Chapter 333: Chapter 202: Soul Mystery: Unextinguished Fire, Chain Blade - Call of the Underworld_2
[You have possessed the shell of ’Seeker of Knowledge - Primordial Hermit’!]
[Do you want to craft equipment for the current shell?]
Lin Xun pondered for a while and decided to craft an appropriate weapon for the Primordial Hermit.
The Primordial Hermit has two forms-- a Little Dragon and a colossal dragon, Lin Xun wasn’t sure what ’Book of Crafting’ would come up with for a weapon.
[Based on the materials you possess, generating crafting blueprints...]
[’Colorful Poison Powder Gland’ + ’Astral Corpse Corrosive Acid Pouch’ + ’Tentacle of the Giant Monster Overlord’ + ’Black Thorn Demon’s Spine’ + ’Stinging Snake’s Corrosive Spine’ +’Legendary Thunder Beast Mammoth’s Tusk’ + ’Umbilical Cord of the Melting Mountain Phantom Demon’ (Not Owned)]
[Based on these materials, it will cost155000 Spirit Points to craft a weapon suitable for this shell. The crafted weapon will be of ’Epic+ Level’.]
"...The crafting cost is really high."
Lin Xun complained. The cost of crafting an Epic+ Level weapon was equivalent to that of several Epic-level armors.
Generally, the value of a weapon in the game exceeded that of armor by a large margin, with weapons of the same level often being one to two times more expensive...
This inspired Lin Xun to think about earning money by crafting equipment for others as a blacksmith.
As far as he knew, there were no Apostles in the organization who had learned blacksmithing skills, and due to game restrictions, no one could obtain a shell with blacksmith-related features.
"However, I would need the other Apostles to hand over the blueprints and valuable materials to me so that the blacksmith can craft."
"This would require the organization to guarantee...With me still being a nobody, this kind of money-making deal could easily attract attention. If there are spies from New World within the organization, the risks of exposing oneself could be unthinkable."
After much hesitation, Lin Xun finally abandoned this enticing idea.
There are other safer ways to make money... The day of the Ceremony of Dedication in the New World was approaching, and he could soon become Wencheng’s representative. At that time, skimming profits would be a breeze.
After obtaining weapon blueprints for free, he made a beeline for the ’Book of Trade’.
If he could find a skill book for the blacksmith that could enhance his crafting skills, he could get his crafting costs reduced once more.
However, he was likely to fail this time...
Lin Xun spent a long time searching through the Book of Trade but didn’t find any skill books related to crafting. There were only a few ’Scrolls of Forging Skills Enhancement’ of very low quality listed, and they hadn’t been sold for a long time.
"Well, these scrolls can only enhance skills that have been learned, so they are not very useful for Apostles. It’s normal that they don’t sell well because of the low transaction volume. At most, they can be used as gifts for NPCs..."
"It seems that you have to pay the crafting cost to craft a weapon..."
He searched for the crafting material named ’Umbilical Cord of the Melting Mountain Phantom Demon’.
There were only a few pieces of this material listed in the Book of Trade, with the lowest price tag of 140,000 Spirit Points.
Lin Xun thought about it for a while before buying it.
There was a ton of useless equipment in the inventory. The highest quality among them were the Bachelor’s Rare+ Level weapon and Magic Robe, and the rest were junk equipment belonging to bachelors and scholars.
The Epic-level ’Magic Pre-stored Jewelry’ was useful, so Lin Xun didn’t want to sell it.
He attempted to list the Bachelor’s ’Advanced Spellcasting Ring’ and ’Academy Bachelor Robe’ on the ’Book of Trade’.
The suggested price given by the game was 30,000 and 10,000 respectively, slightly lower than he expected.
As an ’experienced’ Apostle who was about to enter a five-difficulty zone, Lin Xun had already got an idea of the general price of low-quality equipment.
The price of Rare+ Level weapons is as high as 50,000, so 30,000 would be the lowest selling price.
"This equipment is not bad, and the gear for mages is usually more expensive than that for warriors, so why is the valuation so low..."
Lin Xun suddenly noticed the detailed description of the two pieces of equipment, instantly realizing the reason.
The amplifying effect and resistance of both pieces of equipment were relevant to ’Knowledge Class Skills’, which were exclusive to the Omniscient World.
There were no ’Knowledge Class Skills’ in other game Chapters, so the practical value of these two pieces of equipment was greatly reduced, making it understandable for them to be cheap.
He decided to list all the surplus equipment in his inventory.
"I’m about to be ruthlessly exploited for a fortune by the game. It wouldn’t be excessive to sell some equipment to recover some costs, would it?"
