Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Song Qingxing was not proficient in any skills other than combat, which naturally included mineral exploration. He could only use his spiritual sense to preliminarily determine the scale of this [Amethyst Vein].

What is certain at the moment is that the reserves of this [Amethyst Vein] are extremely huge, and his spiritual sense cannot penetrate it at all. It is very likely not to be a companion vein of the [Titanium Vein].

Not long after, Song Xianming, who had treated Yuan Tianshu's wounds, also joined the exploration. In this regard, he was much more experienced than Song Qingxing, and soon determined that this was a large-scale [Amethyst Mine Vein].

It is still unknown whether [Amethyst Chalcedony] is contained inside, but judging from the scale, the possibility is very high, which made Song Xianming smile from ear to ear.

This is the fundamental reason for the rise of the Song family.

According to the popular classification standards in the human cultivation world, if a force wants to reach a certain level, it must produce cultivators of the corresponding level stably, not for one or two generations, but for generations.

Only when this is met can there be the potential for stable development and continued growth, rather than a flash in the pan.

In fact, the Song family before and the current Song family are not satisfied with this.

The current strength of the Song family is actually supported by the personal talents of the cultivators, so the success rate seems to be very high. In fact, even if ordinary cultivators have the assistance of spiritual objects, the success rate of breakthrough is less than 50%. Without spiritual objects, it is only 10% to 20%, which is shockingly low.

Therefore, whether or not one can obtain auxiliary spiritual objects stably becomes the key to whether or not one can stably produce Purple Mansion monks.

A [Yin Yang Purple Tree] has been planted in the Song family's spiritual plant garden. After it grows up, they can collect seeds and expand the scale of planting, and the conditions will be met over time.

However, the growth cycle of the Yin-Yang Purple Tree is too long, and the seed survival rate is pitifully low. The right time, place and people are all essential, and it may not be able to form a large scale even after thousands of years.

At present, the forces in the Da Qi cultivation world that can stably produce auxiliary spiritual objects are only two sects, one city, and the Tianjian Sect. Although Baicao Hall and Fumo Hall have also produced several generations of Purple Mansion cultivators, they still have to rely on external channels to obtain spiritual objects, which is extremely unstable, so strictly speaking, they do not count.

Among these four sects, only the Tianmai Sect completely relies on the [Yin Yang Purple Tree]. They have spent thousands of years and invested countless manpower and material resources to cultivate a forest of Yin Yang Purple Trees that is second only to the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce in size among the four border realms.

The number of its Purple Mansion cultivators has always ranked first in the Da Qi cultivation world over the years, even the Jinwu Sect is slightly inferior.

It’s not that the Jinwu Sect hadn’t thought about following suit, but it just didn’t have the technology. The Tianmai Sect kept it a secret and didn’t reveal anything at all.

Over thousands of years, the Jinwu Sect has only cultivated a small area, which is far from meeting the demand.

But the Jinwu Sect occupied the area with the richest mineral resources in Da Qi after all, and there was no shortage of [Amethyst Veins]. Relying on the continuous mining of [Amethyst Chalcedony], they were able to maintain their dominant position.

The formation of [Amethyst Chalcedony] is very special. In the beginning, [Amethyst Vein] is actually just one or two crystal cores. These crystal cores will absorb the purple air produced when the sun rises, and then continue to divide and proliferate, forming a vein over time.

When these mineral veins grow to a certain size, the density of the original crystal core locations increases, and there is a chance that a "marrow pool" will form.

A special "marrow fluid" will accumulate in the marrow pool. This is a precious spiritual liquid formed by the combination of the purple energy of heaven and earth and the power of laws. Purple Mansion cultivators can directly improve their own cultivation by taking it.

If you are willing to wait a little longer, the marrow fluid will "crystallize" and form the popular [Amethyst Chalcedony].

In other words, as long as the marrow pool is not destroyed, [Amethyst Chalcedony] is also a renewable resource. Depending on the scale of the vein, the formation speed is from tens to hundreds of years, and multiple marrow pools can exist in one vein at the same time.

According to ancient records, the Daming Immortal Dynasty in the ancient times controlled an [Amethyst Ore Vein] that gave birth to twelve marrow pools. It could produce twelve pieces of [Amethyst Jadeite] every hundred years. The vein spanned most of the Immortal Dynasty underground.

Relying on this mineral vein, the Daming Immortal Dynasty once had the momentum to become the number one immortal dynasty in the northern continent.

