Chapter 132: Coal Ash
Ji Ge's outstretched hand in the air was still a little shaky, finding this piece of ore was indeed too important for him, but when his fingers touched the slightly cool ore, he quickly calmed down completely.
He patted the piece of ore and pulled the exposed part of it, which was not integrated with the rock wall as he imagined, and the inlay was very tight, and even just slightly shaken it with his hand, and it relaxed a lot.
With the help of a small hoe, he pried up the gap at the interface, and then directly shook it rudely with his hands, and as the sticking dust fell in large patches of ash, the ore was easily pulled out by Ji Ge.
The ore was held in the palm of Ji Ge's hand, and it was almost half a little arm long, the size of his face, very weighty, and actually heavier than it looked, so that Ji Ge's hand sank after he got used to it.
Its body surface is shiny, and even the texture is a little smooth and delicate, and the whole body is glowing with a pale gray color, not even like stone, but inferior variegated jadeite, only heavier than gold and iron.
Ji Ge held it up in front of his eyes, it was not very difficult, the ore was reflected in his eyes, he looked at it carefully, compared with one of the appearances in the waste mine ditch that he had written down in his heart, except that the waste mine was incinerated and calcined, and the fire only burned and melted the empty shell that was white, and a lot of the brilliance contained in it melted away with the combustible part, but he was still sure that he could be sure of it.
That's what he's looking for!
Unable to allow him to be happy, Ji Ge turned over and took down the basket, and carefully placed this piece of mineral material in it, his hands and feet were very light, even if he knew that it contained ingredients such as gold and stone, the texture would not be too soft, and it was very tough, but he was still afraid that a piece of carelessness that he had finally obtained would be broken.
Those broken ore materials will leak out of the cracks of the basket, and if he can't take them away, it's like he hasn't done it, and the previous efforts will be in vain.
After loading, Ji Ge picked up the basket, and suddenly felt that it had become significantly heavier, and his back was like a hand pulling down.
Ji Ge thought for a while, then took down the basket, put it in his hand, and bent his head to peek into the gap in the cracked rock wall, he thought that maybe the ore and other things should be conjoined growth, and it was very likely that there would not be a piece here.
Looking inside from the gap he smashed, it seemed to be hollowed out in the rock wall, empty, and there was a fault, which was not big but almost enough to accommodate a young man like Ji Ge. No wonder the sound of knocking on it just now was so crisp, it turned out to be not solid.
However, to his slight disappointment, in this small fault, after careful searching, he did not find a second piece of such ore.
It turned out that there was really only one piece, maybe this mineral was thinner than he imagined, and with nothing to be found along the way, it might be very difficult to find, otherwise there were endless holes and tunnels here, and if it was really as easy as this, those people would not have given them such a simple task.
Perhaps, Ji Ge was able to find such a huge piece in a short time with this stupid method that no one would use, and it was already mixed with a large part of the fluke ingredients.
"Hey, that's ......"
Ji Ge was just about to look away, but he left without any more, and suddenly, his gaze was attracted by the tiniest pinch of black-brown soil scattered at the bottom of the rock face that followed after the fault.
After a moment's pause, the eyes can no longer be separated.
"This ...... This is?" Ji Ge's pupils dilated, as if he had thought of something, a little incredulous, and the whispers that came out of his mouth were all trilling.
The black-brown soil was rarely very thin, like layers of ash, but even in the dark corners, it was actually black and shiny.
"It's coal, it's soot!"
His tone gradually became affirmative, and his black pupils lit up frighteningly in the gloom like something that had fallen gray.
As if to confirm his guess, Ji Ge stepped in, bent down and squatted in front of it, stretched out his body and crushed his fingers, staining some in front of him.
If you get closer, you can see that these are not dusty powders, but small black particles like salt, and the particles are so small that you can't see the difference from a distance.
It wasn't until he saw the tiny black particles on his fingers that he was more and more sure of his thoughts.
