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Chapter 85: Collecting Gold Qi, Golden Armored Sandshrew [Subscribe]

Zhou Zhengyong's son Zhou Xinlan was found to have mid-grade spiritual root aptitude, and the news soon spread throughout the Zhou family.

Seriously speaking, the middle-grade spiritual root qualification is not considered to be a particularly outstanding spiritual root qualification. It can only be said that it just meets the qualifications to join those major sects, and there is a certain chance of successfully building a foundation in the future.

The Zhou family now has about twenty to thirty Qi Refining cultivators with mid-grade spiritual roots, which is not a small number.

Even if Zhou Zhengyong's son was diagnosed with this kind of talent, it would not be enough to cause the whole family to cheer.

The reason why the news that his son was found to have a mid-grade spiritual root aptitude quickly spread throughout the entire clan was because this guy was so proud of it that he told everyone about it and showed off everywhere.

There was no other way. There were only seven younger generations in the Zhou family with the character "Xin" in their names. His son was the second one among them with middle-grade spiritual roots, and the first one had parents who were mortals.

Therefore, his son Zhou Xinlan is actually the first cultivator with middle-grade spiritual root qualifications among the descendants of the "Zheng" generation of cultivators in the Zhou family.

This gave him something to show off.

The clan leader Zhou Daoyi was also happy to see this happen, and even hoped that someone would come to him to complain.

If anyone dared to complain, he would just say "If you have the ability, go ahead and give birth", and force them to give birth.

It's a pity that no one has the nerve to come and complain about this kind of thing.

When little Zhou Xinlan turned one year old, Zhou Chun finished drinking his birthday wine and quickly left Jiufengling.

This time when Zhou Chun left his family, he was going to an abandoned fine gold mine to collect high-quality gold energy for practicing "Xinjin Sword Qi".

That refined gold vein is located in a mountain range in the northwest of Lanzhou near Lingzhou, and originally belonged to Qinglian Temple.

After all the refined gold ore in the vein was mined out, the vein was abandoned by Qinglian Temple and is now occupied by a group of independent cultivators.

These independent cultivators live around abandoned mines, and whenever they have time they will dig inside the mines, hoping to find the lost refined gold ore.

In fact, many of the spiritual gold ores sold by independent cultivators come from this source.

It’s not that some casual cultivator has ore, it’s that he discovered a mineral vein.

It is a common practice in the world of immortal cultivation to hand over abandoned mines to independent cultivators for disposal, thereby squeezing out the last bit of resources from the mines.

In this way, the forces occupying the mineral veins save costs and achieve their goals, while individual cultivators can also profit from it.

The Chiyao iron ore vein currently being mined by the Zhou family and other five major immortal cultivation families will probably do the same in the end.

The distance from Jiufeng Ridge to the abandoned refined gold vein was more than a thousand miles. Zhou Chun traveled alone for four or five days before finally arriving at his destination outside the mountain.

In order to conceal his identity, Zhou Chun had put on makeup to look like a young man in blue with slightly dark skin.

His yellow and dark face made him look much more mature, at least thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old.

This age matches his current cultivation level of the tenth level of Qi Refining Stage. Although it is still a bit unusual, at least it is not as eye-catching as the cultivation level he possesses at his actual age.

And his identity at this time has become the casual cultivator Han Sanjue.

The Three Wonders are a commemoration of the former Three Wonders Sect.

"The Gold Mountain Range should be ahead. Although according to the news, the abandoned mine is very large and easy to find, in order to save time, it is better to ask the nearby monks directly."

On the outskirts of the rolling mountains, Zhou Chun sat on horseback and looked at the mountains in front of him, and soon came up with a plan.

He dismounted and released the horse he had bought from a nearby city into the wilderness. Then he cast a "wind control technique" on himself and galloped through the mountains.

At the same time, Zhou Chun released a goshawk with dark blue feathers from the eagle cage on his back. It circled in the sky and searched for any traces of human beings in the forest for him.

This tamed goshawk was specially rented from his family before he came out, and it was specifically used to search for humans and for surveillance.

As for the "red-billed sparrow" he used before, it had died of old age half a year ago.

There is no doubt that compared with the "red-billed sparrow" which is smaller in size, flies not too high and not too fast, the goshawk has a huge advantage in reconnaissance and finding people.

Even though it is thousands of feet in the air, it can easily see the rabbits jumping in the forest below, and its flying speed is also extremely fast.

