Chapter 253: Version Update: Alchemy System (Request Monthly Tickets)

Origin Altar.

Under Qi Sheng's watch, the Xiao Xiao Fa and the Lingxi Clan arrived at the designated coordinates.

But this coordinate location was not in the Pale Continent region.

It was another newly discovered region across the sea from the Pale Continent, a place he had briefly investigated while searching for pet candidates.

He had also considered it as a potential starter village space node for the next recruitment round.

Upon successful descent into the Monster World, the Lingxi Clan's carried land merged with the Monster World.

During this time, the Xiao Xiao Fa also posted a new thread on the forum, detailing his experiences.

Although no players chose to trust him again.

But the Xiao Xiao Fa still decided to launch a permanent livestream, to prove his heart remained with his fellow countrymen.

Yet the livestream was filled only with insults, even many tourists who had closely followed the small world dungeon's expansion process flooded in to vent their rage.

The Xiao Xiao Fa chose not to enable visitor blocking, silently enduring the abuse, then busied himself with construction efforts following the Lingxi Clan's arrival in the Monster World.

As for the Lingxi Clan's future development after their descent, Qi Sheng did not continue to monitor it.

The viewpoint shifted to the Colorful Mist Coast region.

Upon learning the Lingxi World had collapsed, the Xie Yue Shi Clan's A Lan immediately dismantled the space teleportation array and reclaimed some materials.

The continuous Shou Shou Jili expenditure finally ceased, bringing the Xie Yue Shi Clan a sigh of relief.

But Earth's sealing defenses remained intact.

This was clearly a Zhang Yan Fa deployed by the Xie Yue Shi Clan to confuse Earth's various races' suspicions.

To prevent Earth's races from linking the collapse of the Lingxi World in the game to an alien invasion of Earth.

The Xie Yue Shi Clan would evidently provide a plausible explanation for the premature end of the test dungeon.

The threat of interdimensional war was officially lifted.

In fact, this was merely the crisis perceived by the Xie Yue Shi Clan—and by Earth's various races.

From start to finish, Qi Sheng never regarded the Lingxi Clan's invasion as a real threat.

If he wished, he had countless ways to resolve the issue.

But his original intent in creating the player legion was to forge a war force capable of confronting any crisis or challenge.

He saw himself as the unseen helmsman guiding the sword's edge of the player legion, not as its caretaker.

He did not believe that whenever players encountered problems, he must step in to solve them.

He would grant players space to act freely.

He was satisfied with the Xie Yue Shi Clan's performance during this crisis and considered granting them more qualification slots in the next round.

This was clearly the core purpose behind the Xie Yue Shi Clan's continuous efforts to prove their value.

Now that the Earth invasion crisis had ended, Qi Sheng decided to launch a new round of game content updates.

Two days ago, Chaowei and Sister Jiu Yin had completed the development of the Alchemy system.

And it had passed testing for integration with the Challenger System—it could now be deployed.

Secondly, he planned to add two new growth-type pets for players to choose from during this update.

The first growth-type pet's name was: Ling Yun.

It was a plant-based lifeform he discovered in the southernmost rainforest of the Pale Continent.

In appearance, Ling Yun's body consisted of interwoven brown branches; its adult form resembled a half-meter-tall tree stump, with a rounded head and two emerald-green gemstones embedded as eyes, two slender branch-arms extending outward, and a complex root system beneath capable of lifting and moving the entire body.

This pet's combat ability was extremely weak.

Qi Sheng valued its functional effect: it could improve soil conditions in its growing environment, increase the life energy content of the soil, and significantly accelerate the growth rate of nearby spiritual plants.

The principle lay in Ling Yun's unique life structure: during metabolism, amber-colored resin seeped from cracks in its branches—a unique substance capable of catalyzing the formation of spiritual farmland.

Furthermore, the roots embedded in the soil automatically wove a micro-spiritual vein network underground, like tracing breathing meridians into the earth, significantly enhancing the speed at which spiritual farmland absorbed spiritual energy from the air.

Players could plant "Ling Yun" within their spiritual farmland spaces to increase spiritual plant yields.

This was another financial-type pet following Pao Tao.

The difference was that Pao Tao required feeding with Shou Shou Jili, making it a growth-type financial pet that demanded upfront investment before yielding returns.

