222, Hope of upgrading the giant sword, free miners
"This is——bloody silver?"
Shi Songtao held a fist-sized stone in his hand, looked at the sun for a long time, took a breath, and said.
"Bloodsilver? What is that?"
Yin Wuyou said strangely.
She now has a very strange feeling in her heart.
Before coming to the Ten Kingdoms to practice martial arts, she heard a lot of news about how ferocious the enemies here were and how dangerous humans were.
But now——
She glanced at the monsters digging at the rocks. Is this dangerous?
"Your Highness, look, there are streaks of silver in this stone. Does it look like blood stains?"
Shi Songtao handed the stone in his hand to Yin Wuyou.
"This blood-threaded silver is a very rare weapon-casting material. When casting soldiers, if some blood-threaded silver is mixed in, it can make the integration of various weapon-casting materials smoother and more harmonious."
Shi Songtao explained.
"It can be said that the threads in the blood-silver silver can bind the weapons-making materials. When it is used, the weapons will seem to have blood..."
Shi Songtao said a lot, but Yin Wuyou only heard two words, rare!
As the Chief Sikong of the Forging Department, she has never heard of this kind of material.
This shows that the Forging Department has never purchased such materials on a large scale.
This can also explain to a certain extent the rarity of this material.
If possible, how could the Armory Division not purchase such useful weapons-making materials on a large scale?
"As far as I know, among the ten countries, only the territory of the Wei Dynasty has a small blood-silver mine, and the blood-silver produced every year is only a few thousand kilograms."
Shi Songtao continued.
In a sense, Blood Silk Silver is even rarer than Heavenly Alchemy Stone.
It’s just that the Heavenly Refinement Stone is necessary for casting weapons. As long as you are casting high-quality weapons, you must need the Heavenly Refinement Stone.
The blood-streaked silver is the icing on the cake. It’s nice to have it, but it doesn’t really affect anything if it doesn’t have it.
Heavenly Alchemy Stone is a must-have item, while Blood Silk Silver is a luxury item.
Its price on the black market is much more expensive than the Tianlian Stone.
The reason why it is a black market is because you can’t buy blood-streaked silver anywhere else except the black market!
The Wei Dynasty itself is not enough to produce thousands of kilograms of blood-threaded silver every year, so how can it be exported?
Shi Songtao's eyes gleamed as he looked at the monsters digging diligently into the ground.
If this was a vein of blood-streaked silver, it would really make a fortune.
"In our Daxia, blood-streaked silver occasionally flows in from the black market, and every piece of it is sold at a sky-high price!"
Shi Songtao's voice was trembling.
Hundreds of monsters turned into miners because their leader was held hostage by Zhou Shu.
The demonic beast is already huge, and it is also extremely powerful. With one claw, it digs out a large piece of earth and stone, and its efficiency is comparable to that of a large excavator...
After a short time, there was already a lot of blood-streaked silver piled on the ground.
Shi Songtao's breathing became a little rapid. Needless to say, these blood-streaked silvers are already priceless.
"Not bad luck."
Zhou Shu smiled and said, "I didn't expect that there really are weapons-making materials in this space."
"Thank you so much."
Zhou Shu patted the cheek of the humanoid monster.
Until now, he still doesn't know the name of this humanoid monster.
This humanoid monster was caught in Zhou Shu's hand, with hatred in his eyes. He was too lazy to talk to Zhou Shu now. He only hoped that his own masters could discover this place as soon as possible and rescue them.
Although he didn't understand what these humans were talking about, he knew that the humans who forced them to dig out rocks must be using them.
If something is useful to the enemy, if it cannot be taken away, it must be destroyed.
He was already thinking that if his own rescue experts arrived, he would take all these stones away before he left!
Zhou Shu doesn't know what this humanoid monster is thinking, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
When you get the things in his pocket, do you still want to take them away?
"There seems to be a lot of blood-streaked silver here. Think about it and see if there is any way to take them all away."
Zhou Shu said with a smile.
Is there anything better than seizing a hostage and then harvesting hundreds of hard-working free miners?
He is in a pretty good mood now, and the minor injury he suffered when he tried his magical powers has not affected his mood at all.
Previously, a large pit was made on the ground by a humanoid monster. At first, Zhou Shu thought he was dazzled, but later he was sure that the ores that appeared in the pit were indeed blood-streaked silver.
