134: Chapter 134: Twenty-One Support Team
Money is the best tool for winning people over. He didn't even bat an eye when he took out 30 billion energy points for the three of them in one go.
As the number one powerhouse in Sea City, a mere 30 billion energy points isn't that much. That amount can't even buy a single gold rank rare treasure.
Of course, this doesn't mean he doesn't value Fang Yuan. On the contrary, he values him highly, otherwise he wouldn't have given each of the three 10 billion energy points.
10 billion energy points can't buy a single piece of Advanced rare treasure, but if it's used to purchase crystal cores to assist one's cultivation, it certainly doesn't require the full 10 billion.
The reason Li Changtian only gave them 10 billion each was simply to ensure they had enough crystal cores to aid their cultivation while also being able to purchase a standard Gold Rank true spirit artifact.
A single gold-rank rare item, combined with various Silver Rank rare items, can essentially be refined into over ten artifacts. So, a Gold Rank longsword only costs around eight or nine billion.
Giving 10 billion energy points, Li Changtian was already being extremely generous.
It's true he values Fang Yuan, but this is limited to valuing him. He wouldn't provide him with excessive assistance.
Those expensive rare treasures that can allow a Gold Rank Professional to advance several levels cost seven or eight hundred billion. To help a professional Breakthrough from Gold Rank One to Gold Rank Ten would require at least four or five such rare treasures.
He couldn't possibly be generous to the extent of giving each of them four or five rare treasures to help them quickly Breakthrough to Gold Rank Ten.
For one person, it might be manageable. Li Changtian could grit his teeth and come up with 400 billion energy points. But if it were for three people plus his own granddaughter, that would be over a trillion. He'd probably have to sell off the entire Li family to afford it.
Moreover, even if he could come up with that many energy points, what then? rare treasures that can enhance strength are extremely scarce. Looking across the entire Human Alliance, there isn't a single place selling such treasures.
Those who can obtain gold rank rare treasures are mostly Gold Rank Professionals. For them, money is far less important than improving their strength.
As long as it can enhance their own strength, the moment they obtain a rare treasure, they probably wouldn't even think twice before using it on themselves.
Because of this reason, there is simply no circulation of gold rank rare treasures on the market, though there are quite a few Silver Rank ones.
In fact, many Silver Rank rare treasures that only enhance strength cost as little as one or two billion, far less than those that can improve Talent Rank.
Merely enhancing strength holds no appeal whatsoever for people who can level up quickly through dungeons.
Not to mention them, even Li Changtian couldn't give Li Xuefei several gold rank rare treasures.
"We return to Sea City in three days. Go purchase suitable Gold Rank true spirit artifacts. Once we're back in Sea City, you won't be able to buy them..."
After transferring 10 billion energy points to each of them and giving them some further instructions, Li Changtian sent the four of them out to purchase Gold Rank weapons.
Only a massive entity like the Human Alliance has the scale to sell Gold Rank true spirit artifacts. In Sea City, even Silver Rank weapons are scarce, and many Gold Rank Professionals can only use Silver Rank weapons.
"Then we'll be off..."
Li Xuefei, bidding farewell to her grandfather, led the Squad of three to purchase weapons.
"I really misjudged the situation!"
After seeing them off, Li Changtian felt some regret over his initial intervention.
The first time he heard about Fang Yuan, he specifically warned his granddaughter to keep her distance and not be deceived.
Looking at the current result, his previous warning was indeed effective. His granddaughter and that Fang Yuan didn't have any ambiguous relationship.
If Fang Yuan really only had a Silver Rank Talent, it wouldn't matter. But his Talent is a Transcendent True Spirit Talent, a Prodigy guaranteed to become a Legend Rank Professional.
He is simply the most perfect candidate. Yet, I previously told my granddaughter to keep her distance. Isn't that completely cutting off any possibility between them?
Now, after so much time has passed, judging by their situation, my granddaughter's chances seem even less than that other very beautiful girl's.
Thinking about his previous actions, Li Changtian could only shake his head helplessly. He decided he wouldn't interfere much in such matters from now on.
...
Before even setting out from the Alliance hotel, Thank Rain, who had left to gather her close female friends, arrived in front of the Alliance hotel today, bringing along eighteen beauties whose temperament and appearance were basically no worse than her own.
Next to the group of beauties stood three young men and women with relatively youthful faces.
Through communication via their identity bracelets, Fang Yuan and the others quickly met up with the large group.
From a distance, the four of them saw a dazzling crowd of beautiful women.
"Sister Thank Rain, are all these beautiful sisters going to be members of the Support Group?"
After approaching, Li Xuefei asked somewhat uncertainly. As she spoke, her gaze kept sweeping back and forth across the flock of lovely women.
Looking at these beauties with proud figures and temperaments and appearances not inferior to her own, the young girl's mind was left in a daze.
"Yes, that's right. This is Xiao Ming. Her True Spirit Talent is the Bronze Rank [Mind Concentration]. Currently, she is studying inscriptions, aspiring to become a powerful Inscription Master."
"This is Zhang Ting, a skilled Imperial Chef. The dishes she makes are incredibly delicious."
"This is Huang Wen. She has passed the Forging Bureau's exam and is a blacksmith, already capable of crafting Silver Rank true spirit artifacts."
"And also..."
Thank Rain introduced each of her close female friends to the four Squad members one by one.
The two fourteen-year-old boys and the thirteen-year-old girl beside them were also introduced together.
The boys, Xiao Wu and Xiao Tian, are a pair of twins, brothers of Xiao Ming.
When introducing their Talents, even Li Xuefei, a Gold Rank Talent Prodigy, was somewhat surprised. Both of them possessed Silver Rank Talents.
The older brother, Xiao Wu's Talent is [Power's Protection]. As long as his strength isn't depleted, he can gain defensive power exceeding three Ranks above his own.
At Silver Rank 8, he can withstand powerful attacks from a Silver Rank 10 for over an hour.
Not just defensive power, [Power's Protection] also possesses terrifying strength slightly weaker than [Strength Enhancement].
After all, [Power's Protection] is only a Silver Rank Talent. To possess strong defense, one must give up offense. If one attacks, the defensive power bonus becomes ineffective.
The flaw of this Talent is quite obvious: either one can only attack, or one can only defend. It's one or the other.
But then, this is only a Silver Rank Talent. It can't possibly cover both. If it did, both defense and power would certainly be weakened; otherwise, this Talent would belong in the Gold Rank category.
Different from his brother's direction, Xiao Tian's True Spirit Talent is named [Metal Attachment]. It's a pure attribute-type Talent, allowing him to use metallic energy to enhance attacks, possessing extremely terrifying offensive capabilities.
Whichever Talent you look at, both can be considered minor Geniuses. Only fourteen years old, and their Ranks have already reached Silver Rank 8.
The other thirteen-year-old girl is Huang Wen's younger sister, Huang Xiaoxiao. Her Talent is just an ordinary Bronze Rank.
The two boys and the girl were all brought by their older sisters to prepare to become members of the Support Group.
"Hello, we're very happy to become your support..."
After the introductions, these beautiful women enthusiastically greeted the four Squad members.
Before coming, through Thank Rain's enthusiastic introduction, they all knew that the four people before them came from a newly discovered city, having broken through from Bronze Rank to Gold Rank in just one month. They were rare individuals with great potential.
Currently, they don't know the specifics of Fang Yuan's Talent. Due to the previous agreement, Thank Rain didn't explain the real situation to them.