A drop of the black substance, along with 3,000 kilograms of the purest Abyss Magic Iron, produced a new material that didn't have the same dark color as the Abyss Magic Iron. Instead, it was a kind of bright silver covered in dark golden patterns.
This was the only material that could fuse with the black substance, and it was actually Abyss Magic Iron.
The corner of Lin Yun 'mouth twitched.' Abyss Magic Iron? ' The amount of Abyss Magic Iron was the lowest among the materials sent from the Abyss through sacrifices every month.
Even those brainless abyssal lifeforms knew how low grade Abyss Magic Iron was. If not for Lin Yun specifically asking for Abyss Magic Iron, none of his Abyssal subordinates would have dared to sacrifice that kind of thing.
A drop of black substance fusing with 3,000 kilograms of Abyss Magic Iron … This ratio was truly speechless.
Moreover, the new material was very formidable. Its hardness far surpassed that of Abyss Magic Iron, and it could compare to some precious materials that could be used to forge weapons for Sword Saints. Moreover, it had a new characteristic: Automatic Recovery and Automatic Correction. Even the raw materials could be sold by the gram.
A kilogram of this material named Black Patterned Silver could be sold for a hundred thousand purple golds. He definitely wouldn't have to worry about selling it. More importantly, after the fusion, it would truly become a new kind of material, and it wouldn't be the alloy commonly used in weapons.
Using the new material, Lin Yun only spent three days to craft his first product, a kind of Universal Core.
Not only could it be used on Magic Tools, but it could also be used on alchemy puppets and even arrays.
Because Lin Yun's conjecture had been verified. After limitlessly weakening the black substance's devouring power, the black substance simply couldn't devour mana. The new material would attract mana like the black substance, but it wouldn't be able to completely devour mana like the black substance.
With this characteristic, the Black Patterned Silver could be carved into runes and arrays. Moreover, as a core, it didn't need any additional mana supply. Just the mana attracted by the Black Patterned Silver was enough for the Universal Core to keep operating.
Moreover, the new material's characteristics would be very difficult to damage. Even if it was damaged, it would recover under the new material's characteristics.
After all, the core of a Magic Tool or even the core of a puppet wasn't very strong. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many layers of defenses on the outside.
And with the self-correcting ability of the Ten Thousand Cores, the mass-produced cores could be used on most Magic Tools, puppets, arrays …
The most important part was that this thing was very powerful. Any Magic Tool it forged would be a Spiritual Magic Tool.
It would be enough for puppets under the Heaven Rank to use. Even if it wasn't enough, two more All-purpose Cores would be enough.
Lin Yun had a look of amazement on his face. He had never expected that this black substance would be so powerful after being used as a material.
He took the sample and found Faleau. After introducing the Universal Core, Faleau rushed out as if he had seen a ghost. An hour later, Faleau returned with a few puppets, a few different Magic Tools, and a few array discs with a fanatical expression.
"Sir Merlin, this thing is really too powerful. Our Gilded Rose's Magic Tools, puppets, and arrays can all be used. Moreover, after replacing them with this Universal Core, the power of the Magic Tools will increase by 30% on average, while the overall power of the puppets will increase by 50%! "Even the effects of the arrays will increase by 40%!
"The effects will be even more obvious if it is used on special things, especially those mana converging arrays made by our Gilded Rose. After replacing them with this Universal Core, the effects more than doubled!
"Sir Merlin, the opportunity for us to advance into Magic Tools, puppets, and arrays has arrived. With this, we can definitely smoothly expand. Within a year, the Gilded Rose's Magic Tools, puppets, and arrays will have the same share as potions.
"No, it will definitely be more profitable than potions!"
Faleau had a fanatical expression, but Lin Yun shook his head.
"No, we will only sell this Universal Core! Or rather, we will only sell this Universal Core for the time being. Our Gilded Rose's Magic Tools, puppets, and array products won't use this thing. "
Faleau looked as if he had been splashed with cold water.
"Sir Merlin, as long as we have this thing, we …"
Lin Yun shook his head.
"Faleau, you can't become fat in one go. After all, we are outsiders to the Odin Kingdom."
Hearing this, Faleau sighed and remained silent.
"Sir Merlin is right, our Gilded Rose has already developed very quickly, and our steps are very big. There are already major forces of the Odin Kingdom paying attention to us. There are many existences like the Rodney Family …
"It's just that the Rodney Family isn't looking for trouble, and our potioneering business is also expanding quite well. Magic Tools, puppets, and arrays are far from being able to compare to the profits of potions.
"If we rashly plunder the shares of the other three products, it would be very difficult for us to continue developing in the Odin Kingdom."
Lin Yun smiled and shook his head.
"That's not the main reason. It's that even if our products use Universal Cores, the profits won't increase by much. After all, even if we use Universal Cores, Magic Tools, Puppets, and Arrays, we can only use Spiritual Magic Tools at most. The impact on True Spirit Magic Tools is very low and can be ignored.
"And this kind of increase doesn't have an absolute advantage for the Gilded Rose's influence. At most, we would have a slight advantage in terms of price.
