Eighty-Five Thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones

Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, yin, yang, poison, ice.

This is the elemental attribute classification currently most widely circulated within the Star Alliance, numbering eleven categories in total, with most others being attributes formed by mixtures of these eleven.

If Liang Ji wanted to cultivate resistance to all attributes for the Hegemonic Body of his Vassals, the half-dragonfolk, naturally he needed to arrange Cultivation Dharma Lands for all eleven of these attributes.

Currently, within his Natal Star, he already possessed Cultivation Dharma Lands of three attributes: poison, ice, and fire, and still needed to purchase Cultivation Dharma Lands of the other eight attributes.

The price of each Cultivation Dharma Land was basically between three thousand and four thousand low-grade spirit stones, and eight Cultivation Dharma Lands used up about thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones of his.

Added to that, every time a Cultivation Dharma Land was added on Dragon Soul Star, the Star Spirit Vein needed to be enhanced correspondingly before it could bear it.

Adding eight Cultivation Dharma Lands meant at least needing to add and refine eight Tier 1 Spotted Snake Demon Cores.

A single Tier 1 Spotted Snake Demon Core was three thousand low-grade spirit stones, and eight of them were twenty-four thousand low-grade spirit stones.

These two items added together meant a consumption of at least fifty-four thousand low-grade spirit stones!

Without the financial backing of Peng Yue, the little sugar mommy, Liang Ji wouldn't have known how long it would take to save up so many spirit stones, and before the college entrance examination he wouldn't even have known if he could save enough Cultivation Dharma Lands of all attributes to cultivate the full-attribute resistance of the half-dragonfolk's Hegemonic Body.

Such heavy emotional (financial) weight, it seems in the second mock exam I really have to repay this with my life!

Fifty-four thousand low-grade spirit stones were enough to buy the lives of quite a few half-dragonfolk Vassals.

Liang Ji sighed inwardly.

In addition, apart from these attribute Cultivation Dharma Lands and Demon Cores, Liang Ji also purchased a Cultivation Dharma Land "Arena", an Alchemist inheritance, and a Demon Core to bear the Cultivation Dharma Land "Arena".

The Cultivation Dharma Land "Arena" was slightly different from ordinary attribute Cultivation Dharma Lands; after all, those attribute Cultivation Dharma Lands only needed some spirit seed configurations of the corresponding attributes to be refined into existence. However, the refinement of the "Arena" Cultivation Dharma Land was much more troublesome, involving many aspects such as battle intent and rules.

Within the Star Alliance, there were even some companies and organizations that specifically managed activities such as "fighting pits", "arenas", and "tournament matches", which could both satisfy the competitive demands of some people, attract a large number of viewers, and earn wealth; they could also collect powers such as battle intent and rules through these "fighting pits" and "tournament matches" to be used for refining the "Arena" Cultivation Dharma Land.

Yet even so, the number of "Arena" Cultivation Dharma Lands on the market was still far fewer than ordinary attribute Cultivation Dharma Lands, and the price was also much more expensive, requiring five thousand low-grade spirit stones, which was one to two thousand spirit stones more expensive than ordinary attribute Cultivation Dharma Lands.

Additionally, the Alchemist inheritance on the market was also much more expensive than the Rune Master inheritance.

An ordinary Rune Master inheritance required ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, but an ordinary Alchemist inheritance required fifteen thousand low-grade spirit stones.

On one hand, Alchemists were inherently more popular and harder to cultivate than Rune Masters, and the number of Alchemists in the Star Alliance was far fewer than Rune Masters, so naturally the "Alchemist inheritances" that could be produced and sold were also far fewer than the "Rune Master inheritances".

On the other hand, among the "Alchemist inheritances", there was also a portion of inheritances related to spirit medicines, which added some more cost.

