Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

"Since there are so many monsters, you must have weapons, right?" Zack asked with concern.

"I have it!" Lin Xia said with a smile, "I have a bow and arrow that Sebala helped me upgrade to Mithril grade."

"Oh, yes, you often use it when hunting! Doesn't that mean Gray relies on you for protection the whole time?"

"That's not the case. We can only say that we have a clear division of labor. I fight monsters and he mines." Lin Xia explained quickly, "Also, even if you don't have a weapon before, you will get a rusty sword as a self-defense weapon when you first enter the mine. This sword is a bit difficult to use when dealing with monsters on the first 10 floors, but it's still okay."

"Are there any weapons for free?" Huo An interrupted Zack and asked.

"Yes, although it's not very useful. Fortunately, I later found a steel light sword in the treasure chest on the 20th floor, and I immediately got rid of the rusty sword."

"What a waste~" Huo An was depressed when he heard it, and said with great sorrow, "If you don't need it, you can bring it back and deal with it for me! Why did you throw it away?"

"You want the rusty ones too?"

When did Huo An become so unpicky?

Zack was also surprised. You know, as a knowledgeable businessman, Huo An has seen too many good things and doesn't care about ordinary things. For example, in the early days, Lin Xia gave gifts to the villagers, even if they were wild flowers in the mountains, as long as they were given, people were very happy. Only Huo An liked luxury goods such as ores and gems, and the ores had to be of the level of gold mines or above.

"No matter how rusty it is, it's still a sword and a weapon!" Huo An shook his head with a heartache.

Zach was about to say something, but finally couldn't help asking, "Did you bring the sword back?"

"Huh? Right!" Huo An came to his senses in a second and said excitedly, "There's also a sword! You didn't throw it away this time, did you?"

Lin Xia was unhappy: "I threw away the rusty sword because I couldn't sell it and I didn't want it to take up space. Why would I throw away a good steel sword? Even if I can't use it, I can sell it anyway!"

"You sold it?" Huo An asked nervously.

Lin Xia: “…Not yet. I thought I’d keep a sword as a souvenir!”

In fact, the real situation was that when Lin Xia took it to the Adventurer's Guild, Ma Long was only willing to buy it for 100G, which was just the price of two apples and two bamboo shoots. It was too cheap, so Lin Xia was angry and did not sell it.

"Hey, don't keep it as a souvenir. Sell it to me. I'll give you a high price." Huo An was excited again.

"Are you so rich?" This old guy only spent 600 million!

"Hehe~ Actually I'm not that rich, but I really like the sword, and I want to buy it even if I have to save money! So, can you give me a discount?" Huo Anzhi's pitiful look was really an eye-opener.

Lin Xia and Zach looked away immediately. Zach saw the boots on Lin Xia's feet and was very curious: "I don't think I've seen the boots on your feet in a grocery store. Did you buy them in Pelican Town?"

Lin Xia looked at the leather boots on her feet and said with a smile, "I didn't buy them, I found them in a treasure chest in the mine. Even though they don't look good, they have additional properties, such as defense +1 and immunity +1. They are good for those magic monsters."

"Will you sell these boots? I'll give you a good price." The heroic spirit is referring to Huo An. No wonder he can be a businessman. With this shameless attitude, if he doesn't succeed, who will?

Lin Xia was ultimately unable to defeat Huo An's entanglement skills, and had to sell the steel rapier to him for 1 yuan. However, she forgot about the boots, as she only had this pair of boots with attributes.

As for the sword? Hehe, of course she has a better one! That is the treasure chest caught while fishing, which opened a Neptune Blade, a level 7 sword! The damage bonus of this sword is very high, the only drawback is that it will reduce the speed by 1 point, but the impact is not big.

Seeing Huo An like this, she didn't dare to take out the sword to show off again.

After dinner was almost over, Lin Xia returned home with a full load, and Huo An could be considered to have gotten what he wanted.

On the 24th, all the boys would make plans with the girls they liked to have dinner together in the evening, but Lin Xia was still alone.

But she didn't care. She went to the mine normally to get Philosopher's Stone. With comparison, she realized how friendly the mine in Mineral Town was!

But perhaps the 24th was not destined to be a working day. Lin Xia knocked two large boxes of miscellaneous ores (mainly stones to clear the way for Ah Huang), but still did not find the Philosopher's Stone.

After finishing work early, she staggered to the hospital to find Dot. This time she went to Pelican Town and bought two kinds of mushrooms. One was a spotted red mushroom, which was very similar to the ones in Mineral Town and was poisonous; the other was a spotted purple mushroom, which was not only non-toxic, but also could restore a lot of physical strength and health.

Lin Xia felt that Dortmund should be interested in these.

These two kinds of mushrooms can be considered as her Christmas gifts to Dot. Ahem, also for her upcoming purchase of medicines, to maintain their relationship.

"Lin Xia~ If you hadn't come, I would have gone looking for you!"

Lin Xia was really flattered to hear that Dortmund, who was always cold, suddenly became so enthusiastic!

"what's wrong?"

"Before you left, didn't you ask about the research results of those strange butterflies and flowers? Now that they are out, I was just about to tell you about them and settle the price with you!"

"Really!" Lin Xia was happy. She was going to make some money again!

After following Dot to his office, Dot began to explain to Lin Xia in detail the characteristics of these two creatures.

"...In short, the flower bouquet itself is not toxic. On the contrary, its petals, leaves, and fruits are very attractive to various animals. In order to protect itself, it will emit a special sweet smell to attract poisonous butterflies. Yes, the scales on the wings of this butterfly are highly toxic and can instantly make animals or humans fall into a coma or even die.

These flowers rely on butterflies to protect themselves, and butterflies need to take nectar, so it can be said that they have a mutually supportive relationship. This time, through research, we found that not only the bouquets themselves have great value in people's life and health care, but even the highly toxic butterfly scale powder is also of great research value in anesthesia and other aspects. "

Looking at Dortmund's excited explanation, Lin Xia was also very happy. The higher the value, the higher the amount she would be paid! As expected -

"According to the decision of the General Institute, you will be rewarded a total of 200 million for these two research materials. We also hope that if you encounter these two creatures in the future, you will bring back as many as possible to us."

"Of course I must!" Lin Xia was so excited that she couldn't close her mouth. Looking at the newly added amount in her account, she could hardly open her eyes!