Ding! With a crisp falling sound, a red crystal that looked like a flame rolled out from the place where Xu Feng dug.

The falling sound was very light, with a slight tremor. When the miners around Xu Feng heard the sound, they all trembled, stopped mining, and looked towards Xu Feng in unison.

"That voice, that voice appeared..." A miner apostle muttered to himself with a fanatical look on his face.

"It appeared, it appeared. After nine days and sixteen hours, I finally heard this sound again. It's so pleasant to the ear. I never get tired of hearing this falling sound!"

"Newbie's luck. I remember the last time a gem dropped, it was also dropped by a newbie..."

"What kind of gem is that? Look at what kind of gem it is!"

"It looks like a red flame, but it could also be an ordinary ruby..."

"Ordinary rubies don't have such a flame-like glow. It must be a red flame, or even a scorching flame gem. Oh my god, this little guy has made a fortune. This is a huge sum of money!"

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All the miner apostles looked at Xu Feng with envy. At this time, Xu Feng's eyes lit up when he saw the gems falling from the rock wall.

No matter how low the level of the mine is, there is a certain chance of digging out gems. Some people say that gems are actually companion minerals of ores. As long as there is a mine, they will be produced, it is just a matter of how much they produce.

"Red Flame, it's a Red Flame Gem!" Although Xu Feng didn't check the properties of the gem carefully, just based on the familiar appearance, Xu Feng concluded that the gem in front of him was not an ordinary ruby, and of course not a higher quality Fiery Flame Gem, but a Red Flame Gem! Picking up the red crystal and staring at it for a few seconds, the properties of the gem naturally emerged in front of Xu Feng.

[Name: Red Flame Gem]

【Type: Inlay】

[Rank: Lower Spirit Rank]

[Effect: Can be inlaid on helmets, clothes, hand guards, leg guards, shoulder guards and other equipment with grooves. The damage caused by inlaying is increased by 5%. ]

[Introduction: This is a gem that contains the energy of the scorching sun and is full of spiritual power. When you use it, you can unleash the flame energy of the scorching sun and cause damage to spirits.]

[Note 1: Fire damage. After embedding, when damaging the target, 100 points of fire damage will be added. This damage can have a damaging effect on ethereal spirits and ghost monsters.]

[Note 2: Unique. You cannot embed two Red Flame Gems into the same equipment. The second embedding will fail.]

[Limited use: Forging Apprentice]

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"What luck! It's a Red Flame Gemstone, which is worth at least 500,000!" Niu Zhigang said with envy. Such a gemstone is at least a year's income for an ordinary miner, and it was easily obtained by a newcomer. Many miners were so envious that their eyes were red.

Gems are expensive and small in size, and are very popular among miners. Unfortunately, it takes luck to dig out gems. Many people have been digging for a year and have not dug out a single gem.

In his previous life, Xu Feng had worked as a miner for a period of time, but the mine he dug at that time was of a high secret level, so the probability of finding this kind of gem was still very high. Someone could dig it out every day. Xu Feng had dug up quite a few before and was very familiar with this kind of gem.

The Red Flame Gem adds fire damage, and how much it adds varies. 100 points is considered average, and it will not be less than 80 points at the least, and no more than 120 points at the highest. After all, it is only a low-level gem.

Digging out the gems was just a small episode. Under the watchful eyes of the public, no one dared to snatch them in person. As for whether Xu Feng would be targeted after leaving the secret realm, no one knew.

The main task was not completed, so Xu Feng continued to mine. After talking for a while, the others also started digging. After a while, the only sound in the entire mine was the clanging of chiseling.

Xu Feng could feel that there were several malicious gazes always falling on him, but he didn't care. The apostles here were only level zero and only knew one or two skills at most. They could not pose any threat to him at all.

After digging for more than two hours, there was less than an hour left before the limit for clearing the secret realm. Xu Feng became a little anxious. Although he obtained the core of the secret realm and the entire secret realm was completely under his control, the first clearance of the secret realm was not affected by whether or not the core was obtained. If the main task failed, even if he controlled the entire secret realm, he would lose the clearance evaluation and apostle experience, which was an unbearable loss for Xu Feng.

At this moment, Niu Zhigang slowly came over, glanced at Xu Feng, and asked in a low voice: "Are you short of a piece of ore with a purity of 15 or above?"

"You have?" Xu Feng turned his head to look.

Although the main tasks for each apostle after entering the secret realm are slightly different, they are basically the same. It is not difficult for Niu Zhigang to guess that Xu Feng has not completed the main task.

"Haha, there is one..." Niu Zhigang showed a simple smile on his face and asked softly: "Let's talk?"

Xu Feng nodded, put away the pickaxe, glanced at the sloped passage, turned around and walked towards the passage.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Niu Zhigang chuckled and followed Xu Feng into the passage.

In the passage, the two stood facing each other.

"What kind of ore is this? Take it out and knock it over." Xu Feng took the initiative to ask.

"A piece of cold iron ore, purity 18..." Niu Zhigang did not hesitate and directly took the ore out of his backpack and showed it to Xu Feng.

"Cold iron ore?" Xu Feng was stunned. He didn't expect it to be a piece of ore of good quality. He originally thought it was just a piece of the most common iron ore or copper ore, but he didn't expect...

After seeing the properties clearly, Xu Feng couldn't help but take a deep breath. Not only did the purity of this ore exceed the requirement by three points, but the quality was also quite good, reaching the top level of the mortal grade. In the eyes of a blacksmith, such an ore was absolutely top-quality, and it could even be used as the main material for forging spiritual-grade items.

"How do you want to sell it?" Xu Feng asked.

"Exchange it with the gem you just gave me!" Niu Zhigang said bluntly.

Xu Feng frowned slightly and weighed the options carefully in his mind.

Strictly speaking, this piece of mortal-grade citrate ore is not as valuable as the red flame gem, but it is not much lower. From Xu Feng's perspective, with this piece of citrate ore, he can clear the secret realm, and the citrate ore is of good quality and high purity. If he completes the main task 3, he can at least get an excellent evaluation and increase the apostle experience by one or two percentage points.

"If you calculate it this way, I can still say that I got a small bargain by exchanging the Red Flame Gem for his citrate ore!" Xu Feng touched his chin and thought to himself.

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(End of this chapter)