In a guest room in Liu Manor's separate courtyard, Su Chen was staying temporarily.
At this moment, Liu Zhengfeng was directing his disciples, servants, and attendants to deliver silver to Su Chen.
The first batch totaled one hundred thousand taels of silver, packed into dozens of large chests.
Although the guest room Liu Zhengfeng had arranged for Su Chen was of the highest standard and quite spacious, it still felt crowded now that dozens of large chests had been piled inside.
Once the last chest was set down, Liu Zhengfeng waved his hand and dismissed his disciples.
"Lord Su, this is one hundred thousand taels in cash. I will gather the remaining one hundred thousand taels as quickly as possible and have it delivered to you."
"Mm." Su Chen nodded lightly in acknowledgment.
At that moment, all his attention was on the silver. He had no interest in making idle conversation with Liu Zhengfeng.
Fortunately, Liu Zhengfeng was also someone who knew how to read the room.
"Then please rest first, Lord Su. Liu will not disturb you any longer."
With that, Liu Zhengfeng turned and left. Only Su Chen and Captain Xing remained in the room.
Captain Xing knew full well that, given Su Chen's obsession with silver, he was probably already impatient beyond measure.
Thus, after tactfully handing over the three thousand taels of silver he had promised Su Chen earlier, he too left the room.
At last, only Su Chen and more than one hundred thousand taels of silver remained inside.
"Silver, I'm here." Su Chen approached the chests with a broad smile.
With a gentle wave of his hand, dozens of chests opened simultaneously in an instant.
In a flash, silver light burst forth and filled the entire room.
Bathed in the silvery glow, Su Chen felt utterly refreshed. He had never felt this good in his life—not even chatting with Technician No. 88 in modern society had felt this good.
After a moment, Su Chen suppressed his excitement and regained his calm.
"System, spend one hundred and three thousand taels of silver."
Ding, the host has spent one hundred and three thousand taels of silver and obtained Martial Arts Points: 10300. Current total Martial Arts Points: 10300
Looking at the five-digit number of Martial Arts Points on the system panel, the curve of Su Chen's lips never faded.
With ten thousand three hundred Martial Arts Points, he had never fought such a wealthy battle in his life.
Holding such a huge sum, Su Chen immediately immersed his mind in the system shop and began his shopping spree.
There was a System Space available. One hundred Martial Arts Points could be exchanged for one cubic meter.
It could store any item except living creatures. It was truly essential equipment for home, travel, murder, and robbery.
He had coveted it for a long time, but his pockets had been empty. All the Martial Arts Points he had earned before had gone toward improving his strength, so he had never exchanged for System Space.
But now, he had no such concerns.
"System, exchange for ten cubic meters of space."
Ding, the host has spent 1000 Martial Arts Points and successfully exchanged for ten cubic meters of System Space
The mechanical voice sounded, and the System Space was successfully exchanged.
Su Chen was delighted and immediately sent his consciousness into the System Space to examine it.
After a simple inspection, he discovered that it was a void without any fixed shape.
Having no fixed shape meant that the space would not be limited by the shape of the items stored within. It would automatically alter its own form according to the stored items, ensuring that not even the slightest bit of space was wasted.
Realizing this, Su Chen was in high spirits and immediately began experimenting.
He fixed his gaze on the ring-pommel saber. With a thought, the saber was stored inside the System Space.
With another thought, the ring-pommel saber reappeared in Su Chen's hand.
There was not the slightest delay between storing and retrieving it. It moved entirely at his will.
"Not bad, not bad," Su Chen muttered in praise. "Drawing a saber from the System Space is even a few beats faster than drawing one myself."
"With this System Space, it'll be even easier to catch people off guard in the future."
An image involuntarily appeared in Su Chen's mind.
While fighting someone, he would clearly have no saber in hand, only for one to suddenly appear. It would certainly give his opponent quite the surprise.
At certain critical moments, this ability might even become the deciding factor in victory or defeat.
Afterward, Su Chen tested the maximum range at which the System Space could function.
After testing it, he reached a conclusion.
As long as an uncontrolled object was within five meters, he could easily store it in the System Space.
This discovery delighted Su Chen once again.
Whether he could use the space to snatch away an opponent's belongings was another matter.
At the very least, he no longer had to worry about his saber slipping from his hand in battle.
After fiddling with the System Space for the time it took an incense stick to burn, Su Chen finally grew tired of playing with it.
He stored the ring-pommel saber, the silver on his person, and the several manuals he had obtained from Tian Boguang's corpse in the System Space.
Then, he turned his attention to allocating Martial Arts Points.
Over the past few days, he had killed Yu Canghai, Tian Boguang, Ding Mian, and several others in succession.
Tian Boguang was merely an independent cultivator. No one cared about him, and no one would avenge him.
Yu Canghai and the three men including Ding Mian were different.
The former came from the Qingcheng Sect and was the master of Qingcheng Songfeng Temple.
The latter three were among the Three Great Protectors of Mount Song.
Once their respective sects received word, they would certainly send experts to deal with Su Chen.
Not many people knew that he had killed Yu Canghai, so he might be able to conceal it from the Qingcheng Sect for some time.
But it could not be concealed from the Mount Song Sect.
Before a crowd of people, he had beheaded Ding Mian, Lu Bai, and Fei Bin with his saber.
Zuo Lengchan would likely receive this news very soon.
Retaliation from the Mount Song Sect would arrive before long.
If the other Protectors of Mount Song came, Su Chen would not fear them.
But if Zuo Lengchan personally made a move, it would still be somewhat troublesome for Su Chen.
After all, Zuo Lengchan was a Grandmaster Realm expert. Though he was most likely only in the early Grandmaster stage, he was still an entire major realm above Su Chen. Su Chen could not afford to be careless.
With that thought, Su Chen silently said, "System, allocate points. Advance my cultivation to the Grandmaster Realm."
Ding, the host has spent 500 Martial Arts Points. Cultivation has advanced to Minor Grandmaster (Late Stage) Ding, the host has spent 800 Martial Arts Points. Cultivation has advanced to Minor Grandmaster (Peak) Ding, the host has spent 1500 Martial Arts Points. Cultivation has advanced to Grandmaster (Early Stage)
As Martial Arts Points were invested, Su Chen's cultivation rose at breakneck speed, as though he were riding a rocket.
A total of two thousand eight hundred Martial Arts Points were spent, successfully raising his cultivation to the Grandmaster Realm.
At this moment, true qi surged and boiled within Su Chen's body like the Yangtze River, endlessly flowing.
As the true qi circulated, muffled thunder-like rumbles sounded from within him.
Su Chen abruptly opened his eyes. Two beams of brilliance flashed from them, filled with intense delight.
"So this is the Grandmaster Realm. It truly is powerful."
Feeling the endlessly surging true qi within him, Su Chen sighed in admiration.
Then, he suddenly struck downward with his right palm.
An invisible force of palm energy burst forth, directly blasting a palm-shaped depression roughly a meter deep into the floor.
Staring at that palm print, Su Chen smiled silently.
"With this palm strike alone, without the support of any other martial arts, I could kill people like Yu Canghai. The Grandmaster Realm truly is powerful."
"No wonder Zuo Lengchan could suppress the other four of the Five Great Sword Sects all by himself, leaving them unable to raise their heads."
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