Burning Meridian Star Pulse Art

Inside Qin Chen's small house.

A figure darted and weaved through the living room.

Even in such a cramped place, packed with obstacles, Qin Chen's path remained winding and fluid, his movements graceful.

Throughout it all, he did not touch any of the obstacles—not even a little.

And he was incredibly fast.

As time passed, Qin Chen's speed grew faster and faster, until his movements were nearly impossible to see.

Some time later.

Qin Chen's figure suddenly vanished, leaving only swirling clouds and rosy haze in the living room, dreamlike and illusory.

The next moment, Qin Chen slowly emerged from within them, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

"Flowing Clouds Chasing Moon Steps—"

"Grand Completion!!"

After three uninterrupted hours of practice, he had finally cultivated the "extremely difficult" Flowing Clouds Chasing Moon Steps to the Grand Completion realm.

It really was difficult!

"Phew~"

Qin Chen let out a long breath, walked over to the refrigerator, opened it, and took out a bottle of black fizzy drink.

Fat House Happy Water!

The beloved drink of countless men!

The moment it went down his throat, Qin Chen felt bliss surge from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head.

The same familiar taste, the same familiar feeling!

The heat stirred up by practicing the Flowing Clouds Chasing Moon Steps also faded considerably.

Qin Chen lay back on the old sofa, drinking his beverage as he considered his next plans.

First, he needed to find a battle skill whose side effect could lower Star Energy Aptitude.

That was the most important thing!

He had not found such a battle skill in the school's Battle Skill Pavilion, so he could only buy one on the Star Net.

The system was already quite mature. If one wanted any battle skill, they could simply purchase it on the Star Net, and delivery would naturally bring it to their door.

Convenience was the whole point!

The Star Net was somewhat like the internet from his previous life, except its functions were far more powerful.

But the problem was that he only had seventy thousand Star Coins on him. Even if such a battle skill existed, that amount would most likely not be enough.

If He Yi, that rich tycoon, had not given him fifty thousand, he would have had a mere twenty thousand Star Coins.

But even if he could not afford it, could he not at least look?

He would first find a target on the Star Net, so he could have a rough expectation of how many Star Coins he would need.

That was how he would have the motivation to make money!

With that thought, Qin Chen lightly pressed the wristband on his left hand.

A pale blue holographic screen appeared before him.

This wristband was called a Star Ring.

It had many functions, including connecting to the Star Net and viewing one's personal Virtual Terminal.

It also contained all of Qin Chen's personal information and could serve as identification under certain circumstances.

Qin Chen's fingers worked across the screen, and he found a store called Myriad Treasure Pavilion.

Myriad Treasure Pavilion was an enterprise under the Myriad Treasure Merchant Association, the number one merchant association in Great Xia.

Its reach extended across all of Great Xia.

For instance, there was a Myriad Treasure Pavilion in Muyang City, located in the city center.

Qin Chen was a country bumpkin, and to this day, he had never even seen what Myriad Treasure Pavilion looked like.

Myriad Treasure Pavilion carried almost every item available for sale on the market.

Especially the Myriad Treasure Pavilion headquarters in the imperial capital!

It even boasted that as long as you had money, there was nothing you could not buy.

A clear display of its confidence.

Although the store he had entered on the Star Net belonged to the Muyang City Myriad Treasure Pavilion, it should have what he wanted.

The moment he entered Myriad Treasure Pavilion's store page, a dazzling array of goods instantly filled the screen.

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The borders around every product icon radiated an incomparably dazzling Golden Light.

It felt just like those browser games he had played in his previous life, grinding for gear.

Shattering Star Seven Tribulations Finger

[A-rank Finger Combat Skill. Condense the Star Core at the fingertip; seven tribulations in succession! This finger technique draws upon the intent of stellar annihilation and consists of seven forms, each finger strike stronger than the last...]

[Price: 150000000 Star Coin]

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands... a hundred million!!"

Qin Chen's pupils abruptly widened. He had never expected that casually checking a single item would make him fully understand the gap between the rich and the poor.

Seventy thousand, one hundred and fifty million!

Fine!

An A-rank combat skill was only over two thousand times his current assets. Perfectly acceptable... my ass!!

He'd have to rob... no, be gifted by three thousand He Yis to get that much.

Still unwilling to give up, Qin Chen looked at the other items gleaming with Golden Light...

Nine Revolutions Star Quenching Dew

[Ninefold refinement, Star Core extraction! This dew is made with nine rare minerals born within the cores of stars as its primary ingredients, supplemented by Star Beast Essence Blood and Void Spirit Spring, then repeatedly quenched nine times through a secret method...]

[Price: 200000000 Star Coin]

Qin Chen's pupils contracted again as he looked toward the other items.

Mountain Suppressing · Eight Desolations Halberd

[Long weapon (halberd). The halberd suppresses the Eight Desolations, its aura swallowing mountains and rivers! This halberd is eighteen feet long. Its shaft is forged from Millennium Dragon Pattern Star Iron, while its blade is cast from Cold Abyss Mystic Mother Gold and Blazing Sun Gold Essence. Cold and heat meld together; hardness and softness complement one another...]

[Price: 100000000 Star Coin]

Flame Weaving Flowing Cloud Cloak

[Outer cloak/protective treasure garment, woven from Void Fire Silkworm Silk and adorned with Flowing Cloud Star Pattern Gold! This cloak is as light and thin as cloudglow, its colors shifting with the light in interwoven red and gold. Not only does it offer excellent physical defense, it can also greatly weaken energy impacts...]

[Price: 120000000 Star Coin]

After some time, Qin Chen operated the screen expressionlessly.

Filter (D-rank Combat Skill category)

Confirm!

In an instant, the glittering golden page vanished, replaced by a huge pile of items with white and green borders.

Myriad Treasure Pavilion really understood how to play the special effects game!

These white and green items weren't even worthy of having any glow.

Though that green glow did look a little unsettling.

Still, this plain and unadorned interface suited him better.

He had a congenital eye condition and couldn't stand overly dazzling light.

As for those golden items he had just looked at, each costing hundreds of millions?

All he could say was that he had overstepped his bounds!

Qin Chen continued tapping on the screen.

Search term: "reduce Spiritual Energy Aptitude."

When searching after applying filters, the system would search only among the filtered items rather than conducting a full-range search.

Then he set the price to sort from low to high.

The screen flickered, and the filtered item appeared before Qin Chen's eyes.

(⊙o⊙)...

A bewildered look appeared on Qin Chen's face.

A single icon with a gray border sat all alone on the screen, with nothing else besides it.

Qin Chen instinctively opened the introduction for this combat skill.

Burning Meridian Merging Spirit Art

[Unranked Combat Skill. Activating this combat skill is like igniting a fire of destruction within one's body. Star Energy Aptitude is ignited and consumed like fuel, forcibly dragging star energy into the body and causing absorption speed to skyrocket!]

[Side effect: The word "burning" makes its destructiveness clear. Every "burn" permanently incinerates a portion of the "innate essence" that resonates with star energy. Aptitude melts away like ice and snow, never to recover.]

[Note: The lower one's Spiritual Energy Aptitude, the less efficient it is at igniting one's own "fuel." When Star Energy Aptitude drops to 0, one will lose the qualification to ignite it! At the same time, one will no longer be able to absorb star energy. If you wish to cultivate it, please enter seclusion for seven times seven, forty-nine days to think it over carefully before making your decision!]

[Side Effect Reversal: Every "burn" permanently increases a portion of the "innate essence" that resonates with star energy. Aptitude rises continuously, like sand piling into a tower!]

Qin Chen:!!!

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