I Live Forever With My Proficiency

Chapter 6: Nine to Five

After bidding farewell to He Xianxiang, Chen Ping returned home to continue grinding his experience points.

The nine-to-five lifestyle is a kind of happiness.

But if there were a proficiency panel, then the nine-to-five would be an even greater happiness.

I love my work, work brings me joy.

Not just today, but also in the coming days.

During these few days, Chen Ping helped the senior He Xianxiang sell meat during the day, and in his spare time and at night, he practiced his proficiency indoors.

His "Micro-Wind Nine Swords" had already reached the sixth form of perfection, but he had been unable to enter the seventh form, hitting a bottleneck here.

So he didn't continue practicing.

During this time, while Chen Ping was selling meat, he took out his panel during his free time.

[Name: Chen Ping.]

[Lifespan: 22/71.]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining (First Layer): 29/100.]

[Technique: Evergreen Technique (Introductory Level): 34/100.]

[Spell: Micro-Wind Nine Swords (Sixth Form): 1000/1000.]

[Skills: Dissection (Expert): 234/1000. Cooking (Proficient): 162/1000.]

Cultivation mainly relies on practicing techniques.

But during this time, he hadn't found a clear rule for allocating points.

The only thing he could do was to continue practicing techniques.

During these few days, his cultivation had increased slightly, from 25 to 29.

"My aptitude is really mediocre, no wonder the original owner has been stuck at the first layer of Qi Refining for so many years, and it's still a long way from the second layer."

"That's all I can do. There's no need to rush, just practice slowly. What's meant to come will come."

"I'm only 22 years old, I still have 49 years of lifespan."

Chen Ping thought to himself.

"Thanks to you these past few days, business has been booming. But we won't have a source of meat tomorrow, so you don't need to come."

He Xianxiang's voice brought Chen Ping back from his thoughts.

He Xianxiang only sells meat and rarely hunts beasts himself. He gets his meat from beast hunters and acts as a middleman to make a profit from the price difference.

If the beast hunters don't have any harvest, he has to close down.

Chen Ping nodded, "That's fine, I also have some things to take care of tomorrow."

He planned to learn leatherworking tomorrow.

Not because it would interfere with selling meat, but because it was part of his plan.

During this time of selling meat, he had raised his Dissection skill to over 200 points, making his skills more proficient.

This was the skill of dissecting beasts.

It was also a killing technique.

It could be extremely effective in close combat with enemies.

If he didn't sell meat, he wouldn't have enough money to buy so much Demonic Beast meat to practice with at home.

In addition, Chen Ping had also perfected the sixth form of "Micro-Wind Nine Swords".

The "Dissection" skill and "Micro-Wind Nine Swords":

One focused on close combat.

The other focused on slightly ranged attacks.

A perfect combination.

With these two skills and spells, even if he encountered a cultivator at the third layer of Qi Refining, he wouldn't be afraid.

It's different here compared to the West District of Cloud Link City, where he only needed to wear a Ning Mansion badge and go out with his colleagues, so he didn't have to worry about being robbed.

But here, he had to have enough means to protect himself when going out, to give himself a bit of confidence.

"I'm sorry for keeping you for so many days, old man," He Xianxiang apologized.

Chen Ping smiled, "Senior, it's nothing. This little favor is nothing, and besides, you paid me for my help."

Even if He Xianxiang didn't pay him, Chen Ping would still be happy to help him sell meat.

Back then, when he was in Ning Mansion, he received a lot of help from He Xianxiang.

Now it was time to give back.

People are selfish and self-interested. When it comes to life and death, he believes he would prioritize himself without hesitation. But in non-dangerous situations, it's necessary to be grateful.

Otherwise, what's the difference between him and a salted fish?

"It seems like there's quite a bit of competition in your meat-selling business. There are four meat shops in this district alone, and it seems like one of them isn't getting along with you," Chen Ping casually remarked.

During these few days, he had observed and noticed this. One of the meat sellers would occasionally cast a disdainful glance at He Xianxiang.

Because of this, when Chen Ping sold meat himself, he didn't shout or show off his knife skills, but sold meat honestly.

