Buying a New Combat Skill! Lin Jia Was Sick...

Old Li reluctantly believed that he had not dressed up much this time.

He looked at the tall, thin young man before him and said,

"If you weren't a Martial Artist, I'd have thought you were a student!"

A student?

He used to be!

Not anymore!

Lin Chen said nothing and merely closed the door out of habit.

Crash!

A pile of Monster corpses appeared in the trading house.

The trading house's rooms were specially made for trading Monster corpses.

Old Li's face showed surprise as he looked at the small mountain before him!

A few days ago, the Monsters this kid had brought in had almost all been First-Level Demon Beasts.

He had not expected that most of the Monsters brought in today would be Second-Level Demon Beasts, with only a small portion being First-Level Demon Beasts!

Old Li followed the rules and did not ask further questions.

He skillfully weighed them and calculated the price.

"105 First-Level Demon Beasts are worth 525,000. 56 Second-Level Demon Beasts are worth 1.12 million. The total is 1.645 million!"

Lin Chen nodded and quickly settled the transaction.

Added to the remaining 405,000, he now had a huge sum of 2.05 million on him!

Even that much money would barely be enough to buy a one-bedroom apartment in Chuan City!

He still needed to work harder!

"Take care, and welcome back next time!" Old Li said with a broad smile!

Lin Chen, wearing a duckbill cap, face mask, and sunglasses, nodded.

He glanced at the trading hall and headed for the exit!

Just as he was about to leave, he turned back and entered the weapons hall!

The hot saleswoman standing by the entrance saw a customer arrive!

She immediately stepped forward and greeted him,

"Sir, it's a pleasure to serve you. What do you need?"

"I'd like to look at defensive combat skills," Lin Chen said.

"Of course, sir. We have defensive combat skills such as Wrathful Vajra," the hot saleswoman said as she listed them off.

"Steel Torrent, Solid as Rock... Which one would you like?"

"Wrathful Vajra." Lin Chen looked at the Wrathful Vajra priced at 20,000 without so much as batting an eyelid.

"Certainly, sir. I'll package it for you," the hot saleswoman said with a smile!

"Do you have any weapons for large-scale destruction of plant-type Monsters?" Lin Chen asked bluntly.

"Apparently not..." The hot saleswoman was dumbfounded.

Lin Chen nodded, paid for it, and left without looking back!

There had to be at least forty or fifty Scarlet Demon Flowers in that patch.

If he wiped them all out in one go, it would be no small fortune!

Unfortunately, even the weapons hall had no weapons that could deal with such special Monsters!

After leaving the Warrior Association building,

Lin Chen bought dinner as usual before heading home!

His younger sister was not back yet at this hour.

Going by the usual schedule, she would be home in another half hour.

Wanting to rest, Lin Chen took out his phone.

"Lin Chen, are you really not coming back to school? The Martial Arts Examination is almost here. Didn't we agree to attend Martial Arts University together?" Shen Yingqing wrote.

"Teacher Liang said today that Chuan City No. 7 High School is holding a friendly sparring match. I'm one of No. 1 High School's representatives. Will you come watch me?" Shen Yingqing wrote.

A friendly sparring match?

Lin Chen frowned, then relaxed.

Chuan City's seven major high schools were practically the talent pipelines for Chuan City's seven Martial Arts Universities.

Every year's senior Martial Arts Examination provided them with many promising Martial Artist prospects!

And behind the seven Martial Arts Universities stood the Chuan City Martial Arts Base!

The so-called friendly sparring match was really just a warm-up before the Martial Arts Examination!

Chuan City's seven major high schools would send many outstanding students to compete and demonstrate their schools' strength!

Of course, the event would be livestreamed across the entire city.

Especially since the deans of the seven Martial Arts Universities would all appear.

If they spotted especially outstanding Martial Artist prospects, they would take notice early, recruit them, or even waive the entrance examination!

