After returning to the Tower of Time, Niya and Shado came to the laboratory together. She also wanted to know whether what she discovered was a mithril mine.
However, after taking out the stone samples, Xia Duo did not continue, but asked Niya, "Are you going to do it or should I do it?"
"I come!"
Almost without any hesitation, Niya agreed. How could she miss this opportunity to verify it in person?
As for the verification method, it might have been more troublesome in the past, but now, Xia Duo has long purchased the mithril refining method from the Seventon Council. As long as he refines it, it will be easy to get the result.
Under Shado's gaze, Niya first applied a layer of protective spells specifically against heat for herself, and then skillfully activated the alchemy circle and put a pile of silver ingots transmitted by the tower spirit into the alchemy circle.
Unlike large-scale refining, which may require the construction of a smelting furnace, if only a small amount of refining is required, an alchemy circle is sufficient.
And compared to ordinary furnaces, the alchemy circle is more stable and can more easily keep pure silver in a molten and boiling state.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the silver ingot suspended in the field above the alchemy circle began to become red hot and soften. After a while, it completely turned into a ball of glowing red liquid.
Soon, the pure silver liquid in the molten state began to boil, and then Niya put the stone sample retrieved by Xia Duo into it.
Then it’s time to wait.
The boiling liquid pure silver will gradually immerse into the sample. If it contains mithril, it will form [pure silver·mithril] agglomerates. If not, then naturally there will be no such special agglomerates that are not difficult to identify.
While waiting, Niya asked Xia Duo: "If it is confirmed to be Mithril, what are you going to do?"
"Of course, just pretend that nothing happened!" Xia Duo responded directly.
"Why? Didn't it mean that before the establishment of the Northland Alliance, Netheril, Erlan, and Danzo's mithril agreement had been re-signed? In the future, the mithril mines we discover will no longer need to be handed over to Danzo for operation!"
"It's not because of this, remember Lord Rodney?"
"Lord Rodney?"
Although the two sides are no longer hostile and are even allies to a certain extent, Niya still doesn't have a good look on her face.
Who told Lord Rodney to organize the Savile family's Green Pearl Forest horse racing enclosure for decades as soon as he came? Anyone would have an idea.
And Xia Duo understood that although the current Lord Rodney had given up, once the mithril mine was exposed, who knew whether he would show up again, and of course he would not be the only one.
When the time comes, Green Pearl Forest will inevitably come to the forefront, and troubles will continue one after another.
You must know that whether it is the Saville Territory or the Daxia Territory, legally they only legally occupy the developed area. No matter how much the Saville family has paid for the Green Pearl Forest, as long as it is not developed, it is not occupied.
Nowadays, it is particularly easy to apply for a development order. As long as the mainland lords apply for a development order, they can enclose their land when they come to the Green Pearl Forest.
Even if it were to directly occupy the discovered mithril mine, it would be difficult for Xia Duo to make much response. At most, it would be to retain part of the ownership, but it would be impossible to retain all of it.
Of course, this is not the point. Just abandon a mithril mine. The key is that it will disrupt Xia Duo's development plan for the southern border.
If all the areas around Daxia Territory are occupied by outsiders, how can it develop? Do they really want to move them all to the floating city?
Not to mention there are so many outsiders, countless pairs of eyes are staring at the southern territory, and he will be restrained in whatever he wants to do. Xia Duo has not forgotten that there is a time bomb in the territory now!
Who knows when Atwood's mastery of the new natural holy power will be discovered by the Elf God, and then the God War will be started directly. That would be very unlucky.
"So, whether it's a mithril mine or not, we can't make it public and just treat it as if it never happened!"
"If it is really a mithril mine, shouldn't we want it?"
"How is that possible? It's just that there is no rush to develop it now. Although the Tower of Time lacks mithril, it lacks long-term strategic reserves and is still very sufficient for daily use." Xia Duo said with a smile.
Currently, the Tower of Time can still buy mithril from outside, especially now that the Mithril Agreement of the Three Kingdoms has been updated, the mithril control is almost useless. As long as you have money, you can almost buy as much as you want.
Who says mineral deposits must be developed immediately?
Just know where it is and use other people's and your own as strategic reserves. If one day you are unable to obtain supplies from the outside world, those mineral deposits will be your best trump card.
However, on the surface, it is also very important to maintain a certain mining foundation, at least to maintain a group of mining experts who can serve as instructors at critical moments.
"Only the weak points of the veins have been explored near the territory. Just let the task management office issue a mission to find the veins later. We can't develop the mines in the Green Pearl Forest now, but the ones near our territory are still fine."
"Okay, I will arrange it."
Xia Duo could tell that Niya's mood was still a little low, but he couldn't say anything to comfort her. He just reminded: "It's almost time, let's see the reaction."
"Oh, I almost forgot."
When it came to sample testing, Niya suddenly became energetic. She quickly picked out a pile of solid residues from the pure silver liquid, and then directly used the alchemy circle to quickly cool it down.
After carefully selecting, a smile finally broke out on Niya's face. She pinched a small piece of black solid, held it up in front of Sha Duo, and said excitedly:
"Look, is this agglomeration of [Pure Silver·Mithril]?"
Although it is a question, it conveys an extremely positive tone.
Sha Duo took the small piece of black solid from Niya's hand, and after a little inspection, he determined that it was a lump of [Pure Silver·Mithril].
After that, as long as it is fired separately, the temperature is controlled well, and the pure silver liquid is filtered out, the crude mithril can be obtained.
"It's Mithril!" Sha Duo said calmly.
But he couldn't hide the joy in his voice. If he could find a mithril vein in the Green Pearl Forest, it would be possible to find a second, third, or even more!
Speaking of which, this Green Bead Forest is really a treasure. In addition to the forest itself, Mystic Relics, Saluk Witch Snake Relics, and Mithril Mines have all been discovered one after another.
Of course, if you include the totem pole that Savile left on Wolf God Mountain, there will be even more treasures!
So, what else can be discovered next?
Xia Duo is looking forward to it.
…
After confirming that there were indeed mithril veins in the Green Bead Forest, Xia Duo made several mithril vein detectors almost overnight.
Unlike Zall's [Ley Vein Detector] which can only rely on the user's own judgment, the Mithril Vein Detector produced by Chateau integrates the Mithril Vein Echo Feedback Characteristics model he summarized.