Kill one monster, stack one poison, and I alone will poison my way across the world!

"...Okay, okay."

The senior student swallowed hard, feeling as if her values ​​were being trampled on.

She quickly completed the operation and pressed the publish button.

Ding-dong!

The moment the order was placed, several new lines of information suddenly appeared on the largest public address screen in the center of the trading hall.

[Posted by: Su Chen]

[Content: Unlimited purchase of skill stones of all grades! Purchase price: Guide price + 20%!]

[Status: Funds pool is now under management, automated trading in progress...]

Upon hearing this news, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

Then, it was like pouring a basin of cold water into a pot of oil, causing it to explode instantly!

"Holy crap! A 20% price increase?! Has Su Shen gone mad?!"

"Su Shen? Was this posted by Su Chen from the Mage Academy?"

"Wait, all the skill stones in the exchange were just bought up. Could it be him?"

"He just cleared out his inventory, and now he wants to buy more without any limit?"

"Wait a minute, why is he so desperate for skill stones? Could it be to awaken a new skill?"

"Awakened a new skill? Could it be that God Su is already level 30?!"

"Bullshit! He's only a freshman! How long has it been since school started and he's already level 30? That's like cheating!"

"..."

Exclamations rose and fell, and countless people pointed at the light screen, their faces filled with disbelief.

To know.

Leveling up after level 20 is very difficult; many second-year students are only around level 30.

For those like Lu Qingyan who receive special training from their mentors, their level-up speed is much slower.

after all.

The attribute points gained from upgrading are fixed assets; they won't disappear if you leave them there.

Don't underestimate Lu Qingyan just because she's low level now. If she ever feels she needs these attribute points and starts leveling up, she'll be incredibly fast.

But soon, a sharp roar drowned out all the discussion.

"Who cares about the level! Isn't your focus flawed?! That's a 20% premium!"

A heavily armored warrior, his eyes bloodshot, pointed at the light screen. "That gold-grade skill stone I'd been saving in my bag for three months, I was planning to use it myself, but now I can sell it and earn an extra 3,000 credits! That's practically free money!"

This sentence was like a switch, instantly igniting everyone's greed.

At Sky Dome Academy, credits are life, equipment, and strength!

A 20% premium is enough for an ordinary student to offset several months of life-or-death experience.

"That's right! Cash out! This is a fantastic opportunity to cash out!"

"Get out of my way! Don't block my way! I need to sell stones!"

"I have a silver-grade one! Will God Su accept it?!"

"..."

In less than ten seconds, the students who had been watching the spectacle suddenly surged toward the exchange's automated trading terminal like madmen.

Some people even shouted in the academy's public channel, telling their teammates who were fighting monsters in the dungeon to come back and sell stones.

The entire Sky Dome Academy was in an uproar because of this pinned request.

Countless people rushed out of the canteen, classrooms, and dormitories, heading straight for the trading house.

……

In the VIP lounge on the second floor.

Su Chen leaned back on the soft leather sofa, looking down through the one-way glass at the students in the lobby on the first floor, whose faces were flushed with excitement.

In his view, the credits on his student card were being consumed at an alarming rate.

[Transaction successful: Gained 14 Class Skill Stones (Iron Grade), deducted 1400 Academic Points.]

[Transaction successful: Obtained 5 Silver-grade Professional Skill Stones, deducted 10000 Academic Points.]

[Transaction successful: Gained 2 Gold-grade Professional Skill Stones, deducted 30000 Academic Points.]

……

The beeping sounds came one after another, like a cash register jamming, frantically flooding my brain.

Sure enough, many people hoard skill stones and are reluctant to use them.

But a 20% premium was enough to make them give it all back.

At worst... we can just buy it back when the price stabilizes.

You can make a lot of money by going back and forth like this.

Su Chen took a sip of tea, and soon after, several students carried a large number of skill stones into the room.

"Junior Brother Su Chen, these are some skill stones."

They put the skill stones down, panting.

The colorful stones were piled up into several small hills.

"Oh well."

Su Chen stepped forward, grabbed a handful of the lowest-grade black iron skill stones, and used them without hesitation.

[Using one Advanced Skill Stone (Iron Grade), Awakening failed; no new skill was learned this time!]

……

The entire room was filled with bursts of light of various colors, as if someone had put on a crazy light show indoors.

If there were any outsiders here right now, they would definitely have a heart attack from Su Chen's extravagant spending.

Is this how skill stones are used?!

Even the scions of those powerful families, when learning skills using skill stones, would burn incense and bathe, find an absolutely quiet place, and even go to the temple outside the city to pray, for fear of wasting even the slightest opportunity.

Su Chen, on the other hand, was like someone eating candy, throwing hundreds and thousands of them into the system.

One million credits.

Two million credits.

Three million credits.

As credits were being consumed rapidly, students in the lobby on the first floor, eager to sell their credits, even started forming long queues in front of the trading terminals, pushing and shoving each other.

"Don't push! My silver-grade skill stone! What if Su Shen's fund pool runs out if we wait any longer!"

"Get out of the way! I just rushed back from outside the city by airship, and I have five silver coins in my bag!"

"This is insane! This is practically giving away academic credits! Just how many academic credits does Su Shen have?!"

"..."

Meanwhile, in the VIP room on the second floor.

Three of the skill stones in front of Su Chen were already empty, but he didn't even blink.

No wonder people from big families look down on independent players; even if the other party is a hidden profession, they still despise them.

The higher the rank of a hidden profession, the more expensive it is to acquire.

With the individual's own gold-farming ability, they really can't afford to support them.

Su Chen mentally complained, but his actions didn't stop at all.

His gaze swept over the several high-end items that had just been delivered on the conveyor belt, radiating a dazzling golden light and a faint dark golden luster.

[Job Skill Stone (Gold Grade) *3]

[Job Skill Stone (Dark Gold Grade) *1]

"Finally, some hard currency has arrived. These old foxes have finally decided to bring out their most treasured possessions."

Su Chen grabbed a few gold-grade skill stones.

[Using one Advanced Skill Stone (Gold Grade), Awakening failed; no new skill was learned this time!]

【…】

"I refuse to believe it!"

Without hesitation, Su Chen grabbed the only dark gold-grade skill stone on the table and crushed it with a sudden burst of strength.

boom!

The golden light did not dissipate as before, but instead transformed into a dense golden ball of light that surged violently within Su Chen's body, frantically merging into his limbs and bones.

In my mind, the system's cold, mechanical notification finally rang out.

[Using 1 Advanced Skill Stone (Dark Gold Grade), Awakening Successful! Learn the skill [Sinful Poisonous Soil]!]