Chapter 1 Two Flame Scarlet Gems

"There are two Flame Scarlet Gems here!" Tang Yao said from the side. He'd also managed to find two Flame Scarlet Gems from the pile of jewels. "They increase fire damage, not bad. What are you looking for these things for?"

"They can be used to synthesize an item!" Nie Yan said as he continued searching. He found a total of five Flame Scarlet Gems. It was possible that the area where they were searching for treasure chests just happened to be a place where Flame Scarlet Gems were common, which was why there were so many.

"Synthesize? Synthesize what?" Tang Yao asked, slightly stunned. It was the first time he'd ever heard of gems being used to synthesize items. Weren't gems normally used for socketing into or upgrading equipment?

"A Dream Azure Gem, a Flame Scarlet Gem, a Life Emerald Gem, and a Magic Silver Necklace can be combined to create a Wish Necklace."

"Wish Necklace, what stats does it give?"

"+1 to a production profession level," Nie Yan said. A Wish Necklace could be described as priceless.

"Damn, that's amazing! Where did you get this recipe?" Tang Yao asked, moved. Even if he didn't know much about production professions, he could still understand the value of a Wish Necklace.

"From Master Gem Artisan Paggett."

Since a Master Gem Artisan had said it, then this information was certain. Tang Yao had originally been casually sifting through the gems, but now he started to put his heart into it, searching carefully.

It really wasn't easy to find a few particular gems from two or three hundred. They had to check each gem to see exactly what it was. Some gems had very similar shapes, so they could only look at them one by one.

Nie Yan was sifting through the pile of gems when an azure-colored gem caught his attention. This gem was a very pure blue, without a single blemish, and emitted a captivating light.

Could it be a Dream Azure Gem?

Nie Yan's heart suddenly sped up. He reached out and picked up the gem, then checked it and revealed a disappointed expression. This gem was called a Dream Devil Azure Gem. It was only one word different, but the two were worlds apart.

Just then, Tang Yao looked at Nie Yan, holding a blue gem in his hand that was larger than the Dream Devil Azure Gem Nie Yan had just found. He asked, "Is this it?"

Nie Yan took the gem from Tang Yao and looked at it. "That's definitely it. Your luck is good, you found it right away."

Tang Yao chuckled and asked, "What else is missing, an emerald gem?"

"A Life Emerald Gem," Nie Yan added.

"If we find another Life Emerald Gem, we'll be rich! We can enjoy Grandmaster-level potions in the future," Tang Yao said. Generally, potions didn't have level restrictions. The higher the level of the potion, the stronger its effect. If they could use Master-level or Grandmaster-level potions in the future, it would save them a lot of trouble when leveling or doing dungeons. For example, Master-level and Grandmaster-level fire resistance potions were very useful. At the current level, going to maps with a high concentration of fire-type creatures and using high-grade fire resistance potions would reduce a small portion of fire damage, but if you drank a bottle of Master-level fire resistance potion, it would reduce most of the fire damage. If you drank a bottle of Grandmaster-level fire resistance potion, then even lying in a fire wouldn't matter. Walking on fire-type maps below Level 100 would be absolutely safe.

Using items above your level to fight monsters at your current level was definitely very satisfying.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao searched carefully, checking all two hundred or so gems, but they couldn't find a Life Emerald Gem.

"Damn, there aren't any here," Tang Yao said dejectedly, his previous wonderful expectations completely shattered.

The two of them searched all the gems and only found one Dream Azure Gem and five Flame Scarlet Gems. Without a Life Emerald Gem, they couldn't synthesize a Wish Necklace.

"Forget it, let's look again next time," Nie Yan said disappointedly. Perhaps Life Emerald Gems were relatively rare.

"Let's ask around and see if anyone in the guild has found one," Tang Yao said. He sent a message in the guild chat asking if anyone had found a Life Emerald Gem or a Dream Azure Gem.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and posted a mission in the Assassin's Union to find a Life Emerald Gem and a Dream Azure Gem. The mission reward was 30,000 gold coins per gem.

"No one in the guild has any, but they said they'll keep an eye out in the future," Tang Yao quickly received feedback from the guild, saying.

Both of them were a little bored.

The gems on the table had good and bad attributes. There were many rare gems that Nie Yan hadn't encountered before. If these gems could be synthesized into other items like Dream Azure Gems and Flame Scarlet Gems, it would be difficult to find them again if they were used casually now.

"You should keep these gems first and store them in your personal warehouse," Tang Yao said.

