108: overnight

Originally, for everyone, saving money wherever possible was the priority!

Even saving a single copper coin, even if it meant wasting a bit of time, was considered worth it...

However, now, due to the version update, everyone was racing against time and had no mind to think about saving money.

Xu Shian listing red and blue potions at four Gold Coins per bundle on the Auction House was indeed selling quite well!

During the leveling phase, some expenses were indispensable...

A single bottle of [Primary Healing Potion] now cost less than one Silver Coin to produce!

The Grocery Store had already stopped selling this type of potion...

As for crafting higher-tier ones, not to mention the materials, even the alchemy blueprints weren't available in the Novice Village!

The reason the Grocery Store stopped selling them was also simple.

"myriad realms online" was a semi-realistic world. Why semi-realistic? People were real people, but anyone with eyes could see how illusory the monsters and Dungeons were...

With the addition and growth of a new batch of players, it inevitably caused an impact on the already established supply system...

Take the price of this Tranquil Herb for example...

At the Auction House in 12315 Newbie Village, it once soared to a buyout price of 1 Silver Coin per stalk!

Selling it so expensively was mainly Xu Shian's fault...

In the entire Novice Village, who didn't know that he, 'Shian', could sell enhanced versions of potions?

Everyone knew deep down how expensive these potions were when they were sold back to them...

So, price hikes were inevitable.

This wasn't just an issue for this single Novice Village.

With the addition of newcomers, the original fixed price system couldn't hold up anymore!

The interior of the East Dragon Empire was also chaotic; there were always people lining their own pockets. Selling these medicinal herbs to players was far more profitable than crafting them into potions...

Therefore, the welfare of selling potions at the Grocery Store had long since been discontinued...

It wasn't until Xu Shian got this Guild Auction House and could connect to other Novice Villages to procure large amounts of 'cheap' herbs that the price of medicinal herbs in 12315 Newbie Village finally dropped after multiple failed auctions!

Xu Shian was posting potions to the Auction House batch by batch!

They were selling very quickly...

Xu Shian didn't even think about artificially inflating the price anymore!

This profit margin of over twenty times had already made him wealthy enough to fill his coffers...

Although the mountain road was rugged.

But besides that Murloc, Ben Boer Ba, there really weren't many who felt there was any problem walking this mountain road!

Even Wu Lun had grown up at the foot of the North Mountain.

With the addition of Wu Lun and the Murloc, the speed of clearing this Dungeon was even faster!

【 Ding, congratulations on killing the elite difficulty BOSS, 'Dark Mother Tree · Jingxin'. 】

【 Congratulations on obtaining: EXP +4000, extra lifespan treasure chest +1 】

Upon receiving the notification of the Dungeon clear, Xu Shian finished the potion he was working on.

He stood up and dusted off his backside.

He directly used Descent · Possess on Wu Lun to take a look!

The scene had already been cleaned up...

Xu Shian directly sent all his Subordinates into the Emerald Dream at the foot of the mountain!

Then he exited the Dungeon, reset it, and entered again...

After skillfully completing these processes, Xu Shian realized it was already eight o'clock at night. Shouldn't he go back and rest?

He checked his own status.

【 Satiety: 123 / 260 】

【 energy points: 93 / 260 】

Even though his energy points had dropped below half!

There was still a considerable distance before triggering the debuff.

Besides, the Dungeon was always the same and wasn't affected by the day and night outside...

Moreover, whenever he entered the Dungeon, he would just sit at the entrance, only spending energy points on crafting potions!

After thinking so much, Xu Shian had only one goal!

To convince himself to pull an all-nighter to level up...

Regardless of whether he went back tonight, he definitely had to finish this run first!

After all, since he was already here...

He had already entered the Dungeon; wouldn't it be a huge pity not to finish this run?

He summoned all his Subordinates at once.

They were all very sensible; now they didn't even need Xu Shian to arrange anything, they just led the team and went ahead.

Just as he sat down and prepared to continue crafting alchemy potions.

Xu Shian's private chat rang!

