Chapter 40: The Newbie Village's NPCs

  Duan Dao led Li Yi into the dense forest in front of Newbie Village, and under a clump of unremarkable wild grass, they found two Heartflowers.

  "Pick it, there is another one under the grass on the left side, there are three in total."

  Li Yi was shocked.

  He had also been in this dense forest before, when he was on a mission as Da Huang Dog.

  "Thank you."

  The short knife smiled slightly, stroked his small beard, and turned around to leave.

  Low-level herbs are picked and will refresh again in 10-20 minutes. Since no one is competing for them here, Li Yi doesn't bother to go elsewhere, just sitting here, picking when refreshed, waiting when not.

  Soon Li Yi's proficiency rose to 20 points, and picking the Heart Flower again would only increase his proficiency by one point for every five flowers he picked.

  Li Yi walked out of the dense forest and saw Short Knife holding a worn-out wolf-tooth club in his hand, fighting against an adult wild boar.

  Li Yidai was surprised.

  The rank of the short knife had once been second on the ranking list, only below Old Li's flying knife, but not long after, he fell off the list and never got back on.

  "What level are you at now?" Li Yi asked as he walked up.

  "Thirteenth rank." The short sword replied while chopping at a wild boar.

  "You're not going to stay in newbie village and level up forever?"

  "It's always been."

  Li Yi was speechless. No wonder he never went up after falling off the list, and at level 13, he still fought like a wild boar, his experience was too lacking.

  "Why don't you go out of the village and outside?"

  Short Blade shook his head: "I went out once when I was level 5 and ended up dying as soon as I got outside."

  "Hehe, I'm just a person who's bored at home and doesn't really understand it, but it's nothing much. When I have nothing to do, I come online to hunt wild boars, it's actually quite interesting."

  “……”

  "It's also fun to play in the newbie village, besides fighting wild boars, I've also learned how to fish and craft. When I'm free, I go fishing by the river or gather materials to make weapons. The wolf-tooth club in my hand was crafted by myself."

  Li Yi was shocked again.

  Anyone can learn to live a professional life, but wanting to upgrade their level is quite difficult. The person in front of him can't be said to be inexperienced, because his familiarity with the novice village far exceeds Li Yi's, who has been reborn once.

  In fact, the King of Gods is not a simple fighting game. If you don't want to fight monsters, you can play other things. There are thousands of casual gameplay modes, and no matter which one you play, it won't make people feel bored.

  "It seems like the only crafting material you can get in Newbie Village is just iron blocks? How many iron blocks do you need to collect to craft this... white equipment?"

  He gripped the wolf fang club in his hand: "It's been about ten days or so, I'm quite familiar with Newbie Village. As long as Iron Lump refreshes, it'll definitely be picked up by me."

  "It's too little, collecting iron blocks for ten days can only make one weapon, and the proficiency will increase by 1 point. If you really want to practice blacksmithing, it's not worth it, just go to the auction house in the main city and buy it, the materials needed to make a weapon are probably enough with just 1 gold."

  "I'm not short of money, I've saved nearly 10 gold. Is there anything that can't be found in the auction house of the main city?"

  "It's not like everything is available, but compared to you picking materials, it's much stronger."

  "Can I go now at this level?" Upon hearing Li Yi say that, Short Knife also felt some longing.

  "Of course." Li Yi smiled slightly, took out ten return scrolls and handed them to Short Knife, saying: "Take these, wave your hand, and you'll be in Broken Frost City in just ten seconds."

  "Really?"

  The short sword waved and returned to the city scroll, and the figure gradually disappeared...

  Li Yi also crushed the Return to the City scroll.

  "There are so many people here." Jian Dao looked around in shock at the surging crowds.

  "If you want to see the scenery, it's enough for you to look at it for ten days or half a month."

  "You're a warrior, right? The Warrior Skill Mentor is in the south of the city. Just head straight down this road, report to him first, and then take on the mentor quest. By the time you've completed it, you'll be pretty familiar with Broken Frost City."

  "Thank you."

  The short knife rushed towards Li Yi with a smile, and after running for a few steps, it turned back again.

  "Add as friend."

  The two of them became friends, and Xiao Dao bid farewell once again.

  ……

  At this time, the short knife in the 222 new village was messed up.

