Chronicles of Celestial Origins

The two sent him outside the formation, saw him fleeing away, chatting for a few words, and then returned to the meeting hall.

"Gather everyone here." Jiang Xinquan ordered, and the broad-faced man standing outside the hall immediately responded.

"Junior Brother Tang, let me introduce you to the disciples of our team first. Let's take a look around for a while so that you can have a general understanding of the basic situation. As for specific matters, we are not in a hurry."

Tang Ning nodded and said, "Everything will be according to Senior Brother Jiang's wishes. I'm new here, so I hope Senior Brother Jiang can teach me more."

Jiang Xinquan said: "The sect has a total of three properties in this pavilion. In addition to the high-grade spiritual mine in Pingling Mountain, there is also a third-order high-grade spiritual vein and a third-order mid-grade spiritual vein, respectively in Fengyan Mountain and Xuan. Dry Valley.”

"In addition to the ten formal disciples, our team also has some recruiting monks. There are more than thirty recruiting monks in Pingling Mountain, and there are more than 20 in Fengyan Mountain and Xuangan Valley each."

"There is an upper limit on the number of disciples you can recruit, and it will be included in the team's finances. According to the regulations of Qingwu Camp, the team can recruit up to one hundred monks."

"In addition, in this spiritual mine, we have recruited another hundred Qi Refining monks to dig the spiritual mine."

"High-quality spiritual stones are wrapped in hard soil and rocks and are difficult to be shaken by ordinary things. They must be monks' magic weapons to mine. The financial expenditures of these gas refining and mining monks are entirely the responsibility of the team themselves and are not included in the team's finances. middle."

Tang Ning asked, "So how much are the annual salaries of these 100 people?

"Generally, we recruit monks who are in the late stage of Qi refining. Their salary is about 10,000 spirit stones per year. In addition, every time a high-grade spirit mine is mined, we will be rewarded with fifty spirit stones.

"Is this team entirely responsible for this expense?"

“Of course we are solely responsible.

Before Tang Ning could ask, footsteps could be heard outside. A man with a large face and big ears came in. He bowed to Jiang Xinquan and took his seat below.

After that, several more people entered one after another. There were five monks in total, four men and one woman, all of whom were golden elixir cultivators.

"Okay, everyone is here." Jiang Xinquan said: "Junior Brother Tang, let me introduce to you. This is Yan Ming, a disciple of our team, who is specifically responsible for the overall coordination of the spirit mine."

"This is Yang Qiushui, a disciple of our team, who is specifically responsible for the financial affairs of the spirit mine."

"This is Huang Qiansheng, a disciple of our team, who is specifically responsible for the security of the spiritual mine."

"This is Cheng Qian, a disciple of our team, who is specifically responsible for the mining of the spirit mine."

"This is Xu Fan, a disciple of our team. He is specifically responsible for the personnel scheduling of the Ling Mine."

Tang Ning and several others nodded to indicate that among the five, only Yan Ming was a late-stage Jindan cultivator.

Yang Qiushui and Huang Qiansheng are both in the middle stage of Jindan cultivation.

Cheng Qian and Xu Fan's initial cultivation of Golden Pill.

"This is Junior Brother Tang Ning, who was formerly directly under the sixth team of the brigade. He is currently the acting captain of the team."

"Greetings to Uncle Tang." After hearing this, several people stood up and saluted.

Tangning waved her hand and said, "Everyone, please sit down! No need to be polite."

Several people took their seats as instructed.

"I am new here and know nothing about the affairs of our team. I hope you can help me as much as possible. All the rules established by our team before will remain unchanged. You can still do your own thing."

"yes."

"Junior Brother Tang, there are four other disciples in our team who are assigned to handle matters in Fengyan Mountain and Xuangan Valley. Let's go around this spiritual mine first and get familiar with the spiritual mine affairs."

"good."

The two stood up and walked out, followed by the others.

"You all go back to your posts, Junior Brother Tang, let's go! I'll take you to the Spirit Mine mining area." Jiang Xinquan said, the two of them took off and headed southeast, and everyone dispersed.

Not long after walking, we saw a huge pit in the distance.

The huge pit is bottomless, surrounded by carved bluestone walls, and is divided into many areas of equal size.

Each area is two miles in diameter. Viewed from a high altitude, it looks like fish ponds arranged in an orderly and even manner.

The two people escaped from the light and fell into one of the deep pits. The pit was two miles in diameter and was surrounded by a bluestone wall. Only a stone door was left on the east side to allow people to enter and exit.

"Junior brother Tang, come in and take a look. This is our planned mining area for spiritual minerals. This area has been completely mined." Jiang Xinquan pushed the door open and entered. The huge pit inside was bottomless, and the two of them seemed to be in the same place. On the edge of a cliff.

"Senior Brother Jiang, how many years can a mining area of ​​this size be able to continuously mine spiritual stones?"

Jiang Xinquan said: "There is a unified standard for the progress of mining spiritual stones. You can't just mine as much as you want. Every year, someone from the brigade will come to check the mining scale. Every five years, the alliance will come to inspect, and every ten years, the column will come to inspect. Once every 20 years, the legion will come to inspect, and once every 100 years, the sect will come to inspect.”

"If you mine too much, you will be punished accordingly. If you mine more than three times, you will be removed from the captain's position and handed over to the three branches of the sect for trial and conviction."

