"Okay." Lin Yun nodded.
"Buzz—"
A powerful mental attack quickly landed on Lin Yun.
Lin Yun's expression changed slightly.
His mental strength had reached the tenth-grade upper level, while Xia Qingqing's mental strength was only the ninth-grade upper level. The difference between the two mental strengths was a whole major realm.
According to the Cosmic Trading System, mental cultivators are quite strong among cultivators of the same level. However, they have a weakness: their strength is weakened when dealing with people whose mental power is stronger than theirs, regardless of the level of the other party's main cultivation system.
Mental strength is a very difficult power to improve. Generally speaking, if some people do not have equipment such as the Cosmic Trading System to assist them, their mental strength will be difficult to surpass that of their main cultivation system.
In addition, the spiritual energy enhanced by the Cosmic Trading System lacks something. Therefore, spiritual cultivators who use the Cosmic Trading System to cultivate are generally weaker than other cultivators of the same level.
Therefore, Lin Yun did not pay much attention to Xia Qingqing's mental strength.
But at this moment, he realized he was wrong.
Xia Qingqing's display of mental strength was slightly beyond his expectations.
"Buzz—"
Just then, Xia Qingqing launched another mental attack, this time in a completely different way than the previous one. However, the two attacks complemented each other, making them both more powerful.
"Buzz—Buzz—"
The attacks that followed were relentless, each one landing on Lin Yun.
"this--"
Lin Yun's expression changed rapidly, and finally he couldn't help but exclaim.
He sensed that Xia Qingqing's attacks came one after another, each more powerful than the last. Perhaps it was a matter of coordination... In any case, even a strong person like him felt a lot of pressure.
At this moment, he had a feeling that if he were to fight someone and someone was affecting him like this, his strength would definitely be greatly reduced.
For example, if he were to fight Lin Mengmeng, and Xia Qingqing were to attack from the side, he might not even be a match for Lin Mengmeng.
This is of great significance.
Are all spiritual cultivators this powerful?
No, mental cultivators are generally very powerful, but with the Cosmic Trading System increasing mental power levels, mental cultivators who cultivate become less powerful.
Furthermore, he is not an ordinary cultivator; his spiritual power is extremely strong, exceeding Xia Qingqing's by a whole realm, which will further diminish Xia Qingqing's strength.
Therefore... Xia Qingqing's strength is not normal.
Lin Yun quickly compared some data on the Cosmic Trading System.
An answer was quickly reached: Xia Qingqing's mental strength surpassed that of ordinary mental cultivators. In particular, the attack method Xia Qingqing used was not something that ordinary mental cultivators could use.
Could it be that Xia Qingqing is truly skilled in mental cultivation?
Lin Yun thought to himself.
"Buzz—"
At that moment, Xia Qingqing was still unleashing a mental attack.
Lin Yun dared not underestimate it any longer and took it all seriously.
Spiritual cultivators are different from ordinary cultivators; many of their attack methods are quite unique, and Lin Yun gained a lot from defending against them.
"A high level of mental strength is equivalent to a person having high physical fitness. When two ordinary people fight, the one with higher physical fitness naturally has the advantage. However, the most important thing is skill, and even... weaponry. A person with strong skills can easily defeat a person with strong physical fitness, even if the person has poor physical fitness. Taking on several people is no problem. If one has a powerful weapon, one person can even take on more than ten, dozens, or even hundreds of people..."
A sudden realization flashed through Lin Yun's mind.
Mental skills and techniques are like skills and weapons; a good skill or technique is extremely important.
Just like when he cultivates martial arts, he also needs to cultivate martial arts skills and techniques.
He is currently at the late stage of the eighth level of martial arts. Because he has learned a lot of martial arts techniques and good cultivation methods, and has a high level of proficiency in many martial arts techniques, he can deal with ordinary peak ninth-level cultivators.
He can even defeat many peak level nine cultivators.
This is the function of martial arts techniques and skills.
If he only possesses the realm of cultivation but lacks any martial arts skills, then he is very likely no match for a cultivator at the seventh level of martial arts.
The difference is that great.
The same principle applies to spiritual cultivation and martial arts.
Having a high level of understanding alone is not enough.
...
The battle continues.
Mental attacks are often difficult to defend against, forcing Lin Yun to rely on his powerful mental strength to withstand them. If his mental strength hadn't reached the late stage of level ten, he wouldn't even be sure how much of an advantage he could have against Xia Qingqing. If Xia Qingqing were to launch a sneak attack, it wouldn't be impossible for him to lose.
"No wonder, mental cultivators are generally stronger than cultivators of other types at the same level. This feeling of being unable to defend is really unpleasant..." Lin Yun sighed.
"It seems I need to learn one or two mental defense techniques. Even if I can't attack others this way, I need to be able to defend against their attacks. I might even learn one or two offensive techniques, which could be surprisingly effective in critical moments..." Lin Yun pondered.
In short, it all comes down to money.
Money is the crystallization of one's spirit.
If he had enough spiritual crystals, he wouldn't need to calculate how much he spends.
A year ago, he made a fortune, exceeding three trillion spiritual crystals.
However, it also spends money very quickly.
For example, it only takes hundreds of billions of spirit crystals to upgrade from a low-grade level 10 spirit power to a peak level 10 spirit power.
To advance to the eleventh-grade low-level, trillions of spirit crystals would be required.
Similar to purchasing a robot with the strength of an eleventh-level martial artist, it takes 50 billion mental crystals to upgrade mental power from the lower grade of the ninth level to the lower grade of the tenth level. However, the difference between upgrading from the lower grade of the tenth level to the lower grade of the eleventh level is not tenfold, but a hundredfold, which is five trillion.
To be precise, it's not that you need many Spirit Crystals to advance from the lowest level of level 10 to the peak level of level 10, but rather that you need many Spirit Crystals to advance from the peak level of level 10 to the lowest level of level 11.
Similarly, although Lin Mengmeng's martial arts realm had been raised to the early stage of level nine, Lin Yun did not raise her mental strength to level eleven.
The cost is too high.
Even if Lin Yun invested all the spiritual crystals he earned last time, it wouldn't be enough.
The energy consumed during cultivation is like building an inverted pyramid.
The further we go, the more terrifying the resources required become. This is not a simple addition, but a geometric increase.
Just like his 180,000 subordinates.
Two years ago, in just one year, only over 30 billion spiritual crystals were consumed.
Recently, over 300 billion spiritual crystals have been consumed in just one year.
This doesn't even include the costs borne by him, Lin Mengmeng, and the people around him.
If we add... then the more than three trillion spirit crystals earned have been reduced to just over seventeen trillion spirit crystals.
In other words, they consumed more than 1.3 trillion spiritual crystals in that year.
At the current rate of increase in consumption, the remaining spiritual crystals will not be enough for them to consume in half a year, or even less.
"I really need to make money..." Lin Yun sighed inwardly.
He didn't know the cost of daily necessities until he was in charge of the household. Sometimes, he envied the group of people around him, his subordinates.
You don't need to worry about anything, just focus on your cultivation.
Those who demonstrate better talent can receive substantial support and cultivation.
If he received the same treatment, he wouldn't need to worry about it so much.
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