Toad Leggings

After completing the task given by Doctor Hua, Ye Luo successfully leveled up to 2. His attributes saw some growth, which delighted him. He said, "Tsk tsk, as expected of an E-rank quest. Just one quest gave me 3000 energy experience."

Ye Luo didn't know that in the Heavenly Tribulation game, quest rewards increased exponentially with each difficulty tier crossed, and even more so with each major level tier. However, because Ye Luo only completed the quest with Doctor Hua's significant assistance, the reward was greatly reduced. Still, it made him very excited.

After receiving the Jue Ming Zi, Doctor Hua ignored Ye Luo and busied himself in the inner hall, clearly preparing to refine the Major Detoxification Pill.

Since he needed to bring the Major Detoxification Pill back for Aunt Li, Ye Luo had no choice but to wait for Doctor Hua. While waiting, he reviewed the rewards from this quest. He already knew the uses of the experience and Novice Village favorability, so he skimmed over them. Then, he focused his gaze on the 10 pills.

[Minor Blood Recovery Pill] (Tier 1 Pill)

Pill Effect: Upon consumption, immediately restores 30 Health, and then restores 3 Health per second for the next 10 seconds. This effect cannot be interrupted by attacks.

Usage Interval: 30 seconds.

"Tsk tsk, instantly restores 30 Health, and continues to recover Health for the next 10 seconds. At this stage, two such pills would almost fully restore my Health. This is great stuff," Ye Luo rejoiced. He knew the usefulness of these pills. "In the early game, players can only recover a little over 1 Health per second, which is too slow. With these pills, I can confidently fight monsters. It's a shame there are only 10, too few. I can't use them unless it's a critical moment."

"But if I choose the Alchemist profession, wouldn't that mean I have an endless supply of pills? I won't have to worry about fighting monsters anymore." Thinking this, Ye Luo became a bit excited. He looked at Doctor Hua, who was busy in the inner hall, "My favorability in the Novice Village is so high now, Doctor Hua should teach me alchemy, right?"

"No, I must find a way to get him to teach me. This will give me a huge advantage in the early game." Ye Luo secretly resolved.

About ten minutes later, Doctor Hua emerged from the inner hall, looking exhausted. He managed to toss a porcelain bottle to Ye Luo, which clearly contained the Major Detoxification Pill.

"Old Hua, can I..." Ye Luo started, but Doctor Hua interrupted him before he could finish.

"Ye Luo Zhi Qiu, saving lives is urgent. We can talk about anything else later." After speaking, Doctor Hua ignored Ye Luo and took a short rest.

Without further ado, Ye Luo rushed towards Aunt Li's house. On the way, he checked the attributes of the Major Detoxification Pill and found it to be an advanced version of the Minor Detoxification Pill, with much better effects. It was a Tier 4 pill.

"The Major Detoxification Pill can make me immune to intermediate poison attacks. Since it can cure Uncle Li's snake venom, it should also make me immune to the attacks of those poisonous snakes in the Poisonous Swamp," Ye Luo mused, then shook his head. "It's a pity that these detoxification pills are scarce. Old Hua is out of stock. It seems difficult to buy them. I'll have to wait until I become an Alchemist."

While thinking about this, Ye Luo arrived at Aunt Li's house. After Aunt Li received the pill, the quest was completed. He received 500 energy experience and 50 copper coins, plus 50 villager favorability. He now had 1 silver coin and 50 copper coins, and his Novice Village favorability was close to two hundred.

Normally, Ye Luo would only receive 160 experience for completing this quest. However, Aunt Li had mentioned a triple reward, which might be why he received 500 energy experience. But it required 6500 experience to level up to 3, and his experience bar was only a third of the way full, still a long way from leveling up.

After taking the pill, Uncle Li's complexion improved slightly, but he was still weak. Aunt Li assigned Ye Luo another task, hoping he could bring back Mountain Chicken Meat to nourish Uncle Li.

[Collect Mountain Chicken Meat] (Novice Village Quest, Difficulty F-Mid)

Quest Content: Go to Mountain Chicken Ridge outside the Novice Village South Gate and kill Demonic Mountain Chickens to obtain 20 pieces of Mountain Chicken Meat.

Quest Requirements: Within 1 day.

Quest Method: No restrictions.

Quest Reward: Upon completion, receive generous experience and money, with a certain chance of obtaining an equipment item.

"Heh heh, another follow-up quest, and finally not a delivery errand," Ye Luo accepted the quest, feeling a bit excited. "And there's a chance to get equipment! This is the second quest I've received that might grant equipment. The one to collect toads is guaranteed to give equipment."

"Young Hero Ye Luo Zhi Qiu, I need to stay home and take care of Old Li. When you have time, please thank Old Hua for me," Aunt Li said as Ye Luo was about to leave, her face full of smiles. "You've helped our village so much, you might even get an extra reward. By the way, Old Hua has been collecting Monkey Wine to soak herbs recently. You can get Monkey Wine by killing those damn monkeys who steal wine outside the South Gate. If you help him collect some, your chances of getting an extra reward will be even greater."