This is the largest recorded [Amethyst Mine], but unfortunately the marrow pool was destroyed by a powerful person in a great battle. Although the vein is still there, it has lost its activity, which is a great loss to the entire human race.

According to legend, the Jinwu Sect owns a [Amethyst Mine Vein] with four marrow pools, which produces four pieces of [Amethyst Chalcedony] every 150 years.

The authenticity of this news is still unclear, but judging from the growth rate of Purple Mansion cultivators in the Jinwu Sect in recent years, the credibility is still very high.

Compared to the long growth period of four to five hundred years for the [Yin Yang Purple Tree], the [Amethyst Mine] still has great advantages in this regard, with stable output and does not require excessive investment.

However, the advantage of the [Yin Yang Purple Tree] is that it can be planted on a large scale and can be migrated, which is something the [Amethyst Mine Vein] cannot compare to. The marrow pool is still too fragile.

Song Xianming is not greedy. He will be satisfied as long as this vein can produce a marrow pool.

"Thanks to this group of [Gold Devouring Bugs], otherwise we don't know when this vein of ore will see the light of day again. I will have someone collect all these corpses later. They are excellent materials for refining magic tools."

"This is all due to the family's fortune. Jiangzhou is indeed a treasure land." Yuan Tianshu said with emotion.

He has been in Jiangzhou for the longest time, and he knows the value of the land under his feet very well.

In just over twenty years, not to mention the land that has been sold, with the intensification of exploration efforts, a large number of mineral veins with mining value have been discovered in the hands of the Song family alone.

There is even a medium-sized spirit vein with an annual output of 100,000 low-grade spirit stones, and a small spirit vein with an annual output of more than 30,000. The reserves are very rich.

The resource distribution in Jiangzhou is relatively balanced, with no particular aspect standing out, but it wins in terms of comprehensiveness.

The most extreme one is Xinzhou under the jurisdiction of Luoxia City. It is almost entirely spiritual stone veins. More than a dozen have been discovered so far. Although most of them are micro or small, there are too many of them. There is also a large spiritual vein with an annual output of more than 300,000.

The other Lanzhou and Cangzhou also have their own focus, and each of them is very rich. In comparison, Tuozhou seems a bit ordinary, except that it has more spiritual veins.

When several people returned to the ground, the landslide had stopped. The stationed monks also rescued the buried miners with the help of Song Qingxi. This time, the death toll from the landslide exceeded four hundred.

"Bury the victims properly, treat the injured appropriately, finish their labor, give rewards and send them back to the mortal world." Song Xianming sighed lightly. The human body is too fragile and it is difficult for them to survive such a disaster.

"Great grandfather, we have checked everything out. The fine iron vein we are mining is also a companion vein. It happened to be mined close to the [titanium mine], which alarmed the [gold-eating insects] and caused this landslide." Song Qingxi said softly.

Song Xianming nodded slightly. He had already guessed this.

"After you go back, arrange for people to come and mine as soon as possible. Make sure to find out whether there is a marrow pool as soon as possible. During this time, you two should guard this place in secret. Anyone who dares to approach this place will be killed without mercy.

In addition, Fellow Daoist Yuan will also issue a statement to the monks in the market, saying that the ground subsidence here was caused by the [Gold Devouring Bugs], and because the population is too large, it is difficult to eliminate them in a short time, so the monks in the surrounding areas should not approach this place, otherwise they will bear the consequences themselves. "

"I understand." Yuan Tianshu nodded.

After explaining everything clearly, Song Xianming returned to Cangmang Peak first and submitted this major discovery to the Elders' Council.

Song Luyun had never thought that what was originally a disaster would turn out to be a good thing, so she quickly arranged for reliable family elders and monks to enter the mine and mine overnight, striving to find the marrow pool as quickly as possible. During this period, a small episode occurred, that is, Song Youping, who locked himself in a small dark room all day to study poisons, actually volunteered to go there for the first time.

Needless to say, Song Youping's contribution to the Song family was great. He was the first to discover the vast small world, and he also developed a specific poison to help the family clear out the [Mist Hidden Insects] in the small world.

After he broke through the foundation-building stage, he also developed a number of specific poisons, which came into play during the coalition expedition.

The reason why he volunteered this time was because he was quite interested in the [Gold-Eating Bugs] that appeared in the pit.

When studying poisons, one naturally cannot avoid dealing with various poisonous insects. He happened to be interested in various insects. Until now, he still raises a group of [Mist Insects] and uses the white mist they spit out to develop a kind of [Thunderbolt Seed] specifically.

