Chapter 6: A Sky Full of Wind and Snow Sends One Off!
[Year 52, Age 70.]
[Beginning Trait Extraction...]
[Triggered the pity guarantee of "The Older the Luckier"!]
[Extraction Successful!]
["Hard Work Pays Off" (Green): When you persevere in doing one thing, you will definitely gain something, but not necessarily a lot.]
[Do you wish to adjust your traits?]
[Yes/No]
"Rare traits really do have better effects!"
Thanks to [The Older the Luckier]. Otherwise, with a 0.9% draw rate for Rare traits, he could draw until he died and still struggle to get another one.
Needless to say, this trait had to be used, and it would be a huge help!
[You replaced "The Older the Luckier" with "Hard Work Pays Off".]
[Practicing Kung Fu for ten years, you return still a mortal.]
[Niu Dadan's grandson is born, yet you still persist in coming to the Running Thunder Martial Arts Hall's training ground every day, practicing diligently and bitterly.]
[Unlike others, who learn martial arts techniques and spar in actual combat.]
[You basically play single-player, practicing only one external skill, "Reckless Bull Strength."]
[Ten years. Although your Blood Qi has improved, it still hasn't reached the standard of a Martial Artist.]
[At first, Niu Dadan still collected your tuition, but later he let it go.]
[Respect the old and cherish the young, after all.]
[An elder in the house is like a treasure, right?]
[With you as a mascot, Running Thunder Martial Arts Hall became a check-in spot for many people in the surrounding villages and counties, serving as disguised advertising for the hall.]
["Students! Look! This is Grandpa Chen Dong, who started cultivating Martial Arts at sixty and now, at seventy, still hasn't stepped into the Martial Path!"]
[Niu Dadan's son, Niu Youqian, is now the master of Running Thunder Martial Arts Hall, mainly responsible for recruiting students.]
[A batch of newcomers arrived today, and Niu Youqian is using you as material to pump some chicken blood (motivation) into them.]
["What can we see from Old Man Chen?"]
["Ai~ Correct! Regardless of whether cultivation succeeds or not, one must take that step. Even if, like him, one is still marching in place at seventy, at least there are no regrets about having tried!"]
[As he speaks, you, who are practicing, feel a warm current in your dantian and shout excitedly.]
["Master! I've entered the Body Refining Realm!"]
[Niu Dadan walks over to check your pulse and finds it is indeed true.]
[Niu Youqian immediately changes his tune.]
["Ai~ Correct! Old Man Chen started cultivating at sixty and could still succeed. What can't you thirteen or fourteen-year-old kids do? Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it!"]
[Niu Dadan is genuinely happy for you.]
[That night, he keeps you at the martial arts hall for a family banquet.]
["Grandpa Chen, actually, I've heard your story too. The taste of the food at Yuelai Inn back then was famous across our ten miles and eight villages! It's a pity..."]
[Speaking of the poignant parts, even as an outsider, Niu Dadan's eyes redden at your experiences.]
["Although I don't know why you torment yourself at this age to practice martial arts here, I wish you a long life of a hundred years and good health! From now on, the martial arts hall is your home. I'll open a small cottage for you; just stay here."]
[After more than ten years, you once again feel the warmth of home.]
[However, you still haven't forgotten the mission of this life.]
[Draw more traits! Practice more martial arts! Inherit as much as possible after the simulation ends!]
[You know your Root Bone is low, and your age is too advanced, so your cultivation speed is exceptionally slow.]
[So you don't waste time learning martial techniques, only practicing external skills to boost Blood Qi.]
[Year after year, cultivating at sunrise, resting at sunset.]
[Combining work and rest, focusing on health.]
[That head full of white hair actually turned black for a brief period.]
[Year 61, Age 79.]
[After entering the Martial Path, your cultivation improved slowly. Now, you have reached the Third Stage of Body Refining.]
[Although you haven't experienced demons, wars, or disasters caused by Martial Artists in these years, your body still uncontrollably slides toward the abyss of decay.]
[Martial Arts can only give you a brief rejuvenation; it cannot stop your frantic pace of aging.]
[A sudden bout of wind-chill leaves you paralyzed in bed, unable to practice anymore.]
[Niu Dadan has also aged.]
[The martial arts hall's business was impacted by Martial Arts Sects. Unable to recruit students, it is on the verge of closing down.]
[Fortunately, he made some money taking disciples in his early years.]
[He hired a servant to take care of your daily life.]
[Today, hearing you weren't doing well, he hurriedly came to visit you.]
["Grandpa Chen, how do you feel today?"]
["Dying soon."]
[You look at the Trait Extraction countdown before your eyes, only hoping you can die slowly enough to draw the age-eighty pity guarantee.]
["Don't talk nonsense. You're going to live to a hundred!"]
["Dadan, living to a hundred isn't that easy. I lost my spouse in middle age, the white-haired sending off the black-haired. My life's livelihood was destroyed in a day. This heart of mine has long been riddled with holes..."]
[Outside the house, the cold wind howls, and heavy snow drifts.]
[Niu Dadan looks at this season of flying snow and sighs with emotion.]
["Grandpa Chen, in a person's life, days of suffering are the main theme; happy times are just the interludes..."]
[Niu Dadan holds your wrinkled palm, feeling your gradually cooling body temperature.]
[Year 62, Age 80.]
[Beginning Trait Extraction...]
[Triggered the pity guarantee of "The Older the Luckier"!]
[Extraction Successful!]
["Serious Punch" (Green): When you do not use martial arts techniques and attack with basic punches or kicks, the destructive power increases up to 10 times, and you will not suffer fractures from the recoil! However, one hair will fall out each time.]
[Do you wish to adjust your traits?]
[Yes/No]
"Amazing! He literally held onto his last breath until the moment he turned eighty!"
Outside the simulation, Chen Yi couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up.
Such a dedicated "me" was truly rare to see!
But that life was indeed too bitter.
Hopefully, with a Martial Arts foundation in the next life, the simulation would be more comfortable.
[You chose No.]
[You died of old age.]
[Simulation Evaluation:]
[Leaping into the cold river, riding the waves. Red dust burials, the remnant lamp fades. Withered branch at sixty meets the spring breeze; Still punching toward the vast sky, making a sound!]
[Congratulations, you have obtained the following inheritances:]
[1. Memories of sixty-two years of travel.]
[2. Cultivation of Body Refining Stage 3.]
[3. Sixty-two traits including "Serious Punch (Green)", "Hard Work Pays Off (Green)", "The Older the Luckier (Green)", "Low-Grade Root Bone (Green)", "Chicken You Are Too Beautiful (White)", "White Stripe in the Waves (White)"... etc.]
[4. External Skill "Reckless Bull Strength" (Beginner).]
Rewards arrived instantly!
Chen Yi felt threads of warm current suddenly surge within his dantian.
His whole body was liberated from exhaustion and hardship, as if he had endless strength.
His entire spirit and energy were elevated significantly!
"Is this the feeling of a Martial Artist..."
Sixty-three years of life experience also flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern.
Although there were extra memories in his mind, it was like watching a movie.
He could remember every detail in the movie, but he wouldn't have painful memories because the protagonist was injured, nor sorrowful memories because of separation.
Only the events, not the emotions.