293: Chapter 293 Martial Emperor Realm Puppet

With Jiang Chen overseeing the situation...

...the state of the entire mine naturally became much more stable.

Quite a few people had already begun to move out, heading off to divide the rest of the Zhao family's territories among themselves.

However, the distribution of resources in these places was not easily obtained; wherever the Zhao family's influence existed, there were bound to be many local collaborative arrangements in place.

In this current situation, it all depended on who struck faster and more ruthlessly!

Only then could one get a bigger piece of the pie.

The Lin family was also preparing for the excavation of the spirit stone ore vein.

In the meantime, Jiang Chen also had Lin Youer head to the Great Lan Dynasty to help explain the situation.

She happened to be piloting Jiang Chen's flying boat.

Lin Youer did not decline and headed straight for the Great Lan Dynasty.

While Jiang Chen could have gone himself, it was ultimately safer for him to remain at the ore vein.

If it were occupied by others, it would not be so easy to take it back.

At the same time, Jiang Chen needed to wait here for feedback from the Lingcang Domain Lord.

During the waiting process, Jiang Chen also summoned the martial arts scroll.

"Ding... Consumed 370 enemy killing value to open the martial arts scroll."

"Current martial arts scroll: Choose one of three."

"One: One Grade Seven martial arts puppet."

"Two: One set of Grade Seven Slaughter Formation Flags."

"Three: One Grade Seven Slaughter talisman slip."

Jiang Chen glanced over these three rewards.

In the end, he chose the first option, the martial arts puppet.

Although the Formation Flags were also very strong, the problem was that controlling them required a certain level of Formation Cultivation to bring out their potential, and Jiang Chen's strength simply didn't need such things.

If he gave them to someone else, they wouldn't have the profound Formation Cultivation required to activate them either.

Even if he gave them to Lianyue, with her current level, she wouldn't be able to activate them at all.

As for the Grade Seven talisman slip...

...refining such a thing himself was very simple for Jiang Chen.

Why waste an opportunity like this?

The martial arts puppet was relatively better.

It only needed to be infused with enough Body Tempering Qi to be used repeatedly.

Back then, Jiang Chen had used this martial arts puppet to gain a lot of enemy killing value, and it had played a very significant role.

Furthermore, these martial arts puppets also had a remote vision effect.

Jiang Chen could also use the martial arts puppet to accomplish certain tasks.

Most importantly, Jiang Chen also wanted to see what kind of changes would occur under the enhancement of the five-fold scroll.

"Ding... Obtained Grade Seven martial arts puppet. Consumed Five-fold Enhancement Scroll. Obtained Grade Eight martial arts puppet."

"A Grade Eight martial arts puppet!"

"When fully infused with Body Tempering Qi, it is comparable to roughly the fourth layer of the Martial Emperor Realm."

Jiang Chen's eyes lit up as he held the martial arts puppet in his hand, his face wearing an expression of excitement.

It was clearly a pleasant surprise.

"I thought it would give me five of them at once," Jiang Chen thought to himself secretly.

But having it directly upgraded to a Martial Emperor Realm martial arts puppet gave Jiang Chen even greater confidence.

If he were to engage in combat with an enemy, making it a two-on-one fight would naturally have an extraordinary effect.

He had always been outnumbered; finally, it was his turn to have a helper.

At the very least, he could have this martial arts puppet return to the Great Lan Dynasty to oversee things.

That way, Jiang Chen wouldn't be under so much pressure to worry about the situation back in the Great Lan Dynasty.

This could be considered as resolving quite a bit of pressure for Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen glanced at his remaining enemy killing value.

【enemy killing value: 898 points】

The next opening would require 380 enemy killing value points.

"I'll save these for now."

He was in no hurry to continue.

This was because once he killed another Martial Emperor, he would be able to obtain a Ten-fold Enhancement Scroll.

Therefore, for the next opening, he first needed to raise his own cultivation level.

Jiang Chen also had a rare moment of leisure.

He awakened the Martial Emperor Realm martial arts puppet.

The form the martial arts puppet took looked like a burly and tall man, but his height was nearly ten feet.

His body also exuded a sense of being filled with power.

Jiang Chen studied the material of the martial arts puppet and found that it was quite sturdy; it would require at least five million catties of destructive force to blow it apart.

In other words, at a critical moment, this martial arts puppet could withstand an attack from a ninth-layer Martial Emperor Realm expert.

It was indeed a treasure.

"What if I use this fellow for mining?"

Jiang Chen's heart stirred.

It wouldn't necessarily have to be his own mine.

After some testing, it would be very convenient to go and dig in other people's mining fields later on.

He could take it all in one go; spirit mines that would take some mining teams decades or even a century to finish digging could be handled by this martial arts puppet in a single day.

That would be the most efficient way to make money.

Immediately, Jiang Chen took his martial arts puppet to the spirit stone ore vein to conduct a trial and see if it was truly possible to mine using this object.

Lin Batian and the others were already arranging manpower.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen's offensive at the time was mostly aimed at people, and since the mine tunnel was quite deep, the internal facilities were still intact.

The ore vein itself was also a certain distance away from the Zhao family's lands.

"Eh, why are you here?"

Lin Batian said in surprise when he saw Jiang Chen arrive at the mine.

After all, mine tunnels were considered relatively dangerous places.

In case of an accidental collapse, even with experts present, it would be difficult to guarantee a hundred percent chance of survival.

"I've come to see what the mining process is like and learn a bit," Jiang Chen said with a smile.

"That's perfect, let's consult together. Just now, our Mineral Vein Master performed an appraisal and feels that this ore vein has another direction, but it's blocked by a very hard rock layer. If there's a way to break through it, we might be able to open up a new secondary vein!"

Lin Batian said.

"Oh? How hard is it?"

Jiang Chen was curious.

However, the rock walls of a mine were different from ordinary mountain ranges.

The formation of some ore veins themselves required a very long period of time, and with the accumulation of the essence of the sun and moon, they were hundreds or even thousands of times harder than ordinary mountain ranges.

Of course, never mind the rock walls of this mine; even for the rock layers of ordinary mountain ranges, relying solely on three million catties of physical strength, wanting to chisel them open was no easy task.

After all, this was an entire mountain, not a body of flesh and blood.

But experts who cultivated the Martial Dao didn't just rely on their own strength; they could also borrow the power of heaven and earth, which made their destructive power much greater.

Lin Batian and the others didn't intend to destroy the entire rock wall but rather to chisel it open while keeping the other areas relatively stable.

"We have calculated that it requires roughly three million six hundred thousand catties of force, striking the same spot continuously for about a hundred times, to likely destroy the entire structure so it can be mined."

The one speaking was an Mineral Vein Master from the Lin family.

The direction of the ore vein was also very important.

If the detection was wrong, then it was very likely they would return empty-handed after several months of work.

This would greatly affect efficiency.

"That's not too difficult, let me give it a try."