Chapter 30: Talent Skills Major Upgrade!

After hearing the follow-up events, Wang Ping'an felt somewhat disappointed, but he could understand; even in his previous life, orphans and widows struggled to survive, let alone in this world similar to ancient times, Zhou Jinju's choice could be said to be correct.

Perhaps.

She hated Zeng Hui so much she wanted to kill him, after all this beast wanted to kill even his own niece for a few mu of land, but if she really did that, Zeng Hui's family and relatives would never let her go.

Zeng Hui had designs on her few mu of land, and it's impossible that other members of the Zeng family had no such thoughts.

Zeng Hui dared to do such a beastly act; perhaps others behind the scenes were egging him on, as they just needed an excuse to drive Zhou Jinju away.

Moreover, Zeng Hui indeed wanted to harm Xiao Cao, but he never managed to do so; if Zhou Jinju really prepared to push Zeng Hui onto a deadly path, Cheng Yong would likely be the first to object, after all he is the village chief of Hutou Gou.

Unless it's someone like Zhou Jinju with no other recourse, who would force the Zeng family to give her a few mu of land.

Otherwise.

Usually, matters are handled by making big things small and small things settled.

Seeing Zhang Pozi speak, her words were nothing but empty flattery, mostly praising him, so Wang Ping'an grew lazy to listen further; he wasn't the type who enjoyed being fawned over, and a thought crossed his mind.

Looking at the newly acquired Merit: 43

It was the reward for saving Xiao Cao from Zeng Hui's hands and the reward for commanding Hei Mao Bu Tou to hunt mice!

At this moment.

Wang Ping'an prepared to consume these Merit to upgrade his other Talents and Skills.

Ding! You consumed 10 Merit to upgrade Talent: Sword Bone, Entry Level → Proficient!

Ding! You consumed 10 Merit to upgrade Skill: Sword Control Technique, Entry Level → Proficient!

Ding! You consumed 10 Merit to upgrade Skill: Pet's Eye, Entry Level → Proficient!

Ding! You consumed 10 Merit to upgrade Talent: Dao Heart, Entry Level → Proficient!

A series of mechanical, cold sounds echoed in his mind, Wang Ping'an's face filled with excitement; given the capability of his family's Hei Mao Bu Tou, he believed it wouldn't take long before he would raise his remaining Talents and Skills from Entry Level to Proficient.

He just didn't know how much Merit would be needed to go from Proficient to the next level!

Unfortunately.

He was still too young to personally verify how powerful his Talents and Skills were.

Afterwards.

Wang Ping'an began practicing the Technique; during this period, besides mornings and being held in his mother's arms, only at night when Hei Mao Bu Tou lay on his bed would he practice the Purple Qi Classic, otherwise he spent all his time practicing the Technique.

He repaired the damaged Sword Qi within his body, for this Sword Qi was his current greatest killing move and also his lifesaving treasure.

After a long while, upon completing a round of practicing the Technique, Wang Ping'an heavily exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, preparing to rest; after a period of further practice, having been nurtured during this time, his internal damaged Sword Qi.

It had long since recovered, and compared to before, it could be said to have become much stronger.

Perhaps.

This is the principle of "no destruction, no establishment"!

Just then, Wang Ping'an suddenly felt that within his body there was an additional—no, to be precise, a strand of Sword Qi, which had separated from that Sword Qi.

"This is..."

Seeing this, Wang Ping'an's thoughts stirred, and deep down he had a feeling that this separated strand of Sword Qi.

If nurtured under the Technique, it would surely grow to the level of that Sword Qi.

Perhaps it could even become stronger than that Sword Qi!

Moreover.

Wang Ping'an also had a speculation: since the Great Sword Hero Dong Qing could inject a strand of Sword Qi into his body to protect his safety, did that also mean he could inject a Sword Qi into others—mainly his family members—to protect their safety? He thought so, but Wang Ping'an still dared not act lightly; all of this was merely his speculation, whether true or false, he himself could not know.

One must know that Sword Qi is a top-tier killing weapon; its lethality is extraordinarily terrifying, if his speculation were entirely wrong, it would endanger his family's lives.

Just as Wang Ping'an was about to abandon this speculation, in his peripheral vision he saw Hei Mao Bu Tou leisurely crawling out, obviously having eaten and drunk his fill outside before returning home to rest.

No.

Actually, he was preparing to lie on him to rub against his spiritual energy.

"Captain, you've been rubbing against the spiritual energy for so long; it's time for you to contribute!"

Wang Ping'an smiled narrowly as he watched the Hei Mao Bu Tou gradually crawl up to his side; his strange gaze made the Hei Mao Bu Tou feel uneasy, as if being stared down by some flood-beast, it immediately puffed up its fur, its panicked eyes darting around, confirming there was no danger before it climbed onto the cradle bed.

Just.

When lying beside Wang Ping'an, it always felt as if it had fallen into a tiger's mouth.

If it weren't for knowing Wang Ping'an wouldn't harm it, it might have already fled at top speed.

This novel you have reached.

"Guihua, that's your family's Spirit Cat, right?"

When Zhang Pozi chatted intermittently with Zhang Guihua, out of the corner of her eye she saw a black cat climb onto the infant's bed, her eyes instantly lit up, and she blurted out:

"This is a treasure; if sold, it could fetch at least a hundred taels of silver!"

Liu Dongzhu's face changed, she said displeasedly: "Aunt Zhang, this Spirit Cat is our family Ping'an's guardian beast; no matter what, our family will not sell it!"

Zhang Guihua echoed: "That's right, our family may not have much money, but we won't earn money like this!"

Zhang Pozi immediately reacted, forcing a laugh: "Just joking, just joking, Dongzhu, Guihua, don't take it seriously!"

This time she came to the Wang Family not to show off news she'd gotten from outside; besides wanting to see the Wang Family's Spirit Cat, she was also eyeing the Wang Family's Spirit Cat for profit, her son works in the county town, so her information is much more reliable than that of other village women.

Knowing that a treasure like a Spirit Cat is most favored by wealthy families in the county town.

She wanted to see if she could persuade the Wang Family to sell that Spirit Cat, so she could also earn a decent kickback from it.

Who would have thought.

Liu Dongzhu would decisively refuse outright, not at all tempted by a hundred taels of silver, but she wasn't prepared to give up.

If she could sell that Spirit Cat to a rich and noble household, her kickback would at least be several taels, possibly up to a dozen taels.

"A hundred taels of silver—looks like Captain, you're quite valuable!"

Wang Ping'an gave a hehe smile, yet felt no stir, just as in his previous life he earned a monthly salary of three thousand and had no reaction to sums of several tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

Who let, after hearing much news of wealthy families, already treat this money as just a string of numbers.

Moreover.

He clearly knows that the value of Hei Mao Bu Tou may not be worth a hundred taels of silver now, but after his cultivation, how could it be comparable to just a hundred taels of silver?

Hei Mao Bu Tou lay lazily on the bed, rubbing against the heaven-and-earth spiritual energy that surged from all directions toward Wang Ping'an—this was the spiritual energy that, after he just upgraded his Dao-heart, he discovered wandering between heaven and earth would rush toward him.

It seeped into his body through the pores all over his body!

Although the spiritual energy was not much, it was something that had never happened before!

Obviously it is one of the benefits of the upgraded talent: the Dao-heart!

I just don't know what the other benefits are!

Obviously it was not disturbed by the outside situation; of course, it might also be that it doesn't understand human speech, otherwise it might have exploded in fury.

(End of chapter)