I Live Forever With My Proficiency

Chapter 16: Overnight Wealth (Part 2)

Chen Ping carefully reviewed the entire process of selling talisman skins, being cautious and not showing off or being ostentatious.

He didn't reveal any wealth either.

From this perspective, it seems that the other party judged that he was the lamb to be slaughtered based on his behavior, demeanor, or attire.

This is something that cannot be guarded against.

Indeed, cultivation level is the best defense.

In today's encounter, for a moment, he even prepared himself for losing money and getting rid of disaster. The small bag he gave away contained only a dozen or so spirit stones, so the loss wasn't significant.

But they still took his sword.

That sword isn't valuable.

But he has used that sword for several years, and it bears his personal marks, even the marks of Ning Mansion.

Once it is taken away, the villains will identify him as a lamb that can be continuously exploited. As long as they have the intention, they can trace it back to him through that sword.

That would be endless trouble.

These two Qi Refining cultivators must be killed.

There is no room for negotiation.

Fortunately, the market today is very crowded, with a mix of people. Even if the two of them die, it is unlikely that suspicion will fall on him.

After Chen Ping figured out all of this, he realized that he had become much calmer.

Compared to the first time he killed someone, this time was obviously less nervous.

"Is this what they mean by practice makes perfect?"

"I never expected that a working-class person like me, who has never witnessed violence in my previous life, would now be accustomed to drawing a sword and killing."

"The environment really can change a person."

This is probably why so many people in the future scramble to buy properties near prestigious schools.

However.

Having a low cultivation level is the original sin.

Chen Ping touched his arm, which still had a bloody hole caused by the flick of a dark-skinned cultivator's spiritual power.

Even though his sword was fast and he fought up close to prevent the opponent from using long-range spiritual attacks, he still got scratched once.

"I need to find a way to improve my cultivation level when I go back this time, otherwise I'll be too passive," Chen Ping made up his mind.

Back at home, he closed the doors and windows.

Chen Ping calculated his gains for the day.

He sold 62 pieces of talisman skin, earning 8 spirit stones and some gold.

Previously, he had bought 500 pieces of raw leather from Zhang Zheng, costing him 5 spirit stones.

In two months, he earned 3 spirit stones.

At first glance, it didn't seem profitable.

But Chen Ping knew that during this period, his main focus was on practice, and the initial failure rate was too high, resulting in a low output of talisman skins.

But now his talisman-making skills had reached the level of "mastery".

Based on the skills demonstrated in the last period, it was no problem to make two excellent talisman skins from one piece of raw leather on average.

During that period, he worked on 500 pieces of raw leather in two months.

Of course, during that time, his main task was to improve his proficiency in talisman-making, so he spent more time on making talisman skins.

Next, he would focus on cultivation and no longer need to rely on this money-making skill.

Two pieces of raw leather a day would suffice.

With 2 pieces of raw leather, he could produce 4 talisman skins, which would be 120 talisman skins in a month.

Calculating at 8 talisman skins per spirit stone, he could earn 15 spirit stones.

After deducting the cost of less than one spirit stone for the raw leather, he could still earn at least 14 spirit stones.

"That's enough, at least a worry-free life," he thought.

His main living expenses now were Spirit Rice, Demonic Beast meat, and rent, which amounted to about 6 spirit stones per month. In this way, he could still have a surplus of 8 spirit stones per month.

In a year, he could have a surplus of 96 spirit stones, in ten years it would be 960, and in a hundred years...

Counting the long term!

Isn't this better than the days at Ning Mansion?

Having plenty of free time for cultivation and still making money.

This is only calculated based on the conversion rate of 2 liang of fur per sheet. When the fur skill upgrades to 'Late Stage Mastery' or even 'Expert' level, the conversion rate will be higher, the quality will be better, and the revenue will be higher.

By doing this calculation, Chen Ping feels relieved.

"It has been over three months since I moved out of Ning Mansion, and I finally solved the problem of survival."

"No longer in a state of relying solely on others."

The difficulty of survival in the Divine and Mysterious World -1.

Feasibility of achieving longevity +1.

No, feasibility of Foundation Building +1.

Chen Ping put away the spiritual stones earned today and poured out all the items he had obtained from the two dark cultivators.

There are quite a lot.

Another overnight fortune.

Chen Ping sorted and organized these items, and then counted them.

[2 short swords.

3 books.

19 clean talismans.

61 ignition talismans.

6 wind-listening talismans.

7 evil-avoiding talismans.

459 Low Grade spiritual stones.

51 liang of gold.

Several pieces of silver.]

First, Chen Ping played with the two short swords. One of them turned out to be a Rank One Low Grade magic sword.

This surprised him greatly.

He didn't expect his first Law Weapon to be obtained like this.

Rank One Low Grade magic swords are not cheap. Usually, it takes five or six Middle Grade spiritual stones to buy one.

Of course, this is a short sword, so it will be slightly cheaper.

"But, a short sword is good. I happen to need a short sword Law Weapon." Chen Ping excitedly played with it for a while.

After the long sword was taken by the dark cultivator today, he relied on the short sword hidden in his sleeve to turn the tide. If he hadn't prepared in advance and hidden a few short swords, he would have been even more passive today.

Short swords are good things.

Short magic swords are even better.

Chen Ping put down the short swords and continued to look at the three books. None of them were books he was interested in, so he put them aside to sell later.

7 evil-avoiding talismans are worth 7 spiritual stones.

6 wind-listening talismans are not valuable, but these talismans can be used personally. They can be placed in certain places as a warning. As long as someone touches it, it will be triggered and make a wind chime-like sound.

In addition, there are 459 Low Grade spiritual stones, which is quite a lot.

Chen Ping originally had 288 spiritual stones. He consumed 15 of them while staying at home for the past two months, plus today's income and unexpected gains.

The number of spiritual stones suddenly reached 740.

It's a sudden fortune.

Even after deducting 200 reserve stones, he still has 540 disposable spiritual stones.

No need to worry about spiritual stones for now.

Next is cultivation.

Today's battle made him realize how fatal the gap in cultivation can be. Even though he has already mastered the sixth form of the Gentle Breeze Technique to an extremely rare level, and because of the continuous improvement in proficiency, his sixth form is much stronger than other cultivators' sixth form, he still ended up injured.

This is the gap in cultivation.

"I must improve my cultivation. Everything else is just empty talk."

"But my realm is improving too slowly."

"I need to come up with some ideas!"

Lying in bed at night, Chen Ping gradually had an idea.

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