Chapter 76: Then Wouldn’t I Have Eaten Soft Rice for Nothing!

Leaving the bedroom, Xu Xi suddenly felt his body lighten, and the summer heat wave began to wash over his face.

He was once again certain that what he heard earlier was just an auditory hallucination.

"I didn't expect the simulation to be so mentally taxing. Then again, this simulation lasted nearly a hundred years, so it's normal to feel fatigued."

Xu Xi deeply agreed with this thought.

He took out a bottle of Mind-Clearing Pills to refresh his mind.

Swallowing and refining them, he allowed his fatigued spirit to recover.

Next, Xu Xi left his home and headed to the bustling Taiji Bun Shop nearby, ordering three large meat buns and sitting down to eat.

The food in the Magic World wasn't exactly bad, but after staying there for so long, it was inevitable to miss the taste of Huaxia food.

The air was filled with the clamor of voices and the flow of traffic.

The steaming large meat buns were soon served on the table.

"Hmm, not bad. Thin skin and plenty of filling, as always."

"The Sweet Tofu Pudding is also very smooth and tender."

Xu Xi nodded slightly.

The warm meat juice blossomed on the tip of his tongue, bringing an excellent taste experience. The delicious food soothed Xu Xi's spirit, dispelling the lingering fear from the previous 'hallucination'.

"Cultivation… Magic…"

"This time, as my cultivation broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, the withered vine sword I used during the Golden Core stage has become a bit outdated."

"I'll take this opportunity to forge it together with a Magic Wand."

"Magic Treasures on the cultivation side have no fixed Restrictions on shape or style. What truly makes a Magic Treasure are the Restrictions and Dao Patterns engraved inside and out."

"Magic Wands on the magic side place more emphasis on the Materials used to craft them. Excellent wand Materials must have good elemental conductivity, which amplifies the power of elemental magic."

"Looking at it this way, combining cultivation and magic is definitely feasible."

He took a large bite of the meat bun.

Xu Xi fell into deep thought.

With two simulations over, he was no longer an ignorant ordinary person.

With both exquisite Artifact Refining from the cultivation side and master-level wand-making skills, combining the two could create a weapon usable for both cultivation and magic.

The only difficulty lay in the Materials.

Xu Xi was already a Sanctuary Archmage, at the peak of the magic system; any further would be godhood and immortality.

Trying to find suitable Materials to craft a weapon…

…was somewhat difficult.

"Let's see if there's anything in the Supernatural Home." Xu Xi took out his phone and somewhat awkwardly clicked into the Supernatural Home. After verification, a trading network accessible only to Transcendents appeared before him.

[Good news! Good news! The Uzi Heavenly Thunder Special Edition has been released. Not 998, but only 98 points!]

[TCTD-type One-Click Battle Qi to Horse Device now on sale!]

[Intelligent Machine-type Magic Cannon Turret on hot pre-sale! A hundred Fireballs per second—let your enemies experience true despair!]

[Six-Revolution Pure Bullets and Transcendence Gatling! Consecrated by multiple high monks, they deal double damage to ghosts and evil spirits. Don't miss out! Limited price of 555 points, bullets sold separately!]

Inside the Supernatural Home.

The first things to catch his eye were various official advertisements for firearms.

Further down were scattered items from individual Transcendents, ranging from large supernatural mounts to small weeds from the Cultivation World; the sheer variety was dizzying.

"I can't help but feel…"

"…that if the real world keeps developing like this, the vibe is going to get even weirder."

After Xu Xi sighed with emotion,

He filtered the items for wood-attribute supernatural Materials.

His Heavenly Spiritual Root was wood, and Magic Wands were mostly made of wood as well. This perfect match would make the combined research and development of a Flying Sword and a Magic Wand much easier.

"Remains of a willow tree struck by lightning?"

"A withered unknown tree trunk, but with extremely high hardness?"

"Just a single seed, but containing exceptionally high wood-attribute energy?"

Xu Xi quickly browsed through the Supernatural Home.

Looking at the numerous supernatural Materials with vague descriptions in the product list, he couldn't help but frown.

Over the years, the Supernatural Administration Bureau had collected many supernatural items of varying quality. The vague descriptions of these products indicated that even the officials didn't know their true value.

In the end,

They could only set a mediocre price and list them on the Supernatural Home trading platform.

This was done to bolster the number of items on the platform.

"Tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away—truly like chicken ribs…"

"Based on the descriptions of these supernatural Materials, there might be something I can use, but if I guess wrong, I'll be wasting points for nothing."

Xu Xi instinctively weighed the pros and cons.

But then, he realized something: he could simply buy them all.

In the second simulation, he had developed Mortals Wisdom to its limit. While he hadn't gained enlightenment over all things, he had indeed reached the end of the Mortal path in magic.

Level 1-9 all-attribute magic.

dragon blood grass cultivation techniques.

Wand forging optimization techniques, Magic Device amplification techniques, and Mental Energy purification secret arts.

"To me, these are outdated techniques, and few are of any use. But to the officials, they are priceless treasures."

"Aside from Sanctuary-level Forbidden Curses and secrets concerning the gods,"

"Other knowledge can be traded for the items I need."

"A win-win situation, mutually beneficial."

The more Xu Xi thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

He wasn't afraid that exposing this knowledge would bring him trouble.

Confidence is linked to strength.

Now that Xu Xi was already a Sanctuary Archmage at the peak of mortality, if he kept hiding and insisted on acting like a weakling, wouldn't his simulation have been for nothing?

Wouldn't the soft rice from his younger sister have been eaten in vain?!

What a waste that would be!

Of course, a sudden change in strength and trading with the officials would certainly require a reason.

Xu Xi closed the Supernatural Home website and searched through his contacts, quickly finding Zhang Yaoguo, the director of the Yanshan City Supernatural Administration Bureau branch.

"Hello, Director Zhang?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, I've broken through again. What? You're asking how I broke through?"

"Heh, just good luck. I was lying at home sleeping and somehow broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, and even got a mage's Legacy."

Xu Xi paused.

He could vaguely hear a loud thud from the other end of the phone, followed by sounds of someone hurriedly taking medicine and deep breathing.

It wasn't until quite some time had passed that the person on the other side spoke in shock.

"A… Legacy?"

"You have another new Legacy?!"

"It—it's only been a few days. Even if your luck is good, Brother Xu, getting legacies from dreams in succession is just too…"

Zhang Yaoguo's voice was full of a sense of absurdity.

He couldn't believe anyone in the world could be that lucky, but soon he became hesitant again.

Last time, Xu Xi's performance in single-handedly wiping out the World Ruins was too astonishing.

Compared to that,

Obtaining a magic Legacy seemed rather ordinary.

At this thought, Zhang Yaoguo's mood calmed down a bit. He exhaled softly. "That's really terrifying. Brother Xu, what's the Realm of the Legacy you received this time?"

"Not much. After waking up, I'm just barely a Sanctuary Archmage."

Life is like a dream.

A simulated life being equal to a dream—that's quite reasonable.