Chapter 14: furniture in blue

The smelter was taller than Xu Xin, at least two and a half meters high. The stone smelter looked very industrial. Xu Xin added a piece of white wood to the smelter. The wood didn't burn, but he received a prompt:

[Remaining burn time: 5 minutes]

If a piece of white wood could only burn for 5 minutes, what about the green one?

Xu Xin added another piece of wood (green) to the smelter.

[Remaining burn time: 2 hours 35 minutes]

Oh, that much? 2 hours 35 minutes, which is 155 minutes. Subtracting the 5 minutes from the white wood, it's a total of 150 minutes, 30 times the duration of the white wood!

Xu Xin threw 20 of the 60 iron ores (green) he had previously traded into the upper layer. Instantly, the fire surged, a wave of heat rushed out, quickly turning the entire smelter red-hot.

[Iron ingot smelting time: 2 hours]

Leaving the smelter to burn on its own, Xu Xin returned to the third floor. The video call hadn't been disconnected. Li Wenxi was still sitting on the bed, lost in thought. Seeing Xu Xin return, she immediately smiled and said,

"Did you set up the smelter?"

"Mm-hmm." Xu Xin nodded.

"Let me tell you, it takes five iron ores to make one iron ingot, and it takes half an hour to smelt one. The efficiency of this smelter is too low!"

Hmm? So those 20 iron ores of his could produce 4 iron ingots? That's not bad.

"Didn't you go out this afternoon?" Xu Xin asked.

"Umm… I took a walk around, didn't go far. There aren't many trees around, but there are quite a few rocks. I couldn't tell which ones were high quality, so I just picked up a few and came back. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything good." Li Wenxi shrugged, then looked at Xu Xin with anticipation.

"By the way, Xu Xin, Brother Xin, are you selling your blue wood? Share some with me, will you? This bed is really terrible!"

As she spoke, Li Wenxi patted the bed beneath her, which creaked and groaned.

Xu Xin had shown Li Wenxi the wood (blue) earlier intending to sell it to her. After all, having resources would help him bind this little rich girl with a family mine:

"Sure, how many pieces do you want?"

Li Wenxi's eyes lit up: "Do you have a lot?"

"Not too many," Xu Xin shrugged, "I can give you three pieces at most."

"Alright, alright! Then let's use the same price as before, I'll trade 60 green resources for your three blue wood!"

Based on the burning time of the wood just now, the burning time of one green quality wood was 30 times that of white quality wood. Adding to that the functions that green quality resources had that white quality didn't, exchanging one green wood for 40-50 white wood wouldn't be a problem. The value of one blue resource was definitely worth more than 20 green resources.

Trading with Li Wenxi wasn't a big deal, after all, he had previously exchanged blue stone materials at a 20:1 ratio. But if he were to list it on the trading platform in the future, he'd need to set an appropriate price.

However, he wasn't particularly short on green resources at the moment, so he said,

"How many blue iron ores do you have left? I'd like to exchange one-for-one for ores. Oh, and I'd like some more blue stones too."

Li Wenxi was quite efficient, immediately initiating a trade.

[The other party has initiated a trade, Iron ore (blue) *3, Stone block (blue) *2 in exchange for Wood (blue) *5]

After Xu Xin agreed, they chatted for a bit more before ending the video call. The other side was probably eager to update their furniture, after all, that bed was indeed uncomfortable to sleep on.

Xu Xin wasn't idle either. He immediately removed the old broken bed and used a piece of wood (blue) to make a new one.

To his surprise, the original wooden bed was made using wood (white), but this time the default materials for crafting were wood (green) plus one wood (blue).

[Do you want to use Wood (green) *9, Wood (blue) *1 to craft a wooden bed?]

9 green wood? Xu Xin chose yes.

A bed that looked much higher quality than the original appeared before his eyes.

[Wooden Plank Bed (blue): A bed crafted with high-quality wood, emitting a unique aroma that promotes sleep and accelerates mental and physical recovery. However, it may be so comfortable that it makes one reluctant to get up.]

It was still a wooden plank bed without sheets or quilts, but the blue quality surprised Xu Xin. He immediately looked at the crafting list. The list still didn't show the crafting method, only the original recipe for the wooden bed he had seen at the beginning, which required 10 wood (white) to craft.

"Could it be that these recipes are all basic recipes, and using higher-quality materials can produce higher-quality tools?"

Xu Xin originally had 12 wood (blue), traded 5 to Li Wenxi, used 1, and now had 6 left, which was quite sufficient. Plus, he now had a piece of fertile soil that could continuously produce blue quality plant resources, so he didn't need to be too frugal.

[High-back Chair (blue): A chair crafted with high-quality wood, contoured to the human body. Sitting on it slowly recovers stamina and spirit, increasing crafting success rate.]

[Dining Table (blue): A dining table crafted with high-quality wood. Eating near the dining table makes food more delicious and enhances its effects.]

The effects of these two items, the high-back chair and the dining table, made Xu Xin smile.

This high-back chair could increase the crafting success rate. Although there were no crafting methods with failure rates in his current crafting list, these were just the most basic crafting methods that came with the tree house and crafting table. Based on his gaming experience, there must be things that require blueprints to craft, and those things would certainly have a chance of failing. When that time comes, this blue quality chair would come in very handy.

As for the dining table, it made him even more delighted. Xu Xin immediately took out a blue quality red berry, which could provide two hours of night vision. It was gradually getting dark outside now, and there wasn't much time left before the newbie protection period ended. Xu Xin wanted to do some more things in the last safe period, even if it was just chopping trees.

Xu Xin sat on the high-back chair, at the edge of the dining table, ate a regular apple and two regular oranges for dinner, then ate this Red Berry · Large (blue).

After eating it, Xu Xin's eyes became brighter, and the scenery outside the window, which had already dimmed, once again appeared clearly in his vision.

"3 hours?" Xu Xin felt the information his body was conveying to him. He could feel that the effect of this Red Berry · Large had changed from the original 2 hours to 3 hours.

A full 50% increase in effect.

Moreover, Xu Xin vaguely felt that he was full. Just one apple and two oranges, which normally would only stave off hunger for him – after all, he had a habit of getting drowsy if he ate too much, so he usually didn't eat too much when he had important things to do – but this time it actually made him feel full.

This dining table not only enhanced the special effects of blue food but also amplified the most basic function of food – providing energy. This indirectly meant his food went 50% further!

This dining table was truly a great thing!