Chapter 523 - 520: Mission
Hearing Lin Xinghai’s response, Zuo Wenyao was momentarily speechless.
For a moment, he had a retort stuck in his throat, unsure if he should voice it.
But he also understood that the other party’s ability to achieve this was purely due to talent.
’What truly enviable talent!’ Zuo Wenyao lamented internally.
Soon, he dropped the subject and said seriously, "I hadn’t expected your strength to have reached such a level."
"There were some things I originally planned to tell you later, but since you have this level of strength, I can tell you now."
Hearing Zuo Wenyao’s words, Lin Xinghai’s expression turned serious, and he sat up straight.
"You should know about the Seed Plan. I recommended you, and you’ve already passed the review. You are now an official member of the Seed Plan."
"As for the benefits, you’ve already begun to enjoy them. The five million Huaxia Coins in resource allowance per month is one of them."
"But with reward comes responsibility. You will need to take on some missions from the Military Department. Of course, these missions won’t be too difficult; they’ll be within your capabilities. You can also consider it a form of training."
"Besides, you should understand that getting too many benefits for free can sometimes lead to undesirable outcomes," Zuo Wenyao explained earnestly.
Lin Xinghai nodded in complete agreement. Human nature is the hardest thing to predict; it was a classic case of how a small favor earns gratitude, while a large one can breed resentment.
"I have no problem with that. When exactly will I be carrying out these missions?" Lin Xinghai asked.
"It’s not set yet. I mainly need to see what missions the Military Department has that are suitable for you at your current level. It won’t be long, though—within one or two weeks at most. In the meantime, you can also make some preparations."
"You should have a good amount of Credit Points by now, right? You can use them to have the research institute upgrade your weapons and armor," Zuo Wenyao reminded him.
"Alright, I understand," Lin Xinghai nodded.
He really did have a lot of Credit Points on hand. After all, the Investigation Technique, a Perception Secret Technique, was extremely useful for those in both the Blood Qi Realm and the Body Shaping Realm.
Although the price was a bit steep for most students, it had been available for purchase in the library for over half a month now, and quite a few people had bought it.
At the very least, Lin Xinghai had already received over 1.2 million Credit Points from it.
Moreover, even without counting this huge sum of Credit Points, he had also earned a fair amount just by getting on the Hero Ranking.
Anyone who made it onto the ranking would immediately receive a lump sum of Credit Points, the amount of which was calculated based on their rank.
For example, placing between 91st and 100th on the Hero Ranking earned you 1,000 Credit Points, 81st to 90th earned 2,000, and so on.
Lin Xinghai’s current rank was 61st. This meant that from this alone, he could receive a full 10,000 Credit Points.
On top of that, as long as he remained in the 61st-70th rank bracket for a week without being challenged and defeated, he would receive another 4,000 Credit Points.
That amounted to 16,000 Credit Points a month.
This was by no means a small sum.
This was also why so many people were drawn to challenge the Hero Ranking. After all, if you broke into the top 10, you would receive 10,000 Credit Points a week. That meant you could earn 40,000 Credit Points a month without lifting a finger.
Next, Zuo Wenyao and Lin Xinghai discussed in detail some of the finer points to be aware of when carrying out Military Department missions.
The two talked for a full half-hour. As Lin Xinghai was about to leave, Zuo Wenyao suddenly asked with some curiosity, "By the way, at your current rate of progress, you should be able to attempt a breakthrough to the Body Shaping Realm in another two or three months, right?"
Lin Xinghai thought about the question seriously before replying, "I estimate it won’t take that long. I should be able to break through to the Body Shaping Realm next month."
"That fast?" Zuo Wenyao was instantly stunned.
"Given the talent you’ve shown, I estimate your limit should be at least 1,500 points of Blood Qi Power."
"Even if you continue to increase your Blood Qi Power by 500 points a month, that won’t be enough to reach your limit."
"You absolutely must not rush for a quick breakthrough before your foundation is solid. That would be irresponsible of you," Zuo Wenyao said with a grave expression.
At the same time, there was something else he left unsaid: it would also be irresponsible to all of humanity.
Because he knew very well that Lin Xinghai’s ultimate goal wasn’t just to reach the Divine Demon Realm, but to break through to an even higher Realm.
The difficulty of that was imaginable; no human had yet been able to achieve it.
He couldn’t bear the thought of Lin Xinghai failing a future breakthrough because of an unstable foundation in the Blood Qi Realm. That would be a truly irreversible regret.
It would also be a loss for all of humankind.
Seeing the incredibly serious expression on his face, Lin Xinghai naturally understood what he was worried about.
He immediately smiled and said seriously, "Teacher Zuo, you might have misunderstood something."
"I never said I could only increase my Blood Qi Power by 500 points a month."
"As you know, I cultivated my Thunder Divine Body to the fourth stage in the Creation Blood Pool. On top of that, over the past month, I broke through from the Early Stage to the Peak of the Blood Qi Realm. My Physique has been changing too rapidly."
"So, I spent a lot of time this month adapting to and mastering my current body. I have complete control now. The subsequent increases in Blood Qi Power won’t cause such a major boost to my Physique, so it won’t take up so much of my time."
"Under these circumstances, increasing my Blood Qi Power by 1,000 points in a month shouldn’t be a problem. That will bring me to the limit of 1,500 points."
After hearing Lin Xinghai’s explanation, Zuo Wenyao was a bit stunned. He wasn’t sure if he had just misheard.
An increase of 1,000 points of Blood Qi Power in a single month... other students would struggle to achieve that in one or two years.
And Lin Xinghai was not lying. After all, if he went all out with his Cultivation, his current Physique only required one or two hours of sleep a day. Factoring in time for meals and other things, he could free up almost 20 hours a day for Cultivation.
Based on his ability to absorb one Blood Burst Pill and gain 1 point of Blood Qi Power every half-hour, he could gain 40 points of Blood Qi Power over a 20-hour cultivation day. That would be a total increase of 1,200 points of Blood Qi Power in a month.
’Of course, that’s not even my limit. If I have to, I can use my Time Acceleration Ability for Cultivation.’
’Outside of combat, the Time Acceleration Ability can be maintained for one hour, during which ten hours pass for me.’
’Once my Superpower is depleted, it takes ten hours to fully recover, even if I do nothing.’
’In other words, I can use the Time Acceleration Ability twice a day for Cultivation, giving me an extra 18 hours compared to anyone else.’
’In that case, I would have 38 hours of Cultivation time per day, increasing my Blood Qi Power by 76 points daily. That comes out to 2,280 points a month.’
Under these conditions, even if Blood Qi Power became harder to condense in the Late Stage, Lin Xinghai felt that a month would be more than enough time for him to raise his Blood Qi Power to its limit and break through to become a Body Shaping Realm expert.