The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

"They look almost exactly like the red crystals outside, except for the color." Xia Mi picked up a few more green crystals, sensing the energy fluctuations inside, thinking in her heart: "These two kinds of stones should be tourmalines, which are high-quality tourmalines."

Unlike the dry river valley where there was only one layer of scorching sand, the green crystals here were stacked layer upon layer, more than a foot deep, filling the center of the building. The crystals squeezed each other, forming an indescribable sense of density.

"One is produced by the reaction of tourmaline with the element of fire, and the other is produced by the reaction of tourmaline with the element of wood."

Zhao Qing nodded, indicating that he had confirmed the types of these stones: "It seems that minerals with unique electrical properties are more likely to become 'spiritual stones' and form richer 'spiritual materials' in subsequent complex reactions."

According to her research, red crystal "Sun Sand", green crystal "Obsidian", as well as black ice, black iron, cold iron, as well as spiritual-grade quartz and crystal, may be "primary spiritual ores" directly produced by the combination of conventional minerals and corresponding spiritual energy, which is different from the formation process of "secondary spiritual ores".

For example, black ice is the result of ice absorbing cold and yin energy, but it can still react with many conventional chemical substances. If it turns into crystalline water contained in a hydrate, the originally fixed energy will most likely not separate, which can generate a series of new hydrated spiritual minerals.

Similarly, the spiritual-grade quartz, which is directly called "spiritual stone" in the main world, is a widely distributed primary spiritual mineral. It should also be able to generate a series of silicate secondary spiritual minerals with rich spiritual energy, which can include most gemstones and jades.

Different from pure spirit stones, these spirit jades are often valued more for their material properties rather than the amount of spiritual energy that can be stored inside them. They are mainly used to make refining materials, formation materials, high-level coins, etc.

In the world of Sword Dynasty, some extremely hard spiritual jade and black jade will be used to make magical weapons, and refined into the life objects of practitioners. The master sword that symbolizes the identity of the master of Aries Cave is also such a small white jade sword.

Regardless of whether it is the primary spiritual ore with a relatively single property, or the secondary spiritual ore with a variety of varying characteristics, they are all rare raw materials that Zhao Qing intends to mine and excavate in large quantities for use in production. Compared with the dragon world where there are no natural spiritual ores, these things can be regarded as unique local specialties.

"According to a rough estimate, there are probably tens of millions of crystal stones piled up inside and outside."

Xia Mi's eyes swept over the area where the blue obsidian was buried, and she made a simple calculation: "Even if it is only sold as high-energy explosives, it seems to be worth hundreds of billions? Is this kind of ancient relic so outrageous? It's really a fortune!"

The "poor" living environment in recent years, the huge demand for alchemical materials, and the typical money-grubbing mentality of dragons made her feel excited, as if she had seen these crystals turned into mountains of gold bricks, sparkling on the ground.

"Get rich? Of course." Zhao Qing smiled slightly, and followed Xia Mi's previous words about letting Blind Dragon work, and said jokingly: "But don't forget that we still have a free laborer?"

"The Blind Dragon's digging speed of ten meters per second should not be a problem. Even taking into account the time for eating and resting, it is equivalent to the combined power of tens of thousands of shield machines. If it is rented out to work for others, according to the current price, theoretically it can make 10 billion a day."

Xia Mi's eyes lit up when she heard that, and she replied, "It's more than 50 billion! The 150-kilometer Channel Tunnel between England and France cost billion U.S. dollars and took eight years to build. But Blind Dragon can dig the main part of it and reinforce it in a few days."

"It's just that there are only a limited number of large projects like this, and it's hard to find a suitable client, who usually has free time... In addition, we also have to find a good 'foreman' for it, so that it won't be lazy while working."

Zhao Qing nodded, a cunning look flashing in his eyes: "Well, we do need to find a strict 'foreman', but then again, what kind of 'work clothes' do you think the blind dragon would like? Should we customize a set for it to make it look more professional?"

