Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 189 Slashing Techniques!

Li Xia stared intently at the panel, without paying any attention to it.

His lips moved slightly, and he spoke with difficulty in a barely audible voice:
"The hall...send me back...to my room."

A flash of light, and Li Xia appeared directly in the bedroom of his private room.

This teleportation costs 10 Hall Points.

The room was quiet, with only Li Xia's heavy breathing echoing in the background.

Since receiving the inheritance, Li Xia has not slept for such a long time.

This kind of mental exhaustion is different from physical exhaustion; basically, the most reliable and cheapest way to recover is to sleep.

I casually turned off the teleportation fee notification in front of me; it was only ten points!

He spread his arms wide, stretched his body to a great extent, and the 'Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound' within him roared once again in the room.

As soon as the door was opened, Aowu and Heitan rushed out of the living room.

"Your Highness!"

"Meow!"

"It's nothing, I just pushed myself too hard during the workout."

Li Xia briefly recounted what had happened at the practice field.

Holy crap, high-frequency energy oscillation for over twenty hours?

Aww, I was dumbfounded. How could they have persevered like that?

If it's a fifth-order or even a fourth-order, this is a minor matter.

However, most of the second-tier apostles have only recently come into contact with energy.

The ability to manipulate energy is not strong; achieving precise high-frequency energy oscillations requires extreme focus.

It's already quite impressive for a normal apostle to be able to generate high-frequency energy vibrations, let alone vibrate for such a long time.

"Meow?"

The studious cat is online again, and Teacher Ao nods slightly, guessing:

"Your idea is normal. It sounds good to do it for one or two hours each time, divided into several sessions, but it probably won't work in practice."

The problem with black charcoal is simple: why not break it down into several sessions, each lasting one or two hours?

"Hmm, no, otherwise blade aura and sword energy wouldn't be so expensive."

Li Xia affirmed Aowu's answer:

"The high-frequency vibration of energy is like boiling water; it requires a continuous source of heat to raise the temperature."

Once the fire stops heating the water, the temperature will gradually decrease.

Therefore, high-frequency vibrations all gradually rise from low frequencies, in one go, there's no other way.

After finishing their discussion on that issue, the dragon and the cat immediately turned their attention to the skills they had just learned.

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[Skill Type: Technique-based Skill Ability - Energy Wave]

Skill effect: Concentrate energy into the weapon, create high-frequency vibrations, and unleash a slash that can detach from the blade.

Special evolution of skills acquired independently:
1. High-speed slash: No need to charge up, unleashes a slash with extremely high flight speed and a small range.

Attack strength: Weapon attack strength -1
Attack damage: 80% of average slash damage
Note: This slash can be named independently.

2. Medium-speed slash: Charge for 1-3 seconds to unleash a slash with medium flight speed and medium range.

Attack Power: Weapon attack power +1
Attack damage: Average slash damage * (120%-150%)

Note: This slash can be named independently.

3. Slow Slash: Charge for 5-10 seconds to unleash a slow-moving slash with a wide range.

Attack Power: Weapon attack power +2
Attack damage: Average slash damage * (200% - 300%)

Note: This slash can be named independently.

[Special Note: This skill has been incorporated into the inherited "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts" system]

[Special Note: Skills learned on your own cannot be improved through the Hall of Fame; please train them yourself.]

[Special Note: Skills learned independently can continue to evolve; the stat panel is for reference only.]

[Introduction: Basic methods of energy leaving the body. Yes, you should understand what "basic" means.]

Energy waves.
Li Xia pinched his chin, which meant it fell under the category of energy attack.

It's alright, it's definitely enough for now. The physical slash wave requires a swing speed that exceeds the speed of sound to start, and I'm still a long way from that.

I've heard there are even more special dimensional slashes and phase slashes, which are incredibly powerful.

That's something that happened much later.

Giving a name to a move is more important than that.

"I think--"

Aowu's gaze was deep, and its little paws rubbed its chin, the same action as Li Xia's:
"Your Highness will become the greatest in the world sooner or later, so let's name this strike 'The Greatest Slash in the World'!"

The greatest slash in the world?

Loud, but not elegant enough!
"Meow!"

Crescent Slash?
Elegant, but not loud enough!
It's not even as good as Crescent Moon Sky Rush.

Li Xia recalled the sharp whistling sound produced when the spear was swung out and slashed through the air.

Let's just name the entire skill 'Ming'.

Seeing that Li Xia did not adopt their suggestions, Heitan and Aowu both expressed their regret.

Fortunately, there are three more slashes that can be named individually.

