Congratulations, Young Master, Your Huabei Limit Has Increased!

Congratulations, Young Master, Your Huabei Limit Has Increased!

Inside the inn room.

Chen Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed, his hands forming a cultivation seal.

As the Ice Emperor Scripture circulated within him, the Heaven and Earth Energy around him faintly surged, like a sudden gale rising, continuously gathering toward him.

No one knew how long this state lasted. Suddenly, the seated body trembled slightly, and immediately afterward, an even more powerful aura spread out.

After maintaining the circulation of the technique for several more cycles, Chen Xiao slowly opened his eyes, his excitement written all over his face.

"I'm finally a Nine-Star Da Dou Shi! Two pills saved me at least several months of bitter cultivation!"

Pills were not meant to be collected; they were meant to increase strength.

After returning from Hai Bo Dong's place, Chen Xiao had first suppressed his urge to study Pre-pay and instead taken the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill to raise his realm.

After swallowing one, he successfully reached Eight-Star.

After digesting the second, he finally became a Nine-Star Da Dou Shi!

This was Chen Xiao's first time experiencing a pill of this kind, one that raised strength. Beyond his delight, he could not help sighing with emotion.

Alchemists really were amazing!

In the future, he absolutely had to abduct one and keep them by his side!

"Can I pre-pay Fire Attribute?"

Casting aside stray thoughts, Chen Xiao impatiently began studying the Pre-pay in his mind.

He still remembered that the last time he had pre-paid the Ice Emperor Scripture, he had only been a tiny Dou Zhe.

But now, he was only one step away from Dou Ling!

His strength had clearly improved, so the Pre-pay in his mind could not possibly remain unchanged, could it?

Otherwise, if it could only pre-pay cultivation methods and Dou Techniques below the Di class, and pills below the sixth tier, then once he reached Dou Emperor or even higher levels, would this Pre-pay not become useless?

Filled with anticipation, Chen Xiao quietly waited for the Pre-pay information in his mind to respond.

[Fire Attribute: Currently cannot be pre-paid.]

Looking at this reply, Chen Xiao was not particularly surprised.

The world was vast, and nothing was too strange.

Perhaps there existed Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, wondrous arts, or marvelous methods in the world that could alter one's attribute, but with Chen Xiao's current strength, even he could not think of any way to obtain such things.

That it could not be pre-paid was only reasonable.

Without dwelling on it too much, Chen Xiao took out a sheet of paper and crossed out the first line of writing on it.

"Can I pre-pay Bodhi Heart?"

[Bodhi Heart: An object that can help a person become a saint on the spot, comparable to a ninth-tier pill. Cannot be pre-paid.]

Chen Xiao nodded slightly. This result was not unexpected either.

He continued and crossed out the second line of writing on the paper.

"A life-saving Space Jade Slip?"

[Space Jade Slip: A creation made by experts above the Dou Venerate level. Cannot be pre-paid.]

"A human-grade Heavenly Demon Puppet?"

[Heavenly Demon Puppet: A painless killing machine with certain material requirements. Otherwise, it cannot withstand its berserk power. Even the lowest-grade Demon Puppet is comparable to a Dou Zong expert. Cannot be pre-paid.]

"..."

After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Chen Xiao had already verified more than half of the ideas he had written down on the paper.

Most could not be pre-paid; only a very small portion of creations below the Dou Zong level could be pre-paid.

For example, the Mountain-Breaking Arm that a certain Grand Elder of the Mo Family had transplanted onto himself from a fifth-rank Magical Beast, the Mountain-Breaking Rhinoceros.

Of course, Chen Xiao had no intention of turning himself into something neither human nor ghost. He had only tried it once or twice to confirm the idea in his mind.

"Just like cultivation, the Dou Zong level seems to be a dividing line for Pre-pay. Even Han Feng's Heavenly Cold Qi can be pre-paid, but things like Earth Core Jade Marrow and Thousand-Year Earth Yellow Essence that can affect Dou Zong experts cannot."

Aside from that, Chen Xiao was also surprised to discover that he could pre-pay three kinds of Heavenly Flames ranked after twentieth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Yin-Yang Dual Flames, Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, and Profound Yellow Flame!

However, the follow-up required after pre-paying these three Heavenly Flames was extremely troublesome. Some of the places he would have to go were ones Chen Xiao had never even heard of.

