Rise to God with Life Skill Professions-Chapter 446 - 336: Blacksmith and Butcher 16

Upon hearing this, Long Tianxing fell into silence, and after a moment, he looked up and said.

"I truly didn’t expect that someone as gifted as you could be so shameless."

Qin An shook his head and said, "Senior, you seem to have misspoken. How could I possibly be shameless? I am quite the stickler for etiquette."

"Then why did you accept my item?" Long Tianxing asked.

Qin An replied, "If I’m not mistaken, you mentioned earlier that this is a transaction between us, and since it’s a transaction, receiving it is perfectly normal."

"Why do you speak so grandiosely?" Long Tianxing asked again.

Qin An rubbed his chin: "What I said truly is my intention, it’s just that you insisted on making a transaction with me, which is quite normal."

Long Tianxing took a deep breath and waved his sleeve: "Alright, do whatever you need to do. I don’t wish to speak with you for now."

He found that every time he met Qin An, he gained different insights, and more importantly, every time he found himself at a disadvantage, which made him feel uneasy.

Qin An thought for a moment and, without further ado, turned and headed towards the prairie above the underground dark river.

With things settled, he needed to return to cultivate his profession proficiency and make the Soul Revival Golden Pill, completing this transaction well, and thus planting a good causal effect for his future departure from Xunyang Prefecture.

Long Tianxing watched Qin An’s departing figure, then shook his head and waved his sleeve at the icy coffin.

The icy coffin immediately sank into the water, disappearing swiftly.

Long Tianxing then remarked rather sentimentally: "Although this youngster has outstanding talent, within Xunyang Prefecture, he can only be considered mid-upper level. Who knows if he can shine as brightly as he does here once he leaves."

"Yet forming a good relationship with him is actually beneficial for me, since our True Dragon clan in the Daqian Kingdom is the only monster force that doesn’t slaughter humans recklessly."

With that thought, Long Tianxing said no more, closed his eyes, and circulated the True Essence within him.

Before the final battle, he aimed to increase his strength as much as possible.

... 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

By the time he returned to the Evil Extermination Bureau, it was nightfall.

On the way back, Qin An encountered no danger, not even while traversing half of the Ancient Battlefield ruins—he wasn’t obstructed by any Pseudo-God.

This might have something to do with the black-robed Pseudo-God, but the exact reason was beyond his reckoning.

Yet, not being able to figure it out, he chose not to dwell on it, focusing instead on current affairs.

Back at the Evil Extermination Bureau, Qin An first visited the Alchemy Master Alliance and handed over the Soul Revival Golden Pill’s prescription to the Alliance Hierarch, asking him to help gather the materials.

Materials were precious, but fortunately, Xunyang Prefecture had them all.

If an ordinary person were tasked with gathering them, they probably wouldn’t gather all materials in a lifetime.

But for the Alliance Hierarch of the Alchemy Master Alliance, these rare materials were but trivial.

The Hierarch readily agreed, and his expression was quite thrilled.

Watching Qin An leave, he thought to himself: "I’ve never seen the prescription for the Soul Revival Golden Pill before. I didn’t expect Mr. Qin to be capable of refining it. Observing Mr. Qin’s methods would greatly benefit me."

Thinking this, the Hierarch refrained from further hesitation and promptly ordered his elders to search according to the Soul Revival Golden Pill’s materials.

The elders, upon seeing the list of materials, were no less shocked than the Hierarch.

...

Night deepened, and Xunyang Prefecture was utterly silent.

Returning to his room, Qin An first lit the oil lamp on the table, then gazed at the proficiency panel formed from smoke before him, sinking into contemplation.

After a long while, Qin An shook his head slightly, waved his sleeve, and dispersed the smoke entirely.

"Currently, aside from the scholar profession reaching level sixteen, all other professions are only level fifteen, and all talents are only at Inner God Realm Perfection."

"If I want to enhance my strength, I should start by elevating professions capable of simulating cultivation techniques."

With this thought, Qin An decided to prioritize cultivating the blacksmith and butcher professions tomorrow.

