Hell yeah, silk is expensive. but you really want to spare the gil for gold thread?? i was the same way.. with no loss you will break even or+ but with any loss in gold ingot.. that hurts.. and you will fail while skill up.... hyo is a way to go from about 57 till 62... i will go the silk road green ribbon->hyo->62
i guess i will spend 1.4m for 7 levels and then again for the enxt step, 1m+
times making profit on skilling up are gone
