Chapter 14: Power Rising Again, Night Descends

Cai Kun exclaimed, "Brother Ye, you’re absolutely incredible!!!"

Lei Chen asked, "A mission??? Where did this mission come from, Brother Ye? Don’t force me to kneel and beg you."

Huang Li added, "This Divine Demon World really feels like a game now, even missions are popping up. Does that mean we’ll have chances to take on missions from now on???"

Ye Chuyun replied, "Everyone, it’s nothing special. I was just lucky to receive a mission token from the esteemed Wang Gang. The mission isn’t difficult, and I believe if you’re fortunate, you might encounter one too."

Ye Chuyun continued, "By the way, I’m still buying large quantities of spiritual herbs, special items, ores, and so forth."

Wang Gang teased, "‘Lucky,’ and ‘not difficult,’ huh?"

Someone else said, "Wow, Brother Ye, I really didn’t expect you to complete that mission. I feel like I seriously underestimated you."

Zhuang Liang said, "Brother, your humblebrag is just classic."

Ye Chuyun chuckled softly and closed the chat channel.

After completing the mission, Ye Chuyun placed the pill furnace into his storage space.

From now on, whenever he refines pills, he can take the furnace out at any time.

During the waiting periods, he can even put the furnace back into storage and do anything else he wants.

Suddenly, Ye Chuyun noticed that the corpse on the wooden bed had vanished, replaced by five multicolored pills.

These were the mission rewards!

Name: Five-colored Spirit Pills (Wood)
Grade: First-tier supreme
Effect: When taken together with the other four-colored Spirit Pills, they enhance the body.

Name: Five-colored Spirit Pills (Metal)
Grade: First-tier supreme
Effect: When taken together with the other four-colored Spirit Pills, they enhance the body.

...

There were five Five-colored Spirit Pills, corresponding to Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

Ye Chuyun’s eyes brightened. He immediately picked up the pills and was about to swallow them when a sudden hesitation struck him.

If he wasn’t mistaken, these Five-colored Spirit Pills were produced from that skeletal corpse.

If he ingested them, wouldn’t that mean...

After struggling for about ten seconds, Ye Chuyun closed his eyes, held his breath, and swallowed all five pills in one go.

These were first-tier supreme pills—what did it matter if they came from a corpse?

Eat!

After swallowing the five pills, Ye Chuyun’s entire body radiated with multicolored light.

[Notification: After taking the Five-colored Spirit Pills, the power of the Five Elements is enhancing your body.]

[Your Strength has increased by 20 points!]

[Your Agility has increased by 20 points!]

[Your Constitution has increased by 20 points!]

[Your Spirit has increased by 20 points!]

[Notification: The Five-colored Spirit Pills can only be taken once. Taking them again will have no effect!]

Moments later, the multicolored glow faded.

Ye Chuyun opened his eyes in delight.

He hadn’t expected the Five-colored Spirit Pills to be so potent, boosting his power once again.

He reopened his status panel to check.

Name: Ye Chuyun
Level: 3 (300/600)
Strength: 87
Agility: 94
Constitution: 81
Spirit: 64
Combat Power: 702 (652 + 50)

He had truly soared.

At just level 3, his combat power was already comparable to a level 4 ferocious beast.

He could now confidently roam the outskirts of the Poisonous Swamp.

Ye Chuyun’s excitement grew with each passing moment.

Finally, only a bronze treasure chest remained.

Having completed the mission, it was now unlocked.

[Divine Demon Coins +500]

[Skill Stone: Can upgrade any skill.] x2

[Enhancement Stone: Can strengthen equipment.] x2

[First-tier Spell Scroll: Blizzard]

[Special Item: Night Vision Goggles]

[Jade Pill Furnace: Second-tier pill furnace, increases pill refining success rate by 5%, reduces refining time.]

Ye Chuyun’s eyes lit up.

A second-tier pill furnace!

In his previous life, only a fourth-tier alchemist could enjoy such a privilege!

After all, to increase pill refining success rates, besides constant practice, the simplest and fastest method was to use a better pill furnace.

Coincidentally, he still had materials for four Strength Pills on him, so he decided to test the power of the Jade Pill Furnace.

After placing all the materials into the furnace, Ye Chuyun noticed that the refining time for the Strength Pills was only seven minutes.

Three minutes shorter than a normal pill furnace!

Truly worthy of being second-tier!

While waiting, Ye Chuyun left the wooden hut and stepped out of the pocket dimension.

As soon as he exited, an announcement rang out.

[Announcement: Ye Chuyun is the first to fully explore the pocket dimension, rewarded with 10 reputation points.]

The chat channel buzzed again with people tagging Ye Chuyun—envy, jealousy, and admiration all mingled.

...

By the time Ye Chuyun left the pocket dimension, night had fallen, and the entire Poisonous Swamp was shrouded in darkness.

He casually found a sturdy tree and climbed up with ease to rest.

The day’s battles had left him weary.

Yet the constant howls in his ears served as a stark reminder not to let his guard down.

Night drastically reduced human visibility.

Coupled with the treacherous terrain of the Poisonous Swamp and the lurking ferocious beasts waiting in the shadows, no one dared act recklessly.

At this moment, only 853 people remained active in the chat channel.

This meant that 147 people had died before the first day even ended.

However, once players adapted to this world, deaths would decrease rather than increase.

Most chose to return to the open plaza to rest.

Some volunteered to stand guard, while others took advantage of special items to start fires, roast meat, and even set up stalls to trade.

Everyone regained their strength by eating the roasted meat.

Meanwhile, Ye Chuyun bought some roasted meat from the trading post and ate it leisurely while opening the trading post and private chat.

He had sold several ferocious beast cores and equipment, earning 500 Divine Demon Coins.

It seemed everyone had made a decent profit after a day’s endeavors.

Soon, more than a dozen spiritual herbs appeared in his storage space.

Now he had all the materials needed to refine the Body Tempering Pill!

In his past life, Ye Chuyun had spent 100,000 Divine Demon Coins to purchase the recipe and become an alchemist.

Currently, he only owned recipes for the Strength Pill and the Body Tempering Pill!

But none of that was a problem.

He possessed knowledge of how to obtain various rare pill recipes from his previous life.

Once he left the novice village, he would find ways to acquire them all!

Then, Ye Chuyun began refining pills.

[Successfully refined Body Tempering Pill, no increase in proficiency!]

[Successfully refined Body Tempering Pill, proficiency +1!]

[Refined Strength Pill, no increase in proficiency!]

...

In total, he refined four Strength Pills and two Body Tempering Pills, increasing his proficiency by only three points.

To advance to an intermediate alchemist, he needed 1,000 proficiency points.

The road ahead was long and arduous.

After consuming all these pills, Ye Chuyun’s constitution increased by 20 points, and his strength by 40 points.

Name: Ye Chuyun

Level: 3 (300/600)

Reputation: 30

Strength: 129

Agility: 94

Constitution: 101

Spirit: 64

Combat Power: 822 (772 + 50)

Ye Chuyun felt the changes coursing through his body.

His constitution and strength had both surpassed the 100-point threshold.

Whether it was strength, stamina, endurance, or defense, all were astonishing.

Now, even if a Green Claw Beast struck him, he wouldn’t even flinch.