The king of online games is ordinary

Chapter 8

The pharmacist took the medicine cauldron and laughed, he must be very excited.Because, his big hands kept patting my shoulders, and they were so hard that I felt uncomfortable all over.

After a few seconds, the pharmacist found out, and said with a sly smile: "Warrior, you are very capable of handling affairs, and I appreciate it very much. So, in order to repay your great kindness, I want to pass on all I have learned to you!"

Ding!
The system prompts: "Congratulations on completing the [Pharmacist's Entrustment] mission, the reward is 600 experience, 10 silver coins, and +40 reputation."

Ding!
The system prompts: "You have got an opportunity to become a pharmacist. If you refuse, you will get other rewards."

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My mouth was wide open, and I felt a little cheated. I thought there was some kind of generous reward that would make my heart skip a beat, but I didn't expect it to be just a pharmacist's inaugural task.In fact...As long as the player wants to do the auxiliary job, anyone can do it with a little effort.

After being stunned for a few seconds, I confirmed the prompt with a wry smile, and then I got the title of Apprentice for Herb Picking.But soon, my brows frowned, isn't it a pharmacist?How did you become a medicine-picking apprentice?Is the system playing tricks on me?

Seeming to see my doubts, the pharmacist explained at this time: "Hehe, my title level is not very high, and I can't let you directly become a pharmacist for the time being, but I want to be promoted step by step from a herb-picking apprentice. Well, in order to make up for this It’s a small mistake, I’ll pass on two treasures to you!” After speaking, he waved a white light into my body, and I felt extremely warm and comfortable.

Ding!
The system prompts: "You have acquired the skill [Herbal Gathering]!"

Ding!
The system prompts: "You have obtained the Pharmacopoeia [Compendium of Materia Medica]!"

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When I opened the package, sure enough, a thick [Compendium of Materia Medica] with the cover of a cheat book appeared in my eyes.

【Compendium of Materia Medica】

Written by Li Shizhen, the god of medicine, it records the identification methods and effects of almost all kinds of medicinal materials!

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Then, I opened the skill panel again, and saw a [Herb Gathering Technique] skill with an initial level of 1, proficiency: 0/1000.

I shrugged helplessly, I am a little disappointed in the pharmacist, I feel that this guy is just a cheapskate.It's so good in words, 'Make up for your mistakes and pass me the treasure', but in fact, isn't this treasure available to all apprentices who gather medicine?
I stared at him contemptuously for a while, and I said politely: "Thank you, pharmacist! Excuse me, is there any task of collecting herbs? This...you know, although your baby is very 'beautiful', but right now I can't do it." I don't know where to get the medicinal materials."

The pharmacist twirled his white beard and pondered for a few seconds, "Well, how about it, if you can help me collect four kinds of medicinal materials, I will tell you the refreshing locations of several medicinal materials near the village."

I gladly accepted it, and didn't care too much about whether the task was good or not, and whether the reward was high or not.Anyway, the most important thing now is to quickly improve herbal collection skills, and then it will be much easier to officially become a pharmacist.At that time, you can refine some consumable potions that replenish life and magic power, and supply them to Zi Yan and Bao'er.

Now at the beginning of the game, if my experience in previous games can still be used in "King of Kings", it is estimated that there are not many auxiliary professional players at this time. As long as whoever can take the lead, then whoever can dig the first pot of gold!It's not just me, even Ziyan and the others can level up easily and quickly.

Ding!
The system prompts: "You have received the task of [Place of Gathering Herbs]. Difficulty: 1 and a half stars."

Task prompt: "Collect four kinds of medicinal materials, [Wild Phalaenopsis], [Green Primrose], [Red-billed Gull], [Purple Silver Vine Root], 100 of each."

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After following the prompt, I got a mission map.On the northeast corner of the map, there are red arrows marking the location of the four herbs.

I nodded, bid farewell to the pharmacist, and then went to the grocery store, where I spent nearly all of my property at a high price of 40 silver coins to buy two medicine hoes.I don't know if these four medicinal herbs are buried in the soil, anyway, it is more appropriate to prepare a medicinal hoe.

After packing up some packages, I followed the map guide and came to a place with tall thatch alone.After a quick glance, I opened the Compendium of Materia Medica to search, and soon found the description of the appearance of [Philaphyllum]: shaped like a butterfly, purple and white, exuding a fragrance of wild flowers.

Putting away the Compendium of Materia Medica, I squatted down, scraped through the thick grass, and searched carefully.In just a few seconds, several plants of [Philadelphia] appeared in sight.I took a deep breath, and sure enough, a wild flower fragrance rushed into my nose, and I felt refreshed all over my body.

