As a lord, I was forced to farm

The Sound-Record Bead can perfectly replicate the sounds it records without any loss of sound quality. Jiang Ran also discovered that the more spiritual energy she inputs into the brown pattern, the louder the sound played by the Sound-Record Bead becomes.

'That's quite convenient.'

Jiang Ran's mind stirred. Looking at the brown spiritual patterns on the Sound and Shadow Bead, she sent a wisp of spiritual power to brush over it. It was as if time had reversed. The brown patterns on it gradually faded away, and the recorded sound was cleared, leaving space for sound storage again.

“It’s really good stuff.”

Jiang Ran's eyes brightened slightly. Even though she knew the general uses of the Shadow and Sound Bead from the book, she had never actually seen it, so she could only rely on her imagination and it lacked a sense of reality.

Once I got my hands on it, I found it to be even more convenient and easy to use than I had imagined.

"It's a pity there are only twelve sound and shadow beads."

Jiang Ran glanced at the dozen or so Shadow Beads on the table, then looked at the seventy-odd Shadow Snails that she had temporarily kept in the glass tank.

The better the quality and the older the sound bead, the more sounds it can record and store. Among the twelve sound beads in Jiang Ran's hand, the one that can store the most sounds can only record one hour's worth of sound, while the one that can store the least can only record one quarter of an hour.

Even with all twelve audio-visual beads combined, it's estimated that only three audio-visual works can be created.

“Master, if you still want them, I’ll go find you these ugly beads.”

Seeing Jiang Ran's troubled expression, Bai Mei stopped thinking about what treasure to show his master and immediately looked like he was about to go into the water to find the Shadow Pearl for Jiang Ran.

"It's alright." Jiang Ran's eyebrows curved slightly as she scooped up the little white dragon, who was about to rush into the sea and wreak havoc, and petted it until it was completely dazed.

"No need. Didn't you praise my subordinates for their progress before? We can just let them handle the retrieval. These twelve Shadow Sound Beads are few, but they're barely enough."

Jiang Ran naturally knew that Bai Mei disliked the unattractive Shadow Sound Pearl. It was enough that he had the heart to do it. However, instead of spending time searching for the Shadow Sound Pearl, he should focus on cultivation and doing what he liked.

After all, Bai Mei had already reached the peak of the Sea of ​​Consciousness Realm and was at a crucial juncture in his attempt to break through to the Heaven of Pill Realm.

Seeing that Jiang Ran said that, Bai Mei did not insist. He hooked his white dragon tail and took out a shiny treasure from somewhere, placing it in her hand...

……

After the Xuanjia soldiers finished retrieving the communication conch shells, it was already noon. The vast sky was a clear blue, and although it was late autumn, it was still quite hot at this time.

Once back on shore, Jiang Ran did not stay on the Lingze Lake, but returned to the Jiang family mansion in Suling.

Upon returning to the Jiang residence, Jiang Ran instructed Steward Li: "Steward Li, I need more than seventy polished seashell beads."

Butler Li didn't know what His Highness wanted these mother-of-pearl beads for, but he didn't ask further. He simply asked, "Your Highness, are any kind of seashell acceptable?"

Jiang Ran thought for a moment, "Let's try to use the shells of spirit shells."

These shell beads are used to cultivate sound-reflecting beads.

The cultivation method for shadow pearls is similar to that of mud pearls. A polished, rounded shell bead or jade stone can be artificially implanted into the oyster meat as an artificial nucleus, and then the oyster is fed.

Li Fusheng acted swiftly. After Jiang Ran gave the order, that very evening, he brought over a hundred polished seashells and knocked on Jiang Ran's study door. Alone in the room, he saw over seventy Shadow Conch shells floating in the water tank. Jiang Ran directly activated her spatial magic, implanting the artificial core into the Shadow Conch shells without using any knives.

This greatly reduces the damage to the snails, thus increasing their survival rate.

Although the book records the Shadow Snail and the Shadow Pearl, it does not contain much information on how to cultivate the Shadow Pearl. Therefore, just like cultivating the Mud Qi Pearl, Da Su explored step by step.

Implanting the artificial nucleus didn't take Jiang Ran much time. A few minutes later, Jiang Ran called Li Fusheng and asked him to take the seventy-odd snails to the Haiqi Pearl Farm so that the people there could properly raise them.

This made the workers at the pearl farm quite uneasy. They hadn't even figured out how to cultivate the mud unicorn pearls yet, and His Highness had assigned them such a difficult task. Moreover, there were only about seventy of these conches called Shadow Conches. If even one of them died, it would be disastrous.

At this moment, it was the steward Li Wei who managed things well, and said with a smile, "What are you worried about? We should be happy to have work to do at the pearl farm. Last time, His Highness rewarded us with a lot of spirit crystals when we harvested mud clams at the pearl farm. If we can also achieve something this time, we will definitely be rewarded as well."

……

Time slowly passed until the end of December in the 27th year of the Great Sumeru. The branches were sparse, and a layer of frost covered the grass. Before long, a chilling wind howled by, and winter swept across the land in its unique way, decorating the world into a silvery-white painting.

After obtaining the Shadow and Sound Pearl, Jiang Ran recalled Bai Lifei and spent a month studying it with him, eventually creating a Starry Illusion Box.

The Starry Illusion Box is a kind of camera similar to the one Jiang Ran had in her previous life. In this world, there are already similar magical artifacts, such as the mirror in the Southern Crown Secret Realm that can detect all places in the Southern Crown Secret Realm, or the sky screen used in the Mingxiao Power Competition.

However, such magical artifacts are not the mainstream magical artifacts in this world, and few artifact refiners study them, so they are rarely seen.

The Starry Illusion Box is a Class-Earth magic weapon that Bai Lifeng crafted using a recording stone and a sound-reflection bead, based on Jiang Ran's ideas and the Mingxiao Sky Curtain.

The Starry Illusion Box is rectangular in shape and about the height of an adult. The box is made of an unknown metal with a dreamy deep blue surface, like a tranquil night sky. Above the night sky, a starry array woven from golden stars shimmers with scattered golden light.

Above the vast starry night, at the very center of the box, there is a crystal screen of moderate size, resembling a piece of natural ice that has undergone countless polishing and spiritual enhancements.

On the top and right side of the box are dozens of crystal-like knobs, which are the various function keys used for shooting and playback.

Jiang Ran slowly circled the Starry Illusion Box a few times, feeling quite satisfied.

"Your Highness, what are you planning to do with this Starry Illusion Box?" The fact that His Highness the Prince specifically summoned him back for this item shows how much Jiang Ran values ​​it.

Jiang Ran smiled but did not answer, instead sizing up Bai Lifeng.

He was slightly thin, and his skin was a dark red from being around a stove for a long time, giving him a lean and capable appearance.

"I heard you've become a Heaven-Rank Weapon Refiner?"

Bai Lifeng smiled and said, "It's all thanks to His Highness's blessing and guidance."

Upon receiving an accurate answer, Jiang Ran couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

In this way, Da Su now has two Heavenly Rank weapon refiners. (End of Chapter)