Reflecting on the battle just now, Xu Ping felt a wave of fear: "If it wasn't for breaking through minor achievement with the Geng Metal Finger yesterday, I probably would have been killed by them."
He opened the panel, eyes landing on the Geng Metal Finger.
[Geng Metal Finger Minor Achievement: 12/800]
"The Geng Metal Finger at minor achievement didn't disappoint me." Xu Ping felt a surge of excitement.
He finally had a clear understanding of his own strength.
He killed one late-stage qi cultivation level four and one level five like this.
Even if they might have underestimated him, at least he now did not fear cultivators at qi cultivation level five or six.
This level of strength should count as outstanding among spiritual farmers.
After all, true late-stage qi cultivators would not be bitterly farming.
"Since that's the case…" Xu Ping's eyes suddenly turned cold, as if a certain decision had been made.
But before that, he still needed to simply refine the Red Flame Broadsword a bit.
Xu Ping took out the Red Flame Broadsword again, injected mana into it, and began refining.
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Late at night.
Total silence.
Rumble!
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning pierced the sky like a sharp sword, instantly illuminating the entire world.
Elder Yan, who was sleeping, was startled awake, and cursed silently: "Damn ghost weather!"
He intended to continue sleeping, but heard a low whisper: "Elder Yan sleeps well, unlike me who can't sleep."
"Who's there?" Elder Yan felt his hair stand on end, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
Thankfully, cultivators don't have heart problems, otherwise, he might be scared to death.
Reacting quickly, he swiftly reached for the storage bag on his body.
"Don't move!"
Before the words fell, Elder Yan's shoulder was suppressed by a heavy force, and a Red Flame Broadsword pressed against his neck.
"Hero, as long as you don't kill me, you can take everything!" Elder Yan felt the sharpness of the blade, involuntarily swallowing.
"Hehe, see who I am!" Xu Ping gave a light laugh, stepping out from the darkness with a cold smile.
"It's you!!"
Elder Yan's heart trembled, filled with disbelief.
"Of course, it's me!"
Xu Ping sneered, his gaze like a blade, "When you hired people to kill me, you didn't expect this ending, did you?"
"Where did the Ding family brothers go?"
Elder Yan looked down at the strangely familiar Red Flame Broadsword on his neck, a terrifying thought surged in his mind: "Did you kill them all!?"
How could a qi cultivation level three be able to kill a level five and level four cultivator??
How is this possible!??
"What's the matter, only others can kill me, but I can't kill others?"
Xu Ping's voice was cold as frost, he slightly lifted the Red Flame Broadsword, the sharp blade drawing a blood mark on Elder Yan's neck: "Speak, why did you hire someone to kill me?"
Perhaps knowing his fate was doomed, Elder Yan resentfully replied: "You plotted long ago to cut off my livelihood, yet you ask why I hired people to kill you, don't you find it ridiculous?"
"I plotted long ago to cut off your livelihood, what do you mean by that?" Xu Ping's expression was confused, completely unable to understand.
He just wanted to grab a portion of the business, when did it become a long-term plot to cut off Elder Yan's livelihood.
"Still toying with me, today in your hands, kill or slash, do as you please." Seeing Xu Ping's pretentious act, Elder Yan couldn't help but burn with anger.
Seeing this, Xu Ping also couldn't be bothered to ask more, knowing it was enough that he hired people to kill him.
"In your next life, remember not to provoke me!" Xu Ping unleashed the Geng Metal Finger, exploding his head.
After killing again, the feeling of disgust in Xu Ping's heart had subsided greatly, perhaps after killing a few more people, that disgust would completely disappear, eventually becoming numb.
"In the end, I've been assimilated by this world."
Xu Ping sighed inwardly, his actions were swift, he grabbed Elder Yan's storage bag from his waist, then searched his body, finding nothing of value.
So Xu Ping began searching the room again, eventually finding dozens of pounds of Spirit Rice and several pounds of Demon Beast Flesh in the kitchen.
With the virtue of saving resources, he packed all the Spirit Rice and Demon Beast Flesh into the storage bag.
After ensuring nothing else useful was left, Xu Ping used a Fireball Talisman to burn Elder Yan's corpse to ashes, then washed it with water, leaving the room spotless.
"Still need to learn the Fireball Technique, otherwise handling corpses will be troublesome in the future."
Xu Ping took one last look at the room, pristine as before, closed the door, and quickly left.
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Home.
Closing the door, Xu Ping came to the table, took out Elder Yan's storage bag, and gleefully examined his spoils.
Indeed, the spiritual farmer with proficient Spirit Rain Skill was quite wealthy.
There were as many as twenty-five Spirit Stones.
Numerous talismans.
A lower grade magical artifact.
A book.
A pile of herbs.
"Huh, what is this book?"
Xu Ping's gaze was drawn to the book, he casually picked it up and started skimming through it.
This book seemed to have been read many times, the pages were frayed at the edges.
The cover bore no words, opening the first page was written "Body Nourishing Skill".
He carefully examined it.
Originally it was a Body Refining technique.
However, this Body Refining technique was different from typical ones.
The "Nourishing Body Skill" has average attacking capability but focuses on health, after achieving, can cleanse the meridians, prolong life, and enhance self-healing ability.
"This cultivation technique is quite interesting!" Xu Ping was intrigued, and continued to read.
The "Nourishing Body Skill" has three layers corresponding to early, mid, and late-stage qi cultivation.
Achieving the first layer can extend life by five years, the second layer by ten years, and the third layer by twenty years.
However, progressing in this cultivation technique is extremely difficult, requiring a large amount of spirit medicine concocted into medicinal liquid to assist the practice.
Xu Ping flipped through the required spirit medicines, pondering something.
Quickly checked the pile of herbs.
"Hahaha, the spirit medicines are all complete!" Xu Ping was overjoyed.
The spirit medicines recorded for the first layer of cultivation were all present.
Unknown to Xu Ping, Elder Yan put great effort into gathering these spirit medicines, now benefiting him.
"Not bad, not bad, this 'Nourishing Body Skill' can be practiced in the future."
Elder Yan had assembled everything, not practicing it would seem disrespectful to Elder Yan.
Xu Ping happily stored everything.
Counting carefully.
These two waves... have made him rich!
Merely counting Spirit Stones, he had around fifty, plus other items easily broke one hundred.
"I can be considered a wealthy person now."
"With so much money, how should I spend it!"
Xu Ping excitedly began to plan this wealth.
"First, I'll buy some pills to increase cultivation, as cultivation is the foundation of everything."
"I have an attack-type magical artifact, now I should consider getting ones for escape and defense."
"Finally... moving house!"
"The current Spirit Stones should suffice, after harvesting the Spirit Rice, I can move to the market district."
"That way, I don't have to worry about being targeted for murder on the road."