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Chapter 154 Mine Stealing in Tianzhu Mining Area
Shen Lian nodded without denying Xiao Xingrui's words.

There were indeed many corpses of monster beasts piled in his storage bracelet.

The screening described by Xiao Xingrui is also very simple. It is a circular compass-shaped magic weapon. The monks only need to immerse their spiritual thoughts into it.

After screening the breath, Xiao Xingrui touched the storage artifact and took out a jade talisman engraved with complicated mountain and river patterns, and engraved Lu Shan's name on it.

"This is a portable jade talisman. With this jade talisman, Taoist friends can enter and exit various mining towns under the jurisdiction of Yunshang Sect. After you shed blood to identify the owner, others will not be able to imitate it even if they want to."

Xiao Xingrui smiled and handed the jade talisman to Shen Lian.

"The cost of the jade talisman is 1000 yuan of spiritual stones."

"If a Taoist friend is lost or damaged during a battle, he will need to get a new one, which also costs 1000 yuan of spiritual stones."

"With the jade talisman, you can live in the mining city, open shops, etc., and when you encounter patrolling monks, you need to show the jade talisman certificate. This needs your understanding, fellow Daoist Lu."

"Thank you for letting me know."

Shen Lian took the jade talisman and recognized its owner and hung it on his waist. Then he said goodbye to Xiao Xingrui, and then drove the flying boat into the depths of the mining area.

In the mountains within the defense line of the fortress, although there is still a strong demonic energy left, there are no traces of large-scale demonic beasts, and the sporadic demonic beasts are all first-order and out of place.

When coming to a new place, the first thing to do is to understand the environment here. This is a habit Shen Lian has developed over decades.

The direction he chose to enter the mining area was wrong. It was still 10,000+ miles away from the large mining city established by the Yunshang Sect.

The nearest Red Crystal Mining City is only two thousand miles away.

The name of the mining city is named after the specific mineral materials produced. This area is rich in first- and second-order red crystal mines, and third-order ones occasionally appear.

In addition to the main mineral hematite, there are more than 30 other associated mineral deposits.

On the way to Red Crystal Mining City, I also met a patrolling monk, wearing a uniform black and white robe, with a gryphon crane with white feathers under his feet.

Shen Lian took a look at them from a distance and found that the monks on the gryphon cranes were at the lowest level nine of Qi training, and they were holding special second-level crossbows in their hands.

Moreover, on the sharp claws of the gryphon crane, there are also finger gloves that shine with cold light.

As expected of a mining area, it is really particular about magical weapons.

After the group saw Shen Lian, they also saw the jade talisman hanging on his waist. The leading monk bowed slightly through the void and led the team into disappearing into the mountains.

"There are 50 people again, all of them are second-level magic weapons. They are really rich."

Later, while moving forward, Shen Lian encountered two more patrolling teams.

He also sensed that the patrolling monks' mounts were still hung with array disks, and they were equipped with magical weapons to the teeth. Even if they encountered monks on the eighth or ninth floor of the foundation building, they would still be able to fight.

Even if that doesn't work, he can hold his opponent back and wait for backup to arrive.

Being in a mining area, it's really too rich.

There is no shortage of ores, there is no shortage of monsters, and there is no shortage of equipment.

As for the monks, we can recruit them after they die.

Although he had just stepped into the periphery of the mining area, Shen Lian could see that even though there were sentries patrolling here, it was still a hunting ground for monks.

The demon clan raises Gu here, and the major sects also use this place to train their disciples.

Flying, Shen Lian looked up and saw that the sky was red under the sunlight.

The rolling red clouds are constantly changing shapes.

Among the mountains, a red mountain stood like this on the ground.

Red crystal mining city has arrived.

When the flight reached a hundred miles, Shen Lian saw the outline of a large red mountain surrounded by a giant city.

Although the red mountain exists relatively independently, it still covers an area of ​​dozens of miles. The entire city surrounds the mountain, and the overall area is no less than two to three hundred miles.

From a distance, it can be seen that the mountain has been hollowed out, leaving only a frame, and below it is a huge mine.

The entire city is built on this huge mountain.

As it gets closer and closer, more and more flying boats and small spirit ships are flying through the sky, falling towards the outside of the mining city from all directions.

Shen Lian stood on the spirit boat and looked at it from a distance, seeing red spiritual power constantly flowing out of the mine below the giant red mountain.

Seeing that everyone else was driving the flying boat directly to the outside of the mining city, Shen Lian also landed outside the city in a good manner.

As soon as he landed on the ground, his face was hit by a cloud of dust filled with fine burning particles.

In the land of Mining City, it is a local specialty. '

Looking around, there are stoves emitting billowing smoke and tinkling sounds everywhere. These are some craftsman workshops built on the basis of the city. You can also see traces of damage by monsters.

"Senior, do you want someone to lead the way?"

A familiar voice sounded in his ears.

