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Chapter 386 Tiger Back Ridge Spirit Stone Mine
tiger back ridge

Hubei Ridge is located in the southwest of Changshan County, Weiyang County. It is a majestic mountain with sharp tiger teeth and stretches for two to three hundred miles.

However, this mountain is famous in Weiyang County not because of its shape, but because of its spiritual mine.

There is a spiritual stone mine with a storage capacity of 5000 million, which is the largest in Weiyang County.

According to the rules of the Yunxiao Sect, the ownership of the Lingshi veins in the world belongs to the Zongmen, but for the convenience of mining, they will be entrusted to the local wealthy families, and the Zongmen will charge a certain percentage of fees every year.

Taking this mine as an example, the annual mining volume should not exceed 20 spirit stones—this is the standard set by Yunxiaozong to prevent the marsh from drying up and to ensure a stable supply of spirit stones. Among them, [-] will be handed over to the sect, and the rest will belong to the mining party. all.

Over the past few hundred years, the Zhao family has been acting in accordance with the requirements of the sect. After deducting labor, costs and the rental fee of the magic circle, there is still about [-] to [-] spirit stones in profit every year.

This figure seems insignificant compared with the reserves of 5000 million.In fact, this return is quite generous. After all, this spirit stone is available every year, and it has been continuously transfused to the family.

On this day, in a huge cave at the depth of [-] zhang under the Hubei Ridge, a few night pearls hung high, emitting a dim light.

On the ground, there are seven or eight tents. Judging from the stains and dust on them, I don't know how many years they have been placed here.

In the tent, monks could be vaguely seen sitting in meditation or resting, and even the sound of snoring could be heard.

Seven or eight feet away from the group of tents, there were six people sitting cross-legged in a corner.Between them was a hexagonal tin box, with a long white tube protruding from each side, reaching three feet to the monk's chest.

These six monks, according to different orders, will input mana into the tube every once in a while, and then the tube will be retracted into the box, driving a series of rattling friction sounds inside, as if there are gears slowly moving. turn.

After about thirty breaths, a thumb-sized, crystal-clear white bead squeezed out from the bottom of the box and fell into the jade plate below, making a crisp ding-dong sound.

This is Lingshi.

This hexagonal box is called the condensed magic circle.The spiritual stones used by the monks in their cultivation are produced continuously from here.

In the Jade Realm, except for some special landforms that can breed natural spirit stones, most of the spirit stones use this method to draw the spirit energy from the spirit veins.Then pour it into the condensing magic circle, fuse with the mortal white jade that was placed in advance, and finally form a spirit stone.

The most important magic weapon among them is the array plate that makes up the condensed magic circle.This object can only be manufactured by Zongmen, and then leased to the mine for assembly.Loose cultivators or private refining by the family is a felony crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the family.

This magic circle also has a special function, which is to record the number of spirit stones generated every day.In this way, the sect only needs to come to check regularly, and they can easily judge whether the mine is following the rules and whether it is overmining or overmining.

All these are the methods used by the sect to control the place and grab the world's resources.

Less gossip.

Besides, this condensed magic circle also has an inconvenience, that is, monks need to penetrate the magic power from time to time, otherwise it will not work smoothly.

It's just that ordinary monks don't want to do such time-consuming and labor-intensive work, so they can only hand it over to those who have committed crimes.

At this time, among the six people, one was pale, with his whole face tilted to one side, like a boy with a shoehorn. He coughed again and again just after delivering the mana, and looked at the standing next to him with pleading eyes. man.

However, his left eye was closed all the time, as if he was blind.

The person standing was a middle-aged man in his 30s with a full face, and he scolded with disdain:

"waste!"

The boy didn't argue, and continued to look at him with one eye.

The man cursed and took out a few pills from his arms and threw them over.

The young man quickly caught it, took out one and swallowed it, then closed his eyes and meditated while adjusting his breath.

The elixir in his hand is the return qi pill.However, it is the worst kind, there are a lot of spirit stones in the market.

Although it can also restore the aura in the dantian, but there are too many impurities, which will accumulate in the body over time, which will cause blockage of the meridians and stop the cultivation base.

After a few breaths, the boy let out a long breath, sat upright on the spot, and continued to drive the formation.

A face, but it is more gloomy and gloomy.

This young man is exactly Zhao Lian.He has been in this dark place for more than three years.

During his trip to Langshan three years ago, he attempted to murder Yang Zhen. Although he failed, he indirectly caused the tragic death of two monks of the family. According to the rules of the family, he should be executed.

However, the ten elders said a lot of good things for him, and found Zhao Youting, who was in charge of family affairs, and said that there was a shortage of manpower for the mining of the spirit stone mine, so he was finally sentenced to be allocated to the Hubeiling spirit mine and never released.

At that time, he was lucky to escape with his life. It was not until he came here that he understood why so many monks would rather die than linger in the Lingshi Mine.

This place is really not full of people!
First of all, in order to improve the mining efficiency, most of the Lingshi mines are built deep underground and do not see sunlight all year round.If you stay for a long time, even a monk with a cultivation base will be plagued by various diseases.

Furthermore, it is impossible to cultivate.

Although the spiritual eye is only a few feet away from me, it is said that the spiritual energy should be very abundant, but in fact, under the control of the formation, the spiritual energy is almost completely sent to the condensed formation, leaving only a little residue, which is barely enough. You restore some mana.

Most of the time, you can only replenish your spiritual power with the help of Huiqi Pill.

But taking this inferior medicine is tantamount to quenching thirst with poison!

The monks assigned to the mine, for so many years, have never heard of anyone who can increase their cultivation base!

Three full years have passed, and he, Zhao Lian, is still at the third level of Qi training.

As for the third point, it has something to do with his surname.

Because his surname is Zhao, the monks who came to this mine, no matter what they committed, are almost inseparable from the Zhao family.Now that there is a direct descendant of the Zhao family here, people don't care how he got in, anyway, there is a punching bag!
If it weren't for the presence of a guard from the Zhao family, he would have been killed a long time ago.

It's just that among the six people in the team, his cultivation base is the lowest, and the magic circle will not last long, so he has to ask the guards for the recovery qi pill to replenish.Over time, the guard also despised him very much.

So in the past few years, Zhao Lian has suffered a lot and suffered a lot, which made him even less talkative, and his personality became more depressed and withdrawn.

……

After an unknown amount of time, the condensed formation that had been running suddenly made a soft sound, and the entire formation gradually stopped functioning.

Except for Zhao Lian, everyone had joyful smiles on their faces.

The magic circle continuously produces [-] spirit stones every ten days, and then it will stop for one day.

Most of the monks not only get a precious day of rest because of this, but also when the magic circle is suspended, a lot of spiritual energy will leak out from the spiritual eyes, which can also allow them to practice well for a day.

This is almost their happiest moment in the mine.

However, it is not the case for Zhao Lian, he still has things to do.

"Number 31," the guard read his number and said coldly, "Go to work!"

As he spoke, an old storage bag was thrown at him.

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　　PS: I thought I could finish writing what happened to Zhao Lian in one day, but I didn't expect it would take a long time just to set up the Lingshi Mine.The description about mining is inspired by "Where's the Taoist?" Thank you!

　　
　
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