After confirming his ability to withstand Death Valley's toxic environment, Lin Ze no longer hesitated and charged into the pale purple miasma.
His target was clear-star-pattern iron.
According to the mission description, this ore usually formed in the most poisonous areas deep within the valley. Its surface bore natural star-shaped patterns, and it was hard and conducted chakra well.
Star-pattern iron was also extremely dense. Even a small piece felt heavy in the hand, weighing far more than an equal volume of ordinary metal.
The environment inside the valley was even harsher than its outskirts.
Venomous insects, snakes, and ants were everywhere, and some bizarre plants would even attack creatures that approached them.
But none of this posed a problem for Lin Ze with his speed at full throttle and his keen senses. In less than half an hour, he had collected enough to meet the mission requirements.
Still, Lin Ze stayed another six hours, gathering all the star-pattern iron he could find in Death Valley-roughly a thousand jin-with plans to forge it into new training weights.
Lin Ze glanced down at the bulky weights strapped to his legs, which weighed a full two hundred jin, and a somewhat helpless look crossed his face.
As he grew older and his physique strengthened, these ordinary weights became less and less effective. He couldn't just keep piling huge chunks of iron onto himself, could he?
Star-pattern iron, small in volume but heavy in weight, solved that problem perfectly. It couldn't have been more suitable for making new training weights.
After putting away the star-pattern iron, Lin Ze immediately turned and swiftly retraced his route out of the death-filled valley, racing toward the Bounty Station.
The Bounty Station in the Land of Earth.
Lin Ze placed the proof of completion for his