Cosmic Trading System

"Tiger Fist!"

Pounce! Sweep! Chop! Clip! Swing! Flip!

Charge! Stand!

After sharing a tender moment with Xia Qingqing in bed, Lin Yun got up and started practicing his boxing technique nearby.

He had purchased this boxing technique by spending ten Spirit Crystals on the Cosmic Trading System.

The 'tiger' in this boxing technique wasn't the tiger we know on earth, but a Sword Thunder Tiger, a creature from a martial arts civilization. It was as sturdy as a mountain, as vast as an ocean; it moved like thunder and struck like a sword. Its power was extraordinary.

According to the introduction on the Cosmic Trading System, the power of a Sword Thunder Tiger was comparable to those on Earth who had reached the Huajin level.

Mingjin, Dark Strength, Huajin.

If on Earth, someone who reached the Dark Strength level was considered a local hero or powerhouse.

Those who achieved Huajin level were recognized as grandmasters of their regions and were extremely rare.

From this, you could understand just how powerful the Sword Thunder Tiger was.

And how extraordinary this Tiger Fist, created by adhering to the Sword Thunder Tiger, was.

Every punch, every move Lin Yun performed had a powerful aura. The atmosphere was intense.

At this point, something had to be mentioned.

The quick-learning books of the Cosmic Trading System, particularly those related to martial arts techniques, were mainly for beginners, saving them from a prolonged learning time. They only provide slight benefits initially and don't significantly improve the practitioner's skills. To considerably improve their skills, practitioners still needed to slowly cultivate their abilities.

On the Cosmic Trading System, there were also certain natural treasures that could directly enhance your skills. However, they were expensive. Most of them came with side effects and those without side effects were astronomically priced.

Unlike these, quick-learning books focusing on martial arts techniques had different uses. Some helped beginners get started while others allowed people to quickly learn more advanced techniques.

For example, it wasn't easy for someone who had practiced Tiger Fist for five years to compare to someone with ten or twenty years of experience. Some people could master a simple martial technique to the point of perfection. At the same level in the martial arts realm, they could easily beat those practicing advanced techniques—this highlighted the differences in martial arts techniques prowess.

However, it wasn't cheap to learn an advanced technique in martial arts.

Consider the Tiger Fist.

Starting at the beginner level required only ten Spirit Crystals.

To reach a higher level of Tiger Fist required one hundred Spirit Crystals.

And reaching even higher demanded one thousand Spirit Crystals.

Typically, the martial arts techniques sold on the Cosmic Trading System were categorized into four levels: beginner, semi-accomplished, accomplished, and peak.

An accomplished Tiger Fist technique required one thousand Spirit Crystals, while the peak level demanded an astounding ten thousand Spirit Crystals.

You could imagine just how frightening the prices were.

Some people believed the high prices were because creating advanced martial arts books was challenging.

Others believed that the high prices were set because the creators of the Cosmic Trading System didn't want people to rely too heavily on it to learn various skills.

Others argued, you get what you pay for. To become invincible within the same realm, one has to pay a higher-than-normal price.

If one's skill level was limited, they wouldn't be able to use advanced martial techniques.

So naturally, the higher the level of the same martial technique, the stronger the learner would become.

Lin Yun didn't have a hundred Spirit Crystals back then, and even if he got them, he wouldn't spend all of them on the semi-accomplished Tiger Fist.

It was more beneficial to expand the range of the Cosmic Trading System's absorption and refine spiritual energy by another hundred meters, to obtain more Spirit Crystals every day, than to buy a semi-accomplished Tiger Fist now.

Lin Yun bought a beginner level technique for practice. It was not too late to buy more advanced techniques after the range of the Cosmic Trading System's absorption and refinement of spiritual energy expanded to a certain degree.

By then, he might have better options.

Given his current martial arts realm, using the Tiger Fist technique was quite appropriate.

He would find it hard to display more advanced techniques with his current martial arts realm.

His martial arts realm was advancing significantly every day. It's hard to predict how far he would reach after a period of time.

