Chapter 65: [Soul Siphon (C)]

Right at this moment, Gu Xiaobei sent over the food.

Gu Xiaobei: "Boss, you eat first. I still have things to handle on my end."

Lan Qingyou: "You seem very busy."

Despite how Gu Xiaobei appeared, she was actually probably busier than Lan Qingyou every day.

After all, one pot of Lan Qingyou's yielded over a hundred potions, but one pot of Gu Xiaobei's only yielded a dozen or so portions of food at most.

This was determined by her tools and stove capacity, so it couldn't be helped.

However, Gu Xiaobei seemed to enjoy it.

Especially today, on this rare rest day, Gu Xiaobei was flying around busy.

After all, everyone had just survived a disaster, and who wouldn't want to treat themselves properly?

Lan Qingyou: "Oh?"

Gu Xiaobei: "Just now, the world's will said the food I made contributed to Kalim, so it granted me a Title."

Lan Qingyou: "That's quite nice."

Gu Xiaobei's reply surprised Lan Qingyou a little, but whatever Title someone else received didn't really concern her.

Setting boundaries meant not asking what shouldn't be asked.

Therefore, after a brief exchange with Gu Xiaobei, she turned her attention to the magic choices, looking through them while eating her dinner of skewers and mushroom soup.

Explosion Spell, Mana Extension, Eye of Overlook, Gale Fist, Lightning Summon, Snake Bowl, Martial Realm, Fog Summoning, Air Oscillation, Moon Shattering Step, Wave Swap...

Those several thousand magic spells nearly made Lan Qingyou's eyes cross.

Although these spells appeared bizarre and diverse, they were broadly divided into a few major categories such as attack, support, and summoning.

But none of these were what Lan Qingyou wanted.

Right now, other than [Gathering Skill (E)], she didn't possess any other skills whatsoever.

To be honest, even when she went out acting like a bomber previously, she hadn't managed to kill even a single monster.

Therefore, a month after 'entering the server', her level was still Level 1.

So now she had a slight inclination to level up.

An alchemist's everything would be devoted to alchemy— Lan Qingyou naturally remembered this phrase.

But remembering it didn't mean she had to abide by it.

In her view, Albert was a figure from an unknown number of years ago. While his theories were excellent and could easily initiate a layman into the field, the most important thing was still to adapt to local conditions.

Although Lan Qingyou called herself Albert's student, it didn't mean she would wholesale accept his philosophy.

Especially when it came to matters of survival.

Of course, if there was something that could both enhance her strength and be related to alchemy, she naturally wouldn't mind it.

What's more, her talent had upgraded now.

If it were before, she might not have been able to tell.

But under her current circumstances, if she had to maintain her own flight while ensuring the reduced weight of objects, her maximum mana pool could only sustain both modes for three hours.

It was fine for normal work, but if she ran into danger, three hours might not be enough.

Thus, in times like these, she needed some skills capable of enhancing her combat effectiveness.

"Hmm? Why does this one feel pretty good?"

While Lan Qingyou was idly scrolling through the interface, she suddenly spotted a skill called 'Soul Siphon'.

Although it sounded like some evil skill, in reality, it truly was quite evil.

[Soul Siphon (C)]

[Function: Consumes 100 Mana Points to deal 100 Health Points of damage to an enemy. Has a chance to restore 50 Mana Points to the user, and a chance to obtain a Soul Crystal.]

[Description: Intermediate destruction-type magic. Brings destruction while inflicting pain upon the enemy.]

She was far too familiar with this 'Soul Crystal'.

Whether in Albert's notes or in potioneering, it was a regular guest, just like Monster Crystal Cores.

Especially in potioneering, mentions of Soul Crystals were even more frequent than Monster Crystal Cores.

Previously, she had assumed this thing was just like Monster Crystal Cores, perhaps a product of some higher-tier monster.

After all, its frequency of appearance was simply too high, forcing her to think that way.

But now she knew; it turned out this item was obtained through magic attacks.

In a sense, it could also be considered a monster product, right?

To be honest, she felt that if she had possessed a Volcanic Worm's Soul Crystal back when she was researching the talent potion, wouldn't it have been much easier?

"Pretty good; it recovers mana, deals damage, and also grants the alchemy material Soul Crystal."

After contemplating, Lan Qingyou didn't read any further and directly selected this skill.

Since it was a skill that allowed her to acquire alchemy materials, choosing it was absolutely not a loss.

After selecting her magic, Lan Qingyou breathed a sigh of relief and turned her gaze toward the C-rank tools.

It was pretty much the same as before.

Knives, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battleaxes, hooks, forks, little hoes... anyway, it was a massive assortment.

Lan Qingyou thus plunged into endless choice paralysis once again.

Honestly speaking.

The C-rank tools were much better than the E-rank ones from before.

Aside from the significantly higher damage values, they also had attribute bonuses, and some weapons even possessed passive traits.

For example, the [Flame Staff (C)] had an extra effect trait that boosted fire element attacks.

Or this short sword called [Blade of Wind (C)], which also featured a fire element attack boost.

There were also some blades and swords with sharpness enhancements, lacking digitized traits.

Of course, not all tools possessed such traits.

Only a portion of them had these characteristics.

Just like Lan Qingyou's Moonbright Stone Dagger, which lacked any extra traits.

However, Lan Qingyou didn't pay much attention to weapons.

Although she lingered over bows and crossbows for a bit, she ultimately chose not to select them.

Since relying on height advantage was the strategy anyway, attacking was just attacking; she wouldn't even need these things.

Furthermore, what she needed to focus on wasn't using these weapons herself, but rather being careful of others using them to attack her.

So she decided it would be better to choose a utility tool to assist herself.

The best option, naturally, was still to find some tool related to alchemy.

However, how could things like those salvaged from Albert's basement be so easy to find?

Lan Qingyou searched for a long while but failed to find anything she fancied.

Even a C-rank little hoe wasn't actually much better than her E-rank one.

It mostly just increased sharpness.

What did a little hoe need sharpness for? To dig out zombie brains?

"Sigh... is there really nothing worth laying my hands on?"

Muttering like this, Lan Qingyou eventually looked down at her legs, adjusted into her favorite baby-like posture, and propped her cheek on her hand to continue browsing.

"Hmm!"

Just as Lan Qingyou was about to start complaining out of boredom again, she suddenly spotted an item.

Although it had nothing to do with alchemy, it was deeply interesting nonetheless.

Looking at the attributes again.

Alright! No need to choose anymore!

You're the one!