Evolve Talent Once More

"Ha ha! Good!"

At this, Chen Fengyuan burst into laughter.

"With those words from you, Young Master Lin Yi, I can finally put my mind completely at ease!"

"Since you have agreed to sign a contract with my Myriad Phenomena Tower, we should strike while the iron is hot. Come back to the tower with me now, and I will immediately arrange the matters concerning the signing."

"The sooner you and I finalize it, the sooner both sides can rest easy. What do you think?"

"Good! I shall leave everything to Tower Master Chen's arrangements."

Lin Yi agreed with a smile.

"Ha ha! Good! Young Master Lin Yi, this way!"

"Please!"

Lin Yi and Chen Fengyuan exchanged bows, then followed Chen Fengyuan and the Myriad Phenomena Tower group away, leaving only the Purple Thistle Chamber of Commerce and Wanlong Chamber of Commerce behind.

"Madman! He's utterly mad!"

Watching Lin Yi and Chen Fengyuan's departing backs, Gong Yan could not help but curse.

"A genius who only comprehended Extreme Strength at fourteen—even if he truly has undergone Martial Aperture Opening, Martial Arts Second Rank? How could Chen Fengyuan even dare to dream of that? That madman will sooner or later pay a terrible price for his madness today!"

"And this Lin Yi is truly arrogant as well. He actually said Chen Fengyuan would definitely win, and that he himself would definitely reach Martial Arts Second Rank."

"How laughable! How could a mere youth from some tiny backwater know how vast heaven and earth truly are? How could he know what Martial Arts Second Rank represents?"

"Across all of Dongshan Prefecture, with its hundreds of millions of people, how many Second Rank experts have been born over the past several decades? He truly knows neither heaven nor earth!"

Gong Yan sneered, waiting for the day Lin Yi and Chen Fengyuan became a laughingstock.

On the other side, Wanlong Chamber of Commerce President Sun Qianshan was not as vehement as Gong Yan, but he too shook his head repeatedly, not optimistic about Chen Fengyuan's gamble in the slightest.

Martial Arts Second Rank held no low status even within the Tianshan Sect. Looking across the entire Nine Provinces, such a person was considered an expert—someone capable of dominating an entire prefecture.

Lin Yi was indeed a talented young man, but to reach Martial Arts Second Rank?

To be honest, Sun Qianshan felt there was virtually no chance at all!

Time swiftly passed. Lin Yi naturally knew nothing of Sun Qianshan and Gong Yan's reactions, and even if he had known, he would not have cared. At most, he would have laughed it off.

After all, he knew his own circumstances. With the Attribute Panel as his cheat, let alone Martial Arts Second Rank, he was confident even of reaching First Rank, or even Above First Rank.

Moreover, even setting the Attribute Panel aside, with his current talent alone, attaining Martial Arts Second Rank in the future likely would not be difficult. This was also one source of the confidence behind his words to Chen Fengyuan just now.

"Done!"

Inside the Myriad Phenomena Tower, Chen Fengyuan carefully put away the two contracts that had already been signed and sealed. Then he handed two identical contracts to Lin Yi and said with a smile, "Young Master Lin Yi, the Black-grade Genius Contract between you and my Myriad Phenomena Tower, as well as the Genius Training Contract between you and myself, officially take effect from this moment onward."

"The treasures and silver stipulated in the contracts will be delivered shortly. Of course, this delivery will only be half of the total annual amount agreed upon."

"Whether it is a Yellow-grade Genius Contract, a Black-grade Genius Contract, or higher Earth-grade and Heaven-grade Genius Contracts, the resources agreed upon each year are distributed in two installments."

"On the one hand, this eases the financial pressure on our Myriad Phenomena Tower. On the other, it prevents geniuses from suddenly receiving such a large sum and carelessly spending it all at once, leaving themselves without enough money for the latter half of the year. I hope Young Master Lin Yi can understand."

"Mm."

Lin Yi nodded in agreement.

"That is no problem. As long as the full amount ultimately reaches my hands, that will do."

