In the early morning of the next day, when the mist filled the mountains and the morning dew was still hanging on the branches and leaves, a few people walked out of the resting place where they had hidden all night. After a night of meditation and Qi practice, the fatigue of yesterday had long been gone. In the light, several people were full of energy again, preparing for what they were going to do today.
Of course, money will still lead the way.
They came out this time, and under the guidance of Senior Sister Min, they received five assignments, all of which were relatively simple. They just went out to pick some magical herbs. After searching yesterday, although they took some risks, But the portion of thirty white branches has been mostly completed.
"Hey, Mr. Qian, where are we going today?" Tang Ping asked as soon as she came out.
As usual, Qian Chao checked the map he had prepared in advance, then pointed with his hand and said: "Go over there. There are also white branches in several places over there. We can go and have a look. In addition, we have to find another place." There is a spiritual grass called falling water money, which should be available in several places over there."
"Well, let's go then." After hearing this, Lu Pingchuan stood up and shouted.
Following the direction pointed by Qian Chao, everyone arrived at a river beach after flying for more than half an hour. Falling water money is an aquatic spiritual grass that floats on the water like a grown duckweed. It is green and as big as the copper coins used by people in the world for buying and selling.
There was no magical grass like Bai Zhizi near the river beach, but Yanxuan found the fallen money on the water.
Not only were they found, there seemed to be a lot of them. Walking along the river beach, Yanxuan collected a lot in less than an hour. The Jingshiyuan sent them to hand over forty leaves of fallen money. Now, It's enough.
If he hadn't been thinking that there were still a few errands to be completed, Yanxuan would have wanted to continue picking along the riverbank to see how much he could pick. Forget it, not only were there enough now, but he also wanted to pick more. Young Master, don't be too greedy. If you want to use this kind of spiritual grass in the future, just go out and pick it.
Thinking of this, Yanxuan returned to the shore with some reluctance. Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan also followed. The two of them had been paying attention to the surrounding movements, just to be on guard against any monsters lurking near the river beach. However, it seemed that the fallen money was undoubtedly a low-level spiritual grass. Picking all the way, I didn't encounter one.
"Brother Qian, the amount of drowned money is enough, where should we go next?" Yanxuan asked.
"Sister Yan," Qian Chao looked at a spot on the river beach, "Wait for me, there seems to be something there."
The place Qian Chao was looking at was a mountain near the river beach. A rift valley on the mountain came diagonally toward the river beach. The rift valley was not big. It looked like it had been washed away by countless years of rain. There is no vegetation growing in the valley, only rugged black rocks.
"What can be in here?" Tang Ping asked curiously when she saw Qian Chao staring at the rift valley.
"Is there...something powerful?" Yanxuan asked nervously. Seeing Qian Chao staring there, she thought he had discovered some monster.
"No, Sister Yan, don't worry. The terrain here looks familiar to me. It has been recorded in the books I have read before that there will probably be some minerals underneath such mountains and rivers."
After Qian Chao finished speaking, he fell down in the rift valley, put his hand on a strange stone, nodded after a moment and said: "Sure enough, these stones are full of ordinary iron and are of no use. I guess the good stuff should be buried there." It’s better to be down there.”
Qian Chao walked from the rift valley to the river beach again. After walking a few steps, he squatted down and put his palms on the ground.
Tang Ping knew that Qian Chao was using the Object Control Technique to detect whether there were any usable ores under the ground, but this method seemed a bit stupid, so he said, "Isn't there any simpler way?"
"Yes, there is, but it's a bit troublesome to prepare. I didn't get it this time, but the terrain here is pretty good, and it's very similar to the one drawn in the book. Well...it really does exist, but unfortunately I can only find one piece. It’s better than nothing.”
As he said this, they saw Qian Chao squatting there without moving, but soon they noticed a slight vibration coming from the ground. Then they saw him stand up and take a few steps back. Where he was squatting before, he slowly It slowly rose up like a small grave mound, and the earth, sand and gravel scattered in all directions. As the earth and rocks continued to gush out from below, the last big stone about half a man's height emerged from the ground.
"Is this the ore you used?" Tang Ping was curious and walked over to the big stone and touched it, "What's in it?"
The other three people also went to take a look out of curiosity.
Qian Chao put his hand on the stone, nodded, and said: "The quality is pretty good, there are some high-end materials in it, well, there are quite a few, but I guess there should be more underground here, but it's a pity that I don't have it now. There is no good way to get out the ore below, there should be more than just this terrain, there should be many more."
