"Three million, six hundred and sixty thousand..."
Finally, all of Lin Yuan's Fierce Beast materials were sold, netting him over three million Azure Coins.
Added to the batch he sold in Hunter Town, his total assets now reached four million!
He truly had struck it rich overnight.
Lin Yuan was also quite satisfied.
It was worth the trouble of going through several exchanges, racking his brain to sell them in batches across multiple merchant houses. His efforts had finally paid off.
With money in hand, his very first task was to go and pay off his Hunter Loan!
The five-hundred-thousand Hunter Loan came with a repayment term of up to ten years.
Ordinary Hunters, even if they ventured deep into the Wilderness Zone every month to hunt dangerous, predatory, rare Fierce Beasts, would probably need several years to pay it off.
The longer it dragged on, the higher the interest.
It could reach up to twenty percent interest—meaning he would borrow five hundred thousand and end up paying back six hundred thousand!
Yet Lin Yuan's money-making speed was simply too fast.
In a mere month, he had earned millions.
He easily paid the Hunter Loan off in full. Because he had only borrowed it for a month, the interest was a mere two percent, which amounted to just ten thousand.
This made Lin Yuan heave a sigh of relief.
Although his strength had increased now and his money-making speed was beyond comparison, a mere ten thousand yuan meant practically nothing to him; even paying back the full ten-percent interest would have been a breeze.
Still...
This was all his hard-earned money!
How could he let those evil lending capitalists profit from it?
No matter how rich he became, he couldn't waste money like that.
"Ding..."
"Your Hunter Loan has been paid off in full."
"Your credit limit has increased. Borrowing again will qualify you for an 18% interest-reduction discount..."
Lin Yuan glanced at the cascade of discount policies popping up on the lending platform, then decisively closed and uninstalled the app!
Good-for-nothing garbage, anyone who touches this again is a dog!
Free of debt, a person felt light as a feather.
Completely relaxed and brimming with joy, Lin Yuan felt as though the entire sky had cleared up immensely.
"Today is a good day..."
Humming a tune, he left the Hunter Association with light footsteps, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
Even on Azure Star, millions still counted as a colossal sum.
As long as he didn't compare himself to Starry-Sky Warriors, holding over three million in liquid cash in any satellite city was enough for Lin Yuan to live a very comfortable life.
Ordinary families would probably struggle for ten years and still fail to amass such wealth.
If ordinary people didn't pursue martial arts or crave extravagant luxuries, they could easily live a worry-free life...
But was Lin Yuan an ordinary person?
The answer was self-evident.
So while three million was a lot, when it actually came to spending it, he still found himself strapped for cash.
"Martial Body Tempering focuses on replenishing vitality and blood."
"Every single bout of Body Tempering practice consumes the vitality and blood within the body. Without dietary and medicinal nourishment, even the strongest physique will eventually be hollowed out..."
Lin Yuan walked along a bustling commercial street, looking left and right as he searched for what he wanted.
"Ah, premium vital-food cooked with Prime Yellowflower Deer meat as the main ingredient—give me ten portions!"
"Highland Snow Sheep lamb shanks—give me ten!"
"And Angus Mountain Cattle..."
Each portion of premium vital-food was cooked by top-tier chefs using numerous Fierce Beast materials and flesh, supplemented with various medicinal herbs and ingredients.
Not only was the taste peerless, but more importantly, it contained rich Fierce Beast vitality and blood, which was of immense help to apprentices in the Body Tempering Realm.
As the saying went: the poor study while the wealthy practice martial arts. If one wanted to walk far on the martial path, innate talent was one aspect, while resources and wealth were another.
Lin Yuan previously had been all alone with an impoverished family background, so where would he get the money to buy various cultivation vital-foods?
Even if the school provided some resources at irregular intervals, demand far outstripped supply, making them little better than nothing.
How could that compare to other students from well-to-do families who could enjoy dietary nourishment every day without worrying about a deficit in vitality and blood?
That was why his Body Tempering speed over the past eighteen years had been so slow—not only because his aptitude was ordinary, but also because he had no money...
