"Why is she here?"
One of the Ten Great
They were the absolute pinnacle among alchemy grandmasters. Even super guilds had to treat them with utmost respect. You could say they were the figures that every guild and player in the Divine Realm wanted to curry favor with.
After all, as the Divine Realm progressed, monsters grew ever more powerful. Defeating them didn't rely solely on personal strength — you often needed outside help. Take fire-type bosses, for example: without high fire resistance, even a top-tier party would burn to death. But if every member of the team drank a grandmaster-rank fire resistance potion, they could take down a fire-type boss with ease.
The same applied to
Demon Island was already dangerous on its own, and the ever-present shadow currents made it even worse. Without extremely high shadow resistance, a player couldn't set foot on the island at all.
Then there was the
You could say that inside the Tower of Time and Space, whichever guild had more magic resistance potions would have an easier time obtaining
That was only one aspect. The Divine Realm had far too many dangerous places that required outside assistance, which was why every major guild showed great respect to life-skill masters and grandmasters.
Among the Ten Great Alchemy Grandmasters, Miao Wuyin was firmly ranked in the top three in terms of ability. Even a first-rate guild's president would find it difficult to arrange a single meeting with her. Even if Miao Wuyin agreed to meet, they'd have to wait in line.
Having top executives of first-rate guilds queuing up for a meeting — just imagine the spectacle. Ordinary players would have their jaws on the floor, but for the major guilds, this was perfectly natural.
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Shadow Gold was an epic-rank rare material. Add even a single piece of it during weapon or equipment forging, and the resulting item would carry shadow damage or shadow resistance — making it the perfect material for crafting shadow resistance gear.
On the market, a single piece of Shadow Gold was worth at least three hundred gold. But nobody ever sold them; they became prized possessions of life-skill players.
As for Ancient Wood, its price was even higher — five hundred gold on the open market. It was an exceptional epic-rank material used for crafting staffs, ships, carriages, furniture, and all manner of wooden items.
The value of these two items far exceeded that of master-rank shadow potions and the
"Why would an alchemist want these things?"
Shi Feng found it puzzling.
Neither Shadow Gold nor Ancient Wood was a material used in alchemy.
Still, Shi Feng didn't dwell on it for too long. He quickly sent a brief message to Miao Wuyin.
The message was simple: I have leads on both of those items.
Shadow Gold and Ancient Wood were not things players could obtain at their current level. Even with sufficient level, getting hold of them was no simple task — otherwise, they wouldn't be so rare.
But Shi Feng desperately needed items that boosted shadow resistance, and master-rank shadow potions and the Light Cloak were exactly what he needed. The Light Cloak in particular — it was the perfect equipment for increasing shadow resistance.
With the Light Cloak, all he'd need was an intermediate-rank shadow potion, and he could move around Demon Island with ease.
Not long after Shi Feng sent the message, he received a friend request. The name was Miao Wuyin. He accepted the request, which would allow them to start voice and video chat.
"Do you really have leads on Shadow Gold and Ancient Wood?"
Miao Wuyin on the video call looked quite young — only twenty-five or twenty-six — with an oval face and a pair of striking golden eyes that gave her an indescribable air of cold beauty and meticulousness.