Chapter 088: Equipment Upgrade
It’s good to be rich and famous. Now, everything was going smoothly.
For the scabbard that Lady Tulip wanted, Chen Ran used some sturdy and good-looking fur as the main material, and then used specially made fine gold red thread to make a simple yet not lacking in noble status beautiful scabbard. When there were no more flaws in the workmanship, this job was considered complete.
At the same time, Chen Ran also began to make suitable equipment for himself. He took a large number of ordinary light magic crystals and, after many careful refinements, finally made a powerful light-attribute Sun Stone (purple). Then, with high-purity mithril as the main material for the staff’s body, he made an exquisite and small staff.
Holy Spirit Staff (Purple): Increases the magic power and casting fluency of light-attribute spells, increases own magic power reserve and magic power recovery rate. Enchantment “Light’s Energy Gathering,” condenses magic power to enhance the power of light into a higher-intensity attack spell.】
With this staff, Chen Ran had finally obtained his own attack skill in a roundabout way. He could condense the power of light and release large Holy Light Bullets or Holy Light Arrows. Although the scope of application was limited, and he could only do point attacks, Chen Ran was already very satisfied with this.
Due to the lack of materials in Xilan City, Chen Ran could only make such a mini excellent-grade staff. As for jewelry, he only made a few fine-grade light accessories, such as a pair of wristbands, a ring, and a necklace, as well as an enchanted robe, all of which were blue quality, which he made do with. With the mana recovery and magic power increase effects of the staff and a few pieces of equipment, Chen Ran’s equipment-making efficiency was much faster than before. He had basically bought up all the low-grade magic crystal stones and magical beast magic cores in the entire city.
Three days after the auction, someone from the Tulip family came to pick up the scabbard as promised. The person who came was the one wrapped in a cloak whom he had seen before, the tenth-tier sword saint.
When he saw the exquisite scabbard Chen Ran had made, this sword saint, whose specific appearance could not be seen, stroked the comfortable feel of the scabbard with his withered but exceptionally powerful hand and nodded in satisfaction.
“Thank you for your hard work, sir. Your craftsmanship is truly extraordinary. I’m sure our young lady will like this scabbard.”
The so-called young lady should be Lady Angélique. Listening to his tone, it seemed he had been in the Tulip family for some years.
After confirming the goods, the sword saint took out an exquisite small silver token from his clothes and handed it to Chen Ran.
Chen Ran took it and, looking at the lifelike tulip pattern engraved on it, asked in confusion, “What is this?”
“The guest token of the Tulip family. In the future, as long as you hold this token and go to any place related to our Roland family’s industries, you can seek a certain amount of help. If you have other works in the future, sir, you can go to the fiefdom of the Tulip family, and someone will naturally receive you, sir.”
“Then thank you very much,” Chen Ran said, not being polite, and put the token in his pocket. The sword saint, after retrieving the scabbard, left very directly.
Just as Chen Ran was about to go back to his room, Dongfang walked in.
“Little Dongfang, instead of taking care of the garden and reading more, what’s the matter now?”
“Hmph, I’m here on serious business!” Dongfang pouted, with a dissatisfied look on her face. “I’m here to say that I’ve finally reached the first stage of shamanistic power. I can now communicate with the spirit summoning power of shamanism.”
“Uh, so fast…” Chen Ran had always thought that it would take Dongfang at least another half a month to reach that stage of shamanistic power. This was beyond his expectations. Could it be that Dongfang was really a genius in cultivating shamanism?
Since she had reached the requirement, Chen Ran was naturally happy for her. He bent down, patted her cheek, and praised, “Not bad, your progress is unexpectedly fast. I’ll give you a reward later. Since you’ve already reached the basic requirement for spirit summoning shamanism, what spells can you cast now?”
“None…” Dongfang shook her head. “Spirit summoning has very high requirements for casting. You have to reach at least the second tier of spirit summoning power to cast the most basic summoning, to summon the lowest-grade phantom beasts from the phantom beast world. And the other few spells have almost no effect at the low tiers…”
“Is that so?” Chen Ran thought for a moment with his chin in his hand, then smiled. “Then do you want to reach the second or even the third tier in the fastest way?”
“Is there such a good thing?” Dongfang blinked playfully, her face full of expectation.
“Of course, you have to believe in your omnipotent big brother. I’ll come and find you when I’m ready,” Chen Ran said, looking at Dongfang again. Seeing her slightly longer hair, he couldn’t help but sigh. “I estimate that in another half a year, this hair should be able to reach her waist.”
“Is it good to have long hair?” Dongfang said, not understanding.
“It’s alright. Long hair makes you look more like a girl, like your big sister Ella.”
“Tch…” Dongfang pouted. “I’d rather be a boy. I wouldn’t have to wear a dress every day. And when I grow up, I’ll marry big sister Ella, and she’ll tell me stories in bed every day.”
“You little girl, that’s all you’ve got,” Chen Ran said with a smile, patting Dongfang’s little butt. “Alright, you can go and play now. I’ll prepare your reward for today. You can rest assured.”
Finally getting Chen Ran’s reply, Dongfang left with satisfaction, skipping out of the room. Chen Ran, on the other hand, planned to go out and visit the herb shop and the toy shop.
As for how to enhance Dongfang’s shamanistic power, Chen Ran was not worried. Any combat profession, whether it was a mage, a shaman, a priest, or a warrior, could use medicines to enhance or stimulate their own ability growth in the initial stage, especially in the first three tiers. As long as one was willing to pay a certain price and a little effort, anyone could quickly reach the third tier in a relatively short period of time. After the third tier, the required medicines would need a large amount of rare medicinal materials, which even ordinary large families could not afford. So, talent and perseverance became particularly important, and more practical combat was needed to improve one’s strength faster.
Chen Ran had that in mind. He planned to use potions to raise Dongfang’s spirit summoning power to the third tier faster, and then make a decent set of magic items for her. The initial training of the little loli would be considered complete.
Speaking of which, since Chen Ran had become rich, the church had gradually become more lively. Some unscrupulous elements even wanted to come in and take advantage. Chen Ran thought that he was now a person of some means, and it wasn’t a solution for the church to have only women, children, and old men. He had to hire some guards or the like to maintain the security here.
After thinking about it, and since he did need some help, he specially wrote a notice and posted it outside, regarding the recruitment of guards. They had to be at least Tier 4 warriors. Ability was secondary; character was more important. They had to be able to work for a long time, and the benefits would naturally not be lacking.
