31: Further Evolution of Talent

"Haha! Good!"

Hearing this, Chen Fengyuan laughed on the spot:

"With Young Master Lin Yi's words, then I, Chen, am completely at ease!"

"Since Young Master Lin Yi agrees to sign the contract with my Wanxiang Tower, then without further ado, please return to the tower with me now. I will immediately arrange the matters related to signing the contract for Young Master Lin Yi."

"The sooner we finish signing, the sooner both of us can set our minds at rest. What do you think?"

"Good! Everything shall be arranged by Tower Master Chen."

Lin Yi agreed with a smile.

"Haha! Good! Young Master Lin Yi, please!"

"Please!"

Lin Yi and Chen Fengyuan exchanged courtesies, and then he followed Chen Fengyuan and the group from Wanxiang Tower to depart, leaving only the people from the Zijing Merchant Guild and the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce behind.

"Madman! A total madman!"

Looking at the backs of Lin Yi and Chen Fengyuan, Gong Yan couldn't help but curse:

"A Genius who only comprehended Extreme Strength at fourteen? Even if his Martial Dao has truly opened up, reaching Second Rank? How does Chen Fengyuan dare to think so! I see this madman will sooner or later pay a bitter price for his madness today!"

"And this Lin Yi is also arrogant enough to say that Chen Fengyuan will definitely win and he will definitely become a Second Rank."

"How ridiculous! A mere youth from a small place, how could he know the vastness of heaven and earth? How could he know what Martial Dao Second Rank represents?"

"In the entire Dongshan Prefecture with its hundreds of millions of people, how many Second Rank experts have been born in decades? Truly ignorant!"

Gong Yan sneered, waiting for the day she could laugh at Lin Yi and Chen Fengyuan.

On the other side, Sun Qianshan, the president of the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce, was not as intense as Gong Yan, but he also shook his head repeatedly, not favoring Chen Fengyuan's gamble at all.

Martial Dao Second Rank held a status that was not low even within the Heavenly Mountain Sect; looking at the entire Nine Provinces, they were considered experts, capable of dominating an entire prefecture.

Although Lin Yi was a youth with decent talent, becoming a Martial Dao Second Rank?

To be honest, Sun Qianshan felt there was almost no possibility at all!

...Time passed quickly. Lin Yi naturally didn't know the reactions of Sun Qianshan and Gong Yan behind his back. Even if he did, he wouldn't care; at most, he would just laugh it off.

After all, he knew his own situation. With the attribute panel as a cheat, let alone Martial Dao Second Rank, he was confident even in the First Rank or even above the First Rank.

Moreover, even without mentioning the attribute panel, just based on his current talent alone, it wouldn't be difficult for him to achieve Second Rank in the future. This was also part of the confidence he had when speaking to Chen Fengyuan just now.

"Alright!"

Inside Wanxiang Tower, Chen Fengyuan carefully put away two signed and sealed contracts, then handed two identical contracts to Lin Yi, smiling:

"Young Master Lin Yi, the 'xuan-rank genius contract' you signed with my Wanxiang Tower and the 'Genius Cultivation Contract' you signed with me personally are now officially in effect."

"The treasures and silver agreed upon in the contract will be delivered later. Of course, what is being delivered this time is only half of the total annual amount agreed upon."

"After all, whether it's a Yellow-rank Genius contract, a xuan-rank genius contract, or even higher Earth-Grade or Heaven-Grade Genius contracts, the agreed resources are released in two installments every year."

"Doing so can relieve the capital pressure on our Wanxiang Tower on one hand, and on the other, it prevents geniuses from suddenly getting such a large sum of money and spending it recklessly, resulting in not having enough money for the second half of the year. So, I hope Young Master Lin Yi can understand."

"Mhm."

Lin Yi nodded in agreement:

"That's not a problem. As long as the money eventually reaches my hands in full."

"Haha! Then please rest assured, Young Master Lin Yi."

Chen Fengyuan laughed:

"With the reputation of my Wanxiang Tower, let alone a mere few thousand taels of silver, even if it's tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, as long as my Wanxiang Tower promises it, it will definitely be given!"

"However, preparing the silver still takes some time. It just so happens that the xuan-rank genius contract also stipulated that my Wanxiang Tower would give Young Master Lin Yi a Fourth Grade breathing technique or a Fourth Grade Martial Art for free."

"Why don't we take advantage of this free time to go to my Wanxiang Tower's martial arts treasury and pick a martial art or Breathing Technique? What do you think?"

"Good! In that case, I will trouble Tower Master Chen."

Lin Yi spoke.

He already had a Fourth Grade Martial Art, so he didn't need to pick one.

As for Breathing Techniques, they were miraculous methods that helped Martial Artists refine Medicinal Pills faster, absorb more Medicinal Pills daily, and help Martial Artists Breakthrough Realms.

Although this kind of method wasn't as important as martial arts for Lin Yi, who possessed the Martial Dao Sacred Body, it was naturally for the best that he could get one for free now.

"Haha! Young Master Lin Yi is too polite. Please!"

Seeing Lin Yi agree, Chen Fengyuan smiled slightly, his face returning to that cynical grin, and then he led Lin Yi toward the martial arts treasury of Wanxiang Tower... Just like that, more than an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

In the eastern city of Guangling Prefecture, outside the gates of the Wanxiang Tower Guangling Branch.

When Lin Yi walked out of Wanxiang Tower again, he already had a Fourth Grade breathing technique manual called the Dragon-Elephant Breathing Technique in his arms, as well as a full eight thousand taels of silver in banknotes and ten tiger tendon leopard blood pills.

Adding the five thousand taels of silver he had previously obtained from the Martial Academy, that was a terrifying wealth of nearly fifteen thousand taels of silver!

Carrying such a large sum of silver, even Lin Yi felt a bit uneasy. He brazenly asked Chen Fengyuan to escort him all the way to the Martial Academy before he finally felt at ease.

Afterward, Lin Yi first had Chen Fengyuan send someone to his home to report that he was safe and inform his mother that he was cultivating at the Martial Academy today. Then, he selected a highly private Martial Cultivation Room within the Martial Academy.

Finally, he commanded the attribute panel in his mind:

"attribute panel, charge eight thousand taels of silver and help me evolve a talent!"

"Whoosh!"

Inside the Martial Cultivation Room, as Lin Yi's command fell, the eight thousand taels of silver banknotes in his arms instantly vanished into thin air.

Following that, the charging number on Lin Yi's attribute panel began to jump rapidly.

1%

10%

...50%

...70%

...On the attribute panel, the numbers rose rapidly, reaching 100% almost instantly.

Then... "Whoosh!"

The originally transparent attribute panel suddenly changed, turning into a vast scroll of the starry sky.

Within the starry sky scroll, stars of six colors—white, red, yellow, green, purple, and gold—still flickered.

This time, the white stars were still the most numerous, but the quantity was clearly much less than last time, not even half.

Next were the red stars, accounting for about 30%, followed by the yellow stars, accounting for about 15%.

The number of green, purple, and gold stars decreased in sequence.

But overall, there were quite a few more than last time.

"Not bad!"

Seeing this scene, Lin Yi couldn't help but show a satisfied smile:

"The number of high-level stars is greater than last time. I hope I can continue my previous luck and evolve a talent that suits me!"

Lin Yi thought to himself.

At this moment, within the starry sky scroll, a star suddenly fell, about to fly out of the scroll.

The color of that star was, impressively, once again—bright yellow!