Chapter 198 Woven Spider Silk

Nie Yan looked at the stats of the Woven Spider Silk Ring.

Woven Spider Silk Ring (Silver): Special Item.

Stats: Can shoot a strand of spider silk that adheres to an object. The silk has a maximum length of 10 yards and a maximum tensile strength of 300 pounds. Skill cooldown: 10 seconds.

Weight: 1 pound.

Restrictions: Usable by all factions.

The maximum length of the Woven Spider Silk Ring had increased from 5 yards to 10 yards, the maximum tensile strength from 200 pounds to 300 pounds, and the skill cooldown had been halved. From the beginning of the game, this Woven Spider Silk Ring had been with Nie Yan, saving him from danger countless times. Thanks to this ring, Nie Yan didn't know how many times he would have died.

The lower the level of a special item, the greater the increase in its stats when upgraded. For example, a Bronze-grade item could be upgraded to Silver-grade. This Woven Spider Silk Ring could later be upgraded to Gold-grade and Darkgold-grade with Glorious Gems, and its stats would increase significantly. He wondered what it would be like when it was fully upgraded.

The longer the spider silk shot by the Woven Spider Silk Ring and the greater its tensile strength, the better it would be to use. However, the Silver-grade Woven Spider Silk Ring was enough for now.

Following the same procedure, Nie Yan upgraded the other four special items and checked their stats after the upgrades.

Crawler Ring (Silver): Special Item.

Description: Activating this skill grants the user's hands stickiness, allowing them to climb vertically on walls, trees, and other surfaces. Duration: 15 minutes. Skill cooldown: 30 minutes.

Weight: 1 pound.

Restrictions: Usable by all factions.

The duration of the Crawler Ring had been extended by 5 minutes, and the skill cooldown had been reduced from one hour to thirty minutes.

The stats of the other three items had also been greatly improved. Among them, the Leaper Ring did not increase in grade, but its stats had been improved. The maximum leap distance had become 30 yards, it could be used in combat, and the skill cooldown had been reduced to 5 minutes. The Disguise Orb's disguise duration had become one hour, and the skill cooldown was still one natural day. The stats of the Deceiver's Necklace had also changed greatly, with the duration becoming 5 hours, and the skill cooldown still one natural day.

These three special items were all Darkgold-grade and could only be upgraded once, which was a bit depressing. However, after these special items' stats were improved, they would be crucial to Nie Yan's future development.

Nie Yan put away these five special items. Next, Paget would borrow Nie Yan's Pandora's Box to synthesize a necklace.

Paget took out several items, namely three gems of different shapes, colored red, blue, and green, as well as a Silver chain that was somewhat dull and lackluster.

He put these four items into the Pandora's Box and began the synthesis.

A dazzling white light flashed, and a seven-colored chain appeared in the Pandora's Box.

Nie Yan looked at the item's stats. Paget's Deceased Wife's Chain was actually a powerful Legendary-grade item.

Its stat was Gem Processing Skill Level +1. Sure enough, when the gem artisan Paget put on the necklace, his Gem Artisan level immediately changed from Master to Grandmaster.

Nie Yan didn't expect that the gem artisan Paget would use his Pandora's Box to synthesize such a powerful necklace. If he had known, he would have synthesized this necklace first and then had him upgrade the special items. Fortunately, the upgrades were all successful, otherwise he would have wasted a Glorious Gem.

He heard Paget slowly say, "Legend has it that as long as you collect the Dream Azure Gem, the Flame Scarlet Gem, the Life Emerald Gem, and any Magic Silver Necklace, you can use Pandora's Box to synthesize these items into a Vow Necklace. My wife, Arlene, risked her life to collect these four items in order to help me advance from a Master-level Gem Artisan to a Grandmaster-level Gem Artisan. Unfortunately, she has already left me. May she rest in peace in heaven."

Hearing Paget's words, Nie Yan's heart stirred. Paget provided a piece of information. This was a synthesis recipe. As long as he found the four items above, he could synthesize a powerful Legendary-grade Vow Necklace, Production Profession Skill Level +1. For any production profession, this was as powerful as a divine artifact. A Master-level player who equipped this necklace could become a Grandmaster-level player, and a Grandmaster-level player who equipped this necklace could become a Great Grandmaster-level player. It should be known that the higher the level of a production profession skill, the more difficult it was to improve. For example, it would take at least a year or two to advance from Master to Grandmaster. After advancing to Master-level, synthesizing an item often did not increase skill proficiency.

In comparison, collecting the three gems and a Magic Silver Necklace seemed much easier, although these four items were also quite rare. Nie Yan kept this recipe in his mind.

"Thank you for your kindness! You have helped me achieve my long-cherished wish, and I have no regrets anymore," Paget said gratefully.