Listed all at once, if all of these pieces of equipment sell at the listed price, he could make close to 120,000 Spirit Points.
Then he returned to the ’Book of Crafting’ and paid the Spirit Points to craft the weapon.
[Equipment making in progress...]
[Equipment successfully made!]
Unlike a blacksmith’s hammering here and there, the Book of Trade’s forging function shows the success of the creation instantly.
[You have obtained ’Chainblade──Call of the Underworld’ (Epic+ Level Weapon)!]
[’Chainblade──Call of the Underworld’ (Epic+ Level Weapon): A powerful weapon created with the body made by forging ’Stinging Snake’s Corrosive Spine’ + ’Legendary Thunder Beast Mammoth’s Tusk Blade’, imbuing the essence of ’Colorful Poison Powder Gland’ + ’Astral Corpse Corrosive Acid Pouch’ on the blade, and the muscle locked chain that is intertwined by ’Giant Monster Overlord’s Tentacle’ and ’Black Thorn Demon’s Spine’, possesses an extremely strong corrosive poison attribute.]
[The bizarre power extracted from the ’Giant Monster Overlord’s Tentacle’ gives this Chainblade an incredible magical ability.]
[Equipment Special Effect──Serpent Touch: Chainblade is a very difficult weapon to use, however, this Chainblade has an abnormal instinctive consciousness within its flesh and bone lock chain which can help the user to perfectly adapt to this weapon.]
[When the flesh and bone lock chain withstands an irresistible pull, it will not be damaged, the instinctive consciousness will autonomously retract the Chainblade.]
[’Melting Mountain Phantom Demon’s Umbilical Cord’ gives this weapon two forms.]
[The first is a Chainblade form with the flesh and bone lock chain rooted in the user’s arms. If the holder possesses a toxic bloodstream, it will enhance the weapon’s attack power.]
[The second is the Call of the Underworld form, when the holder uses transformation skills, the Chainblade will turn into ’Call of the Underworld’ rooted in the user’s back, becoming a colossal crossbow.]
Lin Xun was stunned.jpg
From this long weapon description, he could only make out the words "amazing".
If he had to guess the quality of this weapon without seeing the Epic+ level quality following it,
He would definitely think this weapon was of Legendary Grade.
Lin Xun hurriedly placed the weapon on the Book of Trade, letting Hell Game appraise its weight.
Hell Game immediately gave the suggested top price of one million for the Epic+ Level weapon.
"That means, if I put the Chainblade on the auction channel for sale, or let it be internalized by the organization, the price of the weapon would float up even further..."
"Shit! I’m becoming a blacksmith! Even Jesus can’t stop me, I tell you!"
Lin Xun rarely curses.
He lit a cigarette before finally calming down.
To become a qualified blacksmith, ’The Fallen Blacksmith’ clearly couldn’t bear the responsibility.
The priority was to find a strong blacksmith shell to implement his grand vision.
Moved the weapon to the Primordial Hermit’s equipment column.
[You equipped ’Chainblade──Call of the Underworld’ (Epic+ Level Weapon)!]
[You have become more powerful!]
Hermit’s shell compatibility is 83%, as long as he can level up his soul talent twice more, this shell will have over 100% compatibility. Even without ingesting Dragon Clan’s blood, it will be of the same quality as an Earth Giant and staring at the chairman.
If he could find the Dragon Clan in the next Chapters, the potential of this shell would be unlimited.
Lin Xun opened the item column, the ’Newborn Egg of the Deformed Monster’ was still digesting, and had not yet released its Divinity.
The remaining few ingredients were ’Source of Crystal Stone’, ’Son of Stars’ Slime’, ’Starlit Shell’ and ’Legendary Thunder Beast Mammoth’s Chitin Shell’.
The ’Book of Craftsmen’ showed that these ingredients were biased towards armors, but they were not suitable for making armors because of their insufficient quantity.
It suggested that he collect more materials before forging equipment.
The Son of Stars’ material quality is too high, and the ’Source of Crystal Stone’ is too low to participate in the forging. (The Source of Crystal Stone is from the world of the Blood Sun, exploded from the ’Crystal Puppet’ in the tomb of the master assassin Aegio.)
Lin Xun thought for a while and decided not to rush to make armor.
The ’Son of Stars’, even though it was an expended low-level divinity, the materials it dropped were still of divine nature and couldn’t be combined with ordinary ones for forging naturally.
In the item column, there is also ’Starlit Shell’, which can be used for equipment awakening, a perfect match for this material.
Right now, there are more than fifty thousand spirits in the pouch, naturally he needs to spend it on strengthening himself.
He casually put the too low-quality ’Source of Crystal Stone’ up for sale as well.
