Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Secondary Career Upgrade
Although it was not too late, Tang Li was a little tired after playing the dungeon for a whole day, so she planned to go back and rest.
"You go back, let's level up while it's still early." After clearing the Goblin Nest academy, Tang Li's level had reached 10, but they were still a little short, so they just took this time to catch up.
These people are really energetic. Tang Li couldn't help but sigh in her heart. However, thinking about the identities of real-world military academy students revealed by several people in their casual chat while fighting monsters, she felt that it was normal for them to have such energy.
"Okay then. I'll go back first."
"Yeah, let's do the dungeon together tomorrow!"
After distributing the steamed buns and flower rolls in the backpack to everyone, Tang Li yawned, got on the flying broom, and waved goodbye to everyone.
For example, Li Zi is a very reliable person. Tang Li doesn't have to worry about the gains from the copy. After the other party handles it, he will directly transfer the money to her. Compared with selling them one by one by herself, she saves a lot of trouble.
Riding the broom back to the camp, Tang Li remembered the stall she had entrusted to the system in the morning, so she turned the broom and went to the player market in the center of the camp, intending to reclaim the stall.
When they arrived at their destination, the stall was deserted. Tang Li was shocked. Her first reaction was that business was not good. After she took over the stall and saw that all the items were sold out, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Before reclaiming the stall, Tang Li discovered that the stall system was filled with dense messages.
[It turned out to be the legendary delicious steamed buns. Why is the boss not here? I almost missed it! ]
Will the delicious steamed buns be sold at the campground in the future? That would be great. Previously, the boss's stall location was too random, and every time I got the news and rushed over, I couldn't buy any.
[Mantou is always great, but it's a shame there's a purchase limit! Will this stall still be open tomorrow?]
[The new flower rolls are delicious. I'll make more next time. They were sold out when I lined up for the second time.]
[Another curse, as expected of a witch! Is this a special secondary class for witch players?]
I originally thought the steamed buns were a surprise, but I didn't expect the new flower rolls to be so delicious. I don't know how the owner did it. There's no sense of technology at all, just the simple deliciousness of the ingredients. Every time I eat it, it's like a spiritual connection with the ingredients. It's a magical feeling.
I've been hearing a lot about delicious steamed buns for the past couple of days, and I thought everyone was exaggerating. But I never expected them to be this delicious.
"Magic Continent actually has such amazing food! I've heard before that Magic Continent generously collects excellent data from various industries in the real world, but this sincerity is still shocking. May I ask which real-life restaurant collected the delicious steamed buns and delicious flower rolls? This is really important to me." This message was followed by a long +1.
Besides the basic cooking, many dishes taste really good once you level up. There are also various restaurants run by NPCs, but the ones that impressed me the most were the delicious steamed buns and flower rolls from the boss's restaurant. I feel like even if I stop playing the game, these delicious dishes will become important memories for me, along with the wonderful gaming experiences. It's really special!
[There are purchase restrictions, so why are they selling so quickly? ]
It's only natural for a special secondary class to have this kind of food. No wonder! Will the officials make money?! Quick, open a shop in every novice village that provides unlimited steamed buns and flower rolls. I'd love to spend half my daily money on food!
[You can buy it with real money, but aren't you greedy? You didn't even open up the face-shaping system yet you're still trying to make money from us. Why are you leaving such a good business like this unfinished now?]
[…Okay, I asked the officials, and they found out that the boss’s cooking is actually customized by the players. I’m wondering why the officials have changed their ways. Boss, please accept my respect!]
Tang Li briefly browsed through the players' messages and paused for a few seconds on the last few.
She wasn't worried that the authorities would notice something strange. Not only were there diverse professions and races in "Magic Continent", but even for the same profession, different factors such as birthplace, skills, points added, player habits, etc. would result in completely different final results. In the official's words, it was just like real life. Different choices would lead to completely different futures for each adventurer, and there would not be two completely identical panels, even if the player himself was walking the same path again.
[Character Characteristics] was originally one of the official settings to increase player differences and gameplay diversity. There are also characteristics that are even more bizarre than hers.
It’s just that many people’s characteristics are used in combat, such as the [Eye of Doom] used by Tang Li in the dungeon. With the blessing of the character’s characteristics, the power of its use is better than the original effect of the skill book.
There are very few people like her who use character traits for secondary professions, and even fewer who use them for food.
Of course, even if the other party really notices something is wrong, it’s actually not a big problem.
Even if her body turned into powder, it was a body that had once endured that level of curse, and its existence itself was extraordinary. Or perhaps it was precisely because her body was integrated with the game that it gave her a lot of room to operate.
However, if it really comes to that, it will have a great impact on her. She cherishes her current life and is unwilling to destroy it all. If possible, she is willing to be a player in the game for the rest of her life.
