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After driving the wild donkey around the monkey forest for a few rounds, I was completely confused. I searched through almost every tree hole, spending an entire ten minutes, but still couldn't find a single sip of Monkey Wine. On the other side, in the bamboo forest, there were monkeys that 'mocked' me nonstop, causing me to feel infuriated.

Hold on … The reason Monkey Wine is called Monkey Wine is because in order to survive the winter, during the summer and autumn seasons, the monkeys hid the harvested fruit in a tree hole and sealed it. After the fruit fermented, it formed a natural wine that was both mellow and natural. No, it's a hidden monkey. Just catch one!

He pulled his donkey and charged straight into the bamboo forest!

Their movements were not normal and were hard to catch. However, it wasn't that difficult for me to catch them, as I had already changed directions several times. I grabbed hold of one of the monkeys' tail from the air, and with a "pa" sound, I pressed it against a huge rock on the ground.

"Ji ji!"

Monkey's four claws madly danced. "This stinking bastard is really rubbing against me. It hurts!"

I pretended to be fiendish. "Little brat, where are the monkey wine? Hand it over immediately, otherwise, I'll rub you until you start a fire!"

"Don't rub my golden fur!"

Monkey screamed out, "There's monkey wine right behind you in the middle of the big tree! You are a brute with strong muscles and well-developed limbs!"

"Huh?"

I abruptly turned around, and sure enough, there were traces of leaves sealing the hole in the middle of an old, curved tree behind me. I threw away the monkey, climbed up the mountain, and tore off the leaves sealing the hole in the tree.

"Ah?" Wine... Beautiful... "Beautiful …"

The drunkard's face was flushed red and he was so excited that he almost fainted. He snatched the jug of wine and drank to his heart's content. His old face was flushed red as greed flashed through his eyes. "Young man, if you give this old man another jug of Monkey Wine, this old man will …"

"Clang!"

I immediately drew my sword. The blade was out of its scabbard a few inches, and it shone with a cold light.

Jiu Zun trembled. "Fine, fine. This old man will pass on the herbal medicine to you, but since you've obtained the inheritance, you should at least call this old man 'master', right?"

"En!"

I was a little excited. "Master!"

"Good disciple, help this old man …"

"Clang!"

"Alright, disciple, this is a herbal technique, I'll pass it on to you!"

… ….

"Ding!"

System Notification: Congratulations, you have obtained "Herbalism", two sub-professions "Apprentice Alchemist", and "Apprentice Alchemist"!

After that, he chatted with the drunkard and learned level 1 alchemy, Alchemy, Recipe, Herbaceous Identification, and so on. All of them appeared in the skill bar. Basically, everything was in place.

He recalled the formula of the level 1 medicinal herb vividly.

Activating Blood Pill: Level 1 Quick-acting Medicine, Instant Recovery of 300 points of Qi and Blood. Recipe: Lotus Root Section × 3, Bai Zhi × 1

Qi Gathering Pill: Level 1 pill, instantly restores 50 points of true qi, Recipe: Dong Qing × 3, Bai Zhi × 1

[Snow Spirit Pill]: Level 1 Quick-acting Medicine, Instant Recovery 400 mana points, Recipe: Winter Green × 3, Lotus Root Section × 3, White Angelica × 1

It can be said that without the Cloud Travelling Immortal Doctor, we must have the Blood Activating Pill, and as our skill level increases, the consumption will increase, especially for Lin Che, a profession that consumes mana. He must have the Snow Spirit Pill that can instantly recover mana, otherwise he would not be able to fully display the talisman Master's might.

I have a new goal in mind now, to find the herbs for concocting the formula, and then quickly rush my Alchemy and Herbalism to level 3. By then, I would be able to concoct level 3 medicines.

After bidding farewell to his master, he went down the mountain to look for medicinal herbs.

After browsing through the forums, he found no clues. There were only a handful of players who had temporarily reached level 20 and entered the main city, not to mention the herbal concoction. Most of the players had no idea what the herbal concoction was, so they could only discover it themselves.

First of all, Lotus Root Section, level 1 medicine.

He needed to find a lotus pond or a place where lotus flowers grew. In order for a lotus flower to grow, he needed water, so he just needed to find a map of the source of water. Just now, there were no lotus flowers in the stream on the mountain, but he had confirmed that the current was too fast and it was impossible for lotus flowers to grow.

Flipping through the map, I was lucky to have explored all the areas around Colossal Deer City and was able to see everything clearly. Soon, my gaze landed on a map in the middle of the area — Ten Li Pond, yes, this is the place.

After passing through five maps in a row, they arrived at a ten mile pond. In front of them, a mud pool appeared deep in the shrubbery, and with a "puchi", the wild donkey rushed into the mud pool, leading me forward. The mud got deeper and deeper, gradually reaching my waist, and my entire body was covered with mud.

