“The day after tomorrow, fourth-layer peak. Not bad.”
The middle-aged man looked at the number shown on the strength-testing machine, a flash of surprise in his eyes. He had not expected that the young man brought by Old Tu would actually possess the strength of the fourth-layer peak of the Postnatal realm. He wondered which old monster’s disciple this was, to have reached the fourth-layer peak of the Postnatal realm at such an age.
The middle-aged man could not help but think this way. After all, for a young person to cultivate to the fourth-layer peak of the Postnatal realm, apart from their own talent, they could not do without the guidance of a powerful expert behind the scenes. A young person with this kind of strength either came from a great family or had a formidable master.
However, the middle-aged man leaned toward the latter. He believed a powerful master was more important than a family. In his view, as long as one had strength, cultivation resources would never be a problem.
Old Tu looked at Li Feng, a glint flashing across his eyes.
Li Feng clearly possessed the strength of the Postnatal peak, yet the test had only shown the fourth-layer peak of the Postnatal realm. It was obvious that Li Feng had deliberately concealed his true strength.
Nevertheless, Old Tu did not say anything more. Li Feng must have had his reasons for hiding his strength, and as an outsider, it was not his place to comment.
Seeing the test result, Li Feng nodded. Although this level of strength might affect the treatment he received in the Ancient Martial Artists Association, he felt it was necessary to conceal his true power. He still did not know what kind of organisation the Ancient Martial Artists Association really was, so he had to remain cautious.
Moreover, at his age, the fourth-layer peak of the Postnatal realm was already very impressive. If he revealed the strength of the ninth layer of the Postnatal realm, it would be far too shocking.
“My friend, come with me. I will issue you a VIP card,” the middle-aged man said to Li Feng.
Li Feng nodded.
While opening the computer, the middle-aged man asked, “What is your name, friend? It can be your real name or a code name, but once chosen it cannot be changed unless your points are reset to zero and you start again.”
“Long Wei.” Wearing his dragon-shaped mask, Li Feng replied without hesitation. It was only a code name, so it did not matter what he chose.
“Very well. Long Wei, this is your VIP card. You can accept missions with this VIP card to earn points, or use points to exchange for money and resources.” The middle-aged man handed a VIP card to Li Feng.
Li Feng took the VIP card and glanced at it, a glint appearing in his eyes.
He remembered what Ge Ying had told him. The Ancient Martial Artists Association’s VIP cards were divided into ordinary VIP card, black iron VIP card, bronze VIP card, silver VIP card, gold VIP card, and diamond VIP card. The one in his hand was a black iron VIP card.
On the back of the black iron VIP card was an introduction to its privileges. After reading it, another glint flashed across Li Feng’s eyes.
Once the middle-aged man finished processing the VIP card for Li Feng, he left.
“Young friend, do you want to look around here for a while, or leave now?” After the middle-aged man departed, Old Tu asked Li Feng.
“Old Tu, I would like to have a look around first,” Li Feng thought for a moment and replied.
“Then I will take my leave. If you wish to go later, you can ask one of the staff here.” Li Feng’s reaction was within Old Tu’s expectations. In any case, he had already achieved his goal for the day.
Li Feng nodded.
After Old Tu left, Li Feng returned to the main hall.
On one wall of the hall was a huge display screen scrolling with lines of text. These were the missions of the Ancient Martial Artists Association. Members could accept missions according to their own circumstances.
The missions were divided into six grades, each corresponding to a type of VIP card. Of course, this did not mean that each VIP card could only accept missions of its own grade. As long as you had the strength, even an ordinary VIP card holder could accept diamond-grade missions. However, every mission had a time limit, and the higher the grade, the greater the danger.
For Li Feng’s black iron VIP card, under normal circumstances he could accept ordinary-grade and black iron-grade missions. The difficulty of these two grades existed, but the chance of completion was high. He could also accept higher-grade missions if he wished, but doing so carried a high risk of death.
Li Feng glanced at the missions on the display and saw all kinds of tasks: protecting someone, searching for resources, killing villains.
However, Li Feng only looked once before withdrawing his gaze. He had not come to the Ancient Martial Artists Association to register for the sake of doing missions, and he did not have time to do them either. In Li Feng’s opinion, earning points through missions was far slower than simply buying points with money.
With this thought, Li Feng walked to a computer by the wall. The screen showed the interface for exchanging points for resources.
Li Feng looked and saw everything: thousand-year ginseng, lingzhi mushrooms, all sorts of resources. The required points were displayed next to each item.
A thousand-year ginseng cost ten points. Ten points was equivalent to ten million yuan. Compared to the price outside, it was not expensive at all.
As Li Feng scrolled down the menu with the mouse, he suddenly froze.
