Da Gan Dynasty, Changqing County, Liu Family residence.
In the afternoon, the Slaughterhouse of the Liu Family residence was filled with a thick, unyielding stench, which was extremely unpleasant, but Qin Kun had long grown accustomed to it.
“A Kun, quickly process these fish; they’re needed immediately.”
A pot-bellied middle-aged man walked quickly into the Slaughterhouse, carrying a fish basket containing several lively fish, more than a foot long.
Qin Kun, fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing an apron and with a clear complexion, immediately smiled: “Uncle Zhang, leave it to me.”
“Bang!”
Qin Kun quickly got to work, grabbing a yellowish-brown grass carp from the fish basket, rinsing it with clean water, then placing it on the chopping board. He picked up a cleaver and struck the fish’s head with its blunt side, instantly knocking the grass carp unconscious and stopping its struggles.
Qin Kun deftly scraped off the fish scales with the cleaver. Where the blade passed, the scales fell off, and in less than ten breaths, the fish was completely descaled.
“Chh!”
Qin Kun cut the grass carp down the middle, splitting it into two halves. He removed the internal organs, took out the fish bones, and then removed all the fish spines.
Before long, a grass carp was completely processed by Qin Kun, cut into chunks and slices, and placed into a bowl.
The entire process was as smooth as flowing water, as if practiced countless times, possessing a unique beauty!
Even the middle-aged man watching from the side couldn't help but exclaim: “A Kun’s skill in Slaughtering and processing livestock… I’ve never seen anyone more proficient. No wonder he can work in the Slaughterhouse at such a young age!”
Qin Kun finished processing all the fish brought by the middle-aged man in a short time.
“Uncle Zhang, take care.”
Qin Kun saw the middle-aged man off and continued his work, grabbing a live chicken and Slaughtering it.
This was his job, a butcher who Slaughtered poultry and livestock.
“In the blink of an eye… it’s been several years since I came to this world.”
A hint of helplessness flickered in the depths of Qin Kun’s eyes.
Qin Kun was not from this world; he was a Transmigrator.
He had a difficult birth after his Transmigration. Both his parents died, leaving him with only a dilapidated small courtyard. He was young and without support. To bury his parents and earn a living, he even signed a deed of sale with the Liu Family, a wealthy merchant and landlord in Changqing County, selling himself into the Liu Family residence as a slave!
Slaves were the property of the Liu Family, without freedom. Even if the Liu Family beat their own slaves to death, the government would not pursue it too much.
Fortunately, Qin Kun possessed an ‘unparalleled’ Slaughtering technique and successfully found work in the Liu Family’s ‘Slaughterhouse’. To put it plainly, he was a ‘butcher’, but at least he had no worries about food and clothing and could often take some meat from the Slaughterhouse, allowing him to eat meat! This standard of living already surpassed that of most common people!
“My ‘Slaughter’ skill is about to reach Perfection…”
Qin Kun felt a hint of anticipation. People who Transmigrate often know that Transmigrators usually have a Golden Finger. Just like most Transmigrators, Qin Kun also had a Golden Finger!
Name: Qin Kun
Skill: Slaughter (Major Achievement 99%)
With a slight thought, a translucent panel appeared before Qin Kun. In the skill column of the panel, there was only one skill, Slaughter, but it had already reached Major Achievement 99%, only one step away from Perfection!
The reason Qin Kun’s Slaughtering technique was so advanced was not innate. Besides the vast experience he accumulated working in the Liu Family’s Slaughterhouse, it was also because of this ‘attribute panel’ he possessed. As long as he worked hard, his skills would improve.
Even so, it took Qin Kun four or five years of Slaughtering to progress from the initial entry level, successively crossing the Realms of Proficiency and Minor Achievement.
“Push harder, one more step, and my Slaughter skill should reach Perfection!”
Qin Kun was highly motivated, processing the various livestock sent by the Liu Family.
The Liu Family itself raised many livestock. Besides consuming them themselves, they also sold processed meat at the market and purchased livestock raised by townspeople to supply their own restaurants. Qin Kun was quite busy every day.
Slaughter (Perfection)
As evening approached and Qin Kun had almost finished processing the livestock in the Slaughterhouse, he keenly felt that his ‘Slaughter’ skill had finally advanced further, entering the Realm of ‘Perfection’!
Entry, Proficiency, Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, Perfection!
Qin Kun couldn't help but feel joy and a sense of accomplishment. After many years, he had finally elevated a skill he mastered to ‘Perfection’!
“Hmm?”
But the moment Slaughter reached Perfection, Qin Kun’s expression suddenly changed.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz!”
At this moment, Qin Kun only felt his brain buzzing. Scenes of himself honing his ‘Slaughter’ technique flashed through his mind, intertwining and sublimating!
It was as if a power akin to the Origin of heaven and earth emerged, forming an imprint, deeply engraved in his Sea of Consciousness and the depths of his Soul, like a newly born seed!
“This… what happened? There’s a… seed in my mind?” When he emerged from that strange state, Qin Kun was bewildered and uncertain, his face full of confusion and shock.
When Qin Kun concentrated, he naturally saw a vast, boundless, yet empty ocean. This was his ‘Sea of Consciousness’.
And in the Sea of Consciousness, a small, crystal-clear blood-colored seed was rooted!
“Could it be…” Qin Kun vaguely realized something. He immediately thought, opening his attribute panel.
Name: Qin Kun
Skill: Slaughter (Perfection)
Divine Seed: Blood Sea Divine Seed (Qi and Blood Full 1%)
In his attribute panel, a Divine Seed item had appeared!
