Once, I wanted to be a good person

Bai Zhi, left in the office by the two women, slowly puzzled over a question mark above her head: ?

How come... it doesn't feel like Fang Ze is focusing on the right things?

.....

Meanwhile.

In the Mysterious Garden, Fang Ze also finally began to try channeling the 30-day cultivation effects borrowed using "Credit World".

As expected, it wasn't beyond his anticipation. After cultivating within the Enlightenment Stone and experiencing introspection, he had primarily understood the Qi Opening cultivation process. As a result, after borrowing 30 days of cultivation effects from "Credit World", many true cultivation processes, experiences, and progressions flooded into his mind.

This thoroughly enabled him to master the Qi Opening stage cultivation method of the Mountain Moving Body Tempering Skills.

This maneuver was particularly reminiscent of the legendary "Borrowing Falsehood to Cultivate Truth".

When he truly cultivated the "truth", the subsequent processes became simple, which was merely to use "high-interest loans" to stack resources for his own realm!

However, Fang Ze was not in such a rush to elevate his Martial Arts Cultivation.

Because borrowing experience kept a lower profile, but beginning the actual upgrade, with the Power of Laws flooding in, who knew what challenges it might bring?

Thus, Fang Ze's thoughts circled back, and he patiently waited until nightfall while handling official duties.

Just like that, until late at night.

Fang Ze returned home and then directly entered the Late-Night Investigation Room to begin today's actual enhancement of his cultivation!

In order to make his Martial Arts Cultivation as perfect as possible, Fang Ze did not allow himself to break through to the Qi Opening stage directly.

With abundant resources at hand, and aiming to fortify his foundation even more solidly, he decided to refine every layer from the start of the Muscle Tempering stage of the Mountain Moving Body Tempering Skills.

Perhaps because the Mountain Moving Body Tempering Skills were indeed much more advanced than the Xida Body Refining Method, "high-interest loans" really required an additional fee.

However, perhaps because Fang Ze's own realm was quite high, the additional fees required weren't substantial.

About an extra 10% for each level.

Upon reaching the peak of Blood Exchange, Fang Ze had spent somewhat more than 2.6 million Lini.

Finally came the main event, the Qi Opening stage.

To initiate Qi Opening required 16 million Lini. Subsequently, opening each Orifice Point cost 1 million Lini. Opening all 108 Orifice Points totaled 108 million Lini.

All together, that was 124 million Lini.

When these figures were tallied, even Fang Ze was momentarily stunned.

He really hadn't expected the final stage of Martial Arts to consume such an astronomical amount.

But quality comes with a price!

Plus, Fang Ze had just swindled 250 million Lini from the Jiang Family, so he felt confident!

Therefore, he clicked confirm without hesitation, and then commenced the enhancement!

Even though he was in a transformed state, when "high-interest loans" were used, Fang Ze still felt as if his true self was ceaselessly ascending in a void!

He felt strong bursts of the Power of Laws emerging within his body, then violently breaking through one Orifice Point after another!

He gradually immersed himself in that process of rapid strength gain!

After who knows how long, when Fang Ze came to his senses, he discovered that, unbeknownst to him, all 108 Orifice Points in his body had been opened!

The feeling of being filled with endless power made Fang Ze feel incredibly intoxicated!

Truthfully, physical enhancement was far more exhilarating than receiving the World Origin!

In a sense, this was truly the return of great power to oneself!

While Fang Ze's Martial Arts Cultivation surged dramatically.

Star after star emerged behind him, then slowly fused into the crimson star within his original body.

After the crimson star "absorbed" those three stars, it visibly grew larger. Then it split into seven similar-looking star phantoms, shining brilliantly behind Fang Ze.

Fang Ze closed his eyes, sensing the abilities he had gained.

The first five, Fang Ze was extremely familiar with.

Verbal Contract, Unfair Trade, Currency Exploitation, Compulsory Taxation, Personal Deprivation.

All were abilities Fang Ze had comprehended while experiencing Bai Zhi's "Enhance*5".

Among these, Personal Deprivation was the most powerful.

Once the borrower's defenses were shattered, it could completely control them!

Meanwhile, Verbal Contract was the most commonly used ability.

It turned casual agreements into strong contracts. As long as the strength exceeded the one who made the promise, that person could not breach the agreement.

As for Unfair Trade, Currency Exploitation, Compulsory Taxation, since Fang Ze never had the opportunity to use them, he hadn't delved much into them.

Now that his realm had advanced all at once, Fang Ze began to seriously study these three abilities.

Unfair Trade.

The user can employ this ability to trade anything with anyone, including but not limited to physical strength, energy, lifespan, Martial Skills, Awakening Abilities, etc.

This trade follows the principle of voluntary exchange but does not adhere to fair value exchange.

Currency Exploitation.

The "user" can use this ability to monetize anything they possess (material or immaterial) and designate the borrower to use this currency for trading.

If the borrower wishes to trade, they must first "sell" their possessions in exchange for currency.

The items "sold" by the borrower will be temporarily held by the "user". The "user" may possess their user rights before they are sold.