Xia Mi clapped her hands and couldn't help laughing: "Haha, you are really thoughtful. You even thought of the 'work clothes'. Refining a set of giant true energy heavy armor for the blind dragon will not only cover up its ugly appearance, but also increase its attributes! I wonder if such resource consumption can be earned back?"

"In fact, the best use of the Blind Dragon is to prospect for minerals..." Zhao Qing thought for a moment and responded: "Instead of renting it to others, why don't we use it to discover new resources ourselves? This is the most profitable and cost-effective way."

The two smiled at each other, walking and chatting, and soon came to the hollow interior of the green building. The space here was very open, forming a huge dome structure. Deep in the forest, in the center of the magic circle composed of green crystals, there was a towering bodhi tree.

The branches and leaves of this Bodhi tree are all a strange purple color, just like purple haze. The roots are like hanging fruits, with a human-shaped purple fruit hanging on them. If you look closely, it looks like a curled up baby, and its surface exudes a crystal-like luster like jade and flesh.

"Is this... a ginseng fruit? If you smell it, you'll live 360 ​​years; if you eat one, you'll live 47,000 years?"

Xia Mi casually said a few words from Journey to the West, and then asked seriously: "It seems that this Qinglei Tianjue Formation is supplying wood energy to the Bodhi tree?"

Zhao Qing shook his head: "No, just like the Sun Fire stored in the 'Scorching Sun Sand' outside comes from hundreds of years of sunlight, and it itself does not have much power, the powerful thunder power contained in the 'Blue Obsidian' here obviously has another source - it should be the energy overflowing from this Bodhi tree."

"Its purple color is due to its extreme green color, which has surpassed the scope of ordinary colors."

She further explained, "The scorching sun sand in the outer formation and the sun's true fire that has accumulated over the years are different from ordinary fire in nature. They have the ability to promote the breathing of spiritual wood. As the wood energy becomes stronger, it will collide and merge with the fire, playing a role in covering up the aura of the formation."

Xia Mi slowly approached the purple Bodhi tree, and gently stroked her palm half an inch away from it. She soon sensed the strange and abundant energy in it, and secretly estimated in her heart: If she could absorb it completely, she might be able to directly enter the adult stage and hatch a huge dragon body at least sixty or seventy meters long.

Although high-level dragons can absorb a wide range of energy types, including nuclear radiation, magma, and lightning, and the red and green crystals mentioned above can also be used as energy sources, when it comes to conversion speed and efficiency, purely biological materials are naturally faster and more efficient.

"Meat Bodhi is not a very good thing. For those practitioners who still want to be proactive and break through to a higher level, it is not only useless, but also extremely harmful."

Zhao Qing stretched out his fingers, and colorful glass-like Qi oozed out from his fingertips, forming a fine probe as thin as a thread, which quietly penetrated the edge of the baby-like "Bodhi Fruit" and sensed its internal components:

"According to the records in the relevant classics, after the death of some extremely powerful practitioners, the true essence and the energy of heaven and earth accumulated in their bodies condense and do not dissipate. Some of them will form strange combinations with some objects around them. Flesh Bodhi is one of the legendary ones."

"A certain kind of plant and the remains of a powerful practitioner combined to form this spiritual 'fruit' that is neither plant, nor tree, nor flesh."

"The effect of this spirit was first discovered by practitioners in the Great Qi Dynasty. The masters who practiced Yin gods and ghosts found that if they refined this spirit, their bodies would also undergo some strange changes, turning their bodies into a spirit that would not age easily."

"A spirit that is slow to age?" Xia Mi thought that this would be of little use to her, so she asked casually, "How much can it extend her lifespan? Does it have any other special properties?"

"Perhaps it can double the upper limit of lifespan? Speaking of which, if someone accidentally obtained the Flesh Bodhi, they would probably hide their identities and hide everywhere to avoid being hunted down by some people who want to live forever, so there are few records of it."

