Luo Yuan sat cross-legged on his bed. With a thought, his attribute panel appeared before his eyes.
Name: Luo Yuan Strength level: Apprentice Level (Advanced War General) Power: 55,000 kg Speed: 303 m/s Defense: 55,000 kg Mental power: 35,000 kg Evasion Movement Technique: micro level Cultivation methods: Five Hearts Facing the Sky Method, Guidance Technique: Nine-Layered Hunyuan (first layer) Skills: Movement Technique: Flowing Light (first layer), Blade Technique: Thunder Blade (first layer)
Looking at his current attributes, Luo Yuan smiled. By picking up attributes during this trip to the Wilderness Zone, he had grown much stronger and was no longer all that far from War God Level. His mental power lagged behind somewhat, though. Relying only on the mental attributes dropped by Luo Feng and a few low-level Illusion Foxes was too slow. He decided that once he had rested, he would head into the Wilderness Zone and look for high-level monsters with mental attributes.
"Luo Yuan, we're back! Come downstairs and get your share!" Gao Feng's delighted voice rang out.
Luo Yuan gathered his thoughts and went downstairs. Seeing the beaming faces of the Fire Hammer Squad members, he knew they had sold the monster materials for a good price.
"Luo Yuan, we've already worked out everyone's shares. You contributed the most to killing the Beast General-level Monsters this time, so you get the largest share. It comes to one billion in Huaxia Currency. Luo Feng comes next, with six hundred million. I'll transfer your money now," Gao Feng said with a smile, operating the computer to make the transfer. Beside him, Luo Feng was also visibly delighted.
"Great, thanks!" Luo Yuan replied with a smile. Hearing the figure of one billion had startled him too. Warriors really did earn money quickly. For an ordinary person, a billion would be enough to last several lifetimes.
Afterward, Luo Yuan treated the Fire Hammer Squad to a lavish meal at the best hotel in Jiangnan Base City.
Mingyue Residential Area, Yangzhou City.
It was already late at night. A Volkswagen Touareg SUV reserved for the Limitless Martial Hall's internal use entered the residential area without being stopped.
Beep!
The Touareg stopped right outside the Limit Hall. The families of Chen Gu, Zhang Ke, and Luo Feng had already gathered at the entrance, along with Hall Master Wu Tong and several others.
Luo Yuan and the other three got out of the car, and Chen Gu's, Zhang Ke's, and Luo Feng's families came forward to greet them. Watching the heartwarming embraces, Luo Yuan smiled, happy for them. Yet he felt a little envious, and a little bitter. He had returned from battle without even a single relative there to welcome him.
"Our hall's four heroes have returned safely. It's getting late, so everyone should get some rest," Hall Master Wu Tong said with a smile. The group dispersed amid cheerful laughter, and Luo Feng went home with his family.
Back at his villa, Luo Yuan changed into his training clothes and went to the Media Room. He browsed the Warrior Forum for a while and found it quiet. Everyone was probably cultivating, with no time to chat online. He simply searched for mental-type monsters in the monster information section. Only three types came up: foxes, which included the Illusion Fox he had purchased before, fish, and snakes.
Fish and snakes capable of mental attacks were rare, especially the fish, which mainly lived in the deep sea. That was too far away and extremely dangerous. Without War God Level strength, it was out of the question. Luo Yuan focused his attention on the foxes. According to the information, the more tails a fox had, the stronger its mental attacks and the greater its potential for growth.
Luo Yuan posted a mission directly in the Warrior Forum's Missions Section: "Seeking information on Illusion Foxes of Beast General Rank or above. Reward: ten million!"
He then opened the Online Mall to see whether there was anything suitable for him. Out of boredom, he also compared the prices of identical items in Limit Home and the HR Alliance's Online Mall. He discovered that, judging by unit price alone, equipment sold by the HR Alliance cost several times as much as it did at Limit Home.
However, Limit Home had contribution point level requirements. The more expensive an item was, the higher the required level, and contribution points were worth far more than Huaxia Currency. Without contribution points, your only option was to donate enormous amounts of Huaxia Currency to obtain the necessary Contribution Level-provided you were a warrior of the Limitless Martial Hall.
Luo Yuan marveled at the jaw-dropping prices in the HR Alliance's Online Mall. They made it clear just how powerful its ability to rake in money was. No wonder Li Yao and his wife later dared to offer a hundred billion as a bounty on their son's killer.
This also showed just how valuable the two-hundred-million reimbursement allowance Zhuge Tao had given Luo Yuan back then was. It had come with no contribution point level requirement, and everything he bought had cost only half of Limit Home's lowest listed price. Apparently, supervisors of the Limitless Martial Hall received further discounts at Limit Home. In effect, Luo Yuan had been using Zhuge Tao's rank privileges to make those purchases.
After browsing the Online Mall, Luo Yuan felt much less pleased with the billion in Huaxia Currency he had on hand. That amount could not buy anything particularly good there. Warriors earned money quickly, but they spent it just as quickly.
He decided that any high-level monsters he killed in the future would still be sold to the Limitless Martial Hall. That was the best deal.
Luo Yuan glanced back at his Combat Suit, Blood Shadow Battle Blade, and throwing knives, all looking brand-new after being cleaned, and smiled. His equipment was worth quite a fortune. No wonder the people at the HR Alliance Mall had lit up at the sight of it.
In the end, Luo Yuan bought a high-tech supercar from the mall for everyday transportation. As a War General Level warrior, he could hardly take the bus every time he went out, or people would laugh at him.
The Fire Hammer Squad then began its vacation, and Luo Yuan returned to the Limit Hall to resume his daily attribute collecting. His main focus remained veteran warriors who practiced the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade. Cultivating it on his own felt far too inefficient.
Every day, after collecting attributes, Luo Yuan would sit on the first floor of the Limit Hall, drink some tea, and have something to eat. With little else to do, he got to know quite a few warriors, most of those approaching him being beautiful female warriors. Although Luo Yuan had shared a fleeting night of passion with the woman named Wang Qian, he did not fall for women easily. Besides, once he entered the Universe in the future, even powerful, beautiful female warriors would be like goods on a shelf, there for anyone to choose from. His foremost goal was to become strong.
So far, Xu Qian, who had helped him when he was weak, had stirred some different feelings in Luo Yuan's heart, but they were mostly gratitude.
Time flew, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Saturday, October 7, 2056, was the day the seven members of the Fire Hammer Squad had agreed to meet at the HR Alliance Mall.
That morning.
A sports coupe with graceful curves and an air of elegance slowly drove into the HR Alliance Mall plaza and stopped directly outside the lobby entrance of the HR Skyscraper. Luo Yuan, wearing a simple casual shirt, got out with the others. Welcomed by the doorman, they entered the first-floor lobby.
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