The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

Only after personally exploring the lapis lazuli veins with the two beasts did Xu Zhiyu completely believe that this was true.

Moreover, after a detailed investigation, he discovered that this vein was extremely large even among medium-sized veins.

If the Xu family mines in a planned and controlled manner, there will be no problem maintaining it for a few hundred years.

“Generally speaking, one pound of fourth-grade low-quality lapis lazuli is worth about two hundred middle-grade spirit stones in the world of immortal cultivation. If it is used as the main material for a magic weapon, the amount used will be about eighty pounds, which is quite expensive.

The original ore reserves of this vein are about 100 million jin, but the lapis lazuli mining rate is extremely low, only about one thousandth.

In the end, the family could only obtain about 100,000 kilograms of lapis lazuli, with a total value of 20 million medium-grade spirit stones.

Such a large number of spirit stones may seem like a lot, but the calculation cannot be made that way. Family mining also requires manpower and tool costs.

If all these are deducted, the profit the family can get from this mine is only about half, which is 10 million medium-grade spirit stones.

At first glance, this amount is indeed huge, but if the mining cycle is set at 500 years.

In a year, the net profit the family can earn from this mine is only 20,000 medium-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to more than 2 million low-grade spirit stones, which is not too much.

But you can't calculate it that way. If this mineral vein is developed, the family will have a place to accommodate a large number of idle members in the future. Otherwise, they will just stay in the family and do nothing, which is not good either."

Xu Zhiyu thought so as he stood next to the mine.

In fact, his worries were not without reason. The number of cultivators in the family was growing faster and faster. Every year, more than a dozen clan members were found to have spiritual roots and thus embarked on the path of cultivation.

When these tribesmen reach the fourth level of Qi Refining, they have the right to choose to learn one of the Hundred Immortal Cultivation Arts, thus making their path smoother and allowing them to go further.

However, it is not so easy to learn the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals. Perhaps less than one tenth of them are truly talented.

So what should be done with the remaining members who are not proficient in any arts? How should the family arrange for them?

These tribesmen are usually arranged to work in the market town, join the guard team, or do some less technical work at home such as guarding the tribe mountain gate, or growing spiritual rice, etc.

In fact, it is already difficult for the family to settle these people, and many positions are completely unnecessary.

However, for the sake of family stability and unity, the family still took out a considerable amount of spirit stones to subsidize this part of the job expenses.

If the situation continues to deteriorate like this, in the future whenever you walk to the gate of Xu Family Mountain, there will be an embarrassing scene of twenty or thirty monks coming forward to greet you.

That's why Xu Zhiyu felt that the appearance of this mineral vein was good and wonderful.

The mining of fourth-level spiritual ore requires not only the Purple Mansion cultivators to do the mining themselves, but other tasks such as smelting, transportation, and sales, etc., also require the participation of a large number of people.

According to his estimation, the entire industrial chain would require at least three to four hundred talents.

In this way, not only the employment problem of the clan members is solved, but also value can be created for the family. It is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

"Well, you did a good job this time. I'm going to reward you handsomely. Tell me what reward you want."

After hearing what their master said, the two spirit beasts looked at each other, and then each began to think about what they needed.

Seeing their expressions, Xu Zhiyu knew that he couldn't figure out the reason for a while, so he said:

"Don't be in a hurry. Think about it slowly. You guys stay here first. I'll go home and ask the ancestors and the clan leaders to come over and discuss the mining plan."

After saying that, he used the earth escape technique to drill out from the ground, then took off into the air and flew towards the family.

After returning to the family, he did not gather all the clansmen together in a big way. He only called Xu Deming, Xu Chengsheng and Xu Zhikai, and returned to the lapis lazuli mine.

"Xiao Jin, Hua Hua, well done. You have made great contributions to the family again."

When seeing such a huge mineral vein, Xu Chengsheng laughed so hard that his eyes were invisible. In such a good mood, he kept praising the two spirit beasts that discovered this mineral vein.

After that, several people stayed next to the mine and began to discuss the next development matters.

"Zhisong will be in charge here from now on. Send more than ten foundation-building clan members and two hundred Qi-refining clan members to command him. What do you think?"

Ancestor Xu Deming was the first to speak and propose.

