bioinnovel Chapter 50 The Border!
Chapter 50 The Border!
The craftsmen looked at the ore they had never seen before and couldn't help but exchange bewildered glances.
An old craftsman with gray hair and the most experience picked up a piece, tapped it with his fingers, and then hit it with a small iron hammer.
A dull, non-metallic sound was heard, but the ore remained completely undamaged, without even a mark.
"Young master, forgive my poor eyesight, but having worked as a blacksmith my whole life, I have never seen such a peculiar ore!"
The old craftsman frowned and said to Qin Xiao.
Another craftsman, skilled in identifying minerals, also leaned closer for a closer look, clicking his tongue and saying, "Young master, is this ore? Can it be used to make objects? It looks more like jewelry."
Qin Xiao remained calm and asked, "Then, in your opinion, what should we do?"
The craftsmen discussed it.
It was the old craftsman who spoke up as the representative: "Young master, according to custom, when encountering a new ore, we must first test whether it can be smelted. Why don't we start the furnace and give it a try?"
"Very well, so be it."
Qin Xiao nodded in agreement.
The craftsmen immediately sprang into action, turning and rushing to the smelting workshop to throw the spirit ore into the blazing iron furnace.
The blower roared loudly, and the fire in the furnace leaped high with the help of the wind, causing the temperature to rise sharply.
Even Mu Yunshan, who was standing a little further away, felt the scorching heat.
Time passed little by little.
The craftsmen would occasionally check the inside of the furnace through the observation holes.
However, after burning for almost half an hour, the piece of spirit ore that had been put in still lay quietly in the center of the furnace.
There wasn't even the slightest sign of it turning red.
The old craftsman wiped the sweat from his brow, walked solemnly to Qin Xiao, and reported helplessly, "Young master, this stone is truly strange. The furnace temperature has reached its limit, yet it cannot be melted at all! It's an unheard-of oddity!"
He hesitated for a moment, then tentatively suggested, "How about we use refined iron instead? Or perhaps the black iron that's a specialty of our Jinyang Prefecture?"
Qin Xiao did not answer immediately upon hearing this.
Instead, he quietly sent out a wisp of his divine sense, probing into the blazing furnace.
A moment later, he realized the key point.
Although the temperature of the furnace fire is extremely high for ordinary people.
However, it is still far from meeting the requirements for smelting spirit ore.
"Please, all of you masters, stop for now and wait outside for a moment."
Qin Xiao suddenly spoke up.
The old craftsman was puzzled.
But Mu Yunshan, standing to the side, also gestured for them to do so.
He immediately went to give the instructions.
Before long, the craftsmen put down their tools and left the smelting workshop.
Qin Xiao walked towards the smelting workshop and closed the door.
He was the only one left in the huge room.
Qin Xiao then slowly walked to the huge smelting furnace, stretched out his palm, and pointed it at the furnace from a distance.
In an instant, a wisp of crimson spiritual energy burst forth from his body and silently poured into the furnace fire!
Immediately afterwards, the originally orange-red fire suddenly became several times brighter and burned even more intensely!
A temperature far exceeding that of before spread out, even scorching the furnace walls until they glowed red.
Qin Xiao continued to inject spiritual power until he noticed the spiritual ore beginning to melt, then he slowly stopped.
After observing for a moment, he walked out of the smelting workshop and said to the craftsmen waiting outside, "That's enough, everyone please continue."
The craftsmen returned to the smelting workshop with some skepticism.
As soon as I entered, I was stunned by the intense heat that hit me!
"How did the fire change?"
"My God, even from this distance, my skin feels burning!"
"Young master, how did you do that?!"
The old craftsman turned and looked at Qin Xiao in disbelief.
This was completely beyond his comprehension.
Qin Xiao did not explain.
Seeing this, Mu Ziyan immediately stepped forward, smiling sweetly, and changed the subject: "Masters, now that the furnace is ready, please concentrate on forging the refining cauldron according to the young master's blueprints and requirements. The Mu family will certainly not treat you unfairly; we only ask that the cauldron be perfect!"
Upon hearing this, the craftsmen wisely refrained from asking further questions, suppressed their shock, and threw themselves back into their work.
Mu Yunshan personally stayed in the workshop to supervise the work.
