Sighing, Su Nan shook his head, not thinking much of it.

    No matter what, he had the Synthesizing Magic Cube and the Player Panel, two powerful cheats, and wouldn’t end up like Ang Maclaine.

    Putting down the diary, Su Nan picked up another one.

    To his surprise, this diary contained Ang Maclaine’s Blackrock Beast experiment records.

    It detailed the process of creating the Blackrock Beast.

    “With this experimental record, as long as I brush up on the Puppetry Refining skill from these books on the bookshelf, I can try refining the Blackrock Beast!”

    A delighted smile appeared on Su Nan’s face.

    The Blackrock Beast was a knight-level Puppet Creature, loyal, reliable, fearless, and undeniably a powerful force.

    With a batch of Blackrock Beasts in hand, his future material searches would be much safer.

    Putting away both diaries, Su Nan picked up the ring.

    The dull-gray ring looked like a cheap piece of jewelry from a street vendor, nothing special.

    But in Su Nan’s perception, the ring was like a miniature black hole, constantly devouring the stray energy particles in the surrounding air.

    “Magic Item!”

    Su Nan’s eyes lit up.

    Unexpectedly, Ang Maclaine had left behind a magic item.

    Su Nan turned back and saw that everyone else was waiting outside, so he discreetly opened the Synthesizing Magic Cube and placed the ring on it.

    A line of text quickly appeared before him.

    [Blood Vine Ring (Alchemy/Sub-Magic Item), after activation, it can summon Blood Vines to bind a designated target and continuously absorb the target’s vitality in small amounts, usable times 3/3, can be restored by injecting spiritual power or automatically absorbing stray energy particles.]

    “Not bad, a very practical effect.”

    Su Nan nodded secretly.

    Magic items have different levels of strength.

    The lowest level is Alchemy grade, also known as Sub-Magic Items.

    These magic items typically have only one single enchanted property.

    For example, dimensional bags, spatial rings.

    Or various enchanted weapons with sharpness, bleeding, black steel, etc.

    Don’t underestimate these lowest-level magic items, their power is quite impressive.

    Taking the Blood Vine Ring as an example, Su Nan estimated that even a peak knight would likely be unable to break free from the Blood Vine’s restraint. R?

    For him, a Wizard Apprentice, a Sub-Magic Item is undoubtedly very valuable.

    Of course, to use the Blood Vine Ring, he’ll need to become a Second-Rank Wizard Apprentice.

    Only by having the ability to manipulate energy particles can he activate the magic item.

    “Good stuff.”

    Su Nan pondered for a moment and decided to keep these gems.

    After all, with the batch of Blackstone Iron in the warehouse, plus the soon-to-be-reopened Blackstone Mine Area, Black Stone City shouldn’t be short of money for a long time, there was no need to sell these gems for gold.

    More importantly, for a Wizard, gems are also a precious material.

    Valuable gems don’t just have ornamental and decorative functions.

    In the hands of a Wizard, gems can be used for many purposes.

    For example, they can be used as casting mediums for specific magic spells.

    Su Nan remembered a magic school called “Gem Magic,” its casting mediums were various gems.

    This school of magic was notoriously known as a money pit.

    Every casting requires a gem, ranging from dozens to hundreds of gold coins.

    Unless you’re a Wizard with a wealthy background, you simply can’t afford it.

    But conversely, this school’s spells are also incredibly powerful.

    A first-ring Burning Hand, using a ruby as a casting medium, can increase its power to the point of a second-ring spell, close to a third-ring spell!

    Therefore, the successors of this magic school are all known as big tycoons and over-the-top challengers.

    Besides casting mediums, gems are also often used as materials for crafting magic items.

    The most common example is wands.

    Inlaying different types of gems on a wand can add specific magical powers.

    In addition, gems are also often used as energy cores for Puppet Creatures.

    Many Wizard Apprentices who can’t afford Soul Crystals will choose gems as energy cores instead.

    In short, gems have many uses, unless necessary, Su Nan couldn’t bear to sell them.

    After checking the drawers, Su Nan searched other corners of the room carefully. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find anything else of value.

    “Forget it, I’ve already gotten enough good stuff this time. I can’t be greedy.”

    Su Nan took a long breath and put his things away, leaving the room.

    While he was in the study, Kei had sent someone to inform the soldiers outside to bring in carts to move the black iron ingots, and now the hall was bustling with activity.

    Seeing Su Nan come out, Kei didn’t ask him what he found inside, but pointed to the lab and asked, “Do you want the stuff inside? If you do, I’ll have someone carry it to your courtyard.”

    “No need.” Su Nan shook his head.

    Decades have passed, even the magic traps have failed, and the Puppetry Refining equipment inside has long been damaged, there’s no point in repairing it.

    After all, Ang Maclaine left behind equipment blueprints in his experimental records, if he needs them later, he’ll just have the territory’s blacksmith craft a set.

    (End of Chapter)