The spirit puppet mixed in with the rocks and went deep into the earth.
The spiritual power in the mineral veins is complicated, perhaps it is the manifestation of the rules of heaven and earth. In these places, the spiritual thoughts of cultivators will be strongly suppressed and interfered with.
Shen Lian quietly controlled the spirit puppet to go deep into the soil, avoiding the miners who were digging secretly while carefully exploring the ore buried in the soil.
Although he had not been in the mining area for long, he had reaped a lot of rewards, having collected no less than hundreds of kilograms of low-level ores.
This also gave Shen Lian another idea. In the puppet refining technique of the immortal cultivation world, there is a combination refining method.
Use different ores to refine different parts, and use higher-grade ores or demon bones as the core of the frame, so that you can create a higher-grade puppet.
He can also use this method when refining magic weapons.
The Five Elements Alchemy Cauldron he had planned before was still a little incomplete. He thought about it and decided to add another layer outside the cauldron to refine a small spirit ship, using the Five Elements Alchemy Cauldron as the core energy supply.
As for the Five Elements Alchemy Cauldron, it is somewhat different from those alchemy furnaces outside. Five magic mirrors, compasses and other spiritual treasures will be inlaid outside the alchemy cauldron.
After the entire magic weapon is refined, it will be able to assemble and disassemble by itself.
After the overall completion, it will develop towards the direction of the Sky Survey City.
In the future, each person will have one ship, each ship will have one city, and it can be transformed into a large-scale immortal cultivation sect.
To achieve this goal, large amounts of various ores are needed.
Half a day later, the spirit puppet found a piece of black gold stone that looked like a dead tree five hundred feet deep in the earth.
This black gold stone is as black as ink, and is covered with golden spots all over the body and outside. Even in the dim light, the star-like golden spots cannot be concealed.
…
Two days later.
The spirit puppet returned to Shen Lian and dug out more than 30 pieces of black gold stone ore of different sizes from below, including one that was quasi-third-level.
There were still some small pieces left in there, and he didn't put them all away.
Even thieves have their own code of conduct. They are all thieves, but they should leave some soup for other thieves to drink, so as not to be exposed...
The black-horned ant colony is really effective. Of course, this is mainly because the Tianzhu Mountain mining area is so rich in minerals.
At any place, there are fine slag particles in the soil, some of which are caused by earth movement, and some of which fall after mining.
In short, the mining area is worthy of being called a mining area.
Even though Shen Lian was just wandering around the periphery, he still harvested dozens of second-level ores in more than a month. Although they were small in size, they were worth a lot when added together.
In addition to the contribution of the black-horned ants, the other contribution is from the spirit puppets.
A preliminary positioning, a detailed search, looking at the entire Tianzhu Mountain mining area, it is estimated that there is no one as capable as him.
…
At the foot of an unknown hill.
The formation was slowly operating, covering the figure who was practicing inside.
Further down in the cave, Shen Lian sat cross-legged on a cushion, looking at the ore in his hand.
This is a piece of second-grade, low-quality red crystal ore, as big as his head.
At this moment, Shen Lian held the red crystal ore in his arms with both hands, as affectionately as if he was holding a fairy sister.
The five elements of spiritual power surged out of his hands, and soon the other five elements of spiritual power were absorbed into the body, leaving only the red fire spiritual power.
After several cycles of circulation, gold began to appear on the red fire spiritual power, and after a while, white began to appear in the gold.
After another round of breathing adjustments, the fire spiritual power stabilized to the point where 70% was red, 20% was gold, and 10% was white.
But the aura emitted by this 10% white fire spiritual power is more intense than that of 20% golden fire spiritual power, and 30% golden-white fire spiritual power is more intense than the remaining 70% red fire spiritual power.
Shen Lian mobilized the golden and white fire spiritual power and rushed it towards the red crystal ore.
When a weapon refiner refines a magical weapon, the first step is to refine the ore and extract the impurities in the ore as much as possible.
In this refining process, impurities are only removed and the grade of the ore cannot be improved.
This is common knowledge in the world of immortal cultivation. Even young cultivators in the Qi training stage know that ore is the essence of heaven and earth, and it needs to be nurtured by the spiritual power of heaven and earth before its quality will gradually improve.
And Shen Lian is breaking this common sense.
The power of Tianyan can even purify the blood of spiritual beasts, so there is a reason why it cannot purify ore. This purification is not about removing impurities, but about improving quality.
“Buzz!”