Hence, players nicknamed it "pension fund."

Ling Yun's growth model could involve feeding it Shou Shou Jili, or it could grow through symbiotic relationships with other spiritual plants.

The higher the quality of the planted spiritual plants, the faster Ling Yun grew.

It was ideal for the Alchemy Guild and other players who obtained spiritual farmland as rewards from node campaigns, significantly boosting returns from spiritual plants.

The second pet's name was: Jing He.

It appeared as a pale blue crystal ball the size of a fist, its surface smooth as ice, with swirling cloud-like luminescent halos inside, moving in a levitating posture and leaving behind energy afterimages resembling shattered ice crystals.

Jing He itself acted like an energy magnet, automatically drawing nearby energy toward itself.

It could also actively release its ability to accelerate the absorption of ambient free energy, sharply increasing energy concentration in its surrounding area within a short time.

This meant Jing He possessed immense strategic value.

Comparable to a mobile spiritual energy spring node.

Placed near a spell team on the battlefield, it significantly accelerated the team's spiritual power recovery efficiency via Qi consumption.

It could also be placed at the front lines to enhance the blood recovery efficiency of frontline tank players through Qi consumption.

Effectively, it carried a small-area Qi consumption booster.

Carrying Jing He at all times also increased the speed at which players gained body cultivation experience under auto-cultivation mode.

Jing He could be understood as a walking spiritual energy amplifier—not absorbing energy, but causing energy to accumulate around it, forming a beneficial cultivation (recovery) zone for players.

Jing He's user base was also very broad.

It could suit solo players, small squads, large groups, and even war teams alike.

But in terms of combat power, the crystal core's combat power is even lower than the spirit rhyme, infinitely close to zero.

Although the crystal core possesses life, it is a special life form with a silicon-based skeleton and spiritual energy fluid.

If the spirit rhyme is the plant-type life with self-awareness within the spiritual plant system,

then the crystal core can be analogized to a spiritual ore with self-awareness.

But having consciousness does not mean having wisdom; the crystal core simply cannot fight.

The meaning of combat power being infinitely close to zero is that there exists a possibility that an animal might dash its head against the crystal core's hard shell and die.

But in terms of functional performance, the crystal core is in no way inferior to the popular Light Spirit Feather among growth-type pets.

Comparing the two, each has its own strengths and weaknesses.

The Light Spirit Feather provides single-target healing effects, while the crystal core provides area-of-effect sustainability amplification effects.

The Light Spirit Feather offers limited help in large-scale wars; it can only heal in a directed manner, but the healing effect is significant.

The crystal core amplifies the air's spiritual qi content within a range; it needs to be used in conjunction with the Food-Eating Painful Painful Minghun. Its advantage is that it can cover an area, providing all players within that region with continuous sustainability recovery effects.

Having formed an idea, Qi Sheng did not hesitate and immediately issued the latest update notification to all players.

The next second, the update notification rang out in the minds of all online players:

【Update Notification: The game is about to undergo a version update. The content of this update is as follows】:

Update Content One: Growth-type Pets.

Spirit Rhyme (Financial Management Type): Can accelerate the growth speed of spiritual plants and improve the quality of spiritual fields.

Crystal Core (Group Buff Type): Gathers energy from the surrounding air and accelerates nearby players' recovery efficiency when using Food-Eating (can increase body-refining experience gain speed under the automatic cultivation mode).

Update Content Two: Alchemy Room.

Building Function Introduction: A functional building designed for brewing special-effect pills and mixing potions. Players can consume spiritual materials within the functional building to obtain special pills and potions (for details, please go to the Alchemy Room to learn more).

Accompanying the appearance of the update notification, a brand-new building rose from the ground in the southern district of Di Zhong Village.

Players within the space flocked toward the new functional building.

One hour later.

The figure of "Night Is Coming" appeared at the teleportation point of Di Zhong Village.

No matter how far a wanderer is from home, returning only takes one hour.

He had returned quickly by this very method.

At this moment, his private messages were exploding; everyone was waiting for him to post a review of the new function.

Boarding a vehicle, he summoned the map function.

In the southern district of the Di Zhong Village map, a small icon of a functional building shaped like an alchemy furnace appeared.

