The seven countries in Eastern Xinjiang have been operating on the ground for many years.
If there are any important mineral veins, they have already been explored and excavated by each of them.
For commercial reasons, even the people on the ground in other dynasties probably know where their respective treasure veins are produced.
However, in Wang Ning's memory, he had never heard that the Eastern Tang Dynasty had discovered any treasure mines in Sushan County.
"Maybe, it's the same as the turquoise crystal veins in Longbei. It was hidden too deep. There were no traces exposed before, so no one found it." Chen Xing said in a literary way.
Wang Ning nodded, agreeing with the other party's statement.
Previously, there was a huge turquoise crystal vein in Longbei County, but it was also unknown.
But in this case, the problem arises...
"Chang'an, how did you discover these hidden mineral veins?"
Wang Ning asked softly: "The Longbei County side is okay. Who knows how long they have been conducting searches there? But the Sushan County side has been under the control of the Li family of the Eastern Tang Dynasty before. Chang'an has just occupied it. It has not even been a month."
It’s not here yet!”
"What the capable man cannot do, perhaps, this is the reason why Chang'an rose and the Eastern Tang Dynasty fell."
Chen Xingwen said: "Everything we see now may be just scratching the surface."
Wang Ning sighed: "It's not impossible..."
The two of them walked together to the depths of Sushan Mountain and came to the mine.
The level of cultivation of the people guarding here is far inferior to that of the prisoners.
But no prisoner can cause chaos.
At the mine, everything is in order.
The arrival of Chen Xingwen and Wang Ning aroused suspicion among the mine supervisors and guards.
They were not allowed to enter the mining area until they had been inspected several times.
The two elders of Wutian Peak did not feel dissatisfied with this visit. It was already rare for them to come here to visit Lin Ying.
Going deep into the mine, the two of them made their way down.
As they walked, Wang Ning suddenly said softly: "Compared to the turquoise crystal veins, this place is deeper."
Chen Xingwen nodded silently and said nothing.
After they walked for a while, they didn't see Lin Ying yet, but they saw another person first.
Xiao Kun, a clan master of the Southern Liang Dynasty and the brother of the current King of Liang.
Even though Northern Qi and Nanliang were far apart, Xiao Kun and the two elders of Wutian Peak recognized him immediately.
However, when Xiao Kun saw them, he said nothing, hid his face and left.
The other party's rudeness did not make Chen Xingwen and Wang Ning angry.
They feel more concerned.
Chen Xingwen almost suffered the same fate as Xiao Kun, and Wang Ning himself once worked as a coolie in the jadeite crystal mine.
They know very well how Xiao Kun feels.
After watching Xiao Kun leave, Chen Xingwen and the others continued downward.
After a while, Wang Ning asked again: "Senior Brother Chen, can you tell what kind of mineral deposit this is?"
Chen Xingwen traced his fingers on the wall of the mine passage: "I'm not sure, but this looks like... Mountain God Rock?"
Wang Ning felt that his throat was a little dry: "To be honest, it looks like it to me."
Shanshenyan is currently almost extinct in Eastern Xinjiang.
Only a few were produced in the Nanliang Dynasty, and demand completely exceeded supply.
The ore vein is occupied by the Nanliang royal family, and most of the ore is supplied to the royal family, with only a very small part going to the market.
And each time, it was wiped out in a very short period of time.
The Mountain God Rock is mainly used by martial artists to hone their Qi and blood.
For other practitioners, it is not as useful as turquoise crystal.
But for martial arts practitioners, this is a treasure even better than turquoise crystal.
Wutian Peak is also a martial arts sect. Wang Ning's voice was a little difficult at this moment: "I don't know what the yield of the Mountain God Rock here is."
Chen Xingwen did not answer and observed silently.
And the results of the observation made him excited.
This is obviously a huge mineral deposit.
The reserves of the mineral veins over at Nanliang are probably not as huge as here.
The Eastern Tang Dynasty was really sitting on a treasure mountain without knowing it!
The two of them continued downward and successfully found their leader, Lin Ying, at the bottom of the current mine.
"Why are you here?" Lin Ying's mood was quite calm: "Did Chang'an let you go free? Or did they have something happen and asked you to come to me?"
"The two of us have found peace and are free."
Chen Xingwen said with shame: "I'm just ashamed that you, senior brother, have to suffer here because of us."
"It doesn't matter. I am the son of a blacksmith. I have been used to doing rough work since I was a child. Now that I have cultivated my skills, it is much easier than when I was young."
Lin Ying himself was very calm: "Except for you, how are the others? Are they as free as you, or do they still have to work?"
"Most people, like us, have regained their freedom." Chen Xingwen said: "Only a few people, such as Gao Jun and Yu Lin, are still imprisoned and working."
"They have a fierce temper." Wang Ning smiled bitterly.
"Between fellow disciples, there needs to be people with strong tempers as well as people with gentle tempers, so that we can help each other."
Lin Yingyan said: "Don't rush back to the mountain gate for now. Just send a secret message back to let the mountain gate know the situation. Don't worry. Please be careful to conceal the message when sending it. Don't let the Northern Qi royal family intercept it."
Chen Xingwen nodded: "I understand, please rest assured, senior brother."
After a pause, he asked: "The Eastern Tang Dynasty is in the hands of Chang'an. So regarding the future of Chang'an and Northern Qi, as well as where our sect should go, senior brother has already made an idea?"
