System: You have discovered the cursed Philosopher's Hand.
System: Epic ranked Main Storyline Quest "Philosopher's Wish" triggered. Quest content: Use the Philosopher's Hand to locate the World Forest and open the World Gate. Quest reward: Philosopher's Hand.
A Legendary item? Shifeng's heart palpitated when he saw the system notification.
He had never thought that he would have an opportunity to obtain the Philosopher's Hand in this life!
Any alchemist in God's Domain would most likely be familiar with the Philosopher's Hand.
Just like the Philosopher's Stone, the Philosopher's Hand was an alchemy treasure. Moreover, Shi Feng knew a lot about the Philosopher's Hand. It was a bona fide Legendary item. Unlike the Philosopher's Stone, the Philosopher's Hand was complete and undamaged. It also possessed abilities that countless Lifestyle players dreamed of obtaining.
If the Philosopher's Stone focused on refining materials, then the Philosopher's Hand focused on strengthening players' combat standards. With the Philosopher's Hand, players could easily break through various bottlenecks and continue to level up.
In the past, the Philosopher's Hand had appeared in Kingdom's Sword, a first-rate Guild. As a result, the Guild's Lifestyle players had skyrocketed, causing a sensation in the Dark Night Empire. Kingdom's Sword's Guild Trading Firm had quickly become one of the top three trading firms in the Dark Night Empire, earning the envy of the various first-rate Guilds.
The Dark Night Empire was even more powerful than the Black Dragon Empire. Four superpowers had competed for the Philosopher's Hand. In the end, one could easily imagine what had happened.
The four superpowers had demanded that Kingdom's Sword hand over the Philosopher's Hand. Although it had been a trade, it had only been a forced trade. Kingdom's Sword had been relatively powerful at the time. It had been a peak first-rate Guild with plenty of experts and was well on its way to becoming a super-first-rate Guild.
Naturally, Kingdom's Sword had refused to accept such a trade.
After all, powerful financial strength and resources were necessary to become a super-first-rate Guild.
If Kingdom's Sword had sold the Philosopher's Hand, it would've undoubtedly severed its path to becoming a super-first-rate Guild.
One could easily imagine the outcome. Originally, dealing with a peak first-rate Guild like Kingdom's Sword would be a headache for a single superpower. However, Kingdom's Sword had never expected the four superpowers to work together …
As a result, Kingdom's Sword had become history.
However, Kingdom's Sword's Guild Leader had been extremely ruthless. Even in death, he had refused to hand over the Philosopher's Hand. None of the four superpowers had obtained the Philosopher's Hand, and the Philosopher's Hand's whereabouts had vanished.
Now that the Philosopher's Hand was in front of them, the Shifeng was very surprised.
If Kingdom's Sword hadn't been targeted by the four superpowers, becoming a super-first-rate Guild would've been a foregone conclusion. After all, the further one progressed in God's Domain, the more important Lifestyle players would be to a Guild. Many weapons, equipment, and items required Lifestyle players to produce.
Looking at the Philosopher's Hand in his hand, Shifeng had many thoughts.
Although Silverwing Town seemed to be fine right now, it would face a massive crisis in the future. Only with sufficient strength could Silverwing Town ensure its safety.
Although he had obtained the Bronze Guardian Puppet Forging Design, he hadn't been able to produce it.
If it had been an ordinary Guardian Puppet, it wouldn't have been a problem. After all, not all Master Puppets were required to produce them. However, producing a Bronze Guardian Puppet required at least four Master Puppets: Forging, Alchemy, Engineering, and Enchanting. In addition, producing a Guardian Puppet required at least two Master Puppets, while producing a Guardian Puppet required four Master Puppets.
Only after reaching this standard would one be able to produce a Bronze Guardian Puppet. As for the success rate, it was extremely low. If one wished to produce a Bronze Guardian Puppet, one would need to be an Intermediate or Advanced Master. Basic Master Puppets were still unreliable.
To the current Ling YI Society, such conditions were simply wishful thinking.
