Finally Found a Profession

Returning to Novice Village, Ye Luo headed straight for Aunt Li's house as usual. After completing the quest, he received 4000 experience points, 100 villager favorability, and 10 silver coins. The substantial experience advanced his progress bar considerably, and the 10 silver coins brought his total assets to 82 silver coins. Even without selling the mountain goat meat, he could afford Tailor Zhang's crafting fee.

After turning in the quest, Ye Luo didn't leave immediately. Aunt Li didn't disappoint him either, giving him another quest:

[Slay Rats] (Novice Village Quest, Difficulty: E-)

Quest Content: Go to the Giant Rat Cave outside the South Gate of Novice Village, kill the Corrupted Giant Rats, and obtain 100 Giant Rat Whiskers to give to Tailor Zhang. He will then make 10 brushes for Mao Tou, which are then to be delivered to Aunt Li.

Quest Requirements: Within 1 day.

Quest Method: No restrictions.

Quest Reward: Upon completion, generous experience and money will be awarded.

After accepting the quest, Ye Luo headed towards Doctor Hua's pharmacy. As he passed the hotel, he traded the mountain goat meat, earning 18 gold coins and 10 steamed buns. With this, he finally had one gold coin.

Upon arriving at the pharmacy, Ye Luo turned in his quest. Doctor Hua, smiling, helped him switch professions to Alchemist.

"Ding~!"

System Notification (China Server): Congratulations to Ye Luo Zhi Qiu for successfully completing the unique hidden quest and taking on the life profession of [Alchemist]. As he is the first player to complete a life profession transfer, the system has specially rewarded him with the life profession item [Purple Gold Medicine Cauldron], 10 gold coins, and 100 reputation points.

"Ding~!"

System Notification (China Server): Congratulations to Ye Luo Zhi Qiu for taking on a life profession and successfully triggering the China Server Life Profession Item Ranking. The China Life Profession Item Ranking has been opened. Players are encouraged to check the server system for details.

With two consecutive system notifications, Ye Luo was taken aback. He hadn't expected there to be a system announcement for job advancement into a life profession. Not wanting to gain fame and attract attention so early, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Haha, you're doing well, kid. It seems I've brought great honor to myself by taking you as my disciple, being the first descendant to complete a life profession transfer," Doctor Hua chuckled heartily. He then took out an ancient book and handed it to Ye Luo: "Little one, this is an ancient book I obtained by chance many years ago. Unfortunately, it's only a fragment. I'll gift it to you, hoping you'll be fortunate enough to complete it in the future."

Taking the ancient book, Ye Luo noticed it wasn't made of paper but some material that was neither stone nor metal, emitting an aura of ancient secrecy. However, it was severely damaged, with only three pages. Two seal script characters were on the cover—Pill Scripture.

"Master, this ancient book looks like you've collected it for so many years. How can I possibly take it!" Ye Luo hastily refused, but Doctor Hua stopped him.

"You are my only disciple. If I don't pass this Pill Scripture to you, should I take it to my grave?" Doctor Hua said, half-jokingly, half-seriously. Seeing Ye Luo's solemn expression, he chuckled, "I've thoroughly studied the three pill recipes recorded in the Pill Scripture. I'm an old man who won't be going out adventuring anymore, so passing it to you is most suitable. You must take good care of it from now on and carry on my legacy."

Nodding heavily, Doctor Hua waved his hand, "Go on, go on. I'm old. Just helping you with your job transfer has taken a lot out of me. I need to rest."

With that, Doctor Hua no longer paid attention to Ye Luo and went to the inner hall to rest.

Bowing slightly, Ye Luo turned and left the pharmacy, then checked his life profession.

[Alchemist] (Beginner)

Profession Ability: Able to refine spiritual pills and elixirs from all things, such as plants, fish, and insects. They can save people from dire straits or kill people invisibly. Upon taking this profession, one automatically gains the [Alchemy Skill].

Proficiency: 100/100.

[Alchemy Skill]: Refine pills. Ability increases with the Alchemist's rank. Beginner Alchemists can only refine Tier 1-2 pills and require an alchemy cauldron. Currently consumes 10 magic points.

"Hehe, automatically possessing the Alchemy Skill. This profession is quite interesting," Ye Luo chuckled. He then remembered that the system had rewarded him with a cauldron earlier and quickly checked it:

[Purple Gold Medicine Cauldron] (Life Profession Item * Silver)

Base Attributes: Alchemy success rate increased by 40%.

Additional Trait: Gives a 3% chance for refined pills to mutate, resulting in better effects.

Required Level: None.

Ye Luo hadn't seen other cauldrons, but just seeing that this item was Silver-grade told him it was very valuable, as it was a higher-tier item than the Flaming Sword.

"Hehe, I've finally become an Alchemist. From now on, I can refine pills and have an endless supply of consumables..." As he said this, Ye Luo paused because he still didn't know how to refine pills.

That's right, even though he had become an Alchemist and possessed alchemy skills, Ye Luo still had no clue about refining pills. It wasn't as simple as throwing herbs into a cauldron and activating the alchemy skill, was it?

"I think Master gave me a Pill Scripture. It should record some pill recipes," Ye Luo suddenly remembered this and hastily took out the ancient book to examine it.

