51: Chapter 51 Sword Brother... No, Godfather! Forging top-tier items is this simple!

Within the pile of [refined iron ring]s, the colors varied, and their attributes were all different.

However, the recipe for this accessory could only craft items up to the excellence Rank.

The best one among them was merely a Specialized item.

[refined iron ring] (Specialized) Quality: excellence Rank Requirement: 5 Attack Power + 20 (+ 20) Strength + 10 (+ 10) Critical Hit Rate + 2% (+ 1%) [Zhang Jian] Specialized

In reality, when this ring first turned out as a Specialized item, Zhang Jian didn't need to convert it.

After all, he certainly wouldn't use this thing in the end.

But then he remembered that he still had two entries related to Specialized items.

They could be improved by relying on the number of times he crafted Specialized items.

Therefore, among these rings, whenever there was a prompt for a Specialized item, he chose to accept the conversion every time.

Especially after identifying just two Specialized items, [Soul-Link Crafting] was upgraded from its original excellence Rank to the Legendary Rank.

And its effect changed from the previous 100% increase in the probability of crafting Specialized weapons to a 150% increase in the probability of crafting Specialized weapons and equipment.

The increase in probability greatly improved his efficiency in producing Specialized items.

By the time he finished practicing with the [refined iron ring]s.

Both the [Soul-Link Crafting] and [Soul-Forge Resonance] entries had not only been upgraded to the Legendary Rank.

They were even less than 40 progress points away from upgrading again.

These Specialized rings were not wasted, either.

Using the recycle and decompose function on the forging table, he turned them all back into initial Materials.

The rare Rank ones would result in a slight loss, but the excellence Rank ones were still profitable.

In the end, calculating everything together, the decomposed Materials basically broke even.

The other non-Specialized ones were directly purchased in bulk by Ye Xun.

It actually allowed Zhang Jian to earn nearly 100,000 huaxia coins.

According to Ye Xun, although there was no way to sell them one by one, they wouldn't be needed by this year's Professional examinees.

But once the Professional unified examination ended.

Those who didn't get into their desired Professional University, or who failed directly, would all become social candidates.

They would still have one year to prepare and fight again next year!

And these [refined iron ring]s with decent attributes, being rare craftable accessories under Rank 10, were still quite popular.

After finishing his practice.

With two hours left until the Professional unified examination, Zhang Jian officially began crafting the [abyssal ring].

With the experience from crafting the [endless devourer] earlier, he was no longer as nervous as before.

He calmly put in the various Materials and operated the process with composure.

Until a few minutes later, when the first finished product came out.

[abyssal ring] Quality: excellence Rank Requirement: 9 Attack Power + 40 Strength + 20 Critical Damage + 10% Growth Progress: 0 / 500 Kills, 0 / 10000 Experience (Can increase attributes by 20%)

These attributes made Ye Xun's eyes light up, and he declared that this item was worth at least 200,000 huaxia coins.

If it were sold to fresh graduates who were going to participate in the Professional unified examination, it might even double in price.

Although this price sounded very good, Zhang Jian wasn't very moved.

Instead, he continued crafting.

rare Rank. rare Rank.

Three consecutive rare Rank items brought the excited Wang Fei back to reality.

Hundreds of thousands weren't that easy to earn; how could every piece be top-tier?

Just as he was thinking this, the fifth piece was a success.

[abyssal ring] Quality: Legendary Rank Requirement: 9 Spell Attack Power + 50 Spirit + 30 Mana + 10% Spell Casting Range + 5% [Berserk]: Consumes 50% Mana, temporarily increases own Spell Attack Power by 20%, lasts for 10 minutes, Cooldown: 30 minutes Growth Progress: 0 / 1000 Kills, 0 / 10000 Experience (Can increase attributes by 30%)

Even Zhang Jian was a bit surprised.

This was actually a finished product perfectly suited for Mage-type Professionals.

The basic attributes, special attributes, and additional traits were each considered top-tier.

Ye Xun's eyes were glowing, saying this piece of equipment could sell for at least 2 million.

If he met someone who wasn't short on money, the price could be even higher.

At this point, even Zhang Jian was a bit tempted.

He quickly and carefully put it away.

This was equivalent to a house for Wang Fei's family.

Several minutes after the item appeared, the group finally calmed down.

What was the point of having more money? Today's goal was to craft equipment suitable for Zhang Jian, and see if he could incidentally make one or two pieces for Wang Fei.

This goal hadn't been completed yet.

After calming his mindset, Zhang Jian suddenly entered a state of flow.

The seventh and eighth pieces were produced in succession.

[abyssal ring] Quality: excellence Rank Requirement: 9 HP + 500 Mana + 300 Skill Cooldown Reduction 10% Growth Progress: 0 / 500 Kills, 0 / 10000 Experience (Can increase attributes by 20%)

[abyssal ring] (Specialized) Quality: Legendary Rank Requirement: 9 Attack Power + 50 Attack Power + 40 Critical Damage + 20% Attack Speed + 10% [Primary Eagle Eye]: Your basic attacks and skill casts will increase attack range by 10% Growth Progress: 0 / 1000 Kills, 0 / 10000 Experience (Can increase attributes by 30%) [Zhang Jian] Specialized

After the attributes of the first piece of equipment appeared, Wang Fei couldn't take his eyes off it.

He started shouting directly, "Brother Jian, absolutely do not sell this one to outsiders; I want it!"

"Whether it's 500,000 or 1 million, even if it's more expensive, I'll buy it!"

"Although I don't have money right now, when I do, I will definitely give it to you first thing!"

He looked at Zhang Jian pitifully, as if he would cry if Zhang Jian didn't agree.

Zhang Jian didn't tease him, either; he just handed the ring over, "It's yours."

Wang Fei's eyes widened, "Brother Jian... Ah, no, Godfather, are you serious?"

Zhang Jian said irritably, "If you keep nagging, I'll change my mind."

Wang Fei hurriedly accepted it, "Hehe, it's too late to go back on your word now."

Ye Xun watched their interaction with envy.

Although this ring was only excellence Rank, its attributes were very good.

It was simply a match made in heaven for support Professionals.

Coupled with the growth attributes, it was completely not inferior to Legendary Rank items.

There would be no problem using it until the second transfer.

Its value was probably much higher than Wang Fei imagined.

Zhang Jian actually gave it away without any hesitation.

If he had had such a good brother back in the day, he probably wouldn't just have his current strength now.

Zhang Jian, on the other hand, felt it didn't matter.

Good brothers are meant to help each other, right?

Besides, Wang Fei was a very competent teammate.

He had even given all the profits from several dungeon runs to him, which resulted in his backpack being stuffed full of various Materials and equipment.

It was no big deal to give back a little.

Besides the one gifted to Wang Fei, the other one luckily turned out to be Specialized, and it happened to be suitable for Zhang Jian to use.

The other attributes were fine, but he was very satisfied with the [Primary Eagle Eye] trait that increased attack range.

Previously in the dungeon, under the buff of Wang Fei's skills, a naturally short-ranged fighter like a Swordsman instantly transformed into a long-range damage dealer on the level of an Archer or even a Mage.

That feeling was simply amazing.

He had thought that if he wanted to experience it in the future, he would have to rely on Wang Fei.

Now it seemed that it was also possible to increase attack range by relying on equipment.

And this was just the corresponding Elementary effect; if there were Intermediate or even Advanced traits in the future, it might even bring the Swordsman profession back to life.

Crafting a Legendary Rank item increased the crafting progress by 16 points at once.

This caused Zhang Jian's two major entries to improve rapidly.

During the 18th crafting attempt, after using the mechanical core, he crafted another Specialized item.