Immortality from Taming Elephant-Chapter 292 - 160: Five Elements Perfected, Stone Essence and Dragon Essence, Mastery over Five Thunders (Double Length)
It’s the first time Xu Guang saw the scene of opening a Stone Essence, he was somewhat curious.
He came to Chifeng Prefecture, intending not only to trade Dragon Essence but also to buy some Fifth-Grade Ore Essence. The Twenty-four Solar Terms Sword still lacked a lot.
Now with the Innate Qi of a Qi Refiner, he could command the Power of Heaven and Earth, needing to attach to physical substances, just like previously shooting the Sunfall Arrow.
He planned to officially forge the Twenty Solar Terms Sword and, incidentally, buy some materials for Ah Wei to forge armor.
It was all experience anyway.
Xu Guang watched for a while, then one of the men finally decided to purchase, spending thirty Spirit Crystals to buy the giant stone.
"Brother Wang San, since you bought it, let’s open it on the spot!"
Someone shouted from the crowd.
The man laughed heartily, "Hahaha, fine, since everyone wants to see the Stone King from Baisheng Mine, I’ll open it here. I also request my peers to help take a look."
The words were well-spoken, clearly showing he was a veteran of the Jianghu.
Xu Guang heard the discussions in the crowd, this person was somewhat famous in Chifeng Prefecture, the legitimate son of the Wang Family in the Prefecture City, naturally bold and chivalrous.
During his youth, when Chifeng Prefecture was once infiltrated by barbarians, he grew up and went to Iron Dragon Pass.
Rumor has it that in the military tents at Iron Dragon Pass, he had already taken nine hundred and eighty ears from barbarians!
Xu Guang listened to these bits of gossip, finding them interesting.
Wang San began opening the stone, using a peculiar tool that’s somewhat like a grinder but only palm-sized. As Wang San’s Qi force penetrated, a bone-chilling cold gradually emerged, forming billows of white mist.
"Water overcomes earth; this Ice Grinder, researched by Guanghan Hall back in the day, is really helpful. Otherwise, removing stone skin would be a real hassle."
Jianghu people always like to flaunt their knowledge, so without Xu Guang asking, someone in the crowd started showing off.
"Spirit Charm is out! It’s visible!"
"Visible" is also jargon, meaning there’s a core in the Stone Essence.
Soon, a piece of scarlet ore appeared, causing exclamations from the crowd.
"It’s Fifth-Grade Flame Cloud Iron Essence, capable of forging Divine Weapons!"
"Congratulations, Third Young Master, with a new weapon, you can go to Iron Dragon Pass and slay the barbarian dogs again!"
Chifeng Prefecture, or rather the entire Yongzhou, because of Iron Dragon Pass, had an unusually intense hatred for the Barbarians. It was an honor for men to reach adulthood and go to Iron Dragon Pass, and earning merit was even more so, making one a famous hero within a ten-mile radius.
Even though the current situation within Yongzhou was chaotic, if a military officer from Iron Dragon Pass were to come and shout that the barbarian dog army was approaching, people would respond in droves.
Wang San, smiling and cupping his fists, held precious the Fifth-Grade ore, considering he himself only wielded a Sixth-Grade weapon.
All in all, this time returning to Chifeng Prefecture, spending thirty Spirit Crystals to buy such a large piece of Fifth-Grade Ore Essence was a bit of a gain.
The price of Ore Essence was not as high as imagined. When Xu Guang bought a piece of Cold Meteor, it only cost more than a hundred Spirit Crystals at that time.
After all, Fifth-Grade Ore Essence doesn’t equate to Fifth-Grade Divine Weapons. Blacksmiths hold a superior position and a considerable profit margin in the Chifeng Prefecture area.
Xu Guang watched the excitement for a while but had no intention of joining in and opening a stone himself.
This kind of stone gambling has deep waters, with all sorts of setups. Who knows if Wang San was just a shill.
This Baisheng Mine is one of the biggest organizations in Chifeng Prefecture, owned by the Sword Casting Manor, where there are many ready-made Ore Essences.
Compared to opening Stone Essence, Xu Guang would rather get it for free.
The crowd gradually dispersed, while an attendant approached Xu Guang, warmly asking.
"Which ones are you interested in, senior?"
"Take me to look at the Fifth-Grade Ore Essence. Is there any special category?"
The female attendant’s face immediately lit up, and she quietly replied.
"There are, senior, there are."
"Take me over to see."
Pausing for a moment, her eyes sparkled as she looked at Xu Guang, leaning forward to whisper, "Senior, can you forge Fifth-Grade Divine Weapons?"
Xu Guang neither confirmed nor denied.
The female attendant became even more excited.
Very quickly, she led Xu Guang to a storage room at the back.
The Ore Essences indeed were extraordinary, with many aligning with Xu Guang’s current objectives. The Twenty-four Solar Terms Sword required various attributes.
Xu Guang selected seven or eight types. Although they didn’t seem large, only about as tall as a person, they were undeniably heavy, weighing over eight thousand pounds.
The quality of such Ore Essences is generally quite substantial.
While Xu Guang was making his selection, the female attendant quickly left. Xu Guang’s Divine Thought could clearly see her whispering a few words to a man approximately in his thirties, who then displayed some excitement on his face.
Everything was pretty much as Xu Guang had imagined.
After the collapse of Great Zhou, the Sword Casting Manor shifted its focus from nurturing blacksmiths to emphasizing Martial Dao. A person’s energy is limited, and choices are often related to the environment.
In eighty years of turbulent times, the Sword Casting Manor indeed made significant progress in the Martial Dao to preserve their ancestral foundation, but it had been many years since a blacksmith capable of forging Fourth-Grade Divine Weapons emerged.
"Senior, please stay."
A middle-aged man hurried towards Xu Guang, observing him carry over eight thousand pounds of Ore Essence as if it was weightless, without even a trace of Qi force spilling out.
Just relying on his own strength...
At least a Fifth-Grade expert!
"What’s the matter?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
"I heard from my subordinates that you can forge Fifth-Grade Divine Weapons. We’d like to collaborate with you."
"What kind of collaboration?"
"We currently have several orders from Fifth-Grade experts in the workshop. The manor’s blacksmiths aren’t sufficient, and we’re hoping you could lend a hand. For each Fifth-Grade Divine Weapon you forge, after succeeding, we’ll pay you eight hundred Spirit Crystals. What do you think?"
Xu Guang chuckled. The price was reasonable, but forging weapons wasn’t an easy task. Just forging a Fifth-Grade Ore Essence alone was incredibly challenging. Any random Fifth-Grade Divine Weapon would take at least half a year to completely forge (this refers to a successful complete forging. A blacksmith can forge multiple Divine Weapons simultaneously, depending on the skill level of the individual blacksmith).
