Witch Troupe and the Undead

These giant mushrooms, with caps up to 50 centimeters in diameter and a pearly sheen, are one of the materials used to make "Intelligence Elixir," or more precisely, "Advanced Memory Elixir." Intelligence Elixir is a special elixir synthesized from Memory Elixir, Clarity Elixir, and Concentration Elixir.

As for the terrifying story of being able to mix three potions into a more complex mixed potion, that's basically something only a potion master like the Little Witch could do. Moreover, she's a "potion master" because that's the highest title in the industry.

Then, some of the potions that don't require high temperatures were transplanted to the outside herb garden. These were mainly moon peppermint and star-spotted sunflower. The former is silvery-blue and translucent, with mercury-like substances flowing in its veins, and it emits a cool minty scent. In the wild, it usually grows alongside chamomile and is an ingredient for "Clarity Potion".

The Star-Spotted Sunflower has a beautiful purple-gold flower and a fruit that is like a little finger-sized ruby ​​with tiny golden spots inside. The fruit's infusion can effectively enhance the potency of potions, but it also increases the potion's toxicity, making it a double-edged sword. Only the most skilled potion masters can use this material effectively.

The magical plants in the greenhouse were all collected by the little witch. These plants may not be precious, but they are definitely among the most difficult to use. For example, moon peppermint, because it grows alongside chamomile, is often collected by ordinary herbalists and used to make things like mint candies. However, it is difficult to make this stuff into a memory potion.

As for the star-spotted sunflower, it was even regarded as a "poisonous plant" or an "impurity" by a considerable number of alchemists, and very few alchemists could effectively utilize its ability to enhance medicinal properties.

After transplanting, Roach also picked some frost-patterned spirea. These pale yellow, translucent flowers with frost-white patterns are the only potions in the greenhouse that don't require processing, and they're also the most expensive. Back in the East, he spent a full fifty gold coins on the seeds of these things.

Its purpose is to be dried and used to make flower tea, which effectively improves concentration. For occultists, it is almost an essential consumable, especially when long-term experiments and guided rituals are required. The side effect is that it accelerates energy consumption and helps people fall asleep faster. Some occultists with insomnia also use it as a powerful drug to treat insomnia.

After making room, Luo Qi planted the potion seeds he had obtained from the academy in the greenhouse and the herb field outside. The amber wood, which had an exceptionally long growth period, was planted in the flower bed outside the cabin. This honey-colored, translucent plant was shaped like bamboo, without leaves, with crystalline segments growing upwards, and its surface covered with golden spiderweb patterns.

It was the most expensive batch of seeds and saplings Roach bought at the academy. Its sap is one of the materials used to make the cover of magic books. It has a very good effect of isolating magic power and is also a material for various sealing rituals, scrolls, and storage magical items.

Each ounce of sap is worth 25 gold coins, and a sapling is worth 150 gold coins. It takes about 3 years for the sap to grow to the point where it can be harvested, and the initial yield is pitifully small. It takes at least 5 years to break even.

“The church in Silver Maple City has its own greenhouse, and some plants needed for sacred ceremonies can be purchased locally. I suggest buying a batch; the church has many very useful potion recipes,” Leon said, finally recovering from seasickness and leaning against a giant tree. “I recommend buying a batch of Flameheart Flowers and Night Dew Marigolds first.”

“Night Dew Gourd?” Roach frowned, not recalling ever hearing the name before. It didn’t seem to be included in the Potions Compendium. Of course, it was also possible that his Potions Compendium referred to the encyclopedia of arcane sorcerers, not potion masters, and certainly not the church’s.

"Hmm, a kind of artificially cultivated potion plant that has only appeared in the last ten years or so." Roach's brows relaxed, which meant there was no problem. This was also the reason for going to the academy; the development of the times had resulted in many of the latest materials and achievements not being included in those ancient books.

“Actually, it’s not very useful. Although it’s called a potion plant, it can’t actually make any real potions.” Leon seemed to see Roach’s doubts and added, “It’s normal that it’s not included in the academy’s potion encyclopedia.”

"Purpose?" Livia tilted her head.

"The calming incense is used to eliminate fatigue, but its effect is very limited. It's usually burned in churches to maintain a calming and peaceful effect." Leon glanced at the little witch. "It's very useful for relieving fatigue from concentrating for long periods of time."

"Would a church sell such a secret recipe?"

