Chapter 1259

"Ten billion resources? What ten billion resources?" Zi Chen was stunned by the old man's words. He didn't understand what he meant.

Seeing Zi Chen's confused expression, Ling Xing laughed bitterly and explained, "It took you twelve days to break through the bottleneck. During these twelve days, you used up a total of ten billion law fragments, which is equivalent to a hundred million void realm fragments."

"Ah." Zi Chen's face immediately filled with shock.

Ten billion resources? What kind of concept was that? Zi Chen had never thought about it before.

Previously, he'd felt that he'd used up quite a bit of resources when he'd stabilized his Void Realm. However, he'd only felt that it was a bit excessive. He hadn't expected it to be this much.

However, putting aside the fact that Zi Chen had used up a lot of resources, just the fact that he'd stabilized his Void Realm and reached the peak of a new realm in twelve days was actually worth it.

If it had been any other time, Zi Chen might not have been able to break through even after several decades. However, he'd only used twelve days in exchange for several decades. It was all worth it.

Of course, this was for Zi Chen. To Hunter's Castle, this investment was obviously a huge loss.

Ten billion resources was enough for a pig to break through to the Corporeal Realm. However, Zi Chen had only advanced by a small realm.

Zi Chen was extremely shocked when he heard this news. When he saw the anger on the two old men's faces, he felt a little guilty and remorseful. He also had an apologetic expression on his face.

He'd felt that he'd used up a lot of resources this time, but he hadn't expected it to be this much. It really was an unintentional mistake.

Ling Xing looked at the self-blaming Zi Chen and waved his hand, saying, "Zi Chen, you've used up all the resources within my authority. I'm sponsoring you of my own volition. You don't need to feel guilty."

Ling Xing's words attracted two dissatisfied gazes, but he didn't care.

"Thank you for your guidance, Elder Ling." Zi Chen bowed to Elder Ling and thanked him gratefully.

"How do you feel after breaking through?" Elder Ling asked again.

Zi Chen stretched his muscles and said, "I feel very good."

"Ten billion resources is just a 'good'." A cold laugh came from the side.

Zi Chen corrected him, "It's not good, it's very good."

Ling Xing said, "It's fine as long as you feel good. However, your realm is still too low. Try to increase your realm by one or break through to the Corporeal realm as soon as possible. As for the cultivation room, you can use it whenever you want."

Xing seemed to have thought of something. He paused for a moment and said, "However, you are not allowed to occupy the training room after you make a breakthrough."

Clearly, Ling Xing could only provide one billion in resources, but not a second one. That was because the consumption of resources was simply too frightening.

Zi Chen had an apologetic look on his face again, and then he thanked him again. "Thank you for your concern, Elder. It's just that the Cultivation Room isn't of much use to me now. My realm is very stable. After familiarizing myself with it for two days, I plan to accept some missions."

Ling Xing frowned. "Accept the mission now."

"Hmph, Ling Xing, the Hunters of our Hunter's Castle have all been baptized by blood and fire. There has never been an obedient child among us."

The red-robed old man snorted and said, "Furthermore, he used up so many resources. Shouldn't he do some missions to make up for it?"

Ling Xing's face was filled with anger when he heard this. He shouted at the red-robed old man, "Ming Zhu, that's enough. I already said that I am willing to give Zi Chen the resources."

Ming Zhu sneered. "But those resources are Hunter's Castle's, not yours."

"It's just ten billion. At most, I'll just give it to Hunter's Castle. Those resources will be considered my personal property."

Lord Wu frowned when he heard the two arguing. "Alright, both of you shut up."

The two old men argued until their faces turned red. Then, they sat down and ignored each other.

Zi Chen, on the other hand, turned to look at Sir Wu, who had spoken, and said gratefully and solemnly, "Zi Chen thanks the Hunter's Castle for providing me with the resources. I, Zi Chen, will remember the ten billion resources today, and I will definitely return it double in the future."

"That's ten billion worth of resources. How are you going to return it? What are you going to use to return it double?" Ming Zhu said coldly.

This time, Zi Chen did feel guilty. However, the old man's aggressive attitude made him extremely reluctant. He responded with the same indifferent attitude. "I can stand outside the city and kill Corporeal cultivators to return it. I can return at least ten thousand with one slash. I can also kill Spirit Level Beasts. Isn't it just twenty billion? As long as I, Zi Chen, am alive, I will definitely return it."

"Enough, Ming Zhu. Shut up."

Hearing this, Lord Wu's eyes flashed. He then shouted at Ming Zhu, who was about to speak again.

The latter obviously didn't expect Lord Wu to have such an attitude. His expression changed, but he closed his mouth in the end.

