Chapter 347 - 346, Completed_1
Ji Nuan nodded, "You two, pour out the contents of the clay pot."
She pointed at the gradually solidifying liquid in the clay pot as time passed.
An Orc reached out to pick up the clay pot on the ground, but Ji Nuan stopped him, "Do not touch it directly with your hands. Even though the water has started to solidify slowly, its temperature is still very high. Go and find two wooden boards."
As the Orcs now used fire seeds for cooking, finding wooden boards within the tribe was not too difficult. Soon, they returned with some wooden boards at Ji Nuan’s request.
The two Orcs carefully moved the clay pot onto the wood planks, then tipped it upside down on a large stone.
Under the heartache of the two Orcs, Ji Nuan waved the stone tool in her hand, smashing the clay pot before sectionally moving the shattered pieces out, leaving only the hardened black and red substance on the stone.
She pointed at the black and red object on the stone, squatted, and sketched a rectangle, "Try to strike it into this shape with a stone tool."
The Orc on the left glanced over, picked up the stone tool and stood by the stone, lifting his arm and swinging the stone tool downward.
With each strike of the tool, the black and red substance instantly changed shape. The Orc felt its hardness and began to adjust his strength.
As the stone tool hammered down, Ji Nuan was surprised that the ore that had been melted to a liquid state was actually striking out impurities.
"Shaman, it’s getting harder. I’m afraid the stone tool won’t hold," the Orc said, glancing at the slightly cracked stone tool in his hand.
Ji Nuan gritted her teeth, "Strike! Make this side thinner this time."
Ji Nuan pointed to one edge of the rectangle.
The Orc nodded, and once again began to work, brandishing the stone tool in his hand.
"Thwack!"
Eventually, the stone tool from the Dashi Tribe said to be the most effective didn’t last long and shattered into several pieces.
However, Ji Nuan narrowed her eyes in a smile, looking at the palm-sized iron block lying on the stone.
She took a piece of beast skin from behind and picked up the piece of iron wrapped in it.
She glanced at the waiting Orc, "Now it’s your turn."
She handed him the iron blade, "Find a stone you use to sharpen your tools, thin this side down, just as you usually do when sharpening stone tools."
The Orc scratched his head, "What is this, Shaman?"
Ji Nuan gave a mysterious smile, "Just go and sharpen it. When it’s done, you’ll know."
The Orc could only take the iron tool to the next room - the place where the Orcs sharpened their stone tools. Ji Nuan followed, truly couldn’t wait to see the birth of the first iron tool in the Beast World.
The Orc’s arm muscles bulged as he intermittently splashed water and sharpened the object in his hand. But this thing was indeed strange. If it had been a regular stone tool, it would have been sharpened in less time, but the Shaman’s item proved extremely difficult to sharpen.
Time ticked away. It was almost time for dinner when the Orc finally handed the small blade, with a trembling arm, to Ji Nuan.
Ji Nuan patted the Orc’s shoulder, "Come on, this is made by your own hands. You should be the first to witness its power."