Chapter 1

"Mom, how many times have I told you, I was saving someone, not committing suicide!"

"Don't fool me, you can't even dog paddle, and you're saving someone? Besides, there's no one in the river!"

Sigh! Wang Yao was speechless. Today, he came down from the mountain and saw someone fall into the river at the edge of the village. He hurriedly jumped in to save them, only to remember that he couldn't swim. More ironically, what fell into the water wasn't a person, but an inflatable doll, a very realistic one.

Thus, he had a tragic experience.

"Is there really someone in the village who is so fashionable to use this thing?!" This was his last thought before he lost consciousness. When he woke up again, he was lying on his family's kang bed, with his parents beside him, their brows furrowed in worry.

And in less than a day, the whole village knew that the silly college student who had contracted the mountain to grow herbs had become despondent and jumped into the river to commit suicide.

"It's just a few acres of herbs, a bad harvest doesn't mean you have to jump into the river!"

"These kids nowadays, they haven't experienced setbacks, they can't handle the pressure!"

"That kid must be crazy from studying, what kind of prestigious college student would come back to farm the land?!"

"Exactly!"

"We won't grow this herb anymore!" His father, who had been squatting and smoking a pipe, angrily blurted out this sentence. Villagers care about face, and these rumors made Old Wang feel very uncomfortable. Moreover, if they continued to grow it, losing some money was nothing, but they might lose their son as well.

"Right, this time listen to Mom, don't grow herbs anymore. One day, we'll go to the city and have your sister help find a decent job. Your Uncle Changmao's son graduated from an unknown school and found a job in the city, and now he has even bought a house there!" Wang Yao's mother chimed in.

Wang Yao didn't argue with his parents anymore and just nodded in agreement.

He was a graduate of a prestigious university. After graduation, he returned to the mountain village with a full heart of enthusiasm, started his own business, and contracted a piece of barren land in the village to grow herbs, hoping to become wealthy. However, after he really started, he found that growing herbs was far more difficult than he had imagined. Just having a full heart of enthusiasm wasn't enough, and many things were not in the books; they could only be learned through practice and experience. In the first year, the herbs he planted suffered from a pest infestation, and he lost everything. In the second year, the herbs bloomed and grew leaves but didn't develop roots. This was the third year, and things were finally looking up when this incident happened.

"Well, if I don't do it, I don't do it. It's too much trouble!" Wang Yao thought to himself.

But after he felt a bit better, he went back up to the southern mountain. This was a barren mountain, possibly due to the soil, it didn't grow crops well, but there were a dozen or so large chestnut and jujube trees. On the mountain, there was a large slope where he had worked hard to cultivate a few acres of herb fields. For this, he had even spent money to have a small house built on the mountain and wired for electricity to specifically guard these few acres of herb fields. Through wind and rain, summer and winter, he had poured three years of effort into it. Saying he would give up, he really couldn't bear to.

Looking at the herbs growing well, he reached out to touch them.

Should I try one more year?

"A herb detected, conditions met, activate system?" A cold, mechanical voice suddenly sounded.

"What's that sound, who?!"

All around, there were mountains, water, and forests, but no one.

"Hmm, maybe I'm hallucinating."

"Activate system?" The mechanical voice sounded again, seemingly right next to him.

"Ghost!" Wang Yao shivered.

"Activate? What thing!"

"Command received, pharmacist system activated, data input..." Wang Yao's vision flickered, as if a light flashed.

Pharmacist system?

As soon as he said these words, a light screen appeared before his eyes, very similar to the character panel in a game.

"What the hell is this? Hallucination, it must be a hallucination."

He shook his head hard, and the light screen that appeared out of nowhere disappeared.

Woof woof woof, at this moment, a local dog came down from the mountain, came to his side, tongue out, tail wagging, looking very happy.

"Sanxian, where have you been?"

This was the local dog Wang Yao had raised, which had accompanied him on the mountain for three years.

The man and the dog entered the small house on the mountain. Wang Yao lay on the bed, feeling a bit dizzy.

"What was that just now?"

He repeated the name of the system, and the light screen appeared again, as if projected.

"Here it is again!"

After several tests, Wang Yao confirmed that this thing was not a hallucination but something real, something that couldn't be explained by science.

It had character attributes, skills, and an inventory, like an online game.

Character Level: 1

Profession Level: Novice (Actually, you're not even a bird, just an egg!)

Below were the various attributes:

Constitution 1, Strength 0.9, Spirit 0.85, Agility 0.9, Will 1.1 (1 being the average level of a normal adult male).

Skills:

Herb Cultivation (A qualified pharmacist can cultivate various herbs)

Level: 0

Is this real? He was completely stunned.

Great, he was already growing herbs, and this is exactly what he needed! Wang Yao, who had come to his senses, excitedly jumped up, startling the nearby "Sanxian."

Is there a skill panel?

Wang Yao tried to click but couldn't see it.

"Why can't I open it?" He asked instinctively.

"Can't even grow herbs, and you want to do something else? Go shovel shit!" The panel seemed to have heard his question and displayed this line of text.

Damn, what's going on? Who designed this, come out, I promise I won't kill you!

"What is this?"

Wang Yao clicked on the inventory and found a symbol that looked like a water pot.

Ancient Spring Pot, contains ancient spring water, one bucket per day.

How do I use it, by reaching out?

Wang Yao thought, and a wooden water pot appeared in his hand, ancient and elegant, with some weight. He shook it lightly, and the water inside made a sound.

"Really has water! Ancient spring water?"

He found a bucket in the room and poured the water from the pot into it. The small pot kept pouring water until the entire bucket was full.

How amazing!

Wang Yao stared at the water in the bucket, which was very clean and pure. He cupped a mouthful and drank it, finding it very sweet.

Delicious!

He picked up the bowl on the table, scooped up the water, and drank it, drinking three large bowls before stopping. After drinking the water, he felt much better, and his fatigue was gone.

Woof woof woof, Sanxian circled around the bucket.

"Come, you drink some too." Wang Yao filled a bowl for it, and the local dog quickly drank it all, then barked again, wagging its tail, clearly not having had enough.

"Alright, let you drink your fill!"

This man and dog drank almost half a bucket. If they weren't full, they would have probably drunk the whole bucket.

"This water is really delicious!" Wang Yao had never tasted such sweet water in his life.