Chapter 45: Base Store

Luo Yang explained, "The spiritual spring inside this cultivation secret realm can not only heal injuries but also strengthen the physique. The heavier the injury, the better the strengthening effect, and it is a tremendous help to one's cultivation."

"Therefore, to get the maximum benefit from the cultivation secret realm, it's not just about clearing stages; you actually need to get yourself injured. Only then can you stimulate the best effects of the spirit pool."

"Hence, even if you feel you cannot get through, you should still try your best. Although the higher-level trials are harder, they won't genuinely be life-threatening!"

Only then did Yang Feng suddenly realize that a large part of the purpose behind entering the cultivation secret realm was to get injured to temper the physical body!

With this kind of cultivation model, the cost-performance ratio was not high for him.

He had a cheat system; he only needed breathing techniques and martial arts skills.

Although Yang Feng was disappointed inwardly, his expression remained completely unchanged. Instead, he asked, "Then, Instructor Luo, I'd like to know what purpose contribution points serve, besides determining the final ranking?"

"Another function of contribution points is that they act as currency within the base. They can be exchanged for supplies available in the camp, such as breathing techniques, elixir pills, and martial arts skills."

"The prices of cultivation methods and martial arts skills are relatively expensive, so ordinary students usually cannot afford them."

Hearing this, Yang Feng's eyes instantly lit up!

"I want to check the store," Yang Feng said somewhat impatiently.

"Open your wristband, and there will be an exchange store inside. You can tap into it and look for yourself," Cheng Yan said from the side, though she felt something was slightly off about Yang Feng.

Yang Feng immediately opened his wristband. Previously, he had assumed it was just an ordinary wristband without many functions, so he hadn't bothered to study it.

With Cheng Yan's help, Yang Feng quickly found the exchange store. Soon, he saw that the store contained not only Tier 2 martial arts skills but also Tier 2 breathing techniques.

Yang Feng suppressed the surging excitement in his heart.

"Thank you, Instructor Cheng. I'm a bit tired today, so I'll head back to the dormitory to rest first."

With that, Yang Feng left without looking back.

Yang Feng's reaction left both of them somewhat bewildered.

"Wait, we told him so much—does he not understand what we mean?" Cheng Yan asked, unable to comprehend.

"He probably understands, but geniuses likely have their own ideas. If he wants to rest, let him rest. When the time comes and he watches the geniuses participating in the direct special recruitment grow stronger day by day, he will naturally feel a sense of urgency!"

Yang Feng could guess roughly what the two instructors were thinking.

However, once he learned the true nature of the cultivation secret realm, he lost all interest in it.

He wanted to follow his own rhythm.

The dormitories for the direct special recruits were originally meant for six people per room with poor conditions, featuring public restrooms and public bathhouses. Yang Feng was not used to living there at all.

It didn't matter, though. He now had over eighty thousand contribution points, so he directly spent two hundred points to exchange for a luxury single room.

He then spent another hundred points to exchange for numerous snacks and exotic beast jerky.

Finally, he lay down on the bed and began browsing for cultivation methods.

The base store offered a vast array of items.

Most of the breathing techniques available were Tier 1, prepared for candidates trying to advance into martial artists while participating in the direct special recruitment.

As for Tier 2 breathing techniques, their quantity was much smaller compared to Tier 1, but there were still eighteen of them!

Among the eighteen Tier 2 breathing techniques, five were Tier 2 intermediate breathing techniques, and the remaining thirteen were primary-grade techniques!

Yang Feng felt a wave of burning excitement as he looked at them.

However, when he saw the prices, his expression instantly stiffened.

A single Tier 2 primary breathing technique cost five thousand contribution points!

As for the Tier 2 intermediate breathing techniques, the price was an exorbitant twenty thousand contribution points each!

Although Yang Feng currently had over eighty thousand contribution points, buying all these breathing techniques was impossible.

This left him feeling a little disappointed. He had originally thought that having over eighty thousand contribution points meant he could walk sideways through the base, but reality immediately dealt him a heavy blow!

Yet, he quickly cheered up. Eighty thousand points were enough to buy all thirteen primary breathing techniques.

That would be plenty for him to cultivate with for a while.

Yang Feng directly chose to make the exchange.

Out of his eighty thousand points, sixty-five thousand vanished in an instant, leaving him with less than twenty thousand points remaining.

Since everyone else's attention was currently focused on clearing the stages, no one paid attention to the contribution leaderboard.

Otherwise, they would have noticed that even though Yang Feng's points had dropped by sixty-five thousand, he was still ranked number one on the leaderboard!

With the breathing techniques in hand, Yang Feng hesitated no longer and fell straight to sleep.

In the void of consciousness, Yang Feng chose the temple dreamscape.

He had already cultivated five Tier 2 breathing techniques, and with the bonus of the Tier 2 advanced breathing technique, his current cultivation speed was eight times that of an ordinary martial artist!

If he could forge divine statues for all thirteen of these breathing techniques as well, his cultivation speed would soar to twenty-six times that of an ordinary Tier 2 martial artist.

Normally, if an ordinary Tier 2 martial artist lacked neither resources nor cultivation methods, it would take them two years to advance through the Tier 2 realm. But for him, it would take less than half a month to become a Tier 2 martial artist!

Thinking of this, Yang Feng stopped wasting time and began shaping the divine statues for the Tier 2 breathing techniques!

...

The next day, Luo Yang and Cheng Yan opened the gates of the cultivation secret realm on time.

Over twelve hundred candidates swarmed in immediately. Having been nourished by the spiritual spring, they fully understood its benefits.

In just a single day, their blood-qi values had shown visible growth!

Naturally, the candidates who reaped these benefits flocked to the cultivation secret realm eagerly.

Even knowing that mountains of blades and seas of fire awaited them inside, they did not shrink back in the slightest!

However, the top tier of candidates all noticed one thing: Yang Feng, the person who had suppressed everyone to the point of breathlessness, did not show up today!

Because they were busy clearing stages, they didn't dwell on the issue.

Luo Yang and Cheng Yan, however, were different. As instructors and examiners, their positions were quite flexible.

Cheng Yan had initially thought Yang Feng was merely adjusting his state yesterday, so she reluctantly accepted it.

But for him not to show up on the second day was inexcusable.

"Do you know what's going on with Yang Feng?" Cheng Yan asked with a frown.

"I checked. Yesterday, Yang Feng booked a luxury suite, bought a huge pile of snacks, and finally purchased thirteen Tier 2 breathing techniques," Luo Yang said with a helpless expression.

"Thirteen Tier 2 breathing techniques?"

Cheng Yan automatically glossed over the suite and the snacks because she could understand those two things, but thirteen Tier 2 breathing techniques was something she genuinely could not comprehend at all.

"Why does he need thirteen Tier 2 breathing techniques? Hasn't he already cultivated the Thunder Roar Breathing Technique?" Cheng Yan asked in utter confusion.

Luo Yang twitched the corner of his mouth slightly. "How would I know?"

Cheng Yan was speechless.

"No, I need to go talk to Yang Feng properly!" Cheng Yan felt that what she had told Yang Feng yesterday might not have been clear enough.

Regardless of why he spent so many contribution points to buy so many Tier 2 breathing techniques, the most important thing right now was the cultivation secret realm.

As an instructor, she disliked seeing such an outstanding student fail to distinguish between priorities and waste his own talent.