Chapter Thirty: The Elixir of the Netherworld

  Ye Chen was suddenly startled: "Is the news accurate?"

  Long Teng Jian Xing's face was heavy as he nodded: "Accurate, this is what a brother who leveled up on the other side of Devil's Canyon personally saw, and he's still over there."

  Ye Chen's face wrinkled with a frown as he asked, "How many people are on Lie Hu's side?"

  "Thirty or forty of them, led by your old rival, Lie Hu. I heard it's because of a dispute over the mine vein. Lie Hu's people are being very domineering." Long Teng reported the opponent's numbers quickly and hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice: "This matter is not convenient for us to intervene in, but rumor has it that you've been at odds with Lie Hu all along. If you need help, I can contact Rumor's leader for you, using your hidden identity as leverage. He should be willing to lend a hand. Of course, if you're willing to join our Long Teng, we can also take care of this matter for you."

  "Never mind, I'll figure it out myself." Ye Chen hesitated for a moment before shaking his head and declining Long Teng Xing's proposal. He didn't want to be tied to the chariot of some family, besides, he might have a way to solve this matter himself. Even if all else failed, he would rather ask Ding Yuan and Shang La for help than get too deeply involved with these family guilds.

  Opened the friend list, just wanted to contact the sister on the other side to understand the specific situation, and suddenly remembered a call for a conversation request in her ear, it was Lingyue sister.

  "Ye Chen, my sister and I are trapped in the Devil's Valley mine." Ling Yue's voice was slightly anxious, and even she didn't understand why she thought of Ye Chen at this time. Maybe it was because of the hidden task that morning, or maybe it was because of the stunning secret recipe in the Mountain Bandit Hall, but for some reason, she felt that Ye Chen would definitely have a way out.

  "I already know, it's someone from the Liehu family, right? What's the situation now? Are there any casualties?" Ye Chen asked hastily.

  "Do you know?" Ling Yue was taken aback, and hastily said: "We've already hung up five sisters, but the Lie Hu family didn't gain an advantage either. They hung more, but they had too many people. Now we can only hide in the mine and circle around with them. The entrance of the mine has been blocked, and we can't get out. They also sent a group of people to chase and kill us. This mine is quite complex, and for a short time, we can hold on, but if they send more people in, I'm afraid we'll all be hung." Ling Yue was slightly panting, clearly running non-stop.

  "Hold on, I'll be there soon." Ye Chen said and hung up the phone. He had to come up with a plan immediately, or else it was likely that Lingyue and the others would not escape death. If more than ten of the girls were to drop a level, it would be a huge blow to the studio.

  Looking for the legendary help? Looking for Ding Yuan and Shang? Devil's Canyon, Devil's Canyon, that's right, the monsters there seem to be around level 30 powerful monsters. If I can lure a bunch of monsters to kill those people blocking the cave entrance, or even just scatter them, Big Sister and the others might be able to take advantage of the opportunity to escape!

  The little devils in the canyon are moving very fast, and with my current state, I'm afraid I'll be surrounded and killed by a group of little devils before I can even lure them over, unless I can increase my movement speed!

  Speed! With this thought, Ye Chen's heart suddenly moved, and he remembered that on the Danfang price list, there was a second-level Danfang called Rapid Dan. He hastily bid farewell to Long Teng Xianxing, and ran back to the second floor, taking out the Danfang price list to take a look.

  【Rapid Elixir】 (Secondary Dan Formula): Increases movement speed by 25% for 5 minutes after consumption. Required materials: Hollow Grass x5, Secondary Alchemy Furnace x1, Secondary Dan Fire x1. Price: 50 Gold Coins.

  A 25% increase in movement speed is barely enough, but the problem is Hollow Grass. This thing isn't even in Ye Chen's hands, and it hasn't been seen on sale in the market either. Even if the system god knows the refresh location, going to collect it now would definitely be too late.

  "There's no way to get rid of the monster without the Rapid Dan, looks like I can only ask Ding Yuan and Shang for help now." Ye Chen muttered to himself, clenching his fist tightly, already preparing to contact Ding Yuan and Shang. At this point, he couldn't care less about owing people favors, even if it was a huge one, as long as it was better than having his sisters get killed again. Just as he was about to open the friend list, a chat window from a friend suddenly popped up in front of him.

  "Rapid Dan is only a secondary accelerating pill, you can completely refine the more effective Ghost Dan, that's the real top-grade pill." The message was sent by the System God.

  "Ghost Dan?" Ye Chen was slightly stunned, and didn't have time to ask the system why it suddenly popped out on its own. He hastily asked instead: "But that price list for dan formulas doesn't have this formula on it?"

  "You give the Ghost Orchid to Knoos and it will automatically trigger the hidden Danfang task. At that time, you only need to give a few Ghost Orchids to Knoos and you can get the Danfang for free." The system's typing speed was extremely fast, almost in the blink of an eye, the answer appeared in the dialogue box.

  "Alright, thank you so much, System Supreme Deity." Ye Chen sincerely expressed his gratitude.

  But then the system god lightly typed out a few words: "Please call me 2058, the word 'system' makes me feel cold."

  Ye Chen smiled slightly, for the first time feeling that this system god actually had a bit of human emotion, and immediately said: "Alright, 2058."

  Closing the dialogue with 2058, Ye Chen hastily took out the Youhuncao and handed it to Guild Leader Knos: "Respected Lord Knos, do you recognize this herb?"

  Kunos's face suddenly lit up with joy when he saw the Ghost Orchid: "Young man, you've really surprised me. You've actually found this Ghost Orchid that's on the verge of extinction. I've been searching for it for a long time now. Now, I need this herb to refine my pills. Give me 10 Ghost Orchids and I'll give you the latest pill formula I've researched as a gift. How about that?"

  "Ding, you have a quest, [Collecting Ghost Grass]. Quest details: Collect 10 Ghost Grass and hand them over to Guildmaster Knoos. He will reward you with one of his latest researched Dan formulas. Do you accept the quest?"

  He quickly clicked accept and the task immediately became submittable. Ye Chen hastily took out ten stalks of Youling Grass he had collected and handed them over to President Kelnos.

  "Ding, you have completed the task [Collecting Ghost Spirit Grass], and received 28,000 experience points as a reward. You also obtained one [Ghost Spirit Pill] recipe."

  A flash of golden light burst forth from Ye Chen's body as he had reached level 20. As long as he completed the job transfer task, he could become a formal second milk.

  【Ethereal Pill】 (Tier 3 Dan Formula): After consumption, movement speed increases by 100%, forcibly entering Ethereal state, lasting for 5 minutes. Ethereal State: Automatically stealthy, stealth broken after attacking. Required materials: 3 Ethereal Grass, 1 Tier 3 Alchemy Furnace, 1 bundle of Tier 3 Dan Fire.

  Looking at the attributes of Youhun Dan, Ye Chen's face was filled with wild joy. "Fierce Tiger Roar, you just wait for me! This time I'll definitely give you a big gift and make you extremely surprised."