Goblin Dependency-Chapter 277 - 148 Wooden Sculpture

Last time, when Xia Nan handed over the Snake Scale and suggested turning it into an Arm Shield.

Barn, relying on his years of forging experience, immediately recognized the extraordinary nature of this material.

During the subsequent simple processing, he further noticed the resilience and hardness of the Snake Scale.

He could even speculate that apart from physical defense ability, the scale itself likely possesses some kind of magic resistance.

However, the handling time was too short, and the ownership of the Snake Scale was not in his hands, preventing complete and comprehensive testing.

To some extent, if he hadn’t personally handled the so-called "Dragon Scale," understanding the texture appearance and material characteristics.

Barn even suspected that Xia Nan had plucked this scale from an adult giant dragon.

In any case, in his view, using Black Scale as the primary material, supplemented by metal bone material of the same level or slightly inferior, combined with his forging skills.

Not to mention an Epic Divine Artifact, crafting a piece of high-quality Magic Equipment is still quite easy.

However, Xia Nan hadn’t achieved his Professional Level at that time, was financially constrained, and could not afford the high bill, leading to no further action.

He just used the hardness of the scale to make a transitional temporary Arm Shield, to "make do" for the time being.

Now, there seems to be a turning point.

"Are you suggesting using this bone as a secondary material for the scale, upgrading the Arm Shield to Magic Equipment?"

Xia Nan looked at Barn, who was carefully examining the Bone Stick in front of him, with a hint of surprise on his face.

Knowing from Barn about the expensive cost of Magic Equipment, he originally thought he would need to save money for some time to allow the Snake Scale to perform as it should.

Unexpectedly, the turning point arrived now.

"It’s still just a thought." Barn ran his hands inch by inch over the surface of the Bone Stick, carefully feeling its texture, "Ultimately it depends on its compatibility with the scale, and its actual performance during forging."

He suddenly became serious, putting down the Bone Stick and meeting Xia Nan’s eyes.

"You need to be mentally prepared for failure first."

"After all, the materials themselves haven’t undergone detailed testing, and some bizarre incidents always occur during forging."

"If in the end, the scale and bone are found not to be compatible, then I suggest not proceeding—forcing these unsuitable materials together would not only fail to guarantee stability but drastically reduce defense strength as well."

"It would waste two valuable materials."

"So..." Xia Nan’s gaze swept over the surface of the Bone Stick reflecting a faint light, "Prepare for a second plan?"

Barn nodded, not intending to be coy, and directly explained his thoughts to Xia Nan.

"Aside from what’s been said before, using the bone as auxiliary material for the Arm Shield."

"Now I can provide you with a total of three processing plans."

Three callused fingers stood upright in front of Xia Nan.

"The first, and also the simplest—set it aside for now."

"If confirmed that the scale and bone are not compatible, and you don’t want to deal with it right away, perhaps you can put it aside for now, find a safe place to store this Bone Stick."

"Wait until a craftsman skilled in related techniques is found, or suitable materials are acquired, then handle it yourself."

Hmm... he actually isn’t in urgent need to convert the materials into combat power.

If no suitable processing method is available, perhaps consider depositing it in the bank for now and deal with it later?

Xia Nan nodded, "And what else?"

"The second one." Barn put down a finger, his deep voice reverberating among the ironware on the surrounding shelves, "Sell it to me."

"I won’t take advantage of you; I can hire a professional appraisal for this Bone Stick and bear the appraisal fee."

"In most cases, materials that can be made into Magic Equipment are usually not cheap, you can rest assured about that."

Upon hearing this, Xia Nan secretly nodded in agreement.

This proposal matched his thoughts before coming here.

Instead of dealing with many flashy things, turn them into cash straightforwardly, and convert the Bone Stick, which can’t be used, into bank account deposits—most practical.

After all, theoretically, as long as the Gold Coins are in place, both the Snake Scale Arm Shield and other Magic Equipment can be easily acquired.

Of course, although thinking like this.

Whether to sell or not still depends on the offer given at the time.

So he didn’t respond immediately, indicating for Barn to continue.

"As for the last one..."

Barn, initially quite serious, suddenly revealed a sincere smile on his firm face.

He reached out to rub the back of his head and explained with a smile:

"Actually, a piece of equipment I’m crafting recently lacks some materials, and I was planning to publish a bounty task at the Association."

"I checked just now, and the material of your Bone Stick fits my requirements perfectly."

"If the Bone Stick and Arm Shield are indeed incompatible, perhaps you could consider selling part of the bone to me to offset labor costs."

"Remaining parts I can help you craft into a piece of enchanted armor, and give you quite an appealing discount on the overall cost."

After hearing this, Xia Nan felt a stirring in his heart.

Under the challenging development of Gravity Control, Teeth Hunting, Vortex Slash, and Gravity Etching all tend towards offensive Battle Skills.

Even if his mobility is good, it can’t guarantee all attacks can be evaded.

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