Chapter 2603

Taking advantage of the time Li Ruanyu spent gathering energy was just enough to let Shangguan Ting enter the gathering state as well.

When Shangguan Ting began gathering energy, Li Ruanyu on her side simultaneously finished gathering energy, and could start again.

Zhao Chi could once more pull himself away to find Li Ruanyu.

Shangguan Ting had no elixir boost, so she could only gather short-duration berserk points, and her gathering time was very short. But it happened that Li Ruanyu had the elixir boost, so her preparation time was also very short, and she could quickly start gathering again.

So the timing matched very well.

The coordination between them was truly fitting.

The berserk energy really came point after point.

Not a single moment was wasted.

Of course, they also rested for a while in between.

Otherwise, the two female captains would be too drained, and would have no condition left to hold off the werewolves later.

And now.

Each of them had gained over ten more berserk energy points, and her entire body's meridians felt completely unblocked, body and mind in excellent condition.

Both were quite satisfied.

But the surrounding environment had become rather messy.

Li Ruanyu sighed: "Zhao Chi... there's not much time left, I don't have time to help you clean up, so you'll have to work a bit harder. Be careful over there on the ground, it's definitely going to be very slippery..."

Shangguan Ting said: "Don't bother with these, they're all sticky and damp. When I come back I'll buy you a few sets of high-grade bedsheets and bedding."

Zhao Chi smiled: "Go on, don't delay the mission, that's the important thing."

Li Ruanyu nodded: "Alright, but I need to stop by the Carefree Spring first. In this state... I can't go out to fight."

Shangguan Ting said: "Right, right, right, I need to go too. Zhao Chi, are you coming?"

"Going, together."

After washing up clean at the Carefree Spring, Li Ruanyu and Shangguan Ting both left.

Su Qin, as Zhao Chi's vassal lord, didn't need to take part in this battle either.

But she really wanted to go.

If it had been before, Zhao Chi would definitely have persuaded her to stay; after all, if Zhao Chi didn't go, he would inevitably feel a bit uneasy.

But now she had already become a Taoyuan clanswoman, so there was no problem at all.

Even if she died in battle, she could be revived; at worst it would just mean losing some soldiers and equipment.

Zhao Chi thus agreed.

Moreover, this was also Su Qin's first sortie as a small-captain, and taking part in a battle of this not-too-high intensity was still very suitable.

So Su Qin's Clear Bamboo Town and Zhao Chi's Taoyuan Town separated once more, and the wall of mist between the two territories regenerated.

Zhao Chi soaked in the Carefree Spring.

Amid the laughter of the young women beside him, and before the rising and falling white peaches, he took out that gleaming golden treasure chest.

【High-Grade Self-Select Mine Chest】

Seeing that name, Zhao Chi could not contain his delight.

It was also a golden chest, but this kind with a clear category was rare.

This could be considered a special item among golden chests.

Truly rare.

Open immediately!

In an instant, light blazed forth in all directions!

The brilliant light illuminated the entire Carefree Spring.

The women playing in the water nearby glanced over, but quickly turned their heads back and continued their giggling and frolicking.

They were already used to the bursts of white light that came from time to time.

Zhao Chi's eyes lit up.

A picture appeared before him.

Several thumbnail images of mines appeared before his eyes.

Unfortunately, although this kind of chest was called self-select, the number of options that would appear inside was still just 3 random types, and then you chose 1 from among those 3.

But having a choice was good enough.

Then the data could be transferred.

The mine details couldn't be seen clearly from the picture, but they could be enlarged for a closer look.

That wasn't necessary; just looking at the attributes was enough.

First, look at the mine on the left.

It was a dark-yellow mine vein.

Why was it this color?

Could it be copper ore?

View details:

【Name】High-Density Clay Mine

【Grade】Tier Two

【Scale】Micro

【Content】1800 units

【Regeneration】30 days

【Description】A high-grade clay mine, possessing an extremely fine texture and super-high viscosity. When crafting items, it is very easy to shape, and after firing it is sturdy and durable. It is a rare variety among clays.

Clay ore, huh...

Zhao Chi doesn't really need it.

But this stuff is useful too.

It can be fired into bowls, plates, cups, dishes, and other tableware.

It can also serve as a building material, with decent plasticity and adhesion.

Later on, it can be fired into large quantities of square bricks for building all kinds of houses and city walls.

It has a very wide range of uses.

And it's a Tier Two ore — not bad at all.

Too bad the scale is tiny, just micro, only able to provide 1,800 units of clay.

It's enough for making plates and bowls, sure, but that's not much use.

You can just buy finished products like that directly — no need to produce them yourself.

The only upside of a micro mineral vein is its very short regeneration time — only 30 days.

In other words, once mining is done, the vein will slowly replenish and fully regenerate after 30 days.

Of course, you don't have to mine it all out — if you only take part of it, it'll slowly replenish too.

Clay ore is nice, but it doesn't fit Zhao Chi's current situation, so he'll pass on it.

Let's keep looking at the middle one.

This is definitely a large vein.

You can tell just from how it looks in the picture.

It's just very black.

Could it be Dark Iron ore?

Checking the details:

【Name】High-Heat Coal Vein

【Tier】Tier One

【Scale】Giant

【Reserves】500,000 units

【Regeneration】10 years

【Description】High-Heat Coal Vein — produces heat higher than ordinary coal, excellent for heating. At the same time, it also performs very well in smelting, melting, forging, and other applications, significantly shortening work time. A premium grade among coal veins.

So it's a coal vein.

Coal is a consumable, an energy source, with extremely wide uses.

The territory burns through a fair amount of coal every day — especially when the blacksmiths are forging equipment, it gets consumed nonstop.