Not long after, he activated his passive skill, Herbs Identification, and discovered some nearby herbs!

One by one, dark green specks of light appeared in the depths of the mud, discovering the Lotus Root Starch!

I was overjoyed. I landed on the donkey's back and walked towards one of the lotus nodes. I started to use the herb picking skill, but unexpectedly failed the first two times, until the third time — —

"Beep!"

System Notification: Congratulations, you have succeeded in gathering herbs. You have obtained [Lotus Root Section] × 2, and your skill in gathering herbs has increased by 3!

… ….

Soon, two lotus roots fell into the bag. At the same time, a red dot appeared on the map nearby. The mud surged as a flabbergasted monster rushed over!

Sludge Demon, Level 24 Mysterious-Iron Monster.

He jumped onto the donkey and launched the Charge skill before the Sludge Demon could reach him. Suddenly, with a "Chi" sound, he dashed out as if he was pushed by the fifth generation Dual Aeroflot, breaking through the air and slamming into the Sludge Demon's body, causing it to become dizzy for 1.5 seconds. The four combos of Attack + Heavy Strike + Attack + Blade's Attack burst out, causing the Sludge Demon to scream out in pain as a series of damage figures rose up —

"442!"

"581!"

"Four hundred and forty-eight!"

"701!"

Sure enough, not only did the blades increase attack power, they also had a piercing effect. The damage dealt by a level 1 blade attack was not something a level 2 heavy strike could compare to.

Every time, it would deal me around 300 points, so if there are three or more Sludge Monsters attacking me together, I would most likely have to run away. This also proves the importance of the Wandering Immortal Doctor, going to a high level map to level up, even if there are high level medicines it is impossible, I must have the Wandering Immortal Doctor as well, not to mention the high level medicines at the beginning, if I were to use them to level up, no one would be willing to part with me.

However, the Sludge Demon had a lot of EXP, especially after killing a monster. Killing two Sludge Monsters would give 1% EXP, which meant killing 100 of them would raise one's EXP to LV21!

After sweeping through a group of Sludge Monsters, my experience rose to 57% of level 20. I also had more than 400 lotus roots in my bag, which was enough to support me to level 2 alchemy. I immediately left the pool and looked for my next target — — Dong Qing.

It was worth mentioning that on the recipe, Lotus Root Starch and Dongqing were written in black, while Bai Zhi was blue. This meant that Bai Zhi was a rare herb, and the difficulty of gathering her was much higher.

Hold on … I seem to have seen Dongqing, on Mount Baiyun.

Grade 1 medicines could be found everywhere, just the mountains nearby.

He immediately turned around and headed towards the nearby Mount Baiyun. Sure enough, the mountains were filled with Dong Qing. After clearing out the monsters, he managed to gather close to 800 of them in one go. His experience points flew to 71%.

Last target recipe: Bai Zhi!

He sent a message to Lin Che, "Little Che, how are you guys doing?"

Lin Che replied, "Not bad, we were killing butterflies in the butterfly forest … …" Level 24 butterfly elementalist is pretty cool, it's already 33% EXP, what about you, Brother Chen? "

"I'm killing monsters while harvesting herbs, 71% EXP bar now."

"Damn, I don't want to talk to you anymore …"

"Haha, Little Che, have you seen a medicinal ingredient called Bai Zhi?"

"No..." I only saw some random materials called Dong Qing. Brother Chen, do you want them? "

"No need. I've collected a lot of Dong Qing."

"Do you want me to ask around?"

"There aren't many people discussing the resources on the forums right now. You guys can focus on levelling for now, I'll look for them myself."

"Alright."

Lin Che said, "Oh, that's right. I just saw a few of the dynasties' members pass by the Butterfly Forest, but they didn't attack us. They seemed to be saying that they went to some Poison Bee Forest to level up."

"Venomous Bee Forest?" I frowned, "Our studio's goal is to quickly level up, not to indulge in PK, ignore them, try to reach level 21 by today, and then log off. Let's adjust the biological clock, we can't log on every night, try to stay awake after 3 in the morning as much as possible."

"Alright, I understand!"

… ….

Venomous Bee Forest, while I was exploring the map, I passed by that forest. There were many high level venomous bees buzzing around, and so on … Suddenly, fragments of memories flashed through his mind. It was as if he had seen some small white flowers of different colors when he passed by the Poison Bee Forest. The clusters of flowers were like parachutes. Could it be Bai Zhi?

He immediately went online to check the picture of Bai Zhi. As expected, it was that plant!

He was overjoyed, but also worried. Bai Zhi had spawned in the Poison Bee Forest, and the people from the empire were also in the Poison Bee Forest. Wasn't this just causing a war?

He thought for a moment and steeled his heart. No matter who it was that was in the Poison Bee Forest, he was just a small herb gatherer who got lost. He would pull out his sword and kill whoever got in his way.