Chapter 279: Two Hundred and Twenty Million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones

"Wan Hong, is it?"

"That trash Li Ming has been defeated by my hand."

"Shouldn't you give me the Gold Student badge now?"

Su Lang spoke without any scruples, completely ignoring Li Ming, who was so furious that his face was flushed, his veins were bulging, and smoke was practically coming out of his ears.

"Hmph!"

"Take it then!"

Wan Hong gave a cold snort, took out a communication jade token to send a message, and continued, "Go to the main hall window and collect it yourself. We won't be accompanying you!"

"Just as well, I don't want to walk with a group of trash like you either!"

Su Lang curled his lips in disdain, turned around, and left the assessment hall.

"Country boy, just you wait!"

Watching Su Lang's departing back, the Four Young Masters of West Mountain and Wan Hong's group clenched their fists, their teeth itching with hatred!

…After leaving the assessment hall, Su Lang found the window for collecting badges.

Because the Gold badge required a real name, they were made on the spot after the exam, requiring a short wait.

About ten minutes later, Su Lang finally received his Gold badge.

This badge was about the same size as the Potential-level badge.

However, whether it was the texture, design, or patterns, it was more than one level higher.

On the front of the Gold badge, the four large characters for 'Gold Student' were written, and on the back, the four characters 'Pill Sect · Su Lang' were written.

"Hehe!"

"Now I can go to the Pill Refining Tower and make a big profit!"

"However, I also made quite a bit from this bet. I should be able to upgrade the System functions!"

As Su Lang walked out of the assessment hall, he turned his gaze toward his Storage Space.

Over six hundred Students had bet an average of more than 200,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones each; the total had already exceeded one hundred million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!

One hundred million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones is one million High-Grade Spirit Stones, which is enough to upgrade System functions!

"System, deposit all gold coins and Spirit Stones!"

"Ding! All gold coins and Spirit Stones have been deposited!"

Following the System prompt, the number behind the Mid-Grade Spirit Stone balance in the mysterious black space surged rapidly, directly reaching a terrifying nine-digit figure—226,688,745!

"Holy crap! I actually have this many Spirit Stones?"

Su Lang was dumbfounded with excitement. "This is a full two hundred and twenty-six million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!"

With intense excitement, Su Lang recalled the sources of these Spirit Stones.

First, the bets from over six hundred people totaled more than one hundred and thirty million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Second, Ou Wenyuan had provided over forty million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and he had sold over ten million worth of items at the trade fair.

Finally, adding in his previously remaining Spirit Stones, the total came to more than two hundred million!

"Tsk tsk, I didn't realize I'd become so wealthy without even noticing!"

Su Lang rubbed his hands together excitedly and said, "So, which System function should I upgrade?"

Thinking of this, Su Lang felt a bit conflicted.

There were currently five activated System functions.

They were: One-Click Cultivation Function (Level 11), One-Click Martial Arts Practice Function (Level 11), Clone Dispatch Function (Level 10), One-Click Treasure Hunting Function (Level 10), and One-Click Pill Refining Function (Level 8).

Each System function upgrade required 100 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

"The cost for each is 100 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones; I can upgrade two System functions."

After some thought, Su Lang made a decision. "Then, I'll upgrade the most fundamental One-Click Cultivation Function and the One-Click Pill Refining Function!"

One-Click Cultivation went without saying; it was the most basic and important function, so it had to be upgraded first!

As for why he chose One-Click Pill Refining among the remaining functions, it was because once this function reached Level 10, he would obtain the authorization to activate the One-Click Artifact Refining Function!

"System, upgrade the One-Click Cultivation Function and the One-Click Pill Refining Function for me!" Su Lang ordered.

"Ding! The amount of funds consumed to upgrade the System is currently too large. The current unit 'Mid-Grade Spirit Stone' has been changed to 'High-Grade Spirit Stone'!"

"Ding! Consumed 1,000,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones. One-Click Cultivation Function has been upgraded to Level 12. Cultivation speed has increased to 4,096 times the base speed!"

"Ding! Consumed 1,000,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones. One-Click Pill Refining Function has been upgraded to Level 9. You can now refine God-tier and below Medicinal Pills!"

As the three System function prompts sounded, Su Lang's face was instantly covered in a brilliant smile.

And right at that moment.

"Ding! The sea of cultivation is full. Would you like to Breakthrough?"