This was something every school tacitly accepted, since no one wanted to offend the big shots behind them!

"My Qi-Blood Value is 66, and you want me to attend university with you? Are you crazy?" Lin Chen replied.

"Forget about me. Find yourself a good man and marry him!"

Lin Chen casually sent the reply.

Then he got up to prepare dinner.

It was still chicken drumstick rice, Qi-Replenishing Pills, and some Nutritional Supplements.

"Bro, I'm back!"

Just as he finished preparing everything, Lin Jia came home right on time.

"Alright, come eat..." Lin Chen took her backpack and handed her a warm towel.

"Bro, Teacher Zhou asked me to join the friendly match," Lin Jia said as she sat down. "I don't want to go..."

"Why not?" Lin Chen asked in confusion. "What's your Qi-Blood Value now?"

"271..." Lin Jia's face was full of bitterness. "Bro, did I break through too quickly?"

A Qi-Blood Value of 271 at sixteen?

Lin Chen could not help drawing in a sharp breath!

Looking at his genius little sister, he encouraged her,

"That's a good thing. Looks like the Qi-Replenishing Pills worked..."

"What pills?" Lin Jia asked in confusion!

"Nothing," Lin Chen said with a smile. "If Teacher Zhou wants you to participate, then participate. The Martial Arts Examination is coming up. Sparring to test your strength is a good thing too!"

"Alright, Bro..." Lin Jia sighed. "But I'm the only participant from the middle school division of Chuan City No. 3 High School..."

Lin Chen could not help bursting into laughter!

He thought about how that Big Silly Girl Shen Yingqing had only had a Qi-Blood Value of a little over one hundred in middle school.

Yet his little sister already had a Qi-Blood Value of 271 while still in middle school!

Among the middle school divisions of all seven high schools in Chuan City, she was probably one of the very best geniuses!

"That's normal. You're a genius," Lin Chen praised her.

"No! I don't want to be some kind of genius," Lin Jia said coquettishly. "I just want to be my brother's little sister..."

"Alright... Hurry up and eat..." Lin Chen nodded. "An increase in Qi-Blood Value is a good thing. That way, the school will value you more!"

"Okay!" Lin Jia nodded and began eating seriously.

Seeing this, the corners of Lin Chen's mouth curled upward!

The Chuan City Martial Arts Base placed exceptional importance on talent!

Especially those gifted individuals who had just turned eighteen!

Once such geniuses entered Martial Arts University, the schools would give them special treatment and provide them with the best resources!

Therefore, Lin Chen was not worried about his sister standing out too much!

After all, that was a school, a cradle for the Chuan City Martial Arts Base to cultivate Martial Artists.

Who would be arrogant enough to oppose a Martial Arts Base?

With that in mind, Lin Chen began eating too!

It was still canned Third-Level Demon Beast meat.

Whenever his sister asked, he told her it was ordinary canned meat, the cheap kind!

After eating and drinking their fill,

Lin Chen comfortably reclined on the sofa!

"Bro, I'm going upstairs," Lin Jia said after finishing her meal. She waved and went up to the second floor.

Lin Chen nodded slightly, then washed the dishes and cleaned the table.

He even mopped the floor at home.

After finishing all that, night had arrived again!

"I'm heading out to work, Lin Jia..."

"Okay... Bro... Be careful at work..."

Upstairs,

Lin Jia watched her brother leave.

A trace of worry appeared in her eyes.

For some reason, she had recently felt a dull pain in her arm.

After searching around on her phone,

almost every result advised her to immediately arrange her affairs and choose a good cemetery.

Otherwise, it told her to go to the hospital for an examination and prepare for surgery!

But surgery could easily cost tens of millions. How could their family possibly have that much money?

Mist welled up in Lin Jia's peach-blossom eyes.

Her brother already worked so hard every day just to earn money and support her!

She absolutely could not let him find out that she was sick!

By the time she truly could not hide it anymore, she would probably already be in the late stage!