Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Synthesizing Faint-Glow Level Items
The magic stone lamps cast a warm glow, illuminating the entire workshop as brightly as daylight.
After successfully synthesizing the magic stones, Sunan promptly replaced all the lighting fixtures in the base with magic stone lamps.
Compared to torches and oil lamps, magic stone lamps provided a more stable and brighter light.
They also consumed very little energy, with a single magic stone able to power the lamp for over half a year.
Similarly, the alcohol lamps used for potion-making were also replaced with more precise burning lamps powered by magic stones.
Thanks to this upgrade, Sunan noticed an increase in his potion-making success rates by several percentage points.
Under the bright light, Sunan focused intently as he examined the ring in his palm, a pleased smile on his face.
After the materials he had commissioned from the Fire Fox Trading Company arrived, he immediately began crafting magic items.
The first item was, of course, a space-type magic item.
Following his plan, Sunan manufactured seven alchemical-grade space rings in one go and combined them all together, successfully synthesizing faint-glow level space rings.
[Space Ring (Faint-Glow Level / Low Magic Item), contains 5 cubic meters of storage space. Items placed inside are unaffected by the passage of time, but living beings cannot be stored within.]
Alchemical-grade space rings only had a capacity of 0.5 cubic meters and did not have the effect of pausing the passage of time for preservation.
However, after synthesizing the faint-glow level space ring, the capacity increased to ten times the original size, and it also gained the effect of pausing time for preservation, making it significantly stronger than the alchemical-grade space ring.
"I won't have to keep taking things in and out of the magic cube anymore."
Sunan slipped the space ring onto his finger and nodded in satisfaction.
"Next, I need to create attack-type and defense-type faint-glow level magic items."
Choosing a defense-type magic item was easy; the "Compendium of Low-Tier Magic Items" contained crafting methods for protective rings. Sunan could easily create a few and then synthesize them.
As for the attack-type magic item, after deep consideration, Sunan opted for an alchemical-grade item called the Frost Burst Necklace.
Its effect was to unleash a shockwave of extreme cold centered around the user, dealing ice damage to a ten-meter radius and applying a freezing slow effect.
It offered both damage and crowd control!
A win-win situation!
However, unlike the space rings, which were sufficient in number, attack-type and defense-type magic items were better if their power was maximized.
Thus, Sunan planned to create a few more, attempting to synthesize higher-powered faint-glow level magic items.
He aimed to stay just shy of the threshold required to break through to a magic artifact.
After all, to control and use a magic artifact, one needed a mental power level equivalent to that of a formal wizard.
"In that case, I will need to synthesize quite a few items."
Sunan took a deep breath and focused his energy on continuing to craft magic items.
In the year 1251 of the Starry Calendar.
Just a few days after the New Year celebrations, the first batch of Dragon Blood Fruits ripened.
Sunan promptly gathered a group of soldiers to consume the Dragon Blood Fruits and test their effects.
The results were quite satisfying.
The enhanced physical conditioning effect of the Dragon Blood Fruit was roughly equivalent to one-third of a low-tier Dragon Blood potion.
This level of enhancement was already impressive.
After all, the monthly production of lower-tier Dragon Blood potions in Shimmering City was still under twenty bottles, while the Dragon Blood Fruits could yield over a thousand in just three months, translating to a monthly production equivalent to more than a hundred lower-tier Dragon Blood potions.
The yield had increased by more than five times!
This production level was more than enough to supply the current military forces of Shimmering City.
Even if Shimmering City expanded its military in the future, it wouldn't be a problem since the yield of Dragon Blood Fruits could keep increasing as long as the planting scale was expanded.
However, the prerequisite for this was to have enough apprentices to tend to the cultivation.
That issue would require time to resolve.
While the [Level One Summon Monster] spell could increase the number of helpers, the unpredictability was too high.
After attempting several hundred times, he had finally summoned Gree, who was a perfect fit.
Relying on this method to find enough helpers would also take a long time.
"The key is to attract them to stay."
Gree was an immortal race; her long life provided her ample time and interest to experience everything that piqued her curiosity.
Thus, when Sunan summoned her and offered the position of warehouse manager, she immediately showed genuine interest and agreed without much hesitation.
Her compensation was modest, only three magic stones per month.
According to Gree, witnessing the growth of a group of young wizard apprentices was quite an interesting endeavor.
Sunan suspected that "young wizard apprentices" included not just Sherman and the others but likely himself as well.
In addition to the Dragon Blood Fruits, the cultivation of Silver Moon Flowers was also very promising.
Since they had been planted early on, the Silver Moon Flowers had already been harvested twice.
The essence extracted from the improved Silver Moon Flowers had significantly enhanced effects compared to before, greatly reducing the cost of synthesizing super potions.
Because of this, Sunan was able to provide excess lower-tier active potions to the three apprentices.
After assigning the tasks of caring for magical plants and extracting the essence of Silver Moon Flowers to the three little ones, Sunan found himself considerably relieved, freeing up more time for other work.
Notably, just recently, all three apprentices had successfully constructed their first star rings.
Sherman was the fastest, taking just over seven months.
A significant portion of that success was attributed to the lower-tier active potions.
Sunan himself had only used Silver Moon Flower essence when he first entered the Star Ring Meditation Method, and its effects were far inferior to those of the lower-tier active potions.
In comparison, the three little ones were undoubtedly luckier, having potion assistance from the beginning of their training.
However, during his own training, Sunan had constructed his first star ring in just six months.
From this perspective, the three little ones' aptitudes were not as high as his.
The second to construct a star ring was Corey, taking nearly eight months, just a week or so behind Sherman.
Lastly, Adil took around nine months.
After successfully forming their first star rings, the three apprentices had now begun learning zero-circle spells.
However, Sunan estimated that it might take them about half a year to master their first spell.
This was still under the benefit of the lower-tier active potion.
After all, they didn't have a panel or other shortcuts to rapidly learn spells.
Recalling the panel, Sunan took a quick glance at it.
His Star Ring Meditation Method had now risen to level 9, and he had constructed eight star rings, with just one left to go.
As he had suspected, the proficiency required to upgrade the 9th-level Star Ring Meditation Method had skyrocketed to 200,000.
Based on his calculations, it would take at least another six months to break through.
His mental power stood at 23.88.
Once he constructed the ninth star ring, it would likely increase to around 25.
"The higher I go, the harder it is to increase my mental power."
"To quickly advance to a level 3 wizard apprentice, I really need to rely on the Nightmare Potion."
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