Bloodvine Ring, Spirit Nourishing Grass

With a sigh, Su Nan shook his head and didn’t think much more about it.

No matter what, he had the Synthesis Cube and Player Panel, two golden fingers, and would never end up like Anger McLean.

Putting down the diary, Su Nan picked up another one.

To his surprise, the content of this diary was actually Anger McLean’s Blackrock Panther experimental records.

It detailed the process of refining the Blackrock Panther.

“With this experimental record, as long as I can learn the puppet refining skill from these books on the shelf, I can attempt to refine a Blackrock Panther!”

A delighted smile appeared on Su Nan’s face.

The Blackrock Panther was a knight-level puppet, loyal and reliable, fearless in battle, truly an excellent combat force.

If he had a batch of Blackrock Panthers at his disposal, it would provide more security when searching for materials in the future.

Putting away the two diaries, Su Nan picked up that ring.

The dull gray ring looked like a cheap trinket sold by street vendors, not eye-catching at all.

However, in Su Nan’s perception, the ring was like a miniature black hole, continuously absorbing the free energy particles in the surrounding air.

“A magic item!”

Su Nan’s eyes lit up.

Unexpectedly, Anger McLean had left behind a magic item.

Su Nan looked back, seeing others staying outside, then discreetly opened the Synthesis Cube and placed the ring on it.

A line of text quickly appeared before his eyes.

[Bloodvine Ring (Alchemical/Sub-Magic Item), upon activation can summon bloodvines to bind a specific target and slightly continuously absorb the target’s vitality. Usable 3/3 times, can restore uses by infusing mental power or automatically absorbing free energy particles.]

“Not bad, very practical effect.”

Su Nan nodded silently.

Magic items have different levels.

The lowest level is alchemical, also known as sub-magic items.

These magic items usually only have a single enchantment trait.

For example, dimensional bags, space rings.

Or various enchanted weapons with traits like sharpness, bleeding, black steel, etc.

Even though they are the lowest level magic items, their power is considerable.

Take the Bloodvine Ring for example, Su Nan estimated that even a peak knight would have a hard time breaking free once bound by bloodvines.

To him, an apprentice sorcerer, a sub-magic item is undoubtedly extremely precious.

Of course, to use the Bloodvine Ring, he has to be promoted to a second-level apprentice sorcerer first.

Only with the preliminary ability to manipulate energy particles can one activate magic items.

Above the alchemical level is the glimmer level magic items, also known as low magic items.

This level of magic items usually have multiple magical traits and their value far exceeds that of alchemical level magic items.

Even a third-level apprentice sorcerer would be overjoyed to acquire one.

Above the glimmer level is the magic level.

This is the level of true magic items, also known as witch artifacts.

Witch artifacts usually possess at least one enchanting magical power, with astonishing might.

Generally, only official sorcerers have the right to own witch artifacts.

As for magic items beyond this level, Su Nan guessed that there might not be even a single one on the current Starlight Continent.

In fact, in past games, it wasn’t until the 2.0 game version 【Return of the Sorcerer】 that witch artifacts above the magic level appeared.

“I remember that in the 1.0 version of the Starlight Continent, there seemed to be quite a few scattered sub-magic items and low magic items. I’ll have to ask Ke Yi to pay more attention.”

Su Nan thought to himself.

Though it has been said, unactivated magic items look just like normal items to ordinary people, making them hard to identify.

Even if Brother Ke Yi helps to keep an eye out, it probably won’t be of much use.

Better than nothing, I suppose.
Su Nan carefully put away the Blood Vine Ring and turned to the last two wooden boxes.

Opening the larger box, inside were three leaflets, each as long as an index finger.
They looked a bit like clover, only they were a blue-purple color, crystalline and smooth like gemstones shaped into leaves.

“This is… Yin Ling Grass!”

Su Nan immediately recognized the origin of the leaves and stared wide-eyed in surprise.

He promptly placed the leaves into the cube.

[Yin Ling Grass, purity 29.28%, when consumed, it can slightly increase mental power, the specific effect depends on the user’s mental power, the higher the mental power, the weaker the effect, ineffective for those with mental power of 12 or more (inclusive).]

“It’s actually the Yin Ling Grass that can increase mental power!”

“Anger McLean is really generous.”

Halfway through speaking, Su Nan suddenly realized that as a third-level wizard apprentice, Anger McLean’s mental power surely exceeded 12 points, making the Yin Ling Grass useless to him, thus not valuing it was only normal.

“Well, it’s my gain now.”

Su Nan happily closed the wooden box and turned to open the other one.

Before his eyes were over thirty glittering gemstones.

“Sapphires, rubies, fire opals, luminous stones, moonstones.”

Su Nan marveled.

The combined worth of these gemstones definitely exceeded a thousand gold coins.

“Good stuff.”

Su Nan thought for a moment and decided to keep these gemstones himself.

After all, with the batch of Blackstone iron in the warehouse and the soon-to-reopen Blackstone Mine, Blackstone City shouldn’t lack money for a long time to come, so there’s no need to sell these gemstones for gold coins.

More importantly, for a wizard, gemstones are also a precious material.

Valuable gemstones are not just for admiration and decoration.

In the hands of a wizard, gemstones can serve many purposes.

Like functioning as a casting medium for certain special spells.

Su Nan remembered a spell school called ‘Gem Spell’, where various gemstones were the casting medium.

This spell school was notoriously expensive.

Each spell cast consumed a gemstone, costing from a dozen to up to a hundred gold coins.

Wizards without substantial wealth couldn’t afford the expense.

Conversely, however, the power of this spell school was astonishingly strong.

A first-ring Burning Hands using a ruby as the casting medium could enhance to the power of a second or near third-ring spell!

Therefore, the disciples of this spell school were known for their wealth and prowess in challenging across ranks.

Aside from being casting mediums, gemstones are also commonly used materials in the creation of magical items.

Most common is the wand.

Embedding different types of gemstones in a wand can imbue it with specific magical powers.

Additionally, gemstones are often used as energy cores for puppet constructs.

Many wizard apprentices who can’t afford soul crystals will choose gemstones as an alternative to create energy cores.

In summary, gemstones have numerous uses. Unless necessary, Su Nan was reluctant to sell them.

After checking the drawers, Su Nan carefully searched the other corners of the room. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any other valuable items.

“Forget it, the good things I got this time are already plentiful, can’t be too greedy.”

Su Nan exhaled a long breath, packed up his things, and left the room.

During his time in the study, Brother Ke Yi had already sent someone to notify the soldiers outside, bringing in carts to transport the black iron ingots. The hall was bustling with activity.

Seeing Su Nan come out, Brother Ke Yi didn’t ask what he found inside but instead pointed to the laboratory and asked, “Do you want the things inside? If so, I’ll have someone move them to your courtyard.”

“No need,” Su Nan shook his head.

Decades have passed, even the magical traps have failed, and the puppet refining equipment inside is already damaged beyond repair.

In any case, Anger McLean’s experimental records contain the relevant equipment blueprints. If needed in the future, the blacksmiths in the territory can be asked to forge a set.