“Senior Brother Foster, don’t listen to him. Although he was the one who found this ore, all of us brothers were here, and those who see it should have a share. So we discussed handing the ore over to the inner sect together...” The burly middle-aged man argued in panic for himself and his companions.

“Enough, all of you stop. Bring the ore here and let me take a look.” Henry Bolton glanced at them calmly, a faint pressure spreading through the limited space.

The few outer sect disciples at the Qi Drawing stage hurriedly shut their mouths. The lanky young man hesitated for a moment, but still handed over the ore.

Henry Bolton reached out, and the fist-sized ore instantly flew into his hand. He gently stroked the ore in his palm, sending his spiritual sense into it.

“Hmm, this is high-quality Tieling ore. It can be used to forge some ordinary magical tools. I happen to need this these days, so let me have it.”

Without any politeness, Henry Bolton put the ore into his storage pouch, his gaze sweeping over the group once more.

The three men, led by the middle-aged man, didn’t dare defy Henry Bolton’s will in the slightest and quickly said, “Yes, yes, yes, we were planning to hand the ore over to the inner sect anyway. Giving it to Senior Brother Foster is the same.”

The lanky young man seemed a bit hesitant, wanting to say something but not daring to speak.

Chapter 011: Tieling Ore Mother

“This young master has taken this ore, but naturally won’t treat you unfairly.” Henry Bolton imitated Edward Foster’s usual tone and manner, though he was suppressing his excitement and joy inside.

He reached out and took a jade bottle from his storage pouch, pouring out four white pills the size of pearls: “These are top-grade Qi Supplementing Pills, effective for both Qi Drawing and Qi Refining cultivators. After taking them, you’ll have a chance to enter the Qi Refining stage.”

The four below were overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly, the lanky young man also visibly excited.

For outer sect disciples like them, who usually just did odd jobs here, it was rare to obtain spiritual pills. Now, being able to get Qi Supplementing Pills suitable for Qi Drawing cultivators was naturally a great delight.

After handing the four Qi Supplementing Pills to them, Henry Bolton rode his magical tool deeper into the mountain, barely containing his excitement.

He hadn’t expected such luck, to actually obtain such a superb piece of ore. Henry Bolton was thrilled.

If Henry Bolton was not mistaken, this fist-sized piece of Tieling ore was the essence of iron ore—the Tieling Ore Mother.

Actually, Tieling ore itself was not of poor quality. Among the various iron ore families, its quality was second only to common ores like Xuan Iron and Black Iron. However, since this ore was found everywhere in the cultivation world, its value was not high, though it was still widely used in artifact forging.

Of course, this referred to ordinary Tieling ore. Among Tieling ore, there were also higher-quality varieties, namely superior Tieling ore and Tieling ore essence.

The value of superior Tieling ore was a bit higher—a piece the size of a washbasin could be exchanged for a single spirit stone.

But Tieling ore essence was different. It was the condensed essence of this ore, and generally, it took over a thousand years of accumulation to form Tieling ore essence.

The value of Tieling ore essence far surpassed that of superior Tieling ore. In the cultivation world, a fist-sized piece of Tieling ore essence could be worth several hundred spirit stones!

Tieling ore essence could be used to craft magical tools for Foundation Establishment cultivators. For example, the low-grade magical tool in Henry Bolton’s hand definitely contained some kind of iron ore essence, though certainly not in large quantities.

But the ore Henry Bolton had just obtained was not Tieling ore essence, but something even more advanced—the Tieling Ore Mother.

The formation of the Tieling Ore Mother was even more difficult than that of Tieling ore essence. Ordinary Tieling ore, under certain conditions, needed over a thousand years of accumulation to form Tieling ore essence. After that, it required over ten thousand years of growth to possibly advance into the Tieling Ore Mother.

As for whether the Ore Mother was the final form of the ore, that was beyond Henry Bolton’s knowledge.

But Henry Bolton understood that he had truly struck it rich. He could only grasp part of how rare the Tieling Ore Mother was.

According to what Henry Bolton knew, refining top-grade magical tools required the Mother of Iron Ore, and only a small amount was needed. You should know, the power of a top-grade magical tool was already thirty to forty percent that of a true magic treasure. And a top-grade magical tool could barely be wielded at the Qi Refining stage, and fully unleashed at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Moreover, even among the materials needed by Core Formation cultivators to refine magic treasures, the Mother of Iron Ore was required!

The preciousness of Tieling ore essence was self-evident. Even those lofty Core Formation cultivators needed this ore, and some were even troubled by not being able to find the Mother of Iron Ore. After all, not everyone could be as lucky as Henry Bolton, trading a few Qi Supplementing Pills for a priceless Mother of Iron Ore.

Compared to the Mother of Iron Ore, Qi Supplementing Pills were nothing. Qi Supplementing Pills were the kind of pills Edward Foster used to eat like candy during the Qi Drawing stage, though for ordinary Qi Drawing disciples, they were still hard to come by.

But for Henry Bolton, who was now at the Qi Refining stage, these pills were of little use.

Henry Bolton made up his mind that this Tieling Ore Mother must never be revealed to anyone, or it would surely bring disaster upon him.