landbeastnovel Chapter 9: Attribute Enhancement!
Chapter 9: Attribute Enhancement!
After leaving the Song of the Elves, Ronan went to the blacksmith's shop.
The bone dagger in his hand was really shabby; its sharpness and toughness couldn't compare to a proper weapon.
This world has many powerful weapons. Some of these weapons can increase the attributes of the wielder, some contain magic, and some allow the wielder to deal extraordinary damage.
Weapons are arranged from low to high rarity, divided into six levels: common, non-common, rare, extremely rare, legendary, and divine.
The market price for a plain longsword is around 15 gold coins.
With his financial resources, he still needs to honestly buy basic weapons first.
Although it doesn't have any special effects, it's still better than his bone dagger.
So he spent 27 gold coins to buy a double-edged longsword and a dagger.
He used his charm to get the boss to give him a sword sheath and a dagger sheath.
With these two weapons, combined with his manipulation skills and the disaster warning provided by his [Cute Head] feat, his sense of security greatly increased.
……
For the next few days, Ronan spent all his time at home practicing, except for three meals a day.
On the tenth day of cultivation, a message suddenly appeared in my mind.
[True Qi nourishes your muscles, changing their structure—your strength and constitution each increase by 1 point]
【Power: 12→13】
[Constitution: 12→13]
Ronan opened the panel.
【Power 13】
【Agility 11】
[Body Condition 13]
[Intelligence Level 13]
【Perception 10】
【Charm 13】
My strength and physique have indeed improved.
Afterwards, Ronan closed the panel, calmed his mind, and continued his cultivation.
After several more days of practice, information about increased agility and charm also appeared in my mind—
[True Qi circulates and flows through your meridians, changing the meridians throughout your body, making your motor nerves more sensitive—your agility increases by 1 point]
The "Zhou Tian Yin Qi Jue" cultivates the unity of heaven and man, increasing your affinity for all things; true qi nourishes your internal organs, expelling toxins from your body, making your skin whiter, smoother, and more radiant—your charm increases by 1 point.
……
Before we knew it, nearly a month had passed, and Baldur's Gate welcomed the Harvest Festival of the Valley Calendar 1490.
On this day, just before winter approaches, the citizens of Baldur's Gate express their gratitude to the earth goddess Chauntea for her bounty and generosity.
Those who make a living by traveling by land or sea should hurry to travel before winter arrives.
Ronan was not affected by the festive atmosphere outside. After eating three meals outside, he did not stay outside for even a moment, but went straight back home to cultivate.
That day, he was sitting cross-legged on the bed cultivating when suddenly some information appeared in his mind.
[Through your long and persistent cultivation, your cultivation level has been raised once again—]
[Cultivation Realm: Qi Refining Level 2]
He immediately opened the panel and took a look.
Name: Ronan Jonas
Race: Human male
"Profession": Level 2 Immortal Cultivator (425XP/900XP)
"Cultivation Realm": Second Level of Qi Refining
--property--
【Power 15】
【Agility 14】
[Body Condition 15]
[Intelligence Level 13]
【Perception 10】
【Charm 16】
Upon reaching the second level of Qi Refining, strength, agility, physique, and charm all improve, with charm increasing the fastest, even surpassing strength, agility, and physique.
Now, his attribute values are no longer mediocre; at least among warlocks, they are now in the middle range.
After reaching the second level of Qi Refining, Ronan was no longer satisfied with his current cultivation speed and began to think about increasing it.
The "Zhou Tian Yin Qi Jue" contains many methods to increase the speed of cultivation.
One of the chapters in the manual is the "Medicine Intake Chapter," which describes how to increase cultivation speed by taking medicine.
In addition, there is the "Treatise on Elixirs," which explains how to refine elixirs.
According to the book, taking elixirs can lead to faster improvement.
However, alchemy is more laborious than taking medicine directly, because if you want to make medicine, you need to prepare an alchemy furnace and other necessary items.
Let alone Baldur's Gate, even in Forgotten Realms, there might not be such a thing as a pill-making furnace.
To prepare an alchemy furnace, one must not only obtain the finest metals, but also find skilled craftsmen to forge it.
Moreover, a single pill requires a considerable amount of medicinal materials.
All of this is still too early for him right now.
Therefore, if you want to increase your cultivation speed, you still have to start with taking medicine.
The medicines described in "The Treatise on Taking Medicine" are all Chinese medicines, which may exist on the eastern continent of Karatu, but not necessarily on the continent of Faerûn.
However, he might be able to find substitutes in Faerûn by referring to the medicinal properties of each Chinese herb.
He needs a book that records medicinal plants from the continent of Faerûn.
In the lower city of Baldur's Gate, the place with the most books is the Wizardry General Store.
At the same time, this witchcraft general store is also the place with the most strange items.
Perhaps he can buy the right medicinal plants at the witchcraft general store.
He immediately went out and headed towards the witchcraft general store.
……
The witchcraft grocery store is located in a crowded side block near the East Road district, about a 30-minute walk away.
The shop's owner is the mage Ramages, who owns the Ramages Tower in the Upper City.
After Ramages disappeared, the Ramages Tower and the sorcery shop were taken over by a sorcerer named "Lorokan".
The Wizardry General Store is one of the iconic buildings of Baldur's Gate, with its artistic hemispherical stained glass dome that is unforgettable.
There was an animated armored figure holding a longsword in front of the shop. Ronan walked to the porch, and the animated armored figure turned slightly toward Ronan, but quickly turned back to the other side.
Upon entering the witchcraft general store, one sees a large counter in the center, behind which stands a handsome man with long hair, dressed in a dark red robe with floral patterns.
This is the magical illusion of Lorokan, the owner of the sorcery general store.
Arranged around the first layer are sections of counters.
Luo Ruokan rented out the counter to various merchants.
The counter sells all sorts of magical items.
Some counters sell books, some sell medicinal plants, some sell potions, and some sell magic wands and other magical items.
Some wands are expensive and contain magic.
As Ronan passed by a counter, he saw a magic tool vendor trying to sell a wand to a potential customer.
The merchant gripped his wand and chanted for a while. A circular magic circle with an inner six-pointed star, emitting a green glow, slowly formed on the ground. Soon after, a skeleton appeared.
Then, under the merchant's control, the skeleton danced a joyful tap dance.
Ronan looked away and continued walking around the first floor, stopping to ask questions whenever he saw a bookstore counter.
After passing three counters, he asked a woman dressed in green, Tifulin, about the sale of herbal plant catalogs.
Tiffilin is a hybrid race with both human and demon blood, and its distinctive feature is the horns on its head.
The female Typhoon looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, with short orange hair, a pair of small horns sticking out from her hair, and a pair of bright, innocent eyes on her fair face.
Upon hearing Ronan's request, the woman Tiflin took a brown-covered book from the bookshelf behind her, placed it on the counter, turned it upside down, and opened it partially so that Ronan could see its contents.
On the open page of the book, there is a colorful illustration of a medicinal plant, with descriptions of its medicinal properties, where it can be obtained, and how to preserve it.
Ronan flipped through a few more pages and looked at several more medicinal plants.
Ronan was about to flip through the book again when the woman, Tiflin, snatched it back, looked at him with her bright eyes, and said, "If you keep looking, you'll have to pay."