Since what happened earlier, Ning Hongchen has become completely quiet, no longer talkative or hyperactive.
However, compared to the fear of disturbing some terrifying being again.
She seems to be wary of Su Bai...?
"...I was just joking when I said you were mentally disturbed before, but now I'm starting to believe it."
She made a deep and meaningful remark.
"Everyone has their flaws."
For the first time ever, Su Bai didn't refute. He glanced at Ning Hongchen and continued, "I think you're quite ill too."
“...”
Ning Hongchen fell into an eerie silence.
Normally, if someone dared to say such things to her, she would have stabbed them with a gun long ago. But now, facing Su Bai, she felt an emotion that had been suppressed for many years gradually awakening within her.
Ning Hongchen turned her head and stared at him with a strange look in her eyes.
Suddenly, a bright smile appeared on his face.
It's like a mentally ill patient who, because they are not accepted by the world, have to shut themselves off, suddenly discovering the subtle expressions of their fellow sufferers.
She didn't say anything.
But in a great mood, he started humming the melody of a certain song.
Su Bai didn't speak again. The two seemed to have reached an agreement on a certain issue without realizing it, and tacitly stopped discussing the topic.
We walked through a series of dark, damp, and narrow streets and alleys.
soon.
A semi-open blacksmith shop appeared before the two of them.
The building has only two walls, with the other half supported by a single pillar at the opposite corner. The large casting table and smelting furnace are placed outside, but no one is managing them anymore, and the cold casting table is covered with dust.
"This is it."
Su Bai said.
He was the first to enter the blacksmith's shop. On the weapon rack inside, there was a suit of armor and several weapons that shimmered with white or green light effects, indicating that they were all items that could be picked up.
Unfortunately, they were all white and green items.
It's not worth much.
He then went to the furnace, picked up the fire tongs, and rummaged through a pile of dusty charcoal to find a piece of bright silver metal.
[Obtained: Impure Mithril Ore!]
...
Mithril is a valuable substance; after being refined through a special process, it can become a magical mercury that is more valuable than gold.
It can also be used to craft perfect equipment.
This fist-sized piece of mithril, though only an impure raw stone, is still worth at least several gold coins.
He casually pulled out tens of thousands of yuan and got it in his hands.
He turned his head away.
Su Bai then came to the murky quenching pool.
The most inconspicuous places often hide valuable treasures.
These are all experiences he gained through trial and error.
Sure enough, after some digging at the bottom of the almost frozen pool, Su Bai pulled up a broken sword embryo.
The sword blank had not rusted even after being submerged in water for many years, and after being dried, its surface even faintly revealed a golden hue.
Based on Su Bai's experience.
This sword blank was most likely forged with the addition of 'fine gold,' a rare metal even more precious than mithril.
Even if it cannot be reforged, the refined gold can be extracted after smelting and used to forge other weapons.
"Found it! There's a basement here!"
Ning Hongchen called out at the opportune moment.
She had already entered the inner room of the blacksmith's shop. Su Bai followed her in. As the firelight illuminated the surroundings, he first glanced at a pile of raw metal ore in the corner, and then noticed the basement entrance in that corner.
Ning Hongchen's mission objective was to find a secret underground room in the blacksmith's shop.
"I'll go down and take a look first."
Su Bai said.
Ning Hongchen hasn't fully adapted to the rules of the civilian area yet. If he encounters a monster down there, he might instinctively stab it, and then he'll be in trouble too.
Therefore, it's more reliable for him to do the scouting work.
Extend the torch to illuminate the downward steps.
Su Bai descended the steps.
The firelight slowly illuminated the dark basement.
The basement was small, only a dozen square meters, and was piled with some clothes or animal fur that had long since rotted and mixed together. In the corner, there was a dark figure with its back to Su Bai, its body twitching slightly, doing something unknown.
Su Bai glanced at it once and then ignored it.
He turned his head away.
There is a heavy iron door directly in front of the basement.
In front of the iron gate, there is a bust of a human figure with one arm raised, in a pose as if inviting someone to arm wrestle.
Seeing that he hadn't encountered any danger for a while, Ning Hongchen couldn't wait to come down as well.
At this moment.
Su Bai had already arrived in front of the stone statue.
Immediately, a system notification appeared before his eyes.
[Hint: Do you wish to challenge the Dwarf King's strength test? Success will grant special rewards, failure will permanently reduce your constitution attribute by 1!]
...
See the punishment.
Su Bai immediately abandoned the idea of taking on the challenge.
He knew that the reason he hadn't triggered this hidden quest yet was because he didn't have enough power.
Now it seems...
It wasn't that the blacksmith's conditions were too harsh.
There were strict requirements. He didn't just assign the task to me casually; he did it out of kindness. Otherwise, I would have definitely lost some points of my physical attributes here...
"Your strength attribute should be up to standard."
Su Bai to Ning Hongchen.
"I'll give it a try!"
Ning Hongchen was about to go up without saying a word.
"Wait a minute." Su Bai grabbed her and pulled out a few bottles of potions from his backpack. "You may have just met the criteria to trigger the mission, but that doesn't mean you can complete the challenge 100%. It's better to be safe."
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