As long as he cultivates proficiency in these two professions, he can simulate blade skills and fist methods, taking the Power of Attack to greater heights.

As for body techniques and protective methods, those can be postponed.

Qin An rose, extinguished the oil lamp, and fell into a deep sleep.

...

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

During this time, Xunyang Prefecture remained as quiet as ever, but anyone with a bit of insider information could find out that the monster-pseudo-god forces in Xunyang Prefecture seemed to form a cohesive group orchestrated by an unseen hand.

No one knew the conspiracy behind this, nor did anyone know the identities of those behind these monster-pseudo-gods.

Nonetheless, one thing was clear to everyone: although Xunyang Prefecture looked calm on the surface, beneath it was a torrent ready to erupt with a conflict capable of reshaping Xunyang Prefecture’s structure.

The monster-pseudo-gods seemed to have completely withdrawn and no longer appeared.

Even those from the Evil Extermination Bureau were lately troubled by a lack of achievements.

Previously, they had been bothered by the monster-pseudo-gods, but now they found themselves with ample free time, unable to earn any merits.

At this moment, Qin An was not at the Evil Extermination Bureau but continuously engaged in hammering at the blacksmith shop in Xunyang Prefecture.

Inside the blacksmith shop, the furnace blazed with roaring flames, making it hard for anyone to stay for the duration of a stick of incense.

Yet, this intense heat seemed to have no effect on Qin An.

Qin An held the hammer, repeatedly striking the sword on the anvil.

With the final hammer’s fall, the clanging suddenly ceased.

Smoke appeared before Qin An.

[Butcher lv.16 (0/40000): Your slaughtered livestock are more delicious, enhancing essence, boosting slaughter speed, precision, and structure]

[Talent: Great Success of Unity Realm in blade cultivation techniques, Insight Great Success of Unity Realm in weapon cultivation techniques, Damage Great Success of Unity Realm in blade techniques, Armor Piercing Great Success of Unity Realm in blade techniques, Attribute Enhancement Great Success of Unity Realm in blade techniques]

...

[Blacksmith lv.16 (0/40000): Your forged items have higher quality, reduced material consumption, enhanced characteristics, increased forging speed, improved precision]

[Talent: Great Success of Unity Realm in strength cultivation techniques, Unity Realm Spiritual Forging, Heart Forging Skill Great Success of Unity Realm, Spirit Cultivation Method Great Success of Unity Realm, Attribute Bearing Great Success of Unity Realm in forged items]

...

After the smoke appeared, it instantly transformed into a massive amount of information, drilling into Qin An’s mind.

Qin An closed his eyes, absorbing all the information before opening them again.

This period of living as if chewing wax allowed Qin An to successfully raise the Blacksmith and Butcher professions to level sixteen.

After reaching level sixteen, all talents transformed into Great Success of the Unity Realm.

For Qin An, it was a qualitative change.

At this moment, Qin An did not leave the blacksmith’s shop but instead looked at the soft armor and straight blade in the shop, revealing a slight smile.

In the blazing fire, the soft armor and straight blade turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Next, Qin An first took out the soft armor, continuously hammering it with the Heart Forging Skill.

The talent of reaching the Great Success of the Unity Realm made Qin An’s hammering unbelievably smooth.

It took less than an hour for the soft armor to be recast by Qin An.

The soft armor shimmered with brilliance, and whether in defense or texture, it was a cut above before, enough to withstand part of the attacks from the peak of the Unity Realm.

Qin An did not hesitate. After putting on the soft armor, he donned the black robe over it and took out the Cold Star, which had been burned red-hot.

This time, Qin An did not rush to beat it but took out the jade pendant he got from Long Tianxing, placing it on the Cold Star, communicating the spirituality within with the Nine-Colored True Essence.

The next moment, the spirituality seemed to respond, merging into the Cold Star’s blade, continuously interweaving with the spirituality within the Cold Star.

A scene floated before Qin An’s eyes.

Inside the Cold Star, there were two halos, constantly flickering.

