After only a few days of training, Ye Tian began to feel troubled.
It wasn't that progress was slow, but the movements required by Martial Artist cultivation were too large. Although there were only nine movements, every action could shake the air. The room at home was too small, and he risked breaking things accidentally.
"I need to move. This place is at the edge of the base. If a Ferocious Beast breaks into the base, this place will be the first to be attacked. It's too dangerous to live here. I'm not afraid, but my sister hasn't trained yet and has no means of defense. I will be going into the wild often in the future, so I won't be able to protect her. I must move to the small villa area in the center of the base!" Ye Tian decided.
The small villa area in the center of the base was very safe. Unless the base was breached, that area wouldn't be affected. But the houses were extremely expensive; even a small villa cost at least 10 million currency units—far beyond what ordinary families could afford.
Ye Tian had about 2 million left on him, and with his Martial Artist status, he could get a loan. The base's bank could lend to him, enough to buy a small villa.
At lunch, Ye Tian discussed with Ye Yu: "Little Rain, I'm planning to move into the small villa area in the center of the base. I looked it up, and the Central Garden community looks nice."
Ye Yu's eyes widened. She came over and touched Ye Tian's forehead: "Brother, you don't have a fever, do you? A small villa in Central Garden costs at least 10 million. That's not a place we can afford!"
"Where did you learn that, little girl?" Ye Tian lightly flicked Ye Yu's head, then smiled: "Your brother has money now!"
Saying so, Ye Tian placed two gold cards on the table.
"Here's 2 million, and since I'm a Martial Artist now, I can get a loan!"
Ye Tian raised his head proudly.
"Ah, brother, you're a Martial Artist now???"
Ye Yu covered her mouth, shocked beyond belief.
She remembered her brother had only been training for half a year, and now he had become a Martial Artist—wasn't that way too fast?
"Yeah, I just broke through. But don't tell anyone, okay? If people find out you have such a genius brother, they might get jealous and it won't be good for our family," Ye Tian quickly said.
"Okay, brother, I promise not to say!" Ye Yu nodded repeatedly, her eyes full of joy. Having such a genius brother made her very proud.
In the following days, Ye Tian handled the purchase procedures.
In this era, there was no complicated process like real estate certificates—just signing a contract. The small villas were all pre-decorated, but the "decoration" looked very simple to Ye Tian, more like ancient courtyard style, not the modern villas he imagined.
Maybe large bases could build modern villas, but Seaside Base couldn't afford it due to the high cost.
What comforted Ye Tian a little was the villa's size: a 50-square-meter courtyard, 5 rooms, 2 living rooms, and 2 bathrooms, with a total area of 400 square meters.
This was still considered a small villa in Seaside Base because the base had plenty of space. When the base was constructed, it was built very large, but the population was only tens of thousands, so lots of land but few people made this situation possible.
After buying the villa, Ye Tian started moving.
They didn't have much stuff, and within half a day, he and his sister officially moved into the small villa in Central Garden.
However, the villa didn't truly belong to Ye Tian yet.
If Ye Tian died or failed to repay the loan, the villa would be repossessed.
So Ye Tian wanted to repay the loan as soon as possible.
But 8 million was a large amount, and even a Martial Artist would need a long time to earn that much. An ordinary Martial Artist might take ten or even dozens of years to repay it.
Ye Tian believed he wouldn't need that long. With his speed of hunting Ferocious Beasts, he could repay the debt quickly.
For more than half a month, Ye Tian went into the wild every day to hunt Ferocious Beasts. He chose smaller Ferocious Beasts and brought the kills back to the base immediately.
One kill per day, averaging 200,000 currency units each. In just over half a month, he earned over 3 million.
Such frenzied hunting was something other Martial Artists dared not attempt—not because they weren't strong enough, but because it was too dangerous.
Who could guarantee returning alive every time? Most Martial Artists wouldn't take such risks. Once encountering a powerful Ferocious Beast, escape was often impossible.
But Ye Tian's speed was very fast. As an early-stage Martial Artist, his speed surpassed late-stage Martial Artists. Combined with Shadow Talent, this gave him the confidence to hunt so recklessly.
After the intense hunting, Ye Tian planned to rest for a while and not leave the base. He intended to fully focus on cultivation to increase his strength.
Half a month passed again.
With plenty of Ferocious Beast blood and the advantage of High-grade Cultivation Talent, Ye Tian's strength increased greatly. He now had 2000 pounds of strength, and his skin was tempered tough enough to block ordinary refined iron weapons.
In terms of his past life, it was enough to resist bullets with his bare body!
Too bad there were no bullets in this era!
One day, Ye Tian returned to the black market—not to sell Ferocious Beast materials but to buy something.
Martial Pavilion.
"I want to buy a map of Death Lake!"
Ye Tian said.
Death Lake was a lake about ten kilometers from Seaside Base, with many Ferocious Beasts around it.
The lake got its name because it was home to many terrifying aquatic Ferocious Beasts. Even Elite Martial Artists rarely survived going down there, hence the ominous name.
Ye Tian wanted to go to Death Lake because he was interested in an aquatic Ferocious Beast—the Lighthouse Jellyfish!
Before the Yuan Qi era, Lighthouse Jellyfish was a tiny marine organism, but after the Yuan Qi era began, it evolved. It no longer lived only in oceans or was bound by the environment, and its survival ability greatly increased. Some lakes even developed populations of them, including Death Lake, where many Lighthouse Jellyfish existed.
The Lighthouse Jellyfish were Earth creatures, not Ferocious Beasts from the Space Rift, but they were very powerful. Their size grew many times larger, about the size of a human palm. They were hard to kill; even Martial Artists found them difficult to eliminate. Their tentacles could pierce a Martial Artist's body.
It was said even Elite Martial Artists had to flee when faced with a group of Lighthouse Jellyfish, or else they'd surely die.
Seeing this Ferocious Beast, Ye Tian valued its abilities highly. He believed the Lighthouse Jellyfish must have healing or regeneration Talent. If he copied it, his survival ability would improve dramatically.
Though going to Death Lake was risky, the potential gain made the risk worthwhile!
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