"Boss Jia, how's it going? Is the refined iron essence ready yet?"
"Hey, it's you, kid. How about it? Did the obsidian mine skin you alive?"
"Mr. Jia is joking. It's just a mine, nothing difficult. Not only did I get in, but I also obtained quite a lot of obsidian."
"Hey kid, you're talking like it's the truth."
"Mr. Jia, do you not believe me?"
"I don't believe you. This obsidian mine is located in Night City. Whether you can even get in is another matter. Even if you do get in, the mine is guarded by powerful monsters. With your small frame, you probably won't be able to move an inch."
"Hehe, Mr. Jia, you're really underestimating me."
"Mr. Jia, let's make a bet. If what I just said is true, you'll grant me one request."
"Ha, you talk as if you have obsidian. Fine, I'll bet you. What if you can't produce any obsidian ore?"
"If you can't produce obsidian ore, well, I'll promise to do you a favor. What do you think?"
"Okay, I'll take the bet."
“Okay,” Wang Ming said, taking out the obsidian ore after Jia Bujia agreed. “Boss Jia, look what this is.”
"This is indeed obsidian ore! Kid, you actually obtained obsidian ore." Jia Bujia's eyes widened as he reached out and took the obsidian ore to examine it.
"Hehe, isn't that right, Mr. Jia? Look..."
"Hmph, you've fallen for my trick. Now, tell me, what do you want me to do?"
"Hehe, Mr. Jia, I want to learn the method of refining obsidian."
Indeed, Wang Ming and Jia Bujia chatted for a long time just to learn the refining method of obsidian ore. Because traveling back and forth from Daylight City to the obsidian mine takes too much time, Wang Ming wanted to learn this refining technique.
"What? You must be dreaming. This obsidian refining technique is my exclusive secret. Don't even think about it."
"Mr. Jia, you just promised me, how can you go back on your word now? Are you even a man?"
"You brat, how dare you talk like that?" Jia Bujia glared at Wang Ming after hearing his words.
"That's true, they don't keep their word."
"you!"
"Oh well, fine, I had to be so sharp-tongued. I'll teach you, but..."
"But what is it, Mr. Jia?" Seeing that Jia Bujia had given in, Wang Ming immediately pressed for an answer.
“I want 15, no, 10 pieces of obsidian.”
That's it?
"It's gone."
"It's that simple?"
"You brat, just tell me, are you willing or not?"
“No problem, not to mention 10 yuan, even 20 yuan is fine.” Wang Ming had acquired more than 170 pieces of obsidian ore this time, and even if he gave some to Jia Bujia, it would be enough for him.
Wang Ming took out 20 pieces of obsidian ore and gave them all to Jia Bujia, including the one Jia Bujia had, which really startled Jia Bujia.
"Very well, you're to my liking, lad. I won't treat you badly. Here are the forging methods for refined iron essence and the refining techniques for obsidian, as well as some of my insights on weapon crafting. I'll pass them all on to you."
"System notification: You have learned the Refined Iron Essence Forging Technique."
"System notification: You have learned the weapon crafting technique - Obsidian Refining".
"System notification: Your weapon refiner level has been upgraded to Rank 4."
"Hehe, kid, only a fourth-grade weapon refiner can refine this obsidian ore. I can tell you are a weapon refiner, but your level is too low. Since you gave me so much obsidian ore, I'll just help you out."
"Wow, what a wonderful thing!" Wang Ming was overjoyed and quickly thanked Jia Bujia.
“Hmm,” Jia Bujia was very satisfied with Wang Ming’s attitude, and stroked his beard. “This is the refined iron essence that you entrusted me to forge before. You can have it. From today onwards, I will go into seclusion to refine these obsidian stones. It will take at least 3 days and at most 7 days. During this time, you must not disturb me.”
"System notification: You have obtained 60 Refined Iron Essence".
"Okay."
After seeing Jia Bujia enter the blacksmith shop, Wang Ming quickly activated his secondary profession.
Secondary Profession: Weapon Refiner
Rank: Fourth Grade
Proficiency: / (Once proficiency reaches its maximum, you can go to the Refiner's Association in the main city to increase your level.)
Description: Can craft various weapons below the Spirit Weapon level, and refine various materials of the fourth rank and below.
I have mastered the art of weapon crafting.
Wolf Fang Dagger
Location: Weapon
Type: Dagger
Grade: Unacceptable
Star rating: ★★★
Attack: +56
Strength: +9
Agility: +9
Attack Speed: +11%
Requirement Level: 10
Required Class: Ghost Dancer
Materials: 1 Tiger King's Tooth; 1 Refined Iron
Required Refiner Level: Grade 1 or above
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Philosopher's Stone
Grade: Common
Materials: Refined Iron *1
Description: Can be carried around to increase equipment durability.
Required Refiner Level: Grade 2 or above
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Iron essence
Grade: Rank 4
Materials: Steel Crystal *1
Description: When crafting weapons, there is a certain chance to increase the weapon's grade.
Required Refiner Level: Rank 4 or above
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obsidian
Grade: Rank 4
Materials: Obsidian Ore *1
Description: When crafting weapons, there is a certain chance to increase the weapon's grade.
Required Refiner Level: Rank 4 or above
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Wang Ming sat cross-legged, took out the obsidian ore, and began refining it.
"System notification: You have used obsidian ore."
"System notification: Your obsidian refining failed. You have gained +5 Refiner Proficiency."
Wang Ming was prepared for this, and seeing that the refining had failed, he took out another piece of obsidian ore.
"System notification: You have used obsidian ore."
"System notification: Your obsidian refining failed. You have gained +5 Refiner Proficiency."
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"System notification: You have used obsidian ore."
"System notification: Your obsidian refinement was successful. You have obtained 1 Grade 4 material obsidian and your weapon refiner proficiency has increased by 10."
Obsidian (Special Item)
Grade: Rank 4
Note: This is a material used for crafting equipment. It is extremely precious. Adding this material when crafting equipment can increase the equipment's grade by one level, and there is a certain chance that it can increase the equipment's grade by two levels (the highest grade being a treasure).
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"Success!" Wang Ming looked at the obsidian with delight, then continued refining it.
Half an hour later, Wang Ming had used up all the obsidian ore in his backpack.
"38 obsidian stones, less than 1/3 success rate."
"It seems my guess was right. The better the quality of the obsidian ore, the higher the success rate of refining. This is one factor that affects the success rate of obsidian extraction."
"Another factor should be that the obsidian refining technique I learned differs somewhat from the one Jia Bujia has mastered."
Wang Ming recalled that Jia Bujia needed to go into seclusion for 3 to 7 days to refine 20 pieces of obsidian, while he only spent less than 10 minutes refining more than 100 pieces of obsidian ore. Therefore, he guessed that the refining techniques were different.
"Hehe, that's even better. It doesn't matter that the obsidian mine consumes a lot of resources, I can go and mine more. But the time saved is priceless."
"Now that we have the Refined Iron Essence and Obsidian, we can upgrade the Chaos Origin Gauntlets."
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