  "Who saw that NPC called Short Blade? I just accepted the task and don't know what to do next."

  "I'm also wondering, that NPC used to hang around in front of the village every day, not only helping with quests but also showing directions, how did it suddenly disappear?"

  "10 silver coins can buy an NPC's short knife, big brothers who know the coordinates please private message me, hurry up."

  "Same price, same price..."

  ……

  Not far from the East Cloud Mountain Valley, there is a red ring-shaped mountain called Flame Mountain. It's a 40-50 level monster area with dense monsters and rugged roads. If you're not careful and fall off, it's okay if your soul can find the corpse, but if it can't, you'll have to choose to resurrect at the temple and lose levels.

  On the top of Lava Mountain, only one kind of monster is refreshed: Thunder Leopard. It's fast and will charge forward. Once in battle, four or five Thunder Leopards charging together can be fatal even for a player around level 40.

  Li Yi carefully walked in the midst of Lianyeshan, holding a medicine hoe and picking medicinal herbs.

  Except for low-level herbs, the herbs that refresh on Flame Mountain are absolutely comprehensive. Picking herbs here can easily upgrade the herbalist level to primary.

  From Novice to Apprentice, a total of 1,000 proficiency points are required for promotion.

  The black lightning leopard was agilely running around on the mountain, and even Li Yi, who was familiar with the map, was made anxious by this thing. There was no way out; at his current level, encountering a lightning leopard would be absolutely fatal.

  The more dangerous the place is, the better returns it can bring. After running for just over an hour on Lava Mountain, Li Yi's proficiency had easily reached 289 points.

  The harvested herbs are also a big gain, Flame Flower, Flame Fruit... and so on, are all essential herbs for the alchemist to upgrade their level.

  Li Yi was harvesting and refining at the same time. A no-grade refiner like him was only allowed to refine two types of medicine, one being 'Fire-Attribute Resistance Medicine' and the other being 'Underwater Breathing Medicine'.

  Because of the different levels of proficiency among alchemists, even if the type of medicine produced is the same, the effect is greatly different.

  It will be a long time before the underwater copy is open, so the 'underwater breathing agent' is not needed at all now. In addition, the required materials are more complicated and difficult to collect. The vast majority of alchemists choose to use simple 'fire-resistant agents' to improve their level.

  Li Yi was different, he alternated between two refining methods. After refining the 'Fire-Resistant Potion', he would refine the 'Underwater Breathing Potion'. This way, his failure rate decreased drastically, and he could succeed about once every three attempts, saving him a large sum of money.

  To open the Flame Crest instance, players above level 15 need to keep doing quests around Flame Mountain. Specifically, how long it takes Li Yi has already forgotten, he only remembers that those quests were quite abnormal, and at least seven or eight deaths are required to complete them all.

  This is also the reason why he didn't go to open the Flame Crest's instance door, he would rather have less experience than go to his death.

  First, let's get the refining and gathering of medicine up there. As long as we can create some distance between us and others, it will be difficult for them to catch up even if they want to pursue us.

  Li Yi had already made preparations and promoted the herbalist to primary level on Lieyan Mountain.

  In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and Li Yi's medicine gathering proficiency rose to 896 points, while his medicine refining proficiency also exceeded 1,000 points.

  In just a few hours, he can graduate and go down the mountain.

  "Dong! Dong! Dong!"

  Li Yi dodged the patrolling Thunder Leopard and heard a strange sound coming from afar.

  He parted the thick grass and saw a medium-sized human warrior holding up his pickaxe, chopping at the crystal ore beneath his feet.

  At this time, a nearby patrolling Thunder Leopard was startled by the sound and rushed forward, knocking the human warrior to the ground...

  Not long after, the human warrior stood up again, and his equipment had already been stripped clean. At this time, he only had one piece of clothing left on him, a pair of pants known as the strongest defense for newcomers, which was still covering his body.

  "Dong! Dong! Dong!"

  Humans continued to wield pickaxes.

  At this time, Flash Leopard charged again...

  At this time, Li Yi saw the face of a human warrior and saw those two extremely personalized small mustaches.

  The human warrior in front of him was: Short Knife!

  "Dong! Dong! Dong!"

  The short knife stood up again and continued to wield the pickaxe...