Seeing Guan Canghai Again

After designing the staff he wanted to craft, Lin Yu began preparing to craft its core.

Picking up the Crimson Flame Tiger's Magic Core, Lin Yu began transmuting it. The first step was to restructure its interior, making fine adjustments to strengthen it.

As the transmutation array activated, the Magic Core's internal structure began to change, and its shape became that of a regular icosahedron.

Next came the runes. Lin Yu's mind was like a precision carving knife, inscribing rune after rune inside the Magic Core. Soon, the staff core was complete.

Next, he had to craft the staff's secondary cores. He skillfully transmuted the rubies, and in less than ten minutes, the first secondary core was complete.

He spent about forty minutes crafting the remaining staff cores.

With the staff cores finished, it was time to craft the material for the shaft.

Activating Alchemy, he fused cloud iron, mana-gathering stone, and mithril in a ratio of 43% cloud iron, 31% mana-gathering stone, and 26% mithril. Soon, an entirely new alloy had been created.

The high proportion of cloud iron made the alloy very light, while the mana-gathering stone allowed it to slowly draw in surrounding magic on its own, and the mithril improved its mana conductivity.

Next came the staff's shaft. The staff Lin Yu planned to craft resembled a scepter, with a shaft one meter long and a head shaped like a claw with five slightly spread fingers. The five secondary cores were set between the knuckles of the five clawed fingers, and the main core was set in the very center of the claw's palm.

Under Lin Yu's control, the alloy began to change shape. Soon, a staff appeared in the center of the Alchemy Workbench before him.

Next, he set the staff cores in place. Before long, they were all mounted on the shaft.

Then he inscribed runes on the shaft. After nearly half an hour, Lin Yu finally finished the last rune.

"Whew." After catching his breath, he had only one step left before the staff was complete.

Looking at the unfinished staff on the Alchemy Workbench, Lin Yu activated Alchemy to refine it thoroughly.

Under the effects of Alchemy, the staff's structure became more compact, and the cores fused with the shaft more perfectly.

Lin Yu picked up the staff from the Alchemy Workbench and tested its weight. It was very light—even his weak body in the game could swing it with ease.

After picking up the staff and swinging it casually a few times, Lin Yu tried casting a Fireball Spell.

Looking at the fireball before him, which was noticeably larger than before, and sensing the mana surging inside it, Lin Yu silently calculated its power. The fireball was 150% more powerful than it had been without the staff's boost, exactly as he had calculated.

Next, Lin Yu tried his other spells. Just as he had calculated, the staff gave non-fire spells a 50% boost.

After familiarizing himself with the staff, Lin Yu looked at the materials left on the Alchemy Workbench.

Hmm, what accessories can I make with these materials? Lin Yu began considering which accessories to craft.

He soon decided what to make. The materials were just enough for a necklace inscribed with protective magic and two bracelets that amplified the power of magic.

With the experience of crafting the staff, making magic accessories became much easier.

"Done." With the final rune inscribed, the last bracelet was complete.

Lin Yu picked up the accessories from the table and put them on.

After checking their weight and confirming that they didn't affect him, Lin Yu left the Alchemy Workshop. He checked the time and decided to return to the inn.

Back at the inn, Lin Yu washed up, then lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and went to sleep.

At six in the morning, Lin Yu woke up. Today, he planned to leave the Newbie Village and farm some materials in the wild to make magic scrolls.

Lin Yu now had a clear understanding of his strength.

He was definitely not weak. The boss called Sykes was essentially a fully equipped warrior, and back then, with only ten magic scrolls and no preparation, Lin Yu had still managed to take him down at the cost of his own life.

Now, with experience, Lin Yu was certain that he only needed to prepare one control-type magic scroll and four attack-type magic scrolls to take Sykes down easily.

His goal was simple now: hunt magical beasts and gather materials to craft magic scrolls. As long as he prepared enough scrolls, he could farm bosses just like regular mobs.

"Looks like I need to farm some magical beasts." Having decided what to do next, Lin Yu ate and drank his fill, then flew out of the inn.

"Huh? What's going on?" Seeing a crowd gathered at the entrance to the Newbie Village, Lin Yu was curious about what had happened.

He went closer and listened for a while, then got a rough idea of what was going on.

Simply put, someone was looking for players who were also ready to break through to form a party and hunt a boss. And that person was an acquaintance of Lin Yu's: Guan Canghai.

Guan Canghai looked very different from the last time Lin Yu had seen him. Back then, his equipment had consisted of crude leather armor, but now he was clad in heavy plate armor.

Should I give it a try? Lin Yu considered joining Guan Canghai's party to see whether they could defeat a boss together without relying on magic scrolls.

After thinking it over for a while, Lin Yu decided to try. If the party could defeat a boss outright, he wouldn't need to farm materials to craft magic scrolls, and he could gather five King's Souls for Perfect Advancement sooner.

All right, Lin Yu couldn't fool himself in the end. He really just wanted to join their party and see whether the boss would send them spinning like tops.

"No, your level isn't high enough, and your strength doesn't meet the requirements either. We need people at level ten who are ready to break through."

"Can I join?" Guan Canghai had just finished turning down a player when he heard the voice and looked up.

A white-haired loli was hovering in midair nearby. It was Lin Yu.

Guan Canghai felt that Lin Yu looked familiar. After thinking for a moment, he finally remembered who Lin Yu was.

"Oh, it's you. We're looking for people at level ten who are ready to break through. Is your level high enough, bro?" Guan Canghai asked, looking at Lin Yu in midair.

In response, Lin Yu said, "It is." He then showed Guan Canghai the part of his information that displayed his level.

Guan Canghai was a little surprised to see that Lin Yu was level ten and ready to break through. To be honest, he had always thought Lin Yu was just an ordinary support player, and had only added him as a friend to buy potions.

Guan Canghai truly hadn't expected Lin Yu to have already reached level ten. Anyone who had reached level ten this early was no ordinary player; at least three of their talents had to be S-rank or higher for it to be possible.