The Next Day, Lin Ye Got Up Early
He headed to the Adventurers' Plaza. It was still early for his scheduled meeting with Li Fei, so Lin Ye decided to spend the time purchasing some basic gear and supplies.
"I still have 100,000 yuan left," Lin Ye calculated. This was the remaining balance of the 120,000 yuan he had received as compensation after his parents perished three years ago in the dimensional rift outbreak. Over those three years, he had spent less than 20,000 yuan, living as frugally as possible.
However, with plans to explore the secret realms, some preparations were necessary.
For instance, a spatial pouch for storage and some mana-recovery potions—these were essentials.
As for equipment, it wasn't a pressing need. As a healer, Lin Ye's requirements for gear were relatively low.
The Adventurers' Plaza was bustling with vendors peddling their goods. Lin Ye quickly found a merchant specializing in spatial pouches.
[Basic Spatial Pouch] (Refinable)
Trait: Provides 1m x 1m x 1m of storage space.
Description: No "nesting dolls" allowed. Spatial pouches cannot store other spatial pouches.
The price of a spatial pouch with 1 cubic meter of storage was 500 yuan.
However, a pouch with 2 cubic meters of space was priced dramatically higher—10,000 yuan!
If the capacity increased to 4 cubic meters, the cost would skyrocket to 100,000 yuan.
As for pouches offering a storage capacity of 8 cubic meters, these were luxury items priced in the tens of millions. Most people could never hope to afford such a thing.
In his previous life, Lin Ye had once seen a 16-cubic-meter spatial pouch sold at auction for an astronomical price of 1 billion yuan.
At this moment, Lin Ye noticed the words "Refinable" appearing on the spatial pouch.
He realized that this effect was likely triggered by the spiritual essence he had gained the previous night while treating Liu Yong and Wu Qiang at the church.
Finding a quiet corner, Lin Ye decided to test out the refining feature.
[Ding! Consumed 1 Spiritual Essence for refinement!]
With a soft chime, the spatial pouch in Lin Ye's hand shimmered slightly.
He quickly checked its new attributes after the refinement.
[Multidimensional Basic Spatial Pouch] (Refinable)
Bound
Trait 1: Provides 1m x 1m x 1m of storage space.
Trait 2: Can store other spatial pouches.
Description: This must be the Multiverse (just kidding).
"This is insane!"
Lin Ye's eyes widened in surprise.
If this pouch could store other spatial pouches, then buying a bunch of 1-cubic-meter spatial pouches and stacking them inside this Multidimensional Spatial Pouch would effectively give him a much larger storage capacity.
With a 1-cubic-meter space, he could easily fit hundreds of other spatial pouches inside.
In other words, Lin Ye could potentially create a storage capacity of hundreds of cubic meters!
The thought alone was thrilling.
The only downside was that each spatial pouch remained a separate, unconnected space. If the spaces were linked, it would truly be game-breaking.
Still, for exploring secret realms, this pouch would be immensely useful for storing potions, consumables, and other items. Moreover, Lin Ye could carry far more loot than anyone else!
This was the most important part!
Due to the limitations of storage space, many professionals worked hard to clear secret realms, only to bring back a fraction of the loot they earned.
It was undeniably frustrating.
But there was no alternative—spatial pouches were incredibly fragile. Carrying too many on your person would make you vulnerable in combat. That's why most professionals carried just two or three at most, as a bare minimum.
Now, however, Lin Ye no longer had to worry about such limitations.
One spatial pouch was enough to provide him with storage equivalent to hundreds of pouches!
"Time to buy twenty more spatial pouches!"
At 500 yuan each, twenty would cost just 10,000 yuan!
And that 10,000 yuan could achieve what a 10-billion-yuan pouch couldn't.
After all, a 16-cubic-meter spatial pouch was worth 10 billion.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye's total storage of 20 cubic meters—albeit non-contiguous—only cost him 10,000 yuan. The cost-effectiveness was off the charts. Who needed a high-end solution now?
The only downside was that the "Bound" marker had appeared on his refined spatial pouch.
It seemed refined items were automatically bound to Lin Ye.
That meant selling refined items to make money was impossible. Otherwise, just this Multidimensional Spatial Pouch alone could sell for not just 10 billion but even hundreds of billions!
Lin Ye returned to the stall from before and purchased twenty spatial pouches in one go.
This time, the stall owner even gave him a discount. Lin Ye managed to buy all twenty for 9,500 yuan instead of 10,000.
Still, seeing Lin Ye walking away with a whole pile of spatial pouches in his arms, the stall owner couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Young man, no offense, but if you're spending nearly 10,000 yuan, why not just buy a 2-cubic-meter spatial pouch instead?"
Carrying twenty spatial pouches… wouldn't that mean having a full circle of pouches hanging around your waist?
The visual alone would be quite… abstract.
People who didn't know better might think you were trying to complete some bizarre collection achievement.
"It's fine. I know what I'm doing," Lin Ye replied confidently.
Of course, he wasn't going to mention anything about the Multidimensional Spatial Pouch.
Besides, even if he did, no one would believe him!
"Alright, alright. You have up to three days to return them if needed, but make sure you keep them in perfect condition—no damage!" the stall owner reminded him one last time.
Lin Ye nodded, thanked the owner, and quickly took his leave.
After another round of shopping, Lin Ye had everything set up for his twenty spatial pouches.
Three spatial pouches were dedicated to various potions, holding a total of 300 bottles. Even if he drank them continuously, he might hit kidney failure before running out.Five pouches were stocked with food, dry rations, and drinking water, enough to replenish his energy during breaks.Two pouches were reserved for miscellaneous items.The remaining ten pouches were left empty to store future loot.
All this, combined with the 20 spatial pouches, cost him over 30,000 yuan. Adding the 10,000 yuan spent on buying the spatial pouches, the total expenditure exceeded 40,000 yuan.
"I need to start earning money fast!"
Looking at the balance of just over 50,000 yuan in his account, Lin Ye couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.
Over the past three years, he had only spent a total of 20,000 yuan. Now, in less than an hour, he had blown through 40,000 yuan.
With just over 50,000 yuan remaining, it was obvious he didn't have enough to get himself a decent set of equipment.
Right now, a flood of eager newcomers was entering the market, all rubbing their hands together, ready to showcase their skills.
As a result, the price of beginner equipment had been driven to sky-high levels.
Green-tier gear, which would typically cost only 1,000–2,000 yuan, now couldn't be bought for less than 4,000–5,000 yuan.
The better pieces were even being sold for over 10,000 yuan.
Lin Ye wasn't about to waste his money on such a blatant scam.
After all, even fully equipped beginner healers wouldn't necessarily outperform him when it came to healing effectiveness.
"Lin Ye!"
At that moment, Lin Ye heard someone calling his name.
He turned his head and saw Li Fei approaching.
Behind her were three other people, and among them, he immediately spotted Su Yaoyao.
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes slightly...
Uninvited filth.