Chapter 149

After a long while, Wang Ping'an heavily exhaled a breath of foul air, the excitement on his face gradually subsiding.

He never expected that besides gaining the skill Earth Escape Technique, he would also obtain earth attribute and earth attribute resistance, something he never imagined.

He speculated that if he were to obtain the other four techniques of the Five Elements Escape Arts, he would similarly gain the other four attributes and their resistances.

"I originally thought I would go to Jiu tou shan ji shi after a few days, but it seems impossible; I'll draw more talismans later, go to the market to find that fox demon and exchange for some spirit stones, then buy back the other four escape techniques!"

Wang Ping'an suppressed the agitation in his heart, opened his eyes, and only heard a crisp "Crack!"—the jade slip he held in his hand and placed on his forehead shattered into pieces and fell to the ground.

It did not surprise him.

When purchasing the "Five Elements Escape Arts—Earth Escape Technique", the shop assistant had already explained in detail that the jade slip is single-use and cannot be used continuously.

Those who make money selling techniques and cultivation methods—how could they possibly let others take advantage?

Just as Wang Ping'an was about to move his thoughts and take another jade slip from his storage bag, waves of fatigue surged like a tide.

"Indeed, whether remotely controlling paper people or manipulating sword qi, the consumption of spirit power is enormous; even though my spirit power now reaches over ten or twenty points, it's still not enough—so the idea of purchasing a cultivation method for spirit power is correct!"

Wang Ping'an said thoughtfully.

Afterwards.

Wang Ping'an could no longer resist; the fatigue spreading like a tide, he didn't want to resist either—sleeping was the best way for him to recover his exhausted spirit power at present.

Not long after.

He fell into a wonderful beautiful dream.

"Ping'an, why have you slept so long? Won't something happen?"

"Dongzhu, you girl, always talking nonsense—how could our Ping'an possibly have something wrong? Daozhang Xuanqing said it too—our Ping'an is healthy, how could anything happen?"

Tiny sounds rang in his ears, waking Wang Ping'an's consciousness from endless darkness; he instinctively opened his eyes and saw only the side of his baby crib.

His mother and grandmother stood there, speaking while keeping an eye on him.

When they saw him wake up, both his mother and grandmother were very happy.

At that moment, a surge of hunger rose like a tide; Wang Ping'an opened his mouth, about to wail loudly, his mother Liu Dongzhu, as if anticipating it, picked him up from the baby crib and spoke softly:

"Ping'an, are you hungry?"

While speaking, Liu Dongzhu unfastened her clothing and stuffed the granary into Wang Ping'an's mouth as he gulped down milk.

Zhang Guihua asked doubtfully: "Dongzhu, Ping'an just woke up and didn't even cry—how did you know he was hungry?"

"Mother, you don't know—our Ping'an is a big eater; every time he wakes up, he nurses, and it's not just once or twice!"

Liu Dongzhu laughed.

"Being able to eat is a blessing!"

Zhang Guihua's face beamed with happiness as she said: "Why don't you look at how Ping'an can grow so white and chubby?"

"Ding! You have obtained Growth Energy +1!"

"Ding! You have obtained Growth Energy +1!"

"Ding! You have obtained Growth Energy +1!"

……

Wang Ping'an heard a series of mechanical sounds in his mind; with multitasking, a thought moved, his consciousness entered the World Pearl, he casually reached out, and three storage bags flew over, landing in his palm.

As Wang Ping'an was about to take something from the storage bag, out of the corner of his eye he saw the rice in the World Pearl nearly ripe, and a look of joy appeared on his face again.

It won't be long before he has a harvest; he just doesn't know whether the rice cultivated by skill will have different effects—aside from filling the stomach, whether it will also strengthen the physique.

He used two skill charges on the rice again: planting and the skill of nurturing seedlings.

Afterward.

Wang Ping'an looked contentedly at the rice whose growth effect became increasingly evident, withdrew his gaze, and with a thought a jade slip appeared in his palm.

It was the other jade slip among the two he had bought at Jiu tou shan ji shi!

Wang Ping'an placed the jade slip on his forehead, and instantly a foreign consciousness appeared in his mind.

"Ding! You have obtained the cultivation method Spirit Nurturing Technique; congratulations on receiving the reward: Technique: Spirit Nurturing Technique 【Entry Level】!"

A mechanical, cold voice sounded in his mind; Wang Ping'an was about to cultivate, checking what reward the Spirit Nurturing Technique might give.

He recalled that the current Spirit Nurturing Technique was only at entry level, and its effects when cultivated were not very obvious.

"Ding! You spent 10 points of Merit to upgrade the technique Spirit Nurturing Technique, Entry → Proficient!"

"Ding! You spent 100 points of Merit to upgrade the technique Spirit Nurturing Technique, Proficient → Mastery!"

This novel you have reached

After Wang Ping'an consecutively upgraded the Spirit Nurturing Technique to mastery level, he immediately began cultivating it.

"Ding! You have successfully cultivated one round of the Spirit Nurturing Technique; congratulations on receiving the reward: Spirit Power +1!"

Time passed unnoticed; just as Wang Ping'an was cultivating the Spirit Nurturing Technique selflessly, not long after, a mechanical, cold voice sounded in his mind, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

These days, whether controlling flying swords, manipulating paper people, or using the Beast Taming skill and the Pet's Eye skill, even the Pet's Ear skill……

This let him clearly know the benefits brought by Spirit Power.

Now cultivating the Spirit Nurturing Technique, one round yields a reward of Spirit Power +1; with further practice, let alone breaking a hundred, even breaking a thousand Spirit Power is no problem.

"Why not upgrade the Spirit Nurturing Technique to Cultivation?"

Wang Ping'an said thoughtfully.

This time, slaying two Evil Cultivators earned him two thousand Merit, enough for him to upgrade two skills to Cultivation.

"Ding! You spent 1000 points of Merit to upgrade the technique Spirit Nurturing Technique, Mastery → Minor Completion!"

A mechanical, cold voice sounded in his mind; Wang Ping'an had no hesitation and directly upgraded the Spirit Nurturing Technique, for Spirit Power is his current most important asset.

Powerful Spirit Power is enough for him to do many, many things!

Afterwards.

Wang Ping'an began cultivating the Spirit Nurturing Technique again!

Ding! You diligently cultivate the technique: Spirit Nurturing Technique, congratulations on obtaining the reward: Spirit Power +1!

Ding! You diligently cultivate the technique: Spirit Nurturing Technique, congratulations on obtaining the reward: Spirit Power +1!

Ding! You diligently cultivate the technique: Spirit Nurturing Technique, congratulations on obtaining the technique: Spirit Power +1!

……

Just as Wang Ping'an had just begun cultivating the Spirit Nurturing Technique, a series of mechanical, cold sounds immediately rang out in his mind, his face full of excitement, he said:

Indeed, the reward for the Cultivation-level Spirit Nurturing Technique and the Mastery-level Spirit Nurturing Technique is worlds apart!

After a long while, Wang Ping'an completed one round of cultivating the Spirit Nurturing Technique, indeed gaining six points of Spirit Power; wanting to continue cultivating to obtain more Spirit Power rewards, he remembered that the storage bags of the two other Evil Cultivators had not yet been inspected.

Only then did he stop cultivating, and took out the other two storage bags.

(End of chapter)