Chapter 988 Two Hundred and Thirteen
Thinking and doing, for a period of time afterwards, Qingyang focused his attention on the Jinling Iron Ore. Even if he saw a deep-buried Extreme Fire Stone, he would not necessarily go to dig it. He would only dig it when he found a slightly higher quality Jinling Iron Ore nearby.
Qingyang even carefully observed the surrounding mines. Based on his hearsay method of finding spiritual ore, he thought that the most likely place was the Jinling Iron Ore Vein and the most likely place to produce high-quality Jinling Iron, and he would focus on digging there.
In this way, in the following twenty days, Qingyang really dug up a lot of high-quality Jinling Iron Ore, including two pieces of Jinling Iron with more than 100 kills, more than 20 pieces of Jinling Iron with 10 to 100 kills, hundreds of pieces of Jinling Iron with less than 10 kills, and countless ordinary Jinling Iron without killing aura. Because the value was too low and the quantity was too large, Qingyang was even too lazy to pick it up.
Of the two pieces of golden spirit iron with over 100 kills, one piece contained 102 murderous auras, barely meeting the requirements of golden spirit iron with 100 kills. Qingyang didn't like this material, but for many low-level Jindan casual cultivators, it was hard to find such good materials, so it was good to have such a material. If it was sold outside, it could be sold for tens of thousands of spirit stones.
The other piece contained 213 murderous auras, which might be very good materials for other Jindan cultivators, but it was nothing for Qingyang, far from meeting Qingyang's psychological expectations, and it couldn't be compared with the four pieces of materials he prepared in advance. If this material was used to refine a gold-attributed magic weapon, it would be much less powerful than the other four magic weapons, and it would even hinder the performance of the entire five-element sword formation. However, Qingyang had no other choice now and could only make do with it.
The two pieces of golden spirit iron with over 100 kills alone were worth more than 30,000 spirit stones, and the other pieces of golden spirit iron with less than 100 kills were worth about 20,000 spirit stones, with a total value of more than 50,000. Tens of thousands of spirit stones, this is the wealth that only ordinary Jindan cultivators have. Qingyang has achieved it in just over twenty days. If others knew about it, they would probably be shocked.
As for why Qingyang was able to dig out so much Jinling iron containing murderous aura, and the ratio of high-quality Jinling iron was obviously higher than others, the reason is actually very simple. This place has reached the depth of 8,000 feet in the earth's core cave, which is almost the limit that cultivators can reach. The content of high-quality Jinling iron is higher than other places. In addition, there are usually few cultivators who can come here, and there is almost no digging nearby by other cultivators. It is normal for such a situation to occur.
In addition to Jinling iron, Qingyang also got a lot of Jihuo stones in the past twenty days, about 40 to 50 pieces. This efficiency is far worse than the previous few days, but this is because he focused on finding Jinling iron ore, and it is good to have this harvest by the way.
In addition, Qingyang even dug up two portions of Earth Fire Sulfur Cinnabar, which was a complete surprise. He was worried that the Earth Fire Spirit Cinnabar he had extorted from Master Guiyun would not be enough for everyone. With these two unexpected portions, the distribution would be much more relaxed.
Qingyang made a lot of money on this trip to the Earth Core Cave. Originally, he only planned to collect a bunch of Earth Core Extreme Fire and get some Extreme Fire Stones to assist in refining the Golden Pill after going out, but he did not expect that the final harvest would far exceed the previous expectations. This is all thanks to the Wind and Fire Order provided by the sloppy Taoist. If Qingyang used the Wind and Fire Order of Master Yaoyue, he would not be able to enter the Earth Core Cave below 5,000 feet deep, and it would be impossible to dig up so many good things.
At the beginning, Qingyang's heart was hot, so he took out the jar of spirit wine with grapes and drank it with the sloppy Taoist. Later, he felt a little distressed when he thought about it. Now he realized that his harvest was really not small. Not to mention the powerful talisman treasure that he had treasured, not to mention the tens of thousands of spirit stones earned by selling the Wind and Fire Order to others, the harvest from this Earth Core Cave alone was not much worse than that spirit wine.
However, the price Qingyang paid in these days was also huge. After staying in this Earth Core Cave for more than a month, Qingyang's condition in all aspects had reached the limit. If he stayed any longer, he might really be useless. Although there was a wind and fire order to block it, the high temperature around him was still unbearable, especially since Qingyang's cultivation was only at the foundation-building stage.
Qingyang's skin was burned red, rough and cracked, as if his body was covered with red fish scales, his hair was messy, and his clothes were burnt yellow. From a distance, he looked like a savage.
Because of the long-term continuous use of spirit stones and pills to replenish his true essence, Qingyang has developed drug resistance. The effect of Huiyuan Pills is getting lower and lower, and even the effect of spirit stones in replenishing true essence has greatly decreased. At the beginning, it was enough for him to replenish his true essence twice in three days. In this last period of time, he almost had to stop and replenish his true essence twice a day. Most of his time was spent on replenishing his true essence, and the time spent on mining was getting less and less, and his efficiency was getting lower and lower.
The exhaustion of true essence is one aspect, and his Yuanshen is also extremely tired. Staying in such a place for a long time and overloading the mind for a long time is also a great test for cultivators.
Although Qingyang can also hide in the space of Zuixian Hu to rest, the opening time of Yinfeng Jihuo Cave is limited. The more rest, the less time to work. Therefore, Qingyang still stays in the cave as much as possible. As long as he appears in this earth core cave, he must constantly offer the true essence shield to defend against the ubiquitous high temperature around him, and he can't get an effective rest at all. In the long run, Yuanshen has not been able to get a complete rest, and the mental fatigue is getting heavier.
Qingyang did try to get the Iron Arm Monkey to work as a free laborer, but after the Iron Arm Monkey came out, he found that this idea was not feasible. The Iron Arm Monkey had a strong defense. After using the Wind and Fire Order, he was not afraid of the Yin wind, but he could not stand the high temperature. Even with the Wind and Fire Order, he could only stay outside for a short quarter of an hour. Then his hair curled and turned yellow, and a faint smell of burning came from his body. It seemed that he might become a roasted monkey at any time.
After all, the monster beasts were different from human cultivators. They did not have as many auxiliary means as cultivators. Qingyang had to do this labor by himself. Who made him so greedy that he had to come to the depth of 8,000 feet in the Earth Core Cave? If it was 45 feet or 2,000 to 3,000 feet, it would probably not be a problem.
Even though Qingyang had many means, he had reached his limit at this time. Calculating the time, the Yin Wind Extreme Fire Cave had been opened for more than four months, and it would take more than a month to restore it to its original state. If he did not go out before then, he would definitely die in it. It was time to go out.