Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"What?!"

"Sacrifice?!"

Sun Batian and Yun Lan looked at each other, at a loss.

They had heard of soul beast sacrifices, but it was rumored to only occur with hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. Could century-old soul beasts also sacrifice?

Moreover, why sacrifice for Xiao Ming?

"Xiao Ming, is it really okay?" Sun Batian was concerned about potential dangers.

"It won't be a problem." Sun Ming looked at the ten-thousand-year Earth Ape, his tone firm, "They won't harm me. It seems my beast martial soul is extremely powerful. They are willing to let the elderly and potential-less members of their tribe sacrifice to me and even said that I can come to them anytime I need a spirit ring in the future."

"This!" Sun Batian was incredulous.

Does this solve his son's future spirit ring issues?

What kind of fortune is this?

But Yun Lan noticed another layer of meaning in Sun Ming's words: "Xiao Ming, can you understand their language?"

"Yes." Sun Ming nodded.

Hiss—

Yun Lan gasped.

If this child hadn't been born by her, if not for the twin martial souls, she would have suspected he was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form. Ordinary people, even those with beast martial souls, couldn't possibly understand corresponding soul beasts, unless the soul beast could speak.

Then, the nine-hundred-year-old Earth Ape stepped in front of Sun Ming, burning its cultivation within under the watchful eyes of Sun Batian and his wife, collapsing to the ground as a yellow-tinted purple spirit ring willingly circled towards Sun Ming.

Buzz!

In an instant, Sun Ming felt the surge of soul power within him. The yellow-tinged purple spirit ring effortlessly melded into his body, appearing on him.

"Did it succeed?" Sun Batian asked, slightly worried, "It hasn't even been a minute, right?"

"Dad, I've succeeded." After absorbing the spirit ring, Sun Ming felt his soul power had greatly increased, reaching level sixteen, and his physique had become stronger.

"What skill is it?" Yun Lan couldn't help but ask.

"Like Mom, it's the power of earth, with a hundred percent overall enhancement, and standing on the ground, it can quickly recover consumed soul power. More importantly—"

Mid-sentence, the yellow-tinged purple spirit ring flickered, and an Earth Ape manifested, bouncing around Sun Ming, eyes lively, as if it had lived a second life.

"Perhaps it's because my martial soul mutated, or maybe because this Earth Ape voluntarily sacrificed itself, that its soul was preserved, able to integrate with the spirit ring and become a kind of independent consciousness doppelganger."

"And I feel it can improve with my cultivation, meaning the age of this spirit ring will continuously increase."

Sun Batian stammered, "This... what is this?"

Sun Ming shook his head, "I'm not entirely sure, but it shouldn't be a bad thing."

A bad thing?

It clearly is a great fortune!

Sun Batian was overjoyed, doesn't this mean that as Xiao Ming's cultivation grows, the spirit ring age can increase, eventually making his first martial soul entirely composed of hundred-thousand-year rings?

Of course, the premise is that ape soul beasts in the future will willingly sacrifice to Xiao Ming.

And the ten-thousand-year Earth Ape nearby, seeing the sacrificed nine-hundred-year Earth Ape achieve a different form of rebirth, and also able to grow with the spirit master's cultivation, couldn't help his eyes turning red.

If he had known, he would have sacrificed first...

Afterwards, at Sun Ming's suggestion, Sun Batian and Yun Lan took tools, buried the body of the sacrificed nine-hundred-year Earth Ape, and bid farewell to the Earth Apes, heading out of the Xingdou Great Forest.

After returning home, Sun Ming felt strange as he sensed his soul power at level sixteen.

Clearly, everyone's martial soul is different, and the quality of soul power varies, but why can everyone accurately perceive their own level after upgrading? Notefromtheeditor:AlwayscheckMV2LEMPYRforcorrections.

Even though human bodies are similar, this level of precision seems excessive, doesn't it?

Furthermore, spiritual power should be important, but with the information he had access to (from Sun Batian and Yun Lan's studies at the junior and intermediate soul master academies, or purchased materials), there was no explicit method for cultivating spiritual power.

This was troublesome.

Although he could feel his spiritual power growing daily, it was simply a result of aging with no clear measurement, which was indeed not ideal.

There was still much to learn.

Sun Ming sighed and requested more books from Sun Batian and Yun Lan related to martial souls, soul power cultivation meditation, soul bones, medicine, and even various books about the continent's history.

Unfortunately, with their capabilities, they could only provide Sun Ming with items available in the marketplace. Those more precious materials were only housed within the two empires, the Martial Soul Hall, and major sects.

They were secretive!

People not part of those factions weren't allowed to read them!

However, someone managed to compile and publish materials from the Martial Soul Hall and sects, and that was Yu Xiaogang, who proposed the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls.

According to Sun Ming's hypothesis, this person's so-called theory was merely an organization of these factions' insights, claimed under his own name, and riddled with unnecessary speculation.

It is said that the limit of the first soul ring is four hundred and twenty-three years...

He didn't even know what to say.

For an ordinary child between six and twelve years old, the body's endurance is indeed not strong, but if a soul master is willing to wait until they are twenty to absorb the first soul ring, Sun Ming dares to guarantee, it can withstand a millennium!