Aowu bravely offered his advice once again:

"Your Highness, the high-speed slashes are extremely fast, unpredictable, and hard to fathom, like a ghost!"
Furthermore, since the slashes are white, how about calling it the White Demon?

Li Xia's expression shifted, realizing that the skill's name was not simple.

White ghost? That sounds incredibly unlucky!

"Meow!"

Black Charcoal raised its cat paw.

Oh?
Li Xia nodded slightly; Hei Tan had come up with a very good idea this time.

It says that in Monster Hunter legends there is an ancient dragon that is extremely fast, like a crimson comet, and is called the Sky Comet!
The high-speed slashing attack is also incredibly fast, drawing inspiration from the Sky Comet.

"That's interesting," Li Xia encouraged, showing interest.
"Good, Blackie, continue!"

Encouraged by Li Xia, Heitan became even happier, his little ears twitching incessantly.

"Meow meow meow!"

(So ​​I think naming it after the Sky Comet's ultimate move is definitely the right choice!)
"Meow!"

(Adorable stars fly and collide!)
Awoo suddenly burst into wild laughter, and Li Xia's lips twitched.

Cute stars flying and colliding?!
Li Xia simply stripped them of the right to express their opinions on the two pairs of skill names.

After thinking for a while, I named it directly.

The high-speed slash has been renamed 'Flash'.

The mid-speed slash has been named 'Collapse'.

The slow slash has been named 'Annihilation'.

He nodded in satisfaction. Simplicity is the most important thing!

I checked the fusion progress of Night Silence.

There are only a few hours left until it's finished.

Li Xia then realized that she had actually slept for more than ten hours.

"By the way, Your Highness, Blackie and I bought some things while we were strolling around, mainly for Blackie's use."

Aowu took out some equipment from his personal space.

Li Xia took a look and found that there were several musical instruments, all of blue quality. These musical instruments were considered auxiliary equipment.

Therefore, the price is not high; a single item can be purchased for one or two thousand points.

"There's another skill—I reckon it's from an apostle who came into the Monster Hunter world with us."

Awoo said happily:

"However, this skill is racially restricted, so no one is interested in it. It's a lucky find." Li Xia became curious and opened Black Charcoal's panel.

Sure enough, a new skill appeared below:
Hunting Music

[Type: Area-of-effect buff skill/Support skill]

[Level: 1 (Area-of-effect buff skills have no proficiency)]

[Usage Limited: Palico Exclusive]

[Effect 1: Spreads mental energy through music, adding different buffs depending on the melody]

1. Exhilarating Type: Plays rousing music to get the buff user excited and increase their strength (current strength value * 1% + 1 point).
2. Urgent Type: Plays fast-paced music, increasing the heart rate and dexterity of the beneficiary (current dexterity * 1% + 1 point).
3. Solemn: Plays solemn music to calm the recipient's emotions and increase their spirit (current spirit value * 1% + 1 point).
4. Soothing Type: Playing soothing music relaxes the recipient's body, granting a 10% boost to self-healing ability (additive).

Note: Playing a new type of music will override the original gain.

[Effect 2: Showtime!]

Four music effects will be active simultaneously for 5 minutes. Members who receive the buff will not be able to enjoy the buff again for 24 hours.

Area-of-effect buff skills have no cost.

[Description: With my background music playing, no one can defeat me, unless your art style surpasses mine!]

"A pretty good skill, very useful."

Li Xia affirmed Aowu and Heitan's good judgment.

This skill is similar to a buff aura, except that it only takes effect when you play a musical instrument.

Although the bonus isn't much, it's worth noting that this skill is only level 1, so there's room for further development.

Combined with the unique effects of the Qilin set:
[Thunderous Electro]: Increases the effectiveness of sound wave-based skills by 15%.
The ability to create amazing skill combos truly shows that Monster Hunter is indeed the world of Palicoes.

The products they produce are of a very high standard.

After buying these items, Black Charcoal and Awoo had less than 2000 points left.

Aowu originally wanted to transfer these points back, but Li Xia waved his hand, indicating that these would be given to the two little ones as pocket money.

For the remaining few hours, Li Xia simply tried the art of reconciliation.

[Recovery Medicine]

Proficiency: (0/100)

Materials: Herbs, soft mushrooms, glass jars
Crafting cost: 1 point of True Qi

Try asking the temple if you can buy the materials directly.

The hall responded immediately.

[Price of Herbal Extract: 55 points per serving]

[Soft Mushroom Price: 45 points per serving]

[Glass bottle price: 1 point/99 bottles]

This price is a bit high.

Li Xia thought for a moment and said:

"Awoo, you and Black Charcoal go over to the stall and see what the price of these two materials is."