Thus, one "Arena" plus one copy of the "Alchemist inheritance" came to twenty thousand low-grade spirit stones, and adding one Demon Core made it twenty-three thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Moreover, to cultivate Alchemists, an Alchemy Furnace and spirit fire were also required. The Alchemy Furnace could be cast by the Vassals themselves, but it also required Liang Ji to provide the blueprints, and the spirit fire also required purchasing spirit seeds to refine inside.

Fortunately, the "Alchemist inheritance" came with a few ordinary pill recipes, and previously in the trial star, he had also obtained a few pill recipe inheritances, among which the types of medicinal pills were temporarily sufficient for Liang Ji's needs.

Otherwise, he would have had to purchase pill recipe inheritances.

Yet even so, adding these scattered expenses together meant needing nearly thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones.

As for Liang Ji, before the first mock exam he had six thousand low-grade spirit stones left in hand, and the school reward for the first mock exam was fifteen thousand low-grade spirit stones, which added together amounted to no more than twenty-one thousand low-grade spirit stones—completely insufficient.

For this reason, Liang Ji had no choice but to borrow another ten thousand low-grade spirit stones from Peng Yue.

Anyway, what he owed the other party was already enough, so he didn't care about adding this extra ten thousand spirit stones.

Only by cultivating his Vassals as well as possible, raising their combat power, and then going all out in the second mock exam to help the other party seize first place among the ten schools could he repay this.

Thus, Liang Ji's purchase of various resources this time consumed a total of nearly eighty-five thousand low-grade spirit stones!

A few months ago, when he spent over ten thousand low-grade spirit stones to purchase various spirit seeds and Spirit Roots to lay the Foundation Establishment for his Natal Star, he still felt apprehensive. Yet now, spending over eighty thousand low-grade spirit stones at once, Liang Ji actually felt somewhat numb.

According to the investment agreement he signed with Shan De Lou and Bai Cao Group, the two companies invested for three years, ten thousand low-grade spirit stones per year, which added together amounted to only sixty thousand low-grade spirit stones—not even enough for his consumption this time.

Liang Ji increasingly felt the gap between ordinary Star Lord students and those wealthy Star Lord students.

The spirit stones that many ordinary Star Lord students could invest into the development of their Natal Stars and Vassals in a year were probably no more than ten or twenty thousand; they couldn't even match a single investment made by some wealthy Star Lord students.

Spirit stones represented resources, and resources represented the development progress of a Star Lord's Natal Star and Vassals.

Such a huge gap in spirit stone investment naturally also drastically tore apart the strength of ordinary Star Lord students and wealthy Star Lord students, forming a gap that was difficult to cross in a short period.

As for how long this gap could be maintained, that depended on the subsequent performance and development of each Star Lord student.

After all, the further upward one developed, the more resources were required, and the more advanced they were; moving upward became harder and harder, and whether they were ordinary Star Lord students or wealthy Star Lord students, there were those who walked slower and slower, and even stagnated in the end; there were also those who could walk forward step by step, and even walked faster and faster, continually surpassing their companions.

And Liang Ji was naturally more willing to catch up with those top Star Lord students at the fastest speed, then surpass them, and walk upward step by step until he reached the very highest point!

Having consumed over eighty thousand low-grade spirit stones to purchase a massive amount of resources, Liang Ji would next need to refine them one by one into his Natal Star, which would consume quite a bit of time.

After all, for the Natal Star to digest Demon Cores and enhance its spirit veins also took time.

In the twenty-plus days remaining until the second mock exam, most of his time would probably be spent at school, refining Demon Cores and resources to elevate his Vassals and Natal Star.

At the same time, according to his teacher's suggestion, he also needed to focus on studying and researching "Tactical Courses".

Previously, after the first mock exam, the comments and suggestions the teacher gave him practically criticized the tactical arrangement and command of his Vassals as utterly worthless.

These scores and comments would all be recorded in his file; if he could not improve or make progress during the subsequent second or third mock exams, it would truly affect his subsequent college entrance examination aspirations for enrolling in an ideal academy.

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