Chapter 58: Unlocking the Yin Yang Mirror
If it were before, Xu Youming might have felt resentful, but after two months of adjustment, he has accepted this fact.
The next day, Xu Youming came to the mine early in the morning, ready to conclude his trip to the novice village.
“Ding ding dong!”
The ore outside has not yet been refreshed, and Xu Youming has already entered the mine hundreds of meters deep.
“Snap!”
A familiar sound was heard and a stone rolled down. Xu Youming identified the stone as usual while continuing to knock on the area next to it.
[Ding, identification failed]
[Ding, identification failed]
As usual, the identification failed. Xu Youming didn't take it seriously at first. However, after more than ten times in a row, the identification failed, which made him slightly suspicious.
I picked up the black stone in my hand and looked at it carefully. There was nothing special about it. Why did it fail so many times?
Xu Youming refused to believe it and continued to identify it, until he had used up all his mana, but still failed to make a successful identification.
At this time, Xu Youming also knew that perhaps it was not a matter of luck, but a matter of strength. This stone might not be the same as the previous ones.
Helplessly, Xu Youming put the stone away and began to use identification techniques on other stones.
Sure enough, other stones did not show this phenomenon, and it took about 7 or 8 identifications to be successful.
However, after obtaining more than a dozen pieces of level 1 iron ore, this kind of stone that could not be identified appeared again. This time, Xu Youming was not so stubborn. After failing for the tenth time, he decisively gave up and threw the stone into the package.
Finally, when the package was filled, Xu Youming had obtained 5 stones that had not been identified.
The unlocking progress of the Yin-Yang Mirror has reached 945/1000. He returns to the village again to hand over the ore to Wu the Blacksmith. The ore he delivers to Wu the Blacksmith has reached 920/1000.
This is because Xu Youming had previously obtained 25 points of unlocking progress in the blacksmith shop, which was not counted in the delivered ore.
I only need to make two more trips to complete this task.
In the past two days, there have been many new players in the village, and through word of mouth, more and more players are entering this game.
Xu Youming looked at these enthusiastic players and felt like they were in a different world from himself.
After being alone in the mine for a few days, Xu Youming felt as if he was in another world every time he entered the village.
However, he enjoyed the feeling of loneliness very much, perhaps because he was blind and was more alert.
After preparing all the jacaranda flowers, Xu Youming returned to the mine again.
When Xu Youming's package was full, the progress bar of the Yin-Yang Mirror reached 990 points, because there were 5 stones that he had not identified.
Xu Youming simply continued mining, preparing to unlock the Yin-Yang Mirror in one go. The only problem was that he couldn't take the extra ore away.
996
997
998
…
1000
[Ding, the unlocking conditions of Yin Yang Mirror have been met]
Finally, everything was gathered together. Xu Youming felt relieved and went back with a package of ore.
After handing the ore to the blacksmith, Xu Youming ran directly to Beggar Zhang's thatched hut.
"Oh? Finished so quickly? Not bad, not bad."
Beggar Zhang looked Xu Youming up and down, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.
Then, he flicked his fingertips, and two balls of golden light entered Xu Youming's eyes respectively. A burning sensation came instantly, and Xu Youming could not help but hold his head with both hands and rub his eyes constantly.
Does this old man want to blind himself?
This caused Xu Youming to feel a great fear in his heart. He was already blind in reality, and if he became blind again in the game, it would be too hopeless.
Fortunately, after a brief period of pain, Xu Youming saw a ray of light in his eyes, and then his vision slowly recovered.
" What have you done to me!"
Xu Youming was really annoyed. How could a system NPC hurt players like this? He must file a complaint!
"It's just a step to unlock the door. If you can't even bear this little pain, how can you accomplish anything great? Okay, go now. I need to rest now."
“Ahem…”
Only then did Xu Youming realize that Beggar Zhang looked very weak and even had difficulty speaking. Looking at his figure curled up in the thatched pile, Xu Youming felt that this guy was not that hateful.
I still don't complain about him.
After leaving the thatched hut, Xu Youming began to check the skill of Yin Yang Mirror.
Yin Yang Mirror·Elementary (0/1000)
Can identify and check item properties, with a success rate of 10%.
Features: Identification level +1
Cost: 5
Note: The higher the target level, the lower the success rate.
Xu Youming looked at the properties of the Yin-Yang Mirror after it was unlocked. The +1 identification level really gave him an unexpected surprise.
This is equivalent to raising the identification skill to a higher level in disguise. Of course, compared with a higher level of identification skill, the success rate of identification will be lower.
However, this is already abnormal enough. In the middle and late stages, everyone's secondary occupations will reach a relatively average level, but they can identify higher-level equipment by themselves, which means they will make a lot of money.
Now, I still owe the blacksmith 40 pieces of level one ore. After I finish it, I can leave the novice village.
Carrying enough jacaranda flowers, Xu Youming walked towards the mine. On the way, he tried again to identify the stones that he had not identified successfully before.
[Ding, identification failed]
[Ding, identification failed]
…
[Ding, identification successful , obtained level 2 iron ore, experience +2.4]
After the eighth identification, it was finally successful, and a hint of silver luster appeared under the black surface.
Level 2 Iron Ore!
Although Xu Youming was well prepared, he was still slightly excited after seeing the results.
Sure enough, after improving his mining skills, there is a certain probability of obtaining higher-level ores.
Along the way, Xu Youming identified the remaining 9 stones. As expected, all of them were level 2 iron ores. The experience of Yin-Yang Appraisal increased to 24 points.
At this time, Xu Youming was a little hesitant.
The effect of the Clarity skill is indeed very powerful, allowing one to gain more skill experience, but it can only take effect in the Novice Village.
Once you leave the Novice Village, you will no longer be able to enjoy the benefits of this skill.
However, if he did not leave the Novice Village, he would definitely be left far behind by the first-tier players, which was something he did not want to see.
After thinking it over again and again, Xu Youming still couldn't decide what to choose.
Just turn all these worries into strength and vent them all on those stones.
He swung the golden mining pick and smashed it madly at the stone cave.
Snap
Snap
As stones rolled down, Xu Youming began to identify them one by one. This time, for level 1 ore, Xu Youming would succeed after about 3 identifications. Sure enough, after unlocking the Yin-Yang Appraisal, even the probability increased a lot.
