Birthday Gift Pack

"It's time to take a look around Green Mountain Town..." Yun Shu had not spent all this time buried in bitter training. The books Chek Nao had left behind also recorded many of the Medicinal Herbs needed for alchemy.

So Yun Shu planned to visit Green Mountain Town and see whether he could gather some Medicinal Herbs to practice with when he began learning alchemy.

Chek Nao himself had been a fourth-grade alchemist, so most of the Medicinal Herbs he had left behind were incredibly precious. Some were even herbs Yun Shu had once seen Xiao Yan spend a fortune trying to purchase.

After all, Chek Nao had lived decades ago. It was only natural that the herbs he had collected back then were both precious and abundant.

Yun Shu could not bear to use such high-grade Medicinal Herbs for practice, which was why he planned to obtain some lower-grade ones in Green Mountain Town.

As for the Lottery...

Yun Shu was even less likely to do something so backward. If he had no chance of becoming an alchemist, he would definitely have tossed all these Medicinal Herbs into the system for the Lottery without hesitation.

But now, Medicinal Herbs could be refined into even more valuable pills.

He was not an idiot.

This time, Yun Shu did not plan to fly there by plane. Instead, he intended to cultivate while traveling. He was not far from breaking through to the ninth stage of Dou Qi, but he still needed to solidify his foundation properly. So Yun Shu took out the Mystic Heavy Ruler he had obtained from the beginner reward...

This thing probably weighed dozens of pounds, and it could also suppress the Dou Qi within his body. It could not have been more suitable for grueling cultivation.

"Holy shit! Why is this thing so heavy?!" The moment Yun Shu strapped the Mystic Heavy Ruler to his back, he nearly got crushed by the massive ruler...

"Damn it, this ruler definitely weighs more than a hundred pounds. It's way too heavy!! No wonder Xiao Yan can challenge opponents above his level!" Yun Shu finally understood what it meant to be the protagonist. This thing...

"Forget it! I should stop thinking about this nonsense and focus on cultivating!" Yun Shu silently strapped the Mystic Heavy Ruler to his back again, then began walking toward Green Mountain Town.

Under the Mystic Heavy Ruler's suppression, Yun Shu could barely even walk properly. His legs trembled as though they might snap at any moment. Like that, he endured the ruler's weight for half a month...

Yun Shu finally arrived in Green Mountain Town once more.

Over the past half month, Yun Shu had gradually grown accustomed to the Mystic Heavy Ruler's weight. Of course, that only applied to carrying it on his back. If he wanted to pick it up and swing it around, he would probably need more time before becoming proficient.

But there was another piece of good news. Not long after arriving in Green Mountain Town and removing the Mystic Heavy Ruler, Yun Shu felt the Dou Qi within his body on the verge of breaking through to the ninth stage.

The past half month of hellish training must have paid off. Yun Shu felt that in another day or two, he should be able to break through to the ninth stage of Dou Qi.

Forget it for today. I'll rest, recover my strength, and start gathering Medicinal Herbs in the Monster Mountain Range tomorrow! Seeing that the sun was about to set, Yun Shu thought to himself.

Since he had nowhere to stay in Green Mountain Town, Yun Shu went somewhere far from the town and threw out the house-shaped Omni-Pill.

"Looks like I can finally get a good night's sleep today!" The bed inside the house had a Simmons Mattress, making it especially soft. The beds at inns were all hard wooden boards. While they were good for his back, Yun Shu, who had slept on Simmons Mattresses for over a decade, truly was not used to them...

"Ding! The host has reached the age of fifteen and has received a Birthday Gift Pack!"

The next day, as soon as Yun Shu woke up, he discovered the Birthday Gift Pack the system had given him in the early hours of the morning.

"There's something this good?" Yun Shu said in surprise. Celebrating a birthday...

Come to think of it, ever since transmigrating here, Yun Shu had already prepared himself to bid farewell to things like birthdays. Yet he had not expected the system to celebrate his birthday for him...

So fucking touching.

"Open it and see what's inside!" Yun Shu said expectantly.

"Ding! Obtained Birthday Cake ×1, Mysterious Fragment ×1."

"Mysterious Fragment? What is that?" Yun Shu asked curiously.

"Ding! Collect ten Mysterious Fragments to obtain an Ultimate Gift Pack."

"Then how do I get them? By celebrating birthdays?" Yun Shu raised an eyebrow.

"There is a chance to obtain Mysterious Fragments from Birthday Gift Packs and Advancement Gift Packs."

"Oh... Wait! There are Advancement Gift Packs too?!" Yun Shu's eyes suddenly widened. That meant he would also receive a Gift Pack when he broke through to Dou Zhe?

"Yes."

"This system is awesome!" Yun Shu exclaimed.

After putting away the Mysterious Fragment, Yun Shu looked at the cake the system had given him. It was quite large, around twenty-two inches.

"Mmm~ It's been so long since I had anything this high in calories!" Yun Shu said contentedly after tasting the cream on the cake.

Although he had not liked cake before transmigrating, he had few foods he could eat now. After tasting a flavor from home, Yun Shu was still quite moved.

After eating and drinking his fill, then washing up, Yun Shu put everything away and prepared to enter the Monster Mountain Range.

However, he did not plan to enter alone. Instead, he intended to find a Mercenary Team or follow a Mercenary Group inside.

Traveling alone was still too dangerous.

Although joining a team could not guarantee that nothing would go wrong, it was still better than running into a pack of mindless magical beasts.

"Huh? Is Little Fairy Doctor also heading to the Monster Mountain Range to gather herbs today?" When Yun Shu arrived in town to find some mercenaries to enter the Monster Mountain Range with, he suddenly spotted Ten Thousand Medicines Hall's Herb Gathering Team.

And Little Fairy Doctor seemed to be among them as well.

Unfortunately, the guard team required at least a Two-Star Dou Practitioner, so Yun Shu, who was only at the eighth stage of Dou Qi, could not join.

But since there was already such a large group here, Yun Shu no longer needed to look for mercenaries. He could simply conceal his presence and follow behind them.

It was also the perfect opportunity to explore the cave containing the Flying Dou Technique during this trip to the Monster Mountain Range.

"Sure enough, herbalists are a bunch who can't recognize quality!" Yun Shu said, shaking his head after pulling out a Medicinal Herb while following behind the group.

Herbalists and alchemists differed by only one word, but what they did was worlds apart. Herbalists could only process low-grade Medicinal Herbs into medicine to treat others.

So all along the way, Yun Shu helplessly shook his head as he watched them overlook one high-grade Medicinal Herb after another. Still, this was a good thing for Yun Shu. By following behind the group, he had already gathered no fewer than thirty Medicinal Herbs.

Now, all he lacked were some first-tier Magic Cores before he could begin practicing with First Grade Pills.