“There are two Flame Garnets here!” Tang Yao said from the side. He had also managed to obtain two Flame Garnets from a pile of gems. “They add fire damage and are pretty decent. What do you need these things for?”
“They can be used to craft an item!” Nie Yan replied. He continued searching through the pile and found that the total number of Flame Garnets had reached five. It was likely that the area where they had searched the treasure chests was a place where Flame Garnets commonly dropped, hence the large number.
“Craft? Craft what?”
“One Dreaming Sapphire, one Flame Garnet, one Life Emerald, and a Magic Silver Necklace can be combined to create the Necklace of Yearning.”
“What attributes does the Necklace of Yearning provide?”
“+1 to production class level,” Nie Yan said. The Necklace of Yearning could be described as priceless.
“Wow, that’s awesome! Where did you get this recipe?” Tang Yao asked, visibly moved. Even without knowing much about production classes, he could tell the necklace’s immense value.
“From master gem artisan Peguet.”
Since it came from a master gem artisan, the information was reliable. Tang Yao, who had previously only casually sifted through the pile of gems, now concentrated intently on searching.
Finding a few specific gems among two or three hundred was no easy task. They had to examine each gem individually to identify it. Some gems looked very similar, so they had to check them one by one.
Nie Yan was sifting through the pile when a deep blue gem caught his eye. This gem was a very pure shade of blue, without a single flaw, and emitted a captivating glow.
Was it the Dreaming Sapphire?
Nie Yan’s heart pounded as he picked up the gem for closer inspection. His face fell slightly after checking it; it was called the Dreamy Sapphire. Only one character different, but the two gems were worlds apart.
At that moment, Tang Yao looked at Nie Yan, holding a blue gem slightly larger than the Dreamy Sapphire he had previously found. “Is this it?”
Nie Yan took the gem from Tang Yao, examined it, and said, “Yes, this is the one. You really have good luck; you found it right away.”
Tang Yao chuckled and asked, “What else do we need? The emerald?”
“The Life Emerald,” Nie Yan clarified.
“If we can find a Life Emerald, we’ll be set. We can then enjoy master-level potions,” Tang Yao said. Generally, potions had no level restrictions, and higher-level potions had stronger effects. If they could use master or grandmaster-level potions in the future, they would encounter far fewer difficulties while leveling up or raiding instances. For example, master or grandmaster-level fire resistance potions were extremely useful. At their current level, using high-level fire resistance potions in maps with concentrated fire-based creatures could reduce some fire damage. However, drinking a master-level fire resistance potion could reduce most fire damage, and a grandmaster-level potion would make even lying in a fire pit safe, allowing completely safe travel in fire-themed maps up to level 100.
Using items meant for higher levels to fight monsters at their current level was absolutely fantastic.
Nie Yan and Tang Yao searched carefully through all the gems, examining over two hundred of them, but they couldn’t find any Life Emeralds.
“Ugh, there’s none here,” Tang Yao muttered in disappointment, his previous hopes dashed.
They had searched through all the gems and found only one Dreaming Sapphire and five Flame Garnets. Without a Life Emerald, they couldn’t craft the Necklace of Yearning.
“Ah well, we’ll look for it next time,” Nie Yan said, disappointed. Perhaps the Life Emerald was relatively rare.
“Let’s ask around and see if anyone in the guild has found one,” Tang Yao suggested, sending a message in the guild chat asking for Life Emeralds and Dreaming Sapphires.
Nie Yan thought for a moment and then posted a task in the Assassin Alliance requesting Life Emeralds and Dreaming Sapphires, offering a reward of 30,000 gold coins per gem.
“The guild doesn’t have any, but they said they’ll keep an eye out,” Tang Yao quickly received a response and reported.
Both of them felt somewhat dispirited.
The table was scattered with gems of varying qualities, many of which Nie Yan had never encountered before. If these gems could be used to craft other items like the Dreaming Sapphire and Flame Garnet, using them carelessly now might make it difficult to find them later.
“You should keep these gems for now and store them in your personal warehouse,” Tang Yao suggested.
Nie Yan agreed with Tang Yao’s idea and decided to keep the gems.
Nie Yan put all the gems into his backpack, planning to store them all in his personal warehouse later.
There were still some special items left on the table, each with strange purposes, requiring careful consideration.
