77 Chapter 077

Yu Su felt that the comprehensive spirit was playing games.

[Found it.]

"What did you find?"

[Here's a Sacrificial Dance Record, its origin unknown, but it should have the most comprehensive collection of sacrificial dance types.]

Yu Su glanced through it and found indeed a variety of types.

Among them, one sacrificial dance caught his eye, and he thought Qing Ze would probably like it, so he chose it.

...

Yu Su secretly practiced the dance for a few days, making him question life.

He had to admit that he might not have a natural talent for dancing.

Footsteps echoed from around the corner, and Yu Su didn't need to turn around to know who it was; it must be Lu Yan.

Lu Yan walked over, didn't see Yu Su practicing, and had a clear expression of disappointment.

Yu Su: "..."

"I told you, you can't come to peek when I'm practicing."

"I didn't peek. Xin Ya was looking for you."

Yu Su wanted to complain even more. This guy clearly didn't like Xin Ya at all, so why would he kindly pass on Xin Ya's message? It was obvious he wanted to take the opportunity to peek.

He didn't bother exposing him.

Xin Ya sought out Yu Su because he wanted to sew a priest's robe for him. Thinking that Yu Su would be on stage performing the Sacrificial Dance, how could he lack a priest's robe? They had recently moved a lot of linen back from the warehouse in the Salt Village, and he had checked that it was enough to sew a priest's robe for Yu Su.

When Xin Ya mentioned the priest's robe, Yu Su thought of the linen clothes Iron Cang wore, somewhat worried that Xin Ya might make him wear a sack. So, he quickly said, "No rush. Let me draw you a pattern, and you can sew it according to the pattern."

When Xin Ya heard that Yu Su would draw a pattern for him, he was very curious about what it would look like.

Yu Su studied the information provided by the comprehensive spirit overnight and drew a pattern the next day, handing it over to Xin Ya.Xin Ya's eyes lit up after looking at it. "Lord Yu Su, you're amazing! I've never seen such a priest's robe, but it must look fantastic. I'll go and try it now!"

Fueled by a strong creative desire, Xin Ya, holding the pattern provided by Yu Su, was eager to leave.

Yu Su: "Wait, there's one more thing you might find interesting."

Yu Su handed Xin Ya another parchment made of sheepskin, containing formulas for various dyes. Since Xin Ya was interested in clothing, Yu Su thought he might also find this intriguing, copying it from the comprehensive spirit's database.

The dyeing materials listed were not rare, easy to find, but the dyeing process was a bit complex.

After hearing Yu Su's explanation, Xin Ya's eyes widened, and he was excited to the point of trembling.

"Lord Yu Su, I'm willing to give it a try!"

Previously, even the hemp village, skilled in weaving hemp clothes, didn't have such dyeing methods. Actually, not just the hemp village, even Feng City probably didn't. Now, Lord Yu Su was handing it to him.

He felt incredibly lucky and vowed not to disappoint Lord Yu Su's trust.

Actually, Yu Su had also prepared a pattern for a hemp-weaving machine, but he decided to do it himself. He would let Xin Ya try it after making the items.

After Xin Ya left, Yu Su took out a batch of woodworking tools forged by Iron Village and, after selecting wood in the mountains, started making it himself. Lu Yan assisted him; he quickly understood how it worked after looking at the pattern Yu Su presented, marveling at Yu Su's intelligence.

Yu Su: "I didn't come up with this; someone else did. And this is considered simple. Wait until you see more advanced things later, then you'll understand how extraordinary people can be."

Once the makeshift hemp-weaving machine was crafted, Yu Su had Xin Ya come over to inspect it.

Upon understanding its purpose, Xin Ya was ecstatic.

"Lord Yu Su, can I really weave hemp fabric with this?"

"Of course, once we can harvest hemp, it will come in handy."

Unfortunately, they couldn't try it immediately since they lacked hemp at the moment.

When others heard that Yu Su had created a machine for weaving hemp fabric, they all rushed to see, eager to touch it.

"Can this thing really weave hemp fabric?"

"By the mountain god, I'm afraid to even touch it too hard, fearing it might break."

"With this, can we all wear the exquisite hemp clothes Lord Yu Su mentioned in the future?"

"Actually, I always felt hemp clothes were quite heavy. I prefer a piece of animal skin around my waist. But if it's light, I'd like to try it too."

"Oh, you're even picky about this. Look at the size of your face."

While everyone gathered around the hemp-weaving machine, Xin Dong and the others suddenly came to find Yu Su.

"Lord Yu Su, we found a very hard stone."

It started when Xin Ya asked Xin Dong and the others to find dyeing materials. The people in Big Tree Village mentioned a red stone to the south, which, when ground into powder, could also be used for dyeing. So, Xin Dong and the others went to investigate.

While mining, they found a reddish-brown, hard stone. When they tried to break it with an iron hammer, not only did the stone not break, but the hammer also created a dent.

Xin Dong and the others were surprised, considering this stone incredibly hard.

