After getting Mo Xixi out of the room,
Jiang Yuan checked his status panel and allocated his 70 free attribute points as needed.
His four basic attributes surged once again.
[Character: Jiang Yuan] [Race: Human.] [Age: 17] [Level--Tier-One Martial Artist (LV9)] [Class: Martial God (Mythical)] [Talents: Infinite Amplification (Primordial), Supreme Analysis (Divine), Undying Phoenix Flame (SSS)] [Stamina: 1950] [Strength: 1990] [Speed: 1930] [Spirit: 2010] [Luck: 5] [Passive Specialty: Limit of Strength (all attributes multiplied by ten in a normal state, and by thirty when near death)] [God Avoidance]: A ranged finishing move that requires a weapon and consumes half of the user's stamina. It ignores defense and cannot be dodged. Its critical damage can reach 1000%! Cooldown: 30 minutes. [Star Explosion]: Unleashes the user's full reserves of vital energy and blood to enter the Star Explosion state. While in this state, it consumes 1% stamina per second, removes all negative effects, ignores all control effects, increases defense by 1000%, attack speed by 500%, and critical damage by 300%. No cooldown. [God Speed]: Consumes a certain amount of stamina to flash instantly to a target's side (cannot be controlled by control skills). Range increases with level (current range: 1000 meters). Cooldown: 2.5 seconds. (Resets after killing a target.) [Cultivation Techniques: Ripple Force Method, Immortal Body Tempering Technique (SSS), Kindling Breathing Technique (SSS), Morning Dawn Visualization Method (Beginner)] [Martial Skills: Space-Splitting Strike (Three-Star Secret Art)] [Equipment: Crimson Bracers (Rare), Red Lion Ring (Common, Top-Grade)] [Items: Mutated Crystal (Psychic Class), Bone Spear] [Remaining Free Attribute Points: 0] [Remaining Merit Points: 357]
"Sure enough, killing monsters and leveling up is the way to go."
Jiang Yuan sighed.
"My strength is improving way too fast."
Especially for someone like him, who had the passive specialty [Limit of Strength]. Each level-up meant a hundred-point increase in all four basic attributes!
It was astonishing!
"With my spirit now over two thousand, I'm probably far stronger than an ordinary Tier-Two Psychic Class mage."
Jiang Yuan thought to himself.
"Once I open the door to the spirit domain, I'll be able to wield its power for offense and defense. Ordinary illusions and spiritual attacks won't work on me anymore, either."
Only then could he truly be called a well-rounded fighter with no weaknesses.
No sooner said than done.
He closed his eyes and entered a state of enlightenment.
Supreme Analysis—activate!
After Tao Yufeng and her husband, Mo Lingfeng, returned home, dragging their exhausted bodies behind them, they froze at the sight of a box on the table.
Mo Xixi came out. "Dad, Mom, you're back."
"Xixi, what's this?" Tao Yufeng asked.
"Oh, this? Brother Yuan brought it back for you. He said it was a gift."
Tao Yufeng froze. "Xiao Yuan's back?"
She felt a little heartache, but also a little happiness. "That boy. He's back, but he still brought gifts. He really doesn't know how to save money."
"Where is he?"
"He's sleeping in his room. I think he's worn out," Mo Xixi said, her large, dark eyes curiously fixed on the gift box. "Dad, Mom, what do you think is inside?"
Mo Lingfeng smiled. "Whatever it is, it's the thought that counts."
"That's right. He's really grown up."
With a smile, Tao Yufeng opened the box.
When they saw the sparkling potions and various nourishing supplements inside,
all three of them froze.
"Dad, Mom, could these... could these be Gene Potions?" Mo Xixi asked in a daze, her mouth hanging open. She looked rather cute.
"N-no way. These must have cost a fortune," Tao Yufeng said uncertainly—or rather, she couldn't bring herself to believe it.
Mo Lingfeng picked up one of the supplements and sniffed it. His face filled with shock. "They're real!"
"Huh?"
"Just smelling it made the vital energy and blood in my body surge. With effects this powerful, there's no way it's fake," Mo Lingfeng said, stunned.
Tao Yufeng's mouth fell open. "So... they're all real? No way..."
"Mom, I remember a single supplement costs tens of thousands on the market, and Gene Potions are even more expensive..." Mo Xixi said, still dazed. The box in front of them contained ten Gene Potions and ten supplements!
"If they're all real, how much would they be worth?"
Mo Lingfeng swallowed. "At least a million."
"Good grief, where did Xiao Yuan get that much money?"
Mo Xixi finally admitted what she'd been hiding and told them about the accessories and equipment Jiang Yuan had given her.
Mo Lingfeng looked them up online. They were worth 660,000.
The whole family was thrown into turmoil.
"That boy isn't even a martial artist. Even if he joined a guild, how could his signing bonus possibly be several million?"
"I don't believe it. I have to ask him what's going on."
Tao Yufeng couldn't wait any longer. She stood up and headed for Jiang Yuan's room.
Ding-dong.
The sudden doorbell startled the whole family.
They opened the door.
A man and a woman in Martial Artist Association uniforms stood outside, holding a bag.
"Hello. Are you Mr. Jiang Yuan's family? We're staff from the Martial Artist Association," the male staff member said.
At that,
Mo Lingfeng and Tao Yufeng were both taken aback, utterly confused about why someone from the Martial Artist Association had suddenly shown up.
Mo Lingfeng asked, "I'm Jiang Yuan's uncle by marriage... May I ask what this is about?"
From behind them, Mo Xixi asked in alarm, "Could Brother Yuan have done something bad, and now the Martial Artist Association is here for him?"
"D-don't say things like that," Tao Yufeng scolded her, though she looked anxious and uneasy herself.
The female staff member smiled. "You've misunderstood."
The family turned to look at them.
The male staff member took a beautifully packaged Gene Potion out of the paper bag. Mo Lingfeng recognized it as Three-Pattern Qi Nourishing Powder, worth around 300,000 on the market.
"We've come at the branch president's direction to deliver this to Mr. Jiang Yuan."
"He passed the Tier-One Martial Artist test at our Martial Artist Association. He'll receive a monthly martial artist stipend of 5,000 yuan, and he's also been awarded a talent grant from the Nanjiang City Martial Artist Association headquarters. The 100,000 yuan has already been deposited in his account, and this Gene Potion is an additional gift."
At those words,
Mo Lingfeng and his family were completely dumbfounded. Their eyes went wide, their mouths fell open, and their minds buzzed.
"Y-you're saying Brother Yuan passed the Tier-One Martial Artist test? And he got a talent grant?"
Mo Xixi couldn't believe it. She wondered if she'd misheard or was dreaming.
"You didn't know?" The staff member looked surprised, then said with a sigh, "He probably wanted to surprise you. As far as I know, Mr. Jiang Yuan dealt more than 40,000 damage during the test. He stunned everyone there—and even our branch president was alerted."
"F-forty thousand?!"
Mo Xixi was completely stunned.
She was already one of the top students in her first-year class, with her vital energy and blood above 2. But even after using a martial skill, she couldn't deal 200 damage.
Mo Lingfeng and Tao Yufeng were just as stunned. They didn't even realize when the two staff members left. In a numb, rigid daze, they closed the door, walked back to the sofa, and sat down.
After a long while,
Tao Yufeng finally spoke. "Honey, pinch me. I'm not dreaming, am I?"
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