111: Chapter 111 Second-Tier Low-Grade Black Gold Ore

About ten days had passed since the Foundation Establishment of Chen Changjie. On this day, one hundred miles west of Wuyue Mountain, a mountain range with rolling peaks and spiritual radiance rose from the ground. This was Guxing Mountain, the location of a First-tier High Grade Spiritual Vein belonging to the Chen Family.

Normally, there were only a few Qi Refining Cultivators stationed here, along with thousands of Mortals who had migrated from Wuyue Mountain, and nothing else.

However, what was slightly different today was that when the Mortals of the Chen Family were out working, they inadvertently discovered a piece of Ore that did not resemble ordinary iron.

This news was immediately reported to the ears of the Chen Family Cultivators stationed here.

Hearing the report from the Mortal of the Chen Family, Zhang Xun instantly became overjoyed and immediately informed Chen Changjiong of the news.

After hearing this, Chen Changjiong immediately went with Zhang Xun to investigate the Ore vein here. It did not matter if they did not go to investigate, but after investigating, they derived an astonishing piece of information: this Ore vein was not only a Second-tier Low Grade Black Iron Mine, but the mineral deposits here were also extremely rich. If only ten thousand catties of black iron Ore were mined each year, it could provide the Family with Black Gold Stone for a full twenty years, which was equivalent to providing over ten thousand Spirit Stones every year.

This discovery made the two of them overjoyed because according to the regulations of the clan, individuals or teams who discovered such Ore veins and handed them over to the Family could obtain one-tenth to one-fifth of the entire Ore vein profits.

However, based on this place, the two of them should both be able to share over ten thousand Spirit Stones. This resource was enough to allow them to Cultivate to the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, and there was even a glimmer of hope for Foundation Establishment.

Especially Zhang Xun, whose current cultivation was only at the Perfection of the Sixth Layer of Qi Refining. If it were not for his Artifact Refining skills back then to join the Chen Family, he would still be a Loose Cultivator today, and he might not have had much hope in his entire life of cultivating to the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining. Although in the years since joining the Chen Family, the resources given by the Chen Family were not much, he still had a considerable chance of cultivating his cultivation to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.

If he had these ten thousand Spirit Stones, coupled with his contributions to the Chen Family, the Foundation Establishment Stage was just around the corner.

The two immediately transmitted the news of this place back to the clan, to be decided by the Clan Chief and others.

Once the news was conveyed, Chen Yuanzhan immediately convened a Family meeting, which included Chen Changqing and Chen Changjie. If it were merely a First-tier spiritual mine, the two would not have been notified, but since this Ore vein was Second-tier, such an important matter required Foundation Establishment Cultivators to step forward and make a decision.

Just after the Family meeting ended, the Chen Family immediately dispatched five Qi Refining Cultivators to head over, bringing a set of Second-tier Low Grade Formation to set up the array.

As for Chen Changjiong and Zhang Xun, as well as those Mortals of the Chen Family who discovered this Ore vein, they all received generous rewards.

It was just that the Spirit Stones for Chen Changjiong and Zhang Xun would be distributed over five years, with approximately two thousand Spirit Stones distributed each year.

After Chen Changqing and Chen Changjie finished handling the important affairs of the Family, they began secluded cultivation one after the other.

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Chen Changxuan led five clan members including Chen Lingyang to head to the location of the black gold Ore vein to set up the Formation. Guarding the Ore vein was a lucrative job. Even without skimming some profits from it, just looking after the Ore vein was enough to receive a decent reward every month. Coupled with the fact that such tasks were generally very leisurely, without needing to constantly watch out for dangers like the Monster Hunting Team, normally as long as one or two people looked after it, the rest could undergo secluded cultivation.

However, sending these two people here was also enough to show the high regard of the Family for this Ore vein. Not to mention Chen Changxuan, whose seniority was older, whose cultivation had reached the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, and whose generation was one full cycle older than the clan members here, no one dared to gossip.

On the other hand, Chen Lingyang had the same generation as several clan members here, and as the number one person of the current Ling-generation, he was naturally admired and trusted by many clan members. Especially since he was only twenty-nine years old and had already cultivated to the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, which was merely a step away from Foundation Establishment.

If everything went smoothly, he might be the first clan member of the Ling-generation to achieve Foundation Establishment. Leaving aside talent and cultivation, his status among the Ling-generation was equivalent to Chen Changqing of the Chang-generation.

At the thought of Chen Changqing, the young clan members within the clan were filled with awe and admiration. Not only was his cultivation the highest, but his strength was also extremely formidable—so formidable that even many Foundation Establishment Families and forces had to give the Chen Family some Face.

Because a few years ago, Chen Changqing, with the cultivation of the Fifth Layer of Foundation Establishment, beat a Loose Cultivator at the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment who offended Wuyue Mountain to the point of doubting his life, and even had the person personally apologize and offer gifts to the Chen Family in the end.

Therefore, the surrounding Foundation Establishment Families and even some Purple Mansion Families had heard of the mighty reputation of Chen Changqing. Of course, merely being strong enough to defeat the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment was not quite enough to make many families fearful; rather, it was because he was only at the Fifth Layer of Foundation Establishment at that time. If he reached the Perfection of the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment, not to mention fighting against a Purple Mansion Master, he would definitely be invincible under the Purple Mansion at the Foundation Establishment level.

Even the Fang Family, which had intermarried with the Chen Family back then, was very glad that they had not completely offended the Chen Family, and by intermarrying with them, they had roped in such a powerful ally.

Moreover, the Chen Family had more than just Chen Changqing as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Over the years, quite a few Qi Refining Cultivators of the Chen Family had achieved Foundation Establishment, and there were also several Qi Refining Cultivators who successfully underwent Foundation Establishment, such as Chen Yuanwen and Chen Changyue.

"Since the Formation has been set up, I will first arrange the duty assignments," Chen Changxuan looked at several people and said.

"The first month will be handled by Changjin and Lingqian, and the second month will be handled by Lingyang and Chen Changqi. From then on, we will rotate like this. Do you have any objections?"

The four shook their heads, evidently having no major objections to this decision. As for Chen Changxuan himself, if there were matters that the few of them could not handle, he would step forward. Perhaps his strength could not compare to Chen Lingyang, but solely in terms of interpersonal skills and handling affairs, Chen Lingyang could not compare to him, because he had handled affairs for the Family for many years and still had quite a bit of experience.

After allocating the tasks, he carved out an Immortal Cave at this place and went into secluded cultivation, and so did Chen Lingyang and Chen Changqi.

Just a few months after the Chen Family brought this Ore vein into their pocket, on the other side of Cang Prefecture in Qing Prefecture, a patrol team of Cultivators from the Lin Family of Jiuqi Mountain accidentally passed by this place. Although the Chen Family had already deployed a Second-tier Low Grade Formation, a clue was still noticed by them.

They stepped forward to inspect it, and one of the younger Cultivators said, "Thirteenth Uncle, look, why is there mist here? It does not seem to have been here before."

"Unclear, let us see what the situation is first," said an old man in the team. He was the captain of the patrol team, responsible for patrolling the conditions around the Family on ordinary days.

The old man told the rest to step back first, then took the lead himself and charged into the mist. After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, he emerged from the mist with dazed eyes.

Seeing this, the rest stepped forward to ask. After the old man came out of the mist, he only knew that he had been walking deeper into the mist, but for some reason, he had suddenly walked back out again.

This discovery let everyone know that there was something strange here, and immediately they reported it to the Family, requesting the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Family to head over.

After all, even a Qi Refining Cultivator at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining like the old man could be affected, which showed that only Foundation Establishment Cultivators could resolve this place.