First Advanced Sub-Class
Tongqiu's Peaceful Rain Villa, in his bedroom and on his bed.
Waking up to the tender freshness of the morning hue, as his body was facing up the ceiling of the room, his eyes slowly and opened up unobstructed to the lingering scent of her two little women that were probably the ones making a little bit of noise from the far away little kitchen inside the dinning room. Obviously, a normal person shouldn't be able to hear nor smell anything from such a far away place that is also separated by multiple walls on the way, yet Tongqiu could not only hear and smell what they were cooking but even see their every movement.
After resting with his eyes opened for a while, he turned his head to his left where Natalia's spot was instead occupied by a little kitten or rather, a little monkey.
"Master, you woken up? You're no longer clenching hard on your fists..." Noticing her a little teary face and reddened complexion, Tongqiu glanced at their unknowingly left and right hands clasping each other as hers seemed to be slightly swollen.
With a voice that perfectly expressed his worry and concern at so stupidly harming his little monkey, Tongqiu moved his right hand to cup her little, cute face: "Yao Yao, did I hurt you?"
"Mn, but it's okay. Master was hurting too, right? Then Master doesn't have to hurt alone, he can do so with us now." Retracting her right hand which was reddened from the pressure and swollen from the pain, Yao Yao spoke in a little voice with her eyes gleaming at her Master right beside herself, clear care and comfort making their way towards his heart.
Yao Yao tried rubbing her hand a little as she was truly sore, but then she felt another hand tremblingly grasp her injured one before guiding it all the way towards Tongqiu's mouth to which licked and lightly pecked at with his quivering lips.
Lick~, lick, lick. Mpwo, mpwo, mpwo.
"Ehehehe~."
Unable to contain herself, Yao Yao giggled while squirming a little, she did felt better. Not only mentally but even her own hand felt physically fresh for a little before forgetting about the pain and soreness.
"Shh, quiet." Hearing her Master wanting her all by himself, as of right now, made Yao Yao happy and she 'dotingly' allowed her Master to 'treat' her very well.
"You know, Master... Itnia took care of you for a few hours before I took my turn, she bathed you a little with fresh water and gave you little healing pecks on the mouth to make you feel better. At first, you were like a mummy! But then, you slightly responded by pouting your lips after one or two pecks, hehehe. Was Master having a nice little dream?" A melodious voice that carried within a bit of embarrassment threatened to explode his ears and melt his heart as Tongqiu understood her words.
"Yes, a good and joyful memory. Or better yet, memories." Yao Yao suddenly lunged her small body at him, with her entire body now resting at the left side of his', she begged in a girly voice: "Master, please please~~, can you tell me about it?!"
Tongqiu pondered over it for a little as he calmly looked at the bratty little monkey clung to his body, he patted her head and rubbed the sides of her head for a little, once he saw her almost doze off to his skillset he finally responded: "Mkay, just... promise not to laugh?"
"Hehehe, why would I laugh? I will never laugh at my Master, hehehehe..." Mn, this was indeed the blatant lies of a monster trying to get their prey to deliver themselves unbeknownst to their ignorant selves. But Tongqiu ignored it, as he very well may placate her himself later on, and then continued to speak as he retold her those memories he just went through not so long ago. Little by little and inch by inch of it all, not excluding anything and even appearing to be quite skillful at telling stories, hm hm.
'Wao, where did Master learned how to tell stories? I though he was a grumpy and snobby Master, heeeh~!' Fascinated by her Master, Yao Yao rested her head on the front of his left shoulder as he kept on spitting words in a way that she could never miss a single letter from.
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On his bed, one or two dozens of minutes later, a little monkey was nuzzling their little adorable, shy and cute head on the left shoulder of a devil while she made some light whimpering noises.
"Mm... feel better? Hungry?" The devil-man spoke as he rubbed the little monkey's arms as she then stopped moving altogether, giving the devil a blank glance before her sparkling, lavish golden pupils turned bigger.
Closing in for a little kiss from such needy lips and a tongue that playfully yet shyly poked onto his' Tongqiu then heard the little monkey utter out: "Mn, m'hungry. Carry me?"
