Chapter Thirty-Three On the Road

  I don't know if this piece of Broken Cloud Iron is worth a lot in the world, but in the game world, it's equivalent to a Bronze-level magic equipment. And that's under the circumstances where various material resources are constantly being refreshed...

  In this real world without infinite refresh mechanism, the value of Po Yun Tie will only rise and never fall!

  He picked up a big bargain, and Ji Ran was extremely excited, immediately shining his eyes to look at the surrounding stalls, wanting to pick up a few more. But this Songpantown is small, the adventurer's strength is weak, where can you find so many bargains? After looking for half a day, from one end of the trading district to the other, he didn't see another thing that was worth as much as Po Yun Tie.

  But it doesn't matter anymore, after feeling down for a while, Ji Ran was also satisfied. In any case, he had picked up a great bargain. This large piece of broken cloud iron wasn't suitable for making a weapon, but...he could consider using it to make some small magical artifacts!

  The material is definitely not enough for a flight-type artifact. The material of this broken cloud iron is not suitable for making defensive artifacts either. In that case, I can only make some attack-type artifacts.

  After thinking for half a day, Ji Ran had an idea - Flying Dagger.

  Flying knives are hidden and suddenly appear, used for sneak attacks. Ji Yan also liked to use flying knives in the game before, always carrying a set of flying knife treasures on his body, which can play a significant role at critical moments.

  The material of this broken cloud iron is quite suitable for making flying knives, but it still needs to add some other materials. However, there's no rush now, after all, the materials that can be collected in Songpan Town are limited.

  After shopping in the trading district, nearly half of the 2,000 gold coins they had just obtained were spent by Ji Ran all at once, making Les and others feel heartbroken. However, Ji Ran promised that when they arrived in Pers City, he would give each person a custom-made magic prop, guaranteed quality, which finally made everyone feel at ease.

  And as for labor costs, it's naturally no longer a concern. After the battle with the True God Cult, the emotions between people have already transcended that kind of petty calculation of camaraderie... However, even close brothers need to clearly settle accounts, Lais precisely calculates to ensure that everyone gets roughly equal value from the items in the end. This is one of the basic conditions for maintaining a team, and others also understand this.

  After another night at Old Mac's Tavern, everyone set off towards Perth City.

  Bers City, the most famous commercial city on the continent, is located in the central and eastern part of the continent and belongs to the Night Business Federation. The Night Business Federation borders the Ere Empire to the west, the Libel Kingdom to the south, the Dragon Ridge Mountains inhabited by dwarves to the north, and several small countries with the headquarters of the Holy Light Church to the east.

  While Perth City is a capital-like existence, the Night Business Federation actually doesn't have a capital. Each city is relatively independent and it's just a loose alliance. However, among all the countries on the continent, big or small, none of them dare to underestimate this alliance... Economically, the Night Business Federation has even surpassed most countries... There are even rumors that the wealth of the Night Business Federation is actually the first in the entire continent.

  Naito Commercial Federation is rich, everyone knows that. And among them, the richest city, without a doubt, is Perth City.

  Ji Ran listened to Les and the others' introduction while heading towards Pers City. They were traveling with a merchant caravan headed for Pers, serving as its guards. Although the caravan's goods were numerous and heavy, they weren't particularly valuable - just monster hides and herbs that didn't have much value without quantity. These types of goods rarely attracted bandits, as transporting or selling them was too troublesome... Still, to ensure safety, the merchant caravan hired many adventurers as guards, and Les joined the caravan thanks to his good connections.

  The journey was relatively calm, and Ji Yan had enough time to refine magic treasures and cultivate. The materials he left behind and those he bought in Boers City were enough for him to refine several magic treasures along the way.

  Aileen and Lays already have their magical tools, what he is going to refine now are for Ban, Beck, and Lydia.

  The magical equipment for Lydia is relatively simple, just need to enhance the spell power and shorten the chanting time. This kind of thing is not uncommon in games, after all, it's a fantasy game, and there are many players who play as mages. For Ban, it's easy to say, just enhance his defense and add some counterattack means, that's enough to increase his strength. The most troublesome one is the magical equipment for Beck.

  Bai Ke is now a third-rate gunslinger, belonging to the high-end of the bronze rank. At his age, this strength is not low, but it's also not particularly high. And now that he's been cursed, at least for a very long time in the foreseeable future, his strength won't be able to improve. If I give him a mediocre magic artifact, it won't do much for his strength improvement. But if I give him something too good...I'm afraid others will covet it. What kind of magical artifact should I give Bai Ke that would make Ji Ran rack his brains?

