Chapter 42

In the forging room of the Blacksmithing Association.

Shifeng casually took a pile of stones and placed them on the stone table. A set of stones consisted of a hundred pieces, which filled the large round table, with some even falling to the ground.

"It's your turn to show your strength." Shifeng took out a bright red Sage's Stone and smiled slightly.

If the Sage's Stone were seen by others, the consequences would be extremely serious, so he specially rented a forging room. Without his permission, no one could enter.

Shifeng casually picked up a piece of stone from the table and touched it with the Sage's Stone.

System: Do you want to use the Sage's Stone for elemental refinement?

Shifeng directly chose "yes," and the Sage's Stone emitted a faint red glow, infusing a mysterious force into the stone.

Bang!

The stone, about the size of a fist, turned into yellow sand and scattered on the ground, yielding nothing.

However, Shifeng smiled faintly, not at all concerned, and picked up another piece of stone to try again.

Ore was precious; the acquisition price for a regular copper ore was 2 copper coins, and selling it to an NPC was worth 1 copper coin. A set of 100 copper ores sold to the guild members was worth 200 copper coins, and they were eager to buy. Compared to a set of 10 copper coins for the stones, the ore was much more valuable.

Elemental refinement was equivalent to extracting metal elements from the stones, but some stones did not contain metal elements, so they naturally turned into a pile of yellow sand. Failure was very common.

Bang, bang, bang...

After ten consecutive attempts, no ore was extracted, and Shifeng felt a bit depressed. The probability was a bit low.

He even suspected that the stones were picked up by players in the desert, which is why they all turned into yellow sand.

"Relax, relax, there are still plenty of stones." Shifeng took a few deep breaths to comfort himself.

He then picked up another piece of stone and tried again.

Bang!

This time, the stone scattered into a pile of yellow sand, but there was a piece of purplish-red metal in the sand, which was copper ore.

With the first piece of copper ore, Shifeng felt relieved and began to speed up his actions.

The stones on the stone table quickly turned into yellow sand, and he extracted a total of 23 pieces of copper ore and 2 pieces of bronze ore. Bronze ore was three times more valuable than copper ore, selling to an NPC for 3 copper coins. Because bronze ore was rare, the guilds paid 7 copper coins per piece.

Seeing the ore on the table, Shifeng felt that the Sage's Stone was truly a treasure trove. Even though the Sage's Stone was still incomplete, it was extraordinary. No wonder so many kingdoms went to great lengths to争夺 the Sage's Stone. With the Sage's Stone, it was equivalent to having ample funds, and it would be difficult for a kingdom not to prosper.

Shifeng collected the ore from the stone table and then took out another set of stones.

Set after set of stones were consumed, and the yellow sand piled up like a small hill. Fortunately, the forging room had a one-click garbage cleaning function. After pressing the cleaning button, the small hill of yellow sand disappeared.

After an hour, Shifeng refined 40 sets of stones, obtaining more than 7 sets of copper ore and more than 1 set of bronze ore. If sold, it would be worth over 20 silver coins, while the cost was only 4 silver coins. The price difference was over five times, making it a huge profit.

Most importantly, the yield of ore was very low, and it was impossible to acquire a large amount.

As Shifeng walked out of the forging room, he received system messages.

System: The Bear Armor you sold at the auction house has been sold. After deducting the handling fee, 31 silver 53 copper coins have been added to your backpack space.

System: The Dark Star Boots you sold at the auction house have been sold. After deducting the handling fee, 3 silver 21 copper coins have been added to your backpack space.

...

A series of auction house messages made Shifeng's lips curl slightly.

"Indeed, the more people competing, the higher the price." Shifeng was very satisfied with the selling price. He didn't expect a玄铁级 plate armor for a shield warrior to sell for over 30 silver coins. There were many rich people in the Baihe City area.

After selling these items, Shifeng became a tycoon, with over 50 silver coins. His confidence was different as he walked.

Now, while ordinary players were still happy to have 20 to 30 copper coins, he already had over 50 silver coins. Adding the 10 silver coins he still owed from Bai Qingxue, if he sold these copper ores, he would immediately become a gold coin tycoon.

However, he wouldn't sell the ore. These ores were the foundation of his wealth.

Shifeng then rented another hour of the forging room and turned the remaining stones into ore. This time, his luck was good, and from 45 sets of stones, he obtained 10 sets of copper ore and 2 sets of bronze ore.

In total, 17 sets of copper ore and 3 sets of bronze ore were enough for a long time.

With money, Shifeng returned to the central hall of the association to handle the procedures. At this time, many guild-trained blacksmithing players were renting forging rooms.

"Too expensive, 5 copper coins for an hour. The guild only gives me 30 copper coins per day for forging, which is not enough at all."

"This is still better. At least the tools are complete. Look at those forging tools; even the most basic equipment costs several silver coins, and a set costs over 30 silver coins. It's a rip-off!"

"You haven't seen the intermediate forging room. It's 1 silver coin per hour, and the success rate only increases by 3%. Even top-tier guilds can't afford this price."

Several blacksmithing players kept complaining, deeply resenting the prices of the Blacksmithing Association. However, their words subtly revealed a sense of pride, as they had guild support. Ordinary life players probably couldn't even afford to rent a forging room, let alone improve their forging level.

Shifeng bypassed these players and approached the association manager, saying, "I want to rent an intermediate forging room."

"How long would you like to rent it for?" The dark-skinned young manager asked happily.

Many adventurers were penniless and only rented ordinary forging rooms, often unwillingly. Seeing Shifeng, a wealthy adventurer, the service attitude was different.

Shifeng looked at the time; it was already morning in the real world, and he couldn't stay in the Divine Realm for too long with the virtual helmet.

"Two hours," Shifeng thought for a moment and said.

"Alright, here is your key, a total of 2 silver coins." The manager smiled and handed the key to Shifeng.

Shifeng took out two shiny silver coins and casually placed them on the table, then turned and left.

The players who had been complaining about the Blacksmithing Association's prices stared with wide eyes, thinking they had seen wrong. However, the coins on the table were indeed silver coins, not the reddish-yellow copper coins.

"Damn, he's so rich, a tycoon!" A male elemental player said enviously.

"Big tycoon, please take me under your wing. I can warm your bed." Another seductive female player batted her eyes and flattered Shifeng.

"Pfft, just a few coins, I'll become an intermediate blacksmith apprentice before him." A male priest said sourly, though he knew it was impossible. The equipment in the intermediate forging room was much better than in the ordinary room, with a surface increase of 3%, but with the equipment, it was at least 5%.

An additional 5% success rate made a huge difference in forging.

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