Days have passed and it wasn't in the way that I expected to.

The day usually starts with heavy rain or just a cloudy sky, it can hold for days or just a couple of hours.

Every morning I go down to my secret base and farm the fast-growing wheat before getting back up to craft it into targets, then my days split into three ways.

One, the day is cloudy so I work in peace for a few hours until I go out and communicate with the others. While I'm out there I also try from time to time some of the slime-based cuisine that keeps popping off recently, I even saw someone creating a potion that made you sticky once drunk.

Two, the day is full of rain, so I stay all the time in the house crafting and making most of the progress.

And three, after a heavy rain the sun comes out and another infestation of slimes appears.

I don't participate in the hunts anymore, but I do enjoy the show where everyone else is hunting for them, I can see why the Elders are always present when this happens.

But now the heavy rains are getting rarer and rare since the season is almost over.

Today was a special day since I wouldn't craft targets anymore, I finished every wheat, bonemeal, and any other seeds that I had in my storage, and the results were beautiful to see. ________________________________________

SKILLS

_Crafting lvl 6

1.813.267/10.000.000

_Enchanting lvl 6

470.130/10.000.000

_Brewing lvl 4

20.500/100.000

_Trading lvl 4

51.500/100.000

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"Over 1.000.000 experience points from a few weeks of hard work, I'm almost a fifth way done! It's not that much but if others would've seen this they would've been shaken."

For the past few days, I did think of other methods that would make my job easier, or more exactly how to cheat it, unfortunately, I couldn't think of many.

The fact that I have to hit each item individually makes it the most annoying part of crafting.

I think I could use the same strategy that the prince taught me with the enchanting.

Make a few people craft the same recipe as me but I hit the final step which should register as my experience.

Unfortunately for this, I need to work with someone at the same level or higher then me, and I don't think there's anyone like that in this Clan.

My second idea is more possible for me to do, and it's most likely ill do it.

I'll buy the 'XP boost' potion from Elder Flora and use that to craft one of the higher XP recipes, which is the observer.

I can't make a lot of them but it should be enough for me to craft in the time limit.

I looked outside the window and saw that it was just cloudy, so I could visit Elder Flora right now if I wanted to.

"Why not? Let's get this over with already."

So I walked along the wooden path until I arrived at the bigger hut in the clan.

Once I arrived at the wooden door, I knocked hard enough for anyone on the lower floor to hear me, but soft enough not to make anyone think that I was trying to break into the house.

I had to wait for a little longer the usual but the door was finally opened.

"Ah Sir Trader, I did not expect your presence today. Is there something I can help you with?"

"Yes dear butler, is Elder Flora home by any chance?"

"Yes, she hasn't left the for today, enter and I shall inform her immediately."

"Polite as always, thank you, butler."

"It is my job, after all, now then please wait quietly in the guest room."

I entered the room that had two purple chairs similar to coaches, but they were less comfortable to sit on.

They were made with dyed leather and used slimes for cushioning.

It was interesting to see the ingenuity of the man in this world.

Fortunately, I didn't have to wait a lot for the response to arrive as the butler was back telling me to go upstairs.

You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.

I checked my inventory for what I brought.

A few blocks of emeralds, gold, and even diamonds.

I didn't know what to bring as payment so I brought everything that I considered to be of value.

Once I was upstairs and in front of the wooden door, I gently knocked.

*knock knock

"Come in!"

With the permission given, I entered the room.

"Good day to you Elder Flora how are you doing?"

"As good as someone my age can be."

She said with a small chuckle.

"I hope the fireworks were to your liking."

"Oh yes, Ellen was very happy to play with his new toys, I hate to warn him not to finish those too quickly. So what brought you here to my humble home?"

Your home is anything but humble lady.

"As you may have heard, I'm on a quest to become a grandmaster at crafting, and it's a very long and tough journey. I came here to buy one of your 'XP boost' potions if that's possible."

"Yes, I hear about your hard journey, it entertained a few people for days, unfortunately, it also made them sad with the remainder that they can't grow anymore. Yes, I can sell you a potion, how do you want to pay for it?"

Is that why people stopped coming to watch me craft?

I guess that would make sense and I didn't realize that I could hurt them like this.

Something to remember for next time.

"I have a few blocks of emeralds with me and even gold if you're interested."

I kept switching the blocks in my hand for her to see but kept the diamonds away for now.

It could be used better as an item that I'm not that willing to part with.

"You have a lot of emeralds I see, not that surprised about the gold. Unfortunately, I can't use them since I have enough riches already, do you have anything that would catch my eye?"

This cheeky old lady was trying to milk me!

Well see who would be satisfied at the end.

"You can indeed get those ores from your miners, but I'm willing to part a few of my precious diamonds for this trade. I'm sure that even they don't have a lot to make them useless for you."

