Chapter 0304: Loyalty to the clan and learning to make medicine

Today’s second update: Chapter 304!

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"It wasn't until Master Tianyan revealed the truth that we knew why the Nine-tailed Demon Fox Clan mobilized all their heroes and fought to the death to capture Xuanyuan Tomb!"

"In this secret realm, there is the last soul fragment of their ancestor god. Only by getting back this last soul fragment can they rebuild the soul of their ancestor god Daji!"

"And the price for retrieving the remnant souls of their ancestors is to destroy the entire Xuanyuan Tomb secret realm!"

"I, the human race, can no longer avenge our shame!"

"But in order for something like this to never happen again, there are people like me!"

Xu Kun was startled and looked at Yue Yun. The long-lost appraisal paper from the Illustrated Book of Ten Thousand Races appeared in front of his eyes!

On the paper, the image of Yue Yun is depicted. The level is the full level below the twentieth floor, and the talent is S level, but it is an S level talent with double bonus!

[Cyborg]: +320% strength, +320% physical strength!

With the double bonus of strength and stamina, this is definitely the best among S-level talents, and it is not weak at all against ordinary SS-level talents!

"Brother Yue, how many years have you been above the tenth floor?"

Yue Yun revealed his memories, and then replied: "From the time I completed the first ten levels of trials to now, in more than half a month, it will be ten years!"

ten years!

As an S-level talent with double bonuses, Yue Yun could not be restricted to the 20th floor for ten years. There was only one possibility: he stayed voluntarily!

Sacrifice your own upgrade time to guard Yanhuang City and prevent tragedy from happening again!

Noticing Xu Kun's shocked gaze, Yue Yun smiled and said, "Don't look at me like that. Everyone's life pursuits are different. I, my father, and my grandmother all uphold the same ideas. As long as you can protect our clan with all your loyalty, even if you die in battle and are buried in horse leather, your death will be considered an honor!"

"After I first entered the Haotian Tower at the age of eighteen and completed the first ten levels of trials, my life has only consisted of two points and one line. Outside the tower, I followed my father and was active on the battlefield of all races. Inside the tower, I Always shoulder the heavy responsibility of guarding the Yanhuang City!"

"The City of Yanhuang is very big, but in the past ten years, I have walked through almost every inch of the land!"

No wonder!

Xu Kun took a deep breath. When he first met Yue Yun, he was very surprised that he was carrying the ninth-level warrior medal with three golden swords on his shoulders!

Now after hearing about his deeds from Yue Yun, Xu Kun can only describe it in one word: Well deserved!

Such a warrior is worthy of the respect that even a war king would salute to him upon seeing him!

He squandered his enthusiasm and blood and sweat on the territory of the human race, whether inside or outside the tower!

"With me, there are three thousand warriors from my father's Wei army. Each of them has an A-level talent. Like me, they choose to suppress the level and protect the Yanhuang City!"

Xu Kun asked in confusion: "Is it possible that you will stay below the twenty floors?"

Protecting the City of Yanhuang is important, but for an S-level talent with double bonuses like Yue Yun, the warrior level is by no means his destination. He should work towards a higher level!

Including the 3,000 A-level talented Weijun warriors who stayed behind with Yue Yun, they can only protect more things if they become stronger!

Staying here all the time is a waste of resources!

Hearing this, Yue Yun grinned and said, "Who said that? We are not that stupid!"

As he spoke, he stretched and said: "Ten years, this is the time agreed upon by my father and I. In one month, my practice will be over, and I can leave here and move to a higher level!"

Yue Yun suddenly leaned forward and said with a smile: "Do you know why we have to stick to it for ten years?"

Xu Kun leaned back tactically: "No... I don't know. You can't be waiting for me, right?"

"Originally, when my father and I agreed on this deadline, we were thinking of the SSS-level talent born in the millennium of our human race, that is, the princess Yaoyao of our human race. But now, my mind has changed. Maybe, we will wait. That person is you!”

"With you Kunshen here, one person can be a million masters. I think there is no need for us idlers to stay here!"

Xu Kun was a little embarrassed by the praise, scratched his head and said: "It's not as mysterious as you said!"

"I don't know the rest, but I also learned from my father's words in the past that this ten-year period was entrusted to him by Master Tianyan!"

It’s my Uncle Yang again!

If it was my Uncle Yang, I really couldn't tell. It might have been planned ten years ago!

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Because being in the tower requires consuming energy, Xu Kun said goodbye after learning some of the information he wanted from Yue Yun!

