Learning to play games, a 40-year-old woman achieves a remarkable turnaround.

After finishing her day at school, Yuan Baoya returned home, ate dinner, and then obediently said goodbye to her parents, saying she was going back to her room to study.

After she returned to her room and carefully locked the door, she entered the space.

As soon as she entered the space, her gaze was drawn to the thriving seedlings in the fields.

The tender green seedlings swayed gently in the breeze, as if waving to her, or like little piggy banks, carrying her hopes for wealth.

Yuan Baoya looked at them, feeling quite pleased with herself, and muttered to herself, "These are all small change."

She quickly opened the system notification to check the sales status of her farm harvest in Yi City. To her surprise, she was overjoyed to see that the income column showed a total of over 4 yuan.

Looking at the balance again, it had become 41,700 yuan.

After some thought, Yuan Baoya decided that she could buy the first and second volumes of the beginner's TCM skills book now.

She has always been a decisive person, and with this in mind, she quickly confirmed the purchase in the online store without saying a word, and then clicked to use it.

In an instant, Yuan Baoya felt as if a door to knowledge had opened in her mind, and a wise old man with a white beard appeared in it, quickly explaining and demonstrating the professional knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine.

From identification methods and harvesting techniques for various medicinal materials to their pharmacological effects, the distribution and direction of acupoints and meridians in the human body, the unique functions of some acupoints, and various prescriptions, the content is incredibly rich.

This lecture took about fifteen minutes. Although it contained a lot of information and would take some time to digest, Yuan Baoya already felt she had gained a lot.

At this moment, she was pleasantly surprised to find that several basic pills and formulas from the alchemy books she had read before had now been integrated with the traditional Chinese medicine knowledge she had just learned and turned into color.

In an instant, the medicinal materials, detailed steps, and operational techniques required to refine these pills flashed through her mind like a movie.

Upon closer inspection, a prompt automatically appeared next to the medicinal herbs, indicating that they could be collected from the Mysterious Cave in the side challenge quest.

Yuan Baoya immediately became interested. Full of curiosity and eager to try, she asked 9 Tong, "9 Tong, do you think my current strength is enough to explore that mysterious cave?"

9. Tong's calm voice rang out, offering objective advice: "My lord, with your current attributes and equipment, there is some risk involved. However, gathering some medicinal herbs near the cave entrance should be feasible."

Yuan Baoya was already eager for adventure, and after hearing what 9 Tong said, she couldn't contain herself any longer and immediately started walking towards the back mountain.

"My lord, if you want to go to the mysterious cave in the back mountain, you can open the micro map in the upper right corner and directly select the destination. This way, it will automatically take you there via the shortest route! Some areas are not yet open, so using this method will prevent you from getting lost." System 9 provided a timely and thoughtful tip.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Baoya was overjoyed and said affectionately, "Mwah, my dear little 9!" For her, a complete novice at games, 9 Tong was truly like an all-knowing and considerate little assistant. Over time, she had developed a deep dependence on 9 Tong.

Following the instructions provided by System 9, Yuan Baoya quickly arrived at the mysterious cave.

She stood at the entrance of the cave and peered inside. All she could see was darkness, like the bottomless maw of a giant beast. She couldn't see anything, and the cave exuded an air of mystery.

The cave entrance was surrounded by weeds that rustled in the breeze, making the place seem both mysterious and somewhat terrifying.

However, Yuan Baoya had no intention of going in. She began to wander around the cave entrance, her eyes scanning the area like a scanner.

Before long, she discovered the Buddleja officinalis flower, which was described in ancient books as being used to refine basic medicinal herbs.

The budding flowers here grow incredibly lush, clustered together in clumps and tufts. The small sepals and corollas on the branches are tightly packed into conical umbels, some white and some pale purple. They sway their slender "waists" gently in the breeze, as if dancing gracefully, while also emitting a faint fragrance that lingers on the nose, making people feel refreshed and relaxed.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Baoya quickly began to collect the Buddleja flowers.

Although her movements weren't exactly skillful, she was extremely focused, and in no time she had collected quite a lot.

At this moment, the system notification sounded, informing her that her gathering skill had been upgraded to level 2.

Curious, Yuan Baoya opened the package to check and saw that the stock of Buddleja officinalis was 50. She immediately understood that she could level up when the collection reached 50.

Upon closer inspection, she noticed two more delicately shaped pastries next to her. Curious, she clicked on them to view them, and the name displayed was "Mandarin Duck Rolls." Below was a line of small print explaining that they were items that came with the system of collecting Buddleja officinalis flowers, which could be simply understood as a gift from the system.

Yuan Baoya couldn't help but laugh, thinking to herself, "Hmm! It's a gift from the system, no problem, this is quite interesting."

She examined the effects of the Mandarin Duck Rolls more closely and discovered that this stuff could help restore one-fifth of one's Qi and blood in a short period of time.

Moreover, these Mandarin Duck Rolls can actually be sold at the market, with one set costing over 5,000 yuan. This surprised Yuan Baoya greatly. She silently calculated that now that she had two sets, the two sets together would be worth over 10,000 yuan.

Look at those budding flowers again. Although they don't sell for much individually, only 100 yuan each, the quantity is plentiful. Isn't this another way to get rich?

Yuan Baoya was overjoyed and even more motivated, and continued collecting.

This time, she collected another 100 Buddleja flowers, and the system notified her again that her gathering skill had been upgraded to level 3. At the same time, she also collected 5 more Mandarin Duck Scrolls.

Yuan Baoya also discovered that the collection speed was significantly faster after the upgrade, and she was secretly pleased with herself, feeling that she had made a great gain.

She wasn't about to give up, and continued to huff and puff as she collected the materials, just like a busy little bee, thoroughly enjoying herself.

When 200 were collected, the system notified that the gathering skill had been successfully upgraded to level 4, and 11 more Mandarin Duck Scrolls had been collected.

As Yuan Baoya collected resources, she pondered the upgrade pattern, thinking, "The next upgrade will probably require collecting 400 units, then 800, and then 1600. The required amount increases with each upgrade, but the collection speed should also be faster at higher levels." She thought her idea was quite plausible, but she still wanted to confirm it with 9 Tong.

So she asked, "Is my thinking correct? Will it take more time to upgrade later?"

The system quickly replied, "My lord, yes. But you can use points to level up quickly."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Baoya's eyes lit up, and she quickly asked, "Use points to level up quickly? Tell me more about it."

9 patiently explained, "Alright, my lord. Life skills include: gathering, fishing, alchemy, cooking, and crafting."

"The level cap for gathering, fishing, alchemy, and cooking is 70, while the level cap for crafting is 20. From level 1 to 10, each level requires 10 points; from level 11 to 20, each level requires 20 points; from level 21 to 30, each level requires 30 points, and so on."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Baoya suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Oh, I understand now. So besides earning money, we also need to earn more points."