Chapter 7: Wolf Fang Cuff

  What a petty trick? Petty trick your sister! A group of people all have the urge to roll their eyes. What kind of place is that small village you live in? With such powerful swordsmanship, magical cooking and alchemy, now even alchemy for crafting magic tools?!

  And this alchemy is obviously different from ordinary alchemy, right? That's correct, those alchemy masters who have reached the pinnacle of their craft can indeed create something out of thin air, but that requires them to be a great magician or some other kind of magical profession! Ordinary alchemists, especially low-level ones, don't have a laboratory and can't produce anything.

  This guy... where did he come from! A group of people stared at Ji Ran, as if they wanted to see through his body to the small mountain village where he claimed to be born. If what he said was true, then the villagers in that village were all kinds of monsters!

  This low-grade product won't take long to refine. Before long, the flames gradually died out, and those wolf fangs and stones were tied together with a rope made of demonic beast hair, turning into a wristband.

  Wolf Tooth Chain: Slightly increases agility. When triggered, it can make the wolf soul fly out to defend against enemies, with a duration proportional to the amount of true yuan injected. Limited to two uses per day.

  The effect is limited and the quality is poor, it's indeed a low-grade magic treasure. However, for Ji Ran's current strength, this thing can be considered an improvement. Satisfied with a nod, Ji Ran put on the bracelet on his arm, feeling the effect of this magical tool.

  His agility increased, which is the usual meaning of agility in Western fantasy worlds. Although the effect of this wolf-toothed chain was only slightly increased, for Ji Ran's current level, the effect was still quite obvious. Wearing the chain, he felt that his body had become much lighter.

  It seems this low-level treasure still has some use after all... Having tried its passive effect, let's try its active one?

  In "Xian Xia Xiang Yao", triggering the active effect of a magic treasure requires spiritual power. He now has both spiritual power and true energy in his body, which are clearly separated into two systems that do not interfere with each other. Spiritual power can naturally trigger this active effect, but what about true energy?

  Think of it and do it. Ji Yan mobilized the true energy in his body and injected it into the Wolf Tooth Chain. Then, he suddenly had a strange feeling.

  The wolf-tooth necklace seemed to have undergone some strange changes due to the infusion of that true energy... As if it was about to merge with him, there was no obstruction between the two.

  What's going on? Ji Ran was stunned. But this feeling was fleeting, and before he could carefully experience it, it had already disappeared. And what followed was a wolf howl, a wolf head emerged from his wrist.

  "Wow, that's so cool! What is this? A magic effect? Your magic tool can actually summon a demon beast? What kind of effect is this?" Bek couldn't help but exclaim.

  Magical tools are quite precious in this world. Even the lowest level of magical tools is not something ordinary people can obtain. Take Beck and Ban, for example. Although their weapons and leather armor are decent, none of them are magical tools... it's not that they don't want to use them, it's just that they can't afford them!

  Seeing how easily Ji Ran created a magical artifact, it's naturally enviable. Moreover, having such a cool effect, curiosity is even heavier.

  Although still savoring the strange feeling just now, his heart was also full of doubts. However, since he had already handed over the wolf-toothed chain, he must have had his own purpose in refining it in front of everyone. The biggest goal was to increase his chips and make himself more important. Of course, it was also to win the trust of these people. As for whether these people were trustworthy or not, he could tell from the big pot of stewed meat.

  Uncle Lays is a kind elder, although occasionally his gloomy expression reveals that he has stories to tell, but it's clear that his concern for others is genuine. And as for the cool and mysterious Elain, who wears a mask, her usual attitude is somewhat cold and her words are slightly venomous, but she is also a trustworthy person. The two brothers, Ban and Beck, have different personalities, but they both have passionate hearts. And little Lydia... her innocence is visible to everyone.

  To blend in with these people, you need to show yourself to the greatest extent, make the other party believe in you, and you also need to trust the other party unconditionally.

  Of course, he wouldn't reveal those most important secrets. Those secrets might not be a good thing for these newly acquainted friends.

