Ten days later.
In the meditation room, Su Nan sat cross-legged on the ground.
In the void that others could not see, countless energy particles seemed to be pulled by invisible forces, rushing into his body.
In the depths of the sea of consciousness, most of the star ring had materialized, leaving only the last bit of it with an illusory texture.
As the energy particles continued to fill, this last bit of phantom also disappeared visibly.
When the last bit of phantom materialized, the entire star ring suddenly shone brightly and trembled slightly.
Su Nan suddenly felt a clear sound in his mind, and his mind suddenly became clear.
"Success!"
Su Nan opened his eyes and showed a happy smile from the bottom of his heart.
It took nearly half a year from the beginning of practicing the star ring meditation method to the present, and he finally built the first star ring.
After coming back to his senses from the joy, Su Nan looked at the panel as soon as possible.
[Spirit 3.60/Constitution 3.25]
"Spirit increased by 0.78, and constitution increased by 0.31!"
Sunan nodded with satisfaction.
Even with the help of the secondary active potion, he had to meditate for almost a month to increase his mental power by so much.
The improvement brought by the construction of the star ring is indeed very significant.
In terms of constitution, Sunan is now above the trainee knight.
But it is still far from the 8-point constitution required by the official knight.
After all, he has not practiced breathing.
"If I practice breathing now, the progress should not be too slow."
Breathing and constitution complement each other.
The faster the breathing progresses, the faster the constitution improves.
The same is true in reverse.
With Sunan's current constitution, he may be able to practice breathing to a small degree in less than a month.
But that being said, he does not intend to do so.
Wizards have many ways to strengthen their constitutions, so there is no need to waste time and energy practicing breathing.
If you have this time, you might as well brush up the learning progress of spells or skills.
Su Nan opened the spell list with a thought.
[Mage's Hand]
[Sleeping Spell]
[Acid Splash]
[Flash]
Thanks to the buff effect of the secondary active potion, his efficiency in learning spells has increased several times.
In just two months, he not only successfully mastered the Sleeping Spell, but also learned Acid Splash and Flash.
Currently brushing up the learning progress of Lock Picking.
"Most of the knowledge fields involved in wizards are extremely profound and take a lot of time to master."
"This is also the main reason why many wizard apprentices with good qualifications have to spend hundreds of years to be promoted to wizards."
"But as long as there is enough resource support, this time can be greatly shortened."
Su Nan sighed secretly.
It is precisely because of the withering of elements and the lack of resources that wizards cannot see the hope of improving their strength that the Starlight Continent is abandoned.
If he did not have the golden finger of the synthetic magic cube, it would be a foolish dream to want to be promoted to a wizard in the current Starlight Continent.
"It takes 3,000 points of proficiency to upgrade the Level 2 Star Ring Meditation Method, which takes about four months."
"If you can keep the supply of secondary active potions constant, you can be promoted to a second-class wizard apprentice in two years at most."
Sunan estimated that the cost of making a bottle of secondary active potion is about twelve gold coins.
If you become more proficient later, it should be reduced to about ten gold coins.
That's twenty gold coins a month.
"It seems that the tax revenue of Black Rock City is only forty or fifty gold coins a month, which is not a small expense."
Sunan has thought about synthesizing secondary active potions, which may greatly improve the effect of the potion.
Unfortunately, with the current income level of Black Rock City, he does not allow him to purchase a large amount of materials at one time to make enough secondary active potions.
"Let's discuss it with my eldest brother."
Sunan got up and walked out of the meditation room.
On the way, he met Old Geller. After asking, he learned that Key was in the study, so he turned around and went straight to the study.
However, when he found Key in the study, he found that the latter was also sighing and looking sad.
Looking up and seeing Sunan, Keyi suppressed his worry and asked with all his strength: "It's you, Sunan, you have locked yourself in the yard for many days, why did you dare to come out today?"
"Brother, I have something to discuss with you."
Sunan got straight to the point and talked about buying materials.
After hearing this, Keyi smiled bitterly.
"There are more than 50 gold coins in the account, which I originally planned to use to purchase armor. Since you want to use it, I'll give it to you first."
Sunan glanced at Keyi, and thinking of his worried look just now, he immediately understood.
"Is the territory short of money now?"
Key did not hide it, and sighed and said: "The number of knights in the territory has increased a lot recently, and the food expenses have increased significantly. We will start farming next month, and we have to spend money to buy tools and seeds. The expenses are indeed not small."
"Is there any way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure?"
"It is impossible to save money if the territory wants to develop. Whether it is arming the army or developing the economy, gold coins are indispensable."
Key has always wanted to strengthen his strength to take back the Flash Territory, so he naturally cannot be content to be a salted fish.
"As for increasing revenue, I have an idea. I plan to restart the Black Stone Mine!"
Black Stone Mine?
Su Nan's expression moved slightly.
He remembered that Black Stone City was famous for producing Black Stone Iron.
Blackstone iron is a high-quality metal. It only needs to be simply refined to have a hardness comparable to that of refined iron. It is a good material for forging armor and weapons.
The name Blackstone City also comes from this.
It is precisely because of Blackstone iron that Blackstone City has become one of the most prosperous cities in Jinyan Province.
But later, something happened, which led to the abandonment of the Blackstone Mine, and Blackstone City gradually declined.
"Speaking of which, why did the Blackstone Mine be abandoned in the first place?" Su Nan asked in confusion.
Without special reasons, the successive lords of Blackstone City would never give up a cash cow that can continuously produce gold coins.
"According to the old soldiers in the city, it is because a monster appeared in the mine."
"Monster?"
Key was well prepared. He took out a piece of parchment and spread it on the table.
It was painted with a dark black leopard, but the stone texture was clearly visible on its body, and it exuded a metallic luster. It looked like a creature made entirely of gold and stone.
"The previous lords called this kind of monster an iron-swallowing beast. They feed on black stone iron ore, and their bodies are as hard as black stone iron. Each one has the combat power comparable to that of a primary knight, and is very difficult to deal with."
"Are there many such monsters?" Sunan asked.
Although the knight-level monsters are terrible, they are not so daunting that the previous lords will back off.
If it really doesn't work, just spend a few hundred gold coins to ask a great knight to solve it.
Unless there are a lot of monsters, or there are other reasons.
Sure enough, Key continued to say: "There are not many monsters, probably only 20 or 30. The key is that the iron-swallowing beast is very cunning. Once it sees that the situation is not good, it will drill into the rock wall and escape. It is very fast, and even the great knight can't stop it."
"If these monsters are not cleaned up, the mining area cannot be operated normally."
Monsters that can drill into the ground.
Sunan raised his eyebrows. This is indeed difficult to deal with.
- Of course, only relative to ordinary people.
"If that's all, there's a solution."
The words from Sunan's mouth made Key stunned. After a while, he reacted and stood up in surprise.
"Do you have a way to deal with the iron-swallowing beast?"
Sunan pondered and said, "You can try."
Although Sunan did not make a 100% guarantee, it made Key ecstatic.
You know, what bothered him most during this period was the gold coins. If the Black Stone Mine could be restarted, all problems would be solved!