Chapter 9: 3 Years and 4 Months [Seeking Recommendation Votes]

The stall owner appeared to be in his forties, dressed in a grayish-white Daoist robe, his cultivation level indiscernible, resembling an ordinary peddler. However, Lu Qingfeng knew without guessing that someone who could offer so many talismans for sale must possess a cultivation far surpassing his own.

Perhaps he has even reached the True Qi Realm.

"Junior Lu Qingfeng, I've seen the senior before, may I stay here?" Lu Qingfeng greeted the stall owner with a fist salute and inquired.

He had limited understanding of the various rules of the market and truly didn't know.

"Senior is too kind. I am Huang Luo. I am just a few years your elder, if you don't mind, just call me Brother Huang,"

Huang Luo frowned upon seeing the friendly face of Lu Qingfeng, and said, "Apart from the stalls which need to be rented, other areas are free to stay. However, at the beginning of cultivation, one should avoid idleness. I have seen Junior Daoist here wandering around the market and spacing out for a quite a while, I couldn't bear it."

That was indeed one of the reasons.

Of course.

There was another point. His stall was not large. Lu Qingfeng sitting down and not moving occupied almost half of his small stall, which also affected his business.

"Thank you for the reminder, Brother Huang."

Lu Qingfeng acknowledged and immediately moved back.

"It's alright, I just hope Junior Daoist does not indulge in idle remorse when there is no hope in cultivation." Huang Luo saw that Lu Qingfeng seemed to only take in half of what he said and couldn't help but shake his head.

Thinking that it is impossible to help a drowning man who resists.

Immediately, he closed his eyes to feign sleep, no longer wishing to speak with Lu Qingfeng.

"Junior bids farewell."

Lu Qingfeng wanted to communicate more with this senior who initiated conversation, but before he could start, he was tactfully rejected. With an awkward smile, he immediately saluted with his fist and departed.

...

The bustling market contrasted starkly with the serene Green Stone Talisman.

Inside the Green Stone Talisman, there was only a space of a few meters in radius.

A workstation for processing medicinal materials was situated in the center, surrounded by emptiness with no tables, chairs, or beds.

Every day after processing the medicinal materials, Lu Qingfeng would cultivate and rest there.

Ordinary players couldn't tolerate the silence within the Green Stone Talisman, feeling oppressed. Lu Qingfeng, having spent sixteen years in Black Wood Village, had grown accustomed to it.

A hundredfold time difference.

A month in the game was less than four hours in reality. After exiting the game, Lu Qingfeng had dinner with Lu Qingyu, and she insisted on learning some characters, before he re-entered the game.

This time he was prepared: he took a Fasting Pill before logging off to gauge the logout time accurately. When he logged on again, six days had passed in the game.

"Continue cultivation!"

Cultivate the "Green Wood Flame Sun Scripture"!

Study the "Alchemy Analysis"!

Process batches of basic medicinal materials!

...

Time unknowingly passed.

In a flash.

Another two months had gone by.

Since enhancing "Alchemy Analysis", Lu Qingfeng's speed of processing medicinal materials increased.

Previously, it took about eight days to earn a Yellow Dragon Pill, already stronger than many rookie players. After one enhancement, it took about four days to get a Yellow Dragon Pill.

Lu Qingfeng persisted.

After levelling back to level 3, he enhanced "Alchemy Analysis" once again.

As the saying goes, sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood. Lu Qingfeng now relied entirely on "Alchemy Analysis" to complete the medicine processing tasks at Luo Sheng Alchemy Workshop and in exchange cultivate with Yellow Dragon Pills.

Enhancing "Alchemy Analysis" was even more cost-effective for him than enhancing the "Green Wood Flame Sun Scripture".

After a second enhancement, Lu Qingfeng processed two hundred batches of medicinal materials daily, with a stability rate over 95%.

On average, he earned a reward of 30 batches of basic medicinal ingredients per day, equivalently exchanging for a Yellow Dragon Pill and a Fasting Pill every two days!

"After two enhancements, I have almost completely unearthed the potential of 'Alchemy Analysis.' Even if I continue enhancing, the speed and qualification rate of processing medicinal materials won't improve much."

"I wonder what changes will occur after upgrading 'Alchemy Analysis.'"

For a cultivation technique like "Green Wood Flame Sun Scripture," upgrading it increases the layers, meaning it extends the subsequent techniques on the existing one.

For 'Alchemy Analysis,' I really don't know what changes will occur.

"Will more medicinal materials appear?"

"Or will it be similar to enhancement?"

Lu Qingfeng glanced at the experience bar and realized unconsciously, the level 3 experience value was filled again.

"First upgrade 'Alchemy Analysis,' then enhance 'Green Wood Flame Sun Scripture'!"

From level 1 (0/5) to level 3 (15/15), exactly 30 experience points.

['Alchemy Analysis' Derivation underway, Enhancement: 0/40; Upgrade: 0/10; Fusion: 0/10]

"Upgrade: 10/10."

[Manual: Alchemy Analysis]

[Grade: Basic Level]

[Derivation Technique: Two times enhancement, one time upgrade]

[Annotation: A basic alchemy manual that records the processing methods of forty-nine medicinal materials; attached: Grain Avoidance Pill Recipe]

"Grain Avoidance Pill Recipe?!"

Lu Qingfeng examined the upgraded 'Alchemy Analysis,' and found that on top of its original basis, no additional medicinal materials or enhancements appeared, only an additional Grain Avoidance Pill Recipe.

"If upgrading 'Alchemy Analysis' yields an elixir recipe?"

Upon further contemplation, the content of 'Alchemy Analysis' consisted of forty-nine basic medicinal materials including their processing methods. This was fundamentally for refining elixir pills. After further derivation and upgrade, receiving an elixir recipe was indeed more than normal.

