Chapter 852: Supplemental Update in Progress...

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Especially after seeing his lifespan, Wen Jiu felt even more confident.

30/100.

There’s still a whole seventy years.

“No wonder people say cultivating immortality is good, it’s not without reason. Just the lifespan alone is enough for mortals to envy.”

According to memory, mortals in this world generally pass away at fifty or sixty, and those with money might live an extra ten or eight years.

Regarding this, Wen Jiu was not surprised. After all, the mundane world here is still in ancient society, with underdeveloped medical conditions and even worse sanitation. Living until fifty or sixty before dying is already considered pretty good.

Next, Wen Jiu’s gaze fell on the settlement panel.

Eight hours of working as a Demon Slayer. Although exhausting, it added eight experience points to his Demon-solving Knife Technique.

Eight experience points aren’t much.

But effort yields rewards.

And it’s clearly visible.

This is what Wen Jiu is happiest about.

Currently, the Demon-solving Knife Technique is at the lower realm with 77 experience points. If he gains another 23 experience points, it should advance the technique to the middle realm.

In this world, whether it’s magic or other techniques, they are divided into three realms—lower realm, middle realm, and upper realm.

Different realms.

The proficiency and destructive power are different too.

If he can elevate the Demon-solving Knife Technique to the middle realm, the efficiency of dealing with demons will improve, and the efficiency of earning money will follow suit.

Thinking of this, a slight smile appeared on Wen Jiu’s lips, and he glanced at the experience value of the Changmo Technique.

At this moment, he had more expectations for his future life.

But it’s just expectations.

At thirty, he’s passed the age of hot-blooded passion.

Now, he neither rejoices for external things nor grieves for himself.

But just when Wen Jiu was preparing to light a fire to cook, upon opening the storage bag, he discovered there were actually three pieces of Spiritual Sand inside.

One piece was from leftover rent.

One piece was the reward for dealing with demons.

The other piece…

“Damn!”

“Double pay!”

…

A night quietly passed by.

As before, Wen Jiu lay down and cultivated for three hours until dawn.

Early in the morning, Wen Jiu came to the backyard of the meat shop again but didn’t expect that he wasn’t early enough.

Already standing at many of the twenty to thirty chopping boards and counters in the backyard, slicing meat and chopping bones could be heard continuously in his ears.

In the absence of anyone paying attention, Wen Jiu found an empty counter and used the nearby whetstone to sharpen the Demon Slaying Blade.

Today, the task was not to dissect a Black Demon Tiger but a Flame Demon Python. Ten zhang in length, three feet in width, its outer skin was extremely hard and uneven, like cooled lava. The Demon Slaying Blade needed three strikes to penetrate a third.

The Flame Demon Python, unlike the Black Demon Tiger, is non-toxic but far harder than the Black Demon Tiger, requiring more strength to process.

Of course.

Dissecting demons is akin to dissecting a cow; it requires skill.

The Flame Demon Python has its unique dissection technique.

First, open the back and remove the hard shell at the back to expose its softer part. Only that part can be cut.

After opening the back, it’s time to break the skin, ensuring to cut the entire sheet of skin in one go without pausing. Otherwise, the python skin will be worthless.

After breaking the skin comes the simplest yet most difficult part, chopping bones and cutting meat, which is quite physically exhausting.

Another eight hours.

Wen Jiu completed the dissection of the Flame Demon Python.

Too tired to speak.

But when settlement proceeded past midnight, the fatigue was instantly swept away.

[Today’s settlement (Lv1——23/10000)]

[Ending eight hours of being a Demon Slayer, settlement panel experience +8, Spiritual Sand +1, Demon-solving Knife Technique experience +8.]

[Ending three hours of Qi Cultivation practice, settlement panel experience +3, Changmo Technique experience +3.]

[Wen Jiu]

[Lifespan: 30/100]

[Realm: Qi Cultivation First Layer (59/100)]

[Techniques: Changmo Technique First Layer (59/100)]

[Skills: Demon-solving Knife Technique (Lower Realm 85/100)]

Looking at the rising experience.

And the doubled income.

Wen Jiu smiles in satisfaction once again.

However, weariness and drowsiness hit him like waves, forcing Wen Jiu to close the settlement panel and immediately lie down to start cultivation.

Just like yesterday.

Although famished, he didn’t want to move.

Once lying down, a sense of comfort washed over him. The soreness in his calves, arms, and slender waist didn’t feel so painful anymore.

But the bed was too hard.

Uncomfortably irritating.

…

At night.

A disturbance pulled Wen Jiu out of his cultivation.

Even though indoors, as long as he approached the window, he could clearly hear the discussions of the loose cultivators on both sides.

Li Fu was on the left.

On the right was a loose cultivator at Qi Cultivation First Layer like his original self, but the other person was slightly older.

Due to the need to rush for meals every day, they hardly met, and when they did, they just nodded in greeting. In the original self’s memories, that middle-aged loose cultivator initially had a wife and children.

But his children were too young and lacked Spirit Root, thus were unable to cultivate and died from poison during a demon invasion.

His wife, heartbroken and grieving, soon followed. Since then, the middle-aged cultivator never spoke again.

But today, gritting his teeth, he spoke, “Anyway, it’s already like this. Might as well rush out and take a chance, maybe turn my fate around. If I’m fast enough, I can pick up that Top-grade Spirit Stone, and hang another Exorcism Talisman!”

Listening to these words, it was clear he rented another Exorcism Talisman.

This point did not surprise Wen Jiu, as from memory, people would do this.

Though it would incur extra rental fees, having rented in today’s situation, it might not be impossible to profit potentially from it.

Peering out through the window gap, Wen Jiu saw the large Spirit Stone right at the doorway of the middle-aged cultivator.