Chapter 21 - Player’s Progress, Potion Master

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As soon as they entered the village, many players immediately distanced themselves from Li Yi as if they had seen a ghost. After all, the visual impact of the massacre had left a deep impression on them.

Li Yi swept his gaze across the crowd and discovered that most of the players had already reached level 4. Very few had also reached level 5.

It seemed that the level 5 equipment update mode was about to arrive. Perhaps the two pieces of equipment in his hands could be sold for a high price.

Other than that, there was the need for gold coins. After level 5, learning skills could be said to cost a huge sum of money. Many people simply did not have that many in-game coins.

After all, they did not have such a high HP recovery ability. To level up, they needed to buy a lot of Health Potions to withstand the monsters’ attacks. Otherwise, they could only kill small monsters like Black Rats.

Fighting small monsters like the Black Rats also required a large number of players. Many players would probably not even be able to get 2 silver coins in a day!

…

At this moment, the guild leaders and their members had also returned to the village. Everyone beamed with joy. After all, the harvest this time was extremely bountiful. Every guild had good equipment in their accounts, except for Proud Guild, who had to leave early.

“Guild Leader!” 

Sun Conqueror led everyone forward and said with a smile. “Carefree Dream, I didn’t expect you to be so skilled in commanding while being so strong. I feel like I can give you the position of being a guild leader now!”

Li Yi immediately replied, “It’s nothing. I just fought too many bosses and learned a lot from it!”

Li Yi was not lying. He had killed many bosses in his previous life. This kind of special boss only had a lot of HP and a wide attack range. It was not difficult to defeat.

Sun Conqueror was stunned by Li Yi’s confident words. However, he quickly recovered and said, “Er… that’s true. I can tell that you’re a veteran player. I guess you’ve played many of those 3D online games before!”

“Oh right, I’ve picked up a few pieces of equipment. Do you have any needs?”

Li Yi immediately took out the two pieces of equipment that he had picked up earlier.

“This… I’m afraid I can’t afford it. After all, I’ve spent a large number of game coins to buy Health Potions and equipment. I’ve also given the money to the level 5 members to learn their skills. There aren’t many gold coins left.

“I don’t know, but is it possible if you can keep it for a while? I’ll try my best to gather some gold coins. It won’t be long!”

At this moment, Sun Conqueror also eyed this greatsword. This time, he had obtained 4 pieces of excellent equipment. Although he had a high-damage scepter, a guild would always need more equipment for their members.

Li Yi was also very familiar with this, so he directly said, “I understand how it is. How about this? It’s fine if you don’t have any gold coins. I can also accept materials instead of gold coins. A guild should at least have more materials than not, right?”

Sun Conqueror replied in puzzlement, “Materials? You have a friend with a medicinal talent?”

Li Yi directly said, “I guess so. I’ll get some from him.”

“Alright then. Let’s see what materials you need. I have quite a lot of materials in my storage!”

“Quartz Flower, Nuts, and Sun Grass. If you have them, you can come and exchange them with me!” Li Yi requested.

These three were the main materials for Defense Potions. Moreover, the spawn locations of these items were scarce. The other materials Sun Conqueror had were probably common goods. They were very easy to find. Moreover, the prices of the common goods were not worth the purchase.

“Do you have these?” Sun Conqueror turned around and asked his guild members.

“Yes. It’s just that the demand for these items are not high. Our people did not gather them in large quantities. We don’t have many Quartz Flowers. There are around 1,000 stalks, over 4,000 Nuts, and over 4,000 Sun Grass!”

The guild member immediately replied. There was currently no demand for these things in the market. After all, the blueprints for the Defense Potion had not been dropped yet.

One stalk was at most 3 to 5 copper coins. The sum of all of them was far from enough to cover the price of this valuable sword.

Sun Conqueror said with difficulty, “Do you think these are enough? We only have so much at the moment. Do you want to use cash to replace the rest cost?”

Li Yi did not care about this and said directly, “That’s fine. This weapon isn’t too important to me anyway. Let’s trade.”

“That’s great. Wait for me to get someone to send it over. I’ll transfer 50,000 US dollars to you first!”