"No, but I didn't say I was buying the secret recipe. I meant buying these flowers and seeds. Other parishes might not sell them, but Silver Maple County parish has its own large greenhouses and flower sheds. So, their main income comes from selling these seeds and magic flowers. By the way, those glowing roses you planted were also sold from Silver Maple County. I guess you spent more than a hundred gold coins on them. Actually, you could buy them locally in the church for a maximum of 80."

The Night-Shining Rose is one of the most expensive potions in the greenhouse. Its petals are like frosted glass, milky white during the day and silver-blue at night. It has no fragrance, and its purpose is to make "invisibility potions." Not only is it expensive, but it is also a controlled substance. No one would dare to sell it to Livia without her witch badge.

"That Flameheart Flower, I remember it's used to make..."

"Flame Resistance Potion," Livia said softly, "is also a recent creation." Since realizing that the essence of magic potion plants is that they are ordinary plants that have been corrupted by magic, the academy even has a special "Magic Plant Laboratory." Unfortunately, the "Flower Witch" who runs this laboratory is just a figurehead and has been missing for more than ten years.

Conversely, this also shows that the world has begun to interestingly use various magical sources to stimulate living organisms, thereby attempting to artificially control the process of magical transformation and achieve the mass production and controlled, targeted production of extraordinary materials. However, it is only in its early stages now, without detailed theoretical support, and is still in the state of simply stimulating a plant with magic to see what kind of flower it will bloom.

Very few succeed; most end up creating a bunch of twisted, deformed, half-dead things. Worse still, they create a plant monster that then kills the breeder. Therefore, these laboratories are mostly located outside cities or some distance from the borders of civilizations.

"However, there's another use: after drying, soaking it in clean water can produce inferior holy water. I know how to do it." Leon indicated that he understood the simple process of making holy water.

After all, as a paladin, there will inevitably be times when you run out of holy water, so it is necessary to make it from what you have on hand. The fact that Flameheart Flower can replace expensive amethyst, silver powder and jade vine was something Leon learned from an old senior. Of course, this kind of inferior holy water... well, the effect is only better than nothing.

"Hmm~ Hmm~" Livia took out her notebook and wrote down this new knowledge point, planning to visit the church's greenhouse when she arrived in Silver Maple City, and then see what new things she could buy to plant around her own little house.

Chapter 380 Explosive-Driven Engine

The morning light shone on the open ground outside the cabin. The training area on the platform was too small; it was fine for solo practice, but not enough for duels, especially with a bunch of active units around. The weeds in the field had been roughly cleared away by the wooden sword, turning it into a simple dueling area. A few sparrows flew overhead and landed on a pine tree on one side, chirping away.

"Not planning to cheat with your tail today?" Leon held his long wooden sword in a top-down stance, his muscular physique bulging slightly beneath his linen shirt. Across from him, Alessina's fox ears twitched amidst her long gray hair, and she constantly shifted the position of her two blunt-tipped training swords, as if they were about to bite her like venomous snakes at any moment.

"We'll talk when you break my sword, and besides..." The fox ears suddenly flattened, and the beast-girl lunged forward, her left sword aimed straight for the knight's knee, while her right sword went straight for his throat. The key to using two swords is mastering the ability to multitask. Of course, this posture that seemed like two people attacking each other was just an illusion. Due to the issue of force and posture, only one sword was the real main attack.

However, a skilled dual-wielder knows how to conceal their true intentions and how to smoothly switch the focus of their attacks between their primary and secondary weapons. Dual-wielding is like a dance; fluid movements and rhythm are far more important than precision and power.

Leon stepped back and slashed downwards, completely ignoring the blade aimed straight at his throat. No matter what the opponent was going to do, a downward slash was always faster and more powerful than an upward thrust. So now it was up to the opponent to take a gamble: whether his own head was harder than the two-handed sword, or whether he could strike the enemy's throat first.

The beast-girl stomped her feet hard on the ground, twisting her waist with a movement that humans, and even most non-superhuman beast-girls, could not do. She gracefully changed her dance steps and circled to the side. At the same time, her twin swords changed from a straight thrust to a horizontal sweep as her body moved.

"Orcish sweeping slash?" Leon spun around and flipped his wrist, changing his stance. His sword, like a small stick, circled his wrist halfway and plunged vertically into the ground. It was as if a stick, held in place by his arm and the ground, had taken the hit. Wood chips flew everywhere, and cracks appeared on both of their blades.

