Chapter 48: Easy Come, Easy Go
Chapter 48: Easy Come, Easy Go
The 'Falling Star' title of a Sixth-Stage Evolver was in reference to the Cosmic Human Alliance. But in the martial arts world and the Dragon-Tiger world that Lin Yuan had traveled to, it would be apocalyptic.
Nevertheless, whether it was a Falling Star or apocalyptic level, it had nothing to do with Lin Yuan at the moment.
With her immense computational power, the Goddess of Wisdom deduced that the theoretical limit of the Taiji Doctrine was the sixth stage.
However, a theoretical limit was still a potential for the future, indicating the Goddess of Wisdom's high hopes for Lin Yuan, particularly the 'Yin-Yang' chapter of the martial arts evolution path.
This time, the Goddess of Wisdom had appraised the continuation of the martial arts evolution path uploaded by Lin Yuan to be worth 20,000 merit points mainly because of the 'Yin-Yang' chapter.
If it had only involved the pure 'Solar' or 'Lunar' chapters without the fusion and conversion of yin and yang, even if it were ranked third, its final value would only be a few thousand merit points. How could it possibly reach the terrifying figure of 20,000?
Solar and Lunar powers were inherently high-level energies. Mastering either one could lead to the third stage, let alone the fusion of the two? This directly increased its potential to the sixth stage.
"I now have a total of 24,000 merit points."
Lin Yuan had just earned 20,000 merit points, and the remaining 4,000 were left over from his previous shuttle trip.
On his first shuttle trip, Lin Yuan uploaded the 'Xiantian' and 'Grand Master' chapters of the Martial Arts Manual, earning him 2,000 merit points. Later, he continued to upload the 'Great Grand Master', 'Mythical', and 'Carefree' chapters, earning 3,000 merit points.
After deducting the 1,000 merit points spent on upgrading to a Level 2 citizen, Lin Yuan now had a total of 24,000 merit points.
"Upgrade citizen level directly."
With so many merit points, Lin Yuan didn't hesitate and chose to upgrade his citizen level directly.
"Congratulations Citizen Lin Yuan, your citizen level has been upgraded to Level 3."
In an instant, 5,000 merit points were deducted, and Lin Yuan's citizen level was upgraded from Level 2 to Level 3.
"Level 3 citizen." Lin Yuan's spirit trembled.
Throughout Canglan Star, a Level 3 citizen was considered a prominent figure, and the highest citizen level in Dongning City was only Level 2.
"To upgrade from a Level 3 citizen to a Level 4 citizen, one needs 10,000 merit points."
As Lin Yuan checked the citizen level information, his heart stirred. He still had 19,000 merit points left, which was more than enough to upgrade his citizen level again.
After Level 3, the next level was Level 4. A Level 4 citizen was no ordinary figure on Canglan Star; they were the bigwigs and tycoons. The only person on the entire star to have reached this level was the planet's ruler.
If Lin Yuan became a Level 4 citizen, his status would be on par with the planet's ruler.
Of course, Lin Yuan was well aware that this was only in terms of status. In terms of power and influence, he knew he couldn't compare.
Nevertheless, the influence of a Level 4 citizen was already astonishing, especially with the numerous privileges granted by the Human Alliance, which made ordinary citizens envious.
"Upgrade, upgrade!"
Just as Lin Yuan was about to continue upgrading his citizen level, he glanced at the other information on his interface, including his name, account balance, and loan limit.
"Eh?"
Lin Yuan suddenly realized that his loan limit had been replenished.
After attaining the rank of Level 2 citizen, Lin Yuan was eligible for a loan of 10 million credits from the Central Bank of the Human Alliance.
This type of loan was a welfare benefit provided to high-level citizens by the Human Alliance. It was interest-free, and the repayment period could be as long as several decades.
In essence, it was like giving money to high-level citizens. Even if they didn't spend the loan, they could withdraw it and invest in a few 'financial' products to make a profit while they slept.
After all, the loan offered by the Central Bank required no interest payments.
This was precisely why most of Lin Yuan's expenses before his second shuttle trip were loan-based. He had used the loan to purchase a residence in the Water Moon Residence, as well as other nutritional products and a military-grade nutrition pod.
The original loan of 10 million credits had been spent by Lin Yuan here and there, but now his personal loan limit had been replenished.
In simpler terms, the money Lin Yuan had previously borrowed had been repaid in full.
This was strange, as Lin Yuan was certain he hadn't actively repaid the loan.
Moreover, it had only been a short time since the automatic deduction, and the balance in Lin Yuan's account hadn't decreased either.
"Goddess of Wisdom."
Lin Yuan chose to connect with the 'Goddess of Wisdom' directly.
"Respected Cosmic Level 3 Citizen, Mr. Lin Yuan." The Goddess of Wisdom quickly explained the reason for this turn of events.
Apparently, whenever a citizen's level was promoted, their personal loans would be automatically cleared, with the Central Bank footing the bill.
Of course, this only applied to official loans from the Central Bank; private loans from other citizens or entities were not included in this repayment scheme.
This repayment mechanism was one of the hidden welfare benefits for high-level citizens, not something that was openly advertised.
