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Chapter 208: Upgrade

Chapter 208: Chapter 208: Upgrade

Jiang Yuan currently has a basic attack power of 2000+, with skill bonuses and a critical strike, the recent Black Flame Storm showed a damage of -36000.

He doesn’t have a realm to compare with, but as the saying goes, all fear stems from insufficient firepower. To seek longevity, he can only stack attack power and defense with all his might.

"He... is really amazing!" Even someone as blind as Chan Yu could feel the violent aura contained within the Black Flame Storm. The thought that the first friend she ever made was such a powerful human cultivator left her excited.

At the same time, she felt very touched that despite Jiang Yuan’s formidable strength and good nature, he was so gentle towards her, a poisonous little demon cultivator.

[Chan Yu Favor +80]

Suddenly having gained favor, Jiang Yuan thought to himself that he hadn’t expected this girl to admire strength so much.

However, since the favorability has increased, there’s no slacking off; contribute to the courtyard’s upgrade!

"Miss Chan Yu, you’re skilled with poisons, so you’re probably also sensitive to toxic substances, right?" Jiang Yuan glanced at the special materials needed to upgrade the Alchemy Room and asked, "There’s a very special stone in the marsh behind the mountain, called Poisonous Fluorite, typically found where venomous snakes appear. Could you help me find two pieces?"

"Huh? Poisonous Fluorite? I know it!" Chan Yu exclaimed happily upon hearing this, "That’s great, I’m glad I can help! Oh, if I had known you needed Poisonous Fluorite, I would have brought some during my next visit! They can be found in the marsh where I live..."

She was eager to do something for her friend, her face turning slightly red with excitement as she said impatiently, "Should I go now? Just point me in the right direction, I’m familiar with the marsh aura and can find them quickly!"

For safety reasons, Jiang Yuan asked Bai Yunqi to accompany her to the back mountain marsh; Hu Zhile went alone to gather musk; Yun Mo and Wan Mingchuan followed their usual routine of picking the daily herbs and spices.

The courtyard soon quieted down, and he went to the general store to complete the orders one by one.

This time all eight orders were for public welfare, requiring rice, flour, vegetables, and basic materials like firewood, rice, oil, and salt, it felt like he was supporting some refugees.

Probably because the Floating Market’s high level has a wide coverage, after completing the eight orders, a prompt appeared showing that all eight flow boards were quickly filled again, with the exception of one elixir order, the rest were still food supplies. There was even a charitable order needing a hundred servings of white rice and various prepared dishes.

"So much food, are we holding a banquet?" The sheer volume took too much time, so Jiang Yuan left the orders aside for now, as he had previously completed tasks to obtain many special materials and directly upgraded the Melting Workshop, the poultry house, and the thatched house to Level Two simultaneously.

The original thatched house was a reward from the system after completing a task, starting at Level 0.

Upgrading to Level 1 still kept it a thatched house, but the area increased significantly. Once upgraded again, it became a neat little wooden house. Though the exterior size seemed unchanged, opening the door revealed a world of difference inside.

Upon entry was a spacious north-south facing living room, with wooden walls and floors, the stove, wooden bed, and storage box tucked into the corner as before.

The first room to the right was empty, its wooden window facing the courtyard; the second room was slightly smaller, with a window facing east, overlooking the wall of the general store.

"Let’s rearrange a bit, Mingchuan now has his own room too, and the back room can temporarily serve as a kitchen." He quickly planned it out, clicked to retract the wooden bed and the Divine Mountain Statue beneath it, and moved them into the bedroom.

After reaching Level Three, the appearance of the Divine Mountain Statue remained unchanged but showed that it could be upgraded in the Treasure Forging Workshop.

Jiang Yuan pondered that he should gather enough materials to try upgrading the Divine Mountain Statue, which might yield unexpected results.

The stove and storage box were moved to the kitchen, leaving the entire living room suddenly empty.

