How To Be A System (Dummy-Proof Edition)

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.

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.

This seems like a problem. Because that young man is exactly the person who fought with Su Ping for the cultivation method before.

Through Ren Qingquan's [Scan], I saw that young man spoke to his subordinates once Su Ping left the auction house. "Ask the others to find the guy before and retrieve the Hundred Blossom method. Also try your best to capture or if capture isn't possible, kill him!"

One of the subordinates next to him nodded his head and quickly left the young man's side. "Yes, young master."

Well, lookie here. This Goth Young Master actually tried to attack Su Ping. To be honest, I am quite excited to see such a development after the boring auction. But you see, the 1.111 points invested on Su Ping hasn't been returned yet. So I decided to activate [Anchor] through Ren Qingquan and placed a Lv 1 subsystem containing [Scan] on that goth young master and his surrounding lackeys.

If push comes to shove, I'll add [Devour] on it and summon a space crack to kill this goth young master.

After Su Ping left the White Crane Auction House, I sensed several people targeting and tailing after him. Most of them are at Qi Refining stage, while there are two cultivators at Foundation Building Stage. From the looks of it they are the people that Goth Young Master asked to follow Su Ping.

From the path Su Ping used, I guess he is going to visit the inn where the people from the caravan stay at. He also occasionally checks the system map, it seems he already feels some people are following him.

While Su Ping tried to walk calmly toward the inn, Ren Qingquan finally stood up from his couch while holding the Frost Gathering Melon he purchased before. He also already cut it into several pieces and stored most of it into [Storage] while munching on one of the sliced pieces.

'System, help me mark Su Ping's current location.' Ren Qingquan requested while he left the Auction House.

Guess he is ready to stalk Su Ping once again.

[System has marked the location.]

With my notification, Ren Qingquan quickly followed the mark. By the time Ren Qingquan found Su Ping, he had already arrived inside the inn and was chatting with the caravan captain who was currently drinking.

When the people stalking Su Ping saw him meet with the caravan captain who is also a Foundation Building stage cultivator, they didn't come near the building and instead stopped far away to observe the situation.

One of them is even located within ten meters of Ren Qingquan who is currently munching on melons.

Soon, midnight arrived and miraculously, Ren Qingquan hadn't fallen asleep. Through [Anchor] I heard him feel something interesting will happen tonight. So, he is currently just sitting on the roof of a building while opening two screens at once.

On one of the screens there is the novel he has collected, while on the other screen he opened the system map. Guess even Ren Qingquan realized there are people following after Su Ping as he occasionally throws some glance on the system map.

While Ren Qingquan is busy stalking him, Su Ping also hasn't fallen asleep and is currently staring at the system map too. When he saw the dots surrounding him start to gather around the inn, I saw him quickly leave through the window on the inn's first floor.

While checking the system map, Su Ping successfully bypassed those people's encirclement and entered a crowded street area.

Different from mortal cities, the immortal city is still lively even at midnight as cultivators can do without sleep for a few days if they are willing. Furthermore, thanks to the glowing pearl that is occasionally placed on top of a steel rod which works like a street lamp. Even at night most of the streets are still brightly lit.

While walking on the road, Su Ping always makes sure he is walking in a crowded place, which is his attempt to throw those people following after him. But although he occasionally successfully ditched them, those people will always find their way one way or another.

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.