The process of absorbing the essence of ten thousand trees did not have many twists and turns, mainly because the location of the natural formation was relatively hidden, just like in previous years.
After returning to the Xiangshan Sect again, Zhang Changkong did not go in. Over the years, he had exhausted all the merit points in the Dusk Desert and the battle merit obtained at Nanman Tianguan, and exchanged them for some alchemy and weapon refining knowledge, as well as rune knowledge. The information on alchemy and weapon refining was much more profound than the basic knowledge given by Elder Jin Kui. There was also a drawing of a magic weapon. These things, especially the knowledge of runes, he exchanged for his own research.
The mage realm is also called the realm of ten thousand arts. This realm is where you can master runes and use them to cast spells. There are various combinations and endless changes. That's why the realm where you can use rune spells is called the realm of ten thousand arts.
Since there was nothing else to do within the Xiangshan Sect, Zhang Changkong had no intention of entering.
"By the way, the essence of ten thousand trees is enough for me. Next year, I will not go to Nanman Tianguan. You can go by yourself or cooperate with others. There is no need to look for me." Zhang Changkong glanced at Rong Lu and the two people who jumped off the back of the Golden Needle Wasp. After finishing speaking, he said no more and directly let the Golden Needle Wasp take off.
Rong Lu and Meng Kewei looked at each other and didn't say anything to try to stay. They also knew that Zhang Changkong basically meant what he said, at least that was the impression he gave them.
"Well, I had a hunch after you said what you said last time, Junior Sister Meng, but I didn't expect Senior Brother Zhang." As she spoke, Rong Lu shook her head.
"There's nothing we can do about it. The natural formation there and the Ten Thousand Wood Essence are enough for the three of us in a short period of time. But over the decades, even the sect's support for us doesn't know if it's enough for us to condense. "Legal Domain", Meng Kewei has no regrets. Although she doesn't talk much, she is a decisive person.
"However, without Senior Brother Zhang, it will be difficult for us to collect the vitality stones to activate the formation every year," Rong Lu said with eyebrows. "Should we find someone else to cooperate?"
"It is impossible to find others to cooperate with. We have been in contact with Zhang Changkong for several years. He has a good character, is arrogant, thinks highly of himself, and has almost no friends, so we will cooperate with him. Over the years, we have The secret has not been leaked. Find another person, let alone whether he has as many qi stones as Zhang Changkong. The risk of leaking the secret is too high. The two of us are only average in the late warlock stage. If others find out , this natural formation has nothing to do with us." Meng Kewei shook his head to deny Rong Lu's opinion.
"In this case, what should we do? Do we spend a few months every year slowly collecting the little bit of ten thousand wood essence in the formation?"
"The two of us get energy stones from the main peak in a year, which is about three to four hundred, which is still a little short of it in total. However, we each have a force that serves us in the sect. We spend some time to manage it. It may not be possible to collect thousands of vitality stones," Meng Kewei said.
Rong Lu wanted to ask, if the vitality stones were spent on that formation, what would happen to their mana cultivation? You know, mana is more important than the essence of heaven and earth. The essence of heaven and earth can be refined a lot in a short time, but mana is not. They need to practice and polish every day. There are not many shortcuts.
"That's it." After thinking about it, Rong Lu agreed to Meng Kewei's approach.
Zhang Changkong didn't think much about what he should do after Rong Lu and the two parted ways with him. He didn't even bother to waste time thinking about the information about Master Split Kong.
Regardless of whether there is a Master of the Sky, Zhang Changkong's certainty of being promoted to the realm of a mage will not be affected by this.
After returning to Black Bee City, Jin Kun came to see him the next day.
"Senior Brother Zhang, fortunately, I have lived up to my mission. This time I have found another weapon-refining material, which is the crystal iron ore recorded in the classics," Jin Kun said directly to Zhang Changkong.
"Oh, concentrated iron ore is penetrated by water vapor, and crystal iron ore is formed after countless years of immortality. Although this kind of crystal iron may not be more useful than fallen iron, but because of its rarity, its value is higher than that of fallen iron." Zhang Changkong no longer knew a thing or two about weapon refining materials. He had exchanged precious information for it, and he knew much more about it than most of the sorcerers of the Xiangshan Sect.
"Since you have found the crystal iron ore, your monthly salary from now on will be seven low-grade vitality stones. After you find the crystal iron ore and confirm the content, I will give you the agreed upon vitality stones." Zhang Changkong nodded. Jin Kun is much more pleasing to the eye than in the past two years, which proves that he did nothing wrong in squeezing out a little bit of the worm's rations for Jin Kun in the past two years.
"By the way, Senior Brother Zhang, I heard that there is a mineral vein called Yuanqi Stone Mine, I wonder if it is true?" Jin Kun looked at Zhang Changkong and said.
Zhang Changkong glanced at Jin Kun and thought to himself, is this person really talented in treasure hunting and has discovered the vitality stone vein connected to the underground of Black Bee City?
"Yes," Zhang Changkong said casually. He was already preparing to put all the vitality stones into the bone snake's spell space. Moreover, he had also hollowed out the vitality stone veins. Even if it was exposed, it would not be a big deal. Well, at least no one else can take away his vitality stone.
"I don't know if I have found a vein of vitality stone." Jin Kun looked at Zhang Changkong and said half of his words.
Zhang Changkong listened to Jin Kun's words, but was not moved. Before he found the Vitality Stone vein, he had not relied on the power of dreams to act. It is good to have dreams, but Zhang Changkong did not think that Jin Kun could find another one in the Sanhe Rainforest. Although there may be more than one vitality stone vein in the Sanhe Rainforest, it may be so dense there. The people on Miao Mountain have been exploring the Sanhe Rainforest for so long, and they may not have even explored one percent of the Sanhe Rainforest.
The vitality stone veins, a precious resource that takes tens of millions of years to form, are even more non-renewable than ordinary non-renewable resources. They can be found so easily. The vitality stone veins in the Xiangshan Sect's territory have long been hollowed out by predecessors.
However, although I don't believe in Jin Kun intellectually, I still have some expectations for Jin Kun's possible talent emotionally.
"If you can find the Vitality Stone vein, you don't have to do anything. I will give you one-tenth of the output every month. Well, I won't lie to you. It is only limited to the share of the middle and low-grade Vitality Stone. Of course, you If you think it is unfair, you can secretly dig it yourself, or provide it to the seniors in the mage realm, but at that time, you may lose more," Zhang Changkong said truthfully.
He obtained nearly 300 million low-grade vitality stones, 20,000,000 medium-grade vitality stones, and a thousand high-grade vitality stones from that vein, which was not too big and was probably just a miniature vitality stone.
If Jin Kun really found the Vitality Stone vein, to be honest, one-tenth of what he would get would have to be excluding the part consumed by his steel ants. Zhang Changkong would not be willing to take any more.
In the final analysis, this world is still based on strength. If Zhang Changkong's own three views had not been formed long ago and he was fairly principled in doing things, a capable person like Jin Kun might have faced a much worse situation when he went to the Xiangshan Sect's group of bandits. Makes him sad.
Jin Kun listened and nodded without saying much.
"Senior Brother Zhang, I'll take my leave first." Jin Kun bowed his hands and retreated.
Peaceful days always come quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three years have passed.