Of course, even if he decided to buy other techniques later, spending on this Tiger Fist was not wasteful.

Every martial technique had its unique features, and not every technique was suitable for all situations.

For example, some martial techniques were suitable for group attacks, some for solo battles, some for fighting while retreating, and some for rushing forward bravely. Knowing a wide variety of martial techniques could give a person broader experience in martial arts, expand their vision, and provide more choices when facing various situations.

If Lin Yun had just learned one beginner-level martial arts technique, it would be difficult for him to even get halfway.

However, if Lin Yun learned ten beginner-level martial arts techniques, then it would be a lot easier for him to get halfway in all of them.

This was why Lin Yun only purchased the beginner-level Tiger Fist technique.

Once he had expanded his martial arts knowledge, he could easily upgrade his Tiger Fist to a higher level, without having to spend many spirit crystals on buying it.

These were some pointers disclosed by other users of the Cosmic Trading System, and also advised by Star Blue to Lin Yun.

In bed, Xia Qingqing leaned against the headboard, wrapped in a blanket, watching Lin Yun practice his kung fu. Her pretty eyes gleamed with fascination and admiration.

...

"There is still not enough money..." As he was practicing his punches, this thought flashed through Lin Yun's mind.

Thinking about the massive spiritual energy wasted on Earth daily, he couldn't help but regret.

Lack of money meant that he couldn't freely gather resources, exchange for a large number of spirit crystals, or quickly expand his range of collecting spiritual energy.

It was a chain reaction.

Lin Yun had a vague idea.

However, this required him to first acquire a certain amount of spirit crystals.

He had already informed Hang Lee about his plan to once again sell a large number of top-quality jade jewelry pieces.

Hang Lee agreed.

It was the end of the year, a time when business was usually good, and especially so for the jewelry market.

Holding a large-scale sales event at this time would be very effective.

...

Wednesday, afternoon.

Inside a luxury villa in a wealthy district...

"So, all of this was done by that Lin Yun. I can't believe that I, Zhang Zhongguo, spent my whole life working hard and ended up being brought down by a young kid…" Zhang Zhongguo said bitterly.

He never expected that a young man he had ignored, a minor annoyance his son had provoked, would be so capable.

Of late, he had been staying home monitoring the stock prices of Tianyu Group without paying much attention to the external happenings.

This information was relayed to him by other shareholders of the Tianyu Group.

Right now, the other shareholders of Tianyu Group were quite furious at his son for picking a fight with the wrong person and had come knocking on his door.

A big incident had occurred recently: the heir of Jiang Group had been reduced to a vegetative state, and the mastermind is that Lin Yun. News also came out that the Tianyu Group incident was all Lin Yun's doing. The higher-ups in the Jiang family were furious and planned to make trouble for Lin Yun, but for some reason, they suddenly backed down.

Some speculated that Lin Yun might have a powerful background.

A small, ordinary hotel and restaurant becoming Shen City's top hotel and restaurant in a very short time had raised suspicions about Lin Yun's background.

Almost all the big names in Shen City knew about the Jiang Group.

Tianyu Group was already half-destroyed. The shareholders of the Tianyu Group, not daring to mess with Lin Yun, vented their anger on Zhang Zhongguo instead.

"It's all over… Everything is over..." Zhang Zhongguo muttered under his breath.

In the past few days, he had planned to risk it all with the hidden funds he had, but he mysteriously made mistakes every time he tried, and very quickly, he lost all the money.

The stock price of Tianyu Group had fallen to one-fifth of its original price, and all his funds were gone.

The cost of high-risk investment was a total loss.

The phone rang, and Zhang Zhongguo picked it up.

"Dad, save me..." A terrified voice came from the other end.

"Tianyu!" Zhang Zhongguo's face turned pale.

"Mr. Zhang, don't blame me. If anyone is to blame, it's your son for being too arrogant and offending someone he shouldn't have. Or blame yourself for being too indulging, leading to such an outcome. You both deserve what's coming. But we don't want to go down with you..." came a grim voice from the other end.