One couldn't become a Master Lifestyle player just because they wanted to. Even after ten years in God's Domain, Basic Masters were still highly respected by the various large Guilds. They were extremely rare, not to mention Intermediate and Advanced Masters.
However, if they could obtain an alchemy treasure like the Philosopher's Hand, they could nurture Basic Masters or even Intermediate Masters within a short time. At that time, they could begin producing Bronze Guardian Puppets.
A Bronze-ranked Guardian Puppet!
Shifeng grew excited just thinking about it.
A Bronze Guardian Puppet had combat power at the peak of Tier 3. Moreover, players could fully control it. It would be much easier to control a Bronze Guardian Puppet than a summoned creature. Take Void Realm experts for example. No matter how hard they tried to control their summoned creatures, they couldn't reach the Refinement Realm standard.
Most importantly, the Bronze Guardian Puppet could be used permanently. Its destructive power against buildings and magic arrays would also increase.
Whether it was for siege or defense, the Bronze Guardian Puppet was the best tool for both siege and defense. Many first-rate Guilds dreamed of obtaining one. In fact, some first-rate Guilds could even rely on their Guardian Puppets to contend with superpowers.
If he could produce several dozen Bronze Guardian Puppets now, who could possibly shake Silverwing Town?
Even if ten Mythic monsters charged at him, he could easily stop them with 40 Bronze Guardian Puppets. After all, the Guardian Puppets had extremely high Defense, rivaling that of Tier 4 monsters.
If he had 100 Bronze Guardian Puppets, he would even dare to annihilate Ancient Rock City's Evil God's Branch Temple.
Of course, this was only a fantasy.
However, it was entirely possible to realize this fantasy with the Philosopher's Hand.
Thinking up to this point, Shifeng inspected the Philosopher's Hand's information.
[Cursed Philosopher's Hand] Due to the creator's failure to fulfill his wish, the Philosopher's Hand has been attached to it after his death. As a result, the Philosopher's Hand has lost all of its power. Only by removing the curse can the Philosopher's Hand regain its original power. Meanwhile, the Soul Dissolving Flower is attached to the Philosopher's Hand. Only by consuming 20 Soul Dissolving Flowers can the Philosopher's Hand remove the curse.
"Soul Dissolving Flower?" Shifeng could not help but frown after reading the item's introduction. "How ruthless!"
In God's Domain, anything related to the soul was extraordinarily precious.
Shifeng knew a little about the Soul Dissolving Flower. It was an extremely rare Epic material and the main ingredient for the Master Meditation Potion. It was one of the very few top-tier potions that could help players learn combat techniques.
As long as players consumed a Master Meditation Potion, the Meditation Potion would provide guidance when learning a combat technique, allowing players to quickly grasp a combat technique. It was no exaggeration to say that the Meditation Potion was highly sought after by the various major powers.
After all, combat techniques weren't like Skills or Spells. Players had to learn them on their own. Even expert players struggled to learn Basic Combat Techniques, not to mention Advanced Combat Techniques and Bronze Combat Techniques.
One could just imagine how valuable the Soul Dissolving Flower was.
On the market, a single Soul Dissolving Flower sold for 300 Gold. Even so, nobody was willing to sell it. Everyone kept it as a treasure. Even the various superpowers didn't have many.
This was all because the Soul Dissolving Flower didn't exist on the continent of God's Domain. It only existed in Otherworlds and Higher Planes. It was extremely difficult to obtain …
Yet, this quest was different.
Asking for 20 Soul Dissolving Flowers was practically daylight robbery.
At this moment, Shifeng finally understood why the Philosopher's Hand had appeared so late. Back then, mainstream players had already reached Level 80, and the passage to Otherworlds had opened slightly.
Most likely, Kingdom's Sword had only obtained 20 Soul Dissolving Flowers at that time.
It seems I'll have to make a trip to the Ice Crystal World. Thinking up to this point, Shifeng realized that the only place he could freely enter was the Ice Crystal World. Although he could visit Higher Planes, he didn't know how long it would take him to collect the Soul Dissolving Flowers. In contrast, the Ice Crystal World had many players. It would be easier for him to collect the Soul Dissolving Flower.
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