Chapter 35

The amount of wood harvested in a day far exceeded Cheng Yang's expectations. It was clear that everyone had worked extremely hard today.

As for what to build first, Cheng Yang didn't have much to worry about. The carpentry workshop was a must, as without it, Cheng Yang always felt uneasy. Who knew how much wood he could find in Huimin Town tomorrow? If he searched the entire town and couldn't find 100 cubic meters of wood, that would be a big problem.

Next, he needed to build a potion room. Although the effects of potions and elixirs might not necessarily be greater than those of equipment, for now, they needed enough potions to open a passage to Xiangcheng City.

As for the remaining 20 cubic meters of wood, Cheng Yang didn't plan to keep it. He decided to use it to upgrade his own house. As the lord of Luofeng Village, he had this privilege. Although the improvement from a Level 1 to a Level 2 house wasn't significant, it did provide a 5% increase in training efficiency.

After making his decision, Cheng Yang chose to build these three structures one by one.

Suddenly, the already dark Luofeng Village was filled with light. Three beams of light enveloped three areas.

This scene shocked all the villagers. Almost none of them had seen the scene when Luofeng Village first appeared, so they didn't know what the light beams represented. They only knew that something incredible was happening before their eyes.

After the light beams dissipated, several buildings appeared on the ground. One of them looked familiar; it was the house where Cheng Yang had previously lived.

The upgraded house was significantly different from before. The area of a Level 1 house was less than 20 square meters, with five beds crammed inside. It was similar to a university dormitory, except for the lack of bunk beds. A Level 2 house, however, was more like a small rural courtyard, covering 40 square meters and having two floors. The building was entirely an ancient-style wooden structure, unlike the brick and concrete buildings of the past.

Cheng Yang knew that at the village level, only Level 2 houses were available. Even if the village upgraded to Level 3, the houses could not be upgraded further. As for when the Level 3 houses would be available, Cheng Yang didn't know.

Apart from the Level 2 house, the other two buildings were completely unfamiliar to the villagers. However, they were very familiar to Cheng Yang, giving him a sense of warmth. In his previous life, he had seen such buildings almost every day. Back then, these buildings had little to do with him, but now they belonged entirely to him.

These two ancient-style buildings were the carpentry workshop and the potion room.

Without paying attention to the others, Cheng Yang walked straight into the building marked as the potion room.

Just like what Yuan Jianze saw in Xiangcheng City, there was a person dressed in ancient attire inside the potion room. However, Cheng Yang wasn't surprised. He already knew that there were people in these buildings, and that they didn't belong to this world. The key question he couldn't determine was whether these people were human or just managers created by the gods.

Many people in his previous life had investigated this question, hoping to learn more about the gods from these people. However, they all failed. Despite this, they did confirm that these people could not leave their respective buildings and that their role was to sell items and teach secondary skills to combatants.

The teaching role was limited to the shopkeepers in the wilderness camps; the shopkeepers in the main cities could only sell items.

"Lord, what would you like to buy?" the person immediately asked, clearly recognizing Cheng Yang.

Cheng Yang walked closer and said, "List the items you have. If there's anything suitable, I'll buy some."

"Sure thing!" the shopkeeper said respectfully, then took out a ledger from the table and handed it to Cheng Yang with both hands.

Cheng Yang took it and saw a simple list of potions. For example, the small bottle of mana potion he had found before only restored 30 points. In the ledger, there were stronger potions, such as the medium bottle of mana potion.

Mana Potion (Medium): A medium recovery potion that restores 30 points of mana in one use and then restores 8 points per second for 10 seconds. This potion was more than enough for Cheng Yang.

In addition to these two types of potions, there were also corresponding health potions with similar effects, except that they restored health instead of mana. The key difference was that the healing effect of health potions would disappear if the user was hit by an enemy during the effect duration.

These four types of potions were the only items listed in the ledger. After all, this was only a Level 1 potion room, and Cheng Yang didn't expect to find anything extraordinary. Besides, these potions were sufficient for his current needs.

"Give me twenty medium bottles of mana potion and five medium bottles of health potion," Cheng Yang said.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Both the medium bottles of mana potion and health potion cost 8 spirit points each. Twenty-five bottles will cost 200 spirit points."

Cheng Yang immediately transferred 200 spirit points without hesitation and then put away the 25 bottles of potions. In terms of cost-effectiveness, the small bottles were cheaper, costing only 2 spirit points each. However, Cheng Yang didn't want to use the small bottles because they were less efficient and less convenient to carry.

"Boss, I plan to learn herb gathering and potion making. What are the conditions?" After putting away the potions, Cheng Yang didn't leave immediately but asked about potion making.

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he smiled faintly. "Learning a secondary skill is simple, but you must be clear that each person can only learn one type of secondary skill, which includes one life skill and one production skill. For potion making, the life skill is herb gathering, and the production skill is potion making. If you choose potion making as your secondary skill, you won't be able to learn other secondary skills."

Cheng Yang nodded firmly and said, "I have decided to choose potion making as my secondary skill. In this post-apocalyptic world, I cannot become a priest, so I can only take on the role of a potion maker, hoping to save lives and heal the injured. I hope you can help me."

The shopkeeper's eyes showed a hint of satisfaction. "Lord, your intention is a blessing for the villagers of Luofeng Village. Since you have such aspirations, I will help you with your career change. I have three career change scrolls, each with different difficulties: easy, hard, and extremely hard. Which one do you choose?"

After hearing the shopkeeper's words, Cheng Yang hesitated. He had chosen to become a potion maker as his secondary skill because he knew that the first person to become a potion maker in the world had a significant advantage, which he couldn't resist. As for whether other secondary skills had similar advantages, Cheng Yang knew they did, but he didn't know what those advantages were. He didn't want to take a gamble on something uncertain, so he stuck with the potion maker.

If he chose the easy difficulty scroll now, he could almost be certain to be the first person to change careers in the world. However, an easy career change also meant an ordinary profession, which was far inferior to an extremely hard career change.

On the other hand, the extremely hard career change task was very difficult to complete. Although he wouldn't die during the process, if he failed, he wouldn't be able to retake the task for three months, meaning he would miss the chance to be the first potion maker.

In his previous life, fewer than ten people worldwide had completed the extremely hard secondary skill career change task. This showed how difficult the task was. However, completing the extremely hard task made the secondary skill unique, with advantages that ordinary secondary skills couldn't match. Completing the hard task made the secondary skill special, which was stronger than ordinary secondary skills but far inferior to the unique ones.

After a fierce internal struggle, Cheng Yang decided to take a risk and choose the extremely hard difficulty. After all, he was reborn, and if he lacked the spirit of adventure, his second life would be meaningless.

Cheng Yang's decision wasn't out of arrogance or a belief that he was the best in the world. On the contrary, he made this decision very carefully.

One reason was that the difficulty of the career change tasks was not based on the individual but on the time in the post-apocalyptic world. This meant that the later the time, the higher the difficulty of the tasks. Or, the difficulty of the tasks was related to the average strength of humans at the time.

Perhaps the gods set it this way to encourage humans to compete for the strongest.

What was the current average strength of humans on Earth? Undoubtedly, it was still at the beginner level, with most people not having changed careers. In this situation, Cheng Yang, as a high-level apprentice, was undoubtedly the best. If he still had no confidence in completing the extremely hard task, no one else would.

Cheng Yang immediately said, "I choose the extremely hard career change task. Please give me the scroll."

"I didn't misjudge you!" the shopkeeper said with a smile.

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