After Zhou Chun released the scout eagle, he found a target in less than an hour.

He was a casual cultivator who was searching for herbs in the forest. He only had the pitiful fourth level of Qi Refining Stage, but he looked to be at least forty years old.

With this level of cultivation at this age, it means that this person not only has poor spiritual aptitude, but he must have been quite old when he embarked on the path of cultivation.

Sure enough, when Zhou Chun found him and talked with him, he learned that he had only started to learn the way of cultivating immortals after he was twenty years old.

This cultivator named Geng was originally an ordinary herbalist. He accidentally saved a wandering cultivator who was injured while collecting herbs in the mountains. He was then taught the immortal cultivation techniques by the cultivator and came into contact with the world of immortal cultivation.

However, his spiritual roots were low and he had no one to guide or support him. After nearly twenty years of wasted time, he had only cultivated to the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

However, he was extremely determined and courageous. After learning about the dangers of the turbid evil energy from the cultivator he had rescued, he would not meditate in the wilderness even if he was not practicing.

Otherwise, no matter how poor one's aptitude is, it is impossible to have only this level of cultivation after twenty years of practice.

After learning this, Zhou Chun was very impressed by the perseverance of the monk Geng.

At that moment, he could not help but sigh with emotion: "The path to immortality is far away and not easy to find. I admire Brother Geng's persistence. These three spirit coins are my money for you. I hope I can meet you again in the future!"

After saying that, he stuffed three spirit coins into the other person's hand, clasped his fists, and said goodbye.

Watching his quickly departing figure, and looking at the spirit coins in his hand, the cultivator surnamed Geng was happy and grateful. He clasped his fists and bowed to him, saying, "Take care, Fellow Daoist Han!"

After separating from the monk named Geng, Zhou Chun followed the other party's instructions and found the abandoned refined gold vein in the Gold Mountain Range in less than half a day.

This refined gold vein was originally a medium-to-large vein with rich reserves. The vein stretched for dozens of miles, and more than a dozen mining tunnels were dug out.

Later, after Qinglian Temple abandoned this place, a large number of independent cultivators intervened here, and the number of mines dug among the mountains increased tenfold and dozens of times.

Therefore, when Zhou Chun rushed to the abandoned mine, he easily saw one abandoned mine after another.

Now most of the mines have become habitats for wild beasts, and some hidden ones will be transformed into temporary habitats by the monks who are still mining there.

In short, this area is not peaceful.

But Zhou Chun doesn't need to worry about this.

With his cultivation level of the tenth level of Qi Refining, not only can he walk around the abandoned mine with ease, but no one would dare to provoke him.

After all, most casual cultivators who have reached this level of cultivation can go hunting monsters to earn spirit coins, and there is no need for them to hang out in such abandoned mines.

This is where the truly low-level casual cultivators hang out, and where they pan for gold. After walking and stopping in the forest for several hours, Zhou Chun found a main mine cave.

The so-called main mine cave refers to the mine cave dug out when Qinglian Temple was first opened for mining.

Only in the depths of this kind of mine, because it once contained a large amount of refined gold ore, would the high-quality gold gas that Zhou Chun wanted remain.

Hiss~hiss!
A low snake hissing sound slowly rose inside the mine.

Along with the sound, there were also slight footsteps.

Zhou Chun was seen holding the "sunstone" in his hand, moving step by step along the abandoned mine tunnel towards the depths of the earth.

Several feet ahead of him, the silver electric thunder python Baibai was acting as a pioneer, driving away the snakes, insects, rats, ants and bats living in the mine tunnel.

The Silver Lightning Thunder Python is now more than three meters long, and its cultivation is comparable to that of a cultivator at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

Zhou Chun also gradually shifted resources towards it, and began to feed it [Beast Spirit Pills] and other elixirs and spiritual objects that would help its growth.

But for now, Zhou Chun doesn't need it to help him fight.

At most, it can be used to help with some small, non-dangerous tasks like it is now.

After driving the snake down and walking for more than 20 miles in the underground mine tunnel, Zhou Chun finally found his target.

The place where he was at this moment was in a branch mine tunnel above the main mine tunnel, and the end of this branch mine tunnel was in front of him.

Here, Zhou Chun sensed the residual gold energy, which was not very strong but barely met his needs.

"Xiao Baibai, go to the front and keep watch. If you find anything, be sure to inform me immediately."

With a thought, Zhou Chun immediately gave the Silver Lightning Python a warning order, asking it to stand guard several dozen feet away.

