"That’s right!"
Xiong Yanfu’s voice boomed. "Once I master the Spiritual Manipulation Technique, the first thing I’m gonna do is hunt down those disgusting Chaos Believers and wipe every last one of them out!"
Tie Mu didn’t speak, only nodding heavily. The killing intent in his eyes was purer than anyone else’s.
After the three of them had spoken, their gazes fell on Qin Feng in unison.
Xiong Yanfu asked curiously, "What about you, Qin Feng? You’re the biggest freak out of all of us. Your progress over the last ten years must’ve been greater than ours, right? How many acupoints have you merged?"
Hearing this, Qin Feng just smiled and calmly stated a number.
"Fifty-four."
Upon hearing the number, Shi Potian and the other two were stunned for a moment. Then, expressions of admiration mixed with a certain resignation appeared on their faces, as if to say, ’Of course.’
Shi Potian did a quick calculation in his head, then sighed. "Fifty-four acupoints in ten years... that averages out to more than five a year. At this rate, in another sixty or seventy years, you’ll probably have merged all your remaining acupoints. Your cultivation speed is still as ridiculously fast as ever."
"Yeah."
Tie Mu shook his head. "In sixty or seventy years, the three of us will probably be Sky Soaring Martial Artists. But even then, our life force indexes might not be higher than yours while you’re still hovering at the fifth level. The advantage of a Top-grade Acupoint Opening Technique is just too immense."
Their sentiment was heartfelt.
But it contained no jealousy, only pure, sincere joy for their friend’s strength.
They all shared a tacit understanding.
This long-overdue reunion didn’t take up much of their time.
They simply exchanged a few updates on their current situations, confirming that they were all still firmly advancing on the right path—the path of constantly growing stronger.
That was enough.
"Alright, we still have to submit our mission report and get our power armor repaired. You should go get some rest too."
Shi Potian said.
"Mm."
The four of them exchanged another glance, then turned and went their separate ways.
Watching the retreating backs of his three close friends, a flash of relief appeared in Qin Feng’s eyes.
He could feel it.
Everyone was striving desperately in their own way.
They all wanted to personally bring that painful betrayal to a bloody conclusion for Lei Meng.
’Kill Shi Dang with their own hands!’
...
By the time the power armor repairs were complete, Qin Feng had pulled his wandering thoughts back to the present.
He collected the "Minglong I" power armor, now good as new and fully recharged, then teleported directly back to his private dormitory, which he hadn’t seen in over a year.
Inside, the room was still spotless.
Qin Feng sat cross-legged but didn’t immediately begin cultivating the Ten-Complete Hand, which he had only just begun to learn.
The first thing he needed to do was purchase resources.
He opened the Warband’s reputation resource repository and, looking at his reputation balance, began to purchase resources.
As the heavy alloy door to his dormitory slowly closed, completely sealing off the hustle and bustle of the outside world, Qin Feng’s world returned to the absolute tranquility he had long grown accustomed to.
He sat cross-legged and sank his consciousness into his personal terminal, looking over the substantial assets he had accumulated over ten years of bloody battles.
[Current Balance]
Contribution Points: 7,400
Warband Reputation: 82,000
He opened the Warband’s internal Reputation Resource Repository. A dazzling array of top-tier cultivation resources, each emitting an alluring glow, appeared before his eyes once more.
’Redeem twenty vials of Enhanced Type II Spiritual Energy Potion.’
[-16,000 Warband Reputation]
’Redeem twenty doses of Enhanced Type II Deep Repair Medicated Bath.’
[-8,000 Warband Reputation]
’Redeem ten vials of Enhanced Type II Mental Power Recovery Potion.’
[-5,000 Warband Reputation]
The series of redemption commands was executed with smooth precision.
He spent a total of 29,000 Warband Reputation, an amount almost identical to what he redeemed before each of his previous secluded cultivation sessions.
He didn’t spend all of his 80,000-plus Warband Reputation at once.
The core purpose of this seclusion wasn’t to increase the number of merged acupoints, but rather—to test something.
He wanted to personally verify just how much of a boost the Supreme Nurturing Technique—the Ten-Complete Hand—could bring to his current cultivation. He had spent a full year being personally tutored by a Constant Star-level Powerhouse, only to raise his proficiency in it by a tiny fraction.
As for his over 7,000 Contribution Points, he didn’t touch them at all.
Contribution Points were hard to come by.
After the bloody battle on Planet Y-34 that had nearly wiped out his team, he understood the importance of having an ace up his sleeve better than ever.
He needed to save these Contribution Points to purchase more powerful equipment that could save his life in a critical moment.
Once all the ordered resources appeared precisely in his Subspace Storage Unit amidst a gentle spatial fluctuation, Qin Feng activated the Cultivation Room’s highest-level seclusion mode.
A new round of cultivation began.
He skillfully retrieved the first pale-gold vial of Enhanced Type II Spiritual Energy Potion from his storage unit and downed it in one gulp.
BOOM—!
The familiar torrent of Spiritual Energy once again exploded within his body!
Qin Feng immediately activated the Great Sun Qi Meridian Method, guiding the terrifying energy to begin assaulting two pre-selected, separate Great Sun Acupoints within his body.