Chapter 29 - Chapter 29: Chapter 20: Skill Jade Slip i (1/2)
Chapter 29: Chapter 20: Skill Jade Slip i
Translator: 549690339
“Friend, how much for this tier two Fire-controlling Skill jade slip?”
In the shop, Xu Mu pointed to a palm-sized red jade and asked.
“One Medium-grade Spirit Stone! This is the best skill jade slip we sell in our shop!” The shop assistant introduced with a smile.
Xu Mu was speechless.
A Medium-grade Spirit Stone was equivalent to a hundred Lower-grade Spirit Stones.
However, often a hundred Lower-grade Spirit Stone couldn’t be exchanged for a Medium-grade Spirit Stone.
Looking at the book in his hand, which recorded almost all skills of the Qi Cultivation Stage with detailed annotations, it was worth merely twenty Lower-grade Spirit Stones.
All Xu Mu could say was, it’s fucking expensive!
However, being expensive had its merits too.
Learning skills using a jade slip not only skipped the step of memorizing but also offered some comprehension of the practitioner who had engraved it.
Xu Mu touched his pocket and hesitated before asking, “Could it be a bit cheaper?”
“Friend, we don’t negotiate prices in our shop!” The shop assistant said with a smile.
“Can I pay with Lower-grade Spirit Stones instead?”
“Of course, but it’ll be one hundred and ten Lower-grade Spirit Stones!”
Fuck!
You just raised the price by ten!
In the end, after much persuasion, Xu Mu was given a discount of five Lower-grade Spirit Stones in combination with some secret skill books.
Upon returning home, Xu Mu immediately rushed into the utility room, calmed his mind, and pressed the jade slip against his forehead.
With the influx of his spiritual power, the jade slip cracked and shattered instantly.
A wave of invisible spiritual power followed the shattering of the jade slip and merged into his brain.
Various knowledge about the tier two Fire-controlling Skill, and insights, were forcibly etched into his mind.
It was somewhat like the memory transmission of the system but cruder, and the contents were relatively vague and fragmented.
When Xu Mu had fully absorbed it, he immediately checked the system.
[Tier two Fire-controlling Skill, Beginner; 187/200]!
It had instantly increased his proficiency by nearly two hundred points.
But Xu Mu could feel that this was not the limit because many of the insights were fragmented and would only be fully integrated once he reached that level.
So, this jade slip not only saved him a lot of time in practicing the basics but also could intermittently increase his cultivation speed in the future.
“One hundred Spirit Stones, it’s worth it!”
Xu Mu was very happy.
His subsequent training also gave him a taste of what it felt like to fly.
In just three days, he reached [Proficiency, 399/400].
At this point, Xu Mu realized that although jade slips were indeed magical, it should not have such an exaggerated effect.
The reason for his rapid progress, apart from the skill jade slip itself, was mainly due to the high level of the tier one Fire-controlling Skill.
As he expected, in just one day, he broke through the bottleneck and reached the Proficiency stage.
Just as he wanted to continue cultivating, the system automatically popped up a dialog box.
[Skills available for fusion detected, proceed with fusion?]
On the system panel, the tier one Transcendent Fire-controlling Skill and tier two Proficiency Fire-controlling Skill were glowing simultaneously.
“So they can be fused!”
Xu Mu was overjoyed.
He didn’t hesitate much and chose to proceed.
The two icons on the system interface instantly merged.
At the same time, a lot of messy information appeared in Xu Mu’s mind, merging together, discarding the old to bring forth the new, evolving into an entirely new Skill.
[Please give the new skill a name.]
“Tier two Fire-controlling Skill!”
Xu Mu did not make up a fancy name and stuck with the original skill name.
Now the Fire-controlling Skill had become –
[Tier two Fire-controlling Skill Grandmaster; 1024/6400]
Although the grade had dropped from Transcendent to Grandmaster, Xu Mu didn’t feel that the Fire-controlling Skill had weakened; instead, he felt it was significantly stronger.
Especially in controlling the temperature. When he released it, even the dark iron sword showed signs of melting.
Additionally, his ability to compress the flame improved further.
“Who knew I could play it this way!”
This fusion operation opened up his mind.
He essentially only spent a hundred Lower-grade Spirit Stones to gain an increase in Luck Value of over a thousand points.
It was unfortunate he had no money left, or else he really wanted to buy a few more fire skill jade slips.
“Wait, if Fire-controlling Skill can be fused, then why can’t Fireball Skill do so?”
He looked at the Fireball Skill on the system panel.
[Fireball Skill Proficiency; 367/400]!
This is the fire skill with the highest level, apart from Fire-controlling Skill.
“Could it be because the level is too low?”
The fusion prompt only appeared for the tier two Fire-controlling Skill after it reached the Proficiency stage.