Female Novel
Chapter 2469 Refinement
“Master Hammerhead, what's the story with these armored beasts?” Jared, seeing Hammerhead intears, voiced his confusion.
Hammerhead wiped away his tears and said, “These armored beasts were raised by DivineSmithing Sect for the purpose of mining spirit ores. But after Divine Smithing Sect was destroyed,no one remained to feed them. I didn't expect them to still be alive.”
“Master Hammerhead, why don't these armored beasts run away and find something to eat outsideinstead?” Flaxseed asked.
“You don't understand. Once these armored beasts are tamed and kept captive, they will neverleave. They would rather die than leave this mine,” Hammerhead explained with a shake of hishead. “Besides, even if they were to leave the mine, they wouldn't find anything to eat. They feed onspirit ore essence.”
“But this mine is full of spirit ores. Why don't these armored beasts eat them? Are they just waitingto starve to death?” Jared asked.novelbin
“These spirit ores are unrefined. The armored beasts cannot consume them. The ores need to berefined first before they can be fed to the beasts. Just now, they must have sensed my aura, so theyexerted all their strength to attract my attention.”
When he finished speaking, Hammerhead's aura suddenly erupted as Smithing Force surged fromhis body. Soon, a large hammer formed in his hand.
He swung the hammer at a spirit ore about one meter in size within the mine.
The spirit ore shattered upon impact, revealing a small, translucent core the size of a fingernail at itscenter.
Hammerhead tossed the tiny core to one of the armored beasts, and the creature promptlyswallowed it.
However, such a small amount of spirit ore essence was like a drop in the bucket for the armoredbeasts dying from starvation.
“Master Hammerhead, how can such a large piece of spirit ore yield so little ore essence?” Jaredwondered, puzzled.
“These spirit ores here are considered trash, which is why they were discarded at the entrance ofthe mine. The truly powerful spirit ores, containing abundant Smithing Force, can only be founddeeper within the mine. If we want to feed these armored beasts and restore their strength, we mustventure further into the mine and find higher-purity spirit ores,” Hammerhead said.
“Master Hammerhead, even if we find the spirit ore mine, we don't have the ability to refine it. Welack your skill in extracting the ore essence from the spirit ore,” Flaxseed said.
After all, neither Jared nor Flaxseed knew smithing techniques, let alone the art of refining spirit oreto obtain their ore essence.
“That won't be a problem. The process of refining spirit ore is not complicated. I will teach the two ofyou. But for now, our priority is to reach the deeper parts of the mine as quickly as possible and findhigher-purity spirit ores.”
With that, he headed straight for the deeper parts of the mine.
Jared and Flaxseed followed closely behind, while the sword spirit, Zelda, sensing the dark mine,felt a trickle of fear. She transformed into Dragonslayer Sword and entered Jared's body.
Guided by Hammerhead, Jared and Flaxseed continued their journey deeper into the mine. Theydidn't know how far they had gone until Hammerhead stopped in his tracks.
Right then, faint blue and pink spirit ores were scattered on the walls and surrounding areas of themine.
“Master Hammerhead, why aren't we moving forward?” Jared questioned in confusion.
“We need not go further. My smithing skills can only refine these types of spirit ores. I won't be ableto refine the purple spirit ores up ahead,” Hammerhead explained.
“Master Hammerhead, why don't you teach us the technique to refine these spirit ores?” Jaredasked.
Hammerhead nodded. Then, he retrieved a yellowed parchment from his pocket.