These two halos, one black and one white, represented two types of spirituality.

The two spiritualities interwoven with each other, seemingly inseparable.

Through Cold Star, Qin An could feel that Cold Star had undergone a qualitative change at that moment.

Not only did it possess an extra spirituality, but when wielding the blade skill, it would receive a twofold boon, and if Qin An were to perform the Three-Blades Unification Secret Skill, its power would not be beneath the Blood Burning Secret Skill.

And if Qin An activated the replica jade and used the Three-Blades Unification without limit, the power unleashed would be terrifyingly strong.

Qin An did not pause and again continuously hammered the Cold Star blade with the hammer.

The Heart Forging Skill was executed to its limit by him.

After nearly an hour, the Cold Star blade gradually cooled.

Qin An picked up Cold Star, examining this straight blade that had been with him since his rise, with a look of appreciation in his eyes.

Within the straight blade, the black and white spirituality flashed continuously, seemingly becoming close with Qin An.

Qin An casually swung the blade, a piercing wind sound arose, even distorting the air before it.

"Not bad, indeed twice the power, and now it’s forged into a weapon for the Unity Realm, with even greater power."

Qin An was quite satisfied, sheathed the blade, and left the blacksmith’s shop without stopping, heading towards the Confidential Library.

Now that the Blacksmith and Butcher professions had been raised to level sixteen, it was time for him to go back and exchange two Heart Methods to raise the Blade Skill and Fist Skill to the Great Success of Unity Realm.

...

After leaving the blacksmith’s shop, it was already the amber glow of sunset outside.

Qin An encountered no obstacles on his way to the Confidential Library, first exchanging for two suitable Cultivation Techniques, then exchanging all the remaining merits for demon souls.

Including the demon souls he originally had, he now had a total of twenty demon souls.

But Qin An was very clear, these twenty might be used up soon.

Returning to his residence, he encountered many Prefecture Generals along the way, their gazes filled with admiration as they looked at Qin An.

But Qin An seemed indifferent, stepping into the courtyard, shutting the door, and lighting the oil lamp on the table.

The oil lamp’s light cast shadows around him.

Taking advantage of the lamp light, Qin An opened one of the books.

This book was called the Red Light Blade Skill, a blade skill with the Light Attribute.

When performing the blade skill, it could transform True Essence into strong light, causing devastating harm to the enemy.

Moreover, this strong light could also block the enemy’s sight and senses, whether for attack or defense, both had excellent effect.

The Light Attribute blade skill happened to align with Qin An’s Nine-Colored True Essence, so Qin An exchanged for it without hesitation.

Qin An contemplated for a moment, then drew the Cold Star and practiced it according to the Red Light Blade Skill’s routine.

After executing a set of blade skills, the room flickered with shadows.

The Red Light Blade Skill was executed to the extreme by Qin An, the light seemingly capable of burning a person’s internal organs.

Subsequently, Qin An sheathed the blade, looking at the text before him gradually emerging.

[You practiced the Red Light Blade Skill, triggering the Butcher profession’s talent]

[Red Light Blade Skill (Great Success)]

This was a blade skill of the Unity Realm, but after triggering the corresponding talent, it instantly reached the Great Success Realm.

Qin An did not linger, instead activating the Eight Extremes Ruthless Blood Transformation Saber.

Once the Eight Extremes Ruthless Blood Transformation Saber was performed by Qin An, he immediately leaned the long blade on the ground, looking at the misty smoke before him, with the corners of his mouth slightly rising.

[You possess the Eight Extremes Ruthless Blood Transformation Saber and the Red Light Blade Skill, intending to merge the two into one, regrettably, the talent is insufficient, the fusion failed]

[Unsatisfied, you sit in desolation for years, burning the Qi and blood inside]

[A substantial amount of Qi and blood was burned by you, generating a spark of inspiration in your mind]

[This spark of inspiration was very faint, not enough for you to merge the two]

[You continue burning Qi and blood, the inspiration gradually enlarges, finally making you enlightened]