Zhao Qing knew that she had read too few local classics, so browsing the library of the Chu Dynasty was one of her next goals: "In addition, it can greatly increase the ability to survive, turning people into zombies, so that they will not die even if a part of their body is severely damaged..."

"If you want to kill a practitioner who has refined the 'Flesh Bodhi', you have to smash his body into pieces and chop off his head. But at the same time, this kind of spirit body recovers extremely slowly. Even if a few big holes are punched in the body, these holes will remain for a long time and take a long time to heal."

"More importantly, it has become a spirit body similar to a living tree, which naturally cuts off countless possibilities for future cultivation. The cultivation will stop from then on. In general, this is only a spiritual medicine suitable for elderly practitioners to prolong their lives and maintain their combat effectiveness, and it is not ruled out that there are other unknown side effects."

"That's really useless!" After hearing this, Xia Mi immediately lost her desire. Although she could judge that this strange vitality could significantly increase the combat effectiveness of human practitioners, it might have an adverse effect on dragons with strong recovery ability.

In addition, Zhao Qing's brilliant guidance and instruction gave her new room for improvement and hope of surpassing her previous peak limit. So, even if this Flesh Bodhi, after being refined, could provide a huge amount of energy to accelerate growth, it might not necessarily be a good thing.

"At present, this flesh bodhi tree is still a few months away from maturity. It may not have the effect of transforming special spirits, but the energy contained in it and the bodhi tree is still real." Zhao Qing guessed Xia Mi's needs, and his mind moved, and he quickly thought of another possibility:
"Let me investigate carefully to confirm the mystery of this strange medicinal power, try to analyze its internal principles, and see if I can avoid its side effect of 'extending life'... After all, this is a spiritual medicine that can be effective for the seventh level of moving mountains and even the eighth level of awakening the sky. In theory, it should contain extremely unique vital energy laws."

The cultivator who set up the magic circle at the foot of the Goddess Peak hundreds of years ago was undoubtedly an existence in the Eight Realms who could look down on the world at that time. He had spent a lot of energy to build a cage to trap the blind dragon. Of course, he wanted the blind dragon to help guard the immature flesh bodhi until one day he or his descendants could use it.

But it is obvious that the cultivator who set up the Qinglei Tianjue Formation and the sect behind him were lost in the long river of history. Despite all their plans, they ultimately failed to achieve their goal. Instead, the Blind Dragon successfully survived to this day.

Neither the deceased practitioner of the Eighth Realm, nor the Emperor Chu and Zhou Rongmo who were found to have entered this place in recent decades, could they have imagined that there would be people in the world who would treat the property of "longevity" so lightly, even to the point of regarding it as a negative impact, and only want to "buy the box and return the pearl" to obtain the energy contained therein.

However, from the perspective of pure pursuit of spiritual practice, which one is the "casket" and which one is the "pearl" may really have to be reversed. …

After about an incense stick of time, Zhao Qing withdrew the Qi probe that had pierced into the Bodhi tree and the baby-shaped fruit. His face was slightly solemn, and a thousand thoughts were in his mind: Li Nian, the God of Death of the You Dynasty, was this person's name when he was alive?

As mentioned before, the birth of the Flesh Bodhi is the product of the combination of the remains of a powerful practitioner and plants. When she used her "fate perception" to try to perceive its past memories, she also obtained some information about ancient practitioners, but it was extremely incomplete.

It seems that when the Flesh Bodhi tree is fully grown and matured, its remaining human "memories" will be completely erased. In other words, the body of Li Nian will be digested by the "Bodhi tree" and transformed into another form of existence, without any trace left.

Judging from the remaining information, the most powerful emperor who once unified the world, Emperor You, had one of the eight generals under his command, the God of Death, who should have been a cultivator of the lower or middle level of the eighth realm. When the You Dynasty was destroyed, he was killed by the person who set up the formation of the "Sword Tomb".

