What kind of celebration are we having today?” Fox smiles. “It is quite a spread. Boss, did you strike it rich?”
I take out the 600RMB from my pocket and pass it to him, “Try to change the diet of everyone for a week. Although we may be poor, we can’t starve…… Zhan Long studio should aim to start earning profit within a week!”
Fox, being the treasurer, accepts the money and smiles, “Yes.”
I continue asking, “How is your leveling going?”
Song Han says, “I am at Lv 29 while Old K and Fox are at Lv 28. The speed isn’t too slow, is it?”
“You are at Lv 29 already?” I was rather shocked. I unconsciously smile and say, “Good, it’s really not bad. If you follow this pace of leveling then all of you could possibly reach Lv 40 within 5 days!”
Fox says, “Yeah, before Lv 20, what took other people 3 days to complete, we did it within 10 hours. Also you gave us Silver Tier and Bronze Tier equipment. Coupled together with three Killer Bees, we basically swept clean any maps with monsters that were of equal level with us.”
I deeply think about the matter for a moment while pouring myself a cup of beer and sake, “Just having three damage dealers isn’t enough to survive. Fox, have you found any new team members? We must find steady and long-term teammates, especially Healers.”
Fox shakes his head, “Currently we haven’t found any yet. Yesterday night we formed a party with several Healers but everyone seems to have other friends and are only accompanying us to train temporarily.”
Song Han adds, “Pulling a Healer over to our side is a must. Just yesterday Old K almost got killed by monsters several times. Fortunately the stun rate for my Gouge is on the high side…”
I ask once again, “Then are there any earnings?”
Fox shakes his head and says, “Uhh, we managed to find a Bronze Tier cloth armor, a Lv 22 equipment. We sold it for 50 silver and earned 5RMB.”
“……”
Fox took out a book from the table below and says, “I have recorded our daily expenses and earnings onto this book. This is the record for yesterday. Since we have already applied as a studio, we shouldn’t be as loose with everything like we were before…”
“Oh?”
I take the notebook from Fox’s hand and looking at the accounts, I frown–
Income:
Cloth Armor, 50 silver coins, 5RMB
Expenses:
Rice 30KG, 90RMB
Toothbrushes x3, 6RMB
Family Package Toothpaste, 12RMB
Electronic Rice Cooker, 130RMB
Toilet Paper, 18RMB
Total Income 5RMB,
Total Expense 256RMB,
Overdraft 251RMB, Negative Earnings.
……
“For a start this isn’t considered too bad…” I say
The edges of Song Han’s mouth twitch, “Yeah it isn’t too bad…”
Fox says, “We will try to make use of the time tonight to reach Lv 30. After our skills get to Lv 4, we’ll be able to go to the highlands to kill NPC Bandits. The Bandits there are Lv 35 and each one of them drop at least 4 silver coins. While training there, we would be able to earn money at the same time and probably be able to at least make a living this way.”
I nod, “Okay. While I am not here, I’ll leave all the decision making in the studio to Fox. Fox is the most mature and is able to make rational decisions. Song Han is too young and Old K is too impulsive. You all listen to Fox’s instructions.”
Little Wolf and Old K start nodding: “Okay, we’ll listen to you(Fox)!”
“Oh right…” Old K says. “There is still another problem. My [Fire Axe], [Penetration] and [Rage] uses up too much mana. After using the [Penetration]+[Fire Axe] combo a few times, my mana would be empty. There’s no way I can train my skills this way. Boss, help me solve this problem. Otherwise even if I get to higher levels, my skill levels will not rise, and thus my effectiveness is lowered.”
I smile and say, “Yeah, as for the problem with mana pills, leave it to me. I can make them.”
“Okay!”
……
In the afternoon I return to the school campus and go back online. My money is totally spent and I really should start thinking about how I can earn money while maintaining the level advantage I have over others. I can’t start slacking now or the Zhan Long studio would surely get bullied.
Looking at my storage I take out ten or so equipment. Then I sell them all at a cheap price to earn myself a dozen gold coins. After that I used the money to bulk purchase Seven Star Herbs to refine a few hundred batches of Seven Star Pills. Then I hand over the pills to Song Han and Ran Min. This should suffice for their mana usage in the short-term.
After that… I look for Lv 6 herbs to prepare to create Lv 6 pills. At the current stage, there still aren’t many people who are able to refine Lv 6 pills. On top of that, the location for the herb required to craft Lv 6 pills has not surfaced yet, so its production is nonexistent. As for me, I have already reached Lv 6 in Alchemy and can read the recipe for refining Lv 6 pills–
【Green Qilin Pill】: Recovers 700 mana.
Needs 3 blades of Green Qilin grass, 1 blade of Chilling Wind Grass and 2 Alchemy Furnaces
……
The Chilling Wind Grass could be purchased at a relatively cheap price from other players. Now all that’s lacking is the Green Qilin Grass.
Opening the forums to look for information on Green Qilin Grass. There were more than hundred results but all of them were also looking for information on Green Qilin Grass. No one knew where the Lv 6 herb could be found.
I guess there is no choice. Opening the world map I looked for maps using Green Qilin as the keyword. In an instant 3 maps appear — Green Qilin Valley, Green Qilin Ocean, and Green Qilin Abyss!
Green Qilin Ocean wasn’t a possible option since herbs were unlikely to grow in the deep sea. As for Green Qilin Valley, it was a large map whereas Green Qilin Abyss was a small map in the middle of Green Qilin Valley. Yup, I’ll lock on to Green Qilin Valley and search there!
Looking at the map, Green Qilin Valley was at the edge of Ba Huang City and sharing borders with Jiu Li City. It would be another long journey. But for RMB and equipment, let’s go!