The Return of the Sword God
43 - Forging Books
Shi Feng took the keys of the Intermediate Forging Room and climbed onto the second floor, ignoring the seductive young lady.
The first floor of the Forging Association only had a Basic Forging Room, while the Intermediate Forging Room was located on the second floor.
When compared to the first floor, the number of people on the second floor was much less. There were only NPCs walking around. Players would not come to this place at all. Moreover, there were only twenty Intermediate Forging Rooms, unlike the Basic Rooms, which numbered fifty.
Shi Feng entered the Intermediate Forging Room. The room was much bigger and smoother. The facilities available were also better than Basic rooms, especially Hammer and Flame. Both of these items are not simple at all.
Shi Feng raised a silvery-white hammer that was placed on top of an iron woven cloth.
[Hundred Hammer Completion] (Bronze Rank)
Forging Items: When Forging, the success rate increases by 3%.
Requirements: Power 4
Just this Hundred Refinement Hammer alone was hard for players to come by. The best hammer NPCs sold were Common Hammers. The hammer does not increase the success rate of Forging. As for stealing this Hundred Refinement Hammer, it was an impossible task. Items belonging to the Forging Room could not be retrieved by players.
The flames here are amazing too. Instead of the usual dark red and yellow colors, the flames here lit up in deep red and green. It was no ordinary Fire, but a Mysterious Flame.
Shi Feng looked at the description.
The Red Devil Flame (Level 1 Mysterious Flame)
Specialty Item: Have very high temperature. Goods melted with Fire will have higher purity. When refining potions or forging items, the success rate would definitely increase.
Mysterious Flame was a rare and powerful Flame. These flames had varying strengths, and could be categorized into nine tiers. The first level was the weakest, while the ninth level was the strongest. However, even a first-rate Mysterious Flame was not something that players could easily obtain.
Due to the rarity of the Mysterious Flame, the price within the Divine Region was extremely high. Including the fact that the making of Potions and Forging required Mysterious Flames, the price of Mysterious Flames became even more shocking.
There was once a Tier 4 Flame that caused dozens of first-rate Guilds to scramble over it. After the deaths of millions of players, Flame finally ended up in the hands of the World Dominators. Not long after, a Potion-Making Master in World Dominators rose to become a Grandmaster Potion Maker, increasing the World Dominator's influence by a huge leap.
Shi Feng had a great yearning in him when he saw the blazing Mysterious Flame. It was the thirst of a Forger.
Just when Shi Feng was thinking out loud, he suddenly recalled a thing.
In the second month of operation of Gods Domain, the third-rate Guild, Great Light, had discovered the Tier 2 Mysterious Flame, Ice Blue Demon Flame. The flame was found in the Hundred Ghost Forest, and its discovery caused great envy to the other Guilds. At that moment, there were many Lifestyle players applying to join Glorious Light, so the Guild's strength increased abruptly and became a tyrant in the small City. However, there were also many Guilds that gathered information in secret, wanting to obtain Mysterious Flames for themselves. Of course, Shadow was no exception to this.
Shadow had discovered the location and method of obtaining the Mysterious Flame from the inner circle of the Great Light. Unfortunately, the Mysterious Flame only appeared once, and never appeared again after it disappeared. This discovery caused many Guilds to waste their efforts.
As he thought about the Ice Blue Demonic Flame, Shi Feng suddenly began to have intentions towards this Mysterious Flame. If he could make it his own, it would definitely help him greatly in the future when he started his own Guild. Moreover, Fire would be of great help in propelling Shi Feng into a true Forger[1].
However, Shi Feng still needed to devise a proper plan to obtain the Ice Blue Demonic Flame. He needed to prepare a lot of things before he could obtain the Fire.
Following which, Shi Feng took out the Garrison Armor Forging Design. Without wasting any time, he immediately chose to study it.
System: You have learned how to forge the Garrison Armor.
Following which, Shi Feng placed all the required materials onto the stone table. Then, he took out the extremely precious Book Of Forging and began forging.
However, it required 1000 Proficiency Points to become an Intermediate Level Forging Apprentice. Earning that many points requires equally large funds to support it. It was impossible for Lifestyle players to support such a large sum of money alone.
