Chapter 501 Magic New 5 Gold

The seed had just sprouted but hadn't yet broken through the soil.

So Liszt didn't disturb it, only used Magic Eye to observe it, and found no signs of magic power. It seemed that this magical herb had turned into an ordinary plant as the seed deteriorated.

"It's good that it can sprout. As long as we know what kind of plant it is, we can search for the corresponding spirit bug. Even if not, with the smoke mission in place, I believe there's a high probability these plants will nurture spirit bugs." Feeling pleased, Liszt personally watered and fertilized it.

After finishing all this, he proceeded with his daily research.

When Liszt arrived at the blacksmith shop in Flower Town, the manager came to report: "Lord, our research on the light blue metal is proving difficult. Forging this metal is as challenging as forging mithril. Perhaps only an Iron Knight can complete the forging."

An Iron Knight is a blacksmith who cultivates mana, and typically, one must first become an Earth Knight to earn the title.

Their mana has unique properties, and the cultivation manuals they follow are equally distinctive. All their skills are dedicated to forging. Only an Iron Knight can forge magical metals such as mithril, orichalcum, and adamantine.

"So, this light blue metal could be a magical metal?"

"I... don't know, Lord." The manager replied softly, "Our blacksmiths used the best charcoal and bellows to maximize the furnace temperature, but we still couldn't melt it or deform it through hammering."

Liszt nodded.

Suddenly, he considered using Fire Dragon magic power to build a stronger forge for the blacksmith shop. Perhaps Fire Dragon magic power could sufficiently forge magical metals. This required careful thought, as the Fire Dragon magic power was steadily diminishing and could be depleted at any moment.

He couldn't stop cultivating the Mini Charmander.

Just then, the Mini Charmander in his chest woke up and immediately started shouting in his mind: "Oh roar!" Its desires were simple: it just wanted to eat, to devour Fire Dragon magic power.

Eat, eat, eat!

All it knows is eating all day long!

Liszt had to calm it down and keep it quiet in his chest, then left the blacksmith shop, took out a Fire Dragon jar, released Fire Dragon magic power, and absorbed it to feed the creature. Every time the Mini Charmander consumed enough Fire Dragon magic power, it would excrete roughly one-tenth of it as magical impurities.

This helped Liszt's Dragon Aura grow, which was a very special cultivation method.

Liszt barely needed to cultivate himself to continuously enhance the power of Dragon Aura, significantly boosting the strength of his mana techniques. He hadn't fully mastered "Crimson Sunflare Surge" yet, but he felt that with the enhancement of Dragon Aura alone, he could match an Earl in combat.

"Perhaps I should find a chance to challenge the Earl... What if I accidentally defeat him? Wouldn't that be a sight to behold?"

He mused with a sense of humor despite the challenges.

While the growth in strength was exhilarating, the relentless consumption of the invaluable Fire Dragon magic power pained him.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm himself, he quickly retrieved the light blue metal to distract himself. The blacksmith shop couldn't forge it, and he hadn't researched it extensively—it weighed the same as adamantine and had good mana conductivity, but its properties remained unknown.

Mithril is weightless. Adamantine is indestructible. Orichalcum is unbreakable.

These are the known properties of the three magical metals, where the properties of adamantine and orichalcum are just descriptive and don't have a logical relationship like a spear and shield. A powerful weapon made of adamantine can easily destroy an ordinary orichalcum weapon; a powerful weapon made of orichalcum can easily block an ordinary adamantine weapon.

"This light blue metal is almost certainly a magical metal. I wonder what it's called in the Sun language. But since no similar magical metal exists on this continent, I can name it in serpent tongue—let's call it Blue Iron. Gold, silver, copper, and iron, just to complete the four magical metals."

Adamantine, mithril, orichalcum, and Blue Iron, neatly ordered.

But Liszt suddenly thought again: "In the Sun Scepter, there are five layers of materials. Besides the middle layer which might not be metal and could be similar to crystal, the other four could all be metals, even magical metals. Also, the materials of the message drift bottle and the thirteen boxes could also be magical metals."

He retrieved a box from the gem space.

This is a box for storing books, but the books have already been taken out by Liszt and piled up in a corner of the space. Examining this box, which is about the size of a takeout box, it's clear that the metal is quite unique, very light in weight, and feels somewhat like plastic to the touch.

But it is undoubtedly metal.

"The weight might be comparable to mithril, and the hardness is also good. Moreover, the items stored within have not decayed even after hundreds or thousands of years, which shows the value of this metal. Most importantly, it seems that magic arrays can be inscribed on it and activated using the blood of the sun's descendants."

Liszt wasn't sure if the magic array consisted of the lines on the box or something else.

But he knew this metal was potent: "Since it's Blue Iron, it should also be named. What should it be? The five metals are... gold, silver, copper, iron, and aluminum—or is it tin?" In his previous life, he had no connection with hardware tools, not even knowing how to fix a water pipe.

He couldn't recall if the fifth metal was aluminum or tin.

However, tin is less commonly used in everyday life, mainly for tin foil in barbecues. Liszt leans toward aluminum being the fifth metal, as he has seen many aluminum products, like aluminum alloy doors and windows in construction. Additionally, he knows that there is a layer of metal paper inside cigarette boxes, called aluminum foil.

This demonstrates how widely aluminum is used.

"Thus, this magical metal will be named after aluminum. It is mainly used for packaging, and it is light in weight and feels like plastic, so let's call it Plastic Aluminum... Why does that sound so odd?"

Despite its oddness, he named the metal Plastic Aluminum, the Plastic Aluminum Drift Bottle, and the Plastic Aluminum Box.

...

Just as Liszt was immersed in the research of Blue Iron and Plastic Aluminum.

In the magic workshop.

Cris Truth was struggling to cast the advanced Water Wave Shield spell. She lacked the natural talent of the mermaid Acheronides, who could succeed at the first attempt. She tried and failed repeatedly. After repeated attempts, the Water Wave Shield she cast grew larger and larger, and soon a light blue water curtain enveloped her.

"Just a little more, and I can close the Water Wave Shield, truly fixing the dynamic magic array of the advanced magic!" Sweat dripped from her forehead, even in winter, she still felt tired and hot.

But she gritted her teeth and made the final effort.

Bit by bit, the Water Wave Shield began to close.

Finally.

Ten minutes after casting the spell, the Water Wave Shield completely closed. In an instant, her spirit was suddenly shaken, and her mind entered a new realm. Especially her perception and mastery of the Water Wave Shield magic rose to the level of insight, feeling that if she cast it again, it wouldn't be so strenuous.

The details of the dynamic magic array had never been so clear before.

"I succeeded!"

Cris smiled reservedly, looking at the Water Wave Shield enveloping her, feeling excited: "Overcoming cognitive barriers, understanding the dynamic magic array, successfully casting advanced magic. Now, I’ve finally become a great magician!"