The Death God General Li Nian is best at the thunder and water magic released by absorbing the death energy of the earth veins. His Yin Thunder Magic is said to be able to break any positive thunder and fire magic, and his Yin Water Magic is the most wonderful escape and defense method in the world, which makes Li Nian rank among the top among the eight gods.

Unfortunately, the Eighth Realm Grandmaster from the "Sword Tomb" among the rebels drew down pure solar divine thunder from the endless sky, which defeated the magic of the God of Death head-on and forced the opponent to fake his death to escape. After several years of tracking and killing, this Bodhi tree grew out of the place where his corpse was.

Although this seems to be a traditional story of a righteous man overthrowing tyranny, Li Nian's regret before his death expressed that if there had not been an unknown traitor with a very high status under Emperor You's command who secretly leaked many important secrets, the You Dynasty would still have lasted forever, and he would not have encountered the means that were restrained.

In his opinion, the Sun God Thunder Sword used by the Supreme Elder of the "Sword Tomb" who killed him was based on at least several parts of the vital energy principles of the War Doll of Destruction embedded in the head of the True Dragon Chariot by the You Emperor, and the You Emperor had special techniques to restrict the skills of the four patrol kings and eight divine generals under his seat.

Finally, Li Nian believed wholeheartedly that as the most powerful practitioner throughout history, Emperor You might not have been defeated. He might just want to use others to give himself a sense of oppression and use the resurrection effect of the Nine-Death Silkworm Magic to prove his immortality in the Nine Realms. Then he would restore order.

"...Li Nian's remaining memories include some chapters of his main cultivation technique, the Black Water Scripture, as well as some content about the manufacturing method of the Netherworld Army's battle armor, the location of some related mineral resources, and basic information about his former colleagues and powerful enemies."

After careful browsing, Zhao Qing supplemented and selected the valuable content. At the same time, she also sensed that the "brain" of the flesh bodhi baby seemed to contain illusory things that were both unfamiliar and familiar to her. It was a bit like the constant politics of wood and water, which was slightly different from the constant politics of fire and gold that she had come into contact with before.

I don't know if the remains of all the practitioners in the Eight Realms can produce the so-called "Eternal Politics"? What about the ancient dragons and dragon kings?

Zhao Qing seemed to be thinking about something, but he still had many difficult questions as to whether he had possessed or even mastered this thing during his lifetime, or whether it was condensed and precipitated after his death.

"Li Nian, is he the famous general of Dayue who has a green armor?"

Xia Mi was a little surprised when she heard someone mention Zhen Yuan Heavy Armor before, "Why is it always related to the You Dynasty? As a deadly general, how good is he at leading the army in battle?"

"His record should be much better than Attila the Whip of God..."

Zhao Qing thought for a moment and gave a brief introduction: "About 800 years ago, the God of Death and the God of Purgatory led a million troops to sweep across the entire Europe at that time. They were stationed there for decades until they completed their rotation with the army of the Western Patrol King."

"More than 800 years ago, which corresponds to the era of Homer's epic? Wasn't Europe a barren land? Only the Mycenaean civilization was worthy of praise." Xia Mi blinked and retorted: "What kind of ability is it to beat a group of backward natives?"

“How can history be exactly the same in different worlds?”

Zhao Qing smiled slightly: "Imagine this: in the vast Mediterranean Sea, a force 16 or 17 gale stirs up huge waves, and the Divine King's huge ships are like moving fortresses, with their bows raised high. The heavy war weapon 'Yuan Fu Golden Man' suspended in the air shines brightly, constantly condensing and launching blazing fireballs with a diameter of tens of meters..."

"Li Nian blew his death horn, and covered his elite troops with a layer of dark and terrifying vitality armor. The sound of war drums resounded through the sky... The surging fire and black water rolled like a giant dragon, swallowing up thousands of warships and turning them into nothing in an instant."