The characters in the ancient book were all in ancient seal script, and Ye Luo couldn't recognize all of them. However, strangely, as he flipped through the book, messages appeared in his mind, and then three icons appeared in his life skill bar. He checked them with his consciousness and knew they were three pill recipes.

Ye Luo suddenly understood and quickly examined them. He discovered that the three recipes were for a [Minor Blood Recovery Pill], a [Major Blood Recovery Pill], and a poisonous powder called [Rotten Skin Powder].

When Ye Luo focused his consciousness on the [Minor Blood Recovery Pill] icon, he immediately received a series of messages:

[Minor Blood Recovery Pill]:

Required Ingredient Ratio: 2 Sanqi Herbs, 2 Yuanhu Herbs.

Instantly, Ye Luo understood these things. Both Sanqi Herb and Yuanhu Herb were Tier 1 herbs, and he had quite a few in his inventory. However, he didn't refine them immediately. Instead, he wanted to continue examining the ingredients required for the other two pill recipes and the effects of the last one, Rotten Skin Powder.

Unexpectedly, Ye Luo's communicator suddenly rang, and it kept ringing. Slightly taken aback, he fumbled for a moment before answering a call from someone named Zhan Tian Yi Jian. Immediately, a voice came through: "Brother Ye Luo Zhi Qiu, I'm from the Zhan Tian Guild. Our leader asked me to ask if you're interested in joining our guild. We have good guild benefits..."

He rattled off a bunch of conditions, all of which boiled down to how great their guild was and requesting Ye Luo to join.

After politely declining Zhan Tian Yi Jian, Ye Luo answered several more player calls. They were all invitations to join their guilds or factions, or requests to pre-order some pills.

Rejecting them one by one, Ye Luo no longer dared to answer any calls. After a moment's thought, he realized that as the first player to become an Alchemist, it wasn't surprising that countless people wanted to recruit him.

His communicator continued to ring, and Ye Luo frowned. He had no choice but to set his communicator to only accept calls from friends and also set it to reject adding anyone as a friend. This way, his world finally became quiet. He let out a long sigh of relief, preparing to continue examining the ingredients for the next two pill recipes, but then another "beep beep" sound echoed.

This was a message from his game pod. The only person who knew about this communication was Zhi Yue. He quickly answered, and Zhi Yue's voice came through, "Brother Ye, you are Ye Luo Zhi Qiu in the game, right? I didn't expect you to be the first player to complete the unique hidden quest and take on a life profession. You're truly amazing. By the way, why did you reject my friend request? I..."

Ye Luo had been mentioning this name to Zhi Yue for the past few days, so it wasn't surprising that she knew Ye Luo Zhi Qiu was him.

After explaining his previous harassment, Ye Luo asked, "Yue'er, what's your in-game ID? I'll add you later so we can contact each other more easily."

"Fei Tian Yue! Brother Ye, remember to add me!" With that, Zhi Yue ended the communication.

"Fei Tian Yue..." Ye Luo muttered the name as he closed the communication and then searched for her in the game. It wasn't very difficult to add her as a friend.

Shortly after, Zhi Yue's communication came through, her tone filled with confusion. "Brother Ye, why are you only level 6? I'm already level 9 and a half. Oh, right, you must have been busy completing that unique hidden quest, which delayed your leveling."

Originally feeling a bit awkward, Ye Luo didn't bother explaining when Zhi Yue made excuses for him. He asked, "Yue'er, how are you doing in the game? Has anyone been bullying you?"

"Hehe, I'm doing great! I met two older sisters, and we're leveling together. They take good care of me, and no one dares to bully me," Zhi Yue said. Then, as if remembering something, she continued with a hint of frustration in her voice, "But it's so hard to fight monsters without pills. The most frustrating thing is that you're an alchemist, Brother Ye, but you can't send me pills. Otherwise, we could have transferred classes much faster."

Ye Luo smiled faintly and said, "Once we're both level 40, we'll be together. You can have as many pills as you want then. But remember not to tell anyone else about this; I don't want to be bothered to death by them."

"Don't worry, I definitely won't tell anyone, not even Sister Feng," Zhi Yue said. Then, as if thinking of something, she spoke in a mysterious tone, "Brother Ye, I have a surprise for you when you reach level 40. I promise you'll be very happy."

"A surprise?" Ye Luo was slightly taken aback. However, no matter how much he asked, Zhi Yue wouldn't say. He had no choice but to drop it. After reminding her to be careful, they ended their communication. He then continued to check the required medicinal ingredients for the Major Blood Recovery Pill.

[Major Blood Recovery Pill]:

Required ingredients for refining: Sanqi Herb 4 stalks, Yuanhu Herb 3 stalks, Angelica 3 stalks.

The required ingredients for the Major Blood Recovery Pill are not much different from the Minor Blood Recovery Pill. It only adds one ingredient, Angelica, which is a Tier 2 herb, and the required proportions have also changed. Ye Luo also had Angelica in his backpack, so he could refine it. However, this pill restored too much health, which would be too wasteful for him, with only 170 health points.

"I'll wait a while longer before refining the Major Blood Recovery Pill. After all, the Minor Blood Recovery Pill is enough for me right now," Ye Luo said, then proceeded to check the ingredients needed to refine Rotten Skin Powder.