Chapter 137: Hard Up for Money!

The two of them arrived at the Mission Center.

Compared with the previous Training Hall, this hall had far fewer people.

"Except under special circumstances, each person only needs to complete one mission per month."

Bing Li led Jiang Cheng to a machine.

"Accepting and submitting missions can be done at the console, including purchasing the corresponding items; just place the card on it. However, before that, your information must be entered first."

Jiang Cheng placed the card on it, then entered his fingerprint, scanned his face, pupils, and a series of other data.

A few minutes later, a welcome message appeared on the screen.

Then several options appeared.

Shop.

Missions.

Information.

Balance.

Jiang Cheng hesitated briefly, but opened the Shop first.

A few more options appeared, including Secret Martial Arts, Secret Medicine, weapons, armor, Secret Treasure, and so on.

Jiang Cheng clicked on Secret Martial Arts first.

Several Secret Martial Arts then appeared.

Qingmu Technique: Human Weapon, can unlock up to 30 human acupoints, priced at 100,000 yuan, and requires the ability to sense wood‑attribute Force to practice.

Metal Spirit Technique: Human Weapon, can unlock up to 30 human acupoints, priced at 100,000 yuan, and requires the ability to sense metal‑attribute Force to practice.

Seven Star Palm: Human Weapon, can unlock up to 30 human acupoints, priced at 90,000 yuan.

Broken Jade Fist: Human Weapon, can unlock up to 28 acupoints, priced at 80,000 yuan.

Setting Sun Fist: Human Weapon, can unlock up to 20 acupoints, priced at 50,000 yuan; Iron Palm: Human Weapon, can unlock up to 15 acupoints, priced at 30,000 yuan. "What is this?"

Seeing the first two cultivation methods, Jiang Cheng's breath caught.

But seeing the requirements afterward felt like a bucket of cold water was poured on him.

After all, the Force he senses has no attribute.

Fortunately, when he saw Broken Jade Fist, his eyes lit up again, feeling he had gotten a great bargain.

After all, he bought it from Shi Yan for only 20,000 yuan.

There was also an Earth Martial option below; Jiang Cheng clicked it, but nothing happened.

"Hehe, to purchase Earth Martial, you must reach Level 3 Original Force Warrior rank," Bing Li's voice rang.

Jiang Cheng suddenly understood, gave a wry smile, exited, and clicked Secret Medicine.

When he saw the first one, his eyes widened instantly.

Primary Spirit Nourishing Pill: after consumption it accelerates Spiritual Power recovery, priced at 1,000 yuan each.

Jiang Cheng immediately looked at Bing Li, "Brother Bing Li, does this Spirit Nourishing Pill accelerate Spiritual Power recovery?"

"Yes."

Bing Li was already accustomed to such things; after all, even when he first saw this pill, he was thrilled.

Even now, he still spends huge sums of money on buying pills that restore Spiritual Power.

"Taking one Primary Spirit Nourishing Pill lasts about six hours, roughly allowing you to fully recover Spiritual Power three times. Of course, the premise is that your Spiritual Power isn't already too high, since this is only a Primary pill, not a mid‑level or high‑level one."

"What about mid‑level and high‑level?"

"Yes, Spirit Nourishing Pills are First‑grade Material pills, suitable for Force Warriors of the first to third grades. They are divided into Primary, Mid‑level, and High‑level by quality, but with your current clearance, you know what I mean," Bing Li smiled.

"I understand."

Jiang Cheng nodded, but began calculating in his mind.

One Primary Spirit Nourishing Pill lasts six hours, granting three extra full Spiritual Power recoveries; over a twenty‑four‑hour day that adds twelve extra chances to practice Visualization Method!

Twelve times—at 20 Experience Value per session, that's an extra 240 Experience Value per day! Thus, a Visualization Method that originally took half a year to reach Entry could be entered in about a month. If one wanted to shorten that further…

"Brother Bing Li, can the effect of this Primary Spirit Nourishing Pill stack?"

"Of course, but are you sure?" Bing Li laughed heartily, "I once took several at once; my body was exhausted, but my brain was hyper‑excited, I couldn't sleep at all,

and our bodies can only hold a limited amount of Force; once saturated, absorbing more is useless, and refinement also takes time, so usually two pills at once is enough, unless your Spiritual Power is very high, but that…"

He didn't continue; the meaning was obvious.

Jiang Cheng heard this and felt the issue wasn't serious.

Because he could simply consume them in time; as long as he took enough Spirit Nourishing Pills, the Experience Value from Visualization Method would surge, drastically shortening the Entry time, possibly down to a few days.

The only drawback was that the pill was too expensive—1,000 yuan each.

At three opportunities per pill, that's 60 Experience Value; the over‑10,000‑point Experience Bar would require 167 pills, costing nearly 170,000 yuan at 1,000 yuan each. Yet his current savings were only about 50,000 yuan.

Jiang Cheng suddenly felt he had inadvertently stepped into a Spiritual Power cultivation trap.

Just to reach Entry would cost 170,000 yuan.

If he wanted Proficient, it would be several hundred thousand, right?

What about Mastery and Great Completion? Of course, if he progressed step by step, relying on time, the cost would be far less, but given his circumstances, he wished his strength improved every second.

A month was already too long, let alone half a year.

He glanced down.

There were several other Secret Medicines, including Black Jade Paste.

Among the lower‑tier Secret Medicines, Black Jade Paste was mid‑range, the most effective, and the most expensive was a medicine called Golden Blood Paste.

One dose cost 3,000 yuan and lasted three days, which naturally piqued Jiang Cheng's interest.

At this price, Golden Blood Paste's effect would be at least three times that of Black Jade Paste, even twice would suffice, as long as it shortens the time.

But still that same line: it's too expensive.

One unit costs three thousand; three units are almost ten thousand.

Seeing Jiang Cheng's expression, Bing Li couldn't help but grin and said, "Short of money?"

"Yes."

Jiang Cheng said apologetically.

He felt the weapons and armor later might not need to be looked at, especially the Secret Treasure column; just from the name he knew it wasn't simple.

"Then you take a look at this Special Mission first."

Bing Li tapped 'Exit' on the screen, chose the mission option, opened it, and a few lines of text floated before him.

After reading it, Jiang Cheng looked at Bing Li beside him in astonishment.

"He's an old acquaintance of yours, right?"

Bing Li asked.

Jiang Cheng nodded repeatedly.

His first mission target turned out to be the Gang Leader of the Wild Wolf Gang, Yue Shan.

Someone he had never met, yet had always dealt with.

"That guy is a fat sheep."

Bing Li gave a meaning‑laden smile, "He has been plundering the Poor District for several years; we don't know how much he has saved. Now he lives in a high‑end residential villa, living comfortably. After learning the news inside, he deliberately left this mission to you. As long as you kill him, besides the ten‑thousand‑yuan bounty, everything you obtain from his villa is yours. Of course, how much you can get also depends on your skill."

Jiang Cheng felt his heart pound.

Indeed, if you think about it, none of the Wild Wolf Gang members he had killed were more sinful than that guy.

It's just that he was smarter; after the Wild Wolf Gang was defeated, he fled immediately.

Without entering the Outer City District, there was simply no chance to act against him.

(End of chapter)