Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Xu Jiawei still felt a little guilty towards the tomb owner, after all, it was unethical to dig up someone's grave. However, knowing that the tomb owner was a pharmacist, she was unwilling to leave without doing anything.

Si Yunming glanced at the large hole in the west wall, then kicked it open, looked around, and said, "There are quite a few protective mechanisms here; we need to be careful."

After saying that, he stepped into the passageway first. Sure enough, Brother Three didn't waste any words and got straight to work.

Xu Jiawei followed behind, "Three O'Clock Bro, why do you look so familiar?"

"I have been trained in dealing with mechanisms before."

Xu Jiawei was a little confused. What kind of family was this, and why was she training like this? It didn't seem like a proper family at all.

"I'm not in this line of work. I only learned these things for self-defense," Si Yunming said, seemingly aware that Xu Jiawei had misunderstood.

I thought Si Yunming had done illegal and disorderly things before.

But what kind of person would learn to defend themselves against these mechanisms?

Xu Jiawei couldn't understand why Si Yunming had so many secrets, but she didn't ask any more questions, since they were Si Yunming's secrets after all.

Actually, Xu Jiawei misunderstood. Besides people who do illegal and disorderly things, people who study how to build mechanisms can also learn these things.

Si Yunming gave Xu Jiawei such a mysterious impression that she didn't think about it in that direction.

Si Yunming moved quickly ahead, then stopped in front of a small mechanism. "These mechanisms were closed from the beginning."

"Is it just a trap to scare people?" Xu Jiawei asked. What do you mean? Why close a perfectly good trap? Isn't that redundant?

"I don't know." Si Yunming shook his head. Si Yunming had a family heritage that had been passed down from generation to generation, including the construction of mechanisms. However, his parents died early, leaving behind only books and a large inheritance. Therefore, Si Yunming's understanding of these things only existed in books, and he only had a general understanding.

He only learned about the mechanism by comparing it with the pictures in the book. However, the mechanisms in this world are very different, almost defying physics, probably because of the existence of magic.

The two continued forward and found several hidden doors beside the passageway. They opened the hidden doors together and found a small room filled with a lot of things, including crucibles and herbs. However, due to the long time that had passed, the crucibles were cracked and the herbs were covered in mold.

Xu Jiawei rummaged around for a while but couldn't find anything usable, so she went to another hidden door. This place was more like a storage room, with all sorts of things inside.

Finally, Xu Jiawei pulled out a small box containing a bead. She felt her bracelet light up, as if something was attracted to the bead. Unfortunately, she couldn't open the bracelet, so she could only put the bead and the box into her backpack.

The rest of the items looked more like everyday items; they didn't even see a piece of paper, so the two continued forward along the passageway.

Finally, we arrived at a stone gate. Compared to the stone gate of the temple, this stone gate looked very ancient and was covered with the marks of time.

Pushing open the door, she saw several large characters written inside the tomb: "Welcome." Xu Jiawei read them aloud. Having gained a great understanding of the writing system in this world, she immediately recognized them.

Who was the owner of this tomb that was so generous as to allow people to visit his tomb?

She glanced around and saw that there was no coffin or anything like that, only a shelf in the center with a book on it. Xu Jiawei walked over and picked up the book.

Opening the book, the first page reads: "Hello, my name is Hongyu. Congratulations on discovering my treasure trove! As a reward, this book is yours. It contains some potion recipes I've researched, as well as my insights into potion making. It's a gift to you, the destined one."

Good heavens, so this isn't a cemetery at all. Then why would the owner of this treasure trove erect a tombstone?

Xu Jiawei wondered if it was possible that the customs were different, and perhaps people here didn't erect tombstones when they died, but erected tombstones for things they hid. However, it was absurd that the treasure trove hadn't been discovered after so many years.

And since the people from the Dark Temple are here, why didn't they take the items?

It's utterly unbelievable. Perhaps there are some restrictions on their actions; it's not that they don't want to take it, but that they simply can't get through.

Xu Jiawei thought to herself, "This might be why the high priest didn't chase after me. If he had chased after me, how could I have dodged with only 1 HP?"

She felt she had guessed the truth of the matter. Xu Jiawei picked up the book and flipped through it. Although it had been there for a long time, the book was not rotten or damaged; the paper was just a little yellowed.

Suddenly a piece of paper fell out of the book, and Xu Jiawei picked it up.

[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have obtained the recipe for the Godhood Potion.]

What the heck? She seemed to have heard something incredible. She picked up the recipe with trembling hands and turned to the page of the book containing it.

The chances of becoming a god are too low! The probability of failing to condense a godhood is so high, does that mean I've just wasted 10 fragments? No, I need to think of a way to increase the probability...

[Breaking through level 90 requires that Ascension Flower, which is so expensive and rare, with only a one percent success rate. I need to research it and see if I can make it into a potion.]

The handwriting at the end has changed significantly, clearly indicating that it was written many years later.

[Three hundred years have passed, and I've finally succeeded! This has increased my chances of success to one in ten. I should be able to go down in history now, hahaha!]

Xu Jiawei was utterly speechless with shock at the thought of who the owner of this notebook was. She understood just how precious this notebook was, as it could even produce a potion that increased the probability of becoming a god. The owner of this notebook was undoubtedly powerful.

Xu Jiawei couldn't stop smiling. She bowed deeply to the platform, then looked at Si Yunming: "Brother San Dian, I've figured out the path to becoming a god."

With this prescription and those seeds, perhaps she really can make this medicine.

[Godhood Elixir Recipe: Increases the success rate of condensing a divine essence and breaking through the level 90 barrier. Drinking this elixir grants a 10% chance of achieving godhood.]

Si Yunming's expression was serious: "Don't tell anyone else, not even me." After all, the one thing you can't test is people's hearts.

He had been in the guild for a long time, doing quests everywhere, and knew very well how many insane things the old monsters on the continent had done in order to reach level 90 and become gods.

So Si Yunming immediately told Xu Jiawei what the level 89 monster had done to level up to 90.

Si Yunming went from being a man of few words to a chatterbox, and Xu Jiawei was still getting used to it.

Xu Jiawei nodded. She had originally wanted to discuss this with her master, but it seemed that for her own sake and for her master's sake, no one else could know about it. She would wait until she had successfully completed her research before making a decision.

The two returned to the entrance and waited for the teleportation array to reopen. Xu Jiawei flipped through her notebook, deciding it was safer to memorize it. As her mental strength improved, her memory also got better, and memorizing the entire notebook was no problem.