Chapter Seventeen: The Red Flower

  "Hey, another newcomer wants to go up to the second floor."

  "Is it possible to see someone just by thinking about them? That's ridiculous, isn't it?"

  "No way, I heard that unless they receive a special mission, they won't go up at all."

  "Hmm, yesterday a woman named Ling Huishen took on the task, but that woman is a 25-level expert, this little second-rate, humph."

  A group of players watching Ye Chen being blocked by two NPC soldiers at the stairs, burst into cold ridicule. They obviously all looked down on Ye Chen, mainly because except for that staff, all his other equipment was too shabby, it was obvious they were cheap goods bought from the broken market. They didn't believe this novice-looking little servant could get any good quests.

  Ye Chen ignored the cold ridicule and teasing from a group of players, smiled faintly, and calmly handed a golden letter to one of the soldiers, saying in a soft voice: "Please give this letter to President Knos, I believe he will invite me upstairs after reading it."

  The soldier saw the golden letter and his face changed slightly, he hastily reached out to take the letter and said respectfully: "Please wait a moment." He then ran upstairs with a rustling sound. Even an idiot could tell that this was the start of a quest. The players who were just mocking him earlier suddenly let out a burst of exclamations and discussions.

  "It actually triggered the task."

  "The milk is really great."

  "Hey, Second Brother, where did you get that golden letter? What kind of mission is it? Can you tell me?"

  "Really? Really? Tell us then."

  Ye Chen had no interest in these people who looked down on him, and he coldly turned his head to glance at them before turning away. By the time he turned back around, the NPC soldier who had gone upstairs was already running back down, and he respectfully bowed to Ye Chen, saying: "The President requests your presence upstairs."

  With a casual nod, Ye Chen followed the soldier upstairs, and the crowd behind him began to whisper again, but this time their whispers changed from ridicule to astonishment.

  The soldier led Ye Chen to the second floor, and then went downstairs. Ye Chen stood at the stairway entrance, taking in the environment of the second floor, which was much more luxurious than the first floor. The long corridor ahead had crystal lamps hanging on both sides, and the floor was made of polished marble. Following the soldier's directions, Ye Chen walked through the corridor to the hall, where he soon found the person he was looking for - Alchemist Krones, who was also the president of the Alchemists' Guild.

  Ye Chen hastily stepped forward and respectfully bowed: "Hello, Honorable President Knoos."

  The old man with a head full of silver hair was Knos. He nodded casually at the words, holding the golden letter in his hand and taking a look, then raised his head to glance at Ye Chen and said: "Young man, in the past I promised the person who wrote this letter that if one day someone came to me with his letter, then the person bringing the letter would have the opportunity to become a noble alchemist. So, young man, tell me, are you willing to become a noble alchemist?"

  Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat as he hastily nodded: "I'm willing to, Honorable Chairman."

  "Good." Knos nodded slightly and continued: "However, becoming an alchemist is not that easy, kid. You should know that in the entire Leshan City, I am the only alchemist. If you want to become the second alchemist of Leshan City, you must complete a trial task. If you succeed, congratulations, you will become a noble alchemist. If you fail, sorry, you will lose the opportunity to become an alchemist. Young man, tell me, are you willing to accept this trial?"

  "I'm willing," Ye Chen replied succinctly, because he had no choice.

  "Good, I like brave young people." Knos stroked his white beard with satisfaction, smiling as he pulled out a small silver-white scoop from under the table and handed it to Ye Chen. He said in a low voice, "Recently, I'm going to refine a medicine called Red Color Dan. Oh, don't misunderstand, it's not for women's beauty, but rather a kind of dan medicine that can quickly enhance an adventurer's strength. Hmm, you adventurers like to call it experience dan. According to my calculations, each Red Color Dan should be able to increase an adventurer's experience value by 50,000 points. This batch should be able to refine 30 pills, and I've already prepared all the other auxiliary materials, but I'm missing one main material - that is, Red Color Flowers. If you can collect 30 Red Color Flowers for me, I'll let you pass the trial and become a noble dan medicine refiner. Of course, if you succeed, I'll also give you ten Red Color Dan as a reward."

  Hongyan Dan! Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat, he didn't expect it to be this task. The system had already pointed out that there were three trial tasks in Knossos, but these three trial tasks were random, and the NPC would randomly give one of them. Among the three tasks, the Hongyan Dan task was the most difficult, but at the same time, it was also the task with the greatest reward. 10 Hongyan Dan, that's a full 500,000 experience points, enough to let a level 20 player directly rise two levels, and most importantly, these two levels don't require the player to spend one minute of their time, as long as they have the dan medicine entrance, they can upgrade immediately!

  This kind of elixir must be very valuable at this stage, conservatively estimated, 10 Red Color Dan is worth several hundred gold coins, no need to doubt, Leshan City players have tens of thousands, among them, the rich are not in the minority, can soar two levels, I believe many rich people are willing to spend tens of thousands of pieces for these 10 Red Color Dan.

  As for using it himself, Ye Chen had thought about it, but thinking that one pill would cost tens of thousands, Ye Chen felt heartbroken and almost fainted, too luxurious, simply too extravagant. Moreover, with the system's great god as his backing, there were many ways to upgrade, why waste this hard-earned Hongyan Dan? It was better to exchange it for money and spend it more practically. Treating his amnesia would cost a lot of money, he didn't want to be an amnesiac all his life, so he'd better save some.

  "Ding, accept mission [Collect Red Color Flower]?"

  Only a fool would not accept, Ye Chen directly clicked confirm and looked at the task content that appeared in his task box, collect 30 red-colored flowers. This task might be difficult for others because there was no hint where to find the red-colored flowers, but for Ye Chen it was not difficult at all, because through the system's great god, he already knew where to collect the red-colored flowers.

  Carrying a small silver-white shovel, Ye Chen bid farewell to Knoos and walked down the second floor, leaving the Alchemist Guild. He then wandered around the city for a while before shaking off a group of gossipmongers who had followed him from the Alchemist Guild.

  Only after making sure no one was following him did Ye Chen leave the south gate of Lie Shan City and head towards the distant, boundless mountains.

  The Liè Rì mountain range, the Red Color Flower, is hidden in those vast and endless mountains.