Level 5 Gathering Technique

Darkfire: Bro, can the Hundred Flowers Valley dungeon be sold? For a high price!

The first person to contact Jiang Yan was one of the four hall masters of the Dark Empire. He had interacted with Jiang Yan several times in the novice village of 142857 and their relationship was fairly good.

But as good as it is, you can't sell dungeons!

Putting aside the fact that there are gold bosses in Hell difficulty and you can get gold equipment, just the tens of thousands of poisonous snakes can help Jiang Yan quickly increase the experience points of Chain Lightning!

In just a few hours of fighting, Chain Lightning's experience has increased by over a thousand: [Chain Lightning] (Enhanced): lv3 (1143/5000)!

At this rate, I only need to run four more Hell difficulty dungeons to upgrade Chain Lightning!

Therefore, Jiang Yan declined the Dark Flame, stating that the owner of this instance was not him, but the alchemy prodigy.

Then, a number of women, including "Femme Fatale," "Green Beauty Dance," "Sichuan Girl Color," "Big Beauty Girl," and "Little Beauty Girl," contacted him.

Jiang Yan declined their offers for the same reason.

"Alchemy prodigy, how's your task of gathering medicinal herbs going?" After finishing, Jiang Yancai looked at the alchemy prodigy.

The latter has now ventured deep into the end of Hundred Flowers Valley, where there is a desolate medicinal garden with three herbs growing there.

The alchemy prodigy squatted in front of these three herbs, sweating profusely as he tried to collect them, but unfortunately, he failed every time!

"How could this be..." The alchemy prodigy's expression was somewhat grim: "Great master, it seems I need some more time."

Jiang Yan walked closer and tried to use his gathering technique.

[Ding~ Player failed to gather resources. Gathering skill experience +1]

[Ding~ Player failed to gather resources. Gathering skill experience +1]

[Ding~ Player failed to gather resources. Gathering skill experience +1]

……

Jiang Yan tried to collect the herbs ten times in a row, but failed every time!

Could it be...? Jiang Yan suddenly remembered the mine shaft in the beginner village's mining area that connected to the underground mineral vein.

Could it be that these herbs also require a gathering skill level of 6 to harvest?

Jiang Yan calmed down and kept casting the Gathering skill. Soon, the Gathering skill, which was already close to the maximum level, was upgraded to lv3 (0/0)!

After reaching the maximum level of collection, Jiang Yan continued to collect samples, but still encountered a series of failure messages!

The alchemy prodigy beside him slumped down in despair: "I can't gather them... How could this be? Master, how about we try Nightmare difficulty? The herbs here are too high-level, I, I..."

"It's alright, we might succeed if we wait a little longer." Jiang Yan knew that the success rate of the alchemy genius's mission was closely related to the quality of the herbs collected, so he didn't hesitate to take out an enhanced scroll and tear it off.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for successfully enhancing the Gathering skill!]

【Gathering Skill】(Enhanced) lv3 (0/3000): Using the Gathering Skill gives you a chance to gather herbs from the wild!

After the enhanced collection procedure, Jiang Yan continued to collect samples, but each attempt failed.

"Great master, you..." The alchemy genius was deeply moved by Jiang Yan's perseverance.

You should know that Jiang Yan is a top player who ranks ninth on the level leaderboard, and he's also a hidden class. Instead of spending his time helping him gather herbs, he'd be better off running the dungeon a couple more times!

"Great master, gathering in Nightmare difficulty is the same, you don't need to waste your precious leveling time on me," the alchemy prodigy said, moved.

what?

Jiang Yan was taken aback, looking up as if to explain, but seeing the emotion on the alchemy prodigy's face, he immediately changed his tune, saying, "Just for your attitude, I'll do whatever it takes to help you successfully gather the materials today!"

"Great God..." The alchemy prodigy was somewhat teary-eyed.

Although he knew Jiang Yan had ulterior motives, Jiang Yan was a true master. He could easily clear a dungeon and, not to mention the experience points, the equipment he obtained was enough to sell for hundreds of gold coins.

Not to mention that he just saw the brilliance of the golden equipment; if he were to sell it, he probably wouldn't be able to get it for less than 100,000 gold coins!

In order to win him over, Jiang Yan actually gave up the opportunity to earn 100,000 gold coins!