Although absorbing the first soul ring at the age of twenty and then continuing to cultivate would be very difficult. After all, the human body would age, lack in Qi-Blood, and consumption would exceed supplementation, leaving no potential.

Suddenly, Sun Ming felt that he needed to understand the human body better.

Coupled with the fact that the martial soul books circulating on the market were of no significant use to him, and he had no experimental samples, he sought out a healing-type soul master from a soul hunting group, preparing to follow him to treat those who sought treatment, to understand the human body this way.

Sun Batian's soul hunting group also provided medical services to other hunters in the small town, being a source of income, after all.

As for why the healing soul master didn't work solo...

As an auxiliary-type soul master, he needed to find a reliable team; otherwise, if a soul bone exploded during soul hunting, he would be the first to be killed.

Although the healing soul master's methods were rough, simply releasing soul skills.

Survive, and it's the soul master's credit; die, and it's just bad luck—

But Sun Ming's sensing ability was extremely strong, allowing him to perceive where the healing soul master's power acted on the body to make the flesh and blood begin to heal.

Additionally, since the healing soul master occasionally used some herbs, Sun Ming also started learning by tasting to judge the medicinal effects of these herbs.

However, he found that his physique seemed to be very special, impervious to a hundred poisons, and could even digest harmful lead ingested into the stomach.

Thus, after confirming the medicinal effects of herbs, he had to determine the dosage for others based on their body conditions, or else he could poison them.

After treating various patients for a month, Sun Ming's soul power increased by four levels, reaching the twentieth level, and he gained a great understanding of the human body.

In fact, because he often sensed the bodies of soul masters, he even intuitively learned techniques to enhance the physical body through specific breathing and physical movements.

Body Tempering, evolution of life level...

Sun Ming felt that he seemed to have touched upon something, but maybe because he hadn't interacted with enough people, or because he knew too little.

Knowledge!

At this moment, Sun Ming was intensely craving for it!

However, since he had already reached level twenty, it was time to acquire the second soul ring.

With the experience from last time, Yun Lan set out with Sun Ming alone, making their way easily to the Earth Ape's territory, only to find that the Earth Ape Tribe did not have a suitable one that was about to die of old age or severely injured.

The ten-thousand-year Earth Ape brought out a robust millennial-level Earth Ape, which Sun Ming refused.

Although the Earth Ape was willing to sacrifice itself, he didn't want to accept it unless it was about to die of old age or was critically injured, as he could not bear the thought.

Thus, the ten-thousand-year Earth Ape led Sun Ming and Yun Lan to another location where apes resided.

This place had a trickling stream, with a waterfall hanging down from a fifty-meter high cliff ahead, resembling a Milky Way, extraordinarily beautiful.

"Splash!"

A ten-thousand-year blue-haired monkey jumped out of the water. Compared to the Earth Ape, it had a slender build, but its fur was as wavy and appeared exceptionally smooth.

"This is a Water Ape, also known as a Water Monkey, living underwater and feeding on fish and shrimp." Yun Lan recited the information she knew about Water Apes. "This kind of ape is a close relative to the Earth Ape, just that it lives in water, making its body slim and its fur wavy."

Sun Ming's Mind Monkey Martial Spirit possessed him, causing the ten-thousand-year Water Ape to pause, then reveal a devout expression and prostrate itself on the ground.

"Hello, Water Ape, I wish to obtain a second soul ring, a millennium level. Do you have a suitable Water Ape that is about to die of old age or critically injured and dying? I might be able to let it live a second life."

The ten-thousand-year Water Ape immediately jumped into the water—

After a while, more than twenty millennial-level Water Apes came ashore with it, among which a Water Ape with its blue color faded came forward.

The cultivation of the Water Ape was judged by its height. Below a millennium it would not exceed one meter, and for every additional thousand years, it increased by ten centimeters.

This aged Water Ape was 1.7 meters tall, roughly seven thousand years old.

And this Water Ape understood its mission, burning its cultivation to condense a deep purple soul ring, setting it on Sun Ming's body, and was slowly absorbed by him.

In less than a minute, this soul ring was completely absorbed, and like the first soul ring, this Water Ape could also be reborn by borrowing the form of the soul ring.

Seeing this, the ten-thousand-year Water Ape was dumbfounded, staring at the Earth Ape with some resentment in its eyes…

After burying the Water Ape's body, Sun Ming and Yun Lan bid farewell to the Water Apes.

"Xiao Ming, the process by which you obtained the soul ring was a bit too simple, wasn't it?" Yun Lan was a little jealous of her son, as she had risked her life to get her soul ring, but her child had an ape personally sacrifice itself.

Is this the result of martial spirit mutation?

She also wanted a martial spirit mutation!

"No choice, maybe it's just luck." Sun Ming said with a cheeky smile.

"Lucky you," Yun Lan proudly thought of her son—six years old, a two-ring Great Soul Master, and both soul rings far exceeding the age limits—who could be more gifted in the world?

Even the Pope of the Martial Soul Hall could not compare.