5

Another year has passed, searching for herbs, exploring the forest near the village, especially on the opposite side of the village from Tang San and Tang Hao.

What if I accidentally explored where I shouldn't and ended up dying?

As I explored, the number of herbs I found decreased, but the farther I got from the village, the rarer and older the herbs became, and I also started to encounter some animals, mainly herbivores.

I focused on killing mainly the predators when I found them, and only occasionally hunted a deer or rabbit to show when I returned to the village, so as not to raise suspicion that I was only eating rice and vegetables.

After a year, I reached level 9 of soul power with 1200 gold coins, which increased my monthly income to 120 gold coins per month.

My system was slow at first, but it would become very strong in the end, with the ability to buy anything; it was simply invincible if you had enough money. So I started saving a bit to buy my first soul ring and also began thinking about selling some formulas for making drinks or even a modern way to produce high-quality salt in much less time than currently.

Once, I saw a fanfic where the protagonist remembered how to make salt and other things that earned him a lot of money, and for me, money is literally power.

So I didn't start getting anxious to reach level 10 first; I registered with the Spirit Hall and offered them business.

I believe the chance of the Spirit Hall harming me was minimal, so I decided to use the salt formula first, and if everything went well, I could add strong drinks like whiskey and rum.

It took me 6 months to finally reach level 10, and during those six months, I was lucky enough to find a super rare herb that the system paid me almost 1000 gold coins for. Along with the coins I had accumulated, I bought a basic body strengthening pill and my soul ring.

The value of soul rings up to 999 years was 1 gold coin per year, and starting from 1000 years, the price increased to 2 coins per year.

So, a 1000-year ring was worth 2000 gold coins, and a 999-year ring was worth 999 gold coins. With the income I was generating monthly, I wouldn't be able to manage unless I found more money by gathering herbs or doing business

After two and a half years of gathering herbs and occasionally hunting some 10-year soul beasts, there wasn't much profit left to be made, so I needed to change locations. I decided to go to the city after linking my ring.

I could no longer stand the boredom of having nothing to do besides cultivating, training, and hunting.

In the end, I spent 1000 coins on a body strengthening pill and bought a 700-year ring to avoid suffering from pain.

Since I could buy anything from the system with coins, I could very well upgrade my rings in the future.

So why suffer?

My goal is to be OP without having to endure pain.

I took the pill one day and absorbed the ring the next.

I started absorbing the ring in the morning and only finished after noon due to my low soul power level, and when I finished, my level rose to a wonderful 14, which was very good.

If you notice, Tang San cultivated for 3 months before adding a soul ring and only reached level 13 of soul power.

current investment 1500 coins = current income 150 coins