The idea of ​​taking over and becoming the controller of Huogu Market was also what Shen Lian came up with after looking through Gong Zhongze's memories.

He came to Tianzhu Mountain to look for minerals, and he also had some knowledge of Huogu Market through his memory.

There is a spiritual vein of underground fire here, and it is more than ten thousand miles away from the Red Crystal Mine City, making it very suitable to be a base for smelting ore.

In fact, there are two ways to replace him. One is to sign a Hou Tu Contract with Master Huo Qian, which is the same as Gong Zhongze's method, and still let Master Huo Qian take the lead.

But this method has some risks. After the backlash of the Hou Tu contract in the rift valley, Shen Lian was also afraid that Master Huo Qian would turn against him.

Even though his Hou Tu Contract was powerful and comprehensive in terms, there was still a risk of being exposed if Master Huo Qian risked his life.

Who knows whether this guy will avenge Gong Zhongze.

On the other hand, if we accept all of Master Huo Qian's memories and refine him into a puppet, although its agility will be a little worse, as long as it does not leave the market, its safety will be greatly increased.

As for the transaction with Chijing Market, this kind of business is not enough to require Jindan Zhenren to personally take over the goods. It will be no problem for him to pretend to be Gong Zhongze at that time.

The current task is to fully accept the memory of Master Huo Qian, which requires Master Huo Qian not to resist.

The previous search of Gong Zhongze's memory was not comprehensive, but fortunately I had managed to obtain most of it, and had a certain understanding of his cultivation methods and daily habits.

Now that I have collected the memories of Master Huo Qian, the plan to replace him is almost complete.

True Man Huo Qian was lying on the ground. Although he had suffered the backlash of the Hou Tu Contract twice in a row, Shen Lian, who habitually took a steady hand, still had his puppet talisman people holding the Tian Yan Jade Talisman surround True Man Huo Qian.

If there is any unusual movement, he will be sent to death immediately.

It would be best if he had a body to serve as a puppet, but he could still create a fake one without his body.

"The path to immortality is really boring."

Sensing the arrival of the divine consciousness, Master Huo Qian did not open his eyes and muttered softly.

"I have already repaired it. You don't need to waste your time."

Hundreds of years of cultivating immortality, a lifetime as a puppet.

This immortal cultivation is so boring.

Master Huo Qian’s heart was like a bright lamp. The reason why he did not die in the rift valley like Gong Zhongze was because he was still useful.

Because the entire Huogu Market is supported by him.

His position is very important if he wants to take over this industry in its entirety.

"Don't you want to avenge Gong Zhongze?"

In response to the voice ringing in his ears, Master Huo Qian showed a hint of sneer on his face.

Do you still want him to continue being a puppet? Sensing that hint of sarcasm, Shen Lian stretched out his hand unnaturally and scratched his nose to ease his embarrassment.

Well, no matter how much you say to someone who is determined to die, it seems to have little effect.

If you are not afraid of death, why would you be afraid of him?

"Then let go of your divine thoughts. After I check your memory, I will let your soul smoke enter the reincarnation. Maybe after reincarnation, you will be promoted to the Golden Core or Nascent Soul in the next life."

At this time, Master Huo Qian opened his eyes and looked around, but did not see Shen Lian. There were only four phantoms that gave him a dangerous aura.

He looked upwards with lifeless eyes.

"You can search as you like. It is worthwhile to have a fellow Taoist witness my journey to immortality."

"My path to becoming an immortal is very boring."

"Reincarnation is meaningless. If there is really an afterlife, then I'd rather live my whole life as a mortal, like the passing of a plant or tree in autumn."

After Master Huo Qian spoke, he found that there was still no movement around him.

On the other side, Shen Lian was writing furiously in the hall. He was drawing the Mind-Talisman, a talisman that could imprint the memories of others.

Of course, this is a mandatory rubbing, regardless of whether the monks agree or not.

Now that True Man Huo Qian has agreed, he can directly use his spiritual power to read it.

But Shen Lian didn't dare.

Although through Gong Zhongze's memory, we can judge that Master Huo Qian has very complicated feelings towards Gong Zhongze, and there is definitely hatred.

But Gong Zhongze also owes a favor to Huo Qian.

Even if Master Huo Qian agreed to let him flip through it at will, Shen Lian would not take the gamble.

What if Huo Qian is up to something?

The spiritual power of Jiadan Zhenren is much stronger than that of the foundation-building master. If he was not completely sure, he would have tried to use force long ago.

Shen Lian hadn't expected that the talismans he inherited were so complete in variety. He just tried to flip through them, and unexpectedly he found a suitable one.

The predecessor who created this talisman must have encountered a similar situation.

“Buzz!”

