Net Worth, Postnatal First Layer Peak

The jade box wasn't cheap, but Zhang Wan had only bought the most ordinary kind, which was still considered a mundane item.

He paid with spirit stones; one low-grade spirit stone could buy over two hundred of them.

The storage talismans were similar; one low-grade spirit stone could buy two.

However, Zhang Wan didn't need two storage talismans.

He already had one, and he just needed to buy another one to store the spirit items he harvested.

Therefore, he only asked for one storage talisman and then had the shopkeeper give him over a hundred jade boxes to make up the price of the other talisman.

In total, he spent two low-grade spirit stones.

But when he went to Yunmeng Market, he also sold the Water Green Cucumber plant and the Spider Silk Grass, which brought in exactly two low-grade spirit stones.

With that coming in and going out, his net worth remained unchanged.

He still had a net worth of twelve low-grade spirit stones.

Of these twelve, one was deliberately kept after a trip to the sect. Three were obtained from selling pseudo-spiritual items. Six were cultivation resources issued by the sect after he was promoted to an eighth-level student.

And the remaining two were earned by Zhang Wan participating in arena wagered battles during this period.

He had participated in quite a few arena wagered battles, winning some and losing others, but overall he won more than he lost, which is how he earned those two low-grade spirit stones.

After Zhang Wan finished processing the Postnatal low-grade spirit items he had harvested, Zhang Lingshu and Zhang Yan began to live a life of crying and wailing hardship.

With the Fire Blood Grass in hand, Zhang Wan directly went to work on the two of them with a heavy hand.

Every day, he pushed them to their physical limits until they could no longer bear it, then used hot water mixed with Fire Blood Grass juice to soak their bodies and help them recover from their injuries.

He had previously forbidden them from consuming too many pseudo-spiritual items, but now he relaxed the restrictions slightly, increasing their daily intake and allowing them to have some Hemi, red fruit, or earth fruit.

Originally, he was worried they wouldn't be able to digest it, but after their training reached a new level, they could quickly digest the spirit meals made from the pseudo-spiritual items they consumed. In fact, without additional nutritional supplements, they would even fall into a state of malnutrition.

Of course, while Zhang Wan arranged devilish training for his second sister and third brother, he also gave them plenty of rewards.

They weren't like Zhang Wan, who possessed innate wisdom, and they were still young.

Without giving them some rewards and some relaxation time, this devilish training would eventually drive them mad.

Zhang Wan controlled the intensity very well, constantly adjusting it based on their condition.

This ensured their rapid growth while also preventing any mental issues.

As Zhang Lingshu and Zhang Yan grew rapidly, Zhang Wan was also making great strides.

The Small Jade Bamboo Rice, Water Green Cucumber, and Dwarf Apricot he harvested all went into Zhang Wan's belly.

Some fellow students, Postnatal individuals, and even their guiding martial masters wanted to buy some from him.

But Zhang Wan politely declined them all.

He wanted to keep the first wave of harvest entirely for himself.

Naturally, some people were displeased with this approach.

They didn't care if it was hard-earned by Zhang Wan himself; as long as their demands weren't met, they would feel dissatisfied.

Zhang Wan had no intention of indulging them or caring about their thoughts.

Why did he maintain a low profile while consistently keeping his cultivation and strength at the upper-middle or even upper tier?

It was because a person could be low-key, but they absolutely could not be completely without strength!

A truly powerless existence, regardless of whether they were low-key or not, would become food on someone else's plate! They could be bullied whenever someone pleased, without a moment's hesitation.

As for having strength but completely hiding it, not revealing an ounce of it, Zhang Wan disliked that approach as well.

If others truly saw you as a pig, even if you weren't, it would easily attract bullying and suppression. At that point, would you endure it or directly erupt and expose your strength?

Zhang Wan did not want to be at the forefront, attracting countless jealousies and assassinations, nor was he interested in acting like a pig, being seen as weak and easily bullied.

He absolutely did not want to choose between enduring bullying and erupting to expose his strength.

Maintaining his cultivation and strength at the upper-middle or upper tier among his peers, yet not being the absolute strongest, was the low-key and stable development plan that suited Zhang Wan's disposition.

At this level, he wouldn't attract too much attention, but he would still receive attention from the academy.

Coupled with his not-weak strength.

Could the slight dissatisfaction of others because he wouldn't sell them spirit items affect him?

His strength and the attention he received from the academy were evident. Even if these people were dissatisfied, they could only stew in their own juices.

And Postnatal low-grade spirit items were indeed different from pseudo-spiritual items.

After Zhang Wan spent over a month consuming and refining all the Small Jade Bamboo Rice, Dwarf Apricot, and Water Green Cucumber he had harvested, his cultivation directly rose to the peak of Postnatal First Realm!

He could break through to Postnatal Second Realm at any moment!

As for Xu Hui, he was still some distance away from the peak of Postnatal First Realm.

However, considering his own aptitude, Zhang Wan felt he would likely be stuck at the bottleneck between Postnatal First and Postnatal Second Realms for a few months.

Mediocre talent was truly incomparable to geniuses.

Zhang Wan wasn't in a hurry, because he had a cheat!

Host: Zhang Wan (eleven years old)

Realm: Postnatal First Layer (120/120)

Realm Bottleneck: Postnatal Second Layer Bottleneck (4 EXP needed to break through)

Cultivation Techniques & Martial Skills: Bronze Iron Art Postnatal Sixth Layer (14/114, Postnatal First Layer cultivation technique comprehended), Stacked Force Palm (24/155), Bone Piercing Finger (103/103, 7/46), Nine Step Movement Technique (28/127), Incomplete Vitality Catalysis Technique (89/89, 11/11), Incomplete Extreme Growth Technique (83/83, 10/10), Spirit Plant Knowledge (7.8/20)

Available EXP: 9092

Many stats on the panel had changed.

This was normal. Although Zhang Wan hadn't used much EXP during this period and had been saving it, he had been diligently cultivating. Even someone of average talent would naturally improve.

"Four EXP to break through the bottleneck, that's not much. It's only slightly more than what a mortal needs to reach the Postnatal realm," Zhang Wan said, looking at the EXP required to break through the bottleneck. Compared to his current nine thousand plus available EXP, four EXP was nothing.

However, Zhang Wan didn't plan to use EXP to break through directly.

Reaching the peak of the Postnatal First Layer by cultivating with the spirit items he had acquired was already conspicuous enough. If he were to break through to the Postnatal Second Layer again in such a short period, it would contradict his plan for low-key development.

He intended to try breaking through on his own first. If he still couldn't break through after three to four months, then using EXP to advance wouldn't seem as suspicious.

Another month passed, and the pseudo spirit plants planted in the spirit land matured again.

After Zhang Wan harvested and handed over forty percent of the yield, he kept four bags of the remaining pseudo-spiritual items and plants for himself, selling the rest.

He only obtained three low-grade spirit stones again.

Although this harvest was slightly more than the last one.

The increase wasn't significant.

With another forty percent going to the academy, the marginal increase was further diluted.

Zhang Wan simply packed up the increased yield and took it back with him.

His second sister and third brother had also been needing more pseudo-spiritual items during this time, so he could give them to them.