"Did you learn swordsmanship from your blacksmith?" Leon shook his head, spun around and drew his wooden sword. He used the ground as a scabbard for an upward slash, deflecting the crossed blades. Then he slammed his shoulder into Alessina, forcing the latter to dodge to the side, and then slashed with both hands.

"Bang!" The wooden sword struck the beast-woman's shoulder guard with a muffled thud. Alessina groaned in pain, then turned and slashed. The beast-woman's powerful waist and abdomen strength made her twin swords spin like a windmill, forcing Leon to give up the pursuit and retreat again. The blades were caught in the storm of twin swords, and with the crisp cracking sound of wood, this sparring session was considered over.

“Tsk…” Alessina tossed aside the broken wooden sword in his hand. “It’s been too long since I’ve practiced. I’ve almost forgotten my previous tactics after using a greatsword for so long.”

“I can see that.” Leon stretched his shoulders. This kind of high-intensity sparring had taken a toll on him. Even without using his supernatural power, his palms were raw. It has to be said that the bad habit of using a greatsword too much was there, but it also made Alessina’s slashes heavier and more powerful than those of a normal dual-wielder. It was indeed a bit difficult to bear the brunt of it.

"Hey!" Lulua leaped from one branch to another like an agile big cat, her fair little feet covered in black, tattoo-like holy markings—perfect for hunting in Night Binding mode. The girl gripped the branch tightly with both hands, her body fixed to the swaying branch, rising and falling with each step. Her long black hair was tied back with two braids using Livia's golden hairband.

A plump grouse was searching for delicious pine nuts and mushrooms among the decaying leaves, completely unaware of the danger above. Lulua suddenly released her grip, pushed off with her feet, and pounced down like a cat, rolling half a circle on the soft humus before finishing with a grouse whose neck had been snapped in her hand.

The night-clan girl yawned. Like nocturnal felines, what was an energetic morning for most people felt like almost midnight to her.

Beside the open space where the cabin was moored, wooden planks automatically flew up to form a simple smokehouse. Leslie squatted down beside it, processing the rabbits, pheasants, and other animals that Lulua had hunted the night before. She skinned and removed the feathers, gutted them, coated them with spices she had purchased and marinated them with a sauce made with strong liquor, stuffed herbs into their cavities, and hung them one by one into the wooden smokehouse.

Smoking with pine branches can effectively remove the fishy and gamey smell of real wild game. Strong liquor, ginger, and spices have the same effect. Star anise and smoking are the ultimate ways to prepare wild game. If neither of these works, then it can only mean that the creature is not suitable for consumption.

They would probably need to rest in the cabin until 10 a.m. before setting off. With the presence of a protective barrier, they didn't need to travel by night or day. After a day's journey, they were still able to see the towering towers and palaces of the capital, which was much slower than they had expected.

"Look what I found!" Lulua ran up barefoot, carrying a grouse she had caught earlier and a long-horned rabbit in her hand. It was the cheap, lowest-level monster mentioned earlier, but that wasn't the point. The point was that this rabbit was actually a pregnant female rabbit.

"Oh, let's find a cage to keep them in, that way we can have fresh meat to eat on the road." Leon glanced at them. These horned rabbit monsters were nothing to worry about. Perhaps a large number of them would be a little dangerous for ordinary people, but even the weakest of them, the mermaids, could handle them.

Livia poked the rabbit with its bulging belly, then turned to Roach, "Hmm, let's keep it."

Thus, this terrified, harmless monster was given a simple fence next to the cowshed. It probably wouldn't dare to run away, as the Bull Demon of Hell was on one side. Even if the monster's keen senses couldn't determine exactly what it was, it could at least be certain that it was definitely not something safe.

After the sparring session, Alessina was responsible for preparing everyone's lunch. He didn't need to prepare Leon's lunch, as he said he didn't need to eat lunch because he would throw it all up after a while.

Roach and Livia went for a walk around the area, or rather, to gather herbs and various resources. They didn't lack high-level magical plants, but they were short of basic supplies. Therefore, before they arrived in Silver Maple County, they had to gather them manually.

Among them are some commonly used spices and seasonings. Stonewall thyme is a no-brainer. This grayish-green small-leaved plant mostly grows in front of and behind houses. It is drought-resistant and is used by rural women to mask the earthy smell of bean paste. It has a somewhat pungent smell.

For Livia, the plant's greatest purpose is to make cold medicine; it induces sweating, thus speeding up recovery from a cold.

