How To Be A System (Dummy-Proof Edition)

Chapter 78. Mantis Stalking A Cicada Unaware Of The Melon Eating Orielole Behind



Chapter 78. Mantis Stalking A Cicada Unaware Of The Melon Eating Orielole Behind

Chapter 78. Mantis Stalking A Cicada Unaware Of The Melon Eating Orielole Behind

Thanks to this auction which already sold several techniques, I finally knew the usual price for books in the cultivation world.

Before this, I was not too sure about the cost of cultivation methods and magical techniques in the cultivation world, which is also another reason I haven't started selling them.

As creating something that is the equivalent of an e-book doesn't cost me anything at all, I happily price them at 10% of the usual market price.

For example, I priced a cultivation method which can be cultivated to a nascent soul for 100 points. Compared to the Hundred Blossom methods that Su Ping has been fighting for, which can possibly reach more than 1000 spirit stones. My price is already extremely cheap.Alll latest novels at novelhall.com

Oh, I almost forgot to give a notification to Ren Qingquan.

[Done! The system shop has been updated]

Ren Qingquan immediately scrolled through the system shop and quickly complained. 'System, why is the price of those techniques much cheaper than the amount I need to pay to learn them?'

[Of course it is lower, host. What they get is only a text that they can open just like your library. They still need to understand those techniques themselves. Meanwhile, the method and technique you bought already include the understanding and mastery.]

Although I answered like that, both selling books and using [Calculate] to help him learn techniques cost me nothing at all. Long life capitalism! Mwahahaha.

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At this moment, Su Ping finally won the auction for that Hundred Blossom cultivation method at the cost of 1 spirit crystal.

Actually, when the price of that Hundred Blossom method reached 900 spirit stones, Su Ping already checked the items I had updated at the system shop. But even though he clearly sees the books I sold have a much cheaper price, he still decided to join the auction for that cultivation method.

I guess Su Ping thinks it is easier to just purchase the Hundred Blossom cultivation method. After all, he still has the 2 spirit crystals gained when he fell from that cliff. Meanwhile, if he wants to purchase a Nascent Soul cultivation method in a system store, he still needs to go out and hunt for beasts to collect some points.

With the last item finally being sold, the middle aged auctioneer said his farewell and left the auction stage. "That's the end for our auction tonight! Please return next month to join White Crane Auction's next monthly auction!"

Upon seeing the auctioneer left, the crowd of spectators below started to turn noisy while they slowly left the auction house.

As Ren Qingquan still wishes to spend some time lazing around in the room and finishing the fruit next to him, I decided to switch my focus to Su Ping.

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When Su Ping exited his room, he coincidentally walked past a devilish young man wearing a black robe. On the man's eyes, there are eyeshadow -like accessories that make him look like some goth man.

Surrounding the man are several other people at the Qi Refining stage wearing black robes similar to the one that the devilish young man used.

When the young man saw Su Ping, his face turned into one of hatred as he clenched his teeth.

After showing a thoughtful face, Su Ping switched his direction into one of the city gates. Once he arrived at the gate, Su Ping started to line up and in less than two minutes, successfully left the city.

Next the group of people in black robes who followed Su Ping also exited the city. Ren Qingquan who saw it also happily joined the fun.

Due to there being too many people leaving at once, the time they spent is almost double that of Su Ping. Which makes the distance between them and Su Ping to lengthen.

At this time, I saw Su Ping scrolled the system shop and purchased a talisman capable of boosting his speed. With the help of that talisman, he quickly went outside the range of Ren Qingquan's [Scan], which already reached 1 kilometer radius.

By the time Ren Qingquan went outside the city, Su Ping couldn't be seen.

As for the group of people chasing after Su Ping, they seemed to pause a moment to check any trace on the ground before they chose a direction and ran toward it.

Ren Qingquan asked me to mark Su Ping's location once more before he happily went to follow the direction I pointed, which is exactly the way those people who followed after Su Ping went.

Ren Qingquan's incredible flight speed helped him this time as he arrived at Su Ping's location long before those people found Su Ping.

Currently he has stopped at one of the roads where I saw him busy placing an explosion formation he has just purchased from a system shop.

Although I call it a formation, it is actually my attempt to mix the things I remember from my past life on earth with formations.

I truly must thank one of the novels I read in my past life. From it, I learned that gunpowders can be made by combining saltpeter, which collected nearby the dung of some animals. With Coals and sulfur I previously scanned from the endless mountain of the Martial Arts World.

Through multiple experiments and a little luck. I finally found a suitable composition for it to explode to their utmost. With the addition of explosive array formation that can be triggered by standing on top of them. The thing Su Ping planted is basically a cultivation style minefield.

My updated explosive array should have the power to easily kill cultivators at Qi Refining and even Foundation Building stage if they are unprepared.

What's more important is that they are cheap. It actually only requires me to spend 10 points to achieve such an effect!

With the formation ready, Su Ping hid it below some leaf and continued his escape.

According to the data I collected by scanning the surrounding areas, the location where he placed those formations has a 80% chance to be used by the people chasing after him. Mainly due to the surrounding terrains which are unsuitable to be used.

I am not sure whether this is the effect of luck or Su Ping has indeed calculated it. But this is still an amazing thing nevertheless. At least compared to someone I know that will enter a fight without much thought.

After running for several more minutes, Su Ping finally stopped. Several meters in front of him, there is a banyan tree with a vague shadow of a woman under it.

Ren Qingquan who has followed Su Ping while in an invisible state from the air has also descended a few hundred meters from Su Ping's location.

By this point, the sun has started to rise into the sky and its light occasionally passes through the leaves in this forest and lighten up their surroundings.


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