After staring at the status screen for quite some time, Wu Xiaotian also notice the notification screen beside it, displaying the length of his cultivation time along with the corresponding amount of Universal Coins he earned during said time. Seeing the amount, he wonders just what kind of things he is able to afford now.
[Detected that the user has finished cultivating in the Infinite Qi Dimension. Time of cultivation: 6 hours, 40 minutes. Reward: 400 Universal Coins]
[Detected that the user manages to enter the second layer of the dimension. Reward: 100 Universal Coins]
Navigating to the shop, he could see a search bar along with items recommended for his current cultivation level. Some of the items displayed are things that can help him absorb qi faster, talismans that can help in tempering the body, as well as plethora of techniques that are compatible to cultivators in the Body Tempering Realm.
Clicking the search bar, the display changes and below it, a message that states, 'search for anything'. Thinking how absurd it was, he tried searching for an adult magazine that he once read back on earth, reeling him in for a shock when the display shows him the exact same copy he has back then, the price being a single Universal Coin. From this absurd result, he no longer doubts the authenticity of the line and thought about how he would know the value of the products here.
"Maybe I can reference the dual cultivation manual that mom gave me" he thought to himself as he searches for the manual with the exact same name, the results appearing with myriads of cultivation manual with the same name. After a few minutes of skimming the products, he finally found the same cultivation manual and the price give him quite the surprise.
'I thought that this manual is already great, but who would've guessed that it is only twenty times the price of that magazine.' He thought as he looks at the 20 Universal Coins price tag underneath the technique.
'How about the True Transcendence Body Art?' he thought as he enters the keywords, the results not surprising him more than the previous times as he knows the power of the cultivation method from experience.
[True Transcendence Body Art]
[Grade: ???]
[Price: ???]
[Requires at least one ??? level talent in order to practice]
'That is understandable, I think.' He said as he deletes the entry and searched for something that will help him in completely integrating with his three talents.
Searching around, he finally finds something compatible after half an hour of scrolling, but the price leaves him quite frustrated.
[Grand Unification Pill: Completely integrates all kind of talents into a possessor's body. Useful for expediting process of integration with transferred talents.]
[Price: 250 Universal Coins]
[Note: Given the level of talent possessed by the user, it will take six pills to completely integrate a single talent.]
Wu Xiaotian's brows twitch as he read the note at the bottom. Knowing this, he removes the thought of buying one of those pills to hasten his talent integration.
'It will be completed sooner or later anyways' he comforts himself as he thought of how poor he is.
Not finding or thinking of anything worth buying for now, he decided to look for other thing he can spend on that can help him in the meantime. His thoughts arriving at the systems, he remembers seeing an upgrade button on the Infinite Qi System so he decided to check it, and his face shows a smile when he read the information about the upgrade.
[Infinite Qi System]
[Info: Transport the user to a dimension that generates infinite amount of qi. Time of stay in is measured and converted into Universal Coins that can be used to buy everything in the main shop. While cultivating, time outside stops.]
[Daily available entry: 0/1 (Upgradeable: Spend 500 universal coins to increase daily entry by 1)]
[Rate of Conversion: 1 Universal Coin for every minute cultivating inside]
Without thinking so much, he decided to upgrade the system, as it will help him improve much further especially when he hardly improves on the first layer, and the second layer that can help him rapidly improve can kill him within a few minutes.
[Infinite Qi System]
[Info: Transport the user to a dimension that generates infinite amount of qi. Time of stay in is measured and converted into Universal Coins that can be used to buy everything in the main shop. While cultivating, time outside stops.]
[Daily available entry: 1/2 (Upgradeable: Spend 1000 universal coins to increase daily entry by 1)]
[Rate of Conversion: 1 Universal Coin for every minute cultivating inside]
'I should probably enter again now right?' he thought as he contemplates whether he should rest now or keep on cultivating, in the end, he decided to cultivate in the space once more as the counter will reset later and that extra entry to the Infinite Qi Dimension will be wasted.
'Damn, so I return where I leave huh… 'Feeling the suppression, he tries his best to get up from the ground. Forcing himself to sit down, he gathered his thoughts and think of a way to last longer to make the training more effective.
'I should get out of here first, I can recuperate in the first layer' he thought to himself then struggles to stand up, in addition to the pressure all around beating him up violently, the feeling in his body is as if he is lifting an entire world on his shoulder, causing his legs to shake quite a bit as he takes small yet steady step away from the second layer.
After a few minutes of struggling that felt like days, he manages to get back to the first layer where the abundance of qi was still enough to heal him, but no longer enough to make any semblance of progress to his cultivation.
Almost as if confirming his thoughts that cultivating in the first layer no longer has any effects, a system prompt pops up to inform him of something he can only think is tragic.
[Detected that progress in the first layer is already abysmal. The user must move to deeper layers in order to improve. To encourage the user to do so, staying in the first layer will no longer grant the user with Universal Coins, however, staying on a higher layer will result in the Universal Coins reward rate to increase by a factor of 10 every layer.]
Reading this, He couldn't help but be frustrated as his money-making plan was completely foiled. 'Given the amount of time I could spend in the second layer being so much shorter, doesn't this mean that the yield of Universal Coins will be lower?' he grumbled before picking himself back again, 'So be it, I'll just go back and forth towards these two layers so I can spend some time recuperating before pressing myself again.'
Formulating this plan, he proceeds to cultivate for a short time in the second layer and heal for a long time in the first layer. By doing so, he manages to accumulate a lot of qi that helps him in further integrating the talents to him. He was already getting used to the tempo when suddenly, his field of vision turns black, and when it returns, he is already in him and his mother's room, a golden screen popping up explaining what happens.
[The Infinite Qi Dimension is a higher dimension that can erode the user's sense of self. To prevent this from happening, the amount of time the user can stay inside is limited, with the limit increasing as the user's cultivation increase.]
'So there's not really an infinite money glitch huh…' he jokingly lamented before scrolling the display to find out how many Universal Coins did he managed to earn.
[Detected that the user has finished cultivating in the Infinite Qi Dimension. Time of cultivation: 2 hours. Reward: 1200 Universal Coins]
Seeing the numbers, the young boy couldn't help but think that he's going to have a great sleep tonight.