The Forgers in the Guild started by forging Common Equipment. There was not a single Guild that allowed these Lifestyle players to directly forge Bronze Equipment. At first, they did not even have a Forging Design for Bronze Equipment, and even if they had one, they would not take such an action. The success rate of the Basic Forging Apprenticeship was too low, and the materials required were too expensive. One failure would cost 1 Silver Coin or more. It was a loss that even Guilds could not handle. Moreover, they could not even gather a lot of materials to make such equipment.
However, Shi Feng did not have such worries. He had the Philosopher's Stone, so he didn't lack resources. Moreover, the materials needed to make the Garrison Armor were cheap. It only needed 5 bottles of Magic Essences, 5 pieces of Bronze Ore, and 20 pieces of Copper Ore. The cost of making the Garrison Armor was only 80 Copper Coins. When compared to the cost of manufacturing other Bronze Equipment, at least 20 Copper was cheaper. The Garrison Armor also had very good Attributes, so it was very welcome. Shi Feng did not have to bother thinking about how to sell it.
The most important thing is the Book Of Forging.
Book Of Forging could increase the success rate of forging Common Equipment by 70%, Bronze Equipment by 50%, Mysterious-Iron Equipment by 30%, Secret-Silver Equipment by 20%, Fine-Gold Equipment by 10%, Dark Gold Equipment by 5%, and Epic Equipment by 1%.
With such Attributes, the Book Of Forging could allow players to become a Master Forger easily and unhindered.
Basic Forging Interns originally had a 20% success rate in forging Common Equipment. Including 70% of the books, the success rate will be 90%. Coupled with the facilities of the Intermediate Forging Room and eliminating the possibility of errors, the success rate of General Equipment manufacturing was 99% or higher. Unless the player is a pig[2], failure is unlikely.
The frightening ability of the Book Of Forging was clearly visible from this.
As for the Garrison Armor, Shi Feng had a 5% success rate in the making. Including 50% of the books, 3% of the room's facilities, as well as the Mysterious Flame effect, Shi Feng now had a 60% success rate for creating the Garrison Armor. Not to mention Bronze Equipment, even though General Equipment had a 60% success rate, it would still anger the Forger players. Such a high percentage of success was something the Forgers could not imagine.
Following which, Shi Feng began to slowly create the Garrison Armor according to the requirements of the Forging Design. He first melted the Copper and Bronze Ore into the fire. After being burned for five minutes, the ores began to melt and form clumps. Following which, Shi Feng added the Magic Essence, letting it burn for another minute before taking out the hot ore and placing it on top of the metal cloth. The extremely hot temperature of the ore caused Shi Feng to sweat. However, Shi Feng did not dare to be rash, as the following process was the most important part.
After finishing his preparations, Shi Feng held the Hundred Refinements Hammer and prepared it to hammer the fire ore.
Damnit.. Damnit.. Damnit..
Sparks flew in all directions. The sound of a hammer resounded throughout the vast Forging Room.
Shi Feng struck each attack with meticulous precision.
In his previous life, Shi Feng had not learned Forging. He was just learning the Gathering skill. However, he still knew a lot about Forging. After all, he had quite often conversed with the Master Forger, so he was knowledgeable to the point of not making certain low-level mistakes.
After hammering the ore over a hundred times, Shi Feng felt it was perfect. Shi Feng wiped away the sweat on his forehead, carefully selecting the red ore interface and clicking the Finish button.
After that, the hot ores began to change. Within five seconds, it turned into a silvery-gray armor. On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with that. However, the success of forging equipment did not only depend on its appearance; there was also its quality. Quality including Attributes and equipment ratings.
Poorly forged Bronze Equipment would experience a demotion to Ordinary, or their basic Attributes would not meet the standards.
Hence, Shi Feng chose the information from the armor, checking whether it had succeeded or failed.
TL Note:
[1] a true Forger => this part refers to the rank for a Forger that is Forging Apprentice -> Forger -> Master Forger -> Grandmaster Forger
[2] Unless the player is a pig => Idiot
Turning the Ice Flame Demon Flame into Ice Blue Demon Flame
