Getting Something for Nothing

A Tier 6 Evolutionary's "Falling Star" title, in the eyes of the Universe Human Alliance,

would be World-Destroying Level in the Martial Arts World or Dragon Tiger World that Lin Yuan had traversed.

However,

whether Falling Star Level

or World-Destroying Level,

neither had much to do with the current Lin Yuan.

Using her immense computing power, the Goddess of Wisdom had deduced that the theoretical upper limit of the Taiji Dao was Tier 6.

But a theoretical upper limit was ultimately just that—a theoretical upper limit, potential for the future.

It showed that the Goddess of Wisdom held Lin Yuan in high regard.

More precisely, she held the Yin Yang Chapter of the Martial Path of Evolution in high regard.

The reason the Goddess of Wisdom had judged the subsequent portions of the Martial Path of Evolution uploaded by Lin Yuan to be worth twenty thousand Merit Points

was mainly because of the Yin Yang Chapter.

If it had not involved the fusion and conversion of yin and yang, but had merely been the Taiyang Chapter or Taiyin Chapter,

then even if it ranked at Tier 3, its final value would only have been several thousand Merit Points. How could it possibly have reached a staggering twenty thousand?

Taiyang Power and Taiyin Power were inherently high-level energies.

Mastering either one offered the hope of reaching Tier 3, let alone fusing the two? That directly raised its potential to the Tier 6 level.

"I currently have twenty-four thousand Merit Points."

Twenty thousand had just been obtained by Lin Yuan, while the other four thousand had remained after his previous traversal.

During his first traversal, Lin Yuan uploaded the Innate Chapter and Grandmaster Chapter of the Martial Scripture, earning two thousand Merit Points.

Later, he uploaded the Great Grandmaster Chapter, Mythic Chapter, and Carefree Chapter, earning three thousand Merit Points.

After deducting the one thousand Merit Points spent to advance to Second Level Citizen,

Lin Yuan now possessed twenty-four thousand Merit Points.

"Raise my citizen level directly."

With so many Merit Points, there was nothing to hesitate over. Lin Yuan directly chose to raise his citizen level.

"Congratulations, citizen Lin Yuan. Your citizen level has been raised to Third Level Citizen."

In an instant, five thousand Merit Points were deducted, and Lin Yuan's citizen level rose from Second Level Citizen to Third Level Citizen.

"Third Level Citizen."

Lin Yuan's spirits lifted.

Across Azure Wave Star, a Third Level Citizen could be considered an important figure. The highest citizen level in East Ning City was currently only Second Level Citizen.

"Advancing from Third Level Citizen to Fourth Level Citizen requires ten thousand Merit Points."

Lin Yuan checked the citizen level information, and his heart immediately stirred.

He still had nineteen thousand Merit Points left, enough to raise his citizen level once more.

After Third Level Citizen came Fourth Level Citizen.

A Fourth Level Citizen was no longer merely an important figure on Azure Wave Star, but a true giant. Across the entire planet, only the Archon had reached that level.

If Lin Yuan became a Fourth Level Citizen, his status would immediately become equal to the planet's Archon.

Of course, Lin Yuan knew full well that only their status would be equal. In terms of power and influence, he would certainly be far inferior.

Still, the influence of a Fourth Level Citizen was already astonishing, especially the many privileges granted by the Human Alliance, which were enough to make ordinary citizens' scalps tingle.

"Upgrade, upgrade."

Lin Yuan was just about to continue raising his citizen level.

Then, Lin Yuan glanced at the other information on his interface.

There were his name, account balance, loan limit, and so on.

"Hm?"

Lin Yuan suddenly discovered that his loan limit had been fully restored.

After advancing to Second Level Citizen, Lin Yuan had received a ten-million loan limit from the Central Bank of the Universe Human Alliance.

This sort of loan was a benefit granted by the Human Alliance to high-level citizens. It was interest-free and came with a repayment period of several decades.

It was practically equivalent to giving money to high-level citizens. Even if they did not spend it, they could take out the loan and casually purchase a few investment products to earn money while lying down.

After all, the loan provided by the Central Bank did not require any interest whatsoever.

That was precisely why, before his second traversal, nearly all of Lin Yuan's expenses had been covered by loans.

The residence in Water Moon District, other nutritional supplements, and that military-grade Nutrient Cabin, among other things.

Of the original ten-million loan limit, Lin Yuan had already spent most of it. Yet now, his personal loan limit was full again.

Simply put, the money Lin Yuan had previously borrowed had all been repaid.

This was strange. Lin Yuan knew perfectly well that he had not repaid the loan himself.

As for automatic deductions, not much time had passed, and the money in Lin Yuan's account had not decreased either.

"Goddess of Wisdom."

Lin Yuan directly chose to connect to the Goddess of Wisdom.

"Esteemed Third Level Citizen of the Universe, Mr. Lin Yuan."

The Goddess of Wisdom quickly explained the reason to Lin Yuan.

It turned out that whenever a citizen's citizen level was raised,

that citizen's personal loans would automatically be cleared, with the Central Bank repaying them.

Of course, these personal loans could only be official loans. Private loans from civilian sources were not included.

This repayment mechanism was one of the hidden benefits for high-level citizens and was not openly stated.

