Chapter 757

The miners holding shovels came to their senses and immediately pushed the mine carts forward, beginning to shovel stones inside and feed them all into a gigantic oval-shaped strange furnace.

The thing was made of fired clay. What was inside it was strange, and what was outside it was strange as well.

It hung entirely in midair, supported by two clay pillars, with something like wagon wheels above it.

Once the ore was poured in, Miao Zhen touched a mechanism at the front. The oval furnace flashed all over, and the front and rear lids rose, sealing the furnace tightly at both ends. Light instantly crawled over the entire cylinder, then came several rumbling sounds. The iron blades inside began spinning violently, cutting through the stones with sharp cracks.

Those waiting outside could clearly hear the stones shattering.

When it stopped, the lids opened and the cylinder tilted, pouring out the crushed stones. The rocks had been ground into debris, with only a tiny portion still as large as a child's fist.

As the workers collected the fragments, they casually picked out those larger stones and tossed them aside. One blow from a sledgehammer would smash them into several pieces.

The workers poured the crushed fragments into another furnace shaped like a horseshoe.

Below it was a specially made stove, already lit and heated. After the fragments were heated here, the silver ore could be separated into two kinds when it came out: one with high content and one with low content.

This was the first trial, and to ensure success, Pan Yun and the others remained present throughout.

By the time Kuang Ping received word and rushed over, it was already the next morning. After several processes, the ore had reached its final step.

The production line split into