Chapter 56: Mining
A few minutes later, Xu Youming appeared in the blacksmith shop and began to identify the remaining stones.
Finally, after spending an hour, Xu Youming finished identifying all the stones and found that there were only 15 pieces of level 1 iron ores in them, which made Xu Youming extremely depressed.
"You're quite capable. You actually found some useful things. Here, this is your reward."
As he spoke, Wu the blacksmith actually handed Xu Youming 150 copper coins, which was equivalent to a reward of 10 copper coins for finding a level 1 iron ore .
There was no task prompt before, and Xu Youming didn't expect there would be extra income. Naturally, he would not be polite. In order to identify these stones, he consumed a large amount of jacaranda flowers, and these just made up for his losses.
"Uncle, I wonder when I can come and help you find ore again?"
Xu Youming asked tentatively, wanting to see if these stones would refresh.
"That'll have to wait until tomorrow."
It seems that the refresh time of these stones is one day. Xu Youming was speechless. He only gained 25 points of unlocking progress today. At this rate, it would take 40 days to unlock the Yin-Yang Mirror.
For Xu Youming, this was simply bad news. Did he really have to stay in the Novice Village for another 40 days?
"However, if you want to identify the ore, there is another way."
Seeing Xu Youming was a little depressed, the blacksmith said thoughtfully.
"What is the solution?"
Hearing that things were taking a turn for the better, Xu Youming also became interested.
"There is an abandoned mine in the south of the village. You can try to dig for ore there yourself. Most of them need to be identified."
"Really? Thanks, uncle."
After saying that, Xu Youming turned around and rushed towards the mine.
"Wait! You can't mine without mining skills."
Xu Youming's body froze in place, this guy was breathing heavily when he spoke.
However, since the other party has pointed out the way for me, it is definitely not to play tricks on me.
Sure enough, Wu the blacksmith continued, "If you promise to find me 1,000 level 1 ores, I can teach you the mining skills."
"Okay, I promise."
Xu Youming agreed to Wu the blacksmith's request without hesitation. Now, he had no choice.
"Take it. I hope you can deliver the ore to me soon."
As he spoke, Wu the blacksmith handed Xu Youming a skill book.
Mining
After learning it, you will have the ability to mine.
Xu Youming directly chose to study, and then a secondary professional skill appeared on the panel.
Mining Skills: Primary (0/1000)
Can collect level 1 ore with a 5% success rate.
Xu Youming didn't expect that he would acquire another skill by accident. He could only say that his luck was really good.
Looking at the golden pickaxe lying in the package, could it be that Beggar Zhang had already known that he would end up in this situation, so he gave it to him in advance?
It seems that I may have to follow the path of a life player.
He had just seen the price of ore. Level 1 ore was worth 10 copper coins. He had a golden mining pick, so he might be able to make a lot of money with this skill.
After saying goodbye to Blacksmith Wu, Xu Youming went straight to the mine in the south.
When you just leave the village, you can still see some players, but once you get near the mine, you can no longer see any players.
There are no other wild monsters here except a pile of waste rocks, and it has long been used as the game background by players.
This place has been abandoned and is in a mess. Xu Youming stepped on the stones and entered the mine.
Afterwards, he took out the golden pickaxe and started hitting the stone wall next to him.
Mining is different from identification in that it consumes the player's physical strength instead of mana, so as long as Xu Youming has enough physical strength , he can keep mining.
“Ding ding ding!”
A crisp sound rang out in the mine.
“Snap!”
Finally, after Xu Youming hit it more than ten times, a stone rolled down.
Xu Youming hurriedly performed an identification spell on the stone.
[Ding, identification failed]
As expected, it ended in failure.
He was not discouraged, and continued to swing the golden mining pickaxe to smash it. After the skill time had cooled down, he performed the identification again.
[Ding, identification failed]
[Ding, identification failed]
[Ding, identification successful, ordinary stone obtained]
"unlucky!"
An ordinary piece of stone, wasting so much effort. At this time, the second piece of ore was also dug up by Xu Youming.
Basic mining has only a 5% chance of obtaining ore. With a golden mining pick, this probability can be increased to 15%, but this probability is still very low.
Therefore, it is not that easy to obtain ore .
However, I don’t know how much luck value adds to mining. After equipping the mining pickaxe, Xu Youming has 4 points of luck value.
Throwing the stone away, Xu Youming began to identify the second piece of ore, while constantly knocking on the stone wall with his hands.
After identifying three ordinary stones in succession, Xu Youming finally dug up a piece of ore.
[Ding, identification successful, obtained level 1 iron ore]
Looking at the ore with metallic luster in your hand is always a good start.
Afterwards, after digging out more than a dozen stones, Xu Youming's mining skills also increased by 1 experience point.
No wonder the price of ore is so high, the probability is too low.
In this way, the clanging sound continued to echo in the mine, and Xu Youming began his mining career. When his endurance bar was exhausted, he sat cross-legged on the ground to rest and identify those dark stones.
Once your stamina bar is fully restored, continue mining.
By the afternoon, all the jacaranda flowers in Xu Youming's package had been used up, and he had obtained a total of 55 first-level ores.
At the same time, the experience of mining increased by 85 points, of which 20% was the bonus of the [Clarity] skill. Otherwise, he would not have been able to gain so much mining experience.
Carrying a heavy load of ore, Xu Youming returned to the village. After arriving at the blacksmith shop, he handed all 55 pieces of iron ores to Wu the blacksmith.
"It's really surprising that we can get so much on the first day of mining."
Blacksmith Wu happily accepted all the ore and did not give Xu Youming a penny.
This is what Xu Youming owes him.
1,000 pieces of ore, but 10,000 Chinese Yuan, just for a mining technique. If others knew about it, they would definitely think Xu Youming was crazy.
Once you leave the Novice Village, these basic secondary occupation skills can be easily acquired.
Of course, Xu Youming never thought of defaulting on his debt. If his skills were taken away by the system due to breach of contract, he would suffer a great loss.
After submitting the ore, Xu Youming reluctantly left the blacksmith shop, stuffed the package with jacaranda flowers, and continued walking towards the mine.
By the time all the jacaranda flowers in the package were replaced by the ore, it was already night.
After handing the ore back to the blacksmith, he couldn't wait to log off.
After digging in the mine for most of the day, I feel not only tired but also bored. I really don’t know how long I can hold on.
