Chapter 40 - Mortal Ore
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“Alright, I don’t have all day. Take it out already.”

“Understood.”

Boom!

A large plume of dust kicked up, obscuring the vision of two figures, one of which was Uncle Tian Lu and the other who was surprisingly the normally reticent second elder.

A large slab of metal laid before the two. It was black but also dull, as if its sheen was all but lost owing to the years of dirt that stained it.

Strangely enough, there was also a small amount of cold aura that constantly emanated from it. Even though it was small, it also felt heavy and pervasive.

Uncle Tian Lu’s eyes widened in shock when he saw it.

“This—”

“You know of it?” The second elder asked.

Uncle Tian Lu nodded with a grave expression before he eventually asked. “Who else saw this?”

“The children brought it back with them. They presented it on the same day that they brought back your… disciple…” the second elder hesitated when he said the word disciple but didn’t comment any further on it.

Obviously, he didn’t have any good feelings about Long Di, but considering his relationship with Uncle Tian Lu, he didn’t make a bigger deal out of it than he had to.

“Apart from the elders and the children, no one else knows about it,” the second elder said.

“Oh! Well good,” Uncle Tian Lu sighed in relief, and here he thought that it would draw over some greedy individuals.

“Oh,” the second elder just remembered, “that brat from the Paohui family saw it as well. Is it that bad?”

“Damn!” Uncle Tian Lu cursed. “Are even the Heavens forcing me to bring us back into the world!?”

“What’s the origin of this ore?” The second elder couldn’t help asking.

“It’s an extremely rare mineral known as Mortal Ore.”

“Mortal Ore!?” The second elder sucked in a cold breath of air.

He definitely heard of this rare ore before. He’d just never seen it. There were many precious metal ores that could be used to create powerful weapons.

However, Mortal ore occupied a unique position in that instead of using it to create a weapon, because of its scarcity and properties, a small amount of it would inst

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