"Hey, I have a headache. With my E-level talent, I can't go anywhere except for a few E-level solo secret realms!"

Xu Kun flipped through the atlas about the primitive secret realms page by page. There were many secret realms in the human domain, but none of them were suitable for him to enter!

As for the only unrestricted secret realm he opened, he himself could not play it a second time!

"Let's take a walk around the city first, and it will be fine after Yaoyao and the others clear the customs!"

Taking the map Yue Yun gave him, Xu Kun quickly arrived at the door of a store.

One side is in the shape of a plaster, and the other side has the word "medicine" written on it. There are couplets hanging on both sides: I hope that people in the world will be disease-free, why bother to put medicine on the shelf to produce dust...

The style of this ancient building made Xu Kun feel a little confused.

"Hello, sir, what do you need?"

Looking at the mechanical smile of the pharmacy clerk, Xu Kun understood that this was another NPC!

According to the guide I read on "The Secrets I Have to Tell Between Me and Uncle Foundry, Grandpa Herb Collecting, and Shop Auntie", if you want to learn the art of herb collection with Grandpa Herb Collecting, or even the more precious alchemy art, you must go to the Shop at the drug store!

Thinking of this, Xu Kun waved his hand, and an A-level spirit stone fell on the counter.

"This, this, and this..."

The NPC clerk at the pharmacy turned his head stiffly and said, "Are all these medicines packed?"

Xu Kun shook his head: "No, except for these types, pack everything else for me!"

Even the NPC fell into a brief state of confusion under Xu Kun's arrogance!

The medicine store sells some of the highest D-level elixirs on the display rack. The ones Xu Kun just ordered are all F-level recovery elixirs. For him now, they are a drop in the bucket!

For the remaining dozen or so elixirs, even if they are all packed together, one A-level spirit stone is enough for you!

Of course, buying these is just a stepping stone!

"Uncle, please put it away!"

As the saying goes, money can make all the difference. When Xu Kun packed up all the elixirs and generously rewarded the remaining spirit stone fragments to the pharmacy clerk, he received such a notification in his ears.

[Ding, your generous behavior has made the drug store clerk feel good about you, and the drug store clerk's friendliness towards you has reached respect! 】

Hatred, indifference, friendliness, respect, obedience, and obedience, these are the grades of the relationship between the trialer and the NPC!

"Um, can you do me a favor?"

"Please tell me how I can help you!"

"I want to learn the art of collecting herbs and alchemy. I wonder if I can introduce you to a master?"

"Please wait a moment and let me report it. Please rest assured that my husband always loves to make friends with such generous people as you!"

"Trouble!" Xu Kun smiled.

Although the life skills that can be learned from NPCs are up to F level, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as you learn a basic foundation, you can slowly accumulate the rest!

The so-called master leads the door, and cultivation depends on the individual, it’s nothing more than that!

"Hello, I've been waiting for a long time. My husband has just finished refining a batch of elixirs. Please come in!"

Not long after Xu Kun waited, the pharmacy clerk came out with a smile on his face and welcomed him in.

This money is well spent!

I remembered what was said in the guide. If you want to learn the art of collecting herbs and refining alchemy, in addition to spending a lot of money to buy enough elixirs and gain the favor of the pharmacy clerk, in order to show your determination, you will be asked to wait outside. Ten minutes or even half an hour!

If you can't wait, then you have failed. If you want to learn these two life skills in the future, you will have to find other ways!

Xu Kun followed the waiter inside and smelled the aroma of medicine.

After entering the inner hall, an old man in a long gown came out and said with a smile: "My little friend spent a lot of money and bought up all the elixirs in my medicine shop. It just so happened that I was researching new elixirs recently and sent spiritual stones to buy medicinal materials. "This little friend has solved my urgent need. Please sit down!"

"The old man is too polite. You sell it and I buy it. The price is clearly marked. I just need it. The old man's drug store happens to have it. How can I help?"

[Ding, your attitude has won the favor of E-level alchemist Li Xuetang, and your friendship level has increased! 】

I'll wear it a thousand times, but I won't wear it if I flatter you. As the guide says, I won't deceive you if you're honest!

Even these NPCs do this!

The next step was very simple. Compared with the situation where others had to do some chores for the alchemist, Xu Kun's spirit stone opened the way and the flattery was delivered. NPC Li Xuetang issued two tasks to Xu Kun without any entanglement.

