Chapter 1168 Earth Element, sit down and let’s talk about what’s on your mind
Gretel and Cerela are not the only ones who want to earn this reward. Archmage Baierbo is also in the team, working diligently to help summon the earth element:
Make money!
Make money!
With such a big laboratory, there are so many disciples and disciples to support!
Although his current laboratory is still in the name of the teacher, he does not always share the teacher's research budget... If he can earn more and have more money, he can do some experiments that interest him.
Be more convenient!
He is not one of those elves who can eat enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry, and spend all day immersed in the forest, even if they have money on hand, they can't spend it!
Archmage Baierbo worked hard to summon the earth elements, communicate with the earth elements, and let the earth elements mine lead ore from the veins;
Losia and Aneri Linge worked hard to summon the earth elements, communicate with them, and let them mine borax from the veins;
Ash Moonsong took a list and counted them one by one with the temple priests to check the quantity of borax and lead that had been delivered before;
Gretel and Serira also followed the elder brother to help summon the earth element. Of course, neither Gretel, who specializes in medical treatment, nor Serira, who relies solely on instinct and strength to cast spells, are not good at summoning this element.
Well, all they can do is:
"Huh... The summoning array has been drawn... I'll check it again..."
"Huh...the spell configuration is confirmed to be correct..."
"Three, two, one, get up!"
Well, to put it simply, it acts as an emotionless mental power output machine. Start the summoning array, summon a random earth element, communicate with it, tell it what work it wants to do, and then use mental power to maintain its existence...
"Ah... so boring..."
Serila worked hard all day, and couldn't help but complain to Gretel. Gretel was also so bored that he seemed to be born in the world and ascended to heaven twice. After thinking about it, he had to find a job for himself:
"Oh, there are so many lead ores... They are all lead ores. How long will it take to turn into lead lumps... I don't know if the lead ore can be extinguished by directly throwing it in to extinguish the nuclear reaction..."
Is it useful...probably it will be useful. After all, no matter whether lead appears as a simple substance or as a compound such as white lead, black lead, etc., lead atoms are always there.
As long as the lead atoms are present, it should...be able to absorb the neutrons emitted when uranium-235 fission?
However, Grete first did not want to take risks. If you can use pure lead, use pure lead. Don't try to be smart.
If the lead mine really fails and pure lead is needed, wouldn't it be a big mistake to get a lot of lead mine?
I have prayed ninety-nine times, and I must not let anything happen to me!
Secondly, he did not want Elder Fahim to work too hard.
There is no doubt that if 100,000 tons of pure lead have to be transported, lead ore must be transported at least 200,000 tons... and probably more.
How much is the consumption of transporting it from the main material world to the elemental world and back again? Instead of tormenting Elder Fahim, it is better to work hard to refine these lead ores on the production side...
However, Grete stood up straight and looked around. From the mine to the nearby mountain ridge, there were fires and smoke everywhere. There were smelting sites one by one, concentrating their efforts to smelt the lead they needed——
To be fair, the local indigenous people's smelting technology is indeed unique. They have learned to use the constant strong winds on the mountain ridges to replace bellows, blowers and other equipment to increase the heat and complete smelting.
Even so, the lead that can be extracted is still only a fraction of what they need.
There is no way, the industrial power of this country is so limited. Although it is indeed a country that can smelt bronze and use bronze tools, it still uses less than 100,000 tons of lead throughout the year.
The temple, the royal family urgently dispatched and tried their best, but so far, not even one-tenth of what they need has been achieved.
Moreover, Grete thought about the wood burned by smelting lead, and the nature that was destroyed... and there was a throbbing pain in his heart.
He pulled the chair under him to bring himself closer to the earth element. He picked up a piece of lead ore with his left hand, took out a heavy lead ingot with his right hand, and brought it to the earth element:
To be honest, Gretel knows almost nothing about mining and smelting. He doesn't even have any idea what compound this piece of lead ore is. Fortunately, this does not affect his communication with the earth element:
"Please do me a favor. Can you extract all the lead from this ore and turn it into pure lead?"