For instance, the follow-up for the Yin-Yang Dual Flames required him to go to the Star Dou Empire on the Eastern Sea Coast.

Just thinking about it was a whole basket of trouble.

Even though Chen Xiao had no intention of doing so, he still kept the follow-up requirements for pre-paying these three Heavenly Flames in mind. This was valuable information, and it might come in handy in the future.

At the same time, because of the follow-up for these three Heavenly Flames, Chen Xiao realized that the Pre-pay in his mind actually had another use.

It could be used to gather information!

What was rather unfortunate was that this function could not be used indefinitely. It only worked before a new Pre-pay had been activated. Once a new Pre-pay began, until the follow-up was completed, it would go hidden again.

"Let's take another look at Dou Techniques, Qi Methods, pills, and the like."

Still, he started with the classic Great Heaven Creation Palm.

[Great Heaven Creation Palm: Heaven Rank Dou Technique. Cannot be Pre-paid.]

"Emperor Seal Technique?"

[High-Level Earth Tier Dou Skill. Cannot be Pre-paid.]

"Thunderclap Mirror?"

[Mid-Level Earth Tier Dou Skill. Cannot be Pre-paid.]

"Three Thousand Lightning Movement?"

[Three Thousand Lightning Movement: Earth Rank Low-Level Movement Dou Technique. Can be Pre-paid.]

[Pre-pay follow-up: Within the Black-Corner Region, complete the achievement of slaying one thousand people.]

[Current available Pre-pay attempts: One!]

[Pre-pay?]

?

A question mark popped up in Chen Xiao's mind.

The Black-Corner Region achievement of slaying a thousand people—what the hell was that?

Was it related to Three Thousand Lightning Movement?

Chen Xiao thought it over carefully and could only come up with one possibility.

That Three Thousand Lightning Movement had flowed into the Black-Corner Region, and should originally have fallen into the hands of some Auction House in a few years.

At this point in time, the person holding Three Thousand Lightning Movement might already have arrived in the Black-Corner Region, but simply had not yet thought of putting it up for auction.

Under that premise, if Chen Xiao went roaming through the Black-Corner Region, he really might coincidentally run into this person.

"No!"

Chen Xiao shook his head slightly and restrained himself for the time being.

Only then did he belatedly realize that his Huabei credit limit seemed to really have increased.

Unable to hide the joy on his face, Chen Xiao hurriedly tried again.

"Heavenly Goose Nine-Rank Wings?"

[Earth Rank Low-Level Flight Dou Skill. Can be Pre-paid!]

Chen Xiao racked his brains and continued trying the Earth Rank Low-Level Flame Splitting Wave Severing Ruler, as well as the Ninefold Phoenix Flame Art.

As expected, both could be Pre-paid!

At this point, Chen Xiao finally confirmed that as his strength increased, the restriction on Pre-pay had also changed, going from Profound High-Rank to Earth Rank Low-Level!

"Life Devouring Pill?"

[Seventh Grade Pill. Cannot be Pre-paid.]

"Transformation Pill?"

[Seventh Grade Pill. Cannot be Pre-paid.]

"Sect Breaking Pill?"

[Sect Breaking Pill: Sixth Grade Pill. Can be Pre-paid.]

[Pre-pay follow-up: Use Yao Chen's whereabouts as leverage to strike a deal with Han Feng; use Heavenly Flames as leverage to trade with Han Feng; inform the Dan Tower of Yao Chen's whereabouts; inform Starfall Pavilion of Yao Chen's whereabouts...]

All in all, this Pre-pay information actually listed more than a dozen options to choose from.

But without exception, they were all rather troublesome.

Fortunately, Chen Xiao was only testing it out. For now, he had no intention of seeking a Sect Breaking Pill.

Putting aside his stray thoughts, Chen Xiao continued to verify it.

Royal Extreme Pill, Dou Ling Pill, Azure Underworld Longevity Pill, and so on—as long as they were Sixth Grade Pills, all of them could be Pre-paid!

"Excellent, excellent. Although the upper limit only rose by a little, for me, it's already enough!"

More importantly, today's change in the Pre-pay restriction proved that Chen Xiao's idea was right.

As long as he raised his strength, anything was possible!

"Then next..."

"Qi Methods and Dou Techniques can wait for now. It won't be long before I can go to Jia Nan Academy."

"Earth Core Body Tempering Milk?"