This is coal, it may be difficult for poor people to use this kind of flammable and stable combustion, compared to firewood, it is too expensive for them, but Ji Ge grew up in the extravagant backyard of Fengyue Land, naturally it is not rare, he has not been exposed to these, and even has to boil a lot of pots of water by himself every day.
These debris must have been a small piece scattered from the black coal, as if it had fallen from a high place and shattered, but these signs alone could not tell the age at all, and coal would not leave obvious traces of age for hundreds of years, and it was likely that it would still be the same as it had been.
Minerals such as coal are found in ore veins, and their source is the remains of ancient plants that have been buried and accumulated over countless years in the underground conditions of high temperature and pressure, and it is impossible to produce a single piece.
Although Ji Ge didn't know much, he also knew that if there was only this small piece, it was indeed not very possible, and he couldn't help but have a faint doubt in his heart, he searched carefully again, and did not let go of a corner.
But apart from this, there is not even a trace of ash of the same color, Ji Ge's brows can't help frowning, it seems that it is indeed whimsical to find a large piece of black coal this time, and it is impossible. It's lucky to be able to find a piece of ore, and there can't be more here.
At the moment when Ji Ge wanted to leave, he suddenly glanced upwards at the rock formations on the same side, looked deeply, and there was a flash of lightning in his eyes.
Ji Ge stood up and pushed the rock face tentatively with his hand, the rock face did not move at all, he continued to exert strength with an expressionless face, snorted coldly, and even used black qi.
A wild and fierce force suddenly poured out from his palm, qi and blood surging, and the dust and dust rolled up from the center of the place he stepped on, blowing to both sides, filling the air.
The muscles on his arm were fully displayed, and he straightened up and trembled slightly, and unbelievously poured the black qi of his whole body into his palm again, and the rock formation trembled.
"Knock knock!!"
At the moment when this tremor appeared, an inaudible sound suddenly appeared, and almost instantaneously, it was crackled into a large hole.
It seemed to be torn apart by Ji Ge, but the rock layer collapsed to reveal a big hole, and the smoke and dust were all over Ji Ge's front, and the back was actually empty, he couldn't retract his strength, and his body involuntarily leaned forward and crashed into it.
Ji Ge's eyes widened, and he immediately stopped the figure that fell into it, and when the stones fell on the top of his head from time to time, he forcibly moved his body back, retreated a few big steps in succession, and almost fell to the ground in embarrassment.
The qi and blood in his body surged, tumbling violently, and a bloodshot flowed out of the corner of his mouth, but his eyes widened, and the scene he saw was completely unexpected.
Behind the rock formation that was blasted open by Ji Ge, there was actually another passage, and the intuitive sense was very large, and from the crack, it was pitch black, and the smoke and dust were rising up.
It turned out that there was a cave behind the rock formation on the wall of the cave where he was, and the distance between them was only a few feet, Ji Ge broke this wall that separated them forever, and the dust was blown away, and he reappeared in the world.
Ji Ge's expression did not change, his thumb wiped the bloodshot from the corners of his mouth, but his eyes became brighter and brighter, and a ball of essence flashed rapidly.
This means that there is a high probability that the coal is in another tunnel just a few feet away, and the coal ash is just a trace of the tunnel leaking out to him!
What could really be hiding black coal was in the originally sealed passage exposed in front of his eyes.
Ji Singer propped himself on the ground, breathing a little rougher, the meaning of discovering a coal mine is more than simple to him, there are enough ore materials to complete the work, and he doesn't have to worry about it in the future, he is struggling to find it, and more importantly, Xueling seems to be within reach!
Just when his heart was stirring, he suddenly frowned slightly, his face turned cold, and after holding his breath, there was a strange sensation in the palm of his hand pressed on the ground.
Ji Ge didn't hesitate at all, put the basket in his hand behind his back, pursed his lips, turned into an afterimage, bowed his waist and quickly flashed in, and disappeared there.
Not long after his figure was engulfed by the rift, a gloomy face appeared in the passage, carefully observing the surroundings, and slowly walking the path that Ji Ge had just walked.