Chapter 1067 - Earth's Remnant

Roan could recognize the interest in Rean's eyes. 'Did you find anything interesting?'

Rean nodded, telling Roan, 'Maybe...I would need to take a further look into it.'

Rean then looked at the elder and asked, "Senior Aien, would you perhaps have more of those Earth's Remnants?"

Aien was puzzled by Rean's question. But since Rean paid him so much Divine Stones just to stay in the village, he didn't care. "Well, because it doesn't have much use to us, we simply destroy it all once we accumulate a certain amount of it. It's better than simply throwing it away and letting it gather around like trash."

Rean couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed after hearing that. "Would you mind taking what you have and bringing it to me? I'm a blacksmith, so I might have some use for it."

Aien nodded in response, not minding it too much. They've already lived in this place for a very long time. Obviously, other blacksmiths had already tested whether the Earth's Remnants had some use or not. However, they didn't find any good use for it, so Aien didn't think Rean would find one either. "Sure, we should have a few kilograms somewhere."

In their room, Langara and Fatax couldn't help but ask, "Weren't you a Formation Master? Are you a blacksmith as well?"

Roan, who was cultivating, heard Rean's words through their Soul Connection. 'What's special about this Earth's Remnants?'

Rean then explained, 'Almost all forging materials blacksmiths use are deeply connected to Earth Element. Even those metals that attack other elements are no exception. After all, the earth is usually their place of birth. You understand that much, right?'

Roan nodded and waited for Rean to continue. 'The point is, this Earth's Remnants can feel the gaps between the crystals that compose the metal very, very well.'

'Crystals?' Roan asked back.

Rean noticed he went too far ahead in his explanation, so he simplified it and replied, 'Oh! This is related to my field of metallurgy. It's a crystalline solid in which the atoms are held together by metallic bonds. When you use X-ray crystallography, you'll see that their structures look like tiny crystals.'

'We make alloys, trying to improve these bonds. For example, when making steel, we use lime in the composition. Lime can reduce the concentration of impurities in the steel. Fewer impurities, better bonds. That's what I used back then in our Varen Tribe,' Rean continued. 'Anyways, this Earth's Remnants simply makes all the materials I used in my alloys look like trash!'

Rean didn't get ahead of himself, though. 'Of course, this is just my theory. Without trying it out by myself, I can't be certain. Since we still have a few hours ahead, I want to try something.'

Rean then reached into the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm before asking, 'Sister Orb, how is our supply of World Essence in the Dimensional Realm?'

[Oh! So, you're finally going to use it? As I mentioned before, the Dimensional Realm is very small, so it doesn't make much. Still, it should be enough for you if the job doesn't need too much of it. Just remember that World Essence will take a long time to accumulate again if you use everything.]

Rean smiled in response. 'That's good enough. I have the knowledge I acquired in the Blacksmith Hall back in Lukimira Sect.. I'm still a Silver Middle-level blacksmith, but I think I can head straight to Silver Peak-level once I'm done.'