In the quiet AV room, Luo Feng took a slow sip of his freshly brewed hot tea, his gaze fixed on the colossal screen covering the wall: "Twenty million Huaxia dollars? The startup fund promised by the Limit Martial Arts School has indeed arrived." At the top of the webpage, there was a row of buttons.

One of them was blinking incessantly, displaying the text: "You have two new emails."

Luo Feng tapped lightly on the touchpad of the wireless keyboard, opening his inbox.

"Whoosh!"

The first email opened, immediately revealing a video segment.

"Hello, Mr. Luo Feng," a middle-aged man in a black suit appeared on the giant screen, smiling faintly. "I am Supervisor Zhuge's assistant. I trust you have seen the twenty million startup funds promised by the supervisor. As for purchasing your movement techniques, blade skills, and Daoyin Shu (Guidance Arts) manuals, you can buy them directly through the internal network. Any purchase under one hundred million will be reimbursed directly without deducting a single penny from you. If the price exceeds one hundred million, Mr. Luo Feng will be responsible for the excess amount. Furthermore, on behalf of Supervisor Zhuge, I wish to congratulate Mr. Luo Feng on successfully passing the martial artist practical assessment."

With that, the video abruptly ended.

"The Limit Martial Arts School treats me quite well," Luo Feng remarked, clicking open the second email.

This email also contained a video.

"Esteemed new martial artist, 'Luo Feng,' greetings. I welcome you to our family on behalf of the Limit Martial Arts School." A sweetly featured young girl smiled. "This is your first time entering the Limit Martial Arts School's internal network—the Limit Home! Allow me to introduce you to the functions of the Limit Home."

"Firstly, within the Limit Home, you can purchase weapons of all tiers, Daoyin Shu, movement technique manuals, offensive technique manuals such as blade skills, spear skills, sword skills, and so on—as well as firearms, transportation, protective gear, communication systems, specialized explosives, unique medical elixirs, gene elixirs... and even some rare material treasures. You can buy anything, provided you have sufficient funds."

"Once payment is made, the goods will be delivered within 24 hours."

"Through the Limit Home, you can even hire Wargod-level or even War God-level martial artists to provide you with one-on-one instructional guidance via the network. Naturally, this also requires sufficient financial compensation."

The girl in the video smiled. "If you have enough Contribution Points, the prices for all the above items will be halved!"

Luo Feng was startled.

Halved?

If an item cost one hundred million, could he buy it for just fifty million if he had enough Contribution Points? These points were genuinely useful. However, his current Contribution Points stood at zero.

"Contribution Points have many uses, not just in purchasing items. For instance, reaching certain Contribution Point thresholds allows you to call upon the Limit Martial Arts School's special task forces, among other benefits," the girl in the video continued, smiling. "The higher your Contribution Points, the higher your status within our Limit Martial Arts School, the greater your authority, and the better your welfare."

"There are primarily two ways to earn Contribution Points."

"One method is hunting monsters and collecting certain vital materials from their bodies. Selling these key materials to the Limit Martial Arts School will earn you both money and Contribution Points."

"The second method is making donations to the Limit Martial Arts School. The more you donate, the more Contribution Points you earn. Currently, the exchange rate is... a donation of 10,000 Huaxia dollars yields 1 Contribution Point! The donation system starts at a minimum of ten million Huaxia dollars, and martial artists can donate up to one hundred billion. This means—through the donation system, the absolute maximum Contribution Points you can acquire is ten million points!"

Luo Feng gasped audibly.

Damn it?

There was a limit to donations? A maximum of one hundred billion? If he tried to give more, the Limit Martial Arts School wouldn't even accept it? One hundred billion Huaxia dollars! That amount was roughly equivalent to the current assets of the wealthiest man in China listed on the Forbes rankings, whose assets hovered slightly over 100 billion. The world's number one richest person on Forbes had assets of about 120 billion US dollars, which translated to 420 billion Huaxia dollars.

Of course, Forbes rankings only listed publicly known wealth. Some super-families held accumulated assets that surpassed even those of some ultra-rich individuals, but that was the accumulation of an entire lineage.

"Mr. Luo Feng, let me remind you here that hunting monsters is the optimal way to gain Contribution Points, as you earn points while simultaneously earning money," the girl in the video smiled. "Since you now possess startup capital, please refrain from immediate purchases. You should enter the resource section of the Martial Artist Forum to thoroughly review the foundational knowledge for martial artists. This will be highly beneficial in selecting your manuals and purchasing equipment."

"Finally, we wish Mr. Luo Feng the very best in reaching the pinnacle of martial arts within our Limit Martial Arts School family."

The video girl bowed slightly, and then the video concluded.

Luo Feng was greatly impressed...

The Limit Martial Arts School's internal network, the Limit Home, was indeed incredibly useful. What most attracted Luo Feng was the ability to directly hire Wargod-level or even War God-level experts for one-on-one network tutoring using money.

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Although he possessed twenty million Huaxia dollars, Luo Feng did not rush to buy weapons or other items. Instead, he first familiarized himself with the Limit Home internal website. The Limit Home website had numerous functions, divided into many sections: one for accepting and posting missions, a dedicated private chat feature, a training section, and the donation system module.

However, the two sections that held the most appeal for Luo Feng were the 'Martial Artist Forum' and the 'Online Mall.'

The Online Mall contained a vast assortment of everything: various Daoyin Shu, movement technique manuals, blade skill manuals, firearms, cold weapons, gene elixirs, and so on—it offered everything imaginable. In short, the Online Mall was where money was spent.

