Chapter Twelve: The True Treasure of the Law

  In the end, Lais and his party brought back enough prey. Ji Ran also cleaned up the pangolin's meat and made a sumptuous lunch.

  The main course is still braised meat in a big pot... No choice, Lais and others just have a special liking for this dish. In fact, Ji Ran also likes to cook this dish because it's simple and rough. Under the circumstances where nothing is available, this dish is indeed the best choice.

  It's a pity that all the dishes he makes now can't exceed medium quality. To know, in the game, the quality of this cooking product is divided into five levels: inferior, medium, high, extreme and super. Medium quality can't be ranked at all, and the price for sale also has several times difference with high-quality products. But there's no way, not enough seasonings, even if the craftsmanship is good, it can't make dishes beyond medium quality.

  But for Lays and others, this is enough. The taste is absolutely beautiful, and it can also increase attributes and enhance various abilities. What's not satisfying about this dish?

  After dinner, the group continued to hunt. However, this time their luck was worse, and they didn't encounter any third-level magical beasts in the afternoon. In the end, they could only hunt a second-level spotted snow deer back. This thing's magic crystal wasn't very valuable, but at least they had something for dinner.

  After finishing dinner, Ji Ran started making his alchemy equipment again.

  These days, Ji Ran has also accumulated a lot of various materials and made several alchemy products. These alchemy products are all practice goods, but the group of people from Lai Si are like they have obtained a treasure, and they all snatched them away.

  However, there were many wolves but little meat. In the end, Lays flaunted his style and didn't take any of the alchemy products. The venomous-tongued spirit Ellyn also withdrew from choosing these alchemy products, citing that none of them suited her. However, she did throw out a sentence saying that when suitable materials were available, her own alchemy product would not be absent.

  So, the three alchemy products made by Ji Ran were divided among Lydia, Beck and Ban.

  Bake obtained a speed-enhancing necklace that not only increased his movement speed but also accelerated his attack speed. When used actively, it would temporarily increase the sharpness of his weapon, making it extremely suitable for his agile shooting style. However, this item also had a drawback - it would cause changes in his combat habits, and once he left it behind, he might struggle to adapt for a while. But Bake didn't mind, saying: "Anyway, if this thing breaks in the future, the Jiyan brothers will just make me an even better one, right?"

  Ban got a small bell. Yes, it's that kind of ancient bell... No way, the style of this treasure is ever-changing, and there are many types of clock-shaped ones too. Fortunately, Western countries also have clock towers, so it won't look too out of place.

  The effect of this bell is to increase defense, and the route that Ben walks is also a defensive route. When used actively, it creates a shield that can withstand a considerable amount of damage. The most important thing is that the shield can appear anywhere around his body, which is much more convenient than the shield in his hand.

  As for Lydia, she got a sachet... This thing is quite difficult to understand, but after Ji Ran explained that it was a kind of decoration from her hometown, everyone was amazed.

  This sachet not only can emit fragrance, but also slightly enhance the power of ice system magic, increase the probability of freezing opponents with ice system magic, and strengthen the slowing effect of ice system magic. When used actively, it can make the next low-level ice system magic instant release, and 100% freeze the opponent, which is quite practical.

  Three people were overjoyed after obtaining the alchemy products, and they couldn't help but covet them. Lays and Aileen, although they voluntarily withdrew from the competition, still eyed these three items with great envy. Ban's was nothing special, its passive effect only had one attribute. But the other two, each increased more than one attribute!

  To know, those low-level alchemists' products that are priced outrageously high usually only have one effect - and that's still just a combination of active and passive effects! These three alchemical products actually all have active effects, and the passive effects aren't just limited to one either! Even if you just look at Ban's increased defense effect alone, the increase in defense is far beyond what those ordinary low-level alchemical products can compare to!

  And the most satisfying thing is that these alchemy products require extremely low control! In this way, they will not occupy too much mana or internal energy due to the existence of alchemy products, and their practicality has been greatly improved!

  Although alchemy products are good, each one requires a certain amount of control. Even if you have a lot of money and equip yourself with alchemy products from head to toe, if you can't control them, there's no way to make the alchemy products play a role at all. Therefore, when evaluating the pros and cons of an alchemy product, the required control is a fairly important standard.

  Even if these things have a low durability, they are absolutely top-notch goods! At least for adventurers of their level, they are good stuff...

  It is far from satisfactory.

  What are these things... They're all stuff from when I was learning to craft, early on used to brush up on proficiency! After making them, aside from using them myself, giving them away to others would be looked down upon! Throwing them into a store wouldn't even exchange for much money, compared to the original materials, they're just losing money goods!

  With your hundred-levels of equipment-refining skills, you're using them for this kind of thing now?

  Of course, something too advanced he can't do now, at least the true fire in his body can't refine those high-grade materials. But if it's low-grade material, he can completely make a real treasure, rather than these inferior products!