With a cold face, Lord Wu looked at the other old man. The other old man naturally stopped talking. He then turned to Zi Chen and said slowly, "Zi Chen, since Hunter's Castle nurtured you, they naturally have no intention of asking you to return or compensate the resources. As a senior Hunter of Hunter's Castle, Hunter's Castle has the obligation to nurture you. You don't have to take it to heart. I called you here today for no other reason than to ask about your realm and how you feel after breaking through. Of course, I also wanted to see how you, a Virtual Realm cultivator, can consume ten billion worth of resources. I am very satisfied after seeing it. I have a small request, or you can treat it as a request. I hope you can agree to it."

Lord Wu's prestige was obviously the highest among the four of them. However, his tone was very kind, and he even used the word 'request' in the end. The other three's expressions changed.

Zi Chen was a little flattered. He quickly bowed and said, "Sir, what are your orders? As long as Zi Chen is able to do it, I will do my best."

Lord Wu smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. It's not a big deal. I just want to add the words' Huping City 'and a number on your token to prove that you're a senior Hunter of Huping City's Hunter's Castle. What do you think?"

Zi Chen said without thinking, "I'm a senior Hunter of Huping City. Of course, it's not a problem."

"So, you agree." Lord Wu seemed a little happy.

Zi Chen nodded.

Ling Xing only nodded slowly. However, the expressions of the other two changed drastically.

Placing a mark on the Hunter's Medallion meant that the person could only be a citizen of Huping City in the future. However, this kind of situation only targeted cultivators with great potential. These people were destined to be extraordinary in the future when they were young.

Once they had the mark, all of their achievements would be related to their former city. When they were mentioned, they would naturally talk about their city.

For example, if Zi Chen became powerful in a few years' time and shook up the entire Shuntian Prefecture, the entire Huping City would become famous because of him.

Although this sounded like an empty title, it was glory in the eyes of many people.

There were around ten senior Hunters in Huping City's Hunter's Castle, but only three of them received this treatment. Zi Chen was the fourth.

From this, it could be seen how much Lord Wu valued Zi Chen.

Zi Chen handed over the token very straightforwardly. There were some other procedures to be completed after the mark was added, so Zi Chen was taken away by Reality.

Only the four old men were left in the meeting room.

After a moment of silence, Lord Wu spoke. His voice was slow but firm. "This matter must be kept a secret. I don't want anyone else to know anything about it."

This was an order that the three of them had to obey.

After nodding, Ming Zhu took the old man away to handle this matter.

Soon, only the two of them were left in the hall. Ling Xing asked in confusion, "Why?"

"What do you mean why?"

"Giving a mark in the Virtual Realm seems to have never happened in Huping City before," Ling Xing said.

"But we've never encountered a Virtual Realm expert who consumes ten billion resources." Lord Wu smiled faintly.

"I don't believe that you would give Zi Chen a mark just because he consumes too many resources. You should know that when the three of you came to me, although you were neutral, you didn't want me to continue wasting resources," Ling Xing said as he stared into Lord Wu's eyes.

Lord Wu smiled and said, "That's right. At first, I didn't agree, but I didn't intend to interfere. However, as Zi Chen consumes more and more resources, and as I read more information about Zi Chen, I suddenly remembered something."

"What is it?" Ling Xing asked.

"It's about the three-meter Virtual Realm. It's an ancient book. I only glanced at it briefly and thought it was nonsense … You don't have to read it. I've already burned the book." Lord Wu stopped Ling Xing.

"Why?" Ling Xing asked again.

"Because we need to keep it a secret. From now on, Zi Chen will be the true core member of Hunter's Castle 653 in Huping City. Before he grows up, Hunter's Castle is obligated to nurture him with all its might."

…

After walking out of the meeting room, Zi Chen finally understood the reason for everyone's complicated and strange expressions. Actually, he had mixed feelings about it too.

When he first heard about the ten billion resources, he was still in disbelief. How could he have consumed ten billion?

After all, he had only managed to obtain close to a hundred million resources after decades of plundering. However, in just twelve short days, he had consumed ten billion resources.

After seeing Wade, Zi Chen finally believed that this was true. After all, Wade had seen it with his own eyes. When Wade told Elder Ling that he was willing to help him despite the pressure, he was very grateful.

Zi Chen returned to his residence and began to get used to his increased strength.

Because he couldn't stand those strange gazes, Zi Chen stayed for ten full days. After completely familiarizing himself with his new strength, Zi Chen left his residence and headed to the mission hall.

Along the way, Zi Chen encountered some Hunters, but the strange expressions from before were all gone. They either ignored Zi Chen or nodded kindly. It was as if they had forgotten about the ten billion resources.

Zi Chen was a little puzzled by this.