278 7.6 Realm Of Mind, Here I Come

"Oh...you mean the salted duck eggs..." I removed the 2 eggs that were coated with mud and hay. "Is this a normal way to make these salted eggs?" I asked as I produced the eggs out from my pants pocket.

"Definitely not store them in your pockets. Yes, it's a way to preserve these eggs. These eggs had been processed and after that, the coating would keep them at a controlled temperature. Did you buy that from the tavern? Do you know it's used besides eating them?"

"The lady told me it would heal me in 5 seconds, considering the fact that it was cheap and edible, I don't think it would regain so much health points."

"That's true and it would also make a good companion dish with the gruel. So I see you bought grains and rice. You shouldn't have bought the rice but it's for my convenience right? Why do you need this flour for?"

"Yes elder, it's for your convenience. The flour is to make grilled bread since I saw a small saucepan that can be used. Would you mind if I make breakfast tomorrow? And this basket of rotten fruits and vegetables, could I share the garden patch to grow some vegetables too? it may look rotten now but it's the best way to get started."

"Do what you wish to do with them. Are you sure you would know how to till the land?"

"Yes, elder...i know how to manually till the land for cultivation. I would do it in the morning when the soil is wet with dew and cold from the night."

The Elder nodded her head as she acknowledges my methods of cultivating the land. I went over and only saw an old hoe with a broken handle and decides to make good use of it.

"Since its evening, go make yourself a hearth beside the fireplace and you can do whatever you like. You are not my disciple anyway and I am no Master too. Go, run along for the rest of the chores. There are some leftovers from lunch for dinner. Eat it all up and remember to wash the cauldron."

She instructed me as she turned and went inside the house, shutting the flimsy thatched door after her. I took the basketful of rotten fruits and vegetables and place it near the stream, under the shade of a tree. I then arranged the rest of the groceries and placed it on the makeshift bamboo table at the side of the house.

I removed the shawl that was covering my head and saw that my name is still visibly red in colour. "Sigh...how long would I remain in this state?" as I hang the shawl that would be used as my blanket later on in the night.

The clang of my short sword gave me an idea. "How about if I try to enter the Realm of Mind and try to improve this blade. This sword is the basic sword of all swords. I'm sure it could be enhanced." I scooped up the remaining gruel and it made 3 generous helpings. Maybe this is the way the elder wanted to make sure that the food would always be enough on reserve.

After eating and meaning the cauldron, the day had finally given way to dusk. I stoked up the fireplace with huge branches so I won't need to look for more wood in the middle of the night. I chose a place under a tree and sat down cross-legged and starts to meditate while holding the short sword in my lap.

After a short while, I managed to enter the Realm of Mind. The altar was there and the Shikon no Tama had been handed over to Sango's father before I transmigrated. I squeeze the scene before me and it disappeared. Next, I went to the brick area and I swiped it across. Then I was at the so-called foundry for making the Refined Steel Plates and there are still quite a number of plates uncollected from the last production. This too I swiped it across and came to an empty scene after the essence extraction room.

There, I set up a blade washing grinding stone and running water at the side. I then set up a stool for me to sit while in perform blade washing on this blade of mine. I looked at it and prayed that it would not fail me. This was in fact what the blacksmith commonly termed as a Dull Blade.

The moment the dull blade hits the grinding stone, sparks flew in all directions like it was some kind of sparklers...not fireworks. It is an overstatement if I were to call it fireworks. Hahahahaha.

After half an hour, I was done sharpening both edges of the blade and I had sharpened the tip for stabbing as well. The blade shone with a more vibrant sheen before and it looked sturdier and harder. It would be a tone to test it out tomorrow after I hung some dull foxes and then moved to the normal ones.

I meditated off and returned to the real world. As soon as I was back, a sense of nostalgia crept over me as I remembered the hours spent in the Realm of Mind with Hiko-sama churning out Refined Steel with him and his heavy fireproof gloves. "Sigh...such memories will always be etched in me." I sighed inwardly and rubbed the sudden appearance of dampness at the corner of my right eye.

"Alright...there's no point to be sad. They were not even born 700 hundred years later. Concentrate on the task at hand and see what we could do about it." I saw my short bow and arrows and decided to take a good look at it. The leather quiver held 6 arrows and it had a metal barbed tip. Anyone 'kenna' by this sure is in deep shit. The barbed metal tip of the arrowhead is the killing factor. I wondered how much it would cost to make a few dozen of this.

Worst-case scenario, I design a workshop in the Realm of Mind using the Refined Steel plates to melt down and make into arrowheads, then a wooden workshop to make the shafts and insert the fletching at the back.

"Eeehhhh....why am I so stupid...?!? I've got tons of Refined Steel back there and I could sell it to the Blacksmith for money or trade it with arrows instead. Hahahahaha...why didn't I think of that...?!? My Gosh...lucky i did not crumple the scene away and destroy it...! There must be at least about a few thousand pieces of Refined Steel back there...Hahahhahaa....!!" I slapped myself in the thighs and I laughed out so loud that the elder shouted back to me not be to be crazy like her while talking and laughing to myself....

I ignored her and laughed again loudly and it echoed in the forest and scared the birds who were roosting for the night there.

"All I need to know was the buying price of the Refined Steel Plate and how much the arrows would cost. Definitely, I won't be able to fetch 20 Ryo gold coins each because, in this era, I'm not sure if anyone uses steel at all and production of steel is much more laborious then making cast iron or pig iron due to the carbon content."

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"Going to find out more about it at the marketplace which the elder told me it's a trading district. Well, to the trading district after I settled the cultivation for the fruits and vegetables." I thought to myself as I kay down near the fireplace and soon fell asleep before thanking Hiko-sama that my wealth did continue after this series.