Back at the Academy.
After dinner, Luo Yan did not return to the dormitory. Instead, he headed straight for the Logistics Department.
He wanted to exchange for some potions and speed up his cultivation.
At present, he had over three hundred unused Credit Points.
Although the Calming Agent offered good value for money, it provided limited assistance with cultivation.
Luo Yan wanted to see if there was anything more suitable, so long as it did not cost an absurd number of Credit Points.
He was willing to give it a try.
Especially after watching Di Zheng's battle that day, he felt a craving for power—a powerful urge to become stronger.
And in these troubled times, if he wanted to survive and live better than everyone else,
obviously, powerful strength was the foundation of everything.
As for Credit Points, he could always earn more after spending them.
Upon entering the Logistics Department, Luo Yan heard someone shouting.
"What? Work Points can't be exchanged for items anymore?"
"How could this happen?"
"It was still allowed last semester!"
"When was this rule changed? Why didn't I know?"
"What am I supposed to do about the things my baby wants?"
"Are you telling me to buy them outside?"
"The quality outside can't compare to what we have at the Academy."
"Buy them with Credit Points?"
"Fine, wait here!"
"I'll find someone to buy them!"
In front of the exchange window, a handsome young man turned around and was about to leave.
When he saw Luo Yan, he slapped his forehead and pointed at him. "Aren't you that new student—the one who butchered Luo Beichen? What was your name again?"
"Luo Yan! Right, Luo Yan!"
Luo Yan glanced at him without responding, then habitually walked along the wall toward the exchange window.
"Hey, don't leave."
"My name is Yang Likai. My father is Yang Zhen."
"You know Yang Zhen, right?"
The young man who called himself Yang Likai followed after him.
"You can't seriously not know my father."
"My father is the director of the Construction Bureau!"
"No, can you at least listen to me?"
He rushed a few steps ahead and blocked Luo Yan's path.
Luo Yan raised his head and glanced over Yang Likai's snow-white neck, lingering especially on the carotid artery.
Yang Likai suddenly felt a chill around his neck, but he paid it no mind and continued, "I heard that after you returned from the Forbidden Land last time, the Academy rewarded you with three hundred Credit Points."
"You can't use that many anyway. Give some to me."
"I'll trade Work Points for them."
"One hundred Work Points for one Credit Point."
"Be reasonable. Hand me your student card, and I'll transfer them to you."
Luo Yan sized him up.
He wondered where Yang Likai had gotten the confidence to assume Luo Yan would definitely sell the Credit Points to him.
"You want Credit Points?"
Luo Yan spoke. "Sure. But at a hundred to one, I'm not selling."
Yang Likai froze for a moment before saying, "Fine, then two hundred. I can't offer more."
"Work Points for one Credit Point."
"Are you buying?" Luo Yan asked.
Yang Likai's mouth fell open, and then he shouted, "Is that how you sell things? You're robbing me!"
Luo Yan passed him by. "If you're not buying, get lost."
Yang Likai's face immediately shifted between green and purple.
He clenched his fists, but then noticed the Logistics Department's security guards lazily looking his way.
Yang Likai snorted and turned to leave.
Meanwhile,
Luo Yan had already reached the exchange window.
Behind the window was a young woman somewhat older than Luo Yan.
She seemed to be an upperclassman working part-time there.
When she saw Luo Yan, she smiled and asked, "Junior, what would you like to exchange for?"
Before Luo Yan could speak, a man in his mid-twenties walked over from behind the window.
He wore a pair of tea-colored, round-framed glasses and held a small abacus. He approached in slippers and lazily patted the girl on the shoulder.
"Little Ya, it's getting late. You should go back first."
"All right, Mr. Haoting." The girl stood up, winked at Luo Yan, and left the window.
The man called Haoting sat down, placed the abacus on the table, and asked with a beaming smile, "Student, what would you like to exchange for?"
Luo Yan answered succinctly, "Cultivation resources that can increase cultivation speed."
Pushing up his round-framed glasses, the man said without losing his smile, "There are quite a few potions that can increase cultivation speed."
"The Calming Agent and Cloud Water Agent are the best sellers."
"I've used the Calming Agent. It's too slow." Luo Yan shook his head.
Then he added, "The Cloud Water Agent isn't cost-effective enough."
"Understood." The man with glasses moved the beads on his abacus. "You need a potion that allows you to cultivate quickly and increase your progress, while also offering good value for money."
"Then the Spark Agent should suit you best."
"As the saying goes, a single spark can start a prairie fire. The Spark Agent can accelerate Primal Energy absorption to the greatest extent. More importantly, it can help remove impurities, making your Primal Energy as pure as possible."
"From an efficiency standpoint, one bottle is equivalent to two bottles of the Calming Agent. It also has a purification effect that the Calming Agent lacks."
"And its price is reasonable. It only costs ten Credit Points."
"However, you're a celebrity at the Academy."
"I also admire your attitude toward Yang Zhen's son just now."
"I'll give you a discount and only charge you eight Credit Points. How does that sound?"
Luo Yan quickly calculated.
The Cloud Water Agent, which was only twenty percent more effective than the Calming Agent, already cost five Credit Points.
The Spark Agent was twice as efficient as the Calming Agent and also purified Primal Energy. After the discount, it only cost eight Credit Points.
It really did offer excellent value for money!
Luo Yan looked up. "I'll exchange for ten bottles. Can you make it any cheaper?"
The man with glasses laughed. "I didn't expect you to be such a shrewd calculator. Fine, I'll give you a little more."
"Seventy-five Credit Points. I can't lower it any further."
"Deal!"
He swiped his card, took the potions, and left.
After Luo Yan departed,
the man called Haoting grinned. "Just look at that. Who still dares say no one will try my new potion?"
"Classmate Luo bought it, didn't he?"
"Those fools. Once they find out how effective the Spark Agent is and come asking for it, no one will get one without twenty Credit Points!"
He picked up the abacus and hummed a little tune. His slippers slapped noisily against the floor as he swayed out of the exchange room.
Back in his dormitory, Luo Yan took a shower and prepared to cultivate.
That weekend at Zeng Shan's house, he had followed Wei Fenghua's advice and focused mainly on recuperation.
After two days,
he felt that nothing was seriously wrong anymore.
Naturally, he refused to waste any more time.
He opened the window and faced the night sky.
Luo Yan sat down cross-legged.
He first made some preparations to settle his mind.
Then he picked up a bottle of Spark Agent.
The Spark Agent was a deep blue throughout, with orange-yellow glimmers flashing within from time to time, like sparks.
He placed the potion to his lips, took a deep breath, absorbed the potion inside, and began cultivating through visualization.
As the Visualization Technique circulated, Luo Yan clearly sensed Primal Energy far more abundant than usual surging in from all directions, rushing to pour into his body.
The moment this Primal Energy entered his body, it was as though a flame had ignited within him.
With a boom,
it set all the Primal Energy that had entered his body ablaze.
As it burned, the quantity of the Primal Energy gradually decreased, but after being refined by the flames, it became three times purer than before.
It rapidly filled Luo Yan's meridians, and that meridian was quickly scoured and tempered.
In less than a quarter of an hour,
the meridian had already been completely tempered.
Luo Yan was delighted.
This Spark Agent really was extraordinary. Its tempering speed was much faster than the Calming Agent's.
If he used one bottle of Spark Agent every day, perhaps he could shorten the time needed to complete the cultivation of Observing Mountains and Seas—Primary Level Three—by one-third!
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