Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: Refining Conference (Part 2)

Ever since Ye Huangyu had rescued Ye Qing from the fire, Ye Huangcheng’s hostile attitude towards the Ye Family’s mother and daughter had somewhat improved.

Ye Huangcheng thought that simply as an elder, if he lowered his pride to apologize, Ye Lingyue would surely accept it, and then he could order her around at the Refining Conference.

Who would have known, Ye Lingyue simply wouldn’t acknowledge it.

Song Guangyi and Master Lian ridiculed in secret, at such a critical time, the Ye Family was still dealing with internal strife; in forging, the key was that the two foreging masters must coordinate with tacit understanding, and this time, the Ye Family was bound to lose without a doubt.

In terms of refining experience, Ye Huangcheng was much more seasoned than Ye Lingyue. After a quick discussion, it was decided that Ye Huangcheng would be the Main Forger, and Ye Lingyue would assist, responsible for selecting the ore and managing the final cooling tasks.

With only four hours of refining time available, after the division of labor, they immediately began the first step: selecting ores.

In the refining hall, nearly a thousand pieces of Xuantie Ore had been piled up; choosing high-grade ore would be greatly beneficial later in the refinement process.

”Are you trying to get yourselves killed by snatching ores from the Mountain and Sea Gang?” Song Guangyi approached the ore pile and threatened the forging masters picking through the ores in a low voice.

Seeing Song Guangyi’s domineering manner backed by the Mountain and Sea Gang, the others didn’t dare to provoke him and could only stand aside timidly, allowing him to choose first.

Only Ye Lingyue paid no heed and continued selecting her ores on her own.

”Little bitch, just be smug for a while longer. Once the Refining Conference is over, let’s see how you die.” Song Guangyi didn’t pay much attention to Ye Lingyue; he muttered to himself, wondering if that old fox Ye Huangcheng, had his brains knocked out last time, to actually let this little girl choose the Xuantie Ore.

Although Song Guangyi was a spoiled young master, he had grown up in the Song Family Mine and Stone Workshop, and with just a glance, he could see the quality of the Xuantie Ore.

As for Ye Lingyue, she couldn’t discern the quality of ore with her eyes; instead, she felt it with her hands, which was typically a layman’s approach.

At this point, Song Guangyi had already spotted an ore in the pile, a piece of Xuantie with around five percent content.

Five percent Xuantie was already the highest content of naturally mined Xuantie available near Li City.

Seeing the bully Song Guangyi had chosen his Xuantie Ore, the other groups’ forging masters then dared to continue selecting ores.

Gradually, other people also selected suitable Xuantie Ores and left.

Ye Lingyue also noted that Song Guangyi had picked a five percent Xuantie Ore, but she was not in a hurry; rather, she patiently searched for higher-grade Xuantie Ore using Cauldron Breath.

A five percent Xuantie Ore, combined with artificial volcanic molten iron, an average forging master could refine up to six percent Xuantie Ore.

But the Flying Dagger that Ye Lingyue had acquired earlier was made of six percent Xuantie and had already been shaped into a weapon, showing Master Lian’s extraordinary forging skills far from ordinary.

Ye Huangcheng’s forging skills were probably no match for his.

Their current strategy could only focus on the ore itself.

Ye Lingyue’s petite figure had almost burrowed into the ore pile. After searching over and over again, the best Xuantie Ore she could find was still only that with a five percent content.

As an hour passed, most of the forging masters had already begun the refinement and forging, but Ye Lingyue was still selecting ores, causing Ye Huangcheng beside the Forging Platform to grow anxious.

He had heard from Ye Sheng before that Ye Lingyue was quite proficient in selecting ores while helping at the Stone Workshop, which is why he felt at ease letting her choose.

Could it be that this girl might become a drag at this crucial moment?

”The best is only Five percent of Xuantie Ore; it seems that I can only use Cauldron Breath to roughly purify a piece to about 60%, making it easier for Ye Huangcheng to forge.” Ye Lingyue sighed, and at that moment, she kicked something under her foot.

Looking down, Ye Lingyue saw a strange piece of Xuantie Ore.

The color of that piece of Xuantie was different from the other ores; its surface had several obvious spots of rust, as if it had been poorly stored and had gotten rusty from the damp.

Among the thousands of pieces of Xuantie Ore, this reddish ore stood out conspicuously.

Earlier, including Forging Masters like Song Guangyi, everyone had seen it but had almost instantly concluded that it was a piece of rusted Xuantie Ore.

Rusted Xuantie Ore would nine times out of ten lead to a waste of iron when forged, and it was also very difficult to forge, so it was kicked into a corner, ignored by all.

At that moment, the Cauldron Seal in Ye Lingyue’s hand suddenly throbbed twice.

This feeling?

Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Lingyue picked up the rusty piece of Xuantie Ore.

When President Liao, who was watching from the side, saw Ye Lingyue select a piece of rusty Xuantie Ore, his eyebrows couldn’t help but twitch, a flash of surprise passing through his eyes.

And the other Forging Masters at the forging platforms, especially Master Lian’s and Song Guangyi’s group, showed disdain when they saw Ye Lingyue select the rusty ore.

A layman will always be a layman; this time, the Ye Family is bound to lose.

When Ye Lingyue held the rusty ore in her hand, she quickly controlled the Cauldron Breath, which penetrated into the ore. After a few breaths, she handed the piece of rusty ore to Ye Huangcheng.

”How did you pick this? This ore is rusty,” said Ye Huangcheng, who had not expected Ye Lingyue to choose such a piece of ore after selecting for more than half an hour.

”Trust me, I’m right. This piece of ore is the best among all the ores. Besides, rusty Xuantie Ore can be refined once it combines with Molten Iron,” Ye Lingyue firmly stated.

Although Ye Huangcheng was still somewhat disbelieving, Ye Lingyue’s confidence invisibly infected him.

Much time had passed, and most of the good-quality Xuantie Ores in the pile had already been selected. This piece of rusted Iron Ore was indistinguishable in grade because of the rust moss. Let’s take a gamble, hoping that after the rust peels off, there will be an unexpected surprise.

Ye Huangcheng took a deep breath, rolled up his sleeves to reveal his strong muscles, took over the piece of Xuantie Ore, and instructed Ye Lingyue to start the furnace.

The artificial Molten Iron, fiery red, poured into the forge and churned ceaselessly. Ye Huangcheng quickly placed the rusty ore into the furnace fire for the first step of melting the stone.

Under the high temperature of the molten lava, the Xuantie Ore turned as red hot as a branding iron.

As the ore seemed sufficiently heated, Ye Huangcheng hefted a hammer weighing fifty to sixty pounds. His Postnatal Primordial Power poured into his right arm, and with force channeled through his waist propelling strength into his wrist, a loud ”bang” rang out, and sparks flew everywhere.

With one hammer blow followed by dozens more like a tempest, each one infused with Postnatal Primordial Power, the rust moss on the surface of the rusty ore began to peel away.