The quality of the treasure chests I open will always increase by 3.

This game is very friendly as long as you're willing to spend money.

With a whoosh, Lin Yuan spent money like water through the trading platform, and the materials he needed were immediately delivered to his backpack through the platform.

[You have repaired the blacksmith's badge. Now you can take it to the grave of its original owner. If you can awaken the original owner's soul, he might allow you to inherit the badge and become a blacksmith.]

Here we go. After repairing the badge, we can start the second step of this quest series.

The money's already spent, how can I not go?

set off!

Lin Yuan checked the strategy guide and found that the destination was on a map for levels 21 to 30, but to get there, he had to cross a map for levels 31 to 40 first. After leaving that map, there was a map for levels 11 to 20 right next to it.

On such a map, there will naturally be a corresponding low-level dungeon.

Qingfeng Temple.

However, the gate corresponding to Qingfeng Temple is not in Hangzhou, but in Luoyang, which is quite far.

Lin Yuan decided to leave the game and instead follow the routes within the game, fighting his way through.

He then sent a message to Su Yunmeng: "Change it, we're going to Luocheng tomorrow to fight Qingfeng Temple."

"Okay, I understand." Su Yunmeng didn't ask any questions and simply agreed.

Because she knew perfectly well that she was just clinging to Lin Yuan's coattails, Lin Yuan could play whichever game he wanted; he was just informing her, not asking for her permission.

Lin Yuan smiled; dealing with smart people is always easy.

He left the instance, preparing to fight monsters as he made his way to his destination.

What followed was a long journey.

Of course, if he encounters monsters on the road, he doesn't mind killing them, even if they don't give much experience, as long as they do.

My dream of reaching level 15 today is definitely out of the question.

Relying solely on experience gained from defeating monsters?

Even if no one competes with him for monsters, he can only get a maximum of 10% experience by grinding until dawn.

Far from it.

Therefore, if you want to level up quickly, you still need to rely on dungeon ratings.

tomorrow!

Hopefully, I'll get an experience point reward tomorrow.

After walking for nearly two hours, he finally got off the map.

In fact, there is no feeling of switching maps in the game - the entire game world is a whole, so there will never be a feeling of suddenly getting stuck when entering another map.

How did Lin Yuan know he had arrived at another map?

He recognized the monster wandering by the roadside.

This is a huge leopard.

Giant cheetah, a level 31 monster.

Low-level monsters are covered in plenty of guides and tutorials.

Lin Yuan didn't specifically try to kill the monster, but it spotted him and charged at him on all fours.

Then I won't be polite!

Lin Yuan unleashed a slash.

A brutal blow.

His strength was as high as 313 points, and his Savage Strike dealt a terrifying 782.5 points of damage. With one strike, the giant leopard was forced back and a huge wound was cut into its body. However, it was not killed instantly.

Do level 31 monsters really have that much HP?

As Lin Yuan thought to himself, he threw a punch.

Bang!

With another punch, the giant leopard was killed, turning into fragments of light and shadow that vanished.

Keep going.

On this map, Lin Yuan frequently encountered attacks from monsters.

There was no other way; high-level monsters had a much wider field of vision, and Lin Yuan didn't have any stealth skills, so he was naturally discovered from afar and had no choice but to fight.

Fortunately, his equipment was too overpowered, with a platinum weapon and several pieces of gold equipment, so killing these level 30+ monsters was a piece of cake.

Three hours later, Lin Yuan finally left the map and arrived at today's target map.

As before, the monsters here are high-level, making it easy to spot him.

Lin Yuan had no choice but to fight monsters while advancing.

Because he had a guide, he found the grave of the original owner of the blacksmith's badge without any trouble.

but!

Awakening the soul of this dead person is not so easy; you need to obtain "Dead Soul Grass" first. However, Dead Soul Grass cannot be bought on the trading platform; it is a quest item.

Once you gather resources in the Dark Forest, they become bound to you and cannot be purchased.

Lin Yuan then went to the Dark Forest and spent more than an hour collecting the Dead Soul Grass. He then returned and successfully revived the dead blacksmith.

Is this over?

No.

Although the blacksmith is dead, his spirit is still very much in need. He said he wanted to test him, and Lin Yuan had to complete three tasks to gain his approval and officially pass on the blacksmith's badge to him.

Okay, let's do the task.

Another three hours passed, and Lin Yuan finally completed the three tasks.

Now, he has finally finished.

You have earned the approval of the late blacksmith.

[You have become a novice blacksmith. The blacksmithing branch has been added to your skill panel. Please upgrade your skill as soon as possible. Only with a higher skill level can you craft various advanced equipment.]

Lin Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief. Finally, finally finished.

He opened the skill panel, and sure enough, there was an extra page with the word "Blacksmith" written on the summary.

turn on.

Currently, the blacksmithing branch has three skills: smelting, inlaying, and repair.

[Smelting] Smelt a piece of equipment to extract core essence. Core essence is a key material for enhancing items. Core essence can only be extracted from equipment of silver quality or higher. Requires: Forge.

【Socketing】Socket the core essence into the corresponding equipment.

[Repair] Repairing a piece of damaged equipment requires different materials depending on the quality of the equipment.

Lin Yuan nodded. No wonder enhanced equipment is so expensive!

To obtain the core essence, you need at least a silver-grade item, but what is the price of a silver-grade item?

Around 100 million!

In other words, even if you only enhance one piece of equipment, and it's the lowest level 1 enhancement, it will cost 100 million.

The key point is that there is still a chance of failure in strengthening, and once it fails, the investment will be wasted.

Lin Yuan smiled.

Haha, that's great!

The Treasure Chest King's talent is so strong that it allows him to wear silver armor at level 1. However, once he obtains better equipment, the outdated equipment cannot be sold for money because it is bound to his character.

Either throw it away, or leave it in the warehouse to gather dust and take up space.

but!

Now he can melt down these obsolete equipment.

Core essences are not bound and can be sold.

He could easily upgrade his equipment first, get more core essence, or sell it if he ran out of money.

This day was worth it!

Blacksmithing is a perfect profession for me!

Lin Yuan was in high spirits.

There was a furnace right next to him, so he took out his Tetanus Blade and threw it in without hesitation.

The smelting skill is activated.

In less than 10 minutes, a small, silvery-white ball rolled out of the furnace.

【Silver Core Essence (Tetanus)】Blacksmiths can use this to enhance weapons, with a 90% chance to inflict the tetanus effect on the weapon; if it fails, the effect will disappear.

Just as Lin Yuan was about to embed this core essence into the Demon Eye Blade, he suddenly felt a chill. With a snap, an arrow shot into his chest, but it couldn't break through his defenses, bounced off, and fell to the ground.

Sneak attack!

He didn't even notice!

Fortunately, he remained standing, and with the Immovable Mountain skill, his constitution, boosted by the Shield Mountain talent, had reached over 2 points.

"Haha, friend, it's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding!" A man and a woman peeked out from the bushes, the man holding a bow in his hand!