"Martial Artist Forum."

Luo Feng clicked to enter the forum, then navigated to the 'Martial Artist Foundational Knowledge Database' subsection. This particular forum had no replies from users; it contained only a massive repository of basic materials.

"Mentalist, Mentalist..."

Luo Feng continuously flipped pages backward, searching for information concerning Mentalists. Finally—

"Hmm? This is it."

Luo Feng spotted a thread titled—'Some Simple Descriptions Regarding Mentalists.'

"Fellow brothers, since everyone knows so little about Mentalists, I'll offer a brief introduction," Luo Feng smiled upon reading the first sentence. It was clear that this so-called Martial Artist Forum database had aggregated posts written by various martial artists, rather than being formalized documentation.

"Mentalists are arguably the most feared group within the martial artist community."

"Firstly, becoming a Mentalist isn't a matter of just cultivating; every Mentalist is exceptionally gifted and awakens this ability naturally!" The post was written in a very colloquial style. "Before awakening, they might just be ordinary martial artists. But once they awaken... they become formidable!"

"How formidable?"

"First, Mentalists are mainly divided into two types. One type is 'Object Manipulation'—meaning they control things like spikes or flying daggers for ranged attacks! A Mentalist controlling objects from a distance is far more potent than the bullets from some heavy sniper rifles. Sniper rifle trajectories are almost perfectly linear. But the weapons controlled by a Mentalist move without pattern! Besides being unpredictable in trajectory, their destructive power varies."

"For example, the firepower of heavy machine guns or heavy sniper rifles is limited. Even the most advanced sniper rifles struggle to kill 'Lesser Beast General' level monsters. However, the power of the spikes and daggers controlled by a Mentalist grows stronger as their psychic power increases! There are quite a few Mentalists capable of slaying 'Lord-level monsters'."

"Among Mentalists, besides those who manipulate objects, the second main type engages in direct psychic attacks!"

"This type is more mysterious; they attack the monster's soul directly. If successful, the monster's body remains physically unharmed, yet it dies instantly! However, soul attacks are difficult; reportedly, very few Mentalists master the art of 'Psychic Attack'."

"Besides 'Object Manipulation' and 'Psychic Attack,' legends suggest there are other schools of Mentalists. I am not entirely clear on those, though."

Luo Feng read every word, daring not to miss a single detail.

"What I envy most, perhaps, is the speed at which a Mentalist’s strength increases! Mentalists are inherently born with extremely powerful psychic energy, but when they are young, their bodies cannot withstand such power. Therefore, this psychic energy remains latent within their Sea of Consciousness. As their physical fitness grows stronger and reaches a certain limit, this latent psychic energy begins to manifest!"

"The stronger the physical constitution, the more psychic energy it can bear!"

"Martial artists are divided into Warrior (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced), General (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced), and War God (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) ranks—a total of nine levels! Physical fitness generally differs from psychic energy levels by two ranks. If the body is at the level of a Beginner Warrior, the psychic energy is usually at the level of an Advanced Warrior! If the body is Intermediate Warrior, the psychic energy is at the level of a Beginner General..."

"Mentalists experience a period of incredibly rapid strength growth!"

"This is because their psychic energy is naturally very strong but remains dormant in the Sea of Consciousness. As the body grows stronger, more of that latent psychic energy is revealed... Stronger body means stronger psychic energy... until one day, all the latent psychic energy is excavated. Only then does their period of rapid strength improvement slow down significantly."

Luo Feng paused when he read this section.

So...

The growth of a Mentalist's strength is essentially the excavation of their latent psychic energy. Only with a sufficiently strong body can they withstand a sufficient amount of psychic energy!

"Therefore, a Mentalist's potential depends on how much psychic energy is latent within their Sea of Consciousness."

"This latent psychic energy exists sometimes in liquid form, sometimes as a dense mass, and sometimes even in solid form!"

"Legends say that when the latent psychic energy in the Sea of Consciousness solidifies, it signifies an enormous amount of psychic power—representing the group with the highest potential among Mentalists. As their physical fitness improves, the psychic energy from this solid continuously releases, causing their strength to increase."

"Until one day, this solid completely decomposes. Only then will their period of rapid strength advancement conclude!"

Luo Feng suppressed the excitement surging within him and continued reading until he finished the entire post.

Afterward, Luo Feng browsed the database again and found two other posts describing Mentalists.

"The descriptions are largely consistent; it seems to be true," Luo Feng nodded. "Then... the dark gold sphere in my Sea of Consciousness must be the solid form of an immense concentration of psychic energy! I truly have incredible luck; my awakening miraculously brought it to life."

Luo Feng sighed with emotion.

According to the descriptions in the three posts he read, a Mentalist's Sea of Consciousness erupts with immense psychic power instantly upon awakening. If the awakening fails, they might become imbeciles, enter a vegetative state, or even die from bleeding from the seven orifices!

"No wonder I've had a persistent dull headache almost every day since childhood, even fainting a few times," Luo Feng realized with sudden clarity. "It seems my body was too weak to withstand the sheer power of my own psychic energy, causing the headaches! As my physical fitness improved, the headaches gradually lessened, and now they have vanished entirely."

The headache ailment had completely disappeared since Luo Feng's awakening that time.

"The dark gold sphere is actually psychic energy condensed into a solid."

"I wonder just how much psychic energy it contains," Luo Feng pondered to himself.