He was also a little surprised. Before coming to the Ten Kingdoms to practice martial arts, Meng Bai told him that there would be weapons-making materials in this space.
But how can ordinary soldier-casting materials compare with blood-silk silver?
Among the weapon proficiency feedback from the Seven-Star Longyuan Sword, one of the materials is blood-threaded silver.
Regarding the properties of blood-silver, Zhou Shu knew more than Shi Songtao. He knew something that Shi Songtao didn't know.
Bloodsilver is an essential weapon-making material for upgrading weapons!
Weapons are like people. Once they are born, their innate talents are already determined. If you want to change them in the future, it will be as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Although a weapon can theoretically be upgraded, the difficulty cannot be described in words.
For thousands of years, there has been no clear record of weapon upgrades!
The ability of weapons to be upgraded almost only exists in theory.
But Zhou Shu knew that weapons can really be upgraded.
And this blood-streaked silver is a necessary material for upgrading weapons.
Those idiots in the Wei Dynasty only used blood-threaded silver as a catalyst to increase the success rate of weapon casting. That was a waste of natural resources!
This trip to the Ten Kingdoms to practice martial arts was definitely the right time for Zhou Shu.
In just one day, his Giant Que Sword has already completed hundreds of kills, and the conditions for promotion are immediately unlocked.
In his mind, he has long thought about how to upgrade the Juque Sword.
But there is a method, but it won’t work without materials.
It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!
Now, the necessary material Blood Silk Silver has been obtained by coincidence, and the other materials are easy to talk about.
Go back and find the main army and get other weapons-making materials...
Zhou Shu was a little excited.
The giant sword can be upgraded to a mysterious weapon in no time!
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"Yes, there is so much bloody silver. If we can't take it away, when the demon world's army comes to kill them, they will all snatch it away."
Shi Songtao became happily troubled.
"Snatch it away? They have to be able to do that!"
Zhou Shu snorted coldly.
Those hundreds of monsters are still mining.
More and more blood-streaked silver accumulated, almost becoming a hill.
With so much blood-streaked silver, even if Zhou Shu was strong enough to move them, it would be unrealistic to just move them away.
Throw it here?
How is that possible!
Waste is shameful!
It's a pity that there is no such artifact storage ring in this world that we were familiar with in previous lives, otherwise we could easily take away these blood-streaked silvers.
"Deputy Pavilion Master, use the sound transmission stone to contact the general. If they are nearby, ask them to come over and help."
Zhou Shu said.
Now I remember that I am the Deputy Pavilion Master...
Shi Songtao cursed and replied, "I've tried it a long time ago, but I don't know if it's because the distance is too far or something else, but the sound transmission stone can't contact anyone."
"Then there's nothing we can do."
Zhou Shu touched his chin and said in deep thought.
"This is the only thing we can do."
He made a decision.
"What should I do?"
Yin Wuyou asked curiously.
"We'll build a camp here."
Zhou Shu opened his mouth and said, "The Huaxia Pavilion is divided into two pavilions for the martial arts battlefield of the Ten Kingdoms!"
"There is so much blood-threaded silver that we can't take away for a while, so we will use it here. When we return to Daxia after wiping out the people in the demon world, we will ask the army to help us transport it back."
If you can’t take it with you, then just don’t leave.
Stay here to build a camp, guard these blood-threaded silvers, and also forge troops here. When you get back to contact the main force, you can directly let them use this place as a logistics supply base.
It’s just like killing multiple birds with one stone.
The more Zhou Shu thought about it, the more he realized that his idea was gone.
"Building a camp? Just the four of us?"
Shi Songtao opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, we don't know the situation around here yet. What if the surrounding area has been occupied by people from the demon world?"
"If we occupy it, we can use it as a base behind enemy lines."
Zhou Shu said nonchalantly, "Who said there are only four of us?"
"Deputy Pavilion Master, you must never be discriminatory. Enemies are enemies. You have to treat others as human beings. Look, how well they do their jobs."
Zhou Shu pointed at the hard-working "miners".
Shi Songtao: "..."
Does this mean I don’t regard them as human beings? They are not human beings, they are monsters!
To put it another way, if I treat them as human beings, then they are not my own.
Can we still count on them to help build the camp?
If they don't attack us, it's already good!
Shi Songtao complained, his face became a little weird.
Our prince, you don’t think that building a camp is just a matter of erecting a few fences and setting up a few tents, right?
"Building a branch of Huaxia Pavilion here? What a genius idea."
