Chapter 154 Stealing Mines from Tianzhu Mine
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Shen Lian nodded without denying Xiao Xingrui's words.
In his storage bracelet, there were indeed a lot of monster bones piled up.
The identification mentioned by Xiao Xingrui was also very simple. It was a round compass-shaped magic weapon. The cultivator only needed to immerse his mind into it.
After identifying the breath, Xiao Xingrui touched the storage magic weapon and took out a jade talisman with complicated mountain and river patterns, and engraved Lu Shan's name on it.
"This is a portable jade talisman. With this jade talisman, fellow Taoist can enter and exit various large and small mining cities under the jurisdiction of Yunshang Sect. After dripping blood to recognize the master, others can't counterfeit even if they want to."
Xiao Xingrui smiled and handed the jade talisman to Shen Lian.
"The jade talisman costs one thousand spirit stones."
"If you lose it or it is damaged in a fight, you need to reissue it, which also costs one thousand spirit stones."
"Only with the jade talisman can you live in the mining city, open a shop, etc., and you need to show the jade talisman certificate when you meet patrolling monks. You need to understand this."
"Thank you for letting me know."
Shen Lian took the jade talisman and hung it around his waist. Then he said goodbye to Xiao Xingrui and drove the flying boat into the depths of the mining area.
Although there was still a strong demonic aura in the mountains within the fortress defense line, there were no traces of large-scale demon beasts. The scattered demon beasts were all first-level and insignificant.
When you come to a new place, the first thing to do is to understand the environment here. This is a habit that Shen Lian has developed over the past few decades.
The direction he chose to enter the mining area was wrong. It was still more than 100,000 miles away from the large mining city built by Yunshang Sect.
The nearest small red crystal mining city was only two thousand miles away.
The name of the mining city is named after the specific mineral materials produced. This area is rich in first- and second-level red crystal ores, and third-level ores occasionally appear.
In addition to the main red crystal ore, there are more than 30 other mineral deposits.
On the way to the red crystal mining city, we also met patrolling monks wearing uniform black and white robes, and stepping on white-feathered griffin cranes.
Shen Lian looked at them from a distance and found that the monks on these griffin cranes were at least at the ninth level of Qi training, and they were holding special second-level crossbows in their hands.
And on the claws of the griffin cranes, they were wearing finger gloves flashing with cold light.
It is worthy of being a mining area, and they are really particular about magic tools.
After seeing Shen Lian, the group of people saw the jade talisman hanging on his waist. The leading monk bowed slightly across the void, and then led the team to disappear in the mountains.
"Another fifty people, all second-level magic tools, so rich."
Then, as they moved forward, Shen Lian met two patrol teams again.
He also sensed that the patrolling monks' mounts were equipped with array plates, and they were armed to the teeth with magic weapons. Even if they encountered monks at the eighth or ninth level of foundation building, they would still be able to fight.
At worst, they could hold off the opponent and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Being in the mining area, it was really too rich.
There was no shortage of ore, no shortage of monsters, and naturally no shortage of equipment.
As for the monks, they would recruit them after they died.
Although they had just stepped into the periphery of the mining area, Shen Lian could see that even if there were sentries patrolling here, it was still a hunting ground for monks.
The monsters raised Gu here, and the major sects also used this place to train disciples.
As they flew, Shen Lian looked up and saw that the sky was red under the sunlight.
The rolling red clouds kept changing their shapes.
Among the mountains, a red mountain was rooted in the ground.
The Red Crystal Mining City was here.
When he flew a hundred miles, Shen Lian saw the outline of a red mountain surrounded by a huge city.
Although the red mountain existed relatively independently, it still covered an area of ββdozens of miles, and the entire city surrounded the mountain, with a total area of ββno less than two or three hundred miles
From a distance, the mountain had been hollowed out, leaving only a frame, and below it was an extremely large mine.
The entire city was built on the basis of this huge mountain.
As they got closer and closer, more and more flying boats and small spirit ships flew in the air, falling from all directions to the outside of the mining city.
Standing on the spirit boat, Shen Lian looked at it from a distance, and saw that the mine below the red mountain was constantly swallowing and spitting out red spiritual power.
Seeing that other people directly drove the flying boat to the outside of the mining city, Shen Lian followed suit and landed outside the city.
As soon as he landed on the ground, he was hit in the face by a cloud of dust filled with fine burning particles.
In the mining city, it is a local specialty. β
Looking around, there were furnaces with billowing smoke and dust everywhere, and the sound of ding-dong could be heard. These were some craftsmen's workshops built on the basis of the city, and traces of destruction by monsters could be seen.
"Senior, do you need a guide?"
A familiar voice sounded beside his ears.
Shen Lian looked up and saw a group of monks with missing bodies crowded in. One of them, a lame monk with a broken arm, spoke first.