“Zhisong has just broken through, so it may not be appropriate for him to be in charge here. It would be better to choose someone with a higher level of cultivation.

Although this place has been assigned to our human race by the Demon King, it is still very close to the demon territory and there are still certain safety risks. "

After thinking for a moment, Xu Chengsheng slowly said that his consideration was very reasonable. Safety issues were indeed the top priority. After all, it concerned the lives of hundreds of tribesmen.

"If you ask me, the most suitable person to be in charge here should be Uncle Twenty-Nine. He asked Taiyang Tower to send a message some time ago, saying that his cultivation has broken through to the third level of Purple Mansion.

Moreover, Brother Zhifeng's cultivation is now very stable, and there is no problem for him to stay there and support the overall situation alone, so he expressed his desire to return to the family's clan land.

Otherwise, I think we should take this opportunity to let Uncle Twenty-Nine come back from the Huangsha Sea.

He had previously presided over a series of matters such as the mining and smelting of the Tianchi Copper Mine for a long time, so it is really the best person for him to take over this place."

Xu Zhikai's opinion was to transfer Xu Zhengji back from where he was millions of miles away.

“Of course you can, but the Huangsha Sea is a dangerous place. Zhifeng is watching it alone, and I’m afraid something might happen.

So I think it would be appropriate to send another purple mansion from the family when we transfer Uncle Twenty-Ninth back."

Xu Zhiyu lowered his head and said after thinking for a while that he was the only one who had been to the Huangsha Sea area in person and knew how complicated the situation there was.

"That's fine. I just heard Zhijuan say that she plans to go out for some training. Let's let her stay on the island with Zhifeng for a while. After all, it's training, so why not go anywhere?"

Xu Chengsheng agreed with Xu Zhiyu's opinion and proposed someone to replace Xu Zhengji.

"Well, Taoyuanfang City is now guarded by the Jindan of Taiyang Tower, so there is no need to worry about safety issues.

So I think it would be safest to select one of Zhengyang and Aijun to come here and work with Zhengji to mine the lapis lazuli veins."

Xu Deming also changed his mind at this time and set his sights on Xu Zhiyu's parents.

It was a waste of talent to have two such ready-made late-stage Purple Mansion masters but not use them and let them stay in the market to maintain order. The Xu family was now in the limelight, who would be so blind as to cause trouble in Taoyuan Market? Wouldn't that be courting death?
Besides, even if someone really caused trouble, they would have to ask the Jindan monks of the Taiyang Tower branch stationed here whether they agreed or not. Before the auction was held, there were only three shopkeepers, one chief and two deputies, who were Jindan monks.

But after the auction, in order to show its importance to this branch, Taiyanglou directly transferred a full-time deputy manager to be responsible for security.

With his cultivation reaching the seventh level of Golden Core and such military equipment, the Xu family has nothing to worry about.

"I agree with this. I've also heard my father complain that staying in the market is too idle and he always wants to find something to do."

Of course Xu Zhiyu had nothing to be unwilling about. As a member of the Xu family, he must put the family's needs first and accept the family's reasonable arrangements.

Afterwards, they discussed some issues such as the sales of lapis lazuli and prepared to return home to make preparations.

But unexpectedly, Xu Zhiyu was stopped by Huahua and Xiaojin, who said that they had thought of what reward they wanted.

"You've figured it out so quickly? Then tell me!"

"Master, the Demon King's cession of territory this time has a huge impact on Xiao Jin and me.

Because our two territories are within this three thousand miles, after losing this place, we can only retreat to the interior of the Hengduan Mountains with our little demons and look for a new habitat.

But doing so would inevitably lead to conflicts with other third-level monsters.

Adjacent to our territory is a fourth-tier monster named the Black-Feathered Monster King, whose true form is a white-headed eagle. This monster king is extremely domineering and will never allow any other monster to set foot in his territory.

Moreover, it is only willing to accept flying monsters as its subordinates, and it completely ignores animals like us and reptiles like Xiao Jin. Even if we want to join them, it won’t accept us.”

Hearing this, Xu Zhiyu somewhat understood what the two beasts meant. They were preparing for him to take action and kill the fourth-level demon king, and then they would take the opportunity to expand their territory!

