After getting off the train, the six members of Phantom Squad headed straight for the Extreme Martial Arts Hall's headquarters.
The Extreme General Dojo was the headquarters in Jiangnan Base City. Yang Wu spent most of his time at Mingyue Residential Quarter in Yangzhou City, so he rarely came here.
"Brother Zhou!"
"Old Zheng."
"Captain Chu, when are we going to celebrate your wedding with Sister Lu Qing?"
As soon as the six walked into the first floor of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, quite a few martial artists recognized them and greeted them enthusiastically.
Phantom Squad was the top-ranked martial artist squad within the Extreme Martial Arts Hall in Jiangnan Base City, so they were naturally very famous.
Led by a woman in a blue suit, the members of Phantom Squad arrived on the 23rd floor of Extreme Building.
"Ding!"
The elevator doors opened.
"Please follow me!"
The woman in the blue suit smiled as she led Yang Wu and the others into a spacious office. A middle-aged woman was sitting at a computer, working.
When she saw Yang Wu and the others enter, the middle-aged woman hurriedly stood up and said warmly, "It's Phantom Squad! It's been quite a while since your squad last came to see me!"
The middle-aged woman was named Luo Yunqin, and she was the manager in charge of purchasing monster materials at the headquarters. The Extreme Martial Arts Hall paid only two-thirds of what the HR Alliance offered for monster materials. The other members of Phantom Squad had exchanged enough Contribution Points long ago, so naturally they hadn't come here to sell their materials.
"Manager Luo!" Zhou Zheng stepped forward and pointed at Yang Wu. "This is Yang Wu, our new squadmate. Please look after him!"
"No problem! Phantom Squad is one of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall's finest. I'll make sure you get the best possible rate for your Contribution Points!" Luo Yunqin said with a smile.
"Manager Luo, hello! Here are the monster materials we brought this time!"
After greeting her, Yang Wu immediately opened his backpack, dumping a large quantity of monster materials into a huge metal basin beside them.
Luo Yunqin's eyes lit up at the sight of the materials.
Aside from War God-level powerhouses, Phantom Squad was the fastest at hunting monsters and gathering materials for the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. But War God-level powerhouses usually traded with the department heads, so she rarely got to handle such a large order.
Luo Yunqin took a fine-looking combination lock case from a nearby cabinet, entered the code, and opened it. She took out several tools for identifying monster materials.
"Beep beep beep..."
As the instruments scanned each item, the name, level, condition, and price of every monster material appeared clearly on the LCD screen.
Half an hour later, the instrument displayed the total price.
"The total comes to 1.1 billion, for 550,000 Contribution Points."
Luo Yunqin wiped the sweat from her forehead and smiled.
Although all the materials came from elementary-level monsters, there was a lot of them, so it was still a good haul. After all, the Martial Arts Hall paid considerably less than the HR Alliance. Without the Contribution Points, hardly anyone would sell their monster materials here.
Yang Wu gave a slight nod at Luo Yunqin's offer.
Generally speaking, there was little room for bargaining when selling monster materials to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. This batch could have fetched around 1.65 billion Huaxia Currency if sold directly to the HR Alliance, but here he would only get two-thirds of that.
Of course, in return, Yang Wu had earned 550,000 Contribution Points, bringing him halfway to the next contribution tier.
"Have you decided to sell the monster materials to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall?" Luo Yunqin asked with a smile.
"Yes," Yang Wu replied with a nod.
As they sorted the monster materials, Luo Yunqin asked with a smile, "Mr. Yang, you've sold a large quantity of Elementary Beast General Level monsters to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall. Would you like to have your martial artist level upgraded to Primary War General Level?"
"Sure. Sorry for the trouble," Yang Wu said with a smile.
"It's no trouble!"
Luo Yunqin smiled. She earned some Contribution Points each time she helped a War General-level martial artist complete their certification.
After a few clicks on the computer, Luo Yunqin said with a smile, "All set. Your martial artist level has now been updated to 'Primary War General Level.'"
"Come on, let's go eat!" Chu Tian called out to the others once everything was taken care of.
In a private room at the restaurant on the third floor of the Extreme General Dojo.
The six members of Phantom Squad sat around a table laden with delicious dishes, eating and chatting merrily.
"Drink!"
"Wang Zhi, you can't keep walking around with a long face every day. How are you ever going to find a girlfriend?"
"It's just that thing with your family, right? Once you've made up your mind, we'll all go with you!"
Before long, Zheng Tao had drunk a bit too much and gone into chatterbox mode.
"Sister Xiao Qing, I'm counting on you to handle the Blue Demon's Tear this time!"
Everyone was in high spirits after returning safely from the Wilderness Area to the Base City, so they chatted freely.
It wasn't until around nine that night that they cleared away the food and wine and switched to tea to sober up.
"Our squad did well this time. And Zheng Tao will need some time to improve his strength with the Blue Demon's Tear. So I think we should wait until October to head back to the Wilderness Area. That'll give us time to get stronger. How about October 13? What do you all think?"
"I'll go with the captain!"
"Sounds good!"
Everyone agreed.
After the members of Phantom Squad finished discussing their plans, Yang Wu took a car straight back to his home in Mingyue Residential Quarter.
At around ten that night, Yang Wu was alone in the Martial Arts Training Hall. He logged into Extreme Home using his fingerprint.
After entering the Extreme Home website, Yang Wu's personal information was displayed in the most prominent spot on the right.
Name: Yang Wu Gender: Male Address: Jiangnan Base City, Huaxia Country Martial Artist Certificate Number: 426123 2056 0801 0199 Level: War General Level (Elementary) Contribution Value: 550000 (Two-Star Contribution) Currency Balance: 1.1 billion Huaxia Currency
After confirming that his personal information was correct, Yang Wu opened the system Mall and went straight to the World Destroyer spear technique manual.
"World Destroyer," first three stages. Price: 2 billion Huaxia Currency. Half price: 1 billion Huaxia Currency (requires Two-Star Contribution).
Yang Wu swiped his finger and tapped the purchase button.
"Beep!"
"Fingerprint verification passed."
"Payment successful."
"Purchase successful."
"The first three stages of the World Destroyer manual will be delivered to your home within 24 hours, Mr. Yang Wu!"
One notification after another appeared on the screen, sent by Extreme Home.
After buying the manual, Yang Wu began considering whether to go to the Elite Training Camp.
After thinking for a moment, Yang Wu clicked the mouse and opened the martial artist forum on Extreme Home.
By then, Yang Wu's permissions had been upgraded from Warrior Level to War General Level.
Once he entered the forum, Yang Wu typed "Elite Training Camp" into the search bar. A huge amount of information immediately appeared on the screen.
After browsing through some of it, Yang Wu learned quite a bit about the Elite Training Camp.
The most noteworthy thing was the camp's reward system.
Generally speaking, to obtain Dragon Blood or Jade Marrow, which could improve one's physical fitness, a trainee had to earn first place six times in a row at the camp.
But that wouldn't happen for at least six months.
In six months, the version of himself in the Simulator would probably have already reached Planetary Level. What would he need Dragon Blood for then?
With the Time Simulator's speed, Yang Wu would likely break through to Planetary Level within a few months. If he went to the Elite Training Camp, he probably wouldn't stay long.
Besides, the other members of Phantom Squad treated Yang Wu very well, and they were strong. For now, staying with the squad was a good choice!
"Forget it. I won't think about it for now. A month will pass quickly. I'll decide after the next simulation!"
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