When the golden and white fire spiritual power fell on the red crystal ore, after a dozen breaths, a dazzling golden light burst out, and a crackling sound was heard.
At this moment, Shen Lian suddenly withdrew his fire spiritual power. He quickly collected the red crystal ore, and then deftly dismantled the cave.
After a dozen breaths, the two caves, including the upper and lower caves that served as cover, were all put into the storage magic weapon, and then fled towards the outskirts of the Tianzhu Mountain mine.
…
Half a month later.
On the outskirts of Tianzhu Mountain, in a barren mountain that seemed to have little spiritual energy and where even birds and beasts rarely came, Shen Lian set up camp again.
This time he released the puppet talisman man to patrol an area of twenty miles, and even sent out the five elements spirit puppets.
“Sizzle…”
Inside the cave, Shen Lian held the red crystal ore affectionately again, with his hands covered with golden and white flames.
The sound of quenching came from the golden-white flames and ore, and black smoke rose up. The ore covered by the golden light was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
During this process, Shen Lian's spiritual consciousness was sensing the changes in the ore.
Just as he thought, the internal structure of the ore changed. It was an advanced transformation rather than the tempering of an ordinary refiner.
But when the ore became smaller, the speed of the red crystal ore's transformation began to slow down, and the thin spiritual energy around it was attracted and absorbed into the ore.
"Aura?"
Seeing this scene, Shen Lian quickly understood.
The transformation of the grade of ore requires the absorption of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. His Tianyan Fire Domain accelerates the transformation process, but the ore also needs external energy to support the transformation process.
This is the same as the cultivation of human beings.
After temporarily stopping his actions, Shen Lian set up a spirit gathering array in the cave and crushed a handful of spirit stones to form a small cave blessed land.
“Buzz!”
He held the ore in his arms again, and it continued to shrink under the refinement of the golden and white flames, forming a vortex that absorbed spiritual energy.
As the originally red ore shrank, its structure became more compact and its surface began to emit a cold golden luster.
"It's a mid-level second-level product."
When the ore was shrunk by half, Shen Lian realized that the grade of the ore had been upgraded by one small level.
"Second-level superior quality."
…
"Third level, lower grade."
In the cave, Shen Lian was holding a piece of gold and red ore the size of a baby's fist in his hand, weighing it up and down.
An inch thick layer of pale golden light overflowed from the ore, with a sharp luster and a crystal clear feeling on the surface.
"So big... so big..."
This ore can no longer be called red crystal ore. It should be called third-grade low-grade red gold ore, which can be considered as a gold-type spiritual object.
Shen Lian was not surprised by the magic of Tianyan Fire Domain. What made him frown was this ore, which absorbed five thousand low-grade spirit stones from him.
But apart from the higher consumption, there are really no other problems.
With his current strength, he can only purify it to the lower third level. Moreover, when it comes to refining the prototype of a magic weapon, the higher the grade of the ore, the better.
"call……"
Shen Lian breathed a sigh of relief. With this refining method, he no longer had to insist on high-grade ore.
He just needs to find a place with sufficient spiritual energy, preferably with a spiritual vein, so that there will be a continuous supply of spiritual energy. Otherwise, the few spiritual stones he has at the bottom of the box will not be enough.
The way of collecting ore needs to be changed. You can't just steal it. That's not good. Cultivating immortals requires virtue.
You have to steal and search at the same time.
Soon, Shen Lian had an idea in his mind. The next step was to find a place with abundant spiritual energy so that he could refine the ore. This place had to be hidden so that no Jindan cultivators could pass by.
He has too many secrets. Once discovered by a Jindan cultivator, searching his soul and taking his spirit would only be an appetizer. Shen Lian was not exaggerating, his secrets were enough to torture him with a soul lamp every day.
"Say it or not...Say it or not..."
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The Tianzhu Mountain Mining Area has been a famous fifth-level spiritual vein area since the Middle Ages. With the passage of time, it has now become the largest mining area in the southern continent.
The history of ore mining here is even longer. Over the years, countless fine mineral residues have remained between the mountains and in the soil.
There are mineral residues as small as particles, including first, second, third and even fourth order.
After Shen Lian came up with a new idea, collecting the broken slag in the mountains was his second plan.
Of course, he wouldn't go looking for them himself, as he had so many black-horned ants under his command and they weren't released for nothing.
In addition to reconnaissance, the black-horned ants now have another task, which is to collect all the mineral particles in the soil.
There are black-horned ant nests all over the mountains. Even if you collect a handful of ants from each nest in a month, the total amount would be tens or hundreds of kilograms.
