Chapter 115 The Bard's Score

"There are two flame scarlet gems here!" Tang Yao said from the side, having also acquired two flame scarlet gems from the pile. "They add flame damage, not bad. What are you looking for these things for?"

"I can synthesize an item!" Nie Yan said, continuing his search. They had five flame scarlet gems in total. It was possible that the area where they searched for treasure chests was a place where flame scarlet gems appeared, which explained why there were so many.

"Synthesize? Synthesize what?" Tang Yao was slightly stunned. It was the first time he'd heard of gems being used to synthesize items. Weren't gems used to enchant or upgrade equipment?

"A dream azure gem, a flame scarlet gem, a life emerald gem, and a magic silver necklace can be synthesized into a Ring of Wishes."

"Ring of Wishes? What stats does it add?"

"+1 to crafting profession level," Nie Yan said. A Ring of Wishes was worth its weight in gold.

"Damn, that's awesome! Where did you get this recipe?" Tang Yao asked, moved. Even if he didn't know much about crafting professions, he could understand the value of a Ring of Wishes.

"From Grandmaster Gemcutter Paget."

Since it was said by a grandmaster gemcutter, the information was confirmed. Tang Yao, who had previously been casually rummaging through the gems, suddenly became serious and carefully began searching.

It wasn't easy to find a few gems out of two or three hundred. They had to examine each one to see what it was. Some gems looked very similar, so they had to look at them one by one.

Nie Yan sifted through the gems, and a deep azure gem caught his attention. It was a very pure blue, without a single flaw, emitting a heart-stirring light.

Was it a dream azure gem?

Nie Yan's heart suddenly quickened. He reached out and picked up the gem, but his expression turned to disappointment. The gem was called a Dream Visage 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 Visage Azure Gem Nie Yan had found earlier. He asked, "Is it this one?"

Nie Yan took the gem from Tang Yao and looked at it. "That's it, your luck is good, you find the right one every time."

Tang Yao chuckled and asked, "What's 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 have no level restrictions. The higher the level of the potion, the stronger its effect. If they could use master or grandmaster-level potions in the future, they would have fewer troubles when leveling up or going to dungeons. For example, master and grandmaster-level fire resistance potions were very useful. At their current level, using advanced fire resistance potions in maps with high concentrations of fire-type creatures would negate a small amount of fire damage. But if they drank a master-level fire resistance potion, they could negate most of the fire damage. And if they drank a grandmaster-level fire resistance potion, it wouldn't matter if they were lying in a fire. Traveling through fire-type maps below level 100 would be absolutely safe.

Using items above their level to fight monsters at their current level was definitely awesome.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao carefully searched, examining all two hundred or so gems, but they couldn't find a life emerald gem.

"Damn, it's not here," Tang Yao said, dejectedly. All his previous expectations had been shattered.

They had searched through all the gems, and they only found one dream azure gem and five flame scarlet gems. Without a life emerald gem, they couldn't synthesize a Ring of Wishes.

"Forget it, we'll look again next time," Nie Yan said, disappointed. Maybe life emerald gems were rarer.

"Let's ask around and see if anyone in the guild has found one," Tang Yao said. He sent a message in the guild group chat looking for life emerald gems and dream azure gems.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and posted a quest in the Assassin's Union to find life emerald gems and dream azure gems, with a reward of 30,000 gold coins per gem.

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

They were both a little dispirited.

The gems on the table varied in quality. Many were rare gems that Nie Yan had never encountered before. If these gems could be used to synthesize other items, like dream azure gems and flame scarlet gems, it would be difficult to find them again if they were used randomly.

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

Tang Yao and Nie Yan thought alike. It was better to put these gems away.

Nie Yan put all the gems in his bag, planning to go to his personal warehouse later and store them all.

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

"Nie Yan, look, a Creeper Ring!" Tang Yao said in surprise, having found a Creeper Ring among the special items.

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

"Awesome! I've been looking for a Creeper Ring, checking the auction house every day, but I couldn't find one. I finally have one," Tang Yao said, unable to contain his joy. With the Creeper Ring, he could imitate Nie Yan and level up by killing monsters above his level. This thing was really hard to find!

Nie Yan looked at the other special items. They weren't as useful as the ones he already had. He turned his attention to other items. Some paper-like things 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 looked at it, reading the item's name and description. "Fragments of the songbook of the bard Brymmer. The poor bard Brymmer was attacked by a beast while walking on a small road in the Doron Mountains. He managed to escape with the help of a hunter, but his songbook was lost in the Doron Mountains and turned into countless fragments. If anyone can find them, please return them to the bard Brymmer."

"Fragments of Brymmer's songbook?" Nie Yan asked, stunned.

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

Nie Yan picked up a fragment and looked at it. It was indeed a fragment of Brymmer's songbook. He counted them. There were thirty-six pieces in total!

"We're in luck! A full thirty-six songbook fragments!" Nie Yan said. He remembered a quest related to Brymmer's songbook fragments. It was actually a very simple quest. The process was that players would level up in the Doron Mountains, and when they opened a treasure chest, they would obtain a fragment of the songbook of the bard Brymmer. Taking this songbook fragment to Brymmer would trigger a quest called Brymmer's Troubles, to search for other songbook fragments. Giving the first songbook fragment to Brymmer would earn a certain reward. Continuing to search and handing in the second songbook fragment would earn more and better rewards. For every six fragments handed in, they could get a chance to spin the Wheel of Fate, and so on.

In his previous life, after this quest was discovered, many players did it, searching everywhere for songbook fragments. Later, it was discovered by Po Tian, who began to spend a lot of money to buy songbook fragments everywhere. He obtained a total of twenty-five fragments. The final reward was a Sub-Legendary piece of equipment. Before that, he had also been rewarded with many good things, including experience, gold coins, gems, and more.

Ordinary players leveling up in the Doron Mountains could open at most one or two treasure chests and obtain one or two songbook fragments. Like Po Tian in his previous life, those with strong financial resources used their money to buy twenty-five songbook fragments, which was already the limit.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao had unintentionally obtained thirty-six. They had almost swept away all the treasure chests there. With such a result, it wasn't very surprising. Nie Yan remembered that over a long period of time, players had returned at least a hundred songbook fragments to the bard Brymmer.

"What's so lucky about it?" Tang Yao asked, suddenly energized.

Nie Yan described the songbook fragment quest in detail.

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

"Who should claim the rewards?" Nie Yan asked. He didn't care much about the experience points from this quest. The experience points they received would be enough to level up once or twice at most. It would be great if they could get a better item reward.

"You should do it. Let me find things, that's fine. Let me spin the wheel, my luck has never been good," Tang Yao said. He admired Nie Yan's ability to open treasure chests. 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 gave an extra bonus to luck at specific times. Taking the quest at this time would give him extra rewards.

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

The two of them packed up and sorted things out, and they finally cleaned up the mess. Nie Yan and Tang Yao left the Starry Sky Pharmacy, went to the warehouse, and then walked together towards the residence of the bard Brymmer.