Not asking more from their just told story, Tongqiu stood up somewhat a bit too amazingly considering he's been fully healthy for only a few weeks without further advanced training, with Yao Yao on his embrace as he carried her princess style from their bed to the dinning room where many maids were already talking cordially and in a low voice towards each other. Waiting for their Master to come down and their madams to finish their little 'something' especial.
"Ah, Master, you're here!"
"We welcome Master!"
Blinking a few times to the maids who were 'hinted' at by Itnia, suddenly standing up and bowing in a cordial manner while also sneaking glances at both the devil and the little monkey in his arms, made him become slightly embarrassed while Yao Yao was already profusely blushing and her face covered by the devil's chest.
"Ehem, good morning."
After sitting everyone down with his words, he proceeded to walk forwards to the seat besides Itnia who was just 4 seats away from Tongqiu as he then gave the little monkey a kiss on the side of her forehead before giving a quick peck at Itnia, which made her act just like Yao Yao. That should be enough to comfort Yao Yao for a while and break the ice, right?
He left the maids to their shock and themselves as he moved towards the little kitchen, not even 2 seconds after he left, totally inaudible, 'hushed' gossip erupted from the dinning table.
"Big Sis Itnia~~, congratulations waaaaah!"
"Little Yao is so lucky, haish! Envy, jealousy, hatred!"
"S-stop it! Master will always be my Master!" Yao Yao's voice was a little too low as she exclaimed 'begrudgingly' at these Tongqiu-eater monsters.
"Y-yes, that's right! Behave or he will never even kiss your foreheads, hm hm. As if it wasn't obvious." This was Itnia's voice that still needed a little bit of confidence.
"Mn mn, don't think it's not too obvious for others to see, hum hum!" Little Yao once again spoke up, this time her voice a little too loud that even their madams heard her. But after a few seconds and after turning their heads to look at them, seeing only cunning, devious and even knowing grins plastered on their faces with those eyes looking at them, they all fell into a silent submission.
It was at this moment that Tongqiu stopped 'perversely' peeking at the two ladies on the little kitchen working their plump asses off to endure the heat in the oven that spread through the little kitchen move around as he stepped upon it.
"Eh, what are ye fine ladies doing, eh?"
"Pffft."
"Puchi..."
Eliciting harsh mocking laughs from them. Ah, mission failed.
Closing his eyes in resignation before attacking the two ladies who were peacefully making a little something for him, he first stuck his entire body to the left side of lady Diana, corroding her mind and focus as he then brutally attacked her ticklish spots before running away and lunging himself at Natalia!
Natalia did her best to endure the charming and irresistible man that was giving her murderous gazes, her plump, tasty bottoms used as a shield to protect her from this evil, what a mistake!
Tongqiu the devil took opportunity of this negligence as his entire slumbering member adhered itself to her bouncy and tight hills at her rear. He moved his arms downwards to take in his hands her wrists as he pumped up a little before finally speaking in a devilish, magnetic voice: "I didn't gave you any last night. Are you okay? You don't need some fulfillment, you sure?"
"Mm, naghah, Tongqiu~..." Seeing her squirmish and not deny him, not even caring of the little maids at the dinning table almost breaking their necks in a mesmerizing way with all of their eyes shining, he let her off by pumping her derriere thrice ostentatiously before making an evil grin as he spoke in the same voice as before: "Alright, later then? Hehe, what can I help?"
Meanwhile, both horny lovebirds didn't notice a pouting and frustrated Diana looking at them from behind as she kept on working hard, or maybe they did notice.
"Mn, behave and take these here to Diana..." Natalia suddenly stopped to ponder for a moment after speaking, she then added: "She's hungry too... you know?"
With that smile on her face and those semi-closed eyes looking directly at him, his Sleeping Dragon threatened to become a Provoked Dragon, but was suppressed by the hunger and need of clear affection, as such, Tongqiu moved about in the little kitchen to help his women cook around. As he acted as the assistant for these two top chefs, murmurs began resounding at the dinning table.
"Mmmm... if only he would cook with us just the way he does with them, grrr." Maid 1 said.
"Tsh! Stop it, you filthy whore!" Maid 2 said.
"As if, you also want it, no?" Maid 6 said in the distance.