"I understand. Tell me what the White-headed Condor's cultivation level is and where its nest is. I'll send it on its way right now."

“Master is wise, the White-headed Condor’s cultivation is at the lower fourth level, and it took him less than two hundred years to break through to the Demon King realm.

Its main features are its extremely fast flying speed, and its pair of steel claws and sharp beak are comparable to fourth-tier magic weapons. There is nothing else particularly outstanding about it.

Its nest was built on the top of a huge mountain 30,000 miles away. All the trees on the top of the mountain had been eradicated by the bald eagle.

There are all kinds of flowers and plants planted here, which are very easy to identify. Master, just keep flying north and you will see them soon. "

"By the way, there is often a red bird with a strange appearance following it. No one knows the name of this bird, but its cultivation level is also at the lower fourth level. Master, you have to be careful!"

Huahua and Xiaojin rushed to tell Xu Zhiyu the information they had.

After knowing himself and the enemy, Xu Zhiyu said hello to the old ancestor and others, and then escaped from the ground.

However, he did not set off immediately, but made some preparations first. He took out a piece of silver talisman paper from his arms, which was drawn during his transformation into a martial arts practitioner.

It's called the Demon-like Talisman, and it's made of talisman paper using the fur of a fourth-level monster. It's also made of the inner elixir of a fourth-level monster, which is ground into ink and crushed into spiritual ink, and is carefully drawn.

The greatest function of this item is that after it is attached to the body, human cultivators will temporarily transform into monsters.

Moreover, monsters of the same level cannot distinguish them at all. Only monsters of a higher level can distinguish them.

The reason why he did this was to prevent the demon clan from discovering that it was the human monks who did it, but rather that the demon clan was killing each other for territory.

After all, this incident happened near the Xu family's territory. If this caused those great demon kings to become hostile towards the Xu family, it would be a very serious problem.

After disguising himself, Xu Zhiyu transformed into a fourth-order, lower-grade Thousand-Feather Crane with a pure white body and a red crown on its head.

The effect of this demon-like talisman can only last for six hours, so he decided to end the battle quickly.

……

Soon four hours passed and Xu Zhiyu reappeared at the same place. He did not expect that hunting two fourth-level monsters would be so smooth this time.

As soon as it entered the airspace of the bald eagle, two third-level flying monsters came towards it and told it to get out rudely.

Could Xu Zhiyu indulge them in this bad habit? He attacked them directly and killed them instantly.

The bald eagle who saw this scene from afar couldn't help it and rushed over with a sharp scream.

Next, Xu Zhiyu, who transformed into the Thousand Feather Crane, fought with the opponent for a while, pretended to be defeated and led it to a place far away from its territory.

Then he instantly used palm thunder, which directly struck the beast severely and then, regardless of its pleas for mercy, he directly killed it and took its inner elixir.

Then the strange red-feathered bird mentioned by Huahua and Xiaojin appeared. It did not feel sad at all about the death of the bald eagle.

Instead, he immediately showed his courtesy to Xu Zhiyu, hoping to be by his side.

If it was the real Thousand Feather Crane, he might have agreed, but he was pretending, so he attacked the strange bird directly.

It took less than half an hour to kill it and obtain a red and yellow inner elixir.

"Yu'er, you're back. How was your trip? Was it smooth?"

Xu Chengcheng and his companions had long been out of the underground. After Xu Zhiyu left, they also escaped to the surface. When they saw him appear, they surrounded him and inquired about the battle situation.

Especially Huahua and Xiaojin, their expressions were even more nervous, as this was related to whether they could continue to stay here in the future.

"Don't worry, I have already dealt with those two fourth-level low-grade monsters. You two can migrate with your monsters without worry.

But don’t be in a hurry, it’s best to wait a few days before talking about it, otherwise people will think that this matter is too coincidental.”

"Don't worry, Master, we know what to do, and the monster world is a place where the strong prey on the weak.

Now that the Bald Eagle is dead, there will be many fourth-level demon kings trying to seize its territory, but there will definitely not be any who want to avenge it, so Master, don't worry!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyu didn't say anything else. After bidding farewell to the two monsters, he took his grandfather and ancestor and flew towards the family.

Family affairs are almost arranged, and it is time for him to officially embark on his travels. (End of this chapter)