"Senior, I have an introduction to the city, as well as a distribution map of mineral veins and monsters."
When he came out of Nanya Xiancheng, Shen Lian didn't hide his realm anymore.
The main reason was that at his current realm, if he pretended to practice Qi outside, it would bring a lot of unnecessary trouble.
After purchasing three relevant materials from the lame monk, Shen Lian walked towards the city gate.
On the tall and majestic city walls, various spiritual lights appeared and disappeared. Even in the dozens of feet of void outside the city walls, countless forbidden spiritual lights flashed. The number was so large that it made people feel scalp tingling.
You don't need to get close to feel the strong repressive force released from the restrictions.
On the top of the city, there were also monks walking back and forth, fully armed and wearing the armor of the mortal world, but the aura on their bodies was very strong.
At intervals, there were also spiritual forbidden cannons, forbidden spiritual towers and other magic weapons standing.
According to records, there were a total of five superimposed third-level formations and twenty-five different second-level formations in the entire Red Crystal Mine City, all with the red giant mountain in the city as the core.
As expected of a mine, it is a tycoon.
Seeing that the foundation-building monks were queuing up to enter the city, Shen Lian chose a city gate with fewer people in line and lined up honestly.
He saw the monks in the queue in front of him, all took out their identity jade talismans, and then exchanged a few words with the monks on duty, and then entered the city.
A quarter of an hour later, it was Shen Lian's turn.
"Senior, please show the jade talisman."
The monks in black and white robes stationed at the city gate saluted in advance. Their cultivation was at the second or third level of foundation building, and the aura on Shen Lian was too different.
After verifying the jade talisman, Shen Lian entered the Red Crystal Mine City.
The scene in the city was very different from the cities he had visited before. Near the city wall, there were rows of low stone houses, arranged in an orderly manner.
There were also scattered large courtyards in the stone houses.
These were the residences of the miners. There was an agreement among the various sects in the mining city that if the monks dared to kill the miners at will, they would be jointly encircled and suppressed by the various sects.
The entire city was extremely spacious and not crowded at all, which was very different from the immortal cities he had lived in before.
There are no crisscrossing streets or neat rows of attics here.
After passing through the miners' residential area, the rolling mountains come into view, with lush grass and trees, and attics looming among the green trees.
If placed in the fairy city outside, these places are all the best blessed caves.
With a light sweep of the divine mind, you can see that in the attics in the mountains, there are monks sitting cross-legged to practice, or practicing secret arts.
In other places, many monks gather together and are holding an unobstructed meeting.
But more monks are playing elegantly, sitting in groups of three or five, discussing Taoism, tasting tea and observing utensils, looking extremely leisurely.
Shen Lian also saw the red pagodas everywhere, and there were at least hundreds of them if he counted them carefully.
In his perception, the interior of the pagoda was full of restrictions, which were the same as the restrictions in his jade talisman.
The main function of these pagodas is to identify, and they are spread all over the city. Even if you bypass one, you can't bypass all of them.
"Moo..."
A dull sound sounded, and then a group of black-armored bulls, each about two feet long, stood up from the bungalow area in front. These bulls were all shackled and dragged a wide spiritual wood cart behind them.
The roar of the bulls was like a signal. From the bungalows in all directions, a group of Qi-training monks rushed out, carrying bamboo baskets or shovels, and jumped onto the bull carts.
A spiritual wood cart pulled by a black-armored bull could carry hundreds or thousands of people.
When the spiritual wood cart was full of miners, the black-armored bulls mooed and headed towards the red mountain.
Outside the mine below the red mountain was where the ore was excavated.
The mine excavation was carried out in three shifts, and each shift lasted for half a month, and then they would get half a month of rest time.
Mining was not an easy job, but the spiritual energy was too abundant. Even in the places where the peripheral miners lived, the spiritual energy density reached the second level.
Half a minute later, Shen Lian walked forward for dozens of miles, passing through countless hills surrounded by green trees. The further he went, the fewer buildings there were on these hills, and they were relatively independent and private.
Correspondingly, the realm of the monks practicing in them was getting higher and higher.
Next, Shen Lian leisurely wandered around the city, inspected the layout of the entire city, and finally saw the overall appearance of the red giant mountain.
The middle and upper part of the mountain was dug into a cave, which was always under the impact of fire spirit.
Looking up along the red giant mountain, the mountain was flattened at the highest point, about a hundred feet in radius.
A tall stone frame stood at the highest point, and a red giant bell with firebird patterns carved on it was hung on the stone frame.
The spirit washed out from the mine below, after passing through the cave in the middle of the mountain, gathered outside the red bell, forming a series of spirit vortices.
Under the impact of spiritual energy, the bell occasionally emits a gentle hum, dispersing the violent spiritual energy rushing out of the mine cave, turning it into a relatively stable state, and dispersing it into the mining city.