"Unless we have our own potions and have an absolute advantage, rashly getting involved in the market of Magic Tools, puppets, and arrays on a large scale wouldn't benefit us too much.
"On the contrary, we would only be able to get more by selling Universal Cores, because those shops mainly dealing in Magic Tools, puppets, and arrays would need them.
"They would have a stable source of customers, and the competitiveness they would bring wouldn't be something we can compare to. Selling to them would bring us benefits, but it wouldn't harm anyone's interests. On the contrary, it would help us gain a foothold in the Odin Kingdom."
Faleau nodded, agreeing with Lin Yun's point of view. This was the best way for the Gilded Rose. The Gilded Rose had been in the limelight recently, they had snatched the Rodney Family's share of potions, and they had done it as an outsider. This would naturally give them a bad impression of the other forces of the Odin Kingdom.
Most importantly, the Gilded Rose's strength was too lacking compared to the first-rate forces of the Odin Kingdom. Whether it was the strongest powerhouse or the Heaven Rank powerhouses, they were far from comparable.
Everyone benefiting together was the true direction of development, and the Gilded Rose was doing this. There were already a dozen small and medium-sized forces following the Gilded Rose, but apart from the Starry Sky College, there wasn't a single major force that cooperated with them.
Lin Yun looked at the five-centimeter-big all-purpose core that looked like a piece of metal in his hand, and a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Moreover, this thing is actually only an experimental product, it is still very far from being perfected. The true difficulty lies in the materials, and I can guarantee that in all of Noscent, only I have the materials.
"Moreover, the all-purpose core would be in a completely uncrackable state after being manufactured. The only way to crack it would be to destroy it. The manufacturing process isn't that difficult, as long as one is a Master Alchemist, they can easily manufacture it.
"We can sell this all-purpose core for 50,000 purple golds for partners, and 80,000 purple golds for individual sales, isn't that very cheap?"
Faleau solemnly nodded.
"It's too cheap, it should be priced at 100,000 purple golds. If partners purchase it in bulk, it can be sold for 20,000 purple golds. If it's individual sales, 100,000 …"
Lin Yun shook his head, rejecting Faleau's suggestion.
"50,000, 80,000 for individual sales. We can leak this information to the forces that have a good cooperation with our Gilded Rose …"
Faleau sighed, still feeling that it was too cheap.
'Such a powerful all-purpose core, whether in terms of strength or ability, it surpasses all the current cores. The most important thing is that it's suitable for most Magic Tools, alchemy puppets, and alchemy arrays, and it's using a new kind of material.
'It only costs 50,000 purple golds … It looks like Sir Merlin is determined to use purple golds to forcibly establish himself in the Odin Kingdom …'
Lin Yun remained silent, not explaining to Faleau how much the finished Black Patterned Silver was worth.
'Abyssal Magic Iron?' He could take as many things as he wanted, and he could even build a city of Neverwinter with them.
'Black Substance?' A drop of Black Substance was enough to make 3,000 kilograms of Black Patterned Silver, and a kilogram of Black Patterned Silver could be used to make at least fifty all-purpose cores.
The only thing that cost him a bit of purple golds was the fusion potion, which cost 40 purple golds.
One all-purpose core being sold for 50,000 purple golds … Lin Yun himself felt that this was a huge profit. The net profit from a drop of Black Substance was at least 7 billion purple golds.
That chunk of Black Patterned Silver that Lin Yun had previously made was enough for the Gilded Rose to use for at least three months, and that was based on the best sales.
The most important thing was that Lin Yun didn't really care about that thing. After all, it was only the first successful test of the material, it wasn't the same as what Lin Yun needed.
If the Gilded Rose wanted to focus on Magic Tools, alchemy puppets, and alchemy arrays, they would need to have competitive products, true first-rate products, just like potions. That would be in line with the Gilded Rose's development.
'This all-purpose core can only be used to fool fools. After all, it can only be used in the middle market, while the Gilded Rose's reputation is in the high market. This is the true benefit.'
Just like the Gilded Rose's first-rate potions, the profit from selling one bottle was comparable to selling several dozen ordinary potions.
Moreover, directly selling the all-purpose core was also a way for the Gilded Rose to gain a firm foothold in the Odin Kingdom. By the time all the shops in the middle market needed the Gilded Rose's supply, the Gilded Rose would become an indispensable alchemy shop in the Odin Kingdom.
Moreover, who could be sure that the Gilded Rose only had a first-generation all-purpose core? Would there be a second-generation all-purpose core?
Lin Yun handed the Black Patterned Silver to Faleau and no longer cared about these matters. He returned to the Demiplane to continue his research.
In less than three days, the alchemy industry of the Odin Kingdom was surging. The first to get the news were the families that had a good cooperation with the Gilded Rose.
Although most of these families didn't deal in alchemy items, they had signed stable contracts with the Gilded Rose.
But that didn't mean that they didn't know how much profit was involved in the all-purpose core. It was unknown who leaked the news, but soon, alchemy shops started looking for the Gilded Rose to discuss cooperation.
