Chapter 162: News of the Foal!
Returning home, Wang Zhiyan tidied up the house while Li Xiang walked directly into the bedroom.
A moment later, several payment notifications came through.
Li Xiang glanced at it; it was the money from selling the two Guild tokens, finally credited to the account.
After glancing at the zeros after the account balance a few times, Li Xiang withdrew his gaze.
For him now, money was merely just a simple number.
"After playing for a long time, my body can't quite handle it; my head feels dizzy..."
"There seems to be a more advanced game connection device that can improve the gaming experience... Let's see."
Opening his computer, Li Xiang searched for a bit and indeed found advanced connection devices on the official website.
Game pod!!!
"Playing in a game pod, You will not feel any fatigue; the sleep experience and physical recovery obtained will be even better than normal sleep..."
Reading a promotional line, Li Xiang scrolled down directly to find the price and order link.
The price was as high as 2 million! And the slots actually still had to be snatched up; there were no slots currently, and the next release would be in a month.
Searching again, Li Xiang found scalpers.
He bought a game pod at a markup of fifty thousand.
"Sleep!!"
Yawning, Li Xiang lay down and immediately fell asleep.
...
In the afternoon, Li Xiang woke up, his brows furrowed, holding his slightly throbbing head.
"I need to control my game time."
Coming into the living room, Li Xiang saw Wang Zhiyan tinkering with a large machine.
Seeing Li Xiang come out, she pointed at the machine that looked like a spaceship cabin, "Li Xiang, this is your delivery. You were sleeping... I signed for You."
"Thank You."
Rubbing his head, Li Xiang walked over to the game pod.
The staff had finished installing and debugging everything; it could be used directly.
However, Li Xiang now wanted to alleviate the throbbing pain in his head more.
"Li Xiang... are You... not feeling well?"
Wang Zhiyan looked up at Li Xiang's actions and asked softly.
Li Xiang nodded, "Maybe the game time was too long; I have a bit of a headache. It'll be fine in a while."
Wang Zhiyan thought for a moment, "Um... I've learned massage. Let me massage You; it might help a bit and be able to assist You."
Li Xiang, naturally, was delighted by this.
"Then thank You."
Afterward, Li Xiang sat on the sofa. Wang Zhiyan said softly, "Li Xiang, You should lie down; it will be a bit more comfortable."
Li Xiang thought about it, felt she was right, and directly lay down on the sofa.
Wang Zhiyan then sat above Li Xiang's head, turned sideways, and extended her delicate hands to his temples.
So cool...
This was Li Xiang's first feeling.
"Are You cold? Your hands are so icy?"
Wang Zhiyan shook her head, "I... have a cold constitution. Except for summer, my hands are basically never warm. If You feel they're cold, I'll warm them up a bit before massaging You."
Li Xiang shook his head, "No need, this is fine."
"Mhm..."
Wang Zhiyan's technique was quite good. As she massaged, Li Xiang felt like falling asleep.
However, the desire to enter the game was still resisting Li Xiang's will.
"If You want to sleep, sleep for a bit; I'll call You later."
Li Xiang mumbled a sleepy 'mhm' and drifted off to sleep...
When Li Xiang woke up again, the clock on the wall showed it was past ten o'clock.
With a carp-like flip, Li Xiang stood up.
"This girl, she didn't even call me... It's already ten..."
Turning back, Li Xiang saw Wang Zhiyan lying sideways at the end of the sofa, her head resting on the sofa, also asleep.
"Why is she like a child? Doesn't she worry about getting cold..."
Afterward, Li Xiang took a blanket from the room and covered her with it.
Looking at the sleeping Wang Zhiyan, Li Xiang walked to the game pod beside it and lay down directly inside.
The pod lid closed automatically.
"Ding! Detected owner logging in, identifying identity."
"Ding! Identity confirmed, owner 'Li Xiang'."
"Ding! Enter game?"
Enter!!!
...
In the game, Li Xiang's originally stiff body began to move.
Not far ahead was the newly constructed Alchemy Workshop.
Compared to before, it was more than a circle larger, and the facade and exterior decorations were much more impressive.
Li Xiang brought up the Guild panel to view the new attributes of the Alchemy Workshop.
"Alchemy Workshop: Level 2"
Effect 1: Increases crafting success rate by 8%
Effect 2: Increases potion crafting speed by 15%
Slots: 20/20
...
After upgrading to Level 2, both effects received different degrees of improvement.
Effect 1 changed from the original 5% increase in crafting success rate to the current 8%, a 3% increase!
Effect 2 increased from 10% increase in crafting speed to the current 15%, a 5% increase!!
The slots changed from 10 to 20, and now... it's at full capacity!!!
As the Guild President, Li Xiang could see the status of every player as long as he was within the Guild Residence, even if the Guild members were inside the building.
At this moment, all the players in the Alchemy Workshop were focused on crafting potions.
The Guild warehouse held a vast quantity of materials; all these materials were exchanged by Guild members for contribution points, and a portion was acquired by Liu Yunfeng from outside.
In the Alchemy Workshop, as long as You are crafting potions needed by the Guild, after the application is approved, You can directly take materials from the Guild warehouse without paying contribution points. Similarly, the crafted potions belong to the Guild.
This point is also a major reason why Pharmacists in the Guild are so enthusiastic about the Alchemy Workshop.
No need to worry about materials, unlimited crafting is possible, and the Alchemy Workshop also has buffs; this is simply a holy land for any player who loves the crafting profession of Pharmacy!!!
Li Xiang had only been watching for a moment when Qing Shui Ya quickly walked over.
"President, I was just looking for You."
"What's wrong?"
"The foals needed to train horses at the Horse Ranch have been found!"
Li Xiang raised an eyebrow!
"That's fast efficiency!"
"It's just... that NPC is the Horse Ranch Owner NPC from Wu Shuang City's official Horse Ranch. Although he told us where the foals are, he didn't tell us how to tame them.
Our beast tamer life profession players in the Guild have tried, but found it very difficult to tame them. It seems a certain item is missing, and only the Horse Ranch Owner has this item.
But no matter how we try to talk to him, we can't trigger the relevant quest..."
After speaking, she looked at the medal Li Xiang was wearing on his chest, "President, perhaps your Imperial Guard identity can trigger this quest..."
Li Xiang nodded directly, "Okay, I'll go try. Send me the coordinates."
Qing Shui Ya immediately sent a coordinate to Li Xiang.
Although it was an official Horse Ranch, perhaps because it occupied a large area, it was located ten li outside the north of the city.
"Alright, leave it to me."
After speaking, Li Xiang directly summoned his horse and mounted it.
Behind him, Qing Shui Ya spoke out, "President..."
Li Xiang turned back and looked at her questioningly.
Qing Shui Ya raised her small fist, "You can do it!"
Rarely seeing the serious Qing Shui Ya act playfully, Li Xiang smiled and gave an 'ok' gesture, "Don't worry, if I can't do it, I won't come back... Giddy up!!!"
The fine horse immediately galloped away.