Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 258 The Land of Nine Mines, Famous Throughout the Demon Realm

Huiji Mountain is known as the roof of Cangwu, and it is itself a huge geological vein and spiritual energy node.

It ranks among the top in the entire Cangwu cultivation world, and it hides many fifth-grade blessed lands hidden in the void. In previous years, many fortunate cultivators have made a fortune through this.

However, their numbers are extremely small, and they don't have many forces openly occupying territory.

Besides the opportunity to harvest rare medicinal herbs that have grown naturally for countless years during the initial discovery of these hidden paradises, there are also many rare treasures nurtured by heaven and earth, all of which are excellent potential candidates.

Moreover, after occupying it, the spiritual energy was rich enough, and the long-term development brought considerable benefits. The Baiyue Immortal Sect occupied two fifth-grade cave heaven secret realms in Jishan.

They were obtained by the Fourth Patriarch and the Fifth Patriarch respectively.

It is also the place where they seclude themselves for cultivation and practice. The entrance is not open to the public, and they rarely show themselves. They are either traveling in the outside world or in seclusion in their caves.

At their level, all they desire is ascension! They will only step forward if a third war between humans and demons breaks out and S3 is put on the agenda.

It is in a state of "being".

The demon race also has two openly occupied fifth-grade blessed lands, but the Thousand Feather Eagle and the Purple Extreme Demon Eagle cannot defend them. They mostly develop them together with the demon king clans that are close to the eagle race within the demon realm.

As for whether anyone secretly possesses a fifth-grade blessed land, that's unclear. There might be some, but their numbers are definitely very small.

Huiji Mountain is rich in resources, and Gu Qing cannot clean up all the spoils in a short time.

After all, if he can enter the game, others can also enter and divide the pie. At most, we'll give him face and let him act first for a while.

Ever since.

In just two months, Gu Qing led a group of scheming little demons to conquer numerous resource-producing points across the country, including countless ninth- and eighth-grade mineral deposits, though of average value.

Gu Qing prefers to sell everything at once and make a quick buck.

Resources at the seventh and sixth rank are highly valued. Even though Thousand Feather Eagle is a king-class eagle clan with a large and powerful family, it doesn't have much foundation in this area. Gu Qing also has to consider manpower and the thoughts of some surrounding forces.

He would divide the forces of the Thousand Feathered Eagle to the greatest extent possible, so that if he were to face the Demon Emperor's questioning later, he could also drag the demons down with him.

In the end, only nine resource production points useful for weapon crafting were acquired, ranked from highest to lowest value.

The Void Amethyst, a mid-grade sixth-rank mineral with a spatial attribute, is undoubtedly valuable, far more so than the Void Cloud Crystal. A single piece is worth around 50,000 spirit stones, comparable to a low-grade magic weapon.

Its applications are also very wide. The most common use is to refine it into a large storage ring for transporting military equipment and resources. It can easily sell for 110,000 to 120,000 spirit stones on the auction house.

It is also the most valuable and strategic of the nine resources.

The Demon Emperor is likely to take it back, but mining this thing is difficult. Although it's called a mine, it's actually located in a spatially unstable area with spatial rifts everywhere.

The so-called mining is more like searching for boulders that have fallen from the cracks, and it largely depends on luck.

Producing even one a year is considered lucky.

Sometimes there are no harvests for years, and Gu Qing suspects that a fifth-grade blessed land here has collapsed.

The second most important resource is the [Five Elements Ore]. This item doesn't have a specific grade classification. It can be refined to extract the essence of the five elements, and after secondary refining, it can be made into the essence of the five elements.

It's much faster and easier than a sixth-grade cultivator refining spiritual energy from it, which is why Gu Qing values ​​it.

The third resource point was much worse. It only had six other types of minerals after the seventh-grade top-level mineral [Mother Root Iron]. The variety of gold and stone minerals greatly enhanced Gu Qing's equipment reserves.

The Golden Stone Treasure Bottle continued to operate, allowing him to accumulate points for the Dao.

In addition to these continuous benefits, Gu Qing also obtained a lot of mineral resources. These source-type products can be carried with him and produced in large quantities thanks to the characteristics of the treasure bottle.

The Taiyi Gilded Mine had helped him a lot before. The temptation of carrying several mines with him is not low for a weapon refiner, just like a pill refiner carrying a medicinal field.

The mineral treasures and the gold and stone treasure bottle complement each other. If he wants to advance naturally in the future, he will basically have to rely on this wave. Therefore, Gu Qing is particularly ruthless in his scavenging and is meticulous about every penny!
This is a lasting benefit.

His short-term gain came from raiding several Thousand Feather Eagle nests before the news spread, taking a lot of treasures from the temporary warehouses, making a fortune in one fell swoop.

The situation changed drastically afterward, with the Thousand Feather Eagle Clan fleeing at the mere sight of them.

They completely withdrew from the territory of Huiji Mountain and returned to the Demon Realm, hiding in the territory granted by the Demon Emperor and burying their heads in the sand. Of course, they also sent people to the Demon Court, hoping to get help from the Demon Emperor.

Gu Qing also obtained many good things from the King of Feathered Eagles.

Among his personal storage treasures.

There are 120,000 spirit stones, over a thousand spirit herbs, a small amount of gold and minerals, several manuals of demonic cultivation techniques and secret arts, several demonic treasures, and so on.

Many of them could be used directly. Apart from the demon treasure, which he didn't like and kept as a material for refining, everything else suited Gu Qing's taste.

This is roughly the wealth of a sixth-rank lower-level demon king.

There should be no public property belonging to the Thousand Feather Eagle Clan.

It was quite a fruitful harvest.

Human magical artifacts are among the top tier in the entire Cangwu cultivation world, and their prices fluctuate greatly, depending mainly on the type.

The average price of a mainstream low-grade magic weapon is around 50,000 spirit stones, while it is normal for an excellent or rare model to sell for more than 100,000 spirit stones. The starting price for a mid-grade magic weapon is 100,000 spirit stones.

In recent years, at one of the most famous auctions, a top-grade magic weapon fetched a price of over a million spirit stones, demonstrating the vast fluctuations in the price range of magic weapons.

This amount of spirit stones is enough to keep a first-rate power rich for a long time, which shows how extraordinary it is.

As for the Heavenly Treasures, these are almost never sold; they are all high-level items, each with its own name and origin.

Historically, there have been instances of people selling them, even incomplete ones, with prices starting at tens of millions of spirit stones, and sometimes even using strategic resources like spirit crystals as an offer, which had a far-reaching impact.

Gu Qing hasn't reached that point yet.

However, he currently only possesses one item with the potential to become a Heavenly Treasure: the Ghost-Slaying Sword!

If Chongshan Seal can find the heart of the earth's veins, it also has the potential to become a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.

The Demon-Slaying Sword ranks third.

Then came the Golden Stone Bottle, the Thunder Lotus Platform, and other items.

After clearing out the Thousand Feather Eagle clan's influence in Pingdingshan, Huiji, Gu Qing spent two months integrating his newly recruited subordinates, expanding the Xuantian Black Market, and actively enticing human forces to join his treasury.

A series of miscellaneous tasks took Gu Qing three months.

Unfortunately, after more than half a year of busy work, things were finally getting back on track, and there were more and more things waiting for him to deal with, so Gu Qing had to communicate with Yaohuang City.

He transferred Hu Meiniang to assist him in managing the black market.

It seems they intend to develop the Xuantian Black Market into a second Demon Phoenix City.

Strictly speaking, he was actually the first one, since he couldn't have complete control over the Demon Phoenix City.

The revenue generated is also gradually increasing.

(End of this chapter)