"Looks like I’ll have to buy some furniture from the market to arrange, this area could be made into a dining room, instead of dining on stumps in the courtyard every day..." Jiang Yuan took note of the furniture he needed to procure and headed straight to the poultry house and livestock shed without wasting time.

After reaching Level Two, each could house four more little animals, so he needed to quickly rear chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cows, and sheep to amass foundational resources which would make completing order tasks more convenient.

After a period of busyness, there’s only the Alchemy Room upgrade left.

Jiang Yuan returned to the kitchen, methodically preparing the dishes needed for the orders, and took out the technique Zhou Jian had gifted him—"Vast Mountains and Rivers," and clicked to learn it.

[Vast Mountains and Rivers: Earth element technique, as the skill level increases, the spiritual energy released can engulf mountains and lakes!]

The detailed introduction was quite vague, but given the level of the cultivation technique, Jiang Yuan thought it should at least compare to the striking power of a Black Flame Storm.

Apart from the Heaven-Burning Flame, he finally had a new move to use, as the Black Flame Storm didn’t really count. That skill required a three-day cooldown to be used again, and it needed to reach Level Five to reduce the cooldown time slightly. It certainly wasn’t something to rely on heavily in the short term.

Yet the Vast Mountains and Rivers was quite formidable, with short skill activation and cooldown times. Since he used skills without a mana bar to deplete, he found an opportunity to test what happens when he keeps triggering skills.

After finishing today’s two side quests, he might attempt a challenge in the Snow Mountain Ice Cave.

If he waits until summer arrives in a couple of months, the Wilderness World will change entirely, and who knows where the Snow Mountain Ice Cave instance might end up?

There’s also the teleportation array inside the cliff cave behind the house that requires upgrading his sickle to cut through the vines;

and he needed to find a small boat blueprint or create a Gorgeous Flying Sword to visit the mermaids, to see if they have any special techniques that allow him to glide over water. Without it, he can’t travel to other places from the Golden Carp Lake Market, making it impossible to visit the Mysterious Jewelry Merchant for gear.

In calculating all the tasks, there was just too much to do. After finishing more than a hundred servings of food to complete the orders, Jiang Yuan moved a tree stump and sat by the river, dazing.

"Master, we’re back!" Wan Mingchuan jumped off Yun Mo, and upon seeing the dilapidated thatched house turned into a wooden house, his attention was immediately caught, "Wow! We have a new house now!"

He hopped and skipped into the house and found his bed placed in the only bedroom, suddenly feeling a sense of happiness from being favored by his master.

With a surge of affection, Wan Mingchuan rushed out, thanking his master while pulling herbs out of his storage bag to proudly showcase his spoils.

The others were accustomed to Jiang Yuan always quietly accomplishing great things, as Chan Yu, who was both bad-eyed and introverted, hadn’t noticed whether it was a thatched house or wooden house at the northernmost part. She returned in a whirlwind carrying two large pieces of Poisonous Fluorite, smiling widely with joy.

"Jiang Yuan, take a look at whether these two are enough." She brought them over like a treasure, seeing him reach out to receive them, then hurriedly pulled back, "No, don’t touch directly, these are toxic."

Bai Yunqi supplemented, "This girl wouldn’t even let me put them in a storage bag, saying they might leave residues and accidentally cause poisoning, so be careful, Venerable Family."

"I’m serious!" Chan Yu nodded vigorously, saying softly with her round, flushed face, "I’m naturally toxic and immune to poisons; you have to be very careful if you want to handle them."

[Poisonous Fluorite: Stones soaked in marshland toxins for hundreds of years, cool to the touch, loved by venomous snakes, toxic toads, and other poisonous creatures, gradually forming, can be used in medicine]

"Please, Miss Chan Yu, place them on the ground." Jiang Yuan looked at the two pieces of material required for the main quest, and his fatigue vanished instantly—finally, he could complete the mainline quest!