Sun Conqueror transferred the money and then immediately got someone to send the materials over.

The eyes of the person behind Sun Conqueror lit up at this moment and secretly whispered to the guild leader.

“Guild leader, since a big shot like Carefree Dream is collecting these materials, even if they are useless now, there will definitely be a time when we will need these materials in the future, and the price will definitely skyrocket.

“Why don’t we send people to collect them now? When the time comes, we will definitely be able to earn quite a bit. Otherwise, I can’t figure out why he wants these materials!”

Sun Conqueror thought that this was indeed the case. After all, an item that even a big shot had to collect would definitely be very valuable. Moreover, the other party’s time was very precious, so there was no need to waste it on collecting items like these.

Sun Conqueror nodded to himself. Then, he released a mission in the guild channel, “Collect Quartz Flower, Nuts, and Sun Grass as much as possible. Reduce the number of people who collect the other materials by half.”

Not long after, Sun Conqueror was very glad that he had made a decision this time. The harvest this time was absolutely massive.

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Very soon, the Scorching Sun guild members sent the materials over. After they directly traded, the few of them parted ways. After all, now that they had the experience bonus, it was better to quickly level themselves up.

Li Yi, on the other hand, came to the market hall. It was full of players who were setting up stalls. They were also looking for materials for Defense Potions.

Li Yi suddenly saw a relatively skinny man sitting in the distance. He was setting up a stall and selling Quartz Flowers. This person looked like he was about to fall asleep.

Li Yi walked over and took a look. This person’s ID was Little Merchant. This ID was very familiar. 

Li Yi had a quick recollection. This guy was an extremely famous potion master in his previous life. His talent was to make potions. It was said that he had a 30% success rate. It was truly terrifying.

This person’s character was not bad, and he valued his principles very much. As long as the agreement was alright, he would stick to it 100%.

In his previous life, he remembered that someone had helped the Little Merchant, and the Little Merchant had agreed to give the person 10% of the money he earned in the future. Little Merchant really gave him 10% of the money he earned every time. Moreover, he calculated his own accounts, and every penny earned was not bad.

Li Yi immediately went forward and said, “It’s a trade! Don’t sleep anymore!”

The small businessman immediately woke up and looked over. “Huh? What do you want to buy?”

Li Yi said, “Hmm, I want all of these Quartz Flowers!”

“5 copper coins per stalk! A total of 1,700 stalks!”

“Okay!”

Li Yi directly made a trade with him.

That person was also beaming with joy. Who knew that he would not need to haggle over the price. This thing had been placed in his store for so long, and no one had come to ask for a price. His personal expectation was that it would be sold for 3 copper coins.

“Okay! Thank you for your patronage!! Add me as a friend, and I will sell more things to you in the future!!”

After both parties added each other as friends, Li Yi did not say anything. Instead, he sent the blueprint of the Defense Potion over to Little Merchant.

Little Merchant opened his friend’s message in confusion. What message was he sending from such a close distance?

However, when he opened it, his eyes widened. His eyes were filled with the shape of gold coins, and the essence of a merchant was undoubtedly revealed.

“My friend, how much is this? I’ll buy it!!!”

“It’s not for sale! I want to make an agreement with you. Once this thing is made, excluding the cost of the medicinal ingredients, I want to take 80% of it!”

“No way! It’s too much, we’ll split it 55%!!”

“Forget it then!”

Li Yi immediately turned around and wanted to leave. The merchant gritted his teeth and quietly whispered to Li Yi, “At most, you’ll get a ratio of 6 and I’ll get 4. I’m an S-grade talent when it comes to making medicine. The success rate of making medicine will increase by 30%. This isn’t something that can be measured with gold coins.”

Following that, the merchant sent an introduction of his talent over. Li Yi also knew that this was the most he could do, so he directly threw the blueprint to him. “Alright, you study this potion first, and tell me when it’s done!”

With that, he left behind a dumbfounded small merchant. This person actually threw it over so generously? Was this a verbal agreement?

Little Merchant took a deep breath and decided in his heart to fulfill the agreement. This was the first person who had believed in him so much..