The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

One-Eyed Dragon led a dozen men to block the only road leading from the Great Rift Valley to the stronghold. Their attitude wasn't overtly aggressive, but they were clearly unwilling to budge an inch.

"The Great Rift Valley is located within the old mining area of ​​our Red Iron Gang. According to the unwritten rules in the northeastern part of Aurora Plains, newly discovered mining sites must be reported to the heads of adjacent existing mining areas. I don't think it's appropriate for you to directly seize mining rights."

Xiao Fan stood at the front of the line, with Ning Yao and Cheng Xiushi standing beside him.

Bai Ye stood on a slightly distant hillside, holding the Silver Frost Sword, seemingly watching everything quietly.

However, her position allowed her to see every move of the entire Red Iron Gang.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast lay at Xiao Fan's feet, its pale golden mane gleaming.

"The Rust Rift is located on the edge of the Crimson Iron Gang's old mining area, about three days' journey from here, with a no-man's land in between. Green Deer Manor and the Silver Hammer Society also have priority," Xiao Fan said calmly.

"The rift valley can be developed as a mining site, jointly by all parties, without any exclusive mining rights. Whoever invests will receive the corresponding output. In this way, no one will be excluded or monopolized."

The one-eyed man squinted one eye, tapped the broadsword at his waist, glanced at the token at Xiao Fan's waist, and then at the white figure holding the Silver Frost Sword.

Throughout the entire process, the members of the Crimson Iron Gang did not make a sound, and even their detection devices remained dormant, seemingly with no intention of making a move.

The one-eyed man lowered his hand from the hilt of his knife and said in a gruff voice:

"I'll go back and report to the gang leader first. I've noted down what you said about 'multi-party cooperation,' and I'll tell them when I get back."

After the Crimson Iron Gang withdrew, Bai Ye walked down the hillside, his Silver Frost Sword hanging at his side.

She walked to Xiao Fan's side, looked at him, and said:

"The Crimson Iron Gang isn't here to seize the mines. They're here to determine ownership of this area."

Xiao Fan nodded, without saying anything more.

The arrival of the Crimson Iron Gang caused some subtle changes to the development plans for Rift Valley:

A preliminary plan for mining share was developed, and negotiations were held with Qinglu Village, Yinchui Society, and Xifeng Fortress to ensure their participation in the Rust Rift project.

The young master of Qinglu Manor replied that he was willing to send two people to conduct preliminary exploration, while the Silver Hammer Society sent a three-person team to assist them in building a collection point.

After confirming their intention to participate, the construction of the Great Rift Valley mining site officially began.

The first phase of the project at the Rust Rift Valley collection site took ten days.

Several stable platforms and a simple passageway were built on the edge of the cliff.

On the thicker riverbed, collection and preliminary purification work sites were set up.

Ning Yao has completed the initial refining process—establishing two small refining furnaces at the collection point and using the spiritual energy supply within the base to separate impurities from the sediment, obtaining pure fire-attribute spiritual material powder.

The first batch of purified powder was sent to the stronghold. Xiao Fan conducted component tests in the array room and determined the composition of the powder.

The powder contains a high concentration of spiritual energy, making it perfectly suitable for replenishing spiritual energy for daily cultivation at the base.

He recorded the test results and instructed Brother Cheng to store a piece from the Ironrust Rift Valley separately in the warehouse.

After the gathering point was built, Bai Ye came once and brought back the Frost Shadow Cult's exploration records in the Rust Rift.

Records indicate that there are several medium-sized geothermal anomalies near the rift valley, and their formation may be closely related to the formation of sediments at the rift valley basement.

Xiao Fan circled the locations corresponding to the rust rift valley marked on the skeletal map.

This is the third week that the collection point has been operating, and the first batch of spiritual material powder has already become surplus.

Ning Yao calculated the remaining profits and, in accordance with the principle of multi-party participation, distributed the remaining profits to Qinglu Manor and a portion to the Chitie Gang.

After receiving the first batch of supplies, the Red Iron Gang did not respond, nor did they send anyone else to the edge of the Rift Valley.

Qinglu Manor quickly replied, confirming that the supplies had arrived and also providing information on several low-level mining sites northeast of Aurora Plains. This marked the beginning of an exchange of intelligence.

Xiao Fan added this information to his database, placing it alongside the map of the skeletons.

Within half a month, the bulletin board inside the main hall of the outpost added three official cooperation records and two public letters of thanks.

In the fifth month after the outpost officially began operating, a small meeting was held in the main hall.

Ning Yao suggested that since this base doesn't have an official name yet, it's always referred to as "Plateau Base" or "Starfall Plain Edge Base" when communicating with the outside world, which sounds very informal.

After a brief discussion, Xiao Fan said:

"Our base is located at the border of Starfall Plains and Aurora Plains, a place where the spiritual energy of the two places converges, and also two different places. Let's call it 'Twin Realms Platform'."

Master Cheng nailed the wooden plaque with the writing on it to the lintel of the main building.

All eyes followed Master Cheng down the steps and landed on the plaque.

The ink shimmered slightly in the afternoon sunlight. Everyone nodded and got to work.

As Shuangjietai's reputation grew, everything around the stronghold was given a new name.

The Joint Management Committee of the Main Urban Area added a line of text next to the relevant information about Shuangjietai:

"It has been determined to be a non-jurisdictional area, and it is recommended that it be used as a reference point for regional cooperation."

In his reply below, the young master of Qinglu Manor formally wrote out the three characters "Shuangjietai".

Scarface of Westwind Fort immediately ordered a new directional sign to be erected on the city wall, with the three large characters "Shuangjietai" written on it.

The Red Iron Gang never sent anyone over again, but in the subsequent intelligence-sharing letters, they all listed "Double Realm Platform" as the recipient.

The refining furnace at the Rust Rift mining station has completed its second commissioning, increasing production efficiency by about 30%.

Another layer of runes appeared on the walls of the Twin Realms Platform.

Inside the array room, another row of wooden shelves has been added to store spiritual materials.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast found a sunny spot to rest. Every time someone walked by, it would squint at them and then continue resting.

On the tenth day after the official opening of the Twin Realms Platform, a completely different team appeared outside the wall.

This was a team of over fifty people, each wearing a dark blue uniform and a metal token with two crossed longswords engraved on it hanging from their waist.

The first person was a bald, burly man with dark skin, radiating powerful spiritual energy fluctuations; he had already reached the early stage of the Transcendent Realm.