Chapter 46: The Golden Hoop

  Because of the auction, all the magicians crowded into the guild hall, and when Lin Li walked into the alchemy room, there was not a single person inside.

  He then opened the Endless Storm Ring with a sense of relief.

  Looking at the dazzling array of metal ingots, even Lin Li himself couldn't help but admit that he had a somewhat abnormal collecting habit. From the cheapest copper and iron ingots to the expensive high-purity gold and secret silver ingots, and then to the various magical metals that were rarely seen in daily life, adding them up, there were actually dozens of kinds...

  Lin Li now needs to select the material for the Golden Rod from among these dozens of metals.

  The Enchanting Rod is different from weapon equipment, and it's not that the higher the level of metal, the greater the power. This is more of a trade-off process. Using ordinary metal as materials will bring about higher enchantment stability, greatly reducing the chance of enchantment failure. On the other hand, using magical metal as materials will bring about stronger enchantment effects, and different magical metals also have different enchantment effects.

  For senior enchanters, stability always comes first.

  Even if the enchanting effect is strong, without stability support, it will eventually become a joke.

  Almost all successful enchanters choose Eternal Golden Forging for their Enchanted Rods.

  Eternal Gold is known as the most stable metal in the world, and a Golden Rod forged from it can increase the success rate of enchanting by more than 10% at the very least!

  Lin Li had always been cautious in nature, and when he started impacting the profession of attaching magic, he also set a goal to use Eternal Gold Rods, even preparing several Eternal Gold Ingots in advance.

  At first, he never thought that one day he would really get the profound silver.

  Now Lin Li had a deep silver in his hand, and there were really too many metals to choose from.

  The rod plated with a deep, mysterious silver had reached an astonishing level of stability. Now he needed to consider how to maximize the enchanting effects brought by the magical metal.

  Now in front of Lin Li, there are three magical spirits: Dream Iron, Deep Secret Silver, and Rune Gold. These were carefully selected by Lin Li from among thousands of options. Although there are many other magical metals, most have various shortcomings and do not meet Lin Li's requirements for the Golden Rod.

  Only these three magical metals would make Lin Li scratch his head in confusion.

  Forging equipment with Dreamland's Iron may imbue it with a magic dispelling effect.

  Forged with Runic Gold, the Pointing Rod greatly enhances elemental attributes.

  Forged with Deepsea Secret Silver, the Pointed Gold Bar allows equipment to have higher magic resistance.

  All three are rare magical metals, and getting any one of them would probably be enough to keep most magicians awake with excitement. Probably only Lin Li could produce all three at once, and the consequences that followed also plunged him into a happy predicament.

  The three magical metals are all so excellent, but the deep silver on hand is only enough to plate one.

  This really gave Lin Li a headache, and he stood still for almost an hour in the alchemy room before finally gritting his teeth and making a decision.

  The enhancement of elemental attributes is too monotonous, and the magic dispel effect only has a certain probability. After weighing the pros and cons, Lin Li finally chose Deep Sea Secret Silver. Compared to enhancing elemental attributes, the application range of magic resistance is wider, and it can be attached every time, unlike the magic dispel effect which relies on luck.

  After deciding on the material for the magic wand, nothing else is worth worrying about.

  When he was a professional at Impact Enchantment, this guy didn't know how many Golden Rods he had wasted. Now that he's doing this kind of thing, it's simply a familiar routine.

  In the alchemy room, there was a small crucible that was usually used to melt stardust, sea sand and other alchemical materials. Although the temperature was a bit low, it wasn't a problem for Lin Li. He threw the Deep Abyss Secret Silver into the crucible, chanted two incantations, and suddenly a Flame Hand appeared, with almost infinite magical power crazily stirring up the flames. The scorching flames tightly adhered to the bottom of the crucible, and in just an instant, the Deep Abyss Secret Silver showed signs of melting.

  Iron pincers grasped the deep crimson Secret Silver, one hand had already taken out an iron hammer from the Endless Storm Ring.

  Only a spark of fire was seen on the alchemy platform, with dazzling magic symbols surging back and forth, as beautiful as fireworks in the night sky. Under Lin Li's skilled craftsmanship, a Golden Rod forged from the depths of the Secret Silver Abyss quickly took shape on the alchemy platform.

  A master blacksmith is a freakish existence, and with just a blink of an eye, a golden rod was roughly completed. The entire process was so fast that it was hard to believe, until Lin Li put down the hammer, the alchemy platform was still a scene of sparks flying everywhere.

  Then it's just waiting for cooling. Unlike ordinary metals, magical metals cannot be forcibly cooled, otherwise the magical properties in the metal will be lost in large quantities. All Lin Li can do now is wait patiently.

  And while waiting, he stretched his hand into the Endless Storm Ring once again.

  This time he took out a magic crystal the size of a longan fruit.

  The relationship between the Golden Rod and the Enchanter is maintained by a thread of spiritual power, as the Enchanter cannot provide magic to the Golden Rod. Therefore, a sufficiently powerful magic crystal must be inlaid on it. Lin Li chose a 15th-level Void Walker's magic crystal this time, which is the strongest magic crystal he can take out at present. Although Hunter killed countless people back then, most of the magic crystals didn't have time to be transferred to his small account, and this matter has always made Lin Li feel uneasy.

  Of course, what really made Lin Li clench his fist was still the destruction of the giant dragon Azadas...

  After the giant dragon at the top of the legend died, Lin Li unexpectedly couldn't find its magic crystal anywhere. The only thing that looked like a magic crystal was a piece of stone found in its heart, but it had no luster and was rough, not even a weak magical fluctuation existed, let alone the source of magic for a legendary giant dragon?

  Lin Li could only angrily dismember, after a round of abnormal trampling, the once renowned and powerful dragon was stripped to the bone, and all of it was thrown into the Endless Storm Ring.

  But that's beside the point, the magic crystal is just providing magic power to the Golden Rod. Later on, if you can hunt down an even more powerful magical beast, you can completely replace this level 15 one.