26: End of Chapter 26

The expensive energy potions were not a luxury that Outer City residents, living in hardship, could afford.

A single bottle of fifth-tier energy potion was equivalent to several months' living expenses for a Family of many in the Outer City, and it could only boost a small amount of energy; it was an item exclusively for Inner City residents.

Fang Yuan and Lin Zhizhi didn't even know of the existence of energy potions until Li Xuefei mentioned them.

energy potions were expensive because their production cost was very high; a bottle of pure energy potion required extracting energy from dozens of crystal cores and undergoing multiple refinements to be produced.

Due to too many refinement steps, much energy was wasted in the process, resulting in a bottle of energy potion having only the total energy of one or two crystal cores.

Not having money to buy energy potions wasn't a big problem; it just meant a slower Cultivation speed.

Many ordinary Inner City residents and all Outer City residents directly absorbed the energy from crystal cores; the Materials for a few bottles of energy potion were enough for them to accumulate sufficient energy.

Besides various Cultivation common knowledge, Li Xuefei also told them about the situation of the major forces in Sea City.

Currently, Sea City has four major forces, with the City Defense Force being the strongest, possessing three Legendary Rank True Spirit Professionals: Mayor Li Changtian, Army Commander Luo Tian, and Chief of Staff Tian Dong.

Among them, Mayor Li Changtian is currently the strongest in Sea City, at Legend Rank Ten, Army Commander Luo Tian is Legend Rank Eight, and the Chief of Staff is Legendary Rank Three.

The City Defense Force is the official force of Sea City, controlling the entire Sea City, and is the most numerous among the four major forces, with a standing army of 100,000.

The lowest strength of the 100,000-strong army is above Bronze Professionals; in addition to these, there are a large number of weaker reserve forces.

People like Fang Yuan's second brother, Fang Heng, who successfully Awakened their Talent and had some use, could become members of the reserve forces.

Besides the City Defense Force, the other three major forces in Sea City are two Families, the Yan Family and the Zhang Family, and one Gang, the Evil Heaven Gang.

All three major forces possess Legendary Rank Professionals.

As the mayor's granddaughter, Li Xuefei didn't pay much attention when talking about the three major forces; after all, she was the granddaughter of Sea City's strongest person.

With this status, even the Legendary Rank Professionals of the three major forces would treat her politely because of her identity.

A day passed quickly.

Through Li Xuefei's day-long explanation, Fang Yuan and Lin Zhizhi finally gained the knowledge of ordinary Inner City residents, understanding the current situation in Sea City better... The last day of the Haishi Void Realm.

After nine days of fermentation, the lowest Rank of monsters in the fog had already reached Black Iron Level Seven, elite monsters Black Iron Level Eight, and the strongest monsters even reached Black Iron Rank Nine.

The increase in monster Rank could provide them, who were Black Iron Level Eight, with energy for rapid leveling up.

So, as soon as dawn broke, Fang Yuan and his companions left the high-rise building and began their final harvest, until nightfall, when all three leveled up to Black Iron Rank Nine.

After leveling up, this trip to the Haishi Void Realm was basically perfectly concluded; Fang Yuan and the two others casually found a house and waited there for midnight.

Buzz!! Buzz!!

As soon as twelve o'clock arrived, the familiar radiance showered down from the sky, enveloping all the trial participants who were still well.

It was the same experience, only this time Fang Yuan no longer felt dizzy and nauseous; his increase in strength allowed him to easily adapt to the discomfort of leaving the Void Realm.

The process of leaving the Haishi Void Realm was quite peculiar; he still couldn't figure out how he left the Void Realm.

His vision blurred, and figures appeared before him, with Lin Zhizhi and her small cart beside him.

And Li Xuefei, who was with them, was now standing at the very front of the Inner City line.

"Congratulations to you all for successfully Awakening True Spirit Talent; those with Black Iron Rank Talent, please leave immediately; those who Awakened Bronze Rank Talent, please gather here for registration; those with Silver Rank Talent, please come to the front."

As the trial ended, Pang Hua's voice, as the host, echoed leisurely to every corner of the square, making sure all four thousand remaining young men and women heard clearly.

Over six thousand people entered, and finally, four thousand remained; Pang Hua didn't have many thoughts about this result. The two thousand-plus people who failed to Awaken had already left, having no right to stay here; all of them were abandoned.

Not to mention those who failed to Awaken, even those who successfully Awakened but only had Black Iron Rank Talent could only leave the square.

Upon hearing Pang Hua's words, over three thousand people in the square left one after another. These were all people who Awakened Black Iron Rank Talent, and although they successfully Awakened their Talent, they walked out of the square with a melancholic expression.

Even if they successfully Awakened, what good was it? Their Talent Rank was too low, which already limited their future achievements. The young men and women from the Outer City who had hoped to turn their lives around had a very slim chance of Breaking through to Bronze Rank in the future.

Inner City residents were a bit better off; they at least had a parent who was a Bronze Rank Professional, so their probability of Breaking through to Bronze Rank Professional in the future was not small.

However, Talent was indeed very important; some mothers, filled with expectation, had their faces instantly filled with disappointment when they saw their sons and daughters walk over.

And mothers who saw their sons and daughters still in the square were beaming with smiles, pointing to someone in front and speaking to those around them.

"..."

Listening to the boasting of some people around them, parents silently pulled the people behind them and hurried away.

Soon, only about a thousand people remained in the square, almost all of whom stood together; they were all people who Awakened Bronze Rank Talent.

Among the crowd, these young men and women had radiant faces, especially the four hundred from the Outer City; their smiles were even brighter because they had a great chance of becoming part of the Inner City in the future.

"Xiao Hu, take this group of children to register."

As Pang Hua issued another command, a burly young man in Bronze armor led a group of people away.

"Captain, Cousin, I'm going first."

In the crowd, Lin Zhizhi's presence was particularly conspicuous, especially her small cart piled with crystal cores worth over 50,000 energy points.

Her conspicuousness immediately attracted the sideways glances of everyone.

Everyone who saw her showed a look of confusion; these people, generally Black Iron Level Four or Five, found that they couldn't perceive her Rank aura.

None of the group could perceive Lin Zhizhi's Rank; only the burly young man leading them could discern her Black Iron Rank Nine aura.

The burly young man, called Xiao Hu, followed Lin Zhizhi's gaze and, upon seeing the people she greeted, understood her exceeding Rank.

"Congratulations to the eight young Geniuses for Awakening powerful Talents; please state your Talents."

When only eight people remained on the field, the usually stern Pang Hua showed a gentle smile and congratulated the five men and three women before him in a cordial tone.

Pang Hua was very satisfied with the result of eight people Awakening Silver Rank Talent; this was two more than last year.