62: Mine depletion incident

Chapter 62: The Ore Vein Depletion Incident

This discovery filled Wu Xian with both shock and joy.

Did this mean he could Cultivate and recruit a group of Yin Souls and Weirds in the future, forming an army of Yin Souls?

Before he could be happy for long, a terrifying Aura spread out above the mining area, accompanied by an angry roar.

"Who is causing trouble here?!"

A figure was suspended high above the mining area, with a Soul divine scroll above his head.

Even from a distance, the terrifying Aura sent shivers down Wu Xian's spine.

Fortunately, he retreated in time and made his escape.

For safety's sake, it would be best not to come to the Mysterious Abyss for a while... Deep inside the mine.

Master Yang and the Mayor's team were disheveled and shaken.

After confirming that the Weirds had dispersed, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and took out Spirit Crystals and medicine to restore their spiritual power.

"Damn it, what was wrong with those Weirds just now? They were like a swarm of insects, it was terrifying."

"If it weren't for the boss's powerful scroll, we might all have been finished here today."

The leading Level 5 Spirit Master's expression was grim. As the saying goes, 'unusual occurrences indicate something sinister.' His intuition told him that something was definitely wrong.

At this moment, Master Yang on the side suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "No, no, look quickly!"

Only then did the group, who had survived the disaster, notice that all the ore veins in the mine had turned into dull gray rock.

"The ore veins over there have also turned black!"

The group investigated, disbelief in their eyes.

"What on earth happened? How are all the ore veins gone?"

"Could it be those Weirds just now?"

"This is bad!"

The leading Level 5 Spirit Master's face was filled with alarm and uncertainty. He suddenly had a bad premonition and hurried back to the lei sha stone Snow diving area.

Within the entire lei sha stone Snow diving area, all xuan yin ore veins and di sha ore veins had withered into ordinary stones.

There were also many traces of fresh excavation everywhere.

Most importantly, Master Yang felt the residual energy fluctuations of lei sha stone from those mining traces... Wu Xian, who had retreated from the Mysterious Abyss, acted as if nothing had happened.

He calmly returned to the North District and went to Boss Hu's shop.

He purchased some Materials needed by Master Ma and some ordinary mechanical monster Materials to fill in the gaps.

"By the way, Boss Hu, do you have any Advanced ox-shaped monster Materials? Rare Materials would be best," Wu Xian asked casually.

"Yes! I happen to have some," Hu Deyou enthusiastically pulled out the head of an exotic beast. "It was just delivered yesterday from Dongyang City, a Tier 4 Elite Destruction Brute Ox. Unfortunately, I only got the ox head; the most valuable ox horns were bought by a Tool Scroll Master on the spot."

"Give me a fair price."

Wu Xian's eyes lit up slightly; ox horns were not very significant to him.

The head of a Tier 4 Elite monster as the main ingredient was enough to create a silver Scroll Master Ox.

"One hundred eighty-eight thousand," Hu Deyou quoted.

"One hundred eighty thousand," Wu Xian haggled.

After some hesitation, Hu Deyou agreed to the price, considering Wu Xian's identity as a young Scroll Master.

After all, for those in the Materials business, Scroll Masters were always premium customers.

Back home.

He carefully took out the three lei sha stones and pulled out the God of Wealth scroll.

Spiritual power permeated it, guiding the God of Wealth to absorb the spiritual substances within.

The three lei sha stones directly boosted the God of Wealth's spirituality to 81 points and showed a tendency to condense the second Fate Mark.

This greatly improved the God of Wealth's various performances.

Unfortunately, due to the God of Wealth's special nature, it was not convenient to test its five-dimensional performance at the Association.

"It would be great if I could get a five-dimensional testing instrument myself."

He checked the price of the instrument online, then silently closed the page, abandoning the idea.

Even the cheapest one cost twenty-three million, which was ridiculously expensive.

While contemplating, he sent a message to Xue Lingling: "Shifu-jie, besides the Association, where else can I get a scroll's five-dimensional test?"

