The Source of Luo Feng's Headaches

In the quiet audio-visual room, Luo Feng took a small sip of his hot tea, his gaze fixed on the massive screen on the wall. "Twenty million Huaxia coins? The Extreme Martial Arts Dojo's promised startup funds have indeed arrived." At the top of the webpage, a row of buttons was visible. One of them was constantly flashing, with text that read—"You have two new emails."

Luo Feng lightly tapped the touchscreen of the wireless keyboard, opening his inbox. "Whoosh!" The first email opened, and a video immediately appeared. "Hello, Mr. Luo Feng." A middle-aged man in a black suit appeared on the large screen, smiling. "I am Manager Zhuge's assistant. I trust you've seen the twenty million startup funds that Manager Zhuge promised. As for purchasing movement techniques, blade techniques, and cultivation technique manuals, you can buy them directly through the internal network. As long as the price doesn't exceed one hundred million, the internal network will directly reimburse you, without deducting a single cent. If the price exceeds one hundred million, Mr. Luo Feng will need to cover the excess himself. On behalf of Manager Zhuge, I also congratulate you, Mr. Luo Feng, on successfully passing your Warrior Combat Assessment." After he finished speaking, the video ended abruptly.

"The Extreme Martial Arts Dojo has been quite good to me," Luo Feng mused, clicking open the second email. This email also contained a video. "Greetings, esteemed new Warrior 'Luo Feng'. On behalf of the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo, I welcome you to our big family." A sweet-looking young woman smiled. "This is your first time entering the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo's internal network—the Extreme Home! I will now introduce you to its functions."

"First, within the Extreme Home, you can purchase weapons of various tiers, cultivation techniques, movement technique manuals, offensive technique manuals such as blade, spear, and sword techniques, and so on. There are also firearms, vehicles, protective gear, communication systems, specialized bombs, unique medical elixirs, genetic serums... and even rare materials and treasures. As long as you have sufficient funds, you can acquire them." "Once you make a payment, your goods will be delivered within 24 hours."

"Through the Extreme Home, you can even hire Warlord-level Warriors, or even War God-level Warriors, for one-on-one online coaching. Naturally, this also requires sufficient payment." The young woman in the video smiled. "If you possess enough Contribution Points, the prices of all the aforementioned items will be halved!" Luo Feng was startled. Halved? If an item cost one hundred million, and he had enough Contribution Points, he could buy it for just fifty million? These Contribution Points were incredibly useful. However, his current Contribution Points stood at a mere zero.

"Contribution Points have many uses, not just for purchasing items at a discount. For example, reaching a certain level of Contribution Points allows you to deploy special squads from the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo, among other privileges." The young woman in the video smiled. "The higher your Contribution Points, the higher your status within our Extreme Martial Arts Dojo, the greater your authority, and the better your benefits."

"There are two main ways to earn Contribution Points." "First, by hunting monsters and extracting valuable materials from their bodies. Sell these materials to the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo, and you'll receive both money and Contribution Points." "Second, by donating to the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo. The more money you donate, the more Contribution Points you'll receive. Currently, the ratio is... a donation of 10,000 Huaxia coins earns 1 Contribution Point! The donation system starts at 10 million Huaxia coins, and a Warrior can donate a maximum of 100 billion. This means—through the donation system, the maximum Contribution Points you can acquire is 10 million!"

Luo Feng gasped, a sharp intake of breath. "What the hell?" There's a limit to donations? A maximum of 100 billion? The Extreme Martial Arts Dojo wouldn't even accept more? One hundred billion Huaxia coins! It seemed the richest person in the Huaxia Nation, according to the current Forbes ranking, only had a little over 100 billion in assets. The world's richest person on Forbes had about 120 billion US dollars, equivalent to 420 billion Huaxia coins. Of course, the Forbes rankings only listed overt assets; some super families' total assets far exceeded those of individual billionaires. But that was the accumulated wealth of an entire family!

"Mr. Luo Feng, I must remind you that hunting monsters is the best way to earn Contribution Points, as it provides both points and money," the young woman in the video said with a smile. "You currently have startup funds, but please don't rush into purchasing anything. I recommend you visit the data section of the Warrior Forum and thoroughly review some basic Warrior knowledge. This will be very beneficial when choosing techniques and buying weapons." "Finally, I wish Mr. Luo Feng all the best in reaching the pinnacle of martial arts within our Extreme Martial Arts Dojo family." After speaking, the video girl bowed, and the video concluded.

Luo Feng listened, utterly amazed... The Extreme Martial Arts Dojo's internal network, 'Extreme Home,' was indeed incredibly useful. What most captivated Luo Feng was the ability to directly hire Warlord-level or even War God-level experts for one-on-one online coaching, simply by paying. ...Although he possessed twenty million Huaxia coins, Luo Feng wasn't in a hurry to buy weapons or other items. Instead, he decided to first familiarize himself with the Extreme Home internal website. The Extreme Home website had many functions, divided into numerous sections, including task acceptance, task posting, private chat, cultivation sections, and a donation system. However, the two sections that most attracted Luo Feng were the 'Warrior Forum' and the 'Online Mall'.

