"Is this the ore?"

Yong stared at the crystal-like stone in Lin Luo's hand and asked in surprise.

"Is there really gold in this stone?"

Feng also asked aloud.

At this time, Lin Luo had already crawled out of the pit and was showing them the ore that had just been dug up.

The ore was slightly smaller than a fist and was dark brown in color with an irregular crystalline structure.

To be honest, this is very different from the metal ore in Lin Luo's imagination.

If it weren't for the spiritual power fluctuations of the Golden Grass Seed, Lin Luo would definitely not associate this crystal-like stone with a metal ore.

"Well, that's right. ”

Listening to the inquiries of the two, Lin Luo nodded to them in response.

"Then smash it open and see what the gold looks like. ”

Hearing Lin Luo's answer, Feng immediately said.

"yes!"

Yuya nodded in agreement, his face full of expectation.

After all, metal is too foreign to them.

In particular, Lin Luo said that gold would be used to forge powerful weapons in the future, which made them even more curious about gold.

“......”

Looking at the expectant eyes of the two, Lin Luo suddenly felt speechless.

Smash it open and see?

He wanted to smash the metal straight out of the ore, but was it possible?

"The gold in the ore cannot be smashed out, it can only come out after it is smelted with fire. ”

Lin Luo could only explain to the two helplessly.

"Fire?"

Hearing this, the faces of both of them showed a little loss.

Then, Lin Luo put away the ore, and the three of them continued to mine.

The discovery of the first piece of ore means that they have dug up the deposit layer in the gravel.

Therefore, in the following excavations, pieces of ore were constantly discovered, and soon piled up into a small pile.

"Okay, that's enough, no more digging. ”

Looking at the small pile, at least hundreds of catties of ore, Lin Luo said loudly.

Hearing this, Yong and Feng immediately stopped.

"Lin Luo, I have already dug the mine according to what you said, you have to remember what you said before. ”

Quickly climbed up from the pit, Feng immediately ran to Lin Luo's side and said.

"Don't worry, I'll be the talker. ”

Lin Luo nodded and said.

It was just a trivial matter to let Feng go hunting, and Lin Luo would not fool him.

"Pack all these ores, let's go back!"

"Good. ”

In fact, the place where the ore was found is not very far from Zhushan.

It had taken them all morning because they had spent most of their time exploring.

Therefore, their return trip did not take too long, and it only took more than an hour to reach Zhushan.

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"Is this the ore?"

Looking at the ore that Lin Luo brought back in front of him, the fox chief asked the same question as Yong in surprise.

"Hmm. ”

Lin Luo nodded in response.

"Lin Luo, what kind of gold ore is this?"

The Bamboo Chief reached out and picked up a piece of ore, looked at it carefully and asked Lin Luo.

He had already learned from Lin Luo's mouth that there were many types of gold, like stone.

For example, the gold of the Zhijin tribe, which Lin Luo called copper, is one of the gold needed to smelt bronze.

"I don't know. ”

Hearing Chief Bamboo's inquiry, Lin Luo shook his head directly.

He really didn't know about this question.

After all, he didn't study minerals in college, so how could he know how to distinguish the types of ores.

And the ore in front of him, in addition to the irregular shape like the first one he dug out, also has the shape of a double conical column.

And in terms of color, there are also yellow, black, and even colorless translucent crystals.

Lin Luo had never seen a metal ore like this before, so it was naturally impossible to know what kind of metal ore it was.

However, there is one thing that Lin Luo is sure of, that is, these ores in front of him are definitely not copper ores.

Because, he had seen copper ore in the smelter of the Vicious Tribe, and it was completely different from these.

"Don't know?"

Lin Luo's answer made Chief Bamboo stunned slightly.

Obviously, he did not expect to get such an answer.

After all, Lin Luo's image in front of him has always been very knowledgeable, and he knows a lot of knowledge that he has never heard of.

It is rare to hear it from Lin Luo's mouth, and he doesn't know such an answer.

"I don't know much about gold, and I need to smelt it before I can confirm what kind of gold it is. ”

Lin Luo explained to Chief Bamboo.

"That means it's most likely not the gold needed to smelt bronze, is it?"

The fox chief asked Lin Luo out loud.

Today, the matter of smelting bronze is the sole responsibility of the two chiefs.

The Fox Chief had already learned about bronze from the Fox Witch, and knew that several metals were needed to smelt it.

"Hmm. ”

Lin Luo nodded without denial.

In nature, there are many types of metals that are relatively soft and can be absorbed by the golden grass.

Smelting bronze, on the other hand, requires three metals, and apart from the copper that has already been excluded, there are only two left.

Betting that these ores in front of him were one of the other two metals, Lin Luo naturally didn't have much confidence in his heart.

Therefore, he only dug more than 100 catties of ore this time, just to confirm what kind of metal this is.

If it weren't for one of the two metals, he would have worked in vain.

Lin Luo's answer was like a basin of cold water, and the excitement of the two chiefs when they first saw the ore was instantly reduced by half.

"It's okay, let's smelt it first!"

Soon, Chief Bamboo took a deep breath and said, "If not, then let's go ahead and look for it." ”

"Well, that's right. ”

The fox chief nodded as well.

A powerful weapon like a bronze weapon that can be compared to the beast bone weapon of a hybrid beast is completely worth it even if it takes a little more manpower and time.

"Lin Luo, can this ore be smelted now?"

Then, Chief Bamboo turned his head to Lin Luo and asked.

"Yes. ”

Lin Luo nodded directly.

In the two days before resting, Lin Luo was not idle, and had already let people burn charcoal and build a furnace.

It can be said that everything is ready, and it is almost time to find the ore.

Hearing Lin Luo's answer, Chief Bamboo suddenly became excited, and immediately got up and said, "Let's go, let's go to smelting now." ”

"Yes, smelt it right away. ”

The Fox Chief nodded as well.

Originally, because it was getting late today, Lin Luo planned to smelt again tomorrow.

But seeing that the two chiefs were so interested, he had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay." ”

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