  Bai Ke's current state is clearly not suitable for provoking trouble, so there's no need for an attacking type. Defensive types don't quite fit with Bai Ke's fighting style either. Support... supporting what? Supporting him in fleeing quickly?

  This is a good way. The treasure refined for Beike, it's best to let Beike have enough power to save his life. If I can't beat you, I'll run away, what can you do to me?

  After thinking about it, the idea came. After selecting a few materials carefully, Ji Ran finally refined a heart-protecting mirror for Beike.

  Of course, this world doesn't have a protective heart mirror, so Ji Ran refined it into a mirror-like object. This mirror increases defense and physical strength to some extent, but not much for other attributes. However, when the master suffers from an attack exceeding a certain limit, it will automatically activate a shield, knocking back all surrounding enemies, removing spell binding effects, and withstanding all subsequent attacks on the master. At the same time, it also greatly increases the master's movement speed and provides some healing effect.

  This thing has a very strong life-saving effect, so there are more restrictions. After being triggered each time, it can only be triggered again at least seven days later.

  With this thing, Beck can at least save his life in some emergency situations. But actually, it only works for people of the same level as him or slightly higher. If the opponent is too strong, the shield won't be able to protect him either. So the value of this thing isn't that high after all, roughly equivalent to other people's magic tools.

  However, when giving this mirror to Beck, it caused great dissatisfaction for Beck.

  "Ji Ran, you're looking down on me too! The magical tool you made for me is actually for escaping! Do you think I, Beike, would run away in battle? You're insulting me! No way, I protest, you must make another magical tool to compensate me!"

  Ji Ran, who had long been accustomed to Beike's personality, simply rolled his eyes: "If you don't want it, return it to me. This thing can probably be sold for a good price if taken out."

  Nonsense, a lifesaving magical tool! This thing has always been one of the most expensive types of magical tools!

  Who doesn't want to have a few more lives? But attacking and defending are hard to balance, you can't wear a suit of armor for everything. With this mirror, the increase in defensive power may not be great, but if you encounter a fatal danger, at least it gives you a chance to escape!

  Of course, those magic tools that automatically teleport after a fatal attack are much better than what Ji Ran made, but the price of those things is also astronomical. This thing is a bargain, and in non-overkill battles, it can save your life, absolutely a best-seller!

  Baike immediately snatched the mirror and smiled at Jiran: "Well, I won't make things difficult for you. It's not easy to refine these magic tools after all. This thing isn't great, but I'll just have to make do..."

  Having solved three magical tools, Ji Ran also began preparing to refine something for himself.

  He had originally intended to forge a weapon for himself, as using an ordinary long sword was really affecting his combat effectiveness. However, due to obtaining a piece of Broken Cloud Iron, his plans changed.

  First refine a flying knife! This is the treasure that I used to use in "Xian Xia Xiang" before, if used well, it can definitely add another killer to myself!

  The true yuan explosion allowed the law treasure to merge with itself in this way, although it can exist as a trump card, but absolutely cannot be taken out for no reason. After the explosion, I don't have much combat power myself, if there's another accident, won't I just wait for death?

  But if I had this treasure flying knife, it would be different. Throwing out the flying knife is just consuming magic power, and I still have other means to fight. This trump card is reliable!

  However, wanting to refine a decent flying knife is not an easy task. Although there is the Broken Cloud Iron, other materials cannot be too bad either. Otherwise, even the precious Broken Cloud Iron would be wasted. Therefore, refining a flying knife is still just an idea, and it's still a little far from completion.

  The rest of the time, Ji Ran was all spent on making Yuanqi supplementing Qi decoction for Uncle Leisi.

  The materials required for Juyu Buxi Decoction are not too rare, and there are many alternative schemes that can be used to meet the needs of different stages. For treating Uncle Lees' injuries, the best ones are various materials from the White Silver level.

  However, Ji Ran was not sure if the actual effect of this thing was useful or not. At first, using White Silver stage materials seemed a bit wasteful, so he used some common medicinal herbs, magic beast bones and vegetables to make a batch of Gathering Yuan Supplementing Qi Soup.

  He handed the tonic soup to Uncle Leis, who looked at him with a puzzled gaze. Ji Ran urged him to drink it quickly.

  Lai Si drank it. Then before long, he realized that something inside his body seemed to have changed.