Chapter 62: Lucrative Magic Stones
Chapter 62: Lucrative Magic Stones
Under the dual effects of the Super Energy Potion and the Divine Blood Amber, Su Nan's meditation progress skyrocketed, and he successfully constructed his fifth Star Ring by mid-month.
His mental power also smoothly broke through the 18-point barrier.
After two months, the duration of the Super Energy Potion was nearing its end.
So, Su Nan synthesized another bottle of high-grade second-tier Super Energy Potion and took it, further boosting his meditation efficiency.
In a single day, his Star Ring Meditation Technique proficiency increased by nearly 700 points.
"Upgrading the sixth level of the Star Ring Meditation Technique requires 50,000 proficiency points. At this rate, it will take at least two and a half months."
"However, once I construct the sixth Star Ring, my mental power should break through the 20-point barrier."
Su Nan's thoughts flickered, and he summoned his status panel.
Su Nan Yanes, Human Male, 17 years old
Mental: 18.92 / Constitution: 14.21
Skills:
- Star Ring Meditation Technique Lv6 (21/50,000)
- Potion Making Lv3 (1,804/6,000)
- Biological Transformation Lv2 (526/3,000)
- Puppet Crafting Lv2 (2,371/3,000)
- Magic Item Crafting Lv1 (251/1,000)
Apart from the Star Ring Meditation Technique, the skill that had grown the fastest was Potion Making, which was far ahead of the others.
After all, Su Nan now made potions every day, stockpiling them for a while before handing them over to the Fire Fox Guild for sale, which was his primary source of income.
The second-fastest growing skill was Puppet Crafting.
Every month, he crafted dozens of Black Rock Leopards, and recently, he had even created ten Clay Golems, significantly boosting his proficiency.
Biological Transformation followed closely behind.
The Blood Replacement Plan for Hidden Dragon was still ongoing, providing a good amount of proficiency points each time.
To date, Hidden Dragon's Draconic Lizard bloodline concentration had reached nearly 40%.
Su Nan estimated that within a maximum of two years, Hidden Dragon's bloodline could advance to the Sub-Draconic stage.
It's worth noting that Su Nan had once considered extracting Amy's Spatial Traversal ability and replicating it into Hidden Dragon.
After all, the Spatial Traversal ability, combined with the Reality-Bending and Invisibility abilities, would undoubtedly cause a qualitative leap in Hidden Dragon's combat power, elevating it by several levels.
Even a Legendary Knight would be unable to withstand Hidden Dragon's ambush with the Spatial Traversal ability!
To this end, Su Nan tempted Amy with the synthesized Ice Mint, successfully convincing the little cat to cooperate with his experiment.
However, the results were disappointing, as multiple experiments failed.
Amy's Spatial Traversal ability was not derived from her bloodline but was a magical ability that awakened from the pet contract.
This type of ability, not being a bloodline ability, could not be inherited or replicated, even if Amy's bloodline was integrated into Hidden Dragon.
Su Nan had to temporarily set aside this enticing idea.
"However, although the Spatial Traversal ability is rare, there are races in the multiverse that possess similar bloodline abilities. Once I become a wizard, perhaps I can find a way to capture one and extract its bloodline ability to replicate it into Hidden Dragon."
Su Nan pondered to himself.
Among the four skills, the one that grew the slowest was Magic Item Crafting.
After all, apart from Runestones, he had hardly crafted any proper magic items.
"Speaking of which, crafting Lesser Magic Stones should also increase proficiency in this skill, right?"
Su Nan's thoughts stirred.
Both the Magic Item Workshop and the Puppet Factory required a Magic Energy Crystal Forge, which was powered by Magic Stones.
Before casting the Magic Energy Crystal Forge, he needed to synthesize the Magic Stones first.
Su Nan turned and walked into the laboratory.
With the tireless labor of the Clay Golems, the foundation of the base has been laid, and various buildings and facilities are starting to take shape.
It is estimated that the base construction will be completed in no more than two months.
After that, once the various magical arrays and mana transmission pipelines are installed, the base will be truly ready.
Standing at the workbench, Su Nan drew the array and placed a crystal the size of an egg in the center.
Despite its name, a magic stone is actually a gray crystal, also known as a magic crystal.
To create a lesser magic stone, a similar crystal must be used as the medium.
As Su Nan recited the incantation, the array glowed, and elemental magic flowed from the ley line nodes through the mana transmission pipelines into the array, finally converging into the crystal.
After about four or five minutes, the crystal transformed from transparent to a complete gray, acquiring a peculiar sheen.
Su Nan picked up the crystal and placed it into the synthesis cube.
[Lesser Magic Stone, Purity 99.36%, a crystalline body containing a small amount of mana.]
"Great, the purity is quite high."
Su Nan nodded in satisfaction and proceeded to manufacture over twenty more lesser magic stones. He stopped only when the energy-gathering array lost its effectiveness, then began synthesizing the magic stones.
By the time he placed the fifteenth lesser magic stone into the synthesis cube, the synthesis interface finally displayed the information for a magic stone.
[Magic Stone (Lower Grade), a crystalline body containing abundant mana.]
The cost of manufacturing a lesser magic stone includes only the crystal and the materials for drawing the array.
A single array can produce about twenty-seven lesser magic stones.
In the end, the cost of one lesser magic stone is around twelve silver coins.
A lower-grade magic stone costs about 180 silver coins, or less than two gold coins.
"Seems like in the 2.0 version of 'Era of Wizards,' a lower-grade magic stone can be exchanged for fifty to sixty gold coins in any country. By this calculation, my costs are a real bargain."
Su Nan weighed the magic stone in his hand.
Magic stones are the product of elemental tides, a rare mineral that possesses magical energy.
They are valuable materials for casting spells, props for setting up arrays, and can even be used to extract energy to restore expended mental power, making them extremely versatile.
Therefore, wizards often use magic stones as a form of hard currency.
With a low-cost method to synthesize magic stones, once the Era of Wizards arrives, he can instantly become a wealthy tycoon, purchasing various resources and magical items on a grand scale. The thought was exhilarating.
"Of course, that's assuming I can survive until a thousand years from now."
After calming his excitement, Su Nan put away the magic stone and continued manufacturing lesser magic stones.
A lower-grade magic stone can sustain the operation of a mana crystal forge for about an hour.
Considering that the base will have at least two mana crystal forges, he planned to stockpile around two to three hundred magic stones first.
"Unfortunately, my current mental power isn't enough to open an elemental channel. Otherwise, I could build an elemental pool and wouldn't need to consume so many magic stones."
An elemental pool is a more advanced energy supply device.
It can draw elemental energy from the elemental plane, providing a continuous and stable supply of infinite energy, far more efficiently than setting up mana transmission pipelines at ley line nodes.
A small elemental pool is sufficient to meet the basic needs of a wizard's tower.
However, only official wizards can open elemental channels, and Su Nan can only look on with envy for now.
"Better to focus on manufacturing magic stones."
With that, Su Nan immersed himself in the work of creating lesser magic stones.
As Su Nan was engrossed in manufacturing magic stones, a peculiar recruitment drive was sweeping through the entire Flashhold.
(End of Chapter)
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