Alchemies
Chapter 3: The City
[Players Name: Yu Ming
Cultivation: Tempering of First Natural skin (0/500 Qi: 100%)
Body: Divine Body of the Sun God
Talent: God
Spiritual Root: 5 elements of Yin-Yang root
Cultivation Method: Starry Sky Qi Absorption Method
Qi: 9]
"Huh, I need 500 Qi now? That's ..." Alex quickly did some calculations in his head, "25 minutes. That's a lot."
"Do I have to use that technique for 25 minutes just to level up once? Isn't that a very bad system, What if later, if the time, will increase again" he thought
“Hmm. However, if it continues this way, I will need the previous 50 pills just to level up once. That should be harder than just using the ability for 25 minutes.
"Give up, I'll just look around first."
Alex walked around the forest looking at the greenery. He soon found a small path and took it. Coincidentally, within 5 minutes, he had already walked out of the forest, looking at the huge parapet, blocking the entire city in front of him.
He looked to the side of the wall to see a gate with people and carriages lined up nearby. There were guards waiting near the gate to pick up something from the newcomers before letting them in.
'Do I need money?' he thinks.
Right now, there was someone else coming out of the forest. It was a man wearing a yellow robe with a green lining.
He looked at Alex looking around with a blank look and especially, noticed his plain robe. So he asked, “halo brother, are you new here?”
“Yes, I just got here today, and don't know what to do to get inside,” Alex replied.
The man heard it and asked, “Are you a player?”
"Yes," said Alex excitedly. 'So he was a player all along.'
“Yes, just cultivate for one or 2 hours. After that, after you make a breakthrough, you can go hunt some weak monsters in the forest, and sell their bodies to one of the merchants who always pass by here.”
“It will give you about 5 or more silver coins, enough to enter the city.” The man said.
“Cultivated? What is it?” Alex asked.
The man looked at her strangely. “You learned your cultivation method right?”
Alex nodded.
“Then, just sit down and meditate. Your cultivation method will work by itself,” the man said. After that, he said goodbye and left the place.
"Hmm. since I've managed to break through, I'd better go and kill some animals." Alex walks back to the forest where he came from. However, it did not take long for him to find the animal.
The creature he encountered had a name floating on it.
“Woah, the level is higher than me. Can I fight him?” the fox must be stronger than him. Alex is worried and thinks if he should change his target.
“I'm only level 1, so there should be a protection mechanism in the game that doesn't let me die, right?” Alex decides to fight the fox.
He quickly opened his weapon panel and equipped his sword. The sword was about 2 meters long and looked extremely valuable.
He tried to advance, undetected by the fox, but it was all just a dream. Too many objects in the forest make a sound as one walks.
The fox immediately charged at him as soon as he saw it. Alex tried to swing his sword towards the fox, and finally hit his face.
The fox whimpered and retreated. An angry expression appeared on his face as he began to growl. Again he jumped at her.
This time instead of using the sword as a sword, Alex swung it as hard as he had when he returned home to cut down wood with an Axe.
“Core? What is it?” He took it out of his inventory and looked at it. It was a small, reddish-brown ball that felt a bit rough to the touch.
"Is this like the pill I ate just now?" It seemed so, so he assumed it was. So, without hesitation, he stuffed the core into his mouth and swallowed it.
"Oh wow, so it's a pill. Maybe I should look for those foxes again."
He was already near the city, so he decided not to. Instead, he decided to make a breakthrough.
He opened his status and as expected, the [Breakthrough] button had appeared in his cultivation line.
He is now one level higher. He looked at his status again and realized the [Breakthrough] button was still there. So, he pressed her once more.
He opened his status page once again.
[Players Name: Yu Ming
Cultivation: Tempering skin 3rd Nature(509/1500 Qi
Body: Divine Body of the Sun God
Talent: God
Spiritual Root: 5 elements of Yin-Yang root
Cultivation Method: Starry Sky Qi Absorption Method
Alex takes the fox's corpse and walks out of the forest. Along the way, he realized that he could put the corpse into his inventory. And he did.
He found his way to one of the merchants who was queuing up. He read his name, 'Victory Snow Whalers Group'.
The merchant there exchanged his body for 10 silvers. Alex took it and went to the gate. The gatekeeper asked him to show identification or 2 silver to enter the city.
Alex doesn't have anything that can identify him, so he simply pays the fee and walks in.
He tries to logout after entering the city, but the game tells him that he is not in a safe place to logout.
Only after renting a room at a tavern did the game tell him it was safe to go out.
Alex opened his eyes and slowly felt the helmet as he took it off. He had come out a little early because he didn't know anymore what to do in the game and decided to leave.
He tried to stand up quickly and hit his head. "Oh "Oh, right. I'm not in my room." This made her feel a little sad and start to miss home.
Seeing that the others were still in the game because it was still some distance away from the 7pm that they said they would logout, he decided to call his parents and tell them that he was settled.
"Did you send a message to your cousin?" his father asked from across.
"Oh, I forgot. I'll send him a message right now" Alex said. After ending the call with her parents, she sent a simple message to her cousin.
Soon, his three roommates also came out, and they went to the cafeteria for dinner.
"So how do you like this game?" Matt asked from the side with curiosity.
I mean, I don't like you having to meditate forever just to level up, but the realistic feeling is more than enough.”
"Oh, that? Later you get used to it, Everyone complains about the slowness of leveling at first. But you'll soon find out why it happened" Logan said
Eric chimed in and said, "The Deva corp made over 2 billion dollars in just the first month of the launch of Eternal Cultivation. That will tell you how good the game is."
Matt said, "You'll get used to it soon. Although I think it's better if you throw away your idea of it as a game. This is another world that Deva Corp created for us to live in. They say, You'll get used to it."
The statement surprised Alex. 'So I'd better stop caring about leveling up and just enjoy the world. Looks like I can do that.'
Together they went back to their rooms. Alex was about to go to the bathroom when he saw they were all wearing his helmet back.
“You'll play again?” alex asked.
Matt laughed and said, "We play every moment when we wake up and go to sleep. It's really fun."
" Are you playing instead of sleeping, isn't that bad for your health"
Logan said from his bed, "No, we slept. But the VR helmet allowed us to play even while sleeping. You should try it today."
Eric added, "You have to play it too. Maybe you can get enough money to buy your own headset."
"Get money? How's it?" Alex asked. 'They must be joking with me, right?' he thinks.
“Oh, you can earn money by converting in-game currency to dollars. We make a lot of money, enough for our monthly dime” Logan said. “Alright, we're in, you have to come too, Alex.” The three of them entered after.
"I? Make money with this game?" the concept was quite funny to him. A child who rarely plays any video game will never be able to earn money for him.
He immediately refreshed himself and returned to his bed. He saw his phone got a notification and checked it.
His cousin, Hannah, answered. He put down his phone and put on a helmet. Before he knew it, he was back playing.