The earth element stretched out two round and fat arms, one on each side, and took it. A yellow light flashed between the left and right arms, and it squirmed to wrap up the thing Grete handed over, and swallowed it in bit by bit.
The yellow light on its body rippled softly, and the loess also swelled, shrunk, swelled, and shrank, slowly swallowing the piece of lead ore and the lead ingot into its stomach. After a while, a rumbling sound came from Grete's consciousness.
:
"I can do it."
"So...over there, where's that big pile?"
Grete raised his head, waved his arm forcefully, drew a circle around Big Boss, and pointed at the hill created by Senior Brother Byerbo. The earth element slowly turned around, and earth-yellow fluctuations spread along the ground. It took him a long time to answer.
:
"...Okay. It's very tiring. I need to pay more."
"...The reward is no problem!"
Gretel endured the heartache and snorted, pushing out another plate of gems. The earth element shook his body, touched the gems with his arm, and took them back:
"not enough."
"This is just a sample. Purify the whole pile and double it."
"It's still not enough."
...Hey! Don’t go too far! Our budget, no, the remuneration we get from the Kingdom of the Sun is also limited! Gretel swallowed these words back and tried to bargain:
"Hey, can you make it a little cheaper?"
"We can't... do this kind of thing, we consume a lot of money... we must have enough remuneration... remuneration... Little magician, we like the aura on your body, and we are willing to cooperate with you, but work is work...
…Such a big job must be paid…”
"Can I ask, you earth elements, what is the use of gems?"
Grete asked curiously. If energy crystals were needed, he could understand. After all, the consumption was so large that external energy was needed to make up for it. But what's the use of gems?
These shiny little things? They are small, few in number, and lacking in energy. What’s the point? Is it possible that earth elements also need to exchange gems for money?
The next moment, a large piece of information crazily came to his consciousness. Grete had to hold his eyebrows and guide the information into the core of meditation. After sorting it out, he finally understood:
The advancement process of the earth element is a process of constantly refining and improving oneself. In this process, seeing all kinds of gems and seeing these rare and different gems will be of great help to them...
…
"Every gem is different! Every gem of the same kind is different! The more we see these hard, bright, and colorful treasures of the earth, the easier it will be for us to advance!"
emmm... This makes sense. Gretel thought about it and started to take out the space bag again:
"Actually... the essence of gems... are just crystals composed of various elements. For example, ruby powder is what we use to make the [Eternal Flame]. It was later confirmed that aluminum oxide can be used instead..."
He took out the smallest, extremely dark ruby, a tiny bit sealed in a paper bag, less than a gram of ruby powder, and a similar amount of alumina powder.
After demonstrating it again, he handed the ruby powder, alumina powder and aluminum ingot to the earth element. This time, the earth element remained silent for a longer time, and then suddenly stretched out his arm and put it on his hand:
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"Your news is very useful to me... very useful... You are my friend. If something happens in the future, you can call me by touching this mark."
The yellow light flashed away, leaving a round yellow mark on the back of Gretel's left hand, which sank into the skin and disappeared in a moment. Gretel felt the mark and raised his eyebrows happily:
"As long as it works! - Hey, in this case, can we use less gems?"
"No... gems are gems... every gem is different... not only what it is made of, but each one is different..."
The earth element was unclear, but Gretel already understood it clearly. The reason why a gem is a gem lies not only in its elemental composition, but also in its crystal structure, trace elements, and so on.
The reason why the earth element wants to possess these gems is probably to study their crystal structure to make itself harder and more lustrous, right?
A thought quickly flashed through his mind. He opened the box, took out a sapphire that was not very pure and had many cracks, and handed it to the earth element:
"Then...can you do me a favor? Remove the impurities from this gem, squeeze it tightly, and return it to me. As long as it is removed cleanly, I can give you ten gems!"
Not long after, a sapphire the size of a pigeon egg, crystal clear and without any cracks, flashed with light and fell into Gretel's hand.
Grete was overjoyed.
——This is a net profit! Having a good relationship with the earth element is like a gem printing machine!
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