Chapter 290
This is a bottle of the most precious type of potion among all elixirs: a permanent enhancement potion. Once consumed, it permanently boosts the strength attribute by 30 points. Each person can take a maximum of three bottles, making it a coveted item for any physical class.
However, the focus at this moment is not on the potion itself, but rather on the fact that successfully concocting such a high-level potion signifies that Lucy has reached the pinnacle of her profession, becoming a Master Alchemist.
In Baiye City, the special talents that Ye Bai had been nurturing from the very beginning, after the last session where Nao imparted intermediate extraordinary knowledge, have all advanced to high-level professionals during this time. The blacksmith Wade, the hunter Sean, the actress Nitya, and the scholar Polly have all become advanced practitioners, while the already advanced Kari and Lucy are preparing to break through to the master level.
Yet, reaching the master level is not simply a matter of breaking through; at this stage, accumulating proficiency has little value. What is truly needed is that crucial spark of talent and inspiration.
Otherwise, a high-level practitioner like Dilina wouldn’t have willingly followed Ye Bai to the territory for the sake of the Weaving Clan’s fabrics, and Claire’s breakthrough was the result of ten years of accumulation and insight.
“Your own efforts are the most important part,” said Ainolucia, as gentle and earnest as ever. “You are the most outstanding non-elf in potion-making I have ever seen.”
Hearing this, Lucy felt immensely encouraged, her cheeks flushing even more.
During her time learning from Ainolucia, Lucy, who had always been among the gifted in the special talents, deeply realized the vastness of knowledge. Her past talents and the knowledge she had accumulated through practice seemed so shallow in comparison to Ainolucia.
If Ainolucia was an unfathomable ocean, Lucy felt like just a small cup of water—no, a single drop.
This feeling persisted even after she broke through to the master level. Now, hearing Ainolucia’s affirmation filled this somewhat shy girl with newfound confidence.
Of course, what Lucy didn’t know was that the high elves, unlike the deep-sea and void races, lived a reclusive life in the forest, rarely interacting with other races except for those closely related to them.
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At the same time, Ye Bai, seated on his divine throne, received a notification from the system.
【The high-level potion master ‘Lucy’ in your territory has experienced a moment of inspiration and has become a ‘Master Alchemist’.】
【The resident ‘Lida’ in your territory has also experienced a moment of inspiration and has become a ‘Potion Master’.】
The related personal achievements were refreshed accordingly.
【Achievement unlocked: Another Master Level】
【You have earned the title: Hall of Alchemy】
“Lucy has leveled up too…” Ye Bai smiled with satisfaction as he read the notification.
He was happy but not surprised. The reason was simple; a quick look at Ainolucia’s profession panel revealed a string of magnificent titles:
Divine Forest Mage, Divine Magic Archer, Divine Botanist, Divine Potion Master, Divine Bard…
As one of the few divine-level NPCs in the game, her exceptional talent combined with millennia of experience placed her at the very pinnacle of the game—divine level.
This was also why, when Nao and his ‘professional team’ descended upon Baiye City and became residents, the territory’s rating skyrocketed by two hundred thousand that very night.
Under normal circumstances, the territory rating does not account for the personal levels of newly joined residents, but it does consider their professional levels, as the addition of a high-level practitioner inherently increases the territory’s productivity.
Moreover, since the multiverse had never set a precedent for divine-level practitioners joining player territories, the system should have announced their arrival across the server, just like it does for master-level practitioners.
Thus, in this case, their arrival was as silent as the Origin Well had been, yet the divine-level professions were directly converted into territory ratings.
Upon reflection, it made sense; after all, compared to divine-level practitioners, the talents Ye Bai had nurtured previously did seem less ‘professional’…
……
In the newly upgraded advanced academy of Baiye City, as the chalkboard displayed the lesson notes, Nao turned to the students seated before him and said:
“Alright, that concludes today’s class on Extraordinary History.”
At this, a collective sigh of realization echoed through the classroom. The students stood up in unison, bowing respectfully:
“Yes, goodbye, teacher.”
As of today, the students attending classes here were no longer just the special talents of Baiye City or those who had graduated through full-time studies; there were also many powerful beings from the divine realm quietly auditing the classes.
Void spirits, elves, dragonkin… even a deep-sea dweller had cast a water mist spell to keep their skin moisturized while attending the lessons.
Compared to the somewhat bewildered residents of Baiye City, the divine beings remaining here understood the value of this classroom far better.
In the divine realm, void spirits are recognized as sages, wisdom enlighteners, and knowledge disseminators. Except for the naturally reclusive denizens of the Abyss, almost no wise race would refuse the teachings of a void spirit, let alone the one standing here lecturing—the king of the void spirit clan!
Such an opportunity, which was nonexistent even in the divine realm, was available here.
Thus, even though the divine beings who usually stayed in Baiye City were there to await the king’s orders, they would all rush to attend Nao’s classes without exception.
The usually lazy dragonkin Kegnu was fully focused, listening intently throughout the entire lesson. At the end, he watched as Nao specifically dismissed the two underperformers, Blaze and Felix, and immediately shot them a look of ‘you don’t know how lucky you are.’
……
“Teacher Nao, are you going to fight with us in the Void Rift today?”
In the barracks, Nao began a round of ‘calling the troops,’ much like Ye Bai had done when leading soldiers through dungeons. Besides himself, Blaze, and Felix, he brought along a newly trained batch of lower-level warriors from the city.
“Yes,” Nao nodded.
Upon hearing this, Felix immediately volunteered, “I will definitely protect the teacher!”
Although he knew the teacher was undoubtedly a powerful mage, Felix thought of him as a standard magic class practitioner, and felt it was his duty as a warrior to support him from the front.
Nao paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded at him, saying, “Alright.”
Blaze, however, noticed the number of people present. “Teacher, why are we only taking forty-eight people?” He remembered that every time the lord took a full fifty to occupy resource points.
“Because two more will join us later,” Nao explained.
“Oh, oh…” Blaze nodded, somewhat understanding but still curious about how they would ‘join later,’ without questioning it further.
With a flicker of space, all forty-eight individuals simultaneously vanished from the barracks square.
……
Stepping into the dungeon, a dangerous aura hit them head-on, causing everyone to instinctively tense up. Felix stepped forward, positioning himself in front of Nao.
“They’re here.”
Nao’s expression shifted slightly as he looked toward a direction in the void.
The next moment, as his words fell, a rift tore open in the complete dungeon space. This was a space that should only allow everyone to enter together, yet it was breached by a more powerful force, temporarily ‘cutting in’ two individuals.
The astonished gazes of the group turned toward the rift, and they collectively inhaled sharply.
From within the rift emerged a towering figure with wild red hair, a wicked visage, and an indescribable aura of terror radiating from him, stepping through the spatial tear.
Although this was a dungeon belonging to the Alchemy faction, filled with mutated creatures, the arrival of this being brought forth a hellish aura that was even more intense and energetic than that of the Chaos faction, causing Blaze and Felix, who had previously experienced a hell-like dungeon with Ye Bai, to shudder involuntarily.
Especially the pair of horns atop the figure’s head, signifying a high demon identity. Even though Blaze had never seen them before, he vaguely sensed the figure’s power, while Felix felt a profound sense of biological-level oppression.
The other new recruits, who had little combat experience and were of lower levels, trembled uncontrollably under this pressure.
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