"Do you want to learn Dissection Art? Alright, no problem!" Aunt Wang agreed immediately, without a second thought, when she heard about Wu Fan's purpose.Tears welled up in Wu Fan's eyes. How significant is the difference between people? Aunt Wang is so generous, but Mr. Liu from the grocery store and the village chief are so different."Thank you, Aunt Wang," Wu Fan said gratefully."Why so formal?" Aunt Wang replied, "By the way, I'm quite good at cooking, wouldn't you like to learn?"Wu Fan hesitated. To be honest, he wasn't that interested in cooking. But seeing the hopeful look on Aunt Wang's face, he couldn't bear to decline; he said, "Yes, I'd love to learn. I've always admired your cooking skills, Aunt Wang.""Really? That's great!" Aunt Wang was overjoyed when Wu Fan agreed to learn. "My cooking skills are among the best in the whole continent. It's a pity nobody in the village wants to learn. I'll be delighted to teach you.""Congratulations, you've been taught by master cook Wang Yanni. You have learned Cooking and Dissection Art, and they have been promoted to advanced level!"The familiar mechanised voice rang in Wu Fan's ears once again, leaving him speechless.Another grandmaster?Although just a cooking grandmaster, it's still difficult to achieve grandmaster status in every field. The village chief was right - the people of this village are truly top-notch in their respective fields. Is this even a beginner village? Why are there so many grandmasters here?Wu Fan left Aunt Wang and reluctantly spent a gold coin to buy a butcher knife from the grocery store. Having only the Dissection Art but no tool would be useless. As much as he didn't want to deal with the cunning merchant, he had no choice. Once he was ready, Wu Fan left the village excitedly to earn money. However, before he could leave the village, he saw a person standing there, sighing heavily.A quest?!Wu Fan immediately thought of a quest. It was clear this person had run into trouble. If an NPC had trouble, wouldn't that mean there's a quest for him? Without hesitation, Wu Fan ran over."Grandpa Sun, is there something wrong?" Wu Fan asked.The man sighing heavily was the village blacksmith, Sun."Are you Wu Fan? The newly arrived?""Yes, indeed.""I'm out of ores at my smithy. I wanted to go mining, but the cave in front is occupied by a group of monsters. I can't fight them off at my age, so I dared not to mine. I don't know what to do," said Blacksmith Sun in a worried tone."I see. What kind of ores do you need? I'll help you with that." This clearly was a quest, just like the gathering quest from Pharmacist Li. "You? No, you can't. Those monsters are too powerful. It'll be dangerous," Blacksmith Sun said with concern.The quest was not as easy to accept as Wu Fan thought."I will be cautious. And if I find it too dangerous, I will retreat immediately," Wu Fan assured him. "Alright then. Please be careful," Blacksmith Sun gave in after a while, saying, "I will teach you Ore Identification and Mining first, then you won't make the wrong move.""Great!" Wu Fan's spirits lifted. Sun was indeed a wise man; he even took the initiative to teach him skills.Wu Fan then learned Ore Identification and Mining from Sun and received a mining shovel. Sun had a shovel ready next to him, giving Wu Fan the impression that Sun was waiting for him to leave the village and offer him this task. The cave Sun mentioned wasn't far from the novice village. Wu Fan didn't have a specific target, so he decided to go to the cave to mine and kill monsters for money.Wu Fan wasn't really interested in killing monsters. If it weren't for the money, he wouldn't want to leave the village. Killing monsters might lead to injury, which was just as real and painful in this game as in reality. The only advantage was that once he returned to reality, the injuries would heal with no scars left. Otherwise, he would be even less willing to kill monsters.Soon, Wu Fan arrived near the cave. There was an obvious entrance there. Seeing no monsters around, he carefully entered it.The cave was marked with traces of mining, indicating that it was an old mine. Most of the ores had been mined out. It took Wu Fan a while to find an unexploited area. That's where Ore Identification played its role. "Iron Ore (Low Grade): Iron ore with many impurities that can be used to forge weapons after refining.""Copper Ore (Low Grade): Copper ore with many impurities that can be turned into weaponry after refining.""Silver Ore (Low Grade): Containing...."The main ores found by Wu Fan were iron, followed by a small amount of copper and silver. However, the quality of these ores wasn't good as all contained impurities.Blacksmith Sun had mentioned this condition before. Most of the good ores had been mined out. The remaining ones were of average or poor quality. Sun would need to refine them before using for forge. Thankfully, Sun was skilled in refining ores. Once the ores were found, Wu Fan started to dig. Mining was obviously a physical task, much more exhausting than gathering medicines. "Why can't this be like normal games in which you just need to sit and click on a progress bar?" Wu Fan complained while wielding his mining shovel.Just then, Wu Fan suddenly heard a rustling sound and stopped what he was doing. He looked at the direction of the sound, which was coming from the deep end of the cave. Could there be a monster?!

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顶级魔法戒指
ParanormalIn the scorching heat of summer, Wu Fan struggles to make a profit selling barbecue at his stall. One day, a beggar-like figure, dressed in tattered clothes, orders a substantial amount of food but is unable to pay, ultimately vanishing without a tr...