A moment later, Awoo replied in the team channel:

"Your Highness, 50 points for each serving of medicinal herbs and 40 points for each serving of flexible mushrooms."

Only five points off?
Something was wrong. Li Xia vaguely sensed that there seemed to be one or more invisible hands manipulating market prices in the darkness.

He simply exchanged for one set of materials first, and then had Aowu buy two more.

After comparing them, there is no difference in terms of materials alone.

Using what I knew in my head, I somewhat clumsily tore the flexible mushroom into pieces according to its texture.

Place it in a glass bottle, then remove the leaves from the herb, leaving only the stem. Fold it in half twice and stuff it into the glass bottle.

Use the tip of a glass stirring rod to gently squeeze the stems of the herb.

A stream of clear, cool liquid was immediately squeezed out, and the soft mushroom fragments swelled up in a peculiar way upon contact with the liquid.

Then Li Xia used a stirring rod to stir the contents of the glass bottle clockwise, while simultaneously injecting his true qi into it.

As if injected with some kind of catalyst, the contents dissolved rapidly, eventually revealing a light green medicine with a grassy fragrance.

You have successfully crafted 1 Recovery Potion.

So that's it? It doesn't seem that difficult.

Li Xia held the glass bottle, which was slightly smaller than a milk bottle, in her hand and checked the information.

[Recovery Medicine (Regular)]

[Rank: Green (Tier 2)]

[Producer: Apostle No. **** (customizable)]

[Type: Recovery Item/Consumable]

[Effect: Slowly restores approximately 10% of health over five minutes (maximum 15% of health; cannot heal injuries)]

[Evaluation: Ordinary healing potion, ordinary technique, ordinary effect, ordinary harmonization technique (customizable)]

This potion is indeed quite ordinary.

It slowly heals within five minutes, also known as a 'post-coital drug,' taken after the battle.

The price of "post-coital medicine" is not as high as combat medicine, and it only restores 10%, so it is really low.

I estimate that the price would be between 100 and 110 points in the market.

The cost of this medicine is—100 points plus 1 point of True Qi!
Li Xia narrowed his eyes. If you calculate it this way, it seems that the hall doesn't leave any profit margin at all.

Even if you buy from the market, you only make less than 10 points of profit, which is roughly equivalent to the profit earned by consuming 1 point of true qi.

But this is on the premise that all drugs are successful and there are no failures!

If even one out of ten bottles fails, you will lose money.

interesting!
In other words, the temple has completely blocked the way to improve proficiency in alchemy by directly purchasing materials and making a profit.

That makes sense. Why would the hall leave such a loophole for you to exploit?
If such a loophole really existed, the apostle wouldn't be a fool!

Li Xia could understand why the hall did this; he even suspected that it was quoting itself a market price, which could change at any time.

But what about the prices on the market?

The prices of these two medicinal herbs are inflated.

Just as they were wondering, the sound of "howling" rang out again in the team channel:

"Your Highness, I just inquired and found that several major merchant guilds are buying this medicine. The purchase price is 5 points lower than the selling price, and they are buying without limit!"

Chamber of Commerce?

Li Xia breathed a sigh of relief and almost immediately understood the key point.

Unless you establish your own plantation, simply buying and selling materials is basically unprofitable.

However, the guild's pharmacists have enough materials to squander.

For ordinary pharmacists, setting up a plantation in their personal space involves significant upfront costs and a long cultivation period.

Unless the room is large enough and there is enough material for planting, you can't make a small profit.

Excluding this path, the only way to upgrade your alchemy skills is by buying materials.

The Chamber of Commerce profits from these five points of price difference!
As a result, it is very difficult for a wild alchemist to grow in skill.
They cannot compare to the pharmacists trained by the Chamber of Commerce, and can also extend to other secondary professions.
Those top-tier and second-tier chambers of commerce tacitly exploited the price difference to reap the benefits from wave after wave of apostles.

It blocked the path for unofficial deputy positions, or rather, left only a very narrow opening.

Li Xia shook his head. Compared with others, his advantage lay in the extremely fast recovery speed of his true qi.

They were even several times more numerous than other apostles, able to continuously buy materials and sell finished products.

These are the loopholes left by those chambers of commerce—loopholes left for the strong.

This is also the Chamber of Commerce's consistent style of doing things: in this world where strength reigns supreme, if you can't crush everyone, then don't go to extremes.

Having figured out the key point, Li Xia simply had Aowu purchase a batch of materials.

In the following hours, I devoted myself entirely to the process of reconciliation.

Until the prompt from the Temple of Light appeared before me once again.

[Executioner, Soul Gear Night Silence progress is full]

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

Yeah, you know how it is for Valentine's Day, so I posted them all together~~
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