"Eeeeh? What are you silly girls speaking on about without a stop? I'll tell Master so that he'll see how to punish you." Then Cyn spoke, the maids finally stopped being so damn naughty before also submitting to the true eldest sister between them.
Meanwhile, Tongqiu was speechlessly thanking Cyn while also deviously planning for some others' demise. According to Natalia, they also count as his, right? Oh...
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Rising Essence, Azure Dragon Sub-Division's Main City, at the back of a blacksmith's shop.
After a nice morning full of calm chats and tasty food, though the chats were left for the girls alone, Tongqiu gave Naty and Diana each a big kiss on their noses before ruffling Yao Yao's and Itnia's head. Towards the other maids, he merely gave them a little smile in gratification, he then made his way to his bedroom since it was too late to make the morning routine happen and connected to Rising Essence once again.
He might stop coming here since he already had enough tools for his blacksmith, gardener and mining sub-class and may instead rush up to 60 to get more of them, but since he still had 36+ hours in the room, might as well not waste them!
So after he went back into Rising Essence, he began making many, many more arrows and began repairing all that loot he recently 'acquired' as practice before disassembling them into the disassembler before once again using them for forging more and more stuff.
As for his gardener sub-class, he began creating the same Kindness Low-Potions and Benevolent Low-Potions, though he did not even do that many Kindness Low-Potions anymore as he instead went for recuperating his resources as the most important manner in any battle. Especially against real BOSSes.
And like that, Tongqiu spent his days in Rising Essence after confirming whether or not Irllytia and Tonkia were, ahem, available everytime before continuing with his hard grinding at this sub-classes' Experience. He occasionally came out to grind on his miner sub-class which was fairly easier to grade up considering it was really just a normal and simple of a sub-class compared to the other three he has been absorbed a lot with.
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*PING*...you've opened 'Gardener's Tool Package', you've received the following items, Prominent Magical Pot, Prominent Secateurs, Prominent Hoe, Prominent Fork, Prominent Shovel, Prominent Wheelbarrow, Prominent Magical Watering Can, Seeds of Life x15, Prominent Concocting Device and Prominent Cauldron.
[Prominent Magical Pot]: Type: Special Item, Grade: Magical(Evolvable), Properties: Whether too keep, move the desired plant or herb from one place to another or to keep them safe for the moment. This magical pot is perfect for any kind of item suiting a gardener's sub-class and can change its shape and size depending on the gardener's skill as well as be multiplied to give it to other players that share a high enough intimacy with 'Tongqiu'. Note: unless this item is upgraded sufficiently enough, it cannot hold those items that are of a higher grade than that which is out of mortal's knowledge. Bound by Tongqiu.
[Prominent Secateurs]: Type: Special Item, Grade: Magical(Evolvable), Properties: To stably and harmlessly take care of any flora's overgrowth or giving them a better shape for its development. Note: cannot work efficiently with items that have reached a grade higher than that of a mortal's knowledge. Bound by Tongqiu.
[Prominent Hoe]: Type: Special Item, Grade: Magical(Evolvable), Properties: For gardening tasks such as cultivating your own soil, edging your lawn, etc. The soil that is desired to be put to work better not be of unknown properties and. Note: this hoe won't be efficient to work with on soil that has reached beyond the knowledge of a mortal. Bound by Tongqiu.
[Prominent Fork]: Type: Special Item, Grade: Magical(Evolvable), Properties: One of the most used and hardworking tools of a gardener! Whether to aerate lawns, break up compacted soil, create holes for seeds, mix in soil treatment, remove undesired trash and obstacles to soften tough stone! Note: it won't be efficient on material that has reached beyond a mortal's knowledge. Bound by Tongqiu.
[Prominent Shovel]: Type: Special Item, Grade: Magical(Evolvable), Properties: The best tool for digging and removal of materials such as compost, fertiliser, soil, mulch and much more! Note: won't work well on materials that are of a grade higher than a mortal's knowledge. Bound by Tongqiu.
[Prominent Wheelbarrow]: Type: Special Item, Grade: Magical(Evolvable), Properties: For the better move and transfer of heavy items to an efficient way. Note: it cannot contain items that reach a higher grade than that to a mortal's knowledge. Bound by Tongqiu.
