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The middle-aged man's heart leapt with joy. It was done.
"Pleasure doing business with you."
The middle-aged man's face broke into a broad smile.
After settling the price, the middle-aged man left the VIP room. A moment later, he returned, holding a card in his hand.
"Master, this card contains your full payment, a total of 2.9 million gold coins."
The middle-aged man looked at Su Yun with a warm smile.
Su Yun took the card, feeling a surge of excitement. It was time to go shopping.
"I also want to buy some medicinal herbs and magic cores. Is it convenient?"
"Of course, it's very convenient."
Su Yun then bought a few third and fourth-grade magic cores, as well as herbs for refining second and third-grade pills at the auction house.
After storing everything in his Storage Ring, Su Yun nodded in satisfaction. Just as he was about to leave, he was called back.
"Master, wait a moment. I wonder if you might be interested in joining the Miter Family?"
The middle-aged man called out to Su Yun with a smile.
Su Yun furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, then understood.
This seemed to be related to the Miter Family's internal promotion system.
Xiao Yan had also faced Ya Fei's attempts to recruit him.
"Thank you for your kind offer, but I'm used to a carefree life. I'll pass on this matter."
Su Yun waved his hand in a polite refusal.
The middle-aged man still greeted him with a smile, not expecting to succeed on the first try.
Su Yun left the Miter Auction House without going home immediately.
Instead, he entered the system space in a secluded corner, changed his appearance, and went to Wu Tan City to buy a more secluded house before returning home.
The previous house was a bit small, with only one room. It was fine now, but it wouldn't be suitable in a few years.
He planned to cultivate in Wu Tan City for a few years. His current Martial Master cultivation was still too low for his future plans.
Moreover, a small place made it inconvenient to do many things...
After changing back to his original attire, Su Yun returned home and called Xiao Yixian to start packing.
It didn't take long to pack, just a few sets of clothes. Su Yun stored everything in his Storage Ring.
"Storage Ring!"
Xiao Yixian happened to see this.
Her eyes widened, and her face, still a bit chubby, looked incredibly cute.
"Brother, you're so amazing!"
To the young girl, such high-end items were only used by the powerful families in the city.
Su Yun couldn't resist touching her cute face.
"Do you want one?"
"Can Xiao Yixian have one too?"
Xiao Yixian's face lit up with joy.
"Of course."
Su Yun took out a ring from his pocket, which he had bought at the Miter Auction House.
Xiao Yixian had been cultivating for some time and had already entered the Martial Qi realm, now at the first stage of Martial Qi. She could use a Storage Ring, so he had also bought one for her when purchasing the herbs and magic cores.
"Come, let me put it on for you."
Su Yun placed the Storage Ring on Xiao Yixian's left ring finger.
He then taught Xiao Yixian how to use the Storage Ring. After she put her belongings into it, Su Yun sternly said to her, "Out there, don't reveal that this ring is a Storage Ring, understand?"
It wasn't that Su Yun was overly cautious, but in Wu Tan City, even powerful factions didn't have many people with Storage Rings. If it were revealed, Xiao Yixian, with her current strength, would be like a child carrying a gold brick, drawing attention.
"Yes, yes!" Xiao Yixian nodded.
Children in this world were generally precocious, and Xiao Yixian understood the importance of not flaunting wealth.
Su Yun and Xiao Yixian arrived at their new home. After a simple cleanup, it was already dark.
The new house wasn't very large, but it was much better than the previous one where they had to share a room.
Xiao Yixian, being a child, was already fast asleep in her new room.
Su Yun took out all the magic cores he had acquired today from his Storage Ring and placed them in the system space.
His eyes gleamed with excitement. It was time to upgrade!
Previously, he had been short of magic cores, and his Burning Cold Technique was only at the High Yellow Rank. Now, with enough magic cores, it was time to strengthen it.
Su Yun pondered for a moment and didn't start the fusion immediately. Instead, he combined the techniques from the Pure Lotus Demon Saint and Master Yao to experiment with the system's fusion function and the cost of fusing techniques.
Previously, he had been short of magic cores, but now it was different. Understanding this would help him collect the necessary cores in the future.
After a series of experiments, the required magic cores for fusion became clear.
Low Yellow Rank, Mid Yellow Rank - one stage magic core
High Yellow Rank - two stages magic core
Low Black Rank, Mid Mystic Rank - three stages magic core
High Mystic Rank - four stages magic core
Low Earth Rank, Mid Earth Rank - five stages magic core
High Earth Rank - six stages magic core
Low Heaven Rank - seven stages magic core
Mid Heaven Rank - eight stages magic core
High Heaven Rank - nine stages magic core
The gap between Low Heaven Rank and Mid Heaven Rank was significant, requiring a jump of one stage in magic cores.
He currently didn't have a fifth-stage magic core, so the Burning Cold Technique could only be upgraded to High Mystic Rank today.
Su Yun was quite satisfied. It could always be upgraded later, and High Mystic Rank was already quite powerful.
High-grade Earth Rank techniques were likely to be the best in the Jiamai Empire.
Su Yun followed the same approach he used to upgrade the Burning Cold Technique to High Yellow Rank.
He found a High Mystic Rank ice attribute technique and used it to upgrade the Burning Cold Technique to High Mystic Rank.
Su Yun sat cross-legged and practiced the new Burning Cold Technique, feeling the differences.
After a short while, Su Yun stood up, a sharp glint in his eyes.
Although his rank hadn't changed, the quantity and quality of his fighting spirit were far superior to before.
He could now defeat his former self, who was still using a High Yellow Rank technique, without using even a third of his strength.
Su Yun suppressed his excitement. There was still more to do!
"System, fuse the Eightfold Collapse with me!"
"Ding, fusion plan detected. It requires one fourth-stage magic core. Do you wish to proceed with the fusion?"
"Fuse!"
In the system space, a fourth-stage magic core quietly disappeared, and in return, Su Yun gained a deeper understanding of the Eightfold Collapse.
Originally, he could only use the Eightfold Collapse to four layers of hidden force, but now he could use it to eight layers of hidden force! Once unleashed, its power was comparable to a Low Earth Rank technique!
Su Yun's expression was filled with excitement. Such a significant boost in strength made even him, with his usually calm demeanor, burst out laughing.
He now had the ability to fight across ranks and could use his fighting spirit more freely.
"System, fuse the Frost Shattering Jade with me."
"Ding, fusion plan detected. It requires one third-stage magic core. Do you wish to proceed with the fusion?"
"Fuse!"
(End of Chapter)