Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 14 Spirit Stone Mine

If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. If the spiritual fluctuations in the Hailingzhu area are not suppressed, it will be discovered sooner or later.

It is very normal for such a rare treasure to be coveted by others.

Moreover, it would be a great waste to allow these spiritual powers to dissipate. If they could be gathered together, the concentration of spiritual energy here could be increased by at least 20%.

"Let's first determine whether there is a spirit stone mine here. As for the formation problem, that's easy to deal with!" Meng Zheng laughed.

Meng Zheng also wanted to build a magic circle, but even the best cook cannot cook without rice. The territory now has nothing. At most, there are only twenty water spirit stones. As for mithril, gold and so on, Meng Zheng has no idea where to get them.

This damn system doesn’t even have a trading system. It’s really difficult to develop in the early stages.

If a territory wants to develop, it needs too many materials, not to mention that many materials are extremely rare. Without a trading system, it will be difficult to get the resources you need in a short period of time.

So Meng Zheng could only delay it for now and wait until he had collected enough materials before considering building the formation!
Let Cangyue lead the way. She can clearly feel the changes in the concentration of spiritual energy. As long as she finds the place where the spiritual energy gathers the most, she can find the location of the spiritual stone mine.

Cangyue led Meng Zheng and his party to rush left and right in the bamboo forest, going straight into the depths of the forest.

Along the way, Meng Zheng discovered many good things, such as century-old bamboos that were as thick as a man's embrace, blue bamboo poles shaped like swords, three or four meter thick bamboo shoots, and all kinds of strange and bizarre bamboos, which brought Meng Zheng many surprises.

If these bamboos are used well, they can become excellent gun barrels and bow arms.

The older the age, the tougher it is. The future weapons and materials for the territory basically depend on this.

As the distance to the spirit stone mine gets closer, hundreds of years old bamboos appear one after another. Many of them have absorbed enough spiritual energy and can break through to the Xuan-level spirit plants at any time.

However, due to the lack of a bit of charm, he can only be trapped in the yellow level.

Finally, in the center of the bamboo forest, Cangyue stopped, pointed at the ground below, and said to Meng Zheng: "Chief, I can sense that this is the place with the richest spiritual energy."

Meng Zheng looked at the ground in front of him. The vegetation was lush, and countless seaweeds and sphagnum mosses covered the ground. There was no trace of land in sight.

"Dig a little and see if there's anything."

The four gray-tailed mermaids waved their hands and quickly dug a small hole under the soft lake bottom.

As they continued to dig deeper, several stones with scattered white spots were finally dug out.

"Chief, we found it. There is indeed a spirit stone mine here, but it seems a bit small. It can only be considered a primary spirit mine." Holding the spirit stone in his hand, Cangyue could clearly sense the fluctuations of spiritual energy on it.

"Well, then don't dig for now. Let's leave it here to nourish the Sea Spirit Bamboo!" Lingshi Meng Zheng also understood that when entering the eternal world, a lot of basic common sense was instilled by the system.

In the Eternal World, most spirit stone mines are primary, with small reserves of spirit stones, and can only supply the natural treasures growing nearby.

The fact that Sea Spirit Bamboo can thrive at the bottom of this lake is closely related to this spirit stone mine.

Also because the spirit stone mine is in its early stage, the sea spirit bamboo cannot break through to the Xuan level. If there is a high-level spirit stone mine, it can definitely break through to the Xuan level spirit plant.

"What a pity, it's just a primary spiritual ore. If it were intermediate, it could be mined." A little disappointed.

The spirit stone mine has the ability to regenerate. As long as it continues to absorb spiritual energy, it can continuously generate spirit stones and gather spiritual energy.

The primary spirit stone mine can only barely provide the natural treasures for survival. If you dig casually, the primary spirit stone mine may be hollowed out, causing the spirit stone mine to collapse and completely lose its function of gathering spiritual energy.

However, the intermediate spirit stone mine is at least ten times more than the primary one. At this level, the efficiency of gathering spiritual energy is very fast. As long as the mining is reasonable, there is basically no need to worry about the spirit stone mine being dug out, and you can use the spiritual energy in the surrounding area to practice.