[Prominent Magical Watering Can]: Type: Special Item, Grade: Magical(Evolvable), Properties: No longer a normal watering can as it now not only refills itself every 10 minutes completely, but it even grants all kinds of flora a certain bonus when growing or producing, even evolving! Note: useless when using it towards items and existences of a higher grade than that of a mortal's.
x15 [Seeds of Life]: Type: Unique Item, Grade: Spiritual, Properties: Only a peak grade gardener can barely think of using these wonders of the world! Otherwise it will be the most devastating use of such a wondrous object. Plant them and receive in exchange incredible all types of flora, 15 different ones, that will go perfectly according to the user's needs. Bound by Tongqiu.
[Prominent Concocting Device]: Type: Special Item, Grade: Magical(Evolvable), Properties: The most precious type of tool that a gardener who hasn't gone through the shedding of their mortality can make the use of! It also has their own gyrator, centrifuge, spatula, collector, test and sample tubes for its own well intended use. Note: cannot create items of any kind that have reached a higher grade known to mortals. Bound by Tongqiu.
[Prominent Cauldron]: Type: Special Item, Grade: Spiritual(Evolvable), Properties: A grand profession cannot be a fully complete one where there is not a last point to master. The mastering of this type of gardener's tool is the key to becoming a high-end true Gardener in the universe! Note: this tool can only begin to be used when one reaches the peak grade of a gardener sub-class. Bound by Tongqiu.
There wasn't a small amount of items, for real; all this importance upon taking care of a garden within the task of a gardener itself made Tongqiu feel a bit stupid. How could he have not noticed before? Or even thought about it? The true essence of creating a garden wasn't just to have plants and grow them so that they can be plowed harvested and be done with it later on. Hell no!
A garden's use was to groom plants, herbs and whatnot; but not only for one's use but also to keep them safe, healthy and to help them them grow and even evolve! Well, at least in the game; and while there might be some items which can only be sowed once to be harvested once, there were many, many more whose leaves, stems, seeds and much more could be used instead of the entire item!
Like this, there was less and less waste of such precious items as well as the preserving a mass production of certain core important others! For example, the items that Tongqiu needs for concocting the Kindness and Benevolent Low-Potions were easy to get and buy, but there wasn't an unlimited amount, at least not now. And if he wanted to keep on creating more and more of these, he would need to take care of such core items for the process of concocting as well as grooming them and whatnot. Having a sub-class might as well be a mini-game that'd take lots of your playtime gaming inside Rising Essence, at least if one cared, of course.
*PING*... you've successfully concocted: Advanced Antidote, result is as follows: quantity: 11, quality: Top, difficulty: Advanced-Basic.
*PING*... you've successfully concocted: Kindness Low-Potion , result is as follows: quantity: 3, quality: Top, difficulty: Intermediate- Intermediate.
*PING*... you've successfully concocted: Benevolent Low-Potion , result is as follows: quantity: 4, quality: Top, difficulty: Intermediate-Intermediate.
*PING*... you've reached 'Advanced' grade with your gardener sub-class!
*PING*...as the first player in reaching advanced grade at the gardener sub-class, you'll receive 15% more of products everytime you concoct an item or harvest any item. Additionally, there will be a Leaderboard for all sub-classes once a total of 10 different sub-classes have reached the advanced grade.
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*PING*...you've successfully forged: Falling Rain Arrow, result is as follows: quantity: 42, quality: Top, difficulty: Low-Peak.
*PING*...you've successfully forged: Wind Connective Arrow, result is as follows: quantity: 39, quality: Top, difficulty: Intermediate-Basic.
*PING*... you've reached 'Advanced' grade with your blacksmith sub-class!
*PING*...as the first player in reaching advanced grade at the blacksmith sub-class, you'll receive 15% more of products everytime you forge any item. Additionally, there will be a Leaderboard for all sub-classes once a total of 10 different sub-classes have reached the advanced grade.
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Author's Note: Limit reached! Next chapter will be the tools for blacksmithing and miner sub-class. Please forgive the info dumps of tools, they will never be replaced nor plastered around like that in future chapters unless a big change has occurred to them when upgrading them, this doesn't mean every upgrade. And of course, they'll be hella important too!
