Chapter 822: Money-Losing Trait

"Um… thank you."

The Chasing Wind Thief player thanked Su Sheng.

Su Sheng looked meaningfully at the Chasing Wind Thief player in front of him, a male player whose face was made to look somewhat… old.

Of course, what interested Su Sheng was not his appearance.

But rather his equipment… looked miserable.

His gear was almost empty, with only a pair of shoes and the weapon in his hand.

But at a glance you could tell it was a store-bought white board, and moreover… a level 40 white board.

He looked really down on his luck.

What is a Chasing Wind Thief with only white‑board shoes and weapon doing here?

It's impossible to grind monsters for levels; it seems besides myself, no one else would be leveling here at this stage.

Other players came here to check out the Demon Realm situation, of course, and some just wanted to feel out A San's side.

Moreover, this Chasing Wind Thief, judging by his appearance, seemed not to have recognized me.

With my fame in the Domestic Server, plus this highly recognizable image of mine, across the entire Domestic Server there definitely won't be more players besides me.

So, Su Sheng was a bit curious about this Chasing Wind Thief.

"You… seem to be doing pretty badly." Su Sheng couldn't help but say.

"Ah… I'm not a combat player." The Chasing Wind Thief player replied.

Su Sheng raised his eyebrows; not a combat player? Then this equipment makes sense.

In the current game Chasing the Deer, there are four groups… the largest being the regular ordinary players.

Second are the fishing‑lot players; of course, many ordinary players also engage in fishing‑lot gameplay, so this group is not small either.

Next are those like my mom now, side‑job production players.

There are also sightseeing players… these are mostly elderly people who come in to view the scenery and keep healthy.

But aside from ordinary combat players, other players have no need to come to this Demon Realm, right?

"Then how did you end up coming here?"

Su Sheng spoke doubtfully.

"I… I'm an apothecary, I came here to gather herbs."

The Chasing Wind Thief gave a somewhat embarrassed answer.

"???"

Su Sheng looked at the player's name; he had no hidden nickname.

Pingpingping An'an, and there was no guild insignia on his head.

Solo player apothecary??

How hard‑headed?

Life‑profession players basically have no solo players… almost all are attached to some guild organization.

Mainly, ordinary solo players simply can't afford to support a life profession; even if they could, it would be a loss.

Because early life professions definitely can't make money, and you also need to invest a large amount of materials to raise the life profession's level, and only after raising the level can you barely start to make money.

However, apothecaries are fine; as long as the success rate is a bit higher, they can barely break even by selling potions.

But the experience and materials required to upgrade an apothecary's title are enormous.

This is also why, so far, the Yanhuang Guild still hasn't found an apothecary capable of concocting the Dragon Blood Secret Elixir.

Those who need to run out to gather herbs are definitely solo player apothecary.

"You came here to gather herbs?"

Su Sheng curiously looked around; what herbs are there?

"Hmm." The Chasing Wind Thief player nodded.

"What level apothecary are you now?"

Su Sheng asked, though he didn't hold much hope, after all a solo player apothecary probably hasn't even reached intermediate level yet at this stage.

It seems even the Universe Guild, which started training life professions early, has its apothecary titles only at intermediate level.

As for the Yanhuang side, not to mention—having obtained the formula for the Dragon Blood Secret Elixir, they only began training apothecaries, and now they've just barely gone from apprentice apothecary to ordinary apothecary, still not reaching intermediate level.

"I… have no level."

The Chasing Wind Thief player lowered his head and said.

"Huh? Apprentice?" Su Sheng was baffled—having no level, what level is that? Did you just change jobs? Apprentice apothecary.

"No, I really have no level."

"I'm not a regular apothecary, but a pharmaceutical maker; this side profession has no level."

Upon hearing that, Su Sheng became interested instead.

"Oh, what's special about this profession? Could you explain?"

Su Sheng asked curiously.

"There's nothing I can't say."

"Ah, this is also why I became a solo player; originally I was attached to a small guild."

"But the failure rate of this side profession is a bit high, nearly ninety percent… a pure money‑losing venture."

"!!!"

Su Sheng was startled.

"Holy shit! Ninety percent failure rate!"

What's the fuss?

"Then this profession should also have some advantages, right?" Su Sheng thought for a moment, then asked, "It's impossible for a profession to have only side effects, right?"

Since the side effects are this severe now, this profession should also have its own advantages.

"Yes, the advantage is that I have no level restrictions."

Su Sheng frowned: "No level restrictions?"

"Yes, because my side profession has no level, so my profession has no level restrictions; as long as I have the recipe, even if it's a seven-color potion, I can brew it." The Chasing Wind Thief replied.

Su Sheng raised his eyebrows upon hearing that: "Is that all?"

At first hearing, it sounds pretty impressive—being able to brew potions of any level without level restrictions.

This is indeed quite good, but take a look at the failure rate.

Under normal circumstances, a regular potion maker's success rate isn't that low.

Of course, the higher the potion's grade, the higher the failure rate, but as one's professional title rises, the success rate also increases.

For example, an intermediate potion maker brewing a basic white potion recipe has a success rate of nearly one hundred percent.

In the early game, this side profession's trait is indeed quite overpowered, but there's a key point: in the early game, you can't get any overpowered potion recipes anyway.

But later on, ordinary potion makers level up their profession and can also brew those high-level recipes, and their success rate is even higher.

Looking at it this way, this profession is pretty useless.

"Besides, although my profession has no level restrictions, each potion has a proficiency level, and as proficiency increases, the success rate also increases."

"Just… the speed of gaining proficiency…" He trailed off and stopped speaking.

Su Sheng also understood.

The speed of gaining proficiency is definitely hard to increase.

So… this side profession is a money-losing venture.

A normal small guild would probably rely on side profession output for profit, but this plain and ordinary side profession—if it doesn't lose money, that's already good enough; who would expect profit from it?

So he got kicked out, and then… as a Solo Player's life profession, combined with this money-losing trait, he could only end up having to gather herbs himself.

However… Su Sheng felt somewhat tempted.

It seems, this side profession of his is quite suitable… for Yan and Huang.