destiny eternal calamity

It must be said that Li's father was quite adept at accumulating wealth. The warehouse was piled high with calligraphy and paintings, filling several shelves, as well as other valuable items, such as rhinoceros horns. Li Wei was overwhelmed by the sheer number of treasures.

In the northeast corner of the storeroom, several wooden boxes were specifically used to store the family's surplus silver.

Three thousand seven hundred taels!

Suddenly, the system panel appeared before Li Wei's eyes:

[The host has been detected to possess 3,700 taels of silver. Would you like to recharge?]

"yes!"

As soon as Li Wei had a thought, the screen in front of him changed.

[Please select the recharge amount.]

Li Wei didn't recharge all at once. Instead, he took a thousand taels to test the waters and see how effective his pay-to-win system was, and whether it would be unsuitable for this world.

Soon, the column for Li Wei's recharge points on the system panel changed from 0 to 1000.

next moment.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on your first recharge! You have triggered the system's first recharge bonus, which doubles the amount! (Doubling limit: 10000)]

Instantly, Li Wei's recharge points doubled, becoming 2000 points.

Immediately, Li Wei felt a pang of regret. He had forgotten that when he designed the system, he had included many recharge rewards to incentivize big spenders to make in-game purchases, with larger recharge amounts resulting in more rewards.

The previously grayed-out [Learnable Technique: Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand + (Tier 1 Technique)] has now been unlocked with the ability to allocate skill points.

[To learn the first-tier skill "Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand" to the beginner level, it requires 100 recharge points. Do you want to learn it?]

[Learning a first-tier skill...to master it requires 200 recharge points.]

[Learning a first-tier cultivation technique...to minor mastery requires 400 recharge points.]

[To learn a first-tier cultivation technique... reaching mastery requires 800 recharge points.]

Learning the first-tier skill "Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand" to its full potential requires 1600 recharge points.

[Ding! Host's desire to learn a cultivation technique has been detected, triggering the first-time cultivation technique learning reward. If the technique is learned to perfection in one go, a 50% discount will be given for the first time. You only need to spend 800 recharge points to learn the first-tier technique 'Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand' to perfection!]

Li Wei looked at the "First Learning Reward" that suddenly popped up and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a pay-to-win system; it's brimming with ideas to entice big spenders to spend money.

Ashamed as he may be, Li Wei's father has left him a large fortune. If Li Wei doesn't improve his martial arts skills before those wolves and tigers arrive, he might not be able to keep the inheritance.

Therefore, in order to preserve the large fortune left to him by his father, Li Wei spent it without feeling the slightest bit of pain.

"System, Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand, perfected, understand?!!!"

[Ding! 800 recharge points have been deducted, and the first-tier skill "Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand" has been learned to perfection!]

After a few breaths, a large amount of memory about the "Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand" appeared in Li Wei's mind. All his understanding from the beginner to the master was put into his mind and he practiced it again and again in his mind. Li Wei's body also practiced the "Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand" completely.

As Li Wei finished performing a complete "Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand" technique, the first step of martial arts, "Body Tempering," which had been blocking his path, was instantly broken.

All that could be heard was a series of cracking sounds inside Li Wei's body. Countless bones were being hammered, polished, and reshaped again and again. The pain caused Li Wei to break out in a cold sweat, his lips to turn white, and his body to tremble uncontrollably. Finally, he couldn't help but groan a few times.

Upon hearing Li Wei's groans, Uncle Xu, who was guarding outside the storeroom, immediately asked, "Young Master, what's wrong? Do you need me to come in and help?"

"No, no need!"

Li Wei gritted his teeth and refused, his voice trembling slightly.

The voice just fell.

With a "crack," the last bone in Li Wei's body was reshaped through hammering and polishing.

Instantly, Li Wei's aura surged.

In the blink of an eye, Li Wei had already broken through to the 'Body Tempering' stage!

But it's not over yet.

Li Wei's cultivation level only remained at the early stage of Body Tempering for a short while before it skyrocketed upwards like a rocket.

Mid-stage Body Tempering Realm.

Late stage of Body Tempering Realm!

until.

Li Wei's martial arts cultivation has broken through to the peak of Body Tempering, and he is only one step away from the second realm, "Meridian Opening".

But this one step is something they simply cannot overcome no matter what.

The reason is that the "Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand" is a first-tier technique. Even if a cultivator perfects it, they can only break through to the perfection of Body Tempering at most. They will never be able to break through to the second stage, "Meridian Opening".

To break through the Meridian Opening stage, Li Wei must obtain a second-tier cultivation technique.

Most of the martial arts techniques circulating in the market are first-tier beginner-level techniques. Techniques like "Mountain-Crushing Thunder Hand" are not available on the market. This technique is generally held by the Dali military. Other valuable and powerful techniques are also mostly controlled by various major forces.

The most powerful force among them was the Great Li Dynasty.

Secondly, there are the various sects and demonic forces within the dynasty's territory.

In Li Wei's memory, buying a second-tier cultivation technique would cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver. Moreover, the techniques available on the market were mostly impractical and offered little help in actual combat.

As for third-tier or higher cultivation techniques, they are impossible to buy even if you have the money.

Unless you can get in touch with the forces that possess these techniques, there is no way you can buy them.

While higher-level techniques might trap others, they cannot trap Li Wei.

Li Wei shifted his attention to one of the lines on his panel:

[Learned Techniques: Mountain-Shattering Thunder Hand + (Tier 1 Technique)]

[The cultivation technique can be upgraded; should I consume recharge points to upgrade?]

[Upgrading a first-tier cultivation technique to a second-tier technique requires 20000 recharge points. Since this is the host's first time performing a cultivation technique upgrade, a 50% discount is available for the first upgrade; the current upgrade only requires 10000 recharge points.]

The recharge bonus plus the first recharge reward is 2,000 points. After deducting the 800 points from the skill points I just added, I now have 1,200 recharge points left on the panel.

There were still 2,700 taels of silver in the wooden chests in the storeroom, far short of 10,000.

Li Wei glanced around and immediately had an idea.

Li Wei selected five or six valuable old items and gave them to the old steward, Uncle Xu, to pawn at the pawnshop.

Uncle Xu was puzzled by Li Wei's sudden decision to become an old object, but he still obeyed and did as he was told.

An hour later, Uncle Xu returned with ten thousand taels of silver from pawning five or six old items.

"Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Xu."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Li Wei instructed his servants to move the ten thousand taels of silver into his inner room.