Chapter 610: Useful Item
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
According to the initial plan, Yan Liqiang was to leave for White Stone Pass for an inspection in the afternoon after he was done with the inspection at the border trading post in the morning. Due to the discovery of fla oil at the border trading post, he ended up making sudden adjustnts to his plan to stay another day in Yingwei County.
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“That man called Lu Dahai may not be telling the truth. I’ve never heard of this fla oil!” In the rear courtyard at the Yingwei County Bureau, Fu Changde watched Yan Liqiang excitedly order soone to bring him a tub, so sand, and a firestarter to test out the fla oil.
Fu Changde couldn’t help but shake his head. “I know there’s a type of tree called the Red Clamshell Tree in Mount Jade Dragon. If the bark is sliced, the oil can be collected and be used as fuel. This fla oil does have the similar color as those Red Clamshell Trees, but the sll is kind of odd. It might have sothing mixed in it...”
“Have you not heard of fla oil coming up from underground on Mount Jade Dragon?” Yan Liqiang asked.
“No, never!” Fu Changde shook his head. As a forr mber of the Qiyun Protectorate, Fu Changde was extrely knowledgeable about the Gulang Plains and Mount Jade Dragon. Yet he had never heard of such a thing. This ant that either no one had really discovered the fla oil before, or not many knew of the discovery and hence it remained unknown until now.
“What about both of you?” Yan Liqiang looked at Qian Su and Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin shook his head and Qian Su frowned while thinking. “I do rember eting an old craftsmith who was sent to Gan Province’s Weaponsmiths Quarter many years ago. The old man went out to the sea when he was young and ntioned that he had seen stuff coming out from the ground. Just like the fla oil, it could easily catch fire...”
“Oh, what exactly did the old craftsmith say?”
Qian Su was in deep thoughts as he tried his best to recall his mory. “He was drunk when he told that, so he was slurring his words. I rembered he ntioned about seeing stuff coming out from the ground on an island in the sea. It ford a huge lake which was on fire. The blaze reached the sky and could be seen from even a hundred li away. The fire had been burning every day for a few centuries. Even the locals were scared, and they called it the fires of hell. No one dared to go near the place. When I heard it back then, I thought it was nothing but an exotic tale so I paid no mind to it and just laughed it off...”
“Haha. Regardless, we’ll know if we test it out!” Yan Liqiang smiled. He understood what Fu Changde was saying, but the latter didn’t know that Yan Liqiang had activated the Psychic Serpent in his mind when he was talking to Lu Dahai. Hence, Yan Liqiang clearly knew every thought that crossed Lu Dahai’s mind so he would know if he was lying. Lu Dahai was indeed telling the truth. He had gathered the fla oil from Mount Jade Dragon, and Yan Liqiang even knew the exact spot he had gathered it from.
While talking, Yan Liqiang had picked up a wooden pot and poured half of its contents into the tub. After that, he lit up a wick with the firestarter and tossed it into the tub filled with fla oil.
When the burning wick fell into the tub, it imdiately conjured up flas about four feet tall. The soaring flas shocked Qian Su and Lu Wenbin who were watching at the side as they quickly leaped two steps back.
“It’s burning intensely with so little fla oil! It would seem like it burns easier than pine oil and vegetable oil...!” Lu Wenbin exclaid.
“It’s making quite a lot of black smoke, more than pine oil and tung oil...!” Qian Su comnted while staring at the black smoke rising from the tub. “The sll is quite pungent too!”
The raging flas reflected red on Yan Liqiang’s face. He squinted his eyes for a mont, then turned his head around to ask Fu Changde, “Does the oil from the Red Clamshell Trees burn as intensely as this?”
Fu Changde shook his head, “No!”
Yan Liqiang focused on the fla that was burning in the tub for a full seven or eight minutes before it finally died out, leaving only so black ashes behind. Although it was only a short mont, the edge of the tub was already glowing red from the fire.
However, Yan Liqiang was still not satisfied. He poured all the fla oil on the ground paved with listone in the garden, then lit up a wick and tossed it on the ground. The fla oil on the ground imdiately caught fire.
On the third ti, Yan Liqiang directly poured so fla oil into a huge tank of water. The fla oil that floated on the water’s surface was once again ignited...
After a few rounds, the beautiful listone floor in the garden and the huge water tank were scorched black. The plants near the source of fla were also charred black and a strange burnt sll lingered in the garden. The once beautiful garden was now ssed up, but the smile on Yan Liqiang’s face broadened. At this very mont, Yan Liqiang could confirm that this fla oil was just what he needed. Although he still couldn’t understand how this stuff that ca out from the ground of this world was different than the crude oil and petroleum from his previous world, it didn’t matter. The most important thing was that it was useful!
Not only that, but it seed to be in abundance!
Qian Su, Lu Wenbin, and Fu Changde slowly figured out sothing after they watched Yan Liqiang tirelessly repeat the tests and saw the happy smile that appeared on his face afterward.
“My lord, this thing will be extrely useful in the army...!” Fu Changde rubbed his chin as a sly smile appeared on his face.
“Yes, I’ll leave this in your hands. Lu Dahai will co to find you again!”
Yan Liqiang pondered for a brief mont, “If Lu Dahai can bring this thing out from the mountain in just a basket on his back, that ans the location of this fla oil on Mount Jade Dragon isn’t that far from Yingwei County. When he cos by again, you may reveal to him our identities and promise them so benefits to win them on our side so we can transport this fla oil out from the mountain together. Do not disclose this to anyone for now. The fewer people that know about this, the better!”
“Rest assured, my lord. I know what to do!” Fu Changde nodded.
“Also, take care while storing this thing in huge amounts to avoid accidents. I shall inform the manufacturing bureau to send a group of n here to assist you with this task!”
After a day of delay in Yingwei County to discuss the arrangents regarding the fla oil with Fu Changde, Yan Liqiang finally left for White Stone Pass the next day with a few n on rhinodrake steeds instead of a carriage...
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