"Purchase Water of Life?" Xia Wuyuan glanced at Shi Feng's somewhat pale face, looking puzzled. "Your current authorization is first-star senior level. You're only allowed to redeem one bottle per year at most. The main function of Water of Life is to restore vitality. With the abilities of a Spirit Master, if it's just about repairing physical damage or restoring mental energy, regular Life Potions or the Meditation Potions unique to the Middle District would be enough to recover fully. Are you sure you want to exchange for it?"
"Only one bottle of Water of Life per year?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Feng fell into a silence.
Given Bai Qingxue and Shuise Qiangwei's current conditions, if they were living in the large villa back on the Foundation Level, sustaining them for a year would naturally not be a problem. But with Zero Wing's current situation, they simply couldn't afford to wait that long. They needed both of them handling matters in the real world, especially at Zero Wing's headquarters — Huo Wu and Master Lei Bao alone couldn't hold things together, let alone the fact that they also needed Huo Wu and the others to come up to the Upper District to live and train…
"If you want more Water of Life, there are other ways." Xia Qingying, standing to the side, looked at the somewhat dejected Shi Feng and smiled faintly. "As a genius who broke through to Spirit Master before the age of thirty here in the Upper District of Yuantian City, our Green God Group has a reward for you."
"A reward?" Shi Feng's interest was immediately piqued.
"That's right — a reward for breaking through to Spirit Master before thirty." Xia Wuyuan nodded as well. "However, I wouldn't recommend you exchange this reward for Water of Life. Even third-star Spirit Masters covet this reward. It grants you one opportunity to enter the Core District — the top level of this mountain — for a one-month training session. It would be enormously beneficial for elevating your mental strength. In contrast, exchanging it for Water of Life would be a waste, since Water of Life can be redeemed at any time. But this kind of reward — you only get one chance at it, and only when you reach third-star Spirit Master, for a mere ten days. Are you certain you want to exchange it for Water of Life?"
"I'll exchange it!" Shi Feng said without any hesitation.
"Fine, I don't understand you young people." Xia Wuyuan let out a sigh as he looked at Shi Feng's resolute expression, clearly somewhat dissatisfied with his choice — feeling that Shi Feng was squandering an opportunity. He turned to Xia Qingying beside him. "I still need to report this to my superiors, so I'll leave the rest to you, Qingying."
Xia Qingying nodded obediently, and after speaking, Xia Wuyuan turned and left the small waterfall villa, its air filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, with no intention of continuing the conversation. Shi Feng could only smile bitterly to himself.
"Don't take it too hard. Grandpa just has high expectations and doesn't understand your specific situation," Xia Qingying said, watching Xia Wuyuan depart, then turning to the wryly smiling Shi Feng. "Since you want to redeem Water of Life, you need two bottles, correct?"
"Can I redeem two bottles at once?" Shi Feng was stunned.
He had originally assumed this reward could only be exchanged for one bottle of Water of Life, after which he'd need to spend points and contribution credits for a second. But from the sound of it, this reward could cover two bottles.
"The reward from our Green God Group entitles you to redeem three bottles of Water of Life. If you're only taking two, I'd suggest exchanging the remaining bottle for Meditation Potions. Meditation Potions are not only more effective than Phantom Mind Potions but also have a restorative effect on mental energy. A first-star Spirit Master can only redeem five bottles per year, but if you exchange now, you can get ten Meditation Potions for just one bottle of Water of Life."
"Deal, I'll take the ten Meditation Potions," Shi Feng nodded, secretly amazed at the generosity of the Green God Group's reward.
A single reward worth three bottles of Water of Life — that was more than a hundred times what the Path of the Spirit offered. Truly extravagant. It also showed just how precious a training session in the Core District, the mountain's peak area, really was. No wonder Xia Wuyuan had been disappointed in his choice.
Xia Qingying nodded slightly and spoke slowly. "You probably can't return to the Foundation Level right now. I'll deliver the two bottles of Water of Life to them directly. As for the ten Meditation Potions, you can redeem them right here in the villa's storage room."
"Thank you, Manager Xia," Shi Feng expressed his gratitude.
"No trouble at all — it's simply part of my duties. After all, you were essentially discovered by me. The better your performance in the Middle District, the more it benefits me as well," Xia Qingying waved her hand and gave a faint smile. "Well then, I won't keep you from resting."
With that, Xia Qingying climbed into a hovercar and departed the Middle District, leaving Shi Feng alone, gazing quietly at the top-tier Middle District villa before him.
Compared to the large villa on the Foundation Level, this small waterfall villa actually occupied an even larger area — the waterfall alone spanned roughly the size of two basketball courts. The moisture it generated was simply incredible; a single breath was enough to make one's entire body feel refreshed. In terms of restoring the body's vitality, it was probably not far behind an S-rank Nutrient Potion, and without any side effects at all.
This small waterfall was practically an infinite supply machine for weakened S-rank Nutrient Potions. If put on the outside market, its value would be immeasurable — something the great conglomerates out there wouldn't even dare dream of. After all, the S-rank Nutrient Potion supply available to the major conglomerates outside was extremely limited. Drinking it like water? Not even the great powers living on the Foundation Level could manage that.
Shi Feng then stepped inside the house.
"No wonder anyone from the Foundation Level who comes to live in the Middle District never wants to go back," he thought, looking at the grand hall before him, a sense of understanding dawning on him.
Once inside the villa, not only did the sound of rushing water vanish completely — the soundproofing was flawless — but the special energy indoors was actually twice as dense as outside.
Living in this environment, one could lie around doing nothing and still gradually reach the physical quality of a half-step Body Refinement Grandmaster. With a bit of actual training, achieving the full Body Refinement Grandmaster standard would pose no problem whatsoever.
Moreover, it had an elevating effect on one's mental state, keeping one perpetually in a state of mental ease and spiritual clarity. Training long-term in such an environment, even if one didn't become a Spirit Master, one would surely come close.
It was hard to imagine how terrifying it would be to leave this environment and return to life on the Foundation Level. It would be like a billionaire with a rich inner world suddenly becoming an ordinary person — a gap that ordinary people simply couldn't accept. No wonder Fang Shihan had been so desperate to preserve her spot in the Middle District.
As long as she could stay in the Middle District, Fang Shihan had a strong chance of becoming a Spirit Master — at least double her odds compared to the Foundation Level.
"So this is the storage room?" Shi Feng looked at the small room constructed entirely of a special metal alloy, feeling a deep admiration for the Green God Group's financial might.
The display screen in the storage room showed all the resources redeemable across the entire Middle District — even Water of Life was listed. If he wanted something, he could redeem it right here in the storage room and receive his potions immediately, without worrying about needing to make a special trip to the Green God Tower whenever he ran short. It was an enormous convenience for Middle District residents.
Shi Feng decided to give it a try.
The storage room's laser scanned over him, completing all identification in an instant. The screen displayed the ten Meditation Potions he was eligible to redeem. Each Meditation Potion cost four million points and a hundred thousand contribution credits.
Four million points wouldn't be much for a conglomerate living on the Foundation Level, but a hundred thousand contribution credits was a different matter entirely. Even the Five Continents Conglomerate would feel the sting of spending a hundred thousand contribution credits.