17 Production

[Sturdy Carving Knife - Quality: Good]

[Price - 2,000]

[Magic Hoe - Quality: Great]

[Price - 10,000]

[Broken Saw - Quality: Terrible]

[Price - 2]

Jim began pondering, could some of these be used as weapons? They don't have listed attack stats nor durability, the armors listed also didn't have durability listed, but weapons did, durability seems like something vital to know for a tool, after all.

Jim went ahead and bought a basic hand drill, only costing 50, he got to work on putting holes in the beads. It was remarkably easy, Jim guessed it was due to his Steady Hands and Quick Fingers, after drilling about a dozen of them he stopped to check his work.

[Handicrafts Skill Obtained]

[Handicrafts Level Up]

[Handicrafts Has Reached Level 2]

[Tool Handling Skill Obtained]

Jim resumed, 200 beads ended up with holes in them, 'Time to string them'

[Handicrafts Level Up]

[Handicrafts Has Reached Level 7]

[Tool Handling Level Up]

[Tool Handling Has Reached Level 3]

[Accessory Crafting Skill Obtained]

[Accessory Crafting Level Up]

[Accessory Crafting Has Reached Level 3]

[Accessory Crafting Assistance Has Been Unlocked]

'Alright, pretty good', he tossed out some of the beads which were cracked or were uneven, they were mostly the early ones, the later ones had a strange glimmer to them, after stringing them up the later products had an eyecatching appearance, he had extra string left over and wasn't sure what to do with it, so just stored it away.

'Time to advertise', Using an old camera he took some pictures of the lined up bracelets and necklaces, he was confident they would sell eventually as he posted pictures and a low price along with a contact email. Two days passed, less than half of the bracelets had been sold, he only got about $5 out of it. It was nerve-wracking when someone showed up to purchase one or two of them, but he felt he had kept his appearance fine. Now with close to $12 in his pocket, he headed out to purchase some Canvas and bits of cheap Wood, his money was officially gone now, with less than a dollar in coins on his person.

Heading back home, he purchased a cheap carving knife for 30 points and began scraping away at the wood, trying to form it into little animal shapes.

[Tool Handling Level Up]

[Tool Handling Has Reached Level 4]

[Sculpting Skill Obtained]

[Sculpting Level Up]

[Sculpting Has Reached Level 3]

[Ornament Crafting Skill Obtained]

[Ornament Crafting Level Up]

[Ornament Crafting Has Reached Level 5]

[Ornament Crafting Assistance Has Been Unlocked]

[Congratulations Host, 75 Skills Have Been Obtained, Skill Hunter Gift Pack x 1 Awarded]

After Jim had wasted several pieces of wood he got the hang of it, "Whoa!" Jim hadn't obtained a reward for the number of skills since reaching 10, 'What's the difference between Skill Seeker and Skill Hunter...?', Jim didn't wait and opened it up.

[Skill Hunter Gift Pack Opened]

[Skill Ticket x 20 Obtained]

[System Upgrade Module x 3 Obtained]

[??? Skill Obtained]

'Huh? That's a lot of tickets and modules, but what's with the ???', Checking the skill list, it wasn't there, 'Ugh, this list is chaotic, can't I sort it?' Suddenly all the skill names lit up, Jim tried pressing on one, nothing seems to happen, when withdrawing his hand the name moved slightly, 'Oh!', He started rearranging the skills, he found he could seperate them into categories.

[Skills]

[Production]

Cooking Lv. 9

Steady Hands Lv. Max

Quick Fingers Lv. 2

Drawing Lv. Max

Mystic Portrait Lv. 1

Art Lv. 6

Handicrafts Lv. 7

Tool Handling Lv. 4

Accessory Crafting Lv. 3

Sculpting Lv. 3

Ornament Crafting Lv. 5

[Active]

Appraisal Lv. 4

Focus Lv. Max

Reading Lv. Max

Distant Reading Lv. Max

Parallel Processing Lv. 9

Reiki Healing Technique Lv. Max

Intimidating Presence Lv. 3

Punch Lv. 9

Sensory Control Lv. 9

Detection Lv. 3

Heightened Senses Lv. 4

[Passive]

Fear Resistance Lv. Max

Willpower Lv. Max

Mental Corruption Resistance Lv. Max

Nausea Resistance Lv. Max

Iron Gut Lv. 1

Persistent Body Lv. Max

Pain Resistance Lv. Max

Physical Attack Resistance Lv. Max

Piercing Resistance Lv. Max

Slashing Resistance Lv. Max

Crushing Resistance Lv. Max

Great Physical Resistance Lv. 1

Pressure Resistance Lv. 1

Death Resistance Lv. 3

Magic Resistance Lv. 2

Bleeding Resistance Lv. Max

Blood Generation Lv. Max

Stench Resistance Lv. 1

Sonic Resistance Lv. 1

Indomitable Will Lv. 1

Unarmed Combat Lv. 4

Spearmanship Lv. 7

Surprise Attack Lv. 6

Automatic Recovery Lv. 7

Mental Endurance Lv. 3

Mental Acuity Lv. 2

Mathematics Lv. Max

Mechanized Brain Lv. Max

[Cultivation]

Copper Body Outer Technique Lv. Max

Iron Body Outer Technique Lv. Max

Steel Body Outer Technique Lv. Max

Titanium Body Outer Technique Lv. Max

Jade Crane Inner Technique Lv. Max

Soaring Immortal Bird Inner Technique Lv. Max

Snow Treading Steps Lv. Max

Bursting Thunder Steps Lv. 2

Lower Dark Fist Lv. Max

Lower Light Fist Lv. 1

Great Dark Fist. Lv 2

Serene Mind Mental Technique Lv. 1

Qi Manipulation Lv. Max

Qi Battery Lv. 7

Qi Sense Lv. 5

[Magic]

Fire Magic Lv. 4

Barrier Magic Lv. 4

Spellcasting Lv. 4

Verbal Casting Lv. 8

Somatic Casting Lv. 8

Magic Circle Lv. 7

Magic Mastery Lv. 5

Mana Control Lv. 1

Mana Efficiency Lv. 6

Mana Battery Lv. 3

With that done, Jim didn't worry about the mystery skill, maybe it's a system bug? He decided to start using Mystic Portrait, the carved sculptures weren't high enough quality to be sold so he just discarded them, he'd have to purchase more wood in the future to continue.

Staring at the canvas before him, Jim decided to use his imagination this time rather than memory, he formed a mental image of a large rocky mountain reaching high into the sky, a massive dragon taking flight above it, soldiers in full armor on the approach from afar.

[Mystic Portrait Level Up]

[Mystic Portrait Has Reached Level 2]

[Art Level Up]

[Art Has Reached Level 7]

Looking at the resulting painting, it was marvelous, his heart nearly stopped while staring at the dragon, the soldiers radiated a feeling of bravery. 'Yes, I can sell this.', He took a photo of the painting and posted it online but didn't list a price, he wasn't sure what an amateur's work would go for and just hoped the offers wouldn't be too low.

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