Chapter 151: A Highly Profitable Business

"So this is insight at work?"

Wang Ping'an watched in surprise as the World Pearl devoured Low-grade Spirit Stones, the tiny world slowly expanding, and said thoughtfully.

If it were his former self, watching the vanished Low-grade Spirit Stones and the newly formed land, he would have guessed the connection, but could never have done so this quickly.

Aside from the thought just now, there was almost no other idea in his mind.

Obviously.

It was the slight boost of insight that took effect!

While Wang Ping'an was happy, myriad thoughts resurfaced in his mind, and he quickly decided to set aside three hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones to buy the other four branches of the Five Elements Escape Technique.

A branch of the escape technique priced at seventy‑five Low‑grade Spirit Stones is not the base price; it's the discounted price he can obtain only by simultaneously purchasing a cultivation method for training Spirit Power and the Earth Escape Technique.

Who makes it hard for Jiu tou shan ji shi's shops that trade spells and cultivation methods? If they weren't a large, powerful family—a subsidiary of a major trading house that boasts a shop wherever there's a market.

Moreover, selling cultivation methods, spells, and other martial arts manuals is a guaranteed profit; their shop has likely long since shut its doors.

The next time he visits, he'll tend the business and purchase four spells at once; he believes the other party will give him an even more favorable price.

Perhaps two hundred fifty Low‑grade Spirit Stones will be enough to buy the other four branches of the Five Elements Escape Technique.

After reserving three hundred Low‑grade Spirit Stones, Wang Ping'an poured the remaining stones onto the ground, and to his surprise, besides the tiny world slowly gaining land, the planted rice also grew rapidly.

He didn't expect the World Pearl devouring Low‑grade Spirit Stones to have this benefit.

Based on his long‑term use of the skill that speeds rice growth, judging by the current changes, once the World Pearl finishes devouring the Low‑grade Spirit Stones, the rice will likely be fully mature.

While the World Pearl devours the Low‑grade Spirit Stones, Wang Ping'an calmly thought and retrieved a Spirit Wood from his storage bag, instantly using the skill: Paper‑making Technique.

Watching the Spirit Wood gradually transform into a large Spirit Paper, Wang Ping'an was about to command the Sword Apparatus within him; a flash of insight flickered in his mind, and a strand of Sword Qi spilled from his fingertips.

"Puff—!", "Puff—!", "Puff—!"

In the next moment, the large Spirit Paper was sliced by Wang Ping'an's Sword Qi into one talisman paper after another; all that was needed was to draw the runes on them.

And that's a completed Talisman!

Afterwards.

Wang Ping'an put all the sliced talisman papers back into his storage bag, and then took out another Spirit Paper.

Not long after, Wang Ping'an, who had purchased the Spirit Wood for eight Low‑grade Spirit Stones, quickly refined it into one large Spirit Paper after another, slicing them into talisman papers, totaling seven to eight hundred pieces.

"Is it that violent? A product made from eight Low‑grade Spirit Stones can earn seven to eight hundred Low‑grade Spirit Stones, a hundred‑fold profit!"

Thinking this, Wang Ping'an's breathing suddenly became rapid, but on second thought, other talisman masters aren't like him.

Not only is it fast, it can also achieve a hundred‑percent success rate!

Even a talisman master who draws the same talismans year after year, achieving a one‑fifth to one‑quarter success rate, is already considered an expert.

The profit earned naturally can't match his kind of massive profit!

Of course.

If it were a talisman master drawing basic talismans, they could also achieve a hundred‑percent success, and the speed would be equally fast.

But in that case, relatively speaking, it's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Loss!

Wang Ping'an chuckled, his eyes sparkling as if two copper coins were flashing within them; suppressing his inner excitement, he dispelled the myriad distracting thoughts in his mind, then took out a talisman. Using his fingertips as brush and his mana as ink, he drew the runes of the Thunder Strike Talisman on it.

One, two, three or four sheets…

Quickly.

All the sliced talisman papers were turned by Wang Ping'an into Thunder Strike Talismans and Golden Light Talismans; not only fast, none failed.

However.

Creating seven to eight hundred talismans at once consumed a huge amount of Wang Ping'an's mana and Spirit Power, yet seeing the bag full of talismans, the fatigue on his face vanished instantly.

These are talismans, and they're all sparkling Low‑grade Spirit Stones!

"When the talismans are all exchanged for Low‑grade Spirit Stones and then let the World Pearl devour them, I can't even imagine how much more land could be added…"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Ping'an subconsciously looked up and saw the Low‑grade Spirit Stones he had piled on the ground during his paper‑making and talisman‑drawing.

They had been completely devoured by the World Pearl, resulting in the tiny world gaining two to three times more empty land; the fertile soil clearly marked a top‑grade treasure land.

This novel, you have reached

No matter what you plant, it can survive!

In an instant, Wang Ping'an's mind blazed, wanting to go back to Jiu tou shan ji shi to see if he could purchase some spirit fruit trees to plant in the World Pearl.

Afterwards, whether he eats them himself or sells them for Low‑grade Spirit Stones, it's pure profit.

However.

When Wang Ping'an's gaze saw the fully mature rice, he quickly dispelled the thought of rushing back to Jiu tou shan ji shi.

The most important thing now is to harvest the mature rice in the World Pearl immediately; if he were still a child still nursing, he couldn't even eat porridge, let alone rice.

He really wants to taste the rice he painstakingly cultivated with his skill, to know what it tastes like.

He also doesn't know if eating the rice he cultivated with his skill will grant longevity.

"Ding! You are diligently practicing the Spirit Nurturing Technique; congratulations, you have received a reward: Spirit Power +1+1+1…"

One mechanical, cold voice after another echoed in his mind, and Wang Ping'an forced himself to suppress his desire to harvest the rice.

He doesn't know whether it's a past‑life dream of being a farmer, or this life's habit of planting rice day after day, watching it grow, awaiting its maturity.

Now that the rice is fully mature, his desire to harvest it has reached its peak.

If not for mental fatigue and depleted mana, he would have already been eager to harvest the rice in the World Pearl.

Time passed unnoticed as Wang Ping'an diligently cultivated one cultivation method after another; not only did his depleted Spirit Power recover, but he could clearly feel it had increased a lot.

Afterwards he also restored his depleted mana!

Only then did Wang Ping'an begin harvesting the rice!

But.

He doesn't know why, but he always feels that harvesting rice is far more laborious than fighting Evil Cultivators.

"With so much rice, aside from selecting some seeds, give the rest to my mother and the others to eat!"

Wang Ping'an looked at the ground covered with rice grains, his small face full of joy, and said: "I used my skill to painstakingly raise these rice plants; even if they cannot live a hundred years, at least they can strengthen the physique!"

(End of chapter)