Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 230 - 168: Kelp + Energy Ore + Hard to Tame
Kelp is an alkaline food, rich in essential trace elements for the human body like potassium and sodium. Regular consumption increases the body’s absorption of calcium.
Adding some kelp to overly greasy foods can reduce fat accumulation in the body. It also pairs well with meat to cut through the richness.
Ling Hong nodded, finally understanding. She always knew so many strange and fascinating things, and listening to her occasional scientific explanations was a particularly interesting experience.
While An Jin ate, he cut another small half-bowl of kelp for her. Resting his chin on his hand, Ling Hong watched her eat and felt incredibly content.
"BURP~" An Jin let out a little burp and licked the grease from her lips.
She rubbed her round belly. For some reason, she had been craving meat lately and often felt hungry.
Her appetite seemed to have suddenly grown quite a bit.
Seeing Ling Hong bring her a freshly washed white dress from the other room, An Jin, feeling sticky all over, said, "I’ll wear the dress tomorrow. It’s already nighttime anyway. Could you boil a bucket of water for me? I want to take a bath in a bit."
"Alright." Ling Hong then meticulously folded the white dress and placed it on the corner of the bed, as if driven by some compulsion, he couldn’t allow a single crease.
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The next morning, An Jin was woken by the sunlight. The light streaming through the window fell on her face, making her eyelashes flutter. Her skin, as white as snow, seemed all the more translucent.
She lazily turned over in bed, her slender arm falling to one side, only to find the space beside her empty.
She was instantly wide awake.
Ling Hong had already gone out to lead a hunting party before the first rays of dawn. The primitive Beastmen always had to fight for their survival, their lives always so urgent and industrious.
Before leaving, he had thoughtfully made breakfast for her. The food was still warm; he must have just left.
An Jin got dressed and out of bed. Her gaze fell on the food on the table, and a small smile appeared on her face, a warm feeling spreading through her heart.
She took some time to wash up by the river, then finished the loving breakfast. After tidying up, she went out.
In the morning, she went to Chi Li’s to pick up some ointment for wounds. Just as she was about to leave the city gates, intending to follow the path from her memory to find the injured Beastman child, several flushed male Beastmen ran towards her.
"Lord City Lord! Great news! We’ve discovered another large Energy Ore mine! Do you want to come and see?"
Their faces were black with soot, as if they had just crawled out of a coal pit, yet they all wore bright, excited smiles.
’Energy Ore?’
An Jin’s gaze fell on their grimy faces, and a bold, fiery idea sparked in her mind. The matter of the Beastman child was immediately pushed to the back of her thoughts. "Quick, take me there to see!"
"Yes!"
The Beastmen answered happily and led her to the back mountain, where young Beastmen were mining the Energy Ore everywhere.
Deep pits of unknown depth had been dug, and Beastmen, their faces covered in black soot, moved in and out of the holes in the ground.
A pile of Energy Ore as tall as a person was stacked at the entrance of a pit.
A piece of ore rolled to her feet. An Jin bent down, picked it up, and weighed it in her hand. A hint of surprise appeared in her dark eyes.
Her once delicate and fair fingertips were quickly stained gray and black.
This mineral, which the Beastmen called Energy Ore, looked very similar to coal, but its texture was much harder and finer, like a special mineral somewhere between coal and Crystal Stone.
A burly Tiger Beast wiped the hot sweat from his square face, smearing the soot from his hands onto his face and making him look even more like a calico cat.
He spoke up, "If you throw this special ore into a fire, it produces a huge amount of Energy when it burns, and if you’re not careful, it can cause a terrifying explosion!"
"And as far as we know, veins of this magical, rare ore have only ever been found here in the territory of Beast Gathering City!"
The Beastmen’s voices were filled with pride.
"You’ve all worked hard. For the next few days, find more people to help with the mining. I want to transport it to another city; I have other uses for it." ’It’s not the coal I was hoping for,’ she thought, ’but I’ve finally found an energy fossil that can be used to smelt iron in its place!’ 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
"Yes!"
The Beastmen shouted in unison. The excavation work began in full swing, and most of the ore they dug up was packed and urgently transported back to Sheng’an City.
An Jin took a few pieces of Energy Stone, went home, and threw them into the bonfire. She spent a few dozen Gold Coins and obtained a gas report on the combustion of the Energy Ore.
Compared to coal, which has a high energy output but is also extremely polluting, the gas produced by burning this Energy Ore contained almost no pollutants.
