62: Chapter 62 Fourth-Rank Martial Artist
After the contract was signed, Teacher Liu Qing gave Wang Pingan a storage ring.
Using his spiritual sense to look at the three small piles of Low-Grade Spirit Crystals inside the storage ring, Wang Pingan feigned calmness on the surface as he repeatedly thanked Teacher Liu Qing, but deep down, he was already overjoyed.
Three thousand spirit crystals!
The market price for one Low-Grade Spirit Crystal could be exchanged for 1,000 star coins, and after absorption, it could be converted into 10 pay-to-win points.
Three thousand pieces meant thirty thousand pay-to-win points!
Adding the 18,765 pay-to-win points he already possessed, his total assets instantly skyrocketed to over 48,000 points!
This was a massive fortune sufficient to push his strength to a brand-new height!
After seeing off the satisfied Teacher Liu Qing, Wang Pingan immediately locked his room door and pulled up the SS-grade contract once again.
He wanted to carefully study what exactly was inside this sky-high-priced contract.
He didn't know until he looked, and once he looked, he was shocked.
The benefits of the SS-grade contract could be described as luxurious.
After enrollment, he would directly move into a single-occupancy cultivation villa in the core area, equipped with an independent gravity chamber and spirit energy circulation system.
He could receive 100 Low-Grade Spirit Crystals every month as cultivation resources.
All martial arts courses and library access would be completely free of charge.
He could even apply for 10 hours of one-on-one tutoring from a Sixth-Rank mentor every month.
The benefits were so good they were dazzling.
However, when Wang Pingan turned to the last page of the contract, his movements stopped.
At the end of the contract, there was a mandatory additional clause marked in red text.
【Mandatory Special Talent Obligation Clause】
【Clause Content: As the highest-rated recipient of Xuanyuan University's special recruitment program for this year, SS-grade contract signatory Wang Pingan must represent the school to participate in the "Human Federation New Generation Genius Invitational Tournament" to be held in the "Pegasus Constellation" three months later.】
【Target Requirement: Must achieve a personal ranking within the top 100 in this invitational tournament.】
【Consequences of Breach: If the target is not met, most of the resource allocations in this SS-grade contract will be frozen until the signatory proves their value through other means. At the same time, this record will be entered into the student file, having a serious negative impact on future credit acquisition, resource applications, and graduation ratings.】
Wang Pingan's smile gradually froze.
Good grief.
He knew there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
This wasn't an SS-grade contract at all; it was clearly a gambling agreement!
He had become the "face" and "brand" for Xuanyuan University among this year's freshmen and had to go to that interstellar-level competition to achieve results and win glory for the school.
If he won, everyone would be happy, and he would get resources until his hands went soft.
If he lost, they would naturally lower his benefits.
"Human Federation New Generation Genius Invitational Tournament..."
Wang Pingan muttered to himself.
Just hearing the name, he knew the value of this competition.
The participants would be the top batch of young geniuses from hundreds of planets across the entire Human Federation.
To fight his way into the top 100 in that kind of monster-filled room?
The difficulty was self-evident.
"Three months..."
The pressure instantly turned into motivation.
Wang Pingan felt no dejection at all; instead, he was stirred with an unprecedented fighting spirit.
Isn't it just a competition? Aren't they just geniuses?
As long as there are enough pay-to-win points, I'll even kill a god for you to see!
He immediately opened the system panel, and thinking about his balance that was about to skyrocket to over 40,000, a crazy idea welled up in his heart.
Peak Third Grade might allow one to reign supreme among high school seniors on Galaxy Star.
But looking at the entire Human Federation, it might only be slightly above average.
He must improve his strength as quickly as possible and charge at that threshold all martial artists dreamed of.
Fourth-Rank!
Once he stepped into the Fourth-Rank, the martial artist's life hierarchy would undergo a transition. Blood qi would condense into energy, energy would be released externally, and lifespan would greatly increase!
"System!" Wang Pingan's intent was incomparably firm. "Query the conditions for breaking through to a Fourth-Rank Martial Artist!"
【Command confirmed. Querying...】
【To break through from Peak Third Grade (999 cal) to a Fourth-Rank Martial Artist, the life hierarchy will undergo a transition, requiring the consumption of massive energy to reshape the physical body and meridians.】
【Required pay-to-win points: 10,000 points.】
Ten thousand points!
Although it pained him, it was completely within the acceptable range.
Without the slightest hesitation, he took all three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Crystals out of his storage space and piled them into a glittering small mountain on the floor of his dormitory.
"System, absorb all of them!"
【Command confirmed, absorbing energy...】
Hum——
The entire mountain of spirit crystals emitted a hum, becoming dim and shattering at a speed visible to the naked eye, finally turning into a pile of useless white powder on the ground.
At the same time, on the system panel in front of Wang Pingan, that string of numbers representing his wealth began to frantically jump and soar!
【pay-to-win points: 48,765】
Forty-eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-five points!
Looking at this number, Wang Pingan's breathing became somewhat rapid.
He no longer had any hesitation, his intent exploding in his mind like thunder!
"System! Consume 10,000 pay-to-win points, break through to Fourth-Rank!"
【Command confirmed.】
【Deducting pay-to-win points: 10,000 points.】
【Life hierarchy transition beginning...】
The moment his voice fell, a majestic energy far exceeding any previous time, and even impossible to describe in words, exploded inside his body like the singularity of a Big Bang!
If the previous transition from Second-Rank to Third-Rank was a stream flowing into a big river, then this time was rivers flowing backward, a hundred rivers returning to the sea, finally sublimating into clouds in the sky!
This was a transition of life hierarchy!
Crack!
Crack!
Wang Pingan's entire skeleton emitted a moan of unbearable burden under the scouring of this energy, and then, in an instant, it restructured, becoming several times harder than before, faintly revealing a jade-like luster.
His blood was boiling, burning!
The originally bright red blood actually began to change towards a faint gold color, and every time it surged through his meridians, it brought a feeling of power as if he had been reborn.
Boom!
A powerful force of blood qi finally could not be suppressed and escaped from his body, forming a visible pale golden wave of air that slammed fiercely against the dormitory wall!
The sturdy alloy wall was actually impacted by this air wave, emitting a teeth-aching twisting sound, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on its surface!
Blood qi condensation!
This was the most significant sign of a Fourth-Rank Martial Artist!
I don't know how much time passed, but when the last trace of energy was completely integrated into his limbs and bones, Wang Pingan slowly opened his eyes.
A golden electric light flashed and disappeared in the depths of his pupils.
The entire world became completely different in his senses.
He could clearly "see" the spirit energy particles flowing in the air and "hear" the loud sound like a war drum beating with every pulsation of his heart.
He pulled up the system panel again.
The data above had undergone earth-shaking changes.
【host: Wang Pingan】
【Realm: Fourth-Rank Martial Artist (Initial stage, blood qi value 1000/5000)】
【Strength: 100.0】
【Speed: 100.0】
【Physique: 100.0】
【Spirit: 100.0】
【Recovery: 100.0】
【pay-to-win points: 38,765】
Wang Pingan slowly raised his hand and squeezed it lightly.
Bang!
The air in front of him was actually pinched and exploded out of thin air by this simple squeeze, emitting a dull explosive sound.
"Is this... the power of the Fourth-Rank..."
He muttered to himself.