Unlike Shi Songtao, Yin Wuyou looked a little excited and clapped his hands.
"That's what we do!"
"Then it's settled."
Zhou Shu clapped his hands.
How come it’s decided?
Don’t you want to ask my opinion?
I am also the deputy head of the Huaxia Pavilion, how about the second in command?
Are you really not afraid of the danger here?
This place is probably surrounded by the demon army.
Shi Songtao was about to cry but had no tears. He originally thought that following Zhou Shu was a very safe thing.
Now I realize that they are walking on the edge of life and death all day long.
"Deputy Pavilion Master, please come and advise me on how we should build this camp."
Zhou Shu said, "We must be prepared to be unable to contact the large forces for a long time. By then, if an army from the demon world attacks the camp, we must be able to defend it, so the camp's defense must be strong, and...
…”
Zhou Shu said leisurely that they didn't have to do the work themselves anyway. Of course, the bigger and stronger the camp would be, the better.
Shi Songtao sighed repeatedly, but what could he do?
He is just the deputy master!
Damn it, I want to build the camp wall three feet high!
Let those monsters not even get in!
Shi Songtao was furious. Since he was asked for his opinion, his opinion was that the camp must be built like an iron barrel, otherwise, he would not feel safe!
The humanoid monster was held hostage by Zhou Shu. Listening to Zhou Shu's words, a hidden sneer flashed in his eyes.
Since you are seeking death yourself, that is the best thing.
Now I will play with you, and when I am free later, I will definitely devour you one by one!
Didn't the humanoid monster make up its mind to build a camp?
I will help you build it!
When the construction is completed, I will bring people to catch turtles in a jar!
"That's right."
Zhou Shu patted his forehead, "The veins of blood-streaked silver have always been associated with it. Since there is blood-threaded silver here, there must be other veins of weapon-making materials in the mountains."
"Deputy Pavilion Master, you have nothing to do now anyway, so just look around to see if there are any other mineral veins."
Shi Songtao: "..."
What do you mean I have nothing to do? Aren’t you asking me to design the camp?
Why are you asking me to go look for mines again?
"Your Majesty, I am not a combatant. If I encounter other monsters..."
Shi Songtao said.
"Don't worry."
Zhou Shu said, "There are no other monsters within a few miles. If you encounter one, just shout for help and I will be here soon."
"Deputy Pavilion Master, our manpower is limited now, you can do more work if you can-"
Shi Songtao rolled his eyes, I believed you!
Should I shout for help when I encounter a monster?
By the time you arrive, the day lilies will be cold!
"I don't go to places that are too far away, so I just look around!"
Shi Songtao maintained his last stubbornness.
"Okay."
Zhou Shu nodded casually.
"Hey!"
He patted the humanoid monster on the head and said, "Let some of your people be separated and do what I tell you."
The humanoid monster sneered in its heart.
The plan to catch turtles in a urn starts!
For the sake of the demon world, I bear the humiliation and bear the burden!
He deliberately put on an unconvinced expression on his face, and after Zhou Shu slapped him a few more times, he pretended to be reluctant and agreed.
After speaking a few words in animal language, two to three hundred of the hundreds of monsters gave up mining and began to chip the rocks in the mountains into square stones.
The claws of the monsters are extremely sharp, and each of them has an excellent level of cultivation. Not only are they capable as miners, but they are also good as masons.
The humanoid beast shouted a few more times in animal language.
Zhou Shu raised his eyebrows, what is this guy talking about?
The language barrier is just inconvenient. He can understand what I say, but I can't understand what he says.
If he scolds me, I won’t even know.
Learn a foreign language?
Zhou Shu thought in his mind that his first reaction was to think of his own Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly.
However, his current Zhuang Zhou dreaming butterfly mentality can only go back to the last two years of the dream object.
The bestiality of this humanoid beast was definitely not learned in the past two years. Even if I fall into a dream, I cannot bring out the bestiality skills.
Unless his Zhuang Zhou Mengdie mentality can be traced back to the time when the humanoid monster first learned to speak.
"Even if I could go back that far, I wouldn't want to."
Thinking about transforming into a monster, Zhou Shu felt his scalp go numb. His current mental strength is not strong enough to not be affected by the dream.
When it comes to learning foreign languages, it’s better to think of other ways.
"Tell them, after the stones are cut, put them there."
Zhou Shu pointed his finger and told his hostage and translator.