Chapter 1571: Green Ridge Ore

After finishing this, he thought about leaving the bottom of the lake as soon as possible, but before he could take any action, three more humanoid creatures swam over nearby. As expected, they were still water ghosts:

"Attracted by the smell of blood from their companion's corpse, right?"

But the fact that they came so quickly also indicated that the water ghost nest should be nearby.

Since he had encountered them, Xia De wouldn't avoid the fight. Underwater, where no one could see, silver light shone again. Only this time, the water ghosts moved extremely quickly. The three moonlight slashes only hit the one in the very center; the other two resurrected undead, after dodging the attack, swam toward Xia De even faster from the left and right.

Xia De frowned as he watched them. The water ghosts' dodging movements just now had a very subtle pause, just like a person running continuously, losing their figure for an instant, only to appear in a further forward position.

【Yes, spatial movement, but the distance is very short, about a little finger's length.】

"Spatial power, when did it become so cheap? Even water ghosts can learn it?"

As he slashed out more moonlight from his hands, those two "gifted" water ghosts eventually fell to the bottom of the lake after being dismembered.

The liquid flowing out of the water ghost corpses mixed into the water of Green Lake, forcing Xia De to accelerate his escape. However, the direction he moved in was the direction from which the water ghosts had just appeared. With the help of "She," Xia De found his target on the lake bottom before long.

The so-called "water ghost nest" was actually a very shallow cave at the bottom of the water, with two dilapidated small fishing boats blocking the entrance. On the fishing boats lay a human skeleton and the skeleton of a pig that had been eaten until only a rotten head remained.

And the cave at the bottom of the fishing boats looked like a natural deep pit, inside which lay countless fish bones. Besides that, Xia De, who had crawled into the sticky cave, also saw some smooth pebbles, rusty coins, and a few gemstone rings and diamond necklaces.

"Why do I always pick up strange things at the bottom of the water?"

Because he wanted to investigate the peculiarity of the last two water ghosts, he endured the nausea and checked the cave more carefully. With the help of "She," he really made a discovery in the deepest part of the cave:

"Can I find gold ore this time?"

He used such words to comfort himself, summoned the Greatsword of Moonlight, and cooperated with the "Stone to Mud" spell to excavate the lake bottom. After digging out half a human skeleton and more ship wreckage, he finally saw an ore emitting a faint green fluorescence lying in the silt:

"Self-luminous?"

In the outsider's hometown, natural ore with self-luminescence meant radiation; while in this world with supernatural power, natural ore with self-luminous ability meant supernatural material.

Thinking back to what Professor Bu Lang Re of Geology, whom he had met in the carriage a few days ago, had said about the suspected large mineral veins under Green Lake, then discovering some strange ore wasn't a very strange thing.

"Like white stone crystal, both are ores with spatial power. It seems those water ghosts' special abilities are because of this... However, what kind of ore is this?"

He temporarily put the stone away. After destroying the water ghost nest, he still wanted to see if he could find identity markers on the bodies of those skeletons, which would also make it convenient for him to know the origin of these corpses.

But the corpses now only remained as remains. Xia De searched around the lake bottom nearby and only found a rusty fountain pen. The name engraved on the pen cap could barely be identified. Xia De then took the pen, the ore, and his own doubts and swam toward the lakeshore.

It was a coincidence that when Xia De intended to return to the pier of Pu Huo Fu Village, he actually ran into the group from the Peace Church who had taken a boat to the central island of Green Lake this morning, as the fat merchant had said.

He didn't bump directly into the small boat that the church Ring Mages were riding in, but sensed the unnatural fluctuations on the water surface from afar, and then realized who he had encountered.

Fortunately, he was at the bottom of the water, so even though there was a full-strength Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi squad sitting on the two small boats, no one discovered him.

Xia De then followed the small boats from a distance, and then exposed his eyes from the water surface at a position not far from the shore, watching the Ring Mages leave the boats and return to the shore:

"Didn't see them move anything off the boat, and there were no signs that they had encountered a fierce battle. It seems that after the apothecary lady and I left, that island should have returned to a normal state. The Peace Church squad investigated for several consecutive days without any clues, so they probably won't be stationed here for a long time."

In this way, for the next landing on the island, he only needed to ensure that he didn't let the apothecary lady kill anyone, and he shouldn't encounter the situation from last time again.

Xia De's action in the lake took nearly two hours. After returning to the shore, he spent money to rent a room in the hotel in the village to take a bath, and then took a carriage back to the city.

First, he went to Grandma Na Ta Li to get the five fish bones she had acquired from the local black market, then bid farewell to the grandmother who praised him for his quick action, and went to Cold Water Port City through the basement warehouse of the Green Lake Hotel.

When he saw Mr. Ai De Meng De on the sea cliff where the old lighthouse was located, the sun had already half-sunk below the sea level west of the harbor. Standing on the sea cliff, watching the sea surface being illuminated golden at dusk, was indeed a pleasant thing.

"You are covered in the stench of water ghosts."

The old folklore scholar complained when Xia De entered the lighthouse. Xia De sniffed himself suspiciously:

"I have already taken a bath, and when I killed the water ghosts, I specifically avoided their corpses."

"You must have ransacked the water ghosts' nest. Their nest has special pheromones used to track guys who dare to touch their nest."

