Until the end of the second day of the competition.

Lin Yi still hadn't really fought anyone.

Not only that, later in the day, the event officials even issued a notice.

"Notice on the Group Adjustment of Xia's Team Captain Lin Yi"

Stripped of its preamble and official jargon, the notice basically announced Lin Yi's promotion from the lower group to the top 16.

That's right, they didn't even promote him to the higher group first; he was directly pre-selected into the top 16.

In the past, such a move in a large international competition, even in some Cup held anywhere, would have been met with outrage from spectators.

And subsequently labeled as a second-rate competition.

But when news of Lin Yi's adjustment broke,

the comments section was filled with reactions like "understandable" and "reasonable."

The ones really having complaints were mostly audiences outside of Xia.

And the moment someone dared to comment something like unfair or rigged,

there would be Xia audiences immediately firing back, mocking them based on IP and nationality.

If your player was really that awesome, why did he just stand there like an ostrich when Lin Yi called him out?

"So, no need to participate in the next two days' matches? Awesome!"

Lying on the bed, Lin Yi chatted idly with Nangong Ling.

"Yeah, how's this different from being banned!"

"Count your blessings, don't whine when you've got a good deal."

"Promoted directly to the top 16—they wore me out getting to the top 16 when I competed!"

"For now just enjoy watching your teammates compete and then there's a surprise waiting for you."

"I'm heading for a shower; talk later."

Lin Yi turned off his phone, but the next moment, it vibrated.

Picking it up, Lin Yi was dumbfounded.

"Your bank account ending in 4396 received an international transfer of 300,000,000 Blue Star Coins on August 28, transaction balance 357,101,359.27 [Xia Bank]."

Oh, wow!

Is this the surprise Nangong Ling was talking about??

This must be part of the 1.2 billion I won earlier.

Never thought Nangong Ling would transfer it to me so quickly.

Well, I should say, this money wasn't transferred through her directly to me.

Judging by the international transaction, she must have operated something and cleared any suspicion before transferring it to me.

Lin Yi suddenly felt revitalized.

In his previous life, he was an ordinary worker, and the balance in his account rarely even broke the ten thousand mark.

In this life, although even a day's earnings from hard work count by the millions,

the gap between millions and billions is still vast.

Moreover, after accounting for the exchange rate, combined with previous savings, the balance in his account was over 350 million!

A sudden windfall truly could make one overjoyed.

After thinking it over, Lin Yi's rationality told him to use this money to buy skill books, equipment, or rare materials for maximum benefit.

But having this much money all of a sudden and not spending it at all made him feel uncomfortable.

Opening the talent interface, Lin Yi glanced at how many skill points he could earn per day by idling.

Normally, in a full 24 hours, he would gain 86,400 points.

Now with the effect of the Tier Eight Light Wing Blessing, plus some title stacking, Lin Yi now earned 126,654 skill points just by idling each day.

So one round of 10 consecutive purchases, including a bonus day, would net him 1,393,191 points.

[Purchasing idle rewards once costs: 865,000 Xia Coins]

With past purchases, the price for a single purchase was also nearing the million level.

Ding dong～

The phone buzzed with a new message.

"Did you receive the surprise I sent you?"

Lin Yi picked up his phone and replied: "How about we talk face-to-face?"

"No need, our communication mode is Shenxiao's exclusive encrypted channel, the Professional Youth Competition's official team can't intercept our chat logs."

Lin Yi was secretly relieved at these words.

He couldn't bear the thought of his newly-acquired 350 million disappearing just like that due to some recklessness.

"Received it, how did you manage to sort it out so quickly?"

"(crying emoji) Because I eventually did some money laundering…"

"Conventional laundering methods, if the event officials investigate, they can easily trace it back. Do you know how I laundered it for you?"

"How did you do it?"

"Hehe, I had someone post a 300 million Blue Star Coins bounty for an assassination on the dark web."

"The assassination target was a traitorous dog we at Shenxiao Reapers were planning to eliminate anyway."

"Now that dog is dead, and the bounty is transferred to you through the dark web."

"Meanwhile, I claimed the original reward from Shenxiao, hehe."

"All it took was paying a small commission to the laundering group handling the trick."

"Of course, I only had to use a bit of illusion techniques to make them believe I paid them and then erase their memory."

Lin Yi was dumbfounded after reading it.

This kind of operation actually exists?!

Come to think of it, once the dark web is involved, the officials organizing the event likely can't pursue it further.

Moreover, those who executed the plan had their memories erased.

Nangong Ling was also making a fortune, essentially getting a mission reward for free.

Genius!

"Brilliant! Simply brilliant! (thumbs up emoji)"

"Heehee, even I admire my clever little brain. For the remaining 900 million, I'm planning to use this method as well."

"If it doesn't work out, I'll think of another way, don't worry!"

After chatting with Nangong Ling for a bit more, Lin Yi bailed.

Women, they only slow down my speed in distributing points!

After ending the chat with Nangong Ling, Lin Yi opened up the talent interface.

Looking at the 350 million in his account.

Spending spree, activate!

[Purchasing idle rewards 10 times costs 11,673,000 Xia Coins, confirm purchase?]

Yes!

[Purchasing idle rewards 10 times costs 16,398,000 Xia Coins, confirm purchase?]

Yes!

Lin Yi went ahead and bought 50 idle rewards.

Spending over 80 million Xia Coins netted him nearly 7 million skill points; combined with the remainder, Lin Yi's skill point balance has now broken the 8 million mark.

Fire, wind, thunder, light, ice, death, gravity.

The seven schools of magic Lin Yi mastered, including the ice and wind schools not yet advanced to Forbidden Curse, required a total of 9 million skill points.

Hmm, short by 1 million, then keep spending!

Spending another 22 million Xia Coins, Lin Yi purchased 10 more idle rewards.

He finally had enough skill points!

Tonight, he intended to complete his goal of spreading Divergent Forbidden Curses!

But first, Lin Yi planned to level up the Forbidden Curses of ice and wind schools.

[Costing 1 million skill points, your Ice Age advanced to gain a new magic: Forbidden Curse: Land of Deathly Silence!]

[Costing 500,000 skill points, your Thunderous Wave Thousand Mist Break advanced to gain a new magic: Wind-Binding Celestial Spin!]

[Costing 1 million skill points, your Vacuum advanced to gain a new magic: Forbidden Curse: Typhoon!]

For the time being, Lin Yi did not plan to advance the fewer-used Forbidden Curses of ice and wind further to Divergent Forbidden Curse level.

However, the ninth-tier magic of the wind school truly impressed Lin Yi.

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