Before long, he arrived at the southern district of Di Zhong Village.

The buildings here were modern high-rises; the roads were wide, and along the way were players heading to the new functional building just like him.

Looking up toward the end of his line of sight, he saw the shape of the new functional building.

This was a gigantic alchemy furnace woven from bronze and glazed glass. The whole structure was tower-shaped, with a wide, thick base that gradually tapered upward. Nine flying eaves extended from the furnace top, and at the corner of each eave hung colorful bells that swayed and chimed lightly without wind.

The outer walls of the furnace were not completely sealed; through the Kong Dong, one could see dark red spiritual fire flowing inside, flickering bright and dim like breathing.

Vaguely, one could also see churning medicinal mist inside, sometimes green like jade, sometimes purple like rosy clouds, as if countless medicinal herbs were surging within.

But it could be confirmed that these were all illusions; there must be a completely independent usage space inside.

With the player scale growing day by day, if it were truly used by all players together like a shop, a long queue would surely form.

Landing in front of the building, the vehicle automatically transformed into pixel blocks and became armor that adhered to his body.

Looking up, the building's main entrance was a giant bronze beast's mouth with fearsome fangs. A bronze-colored plaque hung above the lintel, with the three characters "Alchemy Room" written in red, the brushstrokes sharp as knives.

Entering through the beast's mouth, the scent of medicinal herbs hit his face.

【Challenger Notification: Consume 1 point of Shou Shou Jili to enter the Alchemy Room space? Yes/No.】

"Yes."

Immediately, Intense Weightlessness enveloped "Night Is Coming," and his vision twisted and changed along with it.

When the scene before his eyes collapsed to the extreme, it suddenly expanded.

The weightlessness faded, and beneath his feet he had already stepped onto a mountain-top platform paved with green jade.

Ahead, clouds and mist were like a sea. Nine immortal cranes stretched their necks and cried out long, darting and playing among the cloud gaps, sprinkling points of spiritual light as their wingtips brushed past.

Directly ahead, a crimson-jade alchemy furnace stood towering. The furnace body was carved full of Shanhe, sun, and moon; the furnace lid was carved into the shape of a coiled dragon holding a pearl.

At this moment, the dragon's mouth spewed green-white alchemical fire. The dense medicinal scent hit his face. "Night Is Coming" instinctively inhaled, drawing the crisp medicinal fragrance into his lungs.

Behind the furnace, a cliff had been shaved into a flat surface, upon which countless unintelligible characters were carved.

Two phantom medicine boys were busy before the furnace.

One stepped the Eight Trigrams steps, using a peach-wood sword to draw down thunder-fire from the sky to temper the medicine.

The other sent seven-colored silk threads flying from his sleeve to collect mountain herbs and throw them into the furnace.

With curiosity, "Night Is Coming" came to stand before the furnace.

Reaching out to touch the furnace tripod, an alchemy interface immediately floated up in his mind, listing the brewable medicines.

【Alchemy Furnace】:

Function Introduction: Players can input spiritual plants into the Alchemy Furnace to automatically refine them into spiritual plant essences. Consuming these allows the brewing of various types of spiritual plants.

Brewable Medicines (all medicines have a 100% brewing success rate):

【Evolution Pill】:

Effect: After consumption, one obtains Painful Painful Minghun experience (specific effects are influenced by the pill's quality; the more spiritual plant essence input, the higher the quality).

Alchemy Process: Input spiritual plant essence.

After reading the introduction of the first pill, Nightfall's face lit up with joy.

This was actually a pill that could grant Painful Painful Minghun experience, exactly what he needed.

There were many ways to grow in the Monster World game, but hunting was the main method, because Painful Painful Minghun levels could only be increased through hunting.

The rewards from kill feedback were divided into two parts: Shou Shou Jili and Evolution Points.

There were indeed many channels to acquire attributes in the game.

Consuming Shou Shou Jili to upgrade Body Tempering levels, or inlaying high-quality combat techniques that auto-cultivate, could both bring attribute increases.

But to raise Painful Painful Minghun levels, hunting was the only channel, gaining Evolution Points through feedback.

This caused many playstyles to have shortcomings.

For instance, players like him, whose main job was posting guides on the forum, earned plenty of Shou Shou Jili.