I held the Diamonds in my hand to catch her attention, but they weren't in a block form to show that I didn't have a lot of them.

Which was true, in compassion with the other ores I only had 15 blocks of diamonds.

It was still a lot but at the same time, you could never have too many diamonds on you.

Once she saw the light reflection in the beautiful gem, she got up from her seat and greed flashed through her eyes.

I could even see her hand twitch slightly which only made me smirk.

I got her.

But to my surprise, she just went to the golden bell in the room and gently moved it making a small noise.

Suddenly I could see the outline of everyone in the vicinity, which made me see the butler, who was coming upstairs with quick steps, and Violet in the corner of the room watching the whole interaction.

Since when was she following me?

Wasn't she in her Redstone room?

She was so quiet, it was an amazing sight to see.

Soon the door was opened and a well-kept butler entered the room.

"Did you call m'lady?"

"Yes, can you please bring some berry tea, thank you."

The man just bowed and left the room.

"Your offer is very tempting Trader, but I want something else from you."

That's not good to hear, if she wants something specifically that means it's more valuable than diamonds.

I hope I have it in my storage.

"And what would that be?"

She slowly walked back to her chair and sat down.

"Have you heard about the Ender Chest?"

"I know about it, but I'm surprised you know of this at all, I've only seen the Royalty have something like this and no other noble."

"Indeed it's a very rare item, and if you know about it you should also know its value. This mansion had one left by my predecessor but an accident happened and now there's no more."

"Ahh, yes I can see the problem, you have to mine it with a pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment to get the chest, otherwise you'll only get eight blocks of obsidian."

Once I said that I could see her winch.

Looks like there's a story behind that accident, I'm just surprised how someone had the patience to stay in one place for so long to break one chest.

It's almost as hard as obsidian Itself after all.

"Do you know the recipe?"

"Yes I do, but it's a 7th-level item, I'm not capable of crafting one yet, and almost all the items for it are very hard to find."

I could see her winch more when the difficulty was said.

She broke her ancestor's chest and didn't realize how expensive it was.

It was funny to see how she was struggling to stay composed the more I talked.

"But if you want that as payment then I'll have to get more than one potion. It's too expensive for me otherwise."

Her response came quick.

"Unfortunately I don't have the materials right now to make any more potions like those, I only have two with me right now."

That wasn't something that I wanted to hear, but I guess it's not that much of a difference, after all, I could only use it once a month.

But I still wanted to get something more out of this, I can't just give up already.

"Do you have some higher-level Haste potions?"

"I do have a few of those."

She then went to one of her chests in the room and took out a few potions, before putting them on the desk so I could see them.

One of the potions I already recognized, but the other four were new to me.

They were all white almost transparent, and once I picked one to examine It closer a shocking text appeared:

- Haste 5

That was an amazing speed potion, it was more than double what the System gives, and I don't know who would even try to drink something like this.

I've seen a few videos in my old world where people changed their speeds with the help of commands, and the higher it got the more of a nightmare it was.

It was hard to navigate in the game constantly hitting trees and walls, and I don't want to try its full power in a world where I can feel every hit.

But this is also a huge boon since I only need to stay in one place and hit with the hammer, I can't even imagine how many items I can craft in such a short amount of time.

"How long does it last?"

"The best one lasts 50 minutes while the worst 30 minutes. But I have to warn you, the aftereffects of this potion would make you feel like your head is about to explode. It's best to rest for a full day after one potion."

Interesting, so it has its dangers to it.

I wonder if the effects would be nullified if I drank milk.

Probably not, otherwise, Flora would've told me about it already.

Still, it's worth it in the end, I could even use it when I don't have the Xp boost buff, but I should still keep it for better recipes.

"I'll take all of them, and once I get to the next level, I'll craft you an Enderman's Chest."

"All of them!?"

"Yes, I would've taken only one potion if you could provide me with the materials, but I don't think you have some obsidian blocks and an Ender Eye just lying around."

"I only have seven blocks of obsidian, and I haven't heard about this Ender Eye. Is it another name for the Ender Pearl?"

"Unfortunately not, this item is something else entirely."

She sat there in silence thinking about the trade, and after a few minutes, she gave up.

"Fine, you can have all those potions, hope it's worth it to rob such an old lady like myself."

"Pleasure doing business with you, I'll try to level up as quickly as possible."

I decided to ignore the statement and took all the potions on her desk before she was going to change her mind.

Just as I was about to leave the room the door was opened and the butler entered placing the tea setup on the desk.

Elder Flora quickly poured a cup for herself but didn't offer me one as well, which meant that I truly pissed her off.

Maybe I pushed a little too hard, but it's too late to back down now.

I'll leave a few 'donations' before I leave to my home, hopefully, that would be enough to calm her down.

But now I'm back to making preparations.