Pharmacist Li's Potions

A light screen unfolded before Pharmacist Li. There were only two products on it: a bottled Red Potion and a bottled Blue Potion. It was simple and easy to understand.

He opened the Red Potion.

Crude Life Potion

Slowly restored 20 HP.

Review: A beginner's practice piece. Not only did it taste awful, its effects were poor too. Are you sure... you want to drink this?

Price: 10 Copper Coins

As Chen Yi felt his body growing increasingly exhausted, he ignored the review and bought it immediately. A Red Potion Bottle appeared out of thin air in his hand.

Looking at the glass-like bottle, he figured it probably was not meant to be chewed up and eaten.

He pulled out the stopper and poured the red potion into his mouth. Chen Yi's face instantly scrunched up.

It tasted awful!!!

What exactly had Pharmacist Li added to it? Being able to make something taste this bad was a talent in itself.

Still, the potion's effects were obvious. Chen Yi could feel his condition slowly improving.

He casually opened the Blue Potion Bottle.

Crude Mana Potion

Slowly restored 15 MP.

Review: Other than when you're about to die, I can't think of anyone who would buy this thing.

Price: 10 Copper Coins

Chen Yi gave the review a like. What kind of trash dared to sell for 10 Copper Coins?

He then found Auntie Wang and turned in the Rabbit Legs he had collected for the quest.

Congratulations, quest completed: Auntie Wang's Ingredients

Obtained 20 Copper Coins, EXP 20.

Auntie Wang really was stingy. Chen Yi comforted himself: he would count the Rabbit Legs as his accommodation fee for the past few days.

Without a System Warehouse, Chen Yi tossed the Copper Coins into the washbasin at Auntie Wang's home. He currently had 26 Copper Coins left, and EXP was 75/100.

Each Rabbit generally dropped one or two Copper Coins. Whether a Rabbit Leg appeared depended on luck.

At his current pace, reaching Level 2 tomorrow would not be a problem.

Rather than resting right away, Chen Yi recalled how he had reacted when facing the White Rabbit and how he had sensed its attacks.

"Feints can make an Enemy expose openings."

Chen Yi had only been a Normal Person before this. He could not speak of having Combat Experience, so he needed to accumulate it slowly.

"It isn't just that I lack ways to respond. The Rabbit's strength doesn't surpass mine by much. As long as my reactions are fast enough, I can actually block its attacks. When there's no time for Spellcasting, that isn't a bad choice."

"Maybe I should raise my Constitution too. Injuries have too great an effect. I Don't Know whether raising Constitution can also improve the effects of meditation."

"The increases to Intelligence and spirit have greatly changed my perception. If I raise them a little more, I should be able to accurately capture the Rabbit's movements."

At last, Chen Yi understood just how valuable the words "Heavenly Dao Toy" after his staff were.

After coming to this Game World for so many days, he had stumbled through each day, and his clothes were covered in holes.

Yet the staff he used daily for Spellcasting—and occasionally as a wooden club to strike Rabbits—was completely undamaged. This thing did not even have a durability indicator!

Moreover, it had another use for Chen Yi. Its absurdly low attributes prevented Fireball from instantly killing Rabbits, but from another perspective, this was also an opportunity. He could continuously gain Combat Experience through evenly matched battles.

Nothing happened that night. When Chen Yi opened his eyes the next morning, the pain in his abdomen had completely vanished.

After casually mooching breakfast from Auntie Wang, he picked up his staff and once again Stepped Onto the Rabbit Plains.

Having been tempered by the White Rabbit, Chen Yi suddenly felt that ordinary Rabbits were nothing special. Their obvious wind-up before charging and their strength, which did not exceed his by much, were easy to read.

By comparison, yesterday's White Rabbit seemed highly suspicious.

Chen Yi repeatedly tried using his staff to block the Rabbits' attacks.

Even so, the Rabbits still failed to hurt Chen Yi. Only when his arm began to feel numb did he abandon this method of fighting. Strength was a weak point, so it could not serve as a regular combat method.

A Fireball easily struck the exhausted Rabbit.

