pertwk Chapter 83 Upgrading Equipment
Chapter 83 Upgrading Equipment
Ten days later, at Wang's Pharmacy in the county town.
At the entrance of the pharmacy, Zhou Ye and Wang Zhengyu were bowing and saying goodbye. In the past few days, he had basically finished handling the follow-up matters of the hunting season.
Everything that needed to be sold has been sold. The herbs were given to Wang's Pharmacy, and the furs to He's Fur Shop. Although Zhou Ye no longer hunts wild animals, he sometimes picks out some of the more valuable ones he sees along the way.
As for the monster meat, one-third was given to Wang's Pharmacy, and the remaining two-thirds were given to the He family.
Therefore, Zhou Ye's pockets were now bulging again. He had 11 more 100-tael silver notes on him.
Besides, the He family and Wang Zhengyu were overjoyed to see so much monster meat.
He Jing of the He family immediately approved a quota of two mid-grade Qi and Blood Pills. Even Wang Zhengyu managed to get three through connections. Therefore, they now have 20 mid-grade Qi and Blood Pills on hand, enough to sustain their cultivation for more than half a year.
Like the low-grade Qi and Blood Pill, the mid-grade Qi and Blood Pill should ideally be taken only after a 10-day interval. However, each pill provides 20 experience points, totaling 60 points per month, which is double that of the low-grade Qi and Blood Pill.
There were also the family medical books passed down in the Wang family, including those of Wang Zhengyu. In the past few days, Zhou Ye had already finished reading those two medical books, and his intermediate-level poison skills had gained over 100 experience points…
Of course, after this hunting season ended, Zhou Ye decided to stay in the county town to rest until autumn and winter, and use these five months to improve his strength to another level.
First, there's the Minor Wind and Thunder Stake. With a mid-grade Qi and Blood Pill, several dozen kilograms of Heart Meat, and the 1 experience point every two days, I can gain 105 experience points per month. Even if I eat all the Heart Meat, the meat of a late-stage Qi Refining beast will still provide 10 points per month, which is 85 experience points.
Therefore, within these five months, all the acupoints on one's torso can be broken through, and the Small Wind and Thunder Stance can be perfected.
If things continue like this, I'll be able to break through to the Ming Jin level in another year. I won't even be 18 yet then; I'll at least be considered a young prodigy, right?
In terms of martial arts skills, what we urgently need right now is natural attribute points.
At all costs, level up Basic Hammer Strike to the maximum level first. At least gain 1 point of Nature attribute. If there's time, then max out Cloud Ladder.
Once the autumn and winter hunting season begins, try to max out the basic thrusting and cloud ladder skills by battling monsters.
Whether you use a knife or a gun, you're still hunting. The only difference is that it might be slightly less efficient.
This grants an additional 3 free attribute points. Furthermore, maxing out the Cloud Ladder also increases agility by 2, reaching an astonishing +13 agility.
Not long after, Zhou Ye arrived at the blacksmith's shop and met the blacksmith, Sun.
After this battle, Zhou Ye plans to upgrade his equipment.
Because Zhou Ye's thick-backed sword suddenly broke during the last battle, he was in a predicament of being unarmed for the time being.
Therefore, Zhou Ye decided that he would carry the Black Dragon Spear with him from now on, and also have a better battle sword made.
In this way, the three-piece set of sword, spear, and bow is the basic equipment of a soldier, isn't it? However, with this outfit, plus the intermediate-level military sword and shield skills, Zhou Ye looks more and more like someone from a military background.
"Old Sun, what's the best material you have here? I'd like to have a battle sword custom-made."
"The best is Black Black Steel, isn't it? The martial arts disciples in the inner city all love using it. I'll give you a discount, 60 taels. Come pick it up in a month."
Zhou Ye thought for a moment, and realized that the heavy swords and rapiers at the Falling Flower Martial Arts School seemed to use this kind of black steel. He nodded and said, "Bullshit! 40 taels."
"Then go find someone else. You've made your fortune and you're not even looking after your old brother?"
"Where did I get rich?"
"You're even using Dark Essence Steel now, and you're still saying you don't have money?"
"Alright, alright! 50 taels at most. But I have a set of chainmail here that I need you to repair."
"Holy crap! It seems like doing business with you is just a step away from getting my whole family beheaded!"
"I'm not wearing it in the county town. What are you worried about?"
"Ah Ye, you don't want to say that it was a wild animal that damaged it for you."
"Damn it! You know what it's like in the mountains. People are scarier than wild animals!"
"Huh? You believe me? No bargaining, 100 taels for both items. Repairing chainmail is particularly troublesome. I'll have my husband do it secretly."
"Alright! I understand, here's 90 taels for you."
"Huh? Wasn't it 100 taels?"
"It's only 90 taels. What are we brothers arguing about?"
"How can you not care? That's ten taels! Ten taels of silver—!"
"hehe."
"..."
At this moment, Zhou Ye was unaware that he had actually entered a luxurious mode of martial arts training.
They can guarantee a sufficient supply of mid-grade Qi and Blood Pills. They also have at least a large quantity of low-grade Qi and Blood Pills. Their daily diet consists of the prized meat of demonic beasts. Even ordinary demonic beast meat, they won't touch low-level ones; they'll only eat meat from demonic beasts at the late-stage of the Qi Refining realm.
Even scions of powerful families struggle to obtain such top-tier resources. Perhaps his only weakness is his poor natural talent?
Interestingly, because he stopped eating even regular meat, his neighbors in the outer city misunderstood, thinking he was living a miserable life. This actually helped him maintain his "poor" persona...
However, today Zhou Ye returned to his home at the dock. It was relatively convenient to practice martial arts there, and there were few outsiders who would disturb him.
The first martial arts techniques Zhou Ye learned were the two new ones he'd acquired from the martial arts school. Regardless of whether he practiced them recently, he at least needed to register them on his character panel: Wind and Thunder Spear (Third-rate): Not yet mastered (0/10); Immaculate Glazed Skill (Second-rate): Not yet mastered (0/10)
"what?"
Zhou Ye was taken aback when he saw the content that appeared on the panel. Shouldn't he have started practicing from the basics? Like the second-rate martial art Wind and Thunder Spear, starting with a third-rate martial art?
But the Immaculate Glazed Skill directly showed up as "second-rate"? How did it suddenly skip over "third-rate"?
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Ye roughly guessed the reason—because among third-rate martial arts techniques, there was already the Bull Tempering Technique, so the Immaculate Glazed Skill skipped directly to second-rate. Once the Bull Tempering Technique reached its maximum level, it could be directly integrated into the Immaculate Glazed Skill. That could be considered laying a solid foundation…right?
At this moment, Zhou Ye suddenly discovered a loophole? If he integrated the Savage Bull Tempering Technique, he wouldn't need those 2 free attribute points. But if he used the "+" upgrade, he would need to use them? Wouldn't this save 2 free attribute points?
But then I thought, the control panel is a perfectionist; it inherently hates mistakes. Perhaps upgrading the core martial arts technique will solidify the foundation, while incorporating other techniques won't be as effective. That's the difference between two free attribute points.
Don't worry about so much, just trust the panel. Its obsessive-compulsive nature means it will never make a mistake.