But most of it was used to upgrade Body Tempering levels, while Painful Painful Minghun levels increased slowly.

And in the Star Vein system, Painful Painful Minghun level was also a core factor affecting trait effects; the boost from raising attributes alone was far less important than raising the core Painful Painful Minghun level.

This problem wasn't unique to him.

The grind-hardcore team of the Against the Tide Legion had a similar problem.

They had plenty of Shou Shou Jili on them, but had no channels to raise their Painful Painful Minghun levels.

They couldn't possibly turn on the trainees in the training camp nearby.

So every time they returned from death in the training camp, members of the grind-hardcore team would follow the warband led by the God King, grinding Painful Painful Minghun experience diligently in the Emperor's Tomb Village area.

The competitive players were the same.

Rewards given by the Ancient Gods could only be exchanged for Shou Shou Jili.

This could be used to upgrade Body Tempering levels for attribute boosts, but the 1v1 competitive arena mode meant Painful Painful Minghun experience was hard to obtain.

The mechanics of Monster World before the alchemy function appeared restricted Painful Painful Minghun experience acquisition to the single path of "hunting," causing players of specific playstyles to hit a growth bottleneck.

And the appearance of the Evolution Pill completely solved this problem.

In Nightfall's view, the arrival of the Evolution Pill was a crucial completion of the game's economic system and growth logic.

It meant the way to become stronger in Monster World was no longer limited to the single path of "killing," truly allowing players to pursue power through diverse methods.

Whether guide-posters, competitive players, dungeon runners, explorers, or Against the Tide faction members... all could benefit from it.

It was equivalent to opening a channel to buy levels with money.

But the money spent was Shou Shou Jili produced within the game.

What made Nightfall curious was the conversion ratio.

With an idea formed, he immediately began testing.

After opening the simulation interface, the screen jumped to the alchemy interface; in the space inventory on the right, one could input text to automatically generate corresponding spiritual plants.

Summoning the Trading Hall, he found two spiritual plants to conduct a simulated alchemy test.

They were the Nether Orchid, priced at 230 Shou Shou Jili per stalk, and the Rosy Crimson Fruit, priced at 195 points of Shou Shou Jili.

Thrown into the alchemy furnace, they generated 22-quality Spiritual Plant Essence and 17-quality Spiritual Plant Essence respectively.

Throwing the two clumps of Spiritual Plant Essence into the alchemy furnace, his consciousness touched "Alchemy."

Instantly, the alchemy furnace in the interface trembled; the deep blue and crimson red clumps of plant essence collided within the furnace, entangling and biting like two sea dragons, churning up rings of spreading spiritual mist.

The furnace shook violently, and the runes on the furnace walls lit up one by one, flashing like breathing.

The scene inside the furnace was clearly visible through the semi-transparent glazed furnace walls.

During the refining process, the furnace lid buzzed "weng-weng" from the shaking.

A phantom of an apprentice alchemist appeared nearby, holding a peach wood sword to draw talismans in mid-air; a beam of green light pressed down, instantly restraining the wild medicinal power inside.

Beneath the cauldron, earth fire erupted.

The flames, like living creatures, wrapped around the two clumps of essence, melting and fusing them into one.

Unneeded parts were burned into wisps of black smoke, expelled from the mouth of the coiled dragon holding a pearl statue atop the furnace, condensing into ice crystals in the air, then dissipating with the wild wind atop the mountain peak.

The entire process lasted less than 10 seconds, accompanied by a scarlet light pillar shooting skyward, instantly piercing through the sky's clouds and mist.

Inside the furnace, all spiritual light contracted into a single point.

A scarlet red pill, the size of a dragon eye, slowly floated and sank, its surface covered in golden patterns like blood vessels.

A scan of analysis swept over, and related information appeared:

【Evolution Pill】:

Quality: 22.

Effect: After consumption, one gains Life Evolution Points (Painful Painful Minghun experience).

He picked up the virtual pill and swallowed it directly.

Instantly, a Challenger prompt sounded in his mind; the Evolution Points obtained were automatically distributed to different Painful Painful Minghun according to the preset ratios of the Star Vein slots.

Recording the numbers and performing calculations revealed that...

The Painful Painful Minghun experience gained from eating Evolution Pills was only 70% of the normal Shou Shou Jili price.