An Xixi~

"You haven't come back yet?"

"I'm planning to run the Dungeon a few more times tonight!"

An Xixi, who had returned to the inn feeling exhausted, stretched and couldn't help but admire the energetic Xu Shian!

"Even if we are racing against time, we don't have to be this rushed, right?"

"It's better to seize the time these few days! Otherwise, there won't be enough extra lifespan to use later!"

"By the way, did the elite level first clear give you any free stat points?"

"It gave ten points!"

"So annoying! This broken Dungeon is completely unreasonable. Why doesn't it allow entry below level nine? I asked around, Dungeons outside don't have this rule; they only limit the cap on rewards, there's no such thing as a lower limit!"

"Novice Village, huh... It's normal for it to be a bit eccentric!"

"Sigh! I'm so bummed..."

"Stop being 'bummed', get some rest early, we have plenty to be busy with tomorrow!"

"Alright, then you come back early too! Bye~"

After hanging up the private chat, Xu Shian sat at the Dungeon entrance and giggled for a while before he started crafting potions...

【 Ding, your energy points have fallen below 20, triggering the debuff 'Exhausted'! 】

Feeling that his eyes were already a bit hard to keep open, Xu Shian regained a bit of focus!

He checked the system time; it was actually already ten in the morning!

Xu Shian had cleared the elite difficulty [Black Wind Forest] ten times in one go...

The elite difficulty [Black Wind Forest] gave over nineteen thousand EXP per run, so ten runs meant one hundred and ninety thousand!

The reason his energy points were consumed so slowly was mainly because Xu Shian had been slacking off the whole time...

But now that his energy points were depleted, Xu Shian had no choice!

He could only set off to return to the village.

"You didn't go on patrol today... is that okay?"

Wu Lun shrugged indifferently.

"We won't be able to stay in the village for many days anyway, right? In any case, when the time comes, we'll just turn around and leave. Just showing up occasionally is enough; at worst, we'll just get scolded by the captain!"

As Xu Shian's [Subordinate], Wu Lun.

His loyalty was unwavering; he followed Xu Shian's lead in everything!

"Then you go report to the Militia Team, and then send me a message, and I'll send you into the Emerald Dream!"

Although Wu Lun had a home in the Novice Village, the Emerald Dream had a very powerful recovery function.

Whether it was mood, status, HP, or energy, the recovery effect was very good.

Even that [Mysterious Fish] caught yesterday had gained dozens of favorability points for Xu Shian...

Although the relationship was still hostile, it proved from the side just how powerful the Emerald Dream's function was.

It was a pity that Xu Shian couldn't enter it himself.

Otherwise, if he slept in there for two hours, his energy points would be full...

After parting ways with Wu Lun, Xu Shian began to check the gains from so many Dungeon runs!

The bulk of the gains was definitely equipment.

Especially now that he could supply other Novice Villages.

After ten Dungeon runs, twenty BOSSes, he had obtained a total of 67 pieces of equipment.

Among them were 43 pieces of Bronze equipment and 24 pieces of Silver equipment!

This type of equipment, let alone Xu Shian, even Wu Lun didn't care for it anymore!

He just swapped a few pieces for Ben Boer Ba...

Downstairs at 'You Jian Inn'.

"Shopkeeper, open an Earth-tier room for me!"

The Shopkeeper looked up.

"Oh, customer, you still have a Human-tier room on the third floor, do you want me to switch it for you?"

"No need to switch! Keep that one, open an Earth-tier room for me to rest in today!"

"Alrighty..."

Xu Shian took out 50 Silver Coins to pay the fee!

It had to be said that compared to the Human-tier room, this Earth-tier room was quite expensive.

However, in a digitized world, expensive definitely had its reasons.

For example, sleeping one night in an Earth-tier room could restore 350 energy points...

For Xu Shian, this number was quite considerable.

With a maximum energy capacity of 260 points, if Xu Shian went to rest in a Human-tier room now.

Since he had already triggered [Exhausted], it would be impossible for him to restore to a full state.

That would be counterproductive.