vstars Chapter 222 This is so satisfying to spend money on in-game purchases!
Chapter 222 This is so satisfying to spend money on in-game purchases!
Jiang He's cultivation level suddenly jumped to the late Golden Core stage!
He skipped directly to the minor peak of the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, without any warning whatsoever!
Looking at the crystal core powder in her hand, Jiang He's nosebleed stopped, her fatigue subsided, and she was now full of energy.
Jiang He's eyes lit up; this was when the benefits of the crystal core became apparent.
It cost two billion to reach the late stage of the Golden Core realm; the money was definitely well spent.
Jiang He once again resented herself for not being a rich person, preferably someone whose family owned a mine.
The experience of leveling up so quickly through spending money is absolutely amazing!
As expected of cultivation level obtained through spending real money, Jiang He could only exclaim, "Awesome!"
After advancing to the late stage of the Golden Core realm, Jiang He looked back and realized that the narrow spiritual vein was still narrow, but this time it was different from before.
The spiritual vein, squeezed into a corner, emitted a faint white light.
Although it was very faint, Jiang He inexplicably felt a gentle power.
She couldn't figure out what kind of spiritual root it was for the time being.
It's definitely not an ordinary spiritual root; it must be a mutated spiritual root.
Compared to ordinary spiritual roots, mutated spiritual roots always have narrower spiritual veins. When absorbing spiritual energy or energy from crystal cores, they must allocate more spiritual energy and energy specifically to make their veins expand at the same speed as the ordinary spiritual roots next to them.
Jiang He allocated about twenty A-grade crystal cores to this unknown spiritual root before it expanded slightly as her cultivation level increased.
The university competition is about to begin.
The University Competition differs from the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) in that it does not involve real people physically present at the venue for the competition.
It is considered one of the most advanced technologies on the planet, namely holographic gaming technology.
The venue for the university competition is in a holographic universe.
Simply connect to any holographic simulation pod from Hengxing Technology to enter the competition.
The University Competition was also jointly organized by Hengxing Technology and universities.
At that time, Jiang He will only need to lie in the simulation pod provided by the academy to connect to the nervous system.
Body data, cultivation levels, and human body modeling data will be synchronized in real time.
Hengxing Technology has launched many holographic games at the university's grand competition venue, demonstrating its highly advanced technology.
Seven days before the start of the university competition, Hengxing Technology also set up a flea market in the audience area. Although it was called a flea market, it actually had everything, including not only goods for sale but also a casino.
Jiang He had just picked up the personal terminal when she received invitations from Bai Zhizhou and Zhong Liyu at the same time.
[Bai Ye: Do you want to go to the market to place bets together?]
I'm a Monopoly: Come on, Jiang He, let's go to the flea market. What have you been busy with these past few days? All my messages have disappeared without a trace.
Jiang He looked at the messages on the personal terminal and replied to them one by one.
An hour later, Jiang He's model appeared in the flea market.
"Place your order now and you're done..."
"Come and see, everyone! These are fresh, hot Grade B crystal cores, just pulled out of the monsters."
"Don't miss out! Not 999 or 998, just 100,000 Star Coins to take home a commemorative badge from the previous Academy Competition. Beautiful lady, are you sure you don't want one?"
As soon as Jiang He entered the flea market, a short, modeling man grabbed her sleeve.
Before Jiang He could speak, Zhong Liyu quickly pulled her aside:
"These scalpers are scammers. They prey on unsuspecting college students, especially those who are fresh out of college and have clear, innocent eyes. If they don't know the market rates, they're sure to get scammed."
Seeing Jiang He glance in that direction several times, Zhong Liyu immediately added, "In the competition two years ago, Hengxing Technology only issued 100,000 of these commemorative badges. Each badge was worth 100,000 star coins. They were supposed to be limited editions. After that competition, because the badges were extremely hard to find, they were speculated to be worth around 10 million. They could even be considered investment products."
"In the previous session, Hengxing Technology saw that there was a market for badges and issued a lot more. Scalpers saw that the price of badges from the session before last had gone crazy, so they all bought them. Unexpectedly, Hengxing Technology actually issued several billion badges that year, making a fortune. The wealthy scalpers hoarded hundreds of thousands of badges."
Because too many badges were issued, all the commemorative badges from the previous edition were bought up by scalpers, and now they're basically all stuck with them. They're being sold off in a 'clearance sale'."
Zhong Liyu's explanation was very detailed. Jiang He glanced at Zhong Liyu and then at the shopkeeper who had just been selling badges.
"You bought it?"
"Forehead."
Zhong Liyu was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.
"How could that be? They only fool naive college students. I was in high school back then, how could I be fooled? This is ridiculous."
Jiang He noticed Zhong Liyu's guilty expression.
This kid was probably scammed, and judging by the looks of it, he bought quite a lot.
Jiang He pursed her lips slightly, holding back her laughter for a long time.
Bai Zhizhou led the way, and in no time the three of them arrived at the most famous spot in the flea market—
Vegas Exchange
The brightly lit and bustling venue initially led Jiang He to mistakenly believe that she had entered some kind of private club.
"Fight electronic crickets, enjoy a cyber life."
"Welcome to Cyber Vegas, esteemed guests."
……
The area outside the venue was covered with various large slogans.
As soon as Jiang He stepped inside, she heard a group of cultivators trading in the service area:
"Who do you think should we bet on to win?"
"Of course we'll choose Ling Qing, is there even a question?"
"I know that Lingqing Academy will definitely win the first place in the Academy Grand Competition. I placed my bet on it a long time ago. I just don't know which team will be the MVP. It's hard to guess."
"Just guess randomly, what's so hard about guessing? If you win, you win; if you don't win, there's always the option to bet on Ling Qing to win first place."
"I feel that the two-character style of ID Flying Bird is more like Wan Qi Ziye's style."
"I don't understand. Just don't bet on the Wanjue Academy team. I recently saw a team called 'First Place Belongs to Wanjue Academy,' which is hilarious. They know how strong the cultivators at Wanjue Academy are. If Wanjue Academy can get first place, I feel like even extinct rice plants can be resurrected."
"Haha, I think so too."
Jiang He, Zhong Liyu, and Bai Zhizhou were placed in line behind the others.
Jiang He held Zhong Liyu's hand tightly: "Don't go up there, fighting is prohibited at the exchange."
Zhong Liyu, enraged, refrained from rushing forward.
"No need to guess, I know their academy in a second. Damn, Ling Qing and his gang are really arrogant."
Bai Zhizhou adjusted his glasses, but instead of replying to Zhong Liyu, he noted down the IDs of those people.
Having been at Wanjue Academy for so long, Jiang He has a deep understanding of the teachers' teaching abilities here; at least to her, these teachers are all very good.
Jiang He disliked the comments made by those people, and like Bai Zhizhou, she paid attention to the names of Fan and the others.
They quickly found their turn in the queue for the transaction.
After Jiang He used the 100 million star coins she had advanced from the black market to place her bets.
The service staff gave Jiang He a look that was hard to describe:
"Madam, are you sure you want to trade all your money to the Wanjue Academy's pool?"