The Online Mall was all-encompassing, featuring an astonishing array of cultivation techniques, movement technique manuals, blade technique manuals, firearms, cold weapons, genetic serums, and more. In short—the Online Mall was where you spent money. "Warrior Forum." Luo Feng clicked to enter the forum, then navigated to the 'Warrior Basic Knowledge Database' sub-forum. This sub-forum contained no replies from users, only a vast collection of fundamental information.

"Psychic Master, Psychic Master..." Luo Feng continuously flipped through pages, searching for information about Psychic Masters. Finally—"Hmm? This is it." Luo Feng spotted a post titled—'A Simple Description of Psychic Masters.' "Brothers, it seems many of you know little about Psychic Masters, so I'll offer a brief introduction." Seeing this first sentence, Luo Feng smiled. It was clear that this so-called Warrior Forum database likely compiled posts written by various Warriors, rather than being official documentation.

"Psychic Masters are arguably the most feared group within the Warrior community." "First, you can't simply cultivate to become a Psychic Master. Every Psychic Master is exceptionally gifted, awakening their abilities naturally!" The post's description was quite colloquial. "Before awakening, they might just be ordinary Warriors. But once they awaken... they become incredibly formidable!"

"How formidable, you ask? First, Psychic Masters are mainly divided into two types. One type controls objects! This means manipulating spikes, throwing knives, and similar items for long-range attacks! A Psychic Master's telekinetic control is far more potent than heavy sniper rifle bullets. Sniper rifle bullets travel almost in a straight line. However, the weapons controlled by a Psychic Master move erratically! Besides their unpredictable trajectories, their destructive power also varies."

"For instance, heavy machine guns and heavy sniper rifles have limited bullet lethality. Even the most advanced sniper rifle would struggle to kill a Beginner Beast General-level monster. But the power of a Psychic Master controlling spikes or throwing knives grows stronger as their psychic energy increases! There are many Psychic Masters capable of killing Lord-level monsters."

"Besides those who control objects, the second main type of Psychic Master directly performs mental attacks!" "This type is more mysterious. They directly assault a monster's soul. If successful, the monster dies instantly without a single physical wound! However, attacking the soul is quite difficult, and it's said that very few Psychic Masters know how to perform 'mental attacks'."

"Aside from 'telekinetic control' and 'mental attacks,' legends speak of other Psychic Master factions. But I'm not very clear on those." Luo Feng read every word, not daring to miss a single detail.

"What truly makes me envious is the speed at which Psychic Masters grow stronger! Psychic Masters are born with incredibly powerful psychic energy! It's just that when they are young, their bodies cannot withstand such immense psychic energy, so it remains dormant in their Sea of Consciousness. As their physical fitness steadily improves and reaches a certain threshold, their psychic energy will manifest!"

"The stronger the physical fitness, the more psychic energy one can withstand!" "Warriors are divided into Soldier-level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced), Warlord-level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced), and War God-level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced), totaling nine ranks! Generally, physical fitness and psychic energy differ by two ranks. If one's physical body is at the Beginner Soldier-level, their psychic energy is typically at the Advanced Soldier-level! If the body is at the Intermediate Soldier-level, the psychic energy is at the Beginner Warlord-level..."

"Psychic Masters experience a period of rapid power growth!" "This is because they are born with extremely powerful psychic energy, which simply lies dormant in their Sea of Consciousness! As their bodies grow stronger, more of this latent psychic energy manifests... The stronger the body, the stronger the psychic energy... Until one day, all the dormant psychic energy has been fully unleashed. At that point, the Psychic Master's power growth begins to slow considerably."

Luo Feng paused, startled by this passage. So... a Psychic Master's power increase was actually about unearthing their latent psychic energy. Only with a sufficiently strong body could one withstand enough psychic energy!

"Therefore, a Psychic Master's potential depends on how much latent psychic energy resides in their Sea of Consciousness." "This latent psychic energy can exist in liquid form, as a coexistence of liquid and solid, or even entirely in solid form!" "Legend has it that when latent psychic energy condenses into a solid within the Sea of Consciousness, it signifies an immense amount of psychic power! These are the individuals with the highest potential among all Psychic Masters. As their physical fitness improves, the psychic energy within this solid will continuously release, boosting their strength." "Only when this solid completely dissipates will their period of rapid power growth conclude!"

Luo Feng suppressed the excitement in his heart, reading continuously until he had finished the entire post. Afterward, he browsed the database and found two more descriptions of Psychic Masters. "They all describe roughly the same thing, so it seems to be true," Luo Feng nodded. "Then... the dark golden sphere in my Sea of Consciousness must be an immense amount of psychic energy condensed into a solid! I'm truly lucky to have survived the awakening."

Luo Feng sighed with emotion. According to the three posts he'd read, during a Psychic Master's awakening, a powerful surge of psychic energy would erupt in their Sea of Consciousness. If the awakening failed, they could become an imbecile, a vegetative state, or even die from bleeding from all seven orifices! "No wonder I've had a dull headache almost every day since childhood, even fainting a few times," Luo Feng realized. "It seems my body was too weak, and my psychic energy too strong, causing my body to be unable to bear it, hence the headaches! And as my physical fitness improved, the headaches steadily diminished, and now, they've completely vanished." The headaches had completely disappeared since Luo Feng's awakening.

"The dark golden sphere is actually psychic energy condensed into a solid." "I wonder how much psychic energy it truly contains," Luo Feng mused inwardly.