Li Heng had a three-day break, but he didn’t plan on spending it all just lying around at home.
The Wolf Walk Technique needed practice. Li Heng chose his neighborhood’s basketball court and, to avoid attracting attention, he specifically chose to practice in the hours before dawn.
He didn’t really have a choice. People started playing basketball not long after sunrise, and after dinner, the court was taken over for square dancing. The only time left for Li Heng was before dawn.
Using the Wolf Walk Technique, Li Heng found that his movement speed was indeed much faster than before. To give a simple example, his 100-meter dash time improved by one or two seconds, and that was without even going all out.
Through repeated practice, Li Heng discovered that the Wolf Walk Technique improved his overall movement speed, including but not limited to walking, running, and dodging.
Also, when he activated the Wolf Walk Technique, Li Heng could faintly feel wisps of white mist drifting past his legs and feet.
Although Li Heng knew this was likely a perception of airflow, he wasn’t sure what its specific use was.
Just the increase in movement speed alone filled Li Heng with joy. It meant that in combat, he would have much more room to maneuver and a lot more time to act.
In fact, this was only a Level 1 Wolf Walk Technique. What heights could he reach after increasing its Level and upgrading the technique itself?!
A Legendary-grade Soul Energy Body Technique!
For now, Li Heng could only dream about it. He couldn’t even scrape together the Soul Energy points needed just to raise its Level.
’One step at a time.’
After familiarizing himself with the Wolf Walk Technique, Li Heng didn’t forget about his basic skills. Even though the school had given them a three-day break, after his early morning training with the Wolf Walk Technique, he would take his student ID and head to the school’s training grounds.
After teaming up with Bai Shasha, Li Heng had come to understand one thing—his basic skills absolutely had to be maxed out!
He relentlessly practiced his Swordsmanship and his Body Technique training.
It was worth noting that while practicing basic Swordsmanship, Li Heng felt it was about the same as before. But when he trained his basic Body Technique, he felt much more proficient, and his understanding was far deeper than before. Li Heng believed this was likely due to the influence of his Wolf Walk Technique.
After all, the basic Body Technique was just a skill, but the Wolf Walk Technique was a Soul Energy Skill!
"Considering all the conveniences it would offer later, I should go buy a storage item!"
After finishing his training, Li Heng decided to head to the Soul Energy Store in the city to have a look.
The Soul Energy Store was a shop officially run by the Soul Energy Alliance, selling all sorts of things related to Soul Energy. Of course, as soon as the words "Soul Energy" were attached to anything, its value naturally shot up.
It was Li Heng’s first time in a Soul Energy Store, and it reminded him of visiting a hypermarket for the first time back on Earth.
While it wasn’t quite as overwhelming as stepping into a new world, the sight was still dazzling.
He was dazzled because there were so many things for sale. The endless assortment of Soul Energy Equipment and Soul Energy Items was impossible to take in all at once; the quantity and variety were simply immense.
The dizzying part was the price tag under every item. Seeing the long strings of zeros and thinking of his 70-yuan weekly allowance, Li Heng’s first impulse was to turn around and leave.
The Soul Energy Store only sold equipment and items. For skills and pets, you had to go to specialized shops.
"Hello! Excuse me, do you purchase Soul Energy Items here?"
The requirements for entering the Soul Energy Store weren’t high, no different from an ordinary supermarket. However, the requirements for buying and selling were much stricter; at the very least, you had to verify your identity.
This was to ensure customers weren’t fugitives or wanted criminals, who were not qualified to buy or sell things here.
"Hello! We do purchase Soul Energy Items and Soul Energy Equipment here, but if you wish to buy or sell, you must present proof of identity."
Even though the cashier saw that Li Heng was wearing a school uniform, they showed no impatience and even took the time to explain things.
Li Heng handed over his ID card and student ID.
BEEP!
The system registered his student card.
Li Heng put away his IDs and went up to the second floor. He didn’t have any extra money, but he did have three ten-year-old stalks of Wolf Blood Grass on him and wanted to see how much they were worth.
Although consuming a ten-year-old Wolf Blood Grass directly could increase his strength by a small amount, Li Heng believed that at this stage, while power was important, ensuring his system and his Golden Finger remained secret was the absolute top priority.
There were far fewer people on the second floor, and even fewer who were wearing school uniforms. As soon as Li Heng stepped onto the second floor, he felt several gazes land on him.
"Excuse me, student, are you here to sell an item?" an attendant walked over and asked.
"Ah, yes! I just finished my placement test in the secret realm and wanted to sell a few things."
The attendant had seen many students come here to sell items, so he was quite familiar with the process and led Li Heng to a middle-aged man.
"Master Han, this student wishes to sell something. Could you take a look for him?"
The middle-aged man known as Master Han nodded, indicating that it was no problem.
"Hello, Master Han! This is a Soul Energy Item I brought back from the secret realm placement test. My teacher already appraised it for me and said it’s a ten-year-old Wolf Blood Grass!"
Li Heng thought for a moment, then, pretending to be very careful, he took a stalk of ten-year-old Wolf Blood Grass from inside his clothes and placed it on Master Han’s desk.
Li Heng stated the Wolf Blood Grass’s value upfront and passed the buck to his teacher, making it seem like he was just lucky.
"Young man, your teacher’s appraisal skills are a bit lacking. After all, he’s not a professional."
’Huh?’
’That can’t be right!’
’Doesn’t the system only produce top-quality items?’
’How could there be a discrepancy?’
Li Heng was suddenly puzzled, but he kept his mouth shut and waited for Master Han to continue.
"Don’t be nervous! Wolf Blood Grass is the main ingredient for making the Wolf Blood Pill, and the Wolf Blood Pill can increase the physical constitution of someone in the Soul Pupil Realm. Your stalk is indeed a ten-year-old Wolf Blood Grass, there’s no mistake about that. However, it’s definitely one of the better-grown ones among ten-year-old specimens—it can be considered a premium-grade item! If a normal person consumed it directly, it could even improve their physical constitution, though they might get diarrhea for a few days. Therefore, its value is much higher than that of an ordinary ten-year-old Wolf Blood Grass."
Master Han slowly explained the details of the ten-year-old Wolf Blood Grass and finally quoted a price.
Because Li Heng was a student, Master Han didn’t charge him an appraisal fee, regardless of whether a deal was made or not.
"Thank you! I’d like to trade this ten-year-old Wolf Blood Grass for storage equipment or an item of equivalent value. Do you have anything like that here?"
Li Heng listened to Master Han’s explanation and felt relieved. ’The system really does only produce premium goods,’ he thought to himself, then stated his request.