Chapter 98
At the age of 85, she saved enough tuition by selling the potions she concocted and decided to head to the cradle of alchemy—the Prinsen Alchemy School.
The school had four colleges.
Yu Xunge: ?
She closed the book, glanced at the title to confirm she hadn’t accidentally opened Harry Potter, and continued reading.
Hufflepuff was sorted into the college that valued talent the most, the "Elk."
After that, just like the protagonist in a typical heroine story, she was surrounded by mocking voices. Someone even discovered that she had once been a maid, and her classmates gave her a derogatory nickname—20 Gold Coins.
Amidst the cacophony of ridicule, she kept slapping faces.
In her first year, she slapped the faces of second-years.
In her second year, she slapped the faces of fifth-years.
By her third year, she began slapping the faces of teachers in obscure subjects.
In her fourth year, she used alchemy to defeat the parents of students who came knocking.
In her fifth year, she stood her ground against the heads of the three major colleges: "Giant Lizard," "Cloud Leopard," and "Otter."
By her sixth year, Hufflepuff had read every book in the school library. With nothing left to learn, she walked straight into the principal's office and withdrew from school…
“I’m not worthy of alchemy? Ha! I was born for alchemy.”
“Without me, alchemy would be like a plant without the sun.”
—Hufflepuff
—Excerpt from "The Untold History of Prinsen Alchemy School"
Yu Xunge, who nearly wore out her green boots: …………
Yu Xunge silently closed the exquisite book she had only read a third of, walked out of the library, and seriously asked the butler, “Can I take this book? How much? I’ll buy it.”
The butler glanced at the title, momentarily stunned, as if he couldn’t understand why this book was here. But he quickly composed himself and smiled:
“This book gets updated every few years, but each time it’s brutally purged after the update. The one you’re holding is the latest edition, a very precious book. Since a brave soul likes it, I’ll gift it to you. We welcome every friend who loves the undead.”
Satisfied, Yu Xunge tucked "Hufflepuff, the Alchemy Maniac" into her backpack and returned to the library. She discovered that this library wasn’t entirely useless, as she spotted "The Autobiography of Lucia," which had appeared in "Hufflepuff, the Alchemy Maniac."
After asking the butler, Yu Xunge slipped that book into her bag as well.
**Chapter 125: That Dragon is Mine!**
However, this library only had those two books related to alchemy; the rest were tales of undead history, which didn’t interest Yu Xunge.
She went straight for "Every Dragon is a Grand Epic"—the only book in the library with "dragon" in the title.
It detailed the common personality traits of dragons.
They are powerful, proud, drawn to strength, and possess a fierce sense of vengeance, only bowing to those who can defeat them one-on-one.
If you can triumph over them despite being weaker, they will not only submit to you but also offer their loyalty.
Dragons are highly sensitive to emotions and the concepts of good and evil; don’t try to deceive or toy with a dragon.
Each dragon’s divine gift is rated S-level or above; they are the darlings of the sun. Even if someone signs a harsh pet contract with them, when the owner dies, the dragon, endowed with immense vitality, will not perish alongside them.
The book also introduced dragon blood, dragon scales, dragon skin, and dragon horns—extremely precious materials rich in magical power. Masters from nearly every field—alchemy, sewing, jewelry, engineering, forging—covet everything from a dragon.
Needless to say, in her past life, that dragon’s blood was sold by Yu Xunhuan, and the scales and horns, which could be removed without killing the dragon, likely met the same fate, even the skin…
At the end of the book, there was a friendly reminder: if you want to gain a dragon’s friendship, it’s best to sign an equal contract with the dragon you have your eye on.
An equal contract?
The main difference between an equal contract and a regular pet contract is that it prevents the owner from harming the pet; if the owner does harm the pet, they will suffer the backlash of the contract. She had no intention of doing anything to that dragon.
Thinking of the dragon’s fate in her past life and the help it had given her back then, Yu Xunge didn’t hesitate to send a message to Zhao Shuying.
**[Yu Xunge]: Can you help me buy a special pet contract scroll on Zelan?**
**[Zhao Shuying]: 1999 gold, are you sure?**
**[Yu Xunge]: Sure.**
She sent over 1999 gold immediately.
**[Yu Xunge]: For the next five days, you can use the morning time in my dungeon as a purchasing fee.**
In less than ten minutes, she received an email from Zhao Shuying, with an attachment containing a special pet contract scroll.
This was the only type of scroll she knew that could establish an equal contract with a pet.
