Chapter 166 Black Iron Ore Veins

"This island is not small, but it has neither water nor vegetation, let alone spiritual veins. No wonder no one occupies it."

After exploring the island, Zheng Pingkang also reported the basic situation here to Fang Chen.

In fact, they already had a general idea when they were in the sky. This was a bare stone island with nothing.

But this suits them just fine.

If there are no special resources, they will not be coveted by others.

Few people pass by on weekdays.

Suitable for obscene development here.

As for water sources, vegetation and spiritual veins, they don't matter to Fang Chen and can be solved with his abilities.

There is no water source, which is a bit troublesome, but it can also be solved by relying on the spiritual rain technique.

Especially in the sea, there will be bonuses when using the Spiritual Rain technique.

"If you think about it, Lingyu Technique can also be regarded as a desalination technology."

Fang Chen had such an idea in his mind, but he couldn't share it with the people of this world.

At least I can't share it now.

Therefore, he could only say to Zheng Pingkang: "Is there any suitable place to establish a base?"

It is certainly impossible to establish an initial stronghold directly on the edge of the island, so even if the island is rarely visited, it will soon be exposed.

Especially this kind of stone island with no cover.

"Actually, there's no difference. It's all rugged stone ground with no cover. We're in the center of the island, so it's not easy to be discovered."

Zheng Pingkang shook his head. Although there were many rocks on this island, there was not much terrain exceeding one meter. The entire island could be seen at a glance.

It is also in the center. Due to the large area of ​​the island, it is not easy to be discovered by people passing by.

However, if someone flies from the sky, it is still easy to spot them.

"Well... this is not very safe, Lao Lin, what do you think?"

Fang Chen looked at Lin Qingshan who was calculating the location of the relay space and wanted to know his opinion.

"If you want to be secretive, why not consider underwater or underground?"

Lin Qingshan did come up with a plan, but it sounded a bit fanciful.

However, after thinking about it, Fang Chen felt that it was still feasible.

"Underground or underwater?"

If you build a fairy house like the one in Yueshenfang City and fix it somewhere underground or underwater, it can indeed be very hidden.

"I don't recommend considering going underwater. This is the Star-Moon Sea. There might be some monsters in the water, so it's better to be careful."

Zheng Pingkang rejected the underwater proposal, but he also agreed with the underground argument.

So he continued: "I'm going to look for any natural caves. If not, we can dig on site."

He is still in the state of soul gathering. If he wants to create an underground space, although it is a bit difficult, it is not impossible.

However, if there is a ready-made underground cave, this trouble can be saved.

With that said, some ghost cultivators separated from Zheng Pingkang's body and entered the underground with the help of the soul body.

"These ghost cultivators should not have reached the spirit ghost stage yet. Can they pass on information?"

The spirit ghost stage is equivalent to the fifth level of Qi training. Only ghost cultivators in this realm can develop spiritual wisdom. However, Zheng Pingkang is a natural ghost king and has inherited memories. There must be a reason for him to do this.

So Fang Chen also asked curiously.

"They can't take the initiative to explore anything, but they will obey my orders. After walking around underground and being captured by me, I will know what they saw."

Zheng Pingkang shook his head. He actually took advantage of the soul-gathering properties.

After the soul gathering, the memories of all souls will be shared with the main soul, which is Zheng Pingkang.

If these ghost cultivators reach the spirit ghost stage, they can choose to block their memories and only hand over control of their power.

That's certainly not possible now.

Without intelligence, their memories would be completely open to Zheng Pingkang.

It can be regarded as taking advantage of the soul gathering loophole.

"I see."

Fang Chen nodded. An auxiliary spell used to enhance his strength could also be used for such a purpose. He was indeed a born ghost king.

Comprehension is high.

The next step is to wait for a message from the ghost cultivators that Zheng Pingkang was assigned to.

Lin Qingshan is still calculating.

Fang Chen is meditating and practicing, but this time he is practicing the Ghost King Sutra. After all, his external incarnation is still essentially a body of ghost cultivation, and he only has the first level of spiritual ghost stage cultivation.

It is obviously impossible to become famous in the Xingyue Sea with this kind of strength, and he does not have many spiritual plants or elixirs in his hands that can improve the cultivation of ghosts.

Fortunately, he still holds a big killer weapon - gathering souls.

With this move, even if you encounter a foundation-building monk, your external avatar can still handle it.

And as long as you have the strength in the foundation building stage, it is easy to make a name for yourself in the Xingyue Sea.

Despite this, the necessary training should not be left behind.

After all, the strength derived from gathering souls is still weaker than that of monks of the same level, and every time the external incarnation is stronger, the strength after gathering souls will also be stronger.

An hour later, the ghost cultivators released by Zheng Pingkang finally returned to his body.

"How about it?"

Fang Chen also ended his training and asked about the situation he had discovered.

"There is indeed a natural underground cave under the island, but it is not connected to the outside world. I will find a suitable location to open it."

Zheng Pingkang said and ran away.

"Let's catch up."

Lin Qingshan, who had already finished the calculation, summoned the flying boat and motioned Fang Chen to go in and catch up with Zheng Pingkang.

"You are here too, and I have already dug the passage to the underground cave."

When the flying boat stopped at Zheng Pingkang's location, he had already dug the cave, and the excavated stones were scattered around.

Fang Chen looked down through the cave curiously and found that there was indeed a large space inside.

Lin Qingshan was attracted by the scattered stones, picked up a piece and looked at it carefully, and then he also made a surprised voice: "This is black iron ore!"

"Black iron ore?"

Fang Chen was shocked, this is a spiritual ore.

Black iron is a common refining material in the world of cultivation.

It is said that as long as ordinary iron ore is exposed to spiritual energy for many years, there is a chance that it will transform into black iron ore, which can be used to refine magic tools.

After multiple smelting, it can also be used to refine spiritual tools used by foundation-building cultivators.

The reason why black iron is commonly used is that it is common, and therefore the price is not high. The price of a pound of black iron ore varies from two to ten spirit stones depending on the content. If it is purified black iron, a pound only costs fifty spirit stones.

It sounds expensive, but if a pound of black iron is used to refine a magic weapon, the final product can be sold for at least five hundred spirit stones.

This is when the refining method is really poor.

For an excellent refiner, a pound of black iron is enough to refine a top-grade magic weapon, and the price can even reach three thousand spirit stones, which is more expensive than an ordinary low-grade spirit weapon.

There is no way. Although the low-grade spirit weapon is stronger than the top-grade magic weapon, the latter can be used by cultivators at the first level of Qi training, and the consumption is not large, which is enough to improve the strength to a higher level.

At the beginning, we are facing customers with deep wealth.

They don't care about these spirit stones.

Ignoring Fang Chen's exclamation, Lin Qingshan went directly to the cave entrance and jumped down.

Soon, his voice came from inside: "There is indeed a black iron vein underneath, and it looks like the reserves are not small."

At the end, he did not forget to add: "City Lord, we have made it now."

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