“Divine Seed? Blood Sea? This was born after the Slaughter skill reached Perfection!”
Qin Kun was both surprised and delighted.
Originally, Qin Kun thought his Golden Finger only allowed him to see the progress of his skills and that as long as he focused on practicing that ability, he would make progress. But in reality, its efficacy was far more than that.
When a certain skill was trained to ‘Perfection’ by Qin Kun, it would undergo sublimation, and a corresponding Divine Seed would be born in his Sea of Consciousness!
“Blood Sea Divine Seed, Slaughtering all living beings, condensing blood into Qi, mountains of corpses and seas of blood…”
And regarding the effect of this ‘Blood Sea Divine Seed’, Qin Kun naturally understood.
The specific effect of the Blood Sea Divine Seed required killing to manifest!
“How it works exactly, I’ll know by trying it!”
Qin Kun composed himself. He grabbed a rooster that was tied up, first plucking some feathers from its neck, then raising his Slaughtering knife and slitting its neck to drain the blood. The flowing blood dripped into a bowl, not a single drop spilling out.
The rooster struggled, but under Qin Kun’s pressure, it was completely useless.
Before long, as the chicken’s blood drained, it lost its life.
At the same time, suddenly, Qin Kun saw an extremely faint blood-colored Qi flow emerge from the dead rooster’s body, entering his glabella, deep into his Sea of Consciousness, and being absorbed by the blood-colored ‘Blood Sea Divine Seed’.
Whoosh!
The Blood Sea Divine Seed trembled and hummed slightly, feeding back a surge of energy into Qin Kun’s body. In an instant, Qin Kun felt a warm current emerge, making his limbs and bones incredibly comfortable, as if soaking in a hot spring!
However, this feeling lasted for less than ten breaths before disappearing.
“I feel like my body… seems a bit stronger than before.”
Qin Kun’s heart stirred. He clenched his fist. His body had received a slight enhancement from the power feedback of the Blood Sea Divine Seed just now. Although not obvious, it was indeed there!
“So that’s it… The Blood Sea Divine Seed can absorb the Qi and blood essence of the living beings I kill, and after conversion by the Blood Sea Divine Seed, it strengthens my own ‘Qi and blood’!”
Qin Kun’s eyes lit up. He completely understood the function of this ‘Blood Sea Divine Seed’.
Through Slaughter, Qin Kun could absorb the Qi and blood essence from the living beings he killed to strengthen his own Qi and blood!
Blood is the source of life.
If a person’s Qi and blood are deficient, they will be weak and prone to illness!
Conversely, if a person’s Qi and blood are strong, they will be robust, full of energy, and immune to illness!
“This is too abnormal… This completely transcends the mundane, like the ‘Divine Ability’ in myths and legends!”
Qin Kun himself couldn't help but gasp. As long as he killed living beings, he could absorb their Qi and blood essence to strengthen himself. This defied logic, turning the impossible into possible! It belonged to the Realm of ‘Divine Ability’!
The so-called Divine Ability is to break common sense and turn the impossible into possible.
Turning stone into gold, shrinking land into inches, summoning wind and rain—these are all within the scope of Divine Ability.
The Blood Sea Divine Seed possessed by Qin Kun had a similar power!
Qin Kun continued to work, Slaughtering and processing the remaining poultry one by one.
Each time he killed a fowl, the Blood Sea Divine Seed would extract a wisp of blood-colored Qi and blood essence from the dead fowl, absorb it, refine it, and feed it back to Qin Kun.
This made Qin Kun, who had been tired all day, feel refreshed and full of energy!
Blood Sea Divine Seed (Qi and Blood Full 2%)
Qin Kun opened his attribute panel and took a look. His Blood Sea Divine Seed had grown somewhat after the recent Slaughter.
“My own Qi and blood are increasing, becoming stronger. Although not obvious, accumulating little by little, what level can it reach over time?”
Qin Kun’s eyes were filled with fervor and excitement. He could feel that his future was bright and promising!
After finishing all the work in the Slaughterhouse, and after the Liu Family’s steward confirmed everything was in order, Qin Kun took off his blood-stained apron and went to the Liu Family’s dining hall for a not-so-sumptuous dinner, then left the Liu Family residence.
He returned to his residence, a dilapidated courtyard within Changqing County. The wooden gate showed signs of decay, imbued with an old, aged aura.
Taking out the key, he opened the courtyard gate and entered the house. From under his clothes, he took out a piece of pork, wrapped in cloth, slightly larger than his palm.
A cook doesn’t steal, grains won’t be harvested.
The same applied to butchers. Qin Kun was a domestic slave of the Liu Family; he had no wages! Besides the three meals a day provided by the Liu Family, only during holidays would the Liu Family distribute some food and clothing, such as clothes, oil, and salt, and give a certain amount of reward money to encourage their domestic slaves to work more diligently and loyally!
Therefore, Qin Kun himself had almost no savings, let alone the luxury of buying meat. He could only ‘take’ from the Slaughterhouse.
The steward of the Slaughterhouse naturally knew about this but turned a blind eye.
After all, the value Qin Kun created far exceeded the small amount of meat he took. Qin Kun also felt no shame about it; it was what he deserved!
Although he had signed a deed of sale and was a domestic slave of the Liu Family, Qin Kun, as a Transmigrator, had different thoughts from other Liu Family domestic slaves. He had no intention of being a humble domestic slave for life and believed that one day he would be able to break free from this status and regain his freedom.
As for now, it was best to take advantage of the large tree for shade, work diligently in the Liu Family, and slowly accumulate his foundation!