He was afraid of getting involved in He Xianxiang's enemies.

Speaking of this topic, He Xianxiang opened up.

It turned out that among the four meat sellers, three of them were not worth mentioning, each running their own business and having nothing to do with each other.

But one of them was operated by three big men.

Not a good situation.

The leader is a bearded man, and the other two are one skinny and one fat, they are two little brothers.

A few years ago, the bearded man's older brother was the head guest of a monk family in the western district, and he had a high position, which made the bearded man quite arrogant and domineering.

The bearded man has done a lot of other businesses in recent years and has had conflicts with many merchants in the market, but in the end, these merchants all backed down.

This guy has a bad temper and follows a principle:

Opportunities are fought for, if someone hinders us, we will... let my brother handle it.

There was even a time when he fought with his own source of goods, a beast-hunting cultivator, stomping on the cultivator's arm and shouting, roughly translated as:

"You hunt a beast, and it's either windy or rainy. Are you targeting me?"

Quite arrogant.

He also had conflicts with He Xianxiang.

Later, his older brother, who was a guest in a big family, unexpectedly died, so he became more restrained.

"Now this kid is honest, and his character has become more restrained," He Xianxiang said casually.

Chen Ping shook his head secretly.

Not necessarily.

He had secretly paid attention to that bearded man before, and he still had a fierce look on his face. During the meat-selling period, he even occasionally observed He Xianxiang.

A person's character doesn't change so easily.

Chen Ping asked, "What is their cultivation level?"

"The leader is said to have reached the second level of Qi Refining, about to reach the third level. The two little brothers are both at the first level of Qi Refining," He Xianxiang said.

Oh.

No wonder they became more restrained.

Their cultivation level is low.

Wait.

What qualifications do I have to mock them?

My cultivation level is even lower.

When Chen Ping returned home from the market, he brought a roll of raw leather and bought some talismans and inexpensive short swords on the way home, and then went home.

Putting cultivation aside, he cooked a pot of Demonic Beast meat porridge for himself.

Cultivation is important, but life should also be savored.

The Spirit Rice and Demonic Beast meat in this world are not ordinary things. The Spirit Rice is plump and radiant, and the Demonic Beast meat is fragrant and chewy.

With good ingredients and the exquisite cooking skills of someone who has lived two lives.

A bowl of ordinary Demonic Beast meat porridge is fragrant and makes one salivate.

Chen Ping enjoyed his meal.

After being full and satisfied, Chen Ping took out the items he had bought today and counted his belongings.

[One long sword.

Four short swords.

A beast-killing knife that can be used to cut grass.

31 cleaning talismans.

61 fire-starting talismans.

6 soundproofing talismans.

1 evil-warding talisman.

A roll of raw leather for practicing talisman-making.

A book called "Micro-Wind Nine Swords."

A book called "Evergreen Technique Cultivation Guide."

153 Low Grade spirit stones.

122 taels of gold.

Over 200 taels of silver.]

That's it.

These are all his belongings apart from food, household items, and daily necessities.

There's no need to elaborate on the weapons.

The cleaning talismans, fire-starting talismans, and soundproofing talismans are all low-grade talismans, and the base material is paper. For example, a cleaning talisman can be bought with 30 Low Grade spirit stones, and the fire-starting talisman is even cheaper.

The evil-warding talisman is something he just bought, one Low Grade spirit stone for one.

It's quite expensive.

This talisman is the base material for making talisman skins. He bought it to observe and learn, to guide the practice of talisman-making techniques.

As for money.

There are only 153 Low Grade spirit stones and some gold and silver left.

"I'll keep 100 of these 153 Low Grade spirit stones as a reserve. They say every penny is hard to come by, in case of any emergency, I can still help out. "

"Unless it's absolutely necessary, I can't easily use this reserve."

"In that case, I only have 53 Low Grade spirit stones that I can use."

"Really..., I can't buy anything!"

Chen Ping touched these Low Grade spirit stones and vaguely felt the pressure to make money.

Can't just sit back and do nothing.

(End of this chapter)