"Using a personal characteristic with side effects on food, unless the other party's cooking skills are excellent, will it really not be unsellable? Combined with the witch's profession, I always feel that it is a kind of bad taste. Maybe in the future we will see potions with debuffs. Imagine a witch stirring a crucible with a 'hehe' laugh, and the picture comes to mind all at once..." complained an official GM and colleague who really didn't find any problems.
"Hahahaha, that's true, but players always have a lot of tricks. We should be used to it by now, right?" Another senior employee was not surprised.
"A-choo!" Tang Li sneezed. She always felt that someone was saying bad things about her behind her back.
After closing the stall, Tang Li went to the NPC store and bought enough raw materials for red and blue potions.
There was no food that slimes could eat in the loot of today's dungeon, so Tang Li fed the two little guys that Yin Qin greeted with pork that she had specially picked on the way home.
This is a flavor I've never had before, so I brought it back for the little ones to try.
"I'm back from hunting." In her previous life, when she was raising cats online, Tang Li heard many stories about kittens who thought their owners went hunting for work, and would be adored by the kittens when they came back with prey. At that time, she always wanted to experience this feeling of being needed, so since she raised Xirang and Xiaodi, even though she knew they didn't eat much and there was enough food at home, she still brought food back every time she went home.
Xirang and his younger brother obviously also liked this interactive game. As soon as they heard the noise, they immediately crawled out of the soil with shining eyes.
"Chi!" Duangduang jumped in front of Tang Li in a few steps. The little guys happily swallowed the prey that their owner brought home today. They hadn't seen their owner for a whole day. The two little ones missed their owner very much and clinged to Tang Li affectionately, wanting her to play with them.
Tang Li, who had returned home early today, was not in a hurry to work. She played the tag game with the two little ones for a long time.
At the end of the play, it was Tang Li who was the most reluctant to leave. The little ones who had pestered Tang Li to play with them at the beginning would always remember to harvest the wheat every few minutes no matter how much fun they had. Their professionalism made Tang Li ashamed.
"It feels like I haven't harvested wheat for several days. It feels like a long time has passed. Let's do it together. It will be much faster." Tang Li stepped forward to help.
There are only ten plots of land in total, and they have three laborers. They can find time to do the work during the game of catching people, without any delay.
Tang Li played until it was getting dark before she finally remembered her business.
After searching in her backpack again, Tang Li took out the cherry sapling that dropped from today's copy.
Saplings can be planted in the player's yard. Tang Li habitually uses her supernatural powers to transform the saplings and plants them in the corner near the door.
The system indicated that it would take twelve hours for the cherries to ripen. Tang Li patted the soil in her hands with satisfaction and said to Xirang and her younger brother who were watching curiously, "The cherries are delicious. When they are ripe, you can pick them and eat them."
"Now, I'm going to make steamed buns and flower rolls." Looking at the little guys jumping around the cherry tree, Tang Li stood up.
With Xirang and his younger brother working diligently, plus the wheat delivered by Li Zi and the others in the morning, Tang Li can now cook more than a thousand steamed buns and flower rolls every day, and the cooking takes quite a while.
A few days ago, Tang Li couldn't even imagine that she could expand production to this place.
However, thinking of the messages from the players at the stall, Tang Li began to worry again. The delicious steamed buns and delicious flower rolls were unexpectedly popular, and the debuff seemed to have no effect on their enthusiasm at all. In this case, with more than a thousand steamed buns and flower rolls, they had to be divided equally, which always felt far from meeting the needs of the players.
What a sweet trouble!
Tang Li suddenly remembered that when she was just beginning to be plagued by bad luck in her previous life, she actually tried to sell steamed buns in exchange for daily necessities. However, the steamed buns were the same, or even more delicious than the ones she had now, but she could not attract any customers. Occasionally, someone would be willing to buy them, but in the end they would come back and smash her stall with excuses like having a stomachache.
Later, as bad luck piled up, Tang Li could no longer survive in human society and could only live a self-sufficient life in the deep mountains and forests, associating with snakes, insects, rats and ants.
Later, her bad luck piled up to the point that the animals and plants around her were also affected. Tang Li's life became so miserable that even growing crops to feed herself became a luxury.
Fortunately, the power of bad luck was strong enough, so she didn't starve to death even if she didn't eat. But the feeling of being hungry was really uncomfortable, and Tang Li couldn't remember how long she had gone without food or water.
Later, she really didn't want to live this meaningless life, so she buried herself in the ground and forced herself to fall into a deep sleep.
"It feels so good now." Tang Li touched her stomach, as if she could still feel the burning hunger.
"Ji!" Feeling Tang Li's depressed mood, Xirang came over at some point and rubbed Tang Li's hand worriedly.
"I'm fine." Tang Li put her hand on Xirang's big head, which felt very good, and gently stroked it for a long time. It turned out that cute little things can heal people's hearts the best.
