The Peerless Ring

After leaving the old village chief's house, Jaxon immediately went to the back mountain and returned to the cave once again.

Jaxon was in urgent need of money at the moment. He needed to earn money as soon as possible to pay off the debt owed to the old village chief. Only in this way could the entire back mountain truly and completely belong to him.

Moreover, Jaxon didn't plan to lease the mountain for just one year. He wanted to lease it for ten years at once! Because he was afraid that the metal wall would be exposed, Jaxon couldn't sell a large amount of metal ores in a short time, which would arouse suspicion. Besides, he was alone, with limited labor force, and mining was tiring. Therefore, Jaxon estimated that his mining speed wouldn't be fast. This was why he needed to lease the entire back mountain for a long time so that he could mine ores slowly and in an orderly manner.

"Obtained one piece of high - quality iron ore."

"Obtained one piece of high - quality silver ore."

"Obtained one piece of high - quality obsidian."

...

The mechanical voice kept ringing in his ears.

"The high - quality ores are really different. When I obtained inferior ores before, there was no such prompt in my ears. Now it keeps ringing." Jaxon muttered to himself while sorting the ores.

The backpack only had ten compartments. Two of them were occupied by the medicine shovel and the mining shovel. So, Jaxon could only carry eight ores at a time.

The backpack only had ten compartments. Two of them were occupied by the medicine shovel and the mining shovel. So, Jaxon could only carry eight ores at a time.

"I thought ten compartments were enough before. Now it seems that it's far from enough. It would be great if I could expand the backpack." Jaxon thought to himself.

However, in this time - space, he was the only "player", and the others didn't know what a "backpack" was at all. Naturally, they couldn't help him expand the backpack space.

So, Jaxon had no idea about this matter for the time being.

Carrying eight ores, Jaxon returned to the village and went straight to his blacksmith master.

At this time, Master Sun, the blacksmith, was forging with his upper body bare. Although he was getting on in years, the muscles all over his body were still full of explosive power, which made Jaxon envious.

Seeing that Master Sun was busy, Jaxon quickly went over to help work the bellows. At the same time, he watched every move of Master Sun carefully and learned seriously.

Master Sun just glanced at Jaxon and then continued with his actions. The sledgehammer struck the long sword in his hand one after another. The entire blacksmith shop was filled with the "ding - dong" sound of hammering, which was like music, full of rhythm.

About half an hour later, Master Sun put the polished long sword into cold water to cool it. Today's forging was almost over.

"Still not good enough." Master Sun looked at the long sword in his hand, shook his head with some dissatisfaction, and then casually threw the long sword into the corner of the blacksmith shop.

At this time, Jaxon noticed that there were already several long swords piled up in the corner of the blacksmith shop. It seemed that they were all works that Master Sun was not satisfied with.

Jaxon casually cast an identification spell.

"Blackstone Long Sword: Silver - grade: Attack +30, Agility +10, Strength +10, with attached skill: Blood Sucking"

"Blood Sucking: After hitting the target, it can make the target continuously lose blood for 30 seconds"

Jaxon was shocked. He quickly identified the other long swords. He found that these so - called failed works in Master Sun's eyes were actually silver - grade equipment, with quite a lot of added attributes. For Jaxon, who was still using a medicine shovel to fight, these were already extremely top - notch equipment.

What a waste, what a waste!

Jaxon wailed in his heart.

The top - notch equipment in his eyes was actually treated like trash by Master Sun and thrown away casually. This was really a reckless waste of precious things.

However, considering Master Sun's status as a grandmaster, it was normal that he looked down on silver - grade equipment.

"What do you want?" Just as Jaxon was thinking about how to get a long sword from Master Sun, Master Sun spoke first.

"Oh, master, when I was in the mine cave before, I found a few ores and wanted to ask if you wanted them." Jaxon said to Master Sun, taking his eyes off those long swords.

"What kind of ores?" Master Sun didn't take Jaxon's words seriously and said casually.

Master Sun knew very well what the mine cave in front of the village was like. In the early years, one could occasionally obtain one or two pieces of high - quality ores from it. Even if lucky, one could dig out rare ores, which were essential materials for forging divine weapons.

However, over the years, as the mine cave had been almost exhausted by mining, there were no good ores left in it. There were only some inferior ores. So, it was impossible for Jaxon to get any good ores from it.

Jaxon took out an ore from his backpack and handed it to Master Sun.

Master Sun, who had been careless at first, widened his eyes immediately when he saw the ore. Then, with a speed that didn't match his age, he snatched the ore from Jaxon's hand.

"It's actually a piece of high - quality iron ore! I haven't seen such high - quality ore for many years." Master Sun played with the ore in his hand, his face full of excitement. He didn't look like he was looking at an ore, but rather like he was looking at his lover.

"Master, how about this ore? Will you take it?" Jaxon asked.

"Take it!" Master Sun said without hesitation, "I'll give you ten gold coins for this ore."

Although ten gold coins were not a lot, it should be known that there were many ores in that cave, and this was just the least valuable iron ore.

So, Jaxon was very satisfied with this price.

"Okay." Jaxon nodded.

"With this ore, I can forge a gold - grade weapon without any problem. If I'm lucky, I might even be able to forge a dark - gold grade one!" Master Sun said excitedly.

After selling one piece of ore, Jaxon was also very happy. He asked, "Master, if I have more of these ores, or even ores better than this, will you still take them?"

"You have more?" Master Sun looked at Jaxon suspiciously, "Where did you get so many high - quality ores? The mine cave in front of the village is already useless. There aren't many high - quality ores left, and now it has even collapsed. Where did you get other high - quality ores?"

It seemed that Master Sun was suspicious of the origin of Jaxon's ores.

Jaxon became vigilant in his heart. He knew very well how much profit the ores could bring. The metal wall in that cave was definitely a priceless treasure. Although the villagers here seemed very nice, in the face of such huge interests, he couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't do something he couldn't accept.

After all, these people were not just data, but living people with their own thoughts and values.

So, Jaxon smiled and said, "I'm just asking casually. I'm going to travel all over the continent in the future. Maybe I'll come across a high - quality ore vein."

Master Sun nodded and didn't doubt Jaxon's words. He said, "If you have such ores, I can take a small amount. But if there are too many, I can't. I don't have much savings and can't afford to buy too many such ores."