Martial Arts Was a Bottomless Money Pit—He Splurged Millions!

Ye Fan had already sorted out his cultivation plan for the time ahead.

His first goal was to achieve good results in the Citywide Joint Examination in June.

That meant that while improving his martial strength, he also had to hurry up and buckle down on his academic subjects.

After all.

For the past half year, he had thrown himself wholeheartedly into Jiangnan Martial University's trial camp.

He had hoped to take the special admissions route and enter Jiangnan Province's highest martial arts institution—Jiangnan Martial University.

Who would have thought that he would be driven out instead?

Still, it was a blessing in disguise. He had activated his Sign-in Epiphany System.

It gave his martial future limitless possibilities!

At the same time, he needed to spend heavily to raise his Vitality Value.

He also needed to cultivate the Void Spirit Refining Technique and increase his Mental Power.

This was a task that required steady, grinding effort.

As for martial arts, Martial Arts Mastery, even Spear Intent, Dao Seeds, and the like.

For ordinary martial artists, these were the most elusive and intangible aspects, the hardest to grasp.

Yet for Ye Fan, they were precisely the easiest things to attain.

Therefore, what Ye Fan urgently needed to solve now was how to improve his Vitality Value.

After all, Vitality Value represented speed and strength.

If the gap in Vitality Value was too great, then even with high Martial Arts Mastery and martial arts proficiency, it would be nothing more than a castle in the air, flowers in a mirror and the moon in water—all illusion.

"First option: use precious flesh and medicinal treasures to raise Vitality Value. This option can rapidly increase Vitality Value while satisfying a martial artist's appetite.

"The drawback is that it requires the flesh of high-level mutated beasts and precious medicinal herbs. The cost is relatively high.

"Recommended: flesh from peak first-rank or even second-rank Ironhide Blood Rhinos, as well as Blood Spirit Ginseng."

"Second option: use gene potions developed by Huaxia technology to increase a martial artist's Vitality Value. The advantage of this option is its relatively high cost-effectiveness.

"The drawback is that potions that stimulate the body and increase Vitality Value generally come with a certain degree of pain. The martial artist needs strong willpower.

"Recommended: Foundation Strengthening No. 1, produced by Qiangsheng Technology."

"Third option: pills, medicinal liquids, and the like refined by some martial arts experts to increase Vitality Value. This option's advantage is its strong targeting and highly remarkable effects.

"The drawback is that demand exceeds supply. Stable supply cannot be guaranteed.

"Recommended: Marrow Cleansing Liquid and Bone Strengthening and Body Building Paste."

The intellectual Mature Sister AI in a cheongsam quickly searched for and designed three plans for Ye Fan to raise his Vitality Value.

"Of course, Lord Ye Fan can also cultivate body-strengthening methods. Those can raise Vitality Value as well."

Pushing up her half-rim glasses, she gazed gently at Ye Fan as she reminded him.

Hearing this, Ye Fan nodded.

He was very satisfied.

Because all three plans provided by the Mature Sister AI were feasible to a certain extent.

Moreover, she had separately pointed out their advantages and drawbacks.

After pondering for several seconds, Ye Fan decided to adopt the first and second options.

After all.

The third option could not provide a stable supply.

As for spending money, he was not afraid.

Because only when money and Martial Hall Points were used to improve one's strength could their value be realized.

Moreover, after everything he had experienced, Ye Fan had come to see things clearly.

In the High Martial World, martial arts reigned supreme.

Only by increasing his own strength could he obtain better resources.

Very quickly, Ye Fan exited the virtual network space.

He noticed a message displayed on his Martial Artist Watch:

Your bank card ending in 9527 has received a transfer of 89,836 Huaxia Coins from the Starry Sky Combat Network. The tax portion has already been paid on your behalf by the Starry Sky Combat Network.

He had reached Gold Tier in the Starry Sky Combat Network's Combat Trial Channel.

In total, he had received a reward of one hundred thousand Huaxia Coins.

However, he needed to pay taxes to Huaxia on this portion of his earnings.

Ye Fan took it in stride and felt that there was absolutely no problem with that.

After all, the development of much of Huaxia's technology and the defense of its cities against mutated beasts required enormous sums of money.

Without thinking further.

Ye Fan opened the Star Martial Hall marketplace page through his Martial Artist Watch.

Peak first-rank Ironhide Blood Rhino meat, 8,000 Huaxia Coins (Martial Hall Points) per pound.

Note: Cooking and individual-package service available. Ready to eat upon opening. An additional 500 Huaxia Coins per pound.

Flavors available: cumin, spicy, Orleans...

Foundation Strengthening No. 1 produced by Qiangsheng Technology, 5,000 Huaxia Coins (Martial Hall Points) per vial.

Note: Spirit Stream Realm cultivators can tolerate 30 vials per month.

After obtaining the Nine-Star Hegemonic Body, Ye Fan's appetite had become enormous.

He estimated that he needed at least ten pounds of Ironhide Blood Rhino meat every day.

Furthermore, processing and cooking mutated beast meat was far more difficult than ordinary meat.

He also planned to have it processed and delivered directly.

Thus, Ye Fan ordered a month's supply—three hundred pounds of Ironhide Blood Rhino meat—for a total of 2,550,000.

Besides that.

Ye Fan also ordered sixty vials of Foundation Strengthening No. 1.

The limit that ordinary Spirit Stream Realm martial artists could endure was thirty vials per month, but he intended to challenge double the dosage.

Father often warned him: if you wanted to stand glorious before others, you had to suffer behind their backs.

Therefore, in his pursuit of martial arts.

Ye Fan was often regarded by Zhou Liang and the others as a workaholic and a madman...

Ordering Foundation Strengthening No. 1 cost another 300,000.

In other words, Ye Fan had spent a total of 2.85 million on treasures and potions to raise his Vitality Value for a single month!

Sure enough, martial arts was a bottomless money pit!

For an ordinary family, this was absolutely an astronomical figure.

And for the previous Ye Fan, it had been almost unimaginable.

However, though his heart ached, Ye Fan's resolve was incomparably firm.

Because it was now nearing the end of May, and there was only a little over a month left until the Martial Unification College Entrance Examination in July.

Therefore, he spared no expense in improving his strength.

Besides, he still had a Trump Card.

That was the Dao Seed.

If he reported it directly to the Star Martial Hall, perhaps he could be promoted to an S-Rank Cultivation Contract.

However, he did not do so immediately.

After all, his strength had already improved so shockingly over the past few days.

If he unlocked the Dao Seed again, wouldn't people capture him and slice him up for research?

Keep a low profile.

Develop stealthily and don't get carried away.

In addition, Ye Fan also purchased some medicinal liquid for Younger Sister Ye Ling to strengthen her foundation and consolidate her vitality.

All told, he had directly spent more than 2.9 million today.

When Ye Fan walked out of the Underground Martial Arts Room.

Ye Ling had long been waiting for him with the eagerness of someone watching for stars and longing for the moon, and she hurried over.

"Brother, I've finished my homework. You can teach me martial arts now, right..."