The elevation of one's citizen level was a recognition of their contributions to the Human Alliance, and the loan repayment by the Central Bank was but a natural consequence. This was no strange occurrence.
"Such a good deal?" Lin Yuan blinked, glancing at the loan limit for a Level 3 citizen at the Central Bank.
One hundred million.
His initial intention to immediately advance to a Level 4 citizen was suddenly halted.
"If I spend all of this loan amount and then advance to a Level 4 citizen, will I be able to get this hundred million for free without having to pay it back?"
Lin Yuan's speculation was correct. According to the Central Bank's loan repayment mechanism, it was indeed the case.
This was not a loophole in the citizen level system. Merit points were extremely difficult to obtain, and ordinary citizens would immediately advance as soon as they accumulated enough points for the promotion.
Almost no one could resist the temptation to advance, given the alluring privileges that came with a higher citizen level.
As Lin Yuan contemplated how to spend this enormous sum, he browsed through the 'emails' sent by the Cosmic Human Alliance after his promotion to a Level 3 citizen.
First was a congratulatory message along with a transfer of 10 million credits.
When he had become a Level 2 citizen, the Cosmic Human Alliance had transferred 5 million credits. Now, with his advancement to Level 3, they had transferred 10 million.
The increase in the transfer amount was far less impressive compared to the loan limit boost, but it was understandable.
After all, this was free money, and Lin Yuan gladly accepted it all.
Next were the updates to his privileges.
As a Level 3 citizen, he now had an additional privilege of 'appeal'. If he experienced any unfair treatment or witnessed any injustice, he could directly contact the highest executive officer of the local planet and lodge an 'appeal'.
After familiarizing himself with all the privileges, Lin Yuan opened the shopping mall option and began selecting various 'spirit items' to restore his strength.
With his Level 3 citizen privileges, Lin Yuan had access to a list several times longer than before.
Numerous unheard-of 'spirit items' and 'wonder objects' continually appeared.
"I'll take these two," Lin Yuan decided after half a period of time.
Yang Liquid: Cosmic Spirit Item, 30 million Civilized Credits per unit.
Yin Marrow: Cosmic Spirit Item, 20 million Civilized Credits per unit.
As Lin Yuan had cultivated the Taiji Doctrine, encompassing the Great Yin and Great Yang, the spirit items he needed to restore his strength were naturally items of extreme yin and extreme yang.
The Yang Liquid, harvested from exhausted stars, was difficult to obtain, and the price of 30 million per unit was already a 20% discount thanks to Lin Yuan's Level 3 citizen privileges.
As for the Yin Marrow, it came from a small number of special icy planets, often guarded by exotic tribes, making it extremely dangerous to acquire.
In fact, with the characteristics of the Taiji Doctrine that allowed for mutual fusion and conversion, Lin Yuan could have continued to consume high-level nutritional liquids to restore his strength.
It would just require him to slowly refine the energy within the nutritional liquids, using the Taiji Doctrine to transform them into Great Yin and Great Yang energies respectively.
However, this method would be time-consuming.
Moreover, a bottle of high-level nutritional liquid was worth 200,000 credits, and Lin Yuan had used over twenty bottles to recover his strength previously.
Now that he had reached the Second Stage limit, he would need at least two hundred bottles of high-level nutritional liquid to fully restore his strength.
Two hundred bottles of high-level yin-yang liquid would cost around 40 to 50 million credits, which was not far off from the value of the Yin Marrow and Yang Liquid.
Clicking to confirm the purchase of 'Yin Marrow' and 'Yang Liquid', Lin Yuan set the payment method to the 'loan' limit from the Central Bank.
With a contented stretch, Lin Yuan pondered, "Now, how should I spend the remaining 50 million?"
His mind began to calculate the various possibilities.
"I can purchase some evolution paths to study," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
With his heaven-defying comprehension, examining other evolution paths might allow him to further perfect the Martial Arts Evolution Path.
Thinking of the Martial Arts Evolution Path, Lin Yuan once again recalled the Canglan Evolution Rankings.
This leaderboard recorded the top 100 most powerful evolution paths in the history of Canglan Star.
Before his second shuttle trip, Lin Yuan had uploaded the subsequent chapters of the Martial Arts Evolution Path, including the 'Grand Master' and 'Mythical' stages.
The supplementary cultivation layers boosted the potential of the Martial Arts Evolution Path, reflected in the rankings as it rose from 93rd place to 78th.
And just now, he had uploaded the 'Astral Phenomena' and 'Yin-Yang' chapters, with the latter being the key factor that prompted the Goddess of Wisdom to reassess the evolution path.
"Goddess of Wisdom, where does the Martial Arts Evolution Path rank on the Canglan Evolution Rankings now?" Lin Yuan inquired, his curiosity getting the better of him as he connected with the Goddess of Wisdom.
While the rankings were updated daily at midnight, as the founder of this evolution path, Lin Yuan could ask the Goddess of Wisdom for the real-time ranking.
"Respected Level 3 Citizen Lin Yuan, the Martial Arts Evolution Path currently ranks eighth on the Canglan Evolution Rankings," the Goddess of Wisdom promptly replied.
(End of Chapter)
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