NABC Chapter 203 Six-Layer Water Pool
Chapter 203 Six-Layer Water Pool
Summer June 24th.
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The next day.
Richard returned to Chiffon and went straight into the lord's mansion to catch up on some sleep.
Actually, he wanted to come back yesterday, but he couldn't resist his lover's pleas and stayed overnight.
Things weren't delayed; yesterday afternoon, Im rode the U-23 to deliver the cold-resistant medicine back first.
Lucy persuaded him to stay mainly because she had meticulously prepared a dinner party to entertain Paul and Melanie.
She hired a folk theater troupe to perform plays and dances, and it was also last night that Richard met Lucy's younger siblings for the first time.
The hierarchical relationships within noble families are quite strict, and coupled with the unique nature of the Frostblood, it means that as long as Lucy is around, they are destined to have no chance of advancement within the Frostblood.
However, unlike the wolf, two of them are low-level superhumans, and it seems that Brad has fed the other children some life-sustaining food.
Some of them ran shops in the city, while others were in the reserves. The youngest was only twelve years old and had to help clean Brad's study and bedroom.
Richard had a pretty good impression of his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, especially the youngest one, a very lively and adorable little girl.
He privately promised them that next time he came to Frostholdt, he would give each of them a bottle of Venus honey, and told them not to tell anyone.
Upon hearing this, the young people became extremely excited and almost ran onto the stage to dance with the dancers.
Later, Frost, who was serving in the reserves, asked Richard to accept him into the Chiffon Legion so that he could serve Chiffon.
Richard certainly had no objections.
In many aristocratic families, although the children other than the heirs had ordinary status, they did not slack off in their studies and their knowledge and vision were much stronger than those of the vast majority of free people.
In addition, they are all Lucy's blood relatives, which naturally creates a sense of closeness and a certain degree of loyalty.
If we let them join Chiffon, with a little training, they will become excellent officials in various departments.
Although the scholars of the Mystic Academy are not bad, the lack of a connection makes them less reassuring.
Richard had no intention of rebelling, and with the system's assistance, he didn't have high requirements for the officials' abilities; loyalty was his primary concern.
The kind of overly welcoming behavior towards highly educated individuals doesn't exist with him; otherwise, he wouldn't have treated the Academy of Mysteries and the alchemist Simon the way he did.
Lucy expressed her appreciation for her younger brother's desire to join Chiffon, saying that rather than letting her siblings remain on the frosty side as marginal figures, it would be better for them to venture into the new world of Chiffon.
If one performs well, their career advancement opportunities will be much better than others, but this requires the consent of Viscount Brad, otherwise it would be an overstepping of boundaries.
...
The atmosphere was harmonious, but a small incident occurred late at night.
Melanie, the alluring snow fox lord, used the pretext of discussing cooperation details to stay in Richard's guest room and refuse to leave.
Good guy!
Her eyes were so alluring they could practically drip water, and her slender waist swayed so wildly that even Richard, who prided himself on his self-control, almost couldn't resist the onslaught of such a gentle and fragrant beauty.
After a long stalemate, seeing that Richard remained unmoved, Melanie could only leave reluctantly, like a resentful woman.
After Melanie left, Richard, like a thief, quietly slipped into Lucy's room...
Although they couldn't do anything outrageous, the two of them snuggling together in bed, embracing each other tenderly, was a wonderful and intimate experience.
Then, we talked about everything from trivial matters of the territory to the situation in the North, and then from the vast universe to why your fingers are longer than mine, until the sky outside the window began to lighten.
So when he got back this morning, he didn't want to do anything but catch up on his sleep.
...
It was noon.
Richard got up refreshed, had lunch, put on the fox fur robe his elder brother had given him, and headed straight for the mine with Im.
The cold-resistant medicine was very effective; it was only delivered yesterday, and the team managed to descend two floors and advance directly to the sixty-second floor.
With the [Ring of Radiance], there's no need to carry around that cumbersome, smoky torch anymore.
As you descend, neat rows of wooden lampposts line both sides of the mine tunnel, their warm white light providing a stable and gentle illumination.
The light reflected back and forth on the ice crystal walls of the ice prison layer, illuminating the entire mineral layer in a dazzling way, like an underground ice palace.
