Chapter 503 Moon Lord (1)
Mining, transporting; mining again, transporting again;
With a continuous supply of extraterrestrial spirit crystals, Ji Rong began a large-scale mining operation.
Mining areas were designated one by one in the vast starry sky, and batches of cultivators from the Nine Provinces were summoned by the heads of each mining area to travel together to the Outer Heavens.
Mining in the outer heavens to make a fortune has become the main way for ordinary cultivators in the Nine Provinces to change their fate.
Most of them lacked skills, but they were strong.
Although the various mining areas outside the region are nominally owned by the tribes that hold the Ascension Orders, they only have the right to a share of the profits from the mines; matters such as food, lodging, wages, and promotions of mine foremen are all under the unified jurisdiction of Lord Jue.
In addition, every thirty years, great cultivators travel to various mining areas to preach for free. The doctrines preached by these great beings have been modified by the sovereign Ji, and are no longer mysterious. These great cultivators' words are vivid and humorous, and they often draw inferences from one instance to another. As long as the miners listen attentively, they can basically understand them.
The treatment is the same in ordinary mining areas outside the region, only in those toxic mining areas the pay is three times higher.
However, these toxic mining areas do not accept ordinary cultivators. They mostly recruit wild poison cultivators from Danzhou to mine in the toxic mines. As a result, poison cultivators from Danzhou are no longer ostracized by various races. Although they are dangerous, it also means that they have a stronger ability to make money.
Because of the generous treatment outside the realm, a mortal demon cultivator can often learn some morality by working hard in the mining area for fifty years. After returning to the Nine Provinces Realm, he can use these savings to build a good cave dwelling and buy some good pills to cultivate in seclusion and try to break through to the Profound Spirit Realm.
Of these, 30% of the cultivators will break through and advance to the Profound Spirit Realm. If they still choose to go to the outer realms to mine after achieving the Profound Spirit Realm, their treatment will be further improved.
After returning to Haiya Mountain in Kyushu, Qing Tanzi, along with Qing Zhizi, Qing Yangzi, and a group of disciples, settled in Chengtian Fuzhou at the end of the Heavenly Road. She directed the cultivators to continue consolidating the Heavenly Road while also refining weapons.
The vastness and abundance of the outer heavens extended Qing Tanzi's inner world. Ji Rong's persuasion gave her endless inspiration, and she resolved to work with Qing Zhizi to first create a storage ring that could hold living creatures.
Qingyangzi, together with Jiaojue, was responsible for the excavation and transportation between various mines, while also leading his disciples to refine and purify the various materials needed for the Heavenly Road.
The arrival of extraterrestrial spirit crystals solved the Kyushu region's need for spiritual energy and quickly spread among cultivators in Kyushu as a form of currency.
Because of Ji Rong's request, everyone knows that using extraterrestrial spirit crystals alone for cultivation will clog the meridians.
But that's alright, twenty extraterrestrial spirit crystals can buy a pill from the Li Dan Sect to clear and expel these blockages;
Those rogue cultivators who live near the Li Dan Sect can spend 1,500 extraterrestrial spirit crystals every ten years to regularly soak in the cleansing pool set up by the Li Dan Sect, and their bodies will be fine.
If you don't even have twenty extraterrestrial spirit crystals, you can choose the pills from the Blood Pill Sect. Although their pills are either of poor quality or have some strange side effects, their effect of clearing the meridians is the same as that of the pills from the Li Dan Sect. You can buy one pill for fifteen extraterrestrial spirit crystals.
In the present-day Nine Provinces region, only a very small number of powerful clans still retain the tradition of using native Nine Provinces spirit crystals when venturing out, while the lower and middle-level cultivators all choose cheaper and more readily available spirit crystals from outside the region.
Those cultivators living in places with scarce spiritual energy rely entirely on extraterrestrial spiritual crystals when they cultivate.
In addition, each sect also provides its disciples with extraterrestrial spirit crystals.
Because the way native cultivators of the Nine Provinces intercept spiritual energy has changed drastically, the overall spiritual energy entering the Nine Provinces realm is much greater than leaving.
As a result, the rate at which the source stream settles in the source stream regeneration pool is getting faster year by year.
Therefore, Shanshui had to use his authority to expand the pond; behind the Dragon and Phoenix Hall, only a passageway about two zhang wide was left, and the rest of the area was used by Shanshui to move soil and make a pond.
A hundred years have passed, and the source stream in the source stream regeneration pool is no longer as thin as water;
By the time the second hundredth year had arrived, the pool had taken on a golden luster; the source began to settle, and the bottom layer became the same as the source in the past.
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Ji Rong and Jiao Jue have returned. This time, they came back specifically to retrieve the Source Stream. After retrieving it, they will continue to infuse it with spiritual energy.
The three-hundred-year period has come to an end, but the Primordial Lord still has not awakened. They must fulfill their promise and replenish His source flow.
Over the past two hundred years, Xiao Hua has become a saint. This is not only due to Ji Rong's teachings and enlightenment to his disciples on Haiya Mountain, but also to Xiao Hua's own efforts.
Once Xiao Hua's strength increases, Ze Peng can retire at any time. He had already given his two disciples (Ze Mu and Ze Lin) to Xiao Hua as servants.
His luggage had been packed five years ago, and he was just waiting for Ji Rong to return so he could go to the Outer Heavens with her.
I've heard that the outer regions are vast and prosperous; many places are very quiet, which seems perfect for him.
Knowing Ji Rong's purpose for this trip, Shan Shui led Ji Rong and Jiao Jue directly to the Source Regeneration Pool behind the palace.
Jiao Jue and Ji Rong had not returned for two hundred years. Seeing the Source Regeneration Pool, which had expanded more than three times, for the first time, they were both overjoyed.
Ji Rong pointed to the pool and said happily, "So when the spiritual energy is sufficient, this pool will also grow. If it grows further, won't the Dragon and Phoenix Palace have to be moved?"
Shan Shui laughed and said, "From now on, we will not expand outwards, but only let the soil below be piled up at the foot of the mountain."
Then, Shanshui took the bowl off his head and said with a smile, "Lord Ji, there isn't enough space here for you to stretch out your tree trunk. Bring me a container, and I'll fill it up."
Ji Rong then handed over a gourd as instructed.
Shan Shui then held the gourd in one hand and threw the bowl into the sky with the other. The broken bowl quickly grew larger and deeper, emitting an earthy yellow glow, and was poured into the pond.
Before long, he took out ninety percent of the thick golden source sap from the bottom layer and put it into the gourd, saying, "Jade Lord, why don't you stick your head into the pool and take some more, just in case?"
Jiaojue nodded. Eighty percent of the source energy in his belly had been consumed, and he desperately needed to replenish it. He took out the eight large storage rings from his belly and handed them to Ji Rong. Then he dipped his head into the pool and began to suck in the energy.
After the source flow was installed in the horn, the liquid level in the source flow regeneration tank had dropped by 70%.
Ji Rong took out six large storage rings from under her wings and released the tree trunk along the edge of the pool. While absorbing the spiritual energy of the extraterrestrial spirit crystals in the storage rings, she channeled the accumulated spiritual energy into the source regeneration pool through her roots. Meanwhile, Jiao Jue and Shan Shui collected the extraterrestrial spirit crystal waste back into their storage rings, to be buried on a waste planet specifically used for dumping such waste when they went to the extraterrestrial realm again.
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