The old man said with quite a bit of disgust:

"You really don't mind the filth."

He found a bottle of medicine that looked like resin and threw it to Xia De, telling Xia De to add this to the water next time he took a bath. And Xia De took out the twenty fish bones, and the old gentleman was quite satisfied:

"Half of the fish bones are very fresh. I knew I was right to entrust you with this matter. The quality of these fish bones is quite good. You don't need to pay extra for that time key; consider it the commission for this task."

"Then I won't be polite. Also, I would like to ask you to see what this ore is."

He took out the green glowing ore that had turned into a toy after paying extra spirit, and Mr. Ai De Meng De checked it, then took out a book to compare and check before asking:

"Where did you get this from?"

"Inside a water ghost nest. Two water ghosts were suspected of having the ability to move short distances underwater because of this. Is this a very rare ore?"

"It's not very rare, but it's definitely not common, and the price is quite expensive. This small piece of yours could easily be sold for a high price of 700 pounds."

The old gentleman shook his head:

"You once said you wanted to acquire white stone crystal from me, so do you know the origin of white stone crystal?"

Xia De recalled that Di Fa had mentioned this matter (Note):

"A small amount is produced in the Ya La Han Desert in the central part of the Old Continent, which is directly south of the Green Lake region; white stone crystal also appears as a companion in large open-pit precious metal mines in the river valleys of the New Continent."

Mr. Ai De Meng De nodded:

"The mineral veins that produce white stone crystal in the Ya La Han Desert region also produce this kind of ore you brought. Like white stone crystal, it requires an extremely special spatial environment to appear, and it is not in the form of a mineral vein, but produced in the form of small, spider-web-like accumulated mineral points."

He described it carefully:

"According to the distribution of white stone crystal and this ore known as 'Green Ridge Ore,' one can effectively judge the spatial specificity of the region. You said you only found one piece of ore, and there were no other abnormalities there?"

"Yes."

"Then that water ghost cave is not a mineral point. Water ghosts don't have the habit of digging for minerals with their claws. I think this ore should belong to those skeletons you mentioned. When their ship was wrecked, the ore and the corpses were taken away by the water ghosts."

Xia De thought for a moment:

"In other words, if I want to investigate the origin of this ore, so as to find the spatial anomaly zone in the Green Lake region—if this ore is really produced in the Green Lake region, then I have to investigate the origin of those corpses? It seems I have things to do again."

"But I want to remind you that one thousand Green Ridge Ore mineral points might not necessarily yield one piece of white stone crystal. Although white stone crystal doesn't have many uses, it is truly rare."

Mr. Ai De Meng De misunderstood the reason why Xia De wanted to continue the investigation. Xia De actually guessed that the ore came from the central island, and perhaps he could therefore find more secrets of that island.

"Green Ridge Ore and white stone crystal both belong to companion minerals. If I can really find the mineral point, does that mean there are also precious metal mines in the Green Lake region?" Xia De asked again.

"Not necessarily precious metal mines; it could also be lead-zinc mines, tin mines, bauxite mines, or even tungsten mines, or perhaps even gemstone mines. I am not an expert in this field, so it's hard to say."

Mr. Ai De Meng De said, stood up, took the kettle sitting on the stove, and poured a cup of hot tea for Xia De and himself.

"Then what is the function of Green Ridge Ore?"

Xia De asked for advice again.

"You can treat it as jade, extract the jade from it, and make it into small accessories like necklaces, earrings, or rings. Wearing it for a long time can help obtain the 【Space】 Spirit Rune, but it is only an auxiliary; talent is the most important. Another use is to grind the jade into fine powder and add it to a special potion, then inject the potion into the spine, which can allow a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi without spatial talent to briefly possess spatial talent."

Mr. Ai De Meng De smiled as he saw the expression on Xia De's face:

"Sounds scary? This is still a relatively gentle way to obtain spatial talent. However, the side effects are not small. Obtaining short-term spatial talent through this method is essentially enhancing spatial perception. Unlike you, whose talent belongs to yourself and who can choose not to observe things that shouldn't be observed with the help of another me, a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi who uses Green Ridge Ore to obtain spatial talent will definitely observe the essence of space that mortals shouldn't perceive, and then step by step walk toward madness." ===== CHAPTER 1572 =====

Xia De asked for advice again.

"You can treat it as jade, extract the jade from it, and then make it into small accessories like necklaces, earrings, or rings. Wearing them for a long time can help in obtaining the 【Space】 Spirit Rune, but it is only an auxiliary; talent is the most important thing. Another use is to grind the jade into fine powder and add it to a special potion, then inject the potion into the spine, which can allow a Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi without spatial talent to possess spatial talent for a short time."

Mr. Edmund smiled as he saw the expression on Xia De's face:

"Sounds terrifying? This still belongs to a relatively mild method of obtaining spatial talent. However, the side effects are not small. Obtaining temporary spatial talent through this method essentially enhances spatial perception. Unlike you, whose talent belongs to yourself and who, with the help of another me, can selectively choose not to observe things that shouldn't be seen, using Green Spine Ore to obtain spatial talent will definitely lead to observing the essence of space that mortals shouldn't perceive, and then step by step, walking toward madness."