27: How could you not recognize me?

Before setting off on the road back to the village, Xu Shian opened the ranking list and took a look.

The other two lists were still empty, but the equipment ranking list already had two items on it.

First place: Plumed Leather Boots, Bronze Level.

Second place: Fish Bone Ring, Bronze Level.

They four shouldn't make too many wild guesses, right?

To be honest, these teammates were alright, especially Hu Beiyu and An Xixi...

Xu Shian didn't want to make things awkward for no reason!

The sun set in the west.

If the sunset on Blue Star was the size of a disk...

Then the sunset here at the Novice Village looked at least as big as a bathtub!

The crimson sun hung on the horizon, bathing the road back to the village in a fiery red glow.

Trash game, ruining my youth, it doesn't even have a single teleport-to-town skill!

Even a Hearthstone would be nice...

But walking back had its advantages too.

Along the way, Xu Shian kept casting Scouting Technique on the wild monsters by the roadside!

If they didn't get agitated, he would just pass them by!

If they dared to get agitated with him...

Then sorry, even if the four tyrants of sheep village didn't finish a full round of Charge, they could still take out the small monsters on the road!

At the same time, Xu Shian kept switching between the Find Herbs and Find Minerals skills!

Although it was still early, new players basically chose one of three: Skinning, Mining, or Herbalism!

But after all, this place was quite far from the Novice Village!

So, Xu Shian's harvest was still quite good!

Especially with the support of his SSS-level talent "Im Really Not a GM!"!

【Skill 1】 Gratitude for Nature's Bounty:

Gathering speed increased by 300%, and there was a 50% chance that the gathering node would not be destroyed after gathering. (For example, mineral veins would not collapse, and medicinal herbs would not wither).

There was a 15% chance to trigger the "Bumper Harvest" effect while gathering, directly obtaining triple the materials.

Along the way, Silverleaf, Peacebloom, and Earthroot—at his peak, he gathered one herb 4 times and got 21 Silverleaf!

It was simply unreasonable to the extreme!

And Mining was even simpler; there was only Copper Ore in the Novice Village...

Mining could yield 3-4 pieces of Copper Ore and 5-6 pieces of Inferior Stone!

By the time he reached the crowded village entrance, Xu Shian's backpack was already filled with 120 Copper Ore, 189 Inferior Stones, and four Malachites.

95 Silverleaf, 82 Earthroot, and even 131 Peacebloom!

With a 50% chance combined with Xu Shian's ultra-high Luck stat of 16! Gathering was simply too easy...

Both his Mining and Herbalism skills had reached the limit of 45 points!

It wasn't that he hadn't gathered enough, but that these low-level materials could only go so far; they had long stopped giving him experience points.

In "myriad realms online", different items took up different amounts of space in the backpack.

Equipment, even gray-quality rough goods, could not be stacked together even if they were identical.

Items like food, water, and materials could be stacked in groups of 100, while arrows and ammunition could be stacked in groups of 1000!

When he returned, Xu Shian was no longer in a red name state.

He entered the Novice Village with ease!

Back in the village, Xu Shian couldn't rest just yet.

He had to go to Ding Big Mouth first to borrow his full set of equipment to process his ingredients!

Fruitwood Lamb Skewers, Charcoal Grilled Lamb Chops, Braised Lamb, Braised Lamb Trotters...

Which one of these could actually be done without pots and pans?

Not to mention processing fish...

"Grilled Delicious Small Fish" was just a last resort!

Why did he choose to learn this out of so many Primary Cooking recipes back then?

Wasn't it just because it could be cooked with a campfire!

Chef Instructor Ding Big Mouth watched Xu Shian fiddle around, looking somewhat speechless from the side!

After he finished processing another pot of food, Ding Big Mouth urgently called for a stop!

"Master Ding? What is this...?"

Xu Shian looked at the Cooking instructor in confusion, not understanding what he wanted to do.

"The way you process ingredients like this lacks soul!"

Xu Shian nodded diligently, but inside he was a bit confused; what did this Ding Big Mouth want?

"If you just follow the system's movements like this without participating yourself, how can you pass the Intermediate Chef examination?"

What the hell?

Intermediate Chef... and it actually requires an examination?

Ding Big Mouth was speechless; he had already told him this on the first day he came here to study! He clearly wasn't an obedient student!

"Let me tell you one more time: after a Primary Chef reaches Intermediate, they need to pass an examination in the main city to become an Intermediate Chef, and the same applies to later stages! During the examination, you are not allowed to use system functions to cheat..."