It is about the size of a pigeon egg. It will explode if thrown on the ground, generating a white mist with a diameter of one hundred feet that can block breath and spiritual consciousness. It can be called an escape weapon.

It has now become widely popular among the Qi-refining practitioners in the family.

Although this [Gold-Eating Bug] is not a poisonous insect, it is rare enough and its body structure is very unique.

What attracted him most was the special ability of the [Gold-Eating Bug].

As far as he knew, when the [Gold-Eating Beetle] was eating, its mouthparts would secrete a unique saliva that could easily corrode various metals.

[Titanium] is one of the strongest spiritual materials among the third-level spiritual materials, but it is just ordinary food in front of [Gold-Eating Bugs].

It can corrode metal, and it is even easier to corrode flesh and blood. If it can be made into a weapon, its power will definitely not be weak.

In addition, the [Gold-Eating Bug] also has the ability to refine metals. It eats ore and excretes extremely high-purity metal particles.

However, a lot of losses will be caused during the digestion process. After all, what is excreted is just "residue". If the losses can be reduced, the efficiency of refining will be greatly improved.

Smelting and purification is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive. A lot of time is wasted on this when the weapon refiner is refining magical instruments.

It's not a big deal at ordinary times, but this disadvantage is infinitely magnified when it comes to large-scale batch refining.

For example, in the previous expedition, the consumption of fine iron arrows was very alarming, but the replenishment in the rear was very slow, because there were too few equipment refiners and there were not enough stocks of fine iron ingots, so the efficiency was too low.

But if the smelting step can be omitted, the efficiency can be increased by at least two to three times. This is the problem that Song Youping is committed to solving.

However, he has no idea how to implement it yet. He still needs to raise and observe it for a period of time before he can come up with a targeted plan...

It was normal for such a big noise like the ground subsidence to attract attention, but because of the statement issued by the Song family, most people chose to stay away.

They had never seen the [Gold-Eating Bugs], but their notoriety was well-known. If they encountered a large group of them, even a Purple Mansion cultivator would be eaten up.

Even the Song family can't be cleaned up in a short time, and going over to join in the fun is simply seeking death.

Unfortunately, not everyone has this awareness. There are always people who try to find out the truth, and then these people never appear again.

After a while, no one dared to join in the fun.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Song family figured out the direction of the ore vein and started mining day and night at the fastest speed.

[Amethyst Vein] spreads from the crystal core to the surrounding areas, so based on the direction of the vein, we can roughly calculate the core area where the marrow pool may exist.

They conduct targeted excavation directly into the core parts.

Unexpectedly, the excavation would take three years.

The closer to the core, the more amazing the density of [Amethyst] becomes. It is already very difficult for Qi Refining cultivators to mine it, and only cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage or above can ensure efficiency.

The increase in density also made it difficult for spiritual consciousness to penetrate. Even if Song Qingxing took action personally, he could only penetrate a thickness of about one foot.

Since it is impossible to accurately locate the position of the marrow pool, you have to be extremely careful when mining it, otherwise it may be damaged if you are not careful.

This greatly increases the time cost.

When it came to the last part, even the foundation-building cultivators did not dare to take action, so Song Qingxing had to mine it himself.

After a month of work, the first marrow pool was finally discovered.

In a crystal cave less than three feet in size, there was a small pool three inches square. At the bottom was a layer of white and purple paste, and on top was a thin layer of light purple spiritual liquid, which was the marrow fluid.

At the very top, there is marrow fluid dripping continuously and gathering into the marrow pool.

Just taking a normal breath, I felt that all the pores on my body opened up.

Song Qingxing's gaze was focused on the center of the marrow pool, where there was a piece of chalcedony with a very regular shape, as if it had been artificially cut.

This is the [Amethyst Chalcedony] that countless people are crazy about.

Although this vein of ore has been buried underground for endless years, there is still only one piece of formed [Amethyst Chalcedony] in the marrow pool. Those that were formed before have already been reintegrated into the marrow pool over the long years.

The thick layer of paste at the bottom of the marrow pool is the essence of [Amethyst Chalcedony] and is called [Chalcedony Paste].

After years of accumulation, the value of this item is comparable to that of a fourth-rank low-grade spiritual medicine. It can be used to refine the [Breakthrough Pill], which has a similar effect to the [Shenglong Pill] and can help Purple Mansion cultivators break through the bottleneck of a small realm.

[Amethyst Chalcedony] can be regenerated, but it is difficult to regenerate this [Chalcedony Paste]...

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(End of this chapter)