Nie Yan responded with normal quest language. To his surprise, he did not receive any quest rewards. Paget said that Nie Yan could come to him in the future to upgrade any equipment with gems, and he would not charge any fees.

Logically speaking, this was a good way to make money. Nie Yan could upgrade equipment for others and then charge fees. However, with Nie Yan's status as the Guild Leader of the Nirvana Flame, doing such a thing would seem a bit demeaning. He simply didn't have that much time to manage these things.

Just as he was feeling disappointed for not receiving any quest rewards, Nie Yan glanced at his status and found that he had an additional attribute, 'Benevolence'.

Previously, Nie Yan had two character attributes, including 'Justice' and 'Courage'. Now he had an additional 'Benevolence'. He didn't know what these character statuses did, and he might have to continue collecting them to make them work.

In his previous life, he had never heard of anyone collecting such character attributes, and he had never seen anyone discuss them on the official website. He didn't understand the effects of these character attributes, so he could only explore them slowly in the future.

After upgrading all the special items, Nie Yan and Sun walked out of the shop together. Sun still had two quests to do and left first.

Nie Yan still had a broken Nadhago's Staff of Spell in his bag. After he killed the Necromancer Nadhago, he obtained a subsequent quest progress, which read: 'Take the broken staff of the Necromancer Nadhago to High Warlord Brexspur, and he will give you some surprises'.

Previously, Nie Yan did not know where this High Warlord Brexspur was. He had asked the Nirvana Flame players to look for him, and later Guo Huai told him that High Warlord Brexspur was actually in the distant Hilton Fortress.

It wasn't too troublesome to get from Calore City to Hilton Fortress. First, he would spend one gold coin and sixty silver coins to teleport to the town of Kriston in Emerald City, and then ride a horse for about an hour.

Outside Hilton Fortress was a barren land, where a large number of underground demons often emerged from the underground caves of the wasteland. Hilton Fortress was the front line of the Greenland Empire against the underground demons. He didn't know what kind of rewards he would receive for holding this broken staff, but he might as well take a trip. The quest rewards for killing the legendary Necromancer Nadhago would definitely not be too bad.

Nie Yan gave the Life Winter Potion and the Novice Vigor Potion recipes to Bird Doesn't Poop, asking him to handle them. He also explained the matters of the guild. Seeing that there was little time left and he was about to log off, he set off.

Calore City was peaceful. Even if an emergency occurred, Nie Yan could teleport back in a short amount of time.

Nie Yan teleported to Kriston Town, mounted Faulkner's Warhorse, and galloped north.

As time slowly passed, it was time to log off. Nie Yan found a relatively safe place and put away Faulkner's Warhorse.

Nie Yan came out of the game pod and glanced at his bed, finding Xie Yao sleeping peacefully. He didn't know when, but Xie Yao had climbed onto his bed.

Nie Yan walked over to Xie Yao. Xie Yao was covered with a thin blanket, her eyes closed, and a trace of fear remained on her face. She looked pitiful and made people feel sorry for her. The previous events had indeed had a great psychological impact on her. She had almost been kidnapped and had witnessed Nie Yan kill someone with her own eyes. How could she not be afraid?

Her delicate face was flawless, her hair was a little messy, her curved eyelashes were upturned, and her sensual and full lips gave people infinite reverie.

Xie Yao was wearing a lace nightgown. The collar was a bit low, revealing her delicate, rounded shoulders and some fair skin, like a sleeping sexy goddess, making Nie Yan unable to help but feel a surge of heat. Did Xie Yao not know that she was practically seducing him to commit a crime by dressing like this?

In his previous life, Nie Yan could never have imagined a scene like this today, being able to watch Xie Yao sleep so peacefully. This was a kind of simple happiness, like a faint fragrance, refreshing the heart.

Nie Yan saw Xie Yao's eyebrows twitch slightly, and she smiled faintly. Xie Yao was already awake, but she seemed a little embarrassed to open her eyes.

Nie Yan bent down, approached Xie Yao's cheek, and revealed a mischievous smile.

Xie Yao opened her eyes and looked at Nie Yan. Seeing Nie Yan so close, her face flushed red.

"You're out?" Xie Yao asked softly, her clear eyes sparkling with a lively light.

"Why are you sleeping here?"

"I was a little scared last night and didn't dare to stay in the next room alone, so I came over," Xie Yao said. She always felt that staying by Nie Yan's side gave her a sense of peace. Yesterday, Nie Yan's sharp decisiveness when he killed Ghost Fire caused her some discomfort and had some impact on her heart, but it did not affect Nie Yan's position in her heart. On the contrary, whenever she thought of Nie Yan at that time, a strange feeling arose in her heart, which she could not explain.

Looking at the bright-eyed and beautiful Xie Yao, Nie Yan suddenly had an urge to kiss Xie Yao's lips.

Xie Yao groaned softly, which further aroused the desire lurking in Nie Yan's heart.