**[Yu Xunge]: Thanks!**
**[Zhao Shuying]: Pleasure doing business.**
She also saw Yu Xunge’s purchasing fee and was quite satisfied. This was why she enjoyed trading with Yu Xunge; this person was frugal when it mattered but generous when it counted—though, admittedly, this purchasing fee was something she wouldn’t need anytime soon.
**[Zhao Shuying]: Want to sell it?**
**[Yu Xunge]: The pet contract scroll can be used to contract pets.**
After sending that, Yu Xunge waited three seconds and, sure enough, received a message from Zhao Shuying regarding the information fee.
An email, with an attachment of a copper coin.
**[Zhao Shuying]: Information fee paid.**
**[Yu Xunge]: Are you sending me a beggar’s offering?**
**[Zhao Shuying]: Then give it back to me.**
**[Yu Xunge]: ∠(°ゝ°)**
**[Zhao Shuying]: ⊥(°ゝ°)⊥**
Yu Xunge felt quite pleased.
She took the book and walked out of the study. After handing the book to the butler, she received three bottles of high-level healing potions and was assigned the second ring task—[Prepare Supplies].
She needed to go to various shops in the town to purchase rice, fruits, vegetables, flour, and other cooking materials.
The shopkeepers in these stores were either trembling elderly undead or seven- or eight-year-old little undead, embodying the idea that “the lives of Blue Star people matter, but the lives of the undead don’t.” However, Yu Xunge had long hardened her heart.
Yet this tactic had indeed fooled some self-proclaimed peace advocates in her past life.
Many of these people were failures from Blue Star, lacking resources, strength, or influence. But with the support of foreign races, they obtained many things they could never have on Blue Star. No one wanted to admit they were traitors or spies, so they needed a nice title, and thus, advocating peace and opposing war became the best excuse.
But none of this was Yu Xunge’s concern; if the sky fell, let Zhao Shuying bear the brunt. She methodically bought the task items and returned to submit her task. Over the next two days, she completed over thirty tasks.
Collecting potion materials, delivering letters for XX, training with other dragon-slaying teams, delivering letters to the noble lord of the neighboring territory seeking support, mapping the area around the volcano, learning about the stories of dragons and undead… and so on.
Yu Xunge patiently completed them all. Although she lacked experience, the rewards for the tasks were quite good, considering it was a level 15 dungeon; even the worst rewards far exceeded those from level 1-5 dungeons.
On the leaderboard, Yu Xunge had dropped out of the top 50.
The online community had grown accustomed to it; while she was highly efficient in solo play, there were times she wouldn’t move for days.
In the eyes of Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong, Yu Xunge was probably off collecting materials again.
Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo were still hoping Yu Xunge would take them to level up, but she had vanished just like that. The two sent her messages asking what was up.
Yu Xunge’s reply was straightforward: “Stuck in a dungeon.”
As for which dungeon she was stuck in, Yu Qingshan and Yi Qiuguo didn’t ask, fearing that if they probed further, Yu Xunge might make them find Su’s family to rescue her.
Not asking suited both parties just fine.
It wasn’t until the morning of the fourth day that Yu Xunge finally completed a total of 58 prerequisite tasks.
When she finally set off with the dragon-slaying team towards the volcano, she felt a sense of relief; it had been too tedious.
However, the rewards were quite generous. In total, she had gathered over a hundred potion materials, not to mention two pieces of level 15 green gear, a blueprint for a basic healing potion, and a monetary reward of 2 gold coins.
Yu Xunge immediately listed the blueprint for the basic healing potion in the auction house, pricing it at 499 gold, and it was snatched up almost instantly.
For 99% of players, they were unaware of the closed beta, didn’t know Blue Star people could still go to Zelan, and didn’t realize that missing the closed beta meant they would forever miss the chance to learn a profession through the system. The rarity of the healing potion blueprint was self-evident.
As she reached halfway up the mountain, Yu Xunge could faintly hear the roar of a dragon.
After riding for two hours, the group arrived at the foot of the volcano—so she couldn’t understand why they had to buy supplies for just a two-hour journey! Were they going to starve on the way?
This nearly hundred-person team left their horses at the foot of the mountain and, led by the undead captain, began to trek up the mountain on foot.
Yu Xunge lagged at the back of the line, taking the opportunity to slack off. This behavior continued until they encountered the young dragon at the summit.
This level 14 young dragon stood as tall as a plane when upright, with sturdy hind legs and relatively short forelimbs. When its wings were fully spread, they measured at least three meters long.
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