Lord: Stripped of My Inheritance from the Start - Chapter 385 - 359: A Purchase of Over 100,000 Gold Coins
Aside from a lack of Secret Techniques, Bellora’s Library was in no way inferior to the Golden Feather Palace.
After some careful selection, Ronin chose three Magic Books and one Combat Skill.
The Combat Skill was *Wind Instant Step*. It used Wind Power to instantly boost one’s speed, allowing the user to rapidly close in on an enemy while moving too fast for the average person to track.
Not long ago in Shore City, Ramsay, the assassin who had tried to kill Ronin, had used this very Combat Skill, and it had been highly effective in close-quarters combat.
The two Magic Books were the Wind Magic *Heart-Piercing Wave* and the Fire Magic *Earth Core Fire*.
Ronin was quite familiar with the Magic of Heart-Piercing Wave. Wushan Castle’s fortress had a Heart-Piercing Wave Magic Energy Cannon, and its immense penetrating power was enough to threaten even Carlos.
Bellora was a Wind Attribute Mage, so he must have mastered this Magic. Yet, in their recent battle, he hadn’t used Heart-Piercing Wave. Instead, he had used a spell with a larger area of effect but weaker penetration.
’It seems he really was holding back,’ Ronin thought.
Ronin chose *Earth Core Fire* mainly because this Magic could generate temperatures hot enough to melt iron into a liquid state. Furthermore, once he became a Magic Master, his Spiritual Power would increase exponentially, allowing him to manipulate external objects.
’Perhaps then, by relying on my extremely high Spiritual Power and using Earth Core Fire, I might be able to create some high-precision components?’
Seventh-level Magic Books and Combat Skills were nothing special to Bellora. He even promised to provide Ronin with two Eighth-level Magic spells and one Ninth Level Wind Magic spell.
Unfortunately, Bellora was currently engrossed in creating Magic Potions, so Ronin couldn’t go up to the eighth floor.
Over the next few days, he toured the city under Franz’s guidance.
Besides its abundance of Magic Crystal Stones, Crystal City also had very common crystals. In fact, before the Magic Crystal Ore Vein was discovered, this place was famous for its crystals.
As a result, the city had numerous crystal shops selling a dazzling array of items, from small crystal trinkets to large crystal sculptures.
Looking at these crystal goods, Ronin couldn’t help but think of the porcelain from Wubei Territory.
’Perhaps in the future, Grey Soil Town will be just like Crystal City is now, with porcelain shops everywhere.’
During their tour, Ronin had Franz take him into the most famous crystal shop.
After being ambushed in the Screaming Sea last time, Ronin had thought about creating a telescope.
He just hadn’t had the time to find a Crystal Merchant since then.
Now that he had some free time, he took the opportunity to have the owner grind and polish a batch of Concave-Convex Mirrors for him.
A famous shop like this would normally be unwilling to take on such a small job. But with the Lord’s great-grandson, Franz, standing right next to Ronin, who would refuse?
Not only did the owner enthusiastically accept the commission, but he even raised its priority to the highest level, ordering everyone in the shop to stop what they were doing and craft the Concave-Convex Mirrors Ronin needed as quickly as possible.
“What are you making these things for?”
Franz was completely baffled.
From Ronin’s description, the Concave-Convex Mirrors didn’t seem to be jewelry or regular mirrors, and they appeared to have no use at all.
Ronin gave a mysterious smile. “You’ll find out in the future.”
Franz shrugged. “Alright. We should head to the Magic Energy Chamber of Commerce next. The Magic Spirit Spring you wanted has been retrieved.”
Ronin nodded, and the two of them immediately headed for the headquarters of the Silva Magic Energy Chamber of Commerce.
As expected of the Chamber’s headquarters, it sold a wide variety of Magic Potions. Not only did they have Magic Spirit Spring, but they even had Starlight Grass for sale.
Starlight Grass typically grew on vast plains and emitted a fluorescent glow at night. It was beautiful to look at but highly toxic, and was generally used to make poisons. It sold for 200 Gold Coins per stalk.
Magic Energy Spirit Spring was a specialty of the Amethyst Territory. It not only contained Magic Power but also possessed purifying and healing properties. It could be a lifesaver in a critical moment. In addition, some Advanced Level Mages used it as a material.
Because of this, the price of Magic Energy Spirit Spring was very high, costing 100 Gold Coins per milliliter!
