"Brother Yi? Oh! Brother Yi! Are you here begging for food too? Here, I'll move over and make room for you!"

Hearing Da Chun's voice, your nose instantly stung with emotion.

This was your real, genuine hometown friend!

There was a young girl following close behind Da Chun, always hiding behind him, looking very afraid of strangers.

But the way she looked at you was strange, as if she was trying hard to recognize who you were.

"Da Chun, what's going on? Why aren't you at Yuelai Inn, why are you in Makou Town? And who is she?"

Da Chun's ability to express himself was weak.

He mumbled and babbled for a long time, and you had a hard time understanding him.

Instead, it was the girl hiding behind him who acted as his mouthpiece, telling you about her and Da Chun's experiences over these years.

You were shocked to learn that this girl was actually your Third Sister's daughter!

"This is useful, equip it!"

There were plenty of demons in the Five Domains world. Being able to see demonic aura would undoubtedly help avoid demonic disasters.

Chen Yi in the simulation was currently at the Spirit Gathering realm and had 7 trait equipment slots.

Currently equipped traits were: Simulator [Mythic], Photographic Memory [Purple], Low-Grade Bone Structure [Green], Serious Punch [Green], Effort Guarantees Reward [Green], Spider Sense [Green], Monster Aura [Green].

Year Twenty-Nine, age forty-six.

Drawing trait...

Draw successful!

"Ginger Gets Spicier With Age" (Purple): Your cultivation speed, physical strength, vitality energy, etc., will not decline as your body ages. In fact, the older you get, the faster your cultivation speed becomes, with a maximum increase of up to 5 times.

Adjust trait?

Yes/No

"Another good one! Epic!"

Getting non-white traits two years in a row, is my luck turning around again?

Although Chen Yi in the simulation was only forty, "Ginger Gets Spicier With Age" would take effect immediately if equipped now.

Because in this life, due to pill toxins and the attack from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he had aged faster than a normal person, already meeting the "old" criteria for Ginger Gets Spicier With Age.

You replaced "Serious Punch" with "Ginger Gets Spicier With Age".

Da Chun and your niece had been living here for over two years now.

The impact of childhood trauma and the hardships experienced growing up on your niece was gradually fading.

She practiced martial arts together with the apprentices at the school.

You discovered she actually had High-Grade Bone Structure!

Among ordinary people, her talent was quite good.

After she could basically communicate normally with others, you contacted Xu Linglong and recommended her to the Clear Soup Sect, hoping she could achieve something in the martial path.

Although at her age, starting was a bit late.

You gave your niece a name, Shen Siqin.

"Uncle, you must take good care of your health. Your coughing has gotten worse these past two years. You need to take the medicinal soup Aunt Linglong sent you on time, don't complain it's bitter..."

Shen Siqin kept reminding you as she was leaving, worried about you.

You smiled and waved your hand.

"You, just take care of yourself."

Shen Siqin was also reluctant to leave Da Chun.

But Da Chun was cheerful, shouting for her to come home early for dinner.

Da Chun was carefree, happy every day as long as he had something to eat. The hardships he experienced those years didn't weigh on his heart at all.

Year Thirty-Three, age fifty.

"Cough, cough..."

The bad news was, at only fifty, your bodily functions seemed like those of a seventy or eighty-year-old. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The good news was, "Ginger Gets Spicier With Age" was speeding up your cultivation even faster.

"Next time, I shouldn't use pills to boost cultivation. If I do take them, they should be good ones, taken sparingly, taken selectively..."

What a painful lesson.

Under the dual effects of "Effort Guarantees Reward" and "Ginger Gets Spicier With Age", your martial realm had improved somewhat over the years.

You had just recently broken through to Spirit Gathering third layer.

"Should I go to Baiyun County now, or hold out for a few more years..."

Year Thirty-Four, age fifty-one.

You never married in this life, so you had no children.

It definitely wasn't because you couldn't have them, but because you never met the right person. Yes, you never forced matters of the heart.

Year Thirty-Five, age fifty-two.

The business of the martial arts school was basically handed over to your head disciple, Tian Wen.

This man had poor martial bone structure, but he had a good head for business, managed the school well, and was very filial to you.

You heard that war had broken out again in the south.

The Southern Borderlands situation, which had stabilized through marriage alliances, was in turmoil once more. A Female Emperor who had unified the Hundred Kingdoms of the South had risen powerfully and began counterattacking the Central Plains.

Year Thirty-Eight, age fifty-five.

Your physical condition was deteriorating daily, something also evident from your increasingly fast cultivation speed.

You were already at Spirit Gathering fifth layer.

The maximum speed boost from "Ginger Gets Spicier With Age" occurred when you were nearing death.

Knowing your days were numbered, it was time to go to Baiyun County and demand an explanation from the county government!