Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

"You want to open a jewelry store?" Lin Xia asked Jennifer in surprise!

"Strictly speaking, not only jewelry, but all interesting, exquisite and interesting accessories can be sold in my store. What do you think?" Jennifer asked Lin Xia with a smile, "Also, I plan to ask Gray to be the main jewelry supplier in my store! But he said he wants to ask for your opinion."

After hearing this, Lin Xia turned to look at Gray and asked curiously, "You are a supply master, why are you asking me?"

Gray frowned and said unconfidently: "Lin Xia, you know, I haven't been making jewelry for a long time, and my craftsmanship is not as good as my grandfather's. Now Jennifer asked me to supply her store, and I'm a little worried... What if the products are not good and can't be sold, it will be bad for her..."

Lin Xia could understand Gray's lack of confidence. After all, he had a huge mountain like his grandfather on his head. But before that, Lin Xia had to ask first -

"Jennifer, have you seen Gray's work? What did you think of it?"

"Of course I have!" Jennifer, the customer, seemed more confident than Gray, the seller. "I have seen the two pieces of jewelry he gave to Mary before, as well as the few pieces he made for you recently. I can clearly see that Gray has made rapid progress in such a short period of time. Moreover, the creativity in his design drawings is amazing! I am very confident, otherwise I would not have asked Gray to be the main supplier!"

Lin Xia agreed with Jennifer's opinion, and then said to Gray: "You heard it! I'm not the only one who thinks your work is good. Jennifer and my three friends all recognize your craftsmanship. And Gray, I want to tell you one thing. For handicrafts, craftsmanship is one aspect, and creativity is also very important. Only by combining the two can we achieve the best effect!"

After listening to Lin Xia and Jennifer, Gray's doubts gradually dissipated.

"Thank you for your encouragement. I will try my best!" Gray said firmly.

Next, Gray and Jennifer began to discuss the specific details of the cooperation.

"Gray, you can design jewelry according to your own ideas, and don't be too bound by tradition." Jennifer suggested, "For example, various elements in nature are also very desirable~"

"Uh~" Jennifer's extraordinary understanding of nature troubled Gray.

"Hey~ Gray, you can try to design it based on the theme of Mineral Town." Lin Xia reminded him when she saw this.

Gray's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of a good idea.

"Yes! Why didn't I think of that! Mineral Town has a rich variety of flora and fauna, and the scenery is of various shapes. It will definitely bring a lot of inspiration to my design!" Gray said excitedly.

"Then it's settled!" Jennifer clapped her hands with a smile. "Gray will be responsible for design and production, and I will be responsible for sales and promotion. We will definitely be able to create a unique jewelry brand!"

"I will also try some new materials and techniques, and add more creative elements." Gray said excitedly, "Now, my grandfather said that he would let me make several pieces of jewelry in the future, and he would not spend time on them; these pieces of jewelry are all made of orchid diamonds, and the materials are a bit monotonous. Recently, I listened to Lin Xia's request and selected materials such as pure silver, pure gold, and pearls, and the jewelry I made is also very exquisite.

So, in the future, I will explore more mineral materials to design jewelry. However, there are actually many minerals that are suitable for making jewelry. My grandfather has never used them, but I have heard of them. "

"Oh? Which ores?" Lin Xia was curious. She had already opened up all the mines and dug to the 255th floor. She knew all the types of ores that had been knocked out, but she had never encountered the ones that Gray described.

"You've only been in Mineral Town for less than three months, and you came in the spring. You definitely don't know."

"Does this have anything to do with the time you come?"

"Of course!" Gray said affirmatively, "We have more than one mine in Mineral Town, did you know that?"

At this point, Lin Xia suddenly remembered that when he had given gifts to Kappa 30 times, Kappa had provided Lin Xia with information about the "Cursed Farm Tools". The mining location mentioned at that time was the mine in the center of the lake. Could it be that -

"Yes, it is the Lake Mine." Gray confirmed again, "The ore produced in the Spring Mine is mainly used for forging and smelting tools, while the ore produced in the Lake Mine is more suitable for making jewelry."

Gray said as he flipped through the atlas of mineral types in his hand. "Look, this moonstone emits a faint blue light at night, just like the bright moonlight, very beautiful. And this amethyst, its mysterious and deep purple luster makes people fall in love with it. If they are inlaid in jewelry, they will definitely attract the attention of many customers.

In addition, there are many other gemstones in the lake mine, such as ruby, sapphire, turquoise, peridot, turquoise, topaz, jade, agate, diamond, alexandrite, etc. These are all minerals used for making jewelry!"

"Then why didn't Cebala use these minerals to make jewelry?" Not only Lin Xia was curious, but Jennifer was also curious.

"Because when there is no flying stone, you can only go in to mine in winter when the lake is frozen. The materials are not easy to obtain, and grandpa's main focus is not on jewelry making, so..."

"Flying Stone?" Lin Xia and Jennifer looked at each other and asked at the same time, "What is that?"

Gray glanced at the two curious people and explained with a smile: "Flying Stone, as the name suggests, is a stone that can fly when equipped. In principle, wherever you want to go, the Flying Stone can take you there instantly."

"Where can we get it?" the two asked in unison.

"I heard that you can knock it in the last layer of the spring mine." Gray frowned and thought, "But many people have tried and failed. I remember that many people from outside came to the Mineral Town and went to the mine every day. The person who persisted the longest knocked for more than two years and still failed. Later, those people gave up. This is just a legend that came from nowhere. Don't take it too seriously."

After hearing this, Lin Xia did not speak. She had been to the 255th floor of the Quan Mine, knocked all the ores on that floor, and dug all the ground by herself. She was sure that she had never knocked on a flying stone. However, there were legends about goddesses and kappas in the Mineral Town, and these were proven to be true. So Lin Xia was very sure that the legend of the flying stone was also true. She just didn't know what conditions were needed to achieve it.

Just like the "cursed farm tools" that Kappa mentioned, it is not something that can be dug up by anyone at any time or by anyone going to the lake mine. The condition that all farm tools must be upgraded to the mithril level is required before the "cursed farm tools" can be dug up!

Therefore, Lin Xia became more and more convinced that a certain opportunity must be achieved. However, now is not the time to worry about the flying stone, so let's continue to talk about jewelry minerals.

"Although the lake mine can only be entered in winter, we can also find people to go in during the winter and mine more ore for use?" Lin Xia brought the other two back to their thoughts.

"You're right, but there's another problem." Gray continued to explain, "The ores knocked out from the mine are all raw stones, and corresponding processing machines are needed to refine and process the raw stones. The raw stones in the lake mine and the raw stones in the spring mine use different processing machines, and the requirements are higher and more complex. We don't have such advanced processing machines at the moment, and the residents of the town don't have any additional needs, so Grandpa just used the Olihagang in the spring mine to simply create four kinds of jewelry for people's daily needs.

Therefore, since I want to specialize in jewelry forging in the future, I must find a way to introduce a higher-level ore processing machine first! Only in this way can I polish out gemstones that meet the requirements. "

Jennifer's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Wow, these raw stones are so beautiful. They will definitely look even better after being processed and polished! Gray, you must bring in processing machines as soon as possible and use them to design the most unique jewelry!"