Chapter 84: Exchange of Skills
After a satisfying meal, Lin Xiaoman returned to the house and wanted to fall asleep immediately. However, while lying on the bed and drowsy, Lin Xiaoman quickly opened his eyes and jumped up.
"Practice, practice!"
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Lin Xiaoman thought about practicing, but couldn't help feeling sleepy. "How about taking a day off?"
Confusing, he looked at the cat next to him.
"Tuanzi, can I take a nap?"
I feel so sleepy and tired.
Tuanzi looked up at her and said, "Meow." Then he turned his head and continued to sleep.
"You also think you can sleep, right? Hehe, I earned a lot of spirit stones today, so let's take a nap... Yeah, I can." Lin Xiaoman made a self-help plan, turned over and fell on the bed, pulled the quilt to cover himself, and fell asleep almost instantly.
After a good night's sleep, Lin Xiaoman woke up the next day feeling refreshed.
This trip to the Misty Forest took shorter than she had imagined. She returned in less than ten days. There were still more than twenty days until the New Year. This year's mission was completed, and she still had points left. She could now practice at home, draw talismans, eat, and play with cats.
For breakfast, Lin Xiaoman carefully prepared noodles, with a topping of braised beef made from second-level monster beef chunks. Tuanzi had a bowl of original beef ramen. Of course, Lin Xiaoman added red chili oil and sprinkled it with chopped green onions. It looked good and tasted good.
He also used magic to squeeze a bowl of spiritual fruit juice for himself and Tuanzi, and then put ice cubes in it. Wow, fresh ice juice, nutritious and healthy.
A man and a cat sat on the stone table under the loquat tree and ate breakfast happily, feeling so satisfied that they felt lazy.
"Tuanzi, this is the life a human being should live. This is the life a worker should have."
It didn’t snow today, and the sun felt warm on my body, which was especially comfortable.
"Meow."
Lin Xiaoman turned around and glanced at Tuanzi. "You feel comfortable too, right? I specially asked Senior Brother Wang to exchange this chair for you. And this blanket is made of the fur of the second-level monster Red Flame Beast. It's soft and warm. It's comfortable, right? Hahahaha."
Lin Xiaoman was lying on the rocking chair, holding a piece of dried meat in his mouth, feeling too lazy to move.
But of course she couldn't do that. After enjoying life for a while, Lin Xiaoman left Tuanzi at home and went out to the Transmission Hall. She wanted to exchange for a set of footwork skills.
Everything that happened during this trip to the Misty Forest made Lin Xiaoman more determined to follow the path of talisman cultivation in the future. So when it came to self-protection, she needed to always prepare a large number of talismans, and she also needed to master a powerful footwork so that she could escape if she couldn't win.
There are not many people in the Transmission Hall. Lin Xiaoman only saw quite a few people when he came here for the first time. They were all new disciples of Tianyan Sect. After that, there were fewer people coming here. After all, the skills here are not cheap.
"Brother Lin, good morning."
Standing at the front desk of the Transmission Hall was the familiar Senior Brother Lin. He looked to be in his twenties or thirties, but his exact age was unknown. Perhaps he was an old grandfather over a hundred years old.
It was rare for someone to greet him. Lin Bai looked over at Lin Xiaoman and said with a smile, "Good morning, Junior Sister Lin, I've found the equal contract with the monster beast that you were looking for last time."
Lin Xiaoman's eyes lit up. There was such an unexpected surprise. She hurried over to hold on to the table, stood on tiptoes and looked up at him.
"Really? Senior Brother Lin, where is it? Can it be used in the Qi Refining Stage? How many points are required?"
"Anything can be used. This method can be used as long as you have spiritual power and mental strength. However, this contract method is much more expensive than the ordinary one, 100 points."
Lin Xiaoman's eyes suddenly widened. Wow, it actually requires 100 points.
Ah, she only has 130 points now. If she loses 100 points at once, will it be enough for her to exchange for the footwork skills?
"But I have to remind you of one thing. You are only in the Qi Refining Stage now. You want to contract your cat with her, right?"
Seeing Lin Xiaoman nod, Lin Bai was helpless but there was nothing he could do. When Lin Xiaoman came to him to inquire about the contract method, she mentioned the monster to be contracted, so he knew that it was a cat without spiritual power. Although he disagreed, seeing that Junior Sister Lin was determined, he did not persuade her any more. There are many variables in this world, and maybe Junior Sister Lin has her own opportunity.
"Why don't you wait a few more years to sign the contract? You're still weak now, and that cat has no spiritual power or self-protection ability. After signing the equal contract, if either of you gets hurt, the other will also suffer some damage accordingly, which is very disadvantageous to you."
After a pause, he added, "It's not good for your cat either."
Lin Xiaoman frowned. Senior Brother Lin's words made sense. She had always kept Tuanzi at home, and judging by her behavior, she was quite content. She hadn't seen her run away without permission in the past six months. She herself occasionally left the sect on missions, like this trip to the Misty Forest. If she were injured when encountering evil cultivators, wouldn't Tuanzi, her contracted child, be injured as well? She was still so young and had no spiritual power. If she were suddenly injured without her, she could die.
But there are also benefits to having a contract. It will make management and communication better...
Lin Xiaoman was confused and didn't know what to choose.
Seeing this, Lin Bai smiled and said, "You came here today to exchange for other skills, right? Why don't you go and take a look first?"
Lin Xiaoman nodded, "Well, I want to change to a book on footwork."
Lin Bai thought for a moment and said, "Go to the third row of shelves on the right. There are all the techniques related to footwork there."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Lin."
Lin Xiaoman thanked Lin Bai happily and hurried over there.
Sure enough, there was a bookshelf here that was all about footwork. She read one book after another, and finally got one called "Stepping on the Wind", a yellow-level advanced skill. It was a technique that required walking against the wind and going with the flow. When practiced to the highest level, one could use the power of the wind to increase one's speed to a higher level, as if one were the wind.
When seeing this description, Lin Xiaoman had only one feeling: she liked it and she wanted this technique.
The wind is free!!!
I took it to Brother Lin to exchange it. When I heard about the points, the excitement in my heart suddenly dissipated a little.
"40 points."
Lin Xiaoman's eyes widened. "What? Why is it so expensive?"
The Gengjin Technique she exchanged last time only cost 10 points, but this footwork technique actually requires 40 points.
"Although this technique is at the advanced level of the Yellow Rank, it is incomplete. If it were complete, it would supposedly reach the advanced level of the Mysterious Rank. This technique is very powerful and will be enough for you to use until you reach the Foundation Establishment stage."
Lin Xiaoman was surprised. He didn't expect that this skill could be so powerful. He was even more excited. 40 points is 40 points. Tuanzi, let's wait a little longer.
"Then please, Senior Brother Lin, help me exchange this. I want it."
"OK."
After taking the identity jade token, her points increased from 130 to 90, and she obtained a set of skills for the Wind Step.
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