Chapter 62: The Profitable Magic Stone
With the combined boost of the Super Ability Potion and Divine Blood Crystal, Su Nan’s meditation progress skyrocketed. He successfully constructed his fifth Star Ring by mid-month.
His spiritual power also smoothly broke through the 18 mark.
Two months had passed, and the duration of the Super Ability Potion was nearing its end.
Therefore, Su Nan synthesized another second-rank, top-grade Super Ability Potion and consumed it. His meditation efficiency further improved compared to before.
After a full day, the proficiency of the Star Ring Meditation Method increased by nearly 700 points.
“Leveling up the Star Ring Meditation Method to level 6 requires 50,000 proficiency points. At this rate, it’ll take at least two more months.”
“But once I construct the sixth Star Ring, my spiritual power should break through 20.”
Su Nan thought for a moment and brought up his panel.
【Spiritual 18.92/Physical 14.21】
【Skills】
Star Ring Meditation Method Lv6 (21/50000)
Potion Making Lv3 (1804/6000)
Creature Modification Lv2 (526/3000)
Puppetry Refining Lv2 (2371/3000)
Magic Item Creation Lv1 (251/1000)
Apart from the Star Ring Meditation Method, among the remaining four skills, Potion Making currently showed the fastest growth, with its level far ahead of the others.
After all, Su Nan made potions every day, accumulating them over time before delivering them to the Fire Fox Trading Company for sale. This was his main source of income at present.
Puppetry Refining came in second.
Every month, he would refine dozens of Blackrock Beasts. Recently, he had even refined ten Clay Magic Puppets, significantly increasing his proficiency.
Creature Modification followed closely behind.
The blood exchange plan for the Stealthy Dragon was still ongoing, providing plenty of proficiency for the Creature Modification skill every time.
To this day, the Dragon Lizard bloodline concentration in the Stealthy Dragon was nearly 40%.
Su Nan estimated that it would take at most two years for the Stealthy Dragon’s bloodline to evolve into a Sub-Dragon bloodline.
It was worth mentioning that Su Nan had actually considered extracting Amy’s spatial teleportation ability and replicating it onto the Stealthy Dragon.
After all, spatial teleportation ability complemented the skills of Reality Conversion and Invisibility very well.
Combined, these three skills could absolutely cause a qualitative change in the Stealthy Dragon’s combat strength, elevating it by several levels.
Even legendary knights wouldn’t be able to withstand the surprise attacks of a Stealthy Dragon wielding spatial teleportation!
To that end, Su Nan used the synthesized Frozen Peppermint to tempt Amy, successfully convincing the little kitty to cooperate with his experiment.
However, the result was unfortunately unsuccessful, as repeated experiments failed.
Amy’s spatial teleportation ability was ultimately not rooted in bloodline but a magical technique-like ability awakened through the Magical Companion Contract. Ṝ
This ability was not a bloodline ability. Even if Amy’s bloodline was extracted and infused into the Stealthy Dragon, it wouldn’t be inherited or replicated.
Su Nan had no choice but to temporarily put this tempting idea on hold.
“Although spatial teleportation ability is quite rare, there are races in the multiverse that possess similar bloodline abilities. Once I become a Wizard, I can try to capture one and extract its bloodline ability to replicate it onto the Stealthy Dragon.”
Su Nan pondered inwardly.
Among the four skills, Magic Item Creation was the slowest to progress.
After all, aside from rune gems, he had hardly created any genuine magic items.
“Speaking of which, creating Secondary Magic Stones should increase proficiency for this skill, right?”
Su Nan’s mind stirred.
Both the Magic Item Workshop and Puppet Factory required a Magic Energy Crystal Forging Furnace, and this thing’s energy source was magic stones.
Before forging a Magic Energy Crystal Forging Furnace, he had to synthesize the magic stones first.
Su Nan turned and entered the laboratory.
Under the tireless work of the Clay Magic Puppet, the base’s foundation had been laid, and various building facilities were taking shape.
It was estimated that the base construction would be completed in at most two months.
After that, he only needed to lay down various formations and magic energy transmission pipelines, and the base would be truly finished.
Standing in front of the workbench, Su Nan drew a formation, then placed a crystal the size of an egg at the center.
Although the name “Magic Stone” contained the word “stone,” it was actually a gray crystal.
Therefore, it was also known as a Magic Crystal Stone.
To create a Secondary Magic Stone, a similar crystal had to be used as the carrier.
As Su Nan chanted an incantation, the formation lit up with light. Elemental magic surged forth from the earth vein node, flowing into the formation through the magic energy transmission pipelines, finally converging into the crystal.
After about four or five minutes, the crystal completely transformed from transparent to gray, acquiring a peculiar luster.
Su Nan picked up the crystal and placed it in the Magic Cube.
【Secondary Magic Stone, purity 99.36%, a crystal containing a small amount of magic energy.】
“Not bad, the purity is quite high.”
Su Nan nodded in satisfaction, then proceeded to create another twenty or so Secondary Magic Stones. He only stopped when the drawn energy gathering formation completely lost its function, and began to synthesize the Magic Stone.
It wasn’t until the fifteenth Secondary Magic Stone was added that information about the Magic Stone finally appeared on the synthesis interface.
【Magic Stone (Lower Grade), a crystal containing rich magic energy.】
The cost of creating a Secondary Magic Stone was only the crystal and the materials used to draw the formation.
One formation could create about twenty-seven Secondary Magic Stones.
Ultimately, the cost of a single Secondary Magic Stone was roughly twelve silver coins.
The cost of a single Lower Grade Magic Stone was 180 silver coins, less than two gold coins.
“Apparently in the 2.0 version of 【The Age of Wizards】, a single Lower Grade Magic Stone can be exchanged for fifty to sixty gold coins in any country. Based on this, my cost is simply ridiculously profitable.”
Su Nan weighed the Magic Stone in his hand.
Magic Stones were a byproduct of the Elemental Tide, a rare mineral possessing magic power.
They were rare spellcasting materials, props for setting up formations, and could also be used to extract energy and replenish depleted spiritual power. Their applications were incredibly wide-ranging.
Therefore, wizards often used Magic Stones as hard currency.
With this low-cost method of synthesizing Magic Stones, once the Age of Wizards arrived, he could instantly transform into a wealthy tycoon, massively purchasing various resources and magic items. The thought was exhilarating.
“That is, if I can survive to the next millennium.”
After calming his emotions, Su Nan put away the Magic Stone and continued making Secondary Magic Stones.
A single Lower Grade Magic Stone could power a Magic Energy Crystal Forging Furnace for about an hour.
Considering that he would have at least two Magic Energy Crystal Forging Furnaces in the future, he planned to stockpile two to three hundred Magic Stones first.
“It’s a pity that my current spiritual power is not 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 was a higher-level energy supply device.
It could draw elemental energy from the elemental plane, providing a steady and infinite supply of energy, far more efficient than setting up magic energy transmission pipelines at the earth vein node.
A small elemental pool could meet the basic needs of a wizard’s tower.
However, opening an elemental channel was something that could only be done by official wizards. Su Nan could only look on with envy for now.
“Better to just grind out Magic Stones honestly.”
Dismissing his thoughts, Su Nan buried himself in the task of creating Secondary Magic Stones.
As Su Nan immersed himself in the grind, a unique recruitment activity that swept across the entire Shining Light Territory was in full swing.