"You finally realized this problem. In fact, this is not a secret. You will know it in the future anyway. It doesn't hurt for me to tell you now." The blacksmith looked at Ding Ding with admiration and sorted out his thoughts before continuing:
"To forge a crystal shovel above level 5, you need at least 2000 reputation, 1000 gold coins, minus the maker's 1000 experience. These are relatively easy. The most difficult part is the material. The quality of the crystal ore is required to be at least level 28 and at most level 30. The highest level of mining shovel currently available is level 7, which is the artifact level. You need a level 50 crystal shovel. When I first saw you, I knew you were going to take a shortcut. I think you look good, so I advise you not to think about this path for the time being. Even with my strength, I can only make it to the last third step. I estimate that in your situation, you need to be at least level 75 and have at least level 70 top-grade fairy artifacts to have a chance to fight with me."
Ding Ding was stunned when he heard this. How could this be possible? According to the data studied during the internal test, it shouldn't be possible to be so difficult. Could it be that the difficulty level has been raised
"Uncle, since you also know these conditions, do you know whether the difficulty of this route has been adjusted?"
"It has always been this difficult without any adjustment. I guess you only got a part of the information. No one has discussed a large part of it with you, so you think this route is easy to complete. However, the special ores you dug in the Novice Village will be of great help to you in the future. It is because you have the original crystal that you are most likely to complete the most difficult continuous task of the legendary blacksmith in the system, so I gave the task to you so easily. Otherwise, you would not have received the task at all."
Damn, I thought I was just lucky, but the reality is this. If the blacksmith didn't think I was good, he wouldn't have told me this. If he didn't tell me this, I guess my future would be very difficult.
"Thank you, uncle. If you hadn't reminded me, it would have been difficult for me to continue on this path." Ding Ding thanked him sincerely!
"Don't be so polite. I won't discourage you. Let me give you a suggestion. The dragon bat crystal in the novice village is a good thing. If the crystal shovel has this fusion, it may be upgraded to a higher level. It doesn't need too much. Two or three pieces are enough. I think you don't have to think about it. I will teach you how to practice spiritual arts. Although there is no restriction on this skill, the skill book requires at least a high-level fairy beast to have it. With your current level and equipment, no matter how many people go, they will die." Tintin's honest attitude towards other people's opinions made the blacksmith appreciate it very much. By the way, he gave Tintin very important information. Then, regardless of Tintin's agreement or not, he put a hand on his head and seemed to recite a few spells. Then Tintin felt a heat in his head, and pieces of information were transmitted to his brain, which was probably the uncle's spiritual art.
"It's really tiring to teach this skill. I haven't worked so hard in a long time. Okay, I need to rest now. You can go now!" Spiritual training is a special level skill. It is the most difficult to obtain among all skills. And the blacksmith directly taught it to Ding Ding. His strength decreased by at least 70% within half a year. It can be seen that he has a special feeling for Ding Ding.
"Ah, uncle, how are you? Will teaching me this skill have serious adverse consequences?" Tintin woke up and saw that the blacksmith seemed to have aged a lot. He was so scared that he almost cried. He was always upset when he saw that someone he cared about or who cared about him got into trouble. He quickly helped the uncle into the house and helped him lie on the bed.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine tomorrow after a night's rest. Okay, you still have things to do, don't stay here. If you stay too long, the system will think you are a thief and put you in jail. Go quickly. Come back tomorrow and you will see the old me." After that, the blacksmith fell asleep. Seeing that the uncle was drunk, Ding Ding had to go out and close the door.
After looking at the blacksmith shop again, Tintin felt heavy-hearted. After thinking for a while, he decided to go and join Lonely and the others. Seeing that the uncle was so willing to teach him skills, there should be no problem. In any case, NPCs in the system like the uncle can't die. It seems that the uncle needs a lot of physical strength to teach this skill.
The young master and his friends were waiting for Ding Ding to come out.
"Ding Ding, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?" The young master took a careful look and noticed that Ding Ding's expression was heavy. Could something have happened
"Ah, I'm fine, it's the uncle who got into trouble." Then Tintin recounted what happened in the blacksmith shop just now. They were all stunned for a long time.
"Ding Ding, don't worry so much. He is an NPC and a master-level expert. Have you ever heard of a master-level expert who died after teaching others a special skill? From your situation, it is obvious that this skill is also within his teaching range. It's just that we don't know this skill now, so nothing will happen. Otherwise, the system will not let him learn this skill. You are right?" I am a master, and I can see more clearly from the outside.
"Yes, we'll know what's going on tomorrow when we take a look. Okay, Tintin, cheer up. Since the uncle taught you this skill, he must have thought about the current situation. Don't think too much about it." Lonely and the others came to comfort Tintin.
"Okay, no. I don't think Ding Ding has the energy to make a formation in his current situation. Let's take a day off today as planned and go see the uncle together tomorrow." In the end, it was the eldest son who made the arrangements. After all, in the current situation, Ding Ding might be killed by the monster.
