When it came to taking out a loan to train, Lu Fei finally seemed to have found something in common with Xu Feng.
She turned on the dormitory projector, bringing up a website.
Watching the projection appear on the wall, Xu Feng felt envious again.
This was just a student dormitory, and look at the amenities!
Back when he'd been in school, he'd never had anything like this.
He'd barely graduated high school when the school built a new sports field.
Then, just after he'd graduated from university, they'd installed air conditioning in the dorms.
And these students even had a projector!
But Lu Fei had no idea what was going through Xu Feng's mind. She turned to him. "This is the Earth Martial Artist Alliance's official website. You can buy any manual here!
"Just choose the type of manual you want, and you can browse all the options. What are you looking for?"
The two of them were gathered around a small table in the dormitory, just like deskmates back in school.
When Lu Fei turned around,
she realized that she and Xu Feng were sitting a little too close.
Looking closely,
she saw that the side of Xu Feng's face, under the dormitory's somewhat dim lighting, didn't look like that of a forty-year-old at all.
The serious look on his face even made him kind of handsome—
"Huh? I don't—"
Just as Lu Fei spaced out, Xu Feng turned his head toward her.
They found themselves looking straight at each other.
They were so close that they could even feel each other's warm breath.
"Ahem!"
Lu Fei gave a quiet cough, then turned away, her face bright red.
Xu Feng felt awkward too. He swallowed, then pretended to take a sip of water. "Honestly, I don't know what to buy either. Do you have any suggestions?"
Hearing Xu Feng change the subject,
Lu Fei gladly took the opportunity to move past that awkward moment. "Which cultivation method are you using right now?"
"The Nine Star Body Refining Art. The free version," Xu Feng replied quickly.
"Change it. Your cultivation method is the most important thing. It's the foundation, so you need to get a high-grade one.
"I recommend buying the full version of the Nine Star Body Refining Art. Let me check the price... Oh, it's not expensive. Just 1.5 million."
"You call that not expensive?" Xu Feng gaped.
Lu Fei pursed her lips. "Great Xia has seven body-refining methods in total, and the Nine Star Body Refining Art is the cheapest. Naturally, it's also the least effective.
"But even the weakest one is ten times better than your free version!
"There are even better ones. Look at the Eternal Indestructible Body—it starts at five million.
"The Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method costs six million. Can you afford that?"
Xu Feng sighed. "I'll stick with the Nine Star Body Refining Art, then!"
"What about the saber technique you're training in?" Lu Fei asked.
"Uh..." Xu Feng was a little embarrassed to say it, but he figured she'd seen every secret technique there was, so he went ahead. "The White Wolf Blade."
"What's the White Wolf Blade?" Lu Fei asked blankly.
If Xu Feng had managed to kill an Intermediate Warrior as a newly minted Primary Warrior, then this had to be some powerful saber technique, right?
Xu Feng narrowed his eyes. "The saber technique from my freshman-year fundamentals class."
"F-freshman-year fundamentals? You killed Lurence using that?"
Lu Fei was genuinely stunned.
Xu Feng nodded. "Don't laugh at me. It was the best secret technique I could get my hands on."
"You..." Lu Fei stared at Xu Feng for a moment, then nodded. "Putting everything else aside, your aptitude may not be great, but you're clearly very talented when it comes to comprehension.
"No matter what level the technique is, if it can kill someone, it's a good saber technique!
"I recommend you take a look at this one."
Lu Fei browsed the website for a while and found a saber manual.
She opened it.
Xu Feng blurted out, "A C-Rank Secret Technique, Wind Blade Triple Strike?"
Lu Fei said mysteriously, "That's right. Don't let the low price fool you; this saber technique is quite powerful.
"It's cheap because it's very difficult to master, which makes the barrier to entry high.
"But one of my underclassmen trains in it, and he ranks among the top three in his year in combat strength."
"That strong?" Xu Feng's eyes lit up. He looked at the price of 2.2 million, hesitated briefly, then nodded. "All right, I'll take this one!"
"You'll also need a movement technique. What are you training in?" Lu Fei asked seriously.
"I... I've never trained in a movement technique." Xu Feng felt awkward.
"Huh?" Lu Fei narrowed her eyes at him.
"I'm telling the truth." Xu Feng scratched his head.
"So what kind of trash was Lurence, exactly?" Lu Fei said, completely baffled.
Xu Feng: "..."
That was too insulting.
"All right, I'll pick one for you." Lu Fei shook her head and seriously started sorting through the options.
Seeing how seriously she was taking it, Xu Feng couldn't bring himself to argue.
After all, she might be telling the truth.
For Lurence to get killed by a half-trained Primary Warrior like him, he really had to be weak.
In the end,
Lu Fei chose a movement technique called Shadow Sweep. It cost only 1.8 million.
"So, that comes to 5.5 million in total. I have 300,000 on hand, so I'll need a loan of 5.2 million."
Xu Feng went quiet as he did the math.
He simply couldn't afford that.
"In that case, there's no need to count the full price. You can buy the attack and movement manuals in installments. Only the cultivation method has to be bought in full."
Lu Fei opened the price list to show Xu Feng.
"For example, Wind Blade Triple Strike has six levels in total. If you only buy the first three, it costs just 110,000!
"The first four cost 330,000, and the first five cost 880,000!" Lu Fei said with a smile.
Xu Feng was stunned. "You can buy it in installments? Wait, why's there such a huge difference in price?"
Lu Fei said as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world, "Yes, but there's a downside.
"If you only buy the first three levels, then when you reach a higher level of cultivation and need the fourth, you'll have to buy the first four levels all over again.
"The same goes for every level after that, and the price won't be any cheaper."
Xu Feng couldn't help exclaiming, "Damn, they really know how to make money. If I buy the first five levels now, will I have to buy the whole set next time?"
"Exactly. They don't sell the sixth level by itself." Lu Fei nodded. "That part really is a rip-off! Martial University students like us get an internal price and discounts, but you don't."
"Then can you buy it and let me train with it?" Xu Feng asked, his eyes lighting up.
"What do you think?" Lu Fei rolled her eyes. "Manuals are copyrighted, and violating copyright law is a death sentence!
"I'm warning you: you have to be careful about this.
"Privately teaching, copying, or sharing a manual in violation of the law is punishable by death. Every major force in the world will join together to hunt you down.
"Don't doubt it. Even War God Grade powerhouses have died over copyright violations!"
Xu Feng swallowed hard, not expecting the consequences to be so serious.
"All right," he said with a nod. "I'll just buy the first four levels of the saber technique for now. That should be enough."
"The movement technique only has three levels, so it's a little pricey. The first level costs 270,000, and the first two cost 720,000. Which do you want?"
"I'll buy the first level." Xu Feng calculated the cost.
That brought the total he needed to pay to just 2.1 million.
If he put down 200,000, he'd only need to borrow 1.9 million.
Assuming Martial Loans had about the same interest rate as home loans, he'd only have to pay around 10,000 a month over thirty years.
Totally manageable.
But after learning more about Martial Loans, he was completely dumbfounded.
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