What's more, black-horned ants are very capable, and it is not a problem for a nest to collect one or two kilograms of mineral particles in a month.
After assigning the task to the Black Horned Ant Queen, Shen Lian returned to the Red Crystal Mining City. The number of monsters in the mountains outside the mining city had decreased a lot these days, and it was obvious that they had been almost wiped out by the cultivators.
Huohe Mountain, cave.
This is Shen Lian’s cave in the city.
He is the only one living on the entire mountain.
The ores that are abundant in the Red Crystal Mine City are all of fire attribute. Once he has collected enough ore fragments, he will need to switch to a mining city that produces ores of other attributes.
Inside the cave.
Take out the Moon Spirit Essence that was auctioned earlier.
The crystal clear moon essence is placed in a jade box, like a transparent pearl, emitting a faint fragrance.
This spiritual object requires the golden elixir to be nurtured in the dantian for thirty to fifty years before the cultivator can use it to refine pills.
The essence exudes a faint fragrance, indicating that the cultivator who nourishes this essence is a female golden elixir.
This item came from the Holy Spirit Palace, and it was most likely from an elder of this force.
Shen Lian obtained this item to temper his body, but he was not in a hurry to refine it in his body because the fragrance of this item was too strong.
His divine consciousness sank into the essence, carefully sensing the inspiration coming from it.
Inside the transparent semen, there are extremely fine particles. Shen Lian gently picked out one and found that it was similar to pollen.
This made his face look a little ugly.
When he took the photo before, he checked and didn't detect any pollen.
He had witnessed with his own eyes the scene of the monks of the Holy Spirit Palace capturing the male favorite.
Normally, cultivators seek to purchase Moon Spirit Essence in order to refine the second-grade, top-grade Moon Essence Pill.
The only function of this pill is to replenish the essence, energy and spirit of a cultivator at the ninth level of foundation building, accelerate his own perfection, and add a little help when forming the pill.
For a moment, Shen Lian's face was a little gloomy.
Naturally, he would not dare to use something that he could not control.
If I use it, I will also lick my toes. Just thinking about it is perverted enough... Mashiro...
It can be said that any cultivator who uses Yuehua Hanyuandan, regardless of whether he has the opportunity to advance to the Golden Elixir stage or not, at least has the ambition to advance to the Golden Elixir stage.
Such monks often have a greater chance of promotion.
It’s not that Shen Lian was overthinking, but the Holy Spirit Palace had a complex network of relationships between the various domains. To put it nicely, it was like a pimp, but to put it bluntly, it was like a pimp.
Damn, the world of cultivating immortals is full of traps.
Shen Lian didn't dare to use the Moon Spirit Essence in front of him.
But these 170,000 spirit stones are such a waste.
"No, I was wrong. The purpose of purchasing the Moon Spirit Essence was to make pills, which would eventually be taken by other ninth-level foundation-building cultivators. In other words, I am just a medium, or I am just one of the targets."
After thinking this through, Shen Lian's face became even gloomier.
After all this time, it turns out that he is just a process.
Spending your own spirit stones to do other people's things.
After he lost the mood to practice, he headed out of the city and began to collect the mineral particles found by the black-horned ants.
"Master, here."
Under the guidance of Dahei, Shen Lian collected thousands of kilograms of mineral particles of various colors from multiple nests, which made him feel much better.
Burial mountain.
This is a small hill in the north of the mining city, where several battles between monsters and humans have broken out.
Somewhere at the foot of the hill, Shen Lian looked at the broken ant nest and a pair of red pincers, and his face turned bad again.
"Master, this is a fire crystal fire ant."
After sniffing the red pliers, Dahei quickly recognized the blood scent of the same race.
"I'll go check on the remaining tribesmen."
Not long after, a huge black object came flying across the sky.
"Master, a group of red fire ants attacked here and took away the collected ore."
At the same time, Shen Lian also used his divine sense to investigate the destroyed nest. Most of the black-horned ants were bitten to death, and the collected mineral particles were cleanly collected.
This shows that this group of red crystal fire ants were artificially cultivated, otherwise it would be impossible for them to bite the black horned ants to death, destroy their nests, and carry away the mineral fragments.
This was the first time he encountered a cultivator who cultivated a tribe of ants. It seemed that he was not the only smart person in the world of cultivation.
"Master, these red crystal fire ants have turned into monsters. My people are no match for them. I'm going to bite them to death!"
(End of this chapter)