13: Chapter 13 The Evil Merchant

After Jiang Ling received the bracelet, he prepared to head straight to the trial tower to see its effects.

Just as he stepped out of the classroom door, he saw Jiang Ting waiting for him at the entrance.

"Hmm?"

Jiang Ling raised an eyebrow.

"Jiang Ting, what are you doing?"

"Jiang Ling, I didn't expect you to still refuse to settle down even after being expelled from the Family!" Jiang Ting looked at Jiang Ling and said coldly, "Don't think I can't see through your little schemes!"

"You want to prove you're still a Genius?"

"Want to prove you're still stronger than me?"

"Want to prove the Family made a mistake by expelling you?"

"You're truly too naive!"

"Let me tell you, no matter how much you struggle, it's all in vain!"

"Because from the moment you awakened an F-Rank Supernatural Ability, you were destined to be trash!"

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"You're sick in the head!"

Jiang Ling rolled his eyes, stepped past him, and walked outside.

Jiang Ling left the school and took a bus all the way to the trial tower.

When he reached the entrance of the trial tower, Jiang Ling immediately abandoned the idea of going in.

Because there were too many people in line.

"This year's high school seniors just got their bracelets today, so they must have all swarmed here to experience the trial tower!"

"Who knows how long I'd have to wait in line to get in!"

Jiang Ling shook his head and decided not to go for now, planning to wait a few days until the crowd thinned out.

He could take advantage of these few days to go back into the Secret Realm to hunt for some Materials and save up more money.

One must know that entering the trial tower for trials wasn't completely free.

To enter, one had to buy a resurrection stone so that they could be resurrected if they died inside.

If you didn't have a resurrection stone and died inside, you were truly dead.

The price of a resurrection stone wasn't cheap either, reaching 100,000.

That was why Teacher Wang Quan had said that students with the means should go in for trials often.

The path of advancement for a Martial Artist was paved with money.

Jiang Ling returned home to rest for a day, and early the next morning, he headed back to the Secret Realm to continue hunting exotic beasts.

That day, Jiang Ling's harvest was once again plentiful.

With Wind Thunder Slash, Jiang Ling could almost achieve a one-hit kill against any exotic beast, making his harvesting speed even faster!

By evening, he sold the Materials at the market and earned 25 million!

However, when Jiang Ling went hunting the next day, the harvest wasn't as great.

The number of exotic beasts in the Secret Realm was limited.

They simply couldn't withstand Jiang Ling's frantic hunting!

That day, he only earned 12 million!

As time went on, it became less and less.

Seven days later, Jiang Ling's income reached the 50 million mark!

His Rank also reached Level 12!

After reaching Level 10, the speed of leveling up clearly slowed down!

host: Jiang Ling

Rank: Level 12 (55.875%)

Strength: 70 (X10)

Agility: 74 (X10)

Vitality: 80 (X10)

Defense: 45 (X10)

Mental Energy: 60 (X10)

Supernatural Ability: World-Ending Divine Thunder (SSS-Rank)

Martial Skill: Basic Fist Technique (Great Perfection), Basic Leg Technique (Great Perfection), Basic Saber Technique (Great Perfection), Wind Thunder Slash (Major Achievement)

Jiang Ling looked at the balance in his bank card and couldn't help but feel a bit smug.

He was a rich man now.

However, Jiang Ling's status as a rich man didn't last very long.

"Student, don't you think it's too much trouble to carry back so many Materials every time?" A merchant guild owner approached Jiang Ling and said with a smile.

"Why not buy a Storage Ring?"

"It would be much more convenient!"

...

"Storage Ring?"

Jiang Ling was stunned.

"How much is a Storage Ring?"

"That depends on how big you want it!"

The owner gave a sly laugh, "The smallest Storage Ring is 1 cubic meter and costs 20 million. A slightly larger one is 2 cubic meters and costs 50 million!"

"Holy crap!" Hearing this, Jiang Ling almost punched the owner right then and there.

This was yet another profiteer!

Seeing that he just happened to have 50 million, the man came over to extort him!

"You're bullying me because you think I can't count, right?"

Jiang Ling gritted his teeth and said, "If 1 cubic meter is 20 million, shouldn't 2 cubic meters be 40 million?"

"Why is 2 cubic meters 50 million?"

"Hehe... Student, there's something you don't know!" The profiteer chuckled again and said, "Crafting a spatial ring is extremely troublesome. It requires a powerful spatial Supernatural Ability combined with rare Materials!"

"And it has to be a Great Master of Artifact Refining!"

"How many Great Masters of Artifact Refining are there in the entire Great Xia?"

"So the price of these spatial rings is naturally high!"

"Refining a 1-cubic-meter ordinary spatial ring is relatively easy, so the price is cheaper. But a 2-cubic-meter spatial ring is much more difficult to make, so the price is naturally higher!"

"You can't just calculate it like 1+1 equals 2!"

"I could also sell you two 1-cubic-meter spatial rings, but you should think it through!"

"A 1-cubic-meter spatial ring can't even fit your saber; it can only hold items less than 1 meter in length!"

"But a 2-cubic-meter spatial ring is much more convenient!"

"As long as the item doesn't exceed 2 meters, you can stuff it in!"

"If it were a 3-cubic-meter spatial ring, the price would be over a hundred million!"

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Hearing the profiteer explain it this way, Jiang Ling understood; it did indeed make sense.

Although the 2-cubic-meter price was expensive, it was indeed much more convenient to use.

A 1-cubic-meter ring was somewhat useless!

"But 50 million is still too expensive!"

"Give me a discount!"

Jiang Ling said through gritted teeth.

He did indeed need a spatial ring.

This thing was just too convenient; it could hold weapons, food, Materials, and so on, so he wouldn't have to carry such a burden.

"Student, this item has a unified national price; I can't make it cheaper!"

"I'm just an agent earning a small commission; I don't have the power to set the price!"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask around anywhere!"

...

Jiang Ling fell silent.

He clutched his bank card, his heart bleeding!

This was all his hard-earned money!

"Give me a 2-cubic-meter one!"

In the end, Jiang Ling could only bow his head to wicked capitalism.

"Coming right up!"

The profiteer immediately beamed with smiles and handed over a ring with a blue gemstone.

Many complex patterns were engraved on top of the gemstone.

The profiteer also thoughtfully taught Jiang Ling how to use the spatial ring.

Jiang Ling quickly got the hang of it.

He put his horizontal saber into the spatial ring and then brought it out with a single thought; it really felt quite impressive.

"Dammit, the money I just got is gone again!"

"Now the exotic beasts in the Secret Realm have been mostly killed by me. If I want them to replenish, it'll take at least a month!"

"There aren't any other Secret Realms nearby that are suitable for me!"

"Sigh!"

"How tragic!"

...

Since he couldn't go hunting exotic beasts for the time being, Jiang Ling prepared to head to the trial tower for some training.

After the initial novelty had passed, there shouldn't be as many people at the trial tower now.

Jiang Ling took a bus to the trial tower, and sure enough, the number of people was many times fewer than on the first day.

Although there was still a line, the number of people waiting wasn't very large.

The trial tower building looked like a tower, but in reality, it was just the office area.

The true trial tower was accessed through a teleportation portal here, leading to another dimension.