Seeing the regret on Qian Chao's face, Lu Pingchuan interjected: "It's simple. Brother Qian, do you have a pickaxe? I'll help you dig a big hole here. Make it deeper, and you won't be able to find it again."
"That would be too time-consuming, and the distribution of the ore would not be so concentrated. Even if I dig a deep pit, my object-controlling skills won't be able to detect it very far. Isn't it possible to dig pits everywhere here?"
"It's okay, digging a hole is not easy!" Lu Pingchuan said.
"I'd better prepare that thing when I go back this time. My senior brothers taught me a method, but I can only find some shallowly buried ores."
When Tang Ping was about to ask what the method was, Li Jian said from the side: "Someone is coming, two of them. The cultivation level behind us seems to be... well, it is much higher than us."
It doesn't matter if you meet a monk in the sect, there are people everywhere in the sect. But it's different once you leave the sect. Before several people came out, they had heard about the dirty things done by the disciples in the sect when they went outside the sect in a place with no rules and regulations. They were nothing more than bullying, so Li Jianyi said that there were two monks, and they were monks with a higher level of cultivation than them. When they came here, several people couldn't help but become nervous, and everyone turned around to take a look.
As expected, there were two small black spots in the air flying rapidly towards the river beach where Qian Chao and the others were standing. However, when the two monks saw someone already there, they paused in the air, seemingly a little surprised, and then Flying this way again.
At this time, the two monks were flying close. Qian Chao saw clearly that the two men were slightly relieved and said: "These two are from Jiuxuan. I have seen them in Chengqi Hall. One is named Zou. Zou Su, the other surname is Jia, his name is Jia Ye, he is not an unreasonable person, I have never heard of any evil deeds by them, but it is not clear outside, I will go and talk to them."
After saying that, Qian Chao walked out, raised his hands to the two people who were approaching, and said, "Senior Brother Zou, Senior Brother Jia, I didn't expect to meet you two here."
The two of them looked young, in their twenties, with ordinary looks. The one named Zou Su seemed to be older. His complexion was slightly darker. It seemed that he was the dominant one among the two. When Qian Chao saw him, he seemed to be older. It was then that he came out to speak.
"I didn't expect to meet Junior Brother Qian outside. Are you out doing something?"
Zou Su fell to the ground as he spoke, and Jia Ye also fell down. He stood behind Zou Su and nodded towards Qian Chao.
"Yes, it's my first time to come out here to collect some spiritual grass. I think this is a terrain that contains ores. The two senior brothers must have come here for the ores."
"Well, Junior Brother Qian has a good eye. There should indeed be a lot of ore down here. The two of us really came here for this. I didn't expect that Junior Brother Qian got there first."
"Otherwise, Senior Brother Zou, this is all I can do. I'm about to leave. I still have a few errands to do for the Jingshiyuan, so I can't waste any more time here."
"oh?"
Zou Su was a little curious. The two of them had been here before and saw that there should be good ore underground here. However, they had no means to collect all the ore below and kept it until today. When they came out this time, they saw people here from a distance, there were still five of them, so they were a little anxious. When they saw Qian Chao here, they were a little embarrassed. After all, the sign of the inner hall of the Chengqi Hall on Qian Chao's waist was still there for the two of them. They were a little scared and were about to think of some way to send this junior brother Qian away, but they heard him say that he was about to leave, which fulfilled their wishes.
"Is it possible that Junior Brother Qian is willing to give up the ore in the ground?"
"If I don't want to give up, what can I do? Maybe I have to dig a lot of big holes here and use stupid methods to find them. Brother Cheng gave me a way, but it's troublesome to prepare. Let's forget it. I have to find it. It will take a few errands to be done.”
"Junior Brother Qian is right to say that, the errands are important. However, Junior Brother Qian, since you want to leave, then we two will not be polite. It is considered as a favor to Junior Brother Qian."
"Don't dare, that's how it should be."
As Qian Chao spoke, he turned around and put the ore he had retrieved from the ground into his storage bag. He led a few people to the side and said, "Senior brothers, please."
Qian Chao said please. Although he moved out of the way, he had no intention of leaving. Although the other four people were a little curious, they did not move.
When Zou Su and Jia Ye saw him, they were even more curious. Didn't Junior Brother Qian say he was leaving? Why was he still standing there?
"Uh... Junior Brother Qian, what are you...?"
Qian Chao smiled, held up his hand, and said, "This opportunity is rare. The two senior brothers must let me, my junior brother, open his eyes."
So that's it. Zou Su smiled, nodded to Jia Ye, and said, "That's fine, then the two of us will make a fool of ourselves."
