Chapter 28: Soul Return Valley

  The road to Huihun Valley is extremely long, and there are no safe roads to take. You can only pass through the strange area, where the poisonous forest that refreshes the Qingtong Snake is the most difficult to walk. Those 19-level Qingtong Snakes hide in the dense woods, ordinary players can't find them at all, and if they're not careful, they'll be entwined by several Qingtong Snakes. If you don't have enough strength, you will definitely die. However, Ye Chen has a monster radar given by the system god, so avoiding these Qingtong Snakes is no longer a problem.

  After passing through the poisonous forest, I walked for more than 20 minutes before the Soul Valley came into view. Unlike the Lili Grassland, which only refreshes herbs and not monsters, the Soul Valley not only refreshes herbs but also refreshes a type of undead monster called "Yōuhún" (Ghostly Souls). These ghostly souls are normally invisible and only reveal their physical form after launching an attack, just like stealthy thieves. Therefore, for ordinary players, these monsters are extremely dangerous, and if they're not careful, they'll be ambushed by multiple monsters at the same time. This situation makes the Soul Valley exceptionally desolate, with almost no players coming here to collect herbs or level up. However, for Ye Chen, this place is simply his paradise.

  Please change the monster mark on the mini map from Qingtong Snake to Ghost, Ye Chen looked at the mini map and carefully sneaked into the Ghost Valley.

  "Yōkon", Level: 20, HP: 1500, Attack: 125, Defense: 20, Attack Mode: Physical Attack, Skill: Oni Claw Strike.

  Looking at the detailed monster information provided by the system, Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat. He no longer intended to provoke this monster. Although its defense and blood gas were not great, its attack power was quite fierce, and it also had skills. He estimated that he would be somewhat overwhelmed. To put it bluntly, his current strength was still too weak. Except for his attack power being barely passable, his defense and blood gas were truly mediocre. Ye Chen had made up his mind: after the alchemy ended, he must immediately increase his strength, whether it was his level or equipment, both needed to be strengthened.

  Fortunately, the Soul Valley is large enough, and the refresh rate of the ghosts is not very dense. There are many herbs, so Ye Chen doesn't need to fight with these ghosts. He looked at the mini-map, fixed his gaze on a herb in front that had no monsters around it, avoided those wandering ghosts, walked closer, and found it was indeed a level 2 Hemostatic Herb. He swung his small shovel and started digging.

  "Ding, congratulations, you have obtained a Blood凝 Grass, Harvesting skill proficiency +1."

  Just as he finished picking up the Blood Coagulation Grass, a whimpering sound came from behind him. Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat and he quickly turned around to see that a ghost had somehow wandered over from afar and was now attacking him.

  A dark and eerie ghost claw burst forth from the air, instantly tearing at Ye Chen's chest with a vicious swipe.

  -169, a faint pain in his chest, a yellow damage number floated above Ye Chen's head, instantly taking away nearly half of his health, scaring him pale, he hastily applied a dark healing spell to himself, immediately recovering over 150 points of health, then hurriedly retreated two steps, and threw out a black fireball at the ghost, "Boom", the black fireball hit the ghost, dealing over 520 damage.

  Just as Ye Chen had pulled back and was about to launch a barrage, the ghost suddenly darted forward, somehow sticking close to him like a shadow. The speed was so fast it could be described as a flash before one's eyes. The ghost drew near Ye Chen and struck again.

  -115, this time it's not a skill attack. Ye Chen suddenly felt a great relief in pressure and didn't rush to add blood to himself. He swung his staff again and released another black fireball. This time, he unexpectedly scored a critical hit, dealing over 1,000 points of damage and instantly killing the monster that still had more than half its health left. The full intelligence bonus was indeed extraordinary, ruthless and violent.

  The ghost transformed into a white light and disappeared, with two items bursting out. One was a silver coin, the other was a dark and eerie medicinal herb.

  Yōu Hún Cǎo: Alchemy material, effect unknown.

  Ye Chen was slightly stunned, not expecting the ghostly creature to know about the violent grass medicine. It was an unexpected surprise, but a pleasant one nonetheless. He happily picked up the ghostly grass and turned around to head back to Lao Taitai's place to investigate further.

  Continue to collect Blood Lotus and Mindbloom, although trying to avoid those wandering spirits, but these monsters move too fast, the collection process is still often attacked, fortunately Ye Chen can fight and nurse, barely coping.

  Like this, while collecting and killing monsters, Ye Chen was busy in the Valley of Souls for more than two hours before finally gathering enough herbs to upgrade his alchemy.

  Looking at his backpack, the coagulant grass had already been packed in four rows, with a total of over 2000 pieces. The rare coagulant grass also had more than 500 pieces. These herbs were worth hundreds of gold coins even if they were sold for money. Ye Chen's heart felt a sense of accomplishment.

  Look at the time, it's already past six in the evening, and the stomach that had been hungry for a day was starting to riot. Ye Chen painfully took out a return scroll worth one gold coin and tore it open, directly returning to Lie Shan City.

  Just about to go offline, a sudden prompt sound came from the ear: "Ding, congratulations, your 500 gold coins have been successfully sold, the transaction price is 12,000 yuan, after deducting 5% of the transaction fee and 11% of personal income tax, you will receive 10,080 yuan, this fund will be transferred to your bank card within three working days."

  Ye Chen was taken aback for a moment, then his face lit up with extreme joy. He had finally seen the money - 10,000 yuan! He had struck it rich! His brother would no longer be a super poor ghost who couldn't even afford to take out a single red ticket. Even if he gave 20% to the workshop, he would still have 8,000 yuan left over. Hmm, he should continue working hard and strive to save up enough money for his treatment of amnesia as soon as possible.

  He rushed downstairs, took off his helmet and sprinted to the kitchen. He flung open the door and charged in, only to collide with a girl holding instant noodles. The impact sent her tumbling to the ground, and she landed on her buttocks. The noodles went flying out of her hands and scattered all over the floor, fortunately without scalding her.

  "Ah yo, Ye Chen, you're going to die, believe it or not, I'll bite off your JJ." This girl was wearing a white shirt, her chest heaving with each curse, the curve slightly exaggerated, but what really made people's blood boil was that she wasn't wearing a bra.

  Li Yuetong, nicknamed Shirt Sister, is what the girls in the workshop call her because she always likes to wear white shirts. This girl has a great figure and a very pretty face, but just has a slightly fierce personality. The most common thing she says to Ye Chen is "Believe it or not, I'll bite off your JJ", this sentence often makes Ye Chen's imagination run wild.

  Taking advantage of the fact that the shirt sister had not blown up yet, Ye Chen hurriedly stepped forward to help this sister up and changed the subject: "How are you cooking instant noodles by yourself in the kitchen? I've already talked to Lingyue sister about it, she should be responsible for dinner."