"Ha ha! Then please rest assured, Young Master Lin Yi."

Chen Fengyuan laughed heartily.

"With the reputation of my Myriad Phenomena Tower, let alone a mere few thousand taels of silver—even tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands—so long as my Myriad Phenomena Tower has agreed to it, we will certainly pay!"

"However, preparing the silver will take some time. As it happens, the Black-grade Genius Contract just stipulated that my Myriad Phenomena Tower would provide Young Master Lin Yi with one Fourth-Rank Breathing Technique or one Fourth-Rank Martial Art free of charge."

"Since we have some time now, why not go to the Martial Arts Treasury of my Myriad Phenomena Tower and choose a martial art or Breathing Technique? What do you think?"

"Good! In that case, I will trouble Tower Master Chen."

If you can't find the book by searching its title, try searching for the author instead—it may simply have been renamed!

Lin Yi said.

He already had a Fourth-Rank Martial Art, so there was no need to choose another.

A Breathing Technique, meanwhile, was a wondrous method that helped martial artists refine pills more quickly, absorb more pills each day, and break through their realms.

Though such a method was not as important to Lin Yi, who possessed the Martial Saint Body, as martial arts were, being able to obtain one for free now was naturally all the better.

"Heh heh! Young Master Lin Yi, you are too polite. This way!"

Seeing Lin Yi agree, Chen Fengyuan smiled faintly. The carefree, devil-may-care smile returned to his face as he led Lin Yi toward the Myriad Phenomena Tower's Martial Arts Treasury.

And so, in the blink of an eye, more than two hours passed.

Outside the gates of the Myriad Phenomena Tower's Guangling Branch, East City, Guangling Prefecture City.

When Lin Yi stepped out of Myriad Phenomena Tower once more, he now carried a Fourth Rank breathing technique manual titled Dragon Elephant Breathing Technique, along with banknotes worth a full Eight Thousand Taels of Silver and ten Tiger Tendon Leopard Blood Pills.

Added to the Five Thousand Taels of Silver he had previously received from the Martial Arts Academy, it amounted to a terrifying fortune of nearly fifteen thousand taels of silver!

Carrying such a huge sum, even Lin Yi felt somewhat uneasy. He shamelessly had Chen Fengyuan escort him all the way back to the Martial Arts Academy before he finally relaxed.

Afterward, Lin Yi first had Chen Fengyuan send someone to inform his family that he was safe, telling his mother that he would be cultivating at the Martial Arts Academy today. Then, he selected a martial arts training room within the academy with an exceptionally high degree of privacy.

Only then did he issue a command to the Attribute Panel in his mind:

"Attribute Panel, charge Eight Thousand Taels of Silver and help me evolve a talent!"

"Whoosh!"

Inside the martial arts training room, as Lin Yi's command fell, the banknotes worth eight thousand taels of silver in his arms instantly vanished into thin air.

After that, the charging number on Lin Yi's Attribute Panel began rapidly ticking upward.

10%

50%

70%

On the Attribute Panel, the number rose swiftly, nearly reaching 100% in an instant.

Then...

"Rustle, rustle!"

The originally transparent Attribute Panel abruptly changed, transforming into a vast painting of the starry sky.

Within that starry sky painting, stars of six colors—white, red, yellow, cyan, purple, and gold—still flickered.

This time, White Stars were still the most numerous, but their number had clearly decreased greatly from last time, not even reaching half.

Red Stars came next, making up roughly thirty percent, followed by Yellow Stars at around fifteen percent.

After that, the numbers of cyan, purple, and Gold Stars decreased in sequence.

But overall, there were still quite a few more than last time.

"Not bad!"

Seeing this, a satisfied smile appeared on Lin Yi's face.

"The number of high-grade stars has increased again compared to last time. I hope my previous luck continues this time, and that I can evolve a talent suited to me!"

Lin Yi thought to himself.

And at that moment, a star within the starry sky painting suddenly fell, about to fly out of the painting.

The color of that star was once again—Bright Yellow!

If you think this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf so you won't have trouble finding it next time.