He spent an entire winter in these mountains searching.
Strangely, he hadn't found any metal at all.
Instead, he discovered many kinds of wild animals.
There was a valley that was particularly warm, where many birds spent the winter.
There were also plenty of bird eggs.
A large bird, about the size of a goose, could bite people. But everyone put a basket on their heads, wore sheepskin coats, gloves, and weren't afraid at all.
They stole dozens of eggs from the big birds and gathered plenty of feathers before leaving.
Because he hadn't found any metal, Ma Lin began to feel extremely distressed.
Without metal, he had to keep searching.
Could he just return to the Red Stone Plain?
No, he couldn't.
He felt his mission was to find metal and bring metal tools to everyone.
Every day searching for metal in these mountains was extremely hard.
He had really worn himself out.
Logically speaking, by now, he should have found metal with all the effort he had put in.
