"Ouch! It's so hot."
With a flick of her wrist, Ye Zi tossed the gemstone in her hand away.
This fire-attribute gem has a high concentration of fire energy, which naturally causes some anomalies, such as temperature.
Staring in astonishment at the gem she had thrown out, Ye Zi pointed at herself.
"Was this extracted from the stone I bought?"
“Yes, I’ve discovered you have a real talent for treasure hunting. These ores are all top-quality materials that can be used to forge weapons and armor.”
Hao Yun is skilled in weapon crafting. Although this world doesn't support it, Hao Yun can still forge weapons manually.
"Really?"
Ye Zi looked at the ore on the ground. She didn't know how many of these things she had bought, and they were usually piled up in the warehouse.
"Come with me!"
Pulling Hao Yun along, Ye Zi rushed out of the hotel and into the guild warehouse, where she used the key to open her own private warehouse.
The Adventurers' Guild provides storage services, but requires an annual fee.
As a veteran adventurer, Ye Zi naturally had one, but the warehouse was not very large, only three square meters.
"Holy crap!"
Hao Yun couldn't help but swear. This leaf definitely has maxed out its treasure-hunting talent, with a warehouse full of precious ores.
"Ye Zi, you're amazing!"
The contents of this warehouse are comparable to the treasure vault of a small sect in a cultivation world.
"Are these ores really that valuable?"
Ye Zi still didn't quite believe Hao Yun's words. She had these things appraised, and they were worthless.
"Of course, if you give it to me, I can forge you a brand new set of equipment, at the very least of excellent quality."
Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice; Hao Yun hadn't started forging equipment before because he lacked the materials.
You should know that the best ore for crafting equipment costs at least a hundred gold coins, which Hao Yun, being a poor wretch, simply cannot afford.
Now that he has the Leaf's treasure, he can completely upgrade the team's equipment and explore advanced areas.
Their purpose in arriving in this world is to find Little King Kong; they can't just stay in this beginner village forever.
Upon hearing that Hao Yunneng could create high-quality equipment, Ye Zi exclaimed in surprise.
"Really? You can really forge high-quality equipment?"
Why would I lie to you? Of course it's true.
Ye Zi suddenly jumped onto Hao Yun and used the "Old Tree Roots" move to lock him in place.
That's wonderful!
With the soft fragrance in his arms, Hao Yun couldn't help but react.
Ye Zi felt something hard pressing against her abdomen. She looked down in confusion, and her face flushed red.
After jumping off Hao Yun, both of them felt awkward for a moment.
"Here's the warehouse key. Here you go."
Ye Zi tossed the key to Hao Yun and ran away shyly.
Watching Ye Zi's departing figure, Hao Yun couldn't help but sigh.
"Lolis have three advantages: they're delicate, soft, and easy to push over!"
Turning his gaze away, Hao Yun began sorting through the ore, calculating how many pieces of equipment could be crafted from it.
Ye Zi wore a set of plate armor and a shield, while Sun Wukong wore a set of heavy armor and carried an iron staff.
As for the Time Machine and Sixth Brother, Hao Yun completely excluded them, saying they were just slacking off and didn't need any equipment.
"Tsk! We still don't have enough ore. How about we take Ye Zi to other cities for a raid?"
Chapter 200 Crafting Equipment
Hao Yun put the development of equipment on his agenda.
That evening, Hao Yun gathered the team members, and after some discussion, everyone agreed to Hao Yun's proposal.
Starting the next day, the team members began their holiday, while Hao Yun went to the blacksmith shop and rented a workshop.
Upon arriving at the workshop, Hao Yun's first task was to smelt the ore.
With the ore smelting complete, Hao Yun decided to practice by making a shield first.
There are shield mold workshops, so Hao Yun doesn't need to waste time making them.
As for the ore ratio, Hao Yun had already calculated it. Since it was a shield, the first thing to consider was its hardness.
Besides being sturdy, it also needs to be resistant to magic; otherwise, the shield might shatter under magical bombardment.