"Chi!" Feeling that his master's mood had improved, Xirang returned to the field with confidence.
"I'm going to work hard to make delicious food too!" Tang Li put the wheat into her backpack and threw it all into the magic stone mill.
After a while, the wheat turned into white flour, which Tang Li brought to the magic bonfire for processing.
Tang Li never feels tired no matter how many times she plays the cooking game-like process. Before she knows it, she has finished making the steamed buns and flower rolls.
The last batch of steamed buns was completed, and Tang Li's cooking level rose to level 5.
After the cooking level is increased, the taste and debuff of the steamed buns and flower rolls produced remain unchanged, but the physical strength they can provide has doubled.
However, cooking is finished today, and the steamed buns and flower rolls that require double the energy can only be made tomorrow. Maybe the price can be slightly increased by then.
As more and more players of "Magic Continent" have joined and the market has expanded, the currency in the game has also depreciated a lot. A skill book that could originally be bought with one gold coin now requires three or four gold coins.
Although Tang Li originally wanted to share the delicious food in the game, the gap between the input and the reward was too large, so Tang Li would lose motivation.
"Done!" She stood up and stretched while checking the messages. For example, the money from selling the equipment had been mailed to her, along with a pair of silver witch boots suitable for her level and the detailed distribution of the goods sold.
For example, Li Zi explained in the message that he got the boots from a bronze treasure chest when he was bored and farming while accompanying Li Zi to practice skills. In addition, if you have any questions about the distribution of money, you can find him.
"What an amazing person." Tang Li sighed again. He handled things so well and easily, and could even list out well-organized details. It was really great to be able to be teammates with him.
"Thank you!" It was not too late after practicing cooking this time, and the other party had not yet logged off. Tang Li decisively equipped herself with boots to express her gratitude to the other party.
"It's my duty." For example, he quickly replied with a smiling face.
After a brief chat, knowing that they still needed to practice sewing for a while, Tang Li ended the conversation and planned to continue practicing potions.
After opening all the bronze treasure chests accumulated today, the most obtained thing was indeed the essence of life. She sorted and stored the newly obtained high-quality seeds and other things. Thinking about the large number of medicinal herbs purchased today, Tang Li was worried that the essence of life would not be enough, so she went to Xirang and their hut again and took out a lot of essence of life for use.
Xirang and the others have too small an appetite. The essence of life has already filled up the original box, and now this is the second one.
Tang Li left some food at the bottom of the box for Xirang and his younger brother. As she returned to the house, she wondered whether she should change the taste for the little guys. She always felt that the essence of life was not much less. Could it be that they were tired of it?
Fortunately, there will be cherries to eat soon. I hope the little ones will like them.
"Maybe next time I can bring back more things and let them choose for themselves." After making this decision, Tang Li began to concentrate and focus all her attention on the next potion to be refined.
He brought out the crucible and placed it on the magic bonfire. In order to get a feel for it, Tang Li first took out the blue medicine material that he was more proficient in and started refining it.
Tang Li added the herbs one by one according to yesterday's recipe, and soon, a blue potion sparkling with starlight appeared in her hands.
Lifting the potion to her eyes and examining it carefully, Tang Li was somewhat pleased: "Compared to yesterday's potion, this one seems to be of a higher purity."
[Primary Mana Recovery Potion (90%): Restores 6 mana points per second, lasts for 15 seconds.]
Although the success rate of refining blue medicine has always been quite high, this is the first time that Tang Li has produced a blue medicine with a purity of 90%. After the potion was successfully made, her alchemy proficiency also increased by 5 points. Together with yesterday's, her alchemy level directly rose to level 2.
Unlike cooking, the level 2 alchemy skill provides a slight increase in making potions.
This is reflected in the blue medicine, which means that the recovery speed per second is increased by a little on the basis of each potion.
As for the duration, there is no change, and it may require a major upgrade such as level 5 or level 10 to have an additional improvement.
The improvement in her proficiency in alchemy gave Tang Li great motivation. In the following time, Tang Li refined all the blue medicines in one go. Most of the finished products had a purity of more than 85%. Occasionally, if she was lucky, she could get high-quality medicine with a purity of 95%.
What was gratifying was that the high-quality potion also gave Tang Li a bronze treasure chest. Although nothing good could be found in it, at least there was no shortage of life essence, which was more or less a consolation.
Tang Li comforted herself very well and easily made herself satisfied.
After holding the treasure chest and laughing foolishly for a while, Tang Li carefully studied the formula of the red medicine.
After making sure that she had memorized the steps, Tang Li began her first attempt.
The medicinal materials used to make red medicine and blue medicine are completely different, and the medicinal properties presented in the crucible give people completely different feelings. Because blue medicine can replenish magic power, the magic power flowing through the player's own body during the production process feels very similar. Perhaps because of this, or perhaps it is also because of her perception of plants, Tang Li, who is used to meditating, can easily maintain a very high success rate for blue medicine.