“Nie Yan, look! It’s the Ring of the Crawler!” Tang Yao exclaimed excitedly, pulling out the Ring of the Crawler from the pile of special items.
“I already have one. You can keep it,” Nie Yan smiled. The Ring of the Crawler was definitely a great item, very practical.
“Awesome! I’ve been looking for the Ring of the Crawler every day, checking the auction house, but I couldn’t find one. Finally, I’ve got it!” Tang Yao couldn’t hide his excitement. With the Ring of the Crawler, he could emulate Nie Yan’s method of defeating monsters beyond his level. This item was really hard to find!
Nie Yan examined the other special items, which weren’t as useful as the ones he already had. He turned his attention to other objects, some paper-like fragments catching his eye. There were nearly thirty of these fragments, all severely damaged.
“What is this?” Tang Yao curiously picked up one of the fragments, checked it, and read the item’s name and description. “A fragment of the bard Blymer’s song sheet. Poor bard Blymer was attacked by a beast while walking on the path in the Dore Mountains. He barely escaped with the help of a hunter, but his song sheet was lost in the Dore Mountains, turning into countless fragments. If someone can find them, please return them to the bard Blymer.”
“A fragment of Blymer’s song sheet?” Nie Yan asked, surprised.
“Yeah, what’s the matter? Are these things important?” Tang Yao asked, surprised by Nie Yan’s excitement.
Nie Yan picked up a fragment and examined it. It was indeed a fragment of Blymer’s song sheet. He counted them and found there were as many as thirty-six!
“We’re in luck! There are thirty-six song sheet fragments!” Nie Yan said, recalling a task related to Blymer’s song sheet fragments. It was actually a very simple task. The process involved players leveling up in the Dore Mountains, opening treasure chests, and obtaining a fragment of Blymer’s song sheet. Taking the fragment to Blymer would trigger a task called Blymer’s Worry, which involved searching for other song sheet fragments. Submitting the first fragment to Blymer would provide some rewards. Continuing the search and submitting the second fragment would yield even better rewards. Every six fragments submitted would grant a chance to spin the Wheel of Fate, with the rewards increasing accordingly.
After this task was discovered in a previous life, many players completed it, searching everywhere for song sheet fragments. Later, Potian found out about it and began spending large sums of money to buy the fragments. Eventually, he managed to collect twenty-five fragments. The final reward was an item of sub-legendary quality, with many other great rewards along the way, including experience, gold, and gems.
Ordinary players leveling up in the Dore Mountains could open only one or two chests at most, and getting one or two song sheet fragments was already great. Even someone as wealthy as Potian in a previous life, who used his money to buy twenty-five song sheet fragments, was already at the top.
Nie Yan and Tang Yao had accidentally obtained thirty-six fragments. They had almost swept through all the chests in that area, so such a result wasn’t too surprising. Nie Yan remembered that over a long period, players returning the song sheet fragments to the bard Blymer numbered over a hundred.
“How are we in luck?” Tang Yao suddenly became excited and asked.
Nie Yan detailed the task related to the song sheet fragments.
“Let’s go claim the rewards,” Tang Yao said. Such a great opportunity shouldn’t be missed.
“Who should claim the rewards?” Nie Yan asked. He wasn’t particularly concerned about the experience rewards for completing the task; the experience gained would only be enough to level up one or two levels. If they could get some good item rewards, that would be great.
“You should do it. I’m okay at finding things, but my luck is never that good when it comes to claiming rewards,” Tang Yao said. He greatly admired Nie Yan’s skill in opening treasure chests, as Nie Yan had higher luck. Luck was a hidden attribute, but ordinary players could still feel its effects.
Nie Yan thought for a moment and said, “Okay, I’ll do it.” He had Pandora’s Box, which provided additional luck at specific moments. Claiming the task rewards at this time would grant additional rewards.
Nie Yan and Tang Yao checked the remaining items. Many of them had unknown purposes, but since they were all obtained from treasure chests, Nie Yan planned to place them in the guild warehouse and offer a reward for information on their uses. If any guild members could use them, they could ask him for them.
The two of them sorted and organized everything, finally cleaning up. Nie Yan and Tang Yao left the Star Pharmacy, went to the warehouse, and then headed together toward the residence of the bard Blymer.
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