  I didn't plan to make that kind of treasure before, because I wasn't very familiar with Lais and the others. But after so many days of getting along, we've established a pretty deep emotional connection, and you could say we understand each other pretty well. Why not try telling them about it, and use those materials that were prepared to be sold to refine two real treasures?

  What's more, when he was refining these three things, his heart also had that inexplicable palpitation - not only when wearing them on his body, but also during the refinement process, this feeling began to appear, and it seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.

  It was as if something had flowed into his body from those things he had refined.

  He didn't dare to confirm whether this thing was good or bad, but he felt that he had to refine more and better things in order to truly grasp this change. And he also had a faint premonition that perhaps this change was the key to his own growth...

  "...... This idea is feasible." Lais heard Ji Ran's words and thought for a moment, nodding his head in affirmation.

  "These materials on the demon beasts, we were also planning to sell them. But if they are made into magic tools by Ji Ran, the price will not be comparable to the materials... even if it is multiplied several times or even tens of times! However... without an alchemy lab, can you really refine true magic tools?" Lais's last sentence carried a hint of worry.

  No way, this worry is also normal. After all, in this world, magical tools - that is, the general term for functional alchemy products that can be used for a long time - have always been rare things. Alchemists make magic tools, not only need materials, but also various tools of many kinds. Without an alchemy laboratory, most alchemists will stare blankly at a large pile of materials.

  Actually, Ji Ran is the same. If it's a high-grade magic treasure, he must have a special refining room to refine it. The various tools needed are not few, and at least one good quality refining furnace is indispensable. But now, what he wants to do is the lowest grade of magic treasure, so naturally, he doesn't need that many things anymore.

  "No problem, in fact I've done this kind of thing before back home, but I just left it at home and didn't bring it with me... anyway, I'm very confident!" Ji Ran patted his chest. Jokingly, with his experience in refining magic treasures, making a low-level magic treasure shouldn't be something he'd fail at, right? Even if it's a high-level magic treasure, as long as the materials are top-notch, he could guarantee 100% success!

  Lai did not speak, but looked at others. It was not that he didn't believe in Ji Ran, mainly those materials, but the harvest of all of them in this Blue Pine Forest. I heard that the success rate of those low-level alchemists who refine magic tools is not high, and those with a 50% success rate are considered geniuses. If it's really refined badly, won't the hard work before be wasted?

  Seeing Lais's gaze, Becker shrugged indifferently: "I'm not afraid. Not to mention anything else, the magic tools on us are worth the money for those materials, right? Of course, except for the magic crystal of the Puma... What can be lost again?"

  Ban also nodded: "The magic tools refined by Ji Ran for us have not failed, and I believe what he said is not a lie. At the very least, as Beike said, there are still these three magic tools."

  Aileen was grooming Hawlow's feathers on one side, with an expression of "nothing to do with me": "If you fail, just take his share of the gains to make up for it."

  Lydia was instead the most determined among everyone. She clenched her fists and held them in front of her chest: "I believe in Brother Ji Ran!"

  Since everyone didn't oppose it, Lais also made up his mind.

  "Alright, then just go ahead and do it!" As he said that, he took out his magical pouch and laid out the harvest of these days in front of Ji Ran.

  Lyle's magical pocket can hold a considerable amount of things, otherwise it would not have been possible to put three or four hundred pounds of beef jerky inside. However, apart from the beef jerky, there are not many other materials for magic beasts.

  About a dozen magic crystals, and over ten different types of materials from the bodies of magical beasts. These days, they weren't always able to harvest magical beasts every day, there were times when they returned empty-handed. But in fact, these harvests were already quite good.

  The magic crystal has two levels and three levels, the second level is worth several gold coins, and the third level is worth more than a dozen or even dozens. The price of monster materials also varies, but from lowest to highest, it's not much different from that of magic crystals. Adding them all up, it's already around 200-300 gold coins - it seems like it should be enough for Ji Ran and Lydia's tuition fees, but don't forget, this is the harvest of six people.

  It's natural to be grateful for others' help, but it can't be taken for granted. Taking Lydia hunting and having Ji Ran join halfway, Lais and the others have already been quite generous. If they were to give up their gains to support the two in school, that would be ungrateful.

  Ji Ran now wants to refine these materials into magic treasures, and the money earned will also be divided among six people. However, if he can really make a few genuine magic treasures, even low-level ones, it should be enough for two people's tuition fees...

  Looking at these materials, Ji Ran was considering what to refine next.

  Since the thing that is refined is to be sold, then its applicability must be considered. If you come up with something that is unpopular, who will buy it? The more suitable it is for most people, the better it sells.

  Based on this idea, Ji Ran began to carefully select those materials.

  A block of magic crystal from the Swift Wind Long Tooth Mouse, half a pelt of Red Tail Fire Wolf, eight scales of the Scale Armor Mountain Cat, and one tendon of the Silver Light Python...

  Soon, Ji Ran selected a few materials. Placing these materials in front of him, Ji Ran took a deep breath.

  True Fire, Launch!