After the insect jar has been refined, you only need to collect enough sandworms to mine the ore veins.
Sandworms generally build nests underground and spend most of their time traveling underground.
The Houtu God General is proficient in the art of earth escape. He can walk in and out of the underground as if he were walking on flat ground. He is the best candidate to search for sand monsters.
Meng Zhang handed the insect jar to him and asked him to go around and collect as many sandworms as possible.
In Mingshafang City, Li Shengqi used the Li family's shop in Feihong Tower as a mortgage to buy enough talismans and entrusted Feihong Tower's caravan to deliver them to Li Zhan.
Now that Li Shengqi and Li Zhan have died respectively, the Li family has completely disappeared. No matter how powerful Feihong Tower is, it cannot collect debts from the dead.
Feihonglou looked down on the Li family's shop, so they simply transferred it publicly in exchange for the spirit stone.
Due to being exempted from the three years of worship by Shuangfenggu and the subsidies provided by Meng Zhang in the past two years, the Taiyi Sect has more or less some savings.
Meng Zhang came forward and spent a little effort to take over the store transferred by Feihong Tower.
Zhang Zhanlin, who was rescued by Li Xuan and returned to Taiyimen, has basically recovered from his injuries after a period of recovery.
He was determined to join the Taiyi Sect. After being inspected by Meng Zhang, he successfully became the next generation disciple of the Taiyi Sect.
Zhang Zhan's Lin Linggen qualifications were not very good to begin with. This time he used a life-saving secret method to escape, which greatly damaged his vitality.
Even after the injury heals, it is difficult to make any big progress on the road.
After Taiyimen took over a shop in Mingshafang City, Zhang Zhanlin, who had no intention of practicing, took the initiative to ask for help and went to run a shop in Fangshi.
Zhang Zhanlin has been in Mingshafang City for many years and has always been a clerk in Li's store. Not only are we familiar with various situations, but we also have rich business experience.
So Meng Zhang thought a little and asked him to be the shopkeeper of this shop.
There are no special products in Taiyimen now, and there are no fixed trade routes.
Meng Zhang rummaged through the large warehouse in the door and handed over a bunch of sundries that were temporarily unused to Zhang Zhanlin as capital for business operations.
A small amount of the refined red copper and the spiritual grain produced in the spiritual field in the door were also put in and sold in the store.
Especially the red copper sold in small quantities is not eye-catching. It can be said that it was purchased by the store itself. Selling it in the store not only provides an additional shipping channel, but also makes the profit higher than selling it to Shi Weiming and others.
Zhang Zhanlin himself has good eyesight and a keen business acumen, and can also do some business of buying low and selling high.
Meng Zhang doesn't expect to earn many spiritual stones from this shop. As long as the business can be maintained, he will be satisfied.
The main purpose of opening this shop is to allow Taiyi Sect to have a channel to contact the outside world, so that they can inquire and collect various information about the world of cultivation.
As the first external stronghold of Taiyi Sect, on the day of the opening of the store, the head Meng Zhang and the general secretary Chang Tianzhen rushed to Mingshafang City to attend the opening ceremony.
After the battle with the Linshan Sect, Meng Zhang became somewhat famous in the surrounding area.
Many surrounding cultivation forces basically have stores and other strongholds in Mingshafang City.
On the opening day, these forces either sent people or sent flower baskets.
Guests from Linshan Sect, Qiaoshou Sect and other forces were very enthusiastic.
Lao Buwei, who had a friendship with Meng Zhang, also took the time to pay a visit.
Since the first-order spiritual veins of the Sweet Water Oasis were formed, the area of the oasis has rapidly expanded at a speed visible to the physical body.
According to Houtu Divine General's estimation, the area of Sweetwater Oasis will at least double, and this expansion will gradually slow down.
In the next few decades, as long as the spiritual energy of the spiritual veins is not excessively consumed or the spiritual veins are damaged, the Sweetwater Oasis will slowly expand to the surrounding areas.
As the area of the Sweet Water Oasis increases, it can naturally accommodate more mortals.
Meng Zhang also purchased mortals from Lao Bubu one after another to expand the population of Sweetwater Oasis.
The newly expanded oasis will not be able to cultivate farmland in a short period of time. To feed these mortals and meet their basic living needs, a large amount of materials, including food, must be purchased from outside. This is another big deal for Lao Bingwei.
Amidst bursts of firecrackers, Duoduo Grocery Store officially opened.
Meng Zhang came up with the name Duoduo Grocery Store. He hopes that sooner or later, Duoduo grocery stores will be able to open throughout the endless sand sea.
After the opening ceremony of Duoduo Grocery Store, Meng Zhang returned to Taiyimen.
Duoduo Grocery Store will maintain a fixed connection with the door and transmit various information from the outside world back to the door.
In addition to running Duoduo Grocery Store, Zhang Zhanlin also took over Li Xuan's personal connections and news channels, extending his reach.
After returning to Taiyi Sect, Meng Zhang spent most of his time and energy on cultivation.
In addition to practicing the fundamental technique of the Sun and Moon Cycle Sutra, he also spent a lot of time practicing various spells and sword techniques.
This peaceful life did not last long before it was broken again.
General Houtu, who went out to capture sandworms, brought back important news.
When General Houtu was tracking a sandworm, the sandworm was scurrying underground. In a panic, it broke into a hidden monk's cave.
As soon as the sandworm entered the outside of the monk's cave, it was killed by the protective magic circle.
God General Houtu did not rush into the formation, but observed the surroundings.
As an earth master, Houtu God General is very accomplished in the art of Kanyu.
After some observation, he got a clear picture of the situation around the cave.
This monk's cave is located underground. Under the cave, there is a hidden first-order spiritual vein.
The protective array of the monk's cave is based on this first-order spiritual vein.
It has a magic circle with spiritual veins that provide a steady stream of spiritual energy, and its defensive power is very powerful.
Moreover, General Houtu faintly noticed that there were some vicious traps around the cave.
If you accidentally trigger these traps, the consequences will definitely not be good.
Originally, with the strength and experience of God General Houtu, as long as he slowly tested and spent more time and energy, he could still break the magic circle and successfully enter the monk's cave.
But at this time, Houtu God General discovered that some monks were searching for something on the ground near the monk's cave.
They searched many places and were slowly approaching the cave.
Based on the experience of God General Houtu, most of these monks got the information about this monk's cave from some unknown source.
However, the information was not detailed enough, and they could not directly find the exact location of the cave, only a general direction.
However, with the speed of their search, it was only a matter of time before they found the monk's cave.
With the strength of one person, Houtu God General, there is no guarantee that he can successfully break through the protective circle and safely enter the monks' cave before these monks come to the door.
So, he had to bring the news back and ask the leader Meng Zhang for help.