Tang Yao and Nie Yan had the same idea. It was better to put these gems away.

Nie Yan put all the gems into his bag and would go to the personal warehouse later to store them all.

There were also some special items left on the table, each with strange uses. Many things had to be carefully considered.

"Nie Yan, look, it's a Crawler's Ring!" Tang Yao said with delight, finding a Crawler's Ring among the special items.

"I already have one, you can keep it," Nie Yan said with a smile. The Crawler's Ring was definitely a good item and very practical.

"Awesome, I wanted to find a Crawler's Ring before, and I looked at the auction house every day, but I couldn't find one. I finally have one now," Tang Yao said, unable to suppress the joy in his heart. With the Crawler's Ring, he could copy Nie Yan's method and level up by grinding monsters above his level. This thing was really hard to find!

Nie Yan looked at the other special items, but they weren't as useful as the ones Nie Yan already had. He turned his attention to other items, some paper-like things that caught his attention. There were nearly thirty of these pieces of paper, and they were severely damaged.

"What are these things?" Tang Yao curiously picked up one of the pieces and checked it, reading the item's name and description. "Fragment of Bard Bleymore's Sheet Music. The pitiful Bard Bleymore was attacked by a wild beast while walking on a path in the Doron Mountains. He was lucky to escape with the help of a hunter, but his sheet music was lost in the Doron Mountains and turned into countless fragments. If anyone can find them, please return them to Bard Bleymore."

"Is it a fragment of Bleymore's sheet music?" Nie Yan asked, stunned.

"Yeah, what's wrong? Are these things important?" Tang Yao asked, surprised that Nie Yan was so excited.

Nie Yan picked up a fragment and looked at it. It was indeed a fragment of Bleymore's sheet music. He counted them. There were a full thirty-six pieces!

"We're in luck! A full thirty-six fragments of sheet music!" Nie Yan said. He remembered a mission related to Bleymore's sheet music fragments. It was actually a very simple mission. The process was as follows: first, players would level up in the Doron Mountains, and when they opened treasure chests, they would obtain a fragment of Bard Bleymore's sheet music. Taking this fragment to Bleymore would trigger a mission called Bleymore's Troubles: Search for Other Sheet Music Fragments. Handing over the first fragment of sheet music to Bleymore would grant a certain reward. Continuing to search and handing over the second fragment of sheet music would grant more and better rewards. For every six fragments handed over, you could get a chance to spin the Wheel of Fate, and so on.

In his previous life, after this mission was discovered, many players did it, searching everywhere for sheet music fragments. Later, Po Tian found out about it, and Po Tian began to spend a lot of money to buy sheet music fragments everywhere, collecting a total of twenty-five fragments. The final reward was a sub-legendary piece of equipment, and many good things were rewarded before that, including experience, gold coins, gems, and so on.

Ordinary players leveling up in the Doron Mountains could open at most one or two treasure chests per person, and getting one or two fragments of sheet music would be pretty good. Like Po Tian in his previous life, who had strong financial resources, he used his money to buy twenty-five fragments of sheet music, which was already the limit.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao unexpectedly got thirty-six pieces. They had almost swept all the treasure chests over there. It wasn't very surprising to have such a result. Nie Yan remembered that, over a long period of time, players had returned at least a hundred fragments of sheet music to Bard Bleymore.

"How are we in luck?" Tang Yao asked, suddenly energized.

Nie Yan described the sheet music fragment mission in detail.

"Let's go claim the reward," Tang Yao said. How could they miss such a good thing?

"Who should claim the reward?" Nie Yan asked. He wasn't very concerned about the experience value of this mission reward. The experience value he received would be enough to level up one or two times at most. It would be great if he could get a better item reward.

"You should do it. It's okay for me to find things, but when it comes to lotteries, my luck has never been very good," Tang Yao said. He admired Nie Yan's ability to open treasure chests and Nie Yan's luck was higher than his. Luck was a hidden attribute, but ordinary players could still feel it.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll do it." He had Pandora's Box, which provided an extra bonus to luck at certain times. He could get an extra reward by claiming the mission at this time.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao checked the remaining items. There were many things they didn't know what to do with. Anyway, they were all found in treasure chests. Nie Yan planned to put these things in the guild warehouse and offer a reward for their use. If any players in the guild could use them, they could ask him for them.

The two packed up these things and finally cleaned them up. Nie Yan and Tang Yao left the Starry Sky Potion Shop, went to the warehouse, and then walked together towards the residence of Bard Bleymore.