Making Potions

"Hang in there, brothers. I'll be coming to rescue you soon," Lu Yang thought as he brewed the potion.

Five minutes later, the brewing process entered its final stage. Once it passed through the cooling tube and was poured into glass bottles, the potion would be complete.

However, glass bottles had to be purchased. The cheapest glass bottle cost 2 copper coins.

Lu Yang bought 30 glass bottles first and lined them up neatly on the table. He picked up one bottle, placed it beneath the outlet of the cooling tube, opened the valve, and poured the potion into it.

The Antitoxin Potion was black, its liquid slightly viscous. Lu Yang gently shook it evenly, then drank the entire bottle.

System Notification: Your poison resistance has increased by 50 points

Lu Yang clenched his fist. He had succeeded. This was the effect of the Antitoxin Potion.

He had originally been somewhat worried. It had been several years since he had brewed such a basic potion in his previous life, yet he had succeeded on his first attempt.

With that settled, the rest became much easier. After bottling the remaining potion, Lu Yang took out more herbs and continued brewing...

An hour later, Lu Yang had brewed three batches of herbs without a single mistake, producing 89 bottles of potion. Looking at the 89 glass bottles neatly arranged on the table, Lu Yang did the math. At 5 silver coins per Antitoxin Potion, the 89 bottles were worth more than 4 gold coins.

After leaving the alchemy room and saying goodbye to Bokens, Lu Yang went to the bank in St. Gall City.

This bank had been created by "Second World" to make it easier for players to store gold coins and equipment. Every player had one free storage box, but it could only hold 50 items. To store more, they had to rent another storage box.

Even in the later stages, though, few players rented a second storage box, because each one cost 1 gold coin per week.

When he opened the storage box, Lu Yang found that potions, like herbs, stacked in groups of 30. After placing the potions inside, he asked about Xiao Liang. Learning that the kid was still forcing himself to hold on, Lu Yang told him that he had to log off.

After Xiao Liang logged off, Lu Yang exited the game as well.

Taking off his helmet, Lu Yang sat up from the bed. After a simple breakfast, he continued exercising according to the plan he had made for himself.

Although his body had not fully recovered from yesterday's workout and even slightly intense movement made his muscles ache, Lu Yang still gritted his teeth and persevered.

A famous person from the last century had once said: Where does freedom come from? It comes from confidence, and confidence comes from self-discipline. Only by first learning to restrain yourself and using a strict schedule to control your life can you continually forge confidence through self-discipline.

Two hours later, Lu Yang's body reached its limit again. This time, his muscles hurt even more, but Lu Yang could feel his control over his body steadily improving.

Forcing himself to remain standing, Lu Yang slowly shuffled toward the bathroom one step at a time. After washing up, he collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep. He did not wake until around four in the afternoon.

After dinner, Lu Yang put on his helmet and entered "Second World" once more.

He had just entered the login screen and was about to head back to Troll Forest to make money when someone contacted him through in-game voice chat.

Opening it, he saw that it was Old Twilight. He pressed accept, and before Lu Yang could say anything, he heard Old Twilight's hearty laughter.

"Brother, I really have to thank you!"

Lu Yang asked, "What happened?"

"This morning, thanks to your shield, your old brother here successfully became the first guild in the world to clear a level-three dungeon and was written into the history of 'Second World.' Tell me, how could I not be happy?" Old Twilight said excitedly.

Lu Yang was not particularly surprised. The Wyrm Battle Shield's attributes were absurdly powerful. Anyone holding a shield like that would not find clearing a level-three dungeon too difficult, much less Old Twilight, who had many Elite Players under his command.

"Then congratulations," Lu Yang said.

"It's all thanks to you, brother." Old Twilight grew even more excited. This first clear had not only earned Old Twilight considerable prestige, but also brought a huge influx of players to his guild.

His guild had already recruited 40,000 people, but overnight, another 20,000 applied to join.

Old Twilight said, "I owe you a favor. If you ever need anything, just come to me. As long as it's something I can help with, I won't refuse."

What pleased Old Twilight most about this wave of player recruitment was that, thanks to the first clear, he had finally negotiated contracts with three of the country's top gaming studios and brought all three under his wing. However, he had not told anyone about this and had instructed the three guilds to develop in other cities.

Lu Yang really did have something he wanted Old Twilight to repay. One of the materials needed to upgrade the Demon God's Heart dropped in a level-three dungeon. He had originally planned to form a team himself, but it would be even better if Old Twilight's team, which had already cleared the dungeon, went instead.

Lu Yang asked, "Have you prepared what I asked for?"

"You mean the Darkwater Spider Silk? It's ready. Wait there, I'll send someone to deliver it to you right away," Old Twilight said.

"Fine. I'll wait for you at the bank entrance," Lu Yang said.

"Alright." After Xiong Ba ended the call, he turned to his vice guild leader and said, "Clear Wind, make a trip to the bank in St. Gall City and deliver the materials Lu Yang wants."

"Got it, Boss." Vice Guild Leader Fierce Wine Clear Wind took out a return scroll and teleported back to St. Gall City.

Lu Yang had asked Xiong Ba to prepare 600 stacks of Darkwater Spider Silk. A player's backpack could not hold that much, so they could only trade it in batches at the bank.

Just as Lu Yang stood outside the bank waiting, a group of players approached from the distance.

"Yuwei, Lan Yu, don't worry. I spent a high price to buy a full set of bronze warrior equipment. We'll definitely have no problem clearing the dungeon this time." A voice that Lu Yang found familiar yet irritating drifted over.

Lu Yang turned his head and saw Lan Yu, Xia Yuwei, and their group walking over.

Lan Yu happened to see Lu Yang as well. A delighted expression appeared on her face, and she waved as she said, "Expert, what are you doing here?"

Lu Yang smiled and walked over to Lan Yu. "I was about to ask you the same thing. What brought you here?"

Lan Yu said, "We're getting ready to run a dungeon. This time, we bought a complete set of warrior equipment. Its defense is over 71 points, so there definitely won't be any problem."

Lu Yang laughed. "You sound confident."

"Of course. We're almost level four now. This time, there definitely won't be a problem," Lan Yu said.

Xia Yuwei looked at Lu Yang and said, "Sir, would you be interested in running the dungeon? How about joining our party?"