Before him, the smoke was gradually coalescing, slowly transforming into the latest text.

Qin An looked at the text before him, his fists slightly clenched, then slowly relaxed as he let out a long breath.

The monotonous life during this period finally allowed him to successfully cultivate both the Butcher and Blacksmith professions to Level 19.

The text in front of him fully formed, twisting like a snake, ultimately manifesting as Level 19 professions before Qin An.

[Butcher lv.19 (0/80000): The livestock you slaughter taste better, elevate their essence, increase slaughtering speed, enhance slaughtering precision, improve slaughtering framework, and improve acquisition from slaughtering]

[Talents: Void Shattering Realm Blade Skill Perfection, Void Shattering Realm Weapon Skill Insight Perfection, Void Shattering Realm Blade Skill Damage Perfection, Void Shattering Realm Blade Skill Armor Penetration Perfection, Void Shattering Realm Blade Skill Attribute Enhancement Perfection, Void Shattering Realm Blade Skill Enlightenment Perfection]

...

[Blacksmith lv.19 (0/80000): The quality of your forged items improves, material consumption reduces, the characteristics of forged items enhance, forging speed increases, forging precision improves, and forging framework elevates]

[Talents: Void Shattering Realm Power Skill Perfection, Void Shattering Realm Spiritual Forging, Void Shattering Realm Heart Forging Skill Perfection, Void Shattering Realm Spirit Nurturing Skill Perfection, Void Shattering Realm Forged Object Attribute Bearing Perfection, Void Shattering Realm Power Skill Armor Penetration Perfection]

...

After the text appeared, in an instant, it transformed into a massive torrent, surging into Qin An’s mind like a tide.

Qin An closed his eyes in contemplation, taking some time to then absorb all the information.

After absorbing all the information, Qin An mastered the Blacksmith and Butcher professions entirely.

The Level 19 Blacksmith and Butcher professions, all talents were elevated to the level of Void Shattering Realm Perfection.

It could be said to be an enormously significant improvement.

Now Qin An could also extrapolate the Fist Skill and Blade Skill to the early stages of the Element Transformation Realm.

However, Qin An was still in the blacksmith shop now, and he was not in a hurry to return to the Evil Extermination Bureau. Instead, he took out Cold Star and the soft armor, placing them into the furnace once again for reforging. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Watching the layers of flames rise from the hearth, he waited until Cold Star and the soft armor were red-hot before retrieving them and hammering them in the blacksmith shop.

The entire process took only a short time, no more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

As the residual warmth gradually dissipated, Cold Star and the soft armor were once again reforged.

The spirituality granted upon them had already reached a peak level. Moreover, Qin An could sense that whether Cold Star or the soft armor, their spirituality might break through to the next level.

This meant that when he cultivated the Blacksmith profession to Level 20, these spiritualities would undergo qualitative change.

He was quite curious about what they would become.

After a brief hesitation, Qin An donned the soft armor and placed Cold Star back at his waist. After exchanging a few parting words with the blacksmith shop owner, he headed towards the Evil Extermination Bureau.

Upon returning to the Evil Extermination Bureau, the first place Qin An went was the Confidential Library.

Many Tong Daoshuai looked at Qin An’s Mountain Patrol Commander badge shining at his waist, their eyes showing a hint of envy.

They didn’t know when Qin An had joined as a Mountain Patrol Commander, even Zhu Xueshuang and others were unaware.

However, the badge at Qin An’s waist clearly marked his identity.

This was also a method used by the Forbidden Land Envoy to cover up identity and gain extra achievements.

Thus, other than a few Forbidden Land Envoys, no one else knew about it.

Arriving at the Confidential Library, Qin An didn’t waste any time and directly searched for Blade Skill and Fist Skill among the bookshelves.

He quickly found what he needed.

After exchanging them at the Daoist Official station in the Internal Affairs Department, he exchanged some demon spirits and then returned to his dwelling.

By the time he got back, it was still early in the day.

Qin An didn’t light the oil lamp, instead closing the door and contemplating the two books of Cultivation Techniques and ten demon spirits laid out before him.

The ten demon spirits he had exchanged were his limit when combined with the two Cultivation Techniques.

The ten demon spirits seemed abundant, equivalent to a thousand demon essences, but Qin An now needed to extrapolate the Blade Skill and Fist Skill to the early stage of the Element Transformation Realm.

Going by the consumption during the initial extrapolation of the Heart Method, extrapolating each Cultivation Technique to the early stage of the Element Transformation Realm would consume five demon spirits, indicating a very high cost.

And now Qin An had exactly ten, just enough for the Fist Skill and Blade Skill.

In other words, after the extrapolation, he would be left without any demon spirits.

However, this did not bother Qin An.

As long as he could extrapolate the two Cultivation Techniques to the early stage of the Element Transformation Realm, it would be an immense boost for him.

With this in mind, Qin An wasted no time, promptly picking up one of the Blade Skill books and began flipping through it.

The Blade Skill was called the Holy Yuan Blade Skill.

This Blade Skill emphasized the words ’Holy Yuan.’

It could transform the whole body’s Void Essence into an intense holy light, enveloping the blade’s body, making the blade immensely resilient when executed.

Ordinary blade skills tend to be forceful and swift, whereas the Holy Yuan Blade Skill is remarkably gentle, fully embodying the philosophy of overcoming hardness with softness.

The choice of this Blade Skill, in Qin An’s view, was actually inspired by Zheng Rou.

When he initially met Zheng Rou, she had told him about her mastery in the art of overcoming hardness with softness.

Further, Qin An suddenly realized some weaknesses in his Blade Skill.

The Blade Skill was exceedingly powerful and fierce.

Yet, amidst its power, there was not a hint of flexibility.

If excessively fierce, when Qin An executed it, there would be a slight gap.

And this gap could become a loophole, providing the enemy a chance for a turnaround in a life-or-death battle.