Taoist Master Huo Qian, who was waiting quietly, suddenly heard a buzzing sound, and then a jade talisman flashed and stuck on his forehead.

Immediately, ripples appeared in the sea of ​​​​consciousness, and his memories seemed to be triggered.

"Oh……"

Seeing this scene, Master Huo Qian once again showed a hint of sneer on his face.

"Be careful, be careful."

"Gong...Master, it's not unfair that he lost."

The mockery on Master Huo Qian's face became more and more intense. He had no intention of stopping it and let his memories be opened bit by bit.

He murmured softly, as if he was reminding me, or as if he was narrating himself.

"...If you walk along the river frequently, you will get your shoes wet . ...

"Daoyou, be careful."

"Ha ha……"

"puff!"

A ray of spiritual light fell, and the eyes of Master Huo Qian dimmed as he laughed, and he completely lost his life.

This time, Shen Lian did not disperse the rising soul smoke, allowing the green smoke to curl and sink into the twisted green abyss.

"call……"

Shen Lian held three jade talismans in his hand. In order to ensure that the engraved memories were not false, he copied the memories of Master Huo Qian three times.

From beginning to end, Master Huo Qian did not resist.

But Shen Lian was not at all happy about the killing of this man.

"I appreciate your advice, fellow Taoist. From now on, I will examine myself three times and be careful every day."

Facing the corpse lying on the ground, Shen Lian bowed solemnly.

The three memories of Master Huo Qian are all the same. Just as he said, his path to becoming an immortal is quite boring.

After coming out of the mortal world, he became Gong Zhongze's puppet, and everything about his cultivation was arranged by Gong Zhongze.

They practiced tediously, hunted monsters and practiced again, until they arrived at the Red Crystal Mine City. True Man Huo Qian was promoted to the False Dan Realm and established this market town under the arrangement of Gong Zhongze.

Even if it is about refining equipment, no matter who it is for, Gong Zhongze needs to arrange it. It is a completely managed path to cultivating immortals.

I want to resist but I can't...

Perhaps it's not that he is powerless, but that he is thinking of the kindness he received from the disaster in the mortal world...

In short, in Master Huo Qian's memory, he had complicated feelings towards the person he once called "Master".

Below the attic, in an area covered by red mist, heat waves were rolling.

In the space that was originally bustling with activity, there was now no other sound except the roaring sound of flames.

There were cultivators working here, but their souls were collected by Gong Zhongze. After Gong Zhongze was killed, these cultivators also died at the same time.

By the way, the two foundation-building masters who were originally stationed at the archway in the market town also died.

After Shen Lian cremated the bodies, he buried them in a lush area outside the valley.

In addition to the dead monks, there was also a second-level red crystal fire ant queen, which was a spiritual pet collected by Gong Zhongze and was specifically used to collect mineral fragments.

Just the fact that he could think of starting from the details and selecting the slag that the monks looked down upon showed that Gong Zhongze's vision was extraordinary.

Speaking of which, Shen Lian came up with this idea after Gong Zhongze, and the key is that they also formed an industrial chain.

What a talented person.

This place, located above the Fire Spirit Lake, is shrouded in red mist and guarded by prohibitions. It is Gong Zhongze's core secret place.

He built all of this in order to advance himself to the Golden Core realm.

What if my spiritual roots are poor? Just smash them with spiritual stones and pile them with spiritual objects! Shen Lian opened the restrictions on the stone door of the cave a little bit, and the rich spiritual energy flowed into his nostrils through the crack of the door.

After entering the cave, the stone door closed again, and Shen Lian felt like he had entered a third-level spiritual vein.

This stone chamber is not big, only three meters in size, but it is full of spiritual energy. In the middle is a gem platform that is half a meter in size. Most of it is hollowed out, but it is piled with irregular red crystals.

A rich inspiration emanated from it.

Outside the gem table, there are several jade boxes.

Three pieces of Meteorite Secret Pills.

The moon contains five round pills.

Fire spirit beads, three.

Two wooden spirit beads.

When Shen Lian opened the last jade box, a finger-sized, purple spiritual object appeared.

This small purple spiritual object was placed together with several other crystal clear spiritual stones.

After seeing these two objects, he raised his eyebrows.

Purple cloud fungus.

Medium-grade spiritual stone.

Gong Zhongze...really good! Let's not talk about the previous elixirs, let's talk about the purple cloud fungus first, which is the main ingredient for refining the golden elixir. This piece is only the size of a finger, and it should have fallen from a complete purple cloud fungus.

Shen Lian searched through Gong Zhongze's memories, but unfortunately, he had lost his memory and couldn't find out how he got it.

There is no need to say much about the middle-grade spirit stones. One piece is worth one hundred low-grade spirit stones, but the middle-grade spirit stones are more spiritual. If used when advancing to the golden elixir stage, it can also add a bit of help.

