Zhan Long Volume 1

Chapter 17 - Seven-Star Herbs

Chapter 17 – Seven-Star Herbs

In Ba Huang City, on the crowded eastern exit of the plaza, I carried my newly repaired Bramble Thorn Sword and parted through the crowd. I had decided that I had to reach level 18 soon, preferably by the end of this morning, and reach level 20 as quickly as possible so that I could be recognized in my occupation.

After a player was recognized for his occupation, he could use new skills specific to his occupation. For example, as a trainee healer, the skills available were limited to [Hemostasis] and [Encourage]. After graduating from a trainee though, they could also learn new skills like [Heal] and [Therapy], etc. The good thing about [Heal] was, at level 1 it recovered 150 HP, at level 2 it recovered 300 HP. It was triple the effect that Hemostasis had!

So I walked out the city gate and took a look at the mini-map. I couldn't raise my level by wandering mindlessly. I also needed to pick level 3 herbs to make level 3 pills. The level 3 potions created from [Alchemy] by a player could recover 200 MP, while the level 3 pills sold by the NPCs could only recover 150 MP, and they sold for 5 silver coins. So, it was quite worth it to buy the potions created by a player This was quite a rare business chance! According to Yue Qing Qian, it seemed like no one in Ba Huang City had reached level 3 in [Alchemy], so it seemed I was the only one. Yep, this was a one in a lifetime chance!

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【Seven-Star Pill】: Recovers 200 MP, Seven-Star Herb x3, Refined Water x3, Alchemy Furnace x1

The main ingredient for level 3 pills were Seven-Star Herbs. They usually grew deep within Clear Rainforest. In addition, within the rainforest, there was a valley called the Seven-Star Valley. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the Seven-Star Herbs could be found within that valley, and the distance from the city to the valley was about 30 minutes. Usually, players were unwilling to go that far just to fight monsters, and even if they did go, they found a group to party with since there were many high leveled monsters there.

Sha sha, the breeze rattled through the leaves, disturbing the serene grace of the forest. Following the narrow path, I slowed down and took a look at my stats. I was at Level 16, 250 HP, 177 attack. I should be able to solo the monsters in the Seven-Star Valley.

I took care to avoid the level 15 Silver-Feathered Birds since they didn't give much experience and would only dull my blade. With Bramble Thorn Sword hidden within my cloth clothing, my appearance, that of a cloth profession holding a heavy sword, was quite humorous.

After 20 or so minutes, I looked around and saw a slope towards a valley. My mini-map was also showing that I was right next to Seven-Star Valley. Hooray, I had arrived!

As I took out my sword and prepared to dash into the valley, I suddenly heard sounds coming from the other side of the forest.

"Get your act together guys! We have arrived at the Seven-Star Valley. This is our first group activity, no excuses will be tolerated!"

Crap, I had better hide!

As I hid behind some trees, a total of 10 people came out the forest. The leader of the party was holding a sword in one hand, with shiny dark armor covering his body. Then I became thunderstruck at what I saw. It was Tyrant of Western Chu, level 19, and the players in his party seemed to be his underlings. In fact, Piggy came running up to the Tyrant of Western Chu. In addition, there were two elf archers, flying 20 yards off the ground, overseeing the area.

I held my breath and dared not to say anything..

On the shoulder of Tyrant of Western Chu was the Silver-Feathered Bird pet. Incredibly, it was already level 16. The speed at which pets leveled up was pretty quick, huh?