Chapter 129: A Bountiful Harvest (Please Subscribe)

Inside the camp hut.

Du En returned here smoothly, silently staying alert while waiting, and began to organize his spoils in an orderly fashion.

Piece by piece, the second-tier jade slips were master copies of mid-grade cultivation techniques and mid-grade spells, accounting for about thirty percent of the inventory records; that Zhao Jinlin carried them on his person at all times shows just how greedy and corrupt he was!

However, while jade slips are small and easy to carry, other things are not.

The Shrink-Storage Technique is not the same as a storage bag; it requires constant maintenance, and the larger, heavier, and higher-grade the object, the more mana it consumes to shrink, so the other items on Zhao Jinlin's person were chosen to be the best possible.

There were three second-tier high-grade magical artifacts: a hammer, a blade, and a shield.

There were eighty talismans of four types, all of them second-tier high-grade.

Having adjusted his daily grind-training schedule, Du En immediately threw himself into cultivation.

"Fine, fine, fine! A fine 'no time'! I've already given you the opportunity; if you don't want it yourself, then don't blame me!"

But now, he was instantly back to full health and could maintain a state of all-out grind-training!

Du En nodded silently, feeling satisfied, and sorted them away.

Although doing this would destroy the storage bag, it could also retrieve some of the items hidden within.

The remaining half of the dark night passed quickly.

Ever since this guy was rebuffed by Du En using the manpower issue, he hadn't come to be an eyesore again; clearly, he was still wary of the consequences, and fearing that he might be unable to stop himself from attacking upon seeing that detestable face, he simply chose not to see him.

Using a tone of condescension and placing himself on the moral high ground, Yu Jian spoke quite matter-of-factly.

He took a look at the cultivation techniques and found that although they were all mid-grade of the same tier, they were still quite inferior to the Firm Spirit Technique; if one had to be precise, it was the difference between superior and inferior, and the Firm Spirit Technique could even be considered the best of its tier.

Early morning.

Now that there was so much to fill the gaps, things seemed quite ample, so he could correspondingly reduce some of the time spent going out to search for spiritual items; by refining this down to every day, he could squeeze out more time for grind-training.

A person appeared in front of Du En in a rush.

Finally, he took out those two first-tier storage bags.

Anyway, since this stuff couldn't be sold and couldn't be used by himself, he didn't feel bad about messing with it.

As for the spells, although he had obtained many, Du En knew well the principle that one cannot digest too much at once.

There were also nearly ten types of precious second-tier high-grade spiritual materials for artifact refining, nearly ten types of rare second-tier high-grade spiritual medicines suitable for both alchemy and cooking, plus a small pouch containing a total of seventy-eight mid-grade spirit stones.

The grade of the spiritual items was decent; whether used as auxiliary materials for artifact refining or for cooking, he could use them now.

Therefore, he could keep the other spells at twenty repetitions per day, while for these two added spells, he could practice each eighteen times a day to accumulate two points of proficiency.

Or rather, there wasn't enough time!

If there could be twenty-four double-hours in a day, that would be even better!

"Let's go with the superior versions of the Sand-Raising Technique and the Earth Armor Technique; once those are fully grinded out, I'll pick others to practice based on actual needs."

First, cast the Earth Armor Technique to create several layers of armor to cover himself, then, based on his own attainments in artifact refining, force it open destructively!

Since the previous provocation and baiting didn't make him run over to die, then this time, with no one around and the residence being quite remote, if he dared to make a move, he would drag him into the hut and blow his head off.

"The proficiency gain for the same technique is halved, and the proficiency gain for the same spell is halved; it only takes nine times to accumulate one point, so calculating it this way..."

Pfft! Pfft!

Two muffled sounds passed from within the Earth Armor, and then a clattering sound began to emerge, lifting up the several layers of heavy Earth Armor that were covering him.

There weren't many medicinal pills; presumably, Zhao Jinlin basically ate them as he got them, and since they were within reach and safe in the warehouse, he only had one bottle for cultivation and two for recovery on his person, which wouldn't add many points to Du En's accumulation.

Since there was actually quite a lot of monster meat stockpiled as the main ingredient for cooking—after all, a second-tier monster easily weighed ten thousand or tens of thousands of catties—what he had been lacking were various auxiliary materials.

