Xishan Road is one of the eighteen roads in the Wu Kingdom. When the Wu Kingdom was first established, only seven roads were set up. However, as the territory continued to expand, more administrative areas were divided, and now there are eighteen roads.
Among the eighteen paths of the Wu Kingdom, the Tiansheng Sect controls five. Among them, the Zhili Road is completely controlled and cannot be interfered with by others. It is the most special. All the territory of the Zhili Road is also the territory of the Tiansheng Sect.
The remaining four Daotian Holy Sects did not fully occupy, but only occupied a part, forming a dominant position. In addition, the Danyang Sect also controlled the territory of the three Dao and had a large number of vassals under its command. The remaining Dao were controlled by various powerful sects.
The second-tier townships and counties are controlled by those small forces.
Xishan Road is the most remote road controlled by the Tiansheng Sect. It is still connected to Qiyun Mountain and borders Xiang State. Qiyun Mountain has become the Taoist land of Xishan Road. The other forces are not worth mentioning because this area is all the former Qingshan Mountains.
Three hundred years have passed since the surrender of the county and the forces settled there, but no forces have risen.
At this time, in a barren mountain on the West Mountain Road, several monks were climbing over the mountains. They were not just climbing over the mountains, but they were walking for a while and taking out their hoes to dig out rocks, soil and other things.
"Phew, we finally reached the top"
After a long time, several people were climbing to the top of the mountain. Several young disciples sat down on the rocks, breathing heavily and looking extremely tired.
"It's so shameful that you're still a cultivator of immortality. This short journey is already so tiring."
"Master, you are an expert in Dao Gang, but I am only at the third level of pulse condensation. My bones are almost falling apart after dining and sleeping with you these days."
"You guys are still tired, right? The sect missions are so hard to get now. If I hadn't brought you out, do you think it would be so easy to get the merit points? If I accidentally discover some minerals, you guys, as my disciples
I can share the profits with my assistants. If I don’t want the merit points, they can all go back. I don’t think it’s too much for me alone.”
The Dao Gang monk had a serious face and said sternly. Several disciples immediately laughed and served tea and water. They no longer dared to feel tired and served their master comfortably.
"Master, do you think there might be any minerals on this Xishan Road? We have been searching for half a month and there are no clues at all."
"Yes. In such a large area as our Wu Kingdom, only sixteen minerals have been discovered so far. This is completely unreasonable. I firmly believe that there must be minerals in this Xishan Road."
"real?"
"Of course it's true. Master, I have studied the Earth Master inheritance over the years and have reached a good level. I found..."
The master talked eloquently again, talking about the inheritance of the Earth Master. This person's name was Li Jiusi, and he was the first monk from the Tiansheng Sect to respond to Lin Xiao's request to study the Earth Master's inheritance.
Li Jiusi's Earth Master inheritance is already good, reaching the fourth-level level, but he lacks practice. This time the salary adjustment at the sect's Daogang monk level has made the life of a disciple from a poor family like Li Jiusi even more difficult, so Lin Xiao gave an order, and Li Jiusi came
He set off with his disciples.
In recent years, they have traveled through most of the territory of Wu Kingdom. Li Jiusi has discovered many minerals, but he did not report them to the sect because those minerals are not located in the territory controlled by Tiansheng Sect. Even if he reported them
, neither the sect nor him would get any benefit, so he would not repay it.
This time he came to Xishan Road because Tiansheng Sect could completely control it, so he came here and wanted to achieve some results here.
Several disciples looked at the master's talk and showed signs of listening attentively. In fact, their thoughts had already flown to the sky, because they had long been tired of hearing these theories.
"Okay, I'm too lazy to tell you, you know nothing"
Li Jiusi also knew what the disciples were thinking. After talking for a while, he stopped talking when he felt it was boring, because Earth Master is a very unpopular profession in Tiansheng Sect. If Lin Xiao hadn't been supporting him, no one would really learn this.
Nowadays, the younger generation of disciples in the sect are all yearning for the profession of alchemy weapon formation, especially the alchemy master, which is a profession that countless disciples dream of. Think about Li Muxue, Bai Xixi, and Yu Tianxiang, who are alchemists.
They are tall and have the richest net worth. They are well-known rich people in the family. I don’t know how many people regard them as role models.
However, Li Jiusi has always scorned the dreams of these disciples. If alchemists were so eager to learn, there would not be so few high-level alchemists in the sect. The investment in alchemy alone is not something ordinary people can afford.
, I think back then, Li Jiusi also had the ambition to become a high-level alchemist, but after studying for several years, he was deeply in debt and could not even refine a first-level elixir, so he gave up.
"You guys go to camp, and we will stay here at night. I think there is definitely hope for this mountain."
"Yes, Master"
Several disciples responded that they would not believe such words because they had heard it hundreds of times.
Li Jiusi ignored those apprentices, but took out the excavated stones and studied them one by one, analyzing their composition to see if they had some mineral properties.
The disciples quickly set up a tent in the leeward area, took out food to heat, and respectfully invited Li Jiusi to eat. After eating, they went to the tent to meditate and practice.
Li Jiusi walked out of the tent, holding a compass in his hand, and kept walking along the ridge, constantly picking at the compass.
