After a day of studying, Feng Qi returned to his dormitory.
In the morning, he had studied the basics of Cultivation Studies in the library. In the afternoon, he had discussed the fundamental principles of the Fierce Tiger Fist with Lin Ran.
Faced with Lin Ran's questions, he had no way to escape and could only force himself to answer them.
Fortunately, Lin Ran had not asked anything beyond the Fierce Tiger Fist, so Feng Qi had avoided the awkwardness of being unable to answer.
After turning on the lights and sitting down at his desk, he began pondering a question.
How exactly could he enter the dreamland again?
If he could not enter the dreamland, his strength would not improve. Saving the world would be nothing but empty talk, and perhaps one day in his twenties, he would meet an early death.
So entering Future Dreamland was of critical importance.
He guessed that the energy progress bar might be the key to entering Future Dreamland.
But the problem was how to fill the energy bar quickly.
He did not have Mu Qing's digestion speed. If he relied solely on food to replenish energy, the progress would simply be too slow.
Feng Qi had done the math. When he ate until full, each meal could replenish roughly 2% to 4% of his energy. To fill the bar completely, he would need 250 to 500 meals.
Even if he ate five meals a day, it would still take two to three months before he could enter the dreamland again.
So he urgently needed other things that could replenish his body's energy.
Thinking of this, he opened his tablet and began browsing shopping websites for food that could help him replenish energy quickly.
After entering the keyword "replenish energy" into the shopping site, a list of products appeared.
T-33 Energy Bar:
Item Description: A high-energy food made by blending compressed spiritual energy with special plants produced within Domain Fields. It could quickly replenish stamina and aid recovery from injuries.
Item Notes: Consume according to the instructions. Do not take excessive amounts at once.
Price: 45,000 credits
Nine Color Flower:
Plant Description: A unique plant from the Spiritual Radiance Domain Field. Consuming it could nourish the body and greatly increase the speed at which spiritual energy was absorbed during cultivation. The plant contained abundant, high-quality spiritual energy.
Item Notes: The effects were better when consumed after being prepared by a Spiritual Pharmacist.
Price: 230,000 credits
Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal (Low-Level Rune Crystal):
Rune Description: A Rune Crystal found within the bodies of the Twilight Wolf, a creature from the Dusk Domain. It contained special energy and spiritual energy, making it suitable for forging rune weapons. Consuming tiny amounts daily could nourish the body and increase physical strength.
Price: 880,000 credits.
Exquisite Fruit, Evil Spirit Rune Crystal, Hundred Refinements Flower...
There were quite a few items that could rapidly replenish energy, but their prices were generally outrageously high.
Still, Feng Qi understood why these items were so expensive. They all came from perilous Domain Fields and had been brought back by warriors of the Domain Battle Squad at the risk of their lives.
After thinking it over again and again, Feng Qi gritted his teeth, added the T-33 Energy Bar, Nine Color Flower, and Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal to his cart, then clicked purchase.
After facial recognition, a notification appeared indicating that the purchase had been successful.
He glanced at the lower-right corner. After deducting the cost of the purchase, his account balance had a little over two million left.
At that moment, he suddenly felt incredibly poor. The money his parents had left him would not last at all if he wanted to buy items produced in Domain Fields.
In fact, Feng Qi's parents had been fairly wealthy when they fought in the Domain Fields.
After all, they lived with their lives on the line. They had a guaranteed income of five hundred thousand a month, along with additional income if their harvest was plentiful.
But they used most of their earnings to upgrade various pieces of equipment or buy special energy fluids and other items that could improve their strength, so they did not send Feng Qi much money each month.
By the time his parents went missing, he had saved a little over three million.
Normally, he lived frugally and had no major expenses, so he had thought that money would be enough to support him until he graduated from the academy.
But after seeing the prices of all sorts of energy-replenishing items on the shopping site, he was dealt a heavy blow.
Thinking about how he would need to replenish energy every time he entered Future Dreamland in the future, the remaining two million clearly would not be enough.
At that moment, he developed the desire to make money.
As for how to make money, Feng Qi had no ideas for now. He decided that the next time he entered Future Dreamland, he would look up information on the matter and see whether there were any business opportunities that could make him rich overnight.
Lottery numbers, startup opportunities, that sort of thing.
In any case, the money had to come fast.
As for getting a job, there was no way he would ever do that. The money earned from working simply could not satisfy his energy needs, so even if he starved to death and could no longer enter the dreamland, he would never get a job.
Only getting rich overnight was his best option.
Besides, he was not the protagonist of some novel who pretended to be weak while secretly being strong, always hiding himself and keeping a low profile, clearly capable yet still going to work for money.
Feng Qi felt that if he was going to become a super genius acknowledged by all humanity, he should act boldly, and making money should be no different.
Always thinking about keeping a low profile, developing in obscurity, lying prone, pretending to be weak while secretly being strong—those were not things a proper person with a cheat ability would do. Such behavior could be summed up in two words: utterly pathetic.
Young people should have youthful fire!
Early the next morning, the items Feng Qi had ordered were delivered to the academy gate, then brought to his dormitory by academy security personnel.
Taking the packages handed over by the security guard, Feng Qi closed the door and began unpacking them.
There were three packages in total.
He first took out the T-33 Energy Bar stored inside a glass bottle.
After taking a bite, he found it somewhat hard in texture, but it quickly melted in his mouth. The taste was strange, neither good nor bad. Once he swallowed it, he could feel his stomach churning violently and his body temperature rising.
He summoned the energy progress bar, and it shot upward at a rate of 1% per second.
But after around fifty seconds, the bar's rise slowed until it eventually stopped.
Compared with ordinary food, its effects were several times stronger.
He then stuffed the rest of the energy bar into his mouth in one bite, chewed and swallowed it. After waiting a moment, the energy bar finally stopped at 84%.
An entire energy bar had only given him 3% energy replenishment.
But Feng Qi was not too surprised. After all, the energy bar's primary function was to replenish expended energy. Achieving such an effect without needing to consume large quantities was already quite good.
He then opened the second package and took out the Nine Color Flower.
The petals of this Nine Color Flower came in nine different colors. After he took it out, a faint floral fragrance filled the entire dormitory. Though it had left the soil, the Nine Color Flower had not withered, and a hazy white glow still radiated from it.
Under normal circumstances, spiritual plants brought out of Domain Fields should be refined and blended by a Spiritual Pharmacist before being consumed, as that would produce the best results.
This was because many plants from Domain Fields had potent medicinal effects, and consuming them directly could harm the body. But after being blended by a Spiritual Pharmacist, such problems would not arise. In fact, neutralizing their medicinal properties with different spiritual plants could even produce an effect greater than one plus one.
However, medicinal liquids prepared by Spiritual Pharmacists were expensive, generally costing twice as much as consuming the plants directly.
So Feng Qi decisively abandoned that option and stuffed the Nine Color Flower into his mouth.
As he chewed, a rich medicinal fragrance spread through his mouth and nose. His pores relaxed, and he felt as if he were basking in warm sunlight, his entire body growing comfortable.
The energy progress bar began moving as well, increasing by 1% every second.
Five minutes later, the energy progress bar stopped moving, and the percentage finally settled at 5%.
The Nine Color Flower's medicinal effects were powerful, yet it still could not fill the energy bar, leaving him deeply disappointed.
The Energy Bar and Nine Color Flower together had already cost nearly two hundred thousand. If he had to consume them like this every day in the future, he did not dare think about it. The moment he did, he felt poor.
Finally, Feng Qi turned his gaze toward the gray crystal inside the Metal Box—the Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal he had bought for eight hundred and eighty thousand.
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