Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 469: See the real deal tomorrow at noon (new book content)

So where did that eerie wind come from?

Was it real?!

Li Qing's eye twitched slightly, his expression forced calm. After confirming there was nothing unusual, he then went down the attic, sent the ladder up, and closed the top board.

A pair of pale feet suddenly appeared by the closed top board, motionless, as if they'd been standing there for a long time.

"I've decided to buy it." Li Qing clapped his hands and said.

Zhang Li was a bit surprised and said, "Mr. Li, have you thought this through? Really going to buy?"

Li Qing nodded slightly, "This house has just been vacated not long ago, otherwise surely some non-believer would've bought it. Better me, a non-believer, buy it than someone else, right?"

Zhang Li wanted to say more but stopped, finally spreading his hands, "I've said what I had to say, as long as you're happy."

The two returned to the real estate agency, and after signing the purchase contract and paying the deposit, over the next two days, under the agency's handling, Li Qing submitted various asset proofs and salary flows, waiting for seven days for the loan to be issued, which he handed over to the real estate company before even warming it.

In exchange was a property deed placed in the bank and a monthly mortgage of just under two thousand, along with emptied savings.

It was really cheap! Li Qing really felt he scored a bargain, if he hadn't acted quickly it would've been snatched by someone, even though it was a house with some ghostly thing.

For Li Qing, it was quite fortunate. Although there were indeed eerie things in that room, for a mage, even though he's now just at the apprentice level, at least he can perform magic.

Moreover, Level 0 magic includes spells targeting undead.

'Undead Contact,' this Level 0 magic allows him to truly touch souls with his own body.

According to rumors, it was supposed to be a female ghost; he couldn't believe he couldn't beat a woman.

"Brother Qing, I heard you bought a house?"

During lunch, Luo Rui sat beside him curiously asking.

Li Qing nodded slightly, "A second-hand house in quite an old neighborhood."

Colleagues nearby also smiled upon hearing this, "Congratulations, congratulations, Brother Qing, you're finally complete!"

"Yeah, Xiao Qing, your long-held dream finally came true!"

"That's impressive!"

Everyone didn't have much jealousy about Li Qing buying a house; there was more envy and blessing, as most of them knew a little about Li Qing's family situation. Being able to save up and buy a house on his own was a win over ninety percent of contemporary Huaxia, and Li Qing responded with smiles and thanks.

He liked such work atmosphere very much, which was why he stayed in this company for four years.

"If only I could be like Brother Qing, but alas, I can't hold onto money. Every time I get paid it's either repaying debts or paying back online loans!"

The trendy-looking guy lamented beside.

Li Qing couldn't help but say, "Zhang Yang, if you could just control your retaliatory spending a bit, you wouldn't be in this plight now."

Many young people nowadays only care about the present, spending whatever they have and indulging heavily in excessive consumption, completely lacking any understanding of sensible spending. Among the twenty-somethings Li Qing knew, seven out of ten were in debt, two were living paycheck to paycheck, and only one could pull out a significant amount of money.

Zhang Yang helplessly said, "My girlfriend always wants this and that. Going out for meals, shopping, watching movies, and buying clothes, shoes, bags, etc., costs easily one or two thousand."

Luo Rui curiously asked from the side, "You're the one paying, right?"

Zhang Yang's face reddened, "No, my girlfriend spends quite a bit on me too."

Li Qing casually remarked, "Just this Valentine's Day you gave her a 1314 red envelope, and she bought you five pairs of socks?"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and Luo Rui chuckled more, "Zhang Yang, you should learn from Brother Qing. Since entering society, he hasn't had a girlfriend and bought a house at thirty! What's left is to find a girlfriend!"

Zhang Yang muttered, "In life, one must find a girlfriend!"

Li Qing smiled and gently shook his head, not refuting, after all, today's era has many people approaching relationships with a casual mindset, unlike him — somewhat of an antiquarian — who after chatting with a girl for a few days would plan out the future.

Several girls had hinted interest towards Li Qing, but Li Qing was quite cautious about this, even, from certain perspectives, thoroughly planning out a future after just a few dinner outings.

At the time, being without a house led to constant self-doubt.

Now, he finally stands tall.

After lunch, Li Qing returned to his workstation, showing a thoughtful expression. He held a deck of cards, drawing three casually.

Six, four, seven.

His palm lightly pinched the cards, and then they transformed into a solid color.

Li Qing opened the cards, tidying them up before exchanging the positions of six, four, seven, and the solid color.

The solid color stayed in his hand while the six, four, seven cards went into the deck.

Li Qing suddenly stood up, excitement flashing across his face.

This is crap! Why work!

Only now did the commoner-minded Li Qing realize, hell, he's now a mage, with many magics providing great convenience for life, why be a corporate drone?

Is being a corporate drone bad? Actually, it's good, nine-to-five or six, weekends are either double or alternate off, and as long as you have a skill you can work long term, though the mid-life crisis exists, by then no matter the profession or personal network, resources are accumulated.

Even if unemployed, just lower your expectations a bit and integrate well; for ordinary people, it's a necessary pathway to continue surviving.

But for Li Qing now, there's completely no need.

The system loader he developed made his magic instantaneous, once successfully cast the first time, it can be activated and mounted as plugins.

Even the meditation is constantly running 24/7 without interruption now.

Why persist here?

Li Qing immediately stood up, performing routine professional ethics checks on the information system operation, then swiftly applied for his entire seven-day annual leave.

During submission to Chen Ke, the career admin aunt, when asked for the real reason, Li Qing couldn't help but bring out Chen Chencheng as cover.

Under her ambiguous gaze, Li Qing politely smiled, readily signing his consent.

But given the job's special nature, Li Qing needed to have a laptop on hand for remote system operations.

Li Qing didn't object to this, knowing that as ops, you're fine most days, but if a problem occurs, regardless of midnight or dawn, or whether on vacation, you need to promptly resolve to ensure system normalcy.