75: Chapter 75 All in? All in!!!
"Huu!!!"
Inside the cultivation quiet room, Chen An plopped down onto the stone bed, finally exhaling a long breath of stagnant air, the tightly coiled nerves in his heart finally relaxing.
For him, today was truly thrilling!
He had originally thought he was just coming to the Prefectural Academy to report for duty, but he never expected that he would accidentally comprehend a sliver of the Saber Intent hanging on the Prefectural Academy gate.
What was even more unexpected was that this insignificant sliver of Saber Intent acted like a spark igniting a powder keg, directly triggering the peerless Extinction Blade Intent left behind by Master Lin a century ago deep within the plaque!
In that instant, the Saber Intent soared into the sky, the wind and clouds changed color, and the strong figures of the entire Chengtian Prefecture were alarmed.
The heads of the four departments—Saber, Sword, Palm, and War—arrived first, followed by the Pei Family Old Ancestor Grandmaster Pei Wendao and the Shen Family Old Ancestor Patriarch Shen Canglan, and finally, even the Prefectural Academy Head Principal Beigong Mo, a top-tier expert at the Perfection of the Great Grandmaster Realm, appeared in person.
In that moment, a top expert at the Perfection of the Great Grandmaster Realm, two Great Grandmasters, and four of the biggest figures in Chengtian Prefecture were all gathered in front of the Prefectural Academy gate for the sake of him, a newly enrolled student, competing to offer sky-high conditions to recruit him.
That scene, even thinking about it now, felt somewhat unreal to Chen An.
"In the end, becoming a disciple of Principal Beigong Mo was the best outcome," Chen An muttered to himself.
As the Head of the Chengtian Academy, Principal Beigong Mo held the power of the Academy and could provide him with the most orthodox martial Dao guidance and the broadest platform.
And while the Shen Family did not force a Revered Master-disciple relationship, they gave him the most solid backing and a continuous stream of resource support.
Coupled with the goodwill shown by the two department heads, Headmaster Mo Xuanchen and Headmistress Su Qingyi, his connections here at the Chengtian Academy were terrifyingly strong!
However, whether he had backing or not, Chen An didn't really care that much.
After all, he had always believed that one must rely on oneself!
With his current cultivation at the Perfection of the Great Grandmaster Realm, he could walk sideways through Chengtian Prefecture without any issues; he didn't need any backing at all.
What he cared about was today's harvest!
Taking a deep breath, Chen An pulled three storage bags—one black, one cyan, and one purple—from his bosom.
These three storage bags: the black one was a gift from the Saber Dao department head Headmaster Mo Xuanchen, the cyan one was from the Sword Dao department head Headmistress Su Qingyi, and the purple one was from his Revered Master, Principal Beigong Mo.
Chen An first picked up the storage bag sent by Headmaster Mo Xuanchen and opened it. It was a Profound Rank storage bag with only five cubic meters of space, and inside, just as Headmaster Mo Xuanchen had said, were two million yuan crystals.
Subsequently, he took out the storage bag sent by Headmistress Su Qingyi, also a Profound Rank storage bag, which contained five million yuan crystals and an Earth Rank High Grade precious sword named Qingshuang.
Finally, there was the purple storage bag sent by Principal Beigong Mo.
Opening this purple storage bag, the space inside was surprisingly a full one hundred cubic meters.
"A Great Grandmaster is truly a Great Grandmaster; his generosity is unmatched. This storage bag alone is likely worth at least a million yuan crystals!"
Looking at the space in the purple storage bag, Chen An couldn't help but sigh that calling him 'Revered Master' was truly worth it!
Sighing to himself, Chen An poured out the contents of the storage bag.
It turned out that, besides the eight million yuan crystals that Principal Beigong Mo had promised, there was also an Earth Rank Peak Grade precious saber inside.
Chen An reached out and grasped the precious saber. It felt solid and heavy in his hand, the blade shimmering with a faint cold light. The edge was sharp and intimidating, faintly carrying an aura of steady, overbearing slaughter. It was clearly forged with great care by a Revered Master craftsman.
He swung it twice lightly; the sound of the blade cutting through the air was sharp and piercing, and he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.
