The Strongest Sword God Reincarnation
Chapter 42. Elemental Refining

Forging Association, inside the Forging Room.

Shi Feng took out a pile of Stones, putting them on the table.

A pile of stones had a total of hundreds of pieces. They instantly filled the round table; some even fell to the floor.

"It's time to see how good you really are," Shi Feng smiled as he picked up the crimson Philosopher's Stone.

If this Philosopher's Stone were to be seen by others, the consequences Shi Feng would face would be enormous. Hence, Shi Feng rented a Forging Room. Without his permission, no one could enter the room.

Shi Feng took out a piece of Stone from the table and used the Philosopher's Stone on it.

Do you want to use the Philosopher's Stone for Elemental Refining?

Shi Feng directly chose "Yes." After which, the Philosopher's Stone began to emit a faint red glow; a mysterious power flowed into the Stone.

The peng!

A stone the size of a fist suddenly turned into yellow sand, scattering onto the floor. The result is failure.

However, Shi Feng showed a calm smile at the result. It doesn't bother him one bit. After that, he took another Stone and tried again.

Ore is very valuable. Normal Copper Ores sold for 2 Copper; they were only worth 1 Copper Coin if sold to an NPC. A stack of 100 Copper Ores could sell for 200 Copper Coins to the Groups, and they would still fight over it. Compared to the pile of Stones, which only sold for 10 Copper Coins, Copper Ore was too expensive.

Elemental Refining extracted Metal Element from Stone. However, some Stones did not have Metal Elements. So, naturally they turned into sand. Such failures are all too common.

Peng…

There was still no ore after ten consecutive tries. Shi Feng started to depression. The success rate is too low.

Shi Feng even began to suspect that these Stones were taken from the desert as all produced yellow sand.

"Calm, relax. There are still many stones left." Shi Feng took a deep breath, reassuring himself.

He took out another piece of Stone, attempting Elemental Refining once more.

The peng!

This time, the Stone was still scattered into the pile of sand. However, amidst the yellow grains, there was a piece of metal that had a purplish-red luster. It was a Bronze Ore.

With the first piece of Copper Ore in his hand, Shi Feng let out a calm breath. His hands started moving faster.

All of the Stone on the stone table turned into yellow sand in a moment. The Stone Piles have produced a total of 23 pieces of Copper Ore and 2 pieces of Bronze Ore. Compared to Copper Ore, the price of Bronze Ore was three times that of Copper Ore; they were worth 3 Copper Coins if sold to an NPC. Due to the rarity of Bronze Ore, players would buy it for 7 Copper Coins for one piece.

Looking at the ores on the table, Shi Feng felt the Philosopher's Stone was truly a gold mine. Even if the Philosopher's Stone was currently broken, it was still incredible. It was no wonder why many kingdoms were willing to gather their armies and fight for the Philosopher's Stone. Having the Philosopher's Stone in hand was the same as having a rich treasury. At that time, an empire would be difficult not to prosper.

Shi Feng stored the ore on the table and took out another pile of Stones.

Piles upon piles of stones disappeared, while the amount of yellow sand piled up into a small hill. Fortunately, the Forging Room could be cleared of trash with just the push of a button. After pressing the Clean button, the small dune of yellow sand vanished from sight.

After spending an hour, Shi Feng had refined 40 stacks of Stones. He had obtained slightly more than 7 stacks of Copper Ore and slightly more than 1 pile of Bronze Ore. They would be worth over 20 Silver Coins if Shi Feng sold them. Meanwhile, the cost to obtain all of these ores was only four Silver Coins. The difference is five times the price. That's an absolute advantage.

Most importantly, the ore fell in very small quantities, so it was impossible to buy it in large quantities.

Shi Feng received a System Notice as he left the Forging Room.

System: The Dark Star Shoes you placed in the Auction House have been sold. After deducting the procedural costs, 3 Silver 21 Copper has been placed in your bag.

...

A series of notifications from the Auction House had made Shi Fengs lips smile.

"As expected, the greater the competition, the higher the price." Shi Feng was very satisfied with the number of items sold. He never imagined that the Iron Mysterious Plate Armor for Shield Warriors could really be sold for over 30 Silver Coins. There seemed to be many wealthy people in the area of influence of White River City.

After selling the equipment, Shi Feng suddenly became a wealthy tycoon. With over 50 Silver Coins in his pocket, even his confidence was different now.

Currently, players would still be happy with possessing twenty to thirty Copper Coins. Shi Feng already had over 50 Silver Coins. Including the Silver Coins Gentle Snow owed him, if Shi Feng wanted to directly sell the Copper Ore he had, he would instantly become rich in gold.

However, he would not sell this ore. This ore was the foundation for Shi Feng to earn big money.

Following which, Shi Feng rented the Forging Room for another hour. He turned the remaining Stone into ore. His luck was better this time. Out of the 45 stacks of Stones, he obtained 10 stacks of Copper Ore and 2 stacks of Copper Ore.

With this, Shi Feng had a total of 17 stacks of Copper Ore and 3 stacks of Bronze Ore. It would be quite a while before Shi Feng could use all of them.

With the money in hand now, Shi Feng once again arrived at the central area of the Forging Association, in the administrative region. Currently, there were several Forging players, who were groomed by the Groups, renting the Forging Room .

"It's really evil. This room really costs 5 Copper for an hour. The group only gave me 30 Copper. That's not enough."

"It's been considered good. At least the equipment is there. Look at that Forging equipment. Even the most common ones require some Silver. The entire set would cost over 30 Silver Coins! It was a blatant scam!"

"You still haven't seen the Intermediate Forging Room. It costs one silver per hour, but that space only increases your success rate by 3%. Even a first-rate group would not be able to handle such a price."

Some Forgers kept complaining. They deeply hated the price set by the Forging Association. However, there was also a hint of arrogance contained in their voices. After all, they had the support of their Group, whereas normal players would not even be able to rent a Forging Room, let alone raise their Forging Levels.

Shi Feng circled around these players, walking towards the Association manager, saying, "I want to rent an Intermediate Forging Room."

"May I know how long you want to rent it?" The grey youth who was the manager of the Association excitedly asked.

Today, the majority of adventurers are poor youths. Every one of them had only rented a Basic Forging Room, and in fact, they had rented with disrelief. Thus, a huge change occurred in the attitude of serving the manager when he could see a wealthy adventurer like Shi Feng.

Looking at the time, this was the morning in the real world. When using a Virtual Gaming Helmet, one could not stay within the God's Domain for too long.

"Two hours then." Shi Feng said after thinking.

"Okay, here's the key. The total would be 2 Silver Coins "The manager handed the keys to Shi Feng, smiling.

Shi Feng took out two gleaming Silver Coins, placed them on the table and turned to leave.

The players who were previously discussing the convoluted Forging Association were all stunned. They even thought they were hallucinating. However, it was indeed a Silver Coin on the table, and not a yellow red Copper Coin.

"Omong is empty, a tycoon!" A male Elementalist said with envy.

"Sister Hartawan, little brother knows how to warm the bed." Another beautiful and flirtatious female player winked at Shi Feng, seducing him.

"Isn't that just dirty money? I will definitely become an Intermediate Forging Practitioner a step ahead of him," said the male Priest in a sour tone, even though he knew it was impossible. The facilities of the Intermediate Forging Room were much better than the Basic ones. On the surface, the room itself only increased the success rate of forging by 3%. However, including the facilities accompanying the room, the success rate increased by at least 5%.

For a Forger, the difference in success rate of 5% was like the difference between heaven and earth.