EXP+5

Rabbit Leg+1

Copper Coin+1

He picked up the Copper Coin and ignored the Rabbit Leg. He was nearly sick of eating those things.

Time passed slowly. As another Rabbit died, Chen Yi reached Level 2.

Chen Yi

Profession: None

Constitution: 5 (↑1)

Strength: 4 (↑1)

Intelligence: 9 (↑1)

Agility: 4 (↑1)

Spirit: 17 (↑1)

Talent: Fire Affinity. (Increased mastery of Fire Skills, Fire elemental damage increased by 10%.)

Skills: Fireball, Basic Meditation

Soul Energy: 0

Deduction: Insufficient Soul Energy.

Recommended Profession: Mage.

All Attributes had risen by one point. It did not seem like much, but his Overall Strength had risen considerably.

No wonder players had dared to power-level others before. After an all-around increase, farming Rabbits really became much easier.

As he watched another Rabbit leap out, the movements he had only Barely Captured before now became clear!

Chen Yi casually flung out a Fireball. The next moment, it exploded atop the Rabbit's head.

EXP 2/200

Copper Coin+1

Fireball dealt 35 Explosion Damage to the Rabbit Head (24 Impact Damage, 11 Burn Damage).

Chen Yi estimated that even without hitting a weak point, two Fireballs could take one down. Now that he could capture the Rabbit's movements, Rabbits basically no longer posed a threat to him.

But that feeling just now...

Fireball!

A Fireball Instantly Formed. He could no longer judge how much time it had taken by physical sensation alone, but it was definitely shorter than 0.5 seconds!

The increase in Intelligence had made the original Casting Time even shorter. It was As If improved hardware allowed Chen Yi to construct the structure of Fireball more quickly.

For a moment, it felt effortless.

And Chen Yi always felt that spirit perhaps represented Not Just Mana Points. Fireball's flight speed also seemed to have become faster, but he had no proof.

But... it was time to change maps—Pheasant Forest!

If Rabbit Plains was an Assassin, then Pheasant Forest was a Warrior.

The half-human-height Pheasants had sharp beaks that could easily peck through Trees and eat the insects inside.

Pheasants lacked the Rabbits' cautious air entirely. They held their heads high, As If they looked down on everyone.

After spotting Chen Yi, one Charged Forward without a word. But this speed was far too slow for Chen Yi.

Before it could reach him, the fourth Fireball had already struck its head. Every Fireball only made it pause slightly rather than blasting it away like a Rabbit.

When the fifth Fireball exploded, the Pheasant collapsed unwillingly and turned into Fragments. After the Fragments disappeared, they left behind a pair of Shoes shining with White Light.

It had actually dropped equipment!

Chen Yi had killed Rabbits all these days without ever seeing equipment. He had even once believed that he could only buy equipment from Master Zhang, who sold weapons in the beginner village.

EXP+10

Copper Coin+4

The experience and Copper Coins were greater than those from Rabbits, but that was not the important part.

Pheasant Forest Parkour Boots

Quality: White Quality

Agility+1

Durability: 19/19

Review: You Don't expect a pair of White Quality Shoes to be all that strong.

Ignoring the equipment review, Chen Yi happily ran to the river. Only after carefully washing his feet clean did he put on the equipment.

The Shoes, which were a size too large, quickly adjusted to fit him. They were neither too large nor too small.

He had finally gotten rid of the Shoes whose soles were nearly worn through.

After returning to Pheasant Forest, a Pheasant charged straight at Chen Yi the moment he entered the woods.

EXP+10

He had clearly changed to a higher-level map, yet it was less threatening than Rabbits.

Fireball dealt 25 Explosion Damage to the Pheasant Head (14 Impact Damage, 11 Burn Damage).

Fireball dealt 15 Explosion Damage to the Pheasant (4 Impact Damage, 11 Burn Damage).

...

Fireball dealt 25 Explosion Damage to the Pheasant Head (14 Impact Damage, 11 Burn Damage).

Pheasants had roughly 120 HP and decent Attack Power, yet such monsters could not threaten Chen Yi.

"Distance is a Mage's lifeline!"