After the Silver Electric Thunder Python left, he patted the storage bag on his waist and took out a light golden gourd magic weapon.

Since the Zhou family has collected the secret art of "Xin Jin Sword Qi", they will of course consider the high-quality gold energy that will be needed by the family's cultivators to practice the secret art in the future.

The gourd magic weapon in Zhou Chun's hand was specially made for collecting gold energy.

At this time, he opened the lid of the gourd magic weapon, placed it flat in front of him with the mouth of the bottle facing up, then sat cross-legged, and practiced the secret technique of "Xin Jin Sword Qi" to begin to gather and absorb the free gold energy here.

Under the effect of the secret technique, after a short while, wisps of invisible golden energy were gathered in front of Zhou Chun, and then absorbed by the gourd magic weapon in front of him.

In fact, he had a purification stone jar, so there was no need to go through so much trouble. He could have just practiced the secret technique here.

But the problem is that the existence of the purification stone jar cannot be exposed. If he practices here, it will be difficult to explain when he returns.

After all, Zhou Daoyi asked him to collect enough gold energy and bring it back to the family, and then the family would help purify the turbid and evil energy contained in it before giving it to him to practice.

It took Zhou Chun almost half a day to collect all the gold energy nearby into the gourd magic weapon.

However, the amount of gold energy he needed was not small, and he also had to consider the problem of replenishing it after the secret technique was performed in the future. This time, he had to collect as much gold energy as possible.

In the next half month, Zhou Chun went in and out of several mines in the abandoned mine, constantly collecting the gold energy he needed.

As he worked tirelessly to collect gold, the amount of gold stored in the magic gourd increased day by day and was almost reaching its capacity limit.

That day, Zhou Chun went down into a mine again, searching for the remaining gold in it.

Then he found gold that he could use in a branch mine.

But just when Zhou Chun was gathering and collecting gold energy as usual, an accident happened!

At that time, Zhou Chun was practicing a secret technique to collect gold energy. Suddenly, a strange sound came from the wall of the mine tunnel about ten feet away from him.

Then, before the frightened Zhou Chun could hear the sound and stop practicing, a pangolin-like monster covered with golden scales broke through the wall and pounced towards him.

This situation scared Zhou Chun to death.

Because when he saw the monster, he recognized its origin.

It was actually an extremely rare demon beast with both gold and earth attributes, the Golden Armored Sandshrew, and it was already in a fully mature state.

The Golden Armored Sandshrew in its fully mature state is as powerful as a cultivator at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and its combat effectiveness in this underground environment may not be matched by even two cultivators at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

Not to mention that he is unable to move freely now, even under normal circumstances, he may not be able to deal with this monster in this underground environment.

So Zhou Chun was horrified and hurriedly activated the magic weapon [Mingxia Pei] he was wearing, releasing a ball of light to protect himself.

And just when he finished doing all this, the golden-armored sandalwood had already pounced in front of him.

It was only then that Zhou Chun discovered that the Golden Armored Sandshrew’s target was not him, but the gourd magic weapon placed in front of him.

Its target is the golden energy inside the gourd!
Zhou Chun suddenly had an idea and instantly understood the golden-armored sandalwood beast's intention.

Then he got anxious.

Not to mention how much time it took him to collect the gold energy in the gourd.

Take this gourd magic weapon for example, it is the only one of its kind left in the Zhou family.

If you lose this item, it will be very troublesome to refine another one, and it will cost a lot of spirit coins.

So much that all the good deeds Zhou Chun has accumulated for his family will have to be lost by at least half!
How could Zhou Chun not be anxious?

But there was no point in him being anxious now.

The golden-armored mole beast opened its mouth, bit the gourd, picked up the gourd and turned around and ran away.

As it turned to flee, its flat, narrow tail slapped Zhou Chun hard, causing the protective glow released by the [Mingxia Pei] to shake continuously.

Since this attack didn't work, the Golden-Armored Sandshrew completely gave up the idea of ​​attacking Zhou Chun and rushed directly to the hole it had dug when it came, ready to escape.

But at this moment, a snake-shaped forked lightning suddenly tore through the darkness in the cave and hit the golden-armored sandalwood beast's head.

Under the lightning strike, the golden-armored mole beast trembled all over, and the gourd in its mouth fell to the ground.

By the time it recovered from the paralysis caused by the lightning strike and picked up the gourd again, Zhou Chun had already forced himself to stop and stood up.

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