[Ding, you have accepted the F-level life task - collecting medicine]

[Ding, you have accepted the F-level life task-Pharmaceutical]

[Ding, you have acquired temporary F-level herb picking skills]

[Ding, F-level alchemist Li Xuetang gave you an F-level medicinal sickle]

【Collect medicine】

Mission level: F level

Goal: Use F-level herb picking skills to successfully pick ten F-level medicinal materials.

Current completion level: 0/10

Reward: F-level herb picking skill

【Pharmaceutical】

Mission level: F level

Goal: Purify ten F-grade medicinal materials

Current completion level: 0/10

Reward: Entry-level pharmacy skills, F-level prescription "Huoxue Powder"

【Herb collecting sickle】

Grade: F-grade special tool

Strength: +1

Features: Picking herbs

Chance of collecting herbs: F-level medicinal materials (50%), E-level medicinal materials (20%)

Introduction: The lowest quality medicinal sickle can only be used to pick low-grade medicinal materials!

The herb-gathering tasks and herb-gathering sickle are similar to the situation during mining on the second level. However, the rusty herb-gathering sickle in Xu Kun’s hands now can only pick up to E-grade medicinal materials, unlike Xu Kun’s. Just like the small ore hoe in the backpack, it can dig even SSS-level ores!

Collecting herbs requires leaving the city, which can only be found in the wild, so Xu Kun is not in a hurry for the time being.

On the other hand, Xu Kun plans to complete this pharmaceutical task now.

After hearing Xu Kun's request, Li Xuetang frowned: "Beginners who want to purify medicinal materials have a high failure rate. Are you sure you want to purify them now?"

"Yes, sir!" Xu Kun smiled.

"Okay then, come with me!"

Li Xuetang did not refuse and led Xu Kun to a pill furnace.

"This is the E-class flame I use to refine the elixir. You can try putting the medicinal materials in it. Once they are purified, use the nearby vessel to put them away!"

E-level flame...Xu Kun's mouth twitched slightly.

"Old man, no need, I have my own flame!"

Li Xuetang's eyes lit up, as if he had found a fellow traveler!

"You also have fire?"

"Yes, I have fire too!"

"What grade?"

"Uh..."

"It doesn't matter, even if it is F-level flame, with my guidance, the probability of purification is still very high. Come on, use your flame!"

Xu Kun nodded, stretched out his hand, and a flame danced on his index finger.

It was his Liu Ding Divine Fire!

At the moment when the Liu Ding Divine Fire appeared, Li Xuetang was startled and almost knocked over the bottles and jars in the room!

"Old man, be careful!"

Xu Kun grabbed him.

"What kind of flame is this? It's too scary. My own flame power was actually dormant under this flame!"

The medicine shop clerk next to him was so scared that his face turned pale.

It's not that Xu Kun is good at showing off. When the flame is of a higher grade, it has its own characteristics. The characteristic of the two flames he currently controls, the Samadhi True Fire, is incineration, which is not suitable for purification!

And the smelting characteristics of the Six Ding Divine Fire are the best flames in the world for purification!

Even SSS-level medicinal materials can be smelted, so the mere F-level medicinal materials are not easy to get?

In Li Xuetang's awe-inspiring eyes, Xu Kun flicked his fingers, and the Six Ding Divine Fire fell evenly on the ten F-level medicinal materials that Li Xuetang took out!

"It's done, it's done!" Li Xuetang used a vessel to collect the ten drops of liquid medicine that were purified in less than three seconds.

The look he gave Xu Kun was full of enthusiasm!

[Ding, your actions have won the favor of F-level alchemist Li Xuetang, and the friendship level has increased. It is currently respectful]

After the prompt sounded, Li Xuetang bowed to Xu Kun respectfully and said, "My friend has the divine fire in his body. He is indeed a rare genius in my alchemy. I hope you will forgive me for my previous offense!"

"Old sir, you are too kind. The master is the wisest. In the aspect of alchemy, I have not yet seen the way. I still need more guidance from you!"

Li Xuetang wiped the sweat from his temples and said embarrassedly, "I dare not, my little tricks are really not worthy of my friend's attention. Today, I am fortunate to be your enlightenment teacher in alchemy, which is really my honor!"

[Ding, F-level pharmaceutical skills are completed, you have learned the entry-level pharmaceutical skills, and obtained the F-level prescription "Huoxue Powder". Tianyou·Son of Luck takes effect, and the F-level prescription Huoxue Powder is upgraded to the E-level prescription "Xingjun Pill\