A rise in citizen level meant contributing to the Human Alliance, so it was not strange for the Central Bank to repay that citizen's loans.

"There's such a good deal?"

Lin Yuan blinked and glanced at the loan limit available to a Third Level Citizen at the Central Bank.

One hundred million.

His original plan to immediately advance to Fourth Level Citizen was abruptly suppressed.

If he spent this one-hundred-million loan limit before advancing to Fourth Level Citizen, could he get the entire hundred million for free without having to repay it? Obviously.

Lin Yuan's guess was correct.

According to the Central Bank's loan repayment mechanism, that was indeed the case.

This was not a loophole in the citizen level system, either. Merit Points were extremely difficult to obtain, and once ordinary citizens accumulated enough Merit Points for advancement, they would definitely advance immediately.

Almost no one could resist advancing, since the various benefits and privileges of high-level citizens were simply too tempting.

While thinking about how to spend the hundred million, Lin Yuan browsed the emails sent by the Universe Human Alliance after he advanced to Third Level Citizen.

First came congratulations and a ten-million transfer.

When he advanced to Second Level Citizen, the Universe Human Alliance had transferred five million.

Now that he had advanced to Third Level Citizen, the Universe Human Alliance had transferred ten million.

The increase was far smaller than the increase in his loan limit, but that was understandable.

After all, it was free money, and Lin Yuan naturally accepted all of it.

Next came updates to his many privileges.

Compared with the authority of a Second Level Citizen, a Third Level Citizen gained an additional privilege: the right to appeal.

If he suffered any unfair treatment or witnessed anything unfair, he could directly contact the highest Archon of the local planet to file an appeal.

After browsing through all the privileges and getting a clear understanding of them,

Lin Yuan directly opened the marketplace and began selecting various Spiritual Objects to restore his strength.

Searching with Third Level Citizen authority, Lin Yuan could see a list several times larger than before.

Many Spiritual Objects and strange objects he had never even heard of continuously appeared.

"These two, then."

After half an hour, Lin Yuan finally confirmed his choices.

Yang Essence: Cosmic Spiritual Object, thirty million Civilization Coins per portion.

Yin Marrow: Cosmic Spiritual Object, twenty million Civilization Coins per portion.

Lin Yuan had created the Taiji Dao and contained both Taiyin and Taiyang within himself, so the Spiritual Objects needed to restore his strength naturally had to be objects of supreme yang and supreme yin.

In this regard, Yang Essence and Yin Marrow were suitable.

Yang Essence was produced by stars in their declining years and was difficult to collect. The price of thirty million per portion was already after Lin Yuan received a twenty-percent discount through his Third Level Citizen privileges.

As for Yin Marrow, it came from a small number of special frigid planets, which were often guarded by alien races and were extremely dangerous.

In truth, given the Taiji Dao's characteristics of mutual fusion and conversion, Lin Yuan could still fully restore his strength by continuing to consume Advanced Nutrient Solution.

He would only need to slowly refine the energy within the Nutrient Solution and use the Taiji Dao to convert it separately into Taiyin Power and Taiyang Power.

It was simply more time-consuming that way.

Moreover, a bottle of Advanced Nutrient Solution cost two hundred thousand, and Lin Yuan had used more than twenty bottles when recovering previously.

Now that his realm had reached the Tier 2 Limit, he would need at least two hundred bottles of Advanced Nutrient Solution to fully restore his strength.

More than two hundred bottles of Advanced Nutrient Solution would also cost forty to fifty million, not much different from the value of Yin Marrow and Yang Essence.

He confirmed the purchase of Yin Marrow and Yang Essence, setting the payment method to his Central Bank loan limit.

Lin Yuan stretched lazily in a cheerful mood.

"How should I spend the remaining fifty million?"

Lin Yuan began calculating inwardly.

"I could buy some Evolutionary Paths to take a look at."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

With his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, observing other Evolutionary Paths might allow him to further improve the Martial Path of Evolution.

Thinking of the Martial Path of Evolution, Lin Yuan once again thought of the Azure Wave Evolution Chart.

This ranking recorded the hundred strongest Evolutionary Paths in Azure Wave Star's history.

Before his second traversal, Lin Yuan had uploaded the subsequent portions of the Martial Path of Evolution, such as the Great Grandmaster Chapter and Mythic Chapter.

The addition of the later cultivation realms slightly raised the potential of the Martial Path of Evolution. Reflected on the Azure Wave Evolution Chart, it had risen from ninety-third place to seventy-eighth.

And just now, he had uploaded the Celestial Phenomenon Chapter and Yin Yang Chapter. The Yin Yang Chapter in particular was the key that had made the Goddess of Wisdom reassess the Martial Path of Evolution from the beginning.

"Goddess of Wisdom, where does the Martial Path of Evolution rank on the Azure Wave Evolution Chart now?"

Lin Yuan connected to the Goddess of Wisdom and asked with some curiosity.

The Azure Wave Evolution Chart updated once every day at midnight, but as the creator of this Evolutionary Path, Lin Yuan could naturally ask the Goddess of Wisdom about its real-time ranking.

"Esteemed Third Level Citizen Lin Yuan, the Martial Path of Evolution is currently ranked eighth overall on the Azure Wave Evolution Chart."