“Broadleaf sage… it’s growing very lushly.” Roach quickly found his target. This plant, known as “widow’s apron,” is covered in downy hairs and has drooping leaves that look like an apron. It’s not edible but can be used to repel moths and is a very useful insect repellent.

Roach was preparing insect repellent. Livia was loved by all sorts of small creatures, such as mosquitoes and insects. However, she didn't like all living things. As someone who seemed to be born with an insect-attracting constitution, insect repellent was essential.

There's no problem with that in the living forest. There are many living carnivorous and carnivorous plants there, and very few insects dare to get close to her.

“This~” Livia also found a clump of herbs, slender wild fennel growing among the bushes, “the shepherd’s purse”, its drooping pods bulging like purses, which local shepherds use to marinate mutton, giving it a slightly salty taste and saving on salt.

The little witch carefully picked the seed pods and shook the yellowish-white seeds inside one by one into a gray cloth bag. She had a long string of such bags hanging on her cane, used for storing and collecting herbal materials.

In addition, there are large quantities of "Cellulone" (a white, sweet-tasting rhizome used in cold medicine), "Fumigant Grass" (used in meat shops to repel flies, used as an insect repellent), and "Clock Tower Mint" (a variant of fragrant orchid, used as an invigorating medicine, which grows mostly in shady places) along the fields and roadsides.

These herbs were picked and collected one by one. In addition, there were daisies and calendula that Alessina needed to make herbal tea, and "blacksmith's beard" that Leslie wanted, a multi-nodular, curly plant, to make a skin moisturizing ointment, otherwise she would feel very uncomfortable if she was out of water for too long.

These commonly used herbs seem to be plentiful, and the locals clearly lack the knowledge to use them. At most, they pick a small amount as a snack or make sachets, so these herbs grow exceptionally lushly.

"A bag of prepared white wax root costs one silver coin, and there are plenty of them all over the place..." The scientific name of the cellar lady is white wax root, because after peeling off the outer skin, the inner core is white and delicate, just like a white candle.

“Stop complaining. The people here aren’t capable of processing medicinal herbs. In fact, most non-professional herb gatherers can’t even tell the difference between white wax root and parsnip.” Roach poured the pale yellow, radish-like tubers from his pocket onto the table. “Mistaking parsnip for white wax root will at most get you laughed at by alchemists. But if you confuse bell tower mint with cursed orchid, it could be fatal.”

The difference between the two is that the latter's flowers are more slender, like pale, dead fingers, while the former's are more pink. However, when fully mature, both change from pale purple to pinkish-white, with very little difference.

However, the former is a stimulant herb, while the latter is a hallucinogenic herb. It has a very faint fragrance but is highly hallucinogenic. Most of those who are claimed to have been cursed by evil spirits in the cemetery have not actually encountered any evil spirits or malevolent spirits at all.

If the dead could so easily become evil spirits, then psychics and necromancers wouldn't need to spend over six years and at least 20 professional books, each five centimeters thick, to learn how to create evil spirits.

This hallucinogenic poison is the truth behind the "cemetery curse." Therefore, it is popularly known as the ghoul finger, meaning that touching it will cause numbness and a curse that will make one lose their mind, even digging up and eating corpses in the cemetery. In its professional scientific name, it is called "cursed orchid."

If you confuse these two, those lousy herbalists can prepare to go bankrupt or end up in a graveyard pit—the poison of the Cursed Orchid can be cured, but the antidote requires Rainbow Orchid Leaf, which is a legitimate potion plant.

A packet of peppermint costs about 3 to 5 silver coins on the market. For ordinary farmers and herbalists, one poisoning could wipe out their entire year's savings. Therefore, they would rather not collect peppermint from the Bell Tower than take such a huge risk, especially since it is a commonly used herb that can also be cultivated.

As for the others, they are simply too common. It's not worth the time for farmers to collect and process them. For example, the smoke herb is not available on the market because it's everywhere. Fortunately, its uses are also limited. Even the little witch only has two recipes that require it.

Roach crushed the white wax root, and the pale white juice dripped into the flask. Soon, a large amount of powder settled at the bottom. After filtering out the liquid, Roach put the powder into a metal test tube and sealed it.

