Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 722: See tomorrow (new book content)

The two returned to the real estate agency, signed the purchase contract, paid the down payment, and over the next two days, Li Qing submitted various asset proof documents and salary statements through the agency, then waited for the seven-day inspection period for the loan to be disbursed, only to hand it over to the real estate company before it even warmed up.

In exchange, he got a property deed deposited in the bank, along with a mortgage of just under two thousand a month, and emptied savings.

It was already very cheap! Li Qing really felt he had snagged a deal. If he hadn't been quick-eyed and swift-handed, someone would have snatched it up, despite it being a house with some ghostly presence.

For Li Qing, it was quite fortunate as well. Although the room had something spooky, for a Mage, even at just an Apprentice Level, he could still cast spells.

Moreover, Level 0 Magic included spells targeted at the Undead.

The 'Undead Contact' Level 0 Magic would allow him to genuinely touch souls with his own body.

According to rumors, it should be a female ghost. He didn't believe he couldn't defeat a woman.

"Brother Qing, I heard you bought a house?"

During lunch, Luo Rui sat to the side and asked curiously.

Li Qing nodded slightly: "A second-hand apartment, in a rather old community."

A colleague beside them also smiled and said, "Congratulations, congratulations, Brother Qing, you finally achieved Perfection!"

"Yes, Xiao Qing, your long-cherished wish has finally come true!"

"Very impressive!"

Everyone wasn't too jealous about Li Qing buying a house, mostly envious and offering their blessings. After all, many were somewhat aware of Li Qing's family background, and managing to save up and buy a house on his own had already surpassed ninety percent of contemporary Huaxia people. Li Qing smiled and thanked them one by one.

He really enjoyed this work atmosphere, which was why he could stay at this company for four years.

"If only I could be like Brother Qing, but unfortunately, I can't hold on to money. Every time I get paid, I'm either paying off Huabei or online loans!"

A trendy-dressed young man beside him lamented.

Li Qing couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Zhang Yang, if you would just tone down your retaliatory spending, you wouldn't be in such a plight now."

Nowadays, many young people only care about the present, spending all they have, with extreme cases of anticipatory spending without any consumption notion, at least from the twenty-something guys Li Qing knew, seven out of ten were in debt, two were living paycheck to paycheck, leaving only one who could pull out ten thousand at once if necessary.

Zhang Yang sighed helplessly: "My girlfriend asks for this and that every day. Once we go out for dinner, shopping, watching a movie, plus buying clothes, shoes, and bags, it's a thousand or two gone."

Luo Rui asked curiously from one side, "You're the one paying for everything?"

Zhang Yang flushed: "Not true, my girlfriend spends quite a bit on me too."

Li Qing casually said, "For Valentine's Day, you sent her a 1314 yuan red packet, and she bought you five pairs of socks?"

Everyone couldn't help but break into smiles, Luo Rui laughed and said, "Zhang Yang, if you learned from Brother Qing and didn't get into a relationship since entering society, then saved up to buy a house by thirty, all that's left is finding a girlfriend!"

Zhang Yang mumbled, "Living life, one must have a girlfriend!"

Li Qing smiled and shook his head slightly, without retorting. After all, in this era, many people approached relationships with a casual mindset, unlike him, an old-fashioned one, who would plan the future after a few conversations with a woman over some intense days of chatting.

Several girls had hinted at Li Qing before, but he was quite cautious, inexperienced, and even from some perspectives, would think far ahead after just a few dates.

Due to lacking a house back then, he had always felt insecure.

Now, he could finally hold his head high.

After lunch, Li Qing returned to his desk with a contemplative look, holding a deck of cards, he randomly drew three cards.

Six, four, seven.

With a slight twist of the cards in his palm, the cards suddenly transformed into a uniform set.

Li Qing opened the cards, carefully sorted them, then exchanged the positions of 'six, four, seven' and the uniform set.

The uniform set stayed in his hand, while the 'six, four, seven' cards went back into the deck.

Li Qing stood up abruptly, his face revealing a hint of excitement.

The hell with this job!

Li Qing, who had always thought like a commoner, suddenly remembered, damn it, he was a Mage now, with so many magical conveniences that could make life much easier. Why should he obediently be a wage slave?

Being a wage slave wasn't bad; a nine-to-six job, weekends, either full or alternate, and as long as you had a skill, you could continue long-term. Although the so-called midlife crisis existed, reaching middle age meant having accumulated professional skills and social networks, which provided certain resources.

Even if unemployed, lowering one's standards a bit would allow easy reentry; for ordinary people, this was a necessary path for continuous survival.

But for Li Qing now, there was no need for any of that.

The system loader he wrote himself allowed his magic to be instantaneous, as long as the first spell was successfully cast. It could then be activated and mounted on the plugin.

Meditation was always running continuously for twenty-four hours without interruption.

Why hammer away here?

Li Qing immediately stood up, performed a routine professional ethics check on the information system's operation status, and applied to use up all his seven-day annual leave.

While submitting it to Chen Ke, the occupational administrative woman, upon her inquiry about the real reason, Li Qing had to excuse using Chen Chencheng as a distraction.

Under her ambiguous gaze, Li Qing maintained a polite smile and swiftly signed to agree.

However, given the nature of his job, Li Qing needed to keep a laptop handy for remote system operations.

Li Qing had no objection to this, doing maintenance work was like that, best without issues daily, but if something did occur, whether late night, early morning, or during vacation, immediate resolution was required to ensure system functionality.

As for why he hadn't immediately resigned, it was entirely to prevent things from not working out, keeping a good job as a backup.

Because for Li Qing, gambling was never the right path.

Truth be told, he had never engaged in money-consuming gambling from childhood; any gambling involving financial transactions, Li Qing would never participate in.

So, up till now, Li Qing still felt a bit uncertain.

Entering the community, he briskly ascended to the seventh floor, panting as he felt his heart pounding, ready to unlock the door when the adjacent slightly open door silently opened, and a pair of eyes stared quietly at his back.