This indeed saved Lu Qingfeng the trouble of searching for elixir recipes elsewhere. Even a simple recipe like the Grain Avoidance Pill could not be purchased without fifteen to twenty Yellow Dragon Pills.

Now it only required two or three Yellow Dragon Pills and some time.

Completely within his range of acceptance.

"Since it's possible to derive the Grain Avoidance Pill recipe, maybe I can also derive the Yellow Dragon Pill recipe!"

An idea struck Lu Qingfeng, and he immediately gave up on enhancing 'Green Wood Flame Sun Scripture' and instead upgraded 'Alchemy Analysis' again.

Continuously downgrading to level 1, but the results of the derivation brought Lu Qingfeng great joy!

[Manual: Alchemy Analysis]

[Grade: Basic Level]

[Derivation Technique: Two times enhancement, two times upgrade]

[Annotation: A basic alchemy manual logging the processing methods of forty-nine medicinal materials; attached: Grain Avoidance Pill Recipe, Yellow Dragon Pill Recipe]

"Yellow Dragon Pill Recipe!"

Indeed, it's like being sent a pillow while dozing off!

With this recipe, Lu Qingfeng can study alchemy in advance! Once he masters crafting the Fasting Pill and Yellow Dragon Pill, his cultivation in reality will also make tremendous strides!

However, counting the time, it has been three months in the game since he was reborn through reincarnation, and a day and a night have already passed in reality, it's almost time to get up.

"Log off first and study tonight."

The days in reality must go on.

At least until Lu Qingfeng was capable of confronting or avoiding the Returning to Truth Sect, he needed to perform some superficial tasks to cover up.

The crops in the fields cannot be neglected either. Based on his current cultivation progress, he wouldn't be able to accumulate enough power before the family's food supplies ran out.

Without crops, learning to craft Fasting Pills could keep him from starving, but failing to deliver the offerings to the Returning to Truth Sect would be troublesome!

From today onwards.

Lu Qingfeng worked every morning, allocated two hours in the afternoon for practicing the Green Wood Flame Sun Scripture, gathering herbs, and processing them.

This meant entering the game every half-hour or so to take a Fasting Pill to sustain life. Although it seems troublesome, as long as he kept track of time precisely, entering and exiting the game wouldn't even waste a breath.

Sadly, without Lu Qingfeng's control, his game character could not automatically practice the Green Wood Flame Sun Scripture. Otherwise, leaving it to level up automatically could have increased his efficiency by thirty to fifty percent!

Even though he couldn't level up automatically.

Lu Qingfeng entered the game every day from six in the evening until eight the next morning, managing to stay two months in the game every night.

Before you know it, ten days had passed in reality.

Three years and four months had passed in the game, and Lu Qingfeng had spent a full two years intermittently there!

Name: Lu Qingfeng

Race: Human

Faction: None

Title: None

Cultivation: Postnatal Fetal Breathing Realm First Level

Level: 1 (3/5)

Inner Breath: 4/4 (Grade: Refined)

Life Span: 19/68

Root Bone: 1

Merit: Unknown

Karma: Unknown

Cultivation Techniques: Yellow Court Scripture First Layer (Entry) [Properties: Norm Derivation (First Layer); Command All Techniques (First Layer); Karma Removal (First Layer)]; Green Wood Flame Sun Scripture Second Layer (Perfection) [Derivable];

Techniques: Fire Bomb Technique (First Level); Heavenly Eye Skill (First Level); Luo Smoke Step (First Level); Burning Heart Palm (First Level)

Divine Skills: None

Equipment: None

Alchemy: "Alchemy Introduction" (Small Success) [Derivable]; "Alchemy Analysis" (Small Success) [Derivable]

West City Market.

Lu Qingfeng sat behind a stall and opened up the property panel.

Over three years in the game, although Lu Qingfeng's level remained stagnant, the "luxurious" attribute panel was still pleasing to the eyes!

[Cultivation Technique: Green Wood Flame Sun Scripture (Incomplete)]

[Grade: Refined, with nine layers]

[Norm Derivation: One fusion, four enhancements]

[Cultivation Requirements: None]

[Cultivation Method Technique Characteristics: Flame Sun Power]

[Description: Formed by the Fusion of Green Wood Technique and Flame Sun Scripture]

[Mystic Text: Alchemy Analysis]

[Grade: Basic Level]

[Norm Derivation: Two enhancements, three upgrades]

[Notes: A basic alchemy manual, detailing the processing of forty-nine herbs; Included: Grain Avoidance Pill Recipe, Yellow Dragon Pill Recipe, Spirit Clearing Powder Recipe]

[Technique: Fire Bomb Technique]

[Grade: Low-level, consists of four layers]

[Norm Derivation: Two enhancements]

[Description: Contains terrifying heat, nothing indestructible, nothing unburnable.]

[Technique: Heavenly Eye Skill]

[Grade: Low-level, consists of two layers]

[Norm Derivation: Two enhancements]

[Description: Allows observation of cultivators up to one realm/level higher than oneself, can cause mental disarray in ordinary people, inducing panic and confusion]

[Technique: Luo Smoke Step]

[Grade: Low-level, consists of two layers]

[Norm Derivation: Two enhancements]

[Description: Qinggong, consumes physical strength, extremely fast.]

[Technique: Burning Heart Palm]

[Grade: Low-level, consists of two layers]

[Norm Derivation: Two enhancements]

[Description: Hand technique, contains Supreme Yang Palm Force, capable of breaking steles and splitting stones, one palm can burn through the heart]

[Note: Technique levels are divided into low-level, middle-level, high-level, super-level]