Hearing this, Ye Luo's heart stirred, and he immediately thought of going to Doctor Hua's place. However, considering Doctor Hua's exhaustion after refining the pills, he temporarily put aside the idea, planning to go after collecting some Monkey Wine.

"For now, I'll go kill those toads first. Getting that guaranteed equipment is the most important thing," Ye Luo mused, and then sprinted towards the Novice Village South Gate.

It had been a long time since the game started, and players had generally reached level 4 or 5. Therefore, very few people paid attention to the level 1 toads, which was convenient for Ye Luo. He swung his Novice Sword towards the toads.

Ye Luo's attack power had reached 16 points, dealing around 40 damage to the toads. If he got a lucky double critical hit, it could reach over 80, killing a young toad in almost two or three hits.

Ye Luo's defense had also reached 4 points. The young toads could only deal about 3 damage to him. With his current 130 Health, he could withstand it.

As expected, the Novice Sword struck the young toad, displaying 41 damage. Ye Luo's Health only decreased by 3. With two more swift strikes, the young toad died and turned into 10 energy experience, which he absorbed.

"Ding..." With a soft chime, two light orbs scattered from the young toad, along with a copper coin.

After picking up the copper coin and one of the light orbs, which was the Toad Skin needed for the quest, Ye Luo became excited about the other light orb because it was an equipment item. Upon collecting it, the equipment transformed into a small crystal, about the size of a slot on the Soul Crystal. The equipment's attributes were then displayed:

[Toad Leggings] (Leggings * Novice Village Equipment)

Defense: 3-3

Equipment Durability: 100/100

Required Level: 1

With a thought, this equipment was slotted into the 'Leggings' slot of the Battle Soul. Ye Luo's defense increased from 4 to 7 points, a significant improvement.

"Tsk tsk, all strength points really are brutal. I killed that young toad in just two or three hits." Ye Luo was in a good mood after easily killing the young toad and obtaining a piece of equipment. "The drop rate in the Heavenly Tribulation game is quite good. I got equipment from the first monster I killed."

Ye Luo spoke too soon. The drop rate in the Heavenly Tribulation game was notoriously low. A player might kill dozens or even hundreds of monsters without getting a single piece of equipment. Ye Luo didn't know what kind of luck he had to get equipment from his first kill.

However, Ye Luo then experienced firsthand how low the drop rate in the Heavenly Tribulation game was. After killing dozens more young toads, besides the toad skins needed for the quest and the fixed copper coin, he didn't get any other equipment.

Time slowly passed as he killed monsters. In a blink of an eye, over ten minutes had gone by. As Ye Luo killed monsters, he gradually became more familiar with the game. At the very least, he had gotten used to the attack rhythm and was trying to incorporate his real-life combat experience into the game.

Similar to real-life enemies, monsters had attack ranges and attack frequencies. By retreating out of their attack range before they attacked, one could avoid being hit. The attack frequency of Novice Village monsters was around 2 seconds. Even though Ye Luo's speed was much slower than in real life, it wasn't impossible to dodge.

Of course, these experiences were summarized after Ye Luo had been killing monsters for a while. In the beginning, he took the toad's attacks head-on. Although after equipping the leggings, the young toads only dealt 2 damage to him, it added up. Gradually, his Health dropped below 50.

Although Ye Luo had Minor Blood Recovery Pills, he knew how precious they were and was reluctant to waste them on the weakest monsters. So, he had to retreat and fight again after his Health recovered to over 100.

It was during this downtime between fights that he thought that since this game was so realistic, it should have many commonalities with real life. That's when he remembered to dodge the toads, and he slowly adapted.

As Ye Luo became more familiar with this type of combat, his success rate in dodging attacks increased. He could dodge two out of every three attacks. This way, his Health dropped much slower, and his own recovery speed was sufficient to support him.

This change excited Ye Luo immensely. While fighting, he integrated his real-life combat skills into the game. Although there were still many issues, he believed he would eventually find the most suitable way.

After more than ten minutes, Ye Luo had killed over ninety young toads. He was only two or three toad skins short of the 100 required by Tailor Zhang.

With a swing, he killed a toad and picked up the dropped copper coin and a toad skin. He said indignantly, "Another poor toad. I've killed nearly a hundred, and besides the first toad that dropped the leggings, I haven't seen a single piece of equipment."

"Forget it, I'll just collect the 100 toad skins as soon as possible. With my current strength, I won't find it difficult to deal with level 2 or 3 monsters," Ye Luo muttered to himself. After killing toads for so long, he was already getting tired of it.

It made sense. Level 1 toads not only dropped little copper but also gave Ye Luo only nearly a thousand energy experience after killing so many. He was still a long way from leveling up to 3 and wanted to kill slightly higher-level monsters soon.

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