Journey Forth

That would be great.

A few minutes later, at Hada's warm invitation, Yun Xi enjoyed a hearty breakfast before leaving the village with the Village Chief and Hada.

"Grandpa, Big Brother, you must come back safely!" Yun Xi and the other two gradually walked further away, accompanied by the childish shouts from behind.

Unlike the village, which was surrounded by a Spiritual Energy formation, the wilderness was always filled with eerie mist.

Even at the brightest time of the morning, it was still gloomy as far as the eye could see.

The Village Chief clearly had rich experience traveling. After walking about 500 meters out of the village, he began instructing Hada to use Appraisal Skill from time to time to check the road conditions.

"Village Chief, how far are we from Qinglan Town?" Yun Xi asked.

"Not far, only about 200 li."

This was considered not far? Well, if measured by the map of Godfall Continent, 200 li was indeed very close.

If they walked non-stop, it would take about 50 hours. If rest time was included, it would only take four to five days to reach their destination.

"Village Chief, do you often go to Qinglan Town?"

"Not often, maybe once every three months. It's mainly to replenish daily necessities and sell the pollution-free plants and other items we grow ourselves."

"Yun Xi, Qinglan Town is very large. When you go there, you must act cautiously and not provoke strong individuals easily."

"With your Sorcerer talent, you can choose to join a Sorcerer-affiliated force, but you must not blindly sign a contract. You need to examine it carefully."

The Village Chief had a very high favorability towards Yun Xi, so he couldn't help but remind her a few more times.

"But you don't have to worry too much. For new adventurers like you, there are certain regulations. Within the town, people cannot cause trouble for you without reason."

Yun Xi really didn't know this in her previous life.

"Okay, thank you for your reminder."

"Grandpa, can I also stay in Qinglan Town to train?" Hada asked after listening to their conversation.

He had only been to Qinglan Town once last year. Such a large-scale town was worlds apart from their village, and he yearned for it greatly.

"No, you can only go out to train after your Fireball Technique reaches LV11. At that time, I won't stop you from going anywhere you want."

"Ah? When will that be? Grandpa, you're too cunning!"

Indeed, it was very difficult for Sorcerers to improve their skill levels.

It was known that Sorcerers only gained one free skill point per level. To upgrade Fireball Technique, one must first upgrade Spiritual Energy Control.

Even though Hada was already a Level 11 intermediate Sorcerer, all his skill points had to be allocated to Spiritual Energy Control.

This was because the exclusive professional skills of Sorcerers could not be improved by grinding proficiency; they could only be improved by adding points.

Fireball Technique did not have this restriction, but—

Skills from LV1-10 required (current level * 10) proficiency. LV11-20 required (current level * 100), and so on.

If Hada were to upgrade Basic Fireball to Level 11 without adding any points, he would need to practice (470 + 1100) = 1570 times.

This number might not seem large, but there was a prerequisite: each practice of a spell required consuming the maximum Spiritual Energy of the current level to achieve the effect of grinding proficiency.

If Hada had no White Crystals to replenish his Spiritual Energy and could only rely on his own recovery, he could only practice 1-2 times a day at most. This was the result of him doing nothing else all day but focusing on absorbing Spiritual Energy.

Even if calculated by the minimum number of times, 1570 / 2 = 785 times, it would still take about two years to train Fireball Technique to LV11.

And all of this was under the premise that Hada had already reached Level 11.

With the Village Chief's help in leveling up, Hada reaching Level 10 should be effortless, but Level 10-11 was a threshold that was difficult for ordinary people to cross.

The time and effort required for this would definitely be longer than two years for an ordinary person...

Yun Xi shook her head. She was only Level 4 now, so thinking about it was useless.

Time slowly passed. Yun Xi and the other two walked on the road, occasionally encountering a few low-level Strange Creatures, all of which were instantly killed by the Village Chief.

Walking by the roadside, they saw many wild fruits. Nourished by Spiritual Energy, they grew very well. Unfortunately, they were all deeply contaminated by Strange Energy and were completely inedible.

Seeing Yun Xi's curiosity, the Village Chief specifically explained a few things.

"Yun Xi, after you go to Qinglan Town, you can buy a few books related to plants.

If you encounter rare heavenly treasures in the wild, even if they are contaminated, someone will still buy them.

As for these ordinary fruits and food, they are basically worthless. Purifiers will not focus their energy on these."

Yun Xi nodded in understanding. She was also aware of this information.

The buyers were precisely those forces that mastered Purification Technique. Their carefully cultivated Purifiers dedicated almost all their energy to practicing Purification Technique.

Even heavily contaminated heavenly treasures could be completely purified by them for consumption or medicinal use.

According to her previous plan, the next spells she would learn were Fireball Technique or Appraisal Skill. Purification Technique would have to wait.

As for which spell to learn first, she would decide after settling down in Qinglan Town.

They walked and stopped along the way, but everything went smoothly without any danger. Yun Xi also participated in a few battles.

She killed five Level 1 Strange Creatures and one Level 2 Strange Creature, gaining over 50+20 experience points, and leveled up from Level 4 to Level 5.

[Level: 5][Experience: 50/60]

You have gained (6+2) attribute points (from killing Strange Creatures + leveling up) and (1+1) free skill points (from killing Strange Creatures + leveling up).

The attribute points were added to Spirit and Constitution, while the skill points were added to 'Light Control Technique'.

[Spirit 42] [Constitution 19]

[Basic Light Guard LV3: Consumes 10-300 Spiritual Energy, can condense an aura to grant the user 138-326 (Spirit * Skill Level + Consumed Spiritual Energy) points of defense. Can be stacked infinitely and permanently. Casting cooldown: 2h.]

With Spirit increased to 42, the maximum shield she could cast with Light Control Technique was 326. If she cast it 8 times a day, she could gain 2608 shield points.

After she finished allocating her points, they had also reached the outskirts of Qinglan Town.

"Qinglan Town is on the other side of this forest," the Village Chief said, his voice tinged with fatigue after more than four days of travel.

Hada, whose constitution was even worse, was understandably exhausted, with dark circles under his eyes and a haggard appearance.

Yun Xi's constitution was comparable to a pure warrior around level 10. Her endurance far surpassed that of the grandfather and grandson, and she felt almost no fatigue. However, she didn't want to appear too obvious.