Chapter 539: Consumption (7/10, Autumn Subscription)

There's a saying that goes—Merit Points aren't spent, they just stay by your side in a different form.

Fang Yue continued to raise his strength, preparing for the battle that might come three days later.

As for Merit Points, he was confident he could earn them back.

He scanned through this 【Innate Realm Martial Arts Catalog Summary】.

After roughly understanding the brief summary of each martial art, Fang Yue began to look through them one by one in detail.

Because every Xiantian Realm martial art had a detailed introduction, Fang Yue read very slowly.

One shichen later, he had finally finished reading all the Innate Martial Techniques inside in detail.

After some consideration, Fang Yue selected four Innate Martial Techniques.

"Name: Pan Shu Heart Method."

"Grade: Xiantian Third-Rate."

"Layers: Three layers total."

"Requirements: 500 Control points, 500 Deflection points, Xiantian Realm."

"Description: Imagine yourself as a great tree, absorbing the essence of day and night, allowing you to slowly cultivate this Heart Method's progress at any time. However, if you wish to advance quickly, the lifespan burned during full-power cultivation is twice that of an ordinary Heart Method."

"Effect: Increases Deflection by 300 points, slightly increases Qi and Blood recovery speed."

"Note: I am the great tree, the great tree is me."

The second one was also a Heart Method.

"Name: Night Flow Mental Method."

"Grade: Xiantian Third-Rate."

"Layers: Three layers total."

"Requirements: 1300 Control points, Xiantian Realm."

"Description: When cultivating during the day, cultivation efficiency is halved. When cultivating at night, cultivation efficiency is doubled. The darker the cultivation environment, the faster the cultivation speed. In absolute darkness with no light at all, the cultivation effect is 3-5 times that of normal cultivation, and the lifespan consumed is 5-10 times the normal consumption."

"Effect: No attribute boost during the day. At night, increases Control by 500 points, avoids light such as moonlight. Striking in absolute darkness grants an additional 200 Control points."

"Note: Why sleep? Get up and party!"

The third one was a movement technique.

"Name: Tanying Erxing."

"Grade: Xiantian Third-Rate."

"Layers: Three layers total."

"Requirements: 800 Control points, 800 Coordination points, Xiantian Realm."

"Description: Tread upon shadows, and you may ascend to the heavens!"

"Effect: Stepping on the shadow of anything increases movement speed."

"Note: Left foot on right foot, right foot on left foot—can I ascend to the heavens too?"

The fourth one was a Blade Technique.

"Name: Dark Moon Blade Technique."

"Grade: Xiantian Third-Rate."

"Layers: Three layers total."

"Requirements: 1700 Control points, Xiantian Realm."

"Description: The blade can only be drawn in a dark environment or under moonlight, and it is a single-strike technique. Drawing the blade in a non-special environment will first harm the user!"

"Effect: Can draw the blade in specific environments, increasing Control by 1000 points. Conversely, drawing the blade during the day reduces Control by 1000 points, one strike consumes 50% Qi and Blood, and inflicts the 【Moderate Internal Injury】 debuff and the 【Internal Energy Turbulence】 debuff."

"Note: One strike by day, suicide. One strike by night, god-slayer."

The first three together were only 9000 Merit Points, and the last one alone was a flat 5000 Merit Points.

After careful consideration, Fang Yue chose to redeem them without the slightest hesitation.

"Two Heart Methods?"

Pan Lao looked puzzled, but didn't say much more. He only watched Fang Yue spend Merit Points so lavishly, and his heart ached terribly.

It was as if the one spending the money wasn't Fang Yue, but him.

After all, he had spent his whole life here and never accumulated so many Merit Points. The Merit Points Fang Yue had crossed off in one move were more than what he had accumulated in his entire life.

"Two Heart Methods, two Innate Heart Methods!"

He couldn't help muttering in a low voice. Any one of these Innate Heart Methods would be enough to cause a frenzy among people outside—they were all incomparably precious things.

But when it came to Fang Yue, he bought two in one go, along with two Xiantian Realm martial arts!

This freaking... is way too rich!

Yu Baiyi, who had been silent all this while, now also stared wide-eyed.

Innate Realm Martial Arts—he felt that if he could exchange for even one in his entire life, it would be a blessing from his ancestors, not to mention obtaining a sect that could advance to the Innate rank, and the possibility of advancing to Blue-Robed.

But when it came to Fang Yue, good lord, four in one go, and he even chose two Heart Methods!

This-this-this-this, this is way too many Merit Points!

Sour, absolutely sour.

So sour his eyes are full of lemons.

After Pan Lao went down to the underground warehouse and brought up the four Innate Martial Arts in stock, he handed them to Fang Yue.

Snap—quick as that.

Fang Yue quickly skimmed through the contents and immediately learned the manuals.

A flash of white light.

"System Notification: Congratulations on learning 【Pan Shu Heart Method】."

The advantage of official retained manuals is precisely this.

No need to study them yourself, unlike the Nine Turn Linked Blade Technique I obtained before—I nearly went bald from researching it, and still had to figure out and practice it myself to learn it.

But with this kind of manual, just one glance, a flash of white light, and you've learned it; mastering its use is another matter entirely.

He learned the other three manuals as well.

Clap clap clap.

System Prompt: Congratulations, you have learned 【Night Flow Mental Method】.

System Prompt: Congratulations, you have learned 【Shadow Stepping Technique】.

System Prompt: Congratulations, you have learned 【Dark Moon Blade Technique】.

Pan Shu Mental Method, Night Flow Mental Method, Shadow Stepping Technique, Dark Moon Blade Technique.

Once he learned these four Xiantian Realm Martial Arts, Fang Yue felt fully armed to the teeth.

Although in reality, he hadn't even begun—learning them didn't mean he could actually use them, and thus his combat power hadn't improved at all.

But on paper, his combat power was surging forward.

Looking at the remaining 1,000 Merit Points, Fang Yue thought for a moment and asked Pan Lao to bring out the pill menu.

After scanning it, Fang Yue suddenly fixed his gaze on the 【Sea Corner Pill】—surprisingly, it was quite expensive, worth 100 Merit Points.

"I still have one of these. Do you take it?"

The idea of overextending his potential still unnerved Fang Yue, and since Lord Han had said he wasn't a Strange Spirit Root, keeping the 【Sea Corner Pill】 seemed pointless.

Pan Lao looked at Fang Yue with the expression of an old man on the subway staring at his phone.

He thought Fang Yue's brain was broken—spending money lavishly on pills, yet wanting to sell them?

After realizing Fang Yue was serious, he said flatly:

"The resale price is one-tenth of this."

Fang Yue:!!!

Holy shit, that's way too greedy.

Fang Yue immediately abandoned the idea of turning items over to the Green Office.

He eyed suspiciously: "Are you guys at the Green Office always this cheap when buying these things?"

"It depends. Your Sea Corner Pill came from the Green Office—someone inside can already brew it, so naturally they won't pay a high price."

"... Fine, then I'll exchange all my Merit Points for these, these, and these pills."

Fang Yue chose only pills that increased cultivation—better safe than sorry.

Although he already had many pills that boosted cultivation, the quantity he used per training session was unmatched by anyone else.

After all, with no fear of tolerance, he might as well swallow as many pills as he could get, pushing potency to maximum in his insane training.

(End of Chapter)