attentive to this.
Xu Xi didn't pay much attention to the money.
After changing into clean clothes, he lay back on the sofa and opened the Home of the Transcendent app on his phone. After multiple verifications, he entered the trading network that only Transcendents could access.
Talismans, combat skills, Qi and Blood Martial Arts, ghost cultivation secrets, Hehuan Grand Art.
Meteorite Bow, Alchemy Furnace, Holy Light Enchanted Gatling, Heavenly Thunder Enhanced Armor-Piercing Bullets.
A vast array.
As an official trading network established by China, the variety of goods on Home of the Transcendent far exceeded Xu Xi's expectations. He didn't expect that the people up there even managed to create enchanted firearms.
"This is probably what they call keeping up with the times."
With that thought, Xu Xi began searching for the items he wanted.
As a cultivator, the most important things are cultivation techniques and Daoist arts, but Xu Xi lacked neither.
Having experienced a life of cultivation, he had plenty of Heavenly Sword Sect's cultivation manuals in his mind.
"Home of the Transcendent has a recycling function. Depending on the rarity of the items recycled, they offer varying amounts of points. Perhaps I could find some time to sell the Heavenly Sword Sect's manuals."
"That way, I'd have enough points to purchase other items and the information I want."
Xu Xi pondered.
His fingers slid across the phone screen.
He focused on filtering the Four Arts of Cultivation: alchemy, artifact refining, formation arts, and talismans.
Pills can aid cultivation, artifacts can enhance a cultivator's offensive and defensive capabilities, formations have versatile functions, and talismans are quick and efficient.
A quick look at "paw𝑟ead.com" will leave you more fulfilled.
As a former expert in the Four Arts of Cultivation, Xu Xi naturally wanted to make the most of this talent.
It shouldn't be wasted.
So, Xu Xi planned to buy materials from Home of the Transcendent and refine a complete system of alchemy, artifact refining, formation arts, and talismans himself, integrating cultivation, protection, and offense.
As for why not just buy finished products, the answer is simple: they're expensive.
In Home of the Transcendent, the price difference between finished products and materials is often several times, and the desired finished product may not even exist.
"Five years is ultimately too short."
"In such a short time, the Bureau of Transcendent Affairs probably doesn't have many formal alchemists, artifact refiners, formation masters, or talisman makers."
Xu Xi quickly figured out the reason for this awkward situation.
"Once I refine the items I need."
"If time permits."
"I can completely buy materials myself, then make finished products and sell them on Home of the Transcendent. It's a stable way to earn points."
Xu Xi muttered to himself, his eyes quickly scanning the phone screen, adding the materials he fancied to the shopping cart.
Red Fox Eyes, Flood Dragon Bones, Thunder Gold Essence.
Buy.
Buy them all!
It wasn't until the points were insufficient that Xu Xi reluctantly stopped.
"A thousand points are still too little, not enough for my spending," he thought regretfully as he looked at other items in Home of the Transcendent.
Besides the good things from the Cultivation Faction, there were many other products from different transcendent systems.
Xu Xi really wanted to buy a few to study.
Unfortunately, his resources were limited, so he could only prioritize buying the materials for alchemy, artifact refining, formation arts, and talismans.
"This will do for now. There's still plenty of time, no rush."
He closed the Home of the Transcendent page.
Xu Xi closed his eyes and meditated.
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Time passed, and a month flew by.
During this month, Xu Xi gradually adapted to his new life with restored legs, spending most of his time cultivating at home, occasionally going out for a walk.
As the materials for alchemy, artifact refining, formation arts, and talismans arrived, Xu Xi refined a complete Spirit Gathering Formation for himself and a large number of Yellow Dragon Pills to enhance his cultivation speed.
Additionally, using his Innate Divine Ability, Wood Regrowth, he nurtured a five-hundred-point Dragon Vine.
Refining the vine into a sword, he forged the Sen Sword Peak's innate treasure, the Withered Vine Sword.
Finally, Xu Xi drew many talismans. Although these talismans weren't as powerful as his personal attacks, it's always good to be prepared. Xu Xi didn't intend to waste his talent.
Joining the Bureau of Transcendent Affairs didn't make Xu Xi busier.
In this month, Xu Xi only took action twice.
Once was to slay a suddenly appearing mutated raptor, seemingly from some fantasy world, spreading its wings to cover the sky and casting half of the city into shadow.
Xu Xi wielded the Withered Vine Sword, slashing out a green sword light from afar, splitting it in two.
Afterward, besides the raptor's blood and flesh materials, he also received a reward from the Bureau: one million yuan and five hundred points.
The second time was during the mid-month appearance of a bizarre Hundred Ghosts Night Parade.
This grand event of ghostly creatures overwhelmed the Bureau's Transcendents, but they were still annihilated by Xu Xi's sword light.
His wood-elemental mana, full of vitality, was very effective against such ghostly creatures.
The reward afterward was 1.5 million yuan and nine hundred points.
After these two battles, Xu Xi sincerely felt that money was just a string of numbers; he didn't care about money at all.
For the vast Yanshan City, a month didn't only have two transcendent disasters, but some had low threat levels and were handled by other Transcendents.
As Director Zhang Yaoguo put it, good steel should be used on the blade.
As one of the few Golden Core combat forces in the Yanshan Bureau, Xu Xi's job was to conserve his energy and handle truly high-threat anomalies.
Ordinary transcendent disasters could be left to weaker Transcendents to handle, which would also help hone their skills.
Xu Xi agreed with this.
The current pace was just right, not affecting his cultivation or his mission to earn points.
"But you can never have too many points."
"Recently, I've had my eye on a few good things, but my points are running low. Since I can't earn them through missions, I'll have to turn to the Four Arts of Cultivation."
"Among the four areas of alchemy, artifact refining, formation arts, and talismans, pills have the broadest applicability."
"Not only can cultivators use them, but other Transcendents can also use them without issue. Especially the fantasy and martial arts branches of Transcendents have a huge demand for pills."
"I can completely refine pills to earn my first pot of gold and then keep the snowball rolling."
At home, Xu Xi browsed the product page of Home of the Transcendent.
He had just purchased a large batch of spiritual materials for alchemy when he suddenly received an urgent message from Zhang Yaoguo.
[Danger, come quickly!]