Looking at the Sword of Kings in his hand, Ye Yun's heart was surging with emotion. Unfortunately, his Sky Pot and Earth Cup were special items and could not be strengthened with Universe Martial Sky Stones.
As for the Origin Returning Alchemy Furnace, it could completely improve its level by refining pills with herbs, so there was no need to spend Universe Martial Sky Stones, as this item was simply too rare.
The next day, Ye Yun sat in his mansion and continuously took out herbs from his inventory, placing them on the ground. Soon, they piled up into a small mountain.
These were the spoils from Yue Di and the others' previous cycle. They had originally planned to send them back in the next few days, but upon hearing Ye Yun's need, they rushed to deliver them.
Of course, Ye Yun did not accept them for free. He purchased them at market price and also asked Yue Di to acquire a large amount of herbs on the New Mortal Continent for him to use for alchemy.
It was important to note that those who could enter the New Mortal Continent were all the cream of the crop from their respective worlds. Almost all players belonged to high-combat professions, and pure support professions were rarely seen.
For these high-combat players to survive in the New Mortal Continent, they would not let go of any opportunity to make money. Items like herbs were instantly sold, exchanged for gold coins to purchase attribute points.
Moreover, they could only enter the New Mortal Continent once per cycle, which resulted in the prices of medicinal herbs and other life-related materials not being very high. After all, there were thousands upon thousands of herb varieties, and they took up a lot of inventory space.
The Origin Returning Alchemy Furnace was placed aside. At this moment, a suction force emanated from its spout, and in a moment, it swallowed all the varied herbs on the ground.
"Remaining time: 4 minutes 59 seconds, estimated pill success rate 50%, good quality rate 30%."
The pill success rate and good quality rate remained unchanged. With nothing else to do, Ye Yun directly withdrew his consciousness from the game and switched to the Heavenly Dao Forum, directly searching for information related to alchemists.
Alchemist:
Alchemist Learning: Players who reach level 30 can learn from the Life Profession Learning Center in the main city by spending the corresponding gold coins. They can also purchase pill recipes at the learning center.
Alchemist Classification: Alchemists are divided into nine levels and three grades. Alchemists from level one to three are Human Grade, four to six are Earth Grade, and seven to nine are Heaven Grade.
Alchemist Pill Success Rate and Good Quality Rate: Human Grade alchemists increase their pill success rate by 5% and good quality rate by 2% for each level. Earth Grade alchemists increase their pill success rate by 10% and good quality rate by 5% for each level. Heaven Grade alchemists increase their pill success rate by 10% and good quality rate by 10% for each level. (Note: The pill success rate and good quality rate mentioned here are for corresponding grade pills. For example, if a Heaven Grade alchemist refines a lower grade pill, the effect will be doubled.)
Alchemist Improvement: The improvement of an alchemist depends on the experience accumulated by the player during their alchemy practice. For every excellent quality pill refined, the player gains 1 alchemist experience point. To advance from level one to level two, players need 100 experience points, and from level two to level three, they need 500 experience points. This continues with a 5x increase.
This was Ye Yun's first time learning about life professions. Even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the difficulty of leveling up as an alchemist.
A level one alchemist's pill success rate was only 5%, and the good quality rate was a mere 2%. What about the excellent quality rate? Not to mention the 100 alchemist experience points needed to advance from level one to level two, which meant refining 100 excellent quality pills!
How much money would be poured into cultivating an Earth Grade alchemist?
What? Alchemy is a highly profitable profession? With such a pill success rate and good quality rate, it would be fortunate not to lose one's underpants.
Looking at it this way, Ye Yun instantly felt much better about his Origin Returning Alchemy Furnace. It was just ten thousand excellent quality pills, right? He could afford it! Ye Yun slowly browsed the forum and did not find any major news. The only thing that slightly caught Ye Yun's attention was that the German Empire and the Polar Bear team had completed a strategic cooperation, and the United States' special forces had received investment from the Forbes Alliance.
Although this matter had deviated somewhat from the historical trajectory of his previous life, Ye Yun didn't care at all at this moment. What empires and alliances? If they angered him, they wouldn't even know how they died.
Returning to the game, the flames on the Origin Returning Alchemy Furnace had just extinguished.
"System prompt: Congratulations to player Ye Yun for successfully refining pills, with a pill success rate of 50% and a good quality rate of 30%. Congratulations to player Ye Yun for obtaining 60 Low-Grade Grain Abstinence Pills, 100 Normal Grain Abstinence Pills, 50 Good Grain Abstinence Pills, and 20 Excellent Grain Abstinence Pills. Origin Returning Alchemy Furnace growth value +20."
Grain Abstinence Pills?
These things... aren't they from cultivation novels?
Upon hearing the system prompt, Ye Yun couldn't help but freeze, and then he quickly checked them.
Excellent Grain Abstinence Pill (Virtual-Real): After players consume this pill, it is equivalent to storing one hundred tons of food in their bodies. When players feel hungry in the real world, the Grain Abstinence Pill will automatically replenish energy to their bodies.
Holy crap!
This little bean-sized pill had such immense energy?
Ye Yun looked at the pills in his hand, and only one word came to his mind: Awesome!
What would be the most valuable thing in the future world? Food! And a normal Grain Abstinence Pill was equivalent to twenty-five tons of food. What did this mean? It meant Ye Yun didn't have to worry about suppressing his strength in the real world due to insufficient nutritional solutions!
But...
He had no idea what the recipe for this pill was!
To rapidly improve his Origin Returning Alchemy Furnace, Ye Yun had not bothered to record which herbs he had put in, let alone the proportions between the herbs. And yet, by sheer luck, he had accidentally refined something he needed.
"I wonder if the professional center in the main city sells the recipe for Grain Abstinence Pills. If not, I'll really be in tears."
"Yue Di, do you have the recipe for Grain Abstinence Pills where you are? If so, help me bring one back." Ye Yun calmed himself down from his stunned state and then sent a message to Yue Di.
Yue Di was located in the Seventh Universe. Both his real-world strength and his operations within the Heavenly Dao far surpassed Blue Star. They would definitely have solutions to problems similar to Blue Star's severe shortage of nutritional solutions.
"Grain Abstinence Pills?"
In a valley, Yue Di held a golden pickaxe and was digging into the exposed ore on the ground.
"Master, the professional center where we are has the recipe for Grain Abstinence Pills. I'll go back and buy it immediately!" Since Ye Yun had something important, Yue Di, as his number one subordinate, naturally paid great attention to it.
The recipe for Grain Abstinence Pills could only be purchased by alchemists of Earth Grade or above, and it could only be purchased once in a lifetime. If an alchemist transferred this recipe, it meant that the alchemist would forever be estranged from Grain Abstinence Pills. However, to complete Ye Yun's task, Yue Di exited the game and immediately issued a recruitment order for Earth Grade alchemists from the seven major races, offering a high price of one billion gold coins.
Five hours later, the recipe for Grain Abstinence Pills appeared in Ye Yun's hands.