Forging and Alchemy

System: You have learned how to forge the Dusk Shield.

System: You have learned how to forge the Hone Blade.

Afterward, Zhao Yun placed all the needed materials onto the stone table. Then, he took out the immensely precious Craftsman's Medal and started to forge.

Following which, Zhao Yun started slowly making the Dusk Shield according to the Forging Design's requirements.

He first smelted the Copper and Bronze Ore in the fire. After being in the fire for five minutes, the ores started to melt and form a lump. Afterward, Zhao Yun added in the Magic Essence, letting it burn for another minute before removing the red-hot ore and placing it onto the metal felt. The ore's scorching hot temperature caused Zhao Yun to sweat. However, Zhao Yun did not dare be careless, as the following process was the most important part.

After finishing the preparations, Zhao Yun held the Hundred Refinement Hammer and readied it to hammer the fiery ore.

Dang… Dang… Dang...

Sparks flew in all directions. The hammering sounds echoed throughout the wide Forging Room.

Zhao Yun struck every hit with careful precision.

After hammering the ore over a hundred times, Zhao Yun felt that it was perfect. Zhao Yun wiped away the sweat on his forehead, carefully selecting the crimson ore's interface and clicking the Complete button.

Following which, the red-hot ore started transforming. Within five seconds, it had transformed into an ornate shield. The shield is gold and has three brown rings surrounded by black in the middle. It also has a brown rim with three lines radiating toward the center.

On the surface, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it. However, equipment's successful forging did not just depend on its appearances; there was also its quality. Quality included the equipment's Attributes and rank.

Bronze Equipment that was badly forged would have their ranks decreased to Common, or their base Attributes would not be up to standards

Zhao Yun selected the information of the shield, checking whether it was a success or a failure.

After Zhao Yun selected the option to check the shield's information, three words appeared on the panel: Identification in progress.

The red loading bar slowly increased. The System was currently determining the statistics of the equipment.

After three seconds had passed, the System finished identifying the shield and revealed the shield's information.

[Dusk Shield] (Bronze-rank Shield)

Level 3

Equipment Requirement: Strength 10

Defense +25

Strength +2, Endurance +2

HP +150

Durability 35/35

After equipping, all damage received from the front will be reduced by 10%.

Restricted to Shield Warriors and Guardian Knights.

System: Garrison Armor has been successfully forged. Forging Proficiency increased by 2 points. Obtained 800 EXP.

After he finished making the shield, Zhao Yun set his eyes on the one-handed sword.

He followed the blueprints' instructions on how to make the sword. After a few minutes of hammering, the sword was finally finished.

[Hone Blade] (Bronze Rank, One-Handed Sword)

Level 3

Equipment Requirement: Strength 5

Attack Power +15

Strength +5, Agility +6

Durability 30/30

Seeing the attributes of the two items, Zhao Yun nodded satisfyingly. Now was the right time to sell these two items. Most of the players already reached level 3. Additionally, because of the rarity of the drops, the other players only had common equipments.

For the next two hours, Zhao Yun holed up inside the Intermediate Forging room. The only sound that can be heard inside was the sound of metal being repeatedly struck by the hammer and the occasional humming sound.

After forging for two hours, Zhao Yun found out that his level increased to level 2. He also decided to have a quick break and decided to sell most of his items in the auction house.

Upon arriving at the auction house, Zhao Yun discovered a very peculiar situation. There were quite a lot of logistics members of Guilds present at the Auction House. Each and every one of them was standing guard at the Auction House, and it was a wonder what they were actually waiting for.

Zhao Yun randomly chose a place to sit down, calling out the operating panel of the Auction House.

Just when Zhao Yun decided to place his items in the auction house, he heard a few logistics members of Guilds complaining to each other.

"How long more do we have to wait?! Why is that Garrison Armor still not showing up?! Let me buy it so I can report back!"

"You've only waited for three hours. I've already been waiting here for more than ten hours. You haven't seen the intensity of the competition for the Garrison Armor. I've heard, because of this Garrison Armor, there were quite a few Guilds who were able to kill many wild Special Elites, reaping astonishing gains. There was even a Guild that managed to obtain quite a few pieces of equipment and skill books, thanks to the Garrison Armor. So, everyone is here to fight over it. Unfortunately, the remaining few pieces of Garrison Armor have all been bought."

"Exactly! Our Guild is currently regretting it dearly. If we had known how greatly we would fall behind to those Guilds, we would have bought the Garrison Armor, even if we had to pay 7 Silver Coins for one. Now, the higher-ups have already given the order. As long as the Garrison Armor appears, we definitely must buy it!"

During the discussion held by the logistic members, Zhao Yun knew that Shi Feng already started selling his products. Not long from now, the name "Black Flame" would become renown in the Kingdom.

While listening to the gossips of the players around him, Zhao Yun placed his crafted shield and sword. Most likely, there would also be large amount of players wanting to buy it.

'With the combination of Shi Feng's armor, my sword and shield, a guild's MT would surely be able to handle stronger monsters. This would greatly benefit the guild's progress. Additionally, most swordsmen would also find my crafted sword incredibly helpful.' Thought Zhao Yun

With that done, Zhao Yun found a safe area and entered the Space. Seeing the plants ready for harvest, Zhao Yun immediately commanded the Space to harvest it. Afterwards, he replanted another batch of plants.

With the materials for alchemy ready, Zhao Yun then went to the alchemy association and rented an Intermediate Alchemy Room.

As the Spatial Water contains all the capabilities of various potions, Zhao Yun is unwilling to sell it especially this early in the game. Right now, the Spatial Water could provide health and mana regeneration, boosts in basic attributes, and various resistances.

As a result, Zhao Yun decided to personally make potions for now.

The Intermediate Alchemy Room was similar to the forging room except for the fact that instead of hammer, there were a lot of tools that would be of great help in making alchemical products.

Before starting, Zhao Yun took out the [Records of the Half-Blood Prince]. Afterwards, he read the section about the [Basic Health Potion] as well as its improved version.

After reading it, Zhao Yun made sure that he properly understood what was written in the book. He tried to recreate the process of the production of [Basic Health Potion] in his mind. He checked which part he should take note of and planned how to tackle those.

After a few minutes, Zhao Yun was now ready to perform his first alchemy product. He first decided to make the potion by using its common recipe

Zhao Yun ignited the flame under the refining furnace. When the water in the refining furnace boiled, he took out the root grass, and silver leaf grass from his bag and put a group into the refining furnace.

After a certain amount of time, Zhao Yun would then stir the ingredients inside.

He would then add crushed dead leaf grass into the concoction.

After 5 minutes, the refining process has entered the final stage. As long as it passes through the cooling tube and is poured into the glass bottle, the refining process is complete.

However, glass bottles are purchased for a fee, and a minimum glass bottle is 2 copper coins.

Zhao Yun first purchased 30 glass bottles and put them neatly on the table. He took one glass bottle and placed it at the exit of the cooling tube. He opened the valve and poured the medicine into the bottle.

System: Basic Health Potion has been successfully made. Alchemy Proficiency increased by 3 points. Obtained 1,100 EXP.

[Basic Health Potion]

+100 HP

After he finished with the common Basic Health Potion, Zhao Yun decided to proceed with the improved version.

Zhao Yun failed the concoction process during his first try to make the improved version.

Seeing the black goo in the furnace, Zhao Yun thought about the process and thought of what went wrong. Afterwards, he tried to do it once again.

Fortunately, Zhao Yun was successful this time.

[Basic Health Potion]

+120 HP

Zhao Yun was greatly satisfied with these effects. An increase in the potions' effects would surely be welcomed by the players.