"Well, that's the only way!" I'm an expert and they're helpless too. Ding Ding is now the main attacker and they're used to using formations to kill monsters together. Suddenly, there's no formation and they're alone. They're often bitten. They get upset when they think about it. When they get used to killing monsters with high quality, they also learn to be picky.
The next morning, Tintin and his friends arrived at the blacksmith shop early. As expected, the blacksmith was standing there as usual, busy with something.
"Good morning, uncle. It seems that you are really fine. I am relieved." Ding Ding finally breathed a sigh of relief and was in a good mood. He didn't sleep well last night. He kept thinking about the pale face and old body of the blacksmith during the day.
"Didn't I get better yesterday? I'm fine. Well, if there's nothing else, I'll get back to work." The uncle was full of energy. Although his strength had decreased, it was not a big deal and he still looked energetic.
"I'm leaving now, uncle. Please take care of yourself!" Seeing that the uncle ignored him, he had to leave. He didn't see that the uncle's eyes were wet, but he was thinking in his heart: What a good guy!
"Look, my uncle is fine, he just taught me a skill." I was talking about a high-level view. After getting the result he said, this guy got cocky, as if he was the truth, and looked like he deserved a beating.
"I'm just worried. If something happened to you, I would be worried too. Haha!" Ding Ding, in a good mood, teased me that I was a master.
"You deserve a beating, you actually cursed me to get into trouble. Don't run away unless I beat you up!" The two of them were playing around along the way and the atmosphere was much better than yesterday.
Tintin has learned all the skills
System prompt: Congratulations to player Yuan Tian for learning the skill: Beast Slaughter Formation. Current level: Level O
Ding Ding took a look and realized that this formation could only be used against monsters such as magic wolves. Although its scope of use was greatly limited, it was an intermediate skill after all and much better than Bagua. Then they first found a few small groups of magic wolves to try out the formation and found that this formation could transfer part of the life of the monsters to Ding Ding after they were bleeding. Then Ding Ding asked Dudu and the others to enter the formation as well. As long as they were in the formation and formed a team with Ding Ding, the person who set up the formation, they could also get life replenishment and recovery of about 30% of the damage.
This discovery made them crazy. Then Ding Ding changed the formation into an offensive one and expanded the range of the formation. I am a master and three warriors would lure monsters from four directions, more than 100 at a time. Most of the warriors would resist and the mage would release a group skill: Fire Wall. The magic wolves were not mutated. The magic wolf king had a relatively low magic defense and was much better equipped than before. The fire wall released by the mage still caused great damage to the magic wolves. They almost didn't drink any potions, and their lives were replenished in the burning. I was so happy that I roared on the spot and almost scared the wolves away.
After 3 days, although Tintin was very frugal, he still used up all the array talismans. Tintin originally wanted to dig them, but the young master's auction house must have them, so he just bought them directly. Now he has money. Tintin also remembered that he had not accepted the follow-up task yet, so he went back to accept the task. The task required killing the level 50 blue boss, the man-eating devil crocodile in the devil's swamp, to obtain its teeth. It was said that its teeth could bite through a 20 cm thick steel plate, and a bottle of melting gold, which can only be obtained through alchemy. However, there was no time limit this time, otherwise, with the current level of alchemy, it would be impossible to make this thing.
Auction House
"Excuse me, do you have any high-level magic crystals?" Tintin asked while standing in front of the information desk.
"How much do you need?" The beautiful consultant was very polite.
"How much is it? What's the price?" Although Ding Ding has money on him, he doesn't spend it carelessly.
"There are more than 500 pieces, and the price is 50 to 120 gold coins."
"50 to 120? What's going on?" It felt weird that the same item could be sold at such different prices.
"It's like this. Our auction house has an auction method where the players who need to bid choose the price themselves, so different prices will be generated." So that's how it is.
"Then I'll start at the lowest price, 100 yuan." If there is a cheaper one, of course you should buy the cheaper one, otherwise you'd be a fool.
"A total of 6850 gold coins. This is the price that your team members bought from our auction house. Thank you!" Ding Ding's team can buy things cheaper because they have a contract.
"By the way, what kind of highest-level magic crystal do you have?" Tintin suddenly remembered the SSS-level mission he had taken in the seaside town.
"It's a top-grade magic crystal, and the price is 700 gold coins per piece." She didn't ask Ding Ding how many pieces he needed. It seemed that she was running out of stock. After all, this thing was not something you could dig up whenever you wanted.
After buying things, Ding Ding went directly to the seaside town
"Auntie, I'm back. Here is the quest item you asked for." Ding Ding was too lazy to talk nonsense with her, as he was afraid that this auntie would say something that would make people's blood boil.
"Oh, it's you. You're really slow. I'll give you 1,000 gold coins. Mission completed. The next mission is to go to Sky City to find the blacksmith. He will tell you what to do next."
System prompt: Congratulations to player Yuan Tian for completing the mission: Cultivation Biography: Top-grade Magic Crystal. Reward experience: 2ooooo reputation +1oo
20 experience points allowed Ding Ding to upgrade again and now he is level 36 30%.