The fastest to react was an alchemy shop called Magic Hammer.
Magic lamps emitted a gentle white light, and a large amount of alchemy equipment was arranged in the surroundings. The laboratory was filled with the smell of hard metal, and a large number of incomplete Magic Tools were placed on steel tables.
A few alchemists gathered together and looked at a Magic Tool on a crystal table covered in runes with solemn expressions.
"What are the results of the test?"
A middle-aged man wearing a black robe with golden edges stood on the side, looking at the few alchemists with anticipation.
The few alchemists looked like they were possessed, their eyes flickering with a fanatical radiance as they stared at the Magic Tool on the table. The Magic Tool was like a sphere with four metal wings, and it was covered in a layer of mana.
After the black-robed mage asked a few times, the few alchemists stood up in surprise.
"Masterpiece, an inconceivable masterpiece. After using the Gilded Rose's all-purpose core, the overall power of our Magic Hammer's Defense Spirit has more than doubled.
"That all-purpose core doesn't need a single source of mana, it can attract power from the surroundings to replenish its consumption. Moreover, I don't know what material was used to make it, but it should be a newly researched alloy. All the ideas were embedded within the core's material.
"Moreover, that all-purpose core is even harder than the Defense Spirit itself, it definitely won't be damaged. At least if the Defense Spirit had a problem, it wouldn't be because of that all-purpose core.
"The overall flexibility increased by 131%, the reaction speed increased by 82%, the defensive power increased by 70%, and the overall mana consumption decreased by 33%.
Even if this all-purpose core costs at least fifty thousand purple gold coins, we'll still have made a huge profit. The new defensive spirit will be sold for a hundred thousand purple gold coins more than before. The overall price has doubled, and our profits will be sixty percent more than before. "
Hearing the alchemist's explanation, the black-robed mage was a bit stunned, while the other alchemist was ecstatic, as if he had found a huge opportunity.
"No, this isn't the most important thing. After all, as long as the same type of product is 10% stronger, the store's sales will greatly increase, and it will also continuously improve its reputation. This is the most important thing.
"We have to be the first to obtain this Universal Core. That way, we will have a greater advantage. After we launch the new Magic Tool, the overall sales volume of our stores will rise. Not to mention that the profit of this thing is very high. This is an opportunity for us, a rare opportunity!"
The more these alchemists talked, the more hesitant the black-robed mage became.
"If this all-purpose core is as good as you say, then why isn't the Gilded Rose using it?"
The oldest alchemist shook his head.
"It's not that they don't want to use it, it's that it doesn't have much value. The Gilded Rose's main profit is potions, Magic Tools are just incidental. That all-purpose core is indeed very powerful, but using it on a Low Tier Magic Tool can't guarantee a profit.
"Using it on True Spirit Magic Tools wouldn't have much effect, it would only be the most effective when used on True Spirit Magic Tools." But the Gilded Rose definitely doesn't have the energy to attack the mid-range market, the investment and profits aren't proportional. It would be better to directly sell this Universal Core for higher profits, and they wouldn't need to frantically increase their investment … "
Hearing this, the black-robed mage felt relieved.
The low-end and middle-end market was almost fixed. Without top-tier products and top-tier competitive products, there was no way to grab any market share.
Even if it was just to buy a Spiritual Magic Tool, between an alchemy shop that could only produce Spiritual Magic Tools and a shop that could sell first-rate True Spirit Magic Tools, they would definitely choose the latter. After all, the latter's technology might be better and more trustworthy.
Not to mention that after so many years, the reputation of the low-tier market had been very stable, and the overall market share hadn't changed at all.
'The Gilded Rose must have thought of this problem. We have to be the first to purchase a All-purpose Core, this is an opportunity for the Magic Hammer!'
The black-robed mage clenched his teeth and hurriedly left the Magic Hammer. In less than an hour, the black-robed mage appeared in the Gilded Rose and left ten minutes later with a hundred All-purpose Cores.
On the same day, many people found the Gilded Rose and bought many All-purpose Cores like thieves before stealthily leaving. In a day, over three thousand All-purpose Cores were sold, and the sales volume was over 160 million purple golds. This was more than the Gilded Rose's entire day's sales, and the pure profit was comparable to the Gilded Rose's monthly profit!
Even if he knew that this thing couldn't be sold every day, Faleau was a bit stunned. He had been managing the Gilded Rose for a long time, but he had never had such a high sales volume in a single day, let alone a single product, or a single component that wasn't even a finished product.
The next day, City in the Sky paid a visit and purchased ten thousand All-purpose Cores in one go. With a discount on top of the bulk purchase, they still got 450 million purple golds.
Faleau suddenly understood why Lin Yun insisted on selling the All-purpose Cores. It was because this thing didn't require any investment. He didn't need to invest a lot of research, manpower, or purple golds. He only needed to cut the Black-Patterned Silver and let the Gilded Rose's Master Alchemists embed the runes and arrays according to the predetermined method. It was very simple to manufacture.
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