After some shopping, Ronin chose to buy one liter of Magic Spirit Spring and one hundred stalks of Starlight Grass.
With this, the two most crucial ingredients needed for the Awakening Potion were gathered. Elron could handle the remaining two items, the Magic Container and the Magic Beast Blood Powder, himself.
However, Ronin had arrived with over 130,000 Gold Coins, but by the time he left the Chamber’s headquarters, he only had a little over 16,000 left.
In less than an hour, he had spent 120,000 Gold Coins. Even though he wasn’t short on money, it still stung a little.
Fortunately, the thought that Elron could use these materials to create Awakening Potions made him feel a bit better.
When the time came, he would use some of the Awakening Potions himself and sell the rest. Given their effects, they were certain to fetch a high price.
There were plenty of descendants of noble families who were just ordinary people and yearned to become Transcendents.
「Seven days later.」 Bellora emerged from his laboratory.
A Great Mage’s Spiritual Power was undoubtedly immense, but after so many days of single-minded research, Bellora still showed signs of exhaustion.
For him, physical fatigue was a small matter; the real issue was mental exhaustion.
Through his research over the past few days, he had first confirmed that the Dragon Scale was exceptionally effective, far beyond what things like Griffin or Snake Scales could compare to. The final Magic Potion would definitely be worth looking forward to.
But what drove him mad was that he hadn’t managed to get the mixture of the Dragon Scale and the other Magic Potions right, causing all his research and production attempts these past few days to end in failure.
He had wasted one Dragon Scale.
Left with no choice, he could only find Ronin and ask for a few more Dragon Scales.
Although the 500,000 Gold Coins hadn’t been fully gathered yet, Bellora offered five hundred Magic Crystal Stones and also produced several Magic Books, so Ronin gave him the remaining four Dragon Scales.
“Then it’s settled. You absolutely must come to Crystal City in one month!”
Bellora instructed Ronin on the eighth floor of the Mage Tower.
Originally, Bellora had estimated it would take two months to gather the 500,000 Gold Coins, but the 120,000 that Ronin spent in the city had shortened that time.
According to his grandson Randall’s estimate, the rest could be gathered in about a month.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Bellora. I will come back in a month with the remaining Dragon Scales.”
Ronin smiled and said his goodbyes.
With Bellora emerging from his seclusion, Ronin successfully obtained two Eighth-level Magic Books and one Ninth Level Magic Book.
In addition, Ronin also obtained the design blueprints for the Magic Energy Ladder.
In Bellora’s opinion, the Magic Energy Ladder didn’t have much value for widespread use, so not only did he not mind tossing the blueprints to Ronin, but he even explained the method and process for crafting the rotating wheel at its base.
To put it simply, the method involved having a Fire Mage use Earth Core Fire to melt iron into a liquid state, then relying on Bellora’s powerful Spiritual Power to directly mold the molten iron in mid-air into the desired shape.
This explanation not only made Ronin realize the correctness of his choice in picking *Earth Core Fire*, but it even revealed a potential side job for himself—a master craftsman.
Once he became a Magic Master, he could totally try using this method to craft some things.
Before long, Carlos appeared outside the eighth floor of the Mage Tower.
Ronin jumped onto the Dragon’s back and waved goodbye to Bellora and Franz.
His trip to Crystal City had come to a close. His objectives were completely fulfilled, and he had even gained Bellora’s friendship.
With a Great Mage vouching for him, it no longer really mattered whether Carlos’s existence was exposed or not.
Watching the Giant Dragon soar into the sky, Bellora had a wistful expression on his face.
“After spending these few days with him, what do you think of Ronin?”
Franz replied respectfully, “He has many qualities worth learning from, such as his focus when cultivating Magic, and his ability to learn. However, sometimes I feel his train of thought jumps around too quickly, and it’s hard to know what he’s really thinking.”
Franz once again brought up the matter of the Concave-Convex Mirrors and how Ronin had spent over a hundred thousand Gold Coins on Magic Potions.
Bellora was a little curious. “Go have that Crystal Merchant make another batch of those Concave-Convex Mirrors and bring them to me.”
He also muttered to himself, ’Magic Energy Spirit Spring and Starlight Grass used together… what kind of Magic Potion is he trying to make?’
After thinking for a moment, Bellora shook his head.
He looked at the four Dragon Scales in his hand, his face full of determination. “I must succeed this time!”