Now things were different!
Financially flushed, Lin Yuan placed an order in one breath for dozens of portions of premium vital-foods. Every single one was made from premium Fierce Beast meat, providing a certain degree of assistance even to the Marrow Cleansing Stage.
"Money doesn't matter; time is what matters."
Lin Yuan kept a clear head.
As long as he became a true Starry-Sky Warrior, what were a mere few millions?
Even tens of millions or hundreds of millions wouldn't matter to him.
The Great Dao comes first!
Everything else takes a back seat.
Embracing this realization, Lin Yuan turned around and spent another two million to purchase ten vials of Vitality-Blood Potions produced by the Human Federation.
These were also specially prepared by the authorities for Body Tempering Realm apprentices. They could substantially replenish vitality and blood, and were even among the best Body Tempering treasures for accelerating Body Tempering progress.
A single vial cost twenty thousand Azure Coins.
This belonged exclusively to the wealthy; how could ordinary families possibly afford it?
For the most part, people still had to rely on dietary nourishment, purchasing Fierce Beast vital-foods to replenish their vitality and blood.
Although the effects were inferior to Vitality-Blood Potions, their advantage lay in being cheap.
A portion of ordinary vital-food cost only a few hundred.
Even premium vital-food was just over two thousand, and most families could grit their teeth and buy a few portions...
After a round of procurement, Lin Yuan's pockets visibly shrank. His four-million deposit was suddenly depleted by three million, truly making money flow like water.
Yet Lin Yuan didn't care.
"With these resources, my Body Tempering progress can really take off!"
"Originally, practicing step-by-step with my talent as a Martial Prodigy would have taken me less than a year to reach Body Tempering Grandmastery."
"But now..."
Lin Yuan rubbed his hands together.
Throwing three million into it, his efficiency would rise by severalfold at the very least!
Half a year?
Or three months?
Either was possible!
"Time to eat!"
Returning home, Lin Yuan immediately pulled out a portion of premium Yellowflower Deer meat vital-food and wolfed it down.
He had to admit, it truly deserved to be called premium vital-food; its effects were far stronger than the ordinary vital-food he had eaten before.
Ten pounds down into his stomach, Lin Yuan clearly felt a wave of warmth spread through his body—that was the surging vitality and blood churning within him, eagerly preparing to flex its muscles.
Daring not to hesitate, Lin Yuan immediately ran downstairs to a secluded spot in a park and began practicing the Starry Sky Body Tempering Art.
Bang!
Crack!
Whoosh!
Having stepped into the Marrow Cleansing Stage, he possessed a strength of six thousand catties.
Every movement of Lin Yuan's was now exceptionally fierce. With a single punch thrown, the air whistled loudly; with a single step taken, the ground trembled slightly, emitting a muffled vibration.
The nine sets of body techniques of the Starry Sky Body Tempering Art were executed and danced through one by one by him. Every movement was close to perfection, flowing like clouds and water, completely natural.
Each completed set of movements tempered his body by a fraction, while the surging vitality and blood inside him were consumed, transforming into an enhancement of his physical strength.
Once all nine sets of body techniques were performed, it constituted a complete cultivation cycle of the Starry Sky Body Tempering Art.
Lin Yuan could clearly feel the increase in his physical strength—
"It went up by at least ten catties of strength!"
He was utterly pleasantly surprised.
This was the Marrow Cleansing Stage, reputed to be the hardest to improve!
Unlike his previous Blood Tempering Stage—where completing a single round could increase his strength by over a hundred catties—during the Marrow Cleansing Stage, gaining ten catties of strength per round was already quite miraculous.
As far as he knew, the talented students at school who were hailed as prodigies didn't seem to experience such massive gains.
"Devouring Vitality..."
Lin Yuan grew thoughtful.
This Talent Trait was reputed to require nothing more than continuous eating, and given the passage of a long time, one would ultimately be able to ascend to the peak!
"This must also be thanks to it."
Lin Yuan smiled.
What more was there to say?
Just eat!
Eating was cultivation.
It was simply a godsend for foodies...
Before you continue