Make sure to be foolproof.
Qin Xiao and Mu Ziyan walked out of the workshop area side by side.
Arriving at a quiet corridor, Qin Xiao transmitted his voice to Mu Ziyan, saying, "Yan'er, I have already infused spiritual energy into that smelting furnace, improving the quality of the fire so that it can smelt spirit ores. If left unattended, this fire can last for about three days. Now that you have entered the second level of Qi Refining, you only need to inject a little spiritual energy into the furnace each day to keep that spark burning, and you can ensure the furnace fire continues."
Upon hearing this, Mu Ziyan immediately responded using the telepathic technique she had just learned, her tone solemn: "Young Master, rest assured, I have remembered! I will check it daily to ensure the furnace fire never goes out!"
After a pause, sensing the deeper meaning behind Qin Xiao's arrangement, she asked telepathically, "Young Master, did you assign me this matter because you have other important business to attend to?"
Qin Xiao glanced at Mu Ziyan with admiration, thinking to himself that she was indeed intelligent. He nodded and replied telepathically, "That's right. I need to leave Jinyang Prefecture for a few days to meet that enchantress from Yu Kingdom, Yu Fengling! I'll see who she really is, and also investigate the Yu Kingdom's secrets!"
Mu Ziyan's heart tightened slightly: "Young Master, please be careful! I will be here, awaiting your return!"
……
That afternoon, the sun was beginning to set.
Sunlight filters through the dense bamboo leaves in the backyard of Ziyan Pavilion, casting dappled, shimmering spots of light on the ground.
Qin Xiao stood on the terrace outside Mu Ziyan's boudoir, his hands behind his back.
My gaze fell upon the shimmering surface of the lake in the distance.
In reality, his divine sense had already thoroughly explored the surroundings.
After confirming that no one was paying attention to this place, a thought subtly arose in his mind.
Immediately, the beam of light shot into the sky!
High in the sky, the wind howled fiercely.
The outline of Jinyang Prefecture City rapidly shrank beneath Qin Xiao.
The crisscrossing streets and densely packed houses are as orderly as a chessboard, eventually turning into a blurry patch of color.
Once he identified the direction, he suddenly increased his speed again!
His figure transformed into a streak of light barely perceptible to the naked eye, tearing through the clouds and hurtling towards the border between Dayong and Yu!
The wind was whistling in my ears.
Before me lay a rapidly receding sea of clouds and mountains.
About an hour or so later, the terrain below began to change significantly.
The flat, fertile fields were gradually replaced by undulating hills.
In the distance, an endless mountain range stretches across the land.
There lies the vast mountain range, a natural barrier between Dayong and Yu!
Qin Xiao lowered his altitude and poured his divine sense down into the vast mountains and forests below.
In an instant, the cries of birds and beasts in the mountains and the babbling of streams filled the air.
Even the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the leaves.
Every detail was fed back to his mind.
In a treacherous mountain valley, a bandit's den was discovered.
The wooden stockade walls were simple yet sturdy.
A burly figure dressed in a fur coat and carrying a weapon moved among them.
A rough estimate suggests there are about a hundred people.
The atmosphere was mixed and chaotic.
Among them were quite a few high-level martial artists!
"mob."
Qin Xiao indifferently withdrew his probing divine sense, his heart unmoved.
To him, these ordinary scoundrels were no different from ants and weeds by the roadside.
It's not worth investing any effort at all.
In the blink of an eye, Qin Xiao rode the escape light and pressed down on the top of a solitary peak.
Qin Xiao casually found a large, sheltered rock, used his spiritual power to wipe away the dust on its surface, and sat down cross-legged.
Place your hands on your knees and slowly close your eyes.
Enter a meditative state, and let your mind sink into your lower abdomen (dantian).
Sensing the faint spiritual energy drifting between heaven and earth, the concept of time becomes blurred.
Sunrise and sunset, clouds rolling and unfolding.
The alternation of noise and silence in the mountains and forests did not affect the figure on the summit in the slightest.
In the blink of an eye, two days have passed.
Just as the sun was setting on the second day, and the last rays of light on the horizon were about to be swallowed by the twilight.
Qin Xiao, who had been meditating calmly like a still well, suddenly frowned!