A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 831 Temporary Entry
After leaving Joja's supermarket, Leon left without looking back.

He had to leave. After communicating with Shane, Leon was planning to find other local people from Pelican Town who worked here to talk, but Morris came out.

After all, it was a bit too much to poach people in front of others, so in order to ensure that he would not be hit by Morris's glass in the future, Lyon chose to leave decisively.

After leaving the house, Leon did not rush back, but went to the blacksmith shop.

The room was still steaming hot, but there was no obvious smoke.

Clint, wearing only an apron on his upper body, sweated profusely as he held a hammer and hit the unformed metal ingots on the iron felt. Each blow of the hammer created very conspicuous iron flowers.

"Good afternoon, Leon." Seeing Leon appear, Clint just greeted him and continued to shape the iron ingot. After it was completely hammered into a neat long strip, he used pliers to add it to the water on the side to cool it down.

Clint wiped the sweat from his forehead with his apron, put down the hammer and walked towards Leon.

"Are you here to get the axe?"

"I came to see you on the way. It would be even better if I could get the axe." Leon threw a can of iced Joja Cola at Clint. He bought it just before leaving the supermarket. Otherwise, if he came out empty-handed, it would be easy for Morris to suspect him.

"The axe has been upgraded, thanks." After Clint said that, he skillfully pulled the pull ring and gulped down the carbonated drink in the bottle. The chill brought by the icy cola made him shiver uncontrollably, but his expression showed that he was enjoying it very much.

"That's good. The money and materials can be settled." Lyon took out the gift card and shook it.

"I'm not in a hurry. You should keep it for emergency use." Seeing that Leon was here to give him money, Clint hurriedly explained to Leon.

"Don't worry, I've made a lot of money recently." Leon certainly knew what Clint meant, but he really didn't need this little money for the upgrade now.

Clint looked at Leon's confident expression and knew that Leon was telling the truth, so he took the gift card and swiped the amount he deserved.

But when he took out the steel axe that was already shining with a silver luster, Lyon did not take it in a hurry. Instead, he handed over a slender hoe.

"Since you're here, upgrade my hoe and make it gold."

As he spoke, Leon took out ten copper ingots, ten iron ingots and five gold ingots. Among them were materials for paying for the steel axe he had made before, as well as materials for the gold pickaxe he was going to upgrade this time.

"Okay." Clint didn't say much. He directly accepted the materials and the upgraded pickaxe, and paid another fee for the upgraded craftsmanship. Then he found a stool and motioned Leon to sit down, as if he had something to say.

Leon sat down calmly and looked at Clint. Clint didn't waste any time and explained directly.

"There was a small accident when the axe was upgraded this time, but it was a good thing."

"Tell me more about it?"

"The axe blade has become sharper, and the efficiency of chopping down a whole tree will be improved." Clint fixed his eyes on the steel axe that Lyon had not yet withdrawn and was lying quietly on the table. "The reason seems to be that when I was forging the axe, I accidentally mixed in some diamond powder left over from processing other items, but the strengthening did not fail. You know, the forging method that gives tools metal properties involves a very strict process sequence and material ratio.

Normally, one point more or one point less of material would cause the upgrade to fail, but this time it unexpectedly succeeded, and the axe blade even gained some diamond properties."

After hearing this, Leon thought for a moment and immediately picked up the steel axe.

"Steel Axe (Tool): A pure steel tool used for felling trees, boasting incredible strength. (Due to the addition of diamond dust during strengthening, some special effects emerge. Time-Limited Power: Imbued with a trace amount of diamond essence, this increases the sharpness of the axe blade upon use, allowing it to cut tougher wood. The remaining duration of the enchantment is 60 hours.)"

In the identification information provided by the system, in addition to the basic information, there is an additional description in brackets. The content and effect are the accident that Clint mentioned, but compared to what Clint said, this additional strength improvement is actually time-limited.

"Did you finish the axe by staying up late last night?" Looking at the duration, Leon asked subconsciously.

"How did you know that?" Clint was a little surprised that Leon knew this news.

"Guessed." Lyon did not explain further.

"Oh." Clint didn't ask any more questions, but said to Leon excitedly.

"This is a great upgrade, and it reminds me of a story my father once told me. When upgrading tools, in addition to giving them the power of metal, you can also give them the energy of gems. Each gem has its own special effect.

But I'd always thought this was just a story. After all, there's no such knowledge in the forging methods passed down in my family. There's only the power of giving tools metals, which is the upgrade method I've mastered, gradually improving from copper, iron, gold, and iridium. This time, the accidental inclusion of diamond powder has given the tools some additional properties, allowing me to discover a new path."

At this point, Clint's beard stood up with excitement. Obviously, finding a new research direction in forging skills was like discovering an unknown treasure to him.

"Giving tool upgrades the power of gems?"

Hearing this, Leon felt strangely familiar, because he seemed to know this thing.

This seems to be the function of Jiang Island's volcanic furnace. In addition to giving tools gem characteristics, this special furnace can also upgrade weapons, fuse the special effects of two rings, and other magical features.

Clint's accident was similar to the effect of the volcanic furnace on Jiang Island. If Leon remembered correctly, when upgrading tools in the furnace, colorful fragments were used, and then one of the multiple entries was randomly selected and could be repeatedly refined.

The powerful entry is one of these enhancement entries. Its effect is to increase the skill level of the tool. The pickaxe is increased by one level, and the axe is increased by two levels. The effect is to make the tool more efficient. Simply put, if a steel axe is equipped with a powerful effect, then the performance it can exert is equivalent to that of an iridium axe.

Although it is time-limited, it is also a good improvement. Just take advantage of this time to cut down more trees.

But Leon couldn't understand why such an effect would be triggered by diamond powder, especially when Clint said there was a high probability of failure.

Lyon doesn't believe it's just luck. The possibilities contained in it are very interesting.

(End of this chapter)