Shen Lian looked up and saw a group of monks with physical impairments crowding forward. One of the monks who was lame and had a broken arm spoke first.

"Senior, I have an introduction to the city here, as well as a mine distribution map and a monster beast distribution map."

When he came out of Nanya Fairy City, Shen Lian stopped covering up his realm.

The main reason is that in his current state, if he is still pretending to practice Qi outside, it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

After purchasing three pieces of relevant information from the lame monk, Shen Lian walked towards the city gate.

On the tall and majestic city wall, various spiritual lights loomed. Even in the dozens of feet of void outside the city wall, countless forbidden spiritual lights flashed. The sheer number of them gave people a numbing feeling.

You don't need to get close at all to feel the strong suppressive power and be released from the restriction.

On top of the city, there were monks walking back and forth, each of them fully armed and wearing the kind of armor from the mortal world, but the aura on their bodies was very strong.

At regular intervals, there are also magical weapons such as the Forbidden Spirit Cannon and the Forbidden Spirit Tower.

According to records, there are a total of five superimposed third-level formations and 25 different second-level formations arranged in the entire red crystal mining city, all with the huge red mountain in the city as the core.

As expected of mines, they are trenches.

Seeing that the foundation-building monks were all queuing up to enter the city, Shen Lian chose a city gate with a small queue and lined up honestly.

When he saw the monks lining up in front of him, they all took out their identity jade talismans, and after exchanging a few words with the stationed monks, he entered the city.

A quarter of an hour later, it was Shen Lian's turn.

"Senior, please show me the jade talisman."

The monks in black and white robes stationed at the gate of the city clasped their fists and saluted in advance. Their cultivation levels were all on the second or third level of Foundation Establishment, and there was a huge gap between them and the aura on Shen Lian's body.

After verifying the jade talisman, Shen Lian entered the red crystal mining city.

The scene in the city is very different from the cities that I have been to before. Near the city wall, there are rows of low stone houses, arranged in an orderly manner.

Among the stone houses, there are scattered large courtyards.

These are the residences of miners. The various sects in the mining city have an agreement that if the monks dare to kill the miners at will, they will be jointly encircled and suppressed by all the sects.

The entire city is extremely spacious and does not seem crowded at all, which is very different from the fairy cities that I have lived in before.

There are no criss-crossing streets or neat rows of lofts.

After passing through the miners' residential area, the first sight is rolling hills, green vegetation, surrounded by green trees, and lofts looming among them.

If placed in the fairy city outside, these places would all be the best blessed land caves.

With a simple sweep of his spiritual mind, he could see monks sitting cross-legged in the mountain attic, practicing or practicing secret techniques.

In other places, many monks gathered together to hold an unobstructed meeting.

But more of the monks were enjoying themselves, sitting in small groups discussing Taoism, drinking tea and looking at utensils, looking very leisurely.

Shen Lian also saw red pagodas standing everywhere, and there were hundreds of them.In his perception, the inside of the pagoda was full of restrictions, which had the same origin as the restrictions in his jade talisman.

The main function of these pagodas is screening, and they are spread throughout the city. Even if you can bypass one, you can't always bypass them all.

"Moo..."

A dull sound sounded, and a black-armored cow with a head of two feet in size was seen standing up from the bungalow area in front. These cows were all shackled, and a large spiritual wood cart was dragged behind them.

The roar of the bull was like a signal. Qi-training monks rushed out from the bungalows in all directions, either carrying bamboo baskets on their backs or grabbing shovels, and jumped towards the bullock cart.

A spirit wood cart dragged by a black-armored ox can pull hundreds or even thousands of people.

When the spirit wood car was filled with miners, the black-armored cow mooed and headed towards the red mountain.

Outside the mine below the red mountain is where the ore is mined.

The mine excavation adopts a three-shift system. Each shift has to work for half a month, and then you will get half a month's rest.

Mining is not an easy job, but it is too strong to hold back the spiritual energy. Even in the areas where miners live in the periphery, the spiritual energy density has reached the second level.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Shen Lian walked for dozens of miles, passing through countless hills surrounded by green trees. The further in, the fewer buildings there were on these hills, and they were relatively independent and private.

Correspondingly, the realm of monks practicing inside is getting higher and higher.

Next, Shen Lian walked around the city leisurely, inspecting the layout of the entire city, and finally saw clearly the overall appearance of the giant red mountain.

The middle and upper part of the mountain was dug into a cave, which was always under the erosion of the fire spirit.

Looking up the huge red mountain, the mountain has been flattened at the highest point, about a hundred feet in diameter.

A tall stone shelf stands at the highest point, with a huge red bell carved with firebird patterns hanging on the stone shelf.

The spiritual energy washed out from the mine below, after passing through the cave in the middle of the mountain, gathered outside the big red bell, forming spiritual energy vortexes.

The big bell hummed gently from time to time under the wash of spiritual energy, dispersing the violent spiritual energy rushing out of the mine, turning it into a more stable state, and dispersed into the mining city.