Spirit stones. He had seen spirit stones. He had not expected to be able to exchange for spirit stones in the Ancient Martial Artists Association. But when he saw the points required for a spirit stone, he was utterly shocked.
One spirit stone, and only a low-grade spirit stone, actually required one million points. In monetary terms, one million points equalled one trillion Hua Xia coins.
One trillion. That was not ten thousand. Even Li Feng found it hard to accept. The total assets of Fengyuan Group at present were only around ten billion. That meant it would take one hundred Fengyuan Groups to exchange for one low-grade spirit stone. Were low-grade spirit stones really this expensive?
Li Feng thought of the spirit stone in his possession. It was also a low-grade spirit stone. Originally he had not known its value, but now his heart felt heavy.
Originally, Li Feng had thought that his greatest gains from the underground city last time were the thousand-year ice dew and the Divine Control Technique. But now he realised he had been completely wrong. His greatest gain had actually been that low-grade spirit stone.
A low-grade spirit stone worth one trillion. At this moment he finally understood why the tiger-headed youth had looked as though he wanted to kill him after losing the spirit stone. Because the value of that spirit stone was simply too great. If it had been him, he would not have been able to accept the loss either.
At the same time, Li Feng felt more worry. The tiger-headed youth had lost a spirit stone of such immense value. He definitely would not let the matter rest. Perhaps right now he was racking his brains to find him. If he was found, that would be real trouble.
Li Feng took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He knew his worry was somewhat unnecessary. Besides, what was done was done. There was no use regretting it now. Moreover, if he had to choose again, he would still do the same thing. After all, an opportunity to obtain a spirit stone did not come often.
Now he could only hope that the tiger-headed youth would not find him, or that the power behind the tiger-headed youth was not too strong. Otherwise, he would have to think of another solution.
After calming his emotions, Li Feng continued looking.
After the spirit stones came all kinds of heavenly treasures. Most of them Li Feng had never even heard of. But when he saw the points required for these treasures, his mouth fell open. He even doubted whether, if someone really accumulated that many points, the Ancient Martial Artists Association would actually be able to produce those treasures. After all, the current Earth was not an era of cultivation. With spiritual energy so scarce, heavenly treasures were extremely rare.
Suddenly Li Feng remembered the spiritual artefact he had won from the tiger-headed youth. If a low-grade spirit stone was already worth so much, how valuable would a spiritual artefact be?
Yet no matter how long he searched on the computer, he could not find any information about spiritual artefacts.
Could it be that spiritual artefacts could not be exchanged in the Ancient Martial Artists Association?
A trace of doubt flashed through Li Feng’s mind, but he did not dwell on it. His harvest this time had already been enormous.
Looking at the resources on the screen, a trace of heat flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He turned and walked toward the window marked “Points”.
“Sir, what business would you like to handle?” asked a masked female staff member behind the window.
“I want to exchange for points.” Li Feng took out a bank card.
“How many points would you like to exchange for, sir?” the staff member asked.
“Two thousand points,” Li Feng replied.
Two thousand points was twenty billion. Hearing Li Feng’s words, the staff member paused for a moment, but quickly recovered. “Sir, please show your VIP card.”
Li Feng handed over his black iron VIP card.
Watching the staff member’s practised movements, Li Feng realised that this so-called VIP card was essentially another kind of bank card. It functioned the same as a normal bank card, only the currency inside was points instead of money.
The staff member was very efficient and soon completed the procedure, returning both the bank card and the VIP card to Li Feng.
Li Feng went to another window. Having come here, he naturally did not want to leave empty-handed. He intended to exchange for some resources.
In less than five minutes, the two thousand points were completely spent. He obtained a large amount of resources. Seeing them, a trace of joy appeared in Li Feng’s eyes. In order to turn everyone in the Black Hawk team into martial artists, he had previously diluted a drop of thousand-year ice dew with water and had them drink it. Now most members of the Black Hawk team had already cultivated true qi. Even those who had not yet produced true qi had sensed it. Producing true qi was only a matter of time.
However, once true qi was cultivated, the need for cultivation resources became much greater. But now, with these resources, plus what he had obtained from the Du Clan, he would not need to worry about resources before the Fist King Championship.
He put the exchanged resources into his spatial pouch, asked the staff member for directions out, and left the branch of the Ancient Martial Artists Association.
What Li Feng did not notice was that, as he left, in a corner of the hall, two pairs of greedy eyes were fixed on him.
These were two people wearing Pig Bajie masks. Watching Li Feng leave the hall, one of them asked, “Is it him?”
“It’s him. I just saw him exchange resources worth more than a thousand points.”
“More than a thousand points. He really is rich.”
“Rich or not, it will all be ours soon.”
“Right. Let’s follow him now. Once he’s outside and there is no one else around, we will make our move. A fat sheep has finally come. This time we must do it properly.”