Quickly thinking, Xin Dong felt this thing wasn't simple and hurried back to inform Yu Su.

After hearing the story, Yu Su became interested and rushed there with the others. Indeed, he saw a reddish-brown stone mixed among the ores that could be ground into powder.

The comprehensive spirit scanned it and confirmed its type—Red Iron Stone.

A low-level refining material that could be used to craft low-level magical instruments.

Yu Su was greatly surprised; this was a stone that could be used to refine magical instruments.

[Master, there's quite a bit of Red Iron Stone underground here.] After scanning, the comprehensive spirit reported.

Yu Su asked for the approximate quantity, and upon hearing the number, he was almost jumping.

"So many."

How many magical instruments could be crafted from this?

[But Red Iron Stone is too hard; ordinary mining tools can't pry it loose.]

After the initial excitement, Yu Su calmed down. This was indeed a problem.

It seemed like he needed to figure out a solution.

Hearing about the usefulness of this stone, the others started taking it seriously, assigning someone to guard the area.

After going back, Yu Su thought of various methods, realizing that under current conditions, mining Red Iron Stone wouldn't be easy. Even if it was mined, refining it posed a problem.

Upon hearing about this, Jian Yunchuan told Yu Su, "Isn't that Divine Iron?"

Divine Iron?

Yu Su remembered; Jian Yunchuan had mentioned that the Iron Village could forge Divine Iron. His eyes lit up as he looked at Lu Yan.

Lu Yan thought for a moment and said, "I vaguely recall seeing a reddish stone. However, it wasn't mined with iron tools; it was the Digging Beast."

Recalling this matter made Lu Yan remember more related events. His eyes gradually darkened as he said, "I remember now. Our village was annihilated because of that Digging Beast."

Yu Su was slightly surprised and asked, "Do you remember who did it?"

Lu Yan looked at Jian Yunchuan, and Jian Yunchuan sighed. "It should be Feng City. Although I wasn't in Feng City before the destruction of Iron Village, the rare Digging Beast of Iron Village was coveted by many in Feng City. After the Great Shaman's death, no one restrained those people. The disaster that befell Iron Village was most likely caused by them."

Yu Su frowned. For the sake of a Digging Beast, those people were truly heartless.

Lu Yan remained silent.

But Yu Su understood him. Meeting people from Feng City again might not be that easy.

Jian Yunchuan added, "If you want to mine Divine Iron, you can only find the Digging Beast."

Yu Su asked the comprehensive spirit in his mind if it knew about this Digging Beast.

[It should be a type of pangolin, capable of digging out Red Iron Stone. It's likely a pangolin with inherent magical abilities, at least a second-tier magical beast.]

"How can I find this magical beast?"

[Some information suggests that these pangolins like to dig for treasures everywhere and enjoy eating a kind of bug called White Ox Worm. They have a particularly keen sense of smell, able to detect places with White Ox Worms.]

Now, the problem was where to find White Ox Worms.

[White Ox Worms like to eat the rotten roots of plants, especially when the roots of plants with spiritual energy rot, White Ox Worms will definitely appear.]

After thinking about it, Yu Su decided to find these White Ox Worms first.

He immediately set to work; that day, Yu Su went into the mountains and requested a Spirit Tree from Qing Ze. Knowing what he intended, Qing Ze felt he was wasting a precious resource and disapproved.

For this, Yu Su dug up several Sweet Scarlet Fruit trees

from the mountains and transplanted them by the Deer God Mountain's stream.

"Mountain God, these Sweet Scarlet Fruit trees have been nourished by Deer God Mountain's spiritual energy and can bear fruit all year round. Would you consider swapping them for a Spirit Tree?"

Knowing his intention, Qing Ze reluctantly agreed.

With Qing Ze's permission, Yu Su dug up a Spirit Tree and transplanted it elsewhere.

To be honest, Yu Su was quite reluctant to let the roots of a Spirit Tree rot. However, for the White Ox Worms, he bit the bullet and did it.

On the first day, there was no sign of White Ox Worms, making Yu Su worried that the Spirit Tree had sacrificed in vain.

On the second day, the third day... by the fifth day, Yu Su noticed worm-like creatures with white, horn-like protrusions chewing on the roots of the tree. He was overjoyed.

He didn't go to catch those White Ox Worms but waited nearby, hoping that as these worms gathered more, they would attract the Digging Beast.

For this, Yu Su even made another trip to Deer God Mountain, asking Qing Ze to suppress its aura for the next few days so that the Digging Beast wouldn't be deterred.

Qing Ze: "..."

Whether it was asking for its Spirit Tree or to catch a Digging Beast, what exactly was this two-legged creature trying to do?

Yu Su informed it, "I want to catch a Digging Beast to dig Red Iron Stone. I found a lot of Red Iron Stone to the south and plan to use it to refine magical instruments."

Hearing this, Qing Ze gave him a skeptical look, as if questioning whether Yu Su was bragging.

As far as it knew, crafting magical instruments was not something an ordinary person could do.