It can be said that an intermediate spirit stone mine is an important foundation that is indispensable to all tribes.

Although the primary spirit stone mine is a little disappointing, it is not a loss with the sea spirit bamboo. The sea spirit bamboo can gather spiritual energy, reduce the loss of spiritual energy, and increase the concentration of spiritual energy.

Practicing in the Sea Spirit Bamboo Forest was like practicing near a mid-level spirit mine. "We can build some houses here in the future to provide a training ground for spiritual practitioners!" He looked around the spirit stone mine and saw that there were nearly a hundred ordinary vacant lots. If they were cleared, they could become a sacred place for cultivation in the territory.

"Cang Jing, I leave this place to you. Guard it well. By the way, cut down the spiritual bamboos and send them back to the territory. These are the best materials for hydraulic catapults." Meng Zheng called Cang Jing, who had been practicing silently on the side, and gave him serious instructions.

"Yes, Patriarch, I will definitely protect this place well." Cang Jing assured Meng Zheng calmly.

"Then I won't stay any longer. It's getting late and I have to go back to my territory." He looked at the sky and estimated that it was almost three o'clock. If he stayed any longer, it would be dark.

The second batch of mermaids should have appeared in the territory. Meng Zheng has to go back and take a look and make arrangements.

Without staying any longer, Meng Zheng took Cangyue and swam directly upwards, directly out from above the bamboo forest.

I was just wandering around in the bamboo forest trying to sense the spiritual mine. Now that I have found the location of the spiritual mine, there is no need to go through so much trouble.

In the water, there are no restrictions on movement, you can swim freely up, down, left and right.

With Cangyue's help, it only took more than half an hour to return to the territory.

This beautiful mermaid woman looks weak and fragile, but she is extremely powerful. She can swim a long distance with a flick of her tail.

As long as Meng Zheng grabbed her little hand, he would be carried away swimming rapidly, and it would not take much time at all to return to the territory.

As he approached the territory, Meng Zheng saw that five new shacks had been erected next to the original five shacks, and there was also a huge wooden house on the right side of the core of the territory.

This wooden house looks very similar to a shack, but its main structure is made of wood and stone, unlike the shack which uses a lot of seaweed, coral and branches, making it much stronger and more durable.

The wooden house was almost completed, except for the roof. Several mermaids were coming in and out, transporting materials and delivering them to Cangmu.

After Cangmu took it, a white light flashed in his hand. He placed pieces of stone and wood on the wooden house to fill the gaps. His movements were very fast.

In addition, there were a dozen or so mermaids carrying supplies, preparing to continue building new huts.

The Canghai tribe now has a total of 30 subjects. In addition to Cangyue, Cangmu and others, there are a total of 27 gray-tailed mermaids. Four of them were taken to the Hailing Bamboo Forest, leaving 4 people in the territory.

Looking around now, there are 35 gray-tailed mermaids in the territory, and they are carrying stones and wood.

Or chase schools of fish to get food.

The small Canghai tribe seems extremely active and lively.

It is filled with a thriving and positive atmosphere.

When he swam to the wooden house, Cangmu also discovered Meng Zheng's presence. He quickly dropped the wood in his hand and walked towards Meng Zheng.

"Chief, you're back!" A sunny smile appeared on Cangmu's young face.

"At noon, 12 more members of the tribe were born in the hatching pool. When you were not here, I arranged for them to help build the mermaid huts. It only took half a day to build five. Now we are preparing to build more huts!" Cangmu said, pointing to the mermaids who were working hard to carry things.

"Well, very good. The five shacks were built so quickly!" Meng Zheng was very satisfied. Cangmu's efficiency laid a good foundation for accepting new subjects.

“Hehe, the shack isn’t difficult to build, an ordinary gray tail can do it.

I'm mainly working on the hydraulic catapult workshop. After they built five, I saw half of the people go out to collect food." Cangmu touched the soft fin on his head and laughed.

As he spoke, he waved and called over a gray-tailed mermaid working nearby, and introduced him to Meng Zheng, "Chief, this is Jiang Bin. He's a very smart guy, and he's not far from breaking through the bloodline restrictions."

(End of this chapter)