On the market, Earth Rank divine weapons were hard to come by, let alone an Earth Rank Peak Grade divine weapon.
Whenever an Earth Rank Peak Grade divine weapon appeared at a martial Dao auction or in the black market, it would easily fetch a sky-high price of several million yuan crystals. Often, the moment one appeared, it would be scrambled for by major families and top-tier forces; ordinary Martial Artists might not be able to acquire one even if they exhausted their entire life's savings.
Now he had two Earth Rank High Grade and Peak Grade divine weapons in his hands. When he had a need for it in the future, he could take them to trade for yuan crystals.
As for why not go now?!
That was, of course, because for one, he wasn't lacking yuan crystals right now, and for another, someone had just given it to him, and if he immediately turned around and sold it, wouldn't that be chilling to them?!
The so-called Jianghu was not just about fighting and killing; it was also about human relationships and worldly affairs!
He understood this measure of propriety clearly.
His gaze shifted, and Chen An first put the two Earth Rank divine weapons into the purple storage bag, then his eyes fell once again onto the pile of yuan crystals in front of him that had piled up like a small hill.
Fifteen million yuan crystals!!!
A full fifteen million yuan crystals!!!
This amount of yuan crystals was by far the largest sum he had obtained since his Awakening of memories, several times more than what he had harvested before.
Fifteen million yuan crystals, if calculated according to the System's exchange rate, could be exchanged for a full fifteen million years of cultivation time.
As the old saying goes, even a pig, if it lived for ten thousand years, would be enough to achieve Immortal Ascension!
And if he were to invest all fifteen million yuan crystals into Cultivation, could he achieve Immortal Ascension and become an ancestor?!
No, no, there was no need to achieve Immortal Ascension or become an ancestor.
After all, this was a martial Dao world; there was no such thing as Immortal Ascension in this world.
And the Peak of martial Dao was nothing more than a Martial Emperor.
However, it was said that a Martial Emperor's Lifespan was a full thousand years.
One thousand years!
That was enough!
Thinking of a thousand-year Lifespan, Chen An couldn't help but feel his heart stir, his breathing becoming somewhat rapid.
"System!"
"Recharge!"
With a thought, Chen An summoned the System and brushed his hand over the pile of purple yuan crystals that resembled a small hill.
The next moment, those fifteen million yuan crystals vanished into the Void Realm.
Immediately following that, with a thought, a panel appeared before him:
Host: Chen An
Age: 17
Aptitude: High-grade Martial Bone
Cultivation: Great Grandmaster Realm (Perfection)
Current Balance: 15089000
All-in???
Martial Emperor???
Looking at the balance on the panel, Chen An's eyes flickered repeatedly, and a very strong urge to go all-in with all his balance arose in his mind.
After all, that was the Martial Emperor Realm, the Peak of martial Dao, and that was a full one-thousand-year Lifespan!!!
However, another thought in his heart was preventing him from doing so.
Its reasoning was incomparably clear, like a basin of cold water extinguishing the heat in his heart:
This kind of Realm, forcefully piled up by massive amounts of yuan crystals, had a Foundation as flimsy as a castle in the air; it would shatter at a single touch.
Martial Dao Cultivation was never just a simple accumulation of numbers.
The Realm was just a surface appearance; what truly determined the strength of a Martial Artist was the matching state of mind, martial Dao insight, actual combat experience, and absolute control over one's own power.
He remembered those Family disciples he had seen at the County Academy, who had relied on Family resources to pile their way up to the Qi Condensation Realm, only to find they couldn't even defeat a commoner Martial Artist of the same rank; they had the cultivation level, but couldn't exert even one-tenth of their power.
Furthermore, was the Martial Emperor Realm that easy to achieve?
"Wait, that's not right!"
Just at this moment, Chen An directly cut off this thought.
"My Realm isn't just from yuan crystals; it was elevated step-by-step by spending money through the System!"
"How can that be compared to others who can only rely on day-after-day of bitter Cultivation to improve, which is flimsy and unbearable?!"
"So..."
"All-in!!!"
"System!"
A sharp glint erupted in Chen An's eyes, and then he shouted in his heart:
"Exchange all fifteen million of the balance into cultivation time, Cultivate!!!"