From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 345 - 257: Life Protection Box, Yin Crow_3

Xie Shi'en shook his head, "I'm not sure about that, but the Creator Organization does place great importance on this item. I originally planned to steal it quietly without a sound, but I was discovered."

His original plan was to stage an accident that would cause the Life Protection Box to be lost, and then take the opportunity to either take it away or destroy it.

However, the plan did not fully succeed. He obtained the Life Protection Box but was also discovered by 013.

Reflecting on this, Xie Shi'en said, "I now understand why the plan to steal the Life Protection Box failed. I originally thought there was only one 013, but it seems there might have been other 'dark crows' observing my actions."

Lu Heng closed the box and asked, "What do you plan to do with this thing?"

Xie Shi'en had already considered this issue, tucked away the box, and answered, "I plan to keep it for now. If I have the chance to enter a magic plane where Witch Demons exist, I'll see if it has any value to use."

"If one day I get caught by the Creator Organization, I'll destroy it before I die."

His plan had no issues.

And since he was the one who had taken the risk to get it, Lu Heng did not raise any objections.

...

After discussing the serious matters, Su Muyu inquired with concern, "Is Aunt Liu well settled?"

Xie Shi'en nodded, "The state has arranged a new identity for her, and she's been moved to another sanatorium. When I go to see her, I won't leave any records, so the Creator Organization won't be able to find her. It just means that no students of the teacher will be able to visit the teacher's wife from now on."

"For the sake of security, it must be this way. Once it's safe again, we can go and visit her," Lu Heng didn't ask which sanatorium Liu Lanying was placed in.

After all, the more people know, the higher the risk of a leak.

"Thank you," Xie Shi'en nodded in gratitude.

After meeting the three of them, Xie Shi'en didn't stay long for safety reasons, arriving quietly and then leaving just as quietly.

...

In the following days, Lu Heng continued to practice swordsmanship, collecting enough Quenching Orders to fill half a day's work before heading to Quenching Castle to complete the orders and gain vice profession experience.

Su Muyu spent even more time in Quenching Castle, staying daily in the Gem Workshop of the castle, engraving Rune Circuits on gems.

As her skills grew more proficient, the success rate of creating Rune Gems became unbelievably high.

Once her experience as an Engraver reached (1500/2000), she broke even.

This was despite the soaring prices of engraving materials—a truly astonishing success rate.

Since Rune Circuits are incredibly complex, the higher the level of the Rune, the more complexity.

Thus, an Engraver lacking enough focus would have a very low success rate in engraving Rune Stones.

After all, the circuits are extremely fine, and one requires microscopic vision to see the lines as fine as down.

A single mistake in etching these circuits means failure of the entire engraving process.

That's also why Engravers initially have to spend a lot of money on improving their profession experience due to the terrifyingly low success rates at first.

Su Muyu managed to break even before promoting to Advanced Rune Master. She indeed had a strong talent for this vice profession.

After producing Rune Gems, other Jewelers would be responsible for fashioning them into various pieces of jewelry, which would then be sold on the market.

Low-level Engravers couldn't create Rune Gems with particularly high attributes. A Level C gem would typically add only two points to Spiritual Attribute.

Two points can indeed offer a Superpower User an enhancement, but for users above level 20, with average attributes around 40 points, an increase of two points is not particularly significant.

Thus, Rune Gem jewelry cannot be priced too high; they barely earn back the material costs.

Of course, if the jewelry is made from Dragon Eye Gems with a Spiritual Attribute of +8 or even +9, that's a different story.

Now, Su Muyu was racing against time to level up her Engraver profession experience.

Because once she's promoted to an Advanced Rune Master, she'll be able to create Rune Gems with a Spiritual Attribute of +4 or even higher and attempt engraving a second Rune Circuit.

In that case, a piece of jewelry could have effects from two runic inscriptions.

This would effectively double both the jewelry's attributes and runic effects.

For weapons and equipment, doubling the attributes doesn't just double the price; it usually increases at least three to four times.

If the runic effects are good and the gemstone attributes exceed the standard values, the price could go even higher.

Therefore, as long as she could reach the Advanced Rune Master level, this vice profession would start to generate income.

And at this stage, there are no Advanced Rune Masters around. If Su Muyu could reach that level now, she would have a unique presence in Blue Star's field of Engravers.

Having a monopoly on crafting high-attribute jewelry would give her the right to set prices directly.

The wealthy families and major clans would have only the power to opt-in or opt-out, with no room for negotiation.

It's like the current Master Gulu; his Forging ability is unparalleled on Blue Star.

Among Human Superpower Users, those who are Forging Masters are only at the level of Apprentice Forgers; there's no room to compare with Master Gulu, the Forging Master.

Therefore, those wealthy families and clans aiming to acquire Level B or even higher-level weapons had no choice but to hand over their resources and materials to Master Gulu for Forging.

With Quenching Castle and Flame Emblem Club establishing a dominant position in the fields of Quenching, Forging, and Engraving,

An immense amount of wealth began to flow towards Coastal City, and more and more top-tier Superpower Users were appearing in Coastal City, hoping to become Flame Emblem Club members.

Not just Superpower Users from Da Xia, but many from other countries were lurking around Coastal City.

This stirred undercurrents in the local situation.

The large number of top-tier Superpower Users that emerged caused the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau to be extremely tense.

After all, if anything happened involving so many top-tier Superpower Users, the turmoil would be extremely terrifying.