"Is there a difference? Why make it so troublesome?"

Ding Big Mouth had already lost hope for this apprentice who didn't love to study!

But there was no help for it; he was the only one who could get massive amounts of ingredients!

Even Lu Xun said: If you're bad at Cooking, practice more...

Among this batch of new players entering "myriad realms online", how many knew how to cook?

Even many older players didn't know how to cook...

They already lacked strength and talent! And they couldn't get ingredients to practice, so Ding Big Mouth couldn't even be bothered to talk to them...

However, regarding this "Shi Chuan", Ding Big Mouth felt he could still be saved.

After all, being able to bring so many ingredients over, he could definitely become a rising star in the culinary world!

"Of course there's a difference! What's written on the Cooking skill is just the minimum standard that this recipe can achieve! As your skills deepen, you can make it more delicious and the effects will be stronger!"

"Take that Grilled Delicious Small Fish for example; it normally restores 80 HP, but if made well, it can restore 120, or even 150!"

Xu Shian nodded in understanding!

Sigh, he understood, but doing it himself was so tiring, right?

Just a moment ago, his body was on system auto-pilot, and he was directly hanging out on the forums...

That's life; there are always more solutions than difficulties!

Some players with poor talent and bad monster-fighting skills were already updating novels on the forums!

Relying on tips from pro players to get by!

Xu Shian had just tipped a skewer of lamb that didn't have great stats, letting someone have a full meal!

But the matter Ding Big Mouth mentioned was indeed a problem; he couldn't ignore it! He had to take it seriously!

When he started another round of grilling, Xu Shian tried to control the learning process of grilling himself!

The good news was that he could still enjoy the speed bonus!

Xu Shian himself felt nothing at all; he felt like he was working step-by-step.

But in Ding Big Mouth's eyes, his movements were lightning fast, as if he had pressed the triple-speed button...

"This talent... is awesome!"

It took two hours to process all the ingredients he brought back!

He kept the portion with very good attributes!

For example, those that added attack, stats, mana regeneration or health regeneration, and movement speed; he kept the ones with high values to enjoy later himself!

As for those that only added one or two points, or trash attributes like adding defense, he threw them all into the Auction House!

What excited Xu Shian the most was that there was one finished product that added one point of Charisma; it was simply... awesome!

Over 230 Cooking products with extra attributes were listed, causing a sensation in 12315 Newbie Village!

Everyone rushed to tell each other!

Strength is accumulated bit by bit; killing more monsters and leveling up higher allows one to gain a greater advantage!

And advantages are accumulated bit by bit...

Ordinary players might not have this awareness! But those in this Novice Village were all talents who used to hang out in the bustling areas of Magic City.

They still had the necessary vision!

He set the auction for 9 hours, so it wouldn't delay everyone from going out to fight monsters and level up tomorrow morning! Xu Shian didn't worry about it anymore.

After Xu Shian finished listing items on the Auction House, he started searching for the things he wanted.

The first thing was various contract-type skill books.

Like a Hunter's Tame Beast skill, or a Warlock's Demon Summoning?

Unfortunately, there were none!

After dealing with this, Xu Shian had originally thought about going to the Professional Hall to learn Alchemy potion recipes and Engineering product recipes!

To see exactly what materials were needed, so he could buy them accordingly!

But after thinking about it, he was in a red name state this morning and didn't dare to ask around about Limping Liu.

Why not go to Lu Ming's place and ask now?

Action speaks louder than words!

In the morning, Xu Shian had already noted the location of Lu Ming's house!

When he knocked on the door, it was indeed the six or seven-year-old kid, Lu Ming, who opened it.

"Lu Ming? Won't you invite me in to sit?"

Lu Ming's eyes were full of vigilance and unfamiliarity!

The words he spoke also left Xu Shian stunned on the spot.

"Who are you? I don't know you!"

After all, he was just a child, and Xu Shian could tell at a glance that he was lying!

Could Limping Liu be in his house?

His house was clear at a glance, and there was nowhere to hide anyone...

"Limping Liu, do you still remember Limping Liu?"

"If you're looking for Uncle Liu, go find him at his house. Uncle Liu's house is in the north of the village. I don't know you, and I don't know what you're talking about!"

As he said this, the kid slammed the door shut with a bang!

No... how can you not recognize me? My quest...

Xu Shian opened his quest list and was immediately dumbfounded!

Holy crap, how did my quest end up like this?