"You want to test a scroll's five dimensions?" Xue Lingling quickly replied.

"Yes, I've restructured and refined the scroll, but I don't know how much the five dimensions have improved."

"Hehe, you've reminded me. As an excellent Club, how can we not have a five-dimensional testing instrument?" Xue Lingling sent a smug, grinning emoji. "I'm ordering one now, and it should arrive in a couple of days."

Wu Xian, surprised and pleased, replied with a thumbs-up.

"And Cultivation cabins and such, we'll have to arrange them gradually later," Xue Lingling continued, "A Club has to look like a Club."

As expected of a Scroll Master who returned from 'studying abroad' at a Dojo, she was indeed wealthy.

He wondered when he would be as carefree as Shifu-jie?

After his daily worship of the God of Wealth, he thoughtfully looked at the few pieces of xuan yin fine iron.

"What kind of weapon should I make?"

To directly create the various Divine Artifacts from myths and legends, xuan yin fine iron alone would certainly not be enough.

It would be better to first create a Flying Sword from Xianxia novels; it could both fight and fly.

Having participated in so many game projects in his previous life, he had countless images of Flying Swords in his mind, but the background conception and setting were more troublesome.

"No rush, let's get the two Masters, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, out first."

After all, the conception and Materials for Ox-Head and Horse-Face were already prepared.

He listed various Materials, spiritual power permeated them in turn to extract various spiritual substances, and through the divine scroll Law framework, he reverse-engineered and blended the corresponding spiritual pigments.

With everything ready, he condensed the conception in his mind and began to paint on the spiritual drawing paper.

Under the night sky, two scrolls were formed in succession.

[Ox-Head]

Type: original (Gold embroidered edge)

Grade: silver scroll

painting spirit: ★★

Spirituality: 47

Innate Talents: Netherworld Divine Power, Soul Suppression and Evil Severance

[Horse-Face]

Type: original (Gold embroidered edge)

Grade: silver scroll

painting spirit: ★★

Spirituality: 55

Innate Talents: Yin and Yang Dharma Eye, Soul Suppression and Evil Judgment

The Materials produced from the Dead Mountain Town scroll copy were obviously of higher quality, so Horse-Face's spirituality was higher.

The abilities of these two brothers were also quite similar, especially their second innate talent, which, like Black and White Impermanence, possessed the characteristic of collaborative teamwork.

After incorporating Ox-Head and Horse-Face into the [Ten Yama Generals] divine scroll, he focused wholeheartedly on researching Flying Sword creation.

Time flew by, and it was already the next day.

Wu Xian was holed up at home, researching weapon scrolls, as if nothing had happened.

Unbeknownst to him, the entire Yaoyang City had already exploded over the mining area incident.

The news of the mysterious depletion of Mysterious Abyss Mine No. 7 yesterday had spread rapidly, causing heavy losses for major mining companies, who all demanded an explanation from the Mayor.

The Mayor attached great importance to this and launched an investigation jointly with the Scroll Artist Association.

For a time, rumors spread throughout Yaoyang City, and people were in a state of panic.

Wu Xian, who was researching Tool Scrolls, was interrupted by a WeChat message from Brother Mo: "Something big has happened, little brother. The mining area was like a ghost town yesterday, half the ore vein instantly depleted, and the entire mining area is in chaos."

"Really? Such a big ore vein, gone just like that?" Wu Xian feigned surprise.

"Indeed," Brother Mo replied, "I just finished being interrogated and came out. I almost got arrested. Do you think this could be the Mayor's doing?"

Wu Xian was puzzled, "How so?"

"Those people we met in the lei sha stone Snow diving area yesterday have already been arrested. I saw that the Mayor's face didn't look very good at the time."

"Perhaps."

Wu Xian replied simply, ending the chat.

He continued to bury himself in researching his Flying Sword scroll. The creation of Tool Scrolls was far from as simple as he had imagined; it seemed to require a method similar to constructing mechanical principles.

At least for now, relying solely on conception and setting was clearly not enough.