Lord of Rot

Chapter 473 Energy Mine

There will be good news in the new year.

Li Qi thanked the Four Gods impromptuly and promised that after the church in Tieshi City was built, a group of clergy would be arranged with high salaries and benefits to provide a good employment environment for the most loyal believers of the Four Gods.

Because he got the ore! That was the harvest of the palace-level corpse Ka Qi who led the underground world team to continue their expansion activities.

Li Qi had previously told him to be careful, as there might be considerable dangers in the underground world, but when a piece of ore was delivered to Li Qi, Li Qi couldn't help but be excited.

This is a strange ore, the light is not dazzling, and after polishing the surface with a file, a layer of powder will fall down.

But the whole ore is still hazy like frosted glass.

If you look carefully, you will find that there are veins inside like blood vessels, which are quite sparse.

The crystal light of the ore emanates from these veins.

"This is the ore! You found it!"

Scholar Tonks, who was specifically called over by Li Qi, looked at the ore and was very excited.

She then explained how the ore could be used.

"Not used directly?"

"It needs to be refined," she said: "It is a very boring process. First, the impurities on the surface must be removed, and then extraction techniques are used."

"What technique?"

"Scholars who are proficient in alchemy should understand" Scholar Tonks said: "Extract the energy from the ore, then put it into a glass, and then use this set of steps to purify it, and finally remove the white layer floating on the top. Mo, we can finally get what we want."

Li Qi watched Scholar Tonks first use magic to shave off the tendons, then use magic to boil away the blood and skim off the blood foam floating in the pot.

The steps looked very magical, but Li Qi was a little hungry.

She uses her mage hands very well. Although she cannot be distracted and multi-purpose like Li Qi, she can also be distracted and use it twice, as if the "ingredients" have their own ideas.

The whole process is really tedious.

When she stopped to wipe her sweat, most of the day had passed.

"Is this what you need?" Li Qi picked up the small square crystal. Compared with the previous large piece of frosted glass ore, this crystal was very beautiful, with dense veins covering the surface.

"It provides a lot of mental strength, but relying too much on it can leave you feeling groggy throughout the day."

Scholar Tonks nodded: "If you can sell it to me, I am willing to pay..."

She suddenly stopped awkwardly.

It seemed that he just remembered that he had no money, and even had to rely on Li Qi's money to maintain his expenses.

But what can she do? There are so many good things from Porcupine. Whether it’s food, drink, or fun, it’s not much worse than in a big town.

She benefited a lot from chatting with Thomas scholars, Betty, Vic and other scholars.

Some small alchemy gadgets made by Thomas scholars are fun and useful. If you like them, you must buy them.

Betty recently made an iron rod that will emit sparks when lit. It is said to be called a fairy rod, which is a weird name, but it looks great when lit up at night, so you should buy it.

Vic has researched a lot of herbal medicines, which are very effective in treating diseases, so you should buy them too.

With a shopping heart, Scholar Tonks is destined to have difficulty saving money.

"The evil porcupine collar, the terrible vampire, all the money I earned from selling my strength is gone!"

Li Qi saw the other party's embarrassment. He would not say that he deliberately ordered someone to seduce Scholar Tonks in her ear and let her spend money.

He didn't care about the money, but he was afraid that Scholar Tonks would run away after saving enough money, so he asked her to spend the money as soon as possible, and then she would stay obediently.

This is already a tacit understanding between both parties.

Li Qi was even considering whether to open a special discount for moonlighters like Scholar Tonks, making her the first lucky person in the world to enjoy installment payments.

Moonlight is not the upper limit, because Li Qi does not have a daily salary, otherwise she would be in the sun.

"We agreed before, it belongs to you." Li Qi placed the crystal block in front of Scholar Tonks.

She was so surprised that she wanted to take it, but when she saw that Li Qi's fingers were still pressing, she came to her senses and asked, "What do I need to do?"

"I want to open an ore refining class so that talented spell caster apprentices can learn to refining this thing."

"But I'm already teaching a certain magic knowledge, okay" Scholar Tonks said helplessly, "I have to pay more!"

Li Qi smiled: "Of course! Double the salary!"

He never has to worry about a chopper having too much money.

"Alright, I'll ask you to help me refine another one."

"You still have it?" Scholar Tonks was surprised: "Did you really get a mine?"

……

"Is there a mineral vein on the other side of the mountain?"

Li Qi's spirit descended on a corpse. In front of him were a group of cave gnomes exuding a unique "fragrance" that only ogres could smell.

These dark creatures are cunning and timid, and can run very fast, making them perfect spies.

Those ores were discovered by them.

"Yes, sir." The crypt dwarf who spoke nervously bent down. Dirty hairs grew out of his ears and hung down on both sides.

"What's on the other end?"

Li Qi didn't get much useful information from Ka Qi. He only knew that the crypt dwarf was exploring through the mountains under his orders, and then encountered some minor troubles. Ka Qi rushed over and punched a child to solve all the troubles. , and brought back several ores.

Only these crypt gnomes know more detailed information, so he took the initiative to come over.

Based on the test of the square crystal extracted by Tonks scholar, Li Qi found that it was a very good energy source, which could be worth 10 mental units, but the load on the brain was a bit high.

"Corpse"

"monster"

"Undead"

"Flying Dragon"

Several crypt dwarves were chattering away.

Finally, they all agreed and said to Li Qi: "It's fear!"

There is nothing in the entire underground that these short guys are not afraid of.

"Tell me more carefully," Li Qi said helplessly, and pointed at one of the crypt dwarfs: "Tell me."

The endless explanations made people’s brains buzz and hurt.

"There is a group of undead monsters there, they have everything, they are very scary, and any creature that comes close will be killed."

"Necromancer, or simply undead?"

Li Qi was very interested in this.

The possibility of a necromancer is greater. Simple undead do not have strong thinking ability, and he is still looking forward to having an undead flying dragon. The undead flying dragon was cut off by space last time, but he felt very sorry for it.

"Okay, I understand," Li Qi said, "You did a good job."

"It is our pleasure, my lord!" The crypt gnomes bent down.

They are indeed honored to work for Li Qi, which means that they, who have always been regarded as mice, can join a powerful force without worrying about being killed. This force includes manticores, ogres, and more. A terrifying mysterious strongman.

Without the pressure of survival from natural enemies, the number of crypt gnomes is increasing rapidly and is expected to double in a few months.

Li Qi immediately issued an order to gather all his strength to seize the mineral vein. If he could not seize it, he would run away. Anyway, the cost he invested in the underground world was very low. As long as there were no problems with the palace-level corpses, the cost would be zero.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the mountain.

Among the group of swaying undead soldiers, a sharp voice roared: "They are dead, dead? Do you know how much effort they cost me?"

In front of it are a bunch of strange-looking creatures.

Some look like humans, but have more than a dozen arms.

Some look like a lion, but with a sheep's head and a snake's tail.

"Sir," an undead knight riding a skeleton horse came up and interrupted the sharp voice: "There is an enemy attack!"