The red medicine feels more like boiling blood. It contains strong vitality but is also more difficult to control. The experience in making blue medicine is not only of no help to the red medicine, but it can be said to be a hindrance.
Caught off guard, Tang Li's first red medicine refining went out of control and slowly turned into a pot of unknown potion with strange colors.
Crucible, potion, witch... Tang Li was silent for a moment, silently injecting his supernatural power into it.
[Failed unknown potion: It seems to carry some kind of curse, use with caution.]
After putting the failed potion into her backpack, Tang Li continued to make a new round of red medicine.
This time, with mental preparation, Tang Li quickly mastered the rhythm and successfully made a primary blood recovery potion, successfully increasing the number of medicine refining times by +1.
"It's just that the purity is not enough." Looking at the scattered red starlight in the test tube, Tang Li was a little dissatisfied.
High-purity potions not only have better effects, but also increase proficiency. When making the same potion, the latter is more cost-effective no matter how you look at it.
Tang Li took out her notes and began to summarize her experience, then devoted herself to the process of making red medicine again.
After all the medicinal materials were used up, Tang Li's success rate in making red medicine and the purity of the medicine finally reached the level of blue medicine.
Tang Li specially stored some high-purity potions separately and planned to give them to everyone to try tomorrow.
After simply cleaning up the messy operating table, Tang Li yawned and went to the land to check on Xirang and his younger brother.
"Chi." The little ones opened their eyes after noticing the movement.
"It's okay, go to sleep, good night." Tang Li squatted down and touched the little ones' heads, then turned around and went back to the house.
Tang Li returned to bed and slowly fell asleep amid the chirping of insects in the yard.
Perhaps it was the sheer volume of work, or perhaps the gentle, beautiful chirping of insects at night, but the next morning, Tang Li overslept. When she woke up, it was already nine o'clock, the agreed-upon time. She quickly packed up and headed out, only to find Li Zi and the others at the door again.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." Tang Li looked guilty.
"It's okay, it's exactly nine o'clock." Li Zi waved his hand nonchalantly and traded the wheat he planted yesterday to her.
Several other people also initiated transactions and said it was okay with a smile.
"Anyway, I won't do it again." Tang Li secretly vowed to set an alarm in the system log.
After returning home and putting the wheat away, Tang Li hurried back and proposed a deal to the few people: "This is the potion I refined yesterday, and the steamed buns and flower rolls for today."
"Thanks, Xiaoli. Yesterday, many people in the nearby channels were discussing steamed buns and flower rolls. I feel so happy when I think that we can eat unlimited steamed buns and flower rolls without having to queue up like other players!" He Biduoyan's attention was all on the steamed buns and flower rolls. After happily accepting them, he began to output sincere flattery.
Apart from He Biduoyan, the other people were still very reliable. Noticing the slight sense of seeking credit in Tang Li's tone, they immediately picked up the potion and began to check it.
"The red and blue medicine was produced so quickly?"
"It's better than the ones sold in NPC shops!"
Because Tang Li and Li Zi were going to set up stalls to sell their secondary professional products, everyone packed up their potions and headed towards the market. On the way, they saw the potions made by Tang Li and were a little surprised.
"I saw on the forum that refining medicine is difficult. I didn't expect you, Xiaoli, to refine the finished product so quickly." He counted the number of potions Tang Li took out and gave an example with some emotion. "Your success rate should be very high too, right?"
No one expected that what Tang Li said yesterday, such as all-inclusive medicine, would be realized so soon.
"Hmm... that should be it?" Tang Li was a little unsure, so she simply explained her refining process in detail. "Anyway, that's it. It's quite interesting."
"It sounds really interesting. It makes me want to learn it." For example, he had never considered practicing a secondary profession before, probably because he had never felt the joy of being a life player. After hearing what Tang Li said, he really thought about it seriously.
Anyway, I have to accompany Li Zi every night, but forget about refining medicine. It will be fine if there is one person in the team who knows how to do it. The same goes for sewing and cooking. I will go back at night to research whether there are any secondary professions that can improve the strength of the team.
"You are really serious about playing games." Cibudiyi, who had been walking silently at the edge of the team, suddenly spoke.
Whether it was cooking before or refining medicine now.
"Huh?" When they arrived at the market, it was already late, but the place where they had set up their stall yesterday was still empty. Tang Li thought about the message on the stall yesterday and immediately realized what was going on.
Looking at the words that were still waiting for her to answer, Tang Li thought for a moment: "Because it's very interesting, I couldn't help but get more involved." She liked both the game and the people in the game very much.
A light smile appeared on Tang Li's lips, which she was not even aware of.
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