MMORPG; The Ring of the Almighty
Chapter 14: The lucky blacksmith
“Gru...mm..Gru...mm. You have obtained 8 stacks of Copper Ingots! Smelting Experience +20!”
Total 20 Copper Ingots produced. Almost half of them had become smoke due to Jiang Fei's Forging skill at only Level 1; a 60% Loss%.
“Ding! You have made equipment— Green Copper Wrist Protector! Forging Experience +1”
“Ding! You have failed in the Smithing process!”
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“Ding! You have made equipment— Green Copper Wrist Protector! Forging Experience +1”
“Ding! You have made equipment— Green Copper Wrist Protector! Forging Experience +1”
“Ding! You have failed in the Smithing process!”
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As the minutes passed, Fei Jiang spent more and more Copper Bars in his inventory. As a result, the empty slots in his inventory had been replaced with equipment! Smelting is not like Smithing. While Smithing, failing to produce ingots from ores would still give Jiang Fei experience points. Smithing, however, the materials would still be processed. Failure resulted in a waste of materials, and it would not provide any experience points.
After melting eight stacks of Copper Bars — a total of 1,600 Copper Bars, he found that he was able to produce a total of 160 Green Copper Wrist Protectors! That is a 50% success rate%! Moreover, among the 160 Green Copper Wrist Guards, 20 of them were Green level! That's a pretty good result!
Based on the market price, White Level 10 level equipment would cost around 20 silver coins. A green level equipment at the same level would cost around 50 silver coins. Frankly, Jiang Fei could sell all of his equipment for over 40 gold coins. A total of 20 stacks of Copper Ore would only cost 20 gold coins. The profit margin is almost 100%.
It doesn't sound like much, but these Profession players won't benefit much from their hard work, to begin with. The main reason was because of the rat race to raise one's Crafting level. Almost all crafters at this stage of the game have to invest heavily in order to gain a level. This once again proves that no Profession player can survive on his own — at least without the help of the guild!
Although their pockets would decrease as they level up, a good Recipe could change the situation. Their pockets will bulge at the seams!
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Jiang Fei turned to the Temporary Storage in the Blacksmith workshop, slightly happier than before. Although he was a professional player, the euphoria and entitlement he felt later equalled the elite players of the game. Still, having a lot of equipment was a problem. Although stackable, 140 of them still occupy 14 slots.
“*Woosh*” The ring is humming.
Jiang Fei looked at the ring and finally realized that it had been flashing for a while now. It seemed like he was hungry for equipment that threatened to give Jiang Fei a headache!
“Haha! A good time. I'll let you have it!”
Jiang Fei quickly inserted all 140 White-grade Green Copper Wrist Protectors into the red slot of the ring inventory. Ironically, he was grateful for the function of the ring. Most of his success was due to the ring.
Jiang Fei took out the 20 Green Grade Copper Wrist Protectors and put them into his own inventory before returning to the Bank. There, he extracted the remaining 30 piles of ore and deported his equipment.
Although roughly 100 White-level Wrist Guards had been put into the ring, he still had plenty of equipment to use.
“Sooo... How was your day? The master? Anything good?” As Jiang Fei leaned back to breathe, the girls returned from their "field trips. They immediately checked the crafters of their residents.
“It went well for me. Unfortunately, the experience bar is a little slow, but I have made over 40 10-Slot Inventory Bags!” Jade Tinkerbell was the first to answer. Jade Tinkerbell is a Tailor. The job is ideal for the early stages of the game. That is a sure way to make a steady profit. The reason is because of the simple fact how their merchandise will always be relevant in the market. One of those items provides an additional inventory slot.
Players start with five inventory bag slots. In some previous tutorials, the system gave players an inventory bag of 32 slots. After that, Players are left to expand their own slots. However, due to the system drop rate &$@%, even 10,000 players will not be able to plant one Inventory Bag. Therefore, not only was the value of the Inventory Bag sky-high, its demand would never end.
“How good! The sisters complained about not having enough inventory slots! Many of us have to return to the city to replenish the potion!” Rosette Rose crying happily.
“How about you? Sweet brother?” rosette Miaomiao. After claiming one Inventory Bag from Tinkerbell, he slid towards the public and came to a complete stop in front of Jiang Fei.
“Unfortunately, the things I made will not be of much use to you! I'm an Iron Man. You don't have to put me down too much. ” Jiang Fei sneered.
“What did you say? Our little sister, Miaomiao, admires you!” Suddenly, Jiang Fei heard a voice right behind him. He turned around in surprise only to see the face of a beautiful girl. He was only a few centimeters away from her!
“AIYAYAY! Sister Fox is a bully! I'll destroy you!" Like a cat, Miaomiao hissed and jumped onto the back of Rosette Fox.
“Hehe.” Jiang Fei could not help but laugh at their comical behavior.
No, the comic may be a little too rough. They are more like family and close friends. A group of girls share the same dream.
“All the equipment I made is in the public guild storage. Please help yourself. ” Jiang Fei walked towards Rosette Rose and told her about her progress.
“Thanks for your work.” Rosette Rose thanked Jiang Fei as she smiled in response.
“Wah! How-why? There's so much equipment! There is even a Green level too!”
When Rosette Rose checked the storage, she was surprised to see many valuable equipment stored.200 White level equipment was more than shocking, but 50 Green level equipment as well? To put things in perspective, a normal Blacksmith could only produce around 100 White-level equipment at the expense of 50 gold coins. On the other hand, Jiang Fei had produced 50 Green-level equipment with so much White value, costing only 50 gold coins! The rate for producing Ascended equipment is usually at 1%. If Jiang Fei produced 200 pieces of White Equipment, he would produce around three to five pieces of Green equipment. Now, 50 of them are lying in the warehouse! Whahuh? Hows it? That person is basically a money-making machine!
“Not much. I think I'm lucky enough today!” Jiang Fei brushed it off, hiding the fact that it was all due to the mysterious nature of the ring.
“Haha! Well then, have a lucky day, every day!” Rosette Rose said.
Although the Wrist Guards were Level 10, their Green value was equivalent to 130% of the basic attributes. Don't forget about the bonus! Green Equipment could last up to Level 15. Level 15 Equipment would not be as good as a Level 10 Green-class Wrist Guard. He was already Level 15, but the equipment would still serve as an upgrade.
What made Rosette Rose more than happy was the fact that Jiang Fei had produced more than enough for the entire guild. There were only 40 of them, and only 20 of them were Heavy Armor users. There is more than enough for each! That was a fantastic achievement. Within the span of a few hours, a player named Verdure Glider had provided enough Green level equipment for the entire guild members for each member. Jiang Fei's achievements had made him a valuable asset to the guild, in Rosette Rose's eyes.
Blacksmiths with a high production rate of Ascended equipment would definitely bring the guild luck and wealth. The product hasn't been seen much yet, but at the late stages of the game, Violet level Epic level equipment and Blue level Fine equipment meant the difference between Heaven and Earth.
