Chương 67: Chapter 67: Another Broad Path
The month of Thunder passed like driftwood floating on a river, swirling away from people's sights.
The weather began to grow increasingly hot.
Not long after entering the month of Budding Flowers, Sunan successfully constructed the sixth star ring.
As he had anticipated, his mental attribute also broke through the 20 mark.
[Sunan Anest, Human Male]
[Mental Strength 20.36 / Constitution 15.45]
[Skills]
Star Ring Meditation Lv7 (21/80000)
Potion Making Lv4 (256/10000)
Biological Modification Lv2 (903/3000)
Puppet Crafting Lv2 (2822/3000)
Magic Item Manufacturing Lv1 (502/1000)
"80,000 proficiency points. It'll take over three months to upgrade."
Sunan nodded to himself.
One of the requirements for advancing to a level 3 wizard apprentice was to construct nine star rings.
He still needed three more.
At the current pace, if all went smoothly, he could complete this in two to three years.
After that, he would just need to increase his mental power.
"To boost my mental power, I'll just use the Nightmare Potion."
"The most crucial main material, the Bloodstained Mandrake, is already in hand. The remaining materials are being collected by the Fire Fox Trading Company; it's just a matter of time until I have everything."
During this period of intensive potion-making, Sunan's [Potion Making] skill had already reached level 4.
With this level of [Potion Making], he was now able to attempt crafting second-tier potions.
Notably, as his skill leveled up, the success rate for making lower-tier active potions and lower-tier Dragon Blood potions had also risen significantly, now exceeding 40%.
This increase in success rate further reduced potion costs and boosted profits, providing a much-needed respite for the financially strapped Sunan.
"The clay golems and stone golems have all been manufactured, so I don't need to spend too much time on golem crafting anymore."
Sunan had completed the ten clay golems and fifty stone golems needed for the base during this time.
Additionally, he manufactured thirty extra clay golems for Key to help establish a logistics unit.
"I've placed orders for Silver Moon Flower seeds and Red Vein Fruits with the Fire Fox Trading Company. It will take some time for them to arrive."
Sunan began to contemplate his next steps.
Aside from practicing and studying spells, he had only two main tasks ahead.
The first was to create steel golems.
A steel golem weighed over ten tons and needed to be made from at least an equal weight of pure steel.
The better the quality of the steel used, the stronger the resulting steel golem would be.
Sunan planned to use Blackstone Iron.
Blackstone Iron was lighter than fine iron of the same volume, allowing the steel golem to move more nimbly.
However, the Blackstone Iron in the warehouse had just run out, so he would need to wait for new supplies from Blackstone City before he could begin crafting the steel golem.
The second task was to create magic items.
Sunan flipped his wrist, and a book appeared in his palm.
**"Compendium of Low-tier Magic Items!"**
This book, left by Amy's master, contained over a hundred alchemical and faint-glow magic items, covering a wide variety.
While he had several magic items on hand, they were all alchemical-grade.
He intended to craft a few faint-glow magic items for himself, including at least one each of space-type, attack-type, and defense-type.
However, the difficulty of crafting faint-glow magic items was significantly higher than that of alchemical-grade items, and with his only level 1 [Magic Item Manufacturing] skill, his success rate was likely to be quite low.
"[Magic Item Manufacturing] is less than 500 proficiency points away from leveling up. I should start by crafting some alchemical-grade magic items for practice, which will also update my brother's equipment."
Sunan headed to the workshop and retrieved a long sword from a nearby weapon rack.
The rack held over a hundred weapons, including swords, spears, and halberds, all requested from Key.
He planned to use these weapons to try crafting magic-imbued weapons.
Magic-imbued weapons were a significant category of alchemical-grade magic items.
Their primary users were knights.
Many wizards would create magic-imbued weapons for the knights who followed them, enhancing their combat power.
Some wizards skilled in magic item crafting could even temporarily imbue their knights' weapons with magical properties during battle using silver, gold, and other metals.