"Third-level magic weapon."
At a glance, Shen Lian knew that this was a third-level magic weapon with fire attributes, and the grade was at least the third-level middle grade.
Good stuff.
Pure fire.
You get what you eat, this saying really applies everywhere.
The entire Red Crystal Mining City is roughly divided into three parts. The outermost area is the miners' residential area, which occupies the smallest area and is the most crowded.
The middle area is a series of undulating mountains, large and small, no less than a thousand, which are the locations of the caves of the foundation-building cultivators.
Those with spiritual stone strength and high strength live in caves close to the center of the city, and the scenery is more beautiful. If there are fewer spiritual stones, they can choose outer caves, or rent a mountain with other Taoist friends.
The red giant mountain in the center is a restricted area. No outsiders are allowed to approach. The miners ride in black-armored ox carts and go directly through the side entrance to enter the mine.
Standing outside a small hill where no monks live, Shen Lian looks at the lush mountains, and there are birds singing from the forest.
Surrounded by green trees, a palace complex stands on the top of the mountain, and there are dark rooms in the mountain.
It's really a good dojo.
"Senior, would you like to rent a cave?"
Shen Lian stayed outside the mountain for a while, and a monk in a black and white robe flew over from a distance, with a smile on his face.
In addition to the miners in Chijing City, the rest of the monks who want to live and practice here either have to buy a cave or pay spirit stones.
Of course, you can also apply to be a clerk in major shops in the city. As long as someone can take you in, you don't have to pay spirit stones.
As for wanting to dodge, that was impossible. The jade talisman in his hand was captured the moment he entered the city. Were the red pagodas standing in the mountains built in vain?
No, it was to prevent you from eating for free.
"Senior, the spiritual energy of this Fushan cave has reached the quasi-third level. It is a rare high-level cave in the city. It only needs 50,000 spirit stones."
The cave is a good cave, but it is not suitable for Shen Lian at all.
This place is too close to the central area, and there is a formation in the city. How can he steal the ore?
Before coming, he had thought about it. If he wanted to collect enough ore materials for refining his life magic weapon by purchasing ore, he would need at least four or five million low-grade spirit stones, which might not be enough.
With so much ore, it is better to dig it yourself.
After a tour in the Red Crystal Mine City, his idea was proved. It is a bit difficult to mine in the mining area controlled by the sect.
People directly put the main ore vein under the eyes of Jindan.
It would be difficult to escape the eyes of the Jindan cultivators and sneak into the mine.
And the defense in the city is too strong.
Not only that, Shen Lian just observed that the miners did not seem to have any deep hatred, which proved that the exploitation of miners here was not harsh.
Even if there were spirit puppets as helpers, they could not escape from the city, and they had to find a place outside the city to touch the edge of the mine.
A large part of the red pagodas standing in the city had penetrated into the ground. Who knows if it would resonate with the jade talisman.
Compared with the model that has been running for at least a thousand years, it is still too naive to want to take shortcuts.
Under the guidance of the young man in black and white robes, Shen Lian rented another cave house far away from the city center with a worse environment, and temporarily took root in the Red Crystal Mine City.
Half a month later.
Shen Lian started his plan. Like the cultivators who went out of the city to hunt monsters, he also went out of the city.
There are many monsters in the mountains that have experienced the beast tide. He has encountered several fights since he came out three days ago. In addition to monster hunting, there are also internal conflicts between monks.
He would avoid these scenes in advance. Every time he arrived at a place, he would release the black-horned ants. The black-horned ants he reproduced were all spread in the mountains around the Red Crystal Mine City.
He quietly waited for these little things to bring him good news.
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"Damn it, dig quickly."
In a hidden valley in the east outside the Red Crystal Mine City, a monk's body was half melted into the rock with a special secret method, and his eyes were sternly looking at the figure below.
About hundreds of low-level monks were under restrictions and were entering and exiting a narrow mine cave.
There were also Qi training monks standing by and whipping the monks who were mining.
"The sooner we dig this place out, the sooner you can leave. If you dare to play tricks, I will bury you all in it."
...
The foundation-building monk stuck in the rock opened his mouth and spit out a jade talisman for communication.
The jade talisman flashed with light, and a voice sounded.
"What's going on?" The faint voice was filled with an unquestionable tone.
"Elder, it's almost done." The foundation-building monk spoke quickly.
"I tell you, Master Hongyun will soon return from the depths of the mountains to suppress the monster. If you can't dig out the black gold stone before then, don't blame me for killing my relatives for the sake of justice."
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Shen Lian was also stuck in this rock like the monkey.
He came here because the black-horned ants found ore here.
Unexpectedly, others started digging first.
Looking at the excavation scene, Shen Lian pondered for a moment. They were all stealing, so whoever stole it first would get it.