"Third-level magic weapon."

With just one glance, Shen Lian could tell that this was a third-level fire-attribute magic weapon, and it was at least the third-level mid-grade.

Good stuff.

Pure fire.

You can eat what you rely on, this sentence really applies everywhere.

The entire Red Crystal Mining City is roughly divided into three parts. The outermost part is the miners' residential area, which occupies the smallest area and is also the most crowded.

In the middle area, there are undulating mountains, no fewer than a thousand large and small. These are the locations of the caves of the foundation-building monks.

Those with strong spirit stones can live in caves close to the center of the city, and the scenery is more beautiful. If there are fewer spirit stones, they can choose outer caves, or they can share a mountain with other Taoists.

The huge red mountain in the center is a restricted area, and outside monks are not allowed to approach it. The miners rode black-armored ox carts directly through the side entrance and entered the mine.

Standing outside a hill where no monks lived, Shen Lian looked at the lush mountains, and the chirping of birds could be heard from the forest.

Surrounded by green trees, a palace group stands on the top of the mountain, and there is a dark room opened in the mountain.

It's really a good dojo.

"Senior, do you want to rent a cave?"

Shen Lian stopped outside the mountain for a moment, and a monk in black and white robes flew from a distance, and a smile appeared on his face.

Except for the miners in Red Crystal City, the remaining monks who want to live and practice here must either buy a cave or pay spiritual stones.

Of course, you can also go to major shops in the city to apply for a job as a waiter. As long as someone can take you in, you don't have to pay spiritual stones.

As for trying to escape, it was absolutely impossible. The jade talisman in his hand was captured the moment he entered the city. Are these red pagodas standing in the mountains built in vain?
No, it’s to prevent you from freeloading.

"Senior, the spiritual energy of this Fushan cave has reached the third level. It is a rare high-level cave in the city. It only requires [-] spiritual stones."

The cave is a good cave, but it is not suitable for Shen Lian at all.

This place is too close to the central area, and there is a formation in the city, how can he still steal minerals?

He had already thought about it before coming here. If he wanted to collect enough mineral materials to refine the natal magic weapon by buying ore, he would need at least 500 to [-] million low-grade spiritual stones, which might not be enough.

There is so much ore, how can it be better to dig it yourself?

A walk around the Red Crystal Mining City proved his idea. It was a bit difficult to mine in the mining area under the control of the sect.

They put the main mineral vein directly under Jin Dan's nose.

It would be a bit difficult to escape the golden elixir monk's eyes and sneak into the mine.

And the defense in the city is too strong.

Not only that, Shen Lian had just observed that the miners who were mining almost didn't seem to have any hatred, which proved that the oppression of the miners here was not harsh.

Even if there are spirit puppets as helpers, they cannot escape from the city. They have to find a place outside the city to touch the edge of the mineral vein.

A large part of those red pagodas standing in the city have penetrated into the earth. Who knows whether they will react with the jade talismans.

For those who are new here, compared with the model that has been in operation for at least a thousand years, it is still too naive to try to take advantage of the situation.

Under the guidance of the junior in black and white robes, Shen Lian rented another cave, which was far away from the city center and had a worse environment, and temporarily took root in Red Crystal Mining City.

half a month later.

Shen Lian started his plan, and like the monks who normally go out of the city to hunt monsters, he also went out of the city.

In the mountains that have experienced beast tides, there are not many monsters. In the three days since they came out, they have encountered several fights. In addition to monster hunters, there are also internal strife among monks.

He would avoid these scenes in advance and release the black-horned ants wherever he went. The black-horned ants he bred with him were scattered in the mountains around Red Crystal Mining City.

Quietly waiting for these little things to bring him good news.

……

"Damn it, dig it in faster."

In a hidden valley in the east outside Red Crystal Mining City, a monk's body was half-melted into the rocks using a special secret method, and he looked at the figure below with piercing eyes.

There were approximately hundreds of low-level monks who were banned and were entering and exiting a small mine.

There were also Qi-training monks standing by, beating the monks who were mining.

"The sooner we hollow out this place, the sooner you can leave. If you dare to be naughty, you will be buried in it."

……

The foundation-building monk stuck in the rock opened his mouth and spit out a jade communication talisman.

The jade talisman flashed, and a voice sounded.

"How's it going?" There was an unquestionable tone in the calm voice.

"Elder, hurry up, hurry up." The foundation-building monk said quickly.

"Let me tell you, Master Hongyun will return from the depths of the mountains to suppress the demon soon. If you are unable to dig out the Wujin Stone before then, don't blame me for annihilating the family out of righteousness."

……

In the same rock, Shen Lian was stuck in it like a monkey.

He came here because black horned ants discovered ore here.

Unexpectedly, someone else dug it up first.

Looking at the excavation scene, Shen Lian pondered for a moment, they were all stealing, so whoever steals it first will be the one who gets it.

(End of this chapter)