A row of identical metal test tubes lay on the lab bench, each filled with various prepared alchemical materials. The formal refining and manufacturing process was about to begin. Mixing, heating, dissolving—the test tubes were emptied one by one, then refilled. Finally, Roach obtained a small tube containing a milky-white crystalline powder, which he carefully filled into a prepared cylindrical cardboard box.

"Phew~ Done."

"Is this the formula for your upgraded magic crossbow? It doesn't seem as powerful as the previous metal cone, and there's no magical structure in it." Leon picked up a piece of cardboard, and before he could finish speaking, he saw Roach pull out two spirit barrier stones with astonishing speed and throw them in front of him, while the others nearby also dodged in shock.

"Huh? What happened..."

"boom!"

A few minutes later, Leon squatted by the pond, vigorously washing his face and hair. If he hadn't decisively activated his Holy Shield protection in the critical moment, he would have experienced Master Roach's resurrection method right now, being stitched together by Livia in a shattered state, provided the little witch was willing to do so.

"The power is really... good." That's all Leon could say. "But your storage method is too dangerous. It exploded as soon as I touched it."

It was an extremely high-energy magic explosion effect, comparable to the destructive power of the mixed elemental orb thrown by Livia. If Roach hadn't laid a little bit at the bottom, even with the protection of the Holy Shield, Leon would probably be lying in bed by now.

"It's precisely because it's dangerous that I'm testing the passivation scheme," Roach complained. This was the result of his previous explosion—a magical version of high explosives. That's right, after cramming on modern potions and alchemy at the academy, he finally created magical gunpowder for this world. The price was that because of its extremely unstable elemental structure, it would explode at the slightest disturbance.

The reason he's taking extra classes in Construct and Potions is because Construct determines an elemental static construct to serve as a cartridge case or storage container. It also needs to be combined with runic spell fuses, otherwise it's too stable and unusable.

Potions, on the other hand, seeks to find a way to "blunt" this thing. It is powerful and sensitive enough that, when combined with construct and runic artifact techniques, it can be used to detonate directly or as a source of instantaneous high-energy output to drive certain spell structures that allow "overload".

The premise is that it does not explode inside the power supply compartment or the laboratory.

"Have you found a passivation solution?"

"This is already passivated, but it's still not enough." On one hand, Roach's knowledge is not deep enough, and on the other hand, even a potion master like the Little Witch can't find a passivation solution at the potion level.

Because power, safety, and stability are an impossible triangle. If something is too safe and stable, it cannot be very powerful. If something is powerful enough, it is either unsafe or unstable. Oh, here, instability does not mean the kind of stability that could explode at any time, but rather the kind of instability that means it might not explode when you need it to, which is the dud rate.

"I suggest you make the sample size smaller when you do experiments in the future." "Any smaller and it won't work. The equipment's precision is limited." Roach was also desperate. He needed the precision measuring and extraction tools from the chemistry department on Earth. With these modern laboratory tools, making the sample size any smaller would make it impossible to conduct normal experiments.

"At least now that it's been dulled, it won't just sit there and explode due to fluctuations in the environmental elements." At least Leon did rub it with some force, but the power and sensitivity of being able to shatter a normal non-supernatural warrior with a mere rub of the fingertips is still not practical enough.

"May I ask, are you planning to... use this as ammunition for your magic crossbow?"

"No, I use it as a miniaturization of a certain spell configuration, and also as a power source for a magic-powered engine."

"Wait, you mean this is engine power?"

"if not?"

"Using explosions as engine power?"

"As long as it's a controllable, continuous, small-scale explosion, why can't it be used as engine power?!" This was also Roach's question. Why couldn't it be used as engine power? This thing has a much higher output than gasoline, and its energy density is also higher. As long as the passivation technology and precise quantitative energy supply are mastered, it can indeed be used as a high-output power source.

To miniaturize something as large as a train engine like a magic engine to the point where a single soldier can carry it, we definitely need to work on energy density. How else can we solve the miniaturization problem without using such "unorthodox" methods?

"Moreover, even a normal magic energy engine, with its output, would still have considerable explosive power if it were miniaturized to this extent." Especially since a complete magic energy engine, due to its size, could actually use several centimeters of mithril alloy metal to withstand the explosive power of this elemental annihilation.

However, this is impossible for a miniaturized engine. Even enchanted sheet metal, only a few millimeters thick, cannot withstand the magical force released by elemental annihilation.

Not to mention that the magic released by elemental annihilation cannot be reacted if the scale is small, just like a nuclear reactor, which has a minimum critical reaction amount. So, Roach wondered if this magical version of explosives could be used to replace this output.