Lin Yingyan said: "I don't want to say too much. I can only say that there are masters in Chang'an City who have surpassed the Ninth Realm. Not to mention the Northern Qi, even if the other six countries in Eastern Xinjiang join forces, it will be difficult to defeat Chang'an."
Wang Ning nodded aside: "I have the same view."
Chen Xingwen took a long breath: "Then I will write a letter to the sect later."
"Thank you, Junior Brother Chen." Lin Yingyan said.
Chen Xingwen sent a letter to Wu Tianfeng, but Zhang Dongyun did not stop him.
He knew the content of the letter, and he would naturally welcome more people to join Chang'an and work for him.
For such a relatively decent person who is also sincere in his service, City Lord Zhang does not intend to let Lin Ying stay in the mine for too long.
Experts in the ninth realm are naturally far better than those in the seventh and eighth realms for mining.
But at present, Chang'an City's control area is rapidly expanding, and it is impossible for Invincible City to encompass all the hundreds of counties in the Tang Dynasty.
To deal with enemies from all directions, City Lord Zhang needs some capable fighters.
This way, it will be easier for him to earn rewards from the Defender mission.
After all, after triggering the Defender mission, you must capture it on the spot, otherwise there will be no reward even if you capture it again next time.
At this time, a master from the ninth realm is more useful than multiple eighth realms.
As for mining, there is no need to worry.
There are still quite a lot of manpower.
In addition to Lin Ying, Xiao Kun and others' Shanshenyan mineral vein in Sushan County, there are actually brothers Cangye Taoist and Huangye Taoist from Qingyun Temple here.
There are also Taoist Jingfu from Qingfu Palace, Taoist Xuanfeng, etc.
Under the green turquoise crystal veins in Longbei County, Zhang Dongyun let Qingye Zhenren, the Ninth Realm, take charge of the attack.
Along with him were Li Dong, the old prince of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, Li Xuannian, the younger brother of the Tang King, Li Yi, the second son of the Tang King, Situ Jinsheng, the head of the Situ family, and many other eighth-level masters who served as excavation machines.
At the Xifeng Iron Mine in Xihai County, Yan Sheng, the vice president of Shuofeng Academy in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Lu Chen, the president of Chansheng Academy in Nanliang, the old monk Fa Xin, and Tang Ze, the secret guard commander of the Western Chu Dynasty.
In short, there are quite a lot of manpower to act as "excavators".
In addition to the three mineral veins, there are also various other sieges, allowing these practitioners to give full play to their personal strengths.
In the Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun smiled with satisfaction.
In front of him, there was a rock that was taller than a person, completely navy blue, with a faint glimmer of light shining through it.
If such a large piece of mountain god rock were to flow outside, it would definitely cause shock.
No matter how extravagant a person is, they will divide it so that it can be used by multiple people.
But now, it is reserved for Zhang Dongyun alone.
He stretched out his palm forward and pressed it on the boulder.
As his murderous aura became extremely abundant and swept across the mountain rock, the shiny luster on the rock surface began to become more and more dazzling.
Zhang Dongyun could feel the counter-shock force flowing out of the Mountain God Rock and pouring into his body.
In this process of alternating murderous aura and spiritual energy between the two sides, Zhang Dongyun could feel that his own murderous aura was becoming more pure and concise.
If he persists for a long time, he can quickly gather the evil energy and reach the eighth level of cultivation of a warrior.
It took him several months to go from the fifth realm to the sixth realm.
Normally, it would take at least half a year to a year for him to break through from the sixth realm to the seventh realm.
This was still the case when he was a spiritual stone jade embryo, poured with the spiritual energy of the Invincible City, and assisted in his training by the turquoise crystal.
If it had been anyone else, they might not have been able to achieve a breakthrough in a few years, ten years or even decades.
There are many sixth-level warriors who have been stuck below the seventh level for a lifetime.
Even if ordinary people take the Xuanyuan Fruit, it is impossible for them to break through from the sixth realm to the seventh realm in a short period of time.
Zhang Dongyun, on the other hand, based on the original foundation and the help of Xuanyuan Fruit, it only took him a few months, which was no longer than the time it took him to go from the fifth realm to the sixth realm.
But then, from the seventh realm to the eighth realm, it theoretically takes him longer.
Unless there is new help.
City Lord Zhang was still worried about this matter before.
After all, the duration of Invincible City is only one year.
But when the Invincible City system expanded to include Sushan County, Zhang Dongyun quickly discovered that deep in the mountains and rocks here, there were treasures of Shanshenyan mineral veins.
With this object, it would be much easier for him to attack the eighth realm.
This will save him a lot of time.
In the days that followed, City Lord Zhang slowly built a "communication network" while focusing on his own training.
He was filled with murderous aura, becoming more and more pure.
One day, the spies assigned by Tianxian Palace to the Western Zhou Dynasty suddenly sent back a message.
In the territory of the Western Zhou Dynasty, a sect called Huanglei Sect sent secret envoys to contact them, hoping to meet with the person in charge of Chang'an.
From what they revealed, it was not an alliance or a liaison.
Instead, he wanted to serve Chang'an directly and become Chang'an's internal correspondent in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
This news immediately attracted the attention of the Blood Shadow Old Demon and reported it to Chang'an.
Because the Huanglei Sect is not a small sect, but one of the top three famous martial arts sects in the entire Western Zhou Dynasty.