"For high-grade spiritual mines like ours, the annual mining progress is fifty feet deep."

"That is, within a two-mile radius, the excavation will end at a depth of fifty feet."

"Generally speaking, each area can be mined for forty years, which is a depth of two thousand feet."

"Our spiritual mine was formed about five thousand years ago. So far, it has collected an area of ​​250 miles in radius. The areas you see covered by bluestone walls mean that they have been mined. of."

Tangning asked: "Are all areas mined to two thousand feet? Why is it this deep?"

"This was measured by a special person. In our spiritual mine, after going down two thousand feet, there is an underground river. Naturally, there is no value in continuing to mine."

"What about the stone and soil after mining? Doesn't it need to be filled back in?"

"This mining area is specially used for demonstration, so it has not been filled back. The excavated rocks and soil have been filled in other mining areas. In the future, when people from the brigade and the unit come to inspect, you must take them here first. Understand the situation of our spiritual mine firsthand.”

"I see." Tangning nodded: "I'm a little confused about something. Senior Brother Jiang just said that this spiritual mine was discovered five thousand years ago, so how did it come to be classified as our industry? Is this land The mountain range has always been occupied by our sect, and it was only after the formation of the spiritual mine that it was occupied by our sect.”

Jiang Xinquan smiled and said: "Junior Brother Tang, this is really hard for me. How do I know what happened five thousand years ago, but I personally thought there would be no such coincidence. Wherever the headquarters occupies, there will be high-grade spiritual mines. I think it should be It must be conquered after the spiritual mine is formed! This is not something you and I should worry about. "

"I'm just a little curious. Our sect occupies the most important resource areas in every county and city in Qingzhou. However, these resource areas are not inexhaustible. Just like the spiritual mines, they will always be taken. How can this sect still occupy these important resource jurisdictions after millions of years have passed? How does this operate?"

Jiang Xinquan said: "I had this doubt before, but there is a way to explain it. In the world we live in, the total amount of spiritual energy remains unchanged. Although the cultivation resources are not inexhaustible, they are in a In constant change.”

"For example, a monk's refining absorbs a large amount of spiritual power from heaven and earth, improving his cultivation and extending his lifespan. But when he is incarnation, the spiritual power absorbed by these refinings will return to heaven and earth again, forming a cycle."

"Spiritual mines are also the same. After the spiritual stones are mined and used, the spiritual energy will still return to the world. After this spiritual mine is mined, new spiritual mines will naturally form in other places where the spiritual energy gathers."

"With the strength of our sect, no other sect can compete with us in Qingzhou. When a new spiritual mine is formed, the senior officials will try their best to seize it."

"In this way, important resource areas will always be in our hands. Once these resource areas become large-scale, the use period will be very long. As far as this spiritual mine is concerned, it is enough to be mined for tens of thousands of years."

Tangning looked down at the bottomless pit: "Brother Jiang, can I go down and take a look? See what the bottom of the mining area looks like?"

"sure."

Tangning flashed and jumped into the huge pit. Her fingers touched the cliff wall and she could faintly feel the faint spiritual energy surrounding her fingertips. After falling for a long time, she finally reached the bottom. The water below was gurgling, and it was an underground river.

He didn't stay long. After looking around, he returned to the ground.

"Senior Brother Jiang, which area are we mining now?"

"Right ahead, at the end of the bluestone wall, is the area we are currently mining. I will take you to see it."

The two of them jumped into the sky and walked for more than a hundred miles to the end of the bluestone wall.

Outside the east gate, there is a desk with a stack of files on it. A man in single clothes is sitting cross-legged in front of the desk and practicing with his eyes closed. Tang Ning and Jiang Xinquan escape from the light, and the man opens his eyes. , seeing the two of them, his expression changed slightly, and he quickly stood up to greet them and salute: "Junior pays homage to senior."

Jiang Xinquan asked: "How is the mining progress today?"

"Everything is normal." Tangning glanced at him and asked, "Are you responsible for supervising the mining of spiritual minerals?"

The man replied: "This junior is assisting fellow Taoist Cheng Qian in dealing with the mining of spiritual minerals."

"How many people do you have to supervise the mining of spiritual minerals on weekdays?"

"Usually there are three people, one person is responsible for the progress of mining in the inner room, one person is responsible for counting the daily mining quantity outside, and Fellow Daoist Cheng Qian is responsible for the final statistics."

While the three of them were talking, a golden eye as big as one foot above the head emitted a dazzling red light and swept towards the two of them.

"Senior Brother Jiang, what is the purpose of placing the Eye of Heaven and Earth here?" Tang Ning looked up at the golden eyes and asked.

Jiang Xinquan said: "This is to prevent someone from taking the mined spirit stones out without permission. The management of the spirit mine stipulates that all miners wear white singles and are not allowed to carry storage bags. All the spirit stones excavated must be handed in in full."

"Every time you enter or leave the mining area, you must go through three levels of inspection: one level of inspection by the internal supervisors, one level of inspection by the external supervisors, and one level of inspection by the disciples responsible for the mining of the spirit mine."

"In addition, two Eyes of Heaven and Earth are installed in the mining area to monitor everything. One is placed inside the wall and one is placed outside the wall. The disciples responsible for guarding can check the situation of the mining area through the background observer."