Chapter 219 The Bigger the Better
Fang Bie and Hua Yunfei, along with Tong Xuan, spent the better part of a day re-paving the mountain path.
What was originally just a path forced out by trampling, relying on the steep mountain features, had now become a downhill road composed of stone steps, very smooth and flat.
The two sides of the cliff had also been connected by him using stone fences and wooden fences, which could effectively block bodies from falling, while not obstructing their view.
Fang Bie had even reserved space for future rail passages, so that in the future, they could conveniently travel between houses, villages, and pastures by minecart, and even expand it to include the desert and mine tunnels.
Fang Bie thought that he could go to the Marvel Universe to find two smart people to help him research these redstone mechanisms. Tool Person Tony was about to come in handy (laugh).
Just as they were traveling on foot up the mountain, the sound of horse hooves clattering rang in their ears. Turning their heads, they saw Ye Fan riding a black horse, passing by them.
"Whoa..." Ye Fan pulled the reins, directly releasing the horse beneath him. This black horse circled around them twice, and then ran towards other areas.
He then walked to the three of them, and together they walked up the mountain on foot, talking about his observations as they went.
"How is it? Is the situation in the village alright?" Fang Bie asked, as this was related to some of his future plans.
Ye Fan nodded. "It seems there are also some traces of monster invasion, but the Iron Golem was not damaged, and the villagers in the village did not suffer too much harm."
"That's good then." Fang Bie finally felt relieved. It seemed that the disaster caused by the blood moon had not spread to the entire area, but only caused disaster in the place where they lived.
"If that's the case, then in the future, we can make some preparations for this kind of Blood Moon situation..." Fang Bie had a plan. The situation of this monster siege, the first time experiencing it might be a little alarming, but if it's only to this extent, it might become the best place for them to farm monsters and find materials.
The group chatted as they continued to walk up the mountain. The sun was still high in the sky, and there was still a long time before night.
"Tong Xuan? Didn't you say you were going to show us your skills? Your opportunity has come!" Fang Bie joked.
He had heard someone say that Tong Xuan had mentioned in the morning when heading to the pasture that if he collected enough ingredients, he would make them a sumptuous lunch.
Hearing this, which was clearly more of a joke than a serious offer, Tong Xuan surprisingly nodded seriously. "Of course! I'll show you the food of our era!"
As he spoke, he took out a large cauldron from his bosom. This pot was truly enormous, longer than their height. He must have been thinking of something, actually putting it in. "Just wait and see!"
He excitedly ran back to the open ground next to the warehouse. That place was the area closest to the warehouse and kitchen. It seemed he was preparing to make an outdoor banquet.
"Ha!" Fang Bie and the others looked at each other and smiled, actually looking forward to this meal. At this moment, Xiao Yan also walked out from the area not far away that was specifically used for Artisan Soul craftsmanship.
"Where's Tong Xuan?" Xiao Yan looked at the three of them standing there, knowing that their previous matter should be finished, and asked.
Fang Bie pointed to the black smoke rising in the distance. "Tong Xuan said he wants to make us a dish from ancient times, and is playing with his large pot over there!"
"Ancient food?" Xiao Yan muttered this term somewhat strangely. "I always feel that what he said is a bit unreliable, well, let's talk about that later. I've already put the charred bricks for you in the box next to you. When are we going to build the Blast Furnace?"
Fang Bie thought about it, and it seemed there was nothing else more important right now. So he said, "There's no better day than today. It just so happens that the four of us are free, let's go make it now. After making it, Tong Xuan's meal should be almost ready!"
"Alright!" Ye Fan and Hua Yunfei nodded at the same time. They also wanted to see what kind of strange place the furnace in Fang Bie's words was, that could forge all divine weapons and perform special upgrades. What kind of extraordinary place was it exactly?
Fang Bie took out the charred bricks from the box. He did not intend to just build a Blast Furnace that was just enough, like in the Game. He planned to build a huge Blast Furnace, so that in the future, he could also smelt more things.
The Smelting Furnace belonged to the core craftsmanship of Artisan Soul, and was something that looked a bit like a large chimney. It was composed of a series of components such as a drain, a smelting controller, a fuel tank, a pouring spout, a casting basin, and a casting table.
Its general function was to melt some metal into liquid and then re-smelt it into weapons. After such a casting and smelting process, the weapon would not only not become weaker, but would instead be blessed by mysterious power and become stronger and stronger.
The building of the Smelting Furnace was actually not particularly difficult. The most important material, besides the cuts mentioned before, was charred brick. Which were the black, brick-like blocks that Fang Bie had Xiao Yan specifically burn and leave behind before.
Four charred bricks could be synthesized into a charred ingot. Through charred ingots, they could make a huge furnace for casting metal.
"Alright, stop talking about these useless things, just tell us directly how to do it!" Xiao Yan's principle in doing things had always been simple and crude. If you could not talk, then don't babble.
He had been in this World the longest among those present. He found that the rules of this World were also like that. You didn't need to understand the meaning contained within, you just needed to know how to do it.
"Okay, okay." Fang Bie found that the others didn't seem particularly interested in the knowledge he was sharing, so he had to explain to them about the building of this furnace.
"You guys use charred ingots to directly enclose the ground for me, enclose it into a 5x5 block, and then leave one slot empty, and I'll place other things," Fang Bie said. "You guys build this huge chimney upwards for me, build it as high as you can. Its height means the size of the blocks you can cast in the future!"
"You should have said so earlier, wouldn't that have been enough? Let's go!" Xiao Yan took out more than a dozen stacks of charred bricks from the box, and casually made a few stacks of charred ingots on the Crafting Table next to him, and distributed them to the two people next to him, a few to each person.
"Fang Bie, this fellow, never speaks to the point, but he is right about one thing. In case we need this thing in the future, if we still have to use it to increase the height at that time, wouldn't it be very troublesome? It's better to just do it in one go this time!"
Fang Bie laughed. "This furnace can be made up to 11x11 at most, are you sure you want to make it the largest?"
"Why not? Anyway, the speed of Cultivation in this World is dozens of times faster than our World. If it weren't just for being able to store energy, but not being able to break through the Cultivation Realm, I think I would have already reached Battle Emperor long ago!" Xiao Yan looked as a matter of course.
"Since we can save so much time, isn't it good to use it to do this?"
"emmmm," Fang Bie listened to him say this, and it seemed to make some sense. Moreover, the range of this plaza of theirs was large enough, and making a Blast Furnace of more than 100 square meters seemed not bad? Why was he persuaded by this fellow so quickly?
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