Based on these two points, Hao Yun added some auxiliary functions to the shield, such as shock absorption and rebound.
It took Hao Yun a whole day to forge this shield, and it wasn't until evening that the shield was basically complete.
Ye Zi, who was in charge of delivering meals, saw that Hao Yun had made a shield, so she stayed on to assist him.
At midnight, the shield was finally completed.
After helping out all day, Ye Zi's face was covered in soot, like a big cat's, and she clung to the shield, unwilling to let go.
[Bird Shield]
[Quality: Legendary]
[Defense: 999]
[Special Effects: Reflect (50% chance to return incoming attacks to the opponent) Damage Reduction (40% reduction in all damage)]
[Additional Skill: Iron Wall (Activating this skill grants immunity to all attacks for ten seconds; cooldown: one hour)]
Hao Yun was very satisfied with this piece of equipment. In fact, this shield was entirely his experimental product.
While crafting the equipment, Hao Yun had a flash of inspiration and inscribed a formation inside the shield.
Ordinary blacksmiths in this world would inscribe magic circles on their equipment when forging it. Hao Yun was inspired by this, so he tried to inscribe a magic circle, and unexpectedly, it actually succeeded.
The skills attached to the equipment are the effects of the formation.
As for why it's called the Bird Shield, it's because there's a giant roc on the surface of the heavy shield, which may be related to the demonic beast blood that Hao Yun added.
"Alright, go back and rest now. We still need to continue crafting equipment tomorrow."
Ye Zi slung the heavy shield over her shoulder, rushed up to Hao Yun, and gave him a quick kiss.
After kissing Hao Yun, Ye Zi ran out of the workshop.
"This is your reward!"
Hao Yun touched his damp cheek and couldn't help but shake his head with a smile.
For the next three days, Hao Yun spent his time forging iron, successfully creating two sets of heavy armor and one set of plate armor.
Hao Yun decided to postpone forging the weapon he originally planned to make for Sun Wukong due to a lack of materials.
The heavy armor Hao Yun crafted for himself was a legendary quality dragon scale armor.
Dragon Scale Armor
[Quality: Legendary]
Defense: 650
[Special Effects: Magic Resistance (Reduces magic damage taken by 60%), Iron Wall (Reduces physical damage taken by 50%)]
[Additional Skill: Iron Wall (Activating this skill grants immunity to all attacks for ten seconds; cooldown: one hour)]
In terms of formations, Hao Yun decisively chose a defensive formation, and this additional skill can be described as extremely powerful.
The other two sets of armor have the same additional skills and effects as the Dragon Scale Armor, only their appearance is different.
The armor style that Sun Wukong chose was the same as the equipment that the Dragon King of the East Sea gave him.
Leaf's plate armor is a close-fitting type of armor, pure white with no patterns, very simple.
The Time Machine and Sixth Brother, who did not receive new equipment, naturally expressed their dissatisfaction.
So Hao Yun made a promise: next time for sure.
Having acquired new equipment, everyone naturally wanted to continue taking on quests. However, Hao Yun was already considering whether to leave the starting town and head to a larger city, and perhaps explore the wilderness.
Upon arriving at the Adventurers' Guild, the five stood in front of the quest board and began searching for a suitable quest.
As the saying goes, plans can't keep up with changes. At this moment, a union staff member walked up to the five people.
"Hello, the union president would like to invite the five of you to the meeting room. He has important matters to discuss."
Hao Yun frowned. Guild leader? What does the guild leader of the Adventurers' Guild want with him?
At this moment, the time machine stepped forward casually and asked a question.
"What does your president want with us?"
The staff member smiled and shook his head. "I'm sorry, I don't know why the chairman wants to see you. If you want to know, you can come with me."
"Should we go?"
The time machine looked at Hao Yun, and now their team was completely led by Hao Yun.
"Let's go take a look."
Since the other party had contacted him, Hao Yun wanted to see why the president of the Adventurers' Guild wanted to talk to him.
Following the staff, the five people went directly to the second floor of the union building.
After walking through a long corridor, the staff stopped in front of a door.
"The president is inside, please."