This technique was often referred to as temporary magic-imbuement.
Sunan estimated that he would need to elevate [Magic Item Manufacturing] to at least level 4 to master this technique.
Placing the sword on the workbench, Sunan began preparing the materials.
Common materials for crafting magic items included various precious metals, gems, and magic stones.
Depending on the properties of the magic item, some special materials might also be required.
For example, crafting space-type magic items typically required Star Sand.
Crafting staves generally needed Mithril.
Magic-imbued weapons were simpler, requiring only basic materials without any additional ingredients.
As another alchemical-grade magic item, the difficulty of crafting magic-imbued weapons was lower than that of "traditional" magic items.
Under the bright light, silver ingots, gems, and magic stones melted in Sunan's hands, forming fine threads as he wove them into the sword's surface, leaving behind strange patterns.
A visible silver sheen gradually emerged from the sword's blade.
The entire process took over ten minutes.
As the last pattern was inscribed, the silver threads broke away from Sunan's fingertips, and the sword glimmered with a mysterious aura.
"Not bad, my skills haven't rusted!"
A smile crept across Sunan's face as he placed the sword into the cube.
[Magic-imbued Weapon (Alchemical-grade / Minor Magic Item), possesses the [Black Steel] property, significantly increasing hardness, making it less prone to damage, and reducing wear on attached fighting energy.]
The properties of alchemical-grade magic-imbued weapons typically included [Black Steel], [Sharpness], and [Bloodlight].
The better ones might include [Minor Elemental Damage] and [Energy Gathering].
The former could add minor elemental damage to the weapon.
The latter could enhance the power of fighting energy.
Generally, a magic-imbued weapon could only have one magical property attached.
Only exceptionally skilled wizards could manage to imbue multiple properties into a single magic-imbued weapon.
Of course, wizards at that level usually wouldn't bother with such tasks.
With that time, why not craft a faint-glow magic item instead?
In addition to these properties, magic-imbued weapons had a characteristic that wasn't exactly a property.
Due to the infusion of magical power, magic-imbued weapons had significantly enhanced compatibility with fighting energy compared to ordinary weapons.
This was reflected in the reduced additional costs when attaching fighting energy.
For this reason, even some failed magic-imbued weapons that couldn't attach properties remained popular among knights.
"By the way, can magic-imbued weapons with different properties be combined?"
An idea sparked in Sunan's mind.
If it worked, could he potentially create a magic-imbued weapon with dozens of properties?
With that thought, Sunan immediately began to experiment.
Over the next period, he crafted over twenty magic-imbued weapons.
The success rate was quite decent, averaging three successful attempts out of every five.
Each success yielded about twenty points of proficiency, and even failures provided seven to eight points.
After crafting more than twenty magic-imbued weapons, his [Magic Item Manufacturing] skill successfully reached level 2.
However, Sunan was disappointed to find that magic-imbued weapons with different properties could not be combined.
"That makes sense; magic-imbued weapons with different properties are essentially different items, so it's not surprising they can't be merged."
Magic-imbued weapons with the same properties, however, could be combined.
The resulting magic-imbued weapon would have enhanced effects.
For instance, Sunan used three long swords with [Sharpness] properties to create a long sword with a [Armor Piercing] property, easily breaking through the defenses of finely crafted armor with a single strike.
Although the rank remained unchanged as alchemical-grade, the sword's power was already on par with "traditional" magic items like the Blood Vine Ring and the Magic Coin.
"Since magic items with the same properties can be combined, I can definitely use alchemical-grade magic items to synthesize faint-glow magic items or even magic artifacts!"
Materials for faint-glow magic items were generally rare and difficult to find.
The materials for magic artifacts were even harder to come by.
In contrast, the materials for alchemical-grade magic items were much more common.
If he could synthesize faint-glow magic items or even magic artifacts using alchemical-grade items, it would undoubtedly save him a lot of effort.
Sunan's spirits lifted as he felt he had discovered yet another broad path.
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