89: Precious treasures of the sea

Compared to Light and Fire Finch.

The focus of combat will be very flexible.

Water is not unique like Light, nor explosive like Fire.

Water is softer and very suitable as a container for power.

“All rivers run into the sea” is exactly this meaning.

That will be a set of armor with a strong style.

Perhaps it will be much stronger than Light and Fire Finch, or it might be very weak.

Never mind, the new armor is still in its infancy, and the core water crystal stone has not even been created yet, so it's too early to talk about the power of this armor.

The most important thing now are two new cards!

Amidst the golden light and crimson flames, two of the four cards began to shine.

Intricate and complex patterns, illuminated by the flames and light, shone like precious metals, imprinted on those two cards.

Melting monster cards is also Lin Ti's process of analyzing monster power and understanding the abstract knowledge within the database.

For every skill card melted and designed, Lin Ti will also gain a skill.

The flames and light slowly receded from the two brand-new cards, revealing their true appearance.

Both cards had a red background.

After all, these cards were refined from monster cards provided by Jia Gu Yi Yan, the Summoner of Fire Finch.

Naturally, they belong to the Fire Finch deck, and thus have a red background.

The two cards floated in the air.

The first one depicted a silver lightning bolt on its front, with the letter “F” in the upper right corner.

[Lightning Flash F].

The second one depicted a bronze lock on its front, with a red heart-like pattern in the center of the lock.

[Mind Lock E].

One skill card, one item card.

After finishing the Melting of the two cards, Lin Ti immediately plunged into the Melting of the water crystal stone.

According to his vision, the water crystal stone, which would drive the new armor, required extremely high power and purity.

The crystal stone of Fire Finch was only melted by Lin Ti using a monster crystal from an F-class monster.

This does not mean that the power of Fire Finch is weak.

After all, Light and Fire are inherently closely linked.

It was naturally simpler for Lin Ti to create the fire crystal stone for Fire Finch.

He could more directly utilize his advantage as Light.

The power of the armor cannot be judged by the armor's crystal stone.

What's more, armor also grows.

The power of Fire Finch, having reached its current adaptability, is already far beyond what the initial Fire Finch could compare to.

armor Summoners and armor are inherently mutually beneficial relationships.

The higher the Summoner's adaptability, the stronger the armor's power they can wield.

Even their bodies will be affected by the armor's power, gaining a portion of extraordinary power.

Jia Gu Yi Yan has already gained and comprehended a part of extraordinary fire abilities.

Of course, it's not that the purity and power of the crystal stone are completely useless.

At least when designing and manufacturing the armor, Lin Ti can be lazy.

He can create armor that carries more special powers.

Moreover, if he encounters a suitable Summoner, the initial adaptability might be higher.

Melting, Melting...

The two powers of light and flame continuously intertwined around the two monster cards, analyzing and Melting the power of [Ocean] and [Water] contained within the monster cards.

...

“Big brother, although this ship is a converted fishing boat.”

“But I can assure you, this ship has been out to sea for no more than three years since it left the factory.”

“Whether it's speed or wave resistance, it's definitely not comparable to other ships!”

“No matter what your requirements are, big brother, I can assure you that the Jennice will definitely not let you down!”

At the South Bay port, a dark-skinned burly man was actively promoting a ship moored beside the port to Jia Gu Yi Yan.

“The sailors and the Old Captain on this ship are also veterans with decades of sailing experience!”

“They probably know this body of water better than their own wives’ bodies!”

“You absolutely don’t have to worry!”

It seemed he thought Jia Gu Yi Yan was foolish with money, ahem, he thought Jia Gu Yi Yan was extremely wealthy.

The big man promoted even harder.

The more he promoted, the more satisfied Jia Gu Yi Yan became.

Until Jia Gu Yi Yan mentioned the destination at sea, the big man's face suddenly changed.

“No deal, no deal!”

“That place is very strange, young man, let me tell you, if you want to see the seascape, I can tell you ten different ones, you can go to any of them.”

“But that Volcano…”

“It’s too damn eerie.”

...

Jia Gu Yi Yan stood at the bow of the ship, and a group of sailors, under the Old Captain's command, steered the ship towards Volcano Island.

Calling them sailors and the Old Captain.

In reality, they were just some fishermen who had changed their professional titles to sound more prestigious.

What did you say? Why did they suddenly go out to sea?

Didn't I already say that he was extremely wealthy?

However, the initial crew and Old Captain had already been replaced.

This batch basically consisted of crew members who usually couldn't find opportunities to go out to sea.

They were all relatively old.

The Old Captain was an old man in his sixties or seventies, with only one arm.

Jia Gu Yi Yan didn't need particularly strong and healthy crew members.

As long as they could sail the ship and get him to Volcano Island, that was enough.

“Master, don’t stand too close to the edge, although you look strong and healthy.”

“But the sea is not like land, the edge is really dangerous.”

The Old Captain was quite grateful to Jia Gu Yi Yan.

Normally, no one was willing to hire him, but this young man offered him a sailing fee he wouldn't even dare to imagine.

It truly helped his family's life greatly.

Although the place Jia Gu Yi Yan wanted to go was very special, the Old Captain didn't feel any resistance.

Most of the others on this ship were similar.

They were usually unwilling to be hired and lived in financial hardship, but Jia Gu Yi Yan was willing to hire them and even paid them high prices.

He was also polite to them, so they were all very grateful and took good care of Jia Gu Yi Yan.

“Hmm, my knowledge is limited, thank you for the reminder.”

After Jia Gu Yi Yan finished speaking, he retreated towards the ship's cabin.

An old sailor next to him, seeing this, smiled, revealing a mouthful of black teeth, and cut a few of the best slices from the freshest sea fish he had just caught, serving them to Jia Gu Yi Yan on a clean knife blade.

“Master, try this, it was just caught from the sea, very fresh, you usually can’t eat this on land.”

“This is the fresh taste that even big bosses in the port city can’t get!”

Jia Gu Yi Yan did not refuse the old man's kindness, reached out, picked up a fish slice, and put it into his mouth.

“It feels like it’s still jumping in my mouth, this is truly fresh.”

“Hahahaha, I told you!”

“Master, setting aside everything else, there’s plenty of seafood, just tell us what you want to eat, and we’ll catch it for you on the spot!”

“Master, try this, fresh sea urchin!”

Jia Gu Yi Yan's act of accepting the fish slices seemed to have gained the approval of this group of crew members and sailors.

One by one, the old sailors offered their “treasures” to Jia Gu Yi Yan.

For them, money was one part.

But if it were just money, it wouldn't make them so enthusiastic.

Jia Gu Yi Yan gave them respect and trusted and recognized the skills that these old folks relied on for their livelihood.

This was the most precious treasure for these old folks living at the bottom of South Bay.

Therefore, they were willing to offer Jia Gu Yi Yan the only valuable thing they had, the treasures of this vast sea.