The profit ratio was not hard to calculate.

In the game, the ratio of resources produced by player hunting was 6:4.

That is to say, killing a monster to obtain 100 points of pure resources meant 60 points became Evolution Points, while the remaining 40 points became Shou Shou Jili rewards.

This was the answer given by the guide; it certainly could not be wrong.

And swallowing Evolution Pills, calculating the Evolution Points obtained based on the selling price of the spiritual plants...

Could only yield 70% of the profit.

That is to say, hunting yields 100% profit, but obtaining growth experience by swallowing pills yields only around 70% profit.

And this was a floating numerical ratio.

The lower the price of spiritual plants in the trading hall, the higher the benefit ratio of the Evolution Pill.

Conversely, if the price of spiritual plants in the trading hall skyrockets, the benefit ratio of the Evolution Pill will also drop.

This is obviously a setting in the Monster World game designed to encourage players to hunt actively.

Players can also spend Shou Shou Jili directly to buy experience, but this requires a higher Shou Shou Jili expenditure than hunting players.

But to Nightfall Approaches, this function seems very practical.

It provides a growth channel for players like them, who have a lower hunting frequency, to buy combat power with money.

His gaze swept to the second pill in the medicine list.

This pill was blood-red throughout, the size of a fingernail.

【Blood-Burning Pill】

Alchemy Requirement (Minimum): 38 points of spiritual plant essence (various spiritual plants can be mixed).

Effect: Significantly increases nerve reflex speed and muscle explosive power after consumption; adrenaline enters a state of vigorous secretion; the efficiency of qi and blood circulation receives a significant boost (specific effects and duration are affected by the quality of the finished pill).

Side Effects: After the duration ends, enter a state of qi and blood depletion; local capillaries in the body rupture, which may lead to player death (side effects are affected by pill quality; the higher the quality, the stronger the side effects).

Nightfall Approaches' gaze turned to the third pill.

This pill was crystal clear, covered with fine ice crystal patterns on the surface; attempting to gently touch the pill's phantom with a hand, the fingertips immediately transmitted a bone-piercing chill.

【Mysterious Ice Heart-Protecting Pill】

Alchemy Requirement: 42 points of spiritual plant essence (must contain over 60% cold-attribute spiritual plants).

Effect: After consumption, mysterious ice armor condenses on the body surface, which can offset part of the damage; the body enters a low-temperature protection state, greatly reducing the speed of toxin spread.

Side Effects: After the effect ends, body temperature plummets, limbs become stiff, and action efficiency drops significantly (the higher the quality, the more severe the low-temperature backlash; extreme situations may lead to death).

【Divine Stride Wind-Guiding Pill】

Alchemy Requirement: 102 points of spiritual plant essence (must contain over 23% wind-attribute spiritual plants).

Effect: Greatly reduces body weight, allows for brief hovering, and significantly improves action efficiency.

Side Effects: After the effect ends, negative states such as dizziness and vomiting will appear; body tissues are damaged; extreme situations may lead to disability.

【Vajra Indestructible Pill】

Alchemy Requirement: 73 points of spiritual plant essence (must contain over 48% metal-attribute spiritual plant essence).

Effect: Skin becomes metallic, physical defense is greatly improved, muscle fibers are strengthened, and strength is significantly boosted.

Side Effects: After the effect ends, joints become stiff and flexibility drops severely; excessive use causes the metabolic system to operate under overload, which may lead to severe body damage; specific side effect effects are influenced by one's own body strength.

【Five Poisons Heart-Devouring Pill】

Alchemy Requirement: 93 points of spiritual plant essence (must contain over 32% poison-attribute spiritual plant essence).

Effect: Attacks carry a poison effect; resistance to non-rule-based toxins is greatly improved.

Side Effects: During the effect, one's own body will also continuously suffer slight poison erosion, causing continuous health loss; the higher the quality, the more intense the poison backlash; specific side effect effects are influenced by one's own body strength; the higher the body strength, the lower the poison damage.

Scrolling the interface down to look further, Nightfall Approaches discovered.

Except for the Evolution Pill having no side effects, all other pills have side effects.

It is completely trading life for combat power.

Moreover, the stronger the effect, the stronger the side effects.

