Chapter 255

Chapter 242: Information

In Beverly’s home at No. 37 Green Shade Town, Dorothy felt a surge of excitement upon hearing the price of the “Enlightenment” storage item from Beverly. She thought to herself that if she could somehow turn her “Enlightenment” into a storage item, she would be able to make a fortune!

‘It seems very promising; I’ll first inquire about the feasibility.’

With this in mind, Dorothy looked at Beverly again and asked:

“Hey, Beverly, I want to ask if you know how to make spiritual storage items? If I need to make one, what should I do?”

“The method for making spiritual storage items… This isn’t particularly advanced technology. Apart from ‘Cup’, other spiritual storage items require the involvement of a ‘Stone’ craftsman. There are many craftsmen on the path of ‘Stone’ who have mastered the methods of making storage items. Generally, larger societies will specifically keep one or two ‘Stone’ craftsmen to create storage items and maintain extraordinary items. The White Stone Craftsmen Guild also accepts commissions for storage item creation.”

Beverly responded to Dorothy, showing considerable knowledge about this matter.

“In general, to make a storage item, you need a ‘Stone’ craftsman with the appropriate skills and materials, and an extraordinary being who can provide their inherent spirituality. The craftsman will channel the extraordinary being’s spirituality into a mold to stabilize it, sealing the inherent spirituality within other objects.”

Listening to Beverly’s explanation, Dorothy nodded slightly and then said:

“So, making a storage item is simply someone providing their spirituality to a ‘Stone’ craftsman, who then helps seal it into an object? It sounds quite simple.”

“It might sound simple, but the actual process is quite complicated. The production of storage items directly tests the craftsman’s experience and skill. An inexperienced craftsman not only has a high failure rate when making storage items but also incurs significant losses in spirituality. A single mistake can result in a loss.”

“Losses?”

“Yes, losses. When converting inherent spirituality into a storage item, there is always some loss. Depending on the craftsman’s skill, this loss can range from six to one to three to one. That means to produce one unit of spiritual storage item, you might need three to six units of inherent spirituality. The more skilled the craftsman, the lower the loss, requiring less inherent spirituality to create a storage item. Therefore, skilled craftsmen are highly valued.”

Hearing this, Dorothy gained a basic understanding of how spiritual storage items are made. She continued:

“According to what you’re saying, the White Stone Craftsmen Guild should have the service to help create spiritual storage items by providing the necessary spirituality, right? As long as I provide the spirituality, you can help me create the corresponding spiritual storage item.” Dorothy inquired, hoping that if she could commission someone from the White Stone Craftsmen Guild to help her create an “Enlightenment” storage item, she would be set for life. However, Beverly’s response was unexpected.

“That’s correct. We can indeed provide storage item creation services, but the storage item cannot be either ‘Cup’ or ‘Enlightenment.'”

While putting the cleaned glass eye back into its socket, Beverly straightforwardly told Dorothy, causing her to be taken aback.

“Except for ‘Cup’ and ‘Enlightenment’, everything else is fine… Why are there exceptions?”

“‘Cup’ because their spirituality is contrary to ours; many of our techniques don’t match up. Also, the ‘Cup’ society has its own unique method of creating storage items and doesn’t need our help. As for ‘Enlightenment’, firstly, no one can provide the inherent spirituality, and secondly, we don’t have the appropriate container for it.”

Listening to this, Dorothy showed a hint of confusion.

“Container?”

“A specially crafted blank container designed for storing spirituality. Not just any material can store spirituality; the containers used for storage are specially developed. The currently popular storage item containers are mostly developed by our Craftsmen Guild. They are generally uniform in design, such as the ‘Lamp’ gold coin, ‘Shadow’ silver coin, ‘Stone’ stone coin, and ‘Silence’ iron coin…”

“Developing a qualified container is no easy task. It requires a large amount of resources, especially the investment of related spirituality for research. For example, developing a ‘Lamp’ container requires a large amount of ‘Lamp’ spirituality as experimental material. Since ‘Enlightenment’ lacks spirituality, it cannot meet the research requirements, so no one can develop a ‘Enlightenment’ container.”

“The only source of ‘Enlightenment’ storage items now comes from fragments of ancient steles and murals found in ruins. No one can artificially create ‘Enlightenment’ storage items. In a sense, ‘Enlightenment’ in the Secret World is like a rare natural resource.”

Beverly explained in detail to Dorothy, who understood the specific reasons after listening.

In short, the blank containers for spiritual storage items require dedicated development with spirituality resources, but due to the extreme scarcity of ‘Enlightenment’ spirituality, no one has attempted to develop ‘Enlightenment’ containers. Moreover, even if they were developed, there are no ‘Enlightenment’ extraordinary beings to provide the inherent spirituality to turn them into storage items. Thus, no one in the Secret World has considered making something so useless.

‘d*mn, does this mean I can’t make an ‘Enlightenment’ storage item? Without a container, I can’t create a storage item!’

Dorothy couldn’t help but exclaim inwardly. Her mood wasn’t good after discovering a potential path to wealth only to be blocked by reality.

For a moment, Dorothy’s expression darkened. Seeing this, Beverly, who was beside her, said with interest:

“What’s wrong? You seem suddenly unhappy. By the way, are you here to ask about making storage items or buying them? If you’re looking to buy ‘Enlightenment’ storage items, I advise you to do so now. At 1400 pounds per piece, this is the lowest price in recent years.”

Beverly spoke to Dorothy, who was slightly stunned by her words.

“Do your storage item prices increase?”

“Of course. As I mentioned before, according to supply and demand, the price of storage items fluctuates greatly. When there are conflicts between societies over divination resources, the price can rise several times. This year, relations between major societies are stable, which is why the prices are low. If you want to buy, you should do it now.”

Beverly told Dorothy, who, after pondering, touched her chin thoughtfully and then smiled slightly at Beverly.

“You may have misunderstood, Miss Beverly. I’m not here to buy anything, but to sell something.”

Smiling, Dorothy said to Beverly, who furrowed her brow upon hearing her words.

“Sell something? What are you selling?”

“Information, I’m selling a piece of information.”