The good news is: it really can, with an energy density comparable to small-scale element annihilation; the bad news is: it's too sensitive, it explodes with the slightest touch, and its power is also comparable to small-scale element annihilation.

Chapter 381 Private Collection-Level Solutions

After about three days of travel, the cabin stopped in Grayhill Town in the eastern part of Silver Maple County. The reason for stopping here was that weapons needed to be reforged, including Leon's Wolf Head Silver Sword, Alessina's weapons, and even Roach needed to purchase some metal materials to make ammunition.

Huigang Town is right next to Xiumu River. This winding river is full of rust-colored sediment. Iron ore residue from Huigang Town and all sorts of messy mining waste are carelessly dumped in the river, even staining the water with a layer of rust.

The locals even have to have their drinking water transported from Sweetwater Village, 50 miles away, because the river is completely undrinkable, let alone suitable for irrigation.

Even before entering the town, the air was filled with the smell of coal ash and metal. As one of the few towns in Silver Maple County that produces minerals, Gray Hill Town is not a large mining town and does not have any special minerals.

The town is mainly composed of iron ore and a small amount of associated silver ore, as well as negligible black iron ore and a very small amount of copper ore. Most of the men in the town are miners, and a small number are blacksmiths. They smelt the iron ore into pig iron ingots. The constant flow of miners, caravans, and laundry women who serve the miners makes this town as lively and bustling as Silver Maple City.

This noise was too much for Livia, so she stayed in the house to read and study the fragments left after the luminous fragments broke apart. As for Roach and the others, they had to go to town alone to buy metal materials and minerals.

“We need at least 20 pig iron ingots and five black iron ingots, and if we can buy them, we also need at least 70 pounds of copper.” Roach traced the names on the list with his pen. In reality, the number of minerals and metal ingots that were lacking was far too large. Some of them could be synthesized by himself, but most of them could only be bought.

"Quartz sand, mithril, and a small amount of dark copper can all be purchased in Silver Maple City. As for pumice, we can only check if Copperbell Town in Black Rye Valley County has it when we pass through," Leon pointed out. He was quite familiar with these mining towns and areas where blacksmiths were concentrated. After all, as a paladin, knowing where to repair armor and weapons and where to buy materials for the sanctification of weapons was a must.

The priests, on the other hand, could not do so easily because the services mentioned above could be readily obtained in major cities, which was simply a matter of money. However, as a true paladin who was on the front lines of exorcising demons, Leon could hardly guarantee that every commission and mission he received would be located near a major city, especially one with mining and metallurgical factories.

“Oh, right, Favorite, if possible, Star Silver and Sun Steel are also essential materials~” Lulua said. Although she didn’t understand what materials were needed to repair or reforge the artifact, Star Silver, the “sacred metal” representing the night god, was a must.

Every god or sect has its own "sacred metal," which is a metal material that can better bear divine power. For example, Sun Steel is the "sacred metal" of the Holy Lord, and "Amber Gold," which is smelted from amber stone, is the sacred metal of the Earth Goddess.

After a sanctification ceremony, these metals often exhibit completely different alchemical properties and physical characteristics.

"You can buy Sun Steel at the cathedral in Silver Maple City."

"Huh!?" Lulua was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Leon, "You guys are even openly selling things like this now?"

"They sell it openly, but it's hard to say how much of it is genuine," Leon shook his head. Many churches do sell their surplus solar steel materials, but more than 90% of them are just scraps produced during smelting and mining. It's hard to say how much of it is actually qualified solar steel.

"If all else fails, we'll just have to find a way to collect it ourselves when we pass by Eagle's Nest." Sun Steel is made by smelting special rocks and copper ore located at the top of a high mountain. The magical radiation from the sun gives these stones a unique golden color. Because they can only be found on mountaintops, and only on mountaintops with sufficient sunlight, the mining difficulty is indeed not low.

This means that many mountains with relatively low altitudes, at least below the cloud cover, have very little or no sunstone reserves. On the other hand, mountains that can penetrate the clouds are generally no less than 3000 meters in altitude. The cost of quarrying rocks at the mountaintop and then transporting them down for refining is naturally not low.

“Of course, if you have the money, you can go directly to Silver Maple City and buy the complete set of materials, at least the complete set of materials on this list.” Leon pointed to the list in Roach’s hand, which was circled by various colored lines.