Douluo: Starting with Grayxiu, the power of the star god is added

Chapter 17 Purchase of Ore
"Brother Lang Lei, where are we going next?" Grayxiu looked at Lang Lei with a little concern.

"Let's go to Soto City." After checking out of the inn, Lang Lei immediately bought a very detailed map. "Don't worry, little Grayshu. I got lost in the forest before because the surrounding scenery was similar. This time, with the help of the map, I will definitely not get lost again!"

"Brother Lang Lei, how about we just fly..." Grayxiu said in a low voice.

"It seems that little Grayshu doesn't trust her brother anymore..." Lang Lei pretended to be very disappointed.

"No!"

ten minutes later--

After asking passers-by, Lang Lei confirmed that he was actually further away from Soto City and finally accepted his fate.

"Little Grayshu, let's just fly..." Lang Lei was a little discouraged, "Go in a straight line..."

"Okay, Brother Langlei." Grayxiu replied sweetly, summoning the painted world creature, carrying the two of them into the sky.

On the back of Huishi Creation, Grayshu was hugging Langlei tightly, while Langlei looked comfortable, as if he was enjoying the feeling of flying in the sky.

"It's a pity that I can't fly by myself. I must learn to fly by myself in the future!" Lang Lei made up his mind secretly.

Sure enough, after changing to the air route, the two quickly arrived at Soto City.

"It's more lively than the small places we went to before." Lang Lei held Grace's hand and walked on the streets of Soto City. The combination of the handsome boy and the cute loli was very eye-catching. Along the way, the rate of turning heads was almost 100%.

Because he would not stay here for too long, Lang Lei did not buy a house but chose to stay in a hotel.

This was not difficult. Soon, Lang Lei found a suitable hotel and bought two months of residence rights, which came with three meals a day.

I don’t know if it’s because the one-time room fee was too much, or because of Grayshue’s cuteness and ignorance, or both, but the hotel gave him quite a bit of discount.

Walking into the room, Lang Lei and Grayxiu were quite satisfied with the large space, two comfortable-looking beds and complete accommodation facilities.

Greshu asked Langley for a drawing board and a brush, and prepared to paint for a while.

Lang Lei looked satisfied as if he could finally relax and lay comfortably on the bed.

"Brother Lang Lei, there's no more paint..." After a while, Lang Lei, who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, felt Grayxiu pulling at the corner of his clothes, and he immediately sat up from the bed.

"No more?" Lang Lei nodded and prepared to go out to buy some. Seeing this, Grayxiu hurriedly followed.

"Little Grace can actually play in her room for a while. I will buy the paint for her later." Lang Lei saw Grace following him and touched Grace's head with a smile.

"Let's go together." Grayxiu took the initiative to hold Lang Lei's hand.

"Since little Grace wants to, let's go together." Lang Lei nodded and gently held Grace's soft little hand.

After a quick look around, I found quite a few merchants selling paints, but the quality of those paints...

Grayshu was a little disappointed. It was because the quality was too poor and there were not many colors. It might also be because the art field in Douluo Continent was underdeveloped.

The variety of colors is easy to deal with. As a world-famous legendary painter before the collapse of civilization, Grayshu can mix them by tinkering with it herself.

But there is really nothing you can do about the quality.

And Grayxiu couldn't use her own abilities to paint, because the paints she created with her abilities would turn into paintings created by the world of painting. Grayxiu was still young, and didn't like to restrain those creations of the world of painting. If there were fewer, it would be fine, and Lang Lei could intervene to control some. If there were more, Douluo Continent would probably become a paradise for the creations of the world of painting.

Or the kind of person whose fighting power is at least comparable to that of a 100,000-year-old soul beast, but after killing it, nothing is left but a pool of powerless paint...

"How about this?" Grayshu said softly as he looked at Lang Lei who was still asking passers-by if there were other places selling paint in Soto City.

She didn't want to continue to trouble Brother Lang Lei.

"Little Grayshu, um...can I make some paint for you?" Lang Lei suddenly thought of the traditional paints from his hometown. They were not industrially synthesized ones, but pure natural paints made from minerals of various colors.

In his previous life, Lang Lei had watched a program about the national treasure, A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains. This national treasure was painted with valuable mineral pigments, and its colors were bright. Even after a thousand years, there was still no sense of fading. The quality was absolutely impeccable.

During the program, an old modern craftsman was invited to teach the method of making mineral pigments. He may have forgotten it before, but after several physical strengthenings, he remembered it as soon as he thought about it.

"Did Brother Lang Lei do this?" Gretchen's eyes lit up. "Of course, thank you Brother Lang Lei!"

"Okay, let's go buy some minerals now!" Lang Lei nodded. "Let me think about it. Cinnabar, hematite, malachite, turquoise, lapis lazuli, muscovite... I don't know if there are any of these minerals on Douluo Continent. There should be, right?"

In fact, even if there is no such thing, isotopic substitution is not impossible. After all, what is needed to make pigments is some colored chemical substance in the ore.

For example: mercury sulfide in cinnabar, iron oxide in hematite, basic copper carbonate in malachite, copper aluminum carbonate minerals in turquoise, silicates in muscovite...

As long as you pay a little attention, it is not difficult to find an equivalent alternative ore.

As for the other steps, with supernatural powers, everything becomes less troublesome, such as the step of grinding ore...

Lang Lei took Grayxiu to the forge shop and asked to buy some ore.

This surprised the blacksmith, as it was the first time he saw someone coming to the blacksmith shop to buy ore.

But with super powers, these are not a problem.

Lang Lei soon found hematite and muscovite, and he also found equivalent substitute minerals for cinnabar and turquoise. However, there was no progress in finding ochre used to make yellow pigment.

After all, not just any colored rock can be used to make paint. One also needs to consider a series of issues, such as the texture, how the color will be applied on paper, and whether it will damage the canvas.

Lang Lei didn't quite understand what was going on, so he tried his best to choose the minerals given in the show to make pigments.

Now red, blue, green and white have all been found, the only thing missing is the more important yellow.

In fact, it is not impossible to use realgar or orpiment, but these things do not smell good and are poisonous. Lang Lei does not want to use them to make pigment for Grayxiu unless it is absolutely necessary.

If it really doesn't work, I can only use gold soul coins to make it. After all, gold can also be used to make pigments...

However, the Gold Soul Coin is not pure gold in the strict sense. If you want to use it to make pigment, you have to purify it first.

Until the end, Lang Lei compromised and chose to use the gold soul coins to make paint. This thing is not ordinary hard...

I don't know what's mixed in it.

After taking Grace to the grocery store to buy gelatin water and natural rubber pads, Lang Lei returned to the hotel with Grace, who was somewhat expectant.

(End of this chapter)