Cosmic Trading System

The practice room.

"No wonder ancient proverbs stated that the path of cultivation relied on the wealth, metric, method, and location. Each component was integral to the process. The saying held true. For the sensation of cultivating in this place was far better than at the previous site..."

As Lin Yun adjusted his state, a mere thought sparked a rapid influx of the world’s spiritual energy towards him. The intensity felt much more potent, causing him to sigh in awe.

He felt that the effect of cultivating in this place was about twice as effective as the previous site. And the benefits of that previous site were about twice that of a regular site.

Such a doubling in effectiveness represented a significant saving of time.

When these differences were compounded, the disparity in the effectiveness between this site and the normal site was vast.

Even more significant was the difference between this and not using a site at all, not to mention the gap between the environment of advanced civilization star domains and lower-level star domains.

"Coming to this place for cultivation was not in vain." Lin Yun thought to himself.

Originally, he was unsure if he could fully refine the Hearts of Heaven and Earth within three months and reach the middle stage of the twelfth level. Even if he were to breakthrough, he wasn’t sure if his state would remain stable. But now, his confidence had bolstered.

For cultivators of their level, the balance between internal and external sensitivities was key. The outside environment significantly facilitated his refining of the Hearts of Heaven and Earth.

With that thought in mind, Lin Yun took out a Heart of Heaven and Earth.

He probed it with his mental strength, extracting a startlingly pure spiritual energy, and began the refining process.

The cultivation began.

"Boom--"

In Lin Yun’s mental space, his soul quivered, akin to a parched land being replenished by a heavenly dew. His soul absorbed it all, producing a surprisingly comfortable sensation.

"So this is the effect of the Hearts of Heaven and Earth? Indeed, this kind of upgrading of mental strength is incomparable to using the Cosmic Trading System..." Lin Yun muttered, his facial expression subtly shifting.

Subsequently, Lin Yun no longer dwelled on it, his eyes closed as he focused all his effort on refining the Heart of Heaven and Earth and enhancing his mental strength.

Before long, Lin Yun faintly felt that something within his soul, a certain deficiency, was being filled.

A day... two days... three days...

The mental strength of a cultivator normally grew at an extremely slow rate unless the cultivator specialized in spiritual cultivation.

For martial artists like Lin Yun who primarily practiced martial arts, even those who had reached the peak of the twelfth level of martial arts might not have reached the middle phase of the twelfth mental strength level. Most were at the lower level, and some average martial artists at the twelfth peak level even had less than twelve levels of mental strength.

Over an extended period, the strength of mental strength increased slowly. Even gifted high-level twelfth level cultivators would take tens of thousands of years to progress from the lower phase of the twelfth level to the middle phase, and that would already be considered an exceptional talent.

So Lin Yun’s intention to improve his mental strength from the lower phase of the twelfth level to the middle phase within three months was indeed astonishing.

As a result, Lin Yun’s progress moment by moment was amazing.

Covering a thousand miles in a day was in no way an exaggeration.

Time flowed like a stream.

For cultivators of Lin Yun’s level, time seemed to pass particularly quickly.

In the blink of an eye, just over two months had passed.

The spiritual aura that Lin Yun emanated grew increasingly intense, gradually reaching the tipping point of a qualitative transformation.

"Boom--"

Thus passed another day, causing a tremble throughout heaven and earth.

Simultaneously, Lin Yun’s spiritual aura gave a sudden jolt. Massive amounts of spiritual qi appeared out of thin air and poured rapidly into his body.

External spiritual qi and the mental energy within Lin Yun’s mind interacted, causing the mental strength in Lin Yun’s mind to undergo a rapid qualitative change.

After over two months of continuous refining of the Hearts of Heaven and Earth, Lin Yun’s mental strength finally reached the middle phase of the twelfth level.

"Boom--"

With the external changes, Lin Yun’s mental space went through a transformation. His aura became more ethereal and mysterious, a trait unique to those with strong mental strength. It was ever clearer now that Lin Yun had broken through.

"Master Lin’s mental strength has broken through?"

"This is a natural breakthrough, not the kind achieved through the use of the Cosmic Trading System. Two months ago, Master Lin’s level of mental strength had just barely entered the lower phase of the twelfth level. No one expected such a rapid breakthrough. He must have used some potent heaven and earth treasures.

Truly fitting for a disciple of the Immortal Origin Holy Land, such treasures are extremely precious..."

From afar, at another cultivation site, Lianshan looked up abruptly towards Lin Yun’s group. Surprised, he said,

His voice was filled with envy.

Back in the day, the family he belonged to in the Ninth Level Civilization Star Domain was only average. He certainly didn’t have the treatment Lin Yun was receiving.

Even now, with many children he and Huayang have, they wouldn’t spoil any of them so. The cost was simply too high.

He estimated that the heaven and earth treasures Lin Yun used these past two months might be worth over a trillion spirit crystals. How sheathy a price that was!

Even though Huayang and he were both half-step super warriors and they had been in business for many years, to accumulate that many spirit crystals was not easy.

What’s more, with so many children they had, they found it difficult to decide who should be given such resources.

"In the past, Master Lin’s ability to fight above his level was already powerful. Now, with his mental strength increased to the middle phase of the twelfth level, his ability to fight above his level should be even stronger. Perhaps, he might actually win a Heavenly Principle Fruit quota in the Heavenly Principle Fruit Competition."