All the gold ore blocks collected previously were used to make solar panels, and more than three hundred were made in total.
The produced battery packs were used to manufacture more than 1,500 wooden lampposts.
Aside from placing over twenty decorative pieces in the lord's mansion, the rest were laid out in the artisan department and the mines.
It completely solved the lighting problem for underground operations, greatly improving the efficiency of the mining team.
...
The reward from the treasure chest on the 60th floor is the [Ice Crystal Dagger], which is a deep blue color and exudes a chilling aura. The main material required for forging it is the [Tear Crystal], which is unique to the Ice Prison layer.
After being infused with magic, it can inflict high-level ice magic damage, making it extremely sharp and perfectly suited for use by the Shadow Blade.
Upon receiving it, Karl immediately sent someone back to the lord's manor, where it was currently tucked away in Richard's arms.
Upon reaching the sixtieth floor, Richard discovered that these [Tear Crystals] were quite interesting.
Previously, the ores, whether ordinary stones or magical ores like amethyst ore, were all large rocks over three meters tall.
But the tear crystal hangs on the rock wall, like a frozen tear, constantly emitting icy mist.
He tried touching it with his finger, and a bone-chilling coldness instantly hit him, colder than a block of iron in winter. This made Richard's eyes light up!
nice one!
Although superhumans have a certain resistance to temperature and are not easily susceptible to colds or heatstroke.
But you can still feel the discomfort caused by the temperature change, otherwise he wouldn't have set up a temporary swimming pool.
In a room on a hot summer day, if you can place a few of these in the corners, it's practically a natural air-conditioned room. You can also carry them with you to dispel the heat anytime.
The Legion's second-generation weaponry requires a small amount of [Tear Crystals].
The output from just the sixtieth and sixtyth floors is enough to craft hundreds of Ice Crystal Daggers for the Shadow Blade class.
The extra can be used to decorate for summer.
...
After walking a few more steps, Im pointed to the deepest part of the mine and said:
"Sir, the captain said they've discovered a second pool of water on this floor, right ahead. Would you like to go take a look?"
Richard nodded and strode deeper into the mine. He had come here to see if there was anything strange about the pool in this layer.
If it exists, there's nothing to say; there's no need to explore it, just seal it off.
This layer is more of an ice pool than a water pool, with a thick layer of solid ice covering the ten-acre surface.
Unlike the one on the twentieth floor, this ice pool does not have its own expansion space. The water extends straight down to the sixty-first floor and does not connect to other places.
This relieved Richard.
The twentieth level of the mine has only been partially filled so far. If new connecting passages emerge, it will take a lot of manpower and resources to seal them up. Just thinking about it is a headache.
"Break through the ice."
Upon hearing the lord's command, Im drew his broadsword with a backhand motion, channeled his life force, and slashed fiercely at the ice.
Click!
Ice shards flew everywhere!
The solid ice broke under the immense force, revealing the deep, dark water beneath. The ice surface appeared to be at least twenty centimeters thick.
Richard casually picked up a piece of broken ice, weighed it in his hand, and seemed to be deep in thought.
【Tear Crystal】is a magical material with a limited overall production. Even if you could create an air-conditioned room, you still couldn't spread it on a large scale.
Otherwise, if each of the thousands of households in Qifeng had a few, how many would that be enough?
It's unrealistic to have one for everyone, but now that we have this ice pool, things are different; we can chisel out some ice blocks to sell.
It can solve the need for cooling in the summer and also increase the territory's long-term income, which is a win-win situation.
Of course, it needs to be replenished with clean water regularly to refreeze into ice, otherwise it will run out sooner or later. It is best to use a bucket to collect it, which is also convenient.
This kind of thing, which is not a daily necessity, can be classified as a luxury item; ten copper coins would be about right for a bucket.
A citizen earns thirty silver coins a month, and even if he buys twenty barrels a month, it only costs two silver coins, so there's not much pressure in spending money.
...
However, what delighted Richard even more was not the tear crystals and the ice pool, but the lava layer at the bottom of the mine, where a mineral opposite to the tear crystals would be produced.
—Fire Crystal!
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