Chapter 1173 Earth Elemental, Sit Down and Let’s Talk About What’s on Your Mind

Grete and Serira 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. He spends all day immersed in the forest and cannot spend any money he has!

Archmage Baierbo worked hard to summon the earth element, communicate with the earth element, and let the earth element mine lead ore from the veins;

Losia and Aneri Linge worked hard to summon the earth elements, communicate with them, and let the earth elements 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 Cerela also followed the elder brother to help summon the earth element. Of course, neither Gretel, who specializes in medical treatment, nor Cerela, who relies solely on instinct and strength to cast spells, are not good at summoning. 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. Activate the summoning array, summon a random earth element, communicate with it, tell it what work it wants to do, and then use your mental power to maintain its existence...

"Ah... so boring..."

After working hard all day, Cerira couldn't help but complain to Gretel. Grete was also so bored that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. 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 throwing the lead ore directly into it can achieve the effect of extinguishing the nuclear reaction..."

Is it useful...probably it will be. After all, 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 there, 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 ore really fails and pure lead is needed, wouldn’t it be a big mistake to get a lot of lead ore there?

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, the lead ore will have to transport at least 200,000 tons... and probably more.

How much does it cost to transport it from the main material realm to the elemental realm and back again? Instead of tormenting Elder Fahim, it is better to work hard to extract these lead ores on the production side...

But Grete stood up straight and looked around. From the mine to the nearby mountain ridge, there were fires and smoke everywhere. Those are smelting sites one by one, concentrating their efforts to smelt the lead they need——

To be fair, the local indigenous people's smelting technology is indeed unique. They have learned to use the constant strong wind on the mountain ridges to replace equipment such as bellows and blowers to increase heat and complete smelting.

Even so, the lead that could be extracted was still only a fraction of what they needed.

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 uses less than 100,000 tons of lead throughout the year.

The temple and the royal family made urgent arrangements and tried their best, but so far, not even one-tenth of what they need has been achieved.

Moreover, Gretel thought about the wood burned by smelting the lead and the nature that was destroyed... and there was a throbbing pain in his heart.

He tugged on the chair beneath 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, Grete knew almost nothing about mining and smelting. He had no idea what kind of compound this piece of lead ore was. Fortunately, this does not affect his communication with the earth element:

"Please do me a favor and extract all the lead from this ore and turn it into pure lead, can you?"

The earth element stretched out two round and fat arms, one on each side, and took it. There was a flash of yellow light between the left and right arms, and it squirmed to wrap around the thing Grete handed over, swallowing it up bit by bit.

The yellow light on its body rippled softly, and the loess also swelled, shrank, swelled, and shrank, slowly swallowing the piece of lead ore and the lead ingot into its belly. After a while, a rumbling voice came from Grete's consciousness:

"I can do it."

"So...over there, where's that big pile?"

Gretel raised his head, waved his arm vigorously, drew a circle around the boss, and pointed at the hill made by Senior Brother Baierbo. The earth element slowly turned around, and earth-yellow waves 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 pain and groaned, then pushed out another plate of gems. The earth element shook his body, touched the gem with his arm, and then took it back:

"not enough."

"This is just a sample. You purify the whole pile and double it."

"It's still not enough."

……Hello! Don't go too far! Our budget, no, the pay we get from 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 still 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? It's small, few in number, and lacking in energy. What's the point? Is it possible that the earth element also needs to exchange gems for money?

The next moment, a large piece of information came to his mind crazily. Gretel had to hold his eyebrows and import this 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...that makes sense. Grete thought for a while 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 dull ruby, a tiny bit sealed in a paper bag, less than a gram of ruby ​​powder, and a similar amount of aluminum oxide powder.

After demonstrating each one, he handed the ruby ​​powder, alumina powder and aluminum ingot, one by one, to the earth element. This time, the earth element remained silent for longer, and then suddenly stretched out his arm and put it on his hand:

"Your information is very useful to me... very useful... You are my friend. If something happens in the future, you can summon me by touching this mark."

The yellow light flashed away, leaving a round yellow mark on the back of Grete's left hand, which sank into the skin and disappeared in an instant. Gretel felt the mark and raised his eyebrows happily:

"As long as it works! - Hey, in that case, can we use less gems?"

"No... a gem is a gem... every gem is different... not only what it is made of, but each one of it is different..."

The earth element spoke vaguely, but Gretel already understood. The reason why a gem is a gem lies not only in its elemental composition, but also in its crystal structure, the trace elements in it, and all aspects.

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 flashed through his mind. Opening the box, he 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 dove egg, crystal clear and without any cracks, flashed with light and fell into Gretel's hand.

Grete was overjoyed.

——This is the net profit! Having a good relationship with the earth element is like a gem printing machine!

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