  "This wolf-tooth necklace can slightly increase agility, and it can also summon a wolf spirit to attack enemies. However, the number of times the wolf spirit can be summoned is limited, with a maximum of two times per day. Moreover, this wolf spirit is too weak, and after using it several times, it will disappear. According to my feeling... it should be able to activate both internal energy and magical power." Ji Ran explained the effect of the wolf-tooth necklace.

  "It's really wonderful... Wearing this, I feel like my whole body has become lighter..." Beck put on the wolf-toothed chain, closed his eyes, and felt it for a moment. He opened his eyes with an expression of surprise on his face.

  When he heard what was said, others didn't react much, but Uncle Lais's expression changed slightly, and his gaze fell on the bracelet.

  Baker got more and more excited as he spoke, stood up, and jumped up and down a couple of times. Fortunately, the cave was high enough; otherwise, he might have bumped his head on the rocks.

  "That's right, it's not my illusion, it has indeed become much more agile! Oh, are all magical tools this amazing?" Beck moved around a bit after that, fondly stroking the Wolf Fang Hand Chain, looking like he didn't want to take it off at all. But he didn't try to summon the wolf soul, after all, Ji Yan had said before, this thing has limited summons, don't waste them for nothing."

  "Capable of producing such an obvious effect, this is no ordinary low-level magic tool... Ji Ran, you've surprised me once again!" Lais finally withdrew his gaze from the bracelet and turned to look at Ji Ran.

  Ji Ran's face wore a smile, but he didn't say a word. In his heart, however, was a chill of sweat. The old paper also had no idea what kind of effect the magic tools in this world would have! Who knew that something as low-level as this, which usually only existed for practice and was often discarded in stores after being made, would actually have such a great effect here!

  Baek reluctantly took off the hand chain and handed it back to Ji Ran: "I'm saying, we're already teammates now, can you help me make one of these things too? Those guys in Pong Keng City don't have many magic tools like this. When I take it out later, I'll definitely shock them all!"

  Ji Ran put the bracelet on his own wrist, smiled and nodded: "If you have enough materials, it's naturally no problem. However, I don't guarantee that the finished product will be as effective as this one... Moreover, all the materials need to have magical energy, such as certain parts of magical beasts, you know what I mean."

  Becker nodded excitedly: "No problem! I saw the teeth you used to make this bracelet, these materials are worthless because they contain very weak magical energy and are difficult to use. I didn't expect that such materials could also be so effective in your hands!"

  Ji Ran smiled and shook his head: "Indeed, the magical energy contained in this wolf-tooth is not much. So the lifespan of this bracelet is limited... but at least it can play a role for a period of time, to enhance my strength, that's enough."

  "Even so, this is a rare magical tool. How about this, Ji Ran? If we can obtain such materials in our future adventures, will you help us make one each? We'll set aside a portion of the spoils as your reward." Old Man Laisi said thoughtfully, suddenly making this request to Ji Ran.

  "It's no big deal. But you know, refining this thing also takes a toll on me, so I can't produce it continuously. Even if there are materials available, it'll probably take some time, and I hope you won't get impatient."

  As soon as he said this, everyone else got excited. Magical tools! Things that they could only drool over in the past were now something a teammate could make for them! And the materials looked ridiculously simple, not requiring any of those extremely expensive rare materials at all!

  Just this point alone has infinitely magnified the value of Ji Ran as a teammate. In fact, it's not just the value of teammates, but for now in this vast forest, only this point can be played temporarily.

  Next, everyone chatted again from all over the world. Among them, Aileen rarely spoke, and every time she did, it was very sarcastic, enough to make people roll their eyes. Lydia also hardly spoke, just listening seriously to others' experiences. The ones who talked the most were Beck and Uncle Lays, Uncle Lays because of his rich experience, and Beck... simply liked talking. Of course, his adventurous experience was also pretty good, and Ji Ran benefited a lot from his words.

  After all, he was still quite ignorant of this world, and these knowledge were his urgent needs. However, in his heart, he was still savoring the feeling just now. What exactly was it? In the game, he had never had such a feeling. Was it... the intersection of true energy and magic power that produced some kind of magical effect? Unfortunately, that feeling didn't last long. Now, I don't know if it's good or bad...

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  After changing the name several times, it was finally settled. How hard... Of course, Editor-sama also worked just as hard.