At the current exchange rate, 100,000 gold coins are equivalent to 4.5 million yuan in cash!

Do I, a mere student at a university of traditional Chinese medicine, really deserve such treatment?

The alchemy prodigy fell into a brief period of self-doubt, but seeing Jiang Yan's persistent and frantic harvesting, his doubts vanished instantly!

"Master! I agree to your suggestion!" the alchemy prodigy said solemnly. "As long as I can become a pharmacist, I will definitely join your pharmacy! You can decide on the salary!"

"Ah...ah?" Jiang Yan was indeed startled. He thought to himself, all he wanted was to upgrade and strengthen his gathering skills. Was it really necessary to be so moved as to sell himself?

Jiang Yan shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Don't worry, I said I'd offer excellent benefits, and I definitely won't go back on my word!"

"Hmm, I believe in the master! No, I should call you boss now!" The alchemy prodigy quickly put himself in the role of the beast of burden, saying, "Boss, we've wasted too much time here. Your level is almost surpassed. How about we go to Nightmare difficulty?"

"No way! Your mission completion rate is linked to the quality of the medicinal herbs you collect. Since that's the case, you have to do it to the best of your ability!" Jiang Yanyi said sternly.

To be honest, he hadn't planned to do this before, since the alchemy prodigy wasn't planning to risk his life for him back then. But now that the other person had expressed his willingness, Jiang Yan naturally wanted to help him achieve the highest possible completion rate for the mission!

Although this would waste a lot of time and even require more effort on the scroll, Jiang Yan would ultimately benefit!

One hour later, Jiang Yan's gathering skill was successfully upgraded: [Gathering Skill] (Enhanced) lv4 (0/0)!

Even with a level 4 gathering skill, it was still impossible to gather those three herbs in the herb garden!

Jiang Yan, in a fit of rage, decisively drew another enhancement scroll: [Gathering Technique] (Enhanced) lv4 (0/5000)!

After using two reinforced reels in a row, Jiang Yan only had 10 left in his backpack, and he was really heartbroken.

After all, these are truly one less per use!

He gritted his teeth and continued his frantic collection!

[Ding~ Player failed to gather resources. Gathering skill experience +1]

[Ding~ Player failed to gather resources. Gathering skill experience +1]

……

"Boss..." Seeing Jiang Yan's unwavering determination, the alchemy prodigy's eyes also shone with firm conviction. He knelt down beside Jiang Yan and began to use his gathering technique!

[Ding~ Player failed to gather resources. Gathering skill experience +1]

[Ding~ Player failed to gather resources. Gathering skill experience +1]

……

Time passed quickly, and two hours went by in a flash. At this time, Jiang Yan's gathering skill was upgraded again: [Gathering Skill] (Enhanced) lv5 (0/0)

After reaching level 5, Jiang Yan used his gathering technique.

[Ding~ Player failed to collect resources]

[Ding~ Player failed to collect resources]

[Ding~ Congratulations, player! You have successfully harvested a Hundred-Year Lantern Grass.]

[Ding~ Player failed to collect resources]

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for successfully collecting the Hundred-Year Purple-Red Flower]

[Ding~ Congratulations, player! You have successfully harvested a century-old ginseng.]

"Huh?" The alchemy prodigy beside him suddenly stood up in surprise and doubt: "Where did the herbs go?"

"They didn't disappear, I just collected them." Jiang Yan directly pulled out three hundred-year-old herbs and traded them to him: "Take these to complete your quest!"

"Boss, you're just giving it to me like this? Aren't you afraid I'll run away?" The alchemy prodigy's eyes widened, and tears seemed to well up in them again.

Jiang Yan couldn't stand it. The main problem was that the other person was a man about the same age as him, and the sight of him bursting into tears at the drop of a hat was really embarrassing!

"Alright, hurry up and go, there's a teleportation array over there..." Jiang Yan was worried that he wouldn't be willing to spend the five gold coins for the teleportation fee, so he quickly traded him another three thousand gold coins, saying, "Take this and spend it. Remember to look for me after you become a pharmacist!"

So many gold coins… The alchemy prodigy swallowed hard. “I…I understand, boss. Just you wait and see, I definitely won’t let you down!”