In the world of immortal cultivation, low-grade spirit stones are the mainstream currency for cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage. Medium-grade spirit stones are circulated among cultivators above the Golden Core stage as a means of cultivation and exchange.

There are three medium-grade spirit stones in the jade box, one of which is bright red, obviously of fire attribute.

From elixirs to spirit stones, Gong Zhongze had prepared everything for himself.

The main reason why he hasn't been promoted yet is that he is not sure. Besides his low spiritual roots, the other reason is that he is too old.

The main purpose of hunting down the foundation-building cultivators this time was to collect spirit stones to purchase a third-order, mid-grade Tianji Spirit Gathering Array. This array was said to have a bit of the ability to guide the heavenly secrets, which could assist in cultivation and breakthroughs.

Then, Shen Lian's eyes fell on the red stone trough in the middle. He flipped through Gong Zhongze's memory and actually found the relevant fragments.

This stone was found by Gong Zhongze from the storage tool of a Foundation Building Master he killed. When he sat on it to practice, it could actually help him purify his fire spiritual power.

Shen Lian flew and sat cross-legged on the red stone. He immediately felt the crystals in the half-hollowed-out groove of the stone hitting his buttocks, but a warm energy was injected into his body.

After a dozen breaths, he frowned and jumped down.

The quality of his fire spiritual power is too high, and this red crystal stone slot has little effect on him.

In order to be promoted to the Golden Elixir realm, Gong Zhongze had made every possible preparation, but in the end, he failed.

…

After putting the things into the storage bracelet, Shen Lian walked out of the stone chamber. The spiritual energy in this stone chamber was so abundant because it was obtained by drawing in the spiritual veins below.

Unlike Gong Zhongze, Shen Lian does not need to squeeze his spiritual veins to practice.

He was also thinking about saving this fire spirit vein.

"Master, I have stabilized the red crystal fire ant."

Below the smelting room is the nest of the red crystal fire ants. After the second-level fire ant queen died, there were still many low-level queens left. Shen Lian directly asked Dahei to go up.

In the past, I always played with black girls, but this time, I’ll let Dahei have some fun.

"See if we can give birth to an ant race with the dual bloodlines of black-horned ants and red-crystal fire ants."

This is the task that Shen Lian assigned to Dahei. The red crystal fire ants have wings and can fly short distances, which makes them inherently much faster than the black horned ants.

The underground fire roared, and the ore particles that were being refined here had already been collected by Shen Lian. In total, he had harvested 800 kilograms of various first-grade ores, more than 30 kilograms of second-grade ores, and a small handful of third-grade ores.

According to the agreement between True Man Huo Qian and True Man Hong Yun who is in charge of the Chijing Mining City, a transaction will be conducted every five years, and the ore will be traded at 50% of the price of ore of the same grade.

In other words, Gong Zhongze is just earning hard-earned money.

But then again, without Hong Yun to look after it, this business wouldn't be able to continue.

The last transaction was two years ago.

Looking through the memories of Master Huo Qian, we learn that Gong Zhongze is not the only one doing this business. After he established the Huogu Market, many people who raised ants and collected mineral debris appeared in major mining cities.

Fortunately, here in the Red Crystal Mining City, there are no strong competitors because of Master Hongyun.

On the contrary, there are some small-scale monks who have cultivated some small ants and insects, but they are not very significant.

There are many smart people in the world of cultivating immortals. They may not be able to think of a good way, but they can still learn from others quickly.

Just as Shen Lian thought, all transactions were conducted by the Foundation Establishment cultivators. True Man Hong Yun didn't care at all. True Man Huo Qian hadn't met True Man Hong Yun for more than ten years.

The last time we met was at an auction.

The two of them just nodded in exchange.

In this way, his safety in replacing Master Huo Qian is greatly increased, but the necessary precautions still need to be taken.

The next step is to quickly breed black-horned ants and red-crystal fire ants in the shortest possible time to speed up the collection of mineral debris.

Speaking of which, quite a lot of second- and third-level ores were harvested this time. The resources from the six foundation-building cultivators alone were a huge number.

Shen Lian counted all the things and found that there were a total of 2.4 million spirit stones, of which 1.5 million were scraped from Gong Zhongze.

Level 3 ore, sixteen pieces and seven types.

More than two hundred pieces of various second-level ores.

There are more than sixty demon pills.

There were thirteen second-stage late-stage monsters, enough for him to bleed to make spiritual ink.

There are even more various elixirs and other miscellaneous things.

After Shen Lian finished tidying up, he burned the storage ring and identity documents to ashes.

Apart from anything else, with this batch of ore, plus the previous reserves, we can start smelting the ore to make the prototype of the magic weapon.

(End of this chapter)