Cosmic Trading System

"The population density here is truly high..."

Once again feeling the increased speed of the accumulation of Spirit Crystals in the Cosmic Trading System, Lin Yun took a deep breath.

India truly deserved its status as the world's second most populous country. Though its land area was only about a third of Huaxia's, the population was quite similar, thereby showcasing India's population density.

The population density here even seemed to surpass that of Shen City.

"Wait... The increase in the number of Spirit Crystals is somewhat excessive..." The next moment, Lin Yun furrowed his brows.

The rate of increase was even higher than when he was in Shen City. That was quite normal, and it could be attributed to the higher population here, but such a large excess was unusual.

Lin Yun quickly calculated that while in Shen City, the Cosmic Trading System would yield him about 350 Spirit Crystals every day, but it was nearly twice as much here: about 700 a day.

The difference was huge, and it gave him an unsettling feeling.

According to his previous analysis, when the Cosmic Trading System was in Shen City, it covered a population of about 10 million people, assuming that each person radiates the same amount of spiritual energy.

However, here, the population covered by the Cosmic Trading System was nearly twice as high, around 20 million. The data staggered him.

"Could it be that Indians emit a greater amount of spiritual energy than Huaxia people?"

Then, an idea flashed in Lin Yun's mind, making his heart flutter.

If that was the case, it would indeed be a significant discovery.

This was Lin Yun's instinct. However, more credible data was needed to confirm it.

Nevertheless, from the current situation, this place seemed to be a more suitable place for his development than Shen City.

There's a significant difference between receiving 350 Spirit Crystals per day and receiving 700 Spirit Crystals per day. The difference was more than marginal—it was almost double.

"Had I known earlier that the Cosmic Trading System could yield so many Spirit Crystals here, I would have come here long ago..." Lin Yun then sighed gently.

By receiving an additional 350 Spirit Crystals each day, how many more Spirit Crystals could he have accumulated over a long period of time?

Not just the Cosmic Trading System, but if the amount of spiritual energy emitted by Indians indeed surpassed that of Huaxia people, then by placing his new specialized equipment for absorbing and refining the spiritual energy here, he could gather even more Spirit Crystals every day.

However, as the saying goes, better late than never.

"Can this be called a blessing in disguise? Forced to leave Huaxia, I stumbled upon an even better place for development..." Lin Yun shook his head.

The population density here was immense, and the buildings were not as grand as in Shen City. It was difficult for Lin Yun to find a less crowded place, but a few minutes later, he found an uninhabited house.

This was a small courtyard. Judging by the traces inside, Lin Yun concluded that it had been vacant for a long time.

Lin Yun parked his flying car and settled in this courtyard.

"Currently, I have learned 197 beginner-level martial arts skills, 15 intermediate-level skills, and one grand mastery-level skill..."

"When learning beginner-level skills, no matter what category—be it fist, leg, hidden weapon, step—I have no new insights. Only the intermediate and grand mastery-level skills allow me to continue contemplating new martial-arts rules. This shows that my comprehension of martial arts at the current Mingjin Realm has reached its upper bound..."

Lin Yun closed his eyes, thinking about his different understandings of martial arts and contemplated in silence.

Ever since his mental strength rose to level one and later to level two, his speed in learning martial arts and comprehending them has increased tremendously. Originally, he could only digest two to three beginner-level skills in a day. Later, learning more than a dozen beginner-level skills in one day was effortless for him.

In his eyes, beginner-level skills were much simpler.

Precisely because of this, in a short span of time, he managed to raise several tens of beginner-level skills to the intermediate level. Just that action alone saved him a thousand Spirit Crystals.

After that, he spent another thousand Spirit Crystals and learned a Grand Mastery Level Fist Technique, which indeed let him gain more insight into the rules of martial arts.

However, it was a fact that he could not gain many more insights when learning new beginner level skills.

Lin Yun gained insights about martial arts at different levels through these three levels of skills: beginner level, intermediate level, and grand mastery level.

It's like knowledge for first-, second-, and third-grade primary school students.

Right now, Lin Yun had fully understood first-grade knowledge. Even though he could continue to improve the remaining beginner-level martial arts to an intermediate level and even learn new grand mastery-level skills. Those processes would give him even more understanding of martial arts, but those insights were at the level of a second or third grade primary school student.

These insights could not increase his scoring in the Mingjin Realm.

These insights could not significantly improve his foundation. They'd even possibly disrupt his current foundation if he gained too many insights.

For instance, a primary school student understands that one plus one equals two, but if you asked a college student or even a high school student to perform this calculation, they would overthink. They'd ponder if one plus one always equals two and under what circumstances one plus one would not equal two.

That would turn things against him!

Considering that, there's no need for his body realm to stay at the peak of the Mingjin Realm!

"Now, I am at the peak of the Mingjin Realm, but based on the data from my battles with those robots, an average Martial Artist at the mid-term realm of Dark Strength might not even hold a candle to me..."

"In this world, nothing is absolutely perfect. That includes the foundation in martial arts. According to data from the Cosmic Trading System, those other masters of the Cosmic Trading System, who also practice martial arts, find that learning several tens of beginner-level martial art skills in the Mingjin realm is impressive.

Those who can learn about a hundred beginner-level martial art skills are considered top-notch. Currently, I've learned 197 beginner-level martial arts skills, with more than a dozen intermediate-level skills in addition to one grand mastery level skill. That's more than enough..."

Lin Yun said softly.

In the meantime, the inner breath within his body began to circulate more and more swiftly in his body's meridians.

"Break! Break! Break!"

Ten minutes later, Lin Yun gave a sudden, low shout.

He'd already reached the pinnacle of the Mingjin Realm, ready to step into Dark Strength at any time. However, in order to solidify his foundation, he'd refrained from making a breakthrough. Now with a set resolution, the breakthrough was naturally straightforward.

"Boom—"

Suddenly, an inner breath in Lin Yun's body broke free like a beast escaping a shackle. It raced wildly through all his meridians, becoming clearer throughout the process.

Minutes later, a clear formed gas emerged within Lin Yun's dantian. At the same time, a clear energy circulated through all his meridians. He could feel his ability to manipulate this energy, sensing the immense power contained within.

"Inner strength!"

Opening his eyes, Lin Yun let out a cry of joy.

Previously, it was just a vague breath that is found in many healthy people, albeit at varying intensities. The emergence of an observable, substantial inner breath, able to be controlled, and capable of releasing massive strength, was the clear-cut sign of attaining the Dark Strength Realm.

Although there were already many robots with Huajin-level strength around Lin Yun and his original strength could fight against those from the mid realm of Dark Strength, even if he killed many Dark Strength martial artists that day, including those in the late Dark Strength Realm and at the Peak, when he broke through to this realm, he still couldn't help but feel incredibly elated.

This was his own strength.

From this point on, his martial arts had taken a step forward.