The First Big Sum of Money

"What is he doing?" Lan Yu thought curiously.

In the Troll Forest at night, Lu Yang had already recovered and was still killing trolls. He didn't stop until the morning of the second day in the real world.

Using the city return scroll, he returned to St. Gar City from the Troll Forest. Lu Yang ran to the gnome camp in the west of the city and found Bissell in the meeting hall.

"Buddy, you're back. How did it go?" Bissell was chatting with Tassel. When he saw Lu Yang, he immediately walked over happily.

Lu Yang took out 200 troll bone chains from his backpack and handed them to Bissell. "I killed a total of 200."

"Oh, brother, you're really good. You're indeed a big guy. Here are 40 silver coins." Bissell took out a bag from his waist and handed it to Lu Yang.

System Notification: [You have obtained 40 silver coins.]

Lu Yang was a little excited. 40 silver coins seemed very little, but it was the third day since the server opened. Before the server opened the game currency exchange function, a large guild only had a few dozen silver coins. The 40 silver coins in Lu Yang's hands could do a lot of things.

"I'll look for you tomorrow." Lu Yang bade farewell to Bissell. After walking out of the gnome camp, he went to the auction house in the eastern district of St. Gar City. He was preparing to buy a large number of herbs to make anti-poison potions.

In Second World, players could not walk through each other. In other words, if a player occupied a place, others could not walk through him. For this reason, the commercial buildings in Second World were constructed very majestically.

The east district auction house was a symbolic commercial building. The three-story-tall auction house occupied more than 8,000 square meters of land. Just the entrance alone was 50 meters wide and could accommodate 10,000 players at the same time.

Currently, there were already many players visiting the auction house. However, most of them were casual players. They collected herbs, hides, ores, and other items to sell in the auction house.

On every floor of the hall, there were many NPCs that could help players auction. At the same time, there were also equipment similar to the bank ATMs that allowed players to participate in the auction themselves.

Lu Yang found a self-service auction machine and put up the silver grade bow and arrow that Walkins had dropped on auction. The lowest price was 50 silver coins, and the highest was unlimited. Then, he chose the herbs category and found the Stone Root Herb, Dead Leaf Herb, and Silver Leaf Herb. These three herbs were the raw materials for making anti-poison potions.

Auction houses usually auction herbs in groups of 30. Only a small number of high-end herbs were allowed to be auctioned one by one.

He looked at the prices of the herbs and found that the prices of the three herbs were the same. The highest price was 10 copper coins, and the lowest was 3 copper coins. He could not help but be surprised.

He remembered that in his previous life, after players gradually obtained the formula for anti-poison potions from various channels, the price of herbs for making anti-poison potions increased. At the highest point, a set of herbs could be sold for 1 silver coin. He thought about how the price was so low now.

Lu Yang spent 30 silver coins to buy 300 sets of herbs. Then, Lu Yang went to the Alchemy Guild.

The Alchemy Guild in St. Gar City was the largest Alchemy Guild in the human race. It was also located in the eastern part of St. Gar City, just northeast of the auction house. It occupied an area of 5,000 square meters.

If players wanted to learn alchemy, they could only spend 5 silver coins to learn basic alchemy skills from the Alchemy Guild. After learning alchemy skills, they could then use various recipes.

At this moment, there were only a few players in the hall on the first floor of the Alchemy Guild. When they saw Lu Yang, everyone looked arrogant.

After the third day the game started, players could go to the Alchemy Guild to learn alchemy. They must be pharmacists nurtured by the major guilds.

Lu Yang knew that these people would never interact with him in his life, so he could not be bothered with them. He went straight to the second floor and chose someone he knew. Master Alchemist Birkens in the ninth room, just like in his previous life.

"Hello, Sir. I want to learn alchemy," Lu Yang said respectfully.

Birkens was a 40-year-old middle-aged man who was reading a book by the bookshelf. He was wearing a purple-gold alchemist's robe. The color represented his level, indicating that he was a high-level alchemist.

"Young man, you're welcome to learn alchemy. However, if you want to learn it, you have to pay me 5 silver coins as tuition fee before I can teach you," Birkens said.

"Of course." Lu Yang took out five silver coins and handed them to Birkens.

Birkens took a beginner alchemy skill book from the bookshelf behind him and handed it to Lu Yang. "Read it carefully. You will find the true essence of alchemy in it."

Lu Yang took the book and chose to use it.

System Notification: [You have learned Elementary Alchemy.]

Alchemy Proficiency: 0/50

This was the highest level that elementary alchemy could reach. If he wanted to learn intermediate alchemy after level 50, he would have to pay again.

Lu Yang took out the anti-poison potion formula from his bag and chose to use it again. After a flash of light, the anti-poison potion formula disappeared, and an icon of an anti-poison potion appeared in his alchemy skill pane.

System Notification: [You have learned how to make anti-poison potions.]

"Sir, I would like to rent an alchemy room," Lu Yang said.

"Of course. One silver coin an hour," Birkens said.

Lu Yang handed over the silver coins, and Birkens used magic to send him to the alchemy room.

The alchemy room could increase the success rate by 1%. This was very important to many ordinary players, but it was useless to Lu Yang.

He rented the alchemy room not because of the 1% success rate, but because of the large alchemy furnace in the alchemy room. He could refine up to 30 bottles of medicine at a time, saving him the time needed to refine one bottle at a time.

According to the official settings of Second World, players had to do it themselves if they wanted to make potions. Cooking herbs, adding potions, and producing chemical reactions would take an average of five minutes to make a bottle. Lu Yang did not have that much time to waste. Using the alchemy room was the best choice.

After lighting the flame under the alchemy furnace and waiting for the water in the alchemy furnace to boil, Lu Yang took out the Stone Root Herb, Dead Leaf Herb, and Silver Leaf Herb from his backpack and placed a set into the alchemy furnace.

It was not easy to make 30 bottles of potions at once. Ordinary players did not have this ability at all. As long as there was a mistake in the process of making the potion, this bottle of potion would be useless.

However, this was not a problem for Lu Yang. In his previous life, as a mage and a top-notch mage, one of the most important compulsory lessons was alchemy. In his previous life, Lu Yang was a master alchemist. However, this was not something Lu Yang actively wanted to learn. He was forced to learn it by the game.

Mages were such a waste of money. It was still alright for them to enter the dungeons now as they did not need to consume potions or use high-level potions. However, after reaching level 50, mages had to bring potions and concoctions to the dungeons. Otherwise, their magic damage would not be enough to kill the boss.

However, a bottle of concoction was too expensive. At that time, Lu Yang was still a poor kid. In order to save money, Lu Yang slowly learned how to make the concoction with the help of his brothers. Thinking back to his experience at that time, he felt sad and a little happy. Perhaps it was pure friendship.