The Synthesis Wizard

Chapter 9 Black Stone Mining Area

Ten days later.

In the meditation room, Sunan sat cross-legged on the floor.

In the void invisible to other people's eyes, countless energy particles seemed to be attracted by invisible forces, scrambling to sink into his body.

Deep in the sea of ​​consciousness, most of the star ring has become substantial, leaving only the last bit that still has an illusory texture.

And with the continuous filling of energy particles, this last bit of phantom disappeared visibly to the naked eye.

When the last phantom materialized, the entire star ring suddenly shone brightly and trembled slightly.

Su Nan suddenly felt a clear sound in his mind, and his spirit suddenly became clear.

"Success!"

Sunan opened her eyes, with a heartfelt smile of joy on her face.

It took nearly half a year since I started practicing the star ring meditation method, and I finally built the first star ring.

After recovering from the joy, Sunan immediately looked at the panel.

[Spirit 3.60/Physique 3.25]

"Spirit has increased by 0.78, and physical fitness has also increased by 0.31!"

Sunan nodded with satisfaction.

Even with the assistance of secondary active potions, he would have to meditate for almost a month to gain so much mental power.

The improvement brought about by the construction of the star ring is indeed very significant.

In terms of physical fitness, Sunan is now superior to the trainee knights.

However, it is still far from the 8-point physical fitness required by the official knight standard.

After all, he didn't practice breathing techniques.

"If I practice the breathing method now, my progress shouldn't be much slower."

Breathwork and physical fitness complement each other.

The faster you progress in breathing techniques, the faster your physical fitness will increase.

The reverse is also true.

With Sunan's current physique, he might be able to master the breathing technique in just a month.

But that being said, he didn't intend to do that.

Wizards have many ways to strengthen their physiques, so there is no need to waste time and energy practicing breathing techniques.

With this kind of effort, it is better to brush up on the learning progress of spells or skills.

Su Nan thought and opened the spell list.

【Mage's Hand】

【Sleeping Curse】

[Acid splash]

[Flash Technique]

Thanks to the beneficial effect of the secondary active potion, his efficiency in learning spells has increased several times.

In just two months, not only did he successfully master the sleeping spell, he also learned the acid splashing and flashing techniques.

I am currently learning the lockpicking technique.

"Most of the areas of knowledge involved in wizards are extremely profound and require a lot of time to master."

"This is also the main reason why many well-qualified wizard apprentices have to spend hundreds of years to be promoted to wizards."

“However, as long as there are sufficient resource support, this time can be greatly shortened.”

Sunan sighed secretly.

The Starlight Continent was abandoned precisely because the elements were withered and the resources were barren, leaving the wizards with no hope of improving their power.

If he didn't have the golden finger of synthesizing the Rubik's Cube, it would be a fool's errand to be promoted to a wizard in today's Starlight Continent.

"The level 2 star ring meditation method upgrade requires 3,000 proficiency points, which takes almost four months."

"If you can keep a constant supply of secondary active potions, you can be promoted to a second-class wizard apprentice in at most two years."

Sunan estimated that the cost of making a bottle of secondary active potion is about twelve gold coins.

If you become more proficient later, you should be able to reduce it to about ten gold coins.

That's twenty gold coins a month.

"It seems that Black Rock City's monthly tax revenue is only forty or fifty gold coins. This expense is not small."

Su Nan has thought about synthesizing a secondary active potion, which might be able to greatly improve the effect of the potion. Unfortunately, with the current income level of Black Rock City, he is not allowed to purchase a large amount of materials at one time to produce enough secondary active potions.

"Let's discuss it with elder brother."

Sunan stood up and walked out of the meditation room.

He met old Geller on the road. After asking, he learned that Key was in the study, so he turned around and went straight to the study.

However, when he found Key in the study, he found that the latter was also sighing and looking sad.

Looking up and seeing Sunan, Keyi calmed down his sorrow and asked, "It's you, Sunan. You have locked yourself in the yard for many days. How come you can't let it go today?"

"Brother, I have something to discuss with you."

Su Nan got straight to the point and talked directly about purchasing materials.

After hearing this, Ke Yi had a wry smile on his face.

"There are still more than fifty gold coins in the account. I originally planned to use them to purchase armor. Since you want to use them, I will give them to you first."

Sunan glanced at Keyi and thought of his worried look just now, and suddenly understood.

"Is the territory short of money now?"

Key didn't hide anything, and sighed and said: "The number of knights in the territory has increased a lot recently, and the food expenses have increased significantly. We will start farming again next month, and we have to spend money to buy tools and seeds. The expenses are indeed quite a lot. ”

"Is there any way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure?"

"It's impossible to save money. If the territory wants to develop, it's impossible to save money. Whether it's arming the army or developing the economy, gold coins are indispensable."

Key had always wanted to gain strength and take back the Shining Territory, so naturally he couldn't let it go to waste.

"As for open source, I have an idea. I plan to restart the Blackstone Mining Area!"

Blackstone mining area?

Sunan's expression changed slightly.

He remembered that Blackstone City used to be famous for producing blackstone iron.

Blackstone iron is a high-quality metal that can be as hard as fine iron after simple refining. It is a good material for forging armor and weapons.

The name Black Rock City also comes from this.

It is precisely because of Blackstone Iron that Blackstone City has become one of the most prosperous cities in Jinyan Province.

It was only later that something unexpected happened, causing the Blackstone Mining Area to be abandoned, and Blackstone City gradually declined.

"Speaking of which, why was the Black Stone Mining Area abandoned in the first place?" Su Nan asked doubtfully.

Without special reasons, the previous lords of Black Rock City would never give up a money tree that could continuously produce gold coins.

"According to the veterans in the city, it's because a monster appeared in the mining area."

"monster?"

Key was already prepared. He took out a piece of parchment and spread it out on the table.

What is painted on it is a completely black leopard, but the stone lines are clearly visible on the body, and it exudes a metallic luster. It looks like a creature made entirely of gold and stone.

"The previous lord called this kind of monster an iron-eating beast. They feed on black stone iron ore, and their bodies are as hard as black stone iron. Each one has a combat power comparable to that of a junior knight, making it very difficult to deal with."

"Are there many such monsters?" Sunan asked.

Although the knight-level monsters were terrifying, they were not intimidating to previous lords.

If it doesn't work, just spend a few hundred gold coins to hire a great knight to solve the problem.

Unless there are too many monsters, or there are other reasons.

As expected, I heard Keyi continue: "There are not many monsters, probably only twenty or thirty. The key is that the iron-swallowing beast is very cunning. Once it sees that the situation is not going well, it will crawl into the rock wall and escape. It is very fast. Even the great knight can't stop it."

"If these monsters are not cleaned up, the mining area will not be able to operate normally."

A monster that can burrow into the ground?

Sunan raised his eyebrows, this was indeed difficult to deal with.

—Of course, only relative to ordinary people.

"If that's the case, it's not like there's no solution."

The words that came out of Sunan's mouth made Keyi startled. It took him a while to react and stood up in surprise.

"Do you have a way to deal with the iron-eating beast?"

Sunan muttered: "You can try it."

Although Sunan did not make a 100% guarantee, Keyi was overjoyed.

You must know that what worries him most during this period is gold coins. If the black stone mining area can be restarted, all problems will be solved!

(End of chapter)