Chapter 52

Because he was fire.

As fire, he could easily solve the problem of high-temperature forging.

Then most problems were solved.

In a specially built workshop, several fox-people loaded the cement into wooden crates and carried them out one by one.

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling and the girl Meng Ying both watched curiously as this black-gray substance.

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling had already received Lin Yan's revelation and understood the use of cement.

She ordered those fox-people to carry large quantities of cement to the site of the road soon to be built.

Then, under the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling's direction, several fox-people began mixing it with sand and gravel.

When the first batch of cement mixed with gravel was poured to form the first cement road, it drew countless fox-people to watch.

After the cement road was poured, the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling and the girl Meng Ying simultaneously cast fire magic, using magical power to accelerate its solidification.

Just half a day later, the cement road was largely hardened.

Though it could not bear heavy loads, standing or walking on it posed no problem at all.

Seeing such a smooth surface, all the fox-people cried out in astonishment.

Some fox-people hesitated to step on it, squatting outside and carefully touching the road with their hands, as if feeling a "path of miracles."

Yes, such a road, these fox-people had never seen before.

Too smooth.

Smoother than stone-paved roads.

And its hardness was quite excellent—unaffected by wind or rain.

Could even human kingdoms have such roads?

The great Lord of Flame truly is a powerful deity!

This simple road caused every fox-person present to shout Lin Yan's name, deepening their faith in him.

After the experiment succeeded, Lin Yan conveyed key points to Meng Ying and Sister Qing Ling through revelation.

From now on, this task would temporarily be handled by Meng Ying and Sister Qing Ling.

For them, it was not a burdensome chore.

They did not need to perform hard labor.

They only needed to provide high heat through magic.

Often, they had to cooperate, using a relatively enclosed environment and coal to reach the required temperature.

Their ranks were still low.

Yet this process could continuously improve their magical proficiency.

Magicians must increase their spiritual energy through meditation; the higher their spiritual energy, the stronger their sensitivity to magic.

But magicians could also raise their magic rank through repeated practice.

Some magic apprentices were assigned to this task.

It was an excellent way to become familiar with fire magic.

And it produced cement—two benefits in one!

The fox-people began a leap-forward surge in development.

The Divine Wasteland and potatoes solved the most critical food problem.

Iron and coal from the Misty Mountains were continuously mined, smelted, and turned into an endless stream of iron tools.

About half of these iron tools were production implements.

The other half were various weapons.

Although Lin Yan had not given the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling very clear revelations, she had already decided to vigorously expand military equipment.

She wanted to conquer more tribes for her deity, gain more followers, and spread the glory of the Lord of Flame to all beast-tribes.