The corners of my mouth curled up slightly, and I used [Herb Gathering Technique] to pick off one of them and put them in the package.

Ding!
The system prompts: "You have collected a medicinal material [Philaphyllum], and the collection proficiency is +1."

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Because it takes 1 points of proficiency to upgrade herb gathering from level 2 to level 1000, so I am a bit helpless to improve the proficiency of this bit by bit, it is too slow, if it takes 30 seconds to improve If the speed goes down, it will only be 1 points in an hour, and it will take about ten hours to upgrade.Of course, it will definitely take some time to find medicinal materials during this period, it is impossible to reach out and have medicinal materials to pick at any time!

After shaking my head for a while, I quickly felt relieved. If I think about it further, I might not have the patience to collect herbs at some point.Auxiliary occupations are like this, tedious, always repeating an extremely simple and the same thing.

As time passed slowly, I spent nearly an hour and a half, and finally collected 100 Phalaenopsis orchids.Undoubtedly, only a quarter of the mission of the [Place of Picking Herbs] has been completed, and there is still work to be done.

So, I stretched and opened the Compendium of Materia Medica again, looking for the description of the appearance of the second medicinal herb [Green Primrose].

In just a few seconds, I had the urge to curse.Because, apart from the medicinal smell, the green primrose is green all over, and it is actually no different from ordinary weeds.

Taking a deep breath, I had to lie down on the ground, use my sense of smell to distinguish green primrose from ordinary weeds, and then use the harvesting technique to collect them.

It has to be said that this is very difficult. Sometimes even if you smell the medicine, it is difficult to find the green primrose among the many weeds.

In this way, I endured patience and collected for nearly an hour.Unexpectedly, only 10 poor plants were collected!
"Oh! Damn it! What bastard designed it! This is the old man's life!"

I lay sprawled on the ground, wishing I could find the game designer of Green Primrose to scold. This is simply challenging the bottom line of the player's patience, and it is too realistic.It's really close to a perverted situation. Does he think that the players have trained the eyes of Sun Houzi?
After resting for a while, I sat up again and started to mess around like crazy.Stretching out both hands, he randomly grabbed the innumerable weeds around him, and at the same time quickly cast the harvesting technique.

Unexpectedly, the system prompts at this time were sent out one after another like a phone ringing.And my collection proficiency has soared in a hurricane manner.

ding ding ding ding...

The system prompts: "You have collected the medicinal material [Green Primrose], and the proficiency in collecting herbs is +1."

The system prompts: "You have collected the medicinal material [Green Primrose], and the proficiency in collecting herbs is +1."

The system prompts: "You have collected the medicinal material [Green Primrose], and the proficiency in collecting herbs is +1."

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Oh?Is that all right?

I was stunned, almost petrified, this... is it a bug in the game?

With a mocking smile on the corner of my mouth, I shook my head quickly.Certainly not!This is entirely the ingenuity of the game designer!
In fact, the green primrose goes to two extremes.Beneath its unrecognizable appearance, there is actually a mystery hidden.If you follow the previous method of olfactory identification, you will definitely fall into the miserable dog-like collection.And I, with my reckless posture at the moment, just inadvertently grasped the key point.

There is no doubt that the opportunity must be reserved for a few people, and the vast majority of players will definitely choose the dog-style olfactory identification method to collect.In this way, can it be said that it is a bug?
My mind shook slightly, and I quickly burst out laughing, it really is a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, I was right!So, he kept picking up large clusters of weeds with both hands, and at the same time quickly cast the gathering technique.

Ding!
The system prompts: "Your harvesting technique has been upgraded to level 2! Reward money is 10 silver coins, reputation +10."

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Nodding stupidly, I excitedly opened the skill panel of Gathering Technique and looked at it, and found that 2 proficiency points are required to upgrade from level 3 to level 3000.Moreover, no matter how I use the harvesting technique at this time, I can't gather green primroses.

It seems that this area is only a mission area.In other words, the number of green primroses is limited, and after picking, they will not refresh the same person again, so naturally they cannot be collected.

Even so, I am still happy from the bottom of my heart, at least I took this opportunity to raise the harvesting technique to level 2, right?As long as you pass the level 3 hurdle, you can officially become a pharmacist refining medicine!
After a short rest, I collected 100 plants of the remaining two kinds of medicinal materials, and then sorted out the packages.At a glance, heh, good guy, I actually picked more than 900 green primroses.Among them, every 100 plants are automatically bundled to occupy a space.Basically, the whole package is filled.

With a satisfied smile on the corner of my mouth, I went back to the village to hand in the task.

(End of this chapter)