Chapter Twenty-Four: The Endless Prairie

  All the way back to the Alchemist Guild, find the president Knoos, take a look at his Danfang price list, and indeed there are several formulas for instant recovery pills, among which the first-level alchemy can refine the instant recovery pill called Huixue Dan, and the Danfang price is also 50 gold coins.

  【Hui Xue Dan】: Instantly restores 100 health points, cooldown time 60 seconds, required materials: Red Leaf Grass 5 pieces, Refining Bottle 1 piece.

  Redleaf Grass, this thing is much cheaper than Red Blood Grass. Red Blood Grass is a rare herb, but Redleaf Grass is a common item that can be bought on the streets for cheap. The Refining Bottle can even be purchased for just 1 silver coin, which is much lower in cost compared to those damned Power Pills. With this dan recipe, upgrading his alchemy skills will be much easier, and Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a little pleased with himself.

  "Hey, young man! As a noble alchemist, how can you be interested in something as lowly as this Blood Dan recipe that any old medicine peddler can concoct? I'm truly disappointed in you. Are you sure you want to buy this recipe?"

  Low-grade goods...

  Ye Chen looked at Knos, who had a disappointed expression on his face, and was speechless. The good stuff that many guilds outside were frantically competing for was actually considered low-grade goods in the eyes of this old man. He stepped forward and respectfully nodded: "Yes, respected Guild Leader Knos, I am certain that I want to purchase this danfang."

  "Since that's the case, fine. But don't say I didn't warn you, refining this low-grade stuff won't increase your alchemy level. If you want to upgrade your alchemy level, you'll still need to refine the Great Strength Pill." Krones took the money and handed over the recipe for the Recovery Dan to Ye Chen while casually reminding him.

  Ye Chen was taken aback, he had thought that he could reduce costs and rely on refining Huixue Dan to improve his alchemy level, but now it seemed like he was dreaming. There really weren't many cheap things in the world, if he wanted to improve his alchemy level, he still had to diligently refine Dalishou pills.

  But this time the Blood Dan still needs to be refined, this is a path to wealth, how can it be easily abandoned.

  Out of the south gate of Lie Shan City, passing through several small woods, Ye Chen's eyes appeared a vast grassland, almost invisible to the end. This is the name of this grassland - Lidi Grassland. It is a paradise for primary alchemists and primary cooks. The grassland is full of various herbs and ingredients everywhere.

  As far as the eye can see, players who have learned gathering skills are rushing around, carefully searching for materials they can gather in the grass. The medicinal herbs and food on the prairie are randomly refreshed, so many players are running around randomly to try their luck. Of course, there are also many standing still, waiting for a chance to strike.

  Although Ye Chen's arrival did not attract much attention, there were still many people who cast hostile glances at him. The saying "fellow practitioners are enemies" was indeed true.

  Ye Chen wandered around for half a day and finally stopped near a lake shore, not for anything else, but because the refresh rate of herbs was the fastest here, and the density of refreshes was also relatively high. There were also several players waiting by the lake shore, who glared at Ye Chen as soon as they saw him stop here.

  Ye Chen didn't even look at them, found a rock and sat down, quietly took out his own mini map, stared at the small green dots on it and began to study them carefully. These small green dots were the refresh points of herbs, and under each small green dot was marked with a time, which was the system's annotated herb refresh time.

  With this herb refresh map, Ye Chen didn't plan to run around randomly. He wanted to plan out the most effective route for gathering herbs based on the refresh locations and times.

  Ye Chen sat in that spot for half a day without moving, and several nearby players who were waiting idly started to mock him.

  "Look at him, that idiot has been sitting there for half a day without moving, is he sick or something?"

  "I think he's just being foolish, must be sick."

  "Looks like he's doing some performance art, why don't you guys go ask him?"

  These people are really cheap, Ye Chen planned the route, stood up and swept a few people, rushed towards them with a cold smile, and suddenly pulled his legs to rush towards one of the players.

  That player was a level 13 little mage, he probably thought Ye Chen was going to attack him, and suddenly shouted in fright: "What are you doing? A gentleman uses his mouth not his fists, don't be rough!"

  Ye Chen hummed twice, ignoring him, and took a few steps forward to squat down in front of him. He inserted the small shovel into the ground with one swift motion, and at the same time, a bright red herb sprouted out from there.

  "Ding, congratulations! You've collected a Red Leaf Herb. Harvesting skill proficiency +1."

  Red grass is easy to get.

  That little wizard stared foolishly at Ye Chen, until he put the herbs into his pouch. Then the little wizard came to his senses and shrieked like a violated young girl: "Ah, my herbs, my herbs, you dug up my herbs."

  Ye Chen looked up at him and said with a light smile, "Your herbs? Why don't you carve your name on them? Why don't you put them on your bed at home? Don't make such jokes."

  "You, you..." Little Master Zhang opened his mouth to say something else, but saw Ye Chen take two more steps to his left and strike again with a shovel, actually digging away another newly refreshed red blood grass.

  The little wizard suddenly became anxious, the red blood grass was a rare class of medicinal herbs, although it was only primary, but one could be worth several silver coins, which made him anxious, he loudly shouted: "Stop, stop, don't dig my grass, don't dig my grass."

  No matter how he shouted, Ye Chen didn't respond to him. This place wasn't his home, so why should he put down the herbs and not dig them up? He then continued digging in the area guarded by the little wizard, one shovel at a time.

  As one herb after another was put into Ye Chen's bag, the little mage almost cried. The other players around him were also a bit hairy because Ye Chen was gradually approaching their area. They were really afraid because Ye Chen had a good grasp of the refresh time and location of the herbs. With just one shovel, the herbs would be refreshed, and they couldn't even grab them in time. Now every time they saw Ye Chen swing his shovel, they felt their hearts racing with fear.

  Ye Chen was completely immersed in his own world of picking herbs, regardless of the panic and confusion of those few players, he didn't even bother to pay attention to them. In fact, Ye Chen didn't have time to care about them either, as every moment and location were calculated, if he delayed, the rhythm of picking herbs would be disrupted, and that would be inefficient.

  After more than an hour of high-intensity work, Ye Chen finally stopped under the gaze of several players with pleading faces. Of course, in fact, Ye Chen's stop had nothing to do with them, but simply because he was too tired.

  Look at my own package, the red leaf grass has already reached 300 grains, and the red blood grass has also reached 70 grains. This is already a very high efficiency, ordinary players may not even have such efficiency in one day. The surrounding players are completely stunned, and some people have even changed places, admitting that they are unlucky.

  This is also the case in Lili Prairie, where if Ye Chen dared to do so elsewhere, he would definitely be PKed by others. However, no one dares to lay a hand on him in Lili Prairie because doing so would result in being red-named, and killing someone with a red name not only doesn't break the law but also eliminates a competitor, so why wouldn't everyone do it? Therefore, Ye Chen is very safe.