If these pills were taken outside, I'm afraid no race would dare to use them.

But only they, the players, are perfectly adapted.

For example, a domain node battle that was originally impossible to win could be seized with the short-term powerful boost from the pills.

As for the side effects, why would they, the players, care?

For instance, regarding the "Divine Stride Wind-Guiding Pill" just reviewed: if a player becomes disabled after the effect ends, the expenditure on healing potions to recover is far higher than resurrection; even if the player doesn't die, they would actively seek death, then consume 10 points of Shou Shou Jili to resurrect and be reborn.

At the current stage, player combat power is still surging, but the improvement speed of the Painful Painful Minghun level has already slowed.

The appearance of these side-effect pills is obviously to assist players in better expanding their territories.

Continuing to scroll, Nightfall Approaches found another interesting pill.

【Returning Light Pill】

Alchemy Requirement: 150 points of spiritual plant essence (all spiritual plant essences not carrying poison attributes).

Effect: Automatically triggers when life is on the verge of death (25% health); quickly restores vitality (specific effects are affected by pill quality).

Side Effects: None.

Learning from the introduction that the Returning Light Pill triggers when health drops to 25%, this immediately sparked his interest.

He entered the simulation scene to conduct tests.

The final conclusion reached was that the Returning Light Pill can be understood as a built-in blood pack.

Not much different from healing potions.

But compared to healing potions which require opening a jar to drink, the Returning Light Pill is obviously more suitable for the ever-changing battlefield.

The specific method of consumption is to eat one before the battle starts, with a maintenance time of 32 hours.

During this process, as long as the health bar triggers the warning line, the Returning Light Pill will automatically decompose within the body, continuously injecting high amounts of vitality into the body.

In terms of healing speed, it is comparable to a Special Grade Healing Potion.

Furthermore, this recovery effect does not end when the health bar is full; the pill's effect will continue to circulate within the body for half an hour.

During this process, as long as the body is injured, the pill's effect will automatically consume a portion to repair the injury.

Except for being expensive, there are no shortcomings.

Paired with Special Grade potions, the damage-absorption capability of damage-tanking players will receive an epic-level boost.

Calculating by the average price of spirit plants on the trading house, a single lowest-quality Return Light Pill costs 1,677.6 Shou Shou Jili — ordinary players simply can't afford it.

But for top-tier guilds and top-tier squads, they are clearly willing to bear this expense.

After all, tank players are always the core of a team; a single Return Light Pill might reverse the tide of battle, letting a near-death tank player come back from the brink.

Mage-class players can use it too — as long as they aren't one-shot killed, they'll gain sustained health regeneration.

But at this stage mage-class players are generally squishy, so the Return Light Pill is better suited for mage-class players who have invested some points into physical stats.

It's foreseeable that in the future, as players' Shou Shou Jili income grows, the Return Light Pill will inevitably become a hot commodity.

The demand tier for medicines will progress along with players' growing strength.

Just like the early mainstream low-grade recovery potions — now mainstream players have already phased them out; starting out, one has to use at least mid-grade recovery potions.

For capable squads and teams, their spatial packs can't fit recovery-type items below high-grade quality.

For the top-tier team led by the Divine King, special-grade potions are the core medicines.

Every war operation requires a terrifying expenditure on potions, but it also brings greater hunting returns.

Three hours later, after thoroughly understanding the Alchemy Room's functions, Night Is Coming posted his interpretation thread on the forum:

【Detailed Breakdown of the New Functional Building "Alchemy Room" — Come in and Read the Interpretation Directly.】

Poster: Night Is Coming:

This review took 3 hours and 28 minutes; next, I'll give a detailed breakdown of the medicines' positioning.

First, let me introduce the Evolution Pill and the Return Light Pill — these two medicines destined to be hugely popular in the future each solve one of the more headache-inducing problems for players…

Next is the breakdown of "side-effect medicines."

The positioning of this type of medicine is very clear: it can greatly boost a player's combat power or damage-bearing ability in a short time.

But once the effect wears off, the player must pay a corresponding price.

So this type of medicine is only suitable for use in intense combat, and one must also judge whether the returns from that battle can cover the medicine expenditure.

Some tough nuts that are hard to crack in the short term can be taken down by consuming side-effect pills.