"When the moon sets in the west, it's good feng shui to climb a mountain and look at the moon. The vegetation in this area is so lush, so the ground veins must be good. Well, let's mark it first and dig it out tomorrow."
"The pattern of a rabbit looking at the moon is so mysterious that it is a sign of spiritual veins. It's strange that I didn't feel the existence of spiritual veins during the day. According to the book, it should be invisible spiritual veins, hidden deep underground.
, if you give me three years, I can pull out the spiritual veins, but I don’t know what level this spiritual vein is. If it is a first-level spiritual vein, I will be at a loss."
"The rocks here are dark brown, which should be..."
Li Jiusi did not have the burden of his apprentice. He walked over a dozen mountains within tens of miles in one night, checked the small flags on the mountains, marked them, and prepared to search again tomorrow.
He really didn't come here to look for mineral veins on the mountain peaks randomly, but after in-depth research. He has studied the mountain topography and terrain here many times before on the map. This kind of terrain should have
Just some veins.
Early on the next morning, after all the disciples woke up, Li Jiusi took them to the place where the small flag was planted, with the word "dig".
Several apprentices have long been used to it, and they have taken out tools such as shovels and dug around the small flag. They are all immortal cultivators, and the shovels in their hands are also at the level of first-order magic weapons. It is still very easy to dig a hole.
In less than half a day, a large pit two meters in diameter and dozens of meters deep appeared.
"Master, come and see, it's silt removal."
He continued digging down, and soon a disciple shouted, and Li Jiusi jumped directly into the pit.
"Yes, it is dredged soil, and the quality is very good."
Li Jiusi picked up a ball of soil and smelled it, with a hint of joy on his face. This silt soil is a material for refining weapons, especially suitable for refining city bricks for building cities. When Gongming City was expanded, there was no discovery.
This dredging soil needs to be purchased, which costs a total of 600,000 Xuanjing.
And now Li Jiusi discovered that there is dredged soil here. In the future, when Gongming City is expanded or other places are expanded, there is no need to outsource it. He can dig it himself. Presumably, the General Affairs Hall will also give a lot of merit.
"Master, what should we do now?"
"Go up, fill it back with soil, and then, as I told you before, drill holes and collect soil at one kilometer, five kilometers, and ten kilometers around to see how much reserves there are in this dredged soil."
"Ah, how long will it take?"
"One person per person, whoever completes it first will be rewarded with a Jade Pill."
"I'll go, I'll go right away"
"Brother, I'm sorry to bother you here. I'm leaving."
Li Jiusi said a word, and several disciples immediately ran away. They were all disciples from poor families, and the reward of a Jade Pill was already very generous.
Li Jiusi shook his head and cast a spell to fill back the excavated soil. The sect didn't need the dredged soil now and probably wouldn't send people to dig immediately, so he only needed to measure the area reserves.
The apprentices were busy, and Li Jiusi was not idle either. He immediately went to the next mountain to dig a hole for inspection. However, before he reached the place where he planted the flag, Li Jiusi actually saw a beast that was about to advance into a cave.
among.
"It's strange. Although this Xishan Dao is not very strong, it has a lot of mortals. That civet cat just now almost turned into a monster. Is there no one to clean it up, or is it just a fish that slipped through the net?"
Li Jiusi had some doubts in his heart, and as he was interested, he immediately followed him. After entering the cave, he saw the skeletons of many beasts, and those skeletons were almost like first-order monster beasts.
"There is wind, underground water, well, and there is also a weak mysterious energy, no wonder"
Li Jiusi stretched out his hand, felt the wind blowing from the narrow cave, and faintly heard the sound of water flowing. He concluded that there was an underground river here, and there was probably a spiritual vein produced. This could also explain why there were so many people who were about to advance here.
beast.
Li Jiusi took out his flying sword and started to widen the cave neatly. After advancing dozens of meters, a wide cave appeared, and then a black shadow struck him.
"idiot"
The one who attacked him was the civet cat just now. Unfortunately, as a Dao Gang monk, he could only deal with such a beast, which was not even a first-order monster, by sending out a sword energy, and the civet cat's head was missing.
"Yes, according to the concentration of this profound energy, it should be a second-level spiritual vein. Hey, there are also a lot of elixirs, which is an unexpected fortune."
Li Jiusi scanned the cave and saw a lot of elixirs growing. He was immediately overjoyed. This wild elixir was the Xuan Jing given away for free. Li Jiusi would naturally not dislike this high-grade place and would soon see it.
All the elixirs were gone, and he estimated that he could sell them for several thousand Xuan Crystals.
After collecting the elixir, Li Jiusi jumped into the underground river and started groping in the river. Soon, Li Jiusi's expression changed. He quickly got up, took out a fluorescent stone, illuminated the surroundings, and observed what was in his hand.
, he was holding a handful of sand in his hand. Li Jiusi carefully opened the sand and took a breath.
"It's Xijin. Xijin has a grade as high as fifth. It's incredible. Now I, Lao Li, have become rich."
After confirming the two glittering golden gravels among the sand, Li Jiusi was immediately overjoyed. There was actually gold worth up to fifth level. It was difficult not to make a fortune this time.