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Chapter 45 Ore Identification
  For example, skills in material selection, quenching and polishing are all very practical. Perhaps one of them can bring relatively more blacksmith professional experience to Renn.

As for why not learn to make weapons, such as a two-handed sword?

It’s not that Ren doesn’t want to, it’s that blacksmith Boris doesn’t!

Ren has already learned that blacksmith Boris is just a blacksmith who is good at making daily necessities. He mainly makes iron products commonly used in life, such as horseshoes, iron pots, kitchen knives, etc. He is not good at forging weapons or armor.

As for Boris's skill in making a half-hand sword last time, Renne had already learned about it from the blacksmith apprentice Drews.

That was Boris' unique skill, and he didn't intend to teach it to anyone other than his own son.

Therefore, Renn will not ask for trouble.

What's more, his giant bear swordsmanship requires a two-handed sword, not a half-hand sword, because only a two-handed sword can fully unleash the power of the giant bear swordsmanship.

"Uncle Boris, thank you for your kindness, but I still want to take the manor assessment and give it a try." Ren said tactfully.

Blacksmith Boris didn't take Ren's rejection seriously.

"Young man, you might as well give it a try. If you can enter the manor, that is of course a better choice."

"By the way, Uncle Boris, if I learn materials selection, quenching, polishing and other skills from you, how much tuition will it cost?"

"I want to be more confident during the manor assessment."

After hearing Ren's words, there was a sudden gasp from the surroundings!
  Obviously, the blacksmith apprentices around him were surprised by Ren's huge appetite. Even if he didn't want to be a helper, he actually had to learn so many skills. Not to mention the cost, it was not easy to master all these skills.

"That's not cheap. Adding up these three items, the tuition fee is five imperial gold coins!"

"However, if you come to be a helper, I can slowly teach you these skills for free in a year or so." Blacksmith Boris paused, looked at Ren with a smile, and at the same time, threw A very tempting solicitation for ordinary people came out.

This made the blacksmith apprentices who were eavesdropping on the conversation between the two of them look at Ren with envious eyes. Their expressions seemed to say:

"Youngster Ren is so lucky to be so talented at blacksmithing! Why doesn't this talent grow in me?"

Faced with Boris's invitation again, Renn touched his nose and smiled bitterly.

I didn't expect that the blacksmith Boris, who was always known for being stingy, would value himself so much.

If this had happened before, Ren would have agreed without hesitation.

But now, his goal is the 'Sea of ​​Stars', how could he confine himself to a small blacksmith shop!

"Uncle Boris, thank you for your consideration, but forget it, five gold coins, right? This is a lot of money, I have to go home and discuss it with my parents."

"By the way, can I study separately?" After thinking about it, Ren continued to ask.

"No problem, the material selection fee is one gold coin, and the two skills of quenching and polishing are charged two imperial gold coins each." Boris made a gesture.

"Okay! Uncle Boris, I will go home and discuss it with my parents now."

"of course can."

"Uncle Boris, see you in the afternoon!"

Of course, Ren didn't mention this matter to his parents when he returned home. What he and blacksmith Boris said about going to school separately or asking for their parents' opinions was just a pretense.

After Ren went home and had lunch, he came to the blacksmith shop again with a gold coin. As soon as he entered the door, he handed a gold coin to the blacksmith Boris as tuition for selecting materials.

After paying the fee, blacksmith Boris took Ren to a warehouse behind the blacksmith shop.

This is the first time for Ren to come here.

All kinds of raw ores were stacked inside, and some square metal ingots such as iron ingots, copper ingots, and tin ingots were neatly placed.

"Ren, let's start with the selection of the ore. Look at this, this is hematite." Boris picked up a piece of red and black ore that was the size of a human head and said.

"Generally speaking, its surface will be this dark red, or black, and the fractures will be striped or shell-shaped."

While listening carefully to the explanation of blacksmith Boris, Ren took the heavy hematite ore and measured it carefully.

"This is tin ore. Generally, the surface is dark brown, with a granular texture and metallic luster. Most of the ore has pores inside," Boris picked up another piece of dark brown ore and explained.

"This is chalcopyrite"

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Eleven o'clock of mental power gave Renn powers of observation, discrimination and memory that were far beyond ordinary people. He quickly figured out several of the most common ores that Boris explained.

"Generally speaking, the higher the quality of iron ore, the more black parts will be on the surface." Seeing that Renn did not show any doubts, Boris continued to explain.

At this time, Ren noticed that the system prompt also appeared:

[You have studied ore identification, and your relevant understanding has improved! 】

[You have learned a new skill - ore identification]

[Your skill ore identification is improved, experience value +1]

[You focus on learning ore identification for half an hour, and the blacksmith professional experience value +1]

Renn immediately saw a new icon light up under his blacksmith panel.

The pattern of the icon looks like an irregular-shaped piece of iron ore. Obviously, this is the newly learned skill 'Ore Identification'.

At this time, the voice of blacksmith Boris' explanation stopped, and he turned to look at Ren and said:
  "Ren, these are the most common ores, but in addition, there are some very rare ores that are extremely difficult to identify."

"But equally, the value of these ores is extremely high."

These words immediately piqued Ren's curiosity.

Blacksmith Boris took out a piece of iron ore with dots of stars from a drawer and handed it to Ren, saying:

"This is star iron, also called meteorite. It is said to be meteors from the sky. When meteors fall into the earth, this kind of meteorite is formed. It is very rare."

As soon as Ren took the so-called star iron, he felt surprised!
  Because he immediately discovered that the weight of this piece of star iron, that is, meteorite, far exceeded that of ordinary hematite or magnetite.

Even though the volume difference is not much different, the weight is actually more than double that of them.

Boris seemed to notice the surprised expression on Ren's face, and couldn't help but smile: "Is the texture different? This kind of star iron is only the size of a fist here, but the price is dozens of times that of ordinary iron." Iron ore.”

"Hiss!" This price really shocked Ren!
  (End of this chapter)