A while back I saw a brother on the forum lamenting, saying he and his friend ran into a Meng Yuan Chu monster in the Colored Mist Coast region.

But in the end the result was they were a bit short on combat power and ultimately couldn't grind down that Meng Yuan Chu — they were just a little bit away from success.

If they had the support of this kind of side-effect pill at the time, this squad of players would clearly have used it without hesitation and kept grinding the Meng Yuan Chu.

The returns from containing a Meng Yuan Chu far exceed the cost of the pill, so it's worth consuming.

Especially suitable for PvP-oriented players to use.

The Ancient God Arena has no rules at all — use it however you want; side-effect pills can significantly raise a PvP player's win rate in 1v1 showdowns.

Do a quick pre-analysis, check the hunting level, then decide whether to pop a pill and gamble.

Finally, here's a piece of advice for everyone.

Players who can afford it should craft a batch of pills suited to their own abilities and store them in their personal spatial pack for backup — pull them out and use them when needed.

When exploring Monster World, sometimes opportunity arrives suddenly, and by then it might be too late to go buy them.

Crafting pills requires going to the functional building in Zhong Cun De Gong, and emergency purchases from the trading house will inevitably cost quite a bit more than crafting them yourself.

Forum brothers, same as me — I'm locked into Monster World for life; keeping side-effect medicines on hand is definitely not wrong.

Life is long; over the next few decades of gaming career, there'll surely be times you need them.

For top-tier guilds, the use of side-effect pills is even routine.

One thing is certain: the price of spirit plants will see a surge in the near term.

It won't drop back in the short term — in fact, as players grow stronger, demand will trend continuously upward.

Players who own spirit fields are in luck.

Writing up to here, I suddenly figured out why this update launched the new growth-type pet "Spirit Charm" — for players who own spirit fields, this pet is a money-printing machine.

As one of the earliest veteran players, I didn't get a single spirit field during the Territory Node Campaign back in the day, and I still regret it to this day — next time there's a spirit-field capture campaign, @ me on the forum.

That concludes this breakdown of the new functional building — class dismissed!

……

Meng Yuan Chu Altar.

Qi Sheng's consciousness swept over the trading house.

Not long after the alchemy function went live, the price of spirit plants on the trading house surged.

Large batches of listed spirit plants were swept up.

Upon hearing the update notification, quite a few players who had listed spirit materials decisively delisted their goods.

This caused spirit material prices to surge by over 50% within an hour after the update notification.

After Night Is Coming posted his review thread, the trading house — apart from consignment-priced spirit materials priced absurdly high that clearly weren't meant to be sold normally — all normally priced spirit materials were swept clean.

Many players who wanted to craft medicines were instantly dumbfounded.

Even if they wanted to buy spirit materials, they couldn't anymore.

At this moment, the happiest were undoubtedly the players who owned spirit fields.

For example, the batch of players who followed the Divine King in the early spirit-field campaigns — the surge in spirit material prices also means the value of the spirit fields in their hands has surged.

With spirit fields that continuously produce spirit plants, their Shou Shou Jili expenditure on medicines can be reduced considerably.

After this update wrapped up, Qi Sheng also began preparing for the next round of updates and recruitment.

On the update side, the next update direction is tentatively set as the "Battle Formation System."

Through battle formations, gather the strength of each player so that the team's overall combat power undergoes a qualitative change.

But the specific plan is still in the discussion stage — it's modeled after the Reverse Tide Legion's battle formation system.

This system emphasizes: a hundred ants devour a dragon, a single spark becomes a torch.

An individual's strength is negligible on a cruel battlefield, but united strength can overcome the strong with the weak.

Even a Ban Shen Jing powerhouse would not dare claim they could retreat unscathed before a gathered formation of Ni Chao warriors.

As the chief instructor of the Ni Chao San Qi training camp, Shi Xiu Luo, said: When ants swarm into a tide, even the Pillar of Heaven shall topple; by gathering the many into one, one may strike against the heavens against the current.

After studying it in depth, Qi Sheng came to like this battle formation system very much.

But copying it directly would be meaningless.

He had not yet found a battle formation system suited to the players; this aspect would need further research later.

Next, he planned to issue another two million player slots in the next round, pushing the total number of players past three million.

(End of chapter)