"It sounds like a rare super war in history. The army of the You Dynasty is indeed extraordinary." Xia Mi raised her question: "How many precious resources will be consumed in such a battle? I'm afraid that the tens of millions of crystal stones used for the formation here are not enough, right?"

"It's probably far from enough. Even a fully armed God King ship may not be able to fully drive it... If we use a second-rate UFO ship, we can only supply 40 to 50 ships."

Zhao Qing thought for a moment and replied, "However, the cultivation resources that the You Dynasty possesses far exceed the imagination of people in later generations."

Emperor You conquered the world with his military force and tyranny. Compared with previous dynasties and sects, his territory was unprecedentedly vast. According to records, he conquered almost all the way to the end of the world. Only the vast sea could stop the expansion of his powerful army.

Even those polar pure lands that are completely uninhabited are guarded and explored by the armies of the Four Patrol Kings.

The consequence of militarism was naturally endless killing and extremely difficult life for the people, but in the eyes of the officials and generals of the You Dynasty at that time, Emperor You's rule could not be completely useless.

Even in the eyes of many of his enemies, Emperor You made great contributions to the world in some ways.

For example, his army advanced everyone's knowledge by a big step, making many people suddenly realize that the world they lived in was only a very small part of this world, just an inconspicuous part of the vast territory of the You Dynasty.

It turns out that in places where there were no records in books in the past, there were many more equally powerful civilized countries, as well as many completely different people and lives, and they had extensive cultural communication and exchanges with each other.

For example, the cyan building in this magic circle looks very foreign in style, using a large number of arched dome structures, which is very similar to the ancient Babylonian Hanging Gardens imagined by experts, so it should be related to this aspect.

What is even more commendable is that in order to strengthen the connection between the various states of the You Dynasty, a series of super projects were put into construction. For example, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was penetrated by a number of eighth-level practitioners and their legions, opening up new canyons and rivers connecting the east and the west.

Many rivers including the Jinsha River, Lancang River, Nu River and Yarlung Zangbo River have been connected since then. Now, ships setting sail from the Wushan area can even sail directly to the capital of the Chu Dynasty located in the upper reaches of the Ganges.

As the most powerful moment in the history of the entire world of practitioners, the skills of various sects under the You Dynasty, including refining equipment and alchemy, have reached an unprecedented peak.

In addition, Emperor You's pursuit of army and power was almost endless, so his powerful armies consumed a huge amount of cultivation resources. Almost all the rare and powerful elixirs and refining materials in human history were consumed in that era.

In the eyes of later generations, on the one hand, the staggering consumption of the You Dynasty even directly caused the world of cultivators to decline from its heyday, but on the other hand, Emperor You probably thought that this consumption was very meaningful.

Because he and his army will be far above the human world, and the human world and those who try to resist his rule will no longer have the same resources for practice as they do.

The increasingly scarce and insufficient quality of cultivation resources will widen the gap between the power of human practitioners and theirs. He will be able to better maintain his rule and become the supreme being like the King of Gods forever.

"After the squandering of the You Dynasty and several subsequent dynasties, as the traditional core territory, there should not be many spiritual mines left in Qin, Chu, Qi and Yan. The giant mining field in Bashan is now difficult to find."

"On the contrary, the wilder areas outside, although they have been occupied and ruled by the You Dynasty's army for hundreds of years and have been developed, the time is not too long. In comparison, there may still be abundant surplus resources."

Zhao Qing continued, "The west of the Great Chu Dynasty is often invaded by barbarians from West Asia and Europe, so they have to send a large army to garrison there. They must be familiar with the wild areas over there. If they want to mine and excavate the spiritual mines there on a large scale, they will most likely have to cooperate with the Chu people."

"Next, I plan to comprehend the rune changes and vital energy laws in this 'Blue Thunder Sky Absolute Array' and see if I can really integrate them into a magic weapon like the 'Destruction Battle Doll'... Xia Mi, if you have free time, you can spend more time with the blind dragon!"

...(End of chapter)