landbeastnovel Chapter 24: The Max Level of Basic Poison Skills
Chapter 24: The Max Level of Basic Poison Skills
It should be said that "salted fish" is quite popular. Therefore, Zhou Ye is always surrounded by a lot of customers.
However, when this young man appeared, the others immediately hid to the side, their expressions varied, and they stood at a distance watching the commotion.
A quick glance caught Zhou Ye's attention. He quickly came up with a plan: "Sorry, I don't deliver. How about you buy it here?"
Unexpectedly, the young man's expression changed slightly: "Didn't we agree that you'd get paid once you arrived at our residence?"
"Let's make the deal here," Zhou Ye insisted. "You're a kind person, and it's kind of you to go to all this trouble. I'll save the salted fish for you."
Now that suspicions had arisen, Zhou Ye became even more cautious. If he went to that Li residence, and they turned against him, he wouldn't be able to escape.
Seeing how unreasonable this mountain barbarian was, the young man's face darkened: "Isn't it just that I asked you to make this trip?"
"If you want delivery, I can lower the price by 100 dollars; you can easily hire someone else."
"..."
The two argued for a few moments, but realizing Zhou Ye was unyielding and insisted on conducting the transaction at the market, the young man angrily retorted, "You mountain barbarian, then you can wait here. Humph!"
Watching the young man leave, Zhou Ye's expression became uncertain. But just then, he noticed that Manager Ding was also among the onlookers. Upon seeing him, Manager Ding hesitated for a moment, then secretly exchanged a few meaningful glances.
Zhou Ye reacted quickly. This was Manager Ding reminding him that the young man was definitely suspicious.
Without hesitation, Zhou Ye immediately abandoned everything he had there, even the remaining salted fish, and forcefully pushed his way through the crowd, saying, "Excuse me! I need to relieve myself."
Once he squeezed his way outside, Zhou Ye dashed off in another direction, fleeing the town. He then circled around for a long time before entering the mountain pass and returning to the forest…
Speechless all the way.
Even after arriving at the small courtyard, Zhou Ye was still furious. It was just a business deal involving a few taels of silver, wasn't it? Was it really worth it?
That said, after this incident, Zhou Ye also began to reflect on his actions.
One problem is the oppression from the powerful and wealthy, who are sometimes even utterly unscrupulous. As a result, ordinary people live in constant fear and uncertainty. They might offend these people without even realizing it.
The other is salt. Undoubtedly, smuggling salt is extremely dangerous, even more so than imagined. Even with salted fish as cover, it's impossible to avoid being targeted by malicious individuals. It's easy to get double-crossed.
Since that's the case, I'll just stay in the mountains and lay low for a while!
I promise I won't leave the mountain until winter is over. And I'll try to level up my basic cleaving skill to the highest level!
……
Winter is coming, and the temperature is getting lower and lower.
Zhou Ye made several more trips to the old campsite and brought back over 1500 jin of charcoal, officially deciding to stay home for the winter.
However, Zhou Ye still managed to find some good things while out. He stumbled upon a few chestnut trees and harvested three bags of wild chestnuts. He also visited a pine forest and picked a considerable amount of pine cones, which he will be able to roast into pine nuts later.
Interestingly, while picking pine cones, Zhou Ye noticed quite a few squirrels also busy at work. He casually shot a few arrows with bamboo arrows and surprisingly hit several squirrels, obtaining a few squirrel pelts…
The north wind howled outside the window. Cotton-like snowflakes drifted down slowly; the first snow of winter had arrived.
In front of the warm fireplace, Zhou Ye tossed several pine cones into it. These were dried after the pine nuts were removed, and when burned, they emitted a pleasant pine scent.
Holding a cup of hot tea, Zhou Ye cracked pine nuts while carefully reading the "Compendium of Pharmacopoeia".
The experience points for the basic poison technique kept increasing by 1, 2, and so on.
Several hours later, Zhou Ye finally burst into laughter. After these days of hard work, he had finally maxed out the beginner-level poison technique. Even more exhilarating was that he had gained +1 to his comprehension and +1 to his constitution, and had also received an additional +4 points to his natural attribute.
[Zhou Ye (Ordinary Person): 14]
Root bone: -3
Comprehension: +4
[Basic Data]
Life: (90/90)
Strength: -2
Agility: +5
Constitution: -1
Essence: +4
Charisma: -2
[Technique]
Basic Poison Skill (Mortal): Perfect (1000/1000) (+)
[Martial Arts]
Basic Cleave (Underachievable): Perfect (662/1000)
Basic Archery (Unskilled): Beginner (45/50)
Basic Thrust (Unskilled): Beginner (21/50)
Basic Throwing (Underachievement): Minor (141/200)
Basic movement techniques (unorthodox): Proficient (81/100)
Basic Shield Bash (Beginner): Beginner (1/50)
Basic Hammering (Unskilled): Beginner (17/50)
Basic boxing skills (beginner): Not even started (0/10)
Basic Throwing (Novice): Not even a beginner (1/10)
Free attribute points: 5
I never expected the rewards to be so generous. Even my comprehension stat gets +1? That's quite an achievement, considering how difficult it is to obtain key stats like innate talent and comprehension.
Furthermore, reaching the maximum level is considered "Perfect," and there are no higher levels. Upon reaching Perfect, there are also Perfect rewards, which will also grant various attribute points.
The basic poison skill has an extra "+" after it, but it's currently grayed out and can't be activated to upgrade. Undoubtedly, certain trigger conditions must be met. However, we don't know that yet; we'll have to figure it out gradually in the future.
But no matter what, there will definitely be more advanced intermediate-level poison techniques.
Of course, reaching the maximum level of this technique will also significantly increase your strength. Next should be the basic slashing technique, which also needs to be mastered to the maximum level.
As for the 5 basic attribute points? Zhou Ye considered it briefly and decided not to use them for the time being. Even if he added a few points to each attribute, it wouldn't make a fundamental difference. Besides, he was staying near his small home and generally wouldn't encounter any danger.
It would be better to wait until next spring when we return to the mountains and then assess the situation before making any specific improvements.
At this moment, Zhou Ye felt a long-lost sense of relaxation, and he decided to take a break.
Let's take advantage of the recent snowfall and finish building those two hunter's huts. This will make it easier to go out of the mountains after spring. Once the heavy snow closes the mountain passes in a few days, we probably won't be able to work anymore.
After making his decision, Zhou Ye gathered all his weapons and tools and returned to the mountain pass...
Two days later, the hunter's hut at the mountain pass was successfully completed. Zhou Ye then embarked on his return journey, arriving at the hunter's hut in the middle...
However, Zhou Ye was a little slow in his actions. By the time the hunter's cabin was completed, several days of heavy snow had covered the mountains and fields with a thick layer of snow.
However, this place wasn't far from his little home. Zhou Ye decided to stay at the hunter's cabin for the night, hoping to make it home the next day.
When I woke up in the morning, the campfire in the cabin was reduced to embers. However, the cabin was still warm.
Using the remaining warmth of the campfire, Zhou Ye finished his breakfast. As he opened the door and stepped outside, a gust of cold wind hit him, instantly waking him completely…