While Du En was speculating, he began to take inventory.

Although he was hoping that Du En would refuse, seeing Du En actually dare to refuse, Yu Jian still couldn't help but be consumed by rage.

He raised his eyes to glance outside and swept his divine sense around in a circle.

There were sixty-eight thousand seven hundred and ten low-grade spirit stones.

And then, in the subtle details of his gaze, was he actually still hoping for Du En to refuse?

Something is wrong!

Linking this to the situation where the camp leader, Xiang Tao, suddenly got involved last night, as well as some clues in the camp recently, Du En was immediately thoughtful, then shook his head, maintaining his true self: "No time."

Just like how there is a difference between the simplified and full versions of the Artifact Control Technique.

Yet he came over today... Du En was not surprised, because Zhao Jinlin's harm to others happened just last night, and Xiang Tao's attitude at that time indicated that it was fine for one or two new patrol guards to die during this period, so it was very normal and understandable for this guy to follow suit after hearing about it.

Ren Li had been very attentive back then; it was likely a technique transferred from where he came from.

At the same time, He Bo hadn't sought anyone else to take action so far, so his connections here were likely only Zhao Jinlin.

Du En checked them one by one, sorted them, and speculated on the mindset of the deceased based on the reality of the situation.

【Spell: Flying Sand Technique (Slightly Accomplished 0/1000)】

Or rather, these two low-grade spells were originally weakened versions of them.

"Because the technique is clumsy and my artifact refining attainments are not high enough, I can only salvage at most thirty percent, but there is still so much, even though it can't be used here in the camp... Selling the loot through He Bo's channels?"

Thus, Du En only kept two jade slips on hand and put all the others into the storage bag.

The situation seemed favorable, so Du En continued to look at the jade slips.

It was the same as before; it was enough to keep some of these things as spares, and if they weren't enough, he would find ways to greedily take more; the warehouse wouldn't run away anyway.

Until now, no one had come to trouble him; it seemed Zhao Jinlin really hadn't blabbed, truly wanting to keep it all for himself.

The spiritual medicines and materials were basically all first-tier peak-grade, totaling three hundred and forty-eight items.

Yu Jian didn't know yet that Du En was already arranging his own method of death.

Yu Jian!

As for the spirit stones, in order to maintain the consumption of spiritual meals, he had long since used up all his low-grade spirit stones, and even the mid-grade spirit stones were down to only fourteen.

One can tell from the names that they are of the same lineage as the Sand-Raising and Earth Armor techniques.

However, this old patrol guard, who was still struggling to seek a breakthrough, didn't want to attack triumphantly and arrogantly; instead, he stood with his hands tucked in, a cold sneer on his face, and spoke from a position of superiority: "Paralyzed-face kid, it's been a while, hasn't it!"

Du En adjusted his daily spell practice once more based on the actual situation.

If there were no accidents, he would soon face a situation of being downgraded and running out of supplies.

First-rank spiritual medicine!

First-rank spiritual materials!

Various items were piled up in the storehouse, and since they were of little use at the outpost camp, Zhao Jinlin usually dared to embezzle them wantonly, always carrying two bags of first-rank items on him, which were now piled directly into a heap.

"Heh! You actually still remember me, the senior who worked so hard to show you the ropes. Since that's the case, I'll give you a chance; I've been a bit busy lately, so you go patrol the grounds for me!"

【Spell: Earth Armor Technique (Small Accomplishment 0/1000)】

Balancing all sides like this now, his daily schedule was already arranged clearly, and any slight accident would require him to scramble to make up for it, leaving him with almost no spare energy.

Low-grade spirit stones!

These two jade slips, one is the Flying Sand Technique, and the other is the Earth Armor Technique.

"It has been a while."

Therefore, Du En only used half the night to successfully complete the transition and cultivation of them, relying on his previous foundation.

However, he ultimately suppressed his anger, and after throwing down this sentence, he left the area in a hurry with a trace of cruel mockery in his eyes, as if to make room for something.

Du En's eyelids lowered slightly, and after pondering in place for a moment, just as he was about to leave to go on patrol, another person came to visit this corner of the camp where few people usually came.

(End of this chapter)