Houtu God General came here and took action spontaneously without Meng Zhang having to say anything.
He first looked around, then his figure swayed and he started running around.
Every time he ran a certain distance, Houtu stopped and looked around. He looked at the ground from time to time, as if he could see through the ground.
After running far away, Houtu simply used the earth escape technique and sneaked into the ground.
No one knew what he was doing underground. After a long time, he returned to the surface and came to Meng Zhang.
"Master, this copper mine has rich reserves. Even if all the current manpower of Ether Yi Sect is deployed, it may not be possible to mine all the veins in twenty or thirty years."
"I didn't go deep into the vein, I just observed it from the outside. There should probably be associated mines in this copper vein."
"The associated ores in the red copper veins are generally black copper, black gold, and flame crystals. Judging from the aura, the associated ores here should be mainly black gold, with a small amount of flame crystals."
After some exploration in the thick soil, the approximate reserves and associated minerals of this cuprite mine were discovered, which also made Meng Zhang pay more attention to this cuprite mine.
"The current situation of Ether Yi Gate makes it inappropriate for open mining of this red copper mine." Meng Zhang said.
After staying in Taiyi Sect for so long, Houtu has a certain understanding of Taiyi Sect's situation and its situation among the surrounding forces. He was also very clear about Meng Zhang's concerns.
"This red copper vein is not buried deep, so it is still easy to mine."
"At Sweetwater Oasis, all the work is on track and I don't need to keep an eye on it all the time."
"I bring a few more storage bags with me every time and stay down there for a while. After all the red copper ore I secretly mined is sold, it should be able to cover a large part of Taiyi Sect's expenses."
"As long as I am careful every time I go in and out, the situation here should not be exposed."
As the guardian general of Taiyi Sect, Houtu is not only infinitely loyal to Taiyi Sect, but also proactively considers issues for Taiyi Sect.
Anyway, Houtu God had a lot of free time, so he took the initiative to ask for help, so Meng Zhang agreed.
In the following time, the Houtu Divine General ran around in three directions, busy in the dark.
Apart from opening up spiritual fields in Sweetwater Oasis, he spent most of his time secretly mining the red copper mine.
Every time he goes there, he can fill seven or eight storage bags in about half a month.
Meng Zhang did not sell the copper ore directly, but refined it with real fire and sold the finished copper products.
What Meng Zhang didn't expect was that Tian Zhen's disciple Tian Li would actually become interested in weapon refining. He practiced the art of melting gold, and he also showed a certain talent in it.
The current situation of Ether Yi Sect may not have the resources to train a true weapon refiner. But there is no problem in letting the disciples master some basic knowledge and entry-level methods of weapon refining.
Before becoming a weapon refiner, during the apprenticeship stage, the main job is to refine various materials.
Meng Zhang purchased a first-level weapon refining furnace and a large amount of spiritual charcoal in Mingshafang City for Tian Li to use.
After Tian Li mastered the method of refining cuprite, Meng Zhang could save a lot of effort.
When the red copper in the door accumulates to a certain amount, Meng Zhang will take it to the market and sell it in exchange for spiritual stones to cover the cost of the door.
In addition, Meng Zhang brought back the Bai Zang soil crystal from the abandoned mine. Some disciples in the sect also assigned polishing tasks and began to polish many finished products.
These white Tibetan earth crystals are easier to sell than red copper. Feihong Tower buys them at almost unlimited amounts at high prices, and never asks about their origins.
With these two additional financial resources, Taiyi Sect's life is much easier.
In the blink of an eye, Meng Zhang was already twenty years old, and it had been almost two years since he obtained the "Sun and Moon Cycle Sutra".
After two years of hard training, Meng Zhang not only mastered the "Sun and Moon Wheel Sutra" but also achieved a breakthrough in cultivation to the seventh level of Qi refining. Apart from General Houtu, Meng Zhang is currently the only late-stage Qi Refining monk in Taiyi Sect.
With his qualifications, he only needs to practice step by step, fuse the sun energy and taiyin energy in his body, yin and yang, water and fire, and cultivate the sun and moon energy, and then he can enter the foundation building realm.
Except for Meng Zhang, everyone else in the Taiyi Sect has made great progress in their cultivation. As Taiyi Sect's financial situation has improved over the years, each disciple has been able to obtain relatively sufficient training resources.
Tian Zhen originally practiced Huangsha Jue, but switched to Wutu True Jue. Although the new technique is higher level and more powerful, it is also very difficult to practice.
After finally cultivating to the sixth level of Qi Refining, the speed of cultivation has become slower and slower. Seeing that it is not easy to break through to the late stage of foundation building, there is no need to think about foundation building.
Taoist Priest Qingling focused all his attention on the spiritual plant and completely ignored his own cultivation level.
In the past two years, three more disciples have started.
Their spiritual qualifications are very poor and their future prospects are limited.
However, Meng Zhang was very satisfied with the progress of the two original disciples.
Tian Zhen's disciple Tian Li has reached the third level of Qi refining stage, and shows great talent in the art of weapon refining. Before his eyes, he was about to become a qualified weapon refiner apprentice.
Wen Qiansuan, who only started practicing at the age of thirty-five, has also reached the third level of Qi refining stage, showing the advantages of middle-grade spiritual roots.
By chance, Meng Zhang met Wen Qiansuan in the Sutra Pavilion, reading a book about formations.
These books were all written by Meng Zhang, and they are full of valuable knowledge he gained from the trial place.
Meng Zhang asked a few questions casually, but he did not expect that Wen Qian was quite talented in formations.
Meng Zhang thought for a moment and decided that Wen Qian would not be able to build a foundation in the future due to his age. But if you can become a formation mage, it will still be very helpful to Taiyi Sect.
Meng Zhang handed a copy of "One Yuan Formation Diagram" to Wen Qiansuan.
"One Yuan Formation Diagram" is not only a good textbook for introductory formation monks, but it also contains a Qi refining technique. After practicing it, monks will have certain advantages in setting up and controlling magic arrays.
Although the disciples of Taiyi Sect now have relatively sufficient cultivation resources, not everyone can obtain resources at will. The resources that each person obtains have a certain amount.
If you want to obtain additional resources beyond this, you must accept sect tasks and obtain sect good deeds.
Taiyi Sect is a small sect, and there are not many affairs within the sect. Among the good deeds that can be assigned to disciples, the majority is to take care of the spiritual field.
Meng Zhang brought back a batch of Bai Zang Earth Crystals last time. Before this batch of Bai Zang Earth Crystals is used up, polishing the Bai Zang Earth Crystals can be considered a profitable task.
Other simple tasks such as guarding the mountain gate and patrolling the area between Taiyi Gate and Sweet Water Oasis have limited benefits.
Tian Li learned the art of weapon refining, and Meng Zhang